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Parent Rachel Wachs was among more than 1,000 families that lined up at Long Beach Middle School on March 1 to receive $1,000 gift cards from the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund. Five Long Beach schools are among 19 in the tri-state area that are receiving aid from Cantor Fitzgerald in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Cantor Fitzgerald makes $1.35 million donation to L.B. families
After experiencing tremendous hardship in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Long Beach elementary school families received some good news last week: the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, through the support … more
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For Sandy victims, promises aren't enough
More than four months after Hurricane Sandy, many homes along the South Shore remain in shambles. Countless businesses still have not reopened. more
An Army Corps of Engineers spokesman said that a coastal protection project in Long Beach could take several years to complete.
City in talks with Army Corps
More than three months after the City Council approved a resolution to revisit an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan that was rejected in 2006, City Manager Jack Schnirman said that … more
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Annabelle, Jacqueline, Madeleine and Alaina were happy to be able to visit Genevieve and Juliet at the emergency shelter at Mitchel Field.
Pets: Helpless victims of Hurricane Sandy
Long Beach resident and cat owner Randy Lerner was an eyewitness as Hurricane Sandy hit the shore of Long Island. “I live across the street from the ocean,” he said, “and I watched the … more
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Representatives from five banks will be available in Long Beach March 4-9 to provide one-on-one assistance to homeowners seeking the release of Sandy insurance settlement funds.
Show me the money!
Some help for homeowners desperately waiting for insurance money to rebuild their homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy will be available next week, after New York State's Department of Financial … more
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Volunteer your time to restoring our wetlands
Hurricane Sandy led to one of Long Island’s worst environmental disasters ever, if not the worst. more
FEMA's disaster recovery center, which was set to close on FEb. 27, will remain open through March 29.
Long Beach disaster recovery site to remain open
It came right down to the wire. Just one day before the disaster recovery center in Long Beach was set to close, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that they would keep the doors … more
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Attendees were asked to vote on the most important factors to be considered during the rebuild. Resident Hazel Cinquemani was one of many who voted for “Durability and Resistance to Future Storms,” which won by a landslide.
Durability is top concern for Long Beach boardwalk project
The city held the last of a series of meetings last week in which it solicited residents’ ideas and concerns about rebuilding the boardwalk. “This has been the most comprehensive effort to … more
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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
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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