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Friday, 05 February 2010 00:00

Organization Questions Town Procedure in Granting Raises

The Roll Back the Raises Campaign held a rally in front of Town of Hempstead Hall to lobby town officials to roll back the raises the town board granted themselves and Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray.

Sporting signs in protest of the raises, members of the campaign protested the way in which the raises were granted and the fact that they were granted during a difficult economic climate. One sign said, “7 to 10 Percent Raises in This Economy – Are You Serious?”

“People can’t take it anymore. They have had enough,” said Bob Young, one of the organizers of the Roll Back the Raises Campaign.

Dr. Massimino Returns Home To Carey High School

Since Dr. Michael J. Massimino graduated from H. Frank Carey High School in 1980, he has traveled far, about as far as you possibly can. Dr. Massimino is now a NASA astronaut who has traveled through space but he will always feels at home in Franklin Square.

On Friday, Jan. 29, Dr. Massimino was the guest speaker at two special assembly programs at Carey High School. Prior to the assembly program, Carey Principal Valerie Angelillo hosted a luncheon for Dr. Massimino. The luncheon was attended by Sewanhaka Central High School District Superintendent Warren A. Meierdiercks, assistant superintendent Dr. Linda Opyr, Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education President Jean Fichtl, board of education vice-president David T. Fowler, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, NASA GSFCaGISS Educational Program Specialist Frank Scalzo and Valerie and Anthony Ribaudo.

Dr. Massimino’s favorite restaurant, Carmela’s Risotrante, provided the delicious luncheon in honor of Dr. Massimino and in memory of Anthony Calia.