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Concerns at Westover Gardens to be identified fearing repercussions for her mother. “They could leave feeling ill.” The super arrived the next It all started with a “foul smell.” Then there were flies in day to clean up the lobby and rid it of the odor. A cleanup the lobby. Nassau County police were crew from the Town of Hempcalled out to an stead Housing apartment at WestoAuthority — which ver Gardens in manages the propElmont for a wellerty — was by not ness check. Instead, long after to clean they found a body. out the room, once There was no the super told resisign of foul play, dents he received police said, and the an all-clear from tenant — not identithe coroner’s office. fied by authorities “First, it took so — reportedly had long for someone to an extensive medirealize there was a c a l h i s t o r y. T h e d e a d b o dy, ” s h e body was removed said. “Then it took by the medical so long for someone examiner that same to come clean.” day. None of this was People die at new for Vida Tomhome sometimes. l i n s o n , wh o h a s It’s a sad fact of lived at Westover life. But for the G a rd e n s fo r t h e woman who finally past five years. Durcalled police, it’s ing the pandemic, CARRIE SolAGES just one more thing someone on the on a growling list Nassau County floor below her her mother — and Legislator died, and the smell other tenants at re m a i n e d i n t h e Westover Gardens — are deal- building for several weeks. ing with. Whenever family members “I mean they’re seniors,” would come to visit, they’d said the woman, who asked not
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Courtesy Daphne Levy
Liam Parris, 9, discovered a passion for reading this summer with the help of Eshaan Kandel.
Franklin Square Library summer programs launch kids into reading By REI WolFSoHN Intern
Two summer reading programs at the Franklin Square Public Library have inspired children to make reading a higher priority on their summer activity list. The Summer Buddies Reading Program pairs teens with younger children who want to practice reading and is new to the library this year. The Summer Reading Challenge program has been at the Franklin Square library for 30 years encouraging children to set reading goals and support environmental organizations by counting how many books they read. “They love it,” Cathy Parris, grandmoth-
er of a child in the program, said. “I say, ‘Do you want to go to the pool some time?’ They say, ‘No, we want to go to the library.’” The theme for the challenge this year is “All together now.” Diane Gregory, children’s services librarian, made it her own by adding “kids can make a better world” to the theme. She created a character named Blaze Wilder, who travels the world asking kids how they think other children can make the world better. To go with that theme, Gregory donates to certain environmental organizations each week if the children collectively reach a certain number of books finished for that week. She donates to organizations like the ContinuEd on PagE 5
mean, if there was basic maintenance being done there, they could’ve detected the odor as many residents who live there detected that odor.
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