Sunday, May 20, 2012
A weekly look-in at news in the Town of Hempstead.
Court Upholds Zoning Board's Denial of Billy Dean's Wantagh Cabaret Application The Supreme Court of the State of New York announced Monday that it has upheld the Town of Hempstead's decision to reject North Bellmore strip club owner Billy Dean's cabaret application for a proposed Wantagh nightclub/restaurant on Sunrise Highway. Dean's suit against the town argued that the Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals should have never revoked its original June 2010 approval for cabaret usage on 3500 Sunrise Highway in Wantagh. The zoning board decided last March to schedule a rehearing of Dean's application under the name Green 2009, Inc. due to vocal opposition that mounted against the development, as well as a belief that not enough people were …
Saturday, May 19, 2012
A weekly look-in at the news of Nassau County.
The Nassau Interim Finance Authority (NIFA) on Thursday rejected County Executive Ed Mangano's proposed contract with Morgan Stanley to broker a deal for a privatized sewer system. The deal would have paid the financial service firm at least $5 million to broker a deal for the county with a private operator for the sewer system and an investor who would fund the transaction. According to Long Island Business News: The contract, approved by the Nassau Legislature April 16, would have retained Morgan Stanley to find an investor that would lend the county upward of $750 million in exchange for making a profit from running the county’s failing sewer system. "The NIFA board is clearly confused about the potential public-private partnership for …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Trustees approved spending for various projects.
The Rockville Centre Village Board approved spending $133,000 to renovate the playground at the Recreation Center with funds officials said were budgeted for in the 2013 fiscal year budget. The board also approved a one-year contract with the Grucci Brothers for the July 7 fireworks display in the village. During Thursday's Briefing session, Mayor Fran Murray said this year's entire event — not just the fireworks — will start at 6 p.m. instead of 7:30 p.m., and he's working on getting local vendors to sell food and soft drinks at the show. Here's some other projects and action items the board approved at Monday's meeting:
Sunday, May 13, 2012
A weekly look-in at news from around the Town of Hempstead.
Seniors Present Works From The Creative Writers' Workshop Hempstead Town has announced that members of the Department of Senior Enrichment’s Creative Writers' Workshop are holding a reading of their original works on Wednesday, June 13. The presentation will be held at 1 p.m. at the Merrick Theatre and Center for the Arts, located at 2222 Hewlett Ave. in Merrick. The public is invited to attend the annual event and admission is free. The readings will be followed by an informal coffee hour. The short stories, poems and memoirs produced by seniors in workshop sessions will be published by the town this fall in an annual compilation entitled "Musings of Maturity XXIV." The Creative Writers' Workshop is partially funded through a grant from …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
A weekly look-in at the news of Nassau County.
Republicans Rip Democrats Over Voting The following is a joint statement from County Executive Ed Mangano, Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt and the Republican Legislative Caucus: "During the decade in which the Democrats controlled the County Legislature, Republicans put politics aside and provided the responsible votes necessary to run county government. Unfortunately for Nassau's taxpayers, the Democrat minority on the legislature is now refusing to implement a plan that forever ends borrowing for tax refunds while cleaning up debt created over the past decade. If the Democrats do not provide the votes needed to pay residents their rightfully owed property tax refunds, judgments will be executed against the County’s bank accounts — …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Mayor Murray to host Town Hall Meeting on proposed Molloy College athletic fields partnership.
Rockville Centre Mayor Fran Murray announced that he will host a Town Hall Meeting at the Sandel Senior Center on May 23 at 7 p.m. to discuss the proposed fields plan with Molloy College; a proposal that would upgrade four existing athletic fields in the village with synthetic turf and create one new one, providing multi-purpose playing fields for soccer, baseball, softball, field hockey and lacrosse. Murray said at Thursday's briefing session that a representative from Cameron Engineering will also be at the meeting to explain and update residents on where the village stands with the project. According to the proposal, Molloy would pay the full $6 million cost of the upgrades at the Skelos Sports Complex, Lister Field and Centennial Park …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Assemblyman talked with members about state issues affecting seniors.
In April, New York State Assemblyman Brian Curran held his second annual Spring Luncheon for seniors at the Rockville Centre Sandel Senior Center. The event, which was attended by more than 150 local seniors, provided an opportunity for Curran to discuss important state issues affecting seniors. Following the program, the seniors were treated to an Italian lunch consisting of pasta, pizza and dessert. Also in attendance were Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray, Deputy Mayor Nancy Howard and Trustee Ed Oppenheimer. “The Spring Luncheon at Sandel is one of our most important events of the year," Curran said. "It provides me with the opportunity to directly speak with seniors of Rockville Centre and make them aware of legislation that is …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
A letter to the editor from the President of the Long Island Federation of Labor.
The following is from John R. Durso, President of the Long Island Federation of Labor: It is the bedrock of American democracy that every citizen's vote carries equal importance. Whether or not one's vote truly finds expression in the final count is largely impacted by redistricting, a process we go through every 10 years. While the subject typically fails to garner much public attention, insiders know there's a lot at stake. The way that voters are segregated into districts has an enormous influence on who our representatives are, and can ultimately shape public policies for the next decade. Historically, the task of redrawing district lines has been left to the hands of the very politicians whose political futures will be impacted. Too …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
A weekly look-in at news from around the Town of Hempstead.
TOH Places Relocation of Bellmore Cat Colony on Hold Earlier this week, the Town of Hempstead placed the relocation of the Newbridge Road Park cat colony in Bellmore, originally scheduled for Tuesday, on hold. The town will work with the Humane Society to assess the colony at the park and to explore options concerning the habitat where the cats have settled. No action will be taken until the Humane Society looks at the situation, consults the town and offers its recommendations. Click here to read more on the postponed relocation. Town Receives US EPA Award At an April 27 ceremony, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented its 2012 Environmental Quality Award to Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray. The award was …
Saturday, May 5, 2012
A weekly look-in at the news of Nassau County.
On Thursday, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano announced a Debt Reduction and Sewer Stabilization Plan to eliminate $750 million -- 25 percent -- of the county's $3 billion debt. The plan also aims to stabilize Nassau County's Sewer Authority, which is set to face bankruptcy in 2014, as warned by the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority (NIFA) in its October 2009 report. The Debt Reduction and Sewer Stabilization Plan includes the implementation of a public-private partnership to operate and maintain Nassau's three wastewater treatment plants, which have fallen into a dangerous state of disrepair over the past decade, according to the county. The sewage treatment plants have racked up more than $1 million in Department of Environmental…
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