Both major parties have announced their slates of candidates to run in the November election. At its convention on May 26, the Republican Party nominated Assemblywoman Maureen O'Connell of East Williston for supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead. Her running mates for seats on the North Hempstead Town Board will be Warren Brinker of Mineola and Robert Lazaro of Williston Park. Kathleen Forman of Port Washington was nominated to run for Receiver of Taxes and Linda Green, also of Port Washington, was nominated to run for North Hempstead Town Clerk, a post to which she was elected in 1997. FULL STORY

At a marathon session held on June 8, the North Hempstead Town Board rejected an application for a change of zone for the property at the southwest corner of the intersection of Shelter Rock Road and Northern Boulevard, commonly called the Filene property. The vote was 3-2 with council members Doreen Banks, Tony D'Urso and Anthony Ferrara voting to reject the request and Supervisor May Newburger and Councilman James O'Connor voting for it. The applicant for the change of zone is the Kimco Company which purchased it from the bank which had foreclosed on the property formerly owned by the Zausner family. The property is currently in two zones, the southern portion is zoned "Parking District" and the remaining portion "Business A." The purpose of the request for the change of zone was to permit the King Kullen Company to build a supermarket on the section of the property presently zoned "Parking." FULL STORY

On Saturday, June 12, your reporter thoroughly enjoyed The Manhasset Bay Sportsman's Club 50th Blessing of the Fleet. She especially enjoyed chats with Jon Kaiman, commissioner of Public Safety, and Supervisor May Newburger, neither of whom she had met before. Seventy boats were reported of which about 10 were sailboats. The most "unique" boat seemed to be the one dubbed "pontoon boat." Other details are omitted because of coverage by others. FULL STORY