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Friday, May 10, 2024
Vol. 73, No. 19
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Gupta bid about tolerance 1 of 5 facing off for Herricks seat BY TAY L O R H E R Z L I C H
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The cast of “Shrek the Musical Jr.,” presented by the eighth and ninth grade Mineola High School Drama Club. See story on page 37.
Chaminade turf plans raise concerns Residents say installation of turf on practice field poses health, safety issues BY TAY L O R H E R Z L I C H Chaminade High School will be turfing the large neighborhood-adjacent practice field at the end of Saville Road, with a tentative project start date slated for May 15, according to a spokesman. Residents said they were notified of the project via letters dropped
in their mailboxes April 22. Director of Communications Guy LaCognata confirmed that the project manager did notify residents via letters in their mailboxes. “Chaminade High School values the longstanding relationship we have had with our community and our neighbors,” Bro. Thomas Cleary, president of the Board of Advisors, said in a
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Surendra Gupta, a longtime Herricks resident and owner of two children’s education centers in Nassau County, is running for the Herricks Board of Education along with four other hopefuls. Gupta, physician Shaheda Quraishi, financial adviser Eric Lo and two other candidates are competing in the contested race for one of the two seats up for election. Incumbent Trustee Brian Hassan is running for re-election. Challenger Maria Bono is running for his current seat. Newcomers Gupta, Quraishi, Lo, Ravinder S. Ratra and Russell M. Stuart are all running for the seat left vacant by Trustee Nancy Feinstein, who is stepping down from the board after serving for 12 years. Gupta lives in North Hills. He has been a Herricks district resident for 51 years and graduated from the Herricks district. Gupta has a 12th grader in the district and a son who graduated from Herricks in 2018 and now serves as a naval officer. The North Hills resident runs two family-owned children’s education centers in New Hyde Park and Hicksville called Smart Brain International. Continued on Page 9
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statement. “This project will allow for less maintenance of the fields, more high-quality drainage, the elimination of mud on Saville Road, and less use of fertilizers and other chemicals on the grass.” But some residents living on Saville Road and nearby Bauer Place said they do not want the field turfed, citing health and safety concerns.
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A group of at least seven residents spoke to Mayor Paul Pereira and the Mineola village trustees at a board meeting Wednesday to voice their opposition to the project. “I didn’t know anything about artificial turf until I googled it and it’s a little scary regarding injuries,” said one resident. Continued on Page 33
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