Local real estate executives say that the Long Beach market is bouncing back 17 months after Hurricane Sandy created a sense of uncertainty and led to a sharp drop in home sales.
Though the …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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4/2/14
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The Long Beach Public Library is holding a kickoff celebration this Saturday for its new satellite branch in Point Lookout.
The new branch, at 26B Lido Blvd., is a brand new facility that allows …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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4/2/14
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Talk about overdue. The Long Beach High School library received an unusual package recently, when Amy Sue McPartlan returned a library book titled “American Arts,” by Rilla Evelyn Jackman, …
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By Rosemary Leonetti
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4/2/14
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On March 25, members of the Long Beach Police Department participated in an active shooter training session at City Hall. Officers were equipped with non-lethal, Simunition-type weapons and …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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4/2/14
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Long Beach High School sophomore Charlotte Kasper won a first-place award in the ninth- and 10th-grade category in the Professional Women Photographers 2014 Student Photo Exhibition.
Charlotte …
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By Rosemary Leonetti
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4/2/14
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The city announced last month that the reconstruction the Georgia Avenue playground will soon be underway.
City Councilman Anthony Eramo and Commissioner of Public Works Jim LaCarrubba worked …
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4/2/14
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Approximately 200 people — the majority of them displaced victims of Hurricane Sandy — braved the whipping rain during a rally from Island Park to Long Beach last Saturday and expressed …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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4/1/14
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Televisions, cell phones and video games —it sometimes seems as if electronic tools and gadgets have taken control of our lives. How did we ever exist without these luxuries? At the Francis X. …
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4/1/14
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Three members of the Interboro Rebuild by Design team showcased plans to restore and reinforce Nassau County’s southern shorelines at an event sponsored last Saturday by Freeport SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors).
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By Vanessa Parker
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4/1/14
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Attendees filled the pews at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre on March 23 for a special Closing Mass of Celebration to mark the end of the 100th Anniversary of Mercy Medical Center. …
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3/28/14
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