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Friday, February 21, 2020
Vol. 5, No. 8
Port WashingtonTimes GUIDE TO SPECIAL OCCASIONS
HUEGLIN, EX-DEM TOWN CHAIR, DIES
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Hirsch opposes petition
THE KINGS OF NEW YORK
F. Hill candidate tries to bar rivals BY R O S E W E L D ON A Flower Hill trustee who is running for village mayor filed an objection on Tuesday that seeks to invalidate the opposing party’s entire nominating petition. Attorney Kate Maguire Hirsch, who has served on the Flower Hill Board of Trustees for three years, is running for mayor with trustee candidates Jay Silverman, Jeffrey Greilsheimer and Diane Turner as part of her Liberty Party slate for the March 18 election. The slate will go up against representatives of the Flower Hill Party, which include current Deputy Mayor Brian Herrington for mayor and Trustees Randall Rosenbaum and Gary Lewandowski running to retain their seats. Sitting Mayor Robert McNamara is running for a trustee position. An objection filed to the village by Hirsch on Tuesday alleges that among other things, Ronnie Shatzkamer, the village adminisContinued on Page 61
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The cast of Schreiber High School’s “Newsies” will fly high in their performance dates next weekend, Feb. 28 and 29 and March 1.
Manorhaven’s Sillitti nabs nom Longtime government employee named Dem candidate for D’Urso seat BY R O S E W E L D ON Manorhaven resident Gina Sillitti will be the Democratic nominee for the 16th Assembly District seat being vacated by Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso (DPort Washington), the Nassau
County Democratic Party said Monday. D’Urso, 80, whose district includes Great Neck, Port Washington, Manhasset, Roslyn Heights, North Hills, Flower Hill, Lake Success, Baxter Estates, Manorhaven and Sands Point, announced last month that he would retire after two terms in office. Sillitti, 41, who has worked in town and county government for the past 20
years, was chosen as the nominee at the Nassau County Democratic Committee Convention on Feb. 11, where the party selected candidates to run on all levels in 2020. The Republicans have not yet named their candidate. Sillitti’s career in politics began in the Nassau County Legislature in the early 2000s, working for former Nassau County Legislator Dave Mejias, who represented parts of Plainview and
Farmingdale, among other areas. “We were a Democratic official in a Republican area, and it was there I learned the value of constituent service,” Sillitti said. “Our constituents came first, and I worked for them.” Sillitti later worked in the Department of Community Services for the Town of North Hempstead, where she organized “constituent-based” community events. She later worked Continued on Page 51
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