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The school board voted to adopt the $142 million spending plan on April 11.

The Long Beach Board of Education voted unanimously on April 11 to adopt a $142 million budget for the 2019-20 school year that is about $2.5 million larger than the current spending plan, and … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/18/19

Long Beach resident and PSEG employee Terry Blackburn worked with his colleague, Leighann Thomas, to beautify the median of Long Beach Boulevard as part of PSEG Long Island’s Earth Week activities on Tuesday.

PSEG beautifies Long Beach for Earth Week

With Earth Day approaching on April 22, PSEG Long Island visited Long Beach Tuesday to beautify the city’s entrances and encourage residents to use energy-efficient power. Nearly a hundred PSEG … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/18/19

Long Beach retains consulting firm amid financial woes

The Long Beach City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to enter into a $140,000 agreement with a financial consulting firm to help turn the city’s finances around and develop a long-term plan as … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 4/18/19

Firefighters responded to a call for a partial wall collapse at an assisted living facility in West Atlantic Beach Saturday at around 2:30 p.m.

Busy weekend for L.B. firefighters

Multiple ambulance calls throughout the weekend kept the Long Beach Fire Department on its toes. Firefighters rushed to extinguish a house fire in the Canals Saturday at around 8:40 p.m., fire … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/18/19

The district’s chief operating officer, Michael DeVito, pictured in 2017, discussed next year’s proposed budget at a recent board meeting.

Long Beach school board floats $142M budget

Long Beach School District officials proposed a $142 million budget for the 2019-20 school year at the March 28 Board of Education meeting, a $2.5 … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/12/19

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer was joined by residents and other elected officials in Long Beach on Monday to call on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider proposed changes to the National Flood Insurance Program.

Schumer to FEMA: Halt flood plan changes

By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and other elected officials are calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to halt a plan to revamp the National Flood … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/4/19

Town Supervisor Laura Gillen with Oceanside homeowner Michael Cascio in January. Cascio was told five years after Hurricane Sandy that he needed to elevate his house because of damage it sustained during the storm.

Homeowners notified about Hurricane Sandy damage reports

Six years after Hurricane Sandy, the Town of Hempstead sent out letters to 13,000 homeowners on March 18 informing them that their homes may have sustained damage from the storm. The letter from … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 4/4/19

School board trustees fired suspended special-education teacher Lisa Weitzman at a special meeting in the district administration building on Tuesday, after a lengthy public disciplinary hearing that investigated her alleged abuse of five of her students.

LBMS teacher fired after alleged abuse

School board trustees said Monday that they plan to fire former special education teacher Lisa Weitzman at a special meeting on Tuesday, following a lengthy public disciplinary hearing that … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/1/19

Executives from three offshore wind development companies presented their plans for expansive wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island to members of the Long Island Association on March 29. Above, a view of the five-turbine wind farm off Block Island, R.I., the nation’s first offshore wind farm, which is serving as a model for future development. The project was originally developed by Deepwater Wind, which was purchased for $510 million by Denmark-based Orsted, the company that is proposing a wind farm 35 miles off Montauk Point.

Wind farm, cable planned for South Shore

One offshore wind developer is proposing a wind farm that, if approved, would span 80,000 acres in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island’s South Shore, with its closest point to land being 14 miles … more

By Scott Brinton | 3/31/19

Local fashion stylist Chris Banks, in white at right, coordinated a fashion show with a group of models at the third annual Women in the Arts Awards and Recognition Party and Fundraiser at the Allegria Hotel on March 22.

Celebrating women in the arts

“As artists, as content creators, as community leaders, as role models, you have to be hungry for your dreams,” Natasha Nurse, founder of Dressing Room 8, a web-based resource that offers women … more

By Bridget Downes | 3/28/19

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