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Weekly Recap: School Bus Accident, Row of Vacancies

In case you missed it, here are Five Towns Patch's top stories from the past week.

Busy week? No worries. Patch highlighted the top stories of the week so you can catch up on local news. This week, the top stories are:

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A Far Rockaway man who in 2009 fired 29 shots into a crowd of people, killing one man and wounding another, was sentenced last Wednesday to 50 years to life in prison, according to the Queens district attorney.

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They were some of your favorite places to dine in the Five Towns but they are no more. What restaurants or other eateries that no longer exist in the area do you wish you can walk back into today?

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An entire row of nine stores, right across from the Hewlett train station, are available for rent in a building that is also home to  and a convenience store.

Four young children were transported to the hospital on Wednesday after their school bus collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Central Avenue and Woodmere Boulevard, according to the chief of the .


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