Long Islanders have all kinds of non-romantic love affairs. They love their school boards, their teachers and their garbage collectors, and they even show some love for . . .
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6/1/23
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Most Long Islanders are rightly confused about who is responsible for our ever-rising electricity bills. We get our electric bills from PSEG, yet there's also the Long Island Power Authority, as well as National Grid. Who does what?
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By Fred Harrison
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2/23/23
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It existed for just five seconds — but it was enough to power a home for an entire day.
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12/15/22
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Hearings are getting under way on a proposal to socialize energy on Long Island. It would make the Long Island Power Authority the region’s sole entity responsible for keeping our lights on.
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By Ronald J. Rosenberg
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12/1/22
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Why do small businesses matter? There are more answers to that question than there are streetlamps on your local Main Street.
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By John Keating
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5/5/22
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A new type of green energy could be coming to East Meadow. Edgewise Energy, a Long Island-based energy equipment and solutions company and Bloom Energy, a California-based green energy company, …
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By Mallory Wilson
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11/11/21
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Tropical Storm Isaias marched up the Eastern Seaboard Aug. 4 with 70-mph winds that snapped trees in half or ripped them out of the ground, often sending them crashing onto power lines, leaving 420,000 Long Island ratepayers without electricity.
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8/14/20
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Nearly 1,600 people filled the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside for Herald Community Newspapers’ inaugural Kidz Zone Expo on March 3.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/6/19
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Ross Holmes remembers driving through a sea of blue tarps in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Almost every house had been severely damaged by Hurricane Maria. The roads had no working traffic signals. And every so often, Holmes would pass a fallen billboard, a split telephone pole or a road sign lying broken and twisted in the street.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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1/18/18
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Strong winds across Long Island have toppled power lines, leaving thousands without electricity.
A high wind warning is in effect for the area until 2 p.m., with winds northwest winds of 25 to 35 …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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4/3/16
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