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Will new arena parking rules work? There is frequent congestion on Hempstead Turnpike, which runs past the arena, when events No space for ambulances dur- end and people begin crossing ing emergencies. Car horns blar- the road to return to their vehiing at midnight. Intoxicated peo- cles. State Assemblywoman ple urinating on front lawns. Michaele Solages said this led to This is the scene three to four “pandemonium” after the first nights a week on New York Islanders the streets of home game in Elmont across from November. the new UBS Arena, Barker described which opened two an influx of parked m o n t h s a g o, a s cars that has predescribed by resivented residents dents of the blocks from getting in and now crowded by the out of their driveparked vehicles of ways and, in some arena-goers. cases, ke pt from Parking signs emergency vehicles enforced until Jan. 1 from reaching restricted parking homes. on streets across Community leadf ro m t h e a re n a ers and residents between 10 a.m. and BOB BARKER said they predicted 4 p . m . A r e n a President, this would happen patrons frequently Locustwood-Gotham months ago. “This p a rke d o n t h e issue didn’t happen Civic Association streets and waited overnight,” Solages until after 4 to walk said, adding that to the venue to avoid paying for arena parking fees of $30 to $50 parking said Bob Barker, presi- all but guaranteed that Islanders dent of the Locustwood-Gotham fans and other arena-goers Civic Association of residents would park on nearby streets who live near the arena. instead. The signs, Barker said, have no Tiffany Capers, an Elmont effect on parking for night events, which usually start at 7 p.m. CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com
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ELMONT’S ARIELLE PIERRE drove against a player from Long Beach in a 2015 game.
Racially charged incident said to be part of a 10-year pattern By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com
Last month, a student spectator from Wellington C. Mepham High School was accused of, and later disciplined for, brandishing bananas in front of Black student athletes from Elmont Memorial High School and saying, “Here monkeys, come and get it,” during a girls’ junior varsity basketball game between Mepham and Elmont. The superintendent of the
Bellmore-Merrick school district, Michael Harrington, apologized to the Elmont community on behalf of Mepham High in a statement released after the incident. “A district student spectator made inappropriate, racist gestures in the crowd making reference to the other team’s players,” the statement read. But according to Tiffany Capers, a former president of the Elmont High PTSA, which comprises parents, teachers, students and staff,
the December incident was only one example of a 10-year pattern of racially charged behavior by Mepham spectators targeted at Elmont students during sports events. “This is a pattern of what’s happening when our kids go to this school,” Capers said. Sports teams from Elmont Memorial and Mepham high schools — both part of Section 8 of the New York State Public High School Activities Association, which is often CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
e can’t pick [the arena] up and put it someplace else. We have to remedy this situation.
