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Next week, Tuesday May 21, the annual Lawrence School Board election will take place with incumbents Abel Feldhamer and Heshy Blachorsky seeking re-election. Opposing Blachorsky is Inwood resident, Ilyassha Shivers, in a contention that is not considered serious. These occasional challenges are usually nonstarters because of the outstanding job being done by the current board, […]

Lawrence High Schools seawall construction faces delays amid concerns and pushback from Cedarhurst residents. FEMAs review of public comments prolongs uncertainty. Share your views on the project and flooding in the Five Towns with jbessen@liherald.com.

Community members seated in the ballroom of the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club at a Lawrence Civic Association meeting on Feb. 29 held printed signs proclaiming their support for extending the Town of Hempstead moratorium on transit-oriented development.

Hip-hop got its start in a Bronx apartment building 50 years ago. The concept of home has been at the center of the genre ever since.

He says he knows “Getting Over Depression” doesn’t belong to him anymore. “It’s Israel’s song,” he said. “It’s the song our nation has chosen to listen to.”

(JTA) — An Israeli reservist on leave from the war in Gaza sneaks back into his house in the middle of the night to surprise his wife and sons. Another

A combination of the song quality and the nostalgia it invokes has made the song a holiday staple, say music experts.

A dream has become a reality for the Shulamith School for Girls, as it embarked on the new academic year in a newly acquired building at 305 Cedarhurst Ave. in Cedarhurst, previously the Lawrence school district’s Number Five School.

By Deepti Hajela and Jaime Holguin | The Associated Press Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer. (AP) (AP) - Nothing shows off hip-hop’s ability to change and

School district residents go to the polls on May 17, 2022, to vote on budgets and members of their local boards for the coming school year.