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No more new bamboo plants in Flower Hill
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Trustees declare grass an invasive species, ban any more from going up BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I The Village of Flower Hill declared bamboo an invasive species last Tuesday, banning new bamboo from being planted and imposing regulations to protect neighboring properties. The law was originally discussed at a board meeting in July, and village Administrator Ronnie Shatzkamer said since then a statement of purpose section and a records of violation and creation of registry section was added to the law. The statement of purpose says that only individuals responsible for planting the bamboo will be held accountable if it spreads to neighboring properties. Language was added to create and maintain a registry of violations to protect residents who had bamboo spread to their property who ultimately spread it to further neighbors but never planted it.
“Hopefully this language clears up the uncertainty about who owns it, where’s it coming from, and who is liable for damage,� Shatzkamer said. Village resident Jean Terezakis said during the hearing that her neighbor’s bamboo spread to her property and she is afraid of the damage it has caused. “My problem is the bamboo is already coming through my retaining wall,� Terezakis said. “You granted him a permit to re-landscape and pull out his bamboo. What’s going to happen though is when he pulls out that bamboo, that retaining wall is going to come down because it’s already through my wall. I want protection because he’s responsible.� “We do not represent neighbor to neighbor,� Mayor Robert McNamara responded. “That’s your responsibility to sue him, if need be. We can’t do it. If we could, we would.� Continued on Page 58
PHOTO COURTESY CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN
Manhasset’s Church of Our Savior Lutheran Pastor Marc Herbst, center, welcomed the cast and crew from the upcoming romantic comedy “Isn’t it Romantic?� including, from left, producer Gina Matthews, actor Rebel Wilson, actor Piyanka Chopra and director Todd Strauss-Schulson. The movie is filming in New York City this summer and is set for release on Valentine’s Day 2019.
TD Bank pulls plans for Northern Blvd. branch oďŹƒcials have dropped plans to build there. In the last year, the proMore than a year after the posed bank at the corner of Town of North Hempstead ap- Plandome Road was the topic proved a TD Bank on Northern of heated public hearings and Boulevard in Manhasset, bank board meetings.
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A town spokeswoman, Carole Trottere, said Monday that TD Bank had withdrawn its building and zoning applications with the town. “While we don’t comment Continued on Page 58
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