Friday, 25 January 2013 00:00
At the Plainview Water District Board of Commissioners public meeting held on Tuesday, Jan. 8, Joel Kessler was inducted as chairman of the Plainview Water District and Andrew Bader was sworn in as treasurer. Commissioner Edward Shulroff was appointed as secretary.
“I am grateful that my fellow commissioners have selected me as chairman,” said Kessler. “I look forward to continuing the Plainview Water District’s long standing tradition of providing the highest quality water possible and excellent customer service to our residents.”
For more information, please contact the water district at 931-6469 or visit www.plainviewwater.org.
Friday, 17 May 2013 00:00
Legislator Judy Jacobs, (D-Woodbury) attended the recent Plainview-Old Bethpage CARES Project PACE NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Community) Walk sponsored by the Mid Island Jewish Community Center in Plainview. This Wellness Walk was filled with family activities, including face painting and a bouncy house. There was a community expo, a 50/50 raffle, live music and refreshments.
“It is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to come out, walk, get fit and have fun,” said Jacobs.
Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:00
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Board of Education unanimously approved of 15 tenure recommendations during a school board meeting last week. The boardroom was packed with family and friends of each tenure recipient. Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Timothy Eagen commended them for the employees’ “efforts, hard work with our children and professionalism.”
From JFK High School, guidance counselor Christina Rivas-Laline and teachers Owen Dugan, Michael Horun and Jennifer Santorello were recommended; teacher Linda Curran from H.B. Mattlin Middle School and JFK; teacher Amanda Gundling from POB Middle School and H.B. Mattlin Middle School; teacher Rachel Quattrocchi from POB Middle School; teacher Risa Henkel from POB Middle School and JFK High School; teacher Brian Gurney from POB Middle School; social worker Marc Galloway from Parkway School and Old Bethpage School; District Psychologist Jennifer Strangio-Lott, district teacher Jennifer Hoffman; teacher Dina Futterman from Stratford Road School; teacher Tara Gaudreault from Pasadena School and teacher Debra Lovett from Parkway School.
Plainview Jewish Center’s Shabbat Under The Stars
Friday, May 17
Relay For Life Of Bethpage: Fundraising Sale
Saturday, May 18
Autism Speaks Long Island Youth Leadership Council
Inaugural Blue Run for Autism
Saturday, May 18
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