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T?EPORT MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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ERNESTO PACKED A WALLOP! This tree wreaked havoc on Overton Street in south Freeport, Saturday, September 2 when the winds from, the storm hit 40 miles per hour. According to Freeport Police Chief Michael Woodward, there were 136 storm-related calls on Saturday.
"On a typical Saturday, we receive about 40 phone calls," he said. On Sunday, a bright and sunny day, "the volume of calls for police assistance was back to normal," said Chief Woodward.
rnment moves to tect our water
by Laura Schofer
Our waters will be a bit cleaner thanks to new legislation that provides funding to help reduce pollution and ensure that our waters are healthy for years to come.
Last month, Senator Hillary
I Clinton announced a four-point
plan to protect Long Island beach-
I es, reduce ocean pollution and
I clean up the Long Island Sound.
The Clean Coast Act, among other things, will provide federal funding for support of storm water runoff remediation projects. The four-point plan also includes the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act to remove non-native aquatic
plants and animals that threaten Long Island streams and wetlands.
Meanwhile, Governor George Pataki signed legislation on August 9 that will create a new council to coordinate New York state efforts to protect the ocean, estuaries and the Great Lakes resources. The governor also announced a $3.3 million appropriation for this council.
The U.S. set a new record last year of 20,000 beach closings, of which 800 were in New York, alone, according to Lisa Speer, director of the Water and Oceans program at the Natural Resources Defense Council. "People are getting sick and families are stuck
standing on the shore because local communities haven't been getting the federal support they need to fix overloaded sewage systems or deal with contaminated runoff," she said in a press release.
Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, agrees. "Nationally we have seen the health of our oceans decline. Locally we have seen the devastating effects of lobster and hard-shell clam die-offs, continuing beach closings and the disappearance of important species, such as winter flounder. These incidences are connected and need to be addressed in a holistic approach," she said.
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In This Issue
Bemembering Diana Cornea
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Baldwin welcomes its staff
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local 9/It observances
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| Title | The-Leader_2006-09-07 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2006 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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