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• January 8, 2016 ions Special Section / Litmor Publicat A Blank Slate Media
W.P trustees approve pact with E.W.
‘Travel hacking’ around the world
E.W. trustees to hold hearing on water service agreement Jan. 12
By N o a h MaNskar
By N o a h M a N s k a r Williston Park’s Village Board officially approved Monday a 25year water service agreement with East Williston, inching the villages’ dispute closer to an end. The draft agreement, discussed behind closed doors because it involves a lawsuit between the two villages, puts into writing the terms the two boards settled on at a December negotiation, with a few tweaks in the legal minutiae, Village Attorney James Bradley said. “It’s really everything that was covered in that meeting,” he said — East Williston will continue to buy water from Williston Park with the current rate of $4.33 per thousands gallons frozen until June 2018. The agreement also says East Williston’s trustees would meet with Williston Park’s before any hearings on future rate increases. East Williston would pay Wil-
liston Park $100,000 in penalties over one year, down from more than $500,000 Williston Park has sought in a lawsuit filed last year. Williston Park will continue to chlorinate the water, and East Williston will keep handling its own billing and infrastructure maintenance. East Williston Mayor David Tanner said Tuesday he was “very pleased” the agreement would move forward. Williston Park sent the finalized document to East Williston’s Village Board Wednesday for review and discussion at a public meeting Jan. 12. Next week, East Williston trustees will hear public comment on both the draft agreement with Williston Park and the possibility of building the village’s own water supply system. A Dec. 30 villagewide email said East Williston is considering a bond resolution to fund its own Continued on Page 50 Photo courtesy of DaVID streIsanD
Mineola resident and Wheatley school graduate David streisand jumps for joy on his travels around the world in 2013.
Sitting in his hot, cramped Brooklyn apartment in the summer of 2012, David Streisand felt he needed to get away. “If I could be anywhere in the world right now, where would I go?,” the 29-year-old Mineola resident and Wheatley School graduate asked himself then. Antarctica and Australia came to mind first. A deft user of frequent-flyer miles and credit card benefits, Streisand started planning a four-month trip that took him to those places and many others. From January through May 2013, he traveled 142,500 miles for just $240.75, using a method called “travel-hacking.” Now he’s written a book about his experiences crossing the globe — and how he did it so cheaply. “Everywhere I went there was something that didn’t go according to plan or how I expected,” Streisand said. “... (A) fter a while I realized it’s just kind of the nature of traveling — just kind of deal with it, and be patient. Streisand’s interest in travel started early, he said. Continued on Page 51
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