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Concern over nodes, building in Manorhaven
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Residents opposed to proposed Manhasset Isle apartments BY LU K E TOR R A N C E Manorhaven residents spent much of last Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting demanding that the village take action on cell nodes and a Manhasset Isle apartment building, while Mayor Jim Avena repeatedly responded that there was little the board could do about either. The large turnout for the October meeting was spurred by flyers sent out about a four-story apartment building proposed for the former Dejana Industries property on Manhasset Isle. But the residents were also made aware of the issue of cell nodes in the village due to a presentation by Pattie Woods, the co-founder of Port Washington-based Grassroots Environmental Education. “I didn’t think I’d be speaking to a large group of people,” Woods said. Woods explained that telecommunication companies are looking
to upgrade their wireless networks to 5G. To reach this higher speed, they have begun installing cell nodes — ranging in size from pizza boxes to small refrigerators — in certain parts of the country, including Long Island. “One of the problems with this wireless, microwave technology, just in general, is that we are not looking at the human health effects at all,” Woods said. She said the wireless waves could affect those with health conditions and brain development in children, the latter of which led to some European schools to ban Wi-Fi. But due to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, only the FCC could stop the cell nodes installation. Even as residents called on the village to act, Avena and Woods said that was mostly out of Manorhaven’s hands. She did say that village"could control their placement to some Continued on Page 83
PHOTO BY LUKE TORRANCE
Joseph Penzel, left, is congratulated by his father, Fred, after winning an Outstanding Performance award for his work at Spectrum Designs in Port Washington. See story on page 11.
North Shore stands in solidarity with synagogue BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
attack on them all. On Saturday, a gunman stormed into the Tree of Life For countless North Shore Synagogue, killing 11 people residents, a mass shooting in a and wounding six others durPittsburgh congregation more ing Shabbat celebrations, than 400 miles away was an making it the deadliest attack
against the Jewish community in American history. The suspected gunman, Robert Bowers, 46, who was later apprehended, reportedly told one officer: “They’re Continued on Page 82
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