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Q: I’m desk-bound for at least 8 hours a day, which can be grueling on my back, neck, and shoulders. Is there anything I can be doing to help counteract this?

A: Work life, for many of us, involves being parked and inactive behind a desk half of our waking day. In fact, millions of Americans suffer from back pain due to an overly sedentary lifestyle. Our … more

Brian Semonian, Blink Fitness Personal Training Director | 2/10/15

Q: What can I do to make sure I stick to my New Year’s weight loss resolutions?

A: Come New Year’s, everyone is looking to focus on weight loss, but it’s important to also think about how regular fitness is going to make you feel year-round. I know how difficult it … more

Brian Semonian, Blink Fitness Personal Training Director | 1/12/15

A video on Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows images of a liquefied natural gas transport ship. Such ships, capable of carrying tens of millions of gallons of LNG, would dock 16.1 nautical miles from Jones Beach if Liberty acquires government approvals to build Port Ambrose.

U.S. releases draft Port Ambrose impact report

Groups opposed to Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Jones Beach, are fuming at the U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard’s decisions to release a 1,800-page environmental impact report shortly before the December holidays and schedule public meetings in early January. more

By Brian Racow | 12/23/14

Among the Nassau County organizers of the People’s Climate March on Sept. 21 in New York City are, clockwise, from left, Matt Hynes, Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, Mike Turi, Dan Lamparter, Blake Brown and Bob Young.

The people taking it to the streets against climate change

Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat from Baldwin who represents part of Merrick, and Bob Young, an environmental activist from Merrick, are among the local organizers preparing for the People’s Climate March on Sunday, Sept. 21, starting at 11:30 a.m. at Columbus Circle in Manhattan. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/18/14

A computer rendering of what the Port Ambrose liquefied natural gas terminal would look like.

State questions future for LNG

The company that wants to build a liquefied natural gas import terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 19 miles southeast of Jones Beach, Liberty Natural Gas, LLC, says the terminal would provide the greater New York City region with a new source of “competitively priced” natural gas. But New York State’s Energy Planning Board doesn’t see much of a future for liquefied natural gas, or LNG, imports in the United States. In fact, they are already waning, according to the board’s recently published 2014 Draft New York State Energy Plan. more

By Brian Racow | 2/12/14

Heather Leibowitz, right, was recently named director of Environment New York, a statewide nonprofit organization. Above, Leibowitz with her mother, Judy, at her graduation from Pace Law School.

Kennedy graduate is a 'natural' do-gooder

At 15, Merrick native Heather Leibowitz lit out for Ute Mountain in Colorado. She went to study Hopi Indian culture and to dig for relics in a pit at the foot of the mountain, which is surrounded by an expanse of dusty, brush-covered plains. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/29/14

We need an outflow pipe to the ocean

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

Abandon our coast? Heaven — and HUD — forbid

The clarion call has grown louder since Superstorm Sandy: We must beat a “managed” retreat from the coast, or face certain peril as global warming takes hold and sea levels rise. more

1/9/14

Mayor Ed Fare hung bat houses that Girl Scout Troop 2029 made for the park.

Valley Stream is named a Tree City

In recognition of the tens of thousands of well-tended trees in its parks, along its streets and in its residents’ yards, Valley Stream has been named a Tree City. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 5/1/13

It's long past time for action at the Bay Park plant

The effort to rebuild our communities after Hurricane Sandy’s devastation has not been without a sense of urgency, especially when it comes to reconstructing homes and critical infrastructure “stronger, smarter and safer.” more

1/31/13

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