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Friday, September 10, 2021
Vol. 70, No. 37
LIVING 50 PLUS
FALL SPORTS RETURN
CURRAN CALLS FOR LEGISLATURE TO RETURN
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Williston chamber preps for street fair Event returns year after COVID cancellation BY B R A N D ON DUFFY New Hyde Park and the Willistons will host their street fairs on the weekend of Sept. 17. Both villages canceled the fairs last year due to COVID-19, and this fair will be the first for New Hyde Park since 2018 due to LIRR construction two years ago. New Hyde Park will hold its fair on Saturday and the Willistons will hold the festivities on Sunday.
The fair for the Willistons, which is being hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of the Willistons, will begin at 11 a.m.. The national anthem will kick things off and be performed by Julie O’Donnell. The street fair has been a tradition spanning over three decades, said Nancy Zolezzi, the Chamber of Commerce treasurer. Residents can expect to see a showing of local businesses, organizations and the villages from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Hillside Avenue between
Willis Avenue and the railroad tracks, she said. Expected to attend are historical societies, libraries, fire departments, the Rotary Club, American Legion, VFW and New York Islanders representatives, to name a few. There will be live music and demonstrations from the Hidden Talents Dance Center from Williston Park and the Hannah Kroner School of Dance in Albertson. Alongside the musical demonstrations, local martial arts studios will perform. Continued on Page 34
Ida flooding impacts North Shore communities Hochul visits L.I. to discuss transportation delays PHOTO COURTESY OF MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL
Despite school just starting, Mineola High School seniors are already thinking about graduating in June.
BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Flooding from Ida resulted in delays on the roads and the Port Washington branch of the Long Island Rail Road, along with damage to some homes across the North Shore last week. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited
the Great Neck station last Thursday to speak about some of the delays that the Port Washington line endured as a result of the storm. Though record rainfall was seen in parts of Nassau County and Long Island, Hochul said, preparations will be made in case the area sees similar rainfall in the future.
“We’re not treating this as if it’s not going to happen again for 500 years,” Hochul said. “What we saw, the record rainfall that precipitated, the situation out here in Great Neck ... it was an unbelievable amount of rainfall in an incredibly short amount of time.” Continued on Page 35
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