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Weisenberg secures funding for bays study
In an effort to continue environmental studies of the polluted Western Bays, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach) advocated for and successfully secured $300,000 in funding under the … more
Time to get out and enjoy the sunshine
Spring, which seems to have been teasing us since last December, has finally arrived. more
Some 270 volunteers removed 32,000 pounds of garbage from the wetlands south of East Rockaway last Saturday. Operation SPLASH, a Freeport-based environmental group, sponsored the cleanup.
Volunteers make a ‘SPLASH’ in the wetlands
Some 270 volunteers grabbed rubber gloves and oversized garbage bags and headed by boat last Saturday to the archipelago of tiny islands and mudflats south of Bay County Park in East Rockaway to clean up more than 18 tons of rubber tires, Styrofoam buoys, aluminum cans and plastic bottles trapped amid the reeds and rushes. more
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Scott Bochner and his fellow volunteers collected debris by hand during a Reynolds Channel marsh cleanup in May and brought it to a sanitation facility in Long Beach.
Long Beach Person of the Year
Every day, West Pine Street resident Scott Bochner, 55, steps out onto his balcony and takes in the view of Reynolds Channel across from his home. Whether in the morning, before work, or in the … more
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The cce gave Long Beach a D and said that the plant had 78 violations.
Long Beach sewage treatment plant gets a ‘D’
The Long Beach Water Pollution Control Facility received a grade of D from the nonprofit advocacy organization Citizens Campaign for the Environment, which released its first Long Island Sewage … more
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A sewer treatment plants notification system is now in place, allowing residents who register to receive information on plant spills, including any at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant.
System to inform residents of spills
Nassau County officials, including Legislator Denise Ford (R-Long Beach), announced Tuesday the creation of a new email system to notify residents about incidents at the county’s sewer treatment … more
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Oyster Festival offers fun for everyone
That Long Island tradition known as the Oyster Festival takes over Oyster Bay this weekend with many thousands ready to take part in fun and games, and, of course, oysters. more
What's happening on Long Island this weekend
Exhibits and more... Burton Silverman: The Humanist SpiritA exhibit showcasing the works of contemporary artist Burton Silverman, who demonstrates the continuing power of the realist tradition in … more
officials said that Beach Patrol Headquarters will be repositioned sometime this week.
Beach Patrol Headquarters to be repositioned
Beach Patrol Headquarters, which was lifted off its foundation and slammed into the boardwalk at National Boulevard during Hurricane Irene, will be repositioned sometime this week, city officials … more
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Don Harris, vice president of the nonprofit environmental group Operation SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering And Save Harbors), stood beside a boom used to collect trash from Freeport Creek. The organization’s core mission is cleaning up South Shore wetlands and bays.
Making a SPLASH across the South Shore
Diesel exhaust from nearby boatyards suffused the air as Don Harris cruised north in a 27-foot Carolina skiff up Freeport Creek, past a pair of mute swans that he calls Chip and Ophelia, the towering smokestacks of Freeport Power Plant No. 2, a Town of Hempstead dredging barge and hundreds of boats, many sleek and modern, others abandoned, rotting hulks sinking into the murky water. more
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