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Friday, October 13, 2017
Vol. 5, No. 41
FALL HOME AND DESIGN
WATER DISTRICT RECEIVES GRANT
CURRAN LEADS MARTINS IN FUNDS
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More projects planned under capital bond
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Manhasset ed board to submit plans for asphalt work, exterior doors BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I Manhasset School Superintendent Vincent Butera said the capital plan projects, partly funded by the $19.6 million bond approved in 2014, are mostly completed and under budget, and the district is looking to ďŹ nish a few more with the remaining money. During a Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, trustees voted unanimously, with President Regina Rule and Trustee Pat Aitken absent, to approve submitting plans for two additional projects under the bond: an approximately $1 million asphalt paving and water main project and a $68,000 exterior door replacement project, both at the secondary school. Plans will be submitted to the state Education Department for approval and the district must receive bids before any project is approved. During a presentation on the ďŹ nished work across the district,
the director of facilities, Armand Markarian, said most projects are completed except security lighting at Munsey Park Elementary School, eight bathrooms in kindergarten classrooms and a secondary school cafeteria expansion. The bids for the kindergarten bathrooms came back too high, Markarian said, so the project was postponed, and the cafeteria expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2017. Manhasset school district residents approved a $19.6 million bond in 2014 for approximately $22.6 million in capital improvement projects. Deputy Superintendent Rosemary Johnson said the projected cost of the projects is estimated to leave $1.36 million that can be used on only three possible projects approved in 2014: asphalt replacement at the secondary school, exterior doors at the secondary school or additional toilets. Additional toilet work is estiContinued on Page 76
PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTHWELL HEALTH
Dr. David Majure, medical director of mechanical circulatory support at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital, explains how a heart pump works. Linda Sainvil received a new heart in August. She was treated at the Heart Hospital and had a mechanical heart pump prior to her transplant at another hospital. See story on page 65.
Nicolello opponent sidelined by surgery BY A DA M SCHRADER Democratic candidate Mal Nathan, who is running against incumbent Nassau County Legislator Richard Nicolello, un-
derwent open heart surgery last week and is not expected to participate in any campaigning before the Nov. 7 election. Nathan is challenging Nicolello, a Republican, in District 9, which covers parts of
New Hyde Park, Garden City Park, Mineola, the Willistons and Albertson, and parts of Roslyn and Manhasset. “He had some signiďŹ cant decline in his energy levels Continued on Page 75
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