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County project will upgrade Shore Road “Our traffic engineers and civic engineers have met multiple times with the community to One of Nassau County’s ensure the public is a true partmost ambitious infrastructure ner, and to explain each phase projects is poised to reshape of the project.” She praised resShore Road and Prospect Ave- idents for their “input, as well nue into a safer, greener, and as patience,” and said the longmore accessible waterfront cor- awaited work is expected to move from the planridor connecting ning stage to conGlen Cove, Sea Cliff, struction in 2027. and Glenwood According to DeRigLanding. gi-Whitton, the Stretching nearly county will begin four miles and with with drainage a projected cost of improvements, more than $14 miladdressing some of lion, the project the most floodincludes redesigned prone locations intersections, desigalong the shoreline. nated bike lanes, LORA CUSUMANO The slideshow new sidewalks and demonstrated how major stormwater Glen Cove aging and disjointupgrades that local leaders say will help the com- ed stormwater systems have munity thrive long into the contributed to street flooding future. The improvements were and tidal backflow for decades, detailed in new design render- especially around Scudders ings and engineering updates Pond, near Tappen Beach, 14 that county officials presented The Blvd. in Sea Cliff and the in a comprehensive slideshow stretch of Shore Road between last week at Glen Cove City Carpenter Avenue and Hammond Road in Glen Cove. To Hall. “This project is one of the correct these conditions, the largest street-improvement county will replace comproprojects that Nassau has had,” mised outfall pipes — including County Legislator Delia DeRig- one undersized 24-inch line that gi-Whitton told the Herald. CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
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Courtesy Jolanta Zamecka
Sholom Praver, far left, Susana Praver-Perez and Shaul Praver helped their father, Bob Praver, celebrate his 100th birthday at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center last Sunday.
Celebrating a big birthday, and an extraordinary legacy By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
A man who once described himself as “afraid of girls” and so shy that “speech was incredibly painful,” Bob Praver has spent decades stepping forward as a leader. He was a Navy officer during World War II, built a home-construction business and became a dedicated volunteer in Glen Cove. Last Sunday, more than 100 family members and friends gathered at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County to celebrate his 100th birthday, honoring what many described as a life defined by perseverance and impact. Born in Brooklyn on Oct. 21, 1925, Praver
was raised by parents of Eastern European Jewish descent. His father, Morris, had Polish roots, and his mother, Jean, emigrated from Ukraine with her family when she was 3. When his mother died at age 34, Praver was not yet 8. He found purpose and identity in the Boy Scouts, calling scouting “my life” from age 12 until college. At 15, in November 1940, he was one of three American Boy Scouts selected to join a live trans-Atlantic radio broadcast with scouts in London on NBC’s WEAF during the Nazi bombardment. “You force yourself to do it,” Praver recalled of overcoming his shyness on the airwaves. Speaking to British boys “in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
t’s going to make our area more like a residential community.