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To the Editor: This month I received a four-page pamphlet in the mail from the county entitled “Nassau County News Network.” The first page is a letter from County Executive Ed Mangano. He … more

1/19/11

The Nassau County Department of Public Works continues to truck raw sewage through Merrick.

County continues to truck sewage through Merrick

Trucking of raw sewage from Nassau County’s Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway to a pumping station on Merrick Road in Merrick is continuing as the county works to fix mechanical problems at the Bay Park plant, said Bill Fonda, a state Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman, in an interview on Thursday. more

David Weingrad | 1/6/11

Rockville Centre village board takes action

At the final Rockville Centre village board meeting of 2010 on Dec. 13, trustees gathered to approve action items, bids and update the community on the status of the Front Street parking lot that since October, has required a $4 daily use fee. more

Tom Steinert | 12/21/10

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said on Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency is releasing $11 million to repair the aging Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway, among other projects.

Schumer: EPA releasing $11M in sewer-repair funds

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced on Dec. 21 that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to release $11 million in grant money awarded to Nassau County in the mid-1980s as a reimbursement for $20 million in upgrade work done at the Bay Park and Cedar Creek sewage treatment plants at the time. more

by Scott Brinton | 12/21/10

The Nassau County Department of Public Works is shipping raw sewage from the Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway to this pumping station on Merrick Road in Merrick. The sewage is then piped to the Cedar Creek treatment plant in Wantagh. The plan is a temporary fix for mechanical problems at Bay Park.

County trucking sewage across the South Shore

Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The Nassau County Department of Public Works is trucking up to 80,000 gallons of raw sewage each day from the Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway through Baldwin and Freeport to a red brick pumping station in Merrick. more

David Weingrad and Scott Brinton | 12/17/10

Now, not later, let’s repair Bay Park plant

Nassau County’s Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant has released untreated sewage into South Shore bays since March, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation... since March! more

12/16/10

Artist Omo Misha joined fellow members of the Harlem Arts Alliance in Lakeview last weekend for the second annual Arts & Gifts Weekend Festival.

Urban art comes to suburbia

It sits on Columbia Avenue in Lakeview, looking quite like a typical, quiet family home, embodying the very concept of suburban living. This, in part, is what made the house a perfect spot into which … more

By Lee Landor | 12/15/10

Demolition began two weeks ago on the building at the southeast corner of Rockaway Avenue and Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream, the former site of the adult store. It and other neighboring buildings are coming down to make way for a new apartment building, which will include stores on the first floor and 64 housing units above.

‘If you build it, they will come’?

Final part in the series “Plugging the Brain Drain.” “We don’t want to see our young people leave,” said Island Park Mayor Jim Ruzicka. “That’s our future.” Ruzicka and others … more

Alex Costello | 12/8/10

Rockville Centre emergency workers responded to reports of structural damage to the office building at 2 Lincoln Ave. on Nov. 23. It remains closed as village officials and engineers develop plans to shore up damaged support columns in the parking garage under the building.

A Rockville Centre landmark in peril

A 23-year-old building in Rockville Centre is showing signs of age. On the afternoon of Nov. 23, the white office building at 2 Lincoln Ave. was evacuated when Building Department officials determined that it could potentially fall down after a major column broke in its parking garage, directly under the building. more

Tom Steinert | 12/1/10

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, at lectern, recently announced the town's plans to ban smoking in all of its 100 parks. The town enacted the measure this week.

Hempstead Town votes to ban smoking in parks

The Town of Hempstead passed legislation this week banning smoking in its 100 parks, according to Supervisor Kate Murray. more

David Weingrad | 11/26/10

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