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Long Beach’s $12 million bond measure hits a snag

A little more than a month after state lawmakers passed a bill to allow Long Beach to borrow $12 million to cover costs associated with Hurricane Sandy and an inherited deficit, the city’s … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 7/25/13

Skelos keeps library open on Sundays

Senator Dean Skelos managed to keep the Rockville Centre Public Library open on Sundays this winter by securing $45,000 in state funding. When the library’s budget was announced in April, the … more

By Alex Costello | 7/24/13

Rockville Manor, at 579 Merrick Road, was the site of a volatile housing authority meeting on July 17, when residents of village public housing protested recent actions.

‘I knew this was a time bomb’

On July 15, it became public that Herbert Coleman and Cynthia Fielder-Boyd were removed from their positions on the Rockville Centre Housing Authority Board of Trustees as of July 3. Fielder-Boyd, … more

By John Maher | 7/24/13

Penny Frondelli/Herald hospital officials claim that the state Health Department is standing in the way of the facility’s reopening.

Long Beach Medical Center may lose E.R.

The Long Beach Medical Center, which has been closed since Hurricane Sandy caused $56 million in damage, is facing pressure from the New York State Department of Health to shutter its acute care … more

By Anthony Rifilato and Alexandra Spychalsky | 6/26/13

A plane flies over Southwest Nassau as it approaches JFK.

State seeks study of airplane noise

Local Assembly members have successfully fought for a bill that would require the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey to study flight noise generated by planes at LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports. more

By Brian Croce | 6/19/13

State Sen. Dean Skelos said the bill would help Long Beach cover “extraordinary expenses” associated with Sandy.

Senate OKs $12 million bond measure for Long Beach

Two months after the State Assembly overwhelmingly passed legislation that would allow the city to borrow millions of dollars in serial bonds to cover costs associated with Hurricane Sandy — and … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 6/19/13

Officials broke ground on a 63,000-square-foot addition to the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical School last Thursday. Celebrating were, from left, Kemp Hannon, New York state senator; Michael Dowling, president and CEO of the North Shore-LIJ Health System; Dr. Lawrence Smith, the medical school’s founding dean; Stuart Rabinowitz, Hofstra University president; and Dean Skelos, the State Senate majority coalition leader.

Hofstra’s medical school to double in size

The Jets’ old, dark-green scoreboard still stands in a dirt field at the team’s former training camp on Hofstra University’s north campus. “The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare,” it reads. Call it a monument to the past, which will soon be removed to make way for the future –– a 63,000-square-foot addition to the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical School, which was founded in 2008 and welcomed its first class of 40 in 2011. The $39.5 million project, funded in part with a $14.5 million state grant, will more than double the size of the medical school. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/12/13

Tree removal angers CSEA

By Alex Costello acostello@liherald.com The Rockville Centre Civil Service Employees Association plans to file an improper practice charge against the village for using a private contractor … more

By Alex Costello | 6/5/13

Grand Marshal George Antonucci led the village’s Memorial Day Parade.

Village honors veterans on Memorial Day

Hundreds of village residents lined Long Beach Road on Monday to watch the annual Memorial Day Parade and honor Rockville Centre residents who died while serving their country. The parade followed … more

By John Maher | 5/29/13

Molloy Softball players warmed up their wind-ups and practiced their pitching at the new Bob Klein Softball Field on Peninsula Boulevard.

Molloy and village open new field

Rockville Centre residents and Molloy College students gathered at the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex on April 10 for the opening of a state-of-the-art NCAA softball field. The Bob Klein Softball … more

By John Maher | 4/17/13

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