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Friday, March 19, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 12
GUIDES TO SCHOOLS, CAMPS PAGES 23-42
RALLY AGAINST ANTI-ASIAN HATE
BLAKEMAN TO CHALLENGE CURRAN
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ON THE BEACH
R. Estates, F. Hill elect new trustees Rubenstein, Frankel to join village boards BY R O S E W E L D ON With the exception of two trustee races in Flower Hill and Roslyn Estates, two incumbent mayors, six incumbent trustees and an incumbent village justice were re-elected in municipalities across the Roslyn area 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 were re-elected to two-year
terms. Resident Susan Rubenstein was elected to her first term, and will succeed retiring Trustee Georgann Polatov. Village Justice Robert Mauer also won re-election. While Peters, Auerbach and Rubenstein were the only candidates who filed petitions to run as mayor and trustees, write-in challengers did appear for both positions. For mayor, Badia Zara received nine write-in votes, and Steve Halpert received two write-in votes. For trustee, Zara, Clare Peters and Eyal Isaac received one vote apiece, while George
Fountoulatis received three votes. Mauer did not see any challengers. Peters received 46 votes, Auerbach received 38 votes, Rubenstein received 51 votes, and Mauer received 44 votes. ROSLYN Mayor John Durkin and Trustees Marta Genovese and Sarah Oral all won two-year terms, an announcement made following an hour-and20-minute delay at the village’s Board of Trustees meeting late Tuesday night which Durkin said was due to a delay Continued on Page 61
Autism advocate to speak in Roslyn next month PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BRYANT LIBRARY’S HISTORICAL COLLECTION
Anna Case Mackay, an operatic soprano and the second wife of Clarence Mackey, trots with her dog on the beach. The Bryant Library’s Local History Collection is holding a Zoom event to discuss her life in pictures on March 27.
Temple Grandin to take questions at online school, library event BY R O S E W E L D ON Autism advocate and animal behavior expert Temple Grandin will speak at a joint event held by the Roslyn Special Education Parent Teacher Association and the Bryant Library of Roslyn as part of Autism Awareness Month in April, the Roslyn school district an-
nounced this week. Grandin is known for her trailblazing work in neurodiversity advocacy and animal behavior. She first gained attention for her creation of a “squeeze machine,” also known as a “hug box,” which was inspired by squeeze chutes where cattle would be placed to calm them during inoculations.
Grandin, who sought deep pressure stimulation as a child but felt overstimulated when hugged or held by another person, then created her own version in her senior year of high school with the help of her science teacher, and used it until 2010 to relieve her own anxiety. The device was later Continued on Page 52
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