Securing jobs for Long Island has never been an easy task. Companies have been leaving for years for places where taxes and utility costs are less. Entrepreneurs find it hard to pay employees who …
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By James Bernstein
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2/16/23
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The Long Beach City Council, still weighing whether to reverse a decision it made in December 2021 to opt out of a New York state program to allow retail sales of marijuana, met with state cannabis …
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By Brendan Carpenter and James Bernstein
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2/2/23
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The City of Long Beach and the Village of Lindenhurst, in Suffolk County, have each won competitive grants of $4.5 million to help them revitalize their downtown business districts, Gov. Kathy …
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By James Bernstein
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1/26/23
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The Superblock project, which is filling seaside lots that have been empty for 40 years, is to be partially completed sooner than expected, an executive at the development company told the Long Beach …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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1/26/23
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A lumber yard that has been in business since 1917 in Long Beach and owned by the whitbreads family was severely damaged by a fire late Saturday morning.
City spokesman John McNally …
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By James Bernstein
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1/21/23
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After growing up in Long Beach and graduating from high school in 1976, Allen Schwartz attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, majoring in hotel management. Upon graduating, he actually did …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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1/19/23
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The Long Beach City Council was expected to set a public hearing regarding the tiff over tables for boardwalk eateries at Tuesday night’s meeting, but instead tabled the discussion for the next …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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1/5/23
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“Anybody who thinks that cannabis is not currently being consumed in Long Beach hasn’t been outside recently.”
That is what David Zelinger said to the Long Beach City Council …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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12/22/22
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The City of Long Beach is hoping to head off another clash with Brian Braddish, owner of the popular Riptides restaurant, only a year after the city and Braddish fought over the placement of LGBTQ …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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12/22/22
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After preserving the city’s history for over 40 years, the Long Beach Historical Society has itself started becoming history, needing renovations and repairs.
The 113-year-old building, at …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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12/15/22
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