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Water Quality: Private Profits and Public Costs

October 1, 2015 7:07 am Comments Off

By Dan Gulizio
Elected officials, environmentalists, civics and development interests are all talking about water quality these days. That is a good thing. Fish kills, turtle die-offs, toxic algal blooms, bacteria-driven beach closures, contaminated shellfish beds and a rising tide of contaminants all reflect an ecosystem in crisis. State, county and local elected officials have all […]

Suffolk Community College Employee Arrested for Secretly Videotaping a Student

September 27, 2015 7:10 am Comments Off

On Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 2:30 p.m., Suffolk County Police arrested a Suffolk County Community College employee who secretly videotaped a student at the campus in Brentwood.
David Marchese, a custodian, was sitting at a table during an awards ceremony held at the Grant Campus when he was observed by a witness holding his phone under […]

Suffolk County Marathon Raised $160,000 for Local Veteran Organizations

September 22, 2015 5:42 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone was joined by marathon sponsors, various local veteran organizations and local officials to announce that funds were raised for veteran services through the Suffolk County Marathon and Half Marathon held on Sunday, September 13.
“On behalf of our 1.5 million residents in Suffolk County, I am happy to announce that the […]

Huntington Resident New Assistant Professor at Farmingdale State College

September 20, 2015 10:26 am 1 Comment

Edward Plough, a resident of Huntington, has joined the faculty of Farmingdale State College as assistant professor of English.
Dr. Plough joins Farmingdale’s School of Arts and Sciences following teaching positions at Delta State and Oklahoma State universities. He earned a doctorate in Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Purdue University, and an MA in Shakespeare Studies […]

Over 36,000 Meals Donated to Island Harvest on Hunger Action Day

September 18, 2015 5:49 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone was joined by Randi Dresner, President & CEO of Island Harvest, and Suffolk County Fire, Rescue and Emergency personnel to highlight September 3rd as Hunger Action Day and September as Hunger Action Month.
In honor of Hunger Action Day, Suffolk County donated over 36,950 Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) to Island […]

The Miracle of Sewers

September 11, 2015 6:07 am Comments Off

EVERYONE is talking about sewers today. Elected officials, environmental advocacy groups, industry experts are all on the sewer bandwagon. Sewers, we are told, will protect and restore ground and surface water quality, lower taxes, prevent and reduce sprawl, reduce traffic and stem the exodus of young people from the region. Unfortunately, like most public policy […]

Bellone Declares September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in Suffolk County

September 7, 2015 5:52 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone recently welcomed volunteers from the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition’s Long Island Chapter to declare September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
The coalition’s members, including chapter president Linda Rosen, provided County Executive Bellone with an update on the status of its education and awareness initiatives throughout the region – including the chapter’s […]

Clean Water – A Simple but Elusive Concept

September 4, 2015 6:24 pm Comments Off

By Dan Gulizio
Clean Water. Drinkable, swimmable, fishable water. It is a simple concept, universally agreed upon. Yet, by all accounts, ground and surface water quality have declined dramatically in recent years.
According to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, nitrogen (a leading contaminant of both ground and surface water) has increased by as much as […]

Suffolk County Department of Health Services Upcoming Meetings

June 27, 2015 10:21 am Comments Off

The Open Meetings or “Sunshine” laws of New York State and Suffolk County give the public the right to attend meetings of public bodies, listen to the debates and watch the decision-making process in action. The laws also require that notice of the time and place of all meetings be given prior to every meeting.
Following […]

Bellone’s Vision For Suffolk County

June 24, 2015 8:22 am Comments Off

At a meeting of the Long Island Regional Planning Council, the leaders joined together to announce the plan to create the Long Island Innovation Zone (I-Zone). The I-Zone will connect existing and planned transit-oriented downtowns – such as New Village in Patchogue, the Meadows at Yaphank and the Ronkonkoma Hub – to the region’s research institutions – such as […]