In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy — which crippled the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant with a nine-foot tidal surge — environmental groups are supporting the privatization of the plant and urging that critical upgrades be made.
more
By Brian Croce
|
1/3/13
|
A crowd of concerned residents overflowed into the halls around the East Rockaway Village Hall courtroom on Dec. 12 at a standing-room-only community meeting hosted by State Assemblyman Brian …
more
By Mary Malloy
|
12/19/12
|
The Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant is back to being fully operational, according to Nassau County Department of Public Works spokesman Mike Martino, after being severely damaged from Hurricane …
more
By Brian Croce and Mary Malloy
bcroce@liherald.com and mmalloy@liherald.com
|
12/6/12
|
A state of emergency has been declared for certain homes in East Rockaway and Baldwin, according to Nassau County Health Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein, to help eliminate threats to public …
more
By Mary Malloy
|
11/15/12
|
Weather forecasters are often criticized for being wrong. With Hurricane Sandy, we wish they had been.
more
11/15/12
|
Two days after Hurricane Sandy barreled through the area, walking down West Boulevard in Bay Park was truly like walking in a war zone. Some residents were putting almost everything they owned on …
more
By Mary Malloy
|
11/7/12
|
Very few people escaped the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, as the unprecedented storm left a path of destruction in her wake, causing floods, fires, downed trees and massive power outages — damage on a scale that many people said they had never seen in a lifetime of living on Long Island.
more
By Mary Malloy and Brian Croce
|
11/1/12
|
Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano this evening issued a Conserve Water Order as Hurricane Sandy has caused a critical infrastructure failure at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant. At this …
more
10/30/12
|
A major study, now under way, will explore new methods of discharging treated wastewater from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, according to Nassau …
more
By Mary Malloy
|
10/4/12
|
As you may have noticed, the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald has added a small tag — with big meaning — to the front of our newspaper. The tag reads, “Also serving Bay Park.”
What isn’t …
more
By Mary Malloy
|
7/25/12
|