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MANHASSET PRESS - DECEMBER 25.1997 North Hempstead Supervisor Looks to the Future By Eileen Brennan In a visit with Anton Newspapers this week, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor May Newbui^ger maintained her usual aplomb and optimism as she gave a glimpse in to what her next term will hold. Supervisor Newburger held off a challenge by Republican Maureen O ’ Connell last November although her running mates, Councilmen Fred Pollack and John Fabio and Town Clerk Deena Lesser were defeated. One piece of good news for North Hempstead is the sale of property the town owned under the viaduct between Great Neck and Manhasset. The property has been sold to develop er Bob Froiner whose company paid the town slightly mae than $1 million for the 2.4 acres. The plan is for an apartment house to be built on the site. Eariier projects to build senior housing at the same locatimi came to nothing. This time, ac- cOTding to the supervisor, “ the money is in the bank.” She said that the residents of the Bayview area of Manhasset should see an immediate improvement to their shoreline as Mr. Fromer plans to build a weir to prevent the arm of Man hasset Bay from draining as it has in the past (wein a dam placed across a river or canal to raise or divert the water, as for a millrace or to regulate the flow). A footbridge is also proposed between the property and the Nassau County- owned park across the western end of Bayview Avenue. Supervisor Newburger hopes to see all the town ’ s plans for the former Morewood property on Hempstead Harbor in Port Washington well in place. The golf course and re lated athletic fields are expected to open next summer. The town hopes to see the “ shovels in the ground ” for the senior housing by spring. Aside from Morewood, the supervisor says she hopes to further “ firm up the town ’ s fiscal situation. ” At pre sent, she said, all the departments except the highway de partment are running in the black and it is hoped that, pre suming no weather disasters this winter, that the highway department will see the light of day financially before long. “ I would like us to be in a situation so we ’ re not hit on the head if we find we have to buy two trucks, or some other major expense, ” she said. Ms. Newburger said that she realizes that North Hemp stead needs to undertake a revision of its building code and she and the town board will examine that possibility next year. “ It ’ s too huge a job to do in house, “ she said. Looking to the way her administration will proceed in 1998-1999, Supervisor Newburger acknowledged that the situation has changed from her first two terms when she had an entire board consisting of members of her own par ty. The former New Yoik State Assemblywoman said, “ I have woiked well with Republicans in Albany and I think I can woric with them in North Hempstead, ” although she acknowledged that it is a different matter working at a small, local level than woiking in a large state. She reiter ated her former call for councilmanic districts, rather than the present at-large method of selecting town board mem bers. It is within the power of the town board to pass legis lation creating councilmanic districts which would then go to the voters in a referendum. Supervisor Newburger will deliver the annual State of the Town message at the League of Women Voters lun cheon at the George Washington Manor in Roslyn on Fri day, Jan. 23. The annual event is open to the public. K of C Council Sponsors Hermandad Hermandad, Inc. is a private, non-profit, tax exempt non-sectarian, US voluntai^ agency established in 1975 to aid the rural poor of Latin America and the Caribbean. They stress community development as a way to help the people support themselves. At present, Hermandad is oiganizing committees of vil lage-elected delegates to work with its skilled staff to ad vance clean water and agricultural systems in die Etominican Republic. The US Peace Coqis has been assisting the work. The Father William A. Daly S. J. Council of the Knights of Columbus of Manhasset/Great Neck is spon soring a ceremonial for children up to age 8, their parents and other adults. Posters and a video will show how Her mandad helps to develop the quality of life for the Do minican people. There will also be exhibits, dancing, a play area, crafts and refreshments. The event will be held on Friday, Jan. 2, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Church of Our Saviour, Lutheran, 1901 North ern Boulevard. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children. For reservations phone Ed Heiskelll at 627-3642. Mr. HeiskeU ’ s daughter, Elaine, is a Hermandad volun teer intern. She has bwn invited by the president of Her mandad, George Gerardi, to go to the Dominican Repub lic for six months to help oversee the local office opera tions of Hermandad. They are moving to a bener location and are also initiating a new computer system. There is a need for someone to manage the daily office operations and to oversee accounting procedures. Elaine says she is “ looking forward to having a chance to share her adminis trative skills, talents and energy with a people and a coun try who have given so much to me. ” From 1992 through 1995, she lived in the Dominican Republic and taught at an American school in the capital city, Santo Domingo. Although Santo Domingo is grow ing increasingly modem, Elaine spent much time in the country with friends who live the way 80 percent of the Dominican population do — without clean water, electrici ty or a decent education. She says that the majority of people living in villages throughout the beautiful Domini- . can countryside have never seen a water faucet or a toilet. A shower or a hot bath is not in the realm of their experi ence. And they do not understand the reason behind the illness and death that plague their communities. Through the action of Hermandad, helping them with water filtra tion, irrigation and education, people are living stronger and healthier lives. In a letter to the Knights of Columbus, Elaine Heiskell says: “Hermandad does much to educate and assist the people in poorer nations. However, the people we help al so have much to teach us. In the United States, many basic values have become obscured amidst our material wealth. I hope that through my work, I will also be better able to share the positive aspects of Dominican culture and values with my friends and sponsors in the United States. ” Multiple Auto Accidents Last Week in Manhasset Two car accident on Northern Boulevard near The Gate caused a monumental back-up of traffic on Tliesday, Dec. 16. Photo by Gordon Pugh By Eileen Brennan In the space of three hours on TUesday, Dec. 16, there were three serious automo bile accidents in Manhasset. The most se rious was the last which occurred at 3:35 p.m. on Park Avenue in Munsey Park. Ryan Linn, 14, of Thayer Road had just gotten off the school bus, which was heading East, when he collided with the side of a Toyota driven by a 68-year-old woman from Whitestone.. Ryan Linn was taken to North Shore Hospital where he was treated and released. According to bystanders, the bus driver, Adele Tro- janek, saved the boy from more serious harm by leaning on the bus ’ horn and causing him to back up before the car hit him. The driver of the Toyota said that be cause of the extreme glare of the setting sun, she did not see the flashing lights or the stop sign on the bus. Twenty minutes before that accident, there was a collision at Northern Boulevard and The Gate when a 1997 Saturn, driven by a 46-year-old woman from Hicksville struck a Land Rover driven by a 33-year- old woman from East Hills. No injuries were reported. The Saturn was towed away and the driver of the Land Rover was able to drive it away from the scene. Earlier, there was a collision between a 1992 Honda and a 1995 Honda at the inter section of Northern Boulevard and Man hasset Woods Road. The driver of the firet car was a 78-year-old woman from Willis- ton Park. The other car was driven by a 27- year-old man from Kew Gardens. Both cars were towed away from the scene. Another view of accident on Northern Boulevard near The Gate. First of three traffic accidents on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset on Tliesday, Dec. 16. This one took place at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and Manhasset Woods Road.
