For Harmon Street resident Josie Matier, it sometimes feels like only yesterday that a 9-foot storm surge washed over the city, the disastrous result of Hurricane Sandy.
At around 6:30 p.m. last …
more
By Anthony Rifilato
|
10/31/13
|
Government officials announced this week that a second round of Hurricane Sandy aid money would be available — and should flow more easily — to both homeowners and municipalities in 2014.
…
more
By Alexandra Spychalsky
|
10/31/13
|
The11518 organization has organized a candlelit reflection ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the storm that changed the lives of many people. On Tues., Oct. at 7 p.m., community …
more
10/24/13
|
With the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaching,
Heartbreaking memories of devastation, tragedy and frustration are
returning to the hearts and minds of those who experienced the …
more
|
By Mary Malloy
mmalloy@liherald.com
The communities of Bay Park and East Rockaway held their first New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program’s public engagement meeting on Oct. 15 in …
more
10/24/13
|
The city will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Long Beach Boulevard on Friday to mark the completion of Long Beach’s iconic boardwalk, which was torn down after Hurricane Sandy.
Long …
more
By Anthony Rifilato
|
10/24/13
|
Brent Wilson, 33, the owner of Shine’s in the West End, has heard countless stories from frustrated residents who come to his 100-year-old bar for a bit of respite. Nearly a year after Hurricane …
more
|
The Island Park Public Library, 176 Long Beach Road, celebrated its grand reopening on Oct. 19 at a ribbon cutting ceremony.
more
10/23/13
|
Town of Hempstead Senior Councilman Anthony J. Santino and Legislator Howard J. Kopel joined Pastor Peter Conforti of the Full Gospel Church of Island Park this weekend for the house of worship’s …
more
10/23/13
|
Hurricane Sandy victims statewide may soon see some much-needed financial relief.
The New York Rising program, tasked with distributing $1.7 billion in federal Sandy aid money allocated to the …
more
|