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Friday, May 10, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 19
N E W H Y D E PA R K
WOMEN TODAY
VFW POST DISBANDS AFTER 73 YEARS
SCHNIRMAN QUESTIONS ASSESSMENT EXEMPTIONS
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New Hyde Park native takes on the World Cup Crystal Dunn hopes to score with Team USA in soccer tournament BY T E R I W EST
PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMIE SMED ON FLICKR
Crystal Dunn, right, will play on the U.S. team for the 2019 Women’s World Cup this summer.
New Hyde Park native Crystal Dunn is one of 23 women headed to France this summer in pursuit of the United States’ second consecutive Women’s World Cup title. This will be the first World Cup appearance for the 26-year-old soccer player and South Side High School alum. “I can’t wait to compete and help my squad win this thing,” Dunn wrote in an Instagram caption last Friday accompanying a photo of her
dancing in front of her jersey number 19. Even before heading off to college, where she led the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to a national championship, Dunn was making a national impact. She played on the U-17 national team before helping her Rockville Centre high school achieve a state title her senior year. “Dunn plays as if the girl with the ball – in the rare instances she doesn’t have possession herself – just Continued on Page 70
Construction upends NHP street fair BY J E S S I C A PA R K S
Park on Sept. 14. At a February meeting, the The Village of New Hyde village board announced it was Park canceled its 24th annual “seriously reconsidering” holdstreet fair, to be replaced with ing the street fair because of Community Day at Memorial construction in the area, which
includes a six-month closure on Covert Avenue that began April 15. The Covert Avenue closure would only be blocks away from Jericho Turnpike where the fair has traditionally been held. Community Day will avoid possible traffic and safety hazards from local construction due to its location in Memorial Park,
which is several blocks north of Jericho Turnpike and a block west of New Hyde Park Road. Last year the street fair, sponsored by Northwell Health, saw about 200 businesses and vendors attend. People of all ages found entertainment in attractions ranging from live music to inflatable children’s rides. Village officials said the switch to Community Day is
more or less a change of location, and encouraged community businesses to get involved as they have in years past. Covert Avenue is expected to be closed between 1st and 5th avenues for six months to accommodate a grade crossing elimination and the construction of an underpass for vehicular travel. Continued on Page 70
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