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Long Beach Clean Team Initiative a success

Throughout the summer, the Long Beach Clean Team Initiative has been moving across the city neighborhood-by-neighborhood to keep the streets looking clean and garbage free. Volunteers and city crews … more

8/5/15

A rendering of the planned conference rooms and open office area in the Long Beach Bridgeworks campus.

New startup 'incubator' coming to L.B.

The City of Long Beach, along with Bridgeworks LLC, announced last week that Bridgeworks will be opening a “co-working” facility this fall designed to provide affordable office space to tech … more

By Matthew Ern | 8/5/15

Matthew Ern/Herald South Nassau Communities Hospital received state and federal approval to operate its free-standing emergency department.

South Nassau’s E.D. gets the OK

A month after it was initially slated to open, South Nassau Communities Hospital’s free-standing emergency department on the former Long Beach Medical Center campus has finally received state and federal approval to begin operations, according to U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and State Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky. more

By Anthony Rifilato | 8/4/15

Penny Frondelli/Herald Peter Hawkins, who finished first overall, at the start of the race.

Waterfront Warriors welcomes service members to the beach

The streets of the West End were packed with flag-waving residents as the seventh annual Waterfront Warriors welcome parade stepped off on July 19. Twenty-two service members and their families … more

By Matthew Ern | 7/30/15

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice was joined by local officials in front of the home of resident Liz Treston on Wyoming Avenue.

Lawmakers to FEMA: no claw backs!

Local and federal officials recently called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive millions of dollars in disaster relief funding that the agency has ordered Hurricane Sandy victims to … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 7/2/15

Courtesy Ronnie Myles Rev. Delores Miller, third from right, was joined by local officials, clergy and residents at the reopening of the newly renovated Evangel Revival Community Church on May 30, more than two and a half years after Hurricane Sandy damaged the building.

A community returns after Sandy

Hurricane Sandy left Evangel Revival Community Church so badly damaged that it had to be completely gutted, but the Rev. Delores Miller never lost faith. more

By Matthew Ern | 6/10/15

The $100 million giveaway

By far, the greatest scam I’ve ever seen involves a long-controversial 6-acre vacant plot of beachfront property in Long Beach known as the Superblock. Despite many promises of developments . . . more

6/4/15

Commander Dan McPhee, right, led members of the VFW Post 1384 during the Memorial Day Parade on May 25, where officials and residents paid tribute to the sacrifices made by the men and women of the U.S. armed forces.

Honoring our fallen heroes

“Long Beach certainly knows how to throw a parade. People turn out in droves, it’s really inspiring,” City Manager Jack Schnirman said of what city officials called a larger-than-average … more

5/27/15

Council approves city budget

The city council voted unanimously to approve its proposed spending plan for the 2015-16 fiscal year at Tuesday’s council meeting. The budget totals $86 million, a 1.91 percent increase over the … more

By Matthew Ern | 5/20/15

Residents, city officials and environmental groups locked hands for 15 minutes in protest of Port Ambrose.

A 'united front' against Port Ambrose

Residents, local officials and environmental groups came together on May 16 to participate in ‘Hands Across the Sand,’ a peaceful display of unity against offshore drilling and seismic testing. … more

By Matthew Ern | 5/20/15

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