Over the last few years, misfortune has piled on the Tamburino family like the meat on the famously overstuffed sandwiches they’ve been serving up at their Cedarhurst delicatessen since 1978.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/20/16
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Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/28/15
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Local governments in Nassau and Suffolk counties are expected to share $145 million in state money — out of a total of $175 million — to cover the outstanding 10 percent in Hurricane Sandy rebuilding costs that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) doesn’t reimburse.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/25/14
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The two-story extension that added about 4,000 square feet to Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department headquarters, at a cost of approximately $2 million, is nearing completion.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/15/14
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Well, we were warned.
For many years, at the start of each hurricane season, the people of Long Island were reminded that a major hurricane could hit our area.
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8/28/13
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Woodmere Bay Yacht Club member Charles Mohr just finished rebuilding his Bay Park home after Tropical Storm Irene, when Hurricane Sandy struck Long Island and tore through Mohr’s house. Sandy also damaged the East Rockaway clubhouse of the 66-year-old group.
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By Jeffrey Bessen
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3/20/13
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Last August, Tropical Storm Irene hit Long Island hard, ravaging neighborhoods across the South Shore. There was massive flooding, thousands of downed trees and widespread property damage.
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8/9/12
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From January to December, 2011 was an interesting year in the Five Towns from a number of students earning recognition for their scholastic work to the damage of Tropical Storm Irene and the Lawrence football team winning the Nassau County Conference III title.
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12/30/11
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