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Long Beach, it’s time to vote for change

God has blessed the City of Long Beach with a magnificent oceanfront and a fabulous bay area along Reynolds Channel. For years it has attracted thousands of visitors to vacation or to spend a day relaxing at the beach. But the city has gone through some very tough times . . . more

10/29/15

Hurricane Sandy is shown sweeping into downtown Baldwin on Oct. 29, 2012, flooding one of the community’s busiest intersections. At center, in the distance, is Steve Sciortino’s catering company, Delicious Moments, which was extensively damaged in the storm. It took Sciortino two years to recover financially.

Memories of Sandy come flooding back

When Steve Sciortino thinks about Hurricane Sandy these days, he remembers the aftermath, when neighbors helped neighbors and residents came together to assist the community at large. He … more

10/27/15

After Sandy, progress, but we’re not fully restored

Hurricane Sandy was special –– in a wicked sort of way. Like no other storm since the Long Island Express of 1938 . . . more

10/22/15

We need a bipartisan solution to gun violence

The recent mass shooting at a community college in Oregon has sparked a renewed debate about whether Congress can and should act to help prevent gun violence. It’s a debate we’re all familiar with . . . more

10/15/15

This house at 35 East Blvd. will be up for auction on Nov. 17.

Storm-damaged houses on auction block

As part of the New York Rising acquisition program, a second set of houses — 81 in Nassau County and another 74 in Suffolk — will be auctioned off on Nov. 17 as part of Gov. Andrew … more

By Mary Malloy | 10/14/15

Weathering the hurricane reporting

I spent a chunk of last Wednesday staring at my TV, watching squiggly lines accumulate on the Weather Channel’s map of the Atlantic Seaboard. They represented model tracks of Hurricane Joaquin . . . more

10/8/15

Joaquin makes other plans, moves away from the U.S.

There is good news from the National Weather Service, Hurricane Joaquin will track well off the east coast of the U.S. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 10/1/15

Tommy Van Bellinghen, 10, holds his inhalers for his asthma. Mold, including the white patch on the ground beside him, is growing in the family basement.

Another try for Sandy recovery help

With the federal and state governments urging victims of Superstorm Sandy to have their insurance claims reviewed, at least one Baldwin resident said she would reapply for aid. Terry Van … more

By Adrienne Lyons and Matthew Ern | 9/3/15

Bill Dworsak of Baldwin focuses on the task at hand at the firehouse fundraiser at Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park.

Devouring clams for a good cause

They came from all over Long Island to compete in the second annual Clam Eating Contest at Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park. Peter’s owner Butch Yamali, himself an honorary Island Park … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry bperry@liherald.com | 8/27/15

Mother Nature’s wrath

You don’t have to be facing a storm with the intensity of Sandy to see the effects of Mother Nature’s temper. The tempest on Aug. 11 uprooted a tree at this Grand Avenue house in … more

8/20/15

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