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Last week, many Valley Stream residents attended a public meeting that I, together with the members of the village board, hosted at Village Hall. The purpose of the meeting was to share information about the proposed new changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps that affect so many of us, and to give property owners the opportunity to learn what their current status is with regard to the new zones.
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1/18/13
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We can see with our own eyes it is now long past time that we bury our power and phone lines instead of stringing them from vulnerable poles that are a relic of the 19th century telegraph system.
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11/22/12
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On behalf of the officers and Board of Directors of the Mill Brook Civic Association, I want to commend Sanitary District No. 1 and its leaders, Irv Kaminitsky and George Pappas, on a job well done after Sandy.
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11/22/12
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The Gibson section of Valley Stream passed the recent 1-percent-chance-in-100-years test with Hurricane “Frankenstorm” Sandy and the nor’easter with no flooding and no property damage to my Gibson Boulevard home.
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11/16/12
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Forget about big parades for our sports players after a winning series. We should have a parade to honor all our police, sanitation and park crews, firefighters, LIPA workers and all the volunteers who left their owns homes to help their neighbors. God bless us all.
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11/16/12
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As a longtime business owner on Rockaway Avenue in Valley Stream, I would like to thank everyone who was involved in putting together the Valley Stream Community Fest, most notably David Sabatino, owner of Sip This.
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10/11/12
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On Sept. 18, my two passengers and I were trapped in my car, which got stuck in a flood between 59 and 55 Lyons St. in Valley Stream around 9 p.m. All four windows and doors wouldn’t open since the car had no power. Within minutes, water started to seep into the car.
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10/11/12
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I don’t know if Richard Creeron deliberately misleads the public or he is just misinformed. In his letter to the Herald (“Union control is too strong,” Sept. 6-12), he wrongly states that the Taylor law and the Triborough law “enabled the government employees and the unions to get what they wanted through binding arbitration.”
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9/20/12
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Thank you to the Valley Stream Herald for covering our committee’s work toward putting together a day of community right here on Rockaway Avenue (“The minds behind the Community Fest,” Sept. 6-12). The people involved in putting the Fest together, and those participating in the event, are truly committed to making Saturday, Sept. 29 a great day for Valley Stream.
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9/20/12
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The recent announcement that federal legislation has been enacted that will continue the $400 preferred-rate premium for mandatory flood insurance in Gibson while FEMA formulates new flood zone maps shouldn’t lull Gibson residents into a false sense of complacency.
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9/13/12
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