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‘She wanted to help people’ By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com
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COMMISSIONER DENNIS LYONS and members of the Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department’s Women’s Auxiliary honored Lyons’s late wife, Arlene, last Saturday.
Fire Commissioner Dennis Lyons and members of the Women’s Auxiliary unit of the Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department held a commemorative event last Saturday to honor Lyons’s late wife, Arlene, who died of cancer last year, formalizing the creation of a scholarship fund in her name. “It’s very emotional,” said Lyons, who was on the verge of CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
$52 million school bond vote on Nov. 30 Elmont BOE resolution is ‘designed around the health and safety’ of students and staff By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com
Elmont community members will vote on a $52 million school bond proposal on Nov. 30. The proposed resolution adopted by the Elmont School District Board of Education focuses on the “health and safety of students and staff,” according to a statement released by the school district. “If approved, the referendum would assist in the rebuilding of
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his bond provides a significant opportunity to make an important investment in our schools. KENNETH ROSNER
Superintendent, Elmont Union Free School District the six school buildings’ aging infrastructure, add to the longev-
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ity of those buildings and create a healthier learning environment for students,” the statement read. “The proposal includes installing new heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems throughout all school buildings to meet current regulations for introducing fresh air and air exchanges in the class-
Air conditioning would be installed in all classrooms, cafeterias, libraries, gymnasiums and auditoriums, and new air-filtering technology would be used. “Over the last 20 years, the district has removed 90% of all
asbestos-containing materials in the six school buildings,” administrators said in the statement. “The proposed bond will include the removal of the remaining 10% of asbestos-containing CONTINUED ON PAGE 9