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The city announced that it intends to hire eight paramedics to operate the primary ambulance, currently run by the career firefighters.
South Nassau to run additional ambulance in L.B.
As part of its effort to restructure emergency medical services in Long Beach, the city announced this week that it has partnered with South Nassau Communities Hospital to operate an additional … more
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Time to invest more in our roads
Our roads, from the parkways to our villages’ side streets, are among the most important pieces of infrastructure here in Nassau County. We use them . . . more
City Manager Jack Schnirman and ICMA representatives presented the report to residents and encouraged them to offer input after the meeting.
Consultants call for restructuring of LBFD
Nearly a year after the city launched a comprehensive review of its emergency services in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a consulting firm released its findings at a public presentation on … more
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The city hired consultants last year to evaluate its emergency services in the wake of the hospital’s closing.
City to release report on emergency services
Nearly a year after it launched a comprehensive review of its emergency services in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the city will release the findings of a report that it says provides options for … more
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Firefighters Alex Sharpe, left, Dave Yolinsky, Greg Kavazanjian, Brian Olson, and John Innella were informed last week that they would be laid off on Jan. 1.
Happy holidays — you’re laid off!
Less than 24 hours after he criticized city officials at last week’s City Council meeting over the planned layoffs of five firefighters on Jan. 1, firefighter Dave Yolinsky received word that he … more
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Supporters of Local 287 turned out in force at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, where they called on the city to maintain five firefighter positions.
Layoffs fan flames of ongoing protest
Negotiations between the city and Long Beach Professional Firefighters Local 287 broke down on Tuesday, after the union rejected an offer that city officials said would have temporarily avoided the … more
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Shop locally to help your community
Before their Thanksgiving dinners even cooled, millions of Americans began lining up outside the mega-stores to be among the first to get at Black Friday deals. Next week . . . more
Residents checked out a Social Bicycle on display at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
New bike-sharing program to roll in Long Beach
The city hasn’t put the brakes on a local bike-sharing program just yet. After Miami-based DecoBike recently informed the city that it was not going to continue its bike-sharing program in Long … more
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Why New York state must maintain a balance of power
When our Founding Fathers sat down to create the Constitution, they decided it would be best to devise a system of checks and balances in order to guard the people against tyranny. more
Abandon our coast? Heaven — and HUD — forbid
The clarion call has grown louder since Superstorm Sandy: We must beat a “managed” retreat from the coast, or face certain peril as global warming takes hold and sea levels rise. more
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