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Friday, June 21, 2019
Vol. 4, No. 25
Port WashingtonTimes HOME & DESIGN
ST. PETER ALCANTARA STATUE VANDALIZED
GOP LEGISLATORS PRESS FOR ASSESSMENT DATA
PAGES 33-48
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Sands Point Trustee Silbert dies at 68
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Longtime public servant dies from heart illness during re-election bid BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Marc Silbert, a longtime public servant in Sands Point, died of a heart ailment on June 9 at the age of 68. He continued to serve the village despite his diagnosis and was running for re-election this spring. His name remained on Tuesday’s ballot as required by state law. Silbert made numerous contributions to his home village of Sands Point. He was a trustee, former president of the Sands Point Civic Association, chief police commissioner of the Sands Point Police Department and co-founder of the Port Washington/Manhasset Office of Emergency Management to name just a few of the roles he assumed. “But a resume of his many and varied positions doesn’t tell us what made Marc such a special colleague and friend,” said Sands Point Mayor Edward Adler. “His legendary sense of humor and
quick wit had no equal … he made me laugh, and not always at the most opportune times.” Silbert first joined the Sands Point village government when he was appointed to the Board of Zoning Appeals by then Mayor Leonard Wurzel in 1996. After a village trustee retired in 2001, Wurzel, Adler and Trustee Katherine Ullman readily agreed that Silbert would make a great trustee, Adler said. “He agreed to join the board and to take over from me the most challenging and time-consuming trustee position — building commissioner,” Adler said. When Adler became mayor 10 years later, he asked Silbert to fill the role of chief police commissioner. “As always, he was a quick study and assumed the new position with gusto, learning every imaginable detail about the department,” the mayor said. Continued on Page 67
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COW NECK PENINSULA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
For the Hill Climb, roadsters assemble at North Hempstead Beach Park and are timed racing up the hill. See story on page 56.
Town urged to delay vote on waterfront zoning BY J ES S I C A PA R K S
Washington’s waterfront business district until October. Last month, the town counPort Washington residents cil introduced changes to the urged the North Hempstead zoning code that proposed Town Board to postpone a vote eliminating residential use from on zoning code changes in Port the district, eliminating below-
ground parking, implementing a 10-yard setback on the front and rear of properties and reducing building height from three stories to two. Over the last 10 days, the Continued on Page 67
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