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Fence not in cards yet for E.W. school Village residents worry about being cut off from yard BY N O A H MANSKAR East Williston residents are worried about a fence shutting them out of a local school’s back yard, but the school district says there’s nothing to fret about yet. While East Williston school district oďŹƒcials have recently discussed the possibility of building a fence around a large lot behind the North Side School, “[t]here are no current plansâ€? for one, Mark Kamberg, the district’s school board president, said.
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St. Aidan’s ace In their second season in the Catholic Middle School Baseball League, the Stallions of the St. Aidan School in Williston Park took the Catholic Middle School League championship. See story on page 71.
The lot, stretching along Downing Street from Andrews Road to Wheatley Avenue, has baseball ďŹ elds, a playground and basketball courts where families living nearby often bring their children to play, according to East Williston residents. At Monday’s village Board of Trustees meeting, district residents said a fence would cut them o from a center of community activity that the neighborhood has used for years. “Go there on any Saturday or Sunday, and you’ll see there
are people playing ball, you’ll see families there, you’ll see a whole host of activities — soccer games, so on and so forth,� Phil Chappo, one of the residents, said. “Putting a fence up there would be inimical to the best interests of this community, because it is a resource.� The school district, along with its parent-teacher organizations and security committee, has considered building a fence at the district’s sole elementary school for several years, Kamberg said. Continued on Page 57
LIRR offers buses, ferries to relieve Penn train pain Railroad not planning to cut fares during summer repairs BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN MTA oďŹƒcials announced on Monday a multifaceted plan to accommodate LIRR commuters aected by Penn Station’s planned summer construction, but did not oer a fare reduction. The construction, set to
take place from July 10 to Sept. 1, is expected to disrupt LIRR rush-hour service. The repairs will close three of the station’s 21 tracks, forcing ofďŹ cials to cancel or divert 15 LIRR trains during the morning rush hour. OďŹƒcials said that by adding 36 more cars to trains and three trains to the rush-hour
commute, they could accommodate the 9,600 customers expected to be aected. As a trade o, the MTA said it was canceling some trains between 2 and 4 a.m. OďŹƒcials also said that three LIRR trains will terminate at Hunters Point, ďŹ ve will be diverted to Atlantic Terminal Continued on Page 58
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