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City Manager Dan Creighton spoke about the importance of Long Beach being prepared for storms.
Long Beach residents urged to prepare for hurricane season
Officials and the Red Cross urge Long Beach residents to prepare for hurricane season with emergency plans, safety tips, and resources to protect families and homes. more
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Facebook SBA Long Island Branch Manager Robert Piechota spoke about loans for small business owners in a webinar sponsored by Sen. Anna Kaplan on April 13.
SBA offers loans to small business owners
For the first time in American history, the United States Small Business Association declared all 50 states “disaster areas” that are eligible for relief loans during the coronavirus … more
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Hempstead Town officials called on U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to support their request to deploy the National Disaster Medical System to the Town of Hempstead during the coronavirus pandemic.
Town officials call on National Disaster Medical System to support hospital, health care providers
Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and Hempstead Town Medical Director Dr. David Neubert called on U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to support … more
Some 29 people were killed, and more than 100 others were injured, when two Long Island Rail Road trains collided in Rockville Centre at Banks Avenue shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 17, 1950.
Recalling Rockville Centre's deadly LIRR train crash 69 years later
Sixty-nine years ago last Monday, the Nassau Daily Review-Star notified readers about one of the Long Island Rail Road’s deadliest train crashes. The night before, on Feb. 17, 1950, two trains had collided on the tracks in Rockville Centre, near Banks Avenue, killing 29 people, according to original reports, and injuring more than 100. more
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Shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, the remains of the victims that were not yet identified were kept in refrigerated trailers behind the Manhattan Medical Examiner’s Office at 1st Avenue and 30th Street. The entire area was enclosed in a tent, for privacy.
‘Reverence for the dead, compassion for the living’: Oceanside disaster mortician retires after 22 years
“It’s like you want to bring — not closure, there’s never closure — but certainty for the families of the victims,” said Oceansider Kevin Costigan, who, after serving for 22 years on the … more
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After Harvey, Long Islanders should pay it forward
Hurricane Harvey slammed into the southeastern Texas coast two Fridays ago as a Category 4 storm, lashing homes and businesses with 130-mile-per-hour winds and . . . more
A reminder of the South Shore’s vulnerability
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 . . . more
Paying it forward for Louisiana
Communities across Long Island are working to “Pay it Forward” for Louisiana. When Hurricane Sandy hit people from all over the country came to Long Island to help us. For many it was the … more
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Red Cross and Americorps team up to help at disasters
The Red Cross in it’s partnership with Americorps has produced a nation-wide initiative called the Red Cross Corps, allowing volunteers to commit to a year of service to support disaster … more
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Legislators support South Nassau’s earmarking of FEMA funds
U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford have backed a plan to spend $130 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds on hospital upgrades in Oceanside and $40 million on a medical arts pavilion in Long Beach, despite opposition from many Long Beach residents. more
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