Jul 29th, 2010
by Anthony.
The Long Beach Waterfront Warriors are hosting 34 recovering wounded service members and their families, here, July 24 to July 30.
“I love it here. I was the first one on the surf board last year,” said Angela Lupe. Her injuries in 2003 left her confined to a wheelchair and eventually she was medically separated from the Army in 2005.
Lupe watched from the beach as volunteers pushed special beach wheelchairs into the water and helped amputees out into the waves.
“I hope they get as much out of this as I did. It can change their lives forever,” she said. “It’s not about one event or one day, it’s about the community and the people expressing their support.”
Read the Full Article @ Marines.mil - Wounded Warriors Surf off New York Beach
Posted in: Around town.
Tagged: surfing · Wounded Warriors
Jul 27th, 2010
by Anthony.
Add this one to the “weird” category. Blogging site Gawker.com recently ran an article regarding an image of a submerged airplane that was picked up by the Google satellites. Now granted, the article says it’s off of Long Beach, but we all know that is really off of Lido Beach. Anybody brave enough to see if it’s really there? Maybe you can get Marvel Dairy Whip to sponsor your excursion.
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Read: More Mystery Airplanes on Google Maps: In a Yard, Under the Sea
Posted in: Around town.
Tagged: airplane · weird
Jul 15th, 2010
by Anthony.
Posted in: News.
Jul 14th, 2010
by Anthony.
From the article:
The report slammed “a lack of adequate planning” by school leadership and “poor judgment by the teacher in charge who either failed to realize no lifeguards were on duty, or failed to recognize the additional danger presented by their absence.”
Read: the full article @ Newsday.com - Officials: Teacher involved in Long Beach drowning fired
Posted in: News.
Jul 14th, 2010
by Anthony.
Just over the Long Beach bridge and to the left you will find a tiny area off Island Park called Harbor Isle. For a while now there has been a controversial project to bring condos to the vacant, industrial waterfront – an area that can be seen from Long Beach on the bay side.
The Island Park Herald wrote a whole article (New Plans for Harbor Isle Condos) a few weeks ago. I suggest you read it if you want more info.
Anyways, according to Newsday, this past tuesday the Town Of Hempstead approved the project and it’s one step closer to being developed. Buried in the Murray, Residents Spar over Hempstead’s Coliseum Plans article is this little snippet:
Also Tuesday, the board allowed a condominium development in Harbor Isle to move forward, approving a conversion of 10 percent of its 167 proposed units to rentals. In five years, the rentals must be sold to independent owners.
The waterfront development on a contaminated industrial site still must be approved by the County Planning Commission and the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
I’m going to give the Herald credit for the photos. Oh, but the poor photoshopped map below was made by me.
Posted in: News, real estate & development.
Tagged: Harbor Island
Jul 3rd, 2010
by Anthony.
Newsday – Officials caution beachgoers on Fourth of July weekend
In other news… please remember to look both ways before you cross the street.
Posted in: News.
Jul 1st, 2010
by Anthony.
libn.com – Long Beach Medical opening dialysis center
Long Beach Medical Center is putting the finishing touches on the first chronic dialysis center on Long Beach, expected to open in August.
The 162-bed hospital is funding the $1.4 million dialysis center with a combination of a Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law grant and donations.
Long Beach already provides dialysis for inpatients. But the new center will allow it to care for an increasing number outpatients who require dialysis, typically three times a week.
Posted in: News.
