Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

“This rally is to get New York state, the state legislature, and the governor to change the law passed in June … a law with no other purpose than to make money,” said Saddle Rock Mayor J. Leonard Samansky, president of the Great Neck Village Officials Association. The GNVOA, along with the Great Neck Park District, the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District, the Manhasset-Lakeville Water/Fire District, and the Long Island Special District Association, hosted an Oct. 26 rally calling for amendments to the state’s law that now permits easier consolidation or dissolution of local municipalities (i.e. villages and special districts), often with little say from the residents involved.

At the podium with GNPD Chair Robert Lincoln, New York State Senator Craig Johnson, and New York State Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel, Mayor Samansky noted the presence of many public officials, calling the two state legislators “the two champions of this effort.”

Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

Tuesday, Nov. 17 at Town Hall

The multi-year struggle to decide on the best approach to do the required upgrades for sewage treatment for much of the peninsula will culminate in a vote by the Town of North Hempstead Council on Nov. 17. A super majority vote is required for passage of a bond.

Even though the idea of diverting sewage to Nassau County’s Cedar Creek facility was eventually rejected for a host of reasons, it was, as environmentalist Julian Kane called it, “a vampire that just wouldn’t die no matter how many times you stabbed it in the heart.”

Proponents of diversion cited an estimate of $20 million to divert to Cedar Creek over and over again even though years went by and construction costs went up.

Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

On Thursday, Oct. 15, over 70 people gathered at Tulip Restaurant on Welwyn Road in Great Neck, to show appreciation to Barbara Mandell for arranging their tennis games. Barbara has been organizing tennis groups at Memorial Field for over ten years, according to players’ abilities and compatibilities. The group is comprised of more than 50 men and women ranging from beginner to advanced levels.

The party was fun filled with live entertainment by group members, including professional singers, authors and even a harmonica player. But most of all, players spoke from their hearts, offering dedications and poems to let Barbara know how much she is appreciated for keeping the group together.

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On Oct. 10, former Great Neck Bruin players, coaches, families and friends returned to the ice rink they knew as their home when they were growing up to participate in the first ever Great Neck Bruins Alumni Game.

The event, co-sponsored by the Great Neck Park District, was cleverly scheduled in conjunction with the 30th Great Neck High School reunion being held at the USMMA that evening. So players were on hand from all over the country, who normally would not have been able to attend.