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School Budgets Pass by Wide Margins RAFT OF ARRESTS, CRIMES IN OUR AREA
A Starry Night... in 3D! Hewlett third grader Anil Anderson made this three-dimensional piece of art inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s own “Starry Night.” This piece of art, along with hundreds of others from the Hewlett-Woodmere School District, are on display for another week at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library.
By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter
Teenager Robbed of Phone in Cedarhurst An 18 year old woman was robbed of her cell phone by two men in Cedarhurst on Wednesday afternoon. The teenage victim was walking on Oxford Road near Westminster Road when she was approached by two currently unknown men. One of the men allegedly grabbed her
Middle School Unveils New Pond, Student Projects at Science Fair By Amanda Mayo Standard Staff Reporter
Walter Velasequez, 34 of Far Rockaway. Accused of third degree robbery.
Woodmere Middle School formally dedicated their new pond on Wednesday morning. The pond was built back in October when sixth-grade students and faculty dug out a hole, laid down plastic liner and moved stones. During the winter months, Woodmere’s science chair, Edward Tronolone, said
CONTINUED ON P. A5 Woodmere Middle School sixth grade students Daniel Hillel, Louis Halperin, Katie Goodelman and Sydney Isseks researched plant resources and how much space those plants need to grow at the Woodmere Middle School’s science far on Wednesday.
Photo by Amanda Mayo.
Jorge Alvarenga, 37 of Inwood. Accused of DWI and seven other counts. cell phone while the second man threw the woman to the ground. The two men took off from the scene on foot into the Bay Harbor Mall parking lot. The victim was not injured during the robbery. Police have released descriptions of the men – the first man is described as being a black male between 16 and 19 years old, 6 feet tall and 170 pounds wearing a grey hood-
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GATES, ALTUS, WITT WIN IN DISTRICT 14 By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter
Both local public school districts passed their proposed budgets for the 2012-2013 school year during a public vote on Tuesday and a total of five Board of Education members were elected to positions in the districts. The Hewlett-Woodmere School District, also referred to as District 14, passed a budget
Hewlett’s Jonathan Altus won the final spot on the District 14’s Board of Education. totalling $105,785,736, maintaining the district’s promise earlier this year to keep to one of its lowest tax levies in many years. The budget was passed by a 1388-877 margin. The levy increase is 1.91 percent for the next year, although the budget will climb about 2.47 percent from last year’s budget, which totalled over $103 million. In addition, the HewlettWoodmere School District elected two new members to the Board of Education – Melissa Gates and Jonathan Altus – as well as reelecting one in-
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Beach Clubs Gearing-up for New Season By Amanda Mayo Standard Staff Reporter
With Memorial Day approaching fast, Five Towns residents will be preparing for fun-in-thesun summer activities down by the beach side. The clubs in Atlantic Beach are set to open on Memorial Day weekend, starting on Saturday, May 26. Like every year, beach club staff have been running around working on necessary repairs to make sure the clubs are ready for the season.
There are 11 beach clubs in Atlantic Beach. Westbury Beach Club is now closed due to damage from Hurricane Irene, and other clubs that got hit by the storm had to work even harder this year to rebuild and clean up before the Summer 2012 season.
CONTINUED ON P. A2 Members at the Catalina Beach Club circa 1950. The iconic club dates back to 1944.
Photo courtesy of Catalina Beach Club.
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