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Friday, September 17, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 38
FLOWER HILL RESIDENTS NASSAU HOUSE GUIDE TO STREET FAIRS COMPLAIN ABOUT RODENTS PRICES SET RECORD PAGES 23-42
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Home saved in East Hills Agreement made on Mackay house BY B R A N D ON DUFFY The Village of East Hills has reached an agreement with the owners of a historic 92-yearold house that will preserve the building and allow them to have two buildable lots on the property. The property at 2A Melby Lane, the John Mackay III house, is owned by Steve and Wendy Shenfeld, who in 2017 sought to demolish the main house and PHOTO BY KAREN RUBIN split the property in half as part of a four-house subdivision. The Town of North Hempstead held a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 at Manhasset Valley The agreement ends an onPark last week. going discourse between the homeowners and village which involved zoning applications, denials and recommendations from the state to preserve the property. The Mackay estate sits on 2.23 acres. Made of stone and constructed in 1929, the house was originally built for John Officials presented the 19- on their way to work that day. brance and recitation of names BY R OB E RT Mackay III, grandson of John Furthermore, Bosworth said ceremony at Manhasset Valley foot monument, a steel beam PELAEZ Mackay, who was one of the disPark on Saturday. State, county salvaged from the wreckage, that the monument is pointed coverers of the Comstock silver The Town of North Hemp- and town officials recalled the with a plaque listing the names and angled directly at ground Continued on Page 61 stead hosted a Sept. 11 remem- tragic events 20 years ago. of the 56 North Hempstead resi- zero, 17 miles away. The monument is not comThe park is the new dents who died directly in front pletely finished. A wall of rehome to a monument com- of it. Town Supervisor Judi Bos- membrance will be added commemorating and honoring North Hempstead residents worth said the beam is visible memorating first responders and who died during the terror from the LIRR overpass, the rail those who succumbed to illnessline so many of the victims took attacks. Continued on Page 50
Reflecting on 20 years since 9/11 East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz recalls tragedy at Arlene Park ceremony
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