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Vol. 96, No. 23
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Alleged threat to ‘blow up’ Kings Pt. P.D. Rockaway Park man arrested for comments made in phone call: police BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A Rockaway Park man was arrested for allegedly threatening to “blow up” the Village of Kings Point Police Department, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Nassau detectives said 61-year-old Michael Mortman of 140 Beach 119th St., Rockaway Park, Queens, verbally threatened to blow up the village’s Police Department, located at 32 Stepping Stone Lane, in a phone call around 10:30 p.m. on May 20. Mortman was identified after detectives from the county’s Sixth Squad located him, according to a news release. A spokesperson for the county Police Department told Newsday that New York City police officers arrested him around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday in Queens. According to officials, Mortman, who was arraigned in Mineola on Monday, was charged with
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Rockaway Park resident Michael Mortman allegedly threatened to blow up the Kings Point Police Department on May 20, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Continued on Page 42
State Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) (left) and Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti (DPort Washington) (right) were present at the Port Washington Memorial Day Parade on Monday. See story on page 6.
G.N. Plaza, Hofstra to help businesses with courses BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
initiative that will provide virtual seminars for store owners on how to navigate their busiOfficials from the Village of nesses in the midst of the coroGreat Neck Plaza and Hofstra navirus pandemic. The initiative, titled “ProsUniversity’s Business Development Center announced an per in Great Neck Plaza,” will
be held on the second Wednesday of each month beginning June 9, with the “graduation” course held on Dec. 8. Plaza Mayor Ted Rosen said the courses, which are two hours Continued on Page 42
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