Welcome to the Bayville Blog
I was recently asked by the creator and administrator of this website to make some entries to begin dialog on some of the many issues that are facing our community and to make an effort to get the word out that the website exists.
In this entry I'm going to make a list of topics and issues that are ongoing and important to me. Some are long standing issues and others are more current. Some are located within the boundaries of Bayville and others outside, but all directly affect the residents of Bayville.
Over the next several weeks I hope to make more comprehensive entries on as many of these issues as I have time for and invite others to do the same. However, I would like to ask that all entries be responsible and based in fact, or identified as rumor and that they be constructive. Also, while there is nothing wrong with anonymous entries, if you are going to make personal slurs, accusations or character assaults, please sign your name. The administrator of the site has reserved the right to edit or remove any material deemed inappropriate.
The following is my list of topics in no particular order:
Roads - Maintenance, illegal closures and the designation of roads as either public, private or privately maintained.
The Stands - Bayville Amusements, the proposed "medical building", property maintenance and the overall need for revitalization.
Beaches - Access, erosion at Ransom and Center Island, cleanliness and habitat protection.
"The Birches" raw sewerage outflow into the Creek - a decades old problem that was mandated by the DEC to have a functioning packet treatment plant up and running more than a year ago.
Zoning - The need to update current zoning to address over-development and protect environmental resources and a Zoning Board that is willing to uphold them.
St. Gertrude land sale - They are rumored to have sold off a large piece of wooded land to a developer.
Water Supply - The recent contamination by coliform bacteria for the second time that I am aware of.
Mill Neck Bay Marina - This old boat yard was slated for development but is now designated as a NY State Superfund site due to heavy metal and other contamination.
Avalon Bay - After being defeated on their first application to build 300 units on a 5 acre site, Avalon has purchased the property and is expected to submit a slightly downsized version.
Stay Tuned.
Barry E. Lamb
Bayville
In this entry I'm going to make a list of topics and issues that are ongoing and important to me. Some are long standing issues and others are more current. Some are located within the boundaries of Bayville and others outside, but all directly affect the residents of Bayville.
Over the next several weeks I hope to make more comprehensive entries on as many of these issues as I have time for and invite others to do the same. However, I would like to ask that all entries be responsible and based in fact, or identified as rumor and that they be constructive. Also, while there is nothing wrong with anonymous entries, if you are going to make personal slurs, accusations or character assaults, please sign your name. The administrator of the site has reserved the right to edit or remove any material deemed inappropriate.
The following is my list of topics in no particular order:
Roads - Maintenance, illegal closures and the designation of roads as either public, private or privately maintained.
The Stands - Bayville Amusements, the proposed "medical building", property maintenance and the overall need for revitalization.
Beaches - Access, erosion at Ransom and Center Island, cleanliness and habitat protection.
"The Birches" raw sewerage outflow into the Creek - a decades old problem that was mandated by the DEC to have a functioning packet treatment plant up and running more than a year ago.
Zoning - The need to update current zoning to address over-development and protect environmental resources and a Zoning Board that is willing to uphold them.
St. Gertrude land sale - They are rumored to have sold off a large piece of wooded land to a developer.
Water Supply - The recent contamination by coliform bacteria for the second time that I am aware of.
Mill Neck Bay Marina - This old boat yard was slated for development but is now designated as a NY State Superfund site due to heavy metal and other contamination.
Avalon Bay - After being defeated on their first application to build 300 units on a 5 acre site, Avalon has purchased the property and is expected to submit a slightly downsized version.
Stay Tuned.
Barry E. Lamb
Bayville
Hi Barry,
Thank you for opening up this avenue for communication. I am curious as to who the
"creator and administrator" of this website is.
thank you.
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I'm afraid it is not my place to reveal identities, it is up to the individuals to decide what they want to disclose.
BL
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Barry,
I am glad to see you are on here. Your thoughts are very clear and direct. Good luck with this site. I believe that there should be a place where people can discuss the Village, not specific people, in a constructive manner to better Bayville. This site seems to be the answer. I hope it stays on target.
Thank you for putting some really important issues out there for discussion.
People need to be more vocal at the Village level and attend monthly village meetings.
Mayor Siegel and the board of trustees have been very receptive to people who come before them at the meetings with concerns and ideas. They are our elected oficials, we need to let them see and hear our concerns.
Great work Barry.
Margaret Marchand
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Barry,
This is great forum for our neighbor and concerned citizens of this beautiful community of Bayville. Thank you for creating and administering this blog. I am not sure how to create new dialog on this forum but I am interested in knowing when cable subscribers will begin to have a choice for TV service. Specifically, I am talking about Verizon efforts to obtain franchise licensing in Bayville to compete with Cablevision. In my opinion, sooner is better, because consumers will surely benefit. My understanding is that other Nassau communities already have Verizon Fios TV in addition to the incumbent vendors. Does anyone know why we shouldn't have the same choice in Bayville ASAP? What would be the issues for not negotiating for Verizon service immediately?
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Hi Carmine,
The Verizon FIOS service is available in Bayville. Have you contacted them? Not sure if it is available in all spots. When I went online and entered my phone number on their site, it said not available in your area. When I called them it was avail for my house. Matter of fact, the line terminates outside my house. I'de give them a call. I do know of people using the service today.
Also, thanks for your positive comments about the blog. I think this will be a great way to get up to date info for the area.
J
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a word of caution about Verizon FIOS. My neighbors got it, and the repair trucks kept coming back again and again. They finally swithed back to Optonline for phone and Internet. I've never had a problem with Optonline, and I've used them for phone, Internet and TV for over 3 years. Not sure if FIOS is that trouble free yet, at least here in Bayville.
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I think this is a great site on which you can find out what's going on in the community. My thanks to the person responsible for creating it. This forum gives us an excellent opportunity to objectively express our thoughts and concerns.
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I just heard the shrieking kids tape on abc news. I'm with the neighbors sueing. Are these parents deaf???? I would never let my kids make that kind of noise and my hubby, their dad, would take away their pool privileges before he'd tolerate that kind of noise. When my kids were younger we had a pool and other than normal laughter and occasional screams of delight the kids weren't allowed to disturb the peace. If this many neighbors are upset why are these parents not responding. These are the parents who will host the teenage keg parties in the future...what's the term...oh yes, they're called enablers. I'm glad I don't live in that neighborhood. Janeen in CT
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Have you had a lot of input for this blog? Has it been worth your time?
http://frisbeepainting.com
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Corey,
I haven't seen much activity on this blog...clearly, it is specific to Bayville and vicinity. I believe it can be a valuable and worthwhile forum.
My initial purpose for providing input was to get Verizon FIOS TV allowed to operate here in Bayville. I now have it and have dumped Cablevision (which I feel is an inferior product) and have absolutely no service problem with FIOS- phone, internet and TV.
Has anyone had any feedback from the Nassau County tax assessments challenge/ inquiries?
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There isn't much activity on this blog. I know that there are people who read it but don't want to reply for various reasons.
Carmine, as someone who came from a family of Bell Telephone workers, and being a stockholder, I welcomed FIOS.
I have been greatly disappointed with their service. My DVR crashed twice. The first time it took them a week to schedule a repairman. The second time I waited only two days but the repairman was unable to figure out how to get the TV to work in HD mode. I had to rewire everything after he left.
A good friend works in FIOS sales out here in Nassau County and he tells me that people are reverting back to Cablevision because it is cheaper and has better service. Verizon is a company that is poorly managed with the bottom line being sales rather than support.
Today my internet went down and I found calling them was too daunting a task. Turning the modem off did the trick this time. I am glad that I didn't have to deal with the repair number. When my contract is up I'm back to Cablevision.
Good luck with your FIOS.
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Hmmm... interesting stuff, Woody, as I was considering making the switch. I have Cablevision and Optimum Online right now, with Verizon for telephone, so it probably does make sense for me to go for one or the other of the "triple" packages, if I could only decipher the likely hidden charges! It's all rather confusing, really.
FIOS looks attractive but - as you seem to highlight - much of that seems to be in the upfront packaging, advertizing and sales rather than in the delivery. Two personal objections to FIOS:
1. They push out their "cheap deal" hard but the fact that it is a timelimited contract is in the small print. Nowhere does it indicate what the rate will go up to at the end of the promotion period, either. Plus, there are taxes on top of their offered rate, of course.
2. One of their people leant over my fence a year or so back and pushed hard to sell me the triple deal. I resisted, wanting to research it all further, only to find out later on the telephone to Verizon that at that time FIOS TV was not available in my part of Bayville. If their own salesmen don't know what's going on, no wonder we have trouble as consumers!
So I'm tempted to leave my money in the Dolan's pocket, I guess.. thanks for your input here.
Mark
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We use Cablevision for phone, Internet and TV (with two HD DVR's and three more HD boxes). We haven't really needed service much at all, but the few times we had to call Cablevision for Internet or email service issues, the tech service over the phone was superb - beyond what we expected, and totally excellent. We've never had to have a service call to tour house. The only problems we have had with Cablevision was with their HD DVR's. They need to be rebooted periodically, which you do simply by unplugging them for a few minutes and then plugging them back in (the power cord can be unplugged at the back of the unit). One of our DVR's failed totally and we lost some shows that we had recorded. We exchanged it at their Roslyn store for a new one – there’s no charge to replace them since you can only rent them by the month (HD DVR's cost about $10 each, per month). Also, Cablevision did change their HD channel line-up recently, and not for the better. They closed the VOOM HD Network, which had a lot of great programming, and replaced it with more HD Movie channels, mostly HBO channels. We rent movies on Blu-Ray discs from Netflix, so getting more movie channels had no value to us. We miss the programs that they cancelled, but no one else offers them either, so there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Otherwise, Cablevision is fine. We had horrible service problems when we used Verizon for a land-line phone (which we still have as a second line so that we have phone service when there's a power interruption - Internet phones do not work without electricity). Verizon service was so terrible that I would never trust them again for anything. They sent technicians out to our house at least 6 or 7 times and they never really fixed the service. We had to file a formal complaint with the Public Service Commission before we got Verizon’s attention. After we did that some people from higher up started calling and all of a sudden three techs showed up and finally fixed the service. It seems that there must be a war at Verizon between the brass and the union workers, who do a really poor job - probably on purpose - and bad mouth the company to the public. The problem we had was so easy to fix that it's a certainty that they just didn't want to fix it, they wanted to keep coming back and by doing so - stick it to the company. Who would want to be caught in that cross fire? I recommend avoiding Verizon and using Cablevision, even if the Verizon offering might look better on paper. From our vantage point as customers who could not get service from them without filling a legal complaint, Verizon just seems like a very poorly run company.
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I've been a Cablevision customer for years. While their prices tend to be ridiculously high, their customer service is unmatched. I called a few months ago on a Sunday when a storm blew my cable line off it's connection on my house. They had a technician there to fix it 3 hours later, on Sunday! My only complaint is that the don't offer the NFL Network because of a disagreement with the NFL over how to charge for the service. Other than that, I really can't complain to much about them.
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Verizon has been giving retirement packages to senior people to get them off the payroll for several years. Then they hire outside contractors, Cablevision does the same, but these contractors often cannot deal with older hard wire telephone equipment. I understand that some of the wiring is from the 1950s. Of course Fios is fiber-optic and is supposed to be trouble free.
I'd rather use rabbit ears than give money to the Dolans but, unless Verizon shows some improvement, I'll have to go back to Cablevision.
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Hoping you found my:
• Bic folding Kayak
• All white, black seat pads, aluminum stiffener bar, wheel on one end, folds in half into a triangle shape
• Lost in Barnegat Bay
• It could be found anywhere on the bay, but it was originally lost between Cedar Creek and Forked River
• Lost 8/2/09 mid day
• hull is cut in half and strap connected to allow folding
• Kayak is only approximately 8’; only 4’ when folded in half into triangle shape
• Reward offered plus, even, Lenox china gift!
Contact: Jeff at 732 583-0878
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to the above poster, this blog is for bayville NY not Bayville NJ. I hope you find your kayak!
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My daughter lost her Blackberry somewhere in Bayville last Thursday night 7/30. 628-9137 Thanks
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Jeff, how does all this spam get past your security code system? I don't envy you having to clear it all the time, and just wonder whether there's a better way to do things.
All the best,
Mark
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Mark,
I don't think many people, (including the blog's administrators), ever read this site anyway. I just check it to see if you've made some silly comment that I can pick on.
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How do you keep a Liberal in suspense ???
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Hi Mark,
Yes, can be a pain. I usually check a few times a week but it's been a little hectic lately. Spam will always find its way in. Would like to have the blog on a new platform by Spring anyway.
Jeff
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Is there NEPOTISM with the administrator in her hiring practices????
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Hiya Barry/Jeff
As one who works with computers/web sites myself, I wince every time I see "Refrigerators from Dubai" or some other inane spammer infiltrate your systems and screw up your good intentions. There's no doubt it's a lot quieter around here these days because of having to climb over such a mountain of rubbish just to find the odd gem of wisdom. I do hope you can find the time to revamp the way the Blog is set up i.e. create a new platform, so that you can get rid of these "self-abusers" once and for all. I'm at a loss to understand how they get past your security coding, but then I am a designer, not a coder.
The concept of the Bayville Blog is a sound one, even if it does tend to get hijacked now and again by those with little else to do but complain about somebody or something in the village, rather than coming up with anything positive.
Good luck, anyway. I would like to see it work for you.
I've never forgotten that when I worked at Cunard Line we installed the first "computer room" on QE2 in 1995. I took a walk down on the first day of its operation to check that all was well and passengers were happy. Looking over the shoulder of one of our passengers, I read words to the effect of:
"Dear (CEO),
We're really unhappy about the way that the tours ... blah blah.... and that the dining room hours don't suit... blah blah... and finding a cockroach on my toothbrush in the morning does not exactly represent the "wonderful holiday experience" you advertize in the brochure."
OK, I made that last bit up... but you get the message. I'm sorry that you've tried so hard with this and that it seems to be attacked so randomly.
Mark
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Mark,
What makes you think their intentions are "good"? What happened to that "new platform by Spring"?
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Hi Mark,
Thanks for the positive support, I'm glad you see that the intent truly is "good".
I cringe daily when those type of posts make it through and I do try to get into the backend of the blog at least twice a week or so to clean up and block them. As you know these spammers can hit thousands of site with a single keystroke, all within seconds. These "ghost writers" get paid per submission so they are very good at cloaking and getting around the anti-spam efforts. Many spammers change their IP addresses several times a day to confuse anti-spam software. The only way around it (currently) is to validate each comment. I just dont have the bandwith to do that realtime which is needed so thast the thread remains current.If I did that and I dont get in for a day or two, the news is old. Im hoping to get the new platform in place soon. It takes a lot of time to change things over and clean up some of the non-sense on here but it will get done. It is on the top of my "pro bono" list of web projects.
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You mean that "antique thimble flatulence" was spam?
Seriously, in deleting spam you removed something I had posted regarding all the speculation around the Bayville Fire Department. I'm sure it was accidental.
You are doing Bayville a service in posting the blog - are you still getting money under the table from the mayor? Just kidding!!
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Woody - I adjusted the Spam settings a bit and just discovered your reply was identified as spam that is why your post just showed up. Sorry if anything got deleted previously.
All- please use a real email addresses when posting a comment. The Spam engine is now validating against email addresses. Your email address will not be posted.
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Jeff: A good friend does consulting work for the FDA - and a lot of the information regarding patients in studies is supposedly confidential. The programs he uses and all his emails are said to be "secure" but he told me they get spammed with regularity.
You are doing the Village a service and I wish that more people would participate. I know that there are folks who read postings but will not respond to things they read.
What the Village needs is better communication. The newsletters are chatty but contain little of any substance. Often baseless rumors go around and the Village would do everybody a service by dealing with them in the newsletter.
For example, there is a rumor circulating about what the Bayville Fire Department is going to do with the property they bought. A little blurb from someone in the fire department would go a long way in dispelling the rumor.
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Our school district will be moving towards Islamization because of the IB program
http://truthaboutib.com/breakingnewsopinions.html
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The village administrator will not hire any Bayville residents. She however has hired her mother,her godchild who lives on the south shore, her girlfriend from school to help her mother who also lives on the south shore and the administrator herself lives in Glen Cove. What gives here with no overseeing from our Mayor on this. Makes one think who is in charge of our village. There were many qualified residents that live in Bayville that applied for the 2 vacant positions and were not even considered.
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Nepotism is alive and well in Bayville Village Hall
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Unfortunatly our tax money is paying to support the Alfano Family & Friends Network. The Village is always crying about money. Doug I think you should "WAKE UP".
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http://www.c-fam.org/publications/id.1737/pub_detail.asp
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Islamization in schools? Bit paranoid, no? Public schools are forbidden to promote religion. Not to mention, there's nothing wrong with the religion in and of itself. There are evil men using it to justify terrorism, sure. However there are evil men who would do the same with any religion. Evil knows no race, religion, or creed.
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I would like the people of Bayville to know that the Bayville Animal Clinic RENTS the space where we are located. We do not own the property and have nothing to do with the construction that has gone on for years or the junk strewn about the property.
We are concerned about the appearance of the property and have tried to have the owner take steps to correct the situation but to no avail.
We apologize to our neighbors for any inconvenience and hope to see the site improved in the future!!
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Thanks for clarifying this. The property is an eyesore, and I believe many people think the Animal Clinic is responsible for it. I hope the owners do something even if it's to remove everything and just leave concrete!
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