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Friday, November 15, 2019
Vol. 4, No. 46
Port WashingtonTimes SENIOR LIVING
CAR CRASHES INTO FLOWER HILL POOL
REP. KING TO NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION
PAGES 27-32, 41-46
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Manorhaven Boulvevard plan presented
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County officials unveil designs, hope to finalize by new year BY R O S E W E L D ON A long-awaited design for Manorhaven Boulevard was presented at a special village meeting on Thursday. Plans for the project detail changes to be made to the north and south sides of Manorhaven Boulevard, including American Disability Act-compliant sidewalk ramps, drainage improvements “as required,” and installation of a new concrete curb on parts of both sides. Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, who has worked on the project since 2016, opened the meeting saying she believed the plans reflect the wishes of the residents. “This project is really your project,” DeRiggi-Whitton told the dozens of residents gathered. “We want to come in and help, but we want it to reflect what you all want for your downtown. It’s a jewel, and it just needs to be shined, and
that’s what we’re going to do.” DeRiggi-Whitton said the project would address both the “basics,” including drainage and paving, and“jewelry,” including lamps and benches, for the street. She also mentioned that the planners wanted to “stress a nautical theme, since you’re so close to the water.” “We really want to dress it up,” DeRiggi-Whitton said. The legislator said that the plans now reflect the concerns of residents regarding trees. Nassau County Public Works Commissioner Ken Arnold said that as a result of the meeting, of the 90 trees currently present on the boulevard, only seven dead or diseased trees would be removed for the project. “We’re saving about 90 percent,” DeRiggi-Whitton said. “And the ones that we do remove, we will soon replace.” Arnold said that ideally, after one more public meeting to disContinued on Page 59
PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON
Young Port residents were invited to go on printed scavenger hunts in exchange for penny candy at the unveiling of Residents Forward’s Town Crier mural on Sunday. Little ones picked from peppermint sticks, licorice, satellite wafers, saltwater taffy and chocolate ice cubes.
Flower Hill, Plandome see ExteNet developments BY R O S E W E L D ON
lages considering cell nodes within their limits. The hearing comes in the The Village of Plandome will hold a public hearing on wake of the Village of Flower an application from ExteNet Hill receiving a date for a Systems on Monday, Nov. 18, conference in federal court as the latest in a series of vil- in Brooklyn with the wireless
infrastructure provider in connection with a lawsuit brought by ExteNet. ExteNet claims in the lawsuit that Flower Hills offiicials were delaying its work with Continued on Page 71
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