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FoRMeR lYNBRook MAYoR Eugene Scarpato died on Tuesday from heart complications at 89. In addition to serving as mayor from 1995 to 2007, he helped build the village pool.
Blue Ribbon Campaign supports local police have felt abandoned by most politicians as of late,” Paladino said. “In Lynbrook, we realize Wi t h a g row i n g d iv i d e how much our residents and our between many communities and local government enjoy the serlaw enforcement vice we deliver.” agencies, Nassau At a July 14 County and Village news conference, of Lynbrook offiCounty Legislator cials recently C. William Gaylor, launched a Blue a Republican from Ribbon Campaign Lynbrook, and to support local Mayor Alan Beach police departannounced the ments. campaign, which With the Nassau urges community County Police members to place Department and blue ribbons outt h e N e w Yo r k side their homes Police Department and places of busifacing anti-police ness as a show of sentiment and calls BRiAN PAlAdiNo solidarity. t o d e f u n d t h e Chief, Lynbrook Police Paladino said police, the cam- Department residents showing paign was created their support to encourage resiwould help keep dents and business owners to LPD officers’ spirits up during a show support for local police offi- trying time. He said there had cers, including those in the Lyn- been four protests in Lynbrook brook Police Department. in the nearly two months since Lynbrook Police Chief Brian George Floyd was killed by a Paladino said he was not part of Minneapolis police officer. He the initiative’s launch, but noted described the demonstrations as he appreciated the sentiment “loud, but peaceful.” behind it. “Each has been handled very “The Blue Ribbon program is professionally by all the police a very nice gesture to boost the morale of the police officers who Continued on page 3
By Mike SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com
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n Lybrook, we realize how much our residents and our local government enjoy the service we deliver.
Courtesy Virginia Scarpato
‘He was the best mayor’ Eugene Scarpato dies at 89
By Mike SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com
Whether it’s the village pool, the Little League baseball field or the vibrant downtown, there is evidence of former mayor Eugene Scarpato’s impact on Lynbrook in all parts of the village. Scarpato died on Tuesday at 89 from heart complications, but he leaves a lasting legacy to a village that meant a great deal to him, and where he served as mayor from 1995
to 2007. “He did so many things,” Scarpato’s wife, Virginia, said. “He revitalized the village. He created the baseball field. He brought in the pool. There’s a lot of great stuff that he did.” Scar pato was bor n in Queens on June 30, 1931, the third son of John and Josephine Scarpato. He graduated from LaSalle Academy in New York City and then attended St. John’s University, where he majored in account-
ing. He joined the U.S. Marines in October 1953 and became a first lieutenant during the Korean War. After the Marines, he joined his family printing business, My-Jo Printing, which was affectionately named after his mother. Eugene met Virginia, his future wife of 64 years, at a family gathering. They wed on May 19, 1956, and had five children. The Scarpatos lived on Hawthor ne Street for many years, and quickly got Continued on page 3