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Mostly Cloudy Voters pass 2024-25 city school district budget
Residents approved Long Beach school district’s $155.9M 2024-25 budget, re-elected Pinto and Pace, and passed infrastructure and financial management propositions.
Music fills Long Beach neighborhoods for Porch Fest
Long Beach Porch Fest 2024 brought music to neighborhoods with 21 acts and over 1,000 attendees. A community celebration supported by local businesses and the arts council.
Turning Long Beach risk takers into risk technicians
Surfing can be fun. Riding waves, enjoying the warm sun and cool water can be refreshing. But it can also be dangerous. Due to the potential of injury and other dangers, a group of surfers and …
Long Beach gets a grant to increase DWI patrols
Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly, alongside Long Beach Acting Police Department Commissioner Richard DePalma and Freeport Police Department Chief Michael Smith unveiled Tuesday outside …
Community celebrates Pacific Park’s reopening
Pacific Park Playground in Long Beach reopens with new amenities and safety features, celebrated with a family-friendly event funded by a state grant.
Meet Long Island’s top woman marathoner: Cristin Delaney-Guille
Cristin Delaney-Guille grew up in Floral Park, but about 18 years ago, she packed up and moved to Long Beach. Delaney-Guille, 43, gave birth to a daughter, Olivia, shortly afterward, and then …
Recognizing Apraxia Day in Long Beach
Long Beach community members banded together at the Cabana Tuesday night to recognize and raise for a little-known speech disorder: apraxia. Childhood apraxia of speech is a disorder that makes …
Meet Long Beach’s school board candidates
Sam Pinto (incumbent) Pinto is a lifelong resident and graduate of LBHS. He has 3 children in the district, 2 elementary and 1 rising into middle school. He is a passionate, civic-minded …
Remembering Long Beach’s Adam Astone
A mass of solemn Long Beach community members came out to remember one of their own. A vigil was held on May 7 to honor Adam Astone’s memory. Astone died May 3. Those who …
Columnist
Finding our side of paradise
As a member of Gen Z, I know as well as anyone how the world views people my age.
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The state budget: lots of dollars, little sense
Nearly three weeks late, the $237 billion state budget presents a mix of positives and negatives. While it’s easy to find initiatives to support in such a large spending plan, inexplicably, there are areas where it falls short.
Editorial
Celebrating N.Y.’s investment in local journalism
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature delivered a beacon of hope for our communities by including in the state budget a groundbreaking initiative to support local news organizations in the form of a tax credit.
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We must secure our borders, reform immigration now
The Senate's promising bipartisan border deal was dismissed as "disastrous."