_______ Lynbrook/east rockaway ______
CoMMuNItY uPDAtE Infections as of April 27
5,677
Infections as of April 20 5,637
$1.00
HERALD Also serving Bay Park
New lFD chief is sworn in
Bill seeks to lower NYAW rates
Students create Earth Day PSAs
Page 2
Page 4
Page 5
Vol. 28 No. 18
APRIl 29 - MAY 5, 2021
Regal theater is finally back in action and Prevention guidelines in the hope that a return to outdoor operations, coupled with Lynbrook was buzzing Fri- the reopened theater, would help day night as Regal Cinemas 13 local businesses. He added that reopened, ushering in a bit of a after some of them had issues return to normalcy. with teenage bike riders disMayor Alan Beach said he turbing diners last summer, he was pleased that the theater was anticipated that the board able to open again, and that he would pass le gislation to hoped it would restrict bicycles on help str ug gling Atlantic Avenue local businesses and other dining and restaurants — areas. which, he noted, The theater will benefit from a reopened on Frireturn to outdoor day to much fandining once the fare, with showweather warms. ings of “Mortal “I’m excited,” Combat,” “The Beach said of the Unholy” and theater’s reopen“Godzilla vs. ing. “There were a Kong.” lot of cars and peo“Regal is proud AlAN BEACh ple in the village to announce that Friday. It’s moving Lynbrook mayor Lynbrook [Cinein the right direcmas 13 & RPX thetion. We’re going to continue to ater] reopened Friday,” Regal do the outdoor dining, because spokesman Richard Grover said that really helped the restau- in a statement. “. . . Reopening rants. Just doing that gives peo- plans include a wide range of ple the sense that things are get- health and safety measures that ting better.” adhere to the CinemaSafe protoBeach said the village board col and guidelines.” would likely address a return to The Lynbrook facility closed outdoor dining at its May 3 in March 2020 as coronavirus meeting, and that it would follow Centers for Disease Control Continued on page 3
By MIkE SMollINS msmollins@liherald.com
Courtesy East Rockaway School District
Five green thumbs up Rhame Avenue third-grade students, from left, Julian Mena, Andrew Martin, Grace Sugrue, Leon Falkin and Mason McKeon planted fruits and vegetables in recognition of Earth Day.
Bay Park Conveyance Project begins on Earth Day Plan will help restore Western Bays ecosystem By MIkE SMollINS msmollins@liherald.com
Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, construction began on the long-awaited Bay Park Conveyance Project. The plan will redirect treated effluent, or wastewater, from the South Shore Reclamation Facility in Bay Park to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant’s ocean outfall pipe on the Wantagh-Seaford border using a
pipe beneath Sunrise Highway that is more than 100 years old. The project is a critical component of the state’s efforts to reduce nitrogen pollution and restore water quality to the Western Bays and surrounding South Shore communities. “For decades, nitrogen has been harming the Western Bays’ waters and habitats, and on this Earth Day we are making a real difference by not just talking about the problem, but actually
delivering solutions that will make a real difference for these communities,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a virtual news conference ushering in the project. “The start of construction on the Bay Park Conveyance Project marks a critical milestone in our ambitious plan to improve water quality and environmental health on Long Island and across the state, and it will fundamentally change the entire Continued on page 3
t
here were a lot of cars and people in the village Friday. It’s moving in the right direction.