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When Hurricane Sandy struck the Five Towns two years ago, flooding damaged homes, schools and businesses, the storm caused a community-wide power outage created fuel shortages and punctured a hole in the collective security.
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By Vanessa Parker
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10/29/14
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It isn’t the fault of the Long Beach community that its medical center was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy. It may be that quite a few local residents never used the facility, but by now the entire town knows it is without a local hospital.
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10/23/14
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In seeking his ninth two-year term, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-St. Albans) defeated fellow Democrat Joe Marthone in a June primary, is not facing a true Republican challenger, but in the general election he is being opposed by Rockaway Park resident Allen Steinhardt, who is running on the “Allen for Congress” line. If elected, Steinhardt said you would most likely caucus with the Republicans.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/22/14
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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.
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By Vanessa Parker
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10/8/14
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Homeowners in communities such as Meadowmere Park and Inwood continue to rebuild and repair their homes nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy.
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10/1/14
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Sept. 21 was the 76th anniversary of the infamous Long Island Express of 1938, a massive Category 3 hurricane that slammed into the Island, New Jersey and much of New England with rare ferocity, killing 800 people and causing $308 million in damage (the equivalent of $4.8 billion today), including the destruction of 57,000 homes.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/26/14
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Traffic was slowed and stopped on Broadway in Woodmere last Friday as a 150-foot-tall crane lifted a cupola tower and its copper top into place at the peak of the Woodmere Education Center, 70 feet above the street.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/10/14
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Installing a new cupola
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Traffic was slowed and stopped on Broadway in Woodmere as a 150-foot high crane lifted the tower and its copper top into place on the peak of the Woodmere Education Center on Friday.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/8/14
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A byproduct of any disaster is a “rising from the ashes” scenario. That is what the director of operations at Jones Beach State Park, Hank Leggio said about the beach and its continuing recovery, nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy. He went on to state that aside from needed repairs, most of the additions and renovations made to the renowned state park were planned long before the storm hit.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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8/6/14
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Nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy, the Jones Beach State Park staff — with the help of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — has not only repaired, but revived the world-famous attraction.
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By Jimin Kim
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7/30/14
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