Most Long Islanders are rightly confused about who is responsible for our ever-rising electricity bills. We get our electric bills from PSEG, yet there's also the Long Island Power Authority, as well as National Grid. Who does what?
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By Fred Harrison
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2/23/23
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The Long Island Power Authority and Nassau County reached a tentative agreement on Friday in a settlement over LIPA’s property tax challenges in Island Park and Glenwood Landing, which, once finalized, would cause an increase in school taxes.
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By Mike Smollins
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11/27/19
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Local officials are calling for the E.F. Barrett Generation Station in Island Park to be repurposed for clean wind energy.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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7/31/19
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On the Saturday before New Year’s Eve, members of the Jenkins family were baking in the kitchen when 10-year-old Meghan Jenkins began choking on a cookie.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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1/24/19
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“They’re not going to repower that plant,” Island Park Schools Superintendent Dr. Rosmarie Bovino told a small group of residents at the district’s May 22 Board of Education meeting, referring to the Long Island Power Authority’s stance on modernizing the E.F. Barrett Power Station, which straddles Island Park and Oceanside.
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By Ben Strack
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6/1/17
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Oceanside firefighters rushed to the local National Grid plant on Daly Boulevard early Thursday morning, where a pickup truck had caught ablaze.
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By Ben Strack
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2/9/17
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On Oceanside’s first day of school, Sept. 1, eager-faced student poured into the halls and classrooms.
This summer was the third year of the district’s multi-year capital improvement project. …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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9/7/16
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A tropical storm warning is in effect for all of Long Island and New York City according to the National Weather Service. Tropical Storm Hermine is expected to move out into the Atlantic and pick …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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9/3/16
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Now that spring is here construction crews will resume working and that will mean setting up roadway work zone areas. Slow-moving traffic is frustrating, but slowing down near work zones is important …
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5/4/16
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There is an old adage that you can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. That line of reasoning . . .
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11/12/15
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