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Friday, January 25, 2019
Vol. 4, No. 4
Port WashingtonTimes HEALTH & WELLNESS
GUGGENHEIM PRINCIPAL TO RETIRE
CUOMO AIDS NASSAU REASSESSMENT PHASE-IN
PAGES 37-44
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Updated parking lot for TJ Maxx gets approval
A GOOD DEED
Port North board previously raised concerns over pedestrian safety BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The Port Washington North Board of Trustees approved plans for the parking lot of an incoming TJ Maxx at Soundview Marketplace at last Wednesday’s meeting. The action is subject to the final approval of Building Superintendent Bob Barbach. The site plans for the clothing store were approved in June under the condition that the developers would work on controlling traffic near the entrance of the store, which will be located at the southwest corner of the building. “Basically there have been several iterations of this plan and I think this is the last one,” Max Rinaldi, a representative for the owners of Soundview Marketplace, said. The plans, which were presented by Robert Eschbacher of VHB Engineering, included the addition of an extra-wide crosswalk at the building’s entrance, three
more 15-minute parking spaces, spots designated for compact cars, a fire lane that is the width of the entrance roadway, new all-way stop signs and turn restrictions. A few parking spots located across from the entrance of the store and at the end of the crosswalk were eliminated in order for pedestrians to be more visible, Eschbacher said. Mayor Bob Weitzner asked whether the regulations for compact cars work.! Eschbacher said they do but the problem is that nobody knows the exact definition of a compact car. “My idea of what a compact car is may be different than someone else,” Eschbacher said. “Some people may say, my car is a compact. I can park there.” Barbach said the reason for the compact car spaces is to widen the driving lane and give pedestrians more visibility. “As you would all know that Continued on Page 67
PHOTO BY TERI WEST
Rabbi Michael Mishkin and his children, Ben and Lily, attended the food packaging event hosted by Sid Jacobson JCC. See story on page 4.
Port’s Herz heads Jewish group’s Long Island office BY J ES S I C A PA R K S
nie Herz plans to further the mission of the organization through forming relationships. He said he brings to! the As president of the Long Island region of the American table a true commitment to his Jewish Committee, Port Wash- own personal growth and vows ington resident and lawyer Ar- to look beyond his own biases
and remain open-minded. Herz said he is “constantly challenging [his] assumptions and rethinking things,” which he cites as one of the reasons that the organization is a good Continued on Page 66
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