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The Hempstead Town Board tabled Supervisor Laura Gillen’s proposal to audit its Building Department.
Hempstead Town Board tables audit of Building Department
The Hempstead Town Board voted on Feb. 5 to table the hiring of an outside consultant to audit the Town Building Department. The roughly $155,000 measure was intended to offer recommendations on how … more
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Town Supervisor Laura Gillen with Oceanside homeowner Michael Cascio, who was told five years after Hurricane Sandy that he needed to elevate his house because of damage it sustained during the storm.
Gillen seeks audit of town Building Department
Town Supervisor Laura Gillen announced on Jan. 16 that she was seeking to hire an outside consultant to audit the town Building Department and offer recommendations on how to streamline its building … more
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Earth to America: Climate change is real
Among the most urgent issues of 2018 was, undoubtedly, the climate — as in the Earth’s temperature over time. It has slowly but steadily been rising for decades, in direct proportion to . . . more
Vote as if your life depended on it
Listen up. No lectures. The integrity and destiny of our democracy is for you and me to decide with our votes next Tuesday. I trust the basic goodness of our American voting public, but . . . more
We neighbors are kept in the dark
Q. How is it possible that a big development, meant to replace an existing one, damaged by Hurricane Sandy, could be permitted without the neighbors knowing about it until it’s already approved by the county Industrial Development Agency and the town? more
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It’s hurricane season, so be prepared
The images of destruction caused by Hurricane Florence last week were particularly frightening for Long Islanders, many of whom are still reeling from the havoc and devastation that Hurricane Sandy wrought six years ago. more
Parts of I-40 remain flooded after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina
Ex-Baldwinites, now in North Carolina, spared by Florence
Although many areas around Cary, NC were hit hard by Hurricane Florence, the town itself — which former Baldwinite Harriete Weitman calls home — was largely undisturbed. “There’s a lot of … more
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Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy, center, was joined by Lynbrook Deputy Mayor Hilary Becker, far left, Plandome Manor Mayor Barbara Donno, Town of Hemstead Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney and Freeport Trustee Carmen Piñeyro on a tour of the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier in Masschusetts on Monday.
Freeport officials, hoping to construct floodgates here, tour Massachusetts project
All that was missing was a “Welcome to Freeport” sign, and the city of New Bedford, Mass., could have easily been mistaken for the village. Both communities are located on relatively small bays … more
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Saving the world, $10 at a time, Part III
"At 6 p.m. last Sunday, I tore off two layers of plastic sheeting covering the double doors that separate my upstairs living room from my ground-level family room . . . more
The scouts had fun, laughing and joking around as they sorted through donations from the community.
Baldwin Girl Scouts lend a helping hand to Puerto Rico victims
The scene at the Baldwin Firehouse was one of coordinated chaos on Saturday. As snow fell, roughly a dozen Girl Scouts from Baldwin Troop 2427 were hurrying here and there, gathering clothes, soaps, shampoos and gift cards, among other items, and boxing them for shipment to hurricane victims in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. In all, the girls collected $4,430 in gift cards. more
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