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After Noone, town makes changes from the same. Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino said that the new reform is The Town of Oyster Bay took meant to strengthen transparena step to reduce the risk of fraud cy in the town’s financial and and conflicting interests among business dealings. This is espetown employees and officials on cially pressing, as Noone, who Tuesday as it passed a resolution was the first and only inspector which included requiring all general appointed by the town town vendors and contractors to since the position’s creation in 2019, is accused of disclose the names ensuring cyber and percentage of security request for interest of all partproposals from the ners, members or town went to his stakeholders. business partners This resolution and associates. comes on the heels “This reform is of the resignation designed to unmask of Brian Noone, the ownership that is town’s for mer JARED BEHR not readily apparent inspector general, while adding transwho resigned on Candidate for Town of parency and allowJune 23 after an Oyster Bay Supervisor ing a greater due investigation was diligence to prevent launched due to alleconflicts of interest or the gations of ethics violations. The new resolution passed appearances thereof by institutunanimously during the Aug. 15 ing these new disclosure requiretown board meeting, and follows ments,” Saladino said. “By instiprevious changes they had made tuting these new disclosure to the office of inspector general. requirements, we are further Changes include prohibiting the protecting our taxpayers.” Sea Cliff resident Arthur inspector general from having any direct or indirect financial Adelman asked what the exact relationships with town vendors changes proposed in the resoluor contractors and prohibiting tion were. Upon his request for the inspector general from more detail, the board deferred receiving any gifts or services CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
By WILL SHEELINE
wsheeline@liherald.com
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You never know what you’ll find Every Tuesday is car heaven at Oyster Bay’s Cruise Night. An array of cars are brought to the hamlet for display from all over the island, like Preston Hicks’ 1930 Ford-Model A. More photos, Page 10.
Ships in bottles make port in Cold Spring Harbor By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com
While many young people might not know about the historical pastime of creating and collecting ships in bottles, a recent donation to the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum will help ensure that the history of the hobby will not be forgotten. The family of Lester Kappel, of Long Beach, an avid collector of the most iconic variety of so-called impossible bottles who died in May, recently donated 19 bottle-encased ships from his collection, which will no doubt continue to serve as inspiration and education for generations to come.
The craft of creating a ship in a bottle dates back to the late 18th century. Gina Van Bell, the museum’s assistant director, explained that they represent an important aspect of the local artistry of the period, because many were made by whalers and sailors who spent weeks or months aboard a ship with little else to do but craftwork to pass the time. Long Island was a crucial contributor to the whaling industry for decades, and port towns like Cold Spring Harbor were epicenters of whaling. Making ships in bottles was very common on Long Island, and on the North Shore in particular. “Empty glass bottles, small pieces of wood and CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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