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Should our taxes fund college education for prisoners?

New York state is considering an initiative at 10 of its state prisons to give prisoners a college education. The program would bring college professors into the prisons . . . more

2/27/14

Long Beach Medical Center's costs associated with Hurricane Sandy are expected to total $56 million.

Long Beach Medical Center eyes late-March reopening

Long Beach Medical Center’s costs associated with Hurricane Sandy are expected to reach $56 million. CEO Doug Melzer said he is hopeful the Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover most, if … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 2/14/13

Rose Sease, left, a nurse at the Komanoff Center, with June Perby, who returned on Jan. 28 after three months at Mercy Medical Center.

Komanoff Center residents return

June Perby sat by a large window overlooking Reynolds Channel that spans the fourth floor dining room of Long Beach Medical Center’s Komanoff Center for Geriatric & Rehabilitative Medicine. A … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 2/14/13

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

This mini-mart in Island Park, the former Liberty Mart, was charged by the New York State Liquor Authority in October with serving alcohol to a minor.

Mini-mart charged with serving alcohol to minor

The New York State Liquor Authority may pull the plug on an Island Park business’s liquor license, after the establishment was recently slapped with a violation for serving alcohol to a … more

By Anthony Rifilato arifilato@liherald.com | 1/18/12

Elected chair of Long Island Hospital Council

Merrick resident and CEO of Long Beach Medical Center Douglas Melzer was recently named chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council, the association that represents Long Island’s 24 not-for-profit and public hospitals. His two-year term will expire in June 2012. The CEOs from each of the member hospitals comprise the board of directors. more

Sari Zeidler | 6/28/10

Methadone is dispensed in precise doses from a computer-controlled machine resembling a cappuccino maker. NASA uses a similar machine to dispense liquids for space travel.

Methadone maintenance as a way of life

They line up every day inside an off-white office resembling a trailer across the street from the Long Beach Medical Center: two neat rows of average-looking people, waiting patiently, as if they are there to buy a cup of coffee from the local deli. But they are there to save their lives. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/14/10

The Long Beach Medical Center runs both a drug detoxification unit and a methadone maintenance clinic to help patients kick addictions to heroin and other drugs. Above are, from left, Dr. Sidney Hughes, the detox unit's medical director, nurse Lori Bochner, nurse Taranjeet Singh and Daniel Balzano, a unit support aide.

From painkillers to heroin addiction

Part three of an ongoing Herald series on heroin addiction. Mary dressed in a well-worn sweater and jeans for her interview in a conference room overlooking the bay at Long … more

By Scott Brinton | 4/2/10

Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, left, and his wife, Ellen, with Scott Horak, and James Portnof, dinner chairman of the Autumn Ball.

Long Beach Medical Center has a ball

The Long Beach Medical Center celebrated its 87th anniversary with a gala event entertaining more than 300 friends and supporters who raised $212,000 for patient care services at the hospital, … more

11/12/09

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