It came right down to the wire.
Just one day before the disaster recovery center in Long Beach was set to close, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that they would keep the doors …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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2/27/13
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For the past seven years, Long Beach High School has held its senior prom at Chateau Briand in Carle Place. However, due to the hardships caused by Hurricane Sandy, this year’s event was nearly …
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By Rosemary Leonetti
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2/14/13
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School officials learned about two threats last week, one made at the middle school and the other at the high school, in what police and school officials ultimately determined to be non-credible …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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2/14/13
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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 …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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2/14/13
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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 …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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2/14/13
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More than three months after Hurricane Sandy, West End resident Sam Kinsley has reached her breaking point — and she wants the world to know it.
“[Long Beach] is a community of hard-working …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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2/14/13
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After months of political wrangling and desperate calls from city and state officials to release much-needed federal aid, Congress passed a $50.5 billion Hurricane Sandy aid package on Monday, a …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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1/30/13
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Long Beach Police say that a Long Beach man was shot in the abdomen at an Island Park bar on Sunday night, adding that the wounded victim had walked home after the shooting before a friend called …
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Anthony Rifilato
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1/14/13
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Standing just a few feet from an 8-foot-tall pile of debris at the end of Louisiana Street, Cheryl Ives paused for a moment as her neighbors carried large pieces of sheetrock, soggy insulation and …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/5/12
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Harvey Weisenberg, a Democrat from Long Beach and the incumbent state assemblyman in the 20th District, squared off against Republican challenger Dr. David Sussman, a physician from Lawrence, in a …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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10/26/12
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