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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

Villages of Lynbrook, East Rockaway awaiting AIM funding

Villages and towns across Nassau County still have not received roughly $8 million in Aid and Incentives to Municipalities funds they were due to be paid by the state in September. The villages of Lynbrook and East Rockaway are owed more than $430,000. more

By Nadya Nataly | 11/14/19

Residents and officials are frustrated by New York American Water’s recent rate hikes, the highest of which have hit the Lynbrook service area.

New York American Water rate hikes are highest in Lynbrook

Residents in the Lynbrook, Merrick and North Shore water districts found a letter from New York American Water in their mailboxes during the last week of October, and it wasn’t a water bill. It was a rate increase notice, signed off on by the New York Public Service Commission. more

By Mike Conn and Mike Smollins | 11/7/19

Howard Jacobson, who owns the Rockville Centre Pharmacy, spoke at the rally at Levin's Pharmacy in Oceanside, and led attendees in chants of protest against PBMs.

Levin’s Pharmacy in Oceanside joins statewide rally

Dozens of pharmacists in white coats lined the sidewalk outside Levin’s Pharmacy on Long Beach Road in Oceanside, several holding signs and chanting, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, PBMs have got to go!” more

By Mike Smollins | 10/31/19

Two months after a rally against National Grid’s gas moratorium in Lynbrook, hosted by Mayor Alan Beach and the village board, Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked the utility to restore service to more than 1,100 customers, but the moratorium has continued.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes aim at National Grid gas moratorium after Lynbrook rally

Amid a gas moratorium imposed by National Grid, the utility faces millions of dollars in fines unless it provides natural gas to more than 1,100 customers who were denied service re-connections after the company recently sought approval for a controversial gas pipeline. more

By Mike Smollins | 10/17/19

Letters to the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Editor

The latest letters to the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Editor focus on water rate hikes and the Legislative District 6 race. more

10/10/19

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

State Sen. Anna Kaplan, who represents parts of Franklin Square and Elmont, introduced a bill requiring out-of-state residents to sign a waiver allowing law enforcement officials to access their mental health records.

Governor OKs gun-control bills

When her son, Nicholas, started preschool in Elmont last week, Michaelle Solages spoke to his teachers about the school’s active-shooter drills, and learned that they tell students to pretend to … more

By Melissa Koenig | 9/12/19

In the 2017-18 school year, the most recent year for which state data is available, several students in the Franklin Square School District were unvaccinated due to religious exemptions, and one student was unvaccinated in the Elmont School District.

Franklin Square, Elmont school districts prepare for new vaccine requirement

Doctors and administrators throughout Franklin Square and Elmont have been busily preparing for the 2019-20 school year, when a new state law overturning religious exemptions for vaccinations takes effect. more

By Melissa Koenig | 9/5/19

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Baldwin as the winner of a $10 million grant as part of the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative at a press conference at Baldwin High School on Tuesday.

State announces $10M grant for Baldwin downtown

Baldwin will receive a $10 million grant to revitalize its downtown area, that officials said has seen empty storefronts and vacant businesses for almost two decades. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced … more

By Bridget Downes | 8/13/19

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