Mayor’s golf outing, award dinner a hit

Under sunny blue skies, the Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce and the Lynbrook Community Chest co-sponsored the annual Mayor’s Golf Outing on Monday at the Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor.
Proceeds to from the event will do to benefit the Lynbrook Community Chest, a charitable organization with the sole purpose of providing assistance to residents of the Lynbrook community who are in need of help due to financial or economic hardship reasons.
A cocktail hour and dinner were held in the evening to celebrate the day and to honor three outstanding citizens: Msgr. Bill Breslawski , Brian Fern and Art Mattson.

Msgr. Bill Breslawski

“Father Bill” is a member of the Diocesan Priests’ Senate and the Diocesan Board of Consultors. He serves as a Spiritual Director for the seminarians at the College Seminary in Douglaston. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Catholic Charities. He served as the Homiletics Professor at the Seminary in Huntington. He serves the Marriage Tribunal as an Advocate to help people to obtain annulments.

Brian Fern
Fern, owner Pearsall’s Station and P-12. He Brian Fern bought the Lynbrook location of Long Island mini chain BK Sweeney’s in 1999 and turned it into a local destination beloved for its great food, convivial setting and his hands-on management style. When a tragic fire hit the restaurant the week before Christmas, 2005, BK Sweeney’s closed its doors for good — but ten months later, Brian opened the spot with a fresh new identity. Pearsall’s Station, renamed for the family that was the town’s original namesake, was born from Brian’s determination and the unwavering support from patrons, local businesses and his staff alike. The restaurant’s longstanding annual golf outing has, for the past three years, raised funds for From Our Family to Yours, a charity established by the family of Brian Ciampi, the much‐loved Pearsall’s Station bartender and Lynbrook native who lost his fight with colon cancer in 2013.

Art Mattson
Art Mattson and his wife, Nori, have lived on Hart Street in Lynbrook for 42 years and has served as Lynbrook Village Historian for over two decades. He published “The History of Lynbrook” and “Water and Ice: The Tragic Wrecks of the Bristol and the Mexico on the South Shore of Long Island.” He is the co‐founder and former president of the Lynbrook Historical Society and creator of the popular Lynbrook TV series “A Few Minutes of Lynbrook History.”