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Vol. 99 No. 32
AUGUST 4 - 10, 2022
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Hewlett’s Riley Weiss strikes gold in Israel
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By ToNY BElliSSiMo tbellissimo@liherald.com
iley Weiss continues to add to her basketball achievements. Coming off her second straight Nassau County girls’ basketball scoring title, Weiss, who next month will begin her senior year at Hewlett High School, competed in the 21st Maccabiah Games July 12-26 in Israel, and helped the United States Under-18 girls’ squad capture gold. Weiss scored a team-high 25 points to lead USA to a 78-67 victory over Israel in the U18 girls’ gold medal game July 24. One week earlier, in pool play, Weiss scored 32 points in a thrilling come-from-behind 79-75 overtime win over Israel. USA trailed that game by 9 points after three quarters. “It was a lot of fun and a great experience,” said Weiss, who flew from Newark, New Jersey,
to Tel Aviv on July 2 and returned on July 26. “My teammates were great, and I met a lot of different athletes from other countries. It all exceeded my expectations.” The American squad went 6-0, also defeating Australia twice, and Canada and Germany once each. None of those teams were competitive, but both battles against Israel were intense, Weiss said. Her team was coached by Ellen Mager, a 1982 Oyster Bay High School graduate who most recently coached basketball at Briarcliff High School in Westchester County. “Israel played zone against us in the gold medal game, and Riley’s outside shooting was critical,” Mager said. “They kept forcing her further and further from the basket, but she kept hitting shot after shot. “She makes the game look effortless — it’s really amazing,” Mager added. “I was so Continued on page 8
Courtesy Jeff Weiss
RilEY WEiSS, A rising senior at Hewlett High School, scored 25 points in the USA’s win over Israel in the girls’ basketball U18 gold medal matchup at the Maccabiah Games.
Cedarhurst Summer Sidewalk Sale set to sizzle By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
The traditional dog days of August will feel anything but lazy and languorous next week in Cedarhurst, when the village and its Business Improvement District once again join forces for the annual Summer Sidewalk Sale, during which retail outlets and restaurants will offer patrons tremendous bargains. Along Central Avenue and up and down the business district’s many side streets, people from the Five Towns, its surrounding communities and New Jersey and Connecticut as well are expected to flock to the village for the four-day event on Aug. 10,
through Aug. 12 and Aug. 14. Saturday, Aug. 13 is Shabbos. Known as the fashion center of Long Island’s South Shore for over 100 years, Central Avenue, with its upscale shops and boutiques, has drawn comparisons to Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive. C e d a r h u r s t ’s m a i n s t re e t remains a showcase for unique businesses. “It’s really what makes our village unique and different,” said Ari Brown, who is both a state assemblyman and Cedarhurst’s deputy mayor, and also serves as the village board’s liaison with the BID. “We spend a lot of time thinking about this,” he added of the Sidewalk Sale. “We have new and younger BID members who are getting the
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he sidewalk sale means that we have a vibrant and successful business community that is very much in demand. BENJAMiN WEiNSToCk mayor, Cedarhurst
word out on social media.” The BID, an organization of business owners and landlords founded in 1993, works with the village to promote and support its businesses. It collects an
assessment of the village tax on commercial property, and, in conjunction with the village, uses the money for improvements and promotions in the business community. The maximum assessment allowed by law is 20 percent. The organization was formed after two previous groups — the Cedarhurst Commercial Property Owners Association and the Cedarhurst Business Association — were not as successful at
attracting businesses to the village and creating strong relationships among landlords and business owners. The vacancy rate of storefronts in 1998 was 12 percent. The BID and village worked tirelessly to push the rate down to 6.5 percent a decade later. In 2022, the vacancy rate is 4.25 percent, even after all the turmoil created by the Covid-19 pandemic. There are more than 280 Continued on page 12