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Thousands of Long Beach residents and visitors took part in the Long Beach Polar Bears’ 16th annual Super Bowl Splash on Sunday. The event benefits the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Polar Bears brave icy Atlantic at Super Bowl Splash
Temperatures hovering in the 30s and a recent blizzard did little to dampen the spirits of the thousands of Long Beach residents and neighbors who gathered for the Long Beach Polar Bears’ 16th … more
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Anthony Eramo, pictured last year when he was first sworn into office, was named council president in January. On Tuesday, the council voted unanimously to replace Eramo by giving Vice President Len Torres the leadership title.
Eramo voted out as L.B. City Council president
In what came as a shock to many residents at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Council President Anthony Eramo, who was sworn into the position just last month, was unanimously voted out as president … more
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U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and other officials called on Cuomo to veto the proposed LNG project.
Officials rally against LNG plan in Long Beach
A week after they criticized plans for an offshore liquefied natural gas terminal at a meeting in Queens, local, state and federal officials gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk on Thursday to call … more
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Anthony Eramo, pictured last year when he first sworn into office, was named council president on Tuesday.
Eramo elected City Council president
Though members of the City Council were not up for re-election in 2014, they began the new year with some leadership changes at Tuesday’s meeting, where they voted unanimously to elect Councilman … more
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The City Council voted to switch to single-stream recycling last week.
Long Beach to single-stream its recycling
The city approved a measure last week to launch a single-stream recycling program that it said will be a more efficient and environmentally friendly collection method. The City Council voted … more
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A video on Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows images of a liquefied natural gas transport ship. Such ships, capable of carrying tens of millions of gallons of LNG, would dock 16.1 nautical miles from Jones Beach if Liberty acquires government approvals to build Port Ambrose.
Calls for LNG meeting in Long Beach
The City Council and State Assemblyman-elect Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) are calling for a public hearing to be held in Long Beach to discuss a company’s plan to build an offshore liquefied … more
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Supporters of Local 287 turned out in force at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, where they called on the city to maintain five firefighter positions.
Layoffs fan flames of ongoing protest
Negotiations between the city and Long Beach Professional Firefighters Local 287 broke down on Tuesday, after the union rejected an offer that city officials said would have temporarily avoided the … more
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This image from Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows where the company wants to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean. The company would need to lay 21.7 miles of subsea pipeline to connect its terminal to the existing Transco Lateral, which extends from New Jersey to Long Beach.
Long Beach City Council opposes LNG project
The Long Beach City Council is opposing a company’s plan to build “Port Ambrose,” a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 19 miles southeast of Jones Beach, citing environmental … more
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Long Beach firefighters — and surfers — Bryan Jones, left, and Brian Olson, are among those protesting planned layoffs on Jan. 1.
Union blasts firefighter layoffs
The head of the union representing the city’s career firefighters criticized the coming layoffs of five firefighters, saying that he received reassurances from the city that the positions were … more
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Members of local 287 are hoping the city reconsiders planned layoffs.
Long Beach to lay off 5 firefighters
The city says it will lay off five firefighters on Jan. 1, when a $910,530 federal grant — which allowed the Fire Department to bring back personnel two years ago — comes to an end. … more
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