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Copiague Fire Dept. commissioner race is set for December 10 By CAROLYN JAMES cjames@liherald. com
Amityville Village recognizes Ahmadya Muslim community on its anniversary Photo Courtesty/Amityville Village The Village of Amityville joined in honoring the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Amityviille on the occasion of their 20th Anniversary recently. Mayor Dennis Siry (center), Trustee Michael O’Neill (left) and Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith (right) presented a proclamation at a celebration for Baitul Huda, “House of Guidance,” and wished continued success to religious leaders
ASD launches community survey to gather information on new mascot As the Amityville Union Free School District begins the process of identifying a new mascot, it has launched a survey for all community residents to offer input. The district encourages all residents, faculty, staff and students to participate in the survey which will help to identify those values and themes that the district’s new mascot should represent. The district is open to all suggestions and looks forward to the community’s input. The survey will remain open until
Friday, Dec. 13. Links to the survey can be found on the district’s website, www.amityvilleschools.org and are also listed below: English Survey: https://forms.gle/s1QWXtzPhceHDQ6bA Spanish Survey: https://forms.gle/E1zFb4skDDAcZCT68 For more information, call the district at (631) 789-6230.
Voters in Copiague will head to the polls on Tues., Dec. 10 to elect a commissioner to the fire department board. Running for another term is Copiague Fire Commissioner Angelo Licata, a member of the department for 37 years. He is seeking his fifth term and is unopposed. Licata began his career as a volunteer in the department’s Hook & Ladder and Rescue Company and has served as a Commissioner for 20 years. Professionally he is a plumber. A focus of the department which begun several years ago, was to reach out and work more closely with the people and organizations in the Copiague Fire District, Amity Harbor, the American Venice, an incentive that he said he and the board has found to be highly successful and one that he would like to see continued. “As a department, we have reached out to bring the community and the fire department closer,” said Licata. “Our efforts over the last several years have been very
successful and we have built many sound relationships that has not only allowed us to get things done but also to bring the community together and make it stronger.” Two recent projects include the completion of revitalizing two small parks in the hamlet, including construction of a memorial park, one at the corner of Great Neck Road and Dixon Avenue and the other at Wilson Ave and Montauk Highway where they adopted the corners and worked with the Copiague Chamber sprucing up the site. “So far the community seems very grateful for this and as a board we look forward to completing even more projects in Copiague,” said Licata. Like other volunteer departments, Copiague Fire Department is taking advantage of New York State legislation that allows them to recoup some of the costs for EMS services through individuals’ health care coverage. Funds received by the district are kept in a separate line item in the budget and go to pay for some of the expenses related to this service. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14