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THE PULSE OF THE PENINSULA
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HEALTH, WELLNESS G.N. LANDLORD & BEAUTY GUIDE PLEADS GUILTY
LEGISLATOR’S ARREST ROILS COUNTY POLITICS
PAGES 31-34, 47-50
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Taxes No. one issue for voters
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M OV I N G F O R WA R D
Homeowners cite concern in poll BY N O A H M A N S K A R Nassau County homeowners think taxes are the county’s most pressing issue and do not trust either major political party to serve their interests, according to a poll conducted last month. Some 65 percent of the 800 surveyed homeowners who are likely to vote in this year’s countywide election chose taxes as the most important issue facing the county, according to the poll conducted by the Parkside Group, a Manhattan political consulting ďŹ rm, from May 18 to 21. Roads and traďŹƒc problems are the second most pressing issue, with 13 percent of respondents choosing it, followed by public corruption with 11 percent, according to poll results obtained by Blank Slate Media. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are viewed unfavorably by half the respondents, and more than half said they do not trust either party to stand up for their best interests, the poll reContinued on Page 66
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
Max Levine, of William H. Shine South High School, claims his diploma at graduation. See graduation section, pages 35-46.
Mark Wolf, a fashion fixture, retiring Worked in Great Neck Plaza’s Camp & Campus for six decades BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Mark Wolf, the owner of Camp & Campus, a women’s clothing store on Middle Neck Road, has been there since he was 14. He can recall when girls
had to wear skirts and dresses and when jeans exploded onto the fashion scene in 1969. But while fashion has drastically changed over the last six decades — to the point Wolf said he “could write a doctoral thesisâ€? on the subject — one thing has remained the same: Camp & Campus has been a ďŹ xture of fashion and retail in Great Neck Plaza since 1949. Wolf, who is retiring, has worked there since the 1950s, starting as a teen-
ager coming in after school. Even while going to Tufts University to study economics and mathematics, Wolf spent his vacations at the family-owned store. After a brief teaching stint from 1968 to 1971, he dedicated his time to Camp & Campus for the next 46 years. “The retail business is an alltime encompassing endeavor,� Wolf, 72, said. In the roughly 60 years Wolf worked at Camp & Campus, now at 42 Middle Neck Road, he said
that hundreds of salesgirls have worked with him and some of those relationships continue today. Great Neck shoppers and store owners alike fondly recalled Wolf as a sophisticated but kind man of quality, both in character and clothing sales. Maggie Goldberger, a parent, visited the store many times. She recalled buying some of her ďŹ rst jeans there and how Wolf was truly a fashion expert. Now she Continued on Page 66
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