The Long Beach City Council last week renewed its call on the state Department of Health to update a 2006 report used as the basis to restructure hospitals across the state, and recommended that the …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/14/15
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The Long Island Working Families Party voted last week to issue an early endorsement for Long Beach City Councilman Anthony Eramo in his bid for re-election this November. It was the party’s first …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/14/15
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Just in time for beautiful spring weather, residents will once again have access to a citywide bicycle-sharing program. The city began phasing in the bikes last weekend, and the roll out of …
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By Matthew Ern
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5/6/15
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The city released the design renderings for a new skate park last week, and construction of the new bowls, handrails and ramps is set to begin in the next few weeks.
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By Matthew Ern
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4/29/15
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The Long Beach/ Lido Little League kicked off its 45th season with its annual parade and carnival on April 18.
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4/29/15
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The city is calling on residents to come up with a creative slogan for its new traffic safety initiative, after the City Council voted last month to lower the city’s speed limit to 25 miles per hour on side streets.
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4/15/15
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The federal regulators responsible for making a determination on the controversial plan to build a liquefied natural gas import facility 19 miles off the coast of Jones Beach have suspended the federal license application process.
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By Matthew Ern
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4/1/15
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Temperatures hovering in the 30s and a recent blizzard did little to dampen the spirits of the thousands of Long Beach residents and neighbors who gathered for the Long Beach Polar Bears’ 16th …
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By Matthew Ern
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2/19/15
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Long Beach received $2.7 million in Federal Transit Administration emergency relief funds this week that reimburses the city for eight buses and vehicles damaged in the Hurricane Sandy.
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By Matthew Ern
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2/11/15
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Though members of the City Council were not up for re-election in 2014, they began the new year with some leadership changes at Tuesday’s meeting, where they voted unanimously to elect Councilman …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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1/7/15
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