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City council President Len Torres, left, and State Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky at last month’s public forum with representatives of South Nassau Communities Hospital and the state Department of Health.

City Council calls on state to update Berger Report

The Long Beach City Council last week renewed its call on the state Department of Health to update a 2006 report used as the basis to restructure hospitals across the state, and recommended that the … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 5/14/15

South Nassau is best hope to improve health care in Long Beach

The caregivers at South Nassau Communities Hospital are excited about the opportunity to work with residents of the barrier island to improve medical services in the wake of the closing of the Long Beach Medical Center . . . more

4/23/15

Long Beach Medical Center sale finalized

South Nassau Communities Hospital, after receiving a formal promise of reimbursements from the federal government for more than $176 million, has purchased the long-shuttered, Sandy-damaged Long Beach Medical Center, Richard Murphy, chief executive for the Oceanside hospital, said last Friday. more

By Tom Jordan | 10/22/14

Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty said that building a new village hall is a major step in recovering from Superstorm Sandy.

New village hall approved for Island Park

The Island Park village board has approved plans, and $1.5 million in bonds, to build a new village hall, two years after its administrative offices were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. The … more

By Tom Jordan | 10/22/14

Homeowners continue repairing their home that were damaged in Hurricane Sandy. Meadowmere Park residents Joyce Roman, and her son, Jerry, 11, in the renovated kitchen of their West Avenue house.

Overcoming the post-Sandy struggles

Homeowners in communities such as Meadowmere Park and Inwood continue to rebuild and repair their homes nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy. more

10/1/14

Danny Ehrick, at lectern, offered praise for a New York state program that will allow homeowners living in Long Island’s 100-year flood plain to have the cost of elevating their homes fully reimbursed.

State offers funds to elevate homes

After Danny Ehrick’s home flooded in Hurricane Sandy, the 11-year resident of Freeport immediately cleaned his tools. Ehrick said he knew he would need them to gut the first floor of his canal-front home on Florence Avenue. more

By Julie Mansmann | 7/30/14

We'll say it again — fund the Bay Park pipe

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean. more

6/19/14

Frank Zerbe’s bulkhead was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy, and, 18 months later, he needs funding to rebuild it.

Post-storm struggles continue

Patty Vacchio lost her Inwood home in Hurricane Sandy. While some things have improved, she said, she doesn’t believe that people in her situation are any better off nearly 18 months after the storm. more

By Vanessa Parker | 4/23/14

This month, thank a volunteer — and become one

No community would be what it is without volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month . . . more

4/10/14

Democracy in action: rebuilding Island Park

On March 18, many Long Island villages conducted local elections to fill the positions of mayor, trustee and other municipal posts. Democracy prevailed, even on the smallest scale. more

4/3/14

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