By MIKE CAPUTO
In convincing fashion, incumbent Carey Welt was re-elected to a sixth term on the East Meadow Board of Fire Commissioners on Tuesday.
Welt garnered a total of 1,069 votes in the annual fire district election, held at headquarters and Station 4. The turnout was deemed by officials as average for a contested race, with a total of 1,322 people casting their votes at headquarters and Station No. 4.
With the current state of the economy being what it is, Welt stressed that he will work with the board to bring in additional sources of revenue and seek ways to cut costs.
"I hope to keep East Meadow in the forefront of being an excellent fire department -- providing excellent fire and emergency service -- and to see how we can do it with the least cost," Welt said.
Despite a valiant door-to-door and web campaign effort, challenger Mike Finnegan at
