Diesel exhaust from nearby boatyards suffused the air as Don Harris cruised north in a 27-foot Carolina skiff up Freeport Creek, past a pair of mute swans that he calls Chip and Ophelia, the towering smokestacks of Freeport Power Plant No. 2, a Town of Hempstead dredging barge and hundreds of boats, many sleek and modern, others abandoned, rotting hulks sinking into the murky water.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/23/11
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Researchers at Stony Brook University have confirmed what many Long Islanders say they already know: the Western Bays are polluted.
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Anthony Rifilato
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3/1/11
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Q. I want to change my home heating system to something that uses biomass, to save money and energy, but I’m not sure it would be allowed in this area. I’d want to burn wood chips, animal pellets or corn.
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Monte Leeper
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6/14/10
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