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The conference was hosted by the city and Schnirman was among the guest speakers.
Rethinking a post-Sandy future
Malcolm Bowman, a professor of marine and atmospheric sciences at Stony Brook University, showed the audience an image of a sand berm above a small village in the Netherlands, a country that is … more
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These students had no trouble getting down to the business of building during an open house at the new Pre-K Center at Lido School.
Ten months after Sandy, West School reopens
On Monday morning, kids across Long Beach boarded buses for their first day of school. But for West School students and parents, the welcome-back greeting meant something more. “She was all … more
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City Council members Eileen Goggin and Fran Adelson, far left, Legislator Dave Denenberg, Michele Mittleman, County Executive Ed Mangano and Legislator Denise Ford denounced the earth-movement exclusion clause in the NFIP program.
Rallying against FEMA ‘loophole’
“You should have been in your house nine months ago,” County Legislator Dave Denenberg (D-Merrick) told the crowd. “… [T]here was no earth moving, that was floodwaters. This has to … more
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The city announced the opening of yet another section of the boardwalk on Friday.
New section of Long Beach boardwalk opens
The city announced the opening of yet another section of the new boardwalk on Friday, and residents will now be able to stroll, bike and run on the most recently completed addition, west of Laurelton … more
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George Ennis, right, with his wife, Maureen, standing in what used to be their kitchen on California Street with their dog, Trixxi, star of “Trixxi’s Excellent Bar Crawl Adventure.”
Roll out the red carpet
Nine months after Hurricane Sandy, Long Beach resident and filmmaker George Ennis is in the midst of his seventh move, as his house gets completely rebuilt. For Ennis, it was the second blow from … more
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FEMA awarded the Long Beach School District $3 million to help cover West School’s repair costs.
West School receives $3 million from FEMA
West School — one of the schools that was hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy — received a $3 million reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency last week, a large chunk of funding … more
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Teen missionaries from Next Step MInistries helped to clean up debris from the Casas’s side yard.
Post-Sandy tales of woe — and waiting
Bay Park resident Dana Casas was nine months pregnant when the hurricane hit — and after losing almost all of their possessions in the storm, she and her … more
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Most of the walls in Birnbaum’s home have been gutted, and the flooring needs to be ripped out before any other work can be done.
Post-Sandy tales of woe — and waiting
It has been more than nine months since Hurricane Sandy decimated Nassau County’s South Shore, but for many residents of Bay Park and East Rockaway, the aftermath of the storm seems never-ending. … more
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Community reconstruction zone co-chair Tommy Asher led a protest group in Island Park after Hurricane Sandy, demanding federal recovery funds.
Sandy rebuilding continues
When Oceanside resident Raymond Pagano got a call from Laura Munafo, the Nassau County representative for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Community Reconstruction Zones program, Pagano was first surprised, and … more
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Resident Anita Daly, outside her New Hampshire Street home, said that she has yet to return because of federal funding hurdles.
Still no homecoming
Nine months after Hurricane Sandy, there has been no ribbon-cutting ceremony at Anita Daly’s home. Her house remains a vacant shell, one of the many that line her West End block. This week … more
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