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Ford calls for public meeting over fate of LBMC
County Legislator Denise Ford (R-Long Beach) is calling on Long Beach Medical Center’s Chief Executive Officer Doug Melzer to address the public over the fate of the hospital, which remains closed … more
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When residents receive their award letter, it will mark the third of a nine-step process that NY Rising has outlined for grant recipients on its website.
NY Rising releases award letters
Hurricane Sandy victims statewide may soon see some much-needed financial relief. The New York Rising program, tasked with distributing $1.7 billion in federal Sandy aid money allocated to the … more
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Talks between LBMC and South Nassau Communities Hospital are ongoing, part of a "strong" effort to reopen the medical center, officials said.
LBMC merger talks continue
Long Beach Medical Center officials are continuing talks with South Nassau Communities Hospital about a merger in the hopes of reopening the barrier island’s only hospital, which has remained … more
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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, left, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, City Manager Jack Schnirman and Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg on National Boulevard on Wednesday.
Cuomo: ‘We’re going to make a better Long Beach’
Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered Long Beach residents some semblance of hope on Wednesday after Hurricane Sandy battered the city, saying, “We’re all going to work together now to do what we need to do … more
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Cars damaged in Sandy being brought into Belmont’s south lot.
Damaged cars taken to south lot at Belmont
Driving north on the Cross Island Parkway, it’s easy to pass Exit 14, which leads to an entrance to Belmont Park whose gates are locked most of the year. But drivers who have passed the exit since … more
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City Council members Eileen Goggin and Fran Adelson, far left, Legislator Dave Denenberg, Michele Mittleman, County Executive Ed Mangano and Legislator Denise Ford denounced the earth-movement exclusion clause in the NFIP program.
Rallying against FEMA ‘loophole’
“You should have been in your house nine months ago,” County Legislator Dave Denenberg (D-Merrick) told the crowd. “… [T]here was no earth moving, that was floodwaters. This has to … more
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The conference was hosted by the city and Schnirman was among the guest speakers.
Rethinking a post-Sandy future
Malcolm Bowman, a professor of marine and atmospheric sciences at Stony Brook University, showed the audience an image of a sand berm above a small village in the Netherlands, a country that is … more
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Honorary Chief William Myers
Heroes of Sandy recognized
With the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaching, Heartbreaking memories of devastation, tragedy and frustration are returning to the hearts and minds of those who experienced the … more
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A Red Cross volunteer served food to Jonathan Guzman in November, a Long Beach resident whose home was destroyed by Sandy.
Is Red Cross sitting on Sandy aid?
The Long Beach City Council called on the American Red Cross last week to speed up the release of millions of dollars in Hurricane Sandy donations that the charity has collected over the past seven … more
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Front Desk Agent Nicholas Horns fields customer calls.
Life after Sandy: an RVC hotel room
“I never want to stay in a motel again,” said Gerry. “We started out telling people we were staying in a hotel, and it was great. Then, as time went on, it became a motel, and then it became a FEMA motel.” more
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