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Light Rain Fog/Mist Long Beach Police Department plan calls for more community engagement
Long Beach’s new police commissioner made clear when he took office in February that changes would be coming to the city Police Department, and this week he released a pilot plan that calls for …
Long Beach to spend $33 million on flood relief
Hazel Webb, a 65-year-old City of Long Beach maintenance worker, describes herself as a calm person. When it comes to water — flooding in particular — she becomes quite animated, …
State Comptroller: Long Beach under significant fiscal stress
Long Beach remains one of three Nassau County municipalities that remained in financial stress in 2020, according to a recent report by the New York State Comptroller’s office. Comptroller …
Long Beach to consider recreational marijuana
Following New York State’s legalization of recreational marijuana earlier this week, Long Beach, like other municipalities in the state, will now have the option to either opt-in or out of the sale …
Scoring points with kids at the MLK Center
On Monday afternoon, Sharif Fordham was dribbling a basketball, as he has been doing in many other places for most of his 42 years, starting as a teenager, playing alone in the late-evening hours …
Long Beach hires first female paid firefighter in its history
On Sept. 11, 2001, Catherine Lewis sat in her fourth-grade class at Our Lady Queen of Peace School on Staten Island, watching TV images of smoke billowing from the World Trade Center. As a …
Long Beach City manager marks year full of challenges
Donna Gayden, who had been a municipal finance expert in the Midwest, became Long Beach’s city manager a little over a year ago. She is already preparing to move on. But not quite yet. …
Long Beach police arrest off duty NYPD officer for allegedly shooting gun into the Ocean
Long Beach police arrested an off-duty NYPD officer, who was on restricted status and therefore not authorized to possess or carry a firearm, for allegedly firing his gun into the Atlantic Ocean on …
Long Beach seeks deputy city manager
The City of Long Beach earlier this week posted an ad on its website seeking to hire a deputy city manager, a new position in the current government. The posting led many in the city to ask …
Editorial
High-speed rail for L.I. deserves public support
With the Biden administration pushing a $2 trillion national infrastructure plan, what once seemed like a fantasy — high-speed rail for the Northeast — is slowly, steadily becoming a distinct possibility . . .
Editorial
Should municipalities opt out on marijuana?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, once an ardent detractor of any measure to legalize recreational marijuana, last week signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act . . .
Randi Kreiss
Oldies but goodies have the right stuff
I married an older man, and this week he’s turning 75. When we met, I was 14 and he was 15.