In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene last August, the Red Cross provided shelter for some 5,000 displaced Long Islanders.
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3/8/12
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About 40 public service professionals attended a two-day course on disaster management in Rockville Centre Village Hall on July 19 and 20.
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7/28/11
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The American Red Cross recently designated a local school as an evacuation shelter that caters to the cultural needs of the Jewish community.
West Hempstead High School is now a kosher disaster …
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By Lee Landor
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1/12/11
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A year ago, Long Island legislators dismissed Albany as the home of a government not of the people, but of “three men in a room.” And that wasn’t the first time that criticism was leveled; it’s been a perennial complaint. But now we’re lucky if we can get that many in a room, and even luckier if we know which three they are.
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4/8/10
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One Elmont family had plenty to celebrate on Saturday, March 13, as they welcomed home their 2-year-old daughter after she spent months stranded in Haiti.
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Matthew Hampton
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3/17/10
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Those interested in helping victims of the earthquake in Haiti may contact the following organizations:
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1/21/10
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“Humanity has just witnessed one of the worst tragedies in history,” said Carlo Thertus, founder and owner of Creative Art Space for Kids, a nonprofit art studio on Atlantic Avenue in Lynbrook. “Haiti now looks like ground zero.”
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Mary Malloy
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1/20/10
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