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V.S. native set to intern at Disney in L.A. in my career is to write, direct, act, produce, and so getting to do this internship is really like Valley Stream native and getting to see the big picture of North High School alumnus everything that it takes to do it Maiya Jannah recently started all,” said Jannah. “It provides an internship through the Tele- me a really well-rounded look into what I’ll need v i s i o n A c a d e my to do and the things Foundation as one I’ll need to know to of 40 students direct, write, act, across the country produce.” as a paid intern at Laura Colella, a premier studios and professor of Janproduction companah’s at Brown, nies in Hollywood. introduced her to Jannah, a rising the program and senior at Brown wrote her a recomUniversity studying mendation for her modern culture and application. media and literary “Maiya has been arts, is interning at MAIyA JANNAh thriving in many The Walt Disney different roles and Company in Bur- Valley Stream North experiences as a bank, California. alumnus filmmaker, and it T h e p ro g r a m , was no sur prise launched in 1980, that she was acceptprovides aspiring ed for this competivisionaries with opportunities to be mentored by tive internship,” Colella said. professionals in the television “I’m sure, as with all of her industry and get hands-on expe- endeavors, she’ll be greatly rience in the field. Jannah’s appreciated, and will continue internship focus is the produc- to increase her considerable tion of scripted series, meaning skills and fan base.” In addition to being selected she will learn about screenwriting, directing and producing for the internship program, Jannah was also selected as a scripted television shows. “I feel like my ultimate goal Continued on page 19
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The most comfy spot in town Rebecca and her 2-year-old son Finn, looked forward, to the night sky lighting up at the village’s Firemen’s Memorial Field Independence Day fireworks display last weekend.
A paved-over playground sparks online village backlash By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com
A small, modest playground tucked to the right of the Firemen’s Memorial Field parking lot on Albermarle Avenue has been torn down, paved over, and turned into extra parking space. The village-owned playground was little more than a plain, mint-green jungle gym in the center of a fenced pocket of land. It has for years provided a dependable — though some would say unremarkable — playground experience for children. Yet, as nondescript as the playground might have been, residents are in uproar over its loss.
Their criticism has been shared post after post across several community groups on social media. “The village should be paving over streets, not playgrounds,” wrote Harry Carney. “There is no sign about what’s going on,” wrote Ulla Kja. “Really not fun to have so little communication over something so important and sentimental to families. If you are paving over a playground, have a plan and communicate about it.” Mayor Edwin Fare was taken aback at the dismay. “The playground has been closed for almost a Continued on page 19
t provides me a really well-rounded look into what I’ll need to know to direct, write, act, produce.