Three men, two with handguns, allegedly robbed the Staples at 345 Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence on Jan. 23 at 6:40 p.m., police said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/25/13
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President Obama was officially sworn in for his second term on Sunday, and the inauguration festivities got under way early on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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1/24/13
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Though not as long as or iconic as the Long Beach boardwalk, the half-mile boardwalk in Atlantic Beach built in 1928 is a landmark for residents of the barrier beach community that was established five years earlier.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/23/13
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Moving from house to house has impacted every aspect of Woodmere resident Dror Zar’s life. He has lost his sense of security, he says, and now lives with the uncertainty of not knowing when he will return to his Barnard Street home.
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By Ann Friedman
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1/23/13
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The question on the minds of Lawrence School District residents, teachers and students is, why now?
Why in the middle of the school year did district officials decide to close the high school for up to eight weeks and implement a district-wide relocation of students?
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/23/13
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Though Hurricane Sandy already ran her course, Lawrence School District is still suffering. Students and faculty have learned to be resilient not only throughout the storm but also during the aftermath.
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By Nicole Bae
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1/23/13
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Concern and confusion were the most common reactions during the first week of a district-wide relocation after Lawrence High School closed on Jan. 16 due to damage to its electrical system caused by Hurricane Sandy. District officials say the repair work may take as long as eight weeks (see “Repairing the high school’s electrical system,” page 3).
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/23/13
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The way we live is always changing, and in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the way we think about our homes is changing, too. Many of us are thinking about raising them — literally rebuilding them higher.
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By Monte Leeper
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1/23/13
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Last week, Governor Cuomo gave his third State of the State address, and touched on many of the major issues facing our state — Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery, job creation and economic growth, and gun control.
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1/17/13
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Dropped off by school buses or from their parents’ cars, Lawrence High School students walked through the front doors of the middle school this morning — a school they thought was in the rearview window of their educational careers — to begin at least eight weeks of displacement from Hurricane Sandy-related damage to the high school.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/17/13
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