Friday, June 22, 2018
THE PULSE OF THE PENINSULA
Vol. 93, No. 25
NASSAU HOUSING PRICES JUMP 8.1%
KENSINGTON CLERK DIES AT 63
OPIOID OVERDOSES DOWN IN NASSAU
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Sobel, Namdar re-elected
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2 new trustees also picked in L. Success BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Village of Great Neck Trustees Bart Sobel and Norman Namdar beat back a challenge from Perry Spector on Tuesday night, while the Village of Lake Success elected two new trustees and Kings Point re-elected its mayor PHOTO BY KAREN RUBIN and two trustees in an uncontested race. Nearly 200 midshipmen of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point throw their caps into the air, celebratIn the Village of Great Neck, Sobel, of the Great Neck Greater ing their graduation from the school. See story on page 2. Village Party, received 339 votes, while his running mate, Namdar, received 262. Spector, a 20-yearold challenger running with the Voice of the Village Party, secured 116 votes. “I feel vindicated,”" Sobel said. “I feel that I worked very hard to earn the trust of the residents in this village and I hope I 60 percent to 30 percent and ing all the water I drank — and I so I cut back a little bit on my BY JA N E LL E will continue to do so.” work,” Eshaghoff, a product coeventually to 5 about a year ago drank very little of it.” C L A U S E N Sobel added that the next Today, after six months of ordinator at the rug manufac— which threatened his body step is to continue working on Sean Eshaghoff, a 49-year- and heart, as potassium, exces- emergency procedures and di- turing company Nourison, said downtown revitalization, the Essex Road village footbridge and old Great Neck resident, recalled sive water and toxins built up in alysis, Eshaghoff has been going in the interview. “And it’s really into a dialysis center three times hard to move on with your life.” his system. “continuing to improve our vil- watching his kidneys fail. Eshaghoff, who is seeking a “Unfortunately when kid- a week for hours at a time. It is He and his doctor steadily lage in every way we can.” Continued on Page 71 saw their productivity drop from neys don’t work, your body car- there that he is hooked to a ma- kidney donor with an O negative ries around so much tox- chine that does what his kidneys blood type, also helped spark ins,” Eshaghoff said in an should do but no longer can: a Monday panel facilitated by Sephardic Heritage Alliance Inc., interview, noting he carried pump out water and toxins. “Right now because of the Temple Israel and other groups around 20 to 25 pounds of water. “I had thrown up be- kidney issues, it’s almost like a on the topic of organ donation at cause my body was retain- part-time job going to dialysis, Continued on Page 59
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