Local Sandy groups to showcase rebuilding plans

The New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program’s Baldwin, Freeport, Bellmore-Merrick, Seaford-Wantagh, and Massapequa planning committees — groups of local residents the state selected to develop plans for how to use millions of dollars of federal funding to lessen future catastrophic storms’ impact on these communities — will hold a public meeting to showcase their final project proposals. The meeting will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8 at Levy Lakeside School, at 21 Babylon Road in Merrick. Much of the meeting will have an “open house” format, and there will be a joint presentation from 7 to 7:30 p.m.