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The Long Beach City Council is opposing a company’s plan to build “Port Ambrose,” a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 19 miles southeast of Jones Beach, citing environmental …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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12/11/14
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The Island Park Chamber of Commerce honored former mayor James Ruzicka, retiring State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg and prominent resident Barbra Rubin-Perry at its annual dinner-dance on Oct. 23, at the Bridgeview Yacht Club.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/29/14
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In some ways, we have assessed the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, as disturbing as the figures may be. Sandy’s destruction caused at least $65 billion in damages nationwide, and no region was hit harder than Long Island’s South Shore, Oceanside and Island Park in particular.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/29/14
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It was Sunday night just before Halloween, and I was headed to the grocery store in an attempt to further put off my homework after neglecting it to dress up like a spaceman for the weekend.
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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10/29/14
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After Hurricane Sandy, I was lost. I had been hurt on the job just a few months before the storm, and I was unable to move anything. I lost a lifetime of treasures in the storm, including my high …
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By Brian Barry
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10/29/14
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When Superstorm Sandy hit Long Island, Rockville Centre was able to quickly regain and even hold on to electric power. Rockville Centre is one of the few communities on Long Island that has its own electric grid. According to Herald reports at the time, 99 percent of residents had their power back within eight days after the storm.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/29/14
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Erin Bianco, a Lynbrook resident who lived in East Rockaway when the storm hit, said she would remember the kindness and charity the storm brought out. “The silver lining in all of this was when …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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10/29/14
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South Nassau Communities Hospital, after receiving a formal promise of reimbursements from the federal government for more than $176 million, has purchased the long-shuttered, Sandy-damaged Long Beach Medical Center, Richard Murphy, chief executive for the Oceanside hospital, said last Friday.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/22/14
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The Island Park village board has approved plans, and $1.5 million in bonds, to build a new village hall, two years after its administrative offices were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/22/14
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When Island Park Fire Chief Anthony D’Esposito was presented with the Firefighters Humanitarian Award by the Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center on Oct. 10, it was an …
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By Tom Jordan
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10/15/14
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