Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

‘The Devilish Details’ of New Law for Village Dissolution

The sponsors call it the Empowerment Act for short, but local governments are calling it the Disenfranchisement Act because the sweeping legislation passed this June, going into effect in March 2010, requires voters to vote to dissolve or consolidate local government before they know whether such actions would save money, or not.

“There’s a lot of confusion about the Act and it’s up to you to educate your residents so they’ll know that signing a petition for dissolution sets into motion a complicated, expensive process where the cart is before the horse,” said Wade Beltramo, special counsel for the New York State Conference of Mayors (NYCOM) to a roomful of mayors and village officials from Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties at a NYCOM meeting held at Mineola High School on Oct. 29. Beltramo spent the evening giving a quick course in the new act, which is summarized below.

Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

Maintain Stronghold in Oyster Bay Town, County Exec Race Not Yet Called

(Editor’s Note: The election numbers contained in this story were from the Nassau County Board of Elections and were still unofficial as of press time.)

Residents headed for the polls on this past Tuesday, Election Day, to vote for the candidates of their choice.

Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

Head Coach Jim Gunn continues his commitment to the young men participating in roller hockey for the Farmingdale community. After the 2008-2009 season, Jim received the Island wide High School Roller Hockey Junior Varsity Coach of the Year Award. This season, for the Varsity Black team, his assistant coaches are Mr. Jermyn, Steve Sloane, and Gabe Vitale. The team is off to a great start with two wins and one loss.

Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

Competing against eight other teams, including two Conference I squads, the Farmingdale Lady Dalers Swimming and Diving Team finished third overall at their Division Finals held at the Nassau Aquatic Center. Coached by Ken Ilchuk and Randy Corcoran, the Lady Dalers started out ahead of the game, when Sarah Hendrickson(JR) finished 1st in the diving competition.  Hendrickson’s score of 422.35 qualified her for the New York State Diving Championships.

The other highlight of the meet was the performance of the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay team of Sara Golshar(FR), Lorraine Pye(SR), Nora Reade(JR) and Marissa Boccio(SR), who finished 3rd and broke the Farmingdale High School record in the event posting a time of 400.09.  The girls are determined to swim under four minutes at the Nassau County Championships.