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Friday, February 26, 2021
Vol. 70, No. 9
N E W H Y D E PA R K
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY GUIDE PAGES 19-23
SUMMER CAMPS PLAN REOPENING
COVID-19 VARIANT FOUND IN GLEN HEAD
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Winter storm causes hitch in third track
PUPPY LOVE
Video documenting construction in NHP will be sent to museum BY K AT I E F E N T O N The recent winter storm delayed work on the Long Island Rail Road’s expansion project, which had made steady progress since construction began in late 2018. At the Village of New Hyde Park Board of Trustees meeting last Thursday, Trustee Rainer Burger explained the delay. “On Feb. 4, I mentioned that the new interlocking and signaling system was going to be commissioned on Feb. 22. Unfortunately, due to this storm and with the current weather that’s happening, that has been pushed back to the weekend of Feb. 27,” Burger said. The LIRR project is adding a third track from Floral Park to Hicksville. “They’re basically going to have a new track where track 1 is going to be the eastbound track, which will be accessible on the south platform; track 2 will be the
future third track and track 3 will be the westbound track, which will be accessible on the north platform,” Burger said. “So, all that work ... will be shifted by one week and will happen on Feb. 27 as well.” Trustee Richard Pallisco announced another development involving the third track project: a proposal to create a video montage documenting the construction in New Hyde Park. The proposed video, which will be given to the New Hyde Park Museum upon completion, will incorporate about 150 photos documenting the village’s appearance before, during and after construction. Mayor Lawrence Montreuil lauded the plan. “I’ve always said that this is the biggest thing that has ever happened — and perhaps will ever happen — in New Hyde Park, so I think it’s really important that it has been documented,” he Continued on Page 27
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LAKEVILLE ESTATES CIVIC ASSOCIATION
Puppies Cindy and Neil showed off their love with some Valentine’s Day-themed decor.
Alleged NYPD spy, W.P. man released on $2M bail BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
Tibetans living in the United States was released on a $2 million bond last Wednesday A New York City police offi- after testing positive for the cer and Williston Park resident coronavirus. Baimadije Angwang, a accused of supplying Chinese officials with information on 33-year-old man and native
Tibetan, was released from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after four months, according to Newsday. John Carman, Angwang’s Garden City-based attorney, Continued on Page 39
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