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Vol. 32 No. 45
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Blakeman declares victory in Navigation Day Nassau County executive race brings aviation By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ
to life in schools
hgaldamez@liherald.com
Baldwin voters let their voices be heard Tuesday night. Republican Bruce Blakeman declared victory, based on unofficial results as of midnight, to secure another term as Nassau County executive, defeating Democrat Seth Koslow, 54 to 46 percent. Blakeman campaigned on public safety, fiscal restraint and quality-of-life issues. “I want to thank the men and women of Nassau County for giving us all your trust,” Blakeman said. “If not for the people of Nassau County coming out the way they did, we wouldn’t have had the tremendous result we had tonight.” Debra Mulé, the incumbent Nassau County legislator in the 6th District, was projected to win a fifth term, over Republican Danielle Smikle, with 65 percent of the vote. Mul ė ’s campaign focused on strengthe n i n g i n f r a s t r u c t u re a n d improving community spaces. “Thank you for the honor of
navigation, featuring engineers and aviation experts from Lockheed Martin, a leading aeroLong before drones, a topic space and defense company, and some Baldwin High School stu- members of the Lufbery Flyers, dents are now studying, broth- a Long Island-based model aviaers Albert and Arthur Heinrich tion club, joined the event. Gabriella Franza, the dislaunched their own piece of aviation history on that very soil in trict’s assistant director for 1910. instructional programs, who The two young helped orchestrate inventors built and the event, said the flew the first suchigh school’s cessful all-Ameriinvolvement grew can monoplane on from student interwhat is now the site est. of Plaza Elementa“ We h av e a n ry School, at 501 Introduction to Seaman Ave. Drones course that Now, 115 years students take, and later, students con- GABRiEllA there was a large tinued that legacy fRANZA student interest in on Oct. 28 through Assistant director wh a t a d d i t i o n a l Baldwin School Dis- Instructional programs careers they can do trict’s inaugural with the skills they Navigation Day, a were lear ning in hands-on STEM the class,” she said. event celebrating “Navigation applies both the science of flight and directly with the skills they are the community’s rich role in learning in this class, and the American aviation. skills they learn with the simuThe program has teamed stu- lators they use from drones are dents from the high school’s similar to systems used for STEM/Engineering Academy, flight and submarine navigawho have enrolled in the dis- tion.” trict’s Introduction to Drones During morning sessions at course, with Brookside Elemen- the high school, students tary School’s fourth graders for learned about aviation safety, an exploration of air and sea
By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ
hgaldamez@liherald.com
Tim Baker/Herald
Republican nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman won a second term on tuesday night, easily defeating his democratic challenger, Seth Koslow. once again representing . . . District 6,” Mul ė told Herald reporters. “I promise to always do my best to provide the best services for my constituents.” In the Town of Hempstead, John Fer retti, who was appointed supervisor in August, was elected to a full ter m. He was projected to
defeat Democratic challenger Joseph Scianablo, 53 percent to 47 percent. “Our position on the issues that face Hempstead residents, Nassau County residents — we’re on the right side of every one of them,” Ferretti said. For the most up-to-date results, visit LIHerald.com.
ElEction RESUltS Office
Leading
Opponent
nassau county Executive
Bruce Blakeman (R) ................. 54%
Seth Koslow (d) ................46%
nassau county District Attorney anne donnelly (R) .................... 55%
nicole aloise (d) ...............45%
nassau county comptroller
elaine R. phillips (R)................. 55%
Wayne Wink Jr. (d) ............45%
nassau county clerk
Maureen o’Connell (R) ............. 56%
Joylette Williams (d) .........44%
town of Hempstead Supervisor
John Ferretti (R)........................ 53%
Joseph Scianblo (d) ..........47%
town clerk
Kate Murray (R) ........................ 57%
Yveline L. dalmacy (d) ......43%
county legislator District 1
Scott davis (d) ......................... 69%
Charlene thompson (R) ....35%
county legislator District 6
debra Mule (d) ........................ 65%
danielle Smikle (R) ...........35%
unofficial results as of midnight tuesday
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he goal is to make the students excited about STEM.
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