Events

Today at LIMBA we had the opportunity to hear about what is going on with Keyspan Energy's Emissions and Air Quality initiatives.  Bob Teetz, Directory of Environmental Engineering and Compliance for Keyspan, gave a broad and deep presentation of where our electricity comes from, what fuels are used to generate it, and what is being…

Phil Nolan, the recently ( November 2006 ) elected Supervisor of the Town of Islip, came to speak at LIMBA this morning, introducing himself and talking about his experiences to date.  Islip is a town of about 330,000 people, with many challenges and bumps in the road, some of which were discussed today.  Phil is…

This morning Riverhead Town Supervisor Phil Cardinale made a presentation on the planning and restoration projects in Riverhead. There are a number of things being planned, including riverfront improvements, Calverton airport redevelopment, and Rt 58 transportation improvements.     In the downtown Main Street, which is relatively small, there are plans for the restoration of the theater. Mr.…

On May 4th, we had the privilege of Suffolk County Legislator Wayne Horsley give us a perspective of how important sewers are to the ecology and economic growth of Long Island.  Wayne apologized for picking such an unsavory topic to be the subject of a breakfast meeting, but as usual, the large crowd of LIMBA…

The Long Island Philharmonic at LIMBA Larry Austin, chairman of Austin Travel and The Long Island Philharmonic Board of Directors, came by to give us an update on the Philharmonic close to the finale of their 28th season.  Larry is a past president of LIMBA, like the Philharmonic, a long running show.  The final two…

This morning's speaker was Town of Babylon Supervisor Steve Bellone. Mr. Bellone began by telling us of his efforts to bring green thinking to the town. The town has ordered Hi-Brid vehicles for it's fleet, and is installing green technologies in all it's new construction. Babylon is setting an example according to Bellone. The rationale…

This morning we had a presentation from the acting president of the LIRR. Mr Ray Kenny started with an overview of the railroads performance records. The performance can be summarized here by saying that the best year on record was 2002 at 94% for on time trains. Currently we are on schedule to do slightly…

Friday we had a most unusual meeting with no scheduled speaker we used the opportunity to discuss any major issue facing Long Island. The topic of the Keyspan-National Grid merger/acquisition was introduced and as luck would have it, Dr Matt Cordaro was in the room. Cordaro began his career with LILCO, and left LILCO more…

Dr Andaz an oncologist from South Nassau Hospital gave a talk on cancer. the focus was on lung cancer and the devastating statistics on smoking. Smoking however, according to Dr Andaz, accounts for a lot more than lung cancer. Primarily all the cancers associated in the mouth and upper respiratory as well as cancers we…