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Friday, December 6, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 49
HOLIDAY GIFT EX GCP WATER, FIRE SUOZZI CALLS FOR & DINING GUIDE COMMISH SEEKS TO RETURN MILLER’S FIRING PAGES 27-38
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Flynn, O’Brien face off in fire, water election
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WE GO TOGETHER
Incumbent is challenged by former two-term commissioner for position BY R O S E W E L D ON Manhasset-Lakeville Water and Fire District Commissioner and Chairman Steve Flynn is being challenged for his seat by former Commissioner Donald O’Brien, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, the second time both men have run against each other. The commission oversees both the fire and water districts, which cover the same geographic area, but the two are technically independent of each other. They serve approximately 45,000 people, who use7.4 million gallons of water a day, in an area that includes Great Neck, Manhasset and New Hyde Parrk, according to the water district’s website. The commission ensures that residents receive clean water and prompt fire safety services. O’Brien, a Manhasset resident
who is a two-term trustee on the board of the Manhasset Public Library, was elected to two terms on the district’s Board of Commissioners in 2010 and 2013 and has critiqued Flynn’s leadership since his election. He has also said any proposal from Brookfield Properties to develop the Macy’s location in Manhasset should be rejected on the basis of water availability. Flynn, a former specialist in real estate finance, 27-year veteran volunteer of the ManhassetLakeville Fire Department and Village of Plandome public works official who was elected to a threeyear term in 2016, could not be reached for comment. In the 2016 election, Flynn was elected with 552 votes, while O’Brien managed 449. Polling will be located at thesContinued on Page 61
PHOTO BY SAM HAGGERTY
Manhasset High School students Ashley Huber, Kieran Fink, Erin Haggerty, Patrick Boyle and Valerie Currie feel the energy in the closing number of “Grease,” performed last weekend. See story on page 32.
Voters focus on police headquarters at forum BY R O S E W E L D ON
Dec. 3. Incumbent Dave FrankThe Port Washington Po- lin, who has served three lice District’s headquarters was terms since his first election on the mind of residents at a in 2011, and challenger Frank forum for the district’s police T. Scobbo, whose father Frank commissioner candidates held J. Scobbo was the district’s
longest-serving commissioner, fielded questions from voters at the Port Washington Public Library, where they were hosted by the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset. Continued on Page 50
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