Expect delays (but the Route 347 refit is speeding up)
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of Good News and Bad News comes the latest leg of the State Route 347 Reconstruction Project – officially, the seventh stage of…
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With $100M collider deal, Albany deepens science focus
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany’s main economic engine will help fuel the next-generation ion collider slowly taking shape at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The Empire State Development Corp., the state’s main…
In Long Island waters, an historic moment for U.S. wind
By GREGORY ZELLER // America’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm is up and running in Long Island waters. Construction work on South Fork Wind, a field of 12 wind turbines…
Army Corps approves Fire Island ‘emergency action’
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of Squeaky Wheels comes word that “emergency federal action” has been approved on the storm-damaged shores of Fire Island. Just one week after…
No. 776: March finally ends, but SBU faculty, LinearDNA and artificial lifeforms are just getting started
Quarter pole: You survived the Winter That Winter Forgot … and now The March That Wouldn’t Die, as we reach the fifth (!) Friday of the month and the…
In OW-STEM, a legacy push for STEM diversity
By GREGORY ZELLER // A STEM “preparatory center” will open doors to science and technology careers for traditionally underrepresented – and professionally discouraged – Long Island collegians. Riding a $1.87…
Credit Card Competition Act takes swipe at swipe fees
By KEVIN THOMAS // ’Tis the season for holiday spending, but – with inflation up 8.2 percent over last year – gift-giving could put a more significant dent in consumers’…
How ‘Innovation and Choice’ Act threatens minority biz
By PHIL ANDREWS // Legislation that politicians claim will protect small businesses from the alleged monopoly power of large tech companies will end up depriving entrepreneurs of vital revenue streams…
Island soaks up support through $70M water package
By GREGORY ZELLER // Funding for two Long Island drinking-water projects is included in a comprehensive water-infrastructure initiative flowing through the New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. Combining short-term financing…
Chancellor cheers federal Internet-access funding
By DEBORAH STANLEY // It has been clear for years that high-speed Internet access is not a privilege, but a necessity that provides the key to academic, professional and personal…
NY, CT senators pump up Plum Island preservation
By GREGORY ZELLER // The preservationist armada blockading Plum Island is enlisting some big guns. Just two months after the Long Island Regional Planning Council announced its support of public…
SUNY pumps millions into COVID-related mental health
By GREGORY ZELLER // Referencing a “once-in-a-generation health crisis” with dramatic implications beyond the physical, the State University of New York system has launched a massive student mental health and…
Law-less LIA looks within for presidential successor
By GREGORY ZELLER // An old friend has been named the Long Island Association’s new leader. Matthew Cohen, a former government relations executive director for the Long Island Power Authority…
Northwell to begin COVID-19 testing within the week
By GREGORY ZELLER // Referencing past responses to swine flu and Ebola virus outbreaks, New York State’s largest healthcare system will begin testing for the dreaded novel coronavirus within days….
A demand for Nomorobo-styled call blocking
By GREGORY ZELLER // U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s call for telecommunications carriers to make robocall-blocking technologies available free to landline and cellphone customers could be trajectory-changing news for Nomorobo, the…