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Friday, June 18, 2021
Vol. 6, No. 25
Port WashingtonTimes GUIDE TO SUMMER
PRIDE PARADE DRAWS CROWD
COUNTY, POLICE AGREE ON CONTRACT, CAMERAS
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People’s Working Party sweeps election
PORT PRIDE
Captures 2 trustee, justice seats in Manorhaven; 2 incumbents lose BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The three candidates from the Manorhaven People’s Working Party were elected to two trustee seats and a village justice position on Tuesday. Incumbent Trustee John Popeleski fended off a challenge from zoning board member John DiLeo Jr., while his allies, Vincent Costa and Christian Alfaya, defeated sitting Trustee Rita Di Lucia and current Village Justice James Roman, respectively. Popeleski received 332 votes, Costa received 343 votes, and Alfaya received 306 votes. Di Lucia received 288 votes, DiLeo Jr. received 254 votes, and Roman received 301 votes. Popeleski, who was elected to his third term as a trustee, was appointed to fill a seat on the board previously held by Mayor Jim Avena after he was elected to the village’s top office in 2016. Popeleski touted the transpar-
ency he and the rest of his party aim to bring to the board. “I’m a very transparent person, you can ask me anything and I’ll give you the answer,” he saidin an interview with Blank Slate Media. “I don’t hide anything and myself, along with the rest of my party, want to do what is best for the village and its residents.” Popeleski also spoke about the need to focus on some of the village’s infrastructure projects, mainly the aging sewer system. Popeleski said that a little over a year ago the village cleaned, relined and put cameras inside the pipes throughout the sewer system. Though progress has been made, he said, it is imperative to make sure the necessary upgrades and potential repairs are made to the sewer system before Nassau County revamps Manorhaven Boulevard, which the county owns. “If we’re going to do any sort of road restorations or anything Continued on Page 45
PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON
Port Washington North Mayor Robert Weitzner kicked off the parade while showing off his pride socks last weekend. See story on page 2.
Opponents to proposed 7-Eleven unconvinced BY R O S E W E L D ON
The proposed convenience store would be located at 1020 Representatives of 7-Elev- Port Washington Blvd., the site en held a meeting with resi- of a former Capital One Bank dents of Port Washington to on the corner of Main Street quell concerns over a possible and Port Boulevard. An application was initially new store in the area, but community members said the big- filed in October 2020, asking gest issue is the location itself. the town’s Board of Zoning
Appeals for a conditional use permit to locate a retail food store in a Business-B zoning district and for variances for insufficient parking stall size and rear yard setback regarding a dumpster. The BZA application was Continued on Page 34
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