Friday, January 14, 2022
Vol. 82, No. 3
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Farm to Fairway
Town plans to reorganize various departments BY GARY SIMEONE
Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino examines sugar kelp. The Town of Oyster Bay has announced a new initiative, ‘Farming to Fairway,’ in which thousands of feet of sugar kelp grown in local waterways will be harvested, dried, composted and used to treat landscaping at the Hon. Joseph Colby Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course in Woodbury and throughout Town parks. The Town has expanded its kelp operations in partnership with Adelphi, SUNY Stony Brook, and Cornell Cooperative Extension, now growing over 3,000 feet of kelp — the
equivalent of 10 football fields — in Harry Tappan Marina, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park Marina, TOBAY Beach Marina, Oyster Bay Harbor and Cold Spring Harbor Conservation Management Areas Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino stated, “In continuing our commitment to the environment, this new Farm to Fairway initiative provides dual benefits as Kelp significantly reduces nitrogen in our waterways helping to improve water quality, and decreases our dependency on chemical
fertilizers on land. As strange as it may seem, kelp is proven to be incredibly successful as a natural fertilizer as it is 100% organic, dense in nutrients, and does not net an increase in nitrogen through storm water runoff pollution. When applied to fairways specifically, it helps to increase root growth, improve appearance, promote seed development and enhances natural resistance of the fairways to stresses such as disease, drought, and insect pressures.” See page 10
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The Town of Oyster Bay has plans in place to reorganize various departments in the new year. The new initiatives are part of a cost saving measure, as well as to make the Town more environmentally friendly. “The goal of this initiative is to ensure the greatest cost savings while enhancing efficiency and best protecting Mother Earth,” said town spokesperson Brian Nevin. The three main changes that the Town is considering is a new Department of Sanitation, the creation of an Information Technolo-
gy department, and the consolidation of the Highway Department into the DPW (Department of Public Works.) Nevin said that the new Department of Sanitation, with the jurisdiction of the Solid Waste Comple, is being considered by the Town Board to streamline interrelated waste and recycling operations. Those services are currently being handled by a sanitation and recycling division within the DPW. “The new sanitation department would be led by a commissioner and two deputies,” said See page 10
Tax workshops
Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan (D - Woodbury) and the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission (ARC) will be hosting free virtual community tax grievance workshops on Monday, January 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday, February 10 from 10 a.m. to noon. The workshops will inform residents about how to challenge their property taxes online. During each virtual workshop, taxpayers who disagree with the assessed value of their proper-
ty can learn how to navigate the online grievance process and submit questions via chat to ARC representatives. Those questions will be answered after the presentations or the representatives will contact you directly. No registration is necessary, and the workshop will be shown at www.NassauCountyNY.gov/ LD18. For additional information, please contact Legislator Lafazan’s office at 516-571-6218 or email JZirillo@nassaucountyny. gov.
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