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Hgts. planners hold 1st meet in four years 1st village subdivision application in at least a decade: attorney BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I
PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI
Plandome Heights residents examine plans for a potential two-lot subdivision at 109 Summit Drive.
The Plandome Heights Planning Board met for the first time since 2014 to discuss a potential subdivision of one lot into two. During the first 15 minutes of the meeting last Wednesday, board members heard from village Attorney Christopher Prior about their functions and duties, including how the state environmental review process works and what potential impacts trustees should consider for the application from Evan Psyllos and JMP Investments LLC of Flower Hill to di-
vide 109 Summit Drive into two lots. “The Planning Board of Plandome Heights does not typically have a lot of business,” Prior said. “I’ve been village attorney since 2006, and I believe in that time we’ve seen three different applications, and one was a village application. This may be the first subdivision inside the village in that period of time.” Board Chairman James Madison reminded trustees the application was for the division of the property and not for any potential homes that could be built on the lots in the future if the subdivision is approved. Continued on Page 43
Rotary, CASA partner for ‘Screenagers’ BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I
Substance Abuse for the screening of the movie “Screenagers” next week. CASA Executive Director The Rotary Club of Manhasset is partnering with the Jennifer DeSena said some of Manhasset Coalition Against the group’s board members saw
the documentary at a Friends Academy screening last year and recommended it for the series with the Rotary Club. It will be shown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Manhasset Public Library. DeSena said the documentary shows children getting in trouble on social media and how a generation is losing personal communication skills while push-
ing parents to regulate screen time as well as remind children to play outside and away from screens regularly. According to a Pew Research Center study in 2017, about 77 percent of Americans and 2.1 billion people internationally own a smartphone. Janice Da Silva, Rotary Club co-president, said the goal of the free screening is to generate
awareness for children as well as parents. “We’ve been talking a lot about issues that spawn off from abuse and addictive behaviors in general, and technology, and the rapid growth in terms of usage and younger children being exposed, can lend itself to this bigger issue we’re trying to combat,” Da Silva said. Continued on Page 53
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