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Vol. 27 No. 22
MAY 28 - JUNE 3, 2020
Bay Park plan moves ahead, despite crisis the project was expected to be completed in about three years, but he could not give a more With the coronavirus pan- exact timetable. demic leaving many construcThe county will have to contion projects in limbo, Nassau struct a two-mile-long pipe, 40 to County officials are still eying 50 feet below ground, to connect early 2021 to begin building the the Bay Park plant to the aque$408 million Bay duct. Most of the Park Conveyance way, it will be built Project. on public land. In The project will seven locations, send treated wastehowever, it will water, from the run under neath Bay Park Water private property, Reclamation Facilwhich will require ity to an ocean outeasements from f all pipe at the the homeowners, Cedar Creek Water even though conPollution Control struction will be Plant in Wantagh, and BRiAN ScHNEidER underground by way of a will not affect the 100-year-old aque- Deputy county properties. duct beneath Sun- executive for parks and It is one of two rise Highway. u n derground public works “As far as the pipes that must be pandemic is conbuilt. The other is cerned, so much is uncertain at in Wantagh. this time,” said Brian SchThe property owners neider, the deputy county exec- received notices about the projutive for parks and public ect, and county officials hosted works. “I can’t give much other a public hearing in February, at than to say we are proceeding which they presented the plan on the procurement end at this and invited public comment. If time.” the property owners do not Schneider said the county agree to easements, county offireleased a request for proposals to three design-build teams, and Continued on page 3
By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com
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Courtesy Mike Davies
Honoring the fallen Lynbrook and East Rockaway each hosted small Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday to honor the nation’s war dead. Above, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Myriam Carpio-Hospedales addressed socially distanced attendees at Lynbrook’s Doughboy Monument.
Logging the miles for the grads Teacher runs in support of LHS class of 2020 By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com
Lynbrook High School business teacher Dr. Ben Tieniber is showing the class of 2020 how much he cares for them, one mile at a time. In an effort he began on May 5, Tieniber will run 203 miles by June 4 in honor of the 203 seniors in this year’s LHS graduating class, who lost two-fifths of their senior year because of the
coronavirus pandemic. As of May 21, he had run 92.2 miles and had 110.8 more to complete, with two weeks remaining. “I was trying to figure out a way to honor the class of 2020 for their achievements since Covid19 stripped so much of their senior year away,” Tieniber explained. “I was running one day in late April and thought, why not run in honor of the seniors of Lynbrook High School? I reached out to guid-
ance to find out how many seniors [we] had, and that’s how I came up with 203 miles to run in one month.” Tieniber, 36, has taught at LHS for three years. His classes include virtual enter prise, accounting and senior seminar, and he has sophomores, juniors and seniors. He also advises the Key Club and coaches the middle school baseball and wrestling Continued on page 3
s far as the pandemic is concerned, so much is uncertain at this time.