I had planned to write about heart disease in this column. That can wait. Over the weekend, I grew increasingly angry with President Trump because of his inept — and, frankly, inane . . .
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10/5/17
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Nearly five years have passed since Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast, flooding thousands of homes and businesses and causing . . .
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10/5/17
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A team of Long Beach volunteers that refer to themselves as “Waves of Hope” made their way down to Texas last month to spread a message of resilience and hope to hurricane victims.
A dozen …
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By Bridget Downes
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10/5/17
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By Bridget Downes
bdownes@liherald.com
Crowds of people gathered at National Boulevard beach on Sunday to attend a hurricane relief concert hosted by the city and the Civil Service Employees …
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By Bridget Downes
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9/28/17
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As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy nears, local and federal officials who are all too familiar with its destruction are pushing a plan to protect communities like Long Beach that are at high …
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By Bridget Downes
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9/28/17
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President Trump may have made waves again with his decision to work with Democrats on a bipartisan agreement to raise the federal debt limit and provide hurricane relief for Texas, but in so doing, he may have . . .
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9/22/17
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If you speak with Hurricane Sandy victims, many will say that a decisive moment came in the recovery effort: the moment when the rest of the world returned to normal while they were left fighting to rebuild.
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9/21/17
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The city and the Civil Service Employees Association will host a hurricane relief concert on Sept. 24 that will benefit victims of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and José.
The concert is set to take …
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By Bridget Downes
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9/21/17
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A tropical storm watch was downgraded to a flood watch for Long Beach and other South Shore areas as Hurricane Jose tracked up the East Coast earlier this week, and while forecasters said that the …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/21/17
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As autumn spins into view on Force 12 winds, are you feeling what I’m feeling, that the moment is heavy with historic significance?
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9/15/17
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