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Friday, April 14, 2017
Vol. 5, No. 15
ARTS EXHIBIT AT GOLD COAST
STATE REPORT PANS LIRR
BLANK SLATE WINS 10 STATE AWARDS
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Plandome Rd. parking plan raises ire
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Town would allow park district to add spots in exchange for fee BY M A X Z A H N Manhasset civic leaders last Wednesday sharply criticized a proposal by the Town of North Hempstead that would permit the Manhasset Park District to add 16 to 18 parking spots in a lot adjacent to Mary Jane Davies Green in exchange for a yearly fee. The plan, proposed in early March, would allow the district to remove a fence and make curb cuts on the eastern edge of the park district’s parking lot between Manhasset Avenue and Memorial Place, which neighbors a town parking lot that serves visitors to Mary Jane Davies Green. In exchange for use of its property, the town would charge the park district $1,000 a year over the first five years of the agreement and, if renewed, it would charge $5,000 a year for each of the subsequent years, Elizabeth Botwin, a town attorney, said. “It’s plain and simple extortion
this town is putting upon the park district,” said Richard Bentley, president of the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations. “A lot of residents are furious with the town.” In addition to creating 16 to 18 parking spots, the reconfiguration would alter exits and entrances to the lot, which is home to the two-story park district office. Botwin said the proposed agreement allows the park district “to break through where there’s currently curb and to create a drive through to the Mary Jane Davies parking lot.” “Because they’re using property owned by town as a whole, we need to charge for that,” town Deputy Supervisor Aline Khatchadourian said. “It’s something all town taxpayers paid for.” “What it costs is for the initial five years to cover initial wear and tear on the parking lot,” Botwin said. “If we wanted to renew after Continued on Page 47
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Anne Windsland, Dustin Rex and dog Ebi ride on a boat in Manhasset Bay.
Meadow Carting, workers end strike with contract BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Westbury-based Meadow Carting and more than 65 employees reached a deal for a new contract last Wednesday,
ending a three-day strike that disrupted garbage collection across the North Shore. The end of the strike was confirmed by an official from the National Organization of Industrial Trade Unions, which
represents the workers. The details of the agreement were not disclosed. Gerard Jones, president of the National Organization of Industrial Trade Unions, who Continued on Page 47
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