James “Jimmy” Mazzitelli a fixture of the Five Towns community, and the owner of Mazzitelli Construction, a company based in Atlantic Beach, died on July 8. He was 70.
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By Tyler Marko
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7/12/18
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159 votes were cast in the Sanitary District No.1 election on July 9, and unopposed incumbent, Harry Beltrani, made a clean sweep, receiving all 159 of them in his bid for re-election. Beltrani said, “We’ve been doing a good job, and I’m looking to keep that up.”
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By Tyler Marko
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7/12/18
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Shifting the kindergarten — seven classes in the coming school year — from the Early Childhood Center at the Number Four School to the Lawrence Primary School at the Number Two School, both in Inwood, was a lightening rod as roughly 30 district residents attended the July 9 Board of Education meeting to publicly express their displeasure.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/12/18
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A fourth grade teacher at Ogden Elementary School in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District who was working at an upstate summer camp for boys was arrested on July 4, and charged with five counts of sexual abuse first-degree, state police said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/6/18
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Incumbent Sanitary District No. 1 Commissioner Harry Beltrani, is running unopposed for re-election.
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By Tyler Marko
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7/5/18
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Roseann Epp could be a historian of the Lawrence School District, having spent 48 of her 59 years there, first attending school, then teaching, and finally becoming an administrator at Lawrence High School, from which she graduated in 1977.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/28/18
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Mark Weissman, 54, of Lawrence and Rabbi Igal Haimoff, 67, of Flushing, were charged with attempting to extort $7 million in exchange for not providing law enforcement with purportedly incriminating evidence, according to Eastern District officials.
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By Tyler Marko
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6/19/18
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At least three men looking for help with their immigration status were the victims of an alleged scheme that netted a Cedarhurst woman $39,150, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s office.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/8/18
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A May 17 incident where one child was taken off a school bus by her mother and another girl latched on to that parent because she was scared, has resulted in the firing of an Independent Coach Company driver and parents asking why aren’t there matrons on the buses, especially with the youngest children being transported in the Lawrence School District.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/23/18
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Lawrence Board of Education trustees and school district officials maintain a close watch on spending, while making sure that students have the programs and services they need.
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5/11/18
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