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Gold Coast Library opens a new page hope is to basically go from this building into that new building later in the summer.” Morea said they started Residents in Glen Head will be able to celebrate the 20th looking for a bigger space as anniversary of their communi- the library opened at its curty library as it is nearing the rent location, a 4,400 square foot building in end of its renovathe Glen head tions. train parking lot A $12 million at Railroad Aveproject to create a n ew G o l d C o a s t nue. For the past Library is on 15 years, the schedule to be comlibrary has been pleted in July. The renting space on renovations come Railroad Avenue from the passage at close to a cost of of a $10.8 million $100,000 a year, bond vote on Dec. according to 8, 2020. The library Morea. secured a 2.62-acre In addition, parcel for the new Morea added that building, a testaresidents faced ment to the comparking difficulmunity’s committies due to the ment to fostering a l o c at i o n o f t h e v i b r a n t l i b r a r y MIKE MOREA library being in a Director space. transition lot. He T h e l i b r a r y, Gold Coast Library explained that reswhich was opened idents would park in 2005, was creatin the wrong spot ed after residents and get a ticket. overwhelmingly voted in favor The genesis of this ambiof the proposal in 2001. tious project traces back to 2014 “We purchased land, and when the Gold Coast Public we’re building a whole new Library Board of Trustees building,” Mike Morea, the began the quest for a new, cenlibrary’s director, said. “The CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Telling stories through art The artwork of John Gonzalez, such as this painting of a West Point lacrosse game, will be on display at the Sea Cliff Arts Council starting on Saturday. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Having a volleyball on the North Shore New youth league formed to meet sports growing participation By LUKE FEENEY lfeeney@liherald.com
To meet the growing popularity, encourage participation, and increase the quality of girls’ volleyball in the area, parents from the Sea Cliff, Glen Head, and Glenwood Landing formed the North Shore Volleyball Organization this year. Girls’ volleyball has reached a fever pitch of popularity in the United States, with participation and growth accelerating over the past decade, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. Allan Wright, North Shore Volleyball’s direc-
tor, said that before the organization’s creation, volleyball in the area was primarily consistent with a spring season run by the Catholic Youth Organization. North Shore Volleyball offers fall instructional programs, summer camps, and even a few endof-year tournaments, according to Wright, who is also the coordinator for the spring CYO league. Registration for the instructional program takes place in August. It began in 2022 with a limited number of girls and was expanded to three different sessions for girls in grades 5-7 in 2024. The program will be offered to the same CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
e feel that this space is going to help us to do that better. We’re hoping everybody is as excited as we are, and they take advantage of the space.