With blue-gloved hands, cesspool professional Salvatore Motta fed an endoscopic camera through the basement house trap of a ranch-style home in Smithtown. The cesspool appeared original to the house, ...

Whether you’re about to buy a new home in the Tampa Bay area or are considering giving your existing house an upgrade, wastewater management is among the things you must consider. One of your primary ...

WELLFLEET — Days before voters consider buying the 21.5-acre Maurice's Campground for $6.5 million, the Board of Health will decide on cesspool variance requests. The town wants to buy the property ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A former Hawaii lawmaker is expected in court Thursday for sentencing in a federal corruption case that’s drawn attention to a perennial problem in the islands: the tens of thousands ...

January and February are usually two of the slowest months in the local cesspool industry — but not this year, said Salvatore Motta, CEO of Melville-based Quick Drain. In the wake of heavy snow, some ...

A partially exposed cinder-block cesspool pit with a cover on an eroding shoreline in Punaluu. Hawaii has 83,000 cesspools, more than any other state. But cesspool conversion costs can reach tens of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By AUDREY McAVOY (Associated Press) HONOLULU (AP) — A former Hawaii lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison in a federal corruption case ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. During the Council’s Budget Committee meeting last Tuesday ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A former Hawaii lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison in a federal corruption case that’s drawn attention to a perennial problem in the islands: the tens of thousands ...

HONOLULU — A former Hawai‘i lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison in a federal corruption case that’s drawn attention to a perennial problem in the islands: the tens of thousands of ...