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Town of North Hempstead begins basin in Mineola to mitigate flood issues
Photo credit: Amy Onorato
The Town of North Hempstead broke ground Thursday on the development of a recharge basin on land in Mineola, part of an intermunicipal plan to rid the community of its decades-old flooding problems.
For years, residents who have lived on downward-sloping streets near Bruce Terrace and other Mineola and Carle Place streets have complained of flooding after brief but intense rainfall — the result...
