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Atlantic Beach elected a new mayor as George Pappas, with family, unseated incumbent Stephen Mahler by 61 votes. From left were George III, George, Maria and Mia Pappas on Election Night.
Courtesy Jesse Lunin-Pack
Hewlett-Woodmere School District and faculty agreed to a new contract, Board President Scott McInnes said it benefits the whole community.
Courtesy Hewlett-Woodmere schools
The Hannah G. Solomon Award is presented annually by the National Council of Jewish Women to an individual who best serves their community. Lawrence resident
Muriel Lavenda was the 2014 winner.
Courtesy Line Art Printing
George Pappas unseats Stephen Mahler for mayor in Atlantic Beach village
For the first time in 20 years the Village of Atlantic Beach has a new mayor as George Pappas, the superintendent of Sanitary District 1 defeats incumbent Stephen Mahler 391 to 325 on June 17.
In all the other village elections, there were no challengers to the incumbents except a late write-in campaign in Hewlett Harbor for Barry Beshkin against sitting Trustee Tom Cohen, but the incumbent kept his seat 98 to 84.
After 17 months of negotiations, the Hewlett-Woodmere School District and the Hewlett-Woodmere Faculty Association reached a new agreement on teacher compensation that was overwhelmingly ratified by the teachers.
The four-year contract was retroactive to the beginning of the previous school year. For 2013-14 it uses the same salary increase scale, based on years of service and graduate credits, that was in place for 2011-12. Then, from 2014-15 through 2016-17, salaries will increase 0.5 percent per year.
Lawrence resident receives NCJW award
The National Council for Jewish Women Peninsula Section honored Lawrence resident Muriel Lavenda with the Hannah G. Solomon Award at its annual Founders Day luncheon at the Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor on June 10.
Lavenda, 84, has served as the staff secretary for the NCJW for 36 years. The award is given to a person who has changed the lives of others through his or her leadership efforts and service. Solomon founded the NCJW in Chicago in 1893.
PPL kicked off summer reading program
Peninsula Public Library got their annual summer reading program underway with a registration event on June 13. The program includes an array of activities for children ranging from pre-K to eighth grade.
More than 400 kids registered and 116 read a total of 167,650 pages and 1,662 books. Mohammed Faiz led the pre-K-first grade group with 2,351 pages read; Asmita Kumari Jaisul read 7,138 pages, the most for second- to fourth-graders, Kalib DeNicolo read 9,357 pages and Bhawn Sandhu was the grand prize winner with 9,752 pages read.
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