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Friday, January 18, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 3
GUIDE TO WINTERTIME
NO END DATE SET FOR SUOZZI APPOINTED ROSLYN ROAD WORK TO HOUSE COMMITTEE
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Parking changes take effect Sunday parking free downtown BY T E R I W EST The Village of Roslyn Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to offer free parking on Sundays rather than Mondays. This was one of three parking-related resolutions approved that were prompted by a list of requests from the Roslyn Chamber of Commerce. Parking will remain free on Mondays for national holidays. There will also be free parking for the full week of July 4. “That will add one more week of free parking in the summertime for folks to enjoy the downtown,” said Mayor John Durkin. The other resolution passed offers 15-minute free parking in a loading zone on Old Northern Boulevard. The loading zone, which is at the southeast section of the road, will remain exclusively a loading zone beginning at 7 a.m. but convert to public parking at 2 p.m. The meeting also included a surprise for one trustee. Durkin Continued on Page 82
PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSLYN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
From left, Roslyn High School Regeneron scholars Justin Schiavo, Brandon Lee, Lindsey Rust, Adrian Ke and Mayeesa Rahman and research coordinator Allyson Weseley.
Roslyn students rank in science contest Five from high school named Regeneron scholars for research projects BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
ity and cancer treatments to the effects of gender bias. The Regeneron Science TalEighteen students from area ent Search, hosted by the Socischools were named semifinal- ety for Science & the Public and ists and scholars in the Regen- sponsored by Regeneron, has eron Science Talent Search last been active since 1942 and bills week, with projects ranging itself as the country’s “most presfrom texting-related brain activ- tigious pre-college science competition.” Each of the 300 high school students named received $2,000, as did their respective schools, totaling $1.3 million. Forty finalists
will be chosen from this pool on Jan. 23 to compete in Washington, D.C., in March for $1.8 million in awards. “These exceptional students are true leaders and innovators – the top 300 young scientists in our country today,” Maya Ajmera, the president and CEO of the Society for Science & the Public, wrote on Medium. “They have an enthusiasm and passion for STEM that I know will inspire them to do amazing things as they head to college and be-
yond.” The Great Neck and Roslyn school districts had the most scholars, with a total of five each, followed by the Port Washington school district with three, Manhasset and the East Williston school districts with two, and Herricks school district with one. Roslyn High School had the most scholars at five: Adrian Ke, Brandon Lee, Mayeesa Rahman, Lindsey Rust and Justin Schiavo. Continued on Page 82
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