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One of Long Island's showcase communities, and the most populous of the Five Towns area's six villages, Lawrence has been a bastion of quiet wealth and architectural elegance since its founding in the late 1800s.
Photo: Scene near Lawrence Beach, Lawrence (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: Scene near Lawrence Beach, Lawrence (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
One of Long Island's showcase communities, and the most populous of the Five Towns area's six villages, Lawrence has been a bastion of quiet wealth and architectural elegance since its founding in the late 1800s.
Photo: Scene near Lawrence Beach, Lawrence (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: Scene near Lawrence Beach, Lawrence (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
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Airlines give Mexico travelers more time to change plans
keith.herbert@newsday.comDelta Air Lines customers have until May 16 to change travel plans to Mexico without paying a $150 fee, the airline announced Thursday. Vanessa Martinez, 38, of Huntington Station, planned to travel to Mexico City May 7. Under Delta's old cutoff date...Tags: Long Island, Mining, Pollution, Suffolk County (New York), Metal and Mineral
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Fire destroys home in Lawrence, no injuries
bill.mason@newsday.comA fire destroyed an unoccupied house in Lawrence early Tuesday morning, police said. The cause of the fire at 46 Lismore Rd. was undetermined and under investigation by the Nassau fire marshal and Arson/Bomb Squad detectives, police said, but it was...Tags: Police Investigations, Fires, Police
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Nassau officials: Lawrence fire that killed 4 'suspicious'
matthew.chayes@newsday.com and zachary.dowdy@newsday.comA simple bouquet of flowers is tucked behind a wooden plank boarding up the North Lawrence home where a mother and three of her children died Thursday from a blaze that police believe was arson. Gone are the hundreds of firefighters, investigators and...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Fires, Crimes, Arson, Charity
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Hempstead cites owners of building where fire killed 4
eden.laikin@newsday.comA week after a suspicious fire killed a mother and three of her children in their North Lawrence apartment, Hempstead Town officials slapped the building's owners yesterday with summonses for removing a fire escape without a permit and nine other town...Tags: Chicago Housing Authority, Condos and Houses, Manhattan (New York City), Far Rockaway, Rentals
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Four Lawrence fire victims laid to rest
susana.enriquez@newsday.comThe patriarch of the family that lost four members in a suspicious North Lawrence fire bid an emotional farewell to his wife, stepson and two daughters Friday. Gathered at Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale with about 100 people - including family, friends...Tags: Long Island, Imperial and Royal Matters, Death and Dying, Far Rockaway
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L.A. museums' collections grow despite poor economy
As Los Angeles art museums face the future in a down economy, building their collections may not be the highest priority, but it's a big worry.
Will art acquisition funds dwindle to nothing? Will once-dependable patrons stop writing checks when...Tags: Los Angeles, Metal and Mineral, Arts, New York, South Pasadena
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Five Towns resident in McCain funding spotlight
Spin CycleAllies of the McCain campaign have found loopholes in the public campaign-finance law that the senator helped author, and are using them to try to keep up with Barack Obama's fundraising, the Wall Street Journal reported late last week.......Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, John McCain, Charity, Political Candidates
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Obama urges stimulus package, announces economic team
CHICAGO - Citing an "economic crisis of historic proportions," President-elect Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a costly, job-creating stimulus bill as quickly as possible, a rare pre-inaugural call to action delivered as the outgoing Bush...Tags: National Government, Automotive Equipment, Government, Great Depression (1929), Interior Policy
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Obama plans to tap Geithner for Treasury post
President-elect Barack Obama picked Timothy Geithner, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to be his Treasury secretary, with Lawrence Summers getting a senior White House role, a Democratic aide said Friday. Obama also is likely to nominate New...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, James Jones, Government, U.S. Department of Treasury
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School news: Massapequa students go to preserve
More than 650 students at McKenna Elementary School in Massapequa are boosting their knowledge of environmental science by using the Massapequa Park Preserve as their open-air classroom through the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Open Space Stewardship...Tags: Long Island, Uniondale, Awards and Prizes, High Schools, John McCain
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Obama readies proposals to fix economy
ESPANOLA, N.M. - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama promised new ideas yesterday to calm America's financial meltdown and help struggling families avoid mortgage foreclosure, saying that "this is not a time for fear, it's not a time for panic."...Tags: John Kerry, Ben Bernanke, Financial and Business Services, John McCain, Government
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State: Nassau attorney's pension improper
sandra.peddie@newsday.comAlbert D'Agostino, the politically prominent Nassau attorney who got a six-figure public pension after the state retroactively approved 21 years of credit for him, must give up his pension and pay back the more than $600,000 he has collected, the New York...Tags: Retirement, Wages and Pensions, Interior Policy, Valley Stream, Lawyers
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