In a sacred, thrilling, stress-filled, tear-stained yearly ritual, our area high school graduates are heading off to college, the next chapter in their journey to . . .
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9/1/16
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Long Beach residents will see some relief in the form of a 15 percent reduction on their National Flood Insurance premiums, up from 10 percent previously. Long Beach is one of only five …
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9/3/15
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had restored over $9 million of previously denied Public Assistance program funding to reimburse the City of Long …
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By Matthew Ern
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9/3/15
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The city is calling on residents to come up with a creative slogan for its new traffic safety initiative, after the City Council voted last month to lower the city’s speed limit to 25 miles per hour on side streets.
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4/15/15
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Beachgoers have some new food options to look forward to this summer.
In addition to the continuation of the successful food truck court — the Shoregasboard — introduced last summer, the …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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4/16/14
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An environmental advocacy group is claiming that the City of Long Beach is violating one of its own ordinances by using tropical hardwood to construct the new boardwalk.
A city ordinance adopted …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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7/3/13
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“We’re doing everything we can to rebuild our facilities,” said Recreation Department Commissioner Bob Piazza of efforts to fully restore the Recreation Center following Hurricane Sandy. …
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By Chris Engelhardt
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5/23/13
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“It feels good to help people,” said Antonio Ottenwalder, president of the Roosevelt High School National Honor Society, whose group of 35 students spent a cold and windy Friday morning sweeping …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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4/25/13
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