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Local officials help Island Park family that lost $30K slated for Sandy repairs
Like many living on Long Island’s South Shore, it has been a long, drawn out process for the Hassett family, of Island Park, to raise their home after Hurricane Sandy. It became even more difficult when they had $30,000 of federally awarded funds stolen from them in the spring. more
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South Nassau Communities Hospital originally planned to build a medical pavilion and emergency department in what remains of the Long Beach Medical Center’s main and west wings, pictured. It now intends to construct a medical pavilion elsewhere on the property, and continue to operate an emergency department, which opened in 2015 and was initially intended to be temporary.
Plans change for former Long Beach Medical Center site
South Nassau Communities Hospital has changed its plans for the development of the Long Beach Medical Center property, saying that it recently determined that construction of a new medical facility … more
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Vote as if your life depended on it
Listen up. No lectures. The integrity and destiny of our democracy is for you and me to decide with our votes next Tuesday. I trust the basic goodness of our American voting public, but . . . more
At a news conference on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice announced bipartisan legislation that would protect storm victims who receive federal disaster relief funds from having to repay benefits that might be considered duplicative.
New federal law would prevent ‘claw-backs’
Six years after Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice announced legislation on Tuesday that would protect storm victims who receive federal disaster relief funds from having to repay benefits that … more
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We neighbors are kept in the dark
Q. How is it possible that a big development, meant to replace an existing one, damaged by Hurricane Sandy, could be permitted without the neighbors knowing about it until it’s already approved by the county Industrial Development Agency and the town? more
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Phyllis Boland, her son, Andrew, and her daughter, Ashley, have moved four times in the six years since Hurricane Sandy damaged their home. They are expecting to move back to Adams Street for good next month.
East Rockaway Sandy victims set to return home at last, six years later
Six years after Hurricane Sandy and four moves later, Phyllis Boland is finally preparing for the one move she’s longed for: She’s going back home. more
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a press conference in Long Beach in 2013, when he announced plans to protect the city’s industrial district.
FEMA OKs Long Beach flood protection project
Six years after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc in Long Beach, the Federal Emergency Management Agency last week approved funding for the second phase of a $20 million plan to protect the city’s … more
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Mercy Medical Center nurse Barbara Weiss, left, joined fellow nurse Melissa Calvo, Jennifer Williams and Dr. Neal Bellin last Friday as they wished farewell to Williams and her newborn daughter, Leilah Faith Williams, before they headed home to North Carolina.
N.Y. born and N.C. strong: Mother evades Hurricane Florence, gives birth in Rockville Centre
“It was fate that I ended up here,” said North Carolina resident Jennifer Williams, smiling as she glanced at her newborn daughter, who wore a shirt that said, “New York Born, North Carolina … more
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Contractor Lee Moser was sentenced to 45 days in jail, to be served on the weekends, five years' probation and had to pay the Governor's Office of Storm Recovery $50,000 after an investigation determined that he scammed five Nassau homeowners who paid him to do work he never completed after Hurricane Sandy damaged their houses.
Hurricane Sandy scammer who did work in East Rockaway sentenced to 45 days in jail, 5 years' probation
A contractor from Smithtown who scammed Nassau and Suffolk county Hurricane Sandy victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for home repairs he never completed was sentenced Sept. 27 to 45 days … more
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The hurricane of 1938 caused extensive damage to Freeport. A tree was fallen Freeport High School near Brookside Avenue and Pine Street.
Recalling the Hurricane of 1938
The hurricane of 1938, also known as the Long Island Express, hit Long Island on a Wednesday on September 21, 1938.  Though eastern Long Island received the brunt of the storm, Freeport was not left unscathed. Power was lost throughout the village, leaving traffic lights inoperable.  Freeport Hospital used candles in all rooms and had an automatic lamp ready for use in an operating room.    more
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