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St. Paul’s: What’s next? BY RIKKI MASSAND
The Garden City High School Trojans beat Carey High School 35-7 to win the Nassau County Championship on November 18th. The Trojans will play North Babylon on Saturday, November 25th at Stony Brook for the Long Island Championship. See page 54.
Board approves County’s red light cameras; no revenue for village BY RIKKI MASSAND At its meeting on Thursday, November 16 the Village Board of Trustees approved the installation of red light cameras on Nassau County roadways within Garden City’s borders, despite the fact that the village will probably not share in the revenue generated by the issuSee page 38
ance of traffic violation tickets from the cameras. Enforcement of illegal actions recorded on the new red light cameras will be the responsibility of the Nassau County Parking and Traffic Violations Bureau and not the Garden City Police Department. Village Trustee Charles Kelly is the chairperson of the Garden City Traffic
Commission. He noted the Board’s agenda item to support more red light cameras, and the far-reaching objective. “This was unanimously approved by the Traffic Commission as we believe it will contribute to increased pedestrian and traffic safety in the village. We’ve also asked State Sen. Kevin Thomas to put See page 38
Nearly four weeks after Garden City’s historic vote on the future of St. Paul’s, Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan provided some insights on the next steps in the process. Mayor Flanagan said the Village is intent on developing a future facility at St. Paul’s, after roughly 61% of those who took part in the poll voted to preserve at least some of the building, either through preserving the facade or through adaptive reuse. Village Trustee Michele Harrington pleaded for clarity and teamwork among all village trustees. She stated that she’s remaining very open-minded and would like input from many individuals it would make sense to hear from, adding that communication and collaboration should no longer be barriers. “One of the things I find really important but that we’re not doing successfully yet is that amongst the Village Board we are not all talking and there is not equal access to talking about what’s going on with St. Paul’s. We need to do that and we need to include everybody. We need to make peace, we need to be adults and we need to move forward,” she said. Harrington explained what she feels to be the next steps for the village: the knowledge, assets and ideas that were put together See page 39
Gym memberships for firefighters approved BY RIKKI MASSAND
At its meeting on Thursday, November 16, the Village Board of Trustees approved a temporary measure to provide volunteer members of the Garden City Fire Department with a suitable place to get their exercise in and use gym equipment. The firefighters and chiefs will do so as new gym members at New York Sports Club (NYSC) located at 833 Franklin Avenue. The cost for gym memberships, not to exceed $15,000, was approved by the Board. Approximately 30 members, or less than one-third of Fire Department volunteers, had expressed interest in the NYSC membership when the idea was suggested. The November 16 See page 9
Hofstra wins in court against Sands PAGE 3 DAR luncheon benefits veterans PAGE 26