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On behalf of the officers and Board of Directors of the Mill Brook Civic Association, I want to commend Sanitary District No. 1 and its leaders, Irv Kaminitsky and George Pappas, on a job well done after Sandy. more

11/22/12

Hungry Harbor Road, at the south end of the village, an area that has long been in the high-risk flood zone, experienced coastal flooding from Hurricane Sandy. Gibson, added to the zone in 2009, stayed mostly dry.

Sandy: true test of the flood maps?

Residents and village officials agree: Hurricane Sandy was the storm that truly tested whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps of Valley Stream are valid. The consensus? They are not. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 11/15/12

Mill Brook resident Robert Linton questioned the validity of FEMA’s flood maps at Monday night’s meeting at Forest Road School, hosted by the Mill Brook Civic Association.

Few answers at flood map meeting

Valley Stream residents didn’t get many answers during an often contentious meeting about the status of federal flood maps on Monday night at the Forest Road School. About 100 residents attended the meeting hosted by the Mill Brook Civic Association, and many were upset that a representative from the Federal Emergency Management Agency came with no new information. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 9/27/12

The Fight over flood insurance started two years ago with a meeting of a group of residents at the Gibson LIRR station who were outraged over high premiums.

FEMA offers relief for flood zone homeowners

Thousands of Valley Stream residents won’t have to worry about skyrocketing flood insurance costs next year. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced last week that it would indefinitely extend lower flood insurance rates to homeowners who were added to the high-risk flood zone in 2009. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 8/29/12

Jaclyn Kunz, children’s librarian at the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library uses Facebook to reach out to patrons and inform them of what’s going on at the library.

Making connections through social media

The way people live their lives has changed in recent years and you can thank (or curse) technology for that. Sure televisions are now paper thin and a GPS can get you around a traffic jam, but one of the biggest advancements in technology in the past decade has been the growth of social media. more

By Brian Croce | 8/17/12

The new 5th Congressional District (purple area) would include the western portion of Valley Stream.

New Congressional districts split Valley Stream

A single member of Congress will no longer represent all 40,000-plus Valley Stream residents beginning next year. Effective Jan. 1, 2013, New York state’s Congressional districts will be shifting, splitting Valley Stream into both the new 5th and 4th districts. more

By Brian Croce | 4/5/12

Good luck to Community Association

As mentioned in your editorial last week, “Village, Community Association should work together,” the Mill Brook Civic Association has a great working relationship with all federal, state, town, county and even village of Valley Stream officials. It is very important to put politics behind you and work closely with those people elected by us. more

12/14/11

LIPA Director Michael Hervey spoke to residents of Mill Brook on Oct. 19 about improving communication during storms.

LIPA chief: We need to do better

The Long Island Power Authority needs to do better in communicating information with customers, Director Michael Hervey told members of the Mill Brook Civic Association at a recent homeowners meeting. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 11/3/11

Nassau County Legislator Howard Kopel spoke to the Mill Brook Civic Association about taxes and construction on March 16 at the Forest Road School. Civic Association President Marc Tenzer listens in.

Talking the issues in Mill Brook

More than 60 residents turned out to the Mill Brook Civic Association meeting last week to hear from a variety of speakers, with topics ranging from taxes to flood insurance to crime. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 3/23/11

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy talked to Mill Brook residents about the FEMA flood maps and the efforts of federal officials at Forest Road School on Oct. 12.

Mill Brook continues flood map fight

All 811 homes in the Mill Brook community are in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new high-risk flood zone, and civic leaders are fighting to reduce that number to zero. more

Andrew Hackmack | 10/20/10

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