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Friday, August 30, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 35
N E W H Y D E PA R K
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NEW BRIDGE OVER COVERT AVENUE
TOWN SHUT OUT OF EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS
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Station to open in 2021 LIRR service set for Belmont BY TOM M CC A RT HY The first phase for the LIRR’s first new full-time LIRR station in nearly 50 years, which will serve the Belmont Park redevelopment project, is set for completion in 2021. The second phase is set for completion after the LIRR expansion project from Floral Park to Hicksville is finished in 2022. According to Jack Sterne, a spokesman for Empire State Development, the state agency responsible for approving the project, the first phase will consist of constructing an eight-train-carlength platform north of the arena, providing eastbound service for Hempstead Branch trains. The second phase will construct a platform on the north side of the tracks for westbound service that is at least 10 train cars long, a pedestrian overpass connecting to the south platform with elevators and an extension of the south platform to accommodate 12 train cars. “This is expected to be completed when the Third Track Continued on Page 66
PHOTO BY LYNN MARINO
New Hyde Park residents were able to enjoy the Cellini Lodge’s homemade zeppoles.
Italian street fair has rainy start The Cellini Lodge’s yearly fundraiser at Tully Park went on after stormy Thursday BY TOM M CC A RT HY After rocky weather interrupted festivities earlier, the annual street fair of the New Hyde Park chapter of the Cellini Lodge lit up Michael J. Tully Park over
the weekend. Last Thursday, on the second night of the festival, it was shut down due to a torrential downpour, said Mary Modica, feast chair and lodge vice president. Lodge President Anthony Calabro was on stage performing with his band, L.I. Rewind, when the town made the call to close the festival. “You have all these people that are in the tents and
the wind started kicking up severely and security is like ‘Look, we got children here. We have to get them out of here.’” Calabro said. “It’s a rough decision.” Nonetheless, they were able to hold the fair for the rest of the weekend as the weather remained fair. The fair has been a staple of the community since 1983, said Calabro, and has been held every year with the exception of
2001, when it was called off after the Sept. 11 terror attack in New York City. From last Wednesday to Sunday, New Hyde Park residents and others were able to check out the fair’s international food court, zeppoles, pastries, rides, live music, crafts, vendors and the “games of chance” tent, which included card games like blackjack. Continued on Page 66
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