Things heated up quickly last Saturday at the Wantagh Fire Department’s headquarters on Park Avenue.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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10/20/15
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Three weeks remain for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) insurance policyholders to submit their Hurricane Sandy Claims for review by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The last day to …
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10/1/15
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A New Jersey man is accused of stealing $1.6 million in insurance payments from Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Services, a private volunteer ambulance corps with headquarters on Newbridge Road in Bellmore, just north of Sunrise Highway.
Brad Reiter, 50, a former treasurer and president of the EMS unit, was arrested and charged with the theft on Sept. 29, according to acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/29/15
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In what local officials and advocates are calling a win for Hurricane Sandy victims, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on Wednesday that any additional flood insurance …
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9/17/15
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had restored over $9 million of previously denied Public Assistance program funding to reimburse the City of Long …
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By Matthew Ern
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9/3/15
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An unprecedented eight candidates vying for three open seats on the Long Beach City Council squared off at a candidates’ forum hosted by the local League of Women Voters at the Long Beach …
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By Matthew Ern
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9/3/15
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Just like the Boy Scouts, the Village of Freeport lives by the motto “be prepared.” On Tuesday, Aug. 25, Freeport Mayor Robert T. Kennedy announced that the village would build a state of …
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By Laura Schofer
lschofer@liherald.com
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8/27/15
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In honor of Kiwanis Club’s 100th anniversary, the local chapter presented Freeport Fire Department officials with a pediatric trauma kit at Monday’s Village Board meeting. Freeport …
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By Jim Golding
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8/13/15
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Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/28/15
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Q. I got a letter from my village that says my house needs to be lifted, and that it’s mandatory because I was lucky enough to be 50 percent damaged by Sandy.
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By Monte Leeper
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7/22/15
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