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Our intersections are hazardous during storms

When Tropical Storm Isaias roared across Long Island on Aug. 4, it brought down more than a thousand trees in Nassau County, cutting off electricity to large areas, including sections of major thoroughfares like Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road . . . more

8/21/20

Local vendors set up their tents and trucks for the many visitors.

Seaford shows up in droves to Oktoberfest

When thinking of happening downtown areas, usually ones imagines a picturesque Main Street lined with local eateries and shops. The street is usually blockaded a … more

By JD Freda | 10/21/19

At a meeting at Operation SPLASH headquarters in Freeport on June 26, a panel offered an update on the study of the aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway. Members of the panel included Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, left; Brian Schneider, assistant to the deputy commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Public Works; Rob Walker, Nassau County deputy executive; Mike Martino, Suez community affairs director and Alan Weyland, Suez director of operations.

Sunrise Highway aqueduct deemed ‘viable host’

County officials announced last week that they are accepting design proposals from engineering firms after a three-month study confirmed that a 110-year-old aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway is a “viable host pipe” to transport treated sewage from the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility in Bay Park to the ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant on the Wantagh-Seaford border. more

By Mike Smollins and Julie Mansmann | 7/5/17

Donna Jebaily said that some Seaford High School students must walk across Sunrise Highway and the entrance to the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway to get to the building on Seamans Neck Road.

All aboard?

Seaford voters will decide in May on a proposition that would expand bus service for the middle and high schools to all district students who live south of Sunrise Highway. Citing concerns about children walking across the roadway to get to class, more than 170 residents signed a petition supporting the potential changes to the school district’s transportation system. more

By Julie Mansmann | 2/21/17

The driver of a 2007 Freightliner lost control of his truck just west of Seaford Avenue on Jan. 13.

Truck driver dies in blaze on Sunrise

A box-truck driver died in a blaze after he crashed into a guardrail on Sunrise Highway and parked cars at the Wantagh Long Island Rail Road station on Jan. 13, according to the Nassau County Police … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/17/17

Nassau County has sent treated sewage into Reynolds Channel and the Western Bays since the late 1940s. A new county plan to divert the effluent to an ocean outfall pipe would end the practice, which would improve water quality in the bays, environmental experts say. Above, a view of the bays from the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick. Photo by Scott Brinton/Herald

County's pipe dream moving forward

Nassau County is looking to divert tens of millions of gallons of treated sewage from the Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway to the ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek plant on the … more

By Scott Brinton, Nick Ciccone, Andrew Hackmack and Laura Schofer | 5/20/16

Five hurt, driver arrested in Seaford crash

A Seaford woman has been arrested for her role in an accident that shut down Sunrise Highway for several hours on Monday morning and left four others injured. more

3/30/16

Billy Dean’s hearing Friday

The Town of Hempstead will be seeking to have dismissed on Friday the case against it for denying a cabaret license for a proposed club on Sunrise Highway in Wantagh. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 12/9/15

Joanna Stewart owns clothing boutique Joelle Jay in Seaford.

Small business makes strides in Seaford

Wanting to work for myself and not for anyone else is what made me realize this was my calling,” small business owner Joanna Stewart said. “I’ve been working since I was 13 and I’ve never stopped.” more

By Rebecca Anderson | 12/1/15

Seaford gas station robbed

A Seaford gas station was robbed at gunpoint last weekend, and police are looking for the suspect. more

9/2/15

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