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🌱 How a Lawrence family finally found answers after a 19-year mystery
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Lawrence family finally found answers after a 19-year mystery
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 83, low: 69.
- Saturday: Showers around; not as warm, with a high of 76 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• A Decades-Long Pursuit of Justice and Closure: Reflecting on the Case of Israel Greenwald Z"L (5townscentral.com) — From right here in Lawrence, a local family's decades-long struggle for justice after Israel Greenwald's 1986 disappearance is being thoughtfully revisited. Community advocate Michal Weinstein reflects on her reunion with attorney Benjamin Brafman and how their pro bono legal fight, federal investigations, and her childhood journals finally brought truth and a measure of closure. 
📸 Around Lawrence
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lawrence
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- BOE Regular Meeting
Lawrence UFSD 2 Reilly Rd, Cedarhurst, NY 11516, USA
8:00 pm
Monday August 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Play Hooray
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
10:00 am - Adult Craft: Scrapbooks & Junk Journals
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
11:30 am - Learn to Crochet: Granny Squares
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
11:30 am - Messy Art - Spray Foam Sculptures
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
4:30 pm - Comedy After Dark
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
7:30 pm - BOARD OF EDUCATION: Tour of District Buildings
Jennie E. Hewitt Elementary School Rockville Centre, NY 11570 - Chair Yoga (Hybrid)
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
9:15 am - Baby Sign Language
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
9:30 am - Preschool Readiness
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
10:45 am - LB Garden Club: Tomatomania
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
12:00 pm - Film Friday: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
1:00 pm
Thursday August 20
Friday August 21
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Center Education Group posted a job opening for Admissions Representative in Cedarhurst. Apply here.
- The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Valley Stream. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lawrence here.
🗞 Nearby News
Inwood
- Theater Review (NYC): 'benevolent' by Sophie McIntosh (blogcritics.org)
- Who's a fan of Costco's rotisserie chicken? (uticaod.com)
- Pair Arrested for Gun Possession during Traffic Stop (lilifepolitics.com)
Long Beach
- 185 W Park Ave #406, Long Beach, NY 11561 - 2 beds/2 baths (redfin.com)
Rockville Centre
- MS-13 Leader From Hempstead Sentenced To 17 Years Jail Time For Pair Of Brutal Machete Attacks: DA (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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