Manhasset Artists Take Center Stage

A stage comedy, The Duchess of The Dakota, written by Manhasset playwright Denis McKeown and featuring Manhasset actors, was performed Sunday, Dec. 6 at the Manhasset Arts and Cultural Center, housed in the Parish House of Christ Church—an architectural treasure.

Cub Scout Pack 101 Launches ‘Operation: Shoe Box’

What started as a routine concept—sending care packages to U.S. Troops—culminated in an overwhelming and enthusiastic show of community support to bring some holiday joy to our brave men and women stationed overseas.

Manhasset Library Update: December 25, 2009

Monday Night Film at Your Library

500 Days of Summer (2009 – 95 min)

Join your host John Bosco on Monday, Jan. 4, at 7 p.m. for his monthly Director’s Cut series, and enjoy little-seen but critically acclaimed film gems you may have missed in the movies or on DVD.  This month’s selection is 500 Days of Summer.  When his girlfriend (Zooey Deschanel), unceremoniously dumps him, greeting-card copywriter and hopeless romantic Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) begins sifting through the year-plus worth of days they spent together, looking for clues to what went awry.  As he recalls the good and bad times he spent with the commitment-phobic girl, his heart reawakens to what it cherishes most. Marc Webb directs this uncommon love story.

Governor Signs ‘Most Significant Pension Reform Legislation in 25 Years’

Governor David A. Paterson signed into law last week pension reform legislation in North Hempstead Town Hall that is expected to provide more than $35 billion in long-term savings to New York taxpayers over the next 30 years. It will, he said, save $8.5 billion on Long Island and will provide much needed long-term property tax relief.

Underfoot and Under-Appreciated

Water, Slipping Though Our Fingers

Underground on Long Island there are vast aquifers filled with water, some closer to the surface and more susceptible to polluting influences, others deep with pristine waters thousands of years old. Water knows no boundaries. The water in the aquifers flows in various directions based on geology, not political boundaries.

Gleeful Squeals Greet Santa at the Park

It had to be one of the warmest Christmas Tree Lighting ceremonies in memory, and the crowd grew steadily on Dec. 4 until, as in years past, it spilled into the corners of the Mary Jane Davies Green. The Manhasset High School Brass Choir, under the direction of Randy Knudsen, provided a spirited background of seasonal songs.

Controversy Over Reinstating Bus Transportation

The community was on a fact-finding mission, attending the Dec. 3 school board meeting in the Black Box Theater, to decide how to vote on Dec. 15 – a “Yes” vote to purchase buses and refurbish the bus garage and resume in-house bus transportation, or a “No” vote that would be a vote to continue outsourcing bus transportation to Huntington Coach.

Candidates for Manhasset-Lakeville Fire and Water District Election

(Editor’s Note: Both candidates were asked to provide a brief bio and were asked to list their qualifications for the position, their understanding of role of commissioner, and their most outstanding professional accomplishments. We also asked, “Why should someone vote for you rather than your opponent?” Here are their responses.)

Manhasset Sports Hall of Fame Welcomes Five Inductees

Manhasset is indeed unique. In American literature, it is the very special place tucked in between Gatsby’s East Egg and West Egg. And in the greatest novel to emerge from World War II, Manhasset initially appears on the very first page of The Caine Mutiny as the hometown of the book’s central protagonist, Willy Keith, whose residence in 1942 is described thusly:

Absentee Ballot Information/Voter Registration

For Dec. 15 Vote on Transportation Proposition

Qualified registered voters can obtain applications for absentee ballots for the Dec. 15 vote on the proposition to Purchase Buses and Equipment and Make Certain Capital Improvements to the Bus Garage, from the District Clerk, Manhasset Public Schools, 200 Memorial Place, Manhasset, NY 11030, 516-267-7724. Applications for absentee ballots must be received at least seven (7) days before the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the vote, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

The last day for the district clerk to receive the application for Absentee Ballot (if mailed) is Dec. 8 and the last day for district clerk to receive application for absentee ballot (if in person) is Dec. 14. Ballots must be received by the district clerk by 5 p.m. on Dec. 15.

Absentee ballot applications are also available on the district’s website, www.manhasset.k12.ny.us. Completed absentee ballots must be received by the district clerk no later than 5 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15.

You are a registered voter, eligible to vote on Dec. 15 if:

• You have previously registered and voted in a school district vote and/or a public library vote within the last four calendar years, or

• You have registered to vote with the County Board of Elections and have voted at least once in any local, state or national election within the last four calendar years, or

• You have registered with the District’s Board of Registration prior to the vote.

Voter registration takes place on school days, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Office of the District Clerk, Central Office, Manhasset Secondary School, 200 Memorial Place. If you are not registered to vote you may do so by Wednesday, Dec. 9 in order to be eligible to vote. If you are unsure of your voter registration status, please call the district clerk, at 267-7724.