Spring surrounds our senses now and with it, Earth Day arrives on Friday, at the start of the school break week for area families.
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By Karen Bloom
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4/20/16
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At first, sirens would blare for five minutes, a signal that nearby residents must turn on their TVs and radios and listen for Emergency Alert System announcements.
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2/18/16
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Twenty-fifteen came and went, and yet, believe it or not, many Long Island residents are still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Rather than getting back on their feet, they are left waiting for promised relief. Even though the majority of displaced residents have returned to their homes . . .
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1/14/16
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United Water, a water resources and wastewater service company that runs the day-to-day operations at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, will now go by the Suez brand — but, according to officials, nothing else has changed.
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By Mary Malloy
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11/25/15
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If U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has his way, hundreds of millions of dollars in additional federal aid coming to New York would be used to fund a new ocean outfall pipe for East Rockaway’s Bay …
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By Brendan Murray
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6/10/15
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The Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant opened its gates last week to more than 50 residents who toured the facility, which is undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation to repair the damage it …
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By Brendan Murray
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5/6/15
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Test results that showed high levels of a contaminant flowing out of the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in January were a false alarm, according to representatives of United Water, the company now …
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By Brendan Murray
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4/2/15
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In his State of the County speech Wednesday night in East Meadow, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano painted a bright picture of Nassau’s present and future, touting his administration’s efforts to attract young people and families to the county, spur growth in the private sector, downsize government and hold down taxes.
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By Brian Racow
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3/13/15
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New York state has pledged to fund the installation of a $150 million nitrogen-removal system at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which will reduce the environmental harm of the sewage the plant discharges into Nassau County’s Western Bays, state and county officials said on Feb. 12. The officials, speaking at a Mineola news conference, also called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide $550 million more to build an outfall pipe to carry effluent from Bay Park into the Atlantic Ocean.
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By Brian Racow
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2/13/15
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The roughly 55 million gallons of sewage and wastewater that runs through the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant now has a new overseer, as United Water took control of the day-to-day operations of the …
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By Brendan Murray
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1/7/15
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