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Friday, September 25, 2020
Vol. 5, No. 39
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Proposed code changes unveiled Misinformation over BW district rampant: Dalimonte BY R O S E W E L D ON Misinformation about proposed changes to the Town of North Hempstead code affecting the Port Washington area has been rampant, according to Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte. The changes would affect the so-called waterfront business, or “BW” district, which covers the private commercial properties extending from Sunset Park to Manhasset Bay Yacht Club and the area south of the Town Dock. Dalimonte presented the
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRITTANY FERRANTE
The Village Club of Sands Point’s Director of Junior Golf Brittany Ferrante, right, celebrates with her father after playing 200 holes in 13 hours to raise over $42,000 for cancer research. See story on page 3.
proposed code changes at a meeting on Tuesday night. Since 2017, a building moratorium has been in place in order for the Steering Committee, made up of representatives of numerous residential and business organizations, to discuss proposed changes to the town’s code. After three years and six extensions, three of which took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, the moratorium was scheduled to end on Sept. 14, but was extended to further prepare code changes to be brought before the Town
Board. Dalimonte began the second-to-last meeting of the committee, held Tuesday night over Zoom, by pointing out that the panel had held 22 public meetings about the BW zone and this was the 10th steering committee meeting to discuss the proposed code. “I have received a number of emails and phone calls demanding that the moratorium be extended yet again, and that the discussion about proposed code be started again from scratch,” Dalimonte said. Continued on Page 51
Elementary students to return full-time on Tuesday Case at Weber doesn’t stop full-time classes for 5 schools BY R O S E W E L D ON Elementary students in the Port Washington school district will resume full-time in-person classes on Tuesday, Superintendent Michael J. Hynes announced last Friday. The news came only days before the district confirmed that a case of COVID-19 had
been found at Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School, with the school scheduled to shut down Tuesday for cleaning “out of an abundance of caution” and reopening Wednesday. Regarding the much-discussed phase-in, Hynes said in a letter to the community that all children and teachers in the elementary schools have re-
ceived “computing devices for instruction,” that desk shields and HEPA filters had been installed in all instructional spaces, and that students and staff have successfully negotiated both in-person and remote learning. Arrival, departure and bus riding procedures were also Continued on Page 50
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