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The planned drainage improvements in Woodmere. The red triangles are check valve locations. The green dots are storm water treatment devices.

Collecting public opinion on Five Towns projects

Santa Haanraadtz has lived in her home at 110 Bayswater Blvd., in Inwood, for 43 years, and has never seen a storm like Hurricane Sandy. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/14/19

A pumping Station is proposed to be built by Motts Creek in Cedarhurst. The black outline is the planned bulkheading. On the left is the the Five Towns Mini Golf and Batting Range and on the right is Lawrence High School.

Holding back the water

The construction of a pumping station in Cedarhurst to reduce flooding could get under way as early as next May, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/17/19

Atlantic Beach resident Teddy Candella, 10, began a local campaign to help the victims of Hurricane Dorian by starting a collection of goods and money through the New York Beach Club.

Extending a helping hand from Atlantic Beach to the Bahamas

After Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas, Atlantic Beach resident Teddy Candella was determined to help, and enlisted family, friends and the New York Beach Club to assist. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 10/10/19

Item collection boxes will be at the Gural JCC in Cedarhurst, above, and the Harrison-Kerr Family Campus in Lawrence through Oct. 3.

Gural JCC in Cedarhurst collects for Dorian victims

The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC is partnering with UJA-Federation of New York and the Yonkers-based AFYA Foundation to collect humanitarian supplies for the victims of Hurricane Dorian that struck the Bahamas on Aug. 24. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/19/19

Marion & Aaron Gural JCC collects for Hurricane Dorian victims

The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC is partnering with UJA-Federation of New York and the Yonkers-based AFYA Foundation to collect humanitarian supplies for the victims of Hurricane Dorian that struck the Bahamas on Aug. 24. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/13/19

Congress must act to extend flood insurance

Long Islanders can empathize with the victims of Hurricane Dorian, which devastated the Bahamas and left extensive damage in parts of the Carolinas. Nearly seven years after Hurricane Sandy hit, fears of the next Big One are still palpable in communities like . . . more

9/13/19

Give to the Red Cross to aid Dorian’s victims

As of Monday, the death toll from Hurricane Dorian — once a Category 5 monster — had reached 44, thousands were missing and an estimated 13,000 homes had been destroyed . . . more

9/13/19

Be prepared for the next Big One

In the movie “Jaws,” Amity Mayor Larry Vaughn said, “You yell ‘Barracuda!’ and everyone says, ‘Huh?’ You yell ‘Shark!’ and we’ve got a panic on our hands.” The same could be said of hurricanes. more

7/18/19

Be ready when the next hurricane hits

With the anxiety of Superstorm Sandy never far from our minds, Long Islanders have watched painfully familiar scenes unfold across the South, the mid-Atlantic and the Caribbean over the past two years . . . more

By Neela Lockel | 7/6/19

What’s the deal with the Green New Deal?

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old Democrat from the Bronx, is surely the most dangerous elected official now in office. You know she is because . . . more

5/10/19