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Village of Freeport Mayor Andrew Hardwick announced this week that his administration is no longer considering plans to construct a $550 million waste-to-energy incinerator in the village, near the Merrick border.
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Scott Brinton
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6/30/10
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The South Merrick Community Civic Association announced this week that it would meet in the near future with Freeport Village activist Pat Rowen to discuss Freeport's possible construction of a …
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Scott Brinton
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6/13/10
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The question of how involved Freeport Mayor Andrew Hardwick has been in talks with the Chinese Zhondge Group to build a waste-to-energy incinerator in south Freeport has been a point of concern among local residents since news of the proposal broke last month.
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Scott Brinton
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5/13/10
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Part one of a two-part series.
Imagine building an incinerator next to a hospital nursery.
That, critics say, is about what the Village of Freeport would be doing if it were to build a $550 million waste-to-energy incinerator alongside a wetland in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. Plans for the facility appear in doubt (see related story, "What's up with Freeport's incinerator plans?"). But if eventually approved, the project could have serious consequences for the local environment and human health.
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Allie Wilkinson
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5/13/10
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A suspected serial burglar was arrested by Nassau police following a foot pursuit in East Meadow on Sunday night. According to detectives, First Precinct Officers responded to a …
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Mike Caputo
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5/3/10
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More than 100 residents of Freeport and neighboring communities like Merrick, Bellmore and Rockville Centre converged on Freeport Village Hall on Monday to protest Mayor Andrew Hardwick's reported proposal to build a $550 million waste-to-energy trash incinerator in south Freeport, near the Merrick border.
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Sari Zeidler and Scott Brinton
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4/6/10
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The president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Luis Lopez, of Lynbrook greeted Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos when they attended the Chamber’s meeting in Freeport. Many local business owners also attended.
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3/3/10
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tate Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. is offering a free H1N1 flu vaccination program on Wednesday, Jan. 20, in conjunction with the Nassau Health Care Corporation and Nassau County Department of Health.
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1/15/10
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Freeport resident Johnny Cerda was arrested yesterday by Nassau County police and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms this morning for allegedly conspiring to "obstruct, delay and …
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10/23/09
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On Sept. 1, David Solomon, a dentist with a practice in Oceanside, tended bar at E.B. Elliott's in Freeport to raise money for Familial Dysautonomia, a rare genetic disease that affects the autonomic and sensory nervous systems of children from birth. Children suffering from it are unable to feel pain, produce tears and are affected in every major system of the body, often causing sever respiratory, cardiac, orthopedic, digestive and vision problems.
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9/11/09
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