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Superstorm Sandy survival tips
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Many of us on Long Island are struggling without power in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Aside from the obvious inconveniences, there are also some serious discomforts and dangers we may be facing.
Here are some tips to help keep you safe and happy while waiting for LIPA to get you back on the grid. For those without heat If you have a fireplace and stocked up on wood, keep the fire blazing....
Read more »Sandy cancels Halloween for some on Long Island
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Superstorm Sandy has cost untold millions of dollars in damages and is now set to cost children across Long Island their Halloween celebrations, too.
The Town of Hempstead is asking residents to stay home for Halloween, town spokesman Mike Deery said.
“No youngsters should go out unattended if they are determined to go out,” Deery said. “There are hazards out there.”
Though Smithtown...
Read more »Sandy updates: Oct. 27-30
UPDATED 3:08 A.M. NYPD makes helicopter rescues on Staten Island
The NYPD posted four dramatic helicopter videos of rescues made from Staten Island rooftops on Tuesday, when members of the Aviation and Scuba unit rescued five adults and one child who were trapped to rising waters.
See the videos at http://youtu.be/jcLIGZGTq04 ; http://youtu.be/wx3HWfHCFjs ; http://youtu.be/2RrxEWnOX_A...
Read more »Cops: Man's hand blown off after firework-candle mixup
A Garden City Estates man lost his hand Monday night after lighting a firework he mistook for a candle at his home, which had no power, Nassau police said.
The 46-year-old man, who lives on Birchwood Drive, was not identified. The accident was reported at 6:04 p.m.
Police said the man’s hand was blown off to his wrist.
The man was transported by a Nassau County police ambulance...
Read more »Hempstead Town installing solar panels
Photo credit: J.C. Cherubini, 2011
Hempstead Town is installing solar panels at town facilities in Bellmore, Seaford and Merrick, thanks to a $250,000 grant secured by state Sen. Charles J. Fuschillo Jr., town officials said.
The town used $95,360 of the grant in recently completing an 11.8-kilowatt solar installation with 60 solar panels in Newbridge Road Park in Bellmore that will power administrative offices adjacent to...
Read more »BNL holding annual wildfire training
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Brookhaven National Laboratory has been holding wildfire training exercises, beginning last Friday and continuing through this Friday, Nov. 2.
The New York Wildfire and Incident Management Academy’s 15th annual training course at BNL includes wildfire field exercises such as ignition operation demonstrations, delegation of wild portable pumps and water usage, lighting of prescribed fires,...
Read more »Smithtown and Taco Bell officials argue over plans for eatery revamp
Smithtown Town planners and an attorney for Taco Bell argued last week over the fast-food chain’s plans to revamp its Nesconset restaurant.
At a hearing Tuesday night before the town Board of Zoning Appeals, planning and building officials said cars lined up at a drive-through window would block traffic in the eatery’s parking lot. They also questioned the size of proposed signs.
Kings...
Read more »Portion of Hempstead Harbor renamed for former town supervisor, assemblywoman May Newburger
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp, 2004
The Town of North Hempstead has renamed a portion of Hempstead Harbor in Port Washington for May Newburger, a former town supervisor and Democratic state assemblywoman who died earlier this year, while U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said he would continue his efforts to rename the cove at the federal level.
The town board voted unanimously at its meeting this past week to name a cove southwest...
Read more »LIers stock up on supplies, move boats ahead of Hurricane Sandy
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As Hurricane Sandy makes its way up the East Coast, Long Islanders prepare for the storm by buying supplies and getting their boats out of the water.
Boats strapped to docks in Lindenhurst
Dan Maynihan and his wife, Maureen Bythrow, strapped four hurricane cords from their 36-foot Carver boat to the docks of Anchorage Yacht Club in Lindenhurst.
Instead of taking their boat, named...
Read more »'Firehouse Kitchen' TV show helps causes
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Retired New York City firefighter Raymond Cooney understands firsthand the value of helping someone.
He still remembers vividly when his father Joseph Cooney, 78, also a retired NYC firefighter, suffered third-degree burns during a family barbecue in 1976. He stayed in a burn center for six weeks.
Raymond Cooney, now 40 and living in Bayport, will never forget how his father was helped....
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