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Feeling sheepish: Visitors to Long Island Children’s Museum this weekend will get a wild and wooly look at the daily lives of sheep during a unique theatrical performance this weekend.
Celebrating spring around the area
Spring fever is upon us, and with it, Earth Day arrives on Sunday at the conclusion of the school break week. The many events taking place throughout “Earth Month” remind everyone how precious our environment is and the role we all have in continuing to preserve and protect it. more
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Eric Weltman, a senior organizer at Food and Water Watch, spoke to supporters of a state ban on hydraulic fracturing last week.
Locals rally against fracking in N.Y.
More than a dozen local residents gathered outside the district office of State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) in Garden City Park on Feb. 17 to show their support for a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in the extraction of natural gas. more
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Island Park Mayor James Ruzicka estimated that Little Beach has eroded 75 percent over the last decade. An Army Corps of Engineers report recommends replacing the deteriorating eastern bulkhead of the beach, at right, which abuts Suffolk Road. Sen. Charles Schumer has said he will help the village, the Town of Hempstead, the DEC and the corps come together to find a solution to the problem.
Schumer pledges aid for Island Park beach
Senator Charles Schumer has pledged to help Island Park get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation together to work on a solution to the … more
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Sturgeon, which spawn in the Hudson River, have been around more than 200 million years — since before the dinosaurs.
There's something in the water, part III
While many Long Islanders may think they need to dive deep in the ocean to find marine life, the truth is that they can see a wide variety of  sea creatures in the waters closer to … more
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The quality of our Water affects our health and our enjoyment of all Long Island has to offer.
There's something in the water, part II
By Lee Landor    As inhabitants of an island, we’re surrounded by water. Whether that water is a clean, healthy ecosystem thriving with life or an eyesore clogged with debris is … more
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray unveiled a set of “solar trackers” at the town’s Department of Conservation and Waterways in Lido Beach during a news conference on Monday. The trackers adjust to face the sun throughout the day to maximize solar input and energy output.
Tracking the sun to power the town
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and a group of 15 government officials, civic leaders and engineers donned sunglasses as they unveiled two “solar trackers” in the back parking lot of the town’s Department of Conservation and Waterways in Lido Beach on Monday. 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
State should open woodlands to the public
For nearly 10 years, the Herald has exposed the dire condition into which the woodlands surrounding the Meadowbrook Parkway have fallen. Vandals regularly spray graffiti on trees. Contractors dump their waste there. more
The Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Taskforce discussed plans for an upcoming “Envirothon” at a meeting on Monday. The group is headed by Legislator Norma Gonsalves, at head of table, and Legislator David Denenberg, at right. At the Envirothon, the task force will announce a plan to allow fishing at Mullener Pond in North Merrick, where it has been prohibited. Clockwise from left were Brian Foley, deputy regional director, New York State Department of Parks; Gonsalves; Donald Hohn, planner, county Planning Commission; Heidi O’Riordan, aquatic biologist, state Department of Environmental Conservation; Brian Schneider, hydrogeologist, county Department of Public Works; and Denenberg.
State eyes fishing at Mullener Pond
Shaped like a footprint, Mullener Pond abuts the Meadowbrook Parkway amid a stand of oaks and maples just south of Jerusalem Avenue in North Merrick. It is a quiet place, hemmed in by a six-foot … 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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