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City Manager Jack Schnirman said that comparing the Long Beach boardwalk to this one, in Spring Lake, N.J., is like comparing “apples and peanut butter.”
City: Boardwalk costs are ‘unique’ to Long Beach
City officials this week responded to critics who have questioned the $44.2 million cost of rebuilding the Long Beach boardwalk and compared it with reconstruction projects in New Jersey that are … more
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City Council President Scott Mandel spoke with U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu during a Senate Field Hearing in Staten Island last month to evaluate the efforts underway to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy.
FEMA urged to cover nearly all Sandy-related costs
U.S. Rep. Peter King said that he is working to help Long Beach obtain the maximum reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in order to cover most, if not all, of the city’s $200 … more
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City Manager Jack Schnirman, right, Public Works Commissioner Jim LaCarrubba and Deputy DPW Commissioner Joe Febrizio met with representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers last Friday to discuss a new coastal protection project for Long Beach.
Funding for Army Corps project a go
Just days after city officials held a meeting with representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discuss a plan to protect the barrier island from future storms like Hurricane Sandy, U.S. … more
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Another example of why people don't trust government
There is absolutely no question that there is something fishy about Jack Lew being named secretary of the Treasury. In fact, I believe it reeks of corruption. more
'Argo' finds hope in a hopeless age
“The crises in Iran and Afghanistan have dramatized a very important lesson: Our excessive dependence on foreign oil is a clear and present danger to our nation’s security." more
Stefanie Kaufman, W.T. Clarke senior, was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award.
Trying to erase a stigma
When W.T. Clarke High School senior Stefanie Kaufman received a letter from the White House — complete with the presidential seal and President Obama’s signature — informing her that she had won the President’s Volunteer Service Award, her initial reaction was not celebration, but relief. more
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Did President Obama give Tiger a mulligan?
When I heard that President Obama was playing golf with Tiger Woods two weekends ago, I wondered if the event might be interpreted as a kind of presidential pardon. more
Let's have more action and less politics
Why should we be begging for lawmakers in Washington to work together? more
Are drones legal or illegal? Right or wrong?
Imagine what it’s like for the victim. Imagine a 28-year-old American-born man living in Yemen. more
Not the way to help the middle class
President Obama’s fourth State of the Union address may have sounded magical, but don’t be fooled by the pie in the sky. more
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