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vol. 91, no. 7
school aNd PlaZa iNTRodUces deMaRTiN ResigNs edUcaTioN gUide sTReeT saFeTy PlaN FRoM ToWN PosT PAGES 31-38
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No challengers emerge in G.N. village races
tHEIR BIG BREAK
15 trustee incumbents appear headed for uncontested election By J oe N i k i c On March 15, voters from six villages will head to the polls to vote on a total of 15 mayors and trustees — with zero races contested. No new challengers stepped forward by the end of the nomination filing period that began on Feb. 2 and ended Tuesday at 5 p.m. In the Village of Great Neck Plaza, Mayor Jean Celender, Deputy Mayor Ted Rosen and Trustee Pamela Marksheid all filed to run for re-election. They are running on the United Residents Party line. Celender began serving on the Board of Trustees in 1984, and was elected mayor in 2000. Rosen has served on the board since 1985, and when Celender became mayor, she appointed him deputy mayor. Marksheid began serving on the board in 2008. Celender, who works full-time as mayor of the village, is paid an
annual salary of $62,500. Rosen is paid $12,500 as deputy mayor and Marksheid is paid $10,000, according to seethroughny.net. The Village of Great Neck Plaza is the only municipality in Great Neck with elections in March that provides a salary for mayors and trustees. Residents can cast their ballot at Village Hall, located at 2 Gussack Plaza, on March 15. Polls will be open from noon until 9 p.m. In the Village of Kensington, Mayor Susan Lopatkin, Deputy Mayor Phillip Bornstein and Trustee Jeffrey Greener are all running for re-election. The three incumbents are running on the Kensington Preservation Party line. Lopatkin began serving on the board in 2008. Bornstein and Greener have served on the board since 2012. Residents can cast their ballot at Village Hall, located at 2 Nassau Drive. March 15. Polls will open at Continued on Page 53
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Matt Grabowski performing at the Gold Coast Arts Center and Love Revolution Org.’s “Your Big Break” competition on Feb. 6. See story on Page 25.
Best Market opens doors to fill need left by Waldbaum’s By J oe N i k i c
Jonathan Sender, vice president of advertising and The lights are on, the marketing for Best Market, told shelves are stocked and an Newsday the opening of the empty storefront has officially supermarket would fill the void been filled — Best Market left by Waldbaum’s closing at opened in the Village of Great 40 Great Neck Road. “Many of the residents of Neck Plaza Wednesday.
the village relied on a supermarket within walking distance,” Sender said. “We answered that call.” The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July to proContinued on Page 53
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