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Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg held a press conference in September to propose a cap on county fee increases.

The lawsuit that ended Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg’s State Senate campaign is over.The Merrick Democrat’s former law firm, Davidoff Hutch & Citron, which sued him in September for allegedly defrauding a corporate client of $2.3 million, filed a ... more

By Brian Racow | 12/23/14

A video on Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows images of a liquefied natural gas transport ship. Such ships, capable of carrying tens of millions of gallons of LNG, would dock 16.1 nautical miles from Jones Beach if Liberty acquires government approvals to build Port Ambrose.

U.S. releases draft Port Ambrose impact report

Groups opposed to Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Jones Beach, are fuming at the U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard’s decisions to release a 1,800-page environmental impact report shortly before the December holidays and schedule public meetings in early January. more

By Brian Racow | 12/23/14

Operation SPLASH volunteers, like Steve Bohn, clean local waterways year-round. In SPLASH’s final voyage of the the year last week, Bohn came across a director’s chair.

‘Continuous battle’ on the water

As we headed back to the Guy Lombardo Marina in Freeport, navigating through Freeport waterways two days before Thanksgiving, the pile of trash on our boat was both gratifying and alarming. more

By Brian Croce | 12/3/14

Tom Myers and Kelly Dietrich star in "The Burial at Thebes," a version of Sophocles' "Antigone," the mythic story of a young woman who dares to stand up and speak out against the authority of the state, being staged at Hofstra University, Nov. 13-16.

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more... Exploring the Centuries: 3rd-20th Century Asian ArtWorks are of historic, spiritual and artistic importance and highlight centuries-old artistic traditions, drawn from Hofstra … more

11/12/14

This image from Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows where the company wants to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean. The company would need to lay 21.7 miles of subsea pipeline to connect its terminal to the existing Transco Lateral, which extends from New Jersey to Long Beach.

Port Ambrose impact report expected

A company’s plans to build “Port Ambrose,” a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 19 miles southeast of Jones Beach, have stalled for months in a federal review process, but that is likely to change next month. A U.S. Coast Guard official estimated that the government will release a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Port Ambrose in December. more

By Brian Racow | 11/5/14

Settlement in Denenberg case?

An attorney for Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg indicated that a settlement between his client and Davidoff Hutcher & Citron — which is suing Denenberg for $3.6 million — may be in the works. more

By Brian Racow | 10/8/14

New York American Water Company, Inc., the company that supplies the area’s water, has an office at 60 Brooklyn Ave in Merrick.

Water study stresses present costs over future savings

The engineering firm that conducted a study of the area’s water system, analyzing the pros and cons of a municipal authority buying it from current operator New York American Water Company, Inc., went by one yardstick: ... more

By Brian Racow | 9/3/14

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

Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature and a Republican candidate for Congress, held a press conference on Aug. 6 in Mineola.

Blakeman repeats call for Rice Moreland explanation

For the second time in a week’s span, Republican congressional candidate Bruce Blakeman on Aug. 6 appeared outside a state courthouse in Mineola to call for Kathleen Rice, the Nassau County district attorney and his Democratic opponent in this fall’s election, to address allegations that political interference undermined the Moreland Commission ... more

By Brian Racow | 8/13/14

Kevan Abrahams, minority leader of the Nassau County Legislature, announced his endorsement of Kathleen Rice, Nassau County’s district attorney, as she runs for Congress. Rice defeated Abrahams in the 4th Congressional District Democratic primary in June.

Abrahams endorses Rice for Congress

The two former primary opponents appeared together at a monthly meeting for local clergy at the Long Island Marriot in Uniondale, where Abrahams announced his endorsement. more

By Brian Racow | 7/31/14

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