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VOL. 29 NO. 7
Officials ‘back the blue’
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FEBRUARY 10 - 16, 2022
Variance hearing for Mangrove parcel is delayed gets reviewed by outside engineering firms to put new eyes on it to make sure it’s totally co-comA public hearing on a vari- plaint and structurally sound ance that a developer is seeking before I even start my review,” to build a $95 million, 201-unit Stanton said. apartment complex at the former Last month, Lynbrook Mayor Mangrove Feather factory has Alan Beach said he hoped the been delayed, and the project can- structure would be demolished not move forward by the end of this until they are month, but that is no approved. longer possible. He The Garden Citydid not say why the based Breslin Realty hearing was delayed. was to appear before If approved, conthe State Department struction is expected of State’s variance to take two to two board in Hauppauge and a half years to Feb. 10, but the sescomplete. sion was postponed Breslin received by a month. approval from village Lynbrook Buildofficials last June to ing Department raze the old factory, Superintendent which sits across Brian Stanton from the Lynbrook explained that under Long Island Rail s t at e c o d e, F i re BRIAN STANTON Road station and has Department access Lynbrook Building been vacant for more roads must be 26 feet than a decade, and Department wide, but Breslin is bu i l d a ro u g h ly seeking board 278,000-square-foot, approval for an access point at transit-oriented development Saperstein Plaza that is 25 feet, 1 with 55 studios, 111 one-bedroom inch. If approved, Stanton said, and 35 two-bedroom apartments. there would be several more steps “We’re all looking forward to before the building could be razed bringing life back to our downand apartments built. “A project of this magnitude CONTINUED ON PAGE 17
By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
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THE LYNBROOK SCHOOL District honored those who give back to the community by volunteering in the PTA with a Founders’ Day celebration Feb. 1.
Honoring those who give back Lynbrook hosts PTA Founders’ Day event By JULIA SWERDIN lyn-ereditor@liherald.com
For more than 110 years, February has been the month to remember the Parent Teachers Association’s founders and celebrate local PTA leaders, and the Lynbrook school community came together Feb. 1 to do just that. Lynbrook School District PTAs recognize Founders’ Day each year by honoring those who have made selfless contributions to the schools
and community. Founders’ Day commemorates the day in 1897 when 2,000 people established the National Congress of Mothers, which was later known as the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and eventually the PTA, to promote the welfare of children in the home, school and community. The Lynbrook Council of PTAs organized a ceremony to recognize this year’s honorees in the Lynbrook High School gymnasium.
Honorees re presented PTAs from each district schools and the Lynbrook Special Education PTA. T his year’s honorees included Laura Murray, Lisa Soethout, Michael Berrios, Meredith Celentano, Maria Lopez, Marie Sarro-Pizarro, J o s e p h B e y r e r, R e n e e Jaworowski, Amanda Cioffi, Ivy A. Reilly, Nicole Aroksaar, Robert Lovergine, Keri Kelleher Walsh, James Saitta and Mary Beth Stalter. Among the CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
project of this magnitude gets reviewed by outside engineering firms to put new eyes on it.