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West End resident and community activist Liz Treston outside her house in 2016.

“It’s very frustrating to see that a person who knows so much about the details of the system got plain old screwed by a bad contractor, and is now unable to get back into her home,” said Sam … more

By Bridget Downes | 3/1/18

More than 1,000 people gathered in the West End last Saturday for the fifth annual Long Beach Electric Light Parade, featuring antique cars, fire trucks and floats decorated in festive lights.

Electric Light Parade draws more than a thousand people

Residents and visitors alike gathered in the West End for the fifth annual Long Beach Electric Light Parade on Saturday. People lined West Beech Street as antique cars, fire trucks, floats and … more

By Bridget Downes | 12/15/17

A magnitude-4.1 earthquake that struck near Dover, Del. was felt in Long Beach on Thursday.

Effects of Delaware earthquake felt in Long Beach

A number of Long Beach residents said that their buildings and homes shook late Thursday afternoon when a magnitude-4.1 earthquake struck near Dover, Del. “We are aware of multiple buildings … more

12/1/17

The fifth annual Electric Light Parade will run down Beech Street on Dec. 9.

West End Electric Light Parade set for next week

The West End is set to host the fifth annual Long Beach Electric Light Parade featuring antique cars, fire trucks, floats and bicycles wrapped in decorative lights to celebrate the holiday season. … more

By Bridget Downes | 11/30/17

New York’s infrastructure plans are on right track

In politics, talk is cheap, as they say. During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump talked a good game, calling for a $1 trillion national infrastructure program that would modernize the country’s ailing transportation network. So far, nothing. more

7/27/17

West End residents call for public restroom to be moved

No Long Beach local hopes for bad weather during the summer season, unless, perhaps, you live on Virginia Avenue. more

By Ben Strack | 9/22/16

An exciting lineup of artists will be performing on the beach all summer long.

Upcoming Events in Long Beach

Summer Concert Series continues on the beach July 21, 25-28. Turnpike Joe and The Traffic Jam performs at the Long Beach Public Library July 23. Beach Movie Night on July 23. Click for details. more

7/21/16

The $230 million project calls for the rehabilitation of 17 existing jetties, or groins, and construction of four new ones, as well as the addition of roughly 4.7 million cubic yards of sand for a system of berms and dunes along 35,000 feet of shoreline from Long Beach to Point Lookout.

Army Corps project begins this month

Trucks will begin hauling 250,000 tons of large stones through the West End and the city this month as the Army Corps of Engineers begins work on a large-scale coastal protection project that … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 7/6/16

Longtime Long Beach residents Con Astone and his wife, Dorothy, both passed away over the past year.

Con Astone, popular Italian singer, dies at 79

Longtime Long Beach resident Con Astone, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who performed with Elvis Presley, Teddy Randazzo and other popular acts in Las Vegas, died on May 26 after a battle with … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 6/17/16

The developers looking to build two luxury condominium towers on the HALB property have scaled back the height of the proposed buildings.

Proposed height of condo towers at HALB site reduced

Amid an outcry from residents, developers looking to build two luxury condominium towers along the boardwalk on the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach property have scaled back the proposed height of the buildings. more

By Ben Strack | 6/8/16

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