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Long Beach unveils plan for the future
Document to be focus of open houses in June
After several years of work and study, Long Beach this week released a 300-plus-page plan for what the city should look like in decades to come, complete with recommendations for updating the …
Long Beach school budget is approved
Two board trustees are elected; library spending plan also passes
Long Beach voters passed the school district’s proposed budget by a wide margin on Tuesday, while also approving the spending plan for the library and electing two school board trustees. …
Pizza from East Meadow to Long Beach
Borrelli’s Pizzeria opens a taproom on the West End combining well-loved food with beer
The well-known and well-loved East Meadow staple, Borrelli’s Pizzeria, has taken its pizza and traveled down the Meadowbrook Parkway to open Borrelli’s Taproom in Long Beach. Located …
A lifetime of mats, moves and pins recognized
Paul Gillespie’s life has been shaped by two major careers and passions: lifeguarding and wrestling. One has offered him a lifetime of beach, sand and saltwater. The other has given him a …
Advocate asks city to re-consider retail pot sales
A leading advocate for the retail sale of marijuana in Long Beach is circulating a petition calling on the city council to allow for the legal use of cannabis as a way to help raise revenues at a …
Porch Fest, a mix of neighborly performances, coming to Long Beach
For years, there have been concerts throughout Long Beach — at the beach, in restaurants and at Kennedy Plaza, to name a few venues. Later this month, music will have a new home in the city: …
Poet laureate gets grant for arts in Nassau
Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci has been awarded a $5,000 grant, made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the …
Jerry Kremer
It’s time to give Joe Biden a break
Since taking office, President Biden has been the subject of all manner of criticism. Most of it focuses on his age. He is described as weak, bumbling, demented and a host of other unkind adjectives. But somehow . . .
Randi Kreiss
Open to learning new stuff? Jump on my list.
Born with the teaching gene and not likely to recover any time soon: That is my self-diagnosis.
Editorial
A year later, still defending freedom, democracy
The moment Russian President Vladimir Putin marched his forces across the border into neighboring Ukraine, the world was shocked.
Peter King
At the Capitol, it was almost as if I’d never left
Last month I made my first visit to Capitol Hill since Dec. 28, 2020, the day I had cast my final vote on the floor of Congress before my retirement from the House of Representatives.