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Vol. 12, No. 22
HarborFest 2024
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The Annu An al Floral Park
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FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH • 5PMOn Tulip Avenue! from Verbena 10PM
Avenue to Plainfield
Face ace painting • Balloon
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Art • Food, Fun & Giveaw ays
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DJ’s ● Fabulous Dining • Outdoor se seating ● Local merch ant shopping indoor & outdoor ● See the Startin g Gate for the Annua uall Belmont ● Belmont Park Starting Gate
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G.N. JEWISH STUDENT TRUMP ENDORSES EVENT STIRS CONTROVERSY D’ESPOSITO PAGE 4
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Gulf remains in per pupil spending $20K difference between school districts continues BY C A M E RY N O A K ES The disparity in North Shore school districts’ spending per pupil is projected to continue next school year, with a more than $20,000 difference between the highest and lowest spending districts, according to an analysis by Blank Slate Media. The average spending of all the school districts per student is expected to rise for the next school year, surpassing the state average and New York City average by thousands. A slew of financial pressures exacerbated by rising insurance costs and inflation plagued nearly every
school district this recent budget season. These rising costs were compounded by threats of school districts seeing drops in their state foundation aid for the first time. While districts’ foundation aid was reinstated by the state, many still reported not receiving the full amounts they had anticipated. But school districts’ rankings for spending per student remained nearly the same from the 2023-2024 school year to 2024-2025. The range of spending tops out at $47,627 per student and falls as low as $25,233. In each of the town’s 11 school
districts, spending per student is based on student enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year provided by New York State and the district’s adopted budgets for 2024-2025. The Town of North Hempstead’s 11 school districts will spend an average of about $36,523 per student. For 2023-2024 the average was $35,425. The New York State average is estimated at $33,404, according to The Empire Center, a nonprofit think tank. In 2022, the most recent year with national figures available, Continued on Page 64
Paving company, owner pay $170K in restitution Glen Head man stole from 18 employees in kick-back scheme B Y T A Y L O R H E R Z L I C H from the Department of Labor after Stanco was sentenced to a one-year PHOTO BY JOSEPH NEUMAYER, COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD
A fireworks extravaganza was displayed over North Hempstead Beach Park for the town’s 40th annual Memorial Day commemoration. See story on page 2.
Glen Head resident Angelo Stanco and his Glen Cove paving and masonry company were sentenced Thursday on wage theft charges and made to pay more than $170,000 in restitutions for forcing employees to kick back checks
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the company failed to pay prevailing wages from public work projects. The 59-year-old was convicted before Judge Helene Gugerty of petit larceny. His company, American Paving & Masonry Corp., was convicted of grand larceny in the third degree.
conditional discharge and his company was sentenced to a three-year conditional discharge. The Stanco and his company paid $171,278.02 in restitution to 18 former employees on Thursday. Continued on Page 65
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