(Editor's Note: As with all village elections, immediately following the last date to file a petition to run for office, the Great Neck Record contacts each village's clerk/treasurer, asking for the names of the candidates. And, as well, we ask that the village contact each candidate, asking for a biography, a photograph, and a statement as to why the candidate is running for office. Some villages, and some candidates, do comply. In the weeks to come, we will publish all such election materials.)

Six villages on the Great Neck peninsula will hold elections on Tuesday, March 18 --- Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kensington, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock and Thomaston. Petitions to file to run for office were due by the end of the business day on Feb. 14. The Village of Great Neck Estates and the Village of Saddle Rock will see contested trustee elections.

Elections will be held in June in the villages of Great Neck, Kings Point and Lake Success.

In the Village of Great Neck Estates, three candidates are running for two trustee seats. Incumbent Trustee Howard Hirschman is running for re-election, along with candidates Howard S. Hershenhorn and Alan S. Itchkow, both running for first time seats. The two candidates with the most votes will win the two seats.

The trustee seats are both for two-year terms.

Great Neck Estates elections are Tuesday, March 18, noon to 9 p.m., at Great Neck Estates Village Hall, 4 Atwater Plaza.

Great Neck Plaza elections are all uncontested. Plaza Mayor Jean Celender is running for re-election, as is Deputy Mayor Ted Rosen, who runs for re-election as a trustee (deputy mayor position is appointed by the mayor). Both are two-year terms.

Recently appointed Trustee Rafe Lieber is running for a one-year term, to fill the position vacated by the death of trustee Joel Liebowitz. New candidate Pamela A. Marksheid is running for a new two-year term to fill the spot to be vacated by current Trustee Sheldon Goodman.

Also, Milton Thurm, who is currently serving a one-year term as village justice, is running unopposed for a four-year term.

Great Neck Plaza elections are on Tuesday, March 18, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., at Plaza Village Hall, 2 Gussack Plaza.

Kensington has no contested elections, but the village will have a new mayor, as current Mayor Bonnie Golub steps down. Susan Lopatkin is running, unopposed, for a two-year term as mayor. Incumbent trustees Gregory Keller and Howard Diamond are both running, unopposed, for new two-year terms.

Kensington elections are on Tuesday, March 18, noon to 9 p.m., at Kensington Village Hall, 2 Nassau Drive.

In Russell Gardens, two incumbent trustees are running, unopposed, for re-election. Trustee Matthew Bloomfield and Trustee Ken Sonenberg are both running for new two-year terms.

Russell Gardens elections are Tuesday, March 18, noon to 9 p.m., at Russell Gardens Village Hall, 6 Tain Drive.

The Village of Saddle Rock has three trustee candidates running for two trustee spots. Incumbent Trustee Alan M. Friedman and incumbent Trustee Julia Gavriel are running for their own seats, opposed by J. William Bridbord. The two candidates who garner the most votes will win the two, two-year trustee posts.

Saddle Rock elections are on Tuesday, March 18, noon to 9 p.m., at Saddle Rock Village Hall, 18 Masefield Way.

Village of Thomaston elections will be quiet. Two incumbent trustees are running for re-election. Trustee Lynn Kleinman and Trustee Larry Sneag are both running for re-election to their own two-year posts.

Thomaston elections are Tuesday, March 18, noon to 9 p.m., at Thomaston Village Hall, 100 East Shore Road.