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Water Authority to update Elmont well, raise rates

[via The Island Now] The board of directors of the Water Authority of Western Nassau County approved a 7 percent increase in water rates at a meeting last Tuesday, anticipating issuance of a $40 million bond this fall to support long-term capital projects. Board Chairman John Ryan said the $40 million bond would support aContinueContinue reading “Water Authority to update Elmont well, raise rates”

History (Part 2)

[via franklinsquarehistory.org]: Fosters Meadow was named for two brothers who used the western tip of the Hempstead Plains as a sheep pasture in the 17th Century. In the 18th and first half of the 19th Century it was populated by descendants of Dutch and English immigrants who established a vibrant farming community. But it was in the 1850s when theContinueContinue reading “History (Part 2)”

History (Part 1)

In 1650, Christopher and Thomas Foster purchased a large plot of land controlled by Dutch settlers with the intention of raising cattle and sheep. They named this place “Foster’s Meadow” — a name which would remain for the next 200 years of the village’s history. Control of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam shifted to England in 1664, markingContinueContinue reading “History (Part 1)”