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Jack Schnirman with a $4,300 bill sent to the county for the fountain behind him.

County looks to plug leaks amid backlash over New York American Water rate hikes

In the Lakeview Peace Garden, water trickles down a fountain into the ground, where it is recycled back up to the fountain. For years, Nassau County paid $50 a month to keep that water running — … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 9/6/18

The trio offers up plenty of strumming and and drumming during their lively upbeat concert.

Ready with some tunes

Strummin' and Drummin' brings their funky vibe to Planting Fields State Park. more

8/30/18

Nellie Bly: She came, she wrote, she conquered

Newspaper writer Erasmus Wilson was, no doubt, an über-male chauvinist. In an 1885 Pittsburgh Dispatch column, he joked that American families should kill their baby girls, as was common in China then. more

8/24/18

After state deal, water rate questions remain

Finally, enough residents got together to complain about New York American Water, and their unreasonably high water bills, and didn’t let up until they caught the state’s attention. more

8/23/18

At a meeting about the New York American Water rate hikes, Baldwin resident Jack McCloy Jr. showed that his water bill is more than $100, but his mother, who lives in South Huntington, is paying only about $8.

New York American Water under fire for rate hikes

Even though New York American Water’s conservation rates were designed to reward customers for limiting water use, the utility’s deputy chief operating officer, Bill Varley, acknowledged at a … more

By Melissa Koenig | 8/14/18

We must protect our drinking water

We all worry about drinking water — homeowners and business people alike — and why shouldn’t we? Flint, Mich., has become the poster city for water contamination . . . more

By Hilary Baum | 7/21/18

Take time to give the gift of life

Some 4.5 million Americans would die each year without blood transfusions, according to Brookhaven National Laboratory, in Suffolk County. That is why donating blood is critical. more

7/21/18

A new playbook for American diplomacy

President Trump’s travels last week stirred the diplomatic world on two fronts. First, he stopped in Canada for the G-7 leaders’ conference, and held firm in his insistence . . . more

6/21/18

Staying safe when the summer heats up

Summer is finally here. It should be a time of joy, spent barbecuing in the backyard and hanging out at the beach. Too often, however, summer turns tragic when it needn’t. The American Red Cross offers the following guidelines . . . more

6/21/18

Silvia Finkelstein, director of immigrant affairs for the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, talked about the rising fear of law enforcement among immigrants at a conference in Oceanside earlier this year.

TPS termination erodes immigrants’ trust

Elise Damas, director of the Pathway to Citizenship Long Island Program at the Central American Refugee Center in Hempstead, says she is really worried about the possible end to the Temporary Protected Status program for El Salvadorans, Hondurans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans because it could lead to a rise in crime. more

By Ronny Reyes | 4/12/18

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