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A new leader for keepers of city’s history Australia to China to Japan as well as in all 50 states. Browne’s connection with Jeanne Browne, 75, a Long the historical society dates Beach native with a lifelong back to its founding during the connection to the community, city’s rebuilding and restoration in the late 1970s, when the has an eye for history. Browne wanted to spread town faced economic challengthat passion and interest es and was badly in need of revitalization. among other resi“The first order dents, and assumed of business is to the role of president assess what the comof the Long Beach m u n i t y h a s, a n d Historical Society in what we had was a May with a mission r i ch h i s t o r y a n d to ensure that the many significant history of the city is architectural buildnot only preserved, ings and homes,” but also celebrated Browne explained. and shared with all. “Due to the efforts “I was bor n in JEANNE BRowNE of many people, the Long Beach, and I’ve Long Beach Historilived here all my cal and Preservation life,” Browne said. “My family has been here since 1924. My Society, under the leadership of parents also grew up in Long Roberta Fiore, was founded in 1980. The society bought the Beach.” Browne is a retired middle building for the museum in school English instructor who 1997.” The organization’s offictaught in New York City for 10 es, which include a museum, years and in the Lawrence are at 226 W. Penn St. Browne got involved in 2018, School District for 12 years. She has also traveled extensive as a drawn to the society’s archival member of Global Volunteers work. She reco gniz ed the — an organization that helps importance of knowing the stowith community-development ries behind the names preprograms around the world — served in documents. exploring diverse cultures from Continued on page 16
By ANGElINA ZINGARIEllo
azingariello@liherald.com
Courtesy Long Beach Public Schools
But how does it taste with stuffing? Students at Lido Elementary took part in their first annual Thanksgiving parade, and showed off their balloon creations, including an alternative bird — a penguin.
Chabad, village settle lawsuit
Atlantic Beach will pay $400,000 over four years By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com
Atlantic Beach village has agreed to pay the Chabad of the Beaches $400,000 over four years to settle a 2022 federal lawsuit. The Chabad of the Beaches, a Long Beachbased religious organization that also has members in Atlantic Beach and Lido Beach, bought the property at 2025 Park St. in Atlantic Beach, near Village Hall, in November 2021 for $950,000, planning to build a community center for Jewish programming, education and a place of worship.
Only weeks later, the village announced plans to take over the property through eminent domain, a legal procedure in which a government takes over private property and converts it to public use after compensating the owner. At a village board meeting on Nov. 13, James Miskiewicz, an attorney with the firm Greenberg Traurig, who represents the village, gave his legal recommendation to trustees, and others in attendance, on accepting the settlement terms to resolve the Chabad’s lawsuit. In addition to the payments, the village would Continued on page 8