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THe CeDarHursT-lawreNCe memorial Day Parade is set to return after a one-year absence. Aviation High School’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps took part in the 2019 parade.
Five Towners are making Memorial Day parade plans By maTTHew Ferremi mferremi@liherald.com
In another sign that life in the Five Towns is returning to normal, villages and organizations are making plans to hold Memorial Day parades later this month. After being canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Cedarhurst-Lawrence parade is tentatively scheduled for May 31,
beginning at 10 a.m. According to Cedarhurst mayor Benjamin Weinstock, the parade will step off at Frost Lane in Lawrence. “We’ll be marching down Central Avenue to Cedarhurst,” Weinstock said. “We will then go to [Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park] and have a short program at the park, where we will have a couple of speeches. We will be doing the things we normally
do in memory of the American soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice.” Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, is a time to remember the men and women who died serving in the U.S. military. The holiday was first officially celebrated after the Civil War, on May 30, 1868. New York had been the first state to observe Decoration Day two years earContinued on page 14
In an election that featured seven candidates running for the Board of Education, the HewlettWoodmere School District’s proposed budget passed Tuesday night, and five candidates were either re-elected to the school board or elected for the first time. Incumbent Trustee Judy Menashe was re-elected, with 1,546 votes. Dr. Jon Altus, who last served on the board in 2018 was elected again, with 1,460 votes. Francois Tenenbaum was elected for the first time and was the top vote getter, with 1,796. Each will serve a full three-year term. Shari Amitrano was elected for the first time, with 1,460 votes. Board president Debra Sheinin was re-elected, garnering 1,406. Amitrano and Sheinin will serve a two-year and a oneyear term, completing the terms of Paul Critti and Daniella Simon, both of whom moved out of the district earlier in the school year. Sheinin, Menashe, Altus, Amitrano and Tenenbaum all ran together. The proposed budget of $129.36 million passed with a vote of 1,589 to 1,009. It is $2.48 million, and 1.95 percent, larger than the current spending plan. The tax levy also increased by
1.95 percent. The Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library budget of just under $6.6 million passed, 1,609 to 904. The proposed tax levy is $6.4 million North Woodmere resident Ellen Vaknine was elected to the board in an uncontested race. She will serve a five-year term. In the Lawrence School District, the $102.49 million budget was approved. Incumbent Trustee Heshy Blachorsky defeated Asher Matathias, incumbent Abel Feldhamer ran unopposed, and both secured three-year terms. Propositions 3 and 4 were approved. The district can now establish building capital reserve funds for $5 million each for projects ranging from classroom renovations to heating, ventilation and air conditioning system installations. Approval of Proposition No. 5 allows the district to buy the residential property at 287 Mott Ave. in Inwood for up to $400,000 to create a multi-sport area for the Lawrence Primary School at the Number Two School. No parking would be added to the already existing 94 spaces. The play area would be geared to children ages 5 to 12 and could be used by kids 2 to 12. The Peninsula Public Library budget of $3.1 million passed. Write-in candidate Akiva Lubin won a five-year term, as Trustee Jeb Leb is stepping down.