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Friday, December 28, 2019
Vol. 3, No. 52
Port WashingtonTimes JOHN OATES GOES LOCAL HALL OF FAMER MANGANO CLAIMS BACK TO ROOTS BUYS ARENA SPORTS PROSECUTOR MISCONDUCT PAGE 19
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N. Hempstead Beach Park to get millions
IN MEMORY
Town capital plan features $14M in spending for Port Washington park BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The Town of North Hempstead has allocated millions of dollars for upgrades to North Hempstead Beach Park in its proposed capital plan for 2019-23. The park, formerly known as Bar Beach, will see the reconstruction of its parking lots, wetland restoration, design and replacement of its fishing pier, final modifications to the installed nonmotorized dock, as well as the continuation of a visioning project that will include improving the sanitary system in the park. The visioning project is the most costly with the town expecting to invest almost $14.5 million over the next five years. It is the culmination of an!ongoing project that aspires to revitalize the North Hempstead Beach Park and the nearby 200 acres of woodlands. The town administration sought the opinion of resi-
dents when formulating the plan. Improvements to the sanitary system are to be made during fiscal year 2019 and will cost almost $2 million. The upgrades to the sanitary system will consist of relining the existing gravity sanitary system, improving the pump station, and constructing a forced main that will connect to the Port Washington Sewer District. The overall visioning process is to come up with a plan that will attract town residents and visitors to North Hempstead Beach Park as well as address environmental concerns such as surrounding!stormwater runoff. A World Trade Center Memorial will be incorporated into the park and possibly a rowing course as well. The reconstruction of both the north side and south side parking lots will be incorporated into the Continued on Page 36
PHOTO COURTESY OF PORT WASHINGTON NORTH MAYOR BOB WEITZNER
Port Washington Boy Scout Gordon Schaub surveying Robert H. Dayton Park to plan his revitalization project. See story on page 2.
Resident threatens to sue Manorhaven officials BY J ES S I C A PA R K S
against village officials at the Manorhaven Board of Trustees meeting last Thursday. DuBois said if a! variance Caroline DuBois, the acting secretary of the Manorhaven for a proposed three-story Action Committee, gave no- building at 22 Sagamore Hill tice that she may file a lawsuit Drive is approved that the
trustees as well as the members of Manorhaven’s Board of Zoning Appeals “may, both jointly and individually, become subject to an Article 78 Lawsuit in New York State Court.” Continued on Page 45
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