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Friday, October 25, 2019
Vol. 94, No. 43
ELECTION GUIDE
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Candidate unopposed for library
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Scott Sontag lone person to file BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Scott J. Sontag, a senior software engineer at Morgan Stanley, is running unopposed for re-election as Great Neck Library trustee. The election will be held on Monday. Sontag is the Nominating Committee’s candidate for a fouryear term through January 2024. He was elected last year to fill the remaining term of Francine Ferrante Krupski, who resigned. Voters will also elect a member to the Nominating Committee for a three-year term through January 2023. Steve M. Jacob, who was nominated by the committee, is running unopposed for the position. Sontag, who is a volunteer Cub Scout leader and recreational soccer coach, said: “I was eager to run again because I want to keep making the library an even better place than it already is for the kids. More activities for the younger kids, and cultivating ideas with the public are two of the main platforms I want to Continued on Page 75
PHOTO BY ROBERT PELAEZ
The Great Neck Board of Education introduced student delegates for the 2019-20 school year on Oct. 15. See story on page 67.
Film festival to open on Nov. 4 Gold Coast Arts Center brings movies, documentaries and family fun to N. Shore BY R OB E RT PELAEZ For the ninth consecutive year, the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck will hold its International Film Festival throughout the Town of North
Hempstead. With a wide variety of films and family-friendly activities, the director of the festival, Caroline Sorokoff, said she cannot pick just one aspect to highlight. “For this year specifically, I think you have to start with opening night and Ben Vereen,” Sorokoff said. “We’re talking about this insanely talented performer that the younger generation may not even know of. Seeing him
on stage and having the public get a glimpse of him live is going to be such a treat.” Vereen, who is known for his roles in Broadway productions such as “Pippin” and “Jesus Christ Superstar,” will receive the Gold Coast Arts Center’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The ceremony, which takes place at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville on Monday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m., kicks off the nine-day festival.
The Tilles Center is just one of the venues that will be featured over the course of the festival. Others include the Squire Theatre in Great Neck, Soundview Cinemas in Port Washington, the Sid Jacobson JCC and even local libraries. “People hear about the major film festivals like Tribeca and Sundance,” Sorokoff said. “What people may not realize is that we are able to screen films that Continued on Page 74
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