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Friday, March 5, 2021
Vol. 6, No. 10
Port WashingtonTimes HOME AND DESIGN GUIDE
LAW & ORDER IN PORT
METZGER COMBINES BUSINESS, PHILANTHROPY
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Southern Land proposes $5M to $12M cleanup Developers on West Shore Road seek to clear site for apartments BY R O S E W E L D ON Over 1,300 people have signed a Change.org petition against a proposed apartment and marina development in Port Washington, with the count more than doubling in the week that the site’s developers further detailed their plans in a series of public meetings. The estimated $120 million development is being shepherded by Southern Land Co., which filed a petition to rezone a 7.17-acre parcel at 145 West Shore Road, currently housing the construction supply wholesaler Bay Aggregates, from “Residence-AAA” to “Multiple Residence” to enable the construction of a seven-level, 176-unit residential building with a 29-slip public marina on Hempstead Harbor, not far from North Hempstead Beach Park. The petition opposing the development was launched by the Beacon Hill Residents Association several weeks ago and has collect-
ed 1,311 signatures. Reasons cited in the petition include overpopulation, traffic congestion, stress on school, water and sewer district and police and fire departments, and the environmental health of Hempstead Harbor and Manhasset Bay. Last week, Southern Land held four information sessions for interested members of the public, with two apiece held Wednesday and Thursday. At the second meeting, former Nassau County Legislator and former New York state Sen. Craig Johnson, representing Long Point Advisors, addressed the meeting’s 60 participants. “This [is an] exciting project that I think is really going to provide a wonderful opportunity for the Port Washington community as a whole,” Johnson said. He added that Southern Land was “prepared to spend anywhere between $5 to $12 million to clean Continued on Page 36
PHOTOS BY ROSE WELDON
1067 Northern Boulevard with its mural in late January (top) and without it last week (bottom). Flower Hill Mayor Brian Herrington reported that the building’s owner was unable to paint over it following a string of snowstorms, and had to wait for better weather in order to repaint.
Goodbyes, honors at Flower Hill meeting BY R O S E W E L D ON A memorial for a late mayor and a fond farewell to a trustee were on the agenda at the latest meeting of the Village of Flower Hill’s Board of Trustees. A proposed memorial park
in honor of the village’s late mayor, Robert McNamara, who died last year at age 76, was discussed at the meeting, conducted over Zoom on Monday. The plans were unveiled by Building Superintendent Peter Albinski, and place the memorial at the corner of Bonnie
Heights Road and Port Washington Boulevard. Initial drawings depict the memorial as a space adorned with a bluestone patio, bordered by laurel hedges and perennial flowers, with the inside consisting of three benches, Continued on Page 35
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