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VOLUME SIXTEEN, ISSUE 23

THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014

24 PAGES

DIX HILLS

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Chestnut Hill Leased To Nonprofit Photo by Brittany Dollinger

By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com

Mark McGrath, right, will take to the stage with longtime, Sugar Ray bandmate, Rodney Sheppard, and a few new faces as the band plays The Paramount for the Under the Sun tour.

Reminiscing ‘Under The Sun’ By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com

Part of Chestnut Hill Elementary School, pictured, is being leased to a local children’s education nonprofit.

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DIX HILLS

New Developer Tees Up For Project Town: Homes at former Dix Hills Golf Course could start at $3 mil Photo by Danielle Dollinger

“Follow Me” to “Run Around” and “Someday” you’ll be an “All Star.” Chances are – whether a fan or not – over the last two decades, one of these addicting rock anthems have been stuck in your head. If not, then the Under the Sun tour hopes to refresh your memory as these hits and more rock The Paramount on July 29 when Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Blues Travelers and Uncle Kracker gather for a night of nostalgia. “With the Under the Sun tour we’re not reinventing the wheel,” Mark McGrath, front man of Sugar Ray, said. “We all know why we’re out there; we’re happy to play the hits.”

Making official an arrangement that has been months in the making, the Half Hollow Hills Central School District has leased part of Chestnut Hill Elementary School – one of two Half Hollow Hills schools closed at the end of the 2013-2014 school year – to another school. The school, Alternatives for Children, is a Melville-based nonprofit private school that caters to the specific needs of children with and without special needs. “Their mission is very much aligned with ours as an educational institution, so the partnership is a good one,” said Anne Marie Marrone Caliendo, Half Hollow Hills assistant superintendent for finance and facilities. “It’s symbiotic; it’s very much in line with what we do, over the course of our every day.” Alternatives for Children approached the school district months ago, she said. The institution’s executive director, Marie E.

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Continental Pinewood Realty, the firm behind The Club at Melville, is now proceeding with plans to build 23 luxurious new homes at the former Dix Hills Golf Course, pictured.

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com

A new developer is taking the reins on a longstanding plan to build 23 multi-million dollar homes at the former nine-hole Dix Hills Golf Course. Hicksville-based Continental Pinewood Development Partners purchased the 30.45-acre tract of land, located at 527 Upper Half Hollow Road, from Evergreen Homes. Evergreen Homes attorney James Margolin confirmed the sale to Continental Pinewood, which is the same developer behind The Club at Melville development on Deshon Drive, a 260-unit, affordable senior housing community. The nine-hole, par-35 golf course, which was owned by the Bonavita family, closed in 2012. “Somebody bought the property from Bonavita and is going to proceed with the development,” town spokesman A.J. Carter said. “The first thing they have to

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do before they get any of the permits is do various infrastructure improvements.” The previous owner first got subdivision plans approved by the Huntington Planning Board in 1989, but has never acted on them. Carter said that the new owners are taking steps toward building 23 homes on the tract, which he said are expected to start at $3 million each. The first step toward those infrastructure improvements was a $39,710 contract with Melville’s H2M Architects + Engineers for engineering services related to the installation of about 3,000 linear feet of new water mains and appurtenances, valves and fire hydrants to service the parcels. The resolution seeking to clear the way for that contract was considered after press time at Tuesday afternoon’s town board meeting. Continental Pinewood will pick up the bill for that contract. Continental Pinewood will also have to pay $355,000 for the actual water main project, Carter said.

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