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Vol. 98 No. 14
APRIl 1 - 7, 2021
Cleaning up below ground EPA set to begin next phase of Hewlett Plume project cleanup project began in 2011, when the EPA pumped the polluted groundwater to the surface Fieldwork is scheduled to con- to be treated, at a cost of $21.5 tinue the week of April 5 on the million. $24.7 million portion of a $46.2 The focus of the next phase of million cleanup project at a the cleanup is to determine the groundwater plume Superfund sources of the groundwater consite at 1274 Peninsutamination by colla Blvd. in Hewlett, lecting soil and according to Enviwater samples from ronmental Protecapproximately 24 tion Agency offiborings at the site. It cials. will begin next MonThe so-called day. The EPA will set Hewlett plume was up temporary operadiscovered in 1991 by tions in a parking lot the EPA. Perchloroof the strip mall at ethylene, or PCE, a the intersection of synthetic chemical Broadway and Piero f t e n u s e d a s a JEFFREy mont Avenue, and degreaser for metalthe work zone will working and other HAMMoND include a drill rig i n d u s t r i e s , h a d Spokesman, State and a support truck leached into the DEC that the EPA says g ro u n dw at e r b e are expected to limit n e at h Pe n i n s u l a access to parts of Boulevard. PCE is often associat- the area for about a week. ed with dry-cleaning businesses, The Town of Hempstead is and Grove Cleaners operated giving the EPA access to a nearby from 1987 to 1992. municipal parking lot on Mill The federal Superfund pro- Road, near West Broadway, to gram funds the cleanup of prop- stage and store equipment erties contaminated with haz- including an office trailer, the ardous substances and pollut- drill rig, support vehicles and ants. The Peninsula Boulevard containers. Temporary fencing site was added to the EPA’s Superfund list in 2004, and the Continued on page 5
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Stoking the holiday fires The Woodmere Fire Department held its traditional chometz (non-kosher food for Passover) burning on March 26, the day before the eight-day Jewish holiday began.
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Gammy’s Pantry remains vital as pandemic drags on When the pandemic spread Young, an Inwood resident, created the pantry two years ago, last year, the pantry became part inspired by her grandmother of a Long Island Cares site that A little over a year since the Betty Young, whom she called now distributes even more food coronavirus pandemic began, Gammy. While it is open to any- to people in need. Young said Gammy’s Pantry, in the Five one in the Town of Hempstead, a that since last March 13, the panTowns Community Center in majority of users are from the try has been open every day. “We’re almost 380 days withC-001674-05-001-MNS-FiveTowns-ROP-NassauHeraldJewishStar-StripAd-6.08X1_1 Lawrence, has continued to help Five Towns and Valley Stream. those in need of food. Pantry The facility serves as many as out a day off,” she said. “Any founder Sasha Young said that 150 people at a time, and collects Tuesday or Thursday from 2:45 Continued on page 4 food for many T:6.08" more at home. the need remains constant.
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