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vol. 64, no. 9
Home&Design guide to
February 27, 2015
SINGAS SEEKS REVIEW OF SEX OFFENDER LAW pAGe 6
Ex E.W. STUDENT ARRESTED pAGe 12
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GUIDE TO HOME AND DESIGN pAGes 29-40
Growth good for Mineola: Report BY JA M ES G A L L O W AY A recent report by a consulting firm hired by the Village of Mineola concludes that development in downtown Mineola would largely benefit the community with few - if any - negative consequences. The report by Hoboken, N.J. -based Phillips Preiss Grygiel LLC forecasts the impact of a potential for 1,460 new housing units in Mineola - the sum of the 86 recently completed units, 590 units under construction and 784 proposed units. Traffic concerns were outside the purview of the report and will be addressed in a forthcoming study by an urban planner, Village Mineola Trustee Dennis Walsh said. Development is a hot-button issue in the village, and more than 150 residents attended a recent pubic hearing on a proposed nine-story, 266-unit mixed-use building on Second Street by Continued on Page 57
Presidents’ Day deliciousness Kindergarten students in the dual-language program at Mineola’s Hampton Street School celebrate Abraham Lincoln by building log cabins from milk cartons, icing and pretzels. see more photos on page 51.
From member of public to trustee 10-year perfect attendance follows Mineola’s Dennis Walsh BY J A M E S G A L LO WAY he became a trustee. Since then,
his attendance has been perfect “I sat in row seven since Dennis Walsh began regularly attending Mineola village 2003 at every single hearing, board meetings 10 years before master plan hearing, every police hearing,” Walsh said. “I haven’t missed a public meeting, hearing or work session since 2003.” And the streak is likely to continue.
Walsh, who was first elected as a trustee in 2013, is running unopposed in a bid for re-election. “There’s never been a time Mr. (Paul) Cusato, who’s been on the board 12 years, didn’t look up and see me in the seventh row or sitting next to him,” he said. Attendance, Walsh said, re-
mains one of his strong suits as trustee. “I try to be omnipresent at every event – every ribbon cutting, every hearing,” he said. “I put in a tremendous amount of time; I never miss anything.” A retired member of the New York City Police Department, Walsh has snow-white Continued on Page 57
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