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Friday, October 27, 2017
Vol. 77, No. 43
TOB SUPERVISORS 5K RUN
Town of Oyster Bay kicks off single stream recycling program BY GARY SIMEONE
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino (right) and Town Clerk James Altadonna Jr. (left) recently joined with Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker (center) at Greater Long Island Running Club’s (GLIRC) Annual Supervisor’s 5K Run. This 5K run is a unique event that has become an important tradition in the lives of hundreds of runners throughout the community. The run is widely acclaimed for its scenic and challenging course through the heart of the hamlet of Oyster Bay.
The first fleet of trucks for the Town of Oyster Bay’s single stream recycling Initiative, arrived at the Town’s Solid Waste Complex in Old Bethpage on Monday. The new program, which will transition dual stream recycling to single stream, is expected to generate significant funding over the next five years. Town Supervisor, Joseph Saladino, Councilman, Lou Imbroto and Town Councilwoman, Michele Johnson, were all on hand at the facility to witness the arrival of the new trucks. “Recycling used to cost our Town a considerable amount of money,” said Supervisor, Saladino. “With this new five year contract we hope generate $2 million for taxpayers over the next few years.” The Town has formed a new partnership with Winter Bros. Hauling of Long Island, who were awarded the contract at the Town Board meeting on August 22nd. Saladino said that the contract
would not be reflected in the upcoming budget and would not cause any “inflated revenue.” “Last year we paid over $91,000 to have our recyclables taken away. With the new contract we anticipate a net gain of $434,760 a year over the next five years of the contract.” Additionally the Town will also sell 22 of its recycling trucks to other municipalities and use their own garbage trucks to transfer recyclables. With the new single stream Initiative, residents can place all of their recyclable materials into one container which will ease the burden of sorting through recyclables. Items that can be placed in containers include everything from cardboard, gift boxes, newspapers, glass and plastic bottles. Councilwoman, Michele Johnson, said that she is looking forward to enhancing this service for residents and helping to save the taxpayers money. See page 22
Levittown School district institutes Hall of Fame, honors alumni BY GARY SIMEONE Saturday, October 14th, was a special day in the Levittown school district as ten of its alumni were inducted into the district’s newly instituted Hall of Fame. The inductees were recognized during the homecoming festivities at Division Avenue High School. Assistant Superintendent of my Instruction, Todd Winch, who helped to form the Hall of Fame, announced each recipients name during the ceremony. “These individuals that we are inducting here today have enhanced Levittown special place in history through
their accomplishments in many different ways,” said Winch. During the ceremony, candidates were inducted posthumously and some with their families by their side. They were given a bouquet of flowers, a description of their name and accomplishments and a key to the Town by Hempstead Town Supervisor, Anthony Santino. Winch said that the criteria for having one’s name placed in the Hall of Fame included accomplishments in a variety of areas including music, the arts, Science, philanthropy and athletics. “They could have success locally or nationally,” said Winch. “Our main goal See page 7
is to show our students and people in the community, people that really exemplify success in life.” Some of the inductees included an award winning song writer, a former firefighter in Levittown, a Supreme Court judge and a former Legislator in Nassau County. Winch said that the selection process will be done online and that people can go on to nominate their candidate of choice for the Hall of Fame. The deadline for nominations will be February 15th each year. After the deadline, a committee will be established made up board mem-
bers, athletic directors and local parents to sort out the nominations and try to locate the nominees. The one stipulation for being nominated is that the person has to of graduated from the district at least ten years prior to the nomination date. He said that he would like to try and have three people nominated per year as opposed to the ten who were inducted into the Hall of Fame this year. Another change the district is considering is having an electronic interactive display in the main lobby of Levittown Memorial so students can a true feel of some of the heroes of the community.
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