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Exhibits and more... 75 Stories For 75 Years An exhibit celebrating Hofstra University's 75th anniversary, drawn from the University Archives collection which focuses on the history of the … more

12/22/10

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said on Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency is releasing $11 million to repair the aging Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway, among other projects.

Schumer: EPA releasing $11M in sewer-repair funds

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced on Dec. 21 that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to release $11 million in grant money awarded to Nassau County in the mid-1980s as a reimbursement for $20 million in upgrade work done at the Bay Park and Cedar Creek sewage treatment plants at the time. more

by Scott Brinton | 12/21/10

Prosecutors alleged that Susan Williams met with a hit man on March 3 in Eisenhower Park.

Susan Williams receives maximum sentence

Susan Williams will spend the next 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison after Nassau County Judge Norman St. George sentenced her on Dec. 17 at the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola. more

Tom Steinert | 12/21/10

Firefighters rushed to the scene of this fatal house fire on Madison Avenue in Elmont Monday evening.

Elmont neighbors: 911 system failed

A 33-year-old man who was found dead in his Elmont apartment during a fire Monday night might have been rescued if the 911 emergency system had not failed, neighbors said. more

Jeff Lipton | 12/21/10

The Nassau County Department of Public Works is shipping raw sewage from the Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway to this pumping station on Merrick Road in Merrick. The sewage is then piped to the Cedar Creek treatment plant in Wantagh. The plan is a temporary fix for mechanical problems at Bay Park.

County trucking sewage across the South Shore

Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The Nassau County Department of Public Works is trucking up to 80,000 gallons of raw sewage each day from the Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway through Baldwin and Freeport to a red brick pumping station in Merrick. more

David Weingrad and Scott Brinton | 12/17/10

Now, not later, let’s repair Bay Park plant

Nassau County’s Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant has released untreated sewage into South Shore bays since March, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation... since March! more

12/16/10

Merrick superintendent Melucci sets the record straight

Recently, Nassau County superintendents of schools received literature from County Executive Ed Mangano regarding his 2011 “No Property Tax Increase Budget.” As part of this proposed budget, county legislators voted, strictly along party lines, to shift the financial expense of paying county assessment errors from Nassau County to the local school districts. We certainly agree that the assessment system is broken; however, shifting the responsibility to the school districts will not help fix it. more

| 12/16/10

Events on Long Island

Exhibits and more... AccelerateA juried exhibition of emerging artists with disabilities. This mixed media show presents works by artists ages 16-25. Through Dec. 22. Nassau Community College's … more

12/15/10

State must upgrade DWI penalties

Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the Nassau County Police Department nabbed 87 drunken drivers –– count ’em, 87 –– during a stepped-up enforcement effort. In Suffolk County, police reported 60 arrests. more

12/9/10

Oceanside head coach Rob Blount, center, with quarterback Tyler Heuer, left, and receiver Gene Garay.

Oceanside and Freeport score big

Nassau County's top teams, players and coaches were honored at the annual awards dinner at Crest Hollow Country Club Dec. 1. more

Tony Bellissimo | 12/9/10

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