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Pond gets funding, 5 years later Herricks project gets $100K grant BY N O A H M A N S K A R When the first round of renovations to Herricks Pond Park was finished in 2010, the Herricks school district students who visited for science lessons could only walk around half of it. Some $100,000 in funding from the 2006 Nassau County PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROLiNE dEBENEdiTTiS Environmental Bond Act only covered part of the project, which was spearheaded by Susan D’Andrelli, a fifth-grade The Village of East Williston held its inaugural Drumstick Dash 5K on Nov. 26 to benefit the village’s volunteer fire department. teacher at Williston Park’s CenThe fundraiser attracted about 80 participants, which surpassed organizers’ expectations. see story on page 2. ter Street School. That money started the process of replacing invasive plants with native species. It also built a wooden pier, a seating area and bus-loading lane for the Herricks classes that use it, as well as the half-walkway. But soon, a state grant will finish the project and students will be able explore the B Y N O A H M A N S K A R , Hempstead’s 26 commissioner- Neck and Manhasset park disGreat Neck Park District pond’s entire shoreline, which H A R R i S O N M A R d E R operated special districts are tricts have contested races. One of the contested races D’Andrelli said will help them In the other has a former Great Neck Park heavy on tax ANd JOE NiKiC learn even more about local ecoseven, incum- District employee, Chandev Perdollars but light systems. bent commis- era, challenging Robert Lincoln, With combined budgets ri- on candidates Continued on Page 61 sioners are run- the incumbent commissioner unvaling the town’s in size, North for their upcomning unopposed der whom he worked. ing elecPerera worked for the disto retain their tions. seats, which trict from 1992 until March, Of nine some of them when he took a job with the U.S. district commissions with upcoming have held as long as 20 years or Tennis Association. elections, only the Great more. Continued on Page 54
Drumstick Dash
Hefty budgets, but few candidates Only two of nine special district commissioner races contested
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