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Members of the Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Task Force toured the forests behind the Brookside School in North Merrick on Monday. They were, from left, Kyle Strober, County Legislators David Denenberg and Norma Gonsalves, Brian Schneider and Richard Schary.
Hike reveals woodlands vandalism
North Bellmore environmental activist Richard Schary was hurrying through the woods behind the Brookside School in North Merrick on Monday morning, dashing from tree to tree in search of graffiti. He had little trouble finding it. Vandals had spray-painted dozens of oak and maple trees along a well-worn path through the forest. more
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State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr.
Legislator wants autism treatments covered
State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, has introduced legislation to ensure that people with autism receive insurance coverage for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. more
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The Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Taskforce discussed plans for an upcoming “Envirothon” at a meeting on Monday. The group is headed by Legislator Norma Gonsalves, at head of table, and Legislator David Denenberg, at right. At the Envirothon, the task force will announce a plan to allow fishing at Mullener Pond in North Merrick, where it has been prohibited. Clockwise from left were Brian Foley, deputy regional director, New York State Department of Parks; Gonsalves; Donald Hohn, planner, county Planning Commission; Heidi O’Riordan, aquatic biologist, state Department of Environmental Conservation; Brian Schneider, hydrogeologist, county Department of Public Works; and Denenberg.
State eyes fishing at Mullener Pond
Shaped like a footprint, Mullener Pond abuts the Meadowbrook Parkway amid a stand of oaks and maples just south of Jerusalem Avenue in North Merrick. It is a quiet place, hemmed in by a six-foot … more
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Howard Sobel, Oceanside past president of the School Board
The lever is back
Assemblyman Brian Curran (Lynbrook – 14th A.D.) co-sponsored Assembly Bill 3093, which allows villages that administer their own elections to use lever voting machines in those elections if they so choose. more
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The County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 to bring necessary equipment and services to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, above.
Millions earmarked to stop bay discharge
The Nassau County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 for new equipment and upgrades at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, in an effort to end months of illegal sewage discharge into Reynolds Channel, which many residents and local officials have called a serious environmental health hazard. more
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At the North Merrick firehouse, Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg denounced a proposal by County Executive Ed Mangano to impose a water fee on previously exempt organizations such as fire departments and school districts.
Legislator: ‘Toilet tax’ could cost taxpayers
When firefighters wash down their trucks after making on a run, they may have to pay a fee on that water. Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, a Republican from Bethpage, has proposed a water use fee in the county’s 2011 budget. At a news conference in front of the North Merrick firehouse on Friday, Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg said the fee is really a tax. more
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Hempstead Town bans cell towers near homes
At a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday morning, the Town of Hempstead passed legislation that regulates where cell antennas and other wireless telecommunications equipment may be placed within the township. more
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Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg stands at the lectern next to Brian Browne, left, the government relations director for St. John's University, and Tom Adler, right, a Nassau County resident with a daughter now in college. Denenberg took the website Ultrinsic Motivator, Inc. to task for allowing college students 'to wager' on their own grades.
Website gives new meaning to high-stakes testing
Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg slammed the website Ultrinsic Motivator, Inc. during a Sept. 8 news conference for offering college students the chance "to wager" on their own grades. more
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School officials unsure about aid
Sen. Charles Schumer's office has estimated that if school funding provided by new federal legislation were to be distributed equally in accordance with Governor Paterson's suggested aid-reduction strategy, Hewlett-Woodmere could receive as much as $307,000. However, the state has yet to release the actual funding formula — meaning that the estimate, for now, is just that. Both the Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence school districts are unsure of how, exactly, the legislation will affect them. more
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Good news for school budgets?
As local school districts grapple with a sour economy, ever-increasing costs and reductions in state aid, there was some good news on Tuesday, when the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing legislation that will provide more Medicaid funding to the states. more
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