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Z.B.A. approves C.S.H. Labs’ exemption The laboratory, which purchased the 11.75-acre property in January 2024 from Harmony Cold Spring Harbor Labora- Heights, a school for girls with tory has secured unanimous mental and emotional health approval from the Oyster Bay issues, initially proposed housing 30 postdoctoral Cove village zoning fellows at the site. board to convert a In response to pubhistoric property l i c c o n c e r n s, i t on Sandy Hill Road revised its plan, into housing for reducing the numpostdoctoral felber of residents to lows and faculty 28 and modifying members. The the site layout to board’s 5-0 decision limit potential came late Tuesday environmental and night, at the end of traffic impacts. a nearly five-hour“We really took l o n g m e e t i n g at a lot of the comEast Woods School, ments and the conwh e re re s i d e n t s cerns of the resivoiced passionate dents very, very arguments both in STEPHEN MONEZ seriously,” Stephen f avo r o f a n d i n Chief facilities officer, Monez, chief faciliopposition to the Cold Spring Harbor ties officer for the project. Laboratory labs, said. “FiftyThe approval seven Sandy Hill grants the laboratowas a property that ry a special exemption to sections of the village code, allow- would not have been of interest ing it to establish a residence to us if it were not already facility at 57 Sandy Hill Road. owned by an educational faciliAdditional stipulations will be ty close to us. Our laboratory introduced later, however, and does not look to find properties fur ther approvals will be and take them off the tax rolls.” Under the approved plan, the required from the village’s main building on the property planning board and board of trustees. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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Learning about the artistic process Locust Valley High School senior Molly Bowden spoke to other art classes about her work and the opportunities in the IB Art program. Story, more photos, Page 6.
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