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Friday, October 23, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 43
ELECTION MANHASSET PROF GETS CLAVIN, CURRAN CLASH GUIDE 2020 ASTRONOMY GRANT OVER TAX POLLS PAGES 23-28
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Town weighs settlement in ExteNet case
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READING ALOUD
Construction of 13 cell nodes would take place if board agrees to deal BY R O S E W E L D ON The Town of North Hempstead has been offered a settlement in its appeal against ExteNet Systems over proposed cell nodes that would slightly decrease the number being installed, Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte said in a newsletter to constituents sent Monday. She said the proposed agreement, which also calls for the height of some nodes to be increased, was to be considered by the Town Board at a virtual meeting on Thursday. In August 2019, ExteNet, contracted by Verizon Wireless, filed applications to install 16 cell nodes in areas including Port Washington Estates, Manhasset Bay Estates, Bayview Colony and an unincorporated area near Plandome Manor. After months of inaction where a “shot clock” was reset and ran out, ExteNet sued the town and won on the ground that the town had failed to act on the applica-
tions within a “reasonable” time frame, with no public hearings on the applications planned from August 2019 to February. The company was then granted summary judgment in a June 26 court order which calls for the town to “issue all approvals necessary for ExteNet’s installation of the 16 small wireless facilities” and “cooperate in good faith to coordinate with ExteNet during construction and installation.” North Hempstead then filed an appeal and sought a stay of the judgment but no stay was awarded. Dalimonte said that following the appeal, the court directed the town and ExteNet to participate in mediation and “after discussions among the parties and their expert engineers, an agreement has been reached.” “ExteNet has agreed to reduce the overall number of wireless facilities to be installed under the Judgment from 16 to 13 by Continued on Page 35
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MANHASSET SCHOOL DISTRICT
Munsey Park Elementary School Principal Chad Altman reads aloud to secondgraders in Jessica Sculco’s class. Both in-person and remote learners were able to participate and listen along.
Manhasset school district ranks No. 7 in New York BY R O S E W E L D ON
kind in New York, according to a new list from K-12 education Districts and high schools website Niche. The Great Neck public in Great Neck, Port Washington, Manhasset, Roslyn and school system was named Herricks have been named the second-best district in the among the top 100 of their state, and Great Neck South
High School in Lake Success was ranked at No. 6 for public schools in the state, followed by Herricks High School at No. 11. Topping the list of best Continued on Page 35
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