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Kiwanis Club’s bike challenge returns to N.S. a tool to possibly put together a bike ride to raise money to give to the hospital, to the trauma For nearly three decades, center.” He began organizing the cyclists have gathered at Harry Tappen Beach to ride through event with the help of a friend, who has since passed away. the winding, scenic roads of “We had a 55-mile ride, a Long Island’s North Shore. This year’s 29th annual Nassau 65-mile ride and a 30-mile ride, Bicycle Challenge, on June 29, which we did,” he said. “As we continues that trabuilt the ride up, we dition while raising got more clubs money for chilinvolved. We were dren’s health proraising anywhere grams supported by between $8,000 and the Kiwanis Club of $20,000 with the North Shore Long event.” Island. Since its foundThe charity ride ing, the Nassau of fers two scenic Bicycle Challenge options: a 25-mile SAUL SCHACHTER has raised more route with 1,060 feet Sea Cliff bicyclist than $300,000 to supof elevation and a port the Kiwanis 35-mile challenge Club of North with 1,600 feet of climbing. The Shore Foundation, a 501(c)(3) longer ride begins at 8 a.m., organization. Proceeds benefit with the 25-mile option starting the Pediatric Trauma Center, at 8:30 a.m. Both routes pass Pediatric Lyme Disease Founthrough waterfront communi- dation, Kamp Kiwanis, and ties including Sea Cliff, Glen other local children’s charities. Cove, Bayville, Oyster Bay, Glen Sea Clif f resident Saul Head and Locust Valley. Schachter has participated in Tom DeStio of Sea Cliff, the ride nine times. whose son was born premature“I love the exercise, I love to ly and received care at the ride and the money was going Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Cen- to good causes,” he said. “Our ter at Cohen Children’s Medical i s l a n d i s b e a u t i f u l g o i n g Center, created the event in through so many nice towns. It 1997. DeStio, an avid long-dis- was good, and I appreciated too tance cyclist, said the club gave that it was a local ride, so you him a way to turn personal saw a lot of your friends riding. g ratitude into community I went a few times with former action. students.” “I kind of put two and two Schachter said the ride together,” DeStio said. “Kiwan- offers more than just exercise is was a community-minded — it’s a chance to connect. “You organization, and they gave me CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
By ROKSANA AMID
ramid@liherald.com
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More than 70 residents gathered at American Legion Post 190 in Glen Head on June 5 for a rally featuring speeches by government officials, civic leaders, activists and residents.
North Shore residents rally against Propel NY project By LUKE FEENEY lfeeney@liherald.com
Members of the same grassroots coalition of Glen Head, Glenwood Landing and Sea Cliff residents who pushed back against the proposed Oyster Shore Energy Storage have doubled down on their efforts to cancel a separate project focusing on modernizing Long Island’s aging electric transmission system and to secure an outright ban on lithium-ion battery facilities in the area. At the Town of Oyster Bay’s Tuesday meeting, one of those residents, Christine Panzeca, called on the board to use its authority to prevent “disengenous developers and lobbyists” from going forward with the Propel NY project. “Nobody’s asking what we want for our communities, and nobody’s taking us into
consideration,” Panzeca said. “We’re paying a fortune as private residents to defend our homes from the state, and we just need more support at all levels.” Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino praised Panzeca and her fellow residents for their “months of advocacy, research and all you have accomplished by collaborating with us,” but did not directly respond to her request for support. More than 70 residents gathered at the American Legion Post 190 on Glen Head Road on June 5 for a rally featuring speeches from government officials, leaders of local civic organizations, activists and North Shore residents. “Let’s all tell Governor Hochul: Hell no, Propel must go!” Rob Mazzella, a Glen Head resident and critic of the project, said. SevCONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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