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Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said the next steps in the Sunrise Highway aqueduct project will be discussed at the group’s June 27 meeting at Operation SPLASH headquarters in Freeport.

Officials update plans as Sunrise Highway aqueduct deemed in 'very good condition'

Engineers have determined that the 110-year-old aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway is in “very good condition,” and county officials are preparing for the next stages of a proposed project to refurbish and upgrade the pipe to transport treated sewage from Bay Park to Cedar Creek. more

By Mike Smollins and Julie Mansmann | 6/15/17

Members of the Wantagh Lions Club, Miss Wantagh Court and Fire Department Explorers and the Chamber of Commerce were ready to welcome residents to the Community Picnic on June 3.

Residents have fun in the sun at picnic

Community members packed their chairs, blankets and picnic baskets and made their way to Wantagh Park on June 3 for a special spring celebration. The Wantagh Lions Club sponsored the third … more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/6/17

The St. William the Abbot Catholic Youth Organization swim team has a potluck dinner at the end of each season.

Sharks make a splash

Harrison Gorman, a 17-year-old from Massapequa, was part of St. William the Abbot’s record-breaking freestyle relay team at the Catholic Youth Organization of Nassau and Suffolk swim … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/25/17

When the renowned U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds take flight over Jones Beach during Memorial Day weekend, Wantagh firefighters make sure that spectators are safe.

On the ground at the air show

Between 300,000 and 400,000 people are expected to look to the skies over Jones Beach on May 27 and 28, marveling at the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team and … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/25/17

The demonstration was confined to the sidewalk on Roth Road, where King lives. The congressman was not home when protesters gathered outside his house.

Health debate intensifies

About 50 people marched up and down the sidewalk on Roth Road in Seaford on May 11, protesting outside U.S. Rep. Peter King’s home because he voted in favor of the House of … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/18/17

Seaford officials said that they were grateful to the community for passing the budget.

Budgets pass in Wantagh, Seaford, Levittown

Residents passed the 2017-18 budgets for the Wantagh, Seaford and Levittown school districts on May 16, in addition to supporting a slew of ballot propositions and board of education … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/17/17

Juliana Virdone, 12, crafted a banner with an encouraging message for a child staying at the Stony Brook Hospital Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinic at a Seaford Public Library community service program on April 28.

Seaford teens reach out to sick kids

Seaford teens care, according to library leaders. That’s why they participated in a special project designed to brighten the days of hospitalized children. The Seaford Public Library … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/3/17

The John Theissen Children’s Foundation Family Fun Center, at 1881 Wantagh Ave., may close. Theissen needs to raise $50,000 by June 30.

Theissen Center may close

Kaitlyn Rochel, a 14-year-old Wantagh Middle School student, is a three-time cancer survivor. In 2006 she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and was treated with chemotherapy. When she … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/3/17

Former NYPD Lieutenant Paul Dean, a Wantagh resident, left a federal courthouse in Manhattan on April 25 after being arrested and charged with two counts to conspiracy to commit bribery and one count of extortion.

Ex-cops from Wantagh-Seaford charged in gun-license bribe plots

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced on April 25 charges against three former NYPD officers from the South Shore, among others, for their alleged roles in multiple, years-long schemes to extract bribes for expediting and approving gun licenses. more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/3/17

Ex-cops charged in gun-license bribe schemes

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced on April 25 charges against three former NYPD officers from the South Shore, among others, for their alleged roles in multiple, years-long schemes to … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/26/17