November 2014

Kaminsky wins in 20th Assembly District

Long Beach resident Todd Kaminsky, 36, a Democrat, defeated his Republican opponent Avi Fertig, 41, of Woodmere, by 54 to 46 percent on Nov. 4 for the assembly seat on the 20th District and will succeed retiring longtime Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach).
Kaminsky was called the new “shining star” of Albany by Nassau County Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs.

Inwood resident Roy Meserole retires from funeral home business

After 126 years of caring for local families as they put their loved ones to final rest, Meserole Funeral Home on the corner of Wanser and Lord Avenues in Inwood is making the transition to new owners.
Meserole’s current owner, Roy Meserole, managed the funeral home with his mother since 1956 after he returned home from obtaining his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Syracuse University. Meserole, was also involved in numerous community-oriented organizations and activities. His mother, Gene, died in 1990.

Hewlett-Woodmere Business Association picks a new president

Hewlett-Woodmere Business Association President Jaime Wysocki stepped down at the end of her two-year term, and was replaced by the current 1st vice president, David Friedman. He took over the reins of the organization that was created in a merger of the Hewlett Business Association and the Woodmere Merchants Association in 2012.
Friedman, a lifelong Five Towns resident, is president of the 30-year-old DBF Collection Corp, a collection agency that works with high-end real estate companies in Manhattan, he said. He has chaired the HWBA’s advertising and publicity committee, helped start Kids Night at Hewlett High School, been involved in the growth of Arts Below Sunrise and the revitalization of the Memorial Day Parade, and managed the organization when Wysocki was on maternity leave earlier in the year.

Lawrence’s Number Five School takes part in ‘Million Minute Reading Challenge’

The “Million Minute Reading Challenge,” where students in the Number Five School, along with their families and school staff, read books to log a cumulative total of one million minutes of reading by Dec. 9, when the school held its annual Family Literacy Night.
“We hope that our reading challenge will excite our learners to read a wide variety of materials in order to enrich their lives in so many ways; everybody loves a challenge,” said Principal Rina Beach.