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Firefighters needed 90 minutes to extinguish a fire that started when a tanker truck overturned on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore late on Dec. 17.
Tanker bursts into flames on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore
A tanker truck overturned on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore late Tuesday night, causing a fuel spill that erupted in flames. Officials estimate that 3,000 to 7,000 gallons of fuel escaped from the tanker, which flipped on its side just before midnight. 

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Stopping global warming — and the sea — or else
In an apocalyptic vision portending worldwide coastal flooding presented by National Geographic in its September issue, Long Island disappears under the Atlantic Ocean. more
Due to increases in fuel costs, residents will now pay 12.8 cents per kilowatt-hour for power from the Rockville Centre Electric Department.
Electric costs increase again
At a meeting Monday night, the Rockville Centre Village Board of Trustees adopted the Electric Department budget, which raises the rate residents will pay by 10 percent to nearly 13 cents per … more
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Where, oh where, is Long Island's wind farm?
I ran for 45 minutes over the seashell-coated paths and up and down the steep hills of Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Saturday, and I didn’t meet a soul, which was surprising and strange, even a little eerie. more
Missing in action: the great climate debate
I have to hand it to the coal industry. more
FIve newly-delivered alternative-fuel buses. Pictured are Deputy Mayor Bruno Romano, left, Trustee Stanley Lombardo, and Mayor Francis T. Lenahan Jr.
East Rockaway obtains fuel-alternative buses
The Village of East Rockaway has obtained five alternative fuel passenger buses, mainly funded through federal funds received from the Federal Transportation Administration. According to East … more
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, at the lectern, held a brief ceremony last Wednesday to celebrate the town’s new wind turbine, which generated more than 125,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in six months. She was joined by, from left, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby of Hempstead, Councilwoman Angie Cullin of Freeport and Town Clerk Mark Bonilla of Bellmore.
Town of Hempstead blows through a milestone
Round the final bend as you’re headed south on the Loop Parkway into Lido Beach, and you suddenly spot it in the distance –– a more than 10-story, high-powered wind turbine, with its massive rotors spinning in the wind, generating electricity to power a hydrogen-fueling station at the Town of Hempstead’s Department of Conservation and Waterways. more
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The Lynbrook Village Board recognized wrestlers from the Lynbrook Titans, their Coach of the Year Matthew Duffy and three varsity wrestlers from Lynbrook High School at their meeting Monday.
New sanitation truck, fuel tank headed to Lynbrook
The Lynbrook Village Board of Trustees awarded a new sanitation truck to be purchased by the Department of Public Works as well as a new 4,000 gallon diesel tank. The decisions were made at … more
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Why controlling global warming is good for our bottom line
A year before the American Revolution’s first shots were fired, another revolution was already well under way in Great Britain. more
South Nassau is working to keep the impact of high costs on patients as minimal as possible. The hospital has already had to cut back on menu items it offers, and it has to absorb the increasing cost of cotton.
Feeling inflation’s sting
South Nassau Communities Hospital, like business and residents all over the South Shore, is having to take measures to deal with the rising costs of fuel, food and other commodities. Mark Bogen, … more
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