Power outages in the Five Towns after Hurricane Sandy kept schools closed up to two weeks due to the unsafe conditions caused by traffic signals that weren’t working, forced businesses to remain shuttered and left residents to sit in the dark unless they had generators.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/6/13
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Larceny from auto
WOODMERE- Between 11 p.m. on Oct. 16 and 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 17, property was stolen from a vehicle parked on Brower Avenue, according to police.
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10/30/13
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At this time last year, I thought things would never be the same. Hurricane Sandy had just hit and I was sitting in my kitchen in complete darkness, wondering how life would be different.
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Nicole Engleman
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10/30/13
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It’s a difficult concept to understand; it leaves us distraught, unsettled, and discontent. The simple thought that our world can become so disjointed by the power of nature is worrisome. But perhaps we can learn from it.
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Elissa Candiotti
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10/23/13
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Ideas for allotting the more than $9 million in federal funds available to the Village of Atlantic Beach, the Atlantic Beach Estates and East Atlantic Beach for Hurricane Sandy relief were welcomed at a Community Reconstruction program meeting on Oct. 16.
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By Ann Friedman
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10/23/13
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I remember being on the brink of total sleep deprivation when Hurricane Sandy decided to drown my town, Atlantic Beach, with its salty wake and strong winds. Little did I know that I would be getting plenty of sleep in the days to come, because Sandy had done so much damage to Lawrence High School that it had to be closed for repairs.
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Carina Kohn
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10/23/13
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With $27.6 million in funding for projects that could help mitigate future damage from storms such as Hurricane Sandy at stake, residents, especially from Meadowmere Park, made their case for what is needed at public meeting No. 1 of the Five Towns Community Reconstruction program committee on Oct. 17.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/23/13
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After noticing a significant amount of debris along the shoreline of Hook Creek, which flows through North Woodmere Park, Teri Schure said the waste was a problem prior to Hurricane Sandy and has only gotten worse.
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By Ann Friedman
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10/16/13
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In parts of the Five Towns, heavy rain almost always means flooding, and in an effort to find solutions to the problem, Nassau County’s Department of Public Works has begun the process of commissioning a study, county officials said.
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On Thursday, the Five Towns Community Reconstruction Program committee will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway at 44 Frost Lane in Lawrence.
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10/15/13
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