Doris Stephens will never forget the call she received nearly a year ago, informing her that her grandson, 4-year-old Treyshawn Stephens, had been shot. The boy had been playing football with his mother in the living room of their apartment at the Channel Park Homes when he was struck by an errant bullet.
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/19/16
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On April 22, we will celebrate the 46th annual Earth Day, when, ideally, we should commit to improving the state of our great Mother Ship. Despite our best efforts to discover a second planet where we might lay down roots . . .
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4/21/16
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Long Beach’s Channel Park Homes were neglected after Hurricane Sandy, according to a report released last week by ERASE Racism, a Syosset-based civil rights organization. It concluded that there had been a lack of remediation at the public housing development, and that mold-infested homes there continued to pose a health hazard.
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By Ben Strack
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4/6/16
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In the wake of a study released by ERASE Racism last week that raised concerns about health and safety issues at the Channel Park Homes after Hurricane Sandy, the city sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FEMA and the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery this week calling on those agencies to address the report’s findings.
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By Anthony Rifilato
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4/6/16
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It’s been more than three years since Hurricane Sandy devastated the South Shore, and for anyone north of Sunrise Highway, the storm is largely an afterthought. But for many residents . . .
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2/18/16
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Exterminators sprayed two apartments at the Channel Park Homes for bed bugs earlier this month after tenants reported the problem to the Long Beach Housing Authority, but officials are hoping others who might be dealing with the issue will step forward as well.
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By Ben Strack
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2/18/16
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For football fans everywhere, Sunday marks Super Bowl 50. But for those not so into sports, there is a purr-fect alternative. The third annual Kitten Bowl will be aired on the Hallmark Channel Sunday, Feb. 7 at noon. With participating teams such as the North Shore Animal League and Last Hope Animal Rescue, Long Islanders won’t want to miss the most furr-ocious game of the year.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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2/2/16
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Marcus Tinker, a member of the Christian Light Baptist Church, was with fellow members of the North Park Neighborhood Watch on one of their regular community walks last Friday at about 10:40 …
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By Matthew Ern
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11/11/15
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God has blessed the City of Long Beach with a magnificent oceanfront and a fabulous bay area along Reynolds Channel. For years it has attracted thousands of visitors to vacation or to spend a day relaxing at the beach. But the city has gone through some very tough times . . .
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10/29/15
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I spent a chunk of last Wednesday staring at my TV, watching squiggly lines accumulate on the Weather Channel’s map of the Atlantic Seaboard. They represented model tracks of Hurricane Joaquin . . .
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10/8/15
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