All Entries Tagged With: "Five Towns"
Lawrence Students Strut Stuff In Annual Homecoming Parade
By Danielle Puma The Lawrence High School Key Club hosted their annual Homecoming Parade on Saturday. The parade began at the Lawrence train station and was led by Mr. Norm Deitch, the Grand Marshall. The Homecoming Court smiled nobly and waved behind him: Mark Rosen, Homecoming King, Taylor Ingram, Homecoming Queen, Raquan Grandy, Homecoming Senior [...]
Finding Inner Peace and Busting Stress in New Jewish Meditation Group
By Danielle Puma Are you feeling stressed or bogged down from your long week at work? There is a weekly Five Towns Meditation Circle that can help you focus your mind and detach from the outside world for an hour. Michael Merwitz, a resident of The Five Towns, created The Five Towns Meditation Circle two [...]
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 [...]
The State of The Five Towns Real Estate
By Raimundo Ortiz The Five Towns real estate market is currently very kind to buyers. A combination of depressed prices on homes and historically low interest rates have made the present an excellent time to buy a home. Interest rates are currently at three to four percent according to Marjorie Hausman, who said “these are [...]
Long Beach: Affordable Sun, Surf and Fun Nearby
By Danielle Puma, Ryan Lavis and Raimundo Ortiz Five Towns residents looking for a beach getaway that’s close to home and fairly priced should look no further than Long Beach. Just a short trip over the Atlantic Beach Bridge, these sandy shores have a host of bars, restaurants and shops to keep even the [...]
Dems Put-up 24 Year-Old to Face Skelos
By Ryan Lavis With the District 9 State Senate race a little less than three months away, Nassau Democrats have nominated Thomas Feffer, a 24-year-old intern with the Nassau County Democratic Committee as its challenger to the incumbent, New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in the upcoming November elections. “He is definitely younger [...]
Hewlett House: A Home For Those Fighting Cancer
By Natalia Kozikowska Standard Staff When a patient is first diagnosed with cancer they become overwhelmed with anxiety and questions. What procedures do I need? Where can I receive treatment? Who are the best doctors? But most importantly, will I survive? For those struggling with the life changing battle it’s hard to find the answers [...]
From Franklin to Franklin
The late Benjamin Franklin, diplomat, Declaration of Independence co-author, scientist and almanac publisher has been honored perhaps more than any non-President or non-general by our country. He graces our nation’s most prestigious piece of paper currency, the $100 bill. Towns, schools and streets have been named after him and his includes Franklin Place in Woodmere [...]
An Inwood Institution: Den Cocktail Lounge
Text and Photos By Susan Varghese Walking into the Den Cocktail Lounge in Inwood is like taking a step back into the Mad Men era, a time when cigarette smoke wafted in the air, everybody knew everybody, and grabbing a early drink was as common as going to the grocery store. The Den is [...]
LIPA Cutting Rates on Electricity to Below 2005 Levels
By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter Some good news for residents of The Five Towns – the Long Island Power Authority is anticipating lower rates throughout the year even as gas prices and other utilities’ prices continue to climb upwards. Since peaking to its highest monthly rates in January 2009, LIPA’s monthly electric rates [...]
Lawrence Overmatched By South Side Pitching, Fall 12-2
By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter What looked to be a promising start of the game for the Lawrence Golden Tornadoes varsity baseball team turned into a pitching gem for the South Side Cyclones of Rockville Centre as the visiting team took the victory, 12-2. South Side starting pitcher Christian Colletti had a rough [...]
District 14 Proposes $106 Million Budget
By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter School District 14 announced a $106 million proposed budget for the 2012-2013 school year which includes a 1.91 percent property tax increase. The Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District released its tentative budget at a meeting on Thursday, March 22, which included a 2.7 percent overall increase from the [...]
