Four horses and a pony from West Hempstead’s Lakewood Stables nearly drowned at a Merrick day camp last weekend as heavy rains wreaked havoc across Long Island.
Sunday’s torrential …
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By Lee Landor
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8/19/11
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Several local roads flooded during the peak of Sunday's rainstorm but Valley Stream village officials report no major damage.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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8/15/11
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“Everything is destroyed,” said Washington Boulevard resident Cliff Steinberg on Monday afternoon, as he paused to assess the damage to his fixed basement, debris and damaged furniture …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/15/11
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A massive storm dumped nearly 10 inches of rain on the Merrick-Bellmore area from Saturday night into Sunday afternoon, flooding the Meadowbrook Parkway and homes throughout the community. At the storm’s height, rain was falling at a rate of more than an inch an hour.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/14/11
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The West Hempstead school district may soon want to consider calling Captain Planet and his Fire and Water Planeteers if disasters to its facilities continue to unfold.
First it was fire …
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By Lee Landor
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7/20/11
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A bill passed last week by the House of Representatives could extend reduced insurance rates to thousands of Valley Stream homeowners in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s revised high-risk flood zone.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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7/13/11
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Local officials are trying to resolve the flood map situation in Valley Stream, they stressed at a town hall-style meeting last Thursday night at Village Hall. More than 50 residents came heard from Assemblyman Brian Curran, who hosted the meeting, along with Mayor Ed Fare, Town Councilman Jim Darcy and representatives of federal officials.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/25/11
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More than 60 residents turned out to the Mill Brook Civic Association meeting last week to hear from a variety of speakers, with topics ranging from taxes to flood insurance to crime.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/23/11
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In less than a week, residents will know who will lead Valley Stream for the next four years. Tuesday’s mayoral election pits village Trustee Ed Fare against Gibson resident …
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/9/11
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the inspectors general of the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the process used to create the new flood maps that added thousands of Valley Stream residents to a high-risk flood zone in 2009.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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2/14/11
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