The end of the century is a long time away, and it’s doubtful anyone reading this will be around to celebrate the arrival of 2100. But if you are that fortunate person 83 years from now, don’t expect to watch the ball drop in Times Square. Not unless you have a boat.
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5/18/17
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People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . .
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4/13/17
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In my backyard, in the shadow of my creaky wooden deck, a holly bush grows. A little over four years ago, I thought it dead.
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3/30/17
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Could large, movable storm “gates” protect local South Shore communities from catastrophic damage in future hurricanes?
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By Mike Smollins
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2/22/17
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As Phyllis Boland sat on a couch in a home she’s renting because her house remains uninhabitable more than four years after Hurricane Sandy, the East Rockaway resident recounted the obstacles her son Andrew has faced — which started even before he was born and diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder.
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By Mike Smollins
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2/15/17
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A Bay Park resident who has been waiting to rebuild her home since it was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 recently received some help from state Sens. Todd Kaminsky and Kirsten Gillibrand.
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By Michael Smollins
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2/8/17
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Area residents expressed frustration during a recent meeting at East Rockaway Village Hall at the slow pace of planning for a major state project along Mill River to protect homes and businesses if …
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By Michael Smollins
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1/4/17
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For the past four years, Debra Orena has waited to rebuild her house, which Hurricane Sandy destroyed. The storm flooded her bungalow, on East Lawrence Avenue in Bay Park, with four feet of water and sewage and knocked the structure off its foundation.
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By Mike Smollins
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12/21/16
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The protection seawall surrounding the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant is now complete — and, in an effort to give the plant a new identity, Nassau County has proposed renaming the facility the Bay …
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By Mary Malloy
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11/9/16
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For the second time in seven months, voters in the 9th State Senate District will choose from among Democrat Todd Kaminsky, Republican Chris McGrath and Green Party candidate Laurence S. Hirsh for the district’s seat.
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11/2/16
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