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Woodmere Club owners sue county preliminary and final map approval, which includes a public hearing on the applicaThe owners of the Wood- tion for preliminary approval. That application, the lawmere Club have filed a lawsuit against the Nassau County s u i t a r g u e s, f u l f i l l s t h e Planning Commission and the requirements of a zoning plan d ev i s e d by t h e county DepartTown of Hempm e n t o f P u bl i c stead and the vilWorks. lages of Lawrence The eight-page and Woodsburgh. suit, filed in NasIn July 2020, those sau County municipalities creSupreme Court on ated a Coastal ConMay 23, recently servation District, sent to the Herald, which divided the claims that owners 118-acre club propEfrem Gerszberg e r t y i n t o t h re e and Robert Weiss “subdistricts” — have requested a an 83.3-acre parcel, d at e fo r a m ap designated an approval hearing open/space recrefor their proposal ation subdistrict; a to build housing single-family resion the club properdential subdistrict ty, and the plan- KEviN WALSH of 29.4 acres; and a ning commission engineer 5.7-acre clubhas refused to house/hospitality place it on its calsubdistrict. endar. Gerszberg and Weiss origiIn April 2021, the owners filed an application for a nally proposed the construc“major subdivision” compris- tion of 284 single-f amily ing 54 building lots on the homes on the property. The Wo o d m e re C l u b a c re a g e. Coastal Conservation District Because of its proposed size, limited them to 59 homes, so they are required to secure CoNTINued oN page 14
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Courtesy Blake Rivas
Hewlett resident Chase Rivas played for Team Israel in the World Series of Youth Lacrosse championship in Matthews, North Carolina, June 26-July 1.
Chase Rivas represents Israel through lacrosse By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ
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ncoming Hewlett High School freshman Chase Rivas played everything growing up, including basketball, baseball and football. But no sport made an impact on him like lacrosse, which he has played since first grade. “From the get-go, he started playing at Turf Island Indoor Sports Clinic when he was 6,” Chase’s father, Dan, said, referring to the facility in Island Park. “It was something that
he just naturally fell into.” Lacrosse is growing in Israel, and Chase, 13, was recruited for a roster spot on Team Israel’s U-13 national team that played in the World Series of Youth Lacrosse in Matthews, North Carolina, June 26-July 1. Dan noted that when Chase was in first grade, his wife, Blake, jokingly said to him that their son didn’t understand the game. Eventually, the two of them sat him down and asked him a series of questions about lacrosse to see how committed he was to it. After what seemed like an interrogation sesCoNTINued oN page 19
here is no legitimate basis to refuse to authorize a preliminary map approval hearing for the Subdivision Application.