33rd Year, Volume 34 • Issue 12
The People’s Newspaper - Covering All of Brookhaven
March 22, 2017
APRIL 4th
Residents to Vote on MasticMoriches-Shirley Community Library Trustee Seat Residents in the Tri-Hamlet Community will be asked to decide on one library trustee seat when they head to the polls on April 4 at the MasticMoriches-Shirley Community Library on Wiliam Floyd Parkway. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Incumbent Trustee Wendy Gross is seeking her second five-year term and is being challenged by Ray Keenan.
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King Kullen Raises $35K For Long Island Cares
Canditates Screen For Suffolk Legislative Races Slates for Suffolk County Legislative Districts are beginning to take shape ahead of the November 7, 2017 elections. GOP leaders screened persons of interest for the county’s legislative seats which are geographically within Brookhaven Town boundaries in Republicans’ hopes of unseating long-time Democrat incumbents and possibly taking control of the Democrat dominated Suffolk Legislature.
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On hand for the check presentation were (from l. to r.) King Kullen Co-President Brian C. Cullen; Long Island Cares Executive Director Paule T. Pachter; King Kullen Senior VP and Chief Merchandising Officer Joseph W. Brown, who also serves as a Long Island Cares Board Member; and King Kullen Co-President J. Donald Kennedy.
King Kullen, America’s First Supermarket, recently came to the aid of Long Islanders in need by hosting a “Check Out Hunger” campaign in its stores, raising $35,000. The money was donated to the Long Island Cares/Harry Chapin Food Bank, which has been serving the hungry on Long Island since 1980. King Kullen Co-President Brian C. Cullen stated, “King Kullen has been a longtime supporter of the Long Island Cares/Harry Chapin Food Bank. We are pleased to partner with our customers who contributed to ‘Check Out Hunger’ to assist Long Island Cares in its mission to provide emergency food where and when it is needed. Helping those in need in the communities we serve is a tradition that dates back to my grandfather, Michael J. Cullen, who founded King Kullen in 1930.” In 1997, King Kullen was the first supermarket chain to participate in the annual “Check Out Hunger” campaign, a unique partnership between Long Island Cares and the shopping
community in which customers can make a donation with a coupon when checking out at the supermarket register. This year’s campaign ran from October through December 31, 2016. One hundred percent of all donations go to Long Island Cares. “King Kullen has a long history of making a difference in the fight against hunger and its customers have always been charitable in supporting our mission,” observed Long Island Cares/Harry Chapin Food Bank Executive Director Paule T. Pachter. “Together, we continue to help improve the lives of our neighbors on Long Island. We are very grateful to King Kullen and its customers for their steadfast support.” Headquartered in Bethpage, NY, King Kullen is recognized by the Smithsonian Institution as American’s first supermarket. Founded in 1930 by Michael J. Cullen, King Kullen operates 32 supermarkets and five Wild by Nature stores across Long Island.
Mark Sunday, April 2 on your calendar and come down from 2-6pm for an afternoon of art! Ten talented local artists are uniting to help the “VISITING NURSE SERVICE & HOSPICE of SUFFOLK”. Our goal is to raise funds for Hospice House and their eight bed facility in Suffolk County. The artists will be displaying & selling their art inspired by our local beauty. Each artist will donate a piece of their art to be auctioned off with all proceeds going to Hospice. Wine & light refreshments will be served. An $8 donation is requested at the door which enters you into the door prize raffle, an original watercolor painting by our resident artist Lorraine Rimmelin (picture right). All proceeds from this event will go to the Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice. Mastic Beach Property Owners Association 31 Neighborhood Rd., Mastic Beach, NY 11951( corner of Orchid Drive) For donation & information www.lorrainerimmelin.com • 516-510-6897 • info@lorrainerimmelin.com