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Wighaus named inspector general for Oyster Bay sees the town’s contracting processes, vets its vendors and e n s u re s t h at o f f i c i a l s a re The Oyster Bay Town Board informed about any potential has appointed John Wighaus, criminal or labor issues assoa r e t i r e d N a s s a u C o u n t y ciated with contractors. The Police Department detective job was created in 2017, in and union leader, as the town’s response to the cor ruption scandal that had new inspector genled to for mer eral. Supervisor John The appointVenditto’s resignament, approved at the board’s Aug. 12 tion and the meeting, fills a appointment of vacancy left when cur rent Supervithen Inspector sor Joseph SaladiGeneral Brian no. Noone resigned in “John Wighaus June 2023. Noone’s has over 30 years approval of cyberof experience as a security compadecorated detecnies for town cont ive, ” S a l a d i n o tracts had been said. “He put his under investig aow n l i f e o n t h e tion, though he line many, many was never crimitimes. He is nally charged. The bright, he is hont ow n a t t o r n e y ’s JOHN WIGHAUS est and he is a of fice h a d Inspector general powerhouse.” assumed the Wi g h a u s , 6 0 , inspector g enersaid that his backal’s responsibilities in the g round in law enforcement i n t e r i m . Wi g h a u s ’s t e r m , and contract oversight had which is expected to be gin helped prepare him for the before the end of the month, job. “I want to make sure the will run through the end of town’s contracting processes 2027. are followed,” he said. “I’m The inspector general over-
By WILL SHEELINE
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Courtesy Michael Angevine
Michael Angevine is seeking a live liver donor to save his life.
Calling on the community for help By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
Michael Angevine never imagined that at just 42 years old, he would hope for the generosity of a stranger to save his life. The Glen Cove High School graduate and lifelong resident is battling end-stage liver disease, and because of complications with his heart, he no longer qualifies for a deceased donor transplant. His only chance for survival is finding someone willing to donate a portion of his or her liver. “I have a really hard time asking for help, but I can’t be afraid anymore,” Angevine wrote in a recent Facebook post. “I’m only 42 years old, and I don’t want to pass away at this time.” His health struggles began in 2011, when he was hospitalized with severe pancreatitis.
He spent weeks in the hospital, including Thanksgiving and Christmas, and, looking back now, he believes that was when doctors could have caught his liver condition. “Fatty liver was written right there in my reports,” Angevine said. “If they had checked me for it, I might have been able to reverse the disease.” By 2014, a biopsy confirmed cirrhosis, permanent scarring of the liver. At the time, doctors told him he had about 10 years before his health would begin to unravel. Almost to the day, Angevine said, their prediction came true. Once a district manager for Sleepy’s, Angevine was forced to stop working by his illness. Deter mined not to give up, he returned to school, earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
’m very confident in my abilities, and I feel I can do the job in the right way to protect the residents of Oyster Bay and the town of Oyster Bay.
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