The Garden City Board of Trustees covered several contractual and project planning approvals at its August meeting. Water main replacement The Board approved a project bid award for the Water Main Replacement project for Clinton Road and Stewart Avenue to Merrick Utility Associates of Farmingdale, for $3,318,950. On behalf of the village, water system
Massive Long Island fire expected to smolder all day; LIRR service impacted
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A massive 10-alarm fire at a commercial waste facility site on Long Island is finally under control after raging for more than 12 hours and forcing an LIRR service suspension during the morning commute.
Firefighters were still battling hotspots that were expected to smolder throughout the day at the Jamaica Ash & Rubbish Removal Co. in Westbury.
The blaze began around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday at the site packed with household trash. Firefighters efforts were hampered because the structure is not accessible from all sides. What made the operation very hard is the fact that the building is basically full, floor to ceiling, of garbage and packaged garbage, which is ready to be shipped, Westbury Fire Chief Kenneth Gass said. So we had to attack it from the exterior, and again, not being able to attack it from both sides of the buildling caused a delay in the tactics and a real hardship