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A Five Towns village tests gated security By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com
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Children from the des Moines public Library’s Rosie Reader program in iowa visited Wright elementary’s 21st Century afterschool program. the children ranged from kindergartners to second-graders.
Hindi’s Libraries has donated 500,000 books Nonprofit based in Cedarhurst has global reach By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
Hindi’s Libraries — the nearly 6-year-old Cedarhurst-based nonprofit with a global reach — has now donated more than 500,000 children’s books. The organization announced this landmark occasion in its mission to foster literacy among children worldwide on April 4. “Reaching the milestone of distributing over 500,000 books is a testament to the dedication and hard work of everyone involved in
Hindi’s Libraries,” the group’s co-founder Dovid Kanarfogel said. “We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to discover the joy of reading and explore the endless possibilities that books offer. This achievement motivates us to continue our efforts and expand our reach to even more children in need.” Following the death of Hindi Krinsky, a beloved teacher at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, the organization was created in late 2018, diligently working to provide free new and gently used children’s Continued on page 5
Could the village of Hewlett Harbor become a gated community? Late last month, Mayor Mark Weiss sent a letter to residents informing them of the village’s plan to install and test manually operated security gates at its borders. This comes after years of discussion, which is now focused on increasing crime in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens, Weiss said. In Hewlett Harbor, there have been several auto thefts and break-ins in the past year, as well as two attempted home break-ins. Gates are being erected on Schencks Lane, Hewlett Lane, Auerbach Avenue and Waverly Avenue, at Everit Avenue, where those roads intersect with East Rockaway Road. This will fortify the village against auto theft, home break-ins and cut-through traffic, Weiss wrote. “By reducing access and egress, and having cameras in those places and on the streets, where we don’t have it,” Weiss said at the April 11 village board meeting, “what we’re looking to do is harden the vil-
lage, make it less accessible, make it less desirable if somebody’s going to break into a house and try to get away. Having to go down one street is different than having to go down five streets.” The test phase of gates will begin in mid-April, it has not started, but will by the end of the month village officials said and run for six months, during which traffic patterns, cutthrough volumes and resident feedback will be collected, according to the village. It will also collaborate with the Nassau County Police Department for feedback on the gates’ impact on preventing crime. Gate posts have been installed at all of the locations, powder coating — a finishing process for metal surfaces — has begun, and the fully assembled gates should be installed by the end of the month, Trustee Gil Bruh said. When they become operational, the gates will be closed by village security staff from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., low-traffic periods in the village. “This will be a significant deterrent to anyone looking to commit crimes in our Village,” Weiss wrote in the letter. The gate on Auerbach AveContinued on page 7