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Barry with Sharon Friend of Project Hope, with whom he credits with helping him regain hope after Hurricane Sandy

After Hurricane Sandy, I was lost. I had been hurt on the job just a few months before the storm, and I was unable to move anything. I lost a lifetime of treasures in the storm, including my high … more

By Brian Barry | 10/29/14

Seven kids and five adults stayed in the Guerrieres’ home on Milburn Avenue the night of Hurricane Sandy. When the home began to flood, life jackets were taken out as a safety measure.

Sandy memories still fresh

It’s been two years since the storm hit. Two years since water and sewage flowed into hundreds of Baldwin homes. Two years since long lines began forming at local gas stations, and the power … more

By Brian Croce | 10/29/14

Ellen Kern charged her phone in Churchill’s in the days after Sandy.

A beacon during Sandy’s dark days

When Superstorm Sandy hit Long Island, Rockville Centre was able to quickly regain and even hold on to electric power. Rockville Centre is one of the few communities on Long Island that has its own electric grid. According to Herald reports at the time, 99 percent of residents had their power back within eight days after the storm. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 10/29/14

Stephen Conklin outside his Sandy-damaged Sands Lane house in January. ten months later, he has yet to move back home.

Still not home after Sandy

I’ll be home for Christmas. Two Seaford residents — one a disabled veteran and the other a disabled 9/11 New York City firefighter — are hoping to be back in their homes by Christmas. more

By Laura Schofer | 10/29/14

Nicholas and John Carlo Calandra in front of their new home, which is under construction and will replace the house damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

The long road home after Sandy

It has been two years since Susan Calandra and her family slept in their Willoughby Avenue home. The Seaford family has been displaced since Hurricane Sandy hit, and they are hoping to move into their newly restored house before the holidays. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 10/29/14

Erin Bianco received CVS electronic gift card donations from those who wanted to contribute to relief efforts. They raised more than $3,500 in these cards

A silver lining for East Rockaway after the storm

Erin Bianco, a Lynbrook resident who lived in East Rockaway when the storm hit, said she would remember the kindness and charity the storm brought out. “The silver lining in all of this was when … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 10/29/14

Nassau County’s Office of Emergency Management sought to inform Atlantic Beach residents on how to prepare for an emergency. Above, Legislator Denise Ford (D-Long Beach) spoke about the importance of getting cleaning supplies such as gloves and trash bags before a storm.

Learning what to do in an emergency

With Atlantic Beach surrounded on one side by Reynolds Channel and the other by the Atlantic Ocean, and with Hurricane Sandy still fresh in their minds residents packed village hall for an educational seminar presented by Nassau County’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) on Oct. 1. more

By Vanessa Parker | 10/8/14

Homeowners continue repairing their home that were damaged in Hurricane Sandy. Meadowmere Park residents Joyce Roman, and her son, Jerry, 11, in the renovated kitchen of their West Avenue house.

Overcoming the post-Sandy struggles

Homeowners in communities such as Meadowmere Park and Inwood continue to rebuild and repair their homes nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy. more

10/1/14

Downed electrical wires were a major problem for LIPA and residents after the storm.

FEMA funds 'obligated'

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced $1.6 billion in federal FEMA funding has been obligated for Nassau County’s Public Works Department and the Long Island Power … more

By Mary Malloy | 9/24/14

An empty lot on West Boulevard is all that is left of their home as the Moran family waits for permits to rebuild.

Raising, rebuilding a battered community

Since Hurricane Sandy struck nearly two years ago, the landscape of hard-hit Bay Park has changed drastically. It is now an eclectic mix of small houses perched high atop newly poured cement … more

By Mary Malloy | 8/21/14

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