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Oakdale couple catches the breeze - and electricity
Photo credit: Karen Wiles Stabile | First residential wind turbine in the Town of Islip.
First Backyard Wind Turbine in the Town of Islip
You have to crane your neck to see it through the tops of oak and spruce trees: There, behind a modern white house in Oakdale, three slender blades spin in the breeze.
They're atop the first backyard wind turbine on Long Island, according to Molloy College's Sustainability Institute, which tracks municipal wind turbine regulations. And they're ready to catch the breezes off the Connetquot...
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