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Long Island Cares center

Massapequa

LI Cares, Michael Durso, come together for annual pet food drive

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Plainview

Plainview Water District announces Blue Business Partner Program

By Casey Fahrer

Coyotes have been spotted across Long Island

Glen Cove

Coyote sighting in Nassau raise alarms, town provides safety tips

By Hannah Devlin

Ronen and Orna Neutra in D.C. speaking to the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee

Plainview

Family of Omer Neutra tells his story to House committee

By Casey Fahrer

weitzner meeting

Port Washington

Port’s planned accessible playground receives $675K grant

By Connor Patton

The City of Glen Cove Mayor Pamela Panzenbeck

Glen Cove

Glen Cove receives $225K from state for infrastructure, code updates

By Hannah Devlin

NYIT Arch Exhibit 2/7/25

New Hyde Park architecture student supports construction of NYIT exhibit

By Isabella Gallo

Town of Oyster Bay trustees at Tobay Beach which is receiving 90,000 tons of sand

Oyster Bay

Tobay Beach is undergoing one of its largest restoration projects in recent history

By Casey Fahrer

Natural Science Building at SUNY Old Westbury

SUNY Old Westbury to break ground on renovations for Natural Science Building

By Casey Fahrer

Current fields at Stillwell Park experience flooding when it rains

Syosset

Stillwell Park transfer approved by Nassau County Legislature

By Hannah Devlin

Port Washington Water District Commissioner Mindy Germain, back right, leading a student tour of a Port Washington Water District plant alongside Field Supervisor Jasper Skliba, back center

Port Washington

Port Washington, Westbury water districts get $5M grants from state

By Cameryn Oakes

Rep. Laura A. Gillen Remarks

Elmont

U.S. Rep. Gillen addresses constituents at in-district swearing-in

By Casey Fahrer

Texas-based company, Jupiter Power, owned by the financial giant Blackwater, is proposing to build a 275 megawatt lithium ion battery energy storage system near the waterfront in Glenwood Landing at the site of a legacy fuel oil port operation.

North Hempstead

Industry, communities clash over battery energy storage systems

By James Bernstein

A taxi passes under an unused congestion pricing gantry

Local News

New York City commuters face congestion pricing toll

By Cameryn Oakes

dead whales

Long Beach

Two dead whales wash up in one day on Long Island beaches

By Timothy Bolger

first day hike 2024

Local News

First Day Hike: 12 places to start the new year right

By Nicole Formisano

Improvements to the Glen Cove Water Department at Seaman Road

Glen Cove

Glen Cove water in process of $50M improvement projects

By Hannah Devlin

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Nassau

2024 Year in Review: Nassau County’s environmental issues

By Casey Fahrer

DeRiggi-Whitton – Plant a Row ARPA

Nassau

Where Nassau County’s $385M in ARPA funds went before the 2024 deadline

By Cameryn Oakes

The Town of Oyster Bay implemented a temporary shellfish moratorium on 1,850 acres of the harbor after its 30-year lease to Frank M. Flowers & Sons

Oyster Bay

2024 Year in Review: Oyster Bay’s shellfish moratorium

By Hannah Devlin

Oyster Bay

Locust Valley Water District receives $13.8 million bond from Town of Oyster Bay

By Casey Fahrer

groundwater

Nassau

Concern for Long Island’s groundwater sustainability prompts study

By Miranda Ferrante

Sand Land in Noyac has been a lightening rod of criticism over the local mining industry (Alec Rich)

Dan’s Papers

Sand Wars: Has the DEC Stacked the Deck to Protect Sand Mines?

Manhasset's Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock is considering the establishment of a conservation easement to prevent its 75 acres of woodlands from development

Manhasset

Manhasset’s Shelter Rock congregation weighs conservation easement to protect its woodland

By Cameryn Oakes

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