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Board may settle environmental suit against Covanta BY RIKKI MASSAND
Five Garden City High School seniors earned National Merit Semifinalist designation: Nicholas De Ieso, Jason Li, Emma Nagler, Aidan Wu and Jenny Zheng. Photo courtesy of the Garden City School District Garden City High School is proud to congratulate five seniors who earned National Merit Semifinalist designation in this year’s National
Merit Scholarship Program. Nicholas De Ieso, Jason Li, Emma Nagler, Aidan Wu and Jenny Zheng achieved this prestigious recognition based
on their PSAT/NMSQT results and represent the highest scorers out of more than 1.5 million entrants.
New Mexican restaurant comes to Franklin Avenue BY RIKKI MASSAND Garden City will welcome Mesita, a much-anticipated Mexican cantina restaurant and bar to 825 Franklin Avenue this week, in the location formerly occupied by Asian Moon restaurant. Mesita will open its
doors to customers starting the week of October 18. In an interview, two of Mesita’s owners, John Cestare and Matthew McBride, said they are excited to be part of Garden City’s burgeoning restaurant scene. They also operate a Mesita restaurant in
Garden City’s Village Board of Trustees authorized the Village Attorney Peter Bee to join with the Towns of Hempstead and Brookhaven in executing a settlement agreement with the company which operates the town’s incinerator over claims that the company had improperly disposed of toxic ash. The company has denied the claims. Covanta, which operates a waste to energy plant on Stewart Avenue east of the village, would resolve claims that the company, Covanta Hempstead Company and Covanta Holding Corporation (together “Covanta”) engaged in certain illegal practices under environmental laws. The settlement would call for the payment of the lump sum of $250,000 by Covanta to the Village of Garden City. In a Board executive session Peter Bee briefed the trustees, and he explained that the possibility remains that the court would not approve the settlement “though we hope they will -- if they were to not approve the settlement then the matter would go back into litigation.” The trustees were advised to continue any further discussions on the topic in executive session. Bee said his firm’s senior associate, Andrew Preston, has been involved in the Covanta litigation and attended the October 7 Board of Trustees’ meeting. See page 46
Questions raised over permit ‘legalization’ fees BY MEG MORGAN NORRIS
Rockville Centre. Mesita’s ownership notes that its 3,600 square-foot space on Franklin Avenue features a tequila lounge, a private dining room perfect for celebrating any occasion, and a homey atmosphere lit by twilight lan-
Two Garden City residents attending the October 7th Board of Trustees meeting raised concerns about the Village’s practice of charging high “legalization” fees when residents want to replace air conditioning equipment that may not have receive proper permits when they were installed. Speaking at the meeting, Tom Lamberti, who is a former Village Trustee and former Village Attorney, said he hired a contractor to
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Garden City celebrates Spirit Week PAGES 40-41 Trojans win homecoming game 49-0 PAGE 61