Hundreds of residents and visitors gathered in Point Lookout last Sunday to remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001 and celebrate their legacy.
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By Ben Strack
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9/14/16
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When Lora Webster began to feel constant pain in her knee while playing on two basketball teams nearly 20 years ago, she paid a visit to the doctor. After a biopsy showed a cancerous tumor in her left tibia, the then-11-year-old athlete made one request.
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By Ben Strack
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9/7/16
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer joined U.S. Rep. Peter King, Col. David Caldwell of the Army Corps of Engineers and local officials in Point Lookout on Wednesday to officially break ground on a long-awaited project to strengthen and protect the barrier island’s coastline from future storms.
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By Ben Strack
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8/10/16
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] has granted one of two approvals needed by South Nassau Communities Hospital [SNCH] to construct a medical arts and emergency facility in Long Beach, and expand the hospital itself.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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8/4/16
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It was a beautiful day at Point Lookout town beach when a swarm of news people and town employees were following Town Supervisor Anthony Santino around the coastline while he distributed free packets of sunscreen to beachgoers.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/12/16
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Trucks will begin hauling 250,000 tons of large stones through the West End and the city this month as the Army Corps of Engineers begins work on a large-scale coastal protection project that …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/6/16
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Old Westbury Gardens transforms itself for a festive "Midsummer Night."
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6/22/16
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Looking for something fun to do over the next week? Check out what's happening right in your own neighborhood.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/21/16
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Point Lookout residents helped save the town’s historic flag tower from being taken down after an online campaign successfully raised the funds needed to repair the local landmark, which dates back more than a century.
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By Ben Strack
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6/8/16
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In the race to fill former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos’s seat after he was convicted on corruption charges in December, both state Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) and Chris McGrath (R-Hewlett) have come out swinging in the weeks leading up to the special election on April 19.
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4/14/16
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