I didn’t know what to expect the morning we returned to Lawrence High School. Fishing out my ID card from a pocket of my backpack I hadn’t dipped into in two weeks, I opened the school door.
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By Nicole Bae
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11/21/12
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Up to 300 trees that died due to Hurricane Sandy-related damage will be cut down throughout the Village of Atlantic Beach at a cost of $124,025. Removal of the tree is expected to begin in two weeks, village officials said.
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By Vanessa Parker
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3/18/15
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Whenever heavy rain is in the forecast, Mira Konigsberg fears for her property.
Mira and her husband, Phillip, have lost five cars to flooding on Marbridge Road in Lawrence in the past four years.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/26/13
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There has been a lot of progress made in the rebuilding efforts since Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island in late October, but there is still work to be done. The Long Island Volunteer Center is in need of volunteers to help those impacted by the storm.
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12/21/12
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The Five Towns NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program Committee was not one of the eight winners of a bonus $3 million that will be used to implement the post Hurricane Sandy rebuilding projects that have been proposed as winners were announced in Albany Wednesday.
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By Vanessa Parker
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4/23/14
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Though not as long as or iconic as the Long Beach boardwalk, the half-mile boardwalk in Atlantic Beach built in 1928 is a landmark for residents of the barrier beach community that was established five years earlier.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/23/13
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When Kevin Stanya surveyed Inwood Country Club’s 18-hole golf course after Hurricane Sandy, the course superintendent saw damage he hadn’t witnessed in his 30 years of working at the club on Peppe Drive in Inwood.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/12/13
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The amount of temporary rental assistance available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency for victims of Hurricane Sandy is increasing by 25 percent, according to Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineloa).
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/8/12
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Lorraine Gogel choked back tears as she pointed out the many still-vacant houses nearly 10 months after Hurricane Sandy destroyed almost all of the 89 residences in Meadowmere Park, where she has lived for the past 30 years.
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By Ann Friedman
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8/14/13
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Sanitary District 1, which collects the trash and recyclables in the Five Towns and Lynbrook and Valley Stream will receive $1,144,833 of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance funding for reimbursement for the removal, hauling, and disposal of an estimated 10,764 tons of disaster
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7/26/13
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