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In a good year, many, if not most, Nassau County voters are cynical about local politics. Two powerful machines, led by the major political parties, exercise tight control over . . .
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11/12/15
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On Long Island, we worry about our water –– a lot. After all, it comes from a series of sole-source aquifers, stores of ancient water buried deep underground that are recharged not by rivers and lakes, but by rainwater alone.
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7/29/15
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They are known as the Diamondack Terrapin, named for the pattern on their shell, they are the only turtle native to this area and able to survive in the brackish waters of the marsh. There have been reports of sightings crossing Austin Boulevard, Oceanside Road, at the Island Park train station parking lot, in gardens and back yards.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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7/8/15
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With a herd of Nigerian dwarf goats eating their way through a field of mugwort weeds in the background, Town of Hempstead officials welcomed National Parks of New York Harbor Commissioner Joshua Laird to the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday.
Laird and a contingent of federal and New York City officials came to the 52-acre preserve to understand better how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/29/15
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The Chandra Gurung Conservation Trust is hosting a Nepal Earthquake Relief Fundraiser this Friday, May 29, at Long Beach High School to benefit the victims of the devastating natural disaster and …
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By Matthew Ern
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5/27/15
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The April 6 issue of The New Yorker disappointed me. Therein lay what can only be described as a rambling rant decrying the National Audubon Society, of all organizations.
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4/23/15
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In 1970, Americans finally awoke to the horrifying toll they were taking on our fragile environment. That year, Congress passed the Clean Air Act . . .
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4/23/15
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is holding a public meeting, to explain the proposed cleanup of the former Smart Set Cleaners site at 16 Atlantic Avenue in Oceanside.
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3/4/15
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New York state has pledged to fund the installation of a $150 million nitrogen-removal system at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which will reduce the environmental harm of the sewage the plant discharges into Nassau County’s Western Bays, state and county officials said on Feb. 12. The officials, speaking at a Mineola news conference, also called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide $550 million more to build an outfall pipe to carry effluent from Bay Park into the Atlantic Ocean.
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By Brian Racow
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2/13/15
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An oil leak from an underground PSEG power line in Island Park that was discovered in December may be causing more environmental damage than first thought.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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1/14/15
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