It won’t be long before the iconic film 'Jaws' turns 50 — a fact that’s just difficult to imagine.
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7/20/23
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Residents from several Nassau County communities protested the proposed $4 billion casino and entertainment resort to be built by Las Vegas Sands on the 72-acre Nassau Hub area.
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By Reine Bethany
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6/2/23
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People came to the Oyster Bay Brewing Company for a presentation by the Nature Conservancy on the current state of environmental efforts on Long Island. Updates were given on onging major …
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By Will Sheeline
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11/18/22
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With Long Island enduring an extended hot, dry stretch of weather, Liberty, which was formerly New York American Water, is asking residents to conserve water.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/8/22
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The tree planting program started in 2018 to remove and replace diseased Bradford Pear trees. Now, with most of the diseased trees gone, the Conservancy hopes to add to the over 200 new trees in has planted by offering six options to continue to keep the village beautiful. Last year alone, the group, partnered with Barbato Landscaping, planted 100 new trees.
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By Tom Carrozza
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3/3/22
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced plans to spend more than $1 million to clean up the highly contaminated Gulf Oil site in Oceanside.
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By Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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1/6/22
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Most members of the current generation have never heard of Sen. Robert Dole. His recent death, at age 98 . . .
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12/16/21
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Here we are, nine years after Superstorm Sandy pummeled Nassau County’s South and North Shores, still waiting for the federal and state governments to take meaningful action to harden our coastal infrastructure . . .
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9/30/21
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Your teenager sets aside his phone, his iPad, his computer, his tricked-out sneakers, her makeup palette, her micro shorts, his ratty T-shirt, her addiction to Instagram, his obsession with TikTok, and they leave home . . .
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9/23/21
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Plans to construct a wind farm in the ocean 15 miles south of Jones Beach will undoubtedly be met with opposition. The Long Island Commercial Fishing Association has already weighed in against the project . . .
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7/29/21
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