All Entries Tagged With: "Cedarhurst"
Easy Shopping for Lulavs As Sukkot Holiday Looms
Easy Shopping for Lulavs As Sukkot Holiday Looms By Raimundo Ortiz Sukkot is coming fast, and if you haven’t gotten your etrog or lulavs there are some places along Central Avenue to bail you out with some quality Sukkot supplies. Sukkot, or The Feast of Tabernacles, is a holiday following Yom Kippur that is much [...]
Cedarhurst Post Office Probably Closing Soon
Cedarhurst Post Office Probably Closing Soon By Raimundo Ortiz The Cedarhurst post office may be shutting down, according to a letter sent to Cedarhurst Mayor Andrew Parise by the postal workers union. Connie Chirichello, a spokeswoman for the USPS did not confirm the closure but did say that the post office was under review. A [...]
Expansion Loan for LCFD Looks to be On Track
By Raimundo Ortiz After nearly 20 months of stops and starts, the Lawrence Cedarhurst Fire Department’s quest to build a two-story, two-bay extension facing Washington Avenue appears on track to get started. According to Ben Weinstock, Deputy Mayor of Cedarhurst financing the project was the major hurdle. The LCFD, Village of Cedarhurst, and Village of [...]
Higher Bid Placed for Number Six School
By Danielle Puma Another bid was made to buy the property of Lawrence’s Number Six School on Church Avenue in Woodmere by Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. The bid, reportedly over $12 million, includes about $600,000 for cleanup of the former elementary school. If the bid is accepted, the property may potentially be used as [...]
Give your Child a Leg-up at A+ Achievement Learning Center
A+ is a full service learning center and educational services company located at 589 Willow Avenue, Cedarhurst in Maple Plaza. A+ moved into its new facilities in September of 2011. The facilities include two spacious classrooms and two private offices to accommodate group and individual sessions. A+ offers tutoring in all subjects from English and [...]
Hateful Graffiti at LIRR Station
By Ryan Lavis An unidentified suspect sprawled a hateful, offensive message against Orthodox Jews on a billboard advertisement lining the platform of the Cedarhurst Long Island Railroad Station. The incident was reported to Fourth Precinct police on August 13, who handed it off to MTA cops. MTA police promptly removed the message, which was hand-written [...]
La Viola Plays Last Song: Eatery Closes after 35 Years
By Danielle Puma Hold the pasta. La Viola Restaurant in Cedarhurst closed on Tuesday after 35 years of serving homemade Italian food to loyal customers. Lino Viola and his wife, Elsa, opened their first restaurant in 1977. After re-locating in 1990 due to fire damages, La Viola opened across from the Cedarhurst train station on [...]
Cabana Boy Gets Plenty of Sun and Sand Swept at Catalina Beach Club
By Danielle Puma It is 7:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning and the alarm starts to beep. Most people are getting ready to catch their train or to drive through lanes of traffic to get to the office. But for one young man in flip flops, he will be crossing the Atlantic Beach Bridge to [...]
Cedarhurst Sidewalk Sale a Big Success
By Raimundo Ortiz Cedarhurst’s 24th annual Sidewalk Sale, which ran from Wednesday August 1st through Friday August 3rd, was jam-packed with customers of all ages and sizes, perusing a vibrant variety of products. High-schoolers on the lookout for discounted SAT and ACT textbooks to prepare for their big entrance exams were in luck as were [...]
Five Towns Milk Tracker for the Week Ending July 27, 2012
Five Towns Milk Tracker, Week of July 23, 2012 Stop & Shop (Inwood) $2.99 USA Gasoline (Inwood) $3.25 Trader Joe’s (Hewlett) $3.39 CVS Pharmacy (Cedarhurst) $3.59 CVS Pharmacy (Woodmere) $3.59 Seasons (Lawrence) $3.69 Food Town (Hewlett) $3.99 Key Food (Woodmere) $3.99 Glatt Farm (Lawrence) $3.99 Gourmet Glatt (Cedarhurst) $3.99 Brach’s (Lawrence) $3.99 Smitty’s (Woodmere) $4.49 [...]
Open Houses for the Weekend of July 21, 2012
CEDARHURST 499 Harbor Dr, 7/22, by appointment, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $599,000, South Shore Estates, (516) 569-4980 GIBSON/VALLEY STREAM 36 Marlboro Rd, 7/22, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $399,000, Lori & Associates LI Realty, (516) 791-8300 20 Washington Ave, 7/22, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $349,000, Petrey Real Estate, (516) [...]
Five Towns Milk Tracker for the Week of July 16, 2012
USA Gasoline (Inwood) $3.25 Trader Joe’s (Hewlett) $3.39 Food Town (Hewlett) $3.59 CVS Pharmacy (Cedarhurst) $3.59 CVS Pharmacy (Woodmere) $3.59 Stop & Shop (Inwood) $3.99 Key Food (Woodmere) $3.99 Glatt Farm (Lawrence) $3.99 Gourmet Glatt (Cedarhurst) $3.99 Brach’s (Lawrence) $3.99 King Kullen (Hewlett) $4.29 Smitty’s (Woodmere) $4.49 The Barn (Hewlett) $4.59 Seasons (Lawrence) $4.99 [...]
