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The scene outside Checkers Drive-In on Sunrise Highway in Massapequa following a visit from Hurricane Sandy. (Christopher Twarowski/Long Island Press)

Long Island Press Editor: We’re Here For You

November 2, 2012
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by Christopher Twarowski
 
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The Rundown: Long Island’s Random Weekly To-Do List July 26 – August 2

July 26, 2012
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by Long Island Press
 
Ronald Stack, chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, left, speaks to the media during a public meeting in Uniondale, N.Y., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. The authority voted unanimously to take control of the county's finances after it determined that Nassau will most likely run a deficit of more that 1 percent. The decision could eventually lead to a wage freeze for thousands of county employees. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NIFA to Mangano: No Deal on Sewer Plan

May 17, 2012
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by Christopher Twarowski, Spencer Rumsey and Timothy Bolger

 
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Nassau Sewage System Privatization Could Flush County’s Future Down The Drain

November 17, 2011
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by Christopher Twarowski
 
EMERGENCY: Sludge, other biosolids and waste inside the Thickening Building at Nassau County's troubled Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant cement its bays and render much equipment useless due to gross mismanagement and neglect.

Bay Park Ranks Worst Sewage Plant on Long Island

November 1, 2011
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by Timothy Bolger
 
A screenshot of the "Kill The Kitty" video shot inside the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter in Wantagh. Its disturbing footage shows Acting Shelter Director Pat Horan (left, with mullet) smiling and making obscene gestures while other workers lasso a kitten with a noose while a woman's voice off-camera shouts "Kill the kitty! Kill the kitty!". A town spokesman says the video, circulating on YouTube, is at least 17 years old and Horan has been reassigned pending an investigation.

Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter “Kill The Kitty” Video Sparks Outrage

March 14, 2011
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by Christopher Twarowski