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Where’s Granny? Living in the backyard bin.

You may think this doesn’t have relevance for you, but you’re wrong, my friend. You may be 40 years old, running 7-minute miles and sprinting up the corporate ladder . . . more

6/29/23

‘Hunger in America is the ultimate obscenity’

My parents were worried the moment I laid eyes on the apartment for the very first time. It was the entire top floor of a car dealership just off what would eventually become Interstate 86, at the edge of the Finger Lakes region upstate. This would be my first apartment — my first home outside the family home where I grew up in Pennsylvania. more

By Michael Hinman | 10/26/23

Legislator Pat Mullaney, Councilman Mike Reinhart and City Manager Dan Creighton presented the Sorise family with a proclamation, declaring May 14 Apraxia Awareness Day in Long Beach.

Recognizing Apraxia Day in Long Beach

Long Beach community members banded together at the Cabana Tuesday night to recognize and raise for a little-known speech disorder: apraxia. Childhood apraxia of speech is a disorder that makes … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 5/17/24

The City Council voted unanimously last week to submit a home-rule request to the State Legislature.

City looks to borrow $12 million

City officials are again calling on state lawmakers to approve a measure that would allow the city to borrow up to $12 million in serial bonds to not only pay down its deficit, but cover costs … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/13/13

AI can be a double-edged sword for society

Should we welcome artificial intelligence or be scared by it? Probably both more

By Ed Fare | 5/3/24

Many residents, like those on Louisiana Street in the West End, said that they are waiting for trash pick up.

Cuomo: 'Things will be getting back to normal'

For the second time in a week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo returned to Long Beach on Saturday, as the city and its residents began the arduous task of clearing out their homes and buildings of debris following … more

Anthony Rifilato | 11/4/12

The Long Beach LIRR station sat abandoned before trains started running on a limited schedule.

Limited service on Long Beach LIRR branch

While the Long Island Rail Road continues to recover from Hurricane Sandy, currently operating on a modified schedule nearly three weeks after experiencing system-wide destruction, the Long Beach … more

Niko Krommydas | 11/16/12

School officials announced that they would use a number of vacation days to offset lost instruction days.

Sandy cuts into district’s vacation days

The Board of Education voted unanimously at its Nov. 27 meeting to revise the school district’s 2012-13 school calendar and use a number of vacation days to offset the days missed during Hurricane … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 12/4/12

Five Towns native Maria Cavallo Benkirane coordinated a Hurricane Sandy relief effort that will have a variety of supplies in Cedarhurst on Sunday.

Trucking in some relief from Florida

After speaking to her family, who is dispersed between Cedarhurst, Long Beach, New York City and Port Washington, and then reading comments on Facebook and viewing random online videos of the destruction Hurricane Sandy wrought in her native area, Boca Raton, Fla. resident Mara Cavallo Benkirane became determined to help. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/16/12

Man up? Sure, let me ask for help.

I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety my whole life. That’s not an easy thing to admit, especially publicly. But mental health awareness isn’t what it used to be, thankfully. more

By Mark Nolan | 6/29/23

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