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County looks to prevent sinkholes with $15M repair and Lido Beach have endured.” Broken or damaged drainpipes can lead to the formation of sinkholes, as can drilling, Over the past two and a half months, three sinkholes have construction and heavy traffic. Village officials in the Five opened up in three Nassau County hamlets, Lido Beach, Towns say they are seeking preBaldwin and Oceanside. The ventive solutions. Cedarhurst’s gaping, crater-like holes in the most busiest streets and roads middle of well-used streets — Broadway, West Broadway have led residents and elected and Rockaway Turnpike — are, officials to raise questions according to Mayor Benjamin Weinstock, mainabout whether the tained by the councounty’s aging ty. infrastructure is to Weinstock said blame — and that with the excepwhether other comtion of Washington munities should be Av e n u e , l o c a l concerned, too. streets in the vil“No part of our lage don’t see as County or our much heavy traffic region is immune as those that fall from infrastructure under county jurisf ailures like the diction. He said ones we have expethat at the next vilrienced during the lage board meeting, last month,” Counscheduled for Sept. ty Legislator Debra DEBRA MuLé 11 the trustees will Mulé, whose disdiscuss the issue trict includes Bald- county legislator and scope out ways win, wrote in a letter to local, state and federal to prevent sinkholes. In Lawrence, improving and representatives on July 3. “We must take decisive action to upgrading the village’s streets protect our environmental is already under discussion. assets and secure the health “We never know where a sinkand safety of all Nassau Coun- hole is going to pop up, but we ty residents by averting future are constantly upgrading our catastrophes such as the ones infrastructure,” a village reprethat the residents of Baldwin ConTinueD on paGe 20
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Students were introduced to the Yard Bird Chicken sandwich in 2021. From left, Whitsons Culinary Group chef Tony Distefano and Beth Drayer, the district’s director of food services.
A clear need for breakfast — and lunch — in schools CEP program boosts student performance By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com
It’s lunchtime at school, and friends and classmates are running to get on line. But there are student who can’t join the line because they don’t have enough money for lunch, so they have no choice but to wait until after school to eat at home. Lawrence school district officials have eliminated that scenario by taking part in the Community Eligibility Provision, a federal pro-
gram in which districts in high-poverty areas offer complimentary breakfast and lunches to all students. The program provides meals to students regardless of economic background, eliminating the stigma for students who already eat for free because they automatically qualify for federal programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $229 billion state budget includes $134 million to supplement the ConTinueD on paGe 9
o part of our County or our region is immune from infrastructure failures like the ones we have experienced.