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Friday, January 31, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 5
HEALTH & PARKLAND MOM PRESSES CALL FOR STATE PROBE OF COMPTROLLER HACKING WELLNESS GUN SAFETY ACTION PAGES 31-42
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Town taps Tepper for vacant job
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SHI ZI YÓUXÍNG
Long Beach resident named new communications director BY R O S E W E L D ON Gordon Tepper was named the Town of North Hempstead’s new director of communications by a vote of the Town Board on Saturday. The current senior director of communications and policy for the City of Long Beach, Tepper has worked in communications for nearly 20 years. He began his career at accounting firms Marcum LLP and Gettry Marcus Stern and Lehrer, eventually holding positions in the public relations department at Long Island University and teaching communications at Hofstra University. “I am extremely excited to serve the Town of North Hempstead and its residents as we continue the tremendous progress made by Supervisor Judi
Bosworth and her team,” Tepper said. “Everyone was so welcoming to me, and I can’t wait to get started.” He began in Long Beach in 2011, hired as director of online communications before being promoted to director of communications the next year. Tepper will be acting as spokesperson in town matters, according to Rebecca Cheng of the North Hempstead communications team, and will be paid $120,000 a year. Tepper will succeed Carole Trottere, who retired from her position of five years last month. Trottere will continue to serve as a consultant on certain projects. Tepper is due to leave his position in Long Beach on Friday and will begin in North Hempstead on Feb. 3.
PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON
The Herricks High School Lion Team performs at Manhasset High School’s celebration of the Lunar New Year. See story on page 2 and more photos on page 19.
Collision kills one, stalls traffic on Northern State BY R O S E W E L D ON
lice said a two-car collision occurred around 9 a.m. in One person was killed in a the eastbound lanes just west collision on the Northern State of exit 29, leading to Roslyn Parkway on Tuesday morning, Road, East Hills and Albertson. “Preliminary investigastate police said. The New York State Po- tion revealed that the collision
occurred when a 2016 Jeep Wrangler traveling eastbound, struck the rear of a 2017 Dodge Durango traveling in the right lane,” state police said in a statement. “The impact caused Continued on Page 6
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