Civic leads anger over building

By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

While the theme of the Feb. 1 Lawrence Civic Association meeting was that the 95-year-old organization was back in action after the pandemic, the tone established by the group’s new leader, Judi Bernstein, was anger about proposed development in the Five Towns.

“We are the watchdogs of the Village of Lawrence,” Bernstein said. “Our organization was established in 1928, and during Covid we went into quarantine like everyone else, and now it’s time for our re-emergence and our revival.”

Development — or what is seen as overdevelopment — was the focus of discussion and questions last week.

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