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Amityville Tide boys track and field team which captured the Suffolk County Championship: Osa Aighewi, Aaron Jenkins, Gto Cassagnot, Aiden Johnson, Jayden Adebola, Emerson Hernandez, Jake Schilling, Eghosa Ojo, Christian Brown, Joshua Haigler, Maiziah Stewart, Noah Robinson, Matthew Kyle-Grant, Jubril Abdulsalami, Caleb Prince, Trevor Angus, Richard Washington, Thaddeus Volcimus, Michael Torres, Jquan Thompson, Zyan Solomon, Seth Smith, Romero Rodriguez, Amir Philip, Wyatt Percival, and Assirgui Pusey. Shown standing in front of team is coach Reynolds Hawkins.
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The Amityville boys track and field team added another championship to its successful season by winning the Suffolk County title at Kings Park two weeks after capturing the league championship. The Tide finished with 110 points, narrowly defeating Eastport-South Manor, which scored 101.5, in a meet that was decided in the final events. Amityville’s depth proved critical to the victory. Twelve of the team’s 14 competitors earned All-County honors by placing among the top six in their events, and four athletes won county championships. “Been doing this for so long and the continuity has been so great,” head coach Reynolds Hawkins said. “Everyone came in un-
derstanding the goal. I went to Amityville so being able to come back home and coach for 30 years has been awesome.” Eghosa Ojo led the Tide by winning the 100-meter dash. Maziah Stewart captured the pentathlon title, Jayden Adebola won the triple jump and Noah Robinson claimed first place in the long jump. Amityville also received strong performances in the throwing events. Christian Brown finished second in the discus, while Matthew Kyle Grant placed fourth. Brown and Grant added fourth- and fifth-place finishes, respectively, in the shot put. Adebola also earned All-County honors with a third-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles. Trevor Angus placed second in the 110-meter hurdles and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles. Robinson added a fifth-place finish CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
Amityville Village officials have voted to extend a moratorium on new multifamily housing developments for another six months, saying they need additional time to analyze data and gather public input before determining the community’s long-term development strategy. The moratorium was first enacted in December as village officials began reviewing the effects of rapid growth in multifamily housing, particularly following the construction of AvalonBay and Village by the Bay. Mayor Michael O’Neill said the village has been collecting information on the number of housing units in Amityville and their impact on municipal services, including police and fire departments, as well as residents, businesses and community organizations. “Then our goal is to make the survey public to many segments of the community including residents and business owners beginning July with a goal evaluating of responses in September,” O’Neill said. “We will also be looking at codes in other communities to see what they have done, comparing ourselves to like communities.” According to village officials, there were approximately 500
multifamily housing units in Amityville before 2020. Since then, that number has more than doubled to 1,032 units, largely due to the AvalonBay and Village by the Bay developments. “That is a significant change,” O’Neill said. “So, we wanted to pause, take a breath and look at what impacts that has, and will have, on the Village.” Village officials said the review is intended to help them better understand the long-term effects of the developments and provide opportunities for public input before any future decisions are made about future growth. “What we experienced immediately following the opening of AvalonBay and Village by the Bay, could be described as growing pains such as the problem with the building’s alarms going off,” O’Neill said. “Those issues can and were addressed, but what we want to do now is look at the long-term impacts.” O’Neill noted that after AvalonBay was completed, its developers sought permission to build additional housing on the south side of the property, including the former Brunswick Hospital parking lot and a vacant parcel at Louden Avenue and Broadway totaling roughly 5.5 acres. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11