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Vol. 5, No. 18
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Police to add traffic patrols in 4 villages
CHIMES OF FREEDOM
Two-week action seeks to curb speeding and reckless driving BY M A X Z A H N Nassau County police will increase traďŹƒc enforcement in four Manhasset villages over a twoweek period in May to stem what village oďŹƒcials perceive as a dangerous disregard for pedestrian safety. “It’s a two-week blitz,â€? Flower Hill Mayor Robert McNamara said. “Get the word out we’re trying to get people to slow down and not kill our dogs or our kids.â€? The plan was determined at the Flower Hill Board of Trustees meeting on Monday night, when acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter spoke on how to combat reckless driving. “The best way to handle these issues is consistent enforcement,â€? Krumpter said. “Persistent enforcement.â€? Plandome Mayor M. Lloyd Williams, Plandome Manor Mayor Barbara Donno and Munsey Park
Mayor Frank DeMento were also present and will be involved in the plan. Krumpter said Nassau County’s approval of new radar laser guns in the last few weeks will improve enforcement. “It’s the ďŹ rst purchase of those devices in at least the last 15 years,â€? he said. “The stu we’re using I remember using in 1992 when I was on the force.â€? He also said education is an important part of preventing reckless driving. “Does anyone not know how dangerous texting and driving is?â€? he asked. “People still have not recognized how dangerous texting and driving is.â€? McNamara acknowledged that the increased enforcement could only be sustained for two weeks due to limited resources. “We will come up with a plan for increased enforcement and proContinued on Page 61
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Syrian singer Gaida and her band will perform at a fundraiser at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Shelter Rock. All proceeds will go to Diocese of Rockville Centre Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Services and Church World Service to aid refugees and their families. See story on page 54.
Conservative journalist, St. Mary’s grad dies at 67 pundit, died of cancer on April 23. She was 67. The Interior Department, the Kate O’Beirne, who grew up in Manhasset and became a Department of Health and Huleading conservative voice as the man Services and the Heritage Washington editor of the Nation- Foundation, a right-wing think al Review and a television news tank, were among the places
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O’Beirne worked over her career. She was born in Brooklyn in 1949 and grew up in South Strathmore in an Irish-Catholic Republican family that enrolled her in elementary and secondary Continued on Page 62
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