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Crystal Leas of Malverne sought the water company’s help in clearing up the 22,000 gallons of brown water in her swimming pool.

A pool full of brown water

During her nearly 20 years in Malverne, Crystal Leas has never seen her swimming pool look like this. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 7/5/16

Filtration tanks just like these, on Chautauqua Avenue in Lakeview, will be housed in a pre-engineered metal building and will be part of Iron Removal Plant #23 in Malverne.

After hearing, Malverne moves closer to new iron removal plant

At a special exception hearing last week, the Village of Malverne gave a green light to New York American Water’s plans to file for a permit and begin construction of Iron Removal Plant #23, on Cornwell Avenue. It was the fourth meeting the water company has had with village officials and residents about the plant’s construction. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 6/14/16

Exaggerator heads field for 148th Belmont Stakes

For the 37th time in 38 years, there won’t be a Triple Crown celebration at Belmont Park after previously unbeaten Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist was denied the second jewel by Exaggerator, who romped down the stretch in the slop to capture the Preakness over the prohibitive favorite. more

By Tony Bellissimo | 6/6/16

Seven more Americans died while we fiddled

Dylan’s mom and Daniel’s dad write to me often. In truth, I dread reading their emails; their words darken the day. But how wrenching it must be to write those words. These parents are leaders of the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation . . . more

5/19/16

Members of the popular ensemble are back in concert at Hofstra on May 21.

Stepping lively with the American Chamber Ensemble

The dynamic concert at Hofstra University includes classic works and new compositions. more

5/18/16

'American Psycho'

Despite all its glitter, glamour and great bodies, the new Broadway musical American Psycho does not have mass appeal. It's not the kind of show one might recommend to out-of-town visitors unless … more

5/3/16

Leonard Albert with his $4,000 whole-house water filter, which he installed last year at the recommendation of New York American Water.

For clean water, couple spent $8,000

For the past two years, Leonard Albert, 74, and his wife, Therese, had been noticing a pattern. The couple, Malverne residents for over 40 years, had been developing a skin rash — red skin accompanied by bumps on their legs, backs, chests, feet and elsewhere. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 4/26/16

Claudia Borecky, second from left, president of the North Merrick Civic Association, and David Denenberg, a former Nassau County legislator from Merrick, led a news conference last Thursday to urge the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take over cleanup of an underground chemical plume caused by Grumman and the Navy. They were joined by Dr. Dean Hart, of Brookville, and Audrey Ciuffo and David Stonehill, both of Merrick.

A widening toxic threat

A half-dozen Nassau County environmental and civic activists, most from Merrick, came to Bethpage Community Park on April 21 –– the day before Earth Day –– to call on the state to accelerate efforts to clean up a massive chemical plume that has crept for more than seven decades from Bethpage toward South Oyster Bay. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/25/16

Lakeview’s brown water problem becomes public

At the beginning of the year, County Legislator Siela Bynoe was getting a handful of complaints from Lakeview residents about discolored water. So she started going to different community meetings and asking people if they were having the same problem. “Residents would ask me, ‘How did you know?’” Bynoe recounted. “They thought it was an internal issue within their own home.” more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 4/13/16

Hofstra senior Jack Saleeby plays the lovable but completely self-centered Peer Gynt.

Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' performed at Hofstra

Share the misadventures of its charismatic Peer Gynt in a lively staging of the rarely produced masterpiece. more

4/6/16

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