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Friday, March 16, 2018
Vol. 67, No. 11
TOWN EMPLOYEE SENTENCED PAGE 26
W.P. ELECTION MANGANO PREVIEW TRIAL BEGINS PAGE 2
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Development key concern in Mineola election Werther, Strauss debate village downtown revitalization plans BY R E B ECC A K L A R Larry Werther, a former Mineola trustee who briefly served as mayor and is running for the top spot again, said Monday night that the village’s current downtown revitalization plan is overdeveloping Mineola. His fellow Mineola My Home Party candidates, Regis and Cristi Gallet, compared their vision for downtown Mineola to the villages of Garden City and Huntington, during a debate at the Mineola Middle School, hosted by the Mineola American. The trio faces three current board members, Mayor Scott Strauss, seeking his fourth term as mayor, Trustee Dennis Walsh, seeking his third term, and Trustee George Durham, seeking his fourth term. Strauss, Walsh and Durham are running on the New Line Party ticket. Werther was previously elected as a trustee as part of the New Line Party in 2003, and served as deputy mayor under then-Mayor Jack Martins.
Werther served out the rest of Martins’ term in 2011, when Martins was elected to state Senate. Werther lost his spot on the board when Durham and Walsh beat him in a three-way race in 2013. Werther and the Gallets said the large apartment buildings either being built or recently finished downtown are overdeveloping the village and making it look like a New York City borough – which isn’t the vision they have for Mineola. Cristi Gallet said she would like the village to be more similar to Garden City’s downtown, with local shops and restaurants. She said the large apartment buildings are even blocking the sunlight. Werther said the buildings should not have been given tax breaks from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. Strauss said the spots where many of the buildings were built were not on the tax roll before. Continued on Page 59
PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR
Honoring an educator Students of Lynn Vanderahall, who died in August, sang a couple of their late teacher’s favorite songs during a ceremony Monay when the Family and Children’s Association’s Nursery Co-Op was renamed for her. See story on page 24.
From W.P. to anchor at Super Bowl, Olympics B Y R E B E C C A K L A R both the Super Bowl and one on the way, McHugh and Winter Olympics for the netLiam McHugh spent most work. But now, McHugh, origiof February traveling across nally from Williston Park, is the country – and world. McHugh, a sportscaster back home on Long Island. With two children and for NBC, recently covered
his growing family recently moved to Garden City. McHugh didn’t always see himself going into sportscasting, he said. Continued on Page 60
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