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I’m occasionally asked a puzzling question by some people in political circles. What, they ask, do people in the Five Towns want from us in government. I respond, of course, that Five Towns residents want the very same things that everyone else, in every other neighborhood, wants and needs. They want their public officials to provide, above all, safety for their families. They want good schools, clean streets, good roads and an efficient, well-run government that keeps taxes as low as possible.

The launch of E-ZPass on the Atlantic Beach Bridge last month has brought change to the seven-decade-old structure that connects Atlantic Beach with Lawrence, and has also confused many residents and …

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch In an interview with the Meaningful People podcast, Racheli Fraenkel (mother of Naftali Fraenkel, Hy’d) uttered something so clear and personal to me, that I could have expressed it myself, and I kind of wish I had. She mentioned that while she was in a restaurant in Florida while conducting a […]

Howard Kopel, who represents Nassau County’s 7th Legislative District (including the Five Towns), was appointed this week as the legislature’s presiding officer. …

Lawrence resident Howard Kopel who has served as the Nassau County Legislature's deputy presiding officer since 2018 was sworn in as the presiding officer in the Legislative building on Jan. 5.