Here is what's going on this week in East Rockaway and Lynbrook.
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11/30/16
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Museum Row in Garden City is always among the spots filled with holiday spirit this time of year, with the Festival of Trees firmly rooted there to kick off some seasonal spectacle, Friday through Sunday, Nov. 25-27.
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By Karen Bloom
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11/23/16
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At the Island Park Business and Residential Chamber meeting on Oct. 13 Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty announced the status of four ongoing Hurricane Sandy recovery projects. The projects ranged …
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By Peter Belfiore
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10/26/16
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Saltwater, brackish water, sewage, fuel oil — all the result of Hurricane Sandy, and all reasons why Island Park trees are not healthy and need to come down.
Peter Colgan, of Colgan Tree and …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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9/21/16
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The Public Service Enterprise Group [PSEG] was better prepared for Hurricane Hermine than LIPA was for Hurricane Sandy, according to Kristina Pappas, media coordinator for PSEG.
The utility has …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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9/14/16
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Nearly a week after two cars collided at Monroe Boulevard and East Beech Street on Aug. 10, which resulted in an overturned vehicle but no reported injuries, according to the Long Beach Fire Department, the father of one of the drivers called on the City Council to address stop sign safety at the intersection.
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By Ben Strack
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8/25/16
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About 75 North Wantagh residents have been experiencing power outages over the past four months due to overgrown trees in the area, according to PSEG Long Island.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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8/10/16
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A large limb of an oak tree, which appeared to have partly rotted out, crashed onto two moving cars at Hewlett and Loines avenues in Merrick Woods on July 22 around 1 p.m.
No one was hurt, …
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By Scott Brinton
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7/22/16
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The Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps held its first community fair on May 15 at Island Trees Middle School in Levittown. In honor of National EMS Week, the organization, established in 1956, attracted more than 100 people to the fair to celebrate 60 years of serving the community.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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5/18/16
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When Malverne resident Nick Koumos became a volunteer for the village’s Tree and Beautification Committee, it was 1989 and the village was planting an average of 200 trees a year. That was a good number, because although the village loses roughly 100 trees a year — by committee estimates — it was still planting twice as many trees as it lost.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/18/16
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