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L.V. schools will abide by state mandate expedient,” the commissioner wrote. “Absent the change in the board’s position . . . the DepartThe Locust Valley Central ment of Health and the Nassau School District Board of Educa- County Department of Health tion voted on Tuesday to comply will not hesitate to enforce the with the New York State Depart- provisions of the public health ment of Health’s mask mandate, law . . . which includes the less than 24 hours after board assessment of civil and criminal trustees voted to penalties.” defy it. Board Vice A willful violaPresident Margaret tion would result in Marchand cast the N o l a n’s re m ova l lone dissent on Tuesfrom office, Rosa day, and Trustee continued, and the Lauren Themis withholding of state abstained. aid from the district. Although the Marchand asked meeting was held at the district’s attor4 : 3 0 p. m . , wh e n , Edward McCarBRADY CONNOR ney many district resithy, if there was dents were still at LVHS senior someone who could work, it drew a large determine when the crowd. Board President Brian m a s k m a n d a t e c o u l d b e Nolan said he had received a let- repealed. It is currently in effect ter that day from state Education for 90 days. Commissioner Dr. Betty Rosa, “They offer no metric, no stating that the State Education date, no science,” Marchand Department had gotten word said. “How will the Department that the Locust Valley district of Health operate for the next 90 had decided not to adhere to the days, and what happens after order that masks be worn by all that?” students while in school this fall. The department can issue an Failure to do so would be break- emergency order that the maning the law, Rosa wrote. date continue, McCarthy said. “School officers take an oath The decision would be based on to obey all legal requirements, not just those which they deem CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND SEVERAL artifacts at the underground stable and lodge site and at the rifle pit and firing range at Sagamore Hill.
A revealing unearthing of bits of history at Sagamore Hill BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
Last month, archaeologists made some significant discoveries at Sagamore Hill. A group from the National Park Service spent two weeks conducting an excavation at the stable and lodge site and surveying the rifle pit and firing range in the woods at Theo-
dore Roosevelt’s beloved summer White House. There is much known about the interior of Roosevelt’s home, but not about its surroundings, where a stable and lodge once stood. Roughly 300 yards from the house, it was destroyed, historians believe, by a fire in 1944, when a kerosene container on the porch of the stable exploded.
Roosevelt died in 1919, but his wife, Edith, lived at Sagamore Hill until her death in 1948. There were no casualties in the fire, which is surprising, because many single men, including the Roosevelts’ staff, farmhands and day laborers lived at the lodge. Although Sagamore Hill was CONTINUED ON PAGE 10