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Friday, August 4, 2017
Vol. 77, No. 31
New supermarket opens in Plainview
HICKSVILLE STREET FAIR
BY GARY SIMEONE
New Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino (center) attended the Hicksville Chamber of Commerce’s 15th Annual Street Fair, which recently took place at Kennedy Park. The fair attracted thousands of visitors and brought together the business community and area residents.Supervisor Saladino was joined by Vision Long Island Director Eric Alexander (second from left), Hicksville Chamber of Commerce President Lionel Chitty (third from left) and other members of the Hicksville Chamber of Commerce in celebrating another successful street fair that has brought the community together.
Plainview author details area’s history
Plainview resident, Thomas Carr, has always had a strong interest in the area that he’s lived in for the past sixty years. On July 25th, Carr gave a presentation at the Plainview- Old Bethpage Public Library, detailing his new book, “Images of America: Plainview-Old Bethpage” which tells the intriguing story of two Long Island communities that share a 300 year old history. Carr gathered over 200 photographs for his book showing the once quaint farming communities of Plainview and old Bethpage and how the two towns came to share a school system, library, Fire Department and water district.
Carr said that he wrote the book after recently retiring from a 43 year broadcasting career. “I’ve always had a love for history and after I retired, I decided to explore the history of my town,” said Carr. “I’ve always wondered what this area was like 100 to 200 years ago and how people lived their life back then.” He said that he researched different publishing houses and ended up sending a proposal to Arcadia Publishing, who agreed that a book about the history of Old Bethpage and Plainview was a worthy topic. The book details the first inhabitants of the area who were Native
Americans and than onto the colonial settlers who changed the area into an agricultural community. It tells the story of how Plainview- Old Bethpage transformed from a small farming area to a vibrant suburban community. “In 1950 Plainview had a population of 1,115 and a single two room schoolhouse before the suburban population exploded,” said Carr. “In a little over ten years the community added 7,950 homes, 30,000 people, 11 schools, numerous shopping centers, several houses of worship and a hospital.” Carr gathered the photos for his See page 7
There was a good turnout for the grand opening of the new ShopRite grocery store on July 25th. The 68,000 square foot facility located at 1675 Old Country Road, will serve as a retail anchor for the Country Pointe at Plainview condominium development which is set to open in November. Oyster Bay Town Supervisor, Joe Saladino, Town councilman, Louis Imbroto and Nassau County Legislator, Arnold Drucker attended the event as well as representatives from the Greenfield family who own ShopRite and representatives from the Beechwood Organization, which is heading up the Country Pointe project. Legislator Drucker, a lifelong resident of Plainview, said that he is overjoyed that Greenfield family decided to open a new store location in his hometown. “The Greenfield family is an institution in our community and I’m elated to be part of this great investment,” said Drucker. “Our County is proud that the Greenfield’s have planted their roots here. This store is absolutely state of the art and will be a great service to our residents of Plainview and surrounding areas.” The new Shoprite will feature a kosher bakery, a specialized deli that serves kosher meat products and prepared food departments. Visitors to the store will find freshly baked products and seafood and meat departments that are stocked with daily deliveries. There is also a full service pharmacy on the premises as well as an in store dietician, who will be available for free, one on one consultations. “This site is the culmination of four generations of our family in the food business,” said John Greenfield, owner of four other Shoprite’s on the Island. “We are a family business and are excited to be part of this great new development and the larger family at Country Pointe.” Councilman, Imbroto said that he has been shopping his entire life at Shoprite stores. “They offer you that personal touch that other stores don’t have and have a reputation of having a community oriented nature,” said Imbroto. “People come from all over See page 7
Upgrades announced for town pools PAGE 3 A summertime “tooth-torial” PAGE 8