Long Beach Medical Center officials are continuing talks with South Nassau Communities Hospital about a merger in the hopes of reopening the barrier island’s only hospital, which has remained …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/26/13
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After an exhaustive marketing effort by Long Beach officials to attract visitors to town in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, City Manager Jack Schnirman described the summer after the storm as a …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/25/13
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Nine-year-old Long Beach resident Michaelangelo Marino had never surfed before last week, when he attended the Skudin Surf camp and learned how to ride a wave.
“We really applaud the …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/11/13
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The best surfers on the East Coast will come together in Long Beach this week during the 15th annual Unsound Surf Pro competition, the first major professional surfing contest to take place in the …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/5/13
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Saying that Long Beach has avoided the fate of Detroit, the Long Beach City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to lift its declaration of a fiscal crisis, after Moody’s Investors Service revised …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/4/13
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“You should have been in your house nine months ago,” County Legislator Dave Denenberg (D-Merrick) told the crowd. “… [T]here was no earth moving, that was floodwaters. This has to …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/4/13
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Ten months after Hurricane Sandy hit the region, a special task force created by President Obama released a 200-page report on Monday that outlines steps to help communities prepare for extreme …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/21/13
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Ron and Debbie Gialanze owned a ranch-style home on East Pine Street for 26 years, and raised two children there. When they finished paying the mortgage, they decided to continue paying for flood …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/15/13
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A little more than a month after state lawmakers passed a bill to allow Long Beach to borrow $12 million to cover costs associated with Hurricane Sandy and an inherited deficit, the city’s …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/25/13
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The Nassau County District Attorney is reviewing an ethics violation claim by former City Council President Jim Hennessy against three current council members, alleging that they accepted free legal …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/24/13
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