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Courtesy Director of Guidance Mona Hecht East Rockaway Jr./ Sr. High School.

East Rockaway HS alumni return to the fold

East Rockaway High School’s recent relocation to a building in the Baldwin School District, after Superstorm Sandy, could not prevent members of the Class of 2012 from returning for the new … more

12/6/12

Since Sandy, Sani2 crews have collected more than 7,000 tons of trash — most of it by hand. The district’s extra efforts are gaining it support as a referendum on its dissolution approaches on Dec. 12.

Sani2 wins support after Sandy

They couldn’t have planned it, and they would wish it all away if they could, but there has been a distinct silver lining to the clouds Hurricane Sandy brought to Baldwin — at least as far as Sanitary District Two is concerned. more

By Chris Connolly | 12/6/12 | 1 comment

Historian Art Mattson compared the two tragedies that took place in Long Beach. At left, a portrait of the wreck of the Mexico, and at right, a photo of the broken boardwalk after the storm.

Disaster, 175 years apart

I was on a mission a few days after Sandy hit when I drove down to Lincoln Boulevard in Long Beach. I wanted to compare the current storm scene to a painting I own of a storm and shipwreck at … more

By Art Mattson | 12/6/12

Lynbrook residents Joe Lores and his son, Mikey, worn the proper clothing when they helped clean out an East Rockaway relative’s home days after the storm.

Bay Park Sewage Plant operational

The Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant is back to being fully operational, according to Nassau County Department of Public Works spokesman Mike Martino, after being severely damaged from Hurricane … more

By Brian Croce and Mary Malloy bcroce@liherald.com and mmalloy@liherald.com | 12/6/12 | 1 comment

The initiative was started by Julie Bergin, a Lynbrook resident and a West End Elementary School PTA member, with the help of her sisters Tina Horgan and Catherine Foley and her niece Kerri Horgan.

East Rockaway part of schools adopting schools

Since Hurricane Sandy hit in late October, there have been many heartwarming stories of neighbors helping neighbors, businesses, organizations and places of worship assisting their communities — … more

By Brian Croce | 12/6/12

Sandy’s waves reduced the sand elevation by five feet, and high tide comes within 25 feet of the boardwalk compared to 125 feet before the storm.

City revisits Army Corps plan

Saying that the city remains vulnerable to future storms like Hurricane Sandy, the City Council unanimously approved a measure at its meeting on Tuesday to revisit a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/6/12 | 1 comment

Billy Kupferman, a member of the Long Beach Surfer’s Association, commended the city for reaching out to the Army Corps, but said that the plan lacked protection for the bay.

Debate over Long Beach Army Corps project revived

The city’s plan to revisit a 2006 Army Corps of Engineers project sparked a debate at Tuesday’s meeting among residents who support the plan and those who question its viability and say that it … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/6/12 | 1 comment

Debris and garbage was piled along West Broadway two weeks after Sandy.

Ford calls on EPA to check air, water quality

Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford (R-Long Beach) called on the Environmental Protection Agency last week to test the air and water in Long Beach and other areas amid residents’ concerns over … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/6/12

P.J. Whelan, co-owner of Lindell Deli at 577 W. Park Ave., said the business and apartments upstairs have been without power and heat for more than a month.

Deli owner: turn the power on!

“Sorry, we’re closed,” Lindell Deli and Grocery co-owner P.J. Whelan told a potential customer last Friday. “Everyone is asking us when we’re going to open,” he said, “and I can’t … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/6/12 | 2 comments

Long Beach Medical Center’s mobile emergency unit was to be replaced by a mobile primary care facility on Wednesday.

LBMC emergency unit replaced

Just two weeks after Long Beach Medical Center secured a mobile emergency department and staffed it with the medical center’s emergency room doctors and nurses, the unit was dismantled and replaced … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/6/12

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