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At around noon on Tuesday, a tanker truck caught fire on Tuesday morning at Sunrise Highway and Ocean Avenue.

Tanker truck catches fire on Sunrise Highway

Firefighters rushed to the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Sunrise Highway on Tuesday after a tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline spontaneously combusted. At noon, the cab of … more

By Matthew D'Onofrio | 5/29/18

A tractor-trailer was fully engulfed in flames on May 14 at 4:48 a.m.

Truck fire temporarily closes Sunrise Highway near Wantagh Parkway

The Wantagh Fire Department extinguished a tractor-trailer fire on May 14 minutes before sunrise on Sunrise Highway near the Wantagh State Parkway. more

By James Mattone | 5/14/18

A delay in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s approval of a deal between county officials and the Public Service Enterprise Group of Long Island to power the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility could hold up a plan to transfer treated effluent from the plant to Cedar Creek through an aqueduct under Sunrise Highway.

Bay Park outfall plan hinges on swift action from FEMA

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. more

By Mike Smollins | 4/5/18

Village Clerk John Giordano was granted permission to sign a contract for a $225,000 county grant to improve streets in Lynbrook on Oct. 23.

Streetscape improvements coming to Lynbrook

Brick sidewalks and ornamental lighting will be added to Exeter Avenue and Sunrise Highway in Lynbrook thanks to a $225,000 grant the village received from Nassau County. more

By Melissa Koenig | 11/9/17

South of Sunrise — from runways to parking lots part II

In 1933, only a few years after Curtiss-Wright Airport opened in Valley Stream, the negative impact of the Depression led to the airport’s closure. The closing, however, only referred to the … more

8/30/17

South of Sunrise – from farmland to runways (Part I of II)

“In 1876, Mr. Reisert and I rented land in Valley Stream. Much of it was swamp, but we cleared it and grew spinach, lettuce, celery, cabbage, peas, turnips, and potatoes. The swamp was so densely wooded that I have known men to get lost in it. We eventually bought the land, and now we have almost 300 acres,” wrote Anna Reisert in the April 1924 issue of “Farm and Fireside.” more

8/16/17

At a meeting at Operation SPLASH headquarters in Freeport on June 26, a panel offered an update on the study of the aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway. Members of the panel included Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, left; Brian Schneider, assistant to the deputy commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Public Works; Rob Walker, Nassau County deputy executive; Mike Martino, Suez community affairs director and Alan Weyland, Suez director of operations.

Sunrise Highway aqueduct deemed ‘viable host’

County officials announced last week that they are accepting design proposals from engineering firms after a three-month study confirmed that a 110-year-old aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway is a “viable host pipe” to transport treated sewage from the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility in Bay Park to the ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant on the Wantagh-Seaford border. more

By Mike Smollins and Julie Mansmann | 7/5/17

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said the next steps in the Sunrise Highway aqueduct project will be discussed at the group’s June 27 meeting at Operation SPLASH headquarters in Freeport.

Officials update plans as Sunrise Highway aqueduct deemed in 'very good condition'

Engineers have determined that the 110-year-old aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway is in “very good condition,” and county officials are preparing for the next stages of a proposed project to refurbish and upgrade the pipe to transport treated sewage from Bay Park to Cedar Creek. more

By Mike Smollins and Julie Mansmann | 6/15/17

Police: Woman killed crossing Sunrise Highway

A 53-year- old, unidentified woman was crossing Sunrise Highway at the intersection of S. Main Street on Wednesday at 10:15 p.m. in Freeport when a car struck her. Nassau County police said, a 1990 … more

By Nadya Nataly | 6/15/17

Construction was scheduled to begin on Sunrise Highway in Lynbrook on April 16 and continue through April 20. Crews will document the condition of the steel, rivets, joints, connections and valve chambers of the aqueduct that runs underneath the road.

Sunrise Highway aqueduct study moves forward

Nassau County officials remain optimistic that a 110-year-old aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway can transport treated sewage from the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility in Bay Park to … more

By Julie Mansmann and Mike Smollins | 4/21/17

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