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Island Harvest President Randi Shubin Dresner, at lectern, with State Sen. Todd Kaminsky to her right, was among the officials last Thursday to announce passage of a measure to reduce food in the waste stream by requiring large retailers to send unsellable but edible food to recovery organizations like Island Harvest.

New York state passes food-diversion law; anaerobic digesters on the way

On the grounds of the 72-acre A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility in Uniondale is a small, white-tiled warehouse, with a handful of garage bays, operated by the nonprofit food-recovery … more

By Scott Brinton | 4/22/19

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

School board OKs $142M budget

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

Freeport’s County Legislator, Debra Mulé, is seeking a 5-cent fee on all paper shopping bags, but Republicans have said they would block such a measure.

Legislator calls for paper-bag fee

County Legislator Debra Mulé, a Democrat from Freeport, said on April 5 that she was disappointed that the Legislature’s Republican majority would not institute a 5-cent fee on paper bags, a move … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 4/11/19

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

The Baldwin school district will receive $31 million in state aid under the state budget.

Plastic bags to be banned in New York

Under an agreement reached as part of the state budget passed by lawmakers over the weekend, plastic bags will be banned in all New York retail stores starting next March. “You drive through … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 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

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