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Friday, October 2, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 40
HOME & DESIGN
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Ground broken on long-awaited O.W. cemetery
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TO HONOR HER
Developments begin at Queen of Peace after over 2 decades in limbo BY R O S E W E L D ON Ground broke last week on numerous developments at Queen of Peace Cemetery in Old Westbury, including the start of construction of a chapel planned as the site’s centerpiece. The management and board of directors of Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island hosted a special program marking the developments on Sept. 15 and were joined by Diocese of Rockville Centre Bishop John O. Barres and local dignitaries from the Village of Old Westbury, as well as numerous employees and consultants. CCLI, which owns and operates three other cemeteries across Long Island, including Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury, the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram and the Queen of All Saints Cemetery in Central Islip, said that this is the first new Catholic cemetery to open on Long Island in decades. The 97-acre property was pur-
chased in 1993, and the plans, which the company estimates will be finished in 2021, call for the construction of a chapel, administration building, mausoleums and a maintenance building, according to president and CEO Richard Bie. Village trustees approved the plan for the cemetery at 31 Hitchcock Lane in 2016 after a 22-year legal battle. The Diocese of Rockville Centre fought in federal court for the right to build on the land. Federal courts determined that under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, the diocese had a right to build a cemetery on the land. “Today is a historic and milestone moment for Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island,” Bie said. “This project has been a long time in the making and is the beginning of a new chapter of our mission to serve the Catholic families here on Long Island. We thank our board of directors as well as Bishop Barres and Continued on Page 49
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BRYANT LIBRARY LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION
An undated photo of renowned Chilean poet and Nobel Prize laureate Gabriela Mistral, right, who lived in Roslyn Harbor for the last four years of her life. The Bryant Library’s Local History Collection posted this image to Instagram to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
Prison for ex-Manhasset head of $19M Ponzi scheme BY R O S E W E L D ON Just short of a year after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and securities fraud, a former Manhasset man has been sentenced to prison for defraud-
ing victims of $19 million in a Ponzi scheme, according to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Paul A. Rinfret, formerly of Manhasset and formerly the owner and operator of the
firm Plandome Partners LLC, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods on Tuesday. Investors in Plandome Partners, which the complaint Continued on Page 61
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