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Friday, March 5, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 10
HOME AND DESIGN GUIDE
LAW & ORDER IN PORT
METZGER COMBINES BUSINESS, PHILANTHROPY
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Town approves $33M bond for Roslyn Water District to refurbish wellheads, tanks and generator against contaminants BY R O S E W E L D ON The Town of North Hempstead has approved a $33 million bond project requested by the Roslyn Water District to refurbish its water wellheads, oil tanks and a generator to protect from contaminants including 1,4-dioxane, perflourooctanoic acid and perflourooctanesulfonic acid. The measure was introduced by Town Councilman Peter Zuckerman (D-East Hills) and was unanimously approved by the town council at its Feb. 26 meeting. Spanning 5.1 square miles, the Roslyn Water District’s service territory encompasses the villages of Roslyn, Roslyn Estates and East Hills, as well as portions of Roslyn Heights, Roslyn Harbor, Flower Hill, North Hills, Greenvale, Albertson, Glenwood Landing and Port Washington, with a customer base numbering over 5,780. A pair of information ses-
sions were held by the district on Jan. 12, where the project’s lead engineer Jeff Czajka, senior vice president at Melville-based H2M Architects + Engineers, discussed the project. The project includes refurbishing wells to employ the advanced oxidation process to remove 1,4 dioxane and granular activated carbon adsorption to remove PFOA and PFOS. “To date, no Roslyn Water District well has had a detection [of 1,4 dioxane] over the state Department of Health’s maximum contaminant level, one part per billion,” Czajka said. “But we do have some that are approaching that limit.” He added that PFOA and PFOS were manmade chemicals that have entered the water supply due to “decades of abuse in industrial manufacturing and household goods,” and that while none of the district’s wells had detecContinued on Page 36
PHOTOS BY ROSE WELDON
1067 Northern Boulevard with its mural in late January (top) and without it last week (bottom). Flower Hill Mayor Brian Herrington reported that the building’s owner was unable to paint over it following a string of snowstorms, and had to wait for better weather in order to repaint. See story on page 2.
Russell runs for clerk, Troiano for council seat BY R O S E W E L D ON
Party has announced that former Councilman Robert TroiaNorth Hempstead Coun- no, whom she replaced in the cilwoman Viviana L. Russell role, will run for her council (D-New Cassel) has officially seat. The councilwoman seeks announced her bid for North Hempstead town clerk in the to succeed Town Clerk Wayne November election, and the Wink, who is running for Nassau County Democratic town supervisor in the wake
of sitting Supervisor Judi Bosworth’s announcement that she would not try for a fourth term of office. Russell has received the endorsements of the North Hempstead and Nassau County Democratic Party organizaContinued on Page 35
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