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The Island Park DPW working on street signs.

It was 90 degrees outside, but the “boys” from the Island Park Department of Public Works were out replacing and repairing street signs. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 9/16/15

Mangano, Dems pitch lobbying disclosure bills

The bills came just days after it was revealed publicly that federal prosecutors are investigating Dean Skelos, Republican majority leader of the State Senate, and his son, Adam, in connection with AbTech Industries, an Arizona company that hired the latter and received a $12 million storm-water treatment contract from Nassau County, even though another company submitted a lower bid. more

By Brian Racow | 4/29/15

Richard Hanke, on steamroller, flattens out some new asphalt on Webster Street last week.

Repairing the bumps in the road

Paul Jessup, superintendent of the Malverne Department of Public Works, starts the day with a regular routine. He arrives at work during the wee hours of the morning, and makes several pots of coffee. He opens the building and has an informal meeting with his staff to plot out the day’s game plan. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 4/1/15

Charles Lapp shoveled his driveways after a large snowstorm in January. Residents have shoveled out many times since.

No rest for the DPW

This winter has been keeping the Village of Rockville Center pretty busy. It seems like the snow just doesn’t end. So far, there has been a total of more than 31 inches, according to the National Weather Service. And every time the snow starts falling, the village DPW rolls out. more

By Alex Costello | 2/25/15

From Malverne’s Department of Public Works, Christian Stolba, Dave Terrizzi and Carl Guadagno, left to right, manage the Friday morning garbage pick-up with a smile and a great sense of comradery despite the weather.

When you work in the tundra

It was a day not fit for man or beast. Despite the relentless, Siberian conditions we’ve endured lately, Feb. 20 was one for the books. We woke up to a morning temperature of four degrees — with a real feel of -24 — and it didn’t get much better as the day progressed. Even the clear sky and bright sun barely managed to move the needle on the intensity of the cold, which froze fingertips within seconds of exposure. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 2/20/15

At a press conference on Feb. 12 at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, Shila Shah-Gavnoudias, commissioner of the county Department of Public Works; Jon Kaiman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s special advisor for Long Island storm recovery; Ed Mangano, the county executive; and Todd Kaminsky, a state assemblyman from Long Beach, announced that the state would provide $150 million to upgrade the Bay Park plant with a nitrogen-removal system.

State promises $150 million to better treat sewage

New York state has pledged to fund the installation of a $150 million nitrogen-removal system at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which will reduce the environmental harm of the sewage the plant discharges into Nassau County’s Western Bays, state and county officials said on Feb. 12. The officials, speaking at a Mineola news conference, also called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide $550 million more to build an outfall pipe to carry effluent from Bay Park into the Atlantic Ocean. more

By Brian Racow | 2/13/15

The cost of clearing the roads is rising

Getting rid of snow is an expensive proposition, and the price is rising. Cleaning the roads after a storm requires salt, sand, vehicles to spread them and then plow the snow, and manpower. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 2/11/15

For village, storms require concerted response

The distribution of labor and resources during a snowstorm is more complicated than it may appear, according to village officials, but they say it’s the experience of employees tasked with the … more

By Micah Danney mdanney@liherald.com | 2/4/15

County cancels activities, cautions of icy roads

All Monday afternoon activities at the Nassau County Aquatic Center and the ice rinks of Cantiague, Christopher Morley, and Grant parks have been canceled ... more

2/2/15

The roads are passable for those who absolutely need to get somewhere.

Mangano: Roads passable, but avoid unnecessary travel

More than 100 snow plows patrolled Nassau County’s roadways Monday night, rendering the roads passable for those who “need to get somewhere,” said Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. Still, he asked residents to avoid unnecessary driving and “exercise caution” if they venture out. more

By Brian Racow | 1/27/15

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