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Friday, March 12, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 11
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Roslyn villages prepare to go to the polls Two mayors, eight trustee seats up, Frankel in F. Hill only new face BY R O S E W E L D ON Two mayor seats, eight trustee seats and two village justice seats in municipalities across the Roslyn area will be up for grabs in elections on Tuesday. Notably absent from the list is the Village of Roslyn Harbor, which will not hold elections this year. ROSLYN ESTATES Mayor Paul Leone Peters and Trustee Brett Auerbach are up for two-year terms, while Trustee Georgann Polatov will not seek re-election. Resident Susan Rubenstein is running in her place. Village Justice Robert Mauer is also up for re-election. All candidates are unopposed. Residents can vote at Village Hall, located at 25 the Tulips in Roslyn Estates, between noon and 9 p.m.
ROSLYN Mayor John Durkin is up for re-election, as are Trustees Marta Genovese and Sarah Oral. All three are seeking two-year terms and are uncontested. Residents can vote at Village Hall at 1200 Old Northern Blvd. in Roslyn from noon to 9 p.m. OLD WESTBURY No members of the Board of Trustees will be voted on, but village Justice Susan J. SchmidtChorost is up for another four-year term. She is running unopposed. Residents can vote at Village Hall at 1 Store Hill Road in Old Westbury. FLOWER HILL Trustees Frank Genese, seeking a third term, and Mary Jo Collins, seeking a first full term after serving the rest of Mayor Brian Continued on Page 27
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FRIENDS OF CEDARMERE
The historic mill at the Cedarmere Museum in Roslyn Harbor will soon be in operation again, the Friends of Cedarmere announced.
Grants fund 2nd chance for historic Cedarmere mill BY R O S E W E L D ON A mill at one of the North Shore’s most prominent historical properties will return to operation in the fall. The Cedarmere Museum
and the Friends of Cedarmere, which preserves the Roslyn Harbor estate of 19th century newspaper editor, poet and civic leader William Cullen Bryant, announced this week that a series of grants would enable
the mill, built in 1862, to be restored to working condition. “According to our plans, Bryant’s 1862 mill will once again be operational this fall, powering some of its original Continued on Page 27
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