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Friday, August 6, 2021
Vol. 6, No. 32
Port WashingtonTimes BEST OF NASSAU COUNTY
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Soundview to close in Sept. due to COVID Owner Jordan Desner says pandemic, lack of attendance warranted decision BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z After more than eight years of serving the Port Washington community, Soundview Cinemas will be closing its doors in September. Owner Jordan Desner, in an interview with Blank Slate Media Wednesday, said the Port Washington theater suffered from the loss of revenue caused by the coronavirus pandemic. After reopening the theater in late June, Desner said, underwhelming attendance over the past month contributed to the decision to shut down next month. “Financially, it just doesn’t make sense for us,” he said. “The theater, unfortunately, has not really gotten tremendous support since we’ve been back open. It hasn’t really been what we expected.” Desner said he is “cautiously optimistic” that he will be able to sell the property prior to the Sept. 8 deadline and added that
he hopes something happens “very quickly.” Any agreement, he said, would be subject to landlord approval. Florida-based PEBB Enterprises and New York-based Sagamore Hill Partners announced that they had closed on a purchase of Soundview Marketplace, where the theater is located, earlier this year. The two companies purchased the 188,109-square-foot shopping center from LBUBS 2007-C7 Shore Road LLC through commercial real estate company Transwestern, with the deal coming to fruition on Dec. 18 for an undisclosed price. A commercial listing shows the starting bid as $3 million. Efforts to reach a representative from PEBB for comment on the matter were unavailing. Desner said he hopes that a new tenant would retain the spot as a movie theater but noted that he is unsure if PEBB would want Continued on Page 66
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Between last week’s wake and funeral, clergy estimate 5,000 attendees paid their respects to Manhasset brothers James and Michael Farrell. They were laid to rest at Nassau Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington. See story on page 2.
Districts await state guidance on COVID BY S A M U E L E PETRUCCELLI
iously awaiting state and federal guidance on protocols to curtail the spread of COVID-19 With local school districts’ and its variants. Those protofirst day of class just weeks cols could range from physical away, administrators and pub- distancing, to wearing masks, lic education experts are anx- to mandating the choice of reg-
ular testing or a vaccine. In a July 29 memo to district superintendents, principals and non-public school leaders, New York State Commissioner of Education Betty Continued on Page 66
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