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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

Earth to America: Climate change is real

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 . . . more

1/4/19

Vote as if your life depended on it

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 . . . more

11/1/18

We neighbors are kept in the dark

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? more

By Monte Leeper | 10/26/18

Phyllis Boland, her son, Andrew, and her daughter, Ashley, have moved four times in the six years since Hurricane Sandy damaged their home. They are expecting to move back to Adams Street for good next month.

East Rockaway Sandy victims set to return home at last, six years later

Six years after Hurricane Sandy and four moves later, Phyllis Boland is finally preparing for the one move she’s longed for: She’s going back home. more

By Mike Smollins | 10/25/18

Contractor Lee Moser was sentenced to 45 days in jail, to be served on the weekends, five years' probation and had to pay the Governor's Office of Storm Recovery $50,000 after an investigation determined that he scammed five Nassau homeowners who paid him to do work he never completed after Hurricane Sandy damaged their houses.

Hurricane Sandy scammer who did work in East Rockaway sentenced to 45 days in jail, 5 years' probation

A contractor from Smithtown who scammed Nassau and Suffolk county Hurricane Sandy victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for home repairs he never completed was sentenced Sept. 27 to 45 days … more

By Mike Smollins | 9/27/18

Five trees fell at former East Rockaway and Lynbrook resident Erin Castellano’s house in Wilmington, N.C., during Hurricane Florence.

Former Lynbrook, East Rockaway resident experiences Irene, Sandy and Florence

When Hurricane Sandy struck the South Shore in October 2012, damaging so many East Rockaway residents’ homes, Erin Castellano decided to help. more

By Melissa Koenig | 9/27/18

At Reel, one of the stops along the crawl’s route, Mike and Diane Kidney received a few beers from bartender Mel Weeks.

Crawling through East Rockaway to benefit Maria victims

About 200 people came to East Rockaway last Saturday to crawl for a cause as local group the11518 held its annual pub crawl fundraiser. more

By Mike Smollins | 9/27/18

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