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VOL. 23 NO. 2 November 9-Novennber 15, 1989 20 CENTS
Ten Year Agreement
Signed Bethpage Landfill
At the Town Board meeting of
October 31, 1989, Oyster Bay Town
Supervisor Angelo A. Delligatti and
the members of the Town Board
passed a resolution executing a ten
year agreement with the New York
State Office of Parks, Recreation and
Historic Preservation that will
permit the installation of wells on
Bethpage State Park property. The
wells and related piping are crucial to
the Town's approved remediation
plan for the Old Bethpage landfill and
its surroundings,
Delligatti stated that the agreement
was the latest step in a process that
began in 1984. "At that time, the Town
of Oyster Bay entered intp an agree­ment
with the New York State Attor­ney
General's Office and the Depart­ment
of Environmental Conservation
to undertake an exhaustive study of
the 37 year old landfill through
implementation of test wells and
analysis of test material.
"The results of that all-inclusive
research led to a program for the
pumping and treating of the ground­water
directly below the landfill and
within the perimeter of the surround­ing
study area," said Delligatti.
"Bethpage State Park property falls
within the area reviewed."
Under the agreement, which covers
the period beginning on October 1,
1989 and terminating on September
30, 1999, the Town of Oyster Bay will
install and monitor water collection/
extraction wells and related piping,
electric and telemetry lines. As des­cribed
in the remediation plan, this
specialized equipment will assist in the
process of removing contaminants
from the non-potable groundwater so
that the cleansed water can be re­turned
to the aquifer at a level of
purity that exceeds State drinking
water standards.
Delligatti noted that a large portion
of the cost of remediation is being;
paid for by those individuals and
> GOFporations who, during the years^he
landfill was operational, used it for
the disposal of their products and by­products.
In June 1988, the Town
received $4,500,000 through legal
action against those parties.
'The ten year period agreed to by
the State is the time frame we feel is
necessary to complete this very com­plicated
environmental process. We
are now at a point where we can see
light at the end of the tunnel," said
Delligatti. "I would like to thank those
in the New York State Office of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation
for sharing our environmental con­cern
by facilitating this agreement."
50/50 Raffle
Save this Date!
SUNDAY DECEMBER 10, 1989
2ncl Annual
Benefit Football Game
Sponsored by Bethpage P.A.L., Bretton's Deli and
Accurate Design and Construction Co.
1:00-3:00 pm
B.H.S. Howie Vogts Football Field
Don'tforget,,, After the game
Free buffet at Annie's Place in Bethpage
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THE TASTEBUDS
.. M Old Bethpage Village Restoration...
19th CENTURY RECIPES, will be used for preparing pies as they were 100
years ago, at the Old Bethpage Village Restoration during Thanksgiving Meal
Preparations, on November 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26.
Tastebuds will be tantalized by the
tempting aromas of 19th Century
recipes prepared just as they were 100
years ago during Thanksgiving Meal
Preparations at Old Bethpage Village
Restoration on the weekends of
November 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26, from
10 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.
County Executive Thomas S.
GuloUa said that old fashioned wood
burning stoves, beehive ovens and
hearths will be fired up to prepare a
variety of foods and baked goods that
graced Long Island's tables during the
I9th Century.
A fat turkey or duck will be spitted
and roasted in the refiector oven on
the Williams House hearth. Decorated
pumpkin pies will brown in the Powell
House brick oven and additional
goodies chosen from a mouth­watering
list of 19lh Century items will
bubble, bake and stew.
Late fall crops for winter eating
were also preserved at this lime of year
and several methods of food preser­vation
will be demonstrated.
On November 18 and 19, costumed
villagers will fire Oinllock muskeis and
compete for prizes and food in a
special Thanksgiving Target Shoot.
Parlor music will be performed on
November 18, 19, 25 and 26.
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
is operated by the Museum Services
Division of the Nassau County
Department of Recreation and Parks
and is located on Round Swamp Road
in Old Bethpage, one mile south of
Long Isladn Expressway Exit 48.
The Village will be closed Thursday,
November 23, Thanksgiving Day. It
is open every day except Mondays
from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Admission
to the historical village ends one hour
prior to closing. The Village cafeteria,
gift shop and picnic area are open
daily. Admission is $4.00 (S3 for
Nassau residents) and $2,00 for
children, ages 5-17 and Senior Citizens
(ages 60 and over). Parking is free.
For further information, call 420-
5280.
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To those who served our cotmtry and gave unselfishly of themselves .
We remember and salute you. ANS