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Friday, September 6, 2019
Vol. 4, No. 36
Port WashingtonTimes BACK TO SCHOOL
HEARTS ANNOUNCES DiNAPOLI HITS LONG BEACH FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS PAYOUTS TO SCHNIRMAN, OTHERS
PAGES 37-44
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Flower Hill trustees nix 18 cell nodes
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GOLF FOR A CAUSE
Cite ExteNet’s failure to finalize locations and design of cell devices BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Flower Hill’s seven trustees voted unanimously to deny ExteNet’s application to install 18 small cell nodes throughout the village’s right of ways on Tuesday. The move was met with words of gratitude and applause from many members of the audience. In a post on the village’s website, the board outlined its decision to deny the application, saying it was primarily due to ExteNet’s failure to specify the exact locations of the proposed cell nodes despite village requests to clarify the matter. The application was also found to be incompatible with the village code and relevant criteria governing cell nodes that included aesthetics, mitigation efforts, available alternatives, wireless service coverage and alleged gaps or improvements, according to the village website. ExteNet, a wireless infrastruc-
ture provider contracted by Verizon to install devices to support its 4G network, filed the application in the village in April. Since then, the village has hosted a series of public hearings in which many hours of public comment were heard. At the hearings, many residents raised concerns about the cell devices’ potential impact on the health of their children and themselves. However, ExteNet representatives said their tests have shown that outside of a 15-foot radius of the antenna, radiofrequency emissions fall to 1 percent of the permissible level allowed by the federal government. The board maintains that it did not consider comments on potential health effects when making its decision, as stated on the village website. The village board said that ExteNet did not identify substantial gaps in cellphone coverage and Continued on Page 77
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Kenny Henderson, Ronnie Henderson, Connie O’Reilly and Jim O’Neill. O’Reilly and O’Neill represent the presenting sponsor of the PYA Golf Outing, Finn MacCools. The outing is scheduled for Oct. 14 at the Village Club of Sands Point. See story on page 20.
Sater provided intel on al-Qaida, North Korea BY J ES S I C A PA R K S
informant, a position where he provided information on the whereabouts of terrorists, inNewly unsealed docu- sight into North Korean nuclements detail the breadth of ar programs and aided in the Felix Sater’s decade long re- repurchase of Stinger missiles lationship with the FBI as an from Afghanistan’s Northern
Alliance. Sater, a former Port Washington resident and ex-associate of President Donald Trump, has frequently appeared in the media over the past year due Continued on Page 77
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