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Bayville Library continues with renovation work 1971 to include a south wing, and in 1983 a north wing was added as well. Although their efforts aren’t The first phase of the project visible, construction workers are involves taking down a wall in hard at work on the $1.49 million the children’s room, an expanBayville Library renovation sion into the north wing, which project, which began on Jan. 3 hasn’t happened yet. This will and is expected to be completed allow access to the new meeting b y S e p t e m b e r. room. And in the Behind boarded winnew hallway leading dows in the building to it, two handinext door, where the capped-accessible v i l l a g e ’ s Wa t e r restrooms are being Department and two added. Boy Scout rooms The construction once were, a new schedule has been 930-square-foot meetd e l aye d b e c a u s e ing room is in the when the walls sepaworks. rating the Water TOM TINI The library and Department from the adjacent build- Library renovation the scout rooms ing are connected in committee were taken down an L shape, though and the space was there has never been any interi- gutted, there were several unexor access between them. pected discoveries. “The work The Water Department and has turned up things that needed scouts will remain in the other done,” Tom Tini, a member of building, but will be moved the Renovation Committee, said. south, toward School Street, dur- “The supports were ignored ing Phase Two of the project. under the floor, where there’s a Deeded in the 1920s to the Vil- crawl space which is hard to lage of Bayville from the estate access. The holdup is definitely of Harrison Williams, a wealthy due to structural problems.” stock market speculator, the two Additionally, pillars were in buildings and Village Hall were disrepair. The building had not once his carriage house, garage been maintained, library Direcand stables. According to the tor Ashley Birbal said. “The library website, the village invit- crawl space was being held up by ed the library to move in in 1956. one 2-by-4,” she said. “There was The building was expanded in CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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A St. Patrick’s Day dance or two Arnie Gliner and Dorothy Quinn danced to live music at the Life Enrichment Center of Oyster Bay during its annual St. Patrick’s Day party. More photos, Page 3.
Learning to clown around
Circus comes to Locust Valley Intermediate School By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com
The fifth-graders of Locust Valley Intermediate School spent the week of March 7-11 learning circus acts, which culminated in a full circus performance at the end of the week. The students got instruction from the National Circus Project, which has been working with the district for the past six years. The NCP, founded in 1984, is one of the oldest and largest educational programs in the country. It
teaches children circus skills like balancing, walking on stilts and juggling, focusing on patience and self-discipline. And because it’s fun, students don’t realize they are learning life lessons. “The skills we teach are individualized, selfmotivating, non-competitive,” Greg Milstein, executive director of the NCP, explained. “It gives kids of all ages and ability the chance to have immediate success.” Before the coronavirus pandemic, the nonprofit NCP served roughly 500 schools in the Northeast. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2