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Residents and environmentalists have long urged county and state officials to be more aggressive in their efforts to upgrade Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants. more

1/23/14

Busy Bee Cleaners in Merrick is undergoing an environmental cleanup to remove potentially harmful contaminants from the soil beneath the shop, but officials from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation say the contamination does not pose a hazard to people in nearby businesses and homes.

Dry-cleaner contamination uncovered

Busy Bee Cleaners, on Merrick Road in Merrick, is undertaking an environmental cleanup with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to eliminate the contaminant tetrachloroethylene, otherwise know as PCE, from groundwater beneath the shop. more

By David Weingrad | 9/19/12

Maps of the closed harvesting areas in the Town of Hempstead.

FDA, DEC shut down town shellfishing areas

South Shore residents accustomed to jumping in their boats and heading out for a day of clamming in Hempstead Bay will have to travel farther this spring and summer. At the recommendation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Town of Hempstead’s shellfishing areas west of the Wantagh Parkway were closed in February, with additional areas closed on April 1. Affected areas include the waters south of Bellmore, Merrick and Freeport. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 4/19/12

Island Park Mayor James Ruzicka estimated that Little Beach has eroded 75 percent over the last decade. An Army Corps of Engineers report recommends replacing the deteriorating eastern bulkhead of the beach, at right, which abuts Suffolk Road. Sen. Charles Schumer has said he will help the village, the Town of Hempstead, the DEC and the corps come together to find a solution to the problem.

Schumer pledges aid for Island Park beach

Senator Charles Schumer has pledged to help Island Park get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation together to work on a solution to the … more

Alex Costello | 7/27/11

The County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 to bring necessary equipment and services to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, above.

Millions earmarked to stop bay discharge

The Nassau County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 for new equipment and upgrades at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, in an effort to end months of illegal sewage discharge into Reynolds Channel, which many residents and local officials have called a serious environmental health hazard. more

By Chris Engelhardt | 1/26/11

The outfall pipe from the Bay Park Sewage Plant drains into Reynold’s Channel.

Residents react to sewage smell

The smells issuing from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant are just one of the concerns of nearby residents. Community members are urging county officials to come up with a long-term solutions for not only the odors at the facility, but also the problems with its discharge more

Clarissa Hamlin | 11/10/10

The USGS will be installing a water monitor on the pier at Masone Beach.

USGS to study Island Park waters

Visitors to Masone Beach in Island Park will soon encounter a new piece of technology on the dock as a recent agreement was signed between the United States Geological Survey and the New York State … more

JUSTIN SACHS | 8/11/10

A DEC monitoring well near the DPW garage collected a small amount of ethanol.

Traces of ethanol found near DPW garage

During a routine inspection on May 19, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation found traces of ethanol in one of six monitoring wells near Rockville Centre's Department of Public Works garage on Sunrise Highway. more

Jennifer Gundersen | 7/14/10

Union members protested in front of Rockville Centre's Village Hall on June 8.

Workers take grievance to Rockville Centre's Village Hall

Those who attended Rockville Centre's village board meeting on June 8 — or drove by Village Hall at around 8:15 p.m. — might have been startled to find union protesters marching around the block carrying coffins. more

Alex Costello | 6/16/10

The City of Long Beach received a notice of violation from the DEC for dumping construction material along Reynolds Channel near the Long Beach bridge. As of June 2 all of the material had been removed.

City of Long Beach cited for illegal dumping

I The City of Long Beach received another notice of violation from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, this time for dumping some 1,000 cubic yards of construction … more

6/3/10

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