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NEW FIRE CHIEFS
BY KASSARA MCELROY The Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, April 26th kicked off with several tenure recommendations and approvals. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha began by sharing, “It’s a very rigorous process to receive tenure in this district, I keep saying it’s a true gift to be here … It’s great to see that we have academic, art, ENL teachers and psychologists that are part of the approved recommendations this evening. We want to thank our teachers for what they do and particularly our teachers this evening that received tenure.” The Board granted tenure to the following, beginning September 1, 2022: Peter Burke (Elementary Education), Amber Degnan (Elementary Education), Katharine Forte (ENL), Lisa Gilbert (Special Education), Ashley Howard (Art), Michelle
The Garden City Fire Department’s chiefs and line and corporate officers took their oaths of office Wednesday, April 20, during ceremonies at Village Hall. Above, Trustee Bruce Torino, appointed Fire Commissioner, and Deputy Mayor Thomas O’Brien are pictured with (from left) 1st Assistant Chief James Taunton, Chief of Department Matthew F. Pearn and Third Assistant Chief Devyn Moody. See page 57
Progress at fire station, St. Paul’s reported BY RIKKI MASSAND
At its meeting on Wednesday April 20 the Village Board of Trustees heard updates from Superintendent of Building Giuseppe Giovanniello on the rehabilitation of Garden City’s Fire Station No. 2 (at the Stewart Avenue and Edgemere Road intersection). Deputy Mayor Tom O’Brien asked if asbestos was found and if there would be testing inside to see if it’s all been removed, or if any-
thing was left to be removed. Superintendent Giovanniello said he walked through Fire Station No. 2 on April 20 with Village Administrator Suozzi. He told the Board of Trustees that the building’s inside was being “turned over” in this effort, with air monitoring continuing. Mayor Veneziale asked if both asbestos and mold conditions had been assessed inside Station No. 2 and Giovanniello replied the building was currently okay, with no con-
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Village looking forward to pool season, upgrades BY RIKKI MASSAND
cerns related to mold existing. Towards the structure’s south side there was one area with a window that was identified “as a hot area” in trouble-shooting, but it was already addressed. During the process involved for the building’s interior abatement, crews completed the breaking down of containment areas on the inside and exposed structural components in the walls. Embedded at the 91-yearold fire station, an unknown
At the Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, April 20, Garden City’s Superintendent of Recreation and Parks Paul Blake explained several upgrades planned for both recreational and environmental aspects of the village. The Board approved a contract for the rehabilitation of the Edgemere Park basketball and tennis courts at a cost of $73,160. The low bidder on the project was Gold Coast Tennis of Huntington. Funds will come from the capital budget, and this represents a rebid of the project, which had received higher bids in 2021. “John Barone and the village engineering department worked closely with us to redo the project specs. There will be new latex playing surfaces installed on the tennis and basketball courts, plus their new playing lines, and it will include two new pickleball courts on the tennis court. We had an estimated cost of
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