With a crippling winter storm hanging in the balance, Island Harvest Food Bank, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization, is partnering with the American Red Cross to provide storm-related emergency food services to Long Island residents.
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By Vanessa Parker
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1/27/15
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Sept. 21 was the 76th anniversary of the infamous Long Island Express of 1938, a massive Category 3 hurricane that slammed into the Island, New Jersey and much of New England with rare ferocity, killing 800 people and causing $308 million in damage (the equivalent of $4.8 billion today), including the destruction of 57,000 homes.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/26/14
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Bellmorites interested in cooking with fresh, organic produce this summer and fall needn’t search farther than their own community. For the fourth season, the Garden at St. Mark’s is …
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By Julie Mansmann
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8/20/14
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That time of the year is here again — the heart of hurricane season — and it’s important to take steps now to make sure you and your family are safe when the next storm hits.
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8/13/14
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After Danny Ehrick’s home flooded in Hurricane Sandy, the 11-year resident of Freeport immediately cleaned his tools. Ehrick said he knew he would need them to gut the first floor of his canal-front home on Florence Avenue.
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/30/14
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean.
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6/19/14
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Summer is almost here, and with it many of the benefits of living by the shore. But June also marks the beginning of the year’s hurricane season on the East Coast, and with memories of Sandy …
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6/4/14
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No community would be what it is without volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month . . .
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4/10/14
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On March 18, many Long Island villages conducted local elections to fill the positions of mayor, trustee and other municipal posts. Democracy prevailed, even on the smallest scale.
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4/3/14
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Negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road unions to avoid a labor strike later this month ended early on Feb. 27 with no resolution, but with new …
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By Emily Webb
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3/4/14
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