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A promise to make ice rink skateable done sooner, De Natale said that the DPW had to focus on snow removal. A group of roughly 30 BayPaul Rupp, a former mayor ville residents gathered outside who opened the rink in three of Village Hall last Saturday to the four years of his term, hear Mayor Bob De Natale’s agreed with De Natale that snow plans for a beloved ice rink. removal had to come first. “We Once a popular rechad some severe reational site, it has snowstorms,” Rupp not been maintained said. “I would rather for years, and the have had the roads 100-foot wooded trail cleared. The guys in leading to it is overDPW, they work grown and blocked hard, but I guess by fallen trees. they could have Paul Mager and a been pushed.” large group of volunWhen Rupp was teers had planned to mayor, then village revitalize the rink Trustee Tim Charand wooded trail on, Rupp and eight that day, but De PAUL MAGER parents maintained Natale did not allow the rink, taking Bayville it. It was a question turns filling it with of liability, he said, water each night. suggesting that people volunteer The ice is created in layers. A next year in November or week of sub-20-degee weather is December. required to freeze the ground for “We never wanted to do a the initial layer of ice at the major renovation, just make the base. Then, in order to add to it, path manageable and the rink three to four days of cold weathsign larger,” Mager said. “I don’t er are needed. No one had filled know why we had to climb over the rink this year, and on Saturtrees to get to the rink. Why day there was nothing but dirt in didn’t DPW clear it?” the middle of it. De Natale promised to have Mager posted photos of the the Department of Public Works rink on Facebook, which includdo a cleanup. When asked on Sat- ed graffiti and missing handurday why that had not been CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
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How to satisfy a sweet tooth Kristan Newman, a co-owner of Wonderful Wedding Cakes, put the finishing touches on one that was for Valentine’s Day as well as a birthday. Story, Page 3.
To support local businesses, chamber offers ‘Share the Bill’ By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
Spending money and being reimbursed for half of it is a rare opportunity, but it will become a reality next week in the hamlet. Places of business that belong to the Oyster BayEast Norwich Chamber of Commerce, and there are roughly 200, will take part in the Share the
Bill program from Feb. 22 to 28. When you make a purchase from a member, you can email a photo or a scan of the receipt, including the vendor, date and amount, as well as your full name and PayPal email address, to sharethebill@visitoysterbay. com. You will be reimbursed for half the price, up to $30. Ryan Schlotter, the chamber’s president and a co-owner of Oys-
ter Bay Brewing, said that Farmingdale’s chamber offered a similar program last summer, and it proved popular. “We hope to drag as many people out to spend money in places that support the chamber,” Schlotter said. “When Rob Brusca brought this up months ago, we looked at the calendar and tried to choose a week where we traditionally are slow, CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
t’s frustrating, because the little we wanted to do could have been done by now.