READER OF THE WEEK IS JULIA NATASI OF MASSAPEQUA
Massapequa nurse volunteering in Kenya Page 3
Vol. 73, No. 31
WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2024
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MCC President’s column, Page 7
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Park After Dark in MassapequaPark stopped the rain with crowds and lots of fun
The Attic, classic rock band, brings the magic of music to the event. By Christie Leigh Babirad Clouds loomed overhead as the mid-July day because she encounters so many familiar faces. “I skipped beach volleyball for this tonight,” said stretched into the evening hours. The buzz along Park Boulevard in Massapequa was of excitement D’Antonio. “It’s such a wonderful time to celebrate and wishes that a predicted summer storm would the town I grew up in.” Park After Dark is a family affair and vendors avoid the village so the “Park After Dark” event appealed to children and adults with a variety of could go on. The wishes were granted and what is a mainstay drinks and food choices from establishments along summer event in the village went on with much joy. Park Boulevard, many of which had outdoor seatPark After Dark is run by the Village of Mass- ing. There was also an array of food trucks to choose apequa Park and takes place on select Wednesday from that included barbecue, empanadas and sweet evenings from June through August. The event has treats. Music played as attendees made their way up and become a mainstay for locals, including Daniell down the closed-off block. One of the bands, The Bishop with her daughters. “We live down the street and have been coming Attic, played classic rock and some of the younger here for as long as this event has been taking place” attendees could be seen dancing along to the musaid Bishop, who added that she’s now just following sic with their parents. “It’s always a great time with her children, Abigail and Isabel, whose routine and families and people both young and old,” said The “must-stop” plans is to get glitter tattoos and cotton Attic guitarist and singer John Esposito. Melissa Schweickert attended with her husband, candy from American Beauty, one of the many venDave, and said that she loves coming to this event dors at the event. Another annual attendee, Ali D’Antonio, was each year to meet up with friends and simply enjoy there with her son, Angelo, and referred to Park Af- the summer night. ter Dark as being similar to a “high school reunion” (Continued on Page 2)
O’Bay sets hearing on proposed new Starbucks drive-thru in Massapequa By Mike Polansky The Oyster Bay Town Board has scheduled a public hearing on a proposed “drive thru only” Starbucks in the Massapequa Plaza shopping center. The proposed location is on the east side of Hicksville Road, just north of Jerusalem Avenue in a building that formerly housed a bank with a drive-through window. Starbucks plans to use 953 square feet of the 32,155 square foot commercial building, with the remaining space to be utilized by Aspen Dental, which is currently housed there. The hearing on a special use permit to allow for the drive-thru will take place 10 a.m., Tues., Aug. 13 at Oyster Bay Town Hall, 74 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay. On the same day, the Town Board has set another public hearing to consider a six-month moratorium on shellfish harvesting in approximately 1,850 acres of underwater land in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring harbors. The 1,850 acres of underwater land in the two harbors is leased by the town to Frank M. Flower and Sons, which has a 30-year agreement that is set to expire Sept. 30. Town officials said Flower has been mechanically dredging for clams and oysters, which has had “unknown but likely adverse effects.” The shellfish harvest had been supplemented with seeding by Flower, but seeding was halted by the company three years ago. Its mechanical dredge harvesting continued, however. The town sued Flower in 2023 in an effort to end Flower’s lease based on what the town determined were breaches of the lease agreement. The litigation is pending. If the law is adopted, ,it states that disturbing shellfish within the 1,850 acres during the moratorium period would be prohibited, and no one would be allowed to “deploy or maintain bottom crab pots, traps or similar gear which have the po(Continued on Page 3)