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Vol. 101 no. 44
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Chabad of the Beaches’ plans denied $400,000 over four years to settle the Chabad’s lawsuit against the village. At a meeting on Oct. 10, the “The settlement is condiAtlantic Beach Board of Zon- tioned on Chabad receiving ing Appeals denied all but one the variances and permits it of the Chabad of the Beaches’ needs to use the property for a variance requests for its prop- Chabad house for outreach to erty at 2025 Park St. the community,” Bonesso said The decision came nearly at the August meeting. “If the two months after Chabad is denied Rabbi Eli Goodsuch variances man, of Chabad of and permits, it has the Beaches, in the option to terLong Beach; attorminate the settleney William Bonesment and resume so, representing the federal litigathe Chabad; Barry tion in which that Nelson, of Nelson the village’s expoRealty Group; and sure would be conWayne Muller, of siderably higher.” R&M Engineering, At a village presented plans for meeting on Oct. 15, WilliAm BonESSo Atlantic Beach resa religious community center with an Chabad of the ident Kevin Kelley accessory café on Beaches’ attorney expressed conthe Atlantic Beach cerns about the property at a Board of Zoning next steps for the Chabad. Appeals meeting on Aug. 22. “At the original meeting, The Chabad purchased the the attorney said, ‘If you don’t land in 2021, and a legal battle give us what we want, we’re ensued when the village tried going to blow up the agreeto claim the site by eminent ment and bring you back to domain. A federal court sided court,’” Kelley said, referring with the Chabad, issuing an to Bonesso. injunction against the claim Atlantic Beach Mayor the following year. George Pappas said the village Atlantic Beach has since had not heard anything from agreed to pay the Chabad Continued on page 9
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Fall fair fun Face painting was just one of the activities at the 38th annual Rock Hall Country Fair last Saturday and Sunday. Children enjoyed pony rides, a pumpkin patch, and making their own scarecrows. More photos, Page 10.
E-bike incidents, safety concerns spark community action in Hewlett-Woodmere By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com
David Friedman, president of the HewlettWoodmere Business Association, is spearheading an effort to make e-bikes safer in the Hewlett-Woodmere school district and surrounding communities. “After recent injuries to students and property damage, we have heard from parents, business owners and religious leaders asking for assistance,” Friedman wrote on the HWBA Facebook page earlier this month. “We’ve all seen students on highways, school property and shopping centers, speeding, no helmets,
doing wheelies etc.” In recent months, local students injured in accidents while riding e-bikes — bikes with electrical assistance, which are illegal in the county, according to Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education President Debi Sheinin — have gone to urgent care centers, have been taken to local emergency rooms and have been airlifted by a Nassau County Police Department helicopter for urgent treatment, Friedman, who also serves as an NCPD Commissioner’s Community Council member for Hewlett-Woodmere, said. To mitigate the problem, the HWBA has met Continued on page 8
he settlement is conditioned on Chabad receiving the variances.