One after another, for four hours, speakers at a hearing last Wednesday in Jamaica, Queens lined up to decry a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach.
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By Brian Racow
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1/14/15
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Lifetime Cedarhurst resident Amerigo Cafasso Jr. died at home on Jan. 5. He was 82.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/14/15
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Lawrence Middle School fifth- and sixth- graders, along with the student council officers packed the gymnasium on Dec. 9 to listen to former New York Giant Keith Davis and his colleague, Dominic Miller, a former defensive lineman for the University of Houston.
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By Vanessa Parker
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12/24/14
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In ordinary circumstances, the usual standard that a person is innocent until proven guilty is an absolute in this country’s judicial system, except when . . .
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10/29/14
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County Legislator Dave Denenberg’s campaign for the New York State Senate came to a screeching halt last week when news broke that he had allegedly stolen more than $2 million from a client of his law firm . . .
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10/2/14
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Meyerson-Roth Co. Inc., a franchise of DCAP Insurance, has been in Long Beach since the 1930s. In 2001, it was purchased by Brian Bergman.
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9/18/14
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The term “SARA” is an acronym defining exactly what this unique family-owned business offers: Skilled, Attentive, Reliable, Assistants.
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4/18/14
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The company that wants to build a liquefied natural gas import terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 19 miles southeast of Jones Beach, Liberty Natural Gas, LLC, says the terminal would provide the greater New York City region with a new source of “competitively priced” natural gas. But New York State’s Energy Planning Board doesn’t see much of a future for liquefied natural gas, or LNG, imports in the United States. In fact, they are already waning, according to the board’s recently published 2014 Draft New York State Energy Plan.
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By Brian Racow
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2/12/14
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The Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre is set to receive thousands of dollars in funding from the United Way of Long Island to help families in the area recovering from Hurricane Sandy.
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Alex Costello
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8/28/13
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Publishers Clifford and Stuart Richner announced July 10 that Richner
Communications has agreed to acquire L&M Publications, a Long Island weekly newspaper group that includes the Merrick Life, Bellmore Life, Freeport-Baldwin Leader and the Wantagh-Seaford Citizen. Both Richner Communications and L&M are privately held companies, and terms of the sale were not announced. The sale is expected to close this quarter.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/12/13
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