Manhasset 2022_04_15

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Friday, April 15, 2022

Vol. 10, No. 15

HOME DESIGN, LAWN & GARDEN

DEMS, BLAKEMAN CLASH ON COUNTY GAS TAX

SUOZZI SLAMS HOCHUL ON BUDGET, BENJAMIN

PAGES 25-32

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Richardson House plan rejected

ASPIRING JOURNALISTS

Plandome Manor residents block chance to turn Circle Drive location into village hall BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A bond vote that would have authorized the Village of Plandome Manor to relocate and use the Richardson House on Circle Drive as the new village hall was rejected last Wednesday. The referendum, which was voted down 119-87, would have permitted the board to acquire the 300-year-old home, located at 149 Circle Drive, and turn it into the new village hall, a plan that all the trustees had supported. Village officials planned to move the house roughly 1,000 feet down the road to a vacant village-owned parcel north of Stonytown Road, if the vote passed. Some village residents opposed the project and the proposition at meetings, with some claiming the board rushed the process and adequate studies addressing environmental impact and drainage have not been conducted. Plandome Manor resident Sarah Meriggi, who helped spur community efforts to oppose the referendum, said residents in her group “are very happy with the results” of the vote. “This is a tight-knit community, and it was a collaborative effort,”

Meriggi said on behalf of her group in a statement to Blank Slate Media. “We worked very hard to create a website (preservethegreen.com) where everyone could access full and evolving information. The group is especially proud to have run a campaign that was honest, transparent with supporting facts, and above all with the highest integrity. We could not have won without the support of other neighborhoods in our village, and for this we give heartfelt thanks. We look forward to partnering with the mayor to explore alternative solutions.” Village Mayor Barbara Donno previously said the proposition “is an extraordinary opportunity for the village to own its Village Hall” and that the village would purchase the building for one dollar so it could issue a bond to finance the estimated $660,000 project. Donno, in a statement to Blank Slate Media last Friday, thanked all the residents who came out and voiced their opinion but acknowledged the board is “disappointed” about the outcome of the vote, hoping that the “pristine 300-year-old home can still be preserved and saved from demolition.” “The village board has always Continued on Page 19

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MANHASSET SCHOOL DISTRICT

A pair of Manhasset broadcast journalism students interviewed Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena (far left) to help second-grade students learn about their community.

Resident charged with illegal possession of weapons cache BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z

pected to be sentenced to probation this week for illegally possessing a A Manhasset man who possessed cache of guns in a previous case. a cache of unregistered weapons at Then police uncovered another group his house was arrested by Nassau of weapons, including 12 pistols and County police last week, law enforce- six revolvers, at his Circle Drive residence, officials said. Spigner’s cache ment officials said. Matthew Spigner, 69, was ex- of weapons also included silencers,

gun parts, assorted knives, ammunition, a cane sword and ammunition feeding devices, according to Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. Ryder said officials will work to obtain a warrant to determine if the Continued on Page 37

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