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The Malverne Cinema is one of several public venues that was closed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in response to the coronavirus.

Gatherings of 50 or more banned across state

To reduce the spread of the coronavirus, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut banned gatherings of more than 50 people effective 8 p.m. Monday night, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who tweeted the … more

By Scott Brinton | 3/16/20

Lynbrook, East Rockaway businesses and residents prepare for plastic bag ban

Like many local business owners, Kaitlyn Gateson said she has spent many hours researching alternatives in preparation for a new statewide plastic bag ban that will take effect March 1, and she has come up with a plan. more

By Melissa Koenig and Mike Smollins | 2/27/20

The East Rockaway Board of Education provided a budget update for the community at its Feb. 11 meeting.

East Rockaway school officials discuss 2020-21 budget

The East Rockaway Board of Education updated the community on discussions regarding the district’s 2020-21 budget at its Feb. 11 meeting. more

By Mike Smollins | 2/20/20

Mayor Alan Beach said at the Feb. 3 village board meeting that residents and business owners who were impacted by National Grid’s gas moratorium would receive a $200 credit on a future bill. Beach, center, spoke at a rally against the moratorium in August.

Lynbrook officials announce that National Grid will reimburse residents, business owners impacted by moratorium

In the aftermath of a controversial gas moratorium that impacted new businesses and residents from receiving natural-gas hookups from National Grid, the utility is reimbursing its customers who were impacted. more

By Mike Smollins | 2/13/20

A rendering of the Bay Park Conveyance Project, which will send treated effluent, or wastewater, from the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility to an ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh via an aqueduct beneath Sunrise Highway.

Bay Park sewage project moves ahead

Officials are eyeing Oct. 29, 2022 — the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy — as a completion date for the Bay Park Conveyance Project, now that they have sent out a request for qualifications to interested design-and-build teams. more

By Mike Smollins | 12/12/19

Villages of Lynbrook, East Rockaway awaiting AIM funding

Villages and towns across Nassau County still have not received roughly $8 million in Aid and Incentives to Municipalities funds they were due to be paid by the state in September. The villages of Lynbrook and East Rockaway are owed more than $430,000. more

By Nadya Nataly | 11/14/19

Residents and officials are frustrated by New York American Water’s recent rate hikes, the highest of which have hit the Lynbrook service area.

New York American Water rate hikes are highest in Lynbrook

Residents in the Lynbrook, Merrick and North Shore water districts found a letter from New York American Water in their mailboxes during the last week of October, and it wasn’t a water bill. It was a rate increase notice, signed off on by the New York Public Service Commission. more

By Mike Conn and Mike Smollins | 11/7/19

Two months after a rally against National Grid’s gas moratorium in Lynbrook, hosted by Mayor Alan Beach and the village board, Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked the utility to restore service to more than 1,100 customers, but the moratorium has continued.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes aim at National Grid gas moratorium after Lynbrook rally

Amid a gas moratorium imposed by National Grid, the utility faces millions of dollars in fines unless it provides natural gas to more than 1,100 customers who were denied service re-connections after the company recently sought approval for a controversial gas pipeline. more

By Mike Smollins | 10/17/19

Letters to the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Editor

The latest letters to the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Editor focus on water rate hikes and the Legislative District 6 race. more

10/10/19

A rendering of the Bay Park Conveyance Project, which will send treated effluent from the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility to an ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant, in Wantagh, via a century-old aqueduct beneath Sunrise Highway.

County Legislature OKs $408 million for plan to re-route treated sewage from Bay Park to Wantagh

A long-awaited project to remove nitrogen from the Western Bays gained steam on Sept. 9, when the Nassau County Legislature unanimously voted to borrow $408 million to build a system to divert treated sewage from Bay Park to Wantagh, and from there into the Atlantic Ocean. more

By Mike Smollins | 9/19/19

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