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Residents had questions about financing, rebuilding and hazard mitigation.
FEMA: You have to be patient
The East Rockaway Chamber of Commerce hosted a public forum on Feb. 20 that drew dozens of frustrated business owners, homeowners and renters from East Rockaway, Bay Park and neighboring communities … more
Garbage collected during Op-SPLASH 22 last year.
Volunteer your time to restoring the South Shore's wetlands
Hurricane Sandy led to one of Long Island’s worst environmental disasters ever, if not the worst. Sandy’s massive storm surge flooded hundreds of South Shore homes. Fuel oil tanks broke loose and floated away, spilling oil as they went. Cars were flooded as well, which sent a witches’ brew of chemicals spilling out. Sewage leaked from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant. more
A crew of Herald Community Newspaper executives, editors and reporters recently took the Riverhead Foundation’s “seal tour” in the waters off Jones Beach. They were joined by a handful of family members.
Herald staffers search for South Shore harbor seals
Fourteen Herald Community Newspaper executives, editors and reporters bundled up in heavy coats and woolen hats and boarded the Capt. Lou VII in Freeport to take a two-hour tour of the waterways south of the village in search of harbor seals last Friday. more
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Operation SPLASH, a Freeport-based nonprofit environmental group, has scheduled its annual Op-SPLASH cleanup for March 16, in Freeport. At last year’s cleanup in East Rockaway, above, volunteers loaded trash onto a barge.
Restoring the South Shore's Sandy-ravaged wetlands
Like no other storm since the “Long Island Express” of 1938, Hurricane Sandy ripped apart Long Island’s South Shore, lifting docks off their moorings and depositing them miles away, tearing hot tubs from backyard decks and dumping them in the canals that line the coast, and sending boats big and small hurtling out to sea. more
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Helping hands: Pictured from left were Diane Hand and Kim Schultz of Project Hope, Village Justice Steve Siegel, Village Trustee Stanley Lombardo, Mayor Francis Lenahan, Town Supervisor Kate Murray, and Councilman Anthony Santino, East Rockaway Recreation Director Rick Kappel, Jessica Rosati and Mike Haynes of LI Cares, Village Foundation President Theresa Gaffney and Ray Tallercio.
Long Island Cares visits East Rockaway
Long Island Cares, presented by Supervisor Kate Murray and Councilman Anthony Santino of the Town of Hempstead visited the East Rockaway Recreation Center on Saturday. “Many families … more
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The hit comedy "Shut Up, Sit Down & Eat" has an encore performance at the BroadHollow Theatre's Elmont stage on Feb. 28.
What's happening on Long Island this weekend
Exhibits and more... Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European … more
The suspense thriller "Night Watch" is being staged by the BroadHollow Theatre in Elmont.
What's happening on Long Island this weekend
Exhibits and more... Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European … more
North Shore Animal League representatives Jayne Vitale, left, and Lauraine Merlini spoke to students at Lynbrook’s Waverly Park School about the plight of homeless pets in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
East Rockaway school helps North Shore Animal League America with Post-Sandy relief
When Superstorm Sandy hit the South Shore of Long Island, third-graders in the Lynbrook School District’s Waverly Park School teamed up with the North Shore Animal League America to come to the … more
Lynbrook fire chiefs accepted a heartfelt thank you from the East Rockaway Fire Department. Pictured seated were, from left, 1st Assistant Chief Ed Hynes, Chief of Department Anthony DeCarlo, 2nd Assistand Chief Michael Anderson, and 3rd Assistant Chief James McDermott. Standing were East Rockaway Fire Department chiefs, from left, 2nd Assistant Chief James Henshaw, Chief of Department Steve Torborg, and 3rd Assistant Chief Tom Johnson.
East Rockaway Fire Department to Lynbrook FD: Thank you
The chiefs of the East Rockaway Fire Department visited Lynbrook Fire Department headquarters on Wright Avenue recently to present their department heads with awards for their help during and after … more
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Leah Ploof, left, and Nora Feldman got to meet one of their favorite storybook characters, Curious George, at the grand reopening of the East Rockaway Public Library last Saturday.
East Rockaway's 'heart of the community' opens
“The library is the heart of the community,” said Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray. And it’s a wonderful thing when a heart starts beating again, as it did last Saturday, when the … more
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