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Friday, December 8, 2017
Vol. 2, No. 49
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Rice defeats Duncan for cop commissioner
H O L I D AY L I G H T S
Ends official’s 21-year run in position BY LU K E TOR R A N C E James Duncan has served as a Port Washington police commissioner since he was first elected in 1997. But that run came to an end on Tuesday when his re-election bid was defeated by Tom Rice by 756 to 400 votes. “I did my 21 years and I hope I made a great contribution to the community,” Duncan said the next morning. “I wish the new commissioner the best.” Rice, a former New York Police Department officer who was born and raised in Port Washington, said his victory was due to running with a positive message. “I ran a clean campaign and I had the support of the community behind me,” he said. “I never once went to the dark side.” Rice has wasted no time getting started on his work with his fellow commissioners. He said that he was invited to attend an executive session on Wednesday morning and plans on meeting with commissioners again before he is
officially sworn in on Jan. 1. The new commissioner’s first priority is to establish a working rapport with the other commissioners and the police chiefs. Following that, he wants to strengthen ties between the department and the students of local schools, an issue he discussed during the campaign. “That’s something I’m really looking forward to, working with Detective Anthony Guzzello and Chief [James] Salerno,” Rice said. “Guzzello (the department’s school resource officer) especially has the knowledge and knowhow on how to do this.” As for expanding the police district to include Manorhaven, Rice repeated that he was open to talking to the village. But he said any such agreement would be a long time coming. “It isn’t going to happen overnight,” he said. “We need to bring in an actuary to determine the risk for budget and pensions and an accountant to see if this will work. Continued on Page 68
PHOTO BY LUKE TORRANCE
Bob Young’s Christmas light display, located on Sunnyvale Road in Flower Hill, is made up of over 250,000 lights.
Port man accused of biting out dog’s eye BY LU K E TORRANCE A Port Washington man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly biting out the eye of his family’s dog, but the accusation is
disputed by the man’s family. Aaron Kluger, 20, was arrested for allegedly torturing and injuring an animal, according to a news release from the Nassau County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The SPCA
said that on Nov. 6, a 3-year-old shih tzu named Chloe was taken to a veterinarian with a serious eye injury. The veterinarian determined that the eye had been bitten out and notified the NasContinued on Page 68
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