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Oil spill raises questions for E.R. residents information officer with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, East Rockaway resident Lor- the leak was identified at the raine Guarnieri Keegan, 73, intersection of Atlantic Avenue has lived by the water her and Access Road near the Mill entire life, in a canal-front River Bridge. Elizabeth Flagler, Head of home on West Boulevard just External and Interoff Reynolds Channal Communications nel. for PSEG Long She knows coastal Island, reported that living comes with a the cable was immecost, like in 2012, diately de-energized when Hur ricane after the leak was Sandy hit, convincdiscovered, and no ing her family to customers lost power raise their home on during the shutdown. stilts. The cause “ W h e n yo u ’ re remains under invesborn on the water, tigation, but prelimiit’s in your blood,” nary findings sugKeegan said. “I feel LORRAINE gest third-party daml i k e a m e r m a i d GUARNIERI age to the cable’s almost.” KEEGAN e x t e r n a l c o at i n g , But nothing pre- East Rockaway w h i c h m ay h ave pared her for the resident weakened the pipe’s strange, shimmering integrity over time. fluid that recently The leaked fluid, a light minappeared outside her porch. A leak from a PSEG Long eral oil used to insulate highIsland underground transmis- voltage lines, is not considered sion cable on July 14 released dangerous to humans. However, hundreds of gallons of dielec- experts warn it can harm fish, tric fluid into Mill River, turn- birds, and other wildlife by ing the familiar blue water into coating surfaces and interferan oily, rainbow-streaked scene. ing with oxygen exchange. “This type of oil can smothAccording to a statement from John J. Salka, a public Continued on Page 10
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Kerry Cullen has been working as a page at the Lynbrook Public Library for about three years. She graduated from Lynbrook High School in 2024.
Lynbrook High School grads join forces at village library By GIANNA LONGO Intern
Lynbrook High School has stocked Lynbrook Public Library, on Eldert Street, with a fresh, modern perspective, with three students or alumni working as pages who are responsible for the library’s organization. Former students Kerry Cullen, Chloe Brown and Nora Kane’s paths merged at the library, as they took on a literary mission in their local library. The paid position consists of arranging books on shelves and collecting media from the book drop, as well as keeping the library organized for around four hours per shift.
Cullen, 19, who graduated in 2024 and is now a rising sophomore at Ithaca College, studying music education, has been working as a page at the library for nearly three years. “I alphabetize certain sections that get a little bit wonky here and there, and I also help with events sometimes, if I have free time, which is really fun,” Cullen said. Cullen frequented the library from early childhood through her teenage years, so it was a no-brainer for her to apply for the noncivil service position. “I begged my grandma to go take (my brother and I) like every night,” Cullen Continued on Page 20
e’re hurting our waters, which we’re supposed to protect.