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Will be placed by North Hills on Searingtown, Shelter Rock roads BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I Village of North Hills trustees approved spending $42,000 last Wednesday to move forward on four planned speed radar signs on two village roads. The Board of Trustees approved a $24,000 bid from Welsbach Electric of Flushing, Queens, for the installation of four speedradar signs — two on Shelter Rock Road and two on Searingtown Road near their intersections with the Long Island Expressway and Northern State Parkway. Trustees also approved an $18,096 state contract to purchase the equipment, including three speed-radar signs and four steel poles. Mayor Marvin Natiss said while the aluminum poles are about one-third the cost of the steel options, Nassau County requires that the signs be installed on steel poles.
“The county is requiring the steel poles instead of the aluminum poles, which would be a lot less expensive,” Natiss said. “We have to comply with what the county wants.” The fourth speed-radar sign, Building Supervisor Donald Alberto said, was being donated to the village by the town and would be delivered when ready. According to the bid, Welsbach will be able to pour the concrete in one day, which must cure for 28 days per Nassau County regulations, and install the signs within three days. During the installation, the right traffic lane will be closed near the site. In other business, Natiss warned homeowner Manheet Singh, who has been given multiple building permit extensions, that the most recent extension would be the last. “As far as I’m concerned, Continued on Page 97
PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI
Viscardi School senior Lenny Tobie, center, of Wantagh meets New York Mets pitcher Stephen Matz, right, with family friend Howie Rosenthal at Viscardi’s Celebrity Sports Night on May 17. See story on page 3.
5 Manhasset athletes ready for nationals BY G R E TC H E N KELLER
ment, which will be held this Memorial Day weekend at Stony Brook University. They will be on three teams Seven local high school lacrosse players have been se- representing the Metropolitan lected to play in the U.S. Wom- Lacrosse Foundation, made up en’s Lacrosse National Tourna- of girls in grades 9 to 11. The
three teams, which will play at different levels, will compete against 60 teams from across the country. Players on the First Team are defensemen Olivia Dooley, Continued on Page 111
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