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The Roslyn Times, Friday, May 18, 2018
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Senior honored by National Merit Ella Eisenberg awarded scholarship BY LU K E TORRANCE Thirteen high school students from the North Shore were PHOTO BY SAMUEL GLASSER named as National Merit Scholarship winners by the! National Engineer Andrew Braum shows the plans for the proposed swimming pool on Davis Lane Merit Scholarship Corp. last week. to the Roslyn village board. The students were among 2,500 chosen nationally out of a pool of 15,000. The winners each received a $2,500 scholarship. “The Finalists in each state [are] judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies,” a statement from the organization said. “The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduatWhile the date has not been is located within the Hillside ing high school seniors.” BY S A M U E L set for the new rules to take ef- Protection Overlay District. GLASSER Great Neck had four scholThe land behind Sarcona’s arship winners. They included fect, village Clerk Anita FrangelGood news and bad news are la said the village was aiming for property, and that of others on Courtney Hakimian and Megan coming within the next couple of June 1. The meters need to be his side of the street, is a steep L. Xu of Great Neck North High weeks for visitors to the Village recalibrated, and she said that hill estimated at about 100 feet School and Kimberly Wah Lu of of Roslyn business district who all of the merchants will be noti- high. Residents at the bottom Great Neck South High School. of the hill on Valentine Lane op- Hakimian is considering a career need to park in a metered spot. fied beforehand. Giosa’s report showed that posed his plan. They said the in dentistry, Xu a career in enviThe good news is that the village Board of Trustees voted meter revenue declined by 44 hill had become increasingly un- ronmental science, and Lu a caat the Tuesday meeting to put percent in 2017 to $118,973 stable in the last few years and reer in medicine. There was also metered parking in force from compared with $212,469 the worried about a pool on top. Bradford J. Lin of Kings Point, Sarcona said the pool “would who attends the Lawrenceville 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with free previous year. First quarter 2018 parking all day on Mondays. The revenue was up by about 33 be nowhere near the ridge line.” School in New Jersey. current hours of operation are percent compared with the first The proposed pool would be 12 Rachel Chang and Wilfeet by 21.5 feet and four and a liam Peng were the winners for 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a three months of 2017. The 2017 revenue drop was half feet deep, which he said was Manhasset High School. Chang is week. The bad news is that the seen across cash and credit card smaller than the original plan. considering a career in environAndrew Braum, a profes- mental engineering, and Peng a 10-minute free grace period will payments, and Giosa’s analysis concluded that abuse of the sional engineer engaged by career in computer science. be eliminated. “It will encourage people 10-minute grace period was a Sarcona and principal of ASB New Hyde Park’s sole winner to come to Roslyn on Mondays, factor. The report also said that Engineering of Bellmore, said is Alessandro Colangelo, who atwhich is the slowest day,” Mayor Fridays and Saturdays generate the proposed pool would meet tends Regis High School in the John Durkin said of free parking the most revenue, 18.7 percent the requirements for drainage city and is considering a career and setback from a steep slope. in intellectual property law. and 26.5 percent respectively. on Mondays. In other business, the village He said that dry wells, which Monday accounted for!only Three Port Washington resi8.3 percent of total parking me- board opened a hearing on an store rainwater and slowly re- dents received the scholarship: ter revenue based on receipts application by Simone Sarcona lease it to the ground, would be Julia Ruskin of Paul D. Schreiber sampled last October, a report of 19 Davis Lane to install an in- installed. High School, who is considering “I wouldn’t risk my license,” a career in computer science; by traffic engineer Gerard Giosa, ground pool with a hot tub in his principal of the parking consul- backyard. Board approval is re- he said, if he thought the project Paige A. Silverstein, who attends tant Level G Associates, showed. quired since Sarcona’s property Continued on Page 59 Friends Academy in Locust Val-
New parking rules coming to Roslyn
10-minute grace period to end, spots free on Mondays
PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSLYN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Roslyn senior Ella Eisenberg was named a National Merit scholar. ley and is considering engineering; and Julia G. Caccavo, who attends Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Syosset and is considering business. Roslyn High School’s Ella Eisenberg received the scholarship and is considering a career in neuroscience. “The Roslyn High School community is incredibly proud of Ellie’s National Merit Scholar designation,” said! Principal Scott Andrews. “She is truly a wonderfully well-rounded young woman.” Two Wheatley School students, Jeehyun Kim of Roslyn Heights and Saman Suleman of Old Westbury, won the! scholarship. Kim is considering veterinary medicine and Suleman’s probable field is medicine. The students were chosen by a committee! of college admissions officers and high school counselors, who examined the students’ academic record, scores Continued on Page 66
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