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Long Island Cares’ Freeport location struggles to keep up with increasing demand for food assistance amid rising inflation and fluctuating employment.
L.I. Cares sees surge in those needing help
In the wake of rising inflation and fluctuating employment, Long Island Cares, a nonprofit organization that provides emergency food and supplies, has seen a dramatic increase in the number of local … more
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The late Ernest Kight Jr. dedicated the majority of his life to Freeport High School and the Freeport School District.
County honors the late Ernest Kight Jr.
The Nassau County Legislature approved the renaming of Brookside Avenue outside Freeport High School, between Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road, as “Ernie Kight Way,” in honor of the late … more
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Our intersections are hazardous during storms
When Tropical Storm Isaias roared across Long Island on Aug. 4, it brought down more than a thousand trees in Nassau County, cutting off electricity to large areas, including sections of major thoroughfares like Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road . . . more
The Village of Freeport recently won a State Supreme Court case allowing it to sell a Sunrise Highway property to developers. A state Department of Transportation yard is now located on the property, but will likely be moved. It was unclear at press time whether the state would appeal the court’s decision.
Freeport wins right to sell NYSDOT yard
The Village of Freeport recently won a State Supreme Court lawsuit against the State Department of Transportation that will allow developers to construct apartments and retail spaces at the DOT yard … more
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The Art Deco building at Plaza West, between Sunrise Highway and the Long Island Rail Road, has been sold to Atlantic Auto Group, which is expected to transform the property into a Lexus dealership.
Plaza West to become Lexus dealer
The Freeport Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-1 on May 30 to grant land use and parking variances for Plaza West, a vacant, six-story art deco building on Sunrise Highway in central Freeport, to Atlantic Auto Group. more
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At a meeting at Operation SPLASH headquarters in Freeport on June 26, a panel offered an update on the study of the aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway. Members of the panel included Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, left; Brian Schneider, assistant to the deputy commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Public Works; Rob Walker, Nassau County deputy executive; Mike Martino, Suez community affairs director and Alan Weyland, Suez director of operations.
Sunrise Highway aqueduct deemed ‘viable host’
County officials announced last week that they are accepting design proposals from engineering firms after a three-month study confirmed that a 110-year-old aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway is a “viable host pipe” to transport treated sewage from the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility in Bay Park to the ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant on the Wantagh-Seaford border. more
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Police: Woman killed crossing Sunrise Highway
A 53-year- old, unidentified woman was crossing Sunrise Highway at the intersection of S. Main Street on Wednesday at 10:15 p.m. in Freeport when a car struck her. Nassau County police said, a 1990 … more
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The county will continue its inspection of an aqueduct under the Sunrise highway on Sunday, to determine if the 110-year-old pipeline can be used to transport wastewater from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant to the Cedar Creek outfall pipe.
Pipe study to close parts of Sunrise Highway from Bellmore to Lynbrook
The county will continue its inspection of an aqueduct under the Sunrise highway on Sunday, to determine if the 110-year-old pipeline can be used to transport wastewater from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant to the Cedar Creek outfall pipe. more
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Nassau County has sent treated sewage into Reynolds Channel and the Western Bays since the late 1940s. A new county plan to divert the effluent to an ocean outfall pipe would end the practice, which would improve water quality in the bays, environmental experts say. Above, a view of the bays from the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick. Photo by Scott Brinton/Herald
County's pipe dream moving forward
Nassau County is looking to divert tens of millions of gallons of treated sewage from the Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway to the ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek plant on the … more
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Merokean indicted in fatal hit-and-run
A Merrick woman was arraigned on Tuesday on a six-count indictment related to a Fourth of July fatal hit-and-run on Sunrise Highway in which the defendant was allegedly driving while intoxicated, as … more
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