Friday, February 2, 2024
Vol. 84, No. 5
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SERVING BETHPAGE, OLD BETHPAGE, AND PLAINVIEW
Bethpage students create Valentines for Vets
TOB to acquire Peninsula Golf Club The Town of Oyster Bay has advanced plans to acquire and forever preserve the Peninsula Golf Course in Massapequa to ensure that it remains a golf course for public use indefinitely. After learning of an eminent sale of the property to a private sector developer, the Town sought zoning changes to protect it and opened negotiations with the current owner to forever preserve this beautiful open space to prevent development of this environmentally sensitive property. The property also serves to drain flood waters in a portion of the Town that was severely impacted by Superstorm Sandy. “The Peninsula Golf Course is too beautiful, environmentally sensitive and beneficial to allow development as it offers our community recreational opportunities,” said Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “Once we learned of the owner’s true intentions to sell this open space to a developer for future residential development, we asked them to sell us the property or voluntarily allow us to rezone the course as recreational space to forever protect it from development. Unfortunately, an agreement could not be reached. The Town continues to advocate for the need of our residents, a protected environment and for the ever-increasing demand for golf. We are now moving forward to acquire this property at a fair price, See page 13
Hicksville man arrested in home attack
Central Boulevard second graders in Linda Parascondola’s class proudly held up their completed Valentine’s Day cards which will be sent to veterans in hospitals and nursing homes. Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District
Bethpage students from Central Boulevard Elementary School participated in Nassau County’s annual Valentines for Veterans program. The Central Boulevard student body takes
part in this program each year leading up to Valentine’s Day to give back to veterans in hospitals and nursing homes. The students colored their own Valentine’s Day cards as
part of a schoolwide Thoughtful Thursday project to help support the program. Each class will receive a certificate from Nassau County for their participation.
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Nassau County Police arrested a Hicksville man for allegedly participating in a burglary and attack on a Princess Street home on Wednesday, January 24. According to police, at 1:55 a.m. they were summoned to the residence, where they found a vehicle parked outside that had all of its windows and two headlights damaged. Police say they observed Simranjeet Singh, 27, exiting the rear yard and they identified him as being one of many attackers inside the residence. He was placed into police custody. According to police, multiple unknown male subjects had entered the residence through a basement door. Once inside the subjects carried various objects including a black handgun and a large metal sword. Police say the subjects began attacking at least five male victims while in their bedrooms, causing injuries. They say the two of See page 13
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