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VOL. 33 NO. 43 Wednesday, October 22,1986 30$ PER COPY
CANDIDATES NIGHT. The East Rockaway Republican
Club held their annual Candidate's Night on Wednesday,
October 15 at the VFW Hall on Main Street. On hand were,
from left to right: State Senator Dean Skelos, Club Presi-dent
James Ellenwood, Executive Leader Phil Christ, State
Assembly candidate Charles Kovitt, and Judge Jack Evans.
Senior Tax Credits
Under New Yrok State's
expanded "circuit breaker"
tax credit, Nassau County
senior citizens received more
than $1.35 million in 1985,
according to Assemblyman
Arthur J. Kremer who spon-sored
the law responsible lor
the change.
"The average credit got-ten
by seniors was $130.43,
the highest in the state." said
Kremer, who is the Chair-man
of the Ways and Means
Committee. "In 1984, the
county also led the rest ol
the state with an average
credit of $98.55. The total
number and amount of
claims were among the high-est
stateside."
Kremer said that figures
just made available by the
state Taxation and Finance
Department show 10,415
Nassau County taxpayers
took advantage of the
circuit-breaker credit on
their 1985 state tax returns
filed earlier this year. Last
year, the number was
10,285. The total credits
returned to the county were
$1,358,000, up from $1,
014,000 a year earlier.
"New York State has been
giving significant help to
senior citizens who want to
keep their own homes," said
Kremer. "Hopefully this
program will be expanded
next year."
Statewide, the average tax
credit was $93.97 in 1985,
says the Tax Department.
More than 281,000 taxpay-ers
received credits, com-pared
with 245,000 in 1984.
The program gives state
income tax credits of up to
$375 to senior citizens whose
household gross inconic is
$18,000 a year or less. Per-sons
under 65 who meet the
income guidelines may be
eligible for tax credits up to
$75. Unlike a tax deduction,
the credit is taken directly
off a taxpayer's income tax
bill or paid to the taxpayer
as a rebate.
The amount of the credit
also varies according to
income and the amount of
real property taxes or rent
paid. The credit is not avail-able
to owners of property
valued at $85,000 or more.
Renters must pay no more
than $450 a month; not
counting charges for heat,
gas, electricity, furnishings
or board. The taxpayer or
spouse must be a resident of
New York State for the
entire year and must live in
the same home, either
owned or rented, for at least
six months.
Application for the credit
is made on state tax form
IT-214. Forms are available
by writing to the depart-ment's
Taxpayer Assistance
Bureau, State Campus,
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Residents Night
On October 29, 1986, the
Village of Lynbrook will
hold "Residents Night" at
Village Hall at 8:00 P.M.
New Residents as well as
long time residents, are
invited to Village Hall to
meet with their elected offi-cials,
department heads and
other organizations in the
Village of Lynbrook.
A slide presentation
about the village, a talk by
Mayor William P. Geier,
and a tour of Village Hall
will be part ol the program.
Cake and collee will be
served.
New School Approved
The East Rockaway
Board of Education last
week announced the suc-cessful
passage of the com-munity
referendum to build
a new Rhame Avenue
School.
By a vote of 551-320 the
community authorized the
sale of bonds not to exceed
$3,576,000 for this building
project.
While the total project
cost is estimated at
$5,576,000 the district's
insurance settlement related
to the January, 1986, fire at
Rhame Avenue School will
net at least $2 million. In
addition while the bond
issue authorizes $3,576,000,
N.Y.S. will then reimburse
the school district with
$1,365,000 in state aid so
that the local cost will be
$2,211,000.
The Board of Education
expresses its appreciation to
the Rhame Avenue PTA,
Centre Avenue PTA, High
School PTA and SEPTA
organization for their sup-port
and encouragement of
the referendum.
In addition, thanks are
also given to the East Rock-away
Teachers Association
for their support, to the East
Rockaway Observer, the
Local News and the Lyn-brook
News for their coop-eration
in publicizing the
referendum and to the
administrative, teaching.
clerical and custodial staffs
for their cooperation.
The timeline for building
a new school has us aiming
for a school opening in Sep-tember,
1988.
Bruce T. Steltz New Member
Of The "Beacon Family"
Lynbrook Historical
Committee Sets Agenda
The Lynbrook Historical
Committee held its first
meeting of the 1986-87 year
to determine the course that
the Committee will be tak-ing
during the ensuing year.
At this initial meeting the
committee adopted as its
nickname, "The Pearsall's
Corners Chowder and
Clock Society". The public
can expect furt'fier infornsa-tion
on the "whys and
wherefores" of that choice in
future newspaper articles.
Suffice it to say for now that
in 1882, 178 tons of oysters
passed through Lynbroqk,
or Pearsall's Corners as it
was then called. And that
makes lots of chowder!
The purpose of the Com-mittee
is to create a public
-awareness of Lynbrook's
history. Among the items on
the Committee's agenda will
be researching locations of
historical interest within the
Village, and designing and
posting historical markers at
these locations to form a
self-guided walking tour.
The P.C.C.C.S. meets in
the Library at 7:30 P.M. on
the first Thursday of each
month, and the public is
cordially invited to join.
Board of Directors of
Beacon Federal Savings
Bank is pleased to announce
the addition of another
member to the "Beacon
Family"- Bruce Stoltz of
North Babylon as Vice
President-Mortgage Servic-ing
Officer.
Mr. Stolz comes to the
bank with a wealth of expe-
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Skelos Cited By Senior Group
SENIOR CONNECTIONS
TO HONOR SKELOS
ON OCTOBER 23
"We are honoring Sena-tor
Dean Skelos for his out-standing
leadership, com-mitment
and support of the
Senior Connections Pro-gram,
which benefit all of
our elderly citizens," stated
Professor Risha W. Levin-son,
Director of Senior
Connections.
Senator Skelos, Chair-man
of the Senate Commit-tee
on Aging, will be
honored by Senior Connec-tions
on October 23 at 7:30
p.m. at the Oceanside Free
Library for his work in
procuring over $173,000 in
grants over the last two
years to keep this worth-while
program operating.
Senior Connections was
initiated in 1984 when the
Adelphi Univcrsitv School
of Social Work received a
Federal grant from the
Administration on Aging to
conduct an interdisciplinary
project for seniors in library-based
social service pro-grams.
It is an innovative
social service training pro-gram
conducted by profes-sionals
and volunteers to
help seniors improve their
lives and reading habits at
their own convenience in
their local libraries. The
skills of social workers and
librarians are utilized to
assist the elderly to locate
and use information needed
to solve their personal
problems.
"As Chairman of the
S e n a i e C o m m i 11 e e o n
Aging, it is my duty and
privilege to help seniors as
much as 1 possibly can. 1 feel
Senior Connections is an
excellent program and it has
been
with
a pleasure working
Professor Levinson
over the past two years.
Senator Skelos stated.
SKELOS HONORED. Senator Dean Skelos accepts an
award from the Nassau County Auxiliary Police in recogni-tion
of the work he has done for their organization. Pictured
left to right are: Town of Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
Tom Gulotta; Senator Skelos; East Rockaway Auxiliary
Police Chief Ralph Alfano.