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When Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29, it inundated thousands of South Shore yards with saltwater, which is awful for lawns and most plants. Over the past 4½ months, homeowners have watched helplessly as their hydrangeas have shriveled up, their boxwoods have turned rust-colored and their grass has become a mottled patch of brown and more brown. In many cases, years’ worth of yard work, valued at thousands of dollars, was seemingly destroyed in a single night. more
A grass-roots, civic-style, public meeting was held on Sunday night in East Rockaway, attracting two dozen people, some of whom are still waiting to get back into their homes since Hurricane Sandy … more
The East Rockaway Chamber of Commerce hosted a public forum on Feb. 20 that drew dozens of frustrated business owners, homeowners and renters from East Rockaway, Bay Park and neighboring communities … more
Like no other storm since the “Long Island Express” of 1938, Hurricane Sandy ripped apart Long Island’s South Shore, lifting docks off their moorings and depositing them miles away, tearing hot tubs from backyard decks and dumping them in the canals that line the coast, and sending boats big and small hurtling out to sea. more
Very few high school basketball teams on Long Island won more road games, and none played as many games away from home than East Rockaway’s boys in 2012-13. With the high school off limits after Hurricane Sandy, the Rocks were unable to play within the friendly confines of the Rock Palace. more
Bay Park resident Nora Garcia-Osuna described what she found in her backyard after Hurricane Sandy as “mounds of hard, layered, crusted-over sewage” — the likes of which she had never seen … more
When Superstorm Sandy hit the South Shore of Long Island, third-graders in the Lynbrook School District’s Waverly Park School teamed up with the North Shore Animal League America to come to the … more
The chiefs of the East Rockaway Fire Department visited Lynbrook Fire Department headquarters on Wright Avenue recently to present their department heads with awards for their help during and after … more
As people across East Rockaway continue to rebuild their homes and businesses after the destruction of Hurricane Sandy, every little bit of encouragement or and size donations helps. more
From Elmont to Oceanside, Valley Stream to East Rockaway, Rockville Centre to Franklin Square to Island park and the Five Towns, and many places in between, our photographers and editors were out … more
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