Village of Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy stood before a set of three maps in the Village Hall boardroom on Tuesday morning, reviewing a proposal that, he said, could save Nassau County from the next great flood.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/26/17
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On a recent Friday at 2:30 p.m., a Harley Davidson rumbled up Freeport’s famed Nautical Mile, a.k.a. Woodcleft Avenue, followed soon after by a very expensive, very red Italian sports car, revving its engine. Couples strolled up and down the street in search of the perfect bar or restaurant to spend an 85-degree evening. Already the outdoor eateries, with their umbrella-shaded tables, had begun to fill up.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/25/17
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The end of the century is a long time away, and it’s doubtful anyone reading this will be around to celebrate the arrival of 2100. But if you are that fortunate person 83 years from now, don’t expect to watch the ball drop in Times Square. Not unless you have a boat.
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5/18/17
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The South Shore faces an increased risk of natural hazards — including erosion, coastal wave action, storm surge, floods and severe winds — caused by coastal storms, explained Peter Weppler, chief of the environmental analysis branch of the planning division of the New York District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ planning division to a crowd of residents at Seaford High School last week.
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By Jasmina Dzurlic
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5/11/17
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People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . .
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4/13/17
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Ellen Cook, Sandy Leonard, Mary Wagner and Johanna Livesay gasped when Regina Pinto described Henry Senter, her ancestor and a patriot of the American Revolution. Senter was 16 when he fought in the …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/4/17
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In my backyard, in the shadow of my creaky wooden deck, a holly bush grows. A little over four years ago, I thought it dead.
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3/30/17
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When Eileen Alber, 70, started waking up at 1 a.m., grabbing a flashlight and walking to the backyard of her Seaford Harbor home to check the water levels and the moon on a regular basis, she knew she had to move.
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/28/16
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Unbelievably, four years have passed since Superstorm Sandy rolled across Long Island’s South Shore on Oct. 29, 2012, leaving destruction and chaos in its wake. We mustn’t forget that day.
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10/27/16
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With communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 still awaiting state and federal funds to help buttress against the effects another storm of its size, some groups on Long Island continue to fight their battle against what they see as the root: climate change.
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By Erik Hawkins
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10/27/16
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