After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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3/18/15
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Up to 300 trees that died due to Hurricane Sandy-related damage will be cut down throughout the Village of Atlantic Beach at a cost of $124,025. Removal of the tree is expected to begin in two weeks, village officials said.
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By Vanessa Parker
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3/18/15
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Lawrence School District will get a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that will cover 90 percent of the cost of building repairs to the high school, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/16/15
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A Brooklyn woman employed at AHRC in Woodmere for six days in November 2012, allegedly withdrew money from several TD Banks, including the one in Cedarhurst, through accounts belonging to the group home residents, police said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/16/15
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Citizens air concerns at political summit
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Several local elected officials took park in a political form at Temple Hillel in North Woodmere last Sunday.
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3/12/15
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Agreements with three subrecipients, the municipalities that will help administer the NY Rising Community Reconstruction projects for a trio of Five Towns-related infrastructure projects, were signed on March 3, along with 23 other such projects on Long Island. There are currently a dozen subrecipients connected with all 26 Long Island projects.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/11/15
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Celebrating Purim in Hewlett
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More than 500 people took part in the Chabad of Hewlett’s Purim celebration at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in Hewlett Bay Park on March 4.
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3/11/15
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Dental problems rooted out in Hewlett
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Hewlett-based East Coast Endodontics hosted its ninth annual volunteer day in partnership with the Concerned Coalition of Medical Professionals (CCMP) last Sunday.
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3/4/15
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Hewlett church welcomes new rector
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Rev. John Christopher Ballard will most likely remember Feb. 15 for two milestones in his life. It was the Sunday he turned 50 and when he conducted his first service as the new rector of Trinity-St. John’s Church on Broadway in Hewlett.
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2/25/15
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Oneg Shemesh performs at Kulanu in Cedarhurst
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Kulanu Center for Special Services hosted popular Israeli musician Oneg Shemesh who played songs by the late Shlomo Carlebach and his own compositions at a performance in Cedarhurst last Sunday in celebration of Jewish Disabilities Month.
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2/25/15
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