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Runway 4L-22R at John F. Kennedy International Airport is being reconstructed to accommodate “superjumbo” airliners, like the double-deck Airbus 380, and nearby residents will no doubt notice the reduced noise.
A summer without airplane noise
Do you hear that deafening plane noise? Probably not. more
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The first volume of the series has been named to over 40 school district summer reading lists.
Local author's fantasy becomes a reality
A local author is nearing the completion of a series of young adult fantasy novels, as the third volume of Diana Beirne’s Aurelious Forty, a four part series, debuted last week. It was the … more
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State Assemblyman Ed Ra stressed the importance of educating the public about the Part 150 Study.
Waiting for the technical advisory committee
It’s been over five months since the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that Environmental Sciences Associates was awarded an $8 million contract to conduct a Federal Part 150 study to study aircraft noise patterns and evaluate the potential to reduce noise exposure in the vicinity of John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports. That’s a fact. more
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Five Towns residents who live beneath the flight paths of planes landing and taking off from JFK Airport say they are disturbed by the noise.
Noise study moving ‘extremely slow’
It’s been more than a year since the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced plans to conduct an aircraft noise study — known technically as a Part 150 — focusing on the communities surrounding John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports. more
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Finally, someone stands up to PSEG and its rate hikes
In 2014 alone, PSEG, the utility company contracted by the Long Island Power Authority, increased rates seven times. Enough is enough. more
Plane noise concerns continue to grow, yet only four representatives of Nassau County have been appointed to a 64-member round table created to address the issue.
Nassau under-represented at plane noise round table
Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo mandated the creation of the New York Airports Community Roundtable, to address airplane noise in communities surrounding John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports, there have been no decisions on the group’s size, membership or procedures more
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Workers used heavy machinery to tear down a crumbling, abandoned Sunoco station at 150 Merrick Road in Merrick.
Summer opening planned for 7-Eleven
A demolition crew began clearing the property at 150 Merrick Road, diagonally across from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, to make way for a 7-Eleven store just hours after Merokeans who had protested the proposed store signaled their reluctant surrender. more
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End ISIS's campaign of terror once and for all
The reign of terror by Islamic State insurgents surged just one day after President Obama asked Congress for new war powers to combat the brutal terror group. more
Bill Florio compiled 193 photos for the book. A favorite is the fire lookout tower, at left, that was located behind the Pagan Homestead before the tower burned down in 1931.
Pictorial history of village published
A local historian’s project became a reality on Monday with the release of the “Images of America” Valley Stream edition, authored by local resident Bill Florio. The project started in … more
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Cheers and jeers for our leaders
Our state and local leaders deserve our praise for keeping us safe during the blizzard a week and a half ago. more
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