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The Martin Luther King Center is set to host the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade and celebration on Monday, Jan. 15. The march will step off from Laurelton Boulevard and West Park … more
People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . . more
On the day when workers began putting up decorative lights on the lampposts of Rockville Centre in preparation of the holiday season, merchants on North Park Avenue are anticipating a gift of their … more
The Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County celebrated the grand opening of its state-of-the art Long Beach Head Start facility last Friday, which is set to serve a new wave of young children and their families in the city’s North Park neighborhood. more
“It does trouble me, as a police officer, when kids say that they’re afraid of the police,” said Anderson Joseph, a detective with the Long Beach Police Department and one of two black officers on the force. Joseph, who lives in Long Beach and joined the LBPD in 2006, responded to a young woman who asked, “Why do police always think we’re going to hurt people?” more
Rockville Centre will spend nearly $1.2 million to renovate North Park Avenue. The village board of trustees approved a bid from Roadwork Ahead at a briefing session on July 7 to redo the … more
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. more
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. more
The city is set to host a community career fair at the Martin Luther King Center, at 615 Riverside Blvd., on Thursday, March 24, from 4 to 8 p.m. more
Long Beach’s Martin Luther King Center held its first college fair on Feb. 18, part of a broader effort by the city to implement economic empowerment programs in the North Park neighborhood. more
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