Walter and Grace Weismantel of Florida, former residents of Roosevelt Avenue and the owners of the famous bakery of the same name, are a busy couple in Florida. Both Grace and Walter volunteer at the local hospital and Walter has joined an acting group. Walter also serves as a teacher's helper in the local elementary school where he teaches several subjects like reading.

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Marion Rooney of Penn. Ave. tells us that her daughter Eileen is expecting twins and her other daughter Jean is graduating from veterinary school.

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Good exchanging Christmas greetings with Cara and Kevin Pasqualina, the son and daughter-in-law of Mayor John and Eleanor Colbert.

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Speaking of the mayor, both he and Carl Marchese like to shop at Walgreens.

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Mary Madson of Hampton Street tells us that her daughter Rebecca was chosen by the Long Island Challenge program. She appeared on Cablevision's Channel 12 on Dec. 16.

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Billy Delventhal, one of Anton Newspapers' general managers, is a friend of Nugent Cantileno Jr. of Beebe Road. This was a friendship via their kids' athletic endeavors.

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Former Mayor Bob Hinck did a great job erecting his Yuletide display at his home on Andrews Road.

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What a wonderful spirit is displayed by Dan and Tom Flynn, who attend and participate at Mass at Corpus Christi almost every Sunday. In spite of his handicap, Tom likes and greets everybody with great enthusiasm.

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Met Fran Dempsey the other day. She and her husband, former Family Court Judge Bill Dempsey, live on Latham Road. Their son William is an assistant district attorney in Nassau County.

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Bart and Pauline Palmeira are customers of Butler Cleaners and live on Birchwood Court.

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A disappointing crowd of 76 people attended the Dec. 16 Advent Reading and Carols at Corpus Christi. The Nassau Pops and Mineola Choral Society drew an audience of 1,200 at Chaminade for its annual Christmas concert.

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Always good to meet Pat and Bob Signoracci of Latham Road.

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Met Diane Macedo, daughter of John, and sister of John Paul, a couple of weeks ago. She was home visiting from Boston College.

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Always good to exchange Christmas greetings with Bob and Kyle Teemsma. He is a police officer and she is the assistant manager of the Mineola Pool.

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Glad to report that Julia and Pat McGrave are dong well.

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Bill Kaiser of Andrews Road sure does more walking than anybody we know.

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One day a while ago as I was leaving my house on Beebe Road, I absent-mindedly left my briefcase on the roof of my car and as I drove off, all my papers flew all over the street. Good neighbor Chiropractor Jennifer La Monica, driving behind me, stopped and helped an old man (me) retrieve all my papers.

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Joe Wood of Jackson Avenue had a great singing Christmas display.

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Another fine gentleman we exchanged holiday greetings with was Bill Greene of Mineola. Bill is the local furrier, owner of Tsontos Furs and the only Irish furrier in captivity. he is also active in the Mineola Chamber of Commerce.