Keyword: 'Stop Throwing Out Pollutants' | Herald Community Newspapers

There’s an invisible lifeline across Long Island that sustains us all — our aquifer system. These underground reservoirs — the source of every drop of water that flows from our taps . . . more

12/7/23

Firefighters from the Merrick Fire Department dealt with a fire at the intersection of Merrick Avenue and Sunrise Highway last week. The fire sparked inside a dumpster onboard a truck that was driving south on Merrick Avenue, prompting the driver to lower the dumpster off the truck and onto the roadway.

Dumpster full of toxins catches fire in downtown Merrick

A dumpster full of potentially noxious liquids that the Town of Hempstead collected as part of its S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) program caught fire on Saturday, March 23, while it was being transported by truck south on Merrick Avenue in Merrick. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 4/3/13

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