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DecoBike said it averaged between 250-300 rides per day over the summer.

Two months after it officially began rolling bikes onto Long Beach streets, Miami-based DecoBike’s bicycle-sharing program is being described as a success by the company’s chief operating … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/12/12

Jeff Singer with his wife, Ann, at his bench on the boardwalk at Polar Bear Beach.

The stories behind the plaques

Anyone who has spent some time on the Long Beach boardwalk has more than likely interrupted a walk, run or bike ride to read some of the hundreds of plaques mounted on the benches that line the structure. And reading has more than likely led to wondering about the people memorialized there. What were they like? What happened to them? What do the ribbons, balloons and other decorations that festoon some of the benches signify? more

By Vanessa Canner | 8/15/12

Girl Scouts Katie Genari, far left, Kavita Gera, Christina Mendoza and Carlie Mendoza created a music video to promote the world-famous cookies.

High-tech way to sell Girl Scout cookies

“These are some of the brightest, best girls we have,” said Alice McDonough, Katie Genari’s mother, about four local Girl Scouts who took the initiative to create a video to promote their world-famous cookies. more

By Shannon Koehle | 4/6/12

Walking to help prevent suicide

On Sept. 18, the Long Beach Boardwalk was the gathering place for hundreds of walkers of all ages showing their support for Long Island Crisis Center and its mission to raise suicide awareness and … more

9/28/11

Man beaten and robbed on Long Beach boardwalk

A man who was jogging on the boardwalk last night was beaten robbed by five men who had accosted the man as he was running by Lincoln Boulevard. City Manager Charles Theofan said that the incident … more

Anthony Rifilato | 9/20/11

City Councilman John McLaughlin addressed the crowd during the Long Island Crisis Centers Suicide Awareness Walk in Long Beach last year.

L.I. Crisis Center to hold suicide awareness walk in Long Beach Sept. 18

The Long Island Crisis Center will hold its third annual “Let’s Walk, Let’s Talk…Stepping Together to Prevent Suicide” event on Sunday, Sept. 18, on the Boardwalk at Riverside Boulevard … more

9/12/11

They don’t make summers like they used to

Looks like I’ve become a witness to history, like one of those ancient Civil War widows, a repository of memories from a time gone by. more

Randi Kreiss | 9/30/10

larry moriarty on a pre-dawn run on the boardwalk on Tuesday morning. The Long Beach man will run in snow and the frigid cold to get in his weekly exercise.

Yes, but would they still jog in Siberia?

By JOSEPH KELLARD One day when Larry Moriarty took his routine run along the length of the boardwalk, he crossed paths with just five people — which including motorists on Broadway and a … more

JOSEPH KELLARD | 12/17/09

Walking and talking about suicide

The Long Beach Board Walk will be turned into a walk of remembrance and awareness as the Long Island Crisis Center hosts its first suicide awareness walk on Oct. 25. more

Joe Kellard | 10/15/09

Families leave wreaths, flowers, photos and other memorabilia in honor of loved ones, to whom they have dedicated benches on the boardwalk.

Finding solace by the sea

“It’s the right spot to be,” Mary Ann Marino said of a bench on the Long Beach boardwalk that she and her family dedicated to her firefighter son, Ken, soon after he was killed at the scorched World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. more

JOSEPH KELLARD | 9/10/09

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