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Don’t wait for Earth Day to care about Earth

Amidst the approaching Earth Day, we must remember the deteriorating state of our planet due to climate change, that calls for continuous action beyond the annual event. more

4/5/24

Although the Water Department declined to speak at the event, they did thank Tom Suozzi for the help he had provided.

Suozzi delivers government funding for L.I. Sound

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi gave residents an Earth Day present. At a press conference on Friday, he promised $33 million in federal funding for environmental projects. He was joined by public officials and … more

By Will Sheeline | 4/28/22

Annabella Petillo, left, and Gabby Palmer, both 14 and students at W.T. Clarke High School, filled their trash bags at the cleanup.

East Meadow’s Earth Day cleanup

Not many people would know that behind East Meadow’s Senator Speno Memorial Park sits a bird sanctuary. It looks like a neighborhood sump, but it’s actually home to over 50 species of … more

By Mallory Wilson | 4/28/22

Community leaders and neighbors banded together to clean up Morgan Memorial Park and streets in the surrounding area to help beautify Glen Cove

Committment to keep Glen Cove green and beautiful

Protecting the planet is the number one message of Earth Day, which this year is on April 22. To demonstrate their support for the green cause, the City of Glen Cove’s Beautification Commission … more

By Letisha Dass | 4/28/22

Skyler Placella is in fifth grade at Vernon.

Fifth-grader wins Earth Day contest

Skyler Placella is a typical James Vernon Middle School fifth-grader, but for less than a minute he becomes a “special energy agent” in a public service announcement he created with his family. Skyler won first place among 207 videos submitted by fifth- through eighth-grade students in PSEG’s Earth Day Video PSA Contest on April 22. more

By Laura Lane | 4/30/21

A box of jeans collected at the Sea Cliff Farmers Market on April 17 that will be donated to two noble causes.

Up-cycling jeans at the Sea Cliff Farmers Market

Many may have a couple pair of jeans that have sat untouched in a drawer for quite some time and the Sea Cliff Farmers Market has a solution. more

By Jennifer Corr | 4/23/21

L.I. is making strides on the environmental front

April 22 is Earth Day, when we come together as a nation — and a planet — to celebrate the natural world and renew our vows to protect the environment from harm. In honor of Earth Day five years ago . . . more

4/22/21

Making Earth Day meds-disposal day in Bayville

When Richard Walka’s mother-in-law died 15 years ago, he had an unexpected dilemma on his hands: what to do with four shopping bags filled with her prescription and over-the-counter medications, and no safe way to get rid of them without potentially harming the environment. After that experience, Walka, the chairman of the Bayville Environmental Conservation Commission, looked for years for a solution to the problem. more

By Laura Lane | 4/16/21

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