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Friday, March 5, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 10
HOME AND DESIGN GUIDE
LAW & ORDER IN PORT
METZGER COMBINES BUSINESS, PHILANTHROPY
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District seeks way to hold senior events School board hopes to hold traditions for class of 2021, but urges safety BY R O S E W E L D ON Members of the Manhasset school board and the district’s administration said at a meeting that they hope to hold traditional senior events for the class of 2021, but must adhere to COVID-19 protocols above all. Conducted over Zoom last Thursday, the meeting took place on the penultimate day of a fully remote week for Manhasset Secondary School, which the district ordered once it was discovered that students were attending parties identified as superspreader events during the midwinter recess. A total of 50 cases of COVID-19 were reported among the school’s population following the return to classes. Superintendent of Schools Vincent Butera began the meeting by acknowledging that it had been a long time since the school district went remote due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s been almost a year since we’ve been in this environment, and it’s tough to imagine it’s been that long,” Butera said. “I think the board members, administrators and my colleagues would agree, what we’ve missed the most is seeing our students shine and being able to celebrate our students. We are going to start to transition into what we hope will be a more normal environment soon. That’s where we want to go. I think we’re all tired of having to exist this way. We certainly have an eye towards that day when it doesn’t look like this.” He added that even with “numbers coming down and vaccines going up,” the district had to continue to be vigilant in light of the past week. “I think this past, this past week has shown us that we are still in an environment where we need to be incredibly vigilant,” Butera said. “And while it has been incredContinued on Page 35
PHOTOS BY ROSE WELDON
1067 Northern Blvd. with its mural in late January (top) and without it last week (bottom). Flower Hill Mayor Brian Herrington reported that the building’s owner was unable to paint over it following a string of snowstorms, and had to wait for better weather in order to repaint.
Town approves $33M bond for Roslyn Water BY R O S E W E L D ON
oil tanks and a generator to protect from contaminants inThe Town of North Hemp- cluding 1,4-dioxane, perfloustead has approved a $33 mil- rooctanoic acid and perfloulion bond project requested by rooctanesulfonic acid. The measure was introthe Roslyn Water District to refurbish its water wellheads, duced by Town Councilman
Peter Zuckerman (D-East Hills) and was unanimously approved by the town council at its Feb. 26 meeting. Spanning 5.1 square miles, the Roslyn Water District’s serContinued on Page 36
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