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Atlantic Beach has a contested trustee election been in the area of drowning prevention and water safety and really talking about the Atlantic Beach residents importance of drowning preNathan Etrog, an incumbent, vention and water safety,” Laura Heller, Julia Herbert Etrog said. and Joseph Pierantoni are all He also has a degree in r u n n i n g f o r t h e t w o o p e n social work from Boston Unitrustee seats for the village. In versity and was a social workthe open election, the two can- er and the vice president of didates with the psychiatry at St. most votes win the John’s Episcopal seats. Hospital in Far Trustee Patricia Rockaway for 30 Beaumont will not years. be running for re“Being a social election after servworker has helped ing two terms. All me in anything terms are two that I do because years. you learn to listen to people and learn to if necessary be a Nathan Etrog mediator and a Etrog, 79, is rungood delegator,” ning for his second Etrog added. “All SOURCE: AtLANtIC two-year term as those skills have t r u s t e e . H e w a s BEACh wEBSItE helped me very originally appointmuch in my work ed in April 2023 to with the village, in fill retired Trustee Andy all the things I’ve done.” Rubin’s position. Should he be re-elected, his Etrog has lived in Atlantic primary focus would include Beach for almost 50 years and — h a v i n g t r a n s p a rency, currently serves as a commisaccountability and integrity sioner for the Atlantic Beach Fire Department and a chair- in government. “One of the things we can man of the Village Parks Comdo better at is transparency in mission. government and letting the “A lot of my work as trustee
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Courtesy Matthew DeCicco
Hewlett High School senior Matthew DeCicco broke the school, meet and facility records for both the hurdles and the pentathlon at the largest ever Bulldog Invitational.
Hewlett H.S. senior breaks Bulldog Invitational records By BRIAN NORMAN bnorman@liherald.com
For thousands of high school track and field athletes across Long Island, the Bulldog Invitational is a final shot at qualifying for the postseason. But for one Hewlett High School senior, it was a chance to leave his name in the record books. Matthew DeCicco, a senior on the men’s varsity track and field team, has been one of the top performers for Hewlett during his four-year tenure on the squad. A multiple-time county champion, DeCicco originally didn’t plan to run in the invita-
tional to prepare for the state championship on June 13 and 14 at Middletown High School in Middletown New York , however, after recording no score in the high jump, he had to change his plans. “I really wasn’t even supposed to compete at the Bulldog (Invitational),” DeCicco said. “I was supposed to get the state super standard at a previous meet, but I had no height in high jump, and I didn’t get the standard, so we had to change plans and compete at the Bulldog.” His decision to participate in the invitational proved to be worthwhile, breaking ContInueD on page 12
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