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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.

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

School administrators, elected officials and parents have raised concerns about dangerous intersections near Oceanside High School, and have requested a crossing guard, but the Nassau County Police Department does not station them at high schools.

Officials push for crossing guard near Oceanside High School

After a car struck a girl at the intersection of Skillman and Brower avenues near Oceanside High School last month, parents, school administrators and elected officials are continuing to push for a crossing guard for the area. more

By Mike Smollins | 12/6/19

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is calling for an independent investigation into an arrest in Freeport on Tuesday.

Officials call for probe into Freeport man’s arrest

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran has asked for an independent investigation after three Freeport Police officers pulled a suspect over a fence and tackled him to the ground while attempting to … more

By Nadya Nataly | 12/5/19

The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency has given preliminary approval to a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, agreement for the development of a $23.9 million, 80-unit apartment complex at the site of the Lynbrook Motor Inn.

Apartment complex at Lynbrook motel site gets IDA’s preliminary approval

The developer of a $23.9 million, 80-unit luxury apartment complex at the site of the Lynbrook Motor Inn is looking to start building next spring, after the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency granted preliminary approval for a payment-in-lieu-of- taxes agreement. more

By Mike Smollins | 12/5/19

Nassau County and the Long Island Power Authority reached a tentative agreement in the utility’s dispute over being overtaxed and overassessed.

Nassau County, Long Island Power Authority reach tentative tax agreement on Barrett Power Plant in Island Park

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. more

By Mike Smollins | 11/27/19

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced on Nov. 25 at TrainLand in Lynbrook, a Shop Local Saturday Scavenger Hunt. The first four people to complete the hunt will win prizes.

Nassau sponsoring small business scavenger hunt

By Nicole Alcindor nalcindor@liherald.com With local stores and eateries gearing up for the holidays, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, the county Industrial Agency and the Nassau … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 11/26/19

Nassau should take the Climate Smart Pledge

The greatest long-term threat to Nassau County may not be property taxes. It’s likely the climate crisis. That’s why we were surprised that the county hasn’t signed the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Climate Smart Communities Pledge. more

11/8/19

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, former Islander Butch Goring and other officials celebrate the return of the New York Islanders to Nassau County ahead of the 2019-20 NHL season home opener.

Islanders fans happy so much of 2019-20 will be in the Old Barn

That the 2019-20 New York Islanders season began at the Nassau Coliseum Friday night was the way it had to be, said Brandon Gimpelman of North Bellmore. After four years of opening nights at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, Gimpleman, while attending the Islanders rally Thursday outside the Nassau County legislature in Mineola, summed up local fans’ feelings that “it’s great to be back at the Coliseum given the history and everything else. It is the Old Barn and we will be very happy to be there.” more

By Jordan Stoopler | 10/5/19

Doing nothing about gun violence is not an option

We all know that America has a serious gun violence problem. While mass shootings have become chillingly common, I believe we are on the verge of a seismic shift in how we respond to them. more

By Laura Curran | 9/27/19

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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