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Friday, December 1, 2017
Vol. 2, No. 48
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HOLIDAY GIFT, PARTY GUIDE
DRUG BUST AT PORT BUSINESS
NIFA EYES IMPOSING BUDGET CUTS
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Police commish candidates open to Manorhaven
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Duncan, Rice face off on Tuesday BY LU K E TOR R A N C E On Tuesday, Tom Rice will try to replace James Duncan as one of three commissioners on the Port Washington Police Department board. The election has implications for residents inside the department’s coverage zone as well as one village outside of it: Manorhaven, which is considering joining the department. “I’m in favor of Manorhaven [joining the police district], but it can’t aect the people up here in the peninsula,â€? Duncan said. “We’ve protect the people who have been paying taxes and supporting the department all these years.â€? The Village of Manorhaven would be moving to the Port police from the Nassau County police. Duncan said he has discussed the move for almost a decade, but past mayors were too demanding. He said that talks with current Mayor Jim Avena have been better and a deal would work if the village committed to a 10-year plan.
Rice said he was also open to Manorhaven joining the Port Washington Police as long as they were committed to the move. “There would have to be a promise,â€? he said. “We would have to hire new police oďŹƒcers, and I would not want to set up a new ofďŹ cer for failure by [Manorhaven] pulling out and having to let guys go.â€? Currently, Manorhaven is not part of the department’s coverage area and thus their residents will not be voting in the election. For those who will, Duncan said that his record stands for itself. He has served as commissioner since 1997, the longest tenured of the department’s three commissioners. Previously, he was an oďŹƒcer with the Nassau County Police for 23 years and received a Purple Heart during his service in Vietnam. “I’m proud of my 21 years of service, and my record stands,â€? he said. “When I ďŹ rst got here, we Continued on Page 69
PHOTO BY LUKE TORRANCE
North Shore Animal League America leadership, fundraisers, local officials and others shovel dirt as part of the groundbreaking for an expansion to the League’s facility in Port. See story on page 3.
2013 oil spill concerns Manorhaven residents BY LU K E TORRANCE An oil spill on property owned by Dejana Industries has new relevancy to some residents as the company tries to build a salt shed on the same
location. “I have a request for the Village of Manorhaven trustees to take up the environmental issues with Dejana and request on their own an environmental review of the site,� said Caroline DuBois of the Manorhaven
Action Committee. It was recently discovered by MAC that an oil spill occurred on Dejana’s property at 12 Manorhaven Blvd. back in 2013. The spill was mentioned in the spring 2014 newsletter Continued on Page 69
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