The village board has scheduled a public hearing on Nov. 27 to review a developer’s proposal for a 28-unit apartment complex at the corner of Wallace Court and Payan Avenue and to collect input from the public, though some residents who live nearby made their views clear at last week’s board meeting.
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By Nick Ciccone
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10/25/17
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People like to think the best of others, including elected and appointed officials at all levels, from your local village to the high hills of Albany or D.C. Our confidence is almost always affirmed, because most local public servants are . . .
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9/22/17
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Just 10 days after making a presentation to the Lynbrook village board about building luxury rental apartments on Rocklyn Avenue, Mill Creek Residential terminated contracts with the businesses that occupy the land it hoped to develop.
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By Mike Smollins
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8/31/17
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Since 2012, when New York state adopted the Common Core State Standards, many students with special needs have received certificates rather than diplomas when they completed high school.
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8/3/17
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The Rockville Centre village board voted 4-1 on July 10 to institute a six-month moratorium on construction on properties that front private roads. The ruling could delay a plan to subdivide the …
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
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7/20/17
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To inform a request for proposals that will determine the fate of 500 acres slated for development at Belmont Park, five state lawmakers listened for nearly two and a half hours on July 10 at the Elmont Memorial Library as community members shared their visions.
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/19/17
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The New York State Parks Department hosted an environmental review hearing for a proposed $35 million project to rejuvenate Hempstead Lake State Park last week at Hempstead Town Hall, but residents and businesses expressed concerns.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/13/17
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A long-unused lot at the corner of Maple and St. Marks avenues will soon be a parking lot to service one of the many businesses in the area, and the Village of Rockville Centre noted that it expects the development to alleviate the consistent parking concerns faced by residents.
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By Ben Strack
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7/13/17
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The Lynbrook Village board of trustees voted in favor of applying for a $10 million downtown revitalization initiative grant that will be awarded to one community on Long Island by the New York State Office of Economic Development. The application was due on June 14.
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/22/17
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“I wasn’t going to bring this up,” said Robert Schenone, chairman of Rockville Centre’s Board of Appeals. “I’m going to get in a lot of trouble for this.”
The dozens in attendance, many of who had gathered at Village Hall on June 7 to voice their opposition for proposed plans to subdivide a 1.75-acre property at 220 Hempstead Avenue, listened intently as Schenone paused.
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By Ben Strack
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6/15/17
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