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Understanding the 2024 election League of Women Voters meeting highlights voter demographics, results
leave the meeting, which was held at the Levittown Public Library, with a better underAt the Nov. 20 meeting of the standing of what happened on Election Day. League of Women Voters of “I would like them to have a East Nassau, attendees were broader sense of the objective treated to an indetails of what hapdepth analysis of pened,” Leiter said. last month’s presi“It was a good oppordential election and tunity for them to air what the results out their individual could mean for the concerns.” future. Rosanna Perotti, The league is a professor of political nonpartisan, grassscience at Hofstra roots organization University, spoke at that works to prothe meeting. Her pretect and expand votsentation about the ing rights throughelection touched on out the country. Its voter tur nout, the East Nassau chapcandidates’ policies ter encompasses and economic trends. Wantagh, Seaford, The tur nout for L ev i t t ow n , M e rthe 2024 election, rick, Bellmore and Perotti said, was simEast Meadow. Joinilar to 2020’s, but this ing the meeting time with a clear were members of RoSANNA advantage for Repubthe Central Nassau licans. Citing reportc h a p t e r, w h i c h PERoTTI includes Baldwin, Professor of political ing from The New York Times, she said Free por t, Union- science, Hofstra that counties with dale, Oceanside and University the largest DemocratWest Hempstead. Ann Leiter, president of the ic margins in 2020 delivered Central Nassau chapter, said roughly 2 million fewer votes the organization encourages for Vice President Kamala Harpeople to get out and vote, and ris than they had for Joe Biden, also aims to educate voters on while Re publican counties political topics. Leiter added added around 1.2 million votes that she hoped attendees would Continued on page 11
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long Island champions! Wantagh defeated two-time defending Long Island Class IV football champion Bayport-Blue Point, 29-21, last Friday at Hofstra University for its first L.I. title since 2016. Story, more photos, Page 6.
Annual hot chocolate run/walk set for Saturday
Seaford Wellness Council hosts 5K fundraiser at high school By JoSIE RACETTE Intern
The Seaford Wellness Council is gearing up for its 19th annual Hot Chocolate 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, a fundraiser for the community and one of the organization’s most successful events of the year. The annual fundraiser, which will take place at Seaford High School, is spearheaded by the wellness council, a nonprofit organization comprising teachers, business owners, local government leaders and residents. The group’s aim is to create a positive change in the community, with a mission statement that reads, “Our goal is to assist in the improvement of the Seaford community’s quality of life by promoting general community wellness.” Michael Di Silvio, the council’s president, began working with the organization 20 years ago after coaching his daughter’s softball and track teams. As a business owner, he knew Seaford well and wanted to do more for the community. “It was refreshing to just use my spare time in a way that I was able to put back into the community,” Di Silvio said.
Di Silvio and the rest of the council’s board decided 20 years ago that the first event they wanted to revive was the run/walk, recalling when he was a runner in the 1980s and took part in the event. They brought the run back in 2004, after a 15-year gap, and now, as council president, Di Silvio said he enjoys watching the runners, families and casual walkers participate. “It’s a great way for families to get together and enjoy a healthy walk/run,” Frank DiGregorio, a council officer who participates in the walk every year, said. At the outset, about 200 people participated, and right before the pandemic, the number increased to almost 1,000, but then the council was unable to hold the event for two years. All the funds earned from the event go to community programs and events. Raffles are held, and bagels and hot chocolate are offered to the participants. Di Silvio said the course has always remained the same, but the council might change where it ends. Instead of starting and ending at the front of the high school, the event will end on the school’s track if there are no conflicts with sporting events. Continued on page 4
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think it’s extremely important, when you start analyzing the election, to look at who actually came out and what was happening there.