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HERALD Infections as of June 13
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Infections as of June 7 1,465
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American Legion retires the flag
Barber shop marks 80 years
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Legislature passes public water bill that ratepayers in NYAW’s Sea Cliff Water District, which includes Sea Cliff and Glen Both the New York State Head, as well as parts of GlenAssembly and Senate last week wood Landing, Glen Cove, Old passed a bill to establish a North Brookville and Roslyn Harbor, Shore Water Authority and a are paying as much as five times South Nassau Water Authority more for water than those in Jerthat would replace New York icho or other public water disAmerican Water tricts. for ratepayers in In a study the Towns of Oysordered by Cuomo ter Bay and in February, the Hempstead. state Department The bill passed of Public Service the Senate 63-0, determined that and the Assembly, “municipalization 149-0. The meais both feasible sure now awaits and, under a variGov. Andrew Cuoety of scenarios, mo’s signature. in the public interThe bill was est.” introduced in the “Customers of Assembly by New York AmeriCharles Lavine, a can Water have AGATHA NADEL Democrat from been unduly burGlen Cove. “We North Shore Concerned dened with exorbihave fought for Citizens director tant rates for the public water serwater they use on vice for years,” a daily basis, driven largely by Lavine said. “I am extraordinari- costs having nothing to do with ly pleased that both the Senate the provision of water,” Cuomo and Assembly have passed a bill said in a statement after the authorizing the municipaliza- report was released in March. tion.” In addition to dramatically NYAW cur rently serves decreasing ratepayers’ water around 124,000 Nassau residents, bills each month, the municipalabout 10 percent of the county’s ization of water systems has population. Legislators estimate CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
BY ANNEMARIE DURKIN adurkin@liherald.com
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Art with a smile Local artisans showcased their goods as SpringFest returned to Sea Cliff last Sunday. Paula Pourakis, right, looked over items offered by Kim Alfarone of Artisan Jules. More photos, Page 3.
Sea Cliff’s Antigone Rising gives Les Paul guitar to student BY JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com
Gifts are always nice, but when that gift is an electric guitar, it can leave you speechless. That was the initial reaction of Glen Cove third-grader Penelope Neophytou when she was presented with a Les Paul by Sea
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Cliff rock band Antigone Rising at a concert last Saturday. “She was in utter shock,” Ody Cruz Neophytou, Penelope’s mother, said of the gift. “It was very moving for us to see.” During Antigone Rising’s performance at the Be the Rainbow pride event in Port Washington, the band called Penelope onto
the stage, and she sang along to its hit song “Game Changer.” When it ended, guitarist Cathy Henderson gave Penelope the Epiphone Les Paul Special. “We know how much you love music and how we loved music at your age,” singer Nini Camps told the 9-year-old, “and we wantCONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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his is an absolutely amazing achievement for the community, such a tremendous accomplishment.