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Last June, hundreds of people marched on the Long Beach boardwalk to protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis the month before. They carried signs and chanted “We want justice!” and …
Long Beach Chamber fair returns this weekend
The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce will hold a boardwalk fair this Father’s Day weekend, marking its first vendor fair in over a year. Ian Danby, chairman of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, …
Candidates for Long Beach City Council debate at North Park forum
Six of the seven candidates running for three seats on the Long Beach City Council found themselves largely in agreement on such major issues as the need for a civilian-complaint review board, a …
Long Beach Police chief to ask for public input on police performance
Long Beach Police Commissioner Ron Walsh has disclosed that he plans to initiate a first-of-its-kind-on-Long-Island program that will ask anyone who has any type of contact with a city police officer …
Long Beach honors suffragette Edna Buckman Kearns
On a warm day in 1913, Edna Buckman Kearns hitched up her horse-drawn suffrage campaign wagon and traveled from New York City to Long Beach, to raise support to gain women the right to vote. …
Schumer secures funds to dredge Jone Inlet
Sen. Charles Schumer announced at a news conference Thursday that $19 million was allocated in President Joseph Biden’s proposed 2021-22 budget to complete a project to dredge the Jones Beach …
Long Beach's Surfrider builds Ocean Friendly Garden
Volunteers with the Surfrider Central Long Island chapter have built an Ocean Friendly Garden, which aims to increase water retention and reduce pollution runoff. There are three main aspects to …
Editorial
Saving the planet, in your backyard
The Central Long Island Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation recently constructed an “ocean-friendly garden” at Pennsylvania Avenue and Ocean Beach Park in Long Beach . . .
Randi Kreiss
Are we immune to Texas-style xenophobia?
There is a trifecta of trouble deep in the heart of Texas: Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas legislature and the state Board of Education.
Jerry Kremer
Ranked-choice voting? Not my choice.
I must confess that I’m an old-fashioned guy who honors certain customs. I hold doors open for women and people with packages. I put my hand over my heart . . .