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Pat Panzarino signs a petition opposing the FEMA flood map changes after Monday night’s Valley Stream village board meeting.

Gibson residents are not happy about the new Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps, which have left many homeowners with costly insurance bills, and they let the village board hear it on Monday night. more

Andrew Hackmack | 7/21/10

Several Valley Stream residents got together at the Gibson Train Station to share their frustration about the new flood insurance maps.

Gibsonites plan action over flood maps

Valley Stream residents from the village’s southern half gathered for the second time at the Gibson train station on June 6 to discuss their concerns about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program. more

Michelle Gil | 6/16/10

Family dentistry at Brooklyn prices

After seven years of practicing dentistry in Brooklyn, Dr. Eli Adler, who grew up in the Five Towns area, has opened an office in Lynbrook. more

Teri-Ann Loeser | 5/14/10

Is government the enemy of the people?

So the Tea Party came and went on Tax Day, and yes, the nation survived. Of late, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this movement. What is it, precisely? more

Scott Brinton | 4/23/10

Travelers van rolls into Rockville Centre

A Travelers Insurance Group claims van visited Rockville Centre at Sunrise Highway and Long Beach Road, in Municipal Parking Field 12, to service Travelers clients who were affected by the March 13 nor’easter. more

3/24/10

Health care, an issue of race and riches

Throughout the long, at times agonizing health reform debate, conservatives and insurance-industry lobbyists have argued that we don’t need a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers. more

Scott Brinton | 11/26/09

Local insurers honored

Allstate Insurance Company has recognized Allstate exclusive agency owners Ray Florio, Andrew Mallor, Aaron Marx and William Van Wickler, Jr. with the Regional Champion award for high standards in customer satisfaction, customer retention and profitable business growth. more

10/22/09

It's time to listen, not shout or name-call

Which is worse, the shouting going on at some of the town hall-style meetings that members of Congress are holding on health care reform, or the insults being hurled back at those who object to what they see as an over-reaching government interference in their lives? Citizens are yelling over elected officials trying to explain themselves, and senators and congressional leaders are calling them un-American for doing so. more

9/3/09

Are you in the zone?

More than 500 homes have been added to the higher-risk flood zones in East Rockaway, which will have residents scrambling to purchase insurance — at a steep cost if they don’t do it before Sept. 11. This nearly doubles the number of village residences that are deemed to be in danger of flooding. more

Mary Malloy | 8/28/09

It’s time to listen, not shout or name-call

Which is worse, the shouting going on at some of the town hall-style meetings that members of Congress are holding on health care reform, or the insults being hurled back at those who object to what they see as an over-reaching government interference in their lives? Citizens are yelling over elected officials trying to explain themselves, and senators and congressional leaders are calling them un-American for doing so. more

8/26/09