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The New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program’s Bellmore-Merrick Planning Committee, a group of 12 local residents the state selected to develop a plan for how to use $12.1 million in available federal funding to lessen future catastrophic storms’ impact here, has settled on five projects that it will pitch to the state.
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By Brian Racow
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3/26/14
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The next meeting of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program's Bellmore-Merrick Planning Committee will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, at Levy- Lakeside School, at 21 Babylon Road. More information is available at http://stormrecovery.ny.gov.
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2/27/14
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A committee of local residents and a team of private consultants, tasked with developing a plan for “new infrastructure and other mitigation” in Bellmore and Merrick to lessen the impact of future catastrophic storms, have produced a list of “potential priority projects,” which in the next few weeks they must narrow down to five to 10 shovel-ready projects that could qualify for $12 million in government funding.
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By Brian Racow
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1/29/14
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One of the biggest post-Hurricane Sandy challenges has been getting resources directly to local residents, businesses and community infrastructure and resiliency projects.
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12/19/13
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A year after Hurricane Sandy slammed the South Shore, wreaking destruction and upending lives, a committee the state created to help Bellmore and Merrick plan for future storms held its first “public engagement” meeting last week, and 40 or so residents shared their thoughts on what steps the state should take to help with that planning.
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By Brian Racow
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10/31/13
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A committee of local residents tasked with developing a plan to spend $12.1 million on Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts in Bellmore and Merrick held its first meeting last week, at which committee members, a team of consultants provided by the state and a handful of residents discussed project ideas and offered input on how they believe the committee should move forward.
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By Brian Racow
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9/27/13
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Q. We need some advice on the contractor we hired. He signed with us in December for a start date in March. We knew he was busy, so when he didn’t start until the second week in April, we held our breath that this was just a hiccup and we were going to get moving.
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7/10/13
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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, which are connected by a simple pine staircase. It was a triumphal moment.
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1/10/13
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