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
|
Brandon Klein, 17, had an idea — one that would not only impact his own community, but also attract international attention.
Klein works as a volunteer for Surf for All, a nonprofit Long …
more
By Sean Kennedy
|
7/2/23
|
“No one cared who I was until I put on the mask.”
It’s an iconic line from an equally iconic comic book villain in the 2012 Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises.” But …
more
By Brendan Carpenter
|
6/25/23
|
The City of Long Beach has spent years studying how to take on a handful of challenges — senior housing, parking and transportation, parks in need of improvements and 40-year-old zoning codes. …
more
By Brendan Carpenter
|
6/25/23
|
Drivers headed into and out of the east end of Long Beach and the west end of Lido Beach have faced a challenge — to put it mildly — for the past two weeks. But the culprit hasn’t …
more
By Brendan Carpenter
|
6/18/23
|
Mount Sinai South Nassau’s sparkling new ambulatory medical facility in Long Beach — on the grounds of the nearly century-old Long Beach Hospital, which was extensively damaged in …
more
By James Bernstein
|
6/11/23
|
It’s still early in the beach season in the city, with lifeguards having been on duty only since May 27. Nevertheless, they have had an unusually busy start.
Hundreds of beachgoers …
more
By Brendan Carpenter
|
6/11/23
|
Long Beach schools announced Wednesday afternoon that schools will be closed Thursday due to the poor air quality experienced across the island. No decision has been made for Friday.
…
more
By Brendan Carpenter
|
6/7/23
|
Long Beach police and the Nassau County homicide squad said the body of a man was found floating in Reynolds Channel shortly after 1 pm Saturday.
The body was brought to shore and taken to …
more
8/21/22
|
For a third straight night, Black Lives Matter demonstrators convened in Merrick and Bellmore to protest the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the systemic racism that is …
more
By Scott Brinton
|
6/4/20
|