ICYMI: Fate Of West Brook Pond Still Undecided

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in the Sayville-Bayport Patch:

By Jacqueline Sweet:

Oakdale, NY — West Brook Pond, on Montauk Highway in Great River, is one of many man-made ponds, or impoundments, created on the South Shore of Long Island over a hundred years ago for ice collection and grist mills. When the dam failed last June, the resulting muddy eyesore had local residents wondering when the repair would take place. But environmental concerns have led to an alternate proposal: letting the area return to a naturally-flowing stream, which advocates say is much more beneficial to Long Island's overall ecology.

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