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Plane noise and NextGen: what you need to know

The plane noise plaguing parts of Queens and Nassau counties was the focus of discussion last week at a citizen advocacy meeting to explain NextGen, a satellite GPS technology that the Federal Aviation Administration says has resulted in $1.6 billion in benefits to airlines and travelers by allowing planes to fly more frequently and closer together, take more direct routes and save time and fuel. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 10/25/16

Elmont Library to unveil World Trade Center beam

This Sept. 11 will take a special place in the hearts of Elmont residents, as the Elmont Memorial Library unveils a beam that was recovered from the wreckage of the north tower of the World Trade … more

By Steve Smirti | 9/7/16

During the four-day Long summer sidewalk sale, the streets along Central Avenue will be humming with shoppers hunting for bargains.

Creating sizzle in the summer

The Cedarhurst Business Improvement District’s Summer Sidewalk Sale is a revenue generator that attracts upward of 10,000 people to the village over four days, and organizers hope that in its 28th year, it will once again be a shopping and commercial bonanza for patrons and merchants alike. more

7/13/16

Peninsula Public Library in Lawrence hosted the children’s literacy program “Paws to Read.”

Reading aloud to a child’s best friend

A literacy program, “Paws to Read,” has children, who are cardholders of the Peninsula Public Library in Lawrence from grades pre-kindergarten to eighth grade, reading aloud to a specially-trained dog named Wilson to improve their skills and build self-esteem. more

By Vanessa Parker | 3/16/16

Christie? Trump? Cruz? I hit mute, or change the channel.

I believe that the television remote control is one of mankind’s greatest inventions since the electric light bulb. It is the only instrument I know of . . . more

7/8/15

Dave Denenberg, a former Nassau County legislator from Merrick, offered public apologies after his sentencing for mail fraud on June 5 at the U.S. Courthouse in Central Islip. He will spend three months in jail and three months under house arrest.

Denenberg gets 90-day sentence

A federal judge last Friday sentenced Dave Denenberg, the former Nassau County legislator who pleaded guilty to cheating a law client out of $2.3 million and resigned from office earlier this year, to three months in jail and three months of house arrest. more

By Brian Racow | 6/5/15

North Woodmere residents say that noise from planes taking off from and arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport is disrupting their lives. Resident Alex Libkind created the website savenorthwoodmere.com in protest.

Plane noise rattling North Woodmere

The evenings are the worst, according to residents like Alex Libkind, who say that airplane noise is reducing the quality of life in North Woodmere. more

By Vanessa Parker | 4/22/15

State Assemblyman Ed Ra stressed the importance of educating the public about the Part 150 Study.

Waiting for the technical advisory committee

It’s been over five months since the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that Environmental Sciences Associates was awarded an $8 million contract to conduct a Federal Part 150 study to study aircraft noise patterns and evaluate the potential to reduce noise exposure in the vicinity of John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports. That’s a fact. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 4/15/15

Plane noise concerns continue to grow, yet only four representatives of Nassau County have been appointed to a 64-member round table created to address the issue.

Nassau under-represented at plane noise round table

Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo mandated the creation of the New York Airports Community Roundtable, to address airplane noise in communities surrounding John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports, there have been no decisions on the group’s size, membership or procedures more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 3/11/15

A video on Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows images of a liquefied natural gas transport ship. Such ships, capable of carrying tens of millions of gallons of LNG, would dock 16.1 nautical miles from Jones Beach if Liberty acquires government approvals to build Port Ambrose.

U.S. releases draft Port Ambrose impact report

Groups opposed to Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Jones Beach, are fuming at the U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard’s decisions to release a 1,800-page environmental impact report shortly before the December holidays and schedule public meetings in early January. more

By Brian Racow | 12/23/14

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