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The NuHealth staff expressed their appreciation to the entire Disaster Medical Assistance Team for their support and hard work during the past week in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The group supplemented the Nassau University Medical Center staff as the hospital’s census had increased by almost two hundred patients after the hurricane.
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11/15/12
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Dee O’Shea and her neighbors on Fendale Street lost power at 1 p.m. on Oct. 29, hours before Hurricane Sandy’s full force hit Franklin Square and Long Island. O’Shea and her …
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By Deirdre Krasula
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11/15/12
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Thousands of Long Islanders had their homes and property destroyed during Hurricane Sandy and are now left to pick up the pieces. Fortunately for all, several nation organizations have been working around the clock in recent weeks to lend a helping hand.
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By Brian Croce
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11/14/12
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As I helped my aunt and uncle sift through what remained of their one-story home in Oceanside the day after Hurricane Sandy flooded nearly all of their belongings, I knew there were thousands of …
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By Brian Croce
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11/14/12
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, many established organizations quickly began collecting donations for the communities hardest hit, but some Rockville Centre residents, seeking another avenue to help, formed their own organization to help their neighbors.
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By Aaron Axelson
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11/14/12
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When East Rockaway resident Elizabeth Daitz, the daughter of a firefighter, heard the many calls for rescues on the night Hurricane Sandy came to town, she was moved to action.
“These …
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The devastation that Hurricane Sandy caused to residents on Cheshire Road and the surrounding streets in Inwood is still apparent more than two weeks later as many remain busy cleaning out their homes, salvaging what they can and some are still without power.
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By Ann Friedman
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11/14/12
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Boys sorted the heated socks, teenage girls played and colored with younger children, the women cooked food and brought it out to families, men moved generators on dollies, and volunteers readied to go out on another run delivering needed items to distressed community members as snow from a nor’easter fell on Nov. 7.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/14/12
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After seeing many people in the community with homes ruined and lives turned upside down in the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, Five Towns Community Chest Board President Steven Spiro said the organization was spurred into action.
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By Ann Friedman
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11/14/12
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The fire chief was at the grill, cooking a larger-than-usual portion of scrambled eggs; children who should have been in school weren’t; and there was enough food collected in an office to stock a supermarket’s shelves.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/14/12
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