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Locust Valley man is grateful for new kidney was a blood type match with Geliashvili, 51. On March 10, they both underwent surgery What began as a celebratory at North Shore University Hosbirthday dinner at a popular pital, in Manhasset, and they Glen Cove restaurant led to a reunited days later with the life-altering moment when transplant team, marking the Susanne Deegan, of Sea Cliff, success of a procedure that told La Bussola manager David ended over a year of uncertainGeliashvili, of t y a n d p hy s i c a l Locust Valley, that stress for Geliashshe would get testvili. ed to see if she “There are not could donate a kidenough words for ney to him. me to thank Deegan and her Susanne,” he said. husband, Daniel, “I call her my angel. were celebrating There are angels Daniel’s 60th birthamong us.” day on July 8, surGeliashvili’s rounded by family journey to a transand friends at the plant began in the Italian restaurant. DAVID GelIASHVIlI fall of 2024, when As Susanne was Locust Valley he be gan experienjoying a favorite encing fatigue and dish, stuffed artishortness of chokes, the evening took a seri- breath. He initially believed he ous tur n when Geliashvili had the flu. But by December revealed troubling news. 2024, his condition had wors“He told us at the table — he ened, and he went to the emersaid, ‘I’m sick and I need a kid- gency room, where doctors ney,’” Deegan recounted. “I diagnosed him with polycystic said, ‘I’ll get tested.’” kidney disease — a condition At the time, it was a sponta- that had also affected members neous response. But months of his family. later, that pledge became a realWithin days of his diagnosis, ity. After a series of medical he began dialysis treatments, a e v a l u a t i o n s , D e e g a n , 5 5 , demanding process in which he learned in February that she Continued on page 11
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Spring arrives in oyster Bay After the foul winter weather, spring colors are finally returning to Oyster Bay and the rest of Nassau County’s North Shore. More photos, Page 10.
L.V. school budget is approved But state education commissioner rejects bathroom policy By WIll SHeelINe wsheeline@liherald.com
The Locust Valley Central School District Board of Education unanimously adopted its proposed 2026-27 budget after a final public hearing on Tuesday. The spending plan, totaling roughly $100.3 million, is 2 percent larger than the current budget, and has a property tax levy increase of 2.1 percent. District officials said that is well below the state’s maximum allowable increase of 2.8 percent, which will mean an estimated $669,000 in savings for taxpayers. “Our budget mission is simple but vital: to be
fiscally responsible while providing the necessary resources for our students,” Karen Horoszewski, the district’s assistant superintendent for business, said during the presentation. “We aim to stay within the tax cap constraints while remaining deeply sensitive to the financial impact on our local taxpayers.” Horoszewski noted that Locust Valley has remained under the tax cap each year for over a decade. Property taxes account for roughly 91.8 percent of district revenue, while state aid is projected to increase by almost 6.7 percent and make up just under 5.7 percent of funding. The largest portion of the budget continues to Continued on page 9
here are not enough words for me to thank Susanne. I call her my angel.