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In campaign for town supervisor, it’s Round Two Scianablo also campaigned on easing the strain of rising costs in the township, from a 12 Joseph Scianablo, a Marine percent property tax hike to combat veteran, retired New increases in water, power and York City police officer and for- fuel bills. Now, he said, he’s m e r Q u e e n s p r o s e c u t o r, returning “to finish the job.” “I am running because the announced his candidacy for people of the Town H e m p s t e a d t ow n of Hempstead supervisor last deserve a gover nweek, launching a rematch against the ment that works for incumbent Republithem, not for a c a n s u p e r v i s o r, handful of insidJohn Ferretti. ers,” Scianablo statFerretti defeated ed in a press release Scianablo, a Demoon Feb. 4. “What we crat, last November. uncovered was only Town supervisors the beginning, and serve for two years, it makes it clear but because of a there is still more new state law that that needs to be shifted all municibrought into the pal elections to open.” e v e n - n u m b e r e d JosEph T h e To w n o f years starting in sciANABlo Hempstead — 2025, Ferretti will Candidate for town which encompasses return to the ballot supervisor Wantagh, Seaford this year. and Levittown — is Scianablo argued the largest townthat his campaign last fall ship in the United States, and helped bring attention to what its supervisor is responsible for he described as backroom overseeing nearly 800,000 resideals, inflated fees and political dents across 22 villages and 38 favoritism at Town Hall. A resi- hamlets. dent of Garden City, he focused Ferretti was appointed interon what he views as a lack of im town supervisor when Don transparency on the current Clavin stepped down last Aug. Town Board.
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Lindsey Parke, a 19-year-old volunteer firefighter with the Levittown Fire Department, was killed in a car crash on Jan. 23.
Charges in crash that killed two teens
Lindsey Parke and Alexa Duryea are mourned in Levittown By lUKE FEENEY lfeeney@liherald.com
A Farmingville man has been arrested and charged in connection with the car crash that killed Lindsey Parke, 19, a volunteer firefighter with the Levittown Fire Department, and another teenage passenger, authorities said. Frank Labidi, 23, was behind the wheel of a 2026 BMW when he lost control of the vehicle while heading west on Old Country Road, near Sterling Place, in Hicksville, around 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 23, according to Nassau County police. The car veered into oncoming traffic, struck a tree and then slammed into a building, police said. Parke and the other passenger, Alexa Dur-
yea, also 19 and from Levittown, were both pronounced dead at the scene. Labidi was taken to a hospital with injuries that police described as non-life-threatening. Labidi and the teens had been hanging out at an arcade earlier that night, according to News12. Police arrested Labidi on Friday and charged him with two counts of seconddegree manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault. At the time of the crash, Labidi was driving over 80 mph, more than twice the posted speed limit, according to court documents, when he lost control of his vehicle. Labidi crossed into oncoming traffic, spun out and slammed into a tree and a building, prosecutors said. He was arraigned on the charges at First ContinueD on Page 12
he people of the Town of Hempstead deserve a government that works for them, not for a handful of insiders.
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