An Independent Coach school bus taking 14 Lawrence School District students to school Wednesday morning at approximately 9 a.m., and a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus collided at the intersection of Central Avenue and McGlynn Place in Cedarhurst.
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JEFF BESSEN and ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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10/12/11
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Arrests
CEDARHURST-Police arrested Kevin H. Lawrence, 23, a homeless man, for criminal possession of stolen property on Oct. 1 at 3 a.m.
Fourth Precinct officers responded to a call of a man attempting to get into vehicles in the area of Central Avenue. Lawrence was found with assorted items from a car parked in the driveway of a Holly Lane home in Lawrence.
He was charged with criminal possession of stolen property-fourth degree was arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead last Sunday.
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10/6/11
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A fight between two men regarding a landscaping job escalated into a robbery as police arrested two Inwood men for the incident that occurred on Monday at 8 p.m.
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JEFF BESSEN
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9/29/11
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As a means of improving teacher performance and hopefully boosting student achievement, the Lawrence School District and Lawrence Teachers Association have agreed to changes in instructor observations, which are part of annual appraisals and performance reviews. The district and the teachers’ union are currently in contract negotiations.
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JEFF BESSEN
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9/29/11
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A Brooklyn man was arrested for allegedly assaulting two Nassau County police officers in Cedarhurst on Tuesday at 12:50 p.m.
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JEFF BESSEN
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9/28/11
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How did a little-known Republican businessman from Queens, channeling voter discontent with President Obama, win a Congressional seat in a heavily Democratic district in New York City?
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9/22/11
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Though the first Lawrence School District Town Hall meeting may not have been a rousing success for a district with an enrollment of more 3,000 students as barely 50 parents attended the gathering at Number Two School last Thursday.
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JEFF BESSEN
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9/22/11
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The Lawrence School District decided to get ahead of the game and hire a new food service provider this year so students have healthier meal options in response to a proposed revision of nutrition requirements to the federally assisted National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, which will go into affect for the 2012-‘13 school year.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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9/22/11
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The only way public-school students in the constantly evolving Lawrence community will succeed academically is to transform the school system, Superintendent Gary Schall said at a town hall meeting at the Number Two School on Sept. 15.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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9/22/11
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After more than four decades of teaching at the Five Towns Community Center, Inwood resident Helen Hunter has decided to retire, leaving behind a legacy that very few can match.
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JUSTIN SACHS
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9/8/11
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