“Ever since taking the first step into the third-grade Lido class, I have felt a warm welcome,” Long Beach High School class of 2019 Salutatorian Dmytro Vremenko said of his first days as a …
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By Christopher Gharagozlo
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7/5/19
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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 . . .
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5/10/19
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday that it had completed work on its coastal protection project ahead of schedule — and before the start of the hurricane season on June 1 — though …
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By Bridget Downes
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4/25/19
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The Hempstead Town Board voted on Feb. 5 to table the hiring of an outside consultant to audit the Town Building Department. The roughly $155,000 measure was intended to offer recommendations on how …
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By Peter Belfiore
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2/13/19
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Among the most urgent issues of 2018 was, undoubtedly, the climate — as in the Earth’s temperature over time. It has slowly but steadily been rising for decades, in direct proportion to . . .
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1/4/19
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By Bridget Downes
bdownes@liherald.com
With a box of doughnuts on the table for everyone to share, home improvement volunteers roamed in and out of West End resident Liz Treston’s newly …
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By Bridget Downes
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12/27/18
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South Nassau Communities Hospital has changed its plans for the development of the Long Beach Medical Center property, saying that it recently determined that construction of a new medical facility …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/8/18
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Listen up. No lectures. The integrity and destiny of our democracy is for you and me to decide with our votes next Tuesday. I trust the basic goodness of our American voting public, but . . .
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11/1/18
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Six years after Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice announced legislation on Tuesday that would protect storm victims who receive federal disaster relief funds from having to repay benefits that …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/1/18
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Q. How is it possible that a big development, meant to replace an existing one, damaged by Hurricane Sandy, could be permitted without the neighbors knowing about it until it’s already approved by the county Industrial Development Agency and the town?
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By Monte Leeper
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10/26/18
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