Politics & Government

Week in Review: Aug. 5-11, '12

Plainview Patch looks at the week in news.

Here are the top stories this past week on Plainview Patch. To see the full stories, click the blue links.

Week in Review:

1. Heavy rains caused the roof on the former St. Pius X elementary school to spill into the building, causing teachers and firefighters to move children in a daycare center to safety on Friday.

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2. About 200 people attended a candlelight vigil Wednesday in Plainview to honor the dead of the Wisconsin gurdwara shooting. 

3. Stuart Hayim of Sands Point, owner of in Plainview, shattered his own record for navigating around Long Island.

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4. : Law enforcement officials held a closed-door meeting on Tuesday with leaders of numerous area synagogues to discuss the potential of terrorist threats.


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