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Old Westbury trustees spar over tree bid
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Fastenberg, Chimerine debate plans for 143 trees on one road BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I Two Old Westbury trustees kicked off Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting with an argument about the details of an awarded bid for village tree planting. In her speech welcoming Mayor Frank Carillo’s appointment of Robert Lemle to the village’s Beautification Committee, Trustee Leslie Fastenberg raised questions about a bid awarded to Scenic Designs in East Moriches for $93,975 to plant 143 trees along “Little” Wheatley Road, a 1.3-mile stretch from Old Westbury Road to Post Road. “I think perhaps this was a mistake or a miscommunication, and we have an opportunity to fix this and distribute those trees over three streets unless this is the intention of the mayor and trustees to plant these 143 trees on Little Wheatley, which already has 200
trees,” Fastenberg said. “I think this is a moment to get it right.” Though Fastenberg voted to approve the bid at the Jan. 8 special meeting, she said she was unable to look at the bid until Jan. 12, four days after voting. “I had asked to see the bid, which went out Nov. 22, and I didn’t get it until last week after we had voted last Tuesday night,” Fastenberg said. “As the kids say, my bad, I should have insisted I saw it before I voted. I didn’t have a chance to, but I saw it after.” Deputy Mayor Marina Chimerine, however, said all trustees and the Beautification Committee had copies of the bid as well as village Administrator Brian Ridgway for any resident to look at in Village Hall. “We all had ample opportunity to look at this paperwork, and this is not the place to discuss this,” Chimerine said. Continued on Page 99
PHOTO COURTESY OF NASSAU BOCES
The Nassau BOCES Adult Learning Center opens registration for English as a Second Language classes for residents in the Roslyn school district. See story on page 2.
Daniel Gale exclusive seller at Roslyn Landing BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I
Landing development in downtown Roslyn. Licensed salesperson Gwen Daniel Gale Sotheby’s In- Levy of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s ternational Realty was recently International Realty, onsite named the exclusive marketing sales manager for Roslyn Landand sales team for the Roslyn ing, said the new partnership
has been positive so far with both groups focused on the same outcome. “It feels very natural, and we’re all working with the exact same goal, which is to sell Continued on Page 100
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