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Residents face possible water rate increase According to the filing, Liberty is seeking to increase revenue by 30.14 percent in a service P u s h b a c k a g a i n s t r a t e area that includes the Sea Cliff increases by Liberty New York and Merrick water systems. The proposed rate increase Water is continuing, with North Shore residents voicing for the average residential cusconcerns. Town of Oyster Bay tomer in the Sea Cliff system, Supervisor Joseph Saladino who uses 8,000 gallons of water publicly declared per month, is his opposition to $26.89, according to the rate increases Liber ty. The Sea on June 24, calling Cliff system serves on state regulators roughly 13,000 resito reject Liberty’s dents of the Village proposal. as well as parts of “We are veheGlenwood Landing, mently opposed to Glen Head, Glen any rate hike for C o v e , O l d customers of LiberBrookville and Rosty Utilities, who lyn Harbor. have already been Area residents overburdened and AgAthA NAdEl have been advocatove r c h a r g e d f o r Glen Head ing for public water this service for far for more than a too long,” Saladino decade. Glen Head said in a news release. “Resi- resident Agatha Nadel, who has dents are already overwhelmed lived in the hamlet most of her by increases in the cost of liv- life, has been part of the fight ing for daily necessities like for a dozen years. groceries, housing and energy “I will never forget,” Nadel costs, and should not be further said, “my grandmother crying burdened by the inequity when she would open a bill and caused by a private, for-profit say, ‘I don’t understand’ — it water supplier.” was just the two of us, and Liberty filed that request when my g randfather was with the New York Public Ser- alive, the three of us — ‘why vice Commission on May 29.
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third annual Pride Stride from park to park After the parade, attendees heard speeches before heading to Still Partners for more fun. Story, photos, on Page 10.
Infrastructure updates planned for St. Luke’s with ‘Project Renewal’ By WIll ShEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is embarking on an ambitious effort to modernize and improve its parish and community spaces while preserving the historic church building that has long stood at the center of village life. The initiative, known as Project Renewal, will include work to improve accessibility, the installation of air conditioning, the replacement of aging windows and the creation of a more functional connection between the church and parish hall that serves dozens of local organizations and events each year.
“This has always been the center of Sea Cliff, and now … it’s more than just a parish hall, it’s a church and community center, too,” Bruce Castellano, chair of the building and grounds committee, said. “So that’s exciting, and it’s kind of rare.” For decades, various infrastructure issues with the parish hall and the sacristy plagued the church, with longtime parishioners like Castellano and Victoria Bjorklund commenting that the problems had been around since they started attending services in the 2000s. The project grew out of surveys distributed to parishioners, tenants and community groups Continued on page 8
f this wasn’t such a serious problem, at this point it would be laughable.
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