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Pantry finds new home in Lawrence By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, fourth from left; Town Councilwoman Melissa “Missy” Miller; Syd Mandelbaum, founder of Rock and Wrap It Up!, and veterans at the ribbon-cutting for the Veterans Farmers Market on June 19. The permanant facility, on Lawrence Avenue, will serve community members in need as well as residents.
The Cedarhurst-based Veterans Farmers Market has a new, permanent home at the former Inwood Buccaneer Athletic Club building, in Lawrence. In May 2020, Syd Mandelbaum, founder and chief executive officer of Rock and Wrap It Up!, created the market as a place for veterans to shop and help reduce their exposure to Covid-19. Rock and Wrap It Up! is an award-winning anti-poverty think tank based in Cedarhurst that researches and nurtures CoNTINUEd oN pAgE 7
Hewlett Neck welcomes Verizon Fios By BRIAN NORMAN
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After nearly two decades without high-speed Internet, the Village of Hewlett Neck is moving forward on making it available to residents. In 2005, Verizon began expanding its Fios Network — a fiber-optic service that bundles internet, television and phone service — across the country, including on Long Island. Although surrounding communities signed up for the expansion, Hewlett Neck could not reach an agreement with Verizon, and received no ser-
vice upgrades. Village Trustee Russel Weinrib said that while he knew of no specific reason for the earlier disconnect, in the years since he has prioritized helping bring high-speed internet to the municipality. As a resident himself, Weinrib recalled, he frequently asked members of previous administrations if they could bring the service in, but was told that an agreement with Verizon was “impossible and would never happen.” Nonetheless, he and Mayor Moshe Blinder negotiated a deal with the company in 2024, their first
year on the village board. “This is a major step forward for our village,” Weinrib wrote in a statement to the Herald. “By bringing highspeed fiber-optic service to our residents, we’re laying the foundation for a more connected, vibrant and future-ready community — one that can grow and thrive for decades to come.” After finalizing a deal with Blinder, Verizon began preparing for the project late last year. Luciano Martone, one of the chief engineers, said that workers could install 7,000 to 8,000 feet of fiber-optic cables
on utility poles in addition to the cables that were installed underground. Martone said on June 16 that the project was “just about ready to go,” and that the company was aiming for a late-July completion date before residents could start signing up. “This village is probably one of the last few villages that
don’t have Fios in the area or fiber in the area,” Martone said. “We were looking to promote the best product for Verizon, and we worked with the village to bring Fios here, bring fiber here, and we’re excited about it, we know the village is excited about it, and now, hopefully by the end of CoNTINUEd oN pAgE 12