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Patricia Aitken re-elected

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$93.8M school budget passes BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Manhasset residents on Tuesday re-elected school board member Patricia Aitken for a ďŹ fth three-year term and approved the school district’s $93.8 million budget for 2017-18. Aitken, who ran unopposed, received 1,429 votes and the budget passed 1,384-375. Eorts to reach Aitken were unavailing. Aitken has served on the school board for 12 years and three of her children graduated from Manhasset High School. In April, she said she wants all of the district’s children to receive the educational opportunities her children did. “I feel very pleased and proud with how they have beneďŹ ted from the ďŹ ne education they got in Manhasset,â€? Aitken said of her children last month. “It enabled them to go onto successful careers in college and university and afterwards.â€? Before joining the school Continued on Page 20

PHOTO BY SASHA TURRENTINE

A girl playing with a hula hoop at Saturday’s PortFest, an event that celebrates arts, dance and music in Port Washington.

Hiring of brother-in-law defended Munsey Park officials say job for Mayor Frank DeMento’s relative fills need BY K R I ST Y O’CONNELL Munsey Park oďŹƒcials on Friday defended the appointment of Mayor Frank J. DeMento’s brother-in-law as village administrator, saying there is a “clear

need for greater assistance with administrative work.� Daniel Breen, 54, was appointed for one year as village administrator last Wednesday, immediately after the village Board of Trustees created the position. Breen was hired by the village in January 2016 as one of three full-time utility workers. He is DeMento’s wife’s brother. In a statement posted

online Friday afternoon, the village said Breen has taken on additional responsibilities beyond his job description and will help oversee administrative and onthe-ground work. “Since Dan’s actual duties straddle both ďŹ eld and administrative roles, it was necessary to update his oďŹƒcial responsibilities to reect this role; it was done without changing his compensation schedule,â€? the statement says.

Among the duties of the village administrator are to “oversee and coordinate activities of all village departments and village employees,� “oversee enforcement of rules and regulations� and “prepare work schedules and detailed maintenance reports,� according to the resolution that created the position. Former Mayor Harry Nicolaides described the village as “the joke among the other Continued on Page 70

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