Friday, November 18, 2016
Vol. 76, No. 45
SPREADING THE WARMTH
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Montesano re-elected to State Assembly BY GARY SIMEONE
Photo courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools
From left, grand sponsor of the Rotary Club of Hicksville South’s Winter Coat Drive Dr. Urmilesh Arya, Hicksville Public School District Superintendent Dr. Carl Bonuso and event chairperson of the club’s Winter Coat Drive Mukesh Modi. Hicksville Public Schools and Superintendent Dr. Carl Bonuso express their appreciation to the Rotary Club of Hicksville South and its president Dave Sharma for their altruistic efforts this holiday season. As a result of the club’s Winter Coat Drive, which was led by the project’s event chairperson Mukesh Modi, 55 winter coats were donated to benefit commu-
nity children in need. Dr. Bonuso received a visit from Modi and the cause’s grand sponsor Dr. Urmilesh Arya, to drop off the coats. These efforts showcased by the club are directly in line with the benevolent endeavors and fundraisers hosted at each of the district’s schools to benefit charities throughout the holiday season.
Teen calls SWAT team on family Nassau County Police have arrested a 15 year old boy for allegedly “swatting” his family on February 5th at 2 a.m. According to Crimes Against Property Squad detectives, a male juvenile, 15, of Queens, falsely made a call to the Second Precinct, located in Woodbury, claiming that his father was shot and his mother was tied up, at a residence on Sunnyside Blvd. This location has had several false calls over the last few years, requiring emergen-
cy police responses, and it was determined to be ‘swatting’ events. Police say that subsequent investigation by Crimes Against Property Squad detectives, in conjunction with the Bergen County New Jersey Prosecutors office, the NYPD, and Homeland Security, it has been determined that this juvenile defendant is involved in several hundred swatting cases across the United States.
Republican candidate, Michael Montesano was re-elected to the New York State Assembly over Democrat, Dean E. Hart in last Tuesday’s election. Montesano won by over 6,000 votes beating the Democratic candidate 29,848 to his 23,512 votes. The Assemblyman said that he was elated to be re-elected to the 15th Assembly District. “It shows that the people have confidence in me to return and I hope to be able to serve their needs,” said Montesano. “The areas that I plan to focus on include increasing the economy on Long Island, ethics reform and attacking the heroin epidemic head on.” Montesano said this particular campaign was different for him because he was forced to run some negative campaign ads against his opponent. “Usually I’m not in the business of doing that but my opponent put out some untruthful information about me. He improperly linked me to some corruption going on in government and I was forced to respond.” He said that he was thankful that the public was able to see through all of the election smear tactics that his opponent employed.
Arnold Drucker fills Judy Jacobs seat:
Democrat Arnold Drucker, a Trustee at Nassau Community College, defeated Republican Louis Imbroto in a special election to fill the seat of the late County Legislator, Judith Jacobs. Drucker will serve the final year of Jacobs’ term in the 16th District and will need to run again next fall for a full two-year term. He won by a vote count of 17,647 to Imbroto’s 12,774. Drucker said that he is a Judy Jacobs democrat through and through and that he will offer a strong, unwavering stance for his community. “I will have the best interest of my neighbors and the people in my community at all times,” said Drucker. He said that corruption in government will be something that he will take a stand on after the recent indictments of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife Linda Mangano, and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto. “I’m going to look into the outsourcing of political contracts, these jobs given out to business cronies and family members like lollipops and try and prevent the cronyism and corruption that has permeated our political landscape,” said Drucker.
Early Deadline
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