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Friday, October 30, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 44
ELECTION GUIDE 2020
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BUDGET CHANGES SUBMITTED BY GOP
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Town OKs ExteNet settlement 13 cell nodes to be constructed BY R O S E W E L D ON The North Hempstead Town Board unanimously voted to accept a settlement from ExteNet Systems to construct 13 cell nodes in its unincorporated areas at a virtual meeting last Thursday night. Members said they were only doing so because they had no choice, but residents said they could have done more to fight the nodes, which are intended to improve 5G cellphone service. Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte, whose district would be directly affected by the nodes, said: “I don’t want to approve any wireless facilities being installed right outside of people’s homes. But I believe this is an acceptable compromise under the circumstances. “The federal law has us backed into a corner. My choices are either to approve the 13, or reject the 13 and clear the way for 16. So, I will be voting to approve the settlement, because it’s better than the alternative. And Continued on Page 41
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A rendering of the Teen Zone under construction at the Manhasset Public Library as part of its $1.25 million renovation. See story on page 2.
Community eyes Indian mascot Manhasset students, alumni, residents, indigenous reps talk at school board meeting BY R O S E W E L D ON
Long Island’s indigenous nations turned out in droves over Zoom Students, alumni, longtime to discuss the Manhasset school residents and representatives of district’s Indian mascot for the better part of a nearly threehour meeting of the school board last Thursday night. The district began talks about the mascot two months after a Change.org petition with over 3,000
signatures against it was created around the time the former Washington Redskins announced that they would be retiring their name and logo. Alumni and current students alike referred to the mascot as racist and outdated, an idea reiterated by representatives of the Montaukett and Shinnecock nations on Long Island.
As a number of residents waited to speak, Superintendent Vincent Butera told the public that no decision on the mascot would be made that night. “Regardless of your feelings and opinions on this issue, we can be certain that there are many in our community who have the opposite feelings and Continued on Page 52
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