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ELECTION GUIDE
HERRICKS BASKS IN RATINGS GLOW
EDUCATION & CAMP GUIDE
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Section • November 3, 2017
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Leadership of town, county up in the air
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Curran, Martins dominate election to pick reps, execs in N.H., Nassau BY B L A N K S L AT E M E D I A S TA F F Nassau County has more registered Democrats than Republicans, but that has not stopped the GOP from dominating politics at the county and town level. Still, a number of Democratic challengers are hopeful that they can make gains amid frustrations with corrupt oďŹƒcials and President Donald Trump. The biggest race in the elections on Tuesday has no incumbent. County Executive Edward Mangano decided not to run for re-election after he was indicted on bribery charges, so either Republican Jack Martins or Democrat Laura Curran will run the county. For most of the campaign, the main issues have been how to end corruption and how to balance the budget. Martins said he will re-
form the ethics board and Curran supported an independent inspector general to limit corruption. “Nassau County is sick and tired of career politicians like Jack Martins giving them lip service during election season just to protect their cronies when in oďŹƒce,â€? Curran said. Martins has touted his background as mayor of Mineola and promised to bring business to a county that has struggled to attract it. The election “has to be about ďŹ xing this county going forward, and the ďŹ nances in this county,â€? he said during a debate. For county clerk, Democratic hopeful Dean Bennett, the CEO of corporate consulting ďŹ rm J.K. Bennett & Associates, is challenging incumbent Republican Maureen O’Connell. Continued on Page 75
PHOTO COURTESY OF HERRICKS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Center Street Elementary School’s Girls on the Run participants got to know each other better recently while engaging in exercise and fun. Center Street’s team, composed of 20 students in grades 3-5, is coached by Herricks Board of Education member and Girls on the Run Long Island Chairperson Nancy Feinstein along with Foula Banandini, Roberta Carleton and Kristina Dolan.
Twinners luck: 4 twins break Winthrop record B Y R E B E C C A K L A R experienced in our hospital’s maternal fetal medicine. In less than seven hours, four sets of twins were born at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola last Thursday. “It’s something we’ve never
history,� said Leanna Cherry, a spokeswoman. The hospital typically does not deliver more than two sets of twins in one day, according to Dr. Martin Chavez, chief of
The families met that afternoon at the suggestion of CJ Catalano, nurse manager of the New Life Center at NYU Winthrop, Cherry said. Continued on Page 76
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