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YOUR OFFICIAL HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER
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VOL 28 NO. 26 JULY 7 - 13, 1995 40 CENTS
SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Oyster Bay Town Councilman Joseph D. Muscarella joins officers of
the Bethpage Senior Citizen club for their annual Installation luncheon.
Ready to start off their new year are (left to right) director Helen
Berghmans, treasurer NIcki Perry, President Theresa Plellucci, vice
president Barbara Morris, vice president Wllla Vollmerhausen and
recording secretary Pat Giacotto.
T.O.B. 16TH ANNUAL
POLICE AWARDS CEREMONY
The Oyster Bay Town Board held its 16th Police Awards ceremony
recently, at which 18 Nassau County Police officers were cited for
outstanding police work In the Town. Among those honored were
Police Officers from the 8th Precinct. Here, Town Supervisor Lewis
J. Yevoli (second from left) and Town Councilman Leonard B. Symons
(second from right) present a citation to Police Officer Thomas
Jacobellis. Also on hand were Deputy Chief James Garside (left),
Commanding Officer of Patrol North, and Inspector Richard Rubin,
Commanding Officer of the 8th Precinct.
GABLE FRANCHISE
REVIEWED BY T.O.B.
TO AID CONSUMER
In anticipation of the renewal
stage of the Town of Oyster Bay's
cable franchise agreement, the
Town Board has determined that
special counsel be hired to review
the present agreement and to
investigate the possibility of other
cable companies providing com­petitive
cable television services to
the Town, according to Town
Councilman Louis G. Savinetti.
"Since the new FCC rules went
into effect in September 1993,
many Cablevision subscribers
have complained about increases
in monthly cable bills," Council­man
Savinetti stated. "It has
become increasingly clear that
federal regulation has not lowered.
cahlft rates
"Franchise cable agreements
affect hundreds of thousands of
residents," Councilman Savinetti
continues. "In these complex
times, options change almost
daily, and we want to ensure that
we offer Town residents the best
possible programming at the best
price. The ony way to make sure
of this is to hire experts in the field
who have their fingers on the pulse
of the industry and its
regulations."
Town Councilman Joseph Mus­carella,
who has been working
with Councilman Savinetti and the
Town Attorney's Office in examin­ing
the Town's existing cable
franchise and exploring possible
alternatives, is enthusiastic aboute.
the possibility that Town of Oys­ter
Bay residents may become the
first on Long Island to be able to
choose between two cable
systems.
"Our existing cable television
franchise agreement has to be
reviewed with the possibility of
renewal in mind," Councilman
Muscarella said. "In addition,
though, it behooves us to find out
what the competition is offering
residents. Recently, the Town has
. been exploring the possibility of
an additional franchise agreement
with Liberty Cable Television. It
appears that Liberty Cable, which
intends to transmit programming
via NYNEX's fiberoptic network,
can offer a variety of programmir"
options at a reasonable rate.
"At this early stage," Council­man
Muscarella stated, "it looks
like a promising opportunity for
Oyster Bay residents. Bringing
Liberty Cable, or another cable
company, into the Town would
promote free market competition.
The time has come for residents
to have the freedom to choose.
ST. MARTIN OF TOURS CLOSES
"TO SPREAD THEIR WINGS'
by Mary McCaffery
On Sunday, July 2,1995, Father
Ray Collins, the pastor, locked the
doors of St. Martin of Tours
Church in preparation for the
construction which is to take place
over the next ten months.
In a liturgy specially prepared
for the ceremony of closing the
Church, Father Collins spoke
about the history of the parish. The
parish was established in 1923. It
took a year to construct the pres­ent
church. In the interim, Mass
was offered in the Roosevelt
Republican Club that was on
Broadway. The Church was ded­icated
in a solumn liturgy offered
by Fr. Daniel Dwyer, the pastor,
on November 9,1924.
The names of individuals who
had been married, baptized or
buried from the Church were
incorporated into the liturgy
offered on July 2nd. These people
were symbolic of all the parishion­ers
who have found a "spiritual
home" at St. Martins in the 71
years the church has been open.
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