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Friday, June 3, 2016

Vol. 76, No. 23

GUIDE TO HARBORFEST

herricks alum returns as writer

D’URSO SEEKS RETURN TO SERVICE

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East Williston votes down referendum Board decides 3-2 against holding bond vote for water supply system By N o a h M a n s k a r The Village of East Williston will not hold a referendum on an independent water supply system, a change in course in negotiations with Williston Park that all but ends the villages’ five-year waterservice dispute. East Williston’s Village Board voted 3-2 at a May 23 meeting against putting the $7.5 million proposal to a public vote, with Deputy Mayor Bonnie Parente, Trustee James Iannone and Trustee Anthony Casella in the majority over Mayor David Tanner and Trustee Christopher Siciliano. Trustees also voted 4-1 to approve the latest iteration of a 25-year water-service agreement with Williston Park pending small changes the Nassau County Department of Health suggested. Tanner was the sole no vote. Approving the contract gives the village a “clean, new start” without the risk of losing the

agreement as a referendum moves forward, Parente said. “We walked out moving the village forward, and we can now start concentrating on other things for the betterment of the village,” she said. But Tanner said Iannone’s vote against the referendum broke a commitment he had made to let residents decide the issue, leaving unresolved the question of whether they want their own water system. “As far as I’m concerned, our residents were robbed of their chance to vote, to voice their opinion, and unfortunately we’ll never know what the outcome would have been,” Tanner said. The two village boards agreed to the major terms of the agreement at a public negotiation March 3. The Nassau County Department of Health recommended simple changes to legal language on May 16, Tanner said. Continued on Page 72

Honoring the fallen

PHOTO BY noah manskar

Albertson Fire Company Chaplain Rev. Christina van Liew, priest of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Williston Park, leads a prayer at a Memorial Day ceremony Monday in Albertson. A new memorial honoring Albertson and Roslyn Heights residents killed in the Vietnam War was unveiled at the ceremony. See story on page 2.

E.W. grads rally behind teacher during suspension By N o a h Manskar

the classroom. 2011 Wheatley School graduate Randi Fuchs has East Williston school dis- raised $4,200 since last Thurstrict alumni are rallying to sup- day to support eighth-grade port another beloved teacher science teacher Christine Periwho has been suspended from nelli, who is serving a 90-day

suspension without pay after being found guilty of disciplinary charges in April. “It’s unfortunate that it was picked apart so much to the point where she almost lost Continued on Page 72

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