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Teacher schedules are taped to the walls of the middle school to help direct instructors to their assignments.

Concern and confusion were the most common reactions during the first week of a district-wide relocation after Lawrence High School closed on Jan. 16 due to damage to its electrical system caused by Hurricane Sandy. District officials say the repair work may take as long as eight weeks (see “Repairing the high school’s electrical system,” page 3). more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/23/13

Underneath Lawrence High School there is an acre and half of crawl space, where 140 yards of debris washed in due to Hurricane Sandy.

Repairing Lawrence High School’s electrical system

The question on the minds of Lawrence School District residents, teachers and students is, why now? Why in the middle of the school year did district officials decide to close the high school for up to eight weeks and implement a district-wide relocation of students? more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/23/13

Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow took on extra patients in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Area hospitals provide relief during, after storm

Days after the Hurricane Sandy tore through Long Island, its effects were still being felt, from long gas lines to thousands without power, and people’s day-to-day lives were changed. more

By Brian Croce | 11/7/12

Nassau County’s Office of Emergency Management sought to inform Atlantic Beach residents on how to prepare for an emergency. Above, Legislator Denise Ford (D-Long Beach) spoke about the importance of getting cleaning supplies such as gloves and trash bags before a storm.

Learning what to do in an emergency

With Atlantic Beach surrounded on one side by Reynolds Channel and the other by the Atlantic Ocean, and with Hurricane Sandy still fresh in their minds residents packed village hall for an educational seminar presented by Nassau County’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) on Oct. 1. more

By Vanessa Parker | 10/8/14

Several Cedarhurst residents were uprooted and are living in other places after Hurricane Sandy damaged their homes. A tree fell on a house on Central Avenue in Cedarhurst in the October storm.

Sandy victims still without a home

Moving from house to house has impacted every aspect of Woodmere resident Dror Zar’s life. He has lost his sense of security, he says, and now lives with the uncertainty of not knowing when he will return to his Barnard Street home. more

By Ann Friedman | 1/23/13

Finding normalcy after Hurricane Sandy

I didn’t know what to expect the morning we returned to Lawrence High School. Fishing out my ID card from a pocket of my backpack I hadn’t dipped into in two weeks, I opened the school door. more

By Nicole Bae | 11/21/12

The Village of Atlantic Beach is beginning a tree removal program within the next two weeks. Along Bermuda Street, several trees are due to be cut down.

Atlantic Beach to cut down 300 dead trees

Up to 300 trees that died due to Hurricane Sandy-related damage will be cut down throughout the Village of Atlantic Beach at a cost of $124,025. Removal of the tree is expected to begin in two weeks, village officials said. more

By Vanessa Parker | 3/18/15

Heavy rain flooded Marbridge Road in Lawrence this month so severely that Lawrence-Cedarhurst firefighters had to rescue a woman from her car.

Trying to hold back the water

Whenever heavy rain is in the forecast, Mira Konigsberg fears for her property. Mira and her husband, Phillip, have lost five cars to flooding on Marbridge Road in Lawrence in the past four years. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/26/13

Long Island Volunteer Center seeks help

There has been a lot of progress made in the rebuilding efforts since Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island in late October, but there is still work to be done. The Long Island Volunteer Center is in need of volunteers to help those impacted by the storm. more

12/21/12

Five Towns NY Rising Committee chairs Pete Sobol, left, and Bob Block listened to a question during the conference in Albany on April 23.

No bonus $3 million for Five Towns

The Five Towns NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program Committee was not one of the eight winners of a bonus $3 million that will be used to implement the post Hurricane Sandy rebuilding projects that have been proposed as winners were announced in Albany Wednesday. more

By Vanessa Parker | 4/23/14

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