Town Supervisor Laura Gillen announced on Jan. 16 that she was seeking to hire an outside consultant to audit the town Building Department and offer recommendations on how to streamline its building …
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By Peter Belfiore
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1/24/19
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By Bridget Downes
bdownes@liherald.com
With a box of doughnuts on the table for everyone to share, home improvement volunteers roamed in and out of West End resident Liz Treston’s newly …
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By Bridget Downes
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12/27/18
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Like many living on Long Island’s South Shore, it has been a long, drawn out process for the Hassett family, of Island Park, to raise their home after Hurricane Sandy. It became even more difficult when they had $30,000 of federally awarded funds stolen from them in the spring.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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11/29/18
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South Nassau Communities Hospital has changed its plans for the development of the Long Beach Medical Center property, saying that it recently determined that construction of a new medical facility …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/8/18
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Six years after Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice announced legislation on Tuesday that would protect storm victims who receive federal disaster relief funds from having to repay benefits that …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/1/18
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Q. How is it possible that a big development, meant to replace an existing one, damaged by Hurricane Sandy, could be permitted without the neighbors knowing about it until it’s already approved by the county Industrial Development Agency and the town?
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By Monte Leeper
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10/26/18
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Six years after Hurricane Sandy and four moves later, Phyllis Boland is finally preparing for the one move she’s longed for: She’s going back home.
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By Mike Smollins
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10/25/18
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Six years after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc in Long Beach, the Federal Emergency Management Agency last week approved funding for the second phase of a $20 million plan to protect the city’s …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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10/18/18
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A contractor from Smithtown who scammed Nassau and Suffolk county Hurricane Sandy victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for home repairs he never completed was sentenced Sept. 27 to 45 days …
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By Mike Smollins
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9/27/18
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The City Council voted 4-1 last week to approve a $7.7 million bond measure for capital improvement projects throughout the city, ranging from the rebuilding of the lifeguard headquarters that was …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/27/18
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