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When Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29, it inundated thousands of South Shore yards with saltwater, which is awful for lawns and most plants. Over the past 4½ months, homeowners have watched helplessly as their hydrangeas have shriveled up, their boxwoods have turned rust-colored and their grass has become a mottled patch of brown and more brown. In many cases, years’ worth of yard work, valued at thousands of dollars, was seemingly destroyed in a single night.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/14/13
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Like no other storm since the “Long Island Express” of 1938, Hurricane Sandy ripped apart Long Island’s South Shore, lifting docks off their moorings and depositing them miles away, tearing hot tubs from backyard decks and dumping them in the canals that line the coast, and sending boats big and small hurtling out to sea.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/26/13
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Bay Park resident Nora Garcia-Osuna described what she found in her backyard after Hurricane Sandy as “mounds of hard, layered, crusted-over sewage” — the likes of which she had never seen …
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From Elmont to Oceanside, Valley Stream to East Rockaway, Rockville Centre to Franklin Square to Island park and the Five Towns, and many places in between, our photographers and editors were out …
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2/9/13
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Melanie Siegel Rubin’s south Merrick home was, like hundreds of homes across the South Shore, flooded when Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29. Saltwater inundated the front entrance and back laundry room. She did not realize, however, that water had soaked through her plywood subfloor when her crawl space flooded.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/1/13
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A law passed by the Town of Hempstead on Jan. 22 requires fueling stations within the township to carry back-up generators capable of powering its fuel pumps during power outages.
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By David Weingrad
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1/31/13
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Many, realizing that water had consumed their community, immediately turned around and returned to their houses. Others, however, tried against all odds to make it to higher ground, only to find that there was none to be found.
Bellmore Fire Department boat crews were out in the storm, slowly, carefully motoring down Bellmore streets as if they were canals. Vincent Montera, captain of Engine Company 2, said his boat crew had gotten no more than 200 feet after launching from South St. Mark’s Street when the terrified residents of one home jumped into the boat.
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By Julie Mansmann and Scott Brinton, jmansmann@liherald.com or sbrinton@liherald.com
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12/26/12
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There has been a lot of progress made in the rebuilding efforts since Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island in late October, but there is still work to be done. The Long Island Volunteer Center is in need of volunteers to help those impacted by the storm.
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12/21/12
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Before singing Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” outside Dear Little Dollies on Dec. 7, St. Barnabas Roman Catholic Church cantor Viki Sorrentino reminded her audience about those who may not be able to spend the holidays in their homes because they were damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/20/12
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Class will be in session for students in every school district in the Bellmores on days that were originally slated for February break, officials said.
Administrators in the Bellmore, North Bellmore and Bellmore-Merrick Central High School districts have all approved changes to their schools’ calendars, which were devised to make up instructional days lost in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. In each of the three districts, Feb. 20, 21 and 22 were officially made school days for students, in addition Feb. 19 in North Bellmore and other adjustments in each district.
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/20/12
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