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VOL. 32 NO. 25 October 22,1987 to October 28,1987 20 cents per copy
Recycling Center For
Nassau County
Nassau County Executive Thomas S. Gulotta proposed
the creation of a centralized recycling center at Mitchel
Field. The concept quickly won the support of Hempstead
Presiding Supervisor Joseph N. Mondello, who also serves
as vice-chairman of the Nassau County Board of
Supervisors.
The recycling center would be available to all municipali­ties
in Nassau and would include provision for the rail
transportation of the recycled materials off Long Island.
At the same time, the County Executive has also proposed
to expand the recycling of office and computer paper gener­ated
by various County office buildings in the Mineola
County scat Complex.
"As our respective Towns and municipalities continue to
address the problems associated with solid waste disposal, I
believe it is appropriate that the County take a leadership
role by providing a centrally located facility which can act as
a transfer point for recycled materials," Gulotta said. "To
achieve this, we have identified two county-owned buildings
at Mitchel Field which could act as such a facility. 1 have
directed my staff to pursue the establishment of such a
facility as quickly as possible." ,. »
"The establishment of a central recycling facility will cer­tainly
be a welcome addition as the municipalities in Nassau
address the solid waste disposal issue," Mondello said. "1
envision that this faciifty, combined with other individual
Town resource recovery and recycling programs, will serve
as a blueprint for solving the long-range problems asso­ciated
with theref-novaland disposal of solid waste from our
County."
Mondello said commercial recyclers, who are currently
preparing responses to a town request for proposals, are
being informed of the availability of the buildings. "We can
expect more competitive proposals from these vendors if we
are able to remove a major obstacle to sucqessful recycling
operations —finding an acceptable building site." Mondello
said.
Gulotta and Mondello indicated that either Building #17,
or a former Air Force Hangar, both of which are currently
used by the County Department of Public Works, could be
modified to serve as a central recycling center. There are also
several LIRR freight spurs running near these buildings,
making rail transportation attractive. The County Execu­tive
indicated that the I.IRR has already been contacted and
expressed interest in the project.
"Wc envision the recycling facility to be a closed container
operation which would be open to municipalities, to bring
recycled materials such as aluminum, newspapers and
glass," Gulotta stated. "The materials would then be com­partmentalized
and placed in sealed bins to be transported
off the Island by rail to an out ol state regulated disposal
facility. This would not only provide our Towns with a
central depot for these materials, but would help stabih/.e
the entire recycling market in Nassau County." Gulotta and
Mondello cited a number of advantages to a centralized
recycling program:
9 It would reduce the waste stream, thereby reducing the
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Sehool Tax Payments
Eficctivc November 4, 5,6, 9 and 10, the Town Clerk's
Annex, located in the Town Parking Garage at Newbridge
Road and Duffy Avenue in Hicksville, will be open to recxMve
1987-1988 school tax payments.
Residents may also pay in person at the Tax Office, Oyster
Bay Town Hall West, Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay and at
Town Hall South, 977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa, dur-
• ing the hours of 9 AM to 4:45 PM, weekdays.
When paying in person,'residents are urged not to use cash,
only checks or money orders will be accepted and they
should bring the entire tax bill. Please do not write on, or
deface, the stub as it can cause rejection of the payment by
the computer."
/Nassau Police Support Super Ride
March of Dimes Poster
Child Meghan Coutieri
recently visited the Nassau
County Police Department
Second Precinct Headquar­ters
in Woodbury to thank
the officers for their con­tinued
support of March of
Dimes events throughout
the County, Joined by
Meghan are (left to right):
P.O. Officer Gauthier,
Plainview; Lt. Palmer
Tagle, East Northport;
Inspector Anthony Anto-hucci,
Woodbury; Julie
Emery, Cold Spring Har­bor;
Nancy Kasper, Plain-view.
The officers and civilian
employees asked Meghan to
remind her many friends to
utilize good bicycle safety
techniques on their way to
and from Super Ride, the
annual March of Dimes
bike-a-thon, which will be
held Sunday, November 1 at
Eisenhower Park.
Nassau Police will be on-hand
a the event to ensure a
safe day of riding for the
children of tomorrow.
The C o u n t y p o l i ce
Bethpage Woman
Speaks In
Washington, D.C.
Roseann Smith of Beth-pagt^,
manager of School
Programs at Grumman
Corporation, will be a fea­tured
speaker at the Fourth
National Symposium on
Partnerships in Education,
Washington, D.C, October
29 through November 1,
1987.
in her business-education
work with Grumman, Smith
intciiaces with school dis­tricts
from Bethpage, Ea.st
Islip, Farmingdale, Free-port,
Half Hollow Hills
(Huntington), Riverhead,
Shoreham-Wading River,
South Huntington and
West bury.
The Symposium, with the
theme "Building Futures
Together,' will be sponsored
by the Education Commit­tee
of the President's Advi­sory
Council on Private Sec­tor
Initiatives. It features
workshops and speakers
who will discuss programs
which link businesses with
schools to improve the qual­ity
of American education.
The conference will also
feature presentations by
Secretary of Education Wil-
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department is among the appreciate that they get very
most important groups involved right from the
which support every one of planning stages," said
our 'a-thon' events, and we March of Dimes Chapter
Chairman Patnck Soranno,
Manager of Personnel/
Administration for The
Travelers Companies.
Ambulance Corps Dedicate New Facility
Hempstead Town Councilwoman Angle M. Cullin, along with Assembly­man
Fred Parola, attends the dedication ceremonies of the extension of
faciliiies of the Wantagh/Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Pic­tured
are: Pete Ryan, Chairman of the Board; Chief Marc Gordon; Rich
Taylor, President; Robert Walsh, Assistant Treasurer; Karl Wilhelm,
Deputy Chief; Richard Lamb and Mort Strizner, Trustees; Mike Kuber,
Treasurer; Deputy Chief Tim Ryan; Warren Sambach, Jr.