A major water main replacement project will begin on Monday on Merrick Road, as New York American Water brings in approximately 2,800 feet of 12-inch mains, nine new fire hydrants and 10 utility-owned service lines.
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By Erik Hawkins
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9/10/18
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Stacey Sager was diagnosed with breast cancer in the late 1990s, at age 30. She fought the disease, undergoing a double mastectomy, and survived. She reported in 1999 on her diagnosis and treatment …
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By Scott Brinton
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9/7/18
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In the Lakeview Peace Garden, water trickles down a fountain into the ground, where it is recycled back up to the fountain. For years, Nassau County paid $50 a month to keep that water running — …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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9/6/18
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Strummin' and Drummin' brings their funky vibe to Planting Fields State Park.
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8/30/18
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Newspaper writer Erasmus Wilson was, no doubt, an über-male chauvinist. In an 1885 Pittsburgh Dispatch column, he joked that American families should kill their baby girls, as was common in China then.
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8/24/18
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Finally, enough residents got together to complain about New York American Water, and their unreasonably high water bills, and didn’t let up until they caught the state’s attention.
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8/23/18
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Even though New York American Water’s conservation rates were designed to reward customers for limiting water use, the utility’s deputy chief operating officer, Bill Varley, acknowledged at a …
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/14/18
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We all worry about drinking water — homeowners and business people alike — and why shouldn’t we? Flint, Mich., has become the poster city for water contamination . . .
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By Hilary Baum
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7/21/18
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Some 4.5 million Americans would die each year without blood transfusions, according to Brookhaven National Laboratory, in Suffolk County. That is why donating blood is critical.
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7/21/18
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President Trump’s travels last week stirred the diplomatic world on two fronts. First, he stopped in Canada for the G-7 leaders’ conference, and held firm in his insistence . . .
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6/21/18
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