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Friday, September 11, 2015
vol. 3, no. 37
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GOP candidate says Kaplan follows other Dems on board BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Maintenance of Manhasset’s Plandome Road has been virtually ignored by the North Hempstead Town Council, resulting in a dangerous two-lane roadway, a dearth of available parking and empty storefronts, council candidate Mary Kay Barket said Thursday. Citing accidents along the town-controlled portion of Plandome Road between Northern Boulevard and Colonial Parkway, Barket said the installation of additional crosswalks and turn signals “should have been done years ago.” “I feel I don’t have enough eyes to know what’s coming at me,” said Barket, who is running on the Republican, Conservative and Reform party lines for the 4th district seat against incumbent town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck). Barket also suggested the town relinquish some of the spaces
in its employee parking lot, located behind Town Hall at 220 Plandome Road, and create a shuttle service that would run back and forth from Macy’s, located at 1100 Northern Blvd. Improving safety and increasing parking along Plandome Road, she said, would further attract businesses to the area and prevent the roadway from “becoming a cut through to Port Washington.” Barket said the lion’s share of the blame for the lack of upkeep falls on Kaplan, whom she accused of voting in favor of projects proposed by her fellow Democrats on the council and generally “not being very welcoming to the issues and people of Manhasset.” “I think if you represent a district, you should represent every member of that district,” Barket said. In a statement, Kaplan campaign spokesman Ryan Mulcahy said the councilwoman “is proud of the work she has done over the Continued on Page 66
PHOTO COURTESY MANHASSET-LAKEVILL FIRE DEPARTMENT
Manhasset-Lakeville firefighters work to extinguish a small fire at a work site on Linden Street in Manhasset on September 2.
Lawyer to investigate link between turf fields, cancer BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO A former state champion Manhasset lacrosse player is heading an investigation into the relationship between artificial turf fields and the various
health problems suffered by the athletes who play on them. Ariana Tadler, a partner at the Manhattan firm Milberg LLP who was inducted into the Manhasset Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2008 for her exploits as a goalkeeper, is seeking
athletes or the family members of athletes affected by the synthetic material known as “crumb rubber” to contribute to her research. “My history as an athletes makes me particularly interestContinued on Page 65
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