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When Superstorm Sandy hit Long Island, Rockville Centre was able to quickly regain and even hold on to electric power. Rockville Centre is one of the few communities on Long Island that has its own electric grid. According to Herald reports at the time, 99 percent of residents had their power back within eight days after the storm.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/29/14
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Erin Bianco, a Lynbrook resident who lived in East Rockaway when the storm hit, said she would remember the kindness and charity the storm brought out. “The silver lining in all of this was when …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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10/29/14
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South Nassau Communities Hospital, after receiving a formal promise of reimbursements from the federal government for more than $176 million, has purchased the long-shuttered, Sandy-damaged Long Beach Medical Center, Richard Murphy, chief executive for the Oceanside hospital, said last Friday.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/22/14
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The Island Park village board has approved plans, and $1.5 million in bonds, to build a new village hall, two years after its administrative offices were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy.
The …
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By Tom Jordan
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10/22/14
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When Island Park Fire Chief Anthony D’Esposito was presented with the Firefighters Humanitarian Award by the Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center on Oct. 10, it was an …
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By Tom Jordan
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10/15/14
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Barry Hartman got a sinking feeling when he saw a recent report on WABC-TV’s “Eyewitness News” about contractor Barry Minsky.
Minsky, according to the report, had been hired by Hartman’s neighbors, Lonnie and Jamie Green, to repair their home after Superstorm Sandy damaged it. Almost two years, and nearly $220,000, later, the Green home was still not finished, the work that had been done was not up to code and the Greens were paying a mortgage and disaster insurance on a home they couldn’t live in.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/15/14
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Last week, Nassau County came through on its promise to help Artie DeGannaro restore his lawn after it was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy almost two years ago. But it was about more than just his lawn …
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By Tom Jordan
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10/1/14
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Three years ago last weekend — on Aug. 28, 2011 — Tropical Storm Irene touched down in Brooklyn before raging across the South Shore of Long Island and causing massive flooding, downing thousands of trees and leaving behind widespread property damage.
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By Tom Jordan
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9/3/14
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Eight displaced Island Park residents appeared on the “Halftime Howie Show” on WGBB Radio on Sunday to express their mounting frustration with NY Rising as they try to rebuild their homes almost two full years after Superstorm Sandy.
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8/20/14
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As a record rainfall continued through Tuesday night, and then through the next morning, one couldn’t help but think of Superstorm Sandy and the approximately $65 billion in damages it wrought.
Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty was no different. “Every event is eye-opening,” he said. “We know the implications of a major storm.”
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By Tom Jordan
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8/20/14
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