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Partly Cloudy Audit blames NYAW for high bills
A lack of communication coupled with a longer-than-average billing period contributed to the shock that New York American Water customers had when they opened their bills last year, according to an audit that the state Public Service Commission accepted on July 11.
New bill could combat rising food allergy concerns countywide
Legislator Josh Lafazan, an Independent from Woodbury, introduced a new bill Monday aimed at making dining across Nassau County a safer experience for those affected by food allergies. The …
Residents react to state’s new Green Light Bill
Undocumented immigrants can now drive
Ever since Nelson Melgar came to Glen Cove from Honduras as a 13-year-old undocumented immigrant, he has worked to assimilate into American society, and to help others like him. As an active member …
Commercial beach raking coming to Sea Cliff soon
As part of an inter-municipal agreement with the Town of Oyster Bay, Sea Cliff residents will soon have a cleaner, more manicured beach to play on. Last week, the municipalities approved resolutions …
43rd Around Long Island Regatta to sail into Sea Cliff soon
Next weekend, teams of sailors will race into Hempstead Harbor to the finish line of the 43rd annual Around Long Island Regatta. The three-day-long race, sponsored by the Sea Cliff Yacht Club, is …
9/11 responder from Glen Head is seeking pension parity
Many images continue to haunt civilian 9/11 responder Timothy DeMeo. He saw close to 100 people engulfed in flames jump from the twin towers, he said — images that are still among his nightmares. …
Local artist restoring mural in Sea Cliff Village Hall
Mark Fay has long had a penchant for painting murals. He even said it runs in his blood. His grandfather, Charles Gulbrandsen, was an apprentice in the early 1900s on the original mural that adorns …
Listen to Sea Cliff’s sounds of the summer
As concert season comes into full swing all across Long Island, the scenery of North Shore communities intertwines with the artistry of resident-musicians, giving concertgoers a slice of the local …
Liver transplant center is ‘a godsend’
George Conte reached the very high end of the Medical End-Stage Liver Disease scale last summer. The low end of the range is 6 — mild liver disease — and the upper end is 40 — near …
New York poised to take the lead on climate change
With passage in both houses of the State Legislature, and a promise last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law, New York state is poised to …
Portions of Route 107 to close for utility work
Portions of Route 107, a state road that stretches from Glen Cove to Jericho, will be closed for utility work by PSEG Long Island from July 14 to Aug. 30. The closures will make way for workers to …
Storage facility proposed for Halm property
South Carolina-based real estate developer Johnson Development Associates, Inc., has purchased a portion of a five-acre property on Glen Head Road to develop a 102,000 square-foot storage facility. …
Editorial
Let undocumented immigrants drive legally
Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed the aptly named Green Light Law, which will allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. This isn’t a new law. If anything, it takes New York back to the more trusting years before Sept. 11, 2001.
Scott Brinton
The gritty beauty of the organic farm
I remember hiking in 90-degree heat on a dusty but paved road, past fields of fruit trees and vegetable plants. Suddenly, my father-in-law pointed and said in Bulgarian that we should turn into a thicket.
Randi Kreiss
Buggy brilliance lights up the summer sky
We’re in the warm clutch of summer, when fireflies begin their dance through the deep velvet nights of June and early July. Summer in our villages and towns has to be held close and breathed in . . .
Alfonse D'Amato
Dems veer hard left, headed for a cliff
Watching the Democratic debate marathon(s) two weeks ago drove home to me just how far to the political left the Democratic Party has veered. If it keeps this up . . .