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Friday, May 26, 2023
Vol. 72, No. 21
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Woman killed, 7 injured by fire in home Family members treated, released BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y
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A fire in Williston Park at a five-bedroom split-level home on Lafayette Street killed one woman and injured seven others the morning of May 23, according to officials.
A 60-year-old woman died and seven others were taken to area hospitals for smoke inhalation after a fire destroyed a five-bedroom, split-level home in Williston Park Tuesday morning, Nassau County Fire Marshal Michael Uttaro said. The victim was identified as Kashmira Patel in multiple reports. The cause of death is still being investigated, Uttaro said. All eight people were members of the same family, Uttaro said. The seven survivors were released by the hospitals after being treated for smoke inhalation. A 911 call for an active fire at 252
Lafayette St. was made shortly after 3 a.m. with the Garden City Park Fire Department responding first to the scene within 10 minutes in what was a fully involved fire, Uttaro said. Seven people self-evacuated before telling first responders about one more person trapped in the house, Uttaro said. First responders attempted to enter the home to rescue the victim but had to withdraw due to the worsening conditions, Uttaro said. “Firefighters and police tried to make entry as best they can, but the conditions were too severe to make a safe entry, be able to get in and make some type of rescue,” Uttaro said. Continued on Page 42
$20 a day to park in some Mineola lots BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The Mineola Board of Trustees unanimously passed three resolutions Wednesday night aimed at long-term parking in different parts of the village. Certain construction or maintenance projects taking place within the village will now pay between
$20 and $10 per day for each onstreet parking space occupied in certain areas. The village’s Building Department will determine if projects meet the need to take parking spaces after contractors submit an application for temporary usage of on-street/municipal parking field spaces.
Downtown parking meters located on First Street between Marcellus Road and Third Avenue, Second Street between Third Avenue and Mineola Boulevard and Third Avenue between Station Plaza North and Harrison Avenue will cost $20 per meter each per day. Using village municipal parking lots will also cost $20 per day for
every space taken. All other on-street parking spaces within the village will be $10 per day for every space taken. The village also established a Jericho Turnpike Student Parking Permit that designates 20 spots on Jericho on a nonexclusive, first come first serve basis during the year from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Mineola Mayor Paul Pereira said offering the permits, which are $250, to Chaminade High School students may offset revenue from underutilized parking meters in the area on Jericho between Emory Road and Saville Road on the south side and Emory Road and Foch Boulevard on the North Side. Continued on Page 43
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