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Friday, June 9, 2017
Vol. 2, No. 23
Port WashingtonTimes SUOZZI TAKES AIM AT RUSSIANS PAGE 10
VILLAGE ATTORNEY NAMED BAR PREZ PAGE 2
NIFA DEMANDS COUNTY CUTS PAGE 6
Scott Hislop, Flower Hill official, dies Highway superintendent, 49, revitalized Flower Hill Park BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Scott Hislop, who served as the highway superintendent in the Village of Flower Hill for more than 20 years, died on April 20 in Centereach. He was 49. Hislop died of colon cancer, which was diagnosed in 2014. In 2006, the village purchased Flower Hill Park from Nassau County, and Hislop transformed the “overgrown garbage dump” into a beautiful family park with basketball courts, a playground and a jungle gym, Ronnie Shatzkamer, the Flower Hill village administrator, said. “He loved the Village of Flower Hill and was always looking for ways to make things better here,” Shatzkamer said. “Scott was not just a co-worker but also a good friend. He was always ready to help anyone in need.” A Centereach native born to George and Joan Hislop on Feb. 3,
1968, Hislop met his wife, Carolann, in the seventh grade, and they began dating in the senior year of high school. “Everything was really good,” Carolann said. “We had a lot of fun and we did a lot of fun stuff together. He was just a very loving and caring person, who would really help people a lot.” After graduating from Centereach High School in 1986, he began working with his father, George, who was the highway supervisor in the Village of Lake Success. “He was a very handy man,” Carolann said. “He liked to build things and fix things around the house and he really loved his job. He was really happy, especially when they made the park and got the playground for the kids.” Hislop enjoyed riding bikes with Carolann and his two daughters, Amanda and Amy, Amanda said. Continued on Page 57
PHOTO BY STEPHEN ROMANO
Children raced model boats made of milk and juice cartons in Baxter’s Pond as part of the HarborFest on Sunday. See photos on page 26.
Rain doesn’t dampen HarborFest celebration BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Although rain cut the celebration short, people had the chance to enjoy a day of crafts, music and art Sunday at Port Washington’s annual Harbor-
Fest Dock Day and Craft Festival. More than 8,000 people attended the event, which is presented by the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce and Town of North Hempstead, and held at the town
dock, Baxter’s Pond and lower Main Street areas. Before the rain halted the fun, children raced model boats made of milk and juice cartons in a regatta on Baxter’s Pond, cheering on their entries Continued on Page 57
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