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Woodmere Club plan is rejected by town By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
Courtesy Efrem Gerszberg
A rendering of the land that the Woodmere Club occupies, with the existing clubhouse on the right and the proposed condominiums at the far end of the open space.
It’s been eight years since developers Efrem Gerszberg and Robert Weiss purchased the Woodmere Club, sparking controversy and a series of lawsuits. Now the expensive legal battle will continue, after the Town of Hempstead’s rejection of the latest plan for the 80-acre property. Gerszberg and Weiss purchased the then 109-year-old club for over $9 million in 2017, and assumed its nearly $15 million in debt. Last June, Gerszberg and Weiss made a proposal that was approved Continued on pAge 7
Hewlett High students headed to prestigious DECA competition A dozen advance to international career-prep conference in Orlando after top finishes in state event By BRIAN NORMAN bnorman@liherald.com
A dozen members of Hewlett High School’s DECA club have qualified for the International Career Development Conference next month in Orlando, 11 of them by placing in the top five in their respective categories at the DECA State Career Development Conference March 5-7 in Rochester. Justin Olgivie, Leo Surillo and Uri Tamir finished fourth in the International Business Plan category; Ben and David Halimi and Eadon Hecht placed
fourth in the Franchise Business Plan category; Inon Azour and Aidan Kahn took third in Business Solutions Project; and Darren Chen, Phillip Ginsburg and Orr Mizrahi placed fifth in the same category. Because a qualifier from another school will be unable to attend the conference, a 12th Hewlett High student, Anastasia Khaimova, who finished sixth in the Independent Business Plan category in Rochester, will also compete in Orlando. DECA, formerly Distributive Education Clubs of America,
focuses on preparing high school students for careers in business. Molly Henck, a Hewlett High business teacher and one of two DECA advisers, said that she believes the students’ success is a testament to the high school’s business department. “There are some schools that have DECA-focused classes,” Henck said. “We have a lot of business courses, but nothing DECA-focused, so without our whole department working together, this would never happen.” The international competi-
tion typically draws more than 20,000 students, alumni, business professionals and advisers. DECA has chapters in all 50 states as well as in countries including Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Spain and Vietnam.
The organization hosts multiple competitions each year, challenging students with scenarios that give them a sense of how real business operate. Susan Hanlon, Henck’s co-advisor, who also teaches business at the high school, explained the different types of competiContinued on pAge 13