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Friday, March 16, 2018
Vol. 3, No. 11
Port WashingtonTimes TOWN EMPLOYEE ED BOARD BACKS MANGANO SENTENCED GUN REFORM TRIAL BEGINS PAGE 26
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North Shore students walk out for Parkland
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Join nation in 17-minute memorial for those killed in Feb. school shooting BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I , J A N E L L E CL AUSEN, REBECCA KLAR AND LUKE TORRANCE Thousands of North Shore students left their classrooms Wednesday morning as part of a nationwide walkout in a call to action and a memorial for the 17 people who were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a month earlier. Manhasset Superintendent Vincent Butera said the students brought the idea to the administration, and Manhasset High School Principal Dean Schlanger and the administration supported the decision. During a school-wide announcement, Schlanger held a 17-second moment of silence, one second for each life lost in the Parkland shooting, before Madeline Clinton and Gabriella Stein, president and vice president of the Class
of 2018 respectively, made a joint announcement about the purpose of the walkout. “While this walkout is meant to honor the victims of Parkland and other victims of gun violence, it is also a political call to action,” Stein said. “We are fortunate enough to live in a state that has good gun laws, but other states such as Florida do not.” The walkouts were a mix of memorials and a call for legislators to pass meaningful gun reform legislation to prevent mass shootings. Many also featured voter registration forms for students turning 18 before Election Day. Clinton said the call included raising the minimum age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21, a ban on bump stocks and an extended waiting period to include background checks. Manhasset, Roslyn, Herricks, Great Neck and Port Washington schools as well as Buckley Country
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Tricia Dean O’Donnell instructs one of her clients, Larry Tietz of Port Washington, at her studio on Inspiration Wharf. See story on page 3.
Uncontested elections to be held in 3 Port villages
Continued on Page 59 contested races. All nine candidates are incumbents who are running for re-election on Three of Port Washington’s Tuesday. The village with the highfive villages will hold elections next week, but there will be no est profile candidates is Flower
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Hill, where Mayor Bob McNamara and three trustees are seeking re-election. McNamara said he wanted to see several projects through Continued on Page 60
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