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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.

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

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/26/13 | 2 comments

Nassau County Police shut down the westbound lanes of Lido Blvd. after a Long Beach Middle School student was struck by an SUV.

L.B. teen struck by SUV is ‘improving’

Abdul Bird, the 14-year-old Long Beach Middle School student who was hit by an SUV while skateboarding on Lido Boulevard at Greenway Road on Tuesday is showing signs of improvement, according to his wrestling coach, Miguel Rodriguez. more

By Vanessa Canner | 6/19/12 | 2 comments

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

By Anthony Rifilato | 11/1/12 | 2 comments

Senator charles schumer held a press conference last October at a vacant property on East Hudson Street, where he urged FEMA to extend its statute of limitations for homeowners to file lawsuits against their flood insurance companies.

Flood insurance relief bill passes in the Senate

The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday that will protect tens of thousands of homeowners from facing huge flood insurance premium rate hikes. The Homeowner Flood Insurance … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 1/30/14 | 2 comments

City Manager Jack Schnirman said that the administration is taking steps outlined by Moody's that could lead to a rating increase.

Long Beach lifts fiscal crisis

Saying that Long Beach has avoided the fate of Detroit, the Long Beach City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to lift its declaration of a fiscal crisis, after Moody’s Investors Service revised … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/4/13 | 2 comments

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

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/4/13 | 2 comments

A video tribute to East Rockaway's Mayor Ed Sieban

Sometimes, words are not enough. Even though words are my business, there are so many others who said it better about the life and passing of their -- and my -- beloved Mayor Ed Sieban. So instead, I put together a montage of photos and short videos of the mayor "in action." I hope you like it. more

Mary Malloy | 7/8/10 | 2 comments

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

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/18/13 | 2 comments

FEMA extends Transitional Sheltering Assistance program

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, at the request of the State of New York, has extended its Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program, which allows eligible Hurricane Sandy survivors … more

8/5/13 | 2 comments

The Rhame Avenue elementary school graduating class of 1963 (the high school’s Class of ‘69) was taken in the school's old gym on the night of our Hawaiian themed graduation party. The theme was in honor of the country's newest state. The author, John McGovern, who now lives in San Diego, CA, is pictured in the top row, sixth from the right.

Memories of a simpler time [Photo gallery]

The Rhame Avenue Elementary School Class of 1963 was a post World War II melting pot, and many were first-generation Americans. Most of our parents had moved to East Rockaway from Brooklyn and other city boroughs after the war. more

John J. McGovern | 1/14/10 | 2 comments

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