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Village to ask for $450K from feds By Ja m es G a l l o w ay The Village of New Hyde Park has developed preliminary plans to expand its Jericho Turnpike streetscape improvements using federal funding, if it’s available, to cover some of the cost, village officials said. An initial engineer pegged construction costs at roughly $450,000 for the project, which would redo sidewalks, planters and medians along Jericho Turnpike between Hillside Boulevard and Cherry Lane, Village of New Hyde Park Trustee Donald Barbieri said. “The last project ended at Hillside Boulevard,” Barbieri said. “We’re looking to continue a version of the project from Hillside Boulevard to the border with Floral Park at Cherry Lane.” The village will seek federal funding from Community Development Block Grants, which the expanded area qualifies for based
on census tracts, such as income level, Barbieri said. The strip did not qualify at the time the village began its previous beautification initiative. “The area that we finished between Ingraham and Hillside Boulevard no longer qualifies to spend that kind of money, but the area now from Hillside Boulevard to Cherry Lane qualifies,” Barbieri said. “So I have this stretch on Jericho where we can do a piece of what we’ll call the streetscape aesthetic improvement to the area.” Like the $1.46 million streetscape improvement project completed last year, he said, the village would once again seek funding from a variety of sources including the state, county and village. “We’ll make it happen,” Barbieri said. “That’s what we did with the previous project. There was funding coming from everywhere.” The next phase of streetscape improvements would likely be Continued on Page 51
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5253 in Albertson hosted a Memorial Day tribute Monday to salute the America’s fallen soldiers. See story on page 10.
Amid rumors, Levels director Mann resigns By a da m l I d G e T T The Great Neck Library announced Thursday that Ethan Mann has resigned as director of the Levels teen program, a position that he has been rumored to have been fired from.
“Ethan Mann, Director of the Levels Program at the Great Neck Library, has decided to pursue other interests and has submitted his resignation,” the library said in a statement Thursday that listed library interim director Chris Johnson as
the contract. “The library thanks him for his years of service to the community, and wishes him success in his future endeavors,” the release went on to say. “The library appreciates all of the Continued on Page 51
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