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The show must — and will — go on for Island Park Theatre Group!

Island Park Theatre Group is back with their production of Smokey Joe's Cafe after Mother Nature put plans for the production on hold last fall. more

By Mary Malloy | 4/18/13

During Hurricane Sandy, a 10-foot tidal surge raced up the canal that leads to Cammans Pond in south Merrick, scattering floating docks, personal watercraft and boats and causing flooding on local streets. Storm-drain flapper valves would have done nothing to stop that surge, said Brian Schneider, deputy commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Public Works.

Stopping the ocean in a hurricane –– or not

South Shore residents have returned to their normal lives in the months since Hurricane Sandy, but many people’s thoughts are starting to turn to the potential for another big storm. Is it possible to stop the floodwaters that inundated coastal neighborhoods? they wonder. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/10/13

Lengthy gasolines lines were commonplace across Nassau County following last October’s Hurricane Sandy.

State to provide grants for generators

The recently approved 2013-2014 state budget includes provisions to provide grants to gas stations that are prewired to receive or purchase generators during a declared fuel shortage emergency. more

By David Weingrad | 4/3/13

Richard V. Guardino, Jr., Hofstra’s Vice President for Business Development introduced the program.

Sandy money too slow? Blame Washington.

“What happened with Sandy is really a metaphor with what’s happening in Washington,” U.S. Rep. Peter … more

By Anthony Rifilato and Mary Malloy arifilato@liherald.com and mmalloy@liherald.com | 3/27/13

In Merrick, floodwaters reached as far north as Merrick Road during Hurricane Sandy, spreading saltwater everywhere and stressing plants like this hydrangea outside the Merrick CVS. Though many plants appear to be dead, they could very well make a comeback in June or early July, experts say.

Saving stressed-out plants after Hurricane Sandy

When Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29, it inundated thousands of South Shore yards with saltwater, which is awful for lawns and most plants. Over the past 4½ months, homeowners have watched helplessly as their hydrangeas have shriveled up, their boxwoods have turned rust-colored and their grass has become a mottled patch of brown and more brown. In many cases, years’ worth of yard work, valued at thousands of dollars, was seemingly destroyed in a single night. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/14/13

Garbage collected during Op-SPLASH 22 last year.

Volunteer your time to restoring the South Shore's wetlands

Hurricane Sandy led to one of Long Island’s worst environmental disasters ever, if not the worst. Sandy’s massive storm surge flooded hundreds of South Shore homes. Fuel oil tanks broke loose and floated away, spilling oil as they went. Cars were flooded as well, which sent a witches’ brew of chemicals spilling out. Sewage leaked from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant. more

2/26/13

The South Shore’s wetlands are covered in debris that washed up during Hurricane Sandy. Above, the shoreline in Merrick.

Restoring the South Shore's Sandy-ravaged wetlands

Like no other storm since the “Long Island Express” of 1938, Hurricane Sandy ripped apart Long Island’s South Shore, lifting docks off their moorings and depositing them miles away, tearing hot tubs from backyard decks and dumping them in the canals that line the coast, and sending boats big and small hurtling out to sea. more

By Scott Brinton | 2/26/13

RVCFD receives FEMA money

The Rockville Centre Fire Department received $60,000 in reimbursement money from FEMA for their overtime work during the March 2010 storm, said RVCFD Chief John Busching at the Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 4. more

2/20/13

Sandy showed Bay Park Sewage Plant shortcomings

Bay Park resident Nora Garcia-Osuna described what she found in her backyard after Hurricane Sandy as “mounds of hard, layered, crusted-over sewage” — the likes of which she had never seen … more

By Mary Malloy | 2/14/13 | 3 comments

Hospital CEO Doug Melzer said that the reopening of the nursing home was a ‘milestone.’

Komanoff Center residents return

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 … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 2/14/13

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