A home improvement contractor from Smithtown pleaded guilty Thursday to scamming Hurricane Sandy victims across Nassau and Suffolk counties out of more than $100,000.
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By Mike Smollins
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6/1/18
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A deal between county officials and PSEG Long Island to provide power to the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility has yet to be approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which could delay a plan to reroute treated effluent from the plant to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant.
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By Mike Smollins
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4/5/18
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A county plan to use a 112-year-old aqueduct beneath Sunrise Highway to transport treated effluent eight miles from Bay Park to the Wantagh-Seaford border is on the cusp of becoming a reality.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/8/18
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Brian Schneider, a hydrogeologist with Bellmore-Merrick roots, knew he was stepping up to a “daunting” challenge when County Executive Laura Curran chose him to oversee Nassau County’s parks and public works departments.
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By Erik Hawkins
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1/25/18
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The federal Emergency Management Agency is providing $5 million to help cover engineering costs for a planned project to send partially treated sewage from the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility in East Rockaway to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh, where it will be sent for discharge three miles out in the Atlantic Ocean.
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/5/18
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A contractor from Smithtown who allegedly scammed Hurricane Sandy victims in Nassau and Suffolk counties out of hundreds of thousands of dollars turned himself into the Nassau County district attorney’s office and appeared before a judge to face grand larceny and fraud charges on Tuesday.
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By Mike Smollins
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12/19/17
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A contractor from Smithtown who allegedly scammed Hurricane Sandy victims in Nassau and Suffolk counties out of tens of thousands of dollars has been arrested by Suffolk police.
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By Mike Smollins
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10/26/17
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Members of the Freeport-based Operation SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors) were out and about on the South Shore this month to explain and promote a Nassau County proposal to send treated sewage from the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility in East Rockaway to the Cedar Creek facility in Wantagh via a 110-year-old steel pipe.
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By Daine Taylor and Brian Stieglitz
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9/29/17
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A plan to consolidate services among 70 municipalities in Nassau County, including Long Beach, is expected to save taxpayers $130 million. A panel of local officials approved a shared-services …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/21/17
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“We’re screwed, basically,” Bay Park resident Frank Ferraro said, as he watered the plants outside of his home at the east end of Waterview Street. Ferraro was referring to the expiration of the National Flood Insurance Program on Sept. 30, and the possibility that federal lawmakers will not renew it.
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By Anthony Rifilato and Mike Smollins
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9/7/17
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