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News

The League of Woman Voters has been hosting the Supervisor’s State of the Town address for over 20 years; the format is familiar—introduction, speech and questions from the audience. The league, especially Rita and John Tanski, Jane Thomas and Amy Bass, was thanked for its efforts in coordinating the event.

During the past several years at their monthly meetings, the Port Washington Police District Commissioners have been discussing the possibility of a new headquarters at a larger site in Port. This was being done in executive sessions, which are not open to the public, where real estate matters are a permissible topic.

Sports

Last week of the winter season coming up and the teams are rallying for post-season competition…have you ever been to a boys swim meet? It is a treat and you only have one more week to see our team in action as they compete in the county finals this Friday evening and Saturday afternoon at the Aquatic Center at Eisenhower Park…our 200 medley relay team finished third in the divisions last week and many of our boys earned All-Division honors… The team is looking for All-County honors this weekend…final home boys basketball game this Friday which means it is Senior Night. Game time is 6:15….The boys team will host a first-round playoff game on Thursday. Check back next week for the time and opponent…PYA Night was an almost fully packed gym for the girls basketball team…though the first-place Hicksville team stifled our offense, it did not diminish the enthusiasm and love for the Lady Vikings the little girls showed…Hoops for Haiti was a tremendous success…Thanks to the boys basketball team and those who helped fundraise…The gesture of presenting Uniondale’s basketball team with the raised funds was a class act…see you during the playoffs.

Weber has always had talented female runners on their cross country team. The 2009 season was no different. During the weeks before the first meet, the girls all showed that they had natural ability. Although the first practices were very challenging for most of the girls, every single teammate improved greatly from when they first started.


Calendar

Israeli Writer Gadi Taub To Speak
Friday, February 5

Vincent Smith School Admissions Open House
Saturday, February 6

Friends Matter: Increasing the Social Skills of Gifted Children
Monday, February 8


Columns

A Discussion Over Lunch
Written by Robert McMillan

Two Going to Albany
Written by Mike Barry

More Items That Were Almost Columns
Written by Michael Miller