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employees. At Tuesday’s meeting, firefighter Patrick Graba, from OysThe Oyster Bay Town Board ter Bay’s Atlantic Steamer Fire voted unanimously on Tuesday Company 1, received a citation to pass its 2021 for heroism and budget. The spendselfless service to ing plan totals the community. He $311.7 million, a was recognized for roughly 1.7 pera water rescue on cent increase over Sept. 2, 2019, at the current budMill Neck Creek. get, which is $306.5 He rescued a man million. and a woman who The tax levy — were trapped in the total amount thick mud after the town must colgetting off their lect in taxes to personal water meet expenses — craft. would stay at $233 The pair were million. The town unable to move would freeze taxes due to the powerfor the fourth year ful suction of the in a row, which mud, and Graba would result in a entered the soupy total of $5.2 milmud while tethlion staying in taxered by his fellow payers’ pockets firefighters to a from 2018 until the LOU IMBROTO nearby tree for staend of 2021. bility. He piggyTown councilman The increase in backed a traditionthe budget comes al backboard and a as a result of specialty ice resincreasing town cue backboard, salaries, contractual expenses, and crawled out to the victims state-mandated increases in the on them. They clung to the minimum wage and an increased reliance on part-time CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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Fresh cider, by the gallon Hot and cold apple cider is available at the Jericho Cider Mill shop — and it’s made fresh four or five times a week. More photos, Page 3.
Looking out for one another during coronavirus pandemic By JENNIFER CORR jcorr@liherald.com
Since 2013, the YOLO Strong Foundation has been working to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children on Long Island with serious illnesses and mental and physical disabilities. This is often done by raising money through activities like races, obstacle courses and other physical activities. With the coronavirus pandemic creating a financial bur-
den for many organizations and businesses and making in-person fundraising efforts difficult, it appeared that the foundation would not be able to raise the thousands of dollars it usually does every year. “While they generally raise enough through their races and their events, and most of their events are athletic-based events . . . they, too, face the challenge of this year in light of the pandemic,” Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
Joseph Saladino said. “But nothing — not a pandemic, not a hurricane, not a storm, nothing — can hold back the resolve of the members of YOLO.” It was a phone call from Rustan Lundstrum, the owner of Coach Meeting House in Oyster Bay, that ensured that YOLO would still be able to make a difference, as it has done for almost a decade. Lundstrum said he was reachCONTINUED ON PAGE 16
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ertain people decided to make a political show out of our meeting on Tuesday and make it a circus. We’ve adopted rules of decorum to protect the First Amendment rights of our residents.