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Friday, February 1, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 5
GUIDE TO VALENTINE’S DAY
CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY DEBUTS
BOSWORTH TOUTS NEW INITIATIVES
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Veronica Lurvey succeeds Kaplan on Town Board New District 4 rep founded North Shore Action, is former attorney BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Veronica Lurvey officially succeeded Anna Kaplan as North Hempstead Town Board member at a town council meeting on Tuesday night, ending a month-long search following Kaplan’s successful bid for state Senate. Lurvey, a Kensington resident, will represent District 4, which includes Kings Point, Great Neck, Kensington, Thomaston, Manhasset, North Hills, Roslyn Estates and Roslyn. “I’ve gotten to know her,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “I believe she would be such a wonderful addition to this Town Board as we continue to all work together to serve the residents of North Hempstead.” In addition to being the founder and co-president of North Shore Action, a community action organization started in 2017, Lurvey has been a vice president of Temple Israel of Great Neck since 2014. She has also been a member of the Village of
Kensington Zoning Board of Appeals since 2013. Lurvey also served as an attorney and counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1994 to 2012. She secured her law degree from Georgetown University in 1998. Town Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio said she first got to know Lurvey over breakfast, when the latter reached out to the board regarding the March for Our Lives rally last year. “I was impressed by what a passionate, community-minded person you are,” De Giorgio said at the meeting. Later, she added, the job of council member will probably be tough — but rewarding. “I think you’ll find that being a councilperson is probably one of the hardest best things that you’ll do,” De Giorgio said. “To have been considered for this position was a privilege. To have been elected unanimously was a true Continued on Page 58
Published author at age 8 BY T E R I W EST Here’s how 8-year-old Avery Gray said he came up with the story for his published book “The Story of Zachary the Cookie”: “I just thought a lot.” He thought about food and then he thought about cookies and soon he had a whole book about the friendship between a man and a talking cookie, which his mother, Tasha Bolling, helped him publish. Though “The Story of Zachary the Cookie” officially makes Avery a published author in the third grade, it’s by no means the only book he’s written. He has shoeboxes full of books he made, Avery said. He asked for paper for Christmas, his mother said. “That’s all he does,” she said. “Most of the kids will go to the video games. He’ll read and write.” Avery, who lives in Manhasset, said he writes because he likes to tell stories. He gets inspiration from things he likes, often sports, videogames and superheroes. But he said his inspiration to write came from Bolling, who is an author herself. Bolling has self-published three books through CreateSpace, an independent publishing service owned by AmaPHOTO BY TERI WEST zon. She said she started in poTasha Bolling and her son Avery Gray holding one of the etry then transitioned to fiction. books he’s written called “Animal NFL.” Continued on Page 58
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