Letter: Mayor’s Holiday Season Message

I want to take this opportunity to wish each Westbury resident a very happy and holy holiday season, and a healthy 2013. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or are of any other faith or tradition, the holidays are a time to reflect on the many blessings that we enjoy, both personally and collectively as a community. Let us all take some time to be thankful for these many blessings.

As we celebrate our holy days, let us also remember the servicemen and women who remain in harm’s way and away from their families this holiday season. Let us pray that they may soon be rejoined with their families and loved ones and that 2013 will be a year of peace.

Letter: CP Arts And Education Aids Freeport School

On Friday, Nov. 16, the Carle Place Arts & Education Booster Club held our annual fundraising concert, BLAST!

Every year Carle Place students, teachers, alumni and community members join together for a night of music and fun to raise funds for the arts programs in Carle Place. This year, our students were so moved by the tragedy that hit us all and Freeport in specific, that the students lobbied to share part of our fundraising efforts with the students at Giblyn Elementary School.

The Mayor’s Corner Village of Westbury

Mayor’s Holiday Season Message

I want to take this opportunity to wish each Westbury resident a very happy and holy holiday season, and a healthy 2013. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or are of any other faith or tradition, the holidays are a time to reflect on the many blessings that we enjoy, both personally and collectively as a community. Let us all take some time to be thankful for these many blessings. 

Letter: Support Carle Place Athletics

Welcome to another academic year and the expectations, activities and commitments of students and parents to a successful, rewarding school year.

The Carle Place Athletic Booster and Physical Education Foundation Club (CPABC) seek to encourage involvement and support of our students in the middles school and high school athletic programs. Our efforts to support the athletic programs are dependent on membership contributions and fundraising efforts. The funds raised through your membership contributions ($20 family, $50 masters or $100 platinum level) enable the CPABC to donate and fund needed equipment, scholarships, tournament sponsorships, to assist teams that have successfully advanced to statewide competition. Over the last nine years, through your generous efforts, the CPABC has donated in excess of $10,000 to the Carle Place athletic program.

Letter: An Open Letter To The Village Residents

Throughout this time period, most of those who live in the mid-section of Nassau County have witnessed a substantial number of downed trees and power lines.  Obviously this condition, along with the flooding seen across the north and south shore of Nassau County caused a loss of power to approximately 90 percent of the residents and a substantial loss of property and personal belongings.  

Having observed conditions in other communities throughout various parts of the county, I can definitively state that our village was very fortunate in many ways. I know that might be difficult to believe when you were without power for about two weeks, but when you see the devastation caused by flooding and the loss of both personal and real property this condition brings with it, I think you will ultimately agree.

Letter: Westbury – Never In The Dark

Most residents of the Village of Westbury were left without electric power for nearly two weeks due to the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy and the nor’easter that followed, which left approximately 10 inches of snow. Unfortunately, these storms downed several tall trees, many of which fell upon electric wires, causing them to dangerously dangle and fall in several of our village streets.

Letter: Lessons Learned From Sandy

I am writing this article after having my power restored, 15 days after Sandy’s onslaught that caused unbelievable damage to homes and infrastructure in neighborhoods all over Long Island.

Like a lot of my neighbors, I had to make do with the inconveniences caused by lack of electricity, heat, cooking arrangements, etc., as my home is 100 percent electricity dependent (no gas) – small measure, when I compare myself with others in my neighborhood that had damages done to their houses and in some instances their automobile, from fallen trees.

Editorial: Westbury’s Hidden Gem

If you’re living in Westbury or Carle Place and haven’t been to the Westbury Memorial Public Library, you are doing your brain a great disservice.

The Westbury Library’s cozy confines are welcoming, while the same can be said for its staff. I am proud to say I recently got my first library card at the Westbury Library.

Editorial: Thank You, Veterans

Potentially overshadowed by the previous week’s events, Veterans Day on Nov. 11 is a reminder of an amenity we otherwise wouldn’t enjoy without the service and sacrifice of our nation’s vets: elections.

Editorial: So Long, Sandy

Residents across Long Island scrambled to return to normalcy following superstorm Sandy, though the task proved to be more difficult for some than others.

Nearly a week after the storm, approximately 250,000 residents were in the dark, while thousands more had suffered worse losses, including vehicles, homes, pets and family members.