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CommUNItY UPDAtE Infections as of July 12
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Infections as of July 8 4,469
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$439M Bay Park project progressing Plant in Wantagh and then into the Ocean. Construction of new shafts A $439 million conveyance through which the piping will project to redirect partially be inserted are under constructreated sewage tion in Bay Park, from its cur rent E a s t R o c k aw a y, outflow in Reynolds Rockville Centre Channel, just south and Wantagh, while Island Park and the two in OceanO c e a n s i d e, t o a side are slated for location in the an August star t, Atlantic Ocean and another Rockthree miles south ville Centre shaft is of Wantagh, is proscheduled for Sepgressing, according tember. N e w Yo rk S t a t e T he state and Department of county already E nv i ro n m e n t a l completed an enviConservation offironmental review, cials. public outreach The project, a and materials projoint effort between curement between the DEC and NasFebruary 2020 to sau County, will April 2021. send effluent from A t a Ju l y 1 4 the South Shore Long Island RegionWater Reclamation al Planning Council toDD KAmINSKY meeting, F a c i l i t y i n B ay DEC offiPark through 7.3 State senator cials discussed how miles of newly this and other projinstalled pipe that ects will improve will be inserted into an old water quality in Nassau’s Westaqueduct that runs underneath er n Bays, which have been Sunrise Highway. From there, degraded for decades by excesit will be sent to the Cedar sive nitrogen from the Bay Park Creek Wastewater Treatment Continued on page 15
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Courtesy Edward Scharfberg
FormEr oCEANSIDE FIrE Department Chief Scharfberg shared his experiences as a first responder on Sept. 11, 2001, with students at Oceanside Middle School in 2015. Education, particularly fire safety education, is vital to Scharfberg.
Former fire chief honored as Safety Educator of the Year By tom CArrozzA tcarroza@liherald.com
Former Oceanside Fire Chief Edward Scharfberg was honored with the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York Fire Safety Educator of the Year Award at Oceanside Fire Department headquarters July 19. Scharfberg has instructed community organizations such as the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce, Boy and Girl Scouts and local senior
citizen groups for more than 40 years. Under his leadership, the department’s education efforts reach an average of 2,500 people each year. “Chief Scharfberg has always preached fire prevention, and fire safety and the results speak for themselves,” Oceanside Fire Department Capt. Mark Sparberg said. “The Oceanside Fire Department’s fire loss is now at historic lows thanks to his passion and tenacity for this important subject.”
The former chief began teaching fire safety in 1981, focusing on elementary school students. In 1985, he wrote fire safety and prevention articles for local newspapers. Scharfberg spent the 1990s working with the Oceanside School District developing a fire prevention and safety program that became a permanent course for the district’s schools and summer school programs. A kitchen fire in ScharfContinued on page 13
his gamechanging solution will lead to a resurgence of this vital waterway, resulting in a better economy and a more resilient Long Island.