10 The Great Neck News, Friday, June 12, 2015
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Winning ticket Biz owner wants to sold in G.N. convert office space By A d a m L i d g ett
A Mega Millions ticket sold in Great Neck Tuesday earned the $1 million prize, but the person who picked it has yet to claim the money. Carolyn Hapeman, spokesperson for the New York Lottery, said Monday no person had claimed the prize. Hapeman said the person who drew the numbers has a year from the date of the drawing, June 2, to claim the prize. According to the New York Lottery’s website, a ticket sold at New Lime Lite deli, located at 170 Middle Neck Road, matched five out of six numbers. A ticket
drawn in Illinois matched all six winning numbers — 2, 9, 11, 22, 23 and the Mega ball number of 12 — earning the $260 million Mega Millions jackpot. A second New York ticket — in Williamsville, a village near Buffalo — matched five numbers as well for a $1 million prize, according to the New York Lottery. Some 14 tickets also matched five numbers. Other winning tickets were drawn in California, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington, according to the lottery’s website.
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By A d a m L i d g ett The owner of a Middle Neck Road jewelry store presented a plan to Village of Great Neck Plaza trustees at their meeting Wednesday to convert space above his shop originally intended for office space into apartments. “I simply cannot rent the second floor as commercial,” said Danny Arbusman, president of Jewels By Viggi, located at 65 Middle Neck Road. “I’ve tried all kinds of trades, and it simply doesn’t work.” Arbusman and his architect John Schimenti applied for a conditional-use permit from the board to renovate building. The plan calls for the second floor to be refurbished as two apartments, and for a third floor to be added, which would also be used for two apartments. All the apartments would be one-bedroom dwellings, Schimenti said. Arbusman also said he wants to renovate the outside of the
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John Schimenti presents plans to convert the office space above Jewels by Viggi into apartment spaces. building as well. “The façade is limestone, and for whatever reason it is falling apart,” Arbusman said. Great Neck Plaza Deputy Mayor Ted Rosen — who presided over Wednesday’s meeting in Mayor Jean Celender’s absence — said trustees amended the village’s zoning several years ago to provide incentives for property owners to redevelop their up-
stairs spaces as living spaces. He said the rezoning was intended to get more customers to shop downtown. “It’s something we encourage,” Rosen said of the proposed apartments. “We are happy to see this type of project be planned.” The board deferred a decision on the application , adjourning it until their next meeting on Continued on Page 42
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