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Wantagh dot LI Survey Results for 2012 |
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2012 December: How much of your holiday shopping will be at local stores? |
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2012 November: Is better enforcement needed along the 30 MPH stretch on Wantagh Ave? |
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2012 October: How do you feel about air traffic noise over Wantagh? |
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2012 September: Next spring, do you plan on using the extended Jones Beach bike path? |
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A project is underway to improve bike access to Jones Beach by providing a critical 0.7 mile connection between the current end of the Wantagh Parkway bike path and the East Bath House. The extension will be constructed through the Jones Beach Theater parking area to the pedestrian underpass, where new storage will be provided for 100 bicycles. For more information, please visit:
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2012 August: Are you concerned about the toxic Grumman Plume? |
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The Grumman Plume is an underground pool of toxic chemicals emanating from the former Grumman Aerospace Corporation and Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant sites in Bethpage. For the past several decades, the plume has been bleeding south-southeast and contaminating public drinking water wells in its path. Officials are calling for the cleanup efforts to start immediately before the plume spreads further. For more information, please visit: |
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2012 July: What's your view on the "Trump on the Ocean" settlement? |
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New York state and Donald Trump reached an agreement for the real-estate mogul to build a restaurant and catering hall at Jones Beach, ending a legal battle that began in 2006. The new facility, called Trump on the Ocean, will be built where the Boardwalk Cafe stood from 1964 to 2004 when it was demolished. Since the razing, the site has been vacant and fenced off from the public. The primary contention between Mr. Trump and the state was the new building's proposed basement. Under the settlement, the basement will be downsized from 26,710 to 14,000 square feet, and will not include kitchens or work areas, as previously planned. |
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2012 June: Should kiteboarders be permitted at Jones Beach? |
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The state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced recently that it would allow windsurfing and stand-up paddle-boarding at ocean beaches where surfing is already allowed. This includes Jones Beach, as well as Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island and some beaches in Montauk. The changes took effect June 1, however, the new policy doesn't cover kiteboarding. |
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2012 May: Do you plan on visiting the newly-renovated Tackapausha? |
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After being closed for renovations, the Tackapausha Museum and Preserve reopened last April. The 3,000 square-feet facility features displays on Long Island's ecology, as well as animal exhibits, shows and interactive activities for children. It now also includes a hands-on Discovery Center with reptiles, birds of prey, owls and squirrels. When Tackapausha closed last year, residents formed the Friends of Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, to assist the museum. At a February rally President Lorraine Bondi-Goldsmith exclaimed that “places like this are vital to all of us and it’s so important to keep them open.” For more information, please visit:
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2012 April: Do you favor the new business planned on the corner of Wantagh and Beltagh Avenues? |
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A new business proposal was presented at the February meeting of the WSHA. Michael Rotenberg, owner of the Cherrywood Mobil station on the corner of Wantagh and Jerusalem Avenues, planned to purchase the property of the old Getty station on the corner of Wantagh and Beltagh Avenues. Mr. Rotenberg plans to demolish the existing building and replace it with a new building twice the size, and surround the property with a landscaping. The new business would perform car repairs and sell used cars, but would not sell gasoline. |
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2012 March: Will you participate in WSHA neighborhood watch? |
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The recent spate of burglaries, larcenies and other crimes in our community caught the attention of the Wantagh-Seaford Homeowners Association (WSHA), which reacted by initiating a Neighborhood Watch program. For more information, please visit:
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2012 February: Should pesticides be banned to save groundwater? |
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Information issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) points to a “chemical cocktail” in our water supply that could prove to adversely affect the health and well being of residents. The draft document called the Long Island Pesticide Use Management Plan (LIPUMP) being developed by the DEC to protect citizens, documents 123 pesticides in the water. More than 20 environmental groups including Freeport’s Operation SPLASH, have endorsed the zero-tolerance policy for pesticides in groundwater. For more information, please visit:
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2012 January: Should the county privatize the Cedar Creek plant? |
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A plan to privatize Nassau County’s sewage treatment plants – Cedar Creek and Bay Park – was presented to county legislators by the County’s Office of Management and Budget last October. The county is evaluating a public–private partnership transaction, that may consist of a concession or lease as well as the possibility of a sale or transfer of the sewer system to a private concern. Many in the community expressed worry over the privatization. As one resident stated "We have AQUA water that we're trying to transfer from a private company to the government, and a sewage plant that we're trying to transfer from the government to a private company. What's going on?" For more information, please visit:
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