While the Town of Hempstead’s South Shore is widely known for pristine, sandy beaches and waterways teeming with oceanic wildlife, there is another facet of the township’s local environment — the wetlands found at the town’s Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside.
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2/11/21
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No doubt, understanding the coronavirus takes work. We hear a seemingly endless stream of arcane reports emanating from an alphabet soup of acronym-laden government agencies . . .
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11/5/20
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The aisles are wide, the lighting is bright and freshness abounds with the grand opening of the new 67,000-square-foot Stop & Shop supermarket at 253-01 Rockaway Blvd., in the Five Towns Shopping Center on Oct. 30, and listed as the Woodmere store by Stop & Shop officials.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/30/20
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Dozens of local residents and animal rights activists have denounced the recent removal by a federal agency of 86 Canada geese from Milburn Pond Park in …
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By Bridget Downes
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9/17/20
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An unknown person or persons duct-taped fireworks to the chest of a Canada Goose at Silver Lake Park in Baldwin last month.
Photos of the goose circulated on Facebook, and a People for the …
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8/14/20
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After closing for many months because of coronavirus restrictions, the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area reopened this week as part of Phase Four.
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By Mike Smollins
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7/10/20
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On the sunny fall morning of Oct. 23, more than 40 fifth grade students took part in a special event called “A Day in Nature for Mental Health.”
Joined by a handful of teachers and …
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11/7/19
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Seven years after it was severely damaged in Hurricane Sandy, design plans for the revitalization of the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area are underway.
Oceanside’s MNSA is a 52-acre nature preserve devoted to environmental education and natural history.
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By Mike Smollins
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11/7/19
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Climate change skeptics are often urged by climate change believers to “follow the science” when it comes to whether our climate is changing. That’s a fair proposition, but . . .
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10/18/19
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In a little-reported but major milestone, the United States recently became the No. 1 oil producer in the world. Despite the usual outcries of naysayers and enviro-alarmists . . .
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8/9/19
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