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Peninsula Kiwanis lends a helping hand to several local organizations throughout the year and in emergencies such as Hurricane Sandy. At the Five Towns Early Learning Center in Inwood, Frank Mistero, Dominic Cura, Frank Basile and Kevin Cooney handed out Christmas gifts to the children, along with Center Executive Director Pepper Robinson.
Dedicating themselves to the community
The day after Hurricane Sandy struck Long Island, members of the Peninsula Kiwanis Club were cutting downed trees, coordinating efforts to get generators to the Five Towns and reaching out to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to have food and water sent to the community they cherish. more
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Community Chest’s Executive Director Bob Block made a point about community service at his organization’s annual meeting.
Community service in the wake of Sandy
Post-Hurricane Sandy storm relief dominated the annual Five Towns Community Chest meeting held in Gold Hall at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library on Monday. more
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Residents bowl for Sandy relief in Rockville Centre
Approximately 200 customers attended a fundraiser at RVC Lanes in support of the Long Beach City School District on Jan. 21. more
Sen. Charles Schumer held a press conference in Point Lookout a day before Congress acted.
Sandy relief aid is on the way
After months of political wrangling and desperate calls from city and state officials to release much-needed federal aid, Congress passed a $50.5 billion Hurricane Sandy aid package on Monday, a … more
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Long Beach Surfer’s Association President Billy Kupferman urged the council to listen to residents.
Firm chosen for boardwalk rebuild
With the removal of the storm-battered boardwalk nearly complete, the City Council voted 4-0 at its Jan. 22 meeting to hire an engineering firm to oversee the reconstruction of the iconic … more
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FEMA extends hotel stay for Sandy victims
Just days before the Federal Emergency Management Agency was set to end its Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program for displaced Hurricane Sandy victims who are staying in hotels, the agency … more
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Rick Fromewick, far left, Rabbi Art Vernon, Stuart Kahan, Annora Gilman and President and CEO Arnie Preminger at the ribbon cutting for the JCC in Oceanside.
Joyful reopening for Oceanside’s Freidberg JCC
The welcoming chocolate chip cookies were everywhere, and so were the people who had come to rekindle old relationships or start new ones at the Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center … more
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Valley Stream residents were able to check their new flood zone designation when new maps were released on Jan. 2.
A three-year battle for flood map reform
It’s been a long and often bumpy road to get to this point, but Valley Streamers have finally gotten some closure on the flood zone issue with the release of revised maps three weeks ago by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. more
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Hurricane Sandy tore up the beach and the underpinnings of the boardwalk. Storm winds ripped the Tyvek wrapping on a wall of the Sunny Atlantic Beach Club.
Repairing the Atlantic Beach boardwalk
Though not as long as or iconic as the Long Beach boardwalk, the half-mile boardwalk in Atlantic Beach built in 1928 is a landmark for residents of the barrier beach community that was established five years earlier. more
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Several Cedarhurst residents were uprooted and are living in other places after Hurricane Sandy damaged their homes. A tree fell on a house on Central Avenue in Cedarhurst in the October storm.
Sandy victims still without a home
Moving from house to house has impacted every aspect of Woodmere resident Dror Zar’s life. He has lost his sense of security, he says, and now lives with the uncertainty of not knowing when he will return to his Barnard Street home. more
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