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The Long Beach Board of Education finalized its $155.9M 2024-25 budget, including key initiatives and infrastructure improvements. Vote is on May 21 at local schools.
Meet Long Island’s top woman marathoner: Cristin Delaney-Guille
Cristin Delaney-Guille grew up in Floral Park, but about 18 years ago, she packed up and moved to Long Beach. Delaney-Guille, 43, gave birth to a daughter, Olivia, shortly afterward, and then …
Recognizing Apraxia Day in Long Beach
Long Beach community members banded together at the Cabana Tuesday night to recognize and raise for a little-known speech disorder: apraxia. Childhood apraxia of speech is a disorder that makes …
Meet Long Beach’s school board candidates
Sam Pinto (incumbent) Pinto is a lifelong resident and graduate of LBHS. He has 3 children in the district, 2 elementary and 1 rising into middle school. He is a passionate, civic-minded …
Remembering Long Beach’s Adam Astone
A mass of solemn Long Beach community members came out to remember one of their own. A vigil was held on May 7 to honor Adam Astone’s memory. Astone died May 3. Those who …
Long Beach's spending plan proposes 1.04 percent tax increase
Throughout their campaign for City Council last fall, Brendan Finn, Chris Fiumara and Mike Reinhart made it clear to Long Beach residents that they were going to work to prevent taxes from …
Long Beach outlasts South Side
Prior to May 11, Long Beach hadn’t hosted a Nassau County baseball playoff game in 30 years. Now the Marines are one of the last four team standings in the Class AA tournament.
Community celebrates this 100-Year legacy in Long Beach
Long Beach commemorates 100 years of baseball tradition with clinics, reunions, and charity fundraising.
Temple Emanu-El hosts Holocaust remembrance service
Join Temple Emanu-El in honoring Holocaust Memorial Day with a solemn remembrance service in Long Beach.
Holocaust Memorial Day being honored in Long Beach
Long Beach community members are all invited to gather at Temple Emanu-El Monday, May 6 to commemorate Yom Hashoah, also known as Holocaust Memorial Day. “It’s an important day on …
Columnist
Finding our side of paradise
As a member of Gen Z, I know as well as anyone how the world views people my age.
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The state budget: lots of dollars, little sense
Nearly three weeks late, the $237 billion state budget presents a mix of positives and negatives. While it’s easy to find initiatives to support in such a large spending plan, inexplicably, there are areas where it falls short.
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Celebrating N.Y.’s investment in local journalism
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature delivered a beacon of hope for our communities by including in the state budget a groundbreaking initiative to support local news organizations in the form of a tax credit.
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We must secure our borders, reform immigration now
The Senate's promising bipartisan border deal was dismissed as "disastrous."