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Sheehy Place could be sold to OLL church road was closed off with cones and rope, but is now blocked off with metal gates. In October 2020, Kathleen Village of Malverne officials said they’re considering the Cotilletta, the school’s former sale of Sheehy Place to Our principal, wrote then Mayor Lady of Lourdes Church, 65 Keith Corbett requesting SheeWright Ave., relieving the vil- hy Place’s closure to the public lage of any future road mainte- for the academic year. At the time, classes were nance expenses. being conducted T he two-lane outside, on Sheehy road, connecting Place, to accommoP a rk B o u l e v a r d date social distancand Wright Avenue, ing measures durbisects the church’s ing the Covid-19 campus. The school pandemic. and church build“At this time our ing sit on one side current setup has of the road, while us putting a the rectory and the rope across playground are on both sides of the the other, with no REV. JAMES street to block anyresidential proper- STAchAcz one from driving ties on either side. Pastor, down the roadway,” Our Lady of Our Lady of Lourdes Cotilletta wrote. L o u r d e s S c h o o l Church “This current meauses Sheehy Place sure does not effecfor recess, as a recreational space for their 300 tively meet recommended secustudents and to cross over to rity and safety measures for the playground. The school also our students.” In 2024, village of ficials uses the road for pick-up and drop-off, welcoming students pitched a number of potential ideas to the church, including at the Sheehy Place entrance. T h e r o a d i s c l o s e d t o purchasing or leasing Sheehy through traf fic during the Place. By selling the road, the vilschool day, and during religious hours and ceremonies. During lage would no longer be responthose occasions in the past, the Continued on page 20
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Malverne’s Charlie LaVeglia, 4, left, and gianfranco Leto, 5, chose tomatoes to bring home from the store at Crossroad’s Farm during the tomato Harvest festival on Sunday.
Crossroads celebrates Tomato Harvest Festival By MADISoN GUSlER mgusler@liherald.com
To celebrate this year’s plentiful tomato harvest, Crossroads Farm at Grossmann’s held a Tomato Harvest Festival on Sunday. “We wanted to have a big celebration dedicated to the tomato,” Michael D’Angelo, the farm’s operations manager, said. “The tomato is part of so many cultures, and everybody loves to eat tomatoes, whether fresh, in sauce or salsa — there’s so many different ways to eat it.” The farm was packed with people enjoying the weather and learning all about toma-
toes. Exhibitions and workshops showed attendees how to make fresh mozzarella and caponata as well as how to make, preserve and jar marinara sauce. The first annual festival was inspired by the plentiful tomato harvest the farm has each year. “There’s usually so many tomatoes that come so fast at this time of the year,” D’Angelo said. He reflected on his own family traditions, and explained that “the last week in August is typically when most Italian families get together to make a big sauce and jar it for the year.” The farm grows more than a dozen varietContinued on page 10
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