John McLaughlin, the incumbent Republican city councilman who is running for re-election, may be kept from participating in the candidates forum the League of Women Voters of Long Beach will host on Oct. 28 at the Long Beach Library.
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JOSEPH KELLARD
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10/1/09
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The Long Beach Board of Education unanimously approved a proposal to install artificial-turf fields at the high school and middle school at the Sept. 18 board of ed. meeting.
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ARIELLA MONTI
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9/24/09
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The Herald asked Long Beach residents to share with us their thoughts on the election for City Council on Nov. 3, including the candidates and issues that are most important to them. The following are some of the responses.
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9/24/09
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Eight years ago to the day, hundreds of people had gathered at Lido Beach Park and watched the clear, sunny sky in the distance fill with black clouds of dark smoke from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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JOSEPH KELLARD
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9/17/09
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The City of Long Beach was issued a notice of violation by the New York State Department of Conservation (DEC) late last month for work that was being done on the dunes at the beach entrance on Illinois Avenue.
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ARIELLA MONTI
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9/17/09
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With just a month and a half to go until Election Day, Republican coalition candidates for the City Council are ramping up their campaign efforts.
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ARIELLA MONTI
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9/17/09
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Democratic Committee leader Michael Zapson appears to have his work cut out for him. To recapture the majority on the Long Beach City Council, he must get all three of his party’s candidates elected on Nov. 3, while the Republican coalition needs just one of its three nominees to garner enough votes to maintain a 3-2 majority.
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JOSEPH KELLARD
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9/17/09
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Twenty-five Long Islanders from Long Beach, Montauk and communities in between gathered on the Great Lawn at SUNY Farmingdale Sept. 9 to rally against a proposal to build a liquid natural gas terminal about 13 miles off the shore of Long Beach.
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SARI ZEIDLER
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9/17/09
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Part one of a series.
I'm a reporter. I ask questions. Day-in and day-out, that's how I conduct my work. But recently I found myself on the wrong side of a question-and-answer session, with a Nassau County police officer run
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SARI ZEIDLER
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9/17/09
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A driver lost control of her 2008 Ford Explorer just after 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, hitting two parked cars, crashing through a fence and knocking down two utility poles before coming to rest sideways on the Long Island Rail Road tracks just west of the Centre Avenue train station.
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Mary Malloy
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9/15/09
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