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Donating artwork to courts
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Mulé decries aging county infrastructure pressure at nearby Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital as well. Although water service had One week after a water main been restored within an hour, break in Baldwin affected com- many people — including m u n i t i e s i n I s l a n d P a rk , Mulé’s office, in Baldwin, were Oceanside, Roosevelt and South not satisfied with the communiHempstead, Nassau County cation from Liberty as the situLegislator Debra Mulé, accom- ation unfolded. panied by residents “ We ’ r e c o n and local business cerned, because the people, called on communication Liber ty Water to from Liberty Water reimburse customwas not what it ers for their losses really should have while spotlighting been,” Mulé said. the broader issue of “I’ve heard from aging infrastrucmany residents ture. that they called “It was just a (Liberty), were on year ago I was talkhold for 45 minutes ing about the need to an hour, and got to hear about our various responses. aging infrastruc“My office ture,” Mulé said at a called,” she added, gathering last Fri- DEBRA MUlEé “and honestly, we d ay o u t s i d e T h e Nassau County didn’t get a real Irish Pub in Bald- Legislator explanation of win, “and here we what was happenare. And that was ing so that we could because we had a giant sink- advise our residents.” hole on Grand Avenue caused As a result of the break, the by a sewer main break, and county Department of Health now we had a water main ordered Liberty Water to issue break, which affected virtually a boil-water notice, advising my entire district.” customers not to drink the Roughly 30,000 customers water without boiling it first. experienced a water outage on The notice was lifted on June 9, June 7, which affected water
By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ
hgaldamez@liherald.com
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Baldwin Public Library was the scene last Saturday where library patrons created custom baseball caps for a male figure in their life. Story, photos, Page 3.
Baldwin HS alum running long Paul Wehr prepares for NYC Marathon this November By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com
Paul Wehr, a 2019 graduate of Baldwin High School, is all too familiar with physical challenges. Throughout his youth and four years at the high school, Wehr was an all-wrestling athlete while also participating as a member of the Baldwin PAL judo club. He even wrestled as a student-athlete while attending Hunter College and after transferring to SUNY Oswego. Wehr, 23, is now preparing himself physically — and mentally — for what may be his greatest challenge of all. He is training to take part in the
grueling 26.2-mile New York City Marathon on Nov. 3 — even though he has had little to no experience with a race of that distance. “It’s always just been wrestling,” Wehr said. “I’ve always been interested in doing difficult things and challenging myself, whether going for long runs, signing up for an MMA (mixed martial arts) fight, or boxing match. I like doing difficult things and challenging myself.” Wehr’s motivation for even considering signing up for the marathon comes from his half-sister, Kayla Rivara, who was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease. “She’s my half-sister, and her father passed Continued on page 2
hat we are dealing with in this county is infrastructure that is centuries old, well past its useful life.
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