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A petition to reopen emergency services at the Long Beach Medical Center has collected 13,000 signatures and gained the support of some local officials.

“Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t come running up to the E.R. doors for care,” said Dan Hayes, director of nursing for the emergency room and intensive care at the Long Beach Medical … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 7/24/13 | 2 comments

City unveils new boardwalk design

Just weeks after the city held the last of a series of meetings in which it solicited residents’ input on rebuilding the boardwalk, officials unveiled a preliminary design of the structure at … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/6/13 | 2 comments

Barnes Street resident Kevin Reilly, showed how high the floodwater rose in his backyard during Sandy. He is appealing his NY Rising award.

Sandy victims rally for ‘adequate’ NY Rising funding

When Long Beach resident Kevin Reilly, a civil engineer who lives in the Canals, received his NY Rising award letter recently, he immediately noticed that something was wrong. Reilly and his … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 11/20/13 | 2 comments

Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown addresses a crowd in front of Oceanside School 8 Friday morning.

Oceanside rallies for restoration

Several hundred Oceanside residents — cold, angry and still without power — gathered at School 8 Friday morning to voice, and oftentimes scream, their disapproval of the efforts of the Long Island Power Authority and local politicians in the nearly two weeks since Hurricane Sandy devastated their homes and community. more

By Aaron Axelson | 11/9/12 | 2 comments

Ford calls for public meeting over fate of LBMC

County Legislator Denise Ford (R-Long Beach) is calling on Long Beach Medical Center’s Chief Executive Officer Doug Melzer to address the public over the fate of the hospital, which remains closed … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 11/20/13 | 2 comments

When residents receive their award letter, it will mark the third of a nine-step process that NY Rising has outlined for grant recipients on its website.

NY Rising releases award letters

Hurricane Sandy victims statewide may soon see some much-needed financial relief. The New York Rising program, tasked with distributing $1.7 billion in federal Sandy aid money allocated to the … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 10/17/13 | 2 comments

Talks between LBMC and South Nassau Communities Hospital are ongoing, part of a "strong" effort to reopen the medical center, officials said.

LBMC merger talks continue

Long Beach Medical Center officials are continuing talks with South Nassau Communities Hospital about a merger in the hopes of reopening the barrier island’s only hospital, which has remained … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/26/13 | 2 comments

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, left, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, City Manager Jack Schnirman and Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg on National Boulevard on Wednesday.

Cuomo: ‘We’re going to make a better Long Beach’

Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered Long Beach residents some semblance of hope on Wednesday after Hurricane Sandy battered the city, saying, “We’re all going to work together now to do what we need to do … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 11/1/12 | 2 comments

Senator charles schumer held a press conference last October at a vacant property on East Hudson Street, where he urged FEMA to extend its statute of limitations for homeowners to file lawsuits against their flood insurance companies.

Flood insurance relief bill passes in the Senate

The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday that will protect tens of thousands of homeowners from facing huge flood insurance premium rate hikes. The Homeowner Flood Insurance … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 1/30/14 | 2 comments

City Manager Jack Schnirman said that the administration is taking steps outlined by Moody's that could lead to a rating increase.

Long Beach lifts fiscal crisis

Saying that Long Beach has avoided the fate of Detroit, the Long Beach City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to lift its declaration of a fiscal crisis, after Moody’s Investors Service revised … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/4/13 | 2 comments

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