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March 12: Letter on No. 6 School, Torah Donation

Here is what's coming up today on Five Towns Patch.

Posted by Stephen J. Bronner (Editor), March 11, 2013 at 08:31 pm

Check out recent home sales in the Five Towns at 6 a.m, including one for $1.79 million.

At 11 a.m., a Woodmere resident and doctor writes in a letter why he's opposing the referendum on the Number Six School sale.

An Atlantic Beach teen recently donated a Torah. Read more at 3 p.m.

There will be a meeting of the Woodmere Fire District commissioners at 6 p.m.

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