Since its inception in 1930, the chamber has taken an active and visible role in promoting Port Washington and its business community, which continually gives back to the community by supporting the various organizations in town.
A man dedicated to making this world a kinder place has passed. Lee Aschenbrenner: educator, volunteer and all around terrific person.
On August 18, 2009, the community of Port Washington, the town of North Hempstead, the county of Nassau, the State of New York, in fact, the entire world lost a most remarkable man! After a valiant effort to stay alive, Lee Aschenbrenner was defeated by the injuries he sustained on December 4, 2008. Lee was a man at 90 who still had many things left on his “to do” list. His list of accomplishments is long and varied but some of the most significant ones include being a devoted husband to his dedicated wife “T.” a loving and supportive father to his children, Karen (Jerry), Erik (Gayle) and Lynn (Bruce), an adoring grandfather to 10 and a super great-grandfather to eight!
On Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., you are invited to the Cow Neck Historical Society’s Annual Country Fair.
There will be a petting zoo, pony rides, face painting, games and you can get behind the controls of a real fire truck! And, they have antique tools and tractors on display in our old Dutch barn, Civil War re-enactors, fly tying demonstrations, a raffle for gift certificates to Port Washington’s finest restaurants, tours of the historic Sands-Willets House (ca. 1738-1845) and live music for your enjoyment.
On a sizzling summer day, nearly 20 Jewish women from Long Island crammed into five cars loaded with bags of groceries and traveled to Rhode Island for a four-day social-action mission that included everything from feeding the hungry to building a home for the homeless, as part of UJA-Federation of New York’s Port Washington/Sands Point Women’s Volunteer Mission in Rhode Island.
The assessed value of a property does not in itself determine the amount of taxes on a property in Nassau County. Assessments only determine an individual property’s share of the taxes imposed by municipalities, school districts or special taxing districts.
That was only one of the messages that Nassau County Assessor Ted Jankowski, appointed by County Executive Suozzi in January of this year, wished to convey at a recent visit to Anton Community Newspapers.
The president of the Sandminers Monument, Leo Cimini, advises that this project will honor Port Washington’s proud and long sandmining history is moving along. Once completed, the monument will be installed on West Shore Road.
At a meeting of the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce held at Ayhan’s Fish Kebab restaurant on Aug. 11, a representative of Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s office outlined an Internet program relating to governmental affairs known as Project Sunlight. The presentation was made by Mr. Brian Harrington, assistant director of government affairs, the office of the New York State Attorney General.
Mr. Harrington spoke of the Project Sunlight website as the first of its kind in New York State, which provides easy access to campaign finance, lobbying, agency contracts, member items, and legislative databases. The website is accessible on the Internet at sunlightny.org. New Yorkers can go on this website to see whether tax dollars are being spent and how their representatives are voting on key issues. This event is part of the attorney general’s statewide outreach efforts to inform the public about Project Sunlight and how it can be used. A brochure, which was distributed, outlined the goal of Project Sunlight as the promotion of the public’s right to know and monitor government decision-making. Mr. Harrington pointed out that Project Sunlight is an ongoing initiative and will be continually updated. The brochure described the following potential uses of the program:
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