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JUNE 2 - 8, 2022
Will trembling road be a concern for Wantagh-Seaford? Meeting focuses on Bay Park complaints sending vibrations through nearby homes and businesses. The South Derrick CommuniQuality and storm resiliency ty Civic Association gathered for across Nassau County — some its monthly on May 25, and the residents are pleading for a solu- hot topic was what could be done tion to the problem of excessive about the tremors. Residents noise caused by the construc- who attended said they fully suption. ported the Bay Park Work on the projproject, but are seekect started in Mering some way to rick, and residents reduce the noise and of the Mer rick vibrations. Manor Townhouses, “We are all in on Sunrise Highway, support of this projhave complained ect, but we feel it about the noise and cannot be at the vibrations. The expense of some of Manor sits right us,” Manor resident beside one of 24 pits Greg Parisi said. being excavated so “The construction construction workworkers are working ers can work underfrom 9:30 p.m. and ground, installing a GREG PARISI they leave at 6 a.m. new pipe through an There is no sleep, existing aqueduct Merrick Manor but the work has to that extends from be done. Some of us Bay Park, in East Rockaway, east would like to try to sleep during under Sunrise Highway to the the day, but we can’t because the Cedar Creek Wastewater Treat- pit has eight concrete plates on ment Plant in Wantagh. Treated top of it, and the big trucks that wastewater will be piped three are speeding through the middle miles out into the Atlantic Ocean lane are causing critical vibrawhere it will be diluted, instead tions.” of negatively affecting the bays. A representative of the Bay Large plates cover the pits, Park Conveyance Project Outand when work is not being done reach Program, Travis Brennan, during the day, the problem for detailed how long residents residents is the large trucks that would have to deal with the noise rumble noisily over the plates, Continued on page 5
By KEPHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com
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Seaford observes Memorial Day The Tara Pipes and Drum Band put on a show at the Seaford Memorial Day parade on Monday.
After nearly 30 years, superintendent says goodbye By MICHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com
As Levittown looks to say farewell to its graduates of the class of 2022 in June, one very special, longtime Levittown resident is moving on to the next chapter of her life from the school district as well. Levittown Superintendent Dr. Tonie McDonald, a 1977 graduate of Levittown Memorial High School, is retiring after serving the district for nearly three decades. She has served as the superintendent of Levittown Union Free School District since 2014. McDonald also was a testing coordinator, director
of pupil services, assistant business manager, and assistant superintendent for business and finance. Her road to becoming a teacher wasn’t a direct route. From a young age, McDonald always wanted to be a teacher; she can recall “Go To the Head of the Class” as her favorite childhood game. Unfortunately, early on, she was not encouraged to become a teacher. “When I went to high school, teachers weren’t being hired. There were no jobs available,” McDonald said. “So, I did not originally go to school for teaching.” She first worked as a paralegal for 13 years after Continued on page 13
e don’t live on the fault line, and for four months, this is what we’ve dealt with.