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Herald Editor Andrew Hackmack, left, intern Brian Stieglitz, center, and Senior Editor Scott Brinton recently cycled from Cedar Creek Park, in Seaford, to Tobay Beach Park, in Massapequa, to check out New York state’s new 3.6-mile, $3.8 million bicycle path on the Ocean Parkway.

I had been pedaling for an hour and a half when I stopped cold. The view, quite simply, stunned me. It was 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 22, and I was three-quarters of the way through a bike ride up and down the asphalt path that runs along the Wantagh and Ocean parkways, from Nassau County’s Cedar Creek Park, in Seaford, to the Town of Oyster Bay’s Tobay Beach Park, in Massapequa. The entire ride, from Cedar Creek to Tobay Beach and back, was 17.6 miles. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/29/14

This chart shows George E. Sansoucy, P.E., LLC’s forecast of the cost to operate New York American Water Company, Inc. and two theoretical municipal water authorities through 2044. Sansoucy predicted that municipal water would be more costly in either scenario.

Water authority releases study

In 2010, people in Merrick, Bellmore, Wantagh and Seaford paid nearly five times more for tap water than people in East Meadow, Levittown, Lido Beach and Uniondale, according to an engineering firm working for the Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County. The first four communities got their water from the company Long Island American Water. The second four got theirs from the Town of Hempstead ... more

By Brian Racow | 8/27/14

Emergency responders from the Nassau County Police and Seaford Fire departments responded to an accident on the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway on Aug. 26 in which the driver allegedly drove drunk with her two children in the car.

Police: Woman drove drunk with kids in Seaford

Nassau County Police say that a Manhattan woman drove drunk with her two children in the car while in Seaford earlier this week. more

8/27/14

Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, fourth from right, front, led a July 16 protest at the Merrick water tower to call for the release of a draft study of a proposed public takeover of Long Island American Water. To Denenberg’s left was County Legislator Laura Curran. About 30 local residents joined them.

Legislators, activists demand water study’s release

An engineer has completed a draft study on the feasibility of a public takeover of Long Island American Water, the water utility company that services the area, but the public has yet to see the document. more

By Brian Racow | 7/24/14

Oceanside in talks with O.B. schools chief

It did not take long for the word to spread at the April 16 Oceanside Board of Education meeting that the district was negotiating with the superintendent of the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central … more

Howard Schwach | 4/29/13

Rockville Centre doctor pleads guilty to fraud

An orthopedist based in Rockville Centre pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to the alleged fraud scheme in which Long Island Rail Road workers falsely claimed to be disabled upon retirement, … more

By Aaron Axelson | 1/18/13

Politicians, boating experts talk water safety

State senators and assemblymen representing Long Island are looking to adopt new boating laws to create safer waterways and establish uniform rules in cooperation with neighboring states. At a public hearing in Oyster Bay on Aug. 8, concerned citizens offered legislators suggestions on what kind of bill ought to be written. more

By Shannon Koehle | 8/17/12

East Meadowite Yesenia Vasquez was honored by the Oyster Bay Historical Society on July 10.

Local awarded for historical preservation, education

Yesenia Vasquez has a substantial track record of exploring the past. Her travels have taken her to landmarks in Central America and Europe, in addition to those here on Long Island. more

By: Joe Diglio | 7/27/12

Harlie Treanor, 11, died in a tragic Oyster Bay boat accident on July Fourth.

Locals remember a young life cut short

One of the three children who died in the tragic Oyster Bay boat accident on July Fourth was 11-year-old Harlie Treanor, who had moved with her family from East Meadow to Huntington Station just weeks earlier. more

By Shannon Koehle | 7/27/12

Towns offer $75K in grant money to water authority

With new funds in place, the Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County will continue to explore a public takeover of Aqua New York. The Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay recently contributed a total of $75,000 to the authority, which was in addition to the $15,000 in seed money that the towns originally contributed when the authority was reinstituted in late 2010. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 1/19/12

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