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Ticket prices for the Long Island Rail Road are increasing next month, and some residents have no choice but to pay up to get to work.

Long Beach commuters weigh in on the inevitable: LIRR fare hikes

There are some changes coming soon that many commuters won’t be happy about. Starting on Aug. 20, Long Island Rail Road riders can expect a modest uptick — roughly 4.3 percent — in … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 7/30/23

Long Beach officials, from left, Roy Lester, John Bendo, Tina Posterli, Ron Walsh and Liz Treston welcomed the new drone to the city’s arsenal earlier this month.

Spotting sharks early is about to get much easier in Long Beach

Going to the beach is the summer tradition in Long Beach. Swimmers and surfers are everywhere. But with the fun comes some risk. Rip currents have been an issue, and earlier this month, County … more

By Angelina Zingariello | 7/30/23

Rabbi Eli Goodman, of Chabad of the Beaches, above with Acting City Manager Ron Walsh, said he thinks the grants are ‘vital’ in the ongoing effort to reduce incidents of antisemitism.

Long Beach religious leaders share their thoughts on state grants to combat hate

The battle against hate and antisemitism has seemed never-ending. There have been hateful words spoken and written across Nassau County, and numerous discoveries of images such as swastikas. … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 7/23/23

Assemblyman Ari Brown and State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick addressed the meeting in Atlantic Beach.

Empire Wind? Residents and the Long Beach City Council hope not

South Shore residents expressed their concerns about Equinor’s $3 billion Empire Offshore Wind Project at informational sessions held last week in Atlantic Beach and Island Park. … more

By Kepherd Daniel | 7/23/23

Members of the Long Beach Fire Department marching along Maple Avenue last Saturday.

The Long Beach Fire Department marched its way through a major parade in Rockville Centre last week

O ne of the largest parades in Nassau County returned to Rockville Centre last weekend for the first time in eight years. Nearly 40 fire departments and more than 50 trucks gathered for the Nassau … more

By Daniel Offner | 7/23/23

Each school bus will have a camera near the stop arm, which will activate when the bus slows down.

Coming soon: tickets, fines for passing stopped buses in Long Beach

While heading home from school, students and school bus drivers rely on the buses’ stop signs to make each stop safe. Occasionally, a driver on the road, heading toward a stopped bus or coming … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 7/16/23

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order declaring July Rip Current Awareness Month on July 5 at Nickerson Beach, alongside the Nassau County Legislature’s presiding officer, Rich Nicolello, and Josephine De Moura, whose daughter drowned in a rip current.

Rip currents are Nassau County theme for July

Rip currents are powerful, narrow channels of fast-moving water headed away from shore that aren’t easy for recreational swimmers to spot. Nervous swimmers who find themselves caught in a rip … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 7/16/23

Julius Wolfe and Alex Kremins, center left and right, with Wolfe’s mother and father.

How a Long Beach man saved a stranger’s life

In February 2021, Julius Wolfe came down with a fever, and small red spots, called petechiae, appeared on his legs. His mother, Tabitha Nilson, took him to an emergency room to make sure he … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 7/9/23

More than 150 young wrestlers gathered at the Wrestling Takes Down Drugs camp at Long Beach High School last week.

Learn how to combat drug addiction on the wrestling mat

Kevin Glenz, a star lacrosse player at Lynbrook High School and the son of Larry Glenz, a longtime wrestling coach at the high school, died in 2010, at 27, of a heroin overdose. Last week, Long … more

By Sean Kennedy | 7/9/23

Benjamin Metzger is a fixture in Long Beach’s music scene, teaching and performing around the city. He’s known to many by his real name, but perhaps to even more by his stage name, Benoir.

Music has helped shape this Long Beach resident's life

Music has always been a major part of Long Beach’s arts scene. For years there have been concerts on the beach, at restaurants and in Kennedy Plaza. Benjamin Metzger has long been central … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 7/2/23

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