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Friday, December 28, 2018
Vol. 93, No. 52
JOHN OATES GOES BACK TO ROOTS PAGE 19
2 EATERIES SET TO OPEN IN G.N.
MANGANO CLAIMS PROSECUTOR MISCONDUCT
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Middle Neck Road study to be presented
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VGN officials say consultant likely to talk ‘revitalization’ on Jan. 15 BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The consultant for the Village of Great Neck on its “revitalization” project for Middle Neck Road and East Shore Road will likely give a final presentation on Jan. 15, after more than a year’s worth of study. Both Joe Gill, the village clerktreasurer, and Mayor Pedram Bral said on Monday the meeting would likely take place on Jan. 15 – the lone January meeting of the Board of Trustees – and the report will be on the village’s website beforehand. A representative for VHB Engineering, the consultant, deferred comment on the meeting date to the village. Bral said the meeting, which will also be streamed on the village’s Facebook page, would address concerns about housing and storefronts and provide an oppor-
tunity for residents to ask questions and voice concerns about VHB’s proposals. “I believe it’s important for people either to see it online or come to the meeting because it is going to have new changes that are being proposed by VHB,” Bral said. “I think it’s good for them to know what these changes are and why.” The village hired VHB Engineering to study a stretch of Middle Neck Road last year to propose potential zoning changes for the area and conduct an environmental impact study for up to $100,000. VHB is also analyzing changes for East Shore Road. “The plan for VHB is to better the corridor, to have a downtown and area that more people can use,” Bral said. There have been a handful of meetings throughout the year. Continued on Page 35
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
North High school psychologist Dr. Anton Berzins, guest speaker and sports psychologist Dr. Issac Zur, school psychologist Dr. David Cheng, and school social worker Oana Scholl were among the speakers during the school’s mental health week. See story on page 31.
Burglary attempts rattle G.N. Estates businesses BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
ing an undisclosed amount of cash from some and a sense of security from a few others. Business owners said An unidentified individual robbed a string of stores along someone tried to rob a row Middle Neck Road in Great of stores that included La PizNeck Estates on Saturday, tak- zeria, Terracotta and Great
Neck Photographers. They described this as very rare, with almost no attempted burglaries taking place in their decades of doing business in the village. Continued on Page 36
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