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Cedarhurst will buy land for parking Village will borrow $1.8 million man Samuel Nahmias, was seeking a variance for a three-story apartment building with a lobby, The Village of Cedarhurst is a common room and 39 parking planning to borrow $1.8 million spaces. But the village Board of and spend $200,000 Zoning Appeals more to purchase unanimously an 18,730-squaredenied the applicafoot lot at 68 Washtion at a meeting in ington Ave., where February. a 1 7 - ap a r t m e n t “When the zondevelopment was ing board denied proposed, and the application, build a municipal (Nahmias) apparking lot instead. proached us and The planned asked if we had an residential develinterest in acquiropment has been a ing the property,” bone of contention Cedarhurst Mayor in the village since Benjamin Weina board meeting stock said. “We l a s t N ove m b e r, had an interest in when the project acquiring the propwas unveiled. It JoSH JuSTIc erty for a parking e l i c i t e d m i x e d Lawrence lot before he reactions, especialbought it.” ly from those who Many neighbors live near the property, which is feared the apartments would be also home to the Hebrew Acade- approved, after the village my of the Five Towns & Rocka- board’s unanimous approval last way’s Lower School and the Law- year of the Pearsall Project, rence-Cedarhurst Fire Depart- which will comprise three fourment. story buildings with 98 apartThe site is currently zoned for ments on 2.5 acres on Pearsall single-family homes, and the Avenue. Many Five Towns resideveloper, Cedarhurst businessContinued on page 11
By HeRNeSTo GAldAMeZ hgaldamez@liherald.com
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Courtesy Lawrence Public Schools
ANGel FloReS RuIZ is all smiles, having been selected to represent Panama in the 2024 Summer Olympics in boxing. Panamanian Olympic team coach Chris Simmons prepared Flores Ruiz for an exhibition match.
Inwood boxer is bound for 2024 Olympic Games in Paris Lawrence High junior competes for Panama By HeRNeSTo GAldAMeZ hgaldamez@liherald.com
Lawrence High School junior Angel Flores Ruiz was 10 when he began accompanying his father, Miguel Flores, to the Universal Boxing Gym in Queens. As he watched his father throw punches at a heavy bag, he was inspired to follow in his footsteps. “From that day,” Flores Ruiz said, referring to his first gym visit, “I told my father after he finished training that I wanted to try this. He
told me, ‘OK, sounds good. I’ll take you one day.’” Six years later, in March, Flores Ruiz, who lives in Inwood, was selected to represent Panama in boxing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He was discovered by the president of Panama’s Olympic boxing federation and the secretary of the Panamanian Olympic Committee, Tomas Cianca Batista, thanks to an InstaContinued on page 15
dding additional parking on Washington Avenue would hopefully alleviate the load on Central Avenue.