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Friday, September 8, 2017

Vol. 66, No. 36

MINEOLA STREET FAIR

WILLISTONS TO REMEMBER 9/11

CURRAN, MARAGOS VIE FOR DEM NOMINATION

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Ed board OKs bid for work on H.S. field

SENIOR SUNRISE

1st step in Herricks’ $29.5M capital improvement plan for district BY S A M U E L GLASSER The Herricks school board accepted a $1.5 million bid last Thursday for the first phase of construction under the district’s $29.5 million capital improvement plan. The LandTek Group of Amityville will install the new synthetic turf field at Herricks High School, along with a new scoreboard and safety netting, new coating and striping for the track and other improvements. The board expects construction to begin in early October and run to February 2018. The work is being largely funded by a $25 million bond issue approved by the voters in December. The base bid for the new turf came in below the budgeted amount, so the district was able to add some other improvements, Lisa Rutkoske, the assistant superintendent for business, said.

“We were thrilled with the bid opening,” Rutkoske said. The district’s architect, Steven P. Walsh of BBS Architecture, said that projects for the second phase of work that were submitted to the state Education Department in June are still “in the queue” for approval. The second-phase renovations at the high school include a new cafeteria; new 1,600-seat bleachers, press box and comfort station for the athletic field; a sports storage building; and lighting for the track. Walsh presented several options for the configuration of the bleachers and said that the timeline called for construction to be done during the summer of 2018. That schedule would depend on timely state approval and a successful bidding process. Rutkoske said she hoped that the state approvals would be in hand by January or February. Continued on Page 81

PHOTO COURTESY OF SEAN FEENEY

Seniors at the Wheatley School in the East Williston school district gathered at the crack of dawn to celebrate the second annual “Senior Sunrise” on Tuesday, the first day of the 2017-18 school year.

Chamber preps for 39th Williston Day Street Fair Williston Park residents say hello after returning from their summer trips, and some who have For each of the 39 years it has moved away from the village “just existed, the Williston Day Street come back to enjoy it,” said Lucille Fair has been an occasion for Walters, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce of the Wilneighbors to reconnect.

BY N O A H MANSKAR

listons, which sponsors the fair. The fair’s attractions will be similarly familiar at this year’s fair on Sunday, Sept. 19 — about 100 local businesses and community organizations will line Hillside Continued on Page 82

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