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Officials reflect on election results, discuss goals
WE STAND UP
BY GARY SIMEONE
Jericho Middle School recently held another anti-bullying kick-off events. The theme of the day was "We don't stand by, we stand up." See page 10
Chamber VP to receive 2019 Humanitarian award at brunch BY RIKKI MASSAND In the spirit of Thanksgiving and the holidays, Long Island nonprofit Harvest Houses -- with locations in Syosset at 235 Cold Spring Road and 33 Flower Avenue in Floral Park -- will honor Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Vice President Maureen Nickel. She is
set to receive the 2019 Pope John XXIII Humanitarian Award on Sunday, November 24 at the “2019 Harvest Jazz Brunch” The event will be held at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury from noon to 4 p.m. Tickets are on sale now for the November 24 Brunch, which will officially kick off the 35th anniver-
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sary (1985-2020) of Harvest Houses, residences for Independent seniors directed by the Sisters of St. Dominic. Leadership of the nonprofit, non-sectarian Harvest House include Sisters of St. Dominic — Executive Director Sister Jeanne A. Brendel, O.P. and Sister Mary See page 15
It was an exceptionally good election campaign for Republican party candidates as they dominated the election results earlier this month. Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino was reelected to his position as Town Supervisor and Steve Labriola was re-elected to the Town Council along with candidates Laura Maier and Vicki Walsh. Richard LaMarca and Jeff Pravato all earned victories in the races for Town Clerk and Receiver of Taxes, respectively. “I believe the election results are reflective of the public seeing all that we were able to accomplish in such a short period of time,” said Saladino. “I think the fact that I'm a fiscal conservative in contrast to my opponent, (James Altadonna,) was another reason that the people voted the way they did. I want to show my appreciation to the voters of this Town.” Councilman Labriola was re-elected to the Town Council seat along with candidates Maier and Walsh. LaMarca was re-elected to Town Clerk and Pravato was elected to fill the seat of the recently retired James Stefanich. It was not a landslide victory for the Republican party, but they won with a favorable margin of 60-40 %. Labriola said that his future goals are made up of local initiatives as well as quality of life concerns and what he calls, “micro-initiatives,” which deal with monitoring properties that are owned by the Town. As far as local initiatives, he said that he wants to continue to provide an honest, transparent government
to his constituents and open up the budget process so that it is easily understandable. One of the websites that people can browse to see how money is being spent in the Town is opengov.com. He also wants to see reforms in some of Town’s departments to eliminate unnecessary waste and spending and provide the necessary oversight to review important town contracts and leasing deals. “We need to look to find alternative sources of revenue similar to our beaches and parks, which have seen their revenue double from last year,” said Labriola. “Spending at concession stands was up considerably and are golf courses and beaches have never been more popular.” Some of the micro-initiatives include working with developers on the former Sears property in Hicksville to make sure it fits within the image of the town and on the Westfield Mall in Massapequa, which was recently bought by an overseas corporation. “The Westfield Mall has a high vacancy rate and it is a priority and extremely important property to our administration,” said Labriola. “A French corporation bought and wants to redevelop the property, so we need to work with them on building an appropriate venue that fits the character of the community.” He added that city planners and the Town’s environmental review board will be closely monitoring the project to ensure that it fits the suburban mold of Long Island. In the area of quality of life issues, See page 15
Syosset street named for former Met PAGE 4 Halloween Parades in Jericho schools PAGE 17