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DECEMBER 3 - 9, 2020
Tom Malloy, beloved G.H. artist, dies at 77 By MikE CoNN mconn@liherald.com
Courtesy Geri Reichgut
toM MAlloy CoulD most often be found at his Glen Head lawnmower shop, which doubled as his art studio.
The door of Tom Malloy’s Glen Head lawnmower shop was always open. For decades, people could walk in and out as they pleased, to observe or chat, while he worked on one art project or another, wearing his signature denim overall. His sculptures were nearly as amazing as he was, his friends and family said. Malloy died of cancer on Nov. 21, at age 77.
He was born on March 2, 1943, in Glen Cove, the third of James and Frances Malloy’s four children. His family moved to Glen Head when he was 4, and he lived there the rest of his life. Byron Nernoff said he grew up across the street from Malloy, and the two were lifelong best friends, very much like brothers. They were known as mischief-makers as children, Nernoff said, which got them into trouble more than once. Continued on page 3
Gold Coast Library moving ahead with bond vote By MikE CoNN mconn@liherald.com
Glen Head residents can vote on Tuesday on a $10.8 million bond for the Gold Coast Library to purchase a 2.5-acre property at 180 Glen Head Road to construct a new library. If the bond passes, residents who own a home valued at $500,000 would likely see a $60 annual property-tax increase. Members of Glenwood Landing American Legion Post 336, however, suggested an alternative. Post Commander Bob Bazan said the library’s board of trustees could instead buy the post’s property at 190 Glen Head Road, and the post could purchase the library’s current build-
When and where to vote The Gold Coast Library bond vote will take place on Dec. 8, in the library annex, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
ing, at 50 Railroad Ave. This, Bazan said, would cost the library about half as much as a new building, and would enable it to move into a larger space while helping the post downsize, which it must do because of declining membership. The library proposed by the Gold Coast board of trustees
would be roughly 10,500 square feet. The existing library is the smallest public library in Nassau County, at roughly 4,400 square feet. Bazan said the legion’s building and its detached garage add up to about 9,500 square feet, on one acre of land. “They need more space, we need less space,” Bazan said. “For me, this really [would be] a win for the community, the library and the legion. The cost of this proposal would be substantially less than having the library build a brand new building.” Library leaders, however, say they believe that a new building is the right way to go. Director Mike Morea said the new facility has been planned to suit the
library’s needs. Among the reasons that a new library was recommended was the need for a larger parking lot, he said. The parking at the post’s building
would not be enough, Morea said, and many of the surrounding lots belong to the Town of Continued on page 9
Our COvid-19 traCker With the Covid-19 test positivity rate rising across the country, the Herald is adding a weekly coronavirus tracker to the upper-left corner of our front page to help you gauge what’s happening in your area from week to week. the number is an aggregate of the communities that this newspaper covers. data is obtained from the nassau County Covid-19 dashboard, which provides the total number of cases reported in an area since the start of the pandemic, and is updated regularly.