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Friday, January 31, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 5
HEALTH & WELLNESS
DUI ARREST WITH CHILD IN BACK
CALL FOR STATE PROBE OF COMPTROLLER HACKING
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Grist Mill sees street for first time in century Onlookers, officials witness landmark society raise historic structure 8 feet BY R O S E W E L D ON
PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON
The Roslyn Grist Mill was elevated on Jan. 23. See more photos on page 13.
Preservation specialists raised the Roslyn Grist Mill above street level for the first time in 100 years last Thursday. The Roslyn Landmark Society, which has worked with Nassau County on the historic property for 43 years, has raised over $3 million through grants and donations to raise and restore the 300-year-old mill, society President Howard Kroplick said. The mill, which was placed on the National Register of Historic
Places in 1986, is one of only a few surviving Dutch-framed watermills built between 1715 and 1741 that were purposely built for industrial use rather than farming, and it was used for over 150 years. The raising and restoration project began in earnest in November 2018. “This is a significant day in the history of the Village of Roslyn,” Kroplick said. “A lot of people ask me, ‘Why did the grist mill sink?’ It didn’t sink; they added the road four feet above it.” By the end of the raising, which Continued on Page 60
Slain teacher’s mother speaks in E. Hills BY R O S E W E L D ON
lation. Linda Beigel Schulman’s A Roslyn area-raised woman son, Scott J. Beigel, taught gewho lost her son in an infamous ography and coached the cross mass shooting is now taking ac- country team at Marjory Stonetion through lobbying and legis- man Douglas High School in
Parkland, Florida. Since Scott’s death, Beigel Schulman has worked to pass gun violence legislation, including the passage of the Red Flag law, which prevents individuals who show signs of being a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing any kind of firearm, in New York state in August. She has also spoken
at events across the country, including at Temple Beth Sholom in East Hills last Thursday, where she was introduced by U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove). The congressman noted in his remarks that he had spoken with young people on gun violence in 2018, the same year as the Parkland shooting. “I was working with younger people, just to find out what they
were thinking,” Suozzi said. “I’m sitting there in these meetings with these kids, and they’re talking about how when they hear the fire alarm, they’re terrified.” A Dix Hills resident who grew up attending the temple, Beigel Schulman described the events leading to her son’s death. The teacher became suspicious of the fire alarm, noting Continued on Page 59
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