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Business chiefs honored by local chamber of Chambers of Commerce for their participation in the local business community. Danby is bcarepenter@liherald.com, jbernstein@liherald.com the honoree for 2021 and Casey When a fire ripped through a for 2020. The council was unable building in Long Beach last May to host an awards presentation housing the popular Sorrento’s last year because of the coronarestaurant and Abyss Tattoo par- virus pandemic. The awards cerlor, Megan Casey, of emony was held this Long Beach, did year in October. what she has always Casey, a Rhode done in crises: She Islander with a jumped in to lend a rapid speaking style hand. She quickly and an ad copy writorganized a funder’s sense of humor, raiser to help has been working at rebuild the estab- iAN dANBy Shine’s – and in the lishments, collecting Long Beach busiabout $50,000 for Chairman, ness community – Long Beach them. since her husband “The whole pan- Chamber of bought the 109-yeardemic was a bad old establishment in Commerce time for restaurants 2005. During the and stores,” Casey, pandemic, she has 38, said earlier this week. “Then been working her copywriting this happened. I went door to job remotely. door” to collect funds. In the aftermath of SuperCasey is a well-known figure storm Sandy in 2012, Casey in Long Beach’s West End. She is swung into action. The morning a co-proprietor of Shine’s Bar in after the storm, she and her husLong Beach with her husband, band set up a soup kitchen and Brent Wilson. She also works full food pantry for the neighbortime as a copywriter at the giant hood. They remained open ad agency BBDO NY. through Thanksgiving, grillCasey and Ian Danby, chair- ing up and giving away what was man of the Long Beach Cham- saved in the kitchen, offering ber of Commerce, have been free beers and some sense of honored by the Nassau Council Continued on page 4
By BRENdAN CARPENtER and JAMEs BERNstEiN
Courtesy Long Beach Kiwanis
Making sure the needy have a holiday meal The Long Beach Kiwanis was on the job for Thanksgiving, setting up a drop-off site at the Stop & Shop, collecting cranberry sauce, vegetables and turkey gravy. All food items will be donated to over 80 Long Beach families.
Council OKs manager’s contract New agreement includes 6.8 percent pay increase By JAMEs BERNstEiN jbernstein@liherald.com
The Long Beach City Council Tuesday night approved an extended contract for City Manager Donna Gayden, which will take her through 2023 and raise her base salary to $203,000, $13,000 above her current pay. The move came as a surprise to some City Hall watchers, as Gayden had been described as an itinerant manager who enjoys resolving financial issues and
moving on to new posts. Gayden is Long Beach’s first female and first Black city manager. Her new contract was announced by the city Friday afternoon and approved by the council at a regular meeting Tuesday night. Gayden did not speak about her new contract at the council meeting. There was support and opposition for the contract at the council meeting. Roy Lester, a Democrat who
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won a seat on the council in the Nov. 2 election and will join it in January, stressed that he liked Gayden personally, but added that Long Beach remains deep in debt and “the most fiscally stressed municipality” in the state. He asked what metrics were used to calculate Gayden’s new salary. Ellen Hession said she did not understand why the council had to vote Tuesday night. One counContinued on page 13
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t did surprise me to be named.