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Thursday, May 9, 2024 ~ Volume 69 ~ Issue Number 23 ~ $1.00 Credit - Matt Meduri
Romaine Gives 2024 State of the County Address By Matt Meduri Pursuant to the County Charter, the County Executive must address the Suffolk County Legislature with a “State of the County” address, with the intention being to update the Legislators on current affairs in the County and delineate priorities and a path forward. Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine (R-Center Moriches) addressed the Legislature and the public at Tuesday’s general meeting at 10:30a.m. at the Legislature building in Hauppauge. It was the first State of the County Address delivered by a Republican County Executive to a Legislature with a Republican supermajority since 1996. “I am extremely hopeful about the future of this County and there’s eighteen reasons for that, and they’re all sitting around me,” Romaine opened. “We may not always agree on everything, but there’s one thing that I think everyone should agree on, and that’s that the future of this County is good, but it can be improved.” Continued on page 11
Ann Pellegrino Honored As Suffolk County’s 2024 Woman of Distinction By Matt Meduri
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(Left to right) Brookhaven Clerk LaValle, Ann Pellegrino, Legislator Caracappa, Grace Ioannidis, Legislator Kennedy, Twila Silverman (Credit - Matt Meduri)
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Pursuant to Suffolk County Resolution 786-2002, each County Legislator has an opportunity to recognize a “Woman of Distinction” within their district to honor her for contributions and impact on her community during the month of March. While March had venerable nominees from all eighteen legislative districts, one woman of distinction stood out and was honored as the countywide Woman of Distinction of 2024. Ann Pellegrino, of Centereach, was nominated by Legislator Nick Caracappa (C-Selden) of the Fourth Legislative District. Pellegrino has earned perennial recognition for her management and preservation of Bethel Hobbs Farm. The farm was started in the early 1900s, when James Hobbs and his family moved from Georgia to Long Island, settling in northern Centereach. Hobbs worked on the land near today’s Oxhead Road that he eventually purchased for himself. Continued on page 3
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