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Tempers rise over compost at S.C. meeting Sea Clif f uses a singlestream system, meaning residents may place paper, cardTensions rose at the Sea board, glass, plastic and metal Cliff Board of Trustees meet- cans in the same bin for collecing Monday night as residents tion. Recycling is then transrequested answers to questions ported to the Winter Bros. about recycling and further Transfer Station in Glen Cove consideration of village-led to be sorted. Villafane said that Winter Bros. has told the vilcomposting. Mayor Elena Villafane and lage recycling is being recycled. trustees presented logistical The village has been unable for challenges to a comseveral years to get posting pro g ram more than 18% of and expressed a residents to recycle. need for more inforMarion argued mation. t h at c o m p o s t i n g Roughly 40 resiwould be fiscally dents remained for beneficial for the the duration of disvillage because it cussions surroundwould reduce the i n g c o m p o s t i n g , JAMES VERSoCKI, overall municipal with several speaksolid waste, or all Village trustee ing in support of a garbage in Sea village-wide comCliff, and therefore posting initiative. reduce tipping fees. A tipping Re s i d e n t A m y M a r i o n fee is an amount charged by a expressed a concern that resi- waste processing facility for a dents’ recycling is not actually quantity of waste. being recycled because the Ten Sea Cliff families have Town of Brookhaven Landfill been participating in a communo longer has a single-stream nity composting program run recycling program. by Laura Russo, for mer co“I’m not just saying this is a chair of the village’s Environvillage problem, but this is a mental Conservation Commitnational problem, right?” Mari- tee, and current Chair Fred on said. “I think everybody is Black. Participating families finding out that it’s a scam and collect compostable materials it’s a sham.”
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Courtesy North Shore Kiwanis Club
The challenge, formerly known as the Nassau-to-Suffolk Bicycle Challenge, now focuses exclusively on Nassau County. Riders can choose between a 25-mile route or a more demanding one that’s 10 miles longer.
Kiwanis Bicycle Challenge celebrates 30 years supporting children in need By RoKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
For three decades, cyclists have gathered at Harry Tappen Beach, in Sea Cliff to ride the winding roads of Long Island’s North Shore while raising money for children in need. The Nassau Bicycle Challenge will celebrate its 30th anniversary on June 28, bringing riders of all ages and skill levels together for a community event that has raised more than $325,000 for children’s charities since its founding in 1997. Proceeds benefit the Kiwanis Club of North Shore Foundation, a nonprofit that supports programs including the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center at Cohen Children’s Medical Center,
the Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation, Kamp Kiwanis, Nosh Delivers and other youth-focused initiatives. The ride began as a personal mission for Thomas DeStio, a Sea Cliff resident and longtime Kiwanis member. His son, Tommy, was born prematurely in 1996 with serious health complications, and spent time in the critical care unit at what is now the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center in New Hyde Park. “He was very premature, and the kid was really in bad shape,” DeStio recalled. “The only way I could come up with something to help was to create the bike ride.” An avid long-distance cyclist who had taken part in endurance rides across the country, DeStio saw an opportunity to comCoNTiNued oN page 13
et’s work on it together and figure out the next steps.
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