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NAACP honors good attendance
Celebrating our local teachers
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Vol. 32 No. 27
JUlY 3 - 9, 2025
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Civic group honors men of Lakeview ed a moment of time to acknowledge the men in our community that have poured The Lakeview Civic Associa- into, sacrificed and given back tion held its third annual Men to our community in a meaningful and impactof Lakeview Award ful way,” associapresentations on tion president Lisa Thursday, honoring Ortiz said in pret h re e re c i p i e n t s senting the honors “for the work to the three recipit h e y ’ ve d o n e t o ents. make our commu“We have a lot of nity great.” men that are very The awards were active in our comhanded out to Rusm u n i t y, ” O r t i z sell Myers, the Rev. a d d e d . “A n d we Tristan Salley and wanted to have an I s a i a h Jo l ly fo r opportunity to their years of dediacknowledge the cation to the Lakevwork they’ve done i e w c o m m u n i t y, to make our comduring the civic munity great.” group’s last meetMyers was born ing before summer in Lakeview and break in the comhas lived there his m u n i t y ro o m at entire life, since H a r o l d Wa l k e r 1958. An alumnus Memorial Park. of Malverne High The award cereSchool, he has mony was original- lISA oRtIz served as the high ly scheduled to take President, school’s head of place on June 7 Lakeview Civic security for the during the associa- Association past 13 years. tion’s annual fami“He gives stuly kickball event, dents in the Malverne School but was canceled due to rain. “Normally every year at our District a sense of stability and kickball event we have dedicatContinued on page 5
By MADISoN GUSlER
mgusler@liherald.com
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Courtesy Malverne school district
Celebrating the Class of 2025 Malverne’s valedictorian Selin Mutlu, left, salutatorian Olivia Brown, and class president Kaiden Ulysse look forward to the bright futures ahead of them. See more photos from the graduating classes of Malverne and West Hempstead on Pages 9 and 10.
Village unanimously approves new housing development By MADISoN GUSlER mgusler@liherald.com
At a Special Use Meeting on June 18, the Malver ne village board voted unanimously to approve the development of a multi-family, 12-unit housing project at 61 Church St. The vacant building that now occupies the property will be demolished and replaced by a three-story structure comprising two two-bedroom apartments, nine one-bedroom units and one studio apartment. Peter Rossi, a Malverne resident for 30 years, owns the property. His company, Rossi Custom
Homes, Inc., purchased it in 2022 with the intention of developing it. The existing structure, built over 70 years ago, was once a storefront, but is now dilapidated and has not been used in years. “This will be an improvement for the village,” Rossi said. “It’s something that is very needed, and I’m very happy they approved it.” Rossi appeared before the village Board of Zoning Appeals twice before the special use meeting. The Church Street lot is zoned as a mixed-use property in a business district, so while the property does not need to be rezoned, Continued on page 3
e have a lot of men that are very active in our community and we wanted to have an opportunity to acknowledge the work they’ve done to make our community great.