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Volunteer your time to restoring our wetlands
Hurricane Sandy led to one of Long Island’s worst environmental disasters ever, if not the worst. more
Children from Temple Hillel’s youth group and religious school hosted a Purim carnival on Feb. 24 at the North Woodmere synagogue. From left Lexi Michael,11,Brooke Bergin, 11, and Remi Liebowitz, 10, took part in the fun.
Children helping children at Purim [Photo gallery]
Children from Temple Hillel’s youth group and religious school hosted a Purim carnival on Feb. 22 at the North Woodmere synagogue for a few families from Island Park and Temple Emanuel in Long Beach who were victims of Hurricane Sandy. more
Garbage collected during Op-SPLASH 22 last year.
Volunteer your time to restoring the South Shore's wetlands
Hurricane Sandy led to one of Long Island’s worst environmental disasters ever, if not the worst. Sandy’s massive storm surge flooded hundreds of South Shore homes. Fuel oil tanks broke loose and floated away, spilling oil as they went. Cars were flooded as well, which sent a witches’ brew of chemicals spilling out. Sewage leaked from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant. more
Operation SPLASH, a Freeport-based nonprofit environmental group, has scheduled its annual Op-SPLASH cleanup for March 16, in Freeport. At last year’s cleanup in East Rockaway, above, volunteers loaded trash onto a barge.
Restoring the South Shore's Sandy-ravaged wetlands
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
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Barry B. Goldstein is chairman, president, chief executive officer and CIO at Kingstone Insurance Co., Inc. and chairman, president, CEO and treasurer at Kingstone Cos.The state is investigating Kingstone Insurance for not complying with insurance requirements when responding to customer claims after Hurricane Sandy.
Hewlett-based firm being investigated
An insurance company whose parent firm is based in Hewlett is one of three insurers the state is investigating for unacceptable claims practices in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. more
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St. Joseph R.C. Church in Hewlett and other houses of worship could be eligible for federal grant money to help pay for Hurricane Sandy-related damage if legislation already approved by the House of Representatives gets through the Senate and is signed by the president.
In FEMA they trust
Local churches and synagogues may get a helping hand from the federal government, in the form of grants to repair damage they sustained in Hurricane Sandy. With a vote of 354-72, the House of Representatives approved legislation on Feb. 13 that would extend to houses of worship the same eligibility for federal disaster relief grants as any other nonprofit organization. more
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two weeks after Hurricane Sandy, sewage breaches occurred at North Boulevard in Bay Park, above, and on Barnes Avenue in Baldwin.
Sandy showed Bay Park Sewage Plant shortcomings
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
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Florida attorney William F. Merlin, Jr., spoke to Nassau residents at The Woodmere Club about what to be aware of when filing a claim after Hurricane Sandy.
Learning about insurance claims
Hewlett Harbor resident Jeff Friedman, a 35-year public adjustor, wanted to provide hope to Five Towns residents and others in Nassau County who have received denial letters from their insurance companies and are not getting the money they need to repair their damaged after Hurricane Sandy. more
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Max Rovner donates money for each save, win and shutout during his games as goalie for the Long Island Royals ice hockey team.
Making a difference on and off the ice
A few years ago, Woodmere Middle School eighth-grader Max Rovner was watching a television special on Rangers’ goalie Henrik Lundqvist and hearing about how much he contributed to the Madison Square Garden’s Garden of Dreams Foundation, Rovner was inspired and began researching what he could do to help. more
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Where, oh where, is Long Island's wind farm?
I ran for 45 minutes over the seashell-coated paths and up and down the steep hills of Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Saturday, and I didn’t meet a soul, which was surprising and strange, even a little eerie. more
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