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Nitrogen in bays addressed in $19.6M plan and for the Long Island environment. And today we are here to do something about it.” Suez Water Long Island, Nitrogen accelerates the which manages the Bay Park growth of a seaweed called ulva Wastewater Treatment Plant for lactuca, which breaks apart in Nassau County, recently com- the tides. In time, it rots, robbing pleted a $19.6 milthe surrounding l i o n p ro j e c t t o waters of dissolved install special oxygen and killing tanks at the plant marine life. that will remove up Adrienne Espoto 40 percent of s i t o , e x e c u t ive nitrogen in wastedirector of Citizens water that is disCampaign for the charged into ReynEnvironment, said olds Channel, the Biological north of Long Nutrient Removal Beach. Project, as officials The 18-month are calling it, was a project, officials victory for the said, is intended to environment. protect the fragile “Less nitrogen Western Bays. means healthier O n M o n d a y, BRiAN SChNEidER ocean water, which N a s s a u C o u n t y Deputy Nassau County is better for fish, Executive Laura shore birds, and Curran and U.S. executive will result in cleanSen. Charles Schuer water for recremer gathered environmentalists ational use,” Esposito said. “I’m and other officials at the plant to very excited for the future of our announce the project’s comple- bays.” tion. “Anyone who uses the West“Nitrogen has been public ern Bays for recreation will enemy number one for a very experience cleaner water, and long time,” Schumer said, “for this will benefit them in their Nassau homeowners, for our back bays, for the Western Bays Continued on page 3
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East Rockaway JunioR-sEnioR High School senior Eligio Guarino, 17, who is now playing for the New York Cosmos Soccer Club and is headed to Wake Forest, said he hoped to play professionally in Europe after college. Courtesy Leo Guarino
Teen joins Cosmos Soccer Club ERHS senior hopes to play professionally in Europe By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com
At a young age, Eligio Guarino fell in love with soccer while watching it with his father and grandfather. Now, at 17, he is playing professionally with the New York Cosmos Soccer Club. “I’ve been playing soccer since I could walk, basically,” Guarino said. “I’ve been playing competitively since I was 3 or 4.” The East Rockaway Junior-
Senior High School senior has played attack midfield and left wing for the Cosmos since August, competing against older players. He said he has enjoyed the competition, and has learned a great deal from the experience. Guarino played for the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Sting from 2011 to 2015, helping the team win two State Cups and two Long Island Cup championships. In addition to the Cosmos, he has played for the U.S. Soccer Dev-
velopment Academy teams of the New York City Football Club and the Red Bulls. He explained that the academy is similar to minor league clubs, from which the best players are selected and groomed to become professionals. He played on the under-13 and under-14 teams for the Red Bulls from 2015 to 2016, and then for the under15, under-17 and under-19 teams for the NYCFC from 2017 to 2020. As a student, he Continued on page 3
nyone living in Nassau County will experience an improvement in water quality, and ultimately, a better quality of life.