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Friday, April 30, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 18
MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS & DINING PAGES 29-36
LIRR CONDUCTOR RETURNS KAPLAN TOUTS MISSING JEWELRY SMALL BIZ AID PAGE 2
Locals petition for Plandome Road sewers
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Chamber of Commerce, civics tout economic, environmental factors BY R O S E W E L D ON Environmental and economic concerns have prompted residents of Manhasset to petition for sewering in the Plandome Road area after years of discussion. The Change.org petition was launched by Plandome Heights Civic Association President Rosemary Mascali and is addressed to Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Councilwoman Marianne Dalimonte (DPort Washington), Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey (D-Great Neck), Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti (DManorhaven) and state Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck). “There is a growing concern that continued use of cesspools in our Plandome Road business district is both expensive and bad for our environment, especially the impact of cesspools on the water quality of Manhasset Bay,” Mascali wrote in text accompanying the petition, which was launched last
week. In an informational Zoom webinar hosted by the civic association last Wednesday, Robert Donno, co-president of the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce, said that the community had been considering sewers on Plandome Road and across most of Manhasset “going back 30 or 40 years,” and added that environmental concerns about Manhasset Bay were a major factor in the project. “This is first and foremost an environmental project,” Donno said. “Nitrates are built up in Manhasset Bay, and then Manhasset Bay has lost its beauty and it’s basically polluted ... My family’s been residents since the 1900s. My parents were born and raised in Manhasset. When they were kids, they used to actually swim in Manhasset Bay. Anybody who has ever been down to the bay now knows that that’s not going to happen today. It’s a shame, we’ve Continued on Page 12
PHOTO COURTESY OF MANHASSET PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Manhasset Secondary School student Mary Blaney had her work selected to be in this year’s Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher Museum exhibition. Blaney also received a Huntington Fine Arts Honorable Mention and the Cozza Family Art Award for her work.
Police pursue source of swastikas at Port school BY R O S E W E L D ON Two swastikas were spraypainted onto exterior walls at John Philip Sousa Elementary School in Port Washington, School Superintendent Michael Hynes reported to the
community in a letter on Sunday night, and a person of interest has been identified, the Port Washington Police District reported Wednesday. “At approximately 6:40 p.m. [Sunday] evening, the district was notified that two
large swastika images were discovered painted on the front and rear exterior facades of the John Philip Sousa Elementary School,” Hynes wrote. “The Port Washington Police and the Nassau County Police departContinued on Page 45
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