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THE PULSE OF THE PENINSULA
Vol. 90, No. 6
A Blank Slate Media Special Section February 6, 2015
It’s Never Too Late
a late How to rebound from start to saving for retirement
Ticker Talk
Keep your heart running strong well into your golden years
Revisiting Your Regimen Trendy exercises to rev up your workouts
50+, Valentine guides
Marsi conviction overturned
OTB pulls plug on Westbury parlor
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• February 5, 2015 Special Section A Blank Slate Media
Bosworth touts 1st year gains, budget
The next big thing
Cites progress in building department, transparency in State of the Town BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Judi Bosworth began the second year of her tenure as North Hempstead town supervisor the way she began her first - with a major snowstorm to touch down on the region just as she prepared to deliver a major speech. So in her second State of the Town address Friday, Bosworth looked to former Town Supervisor May Newburger’s 1995 speech - the second of her nine-year stint in the position - for inspiration, as North Hempstead continued to dig itself out from Winter Storm Juno. “Battling 17 snow storms is a rugged beginning, but it gave me basic training for what would be a tough and rewarding year,” Bosworth told a luncheon of elected officials and guests of the Port Washington-Manhasset chapter of the League of Women Voters at the Harbor Links Golf Course, before revealing she had been reading
Newburger’s words. “...I guess some things don’t change,” she added, “even 20 years later.” Bosworth, a former Nassau County Legislator and Great Neck Board of Education official who was elected town supervisor in 2013, said her administration would continue to achieve goals of increased efficiency and transparency in its second year, as many town departments have eliminated the use of paper and more information has become available on the town’s website. But those were minor accomplishments, she said, as even larger initiatives toward those goals were met in the previous year. Bosworth touted the announcement of the town’s $125 million 2015 budget prior to the November elections, going offscript to say that “everything we do has fiscal ramifications.” “You have a right to know Continued on Page 60
PHOTO BY karen rubin
Emily Lutz, of Carle Place, performing at the “Your Big Break” showcase at the Gold Coast Arts Center Saturday. She will advance to the finals on April 18.
Four Great Neck mayor positions up for election B y A d am L i d g ett Mayoral positions in four out of the nine villages in Great Neck are up for election in March, along with trustee seats in six of the area’s villages.
The seats of Russell Gardens Mayor Steven Kirschner, Thomaston Mayor Steven Weinberg, Great Neck Estates Mayor David Fox and Saddle Rock Mayor Dan Levy will all be voted on in elections on
March 18. The four villages with mayoral races will also have trustee races along with the villages of Kensington and Great Neck Plaza. The first day to file indeContinued on Page 60
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