Last month, the Clock Tower Party, the Village of Roslyn's oldest political party, held its annual fall meeting. Party members, naturally enough, discussed politics, including next year's elections. They also had a visit from a police officer from Nassau County's Sixth Precinct on the crime situation in the village itself.

At the meeting, the Clock Tower Party formed its nominating committee for the upcoming 2003 village elections. John Durkin, current mayor of Roslyn, has indicated his desire to run for re-election, while Marta Genovese and Nolan Myerson also wish to continue as board of trustee members. Milton Grunwald, who was appointed to fill the seat of the late Nathan Stern last summer, will seek the nomination to continue as the village justice.

Upon the recommendation of the nominating committee, a slate of candidates will be submitted to the membership at the annual meeting set for January 2003. That slate will run in the general election in March 2003.

Clock Tower Party member Michael Dorsky said that as of now, there are no other announced candidates for the BOT or village justice positions. He added that the party is open to the ideas of anyone who is interested in running for those positions.

Other villages in the Roslyn area have held their own forums on the crime situation on the North Shore. At the Clock Tower Party meeting, Officer Bob Brown of the 6th Precinct said that Roslyn, at least compared to other villages in the area, does not have a real crime problem, especially in the area of residential burglaries, which is the main concern in both East Hills and Roslyn Heights. In fact, its record for combating crime is the "best of all" in all the surrounding villages.

Officer Brown also said that the crime situation in all other parts of Long Island is even worse than what the North Shore has experienced in the past year. In fact, Officer Brown told local residents that they should consider themselves "lucky" that crime is such a minor problem. That probably is of little comfort to numerous homeowners in the area. The end of summer did not see a a major slackening of burglaries in the area.

On Friday, Sept. 13, the Mobil Station on Willis Avenue in Roslyn Heights was victim of an attempted robbery. A three-day period from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 saw burglaries in Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, Flower Hill, and Roslyn Heights. On Oct. 11, there was a residential burglary in East Hills, while Oct. 12 saw two burglaries in Roslyn Heights. On Oct. 24, a residence in Flower Hill was burglarized. The first week in November saw residential burglaries in East Hills and Roslyn Heights.

At least two recent robbery attempts on individuals were met with fierce resistance. On Saturday morning, Nov. 16 on Railroad Road in Roslyn Heights, an individual was approached and accosted by two men. According to police, as the victim was falling to the ground, he took out a pocketknife and slashed one of his attackers on the face. Both attackers then fled.

Less than a week later, on Thursday, Nov. 21, at around 9:20 p.m., a woman was accosted on Main Street in Roslyn by a man who attempted to rob her pocketbook. Police said the burglar fled southbound on Main Street, but the victim's husband chased him and the burglar soon dropped the bag and fled the village in a blue car.