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North Woodmere residents say that noise from planes taking off from and arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport is disrupting their lives. Resident Alex Libkind created the website savenorthwoodmere.com in protest.

The evenings are the worst, according to residents like Alex Libkind, who say that airplane noise is reducing the quality of life in North Woodmere. more

By Vanessa Parker | 4/22/15

What will replace the Long Beach Medical Center?

Laozi, a Chinese philosopher in the 6th century B.C., is credited with the saying, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” That easily sums up the ongoing effort to provide the residents of the City of Long Beach . . . more

4/17/15

The Long Island Rail Road has begun studying the feasibility of constructing a pedestrian overpass at the Woodmere station, perhaps similar to the one at its Bay Shore station, above.

Commuters ask for more security and comfort

Local elected officials and residents are pushing for improvements at the Cedarhurst, Hewlett and Woodmere Long Island Rail Road stations, three of the five stations on the Far Rockaway line’s route through the Five Towns. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/25/15

Temple Hillel in North Woodmere hosted a political forum that included several local elected officials. From left were Cedarhurst Trustee Myrna Zisman, Assemblyman David McDonough (R-Merrick), State Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre), Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), event organizers Cindy Grosz and Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, Republican Michael Conigliaro, Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock and Lawrence Trustee Michael Fragin.

Citizens air concerns at political summit [Photo gallery]

Several local elected officials took park in a political form at Temple Hillel in North Woodmere last Sunday. more

3/12/15

Kulanu Academy for special-needs children in Cedarhurst was visited by Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway, standing left, and Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach), third from left.

Supporting special-needs children

Assemblymen Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) and Phillip Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway) visited the Kulanu Academy for special-needs children in Cedarhurst on Feb. 24, observing classrooms and speaking with school administrators. more

By Vanessa Parker | 3/4/15

It's long past time we legislators cleaned up our act

It has been a momentous month in Albany. The recent arrest of Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker . . . more

2/26/15

Temple Hillel in North Woodmere is hosting a political summit that aims to address the concerns of Jewish voters. Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach), center, with Ellen and Harvey Weisenberg, is one of the local elected leaders expected to attend.

Temple Hillel hosts political summit on March 8

More than 500 people are expected to attend an upcoming political summit hosted by Temple Hillel in North Woodmere on March 8, according to event organizers. more

By Vanessa Parker | 2/25/15

Security cameras are to be installed at the Cedarhurst LIRR station later this year. Above, a platform shelter panel defaced last month.

Cedarhurst LIRR station to get security cameras

Following several incidents of bias graffiti and other crime security cameras will be installed at the Cedarhurst Long Island Rail Road station near the station building later this year. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/17/15

At a press conference on Feb. 12 at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, Shila Shah-Gavnoudias, commissioner of the county Department of Public Works; Jon Kaiman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s special advisor for Long Island storm recovery; Ed Mangano, the county executive; and Todd Kaminsky, a state assemblyman from Long Beach, announced that the state would provide $150 million to upgrade the Bay Park plant with a nitrogen-removal system.

State promises $150 million to better treat sewage

New York state has pledged to fund the installation of a $150 million nitrogen-removal system at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which will reduce the environmental harm of the sewage the plant discharges into Nassau County’s Western Bays, state and county officials said on Feb. 12. The officials, speaking at a Mineola news conference, also called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide $550 million more to build an outfall pipe to carry effluent from Bay Park into the Atlantic Ocean. more

By Brian Racow | 2/13/15

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and other officials called on Cuomo to veto the proposed LNG project.

Officials rally against LNG plan in Long Beach

A week after they criticized plans for an offshore liquefied natural gas terminal at a meeting in Queens, local, state and federal officials gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk on Thursday to call … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 1/16/15

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