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Friday, August 14, 2015
Vol. 64, No. 33
herricks TEACHERS RANKED 9th, wheatley 13th
NY SENATORS SPLIT ON IRAN
GOLD COAST HOSTS MERYL STREEP FILM
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E. Williston okays work to build well
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Martins asked to mediate water rate dispute with W.P.: Tanner By C h r i st i a n Araos The East Williston Board of Trustees voted Monday to begin the environmental review process for building a water well to serve its residents. The Village will pay the H2M architectural firm no more than $5,500 to conduct the review, which it defines as a Type I action under the state’s Environmental Quality Review Act. Despite the resolution to move forward with the plans to build a well, East Williston Mayor David Tanner said he still hopes to strike a compromise with the Village of Williston Park about the rate it is charging its neighbor for water. “There is at some at point a fati accompli, when there’s no other place to go where we’ve made a commitment to build a well and there’s no going back,” Tanner said. Speaking after the meeting, Tanner stated that Williston Park
officials have been ‘disingenuous’ in their negotiations. He said Williston Park officials refused an offer from state Sen. Jack Martins to mediate the negotiations. Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar denied ever discussing the negotiations with Martins and labeled Tanner’s description of the negotiating process as ‘totally inaccurate’. “They may need to look at themselves if they’re saying we’re being disingenuous,” Ehrbar said. Martins was unavailable for comment on Tuesday. The resolution passed unanimously with no public comments on the matter. Although she was not present at the meeting, Deputy Mayor Bonnie Parente asked Tanner to publicly note that she was also in favor of approving the resolution. “I’m very happy to make that notion,” Trustee Robert Vella quipped during the meeting. Continued on Page 42
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The India Day Parade was held on Sunday Aug. 9. See Page 40 for more photos.
Trustee runoff election scheduled in O. Westbury By J ust i n e Sc h o e n b a r t The Village of Old Westbury Board of Trustees set the date for the run-off election between incumbent trustee Andrew
Weinberg and Leslie Fastenberg for Sept. 8 at a special board meeting Thursday afternoon. Although Trustee Cory Baker and Fastenberg previously expressed concerns about the election falling on the day after
Labor Day, Mayor Fred Carillo said the village is required by law to hold the election on a Tuesday. The options for the election were either Sept. 8 or Continued on Page 43
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