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Friday, March 22, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 12
SENIOR LIVING
NEW ZEALAND DEATHS SPUR ACTION IN NHP
LAFAZAN OFFERS WEED OPT-OUT
PAGES 33-40
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School capital reserve project ballot finalized
ROSA THE ROBOT
Includes renovations at all three schools, will be voted on May 21 BY T E R I W EST After about six months of discussion, the Manhasset Board of Education unanimously approved the list of school construction projects that it will put up for a public vote May 21 for a chance to earn $5.83 million in funding. The majority of the funding comes from the district’s 2010 capital reserve, and the ballot will include seven items. Three of them apply to the secondary school: a security vestibule near the gymnasium entrance, an elevator and! a social-emotional learning wing. For Munsey Park Elementary School, two items – a reconfiguration of the stage in the multipurpose room and a reconfiguration of space on the second floor – are intended to provide a net gain of four classrooms. Shelter Rock Elementary School’s proposed projects are a renovation of the locker room,
which includes the addition of a security vestibule, and a reconfiguration of the loading dock. The culmination of months of work and the prospect of bringing the changes to the district’s schools brought tears to board President Regina Rule’s eyes Thursday.! “Obviously it has to pass on the 21st, but just the fact that we can put it in front of the community to be considered, to continue to invest in the infrastructure of our schools – I’m so happy,” she said. The most recent item to make it onto the list is the socialemotional learning wing for the secondary school, which the district found $886,000 for through the positive balance in its general fund. The wing would include offices for specialists such as a social worker and counselor. The intention is to make such resources more prominent and accessible for middle schoolers, many of whom Continued on Page 57
PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTHWELL HEALTH
From left, Dr. Shaun Rodgers, patient Louis Clappi and Dr. Sanjeev Kothare at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. Louis examines an exact model of his skull with his surgeon and a robot named Rosa that handles positioning of instrument holders or tool guides used by neurosurgeons.
Write-in Minutillo wins Plandome mayor seat BY T E R I W EST The Village of Plandome has a new mayor, and his name is not the one that was on the ballot. Through a write-in cam-
paign that village Clerk Barbara Peebles said came as a surprise, Thomas Minutillo won the seat that Trustee Andrew Bartels was running for in an uncontested race. Bartels got 35 votes and
Minutillo received 71. There were 113 votes total, which Peebles said was completely unexpected. In last year’s uncontested election, there were fewer than 40. Continued on Page 57
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