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County crackdown on illegal dirt bikes By NIColE FoRMISANo nformisano@liherald.com
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County Executive Bruce Blakeman delivered a stern warning to operators of illegal dirt bikes: “Not in Nassau,” he said as he kicked a crumpled piece of scrap metal that had once been an illegal vehicle. Blakeman issued this harsh message during an Aug. 2 news conference in East Rockaway’s Bay Park, as he stood behind dozens of dirt bikes, quads and ATVs that had been seized by the Nassau County Police Department. The vehicles are often unregistered,
Three police officers loading an ATV into a bulldozer’s bucket in East Rockaway’s Bay Park on Aug. 2, before it was destroyed.
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‘Illiterate Iguanas’ win 2nd Nassau Library Tour By MARK NolAN mnolan@liherald.com
The competition to tour each library in Nassau County was so fierce that members of the Katz family, of North Bellmore, didn’t want to waste time stopping for lunch, so they packed snacks. In the end, however, they failed to defend their title, losing to the “Illiterate Iguanas” — three childhood friends who recently graduated from college. All took part in the Nassau Library System’s second library tour, which will continue through Saturday. Thus far, 119 people have completed the tour
of every library in the county, and more than 46,000 have participated. Those numbers are expected to climb significantly as library officials continue to tally the results. The Illiterate Iguanas reportedly departed shortly after their tour victory and were unavailable for comment, busy pursuing jobs and graduate school. Jessica Katz, however, said her family was disappointed that it did not successfully defend its 2019 tour title — the event, a logistical challenge, has not been held since then — although the Katzes were the first North Bellmore Public Library patrons to finish the
competition. York Roberson, 82, of Uniondale, a retired Department of Homeland Security official, made it his personal mission to complete the tour for the second time this year. “I have always been a fan of libraries,” Roberson said. “That’s a pattern in my life. You get into something, and it sticks with you.” That’s exactly what Nassau Library System officials are hoping for — to make libraries an integral part of people’s lives. While the competition of the tour made it fun, the real reason for the tour is to encourage people to discover a library
they’ve never visited, and to shop in local communities. The tour showcases the amazing benefits and interesting aspects of each local library. North Bellmore Public Library officials created a cutout bus to celebrate the tour; visitors wrote their names on a paper leaf to hang on a giant paper tree in the Roosevelt Public Library; and Mineola Public
Library officials painted steps on a staircase to resemble the spine of various books. “The whole purpose of the tour is to get people to see other libraries, and visit local restaurants and businesses,” Lisa Zuena, a representative of the Nassau Library System, said. “We’ve had people say they had no idea these libraries existed, ConTinuEd on PAgE 18