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The sweep of history has ushered in the first woman ringmaster for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and, at the same time, swept out the entire circus, which will close in May. After 146 years in business . . .
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2/3/17
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When some Valley Stream schools voluntarily tested their water supplies last year, they replaced or fixed any supplies that contained more than 20 parts per billion of lead per Environmental Protection Agency standards. Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Sept. 6, however, schools must retest water every five years for more than 15 ppb of lead.
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By Melissa Koenig and Rossana Weitekamp
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2/1/17
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The federal Emergency Management Agency is providing $5 million to help cover engineering costs for a planned project to send partially treated sewage from the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility in East Rockaway to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh, where it will be sent for discharge three miles out in the Atlantic Ocean.
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/4/17
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It’s often said that the most precious gift you can give is your time, because it can never be replaced.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/28/16
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The Rules Committee of the Nassau County Legislature recently approved a contract with a New York City engineering firm to review and inspect a 110-year-old, unused water pipe that runs under Sunrise Highway as a possible conduit for treated waste from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant (now called the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility) to the outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant on the Wantagh-Seaford border.
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By Mary Malloy
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11/30/16
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What’s in a name?
A community.
To the Editor:
The Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant is no more. Please welcome the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility. It may be just a name change to …
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11/23/16
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The protection seawall surrounding the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant is now complete — and, in an effort to give the plant a new identity, Nassau County has proposed renaming the facility the Bay …
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By Mary Malloy
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11/9/16
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A 57-year-old man was rescued from the chilly waters at East Marina in Lido Beach early Wednesday morning by a Nassau County police officer, after he slipped while trying to board his boat, according to police.
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By Ben Strack
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11/4/16
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Several dozen Nassau County residents, interest groups and politicians came together at a Oct. 26 public hearing to comment on an 8.4 percent rate hike sought by New York American Water to pay for infrastructure, taxes and water delivery costs. The hearing was organized and chaired by the Department of Public Service and held at Malverne Village Hall.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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10/28/16
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Residents’ frustrations with New York American Water came to a boil Wednesday night at a two-hour public hearing at Wantagh High School. More than two dozen people protested a proposed rate hike, citing dirty water with low pressure, low-quality service and bills six times the size of their neighbors’.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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10/27/16
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