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Council feuds over increases in city salaries
Chamber hosts annual fall festival Wiley Adamo enjoyed his time in the pumpkin patch during the Glen Cove Chamber fall festival at the Glen Cove YMCA on Saturday. See story, photos. page 10.
information to do my job as I should,” Silverman said. “This is no way to run an organizaA tense Glen Cove City tion.” She questioned why the proCouncil meeting erupted into raised voices on Sept. 24 as a posal had not been presented at late addition to the agenda, the council’s pre-meeting the involving salary increases for w e e k b e f o r e . P a n z e n b e c k city employees, sparked a heat- responded that she had been ed debate over transparency, out of town for two days visitprocess and respect for reli- ing family, and needed time to speak with the gious observance. employees’ superThe council had visor before adding been asked to vote the item to the on salary hikes for agenda. She noted three Department that Deputy Mayor of Public Works Donna McNaughemployees and one ton had emailed worker at the Glen the council about Cove Senior Center. MARSHA the additions on The raises had SILVERMAN Sept. 19. been added to the “It was an acciagenda the previ- City councilwoman dent,” Panzenbeck ous Friday, prompting several council members to said. “I made a mistake; I’m not express concern that they had perfect.” When Silverman not been given adequate time pointed out that she had no or documentation to evaluate opportunity to review the information over the weekend, Panthe proposal. Councilwoman Marsha Sil- zenbeck responded, “So don’t verman, who is running for vote for it.” That prompted Silverman to mayor against incumbent Pam Panzenbeck, voiced her frustra- request an executive session to tion early in the meeting, say- discuss the raises privately, citing she had not received perfor- ing the sensitive nature of permance reviews for the employ- sonnel matters. The request ees or a rationale for the raises. was approved with votes by Sil“I continue to not get complete CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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Celebrating the completion of Landing Elementary extension By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
The Glen Cove City School District marked a milestone on Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new extension at Landing Elementary School. The event, held outside the school doors leading to McLoughlin Street, brought together past and present administrators, staff and community members to celebrate a longawaited addition to one of the district’s oldest and most beloved schools. The ceremony included a guided walkthrough of the new wing, which features four new classrooms, an elevator, updated staircases
and restrooms on both the first and second floors. Angela Raimo, President of the Board of Education, reflected on the effort it took to get to this day. “It was the hard work of our past and current school administration and past and current boards that made this happen,” Raimo said. “We’re really excited for this beautiful new space, and the chance to enjoy it for years to come.” Michael Israel, Landing School’s principal from 1999 to 2012 and its assistant superintendent until 2022, returned for the ceremony. “When I saw on Facebook that they were unveilCONTINUED ON PAGE 7