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Friday, October 2, 2015
Vol. 3, No. 40
Guide to the
Great Neck Plaza AutoFest
A Blank Slate Media
What:
/ Litmor Publications
October 2, 2015 Special Section •
Where:
31st Annual Great Neck Plaza AutoFest
Middle Neck Road in Great Neck Plaza
When:
Sunday, October 4 p.m. from Noon to 5:00 11) (Rain date: October
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Opponent questions Birnbaum’s role B y J oe N ikic Republican candidate Lisa Benjamin charged last week that Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, her opponent in the race for the Legislature’s 10th District seat, has been unable to properly perform her duties as county legislator because of her removal from all county committees and the Democratic caucus.
ELECTION 2015 “If you go on the main page of Nassau County Legislature, you see the mission statement is ‘our legislators serve on committees to serve you,’” Benjamin said. “She doesn’t serve on any committees to serve anybody. She’s not doing her job. She’s not allowed to do her job. She’s not permitted to do her job. So we’re paying her to do what?” Nassau County Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams stripped Birnbaum last year of her comContinued on Page 54
The Manhasset marching band practices for the upcoming season, which starts Sunday. Read the story on Page 2 for more information about their competition schedule.
N. Shore witnesses to pope’s service St. Mary’s parishoners recount Francis’s first visit to the United States BY A N G E L A C AV E “I never win anything,” Ana Maria Georgeou said she thought when she entered a lottery at her church in Williston Park to attend Pope Francis’ Mass at Madison Square Garden last week.
Yet she and her husband, Michael, parishioners of St. Aidan’s Catholic Church, found themselves among the throngs of devotees lucky enough to see and celebrate with the charismatic religious leader in the famous arena as part of the pontiff’s whirlwind first trip to America. “It blew me away,” said Georgeou, a native of Argentina, Pope Francis’ home. “It was like Madison Square Garden was coming down. People were yelling
and screaming. That’s what God wants: for people of all races and religions to come together as one.” The papal Mass attracted 20,000 worshipers; his procession through Central Park the same day turned out 80,000 admirers. North Shore residents were among both crowds, witnessing history and becoming objects of envy among their social circles this week. Georgeou recalled waiting
three and a half hours to get through security and into the Garden on Friday. She had knee surgery a week prior. “At one point, I couldn’t take it any longer,” she said. Her husband kept her spot in line while she sat in front of a barber shop. The owner came out and pressed her about why the pope was worth her time and agony. “He just looked at me like I was talking a different language. “When you are going to enContinued on Page 22
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