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Vol. 5, No. 42
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Guardrail not enough at Valley Park
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Town Councilwoman Kaplan updates Manhasset civics on town projects BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Anna Kaplan gave updates on a number of projects around the Manhasset area Wednesday to the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations. A wooden guardrail installed a few weeks ago at Manhasset Valley Park, placed in the grass between the sidewalk and the parking lot, is still not deterring residents from parking along the sidewalk and partly in Maple Street. “If a car’s coming down the street, they can still hit someone on the sidewalk before hitting the guardrail?” Bayview Civic Association President John Minogue asked. “Why didn’t they put the guardrail on the other side of the sidewalk?” Kaplan said even when the
parking lot is not full, cars are using the mountable curb as a small driveway to drop off children without parking despite the length of the park being lined with “no stopping” signs. “People are dropping off young children at that field, and that’s the issue,” Strathmore Village Civic Association President AnnMarie Cerrone said. “I’m gonna say that I’ve done it. If you’re dropping off a 5-year-old, you’re not going to park and not watch them because you can’t see the kids walking.” “Walk with them after you’ve parked,” Terrace Manor Civic Association President Joanne Spencer responded. “It’s not about convenience; it’s about safety. That street is already so narrow.” Council President Richard Bentley said he has been requesting that the curb be restored so it will deter cars from stopping on the Continued on Page 75
PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI
Manhasset Tower Foundation hosted the inaugural Manhasset Fall Festival Saturday at Strathmore-Vanderbilt Country Club. Geared toward elementary school children, the festival was a fundraiser for STEM initiatives in the Manhasset school district.
Scaramucci Post axes Holocaust poll tweet of Jews killed during the Holocaust was posted and quickly deleted. Scaramucci Post, a compaManhasset resident Anthony Scaramucci’s media ny recently formed by the Port company is under fire after a Washington native, has been Twitter poll about the number polling followers on a number
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of current event topics, such as how many support a first strike with nuclear weapons on North Korea. It posted a new poll Tuesday morning with the question “How many Jews Continued on Page 75
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