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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 . . . more

4/21/16

Flooding along the vulnerable South Shore

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 . . . more

2/18/16

Long Beach, it’s time to vote for change

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 . . . more

10/29/15

On Heron Street, some residents used kayaks to navigate flooded streets last Friday.

City pushes bulkhead plan

Days after heavy rains caused serious flooding in some parts of the city — even as Hurricane Joaquin veered away from the East Coast — the City Council approved a measure on Tuesday that will … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 10/8/15

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, left, was joined by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano on Monday when he called on Albany to allocate federal funding for a new outfall pipe for the Bay Park Sewage plant.

Schumer's pipe dream

If U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has his way, hundreds of millions of dollars in additional federal aid coming to New York would be used to fund a new ocean outfall pipe for East Rockaway’s Bay … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 6/10/15

Residents explored stations outlining different parts of the city’s Comprehensive Plan at a meeting on April 28.

Community feedback key to city's comprehensive plan

As reconstruction efforts continue throughout Long Beach, officials are looking to create a more resilient and economically sustainable city. They began developing an updated Comprehensive Plan … more

By Matthew Ern | 5/6/15

At a press conference on Feb. 12 at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, Shila Shah-Gavnoudias, commissioner of the county Department of Public Works; Jon Kaiman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s special advisor for Long Island storm recovery; Ed Mangano, the county executive; and Todd Kaminsky, a state assemblyman from Long Beach, announced that the state would provide $150 million to upgrade the Bay Park plant with a nitrogen-removal system.

State promises $150 million to better treat sewage

New York state has pledged to fund the installation of a $150 million nitrogen-removal system at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which will reduce the environmental harm of the sewage the plant discharges into Nassau County’s Western Bays, state and county officials said on Feb. 12. The officials, speaking at a Mineola news conference, also called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide $550 million more to build an outfall pipe to carry effluent from Bay Park into the Atlantic Ocean. more

By Brian Racow | 2/13/15

Nassau County’s Office of Emergency Management sought to inform Atlantic Beach residents on how to prepare for an emergency. Above, Legislator Denise Ford (D-Long Beach) spoke about the importance of getting cleaning supplies such as gloves and trash bags before a storm.

Learning what to do in an emergency

With Atlantic Beach surrounded on one side by Reynolds Channel and the other by the Atlantic Ocean, and with Hurricane Sandy still fresh in their minds residents packed village hall for an educational seminar presented by Nassau County’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) on Oct. 1. more

By Vanessa Parker | 10/8/14

Residents packed the Long Beach Library on Monday to ask about a program to help homeowners repair their damaged sewer laterals.

Homeowners question sewer line program

The city on Monday attempted to address residents’ concerns about a new program aimed at helping Long Beach comply with the federal Clean Water Act and easing the burden on homeowners who could … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/24/14

Nassau County is scheduled to apply ground treatment for West Nile Virus in portions of the Five Towns, including along Reynolds Channel on Aug. 27.

Five Towns to be sprayed for West Nile virus

On Wednesday, Aug. 27 between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m., sections of Cedarhurst, Inwood, Lawrence Woodmere and Woodsburgh will receive ground treatment by truck for the West Nile virus, officials from the Nassau County departments of Health and Public Works announced. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/26/14

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