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Bridges wins 3rd term
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Beats Miller for library seat BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Patricia Bridges defeated Susan Miller to win re-election to the Port Washington Public Library Board of Trustees on Tuesday. Bridges received 496 votes and Miller received 239. Residents also approved the library’s $7.52 million budget proposal, with 685 people voting yes and 85 voting no. Bridges, who has served as a trustee for 10 years, has lived in Port Washington for 17 years. “First of all, l am honored and proud to be the community’s library advocate,â€? Bridges said. “I am obviously very excited to continue to serve the community and continue to do good things with our library.â€? Eorts to reach Miller were unavailing. Bridges acknowledged the changing dynamics of the library with the focus shifting toward more digital content, saying with fewer physical books, the board Continued on Page 82
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEPHANIE HALL
Children dancing at the Alvin Ailey program in Port Washington, which is sponsored by the Ed. Foundation and HEARTS.
Applause and then a resignation call GOP legislators press for Mangano to step down hours after speech BY N O A H M A N S K A R Norma Gonsalves, the Nassau County Legislature’s Republican majority leader, introduced County Executive Edward Mangano’s annual State of the County address shortly after 1 p.m. on
Monday in the newly renovated Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, a major achievement of Mangano’s administration. Gonsalves and other Nassau legislators applauded Mangano, also a Republican, as he touted the county’s economic growth and ďŹ nancial progress in the eight years since he was elected. But three hours later, Gonsalves and eight other GOP legislators called for
Mangano’s resignation outside his elected oďŹƒcials. ‌ We believe Mineola oďŹƒce — more than ďŹ ve that for the good of the county, of months after his indictment on Nassau County, and the residents that we serve, that federal corruption charges. Hempstead Councilman our county executive should step “We need to lift the cloud Ambrosino arrested, fired down.â€? Gonsalves, that is above our PAGE 12 Nicolello and Legcounty governislator Howard ment,â€? said Legislator Richard Nicolello (R-New Kopel (R-Valley Stream) — the Hyde Park), the Legislature’s dep- Legislature’s top three Republiuty presiding oďŹƒcer. “We need cans — sent Mangano a letter to restore the public’s faith in its Continued on Page 70
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