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Mangano, Venditto corruption trial pushed back to March

A federal judge has pushed the trial of outgoing Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto back to March, after a request from Venditto. more

By Erik Hawkins | 12/6/17

Malvernite and marathoner Peter Hawkins at the wide-open entrance to Tobay Beach from the Jones Beach bike trail. Before last week, a turnstile and locked gate blocked the entrance, preventing disabled access to the beach.

Scoring a victory for the disabled

In 2014, when the bike path that runs along the Wantagh Parkway was extended to Tobay Beach, many hailed its arrival as a safe, scenic trail for anyone who wanted to walk, run, cycle or skateboard. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 6/22/17

A forest of political signs, posted on private property, all but obscures a Southern State Parkway entrance sign in Valley Stream.

Here come the political signs

If you’ve driven down just about any street in the Town of Hempstead in the past three weeks or so, you’ve no doubt noticed the election signs springing up on public, private and abandoned property — virtually everywhere. Meacham Avenue in Elmont, which drivers use to get from Hempstead Turnpike to the Southern State Parkway, has more than a dozen signs measuring more than three feet across, turning this popular roadway into a makeshift Times Square for election campaigning. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 10/7/15

Herald Editor Andrew Hackmack, left, intern Brian Stieglitz, center, and Senior Editor Scott Brinton recently cycled from Cedar Creek Park, in Seaford, to Tobay Beach Park, in Massapequa, to check out New York state’s new 3.6-mile, $3.8 million bicycle path on the Ocean Parkway.

Video: Biking the Ocean Parkway

I had been pedaling for an hour and a half when I stopped cold. The view, quite simply, stunned me. It was 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 22, and I was three-quarters of the way through a bike ride up and down the asphalt path that runs along the Wantagh and Ocean parkways, from Nassau County’s Cedar Creek Park, in Seaford, to the Town of Oyster Bay’s Tobay Beach Park, in Massapequa. The entire ride, from Cedar Creek to Tobay Beach and back, was 17.6 miles. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/29/14

This chart shows George E. Sansoucy, P.E., LLC’s forecast of the cost to operate New York American Water Company, Inc. and two theoretical municipal water authorities through 2044. Sansoucy predicted that municipal water would be more costly in either scenario.

Water authority releases study

In 2010, people in Merrick, Bellmore, Wantagh and Seaford paid nearly five times more for tap water than people in East Meadow, Levittown, Lido Beach and Uniondale, according to an engineering firm working for the Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County. The first four communities got their water from the company Long Island American Water. The second four got theirs from the Town of Hempstead ... more

By Brian Racow | 8/27/14

Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, fourth from right, front, led a July 16 protest at the Merrick water tower to call for the release of a draft study of a proposed public takeover of Long Island American Water. To Denenberg’s left was County Legislator Laura Curran. About 30 local residents joined them.

Legislators, activists demand water study’s release

An engineer has completed a draft study on the feasibility of a public takeover of Long Island American Water, the water utility company that services the area, but the public has yet to see the document. more

By Brian Racow | 7/24/14

Towns offer $75K in grant money to water authority

With new funds in place, the Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County will continue to explore a public takeover of Aqua New York. The Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay recently contributed a total of $75,000 to the authority, which was in addition to the $15,000 in seed money that the towns originally contributed when the authority was reinstituted in late 2010. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 1/19/12

The Southeastern Nassau County Water Authority has begun a series of meetings to explore the possible public takeover of Aqua New York. Above, Aqua New York's Merrick headquarters, which were recently closed.

Water authority slowly establishes itself

Slowly but surely, the Southeastern Nassau County Water Authority is taking steps to investigate the feasibility of creating a public water district for the Bellmore-Merrick area and beyond. The recently reinstated board convened for the second time at a public meeting on Wednesday. more

By Deirdre Krasula | 2/11/11

The Town of Hempstead has teamed up with the Town of Oyster Bay in calling for a special authority to explore the possibility of a public takeover of Aqua America, Inc. in southeastern Nassau County. Above, Aqua workers repair a water main on Merrick Road in Merrick, outside Pastrami King, on Monday.

Hempstead, Oyster Bay seek new water authority

Following county Legislator Dave Denenberg's recent call for the creation of a public water district for southeastern Nassau, Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray said on Monday that Hempstead and the Town of Oyster Bay had appointed a task force to pursue the reactivation of the dormant Southeastern Nassau County Water Authority, with the goal of reducing water rates for local residents. more

Deirdre Krasula | 1/11/10