A father and son escaped a fire that broke out in the attic of their W. Penn St. home early Monday morning, in what Long Beach Fire Chief Rich Corbett described as a “labor intensive” blaze that …
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By Vanessa Canner
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5/14/12
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To the chagrin of many residents, beach-goers will have to shell out more dough this summer, after the City Council voted 4-1 on May 1 to institute the city’s first seasonal beach fare increase …
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By Vanessa Canner
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5/10/12
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Two Farmingdale State College aviation students were killed — including a Long Beach resident — and a third passenger Oceanside was inured in a plane crash Wednesday night.
According to …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Alex Costello
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5/10/12
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The three candidates vying for two seats on the Board of Education squared off at a candidates’ forum at City Hall on Monday. Incumbents Darlene Tangney and Gina Guma, and challenger Stewart …
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Anthony Rifilato
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5/9/12
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City officials have asked two recently retired police officers — who are eligible for more than $1 million in total payouts — to take their payments over time, and the cash-strapped city will …
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Anthony Rifilato
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5/9/12
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A pungent smell that overwhelmed parts of the South Shore Wednesday morning — that many feared was caused by a gas leak along Lido Blvd., delivering a “noxious” stench that led several nearby …
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By Vanessa Canner and Anthony Rifilato
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5/9/12
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Long Beach resident Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens’s former trainer and the chief accuser in the 2007 Mitchell Report on the use of steroids and human growth hormone in Major League Baseball, …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/9/12
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A longtime Long Beach School District employee has jumped into this year’s school board race against two incumbents.
On May 15, residents will vote on the proposed $122.1 million 2012-13 …
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Anthony Rifilato
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5/2/12
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In an effort to continue environmental studies of the polluted Western Bays, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach) recently secured $300,000 in funding under the Environmental Protection …
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Anthony Rifilato
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4/25/12
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More than a thousand people turned out to say goodbye to Fr. Thomas E. Donohoe last week, a longtime pastor at St. Mary of the Isle Church in Long Beach, who died in Amityville on April 18 at …
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Anthony Rifilato
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4/25/12
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