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Residents voice concerns over Seafield
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Drug, alcohol treatment center worries neighbors, parents BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT Residents, business owners, elected officials and Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations members packed North Hempstead Town Hall last Wednesday to discuss a Manhasset outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center. Council President Richard Bentley said in the last few weeks he had received a number of phone calls and emails about Seafield Services Inc., which opened at 585 Plandome Road in the Plandome Medical Building in June 2016. “It’s a couple of weeks into the issue, and I can’t tell you how many emails and voicemails I’ve received on the topic,” Bentley said. “I can tell you in general, of the 100 concerns I’ve heard, most are residents that are not necessarily concerned about the issue of there being a drug and alcohol counseling center in town but that
something has certainly changed in the last three months of activity versus since its inception in 2016.” Town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, who was at the meeting alongside Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio, Munsey Park Mayor Frank DeMento, Plandome Heights Mayor Ken Riscica, Plandome Heights Trustee Gus Panopoulos, Plandome Manor Mayor Barbara Donno and Manhasset Board of Education Trustee Ann Marie Curd, said she has also been notified by Manhasset residents of possible activity outside the center before, during and after hours. “I got a call the Friday before Easter and Passover from a concerned resident telling me she had seen some changes, and that call was followed by another call from the same street,” Kaplan said. “The following week, I received 12 emails and seven more phone calls.” Continued on Page 75
PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR
Howard Feldman, father of Jake Feldman, who was diagnosed with cancer, shaves his head at Plandome Haircutters Sunday for St. Baldrick’s Foundation. See story on page 2.
Safety discussion is foremost for ed board BY S A M U E L GLASSER School safety and security were the focal points at the Manhasset Board of Education meeting on Thursday, even
though it was billed as an informal budget hearing. The district has accelerated efforts to strengthen facilities and security procedures. Superintendent Vincent Butera held a series of meetings with
parents at the district schools in March. School principals met separately with the faculty. Butera said a report is due in May that will update the community on the status of Continued on Page 65
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