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Friday, November 30, 2018
Vol. 67, No. 48
N E W H Y D E PA R K
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY GUIDE
BLUE WAVE IN NASSAU
SUOZZI SAYS NO TO PELOSI
PAGES 31-34, 39-42
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MARCHING AHEAD
Covert Avenue grade crossing delays ahead Construction slated for Feb. pushed to March BY J E D HENDRIXSON The total closure of the grade crossing at Covert Avenue has been delayed a month, according to New Hyde Park Village Trustee Rainer Burger. At a Nov. 15 meeting with 3TC, the joint venture responsible for building the 9.8-milelong Long Island Rail Road third track, the village board was informed that the closing of the grade crossing will now begin March 1 instead of Feb. 1 as previously planned, to
account for continued utility work. “So that has been pushed,” Burger said at last Tuesday’s board meeting. The plan outlined in the LIRR Expansion Project newsletter"is to eliminate the grade crossing and create a vehicular and pedestrian underpass. Seven grade crossings will be replaced with underpasses between Floral Park and Hicksville. The delay is helpful coincidentally, because the village has still not seen plans for a
temporary shelter for the village’s firetrucks, Burger said. An overhead structure will be erected in the community parking lot on South Twelfth Street, just south of the LIRR tracks. The New Hyde Park Fire Department is located north of the LIRR tracks where the construction will be taking place. The relocation of equipment will allow for adequate response times in emergencies while construction is going on in the area, Burger said. Continued on Page 69
Town bans med marijuana sites from going retail First of three laws regulating dispensaries passes PHOTO BY JED HENDRIXSON
Boy Scout Kevin Schulman, 15, leading a pack of over 100 Scouts and their families Friday. See story on page 3.
BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The Town of North Hempstead passed a law banning medical marijuana dispensaries from operating as retail stores at a crowded meeting last Tuesday night, the first of a trio of laws intended to control marijuana sales in the town.
Town officials said they are not against medical marijuana, understand the need for it and this law will not ban it. Rather, they said, the laws aim to prevent dispensaries from clustering in their town and come in response to both public concerns and statements from companies suggesting they want to “mainstream”
marijuana. “We’re in this together,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “We’re listening to our residents, we heard the comments that you have made, we’re going to continue to fight for what’s in the best interest of our community and the future of our town.” Continued on Page 69
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