Observer_1983-11-16; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 1 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1983 25c PER COPY
Large Voter Turnout: Gulotta Wins in a Landslide
Presiding Supervisor Tho-mas
S. Gulotta
In the election held on
November 8, 1983, the
voters turned out in large
numbers to cast their bal-lots.
The results of our local
elections are as follows:.^
Presiding Supervisor
Gulotta (R) 123,746
(C) 15,254
Total 139,000
Harper (L) 2,026
Lubkin (D) 41,499
O'Brien (RTL) 4,446
Supervisor
Bennett (R) 107,402
(C) 13,765
Total 121,167
Supervisor James Beiinett Town Clerk Daniel Fisher
Councilman Joseph Mon-dello
Councilman Greg Peterson Councilman Joseph Cairo
Hagan (L) 2,150
Patterson (RTL) 5,039
Scopelliti (D) 50,053
Council (elect 3)
Bernstein (D) 56,423
Cairo (R) 99,987
(C) 12,998
Total 112,985
Gastman (L) 2,178
Kaufman (L) 2,306
Lawrence (D) 53,348
McPartland (RTL) 6,133
Malone (RTL) 6,414
Mohen (RTL) 6,175
Mondello (R) 101,946
(C) 13,200
Total 115,146
Perlman
Peterson
Reddan
Town Clerk
Fisher
Leta
McDermott
Miller
(L) 2,807
(R)101,126
(C) 13,246
total 114,372
(D) 51,711
(R) 103,977
(C) 13,160
Total 117,157
(D) 50,968
(RTL) 6,095'
(L) 2,415
McLean
Manning
Podmore
Judicial
1155 of 1879 districts
Supreme Court Justice (2)
(L) 2,126
(RTL) 5,920
(D) 50,331
(RTL) 12,446
(RTL) 14,203
(R,C) 204,571
(D,L) 130,235
(D) 136,239
(R) 210,235
Receiver of Taxes
Livingston (R) 105,357
(C) 13,440
Total 118,797
Kenneily
McMahon
Molloy
Samenga
Santagata
Roberto
County Court Judge
elect (4)
998 of 1002 districts
Baker (D) 105,799
(R) 160,269
Collins
Delin
Massell
Skidmore
Sullivan
(C) 24,574
(L) 6,312
Total 296,954
(D) 103,690
(R) 158,612
(C) 25,338
(L) 6,174
Total 293,814
(D) 103,365
(R) 157,766
(C) 22,878
(L) 5,835
Tot^l 289,844
(C) 23,845
(RTL) 11,597
(RTL) 14,356
Winick (D) 105,866
(R) 158,899
(L) 5,750
Total 270,515
Family Court Judge (elect 2)
998 of 1002 district
Capilli (D) 105,641
(R) 166,829
(L) 6,389
Total 278,859
Dempsey (D) 106,698
(R) 159,971
(C) 22,704
(L) 5,933
Total 295,306
Esernio (RTL) 11.690
Village Board Reports Chimney Causes House Fire
East Rockaway
The November meeting of
the East Rockaway Village
Board was called to order at
8:30 pm at the Village Hall
on Monday, November 14.
After the approval of the
minutes for the meetings of
October 3 and 5, the Board
heard reports from the
Mayor, Trustees, Village
Attorney, Fire and Auxil-iary
Police Departments,
Public Works, Building and
Recreation Departments,
Library, and Justice Court.
The Mayor made four
p r e s e n t a t i o n s . Arthur
"Harry" Cordingly was cited
for this thirty years of out-standing
service to the Vil-lage
of East Rockaway.
Anthony Vitta, Marie
Urbano and Anthony
Urbano were cited for their
efforts above and beyond
the call of duty in assisting
their neighbors, the Limon-cellis,
during the recent fire
that consumed their house.
The Mayor stated that their
acts of voluntarism were to
be praised and commended
by all.
Mayor Reinhard then
read a proclamation where-by
the years 1983 through
1992 were declared to be the
"Decade of the Disabled" by
the Village of East Rocka-way.
This proclamation is in
accordance with a similar
resolution passed by the
United Nations in recogni-tion
of the plight of the han-dicapped
worldwide.
The Board dispensed with
various pending matters.
The Board granted permis-sion
to the Kiwanis Club to
hold their annual Rag-A-Muffin
Parade on Thanks-giving
morning. It also
approved the request by the
Peninsulua Counseling Cen-ter
to renovate the reception
area of its Main Street
office, and amended Article
VI, Section 263 of the Vil-lage
Code to restrict the
operation of video games
between the hours of 7:30
am and 9 am, and from 11
am until 1:30 pm on days
when school is in session.
The next meeting of the
East Rockaway Village
Board will be held on Mon-day,
December 5.
Lynbrook
The members of the Lyn-brook
Village Board met in
the Village Hall on Monday,
November 7 at ^ pm.
After the approval of the
minutes of the previous
meeting, the appointment of
Grace Fox to the Library
Board of Trustees was
announced. This was fol-lowed
by discussions con-cerning
(1) the Chamber of
Commerce Holiday Cele-bration,
(2) a request for a
stop sign on Stuart Avenue,
(3) a request to set the date
for the opening of bids for
one rack truck and one step
van, (4) a request to set the
date for a public hearing to
amend the Village Code, (5)
an update report on Cable
TV, (6), tentative equializa-tion
ratess (7) a part-time
Children's Librarian, as well
as the bid opening for the
Fire Chiefs car.
The Board then adjourned
into executive session. The
next meeting of the Lyn-brook
Village Board will be
on Monday, November 21.
On October 30, 1983, the
Lynbrook Fire Department
responded to a general
alarm house fire at 149 Can-itebury
Gate off Bixley
Heath. Tally-Ho Engine 3,
first on the scene, found fire
in the wall immediately
adjacent to the chimney. A
1 Vi hose line was brought to
the second floor of the resi-dence
while an additional
exterior line was brought to
the chimney side of the
house. With the assistance
of Truck Company and
members of other fire units
that responded the burning
wall area near the chimney
was pulled and the fire
extinguished.
Chief Kevin Michaud,
\vhose men were on the
scene for one hour, attrib-uted
the fire to loose
unsealed bricks in the chim-neys
which ignited the inte-rior
wall.
Chief Michaud asks all
residents to check their own
chimney to make sure they
are properly sealed.
CHIMNEY FIRE. Lynbrook Fireman checks the amount
of damage caused by the fire. (Photo by John Cribbin).
Forums to be Held
Many community and
civic organizations will be
holding open forums to dis-cuss
the upcoming bond
issue as proposed by the
East Rockaway Board of
Eduction.
On Thursday, November
17, the Cape Cod Home-owners's
Association will be
discussing the matter at the
Hewlett Point Yacht Club,
which is located on Seawane
Road in East Rockaway at 8
pm. Superintendent of
Schools Michael Maiden
will be on hand to answer
any q u e s t i o n s from
members of the audience.
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