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Friday, July 26, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 30
HEALTH & WELLNESS
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Work on tower halted Town eyes cell structure BY T E R I W EST The Town of North Hempstead issued a cease and desist order on July 9 for a cell tower being built on the Roslyn Highlands fire station until the Building Department has the opportunity to inspect it, said a Town of North Hempstead public information official. “Up until now, the Building Department has been refused access to inspect the installation,” Councilman Peter Zuckerman, wrote in an email. The Verizon-contracted tower has also not given the town a radio frequency field report so the town has not been able to evaluate how it will measure up to Federal Communications Commission guidelines, Zuckerman said. The town first received an application for the tower on Sept. 2, 2016, said town Director of Communications Carole Trottere. The application was approved this past January and construction began in May. The town issued the cease and desist order July 9 because neither Continued on Page 11
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
A still from the film “Bad Education,” starring Hugh Jackman.
‘Bad Education’ to premiere at fest Roslyn alum Mike Makowsky wrote film about school district’s corruption scandal BY T E R I W EST Roslyn is headed to the big screen in September, when “Bad Education,” a film starring Hugh Jackman as the school district’s corrupt former superintendent, will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Roslyn High School alum
Mike Makowsky wrote the film, which also stars Allison Janney and Ray Romano. “Beyond excited for us to present BAD EDUCATION at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival,” Makowsky, who graduated from the high school in 2009, tweeted Tuesday morning. The film chronicles the corruption scandal School Superintendent Frank Tassone led in the early 2000s, embezzling millions of dollars and spending them on
personal expenses. He was sentenced to prison in 2006. The Toronto International Film Festival runs from Sept. 5 to Sept. 15. Dates of specific showings have not yet been announced. “Some of the year’s biggest films will land in Toronto this September,” festival co-head Cameron Bailey said in a news release. “We’re thrilled to unveil Galas and Special Presentations that bring the brightest lights in film to our Festival audience. Our new programming team has
been hard at work for months to deliver the compelling stories, acclaimed filmmakers, and top onscreen talent that mark our two highest-profile sections.” Parts of “Bad Education” were filmed in Roslyn last fall, when trailers were spotted on Round Hill Road. Area schools, however, were not used as sets, according to a letter the Roslyn school district sent to parents at the time. “While the film is purportedly meant to entertain, it’s imContinued on Page 50
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