By Bridget Downes
bdownes@liherald.com
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and other elected officials are calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to halt a plan to revamp the National Flood …
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By Bridget Downes
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4/4/19
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An $8.776 million drainage improvement project for the Village of Lawrence is expected to have a shovel hitting dirt in the summer of 2020, according to Nassau County officials and the engineers from the firm LKMA.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/21/19
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In 1997, a group of Hewlett and South Valley Stream residents banded together to oppose a New York American Water — then Long Island Water — project that would have altered the streets …
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By Peter Belfiore
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1/24/19
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For Mike and Tara Flood, of Seaford, the Christmas season is an emotional time, as the couple remember the baby girl they lost 10 years ago.
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By Alexandra Dieckmann
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11/29/18
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The first nor’easter of the season hit the South Shore of Long Island on Saturday and caused massive flooding and Long Island Rail Road delays in Island Park.
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By Mike Smollins
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11/1/18
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It’s been a two-year tug of war between Assemblyman Brian Curran, a Republican from Lynbrook and Deputy Speaker Earlene Hooper, a Democrat from Hempstead, for whom should keep the vacant Armory …
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By Nadya Nataly
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7/12/18
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The promise inscribed on the Statue of Liberty — “send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me” — is the promise of hope that America makes . . .
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5/17/18
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The National Weather Service issued a coastal flood advisory for the south shore of Nassau County on Monday as heavy winds and rain pounded Long Beach.
Rain totals will range between 1 and 3 …
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4/16/18
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After a powerful nor’easter caused significant flooding and power outages in parts of Long Beach last week on March 2 and 3, another winter storm is expected to hit on Wednesday and Thursday. …
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By Bridget Downes
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3/7/18
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A powerful nor’easter caused significant flooding in parts of Long Beach during high tide on Friday, and more than two inches of rain had fallen in parts of Nassau County by 9 a.m., Newsday …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Bridget Downes
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3/2/18
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