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Baldwin suffers another water main break Water continues to replace older infrastructure. “We continue to replace aging facilities Baldwin has experienced its and are almost done with our third water main break in less main replacement project on than a year, on Feb. 19, at Anderson Street in Baldwin,” around noon, at the intersec- Bellings wrote. She also noted an upcoming tion of Brooklyn Avenue and project to replace 1,100 feet of Chestnut Street. The break created a large cast-iron water main on Winohole in the pavement, flooded na Road, which is expected to streets and damimprove water a g e d p r o p e r t y, pressure and prompting a reduce the occurresponse from the rence of discolored Baldwin Fire water. Department. In a recent HerPamela Bellings, ald opinion essay, a spokeswoman for Nassau County Liberty Water, told Le gislator Debra the Herald that the Mulé, whose disbreak resulted in trict includes Baldlow water pressure PAMElA BElliNGS win, stressed the for several hundred Liberty Water urgent need for the c u s t o m e r s. “ O u r county to address crews stopped the its aging infraleak quickly and structure, and restored pressure to noted that Baldwin all customers withhad experienced in approximately 90 minutes,” two water main breaks last Bellings wrote in an email. year. Mulé’s call to action came “The paving topcoat will be just a month before the latest applied when the weather gets break. warmer as that work cannot be The previous two incidents done in the cold.” were significant. On June 7, a She added that water main water main break near Silver breaks are a “normal occur- Lake Park affected nearby comrence” during winter weather, munities, including Island but emphasized that Liberty Continued on page 9
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Baldwin Public Library patrons enjoyed some tea and sweets at the Valentine’s Day Tea Party last week. Story, additional photos, Page 10.
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