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Don Harris, vice president of the nonprofit environmental group Operation SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering And Save Harbors), stood beside a boom used to collect trash from Freeport Creek. The organization’s core mission is cleaning up South Shore wetlands and bays.
Making a SPLASH across the South Shore
Diesel exhaust from nearby boatyards suffused the air as Don Harris cruised north in a 27-foot Carolina skiff up Freeport Creek, past a pair of mute swans that he calls Chip and Ophelia, the towering smokestacks of Freeport Power Plant No. 2, a Town of Hempstead dredging barge and hundreds of boats, many sleek and modern, others abandoned, rotting hulks sinking into the murky water. more
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Officers and members of the Bay Park Fire District thanked Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg for being instrumental in bringing legislation to give funds back to the taxpayers. Pictured at BPFD headquarters were, from left, Fire Commissioner Dave Dencker, Secretary/Treasurer Sheila Picciolo, Co-Chairman District Roger Humes, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, Co-Chairman Bob Weiss, and Fire Commissioner Bob McKay. Commissioner Daniel Winters is not pictured.
Bay Park Fire District gives money back to taxpayers
“On behalf of the taxpayers of the Bay Park Fire District, I would like to thank Assemblyman Weisenberg for his leadership in passing legislation that will allow us to provide residents with much-needed tax relief without compromising the fire district’s ability to respond in emergencies.” So said Roger Humes, a commissioner of the Bay Park Fire District, in response to Weisenberg’s authoring of a law — at the request of the Bay Park Fire District — that will offset local property taxes. more
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Kelly Bremel, a Town of Hempstead summer ranger at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, regularly leads kayaking tours down the Meadow Brook into Merrick Bay.
There's something in the water part IV
For a moment, I stopped paddling and took in Merrick Bay, its virtually still surface glistening in the morning sunlight. In the distance, the Jones Beach water tower and amphitheater stood out amid a light haze. The view was, in a word, breathtaking. more
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Long beach surfers high five after an invigorating session during the Unsound Pro Junior Surfing Competition in April.
There's something in the water Part I
Long Island, as most people are aware, is an island, the largest in the contiguous United States — a nearly 120-long, 1,400-square-mile spit of sand, parkway and suburb extending east from … more
marine 1 made its way into the Talfor Boat Basin on Sunday, with Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, in red vest, aboard. Weisenberg help secure grants for the purchase of the new fire boat.
Fireboat to the rescue
With a long pull of the fire horn, Marine 1, a fireboat that is the newest addition to the East Rockaway Fire Department, motored into the Talfor Boat Basin on the village’s waterfront last Sunday, presented to the public for the first time. more
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East Rockaway sophomore David McClure heads to third base during Game 1 of the Nassau Class B championship series won by Oyster Bay.
Rocks settle for runner-up status
East Rockaway’s bid for a county baseball title fell short as Oyster Bay (21-1) swept the best-of-three championship series at University Field on the campus of Hofstra University. more
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Werner Freitag, Jack Collins and Capt. Don Harris help the environment.
Making A SPLASH in Bay Park waters
Extreme amounts of shoreline trash have been reported by residents of East Rockaway and Bay Park. Coffee cups, water bottles, and assorted litter can also be seen all over Long Island’s south shore waterways. Many people think that litter in the Bay Park area is a result of careless boaters but that is not the case: street litter from as far north as Garden City washes into storm drains that empty, unfiltered, directly into south shore waterways. more
Monaco is pictured at left being congratulated by Nassau County police officers and other rescue workers.
The rescue of a duck hunter
In the Jan. 20 issue of the Herald, we reported that a man and his dog were rescued after they were stranded on the marsh south of Bay Park in East Rockaway. But there's more to the story: more
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Councilman Anthony J. Santino, County Executive Ed Mangano and Legislator Howard J. Kopel, were at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant to view new machinery and recent installations.
Capital Improvements for the Bay Park sewage treatment plant
The Nassau County Department of Public Works has mapped out detailed capital improvement projects for the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which had been discharging illegal levels of sewage … more
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The County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 to bring necessary equipment and services to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, above.
Millions earmarked to stop bay discharge
The Nassau County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 for new equipment and upgrades at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, in an effort to end months of illegal sewage discharge into Reynolds Channel, which many residents and local officials have called a serious environmental health hazard. more
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