Saturday, October 3, 2026
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The Kiwanis Club of Long Beach hosted its fourth annual Women’s History Month Brunch on March 15, recognizing three local women. Norah Finn Kelleher, Ilene Fox and Sammi Metzger were this year’s honorees, and nearly 100 people gathered at the Long Beach Hotel for the event.
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By Chris Colucci
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3/27/26
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Small businesses play a vital role in New York’s economy, ranking third nationwide behind California and Florida in total share, according to a report released last week by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The study found that small businesses lagged in growth by nearly 5 percent of the national rate from 2001 to 2023.
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By Aidan Warshavsky
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3/27/26
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The Town of Hempstead and the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society will have the area's first beach clean-up of the year on March 28. The organizations have worked to keep the waters and shoreline clean for more than 15 years by organizing annual clean-ups attended by volunteers.
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By Chris Colucci
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3/27/26
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In her efforts to prioritize public safety across District 9, Senator Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick provided the Long Beach Public Library system with wall-mounted overdose emergency kits and naloxone first-aid pouches.
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By Aidan Warshavsky
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3/27/26
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Long Island students gathered at Hofstra University for ERASE Racism’s Leaders of Tomorrow Conference to build leadership skills and address segregation and equity issues.
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By Melissa Berman
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3/27/26
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From flooded streets in Long Beach to pollution in the Great South Bay, rising water is reshaping life along Long Island’s coasts. Across Nassau and Suffolk counties, aging infrastructure, development patterns and climate change are converging—turning routine storms into disruptive events and forcing communities to rethink how they live with water.
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By Alyssa R. Griffin, Roksana Amid and Abbey Salvemini
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3/23/26
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The Long Beach Polar Bears made a triumphant return to the waves on March 15. The annual event was scheduled to take place on Super Bowl Sunday, as it has been since 2000, but was postponed for the first time in its history due to nearly a foot of snowfall at the end of January worsened by freezing temperatures in the beginning of February.
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By Chris Colucci
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3/20/26
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For the first time in 14 years, students from Long Beach High School have earned entrance into the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, with sophomores Sydney Olivo and Karina Rios attending the competition May 9-15 in Phoenix, Ariz.
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By Chris Colucci
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3/20/26
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Long Beach residents are spending more to fill their cars as gas prices have steadily increased over the past month. As of press time, the average price of gas on Long Island has jumped 90 cents in recent weeks, with the national average spiking nearly one dollar over the same period. Long Beach stations have followed a similar, significant upward trend.
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By Chris Colucci
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3/20/26
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More than 31,000 impaired driving arrests were made across New York State in 2024, according to the Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research. Between 2014 and May 2025, the Long Beach Police Department made over 1,200 arrests related to impaired driving.
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By Aidan Warshavsky
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3/20/26
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