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Friday, June 19, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 25
GUIDE TO SUMMER
NASSAU COLISEUM SUOZZI FACES 2 CHALLENGERS IN PRIMARY SHUTTERED
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‘Phase Two’ boomlet
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Residents shop in-person again BY ROBERT PELAEZ AND ROSE WELDON As the North Shore seeks normalcy in “phase two” of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, small-businesses owners are testing the waters and taking precautions while hoping for their customers’ return. In Nassau County, phase two, which took effect June 10, allowed for the reopening of facilities that included office-based work, real estate services, in-store sales, vehicle sales, leases and rentals, repair and cleaning and commercial building management. Also counted in the plan are hair salons and barbershops, libraries and food delivery services, with some areas, including the Town of North Hempstead, accepting permits for outdoor dining. Continued on Page 35
PHOTO BY JOEL HARRIS, COURTESY OF MINEOLA SCHOOLS
Mineola High School seniors celebrated their graduation with a social distancing-friendly car parade last week.
Kamberg, Meghi retain ed board seats Both East Williston incumbents win elections, $63 million budget passes BY R O S E W E L D ON
The budgets passed despite the uncertain status of state aid Incumbent school board for every district. Gov. Andrew trustees retained their seats and Cuomo said school districts budgets were roundly passed in across New York should brace districts serving the Williston for up to 20 percent cuts to their area on Tuesday during school funding from the state. All district elections, which elections. had been delayed by state order due to the coronavirus, were conducted with absentee ballots. In Mineola, incumbent Board of Education mem-
bers Margaret Ballantyne-Mannion and Patrick Talty, running unopposed, were re-elected. Ballantyne-Mannion, the board’s vice president, will begin a third term after receiving 2,711 votes. Talty, running for his second term, received 2,732 votes. The $100,859,780 budget, a 0.9 percent increase over the $99,955,750 budget for 2019– 20, was approved by 74.63 percent of voters. The budget comes with a proposed tax levy
increase of 2.5 percent, below the state-mandated limit for the district. In East Williston, school board President Mark Kamberg was re-elected to the board, and the district’s $63.09 million budget for the 2020-21 school year was approved, with 1,411 votes in favor and 556 opposed. Kamberg defeated challenger Raymond Del Maestro, 1,423 votes to 556. Trustee Tasneem Continued on Page 11
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