Animosity between the Libbey family, of Atlantic Beach, and village officials has spawned a legal action filed on May 6 in U.S. Eastern District Court by Alberta Libbey, Victoria Libbey Simao, Richard Libbey and Pamela Makaea that names the village, its Board of Trustees, Mayor Stephen Mahler, Building Inspector Steven Cherson, R&W Engineers and Michael Williams as defendants.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/15/13
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Though not as long as or iconic as the Long Beach boardwalk, the half-mile boardwalk in Atlantic Beach built in 1928 is a landmark for residents of the barrier beach community that was established five years earlier.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/23/13
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Power has been restored today in Lawrence from Central Avenue to the Nassau Expressway, Trustee Michael Fragin confirmed.
Pensinsual Public Library will be reopening and be open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/5/12
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Village elections were held in Atlantic Beach, Lawrence, Woodsburgh, Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor and Hewlett Neck on June 19. The only contested race was for mayor of Atlantic Beach.
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By Ann Friedman
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6/19/12
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For the second time in two mayoral elections, Village of Atlantic Beach Mayor Stephen Mahler, running for his ninth, two-year, term, is again being challenged by former village Trustee Edward Radburn.
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By Ann Friedman
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6/14/12
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Cy Gruber’s family came to Atlantic Beach in 1932, when he was a youngster. They had a summer home on Fulton Street, and Gruber remembers the smell of the ocean air, which they didn’t enjoy at their apartment in the Bronx.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/14/12
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Villages in the Five Towns find themselves making educated guesses each year about how much money they will spend on snowstorm cleanup as they prepare for winter’s wrath.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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12/15/11
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The Village of Atlantic Beach is scheduled to demolish a building that dates to the 1930s because it is considered a hazard, but the owners of the structure at 2305 Park Street think it could be saved.
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JEFF BESSEN
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9/22/11
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Wanting to be paid for their lunch hour and seeking a merit-based pay system, more than 20 Village of Atlantic Beach lifeguards addressed the village board at a meeting on July 11.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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7/21/11
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The Village of Atlantic Beach will hold elections for two trustee seats on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. in village hall at 65 The Plaza in Atlantic Beach. Running unopposed for re-election for a two-year term is longtime incumbent Andrew J. Rubin. He declined to be interviewed.
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JEFF BESSEN
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6/16/11
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