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Long Beach deserves top-notch medical care
It’s been quite a while since the South Shore of Long Island was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. Many homes have been restored, while others have been abandoned. Local beaches are . . . more
City Councilwoman Anissa Moore, who called for an audit of the Long Beach Housing Authority in March, after ERASE Racism presented its findings, now says she hopes the community will push for another independent study of the health risks at Channel Park Homes.
HUD finds no mold, disrepair at Channel Park
A few months after city officials called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to investigate alleged neglect of Long Beach’s Channel Park Homes in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the federal agency reported that it found no disrepair or mold in the housing complex. more
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Muhammad Ali, who died last Friday at age 74 of septic shock, was a three-time world heavyweight champion, but is just as remembered for what he did outside the ring.
Long Beach reacts to Muhammad’s Ali’s death
For people around the world, the news that former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali died last Friday at age 74 undoubtedly spurred memories of the boxer’s greatest fights, grandiose trash talk and unyielding stance against the Vietnam War that brought charges of draft evasion during the prime of his career. But many Long Beach residents also remember him as a giver. more
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Long Island’s future looks bright in 2016
Twenty-fifteen came and went, and yet, believe it or not, many Long Island residents are still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Rather than getting back on their feet, they are left waiting for promised relief. Even though the majority of displaced residents have returned to their homes . . . more
Ray Street a day after Sandy. South Freeport, below Atlantic Avenue, was deluged with anywhere from 4 to 8 feet of water.
Memories of Sandy
Three years ago on Thursday, Oct. 29, Superstorm Sandy barreled into Freeport damaging about 3,500 residences, closing down businesses along the Nautical Mile and causing $10 million worth of damage … more
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officials ask for flood gate study, from left, Village Trustee Carmen Pineryo, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, State Senator Michael Venditto, Trustee Debra Mulé, Mayor Kennedy, Town Supervisor Kate Murray, Jon Kaiman, Legislator Steve Rhoads and a Red Cross representative.
Mayor urges study on hurricane protection barriers
Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy is urging the state and federal government to undertake a study to determine if building ocean gates at the Jones Beach Inlet and the East Rockaway Inlet is feasible. At … more
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Sandy victims can still appeal payouts
Victims of Hurricane Sandy who feel they have been underpaid for damage to their homes are eligible to re-open their flood insurance claims, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced. more
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New amendments to New York Rising Housing Program proposed
A public hearing was held at Freeport’s Village Hall on Tuesday, July 21, to hear residents’ reactions to proposed amendments to the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery … more
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Kennedy High School 12th-grader Beatrice Brown was recently named a winner in the American Museum of Natural History’s Young Naturalist Awards. On hand to congratulate her at the May 6 Bellmore-Merrick Central District Board of Education meeting were, from left, Kennedy Principal Lorraine Poppe, research adviser Barbara Franklin and Science Department Chairman Robert Soel.
Museum of Natural History honors Kennedy researcher
Kennedy High School senior Beatrice Brown was recently named a 12th-grade winner in the American Museum of Natural History’s annual Young Naturalist Awards, a national contest. Brown won an all-expenses-paid overnight trip to New York City, where she will attend an awards ceremony at the museum and be given a special tour of its collections. Brown said she is excited to attend the ceremony because she has not been to the museum before. more
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Island Park’s Village Hall after Hurricane Sandy.
TOH to raze Village Hall
“It’s a mutually beneficial agreement,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray said of the town’s plan to demolish Island Park’s Village Hall, thanks to a new intermunicipal agreement … more
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