Shinnecock Tribal Member Continues Fight To Fish In Court
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on Jan 24, 2018
The case against a former leader of the Shinnecock Indian Nation who was ticketed by State Department of Environmental Conservation agents for being in possession of undersized eels in disputed... more
The lone seat up for election in the Sagaponack School District will be uncontested after a former school board member signed up to run for a seat being vacated by current board member Lauren Thayer. Thayer, who has been on the board for six years, chose not to run for a third term, but former board member Brian Villante agreed to run to return to the board in her place. Villante, a father of two former Sagaponack School students, is a former president of the board. He is unopposed.
by Staff Writer
The School Board race in Riverhead will be uncontested this year, as board Vice President Brian Connelly will seek another three-year term. He will be joined by newcomer Kelly Freeborn on the ballot. Current President Colin Palmer is not seeking another term. Connelly, who lives in Riverhead, is a New York City firefighter. He and his wife, Bonnie, have two children, a daughter who is a sophomore at Riverhead High School and another who attends college. First elected in 2018, Connelly has served as both president and vice president. He will be joined on the ballot by Freeborn, a resident ...
by Staff Writer
Two candidates will run unopposed for the Remsenburg-Speonk School Board. Suellen Tunney, 46, a sales representative for a Manhattan wine distributor, will run for the seat being vacated by incumbent Jennifer Ashley, and Dr. Mary Greiner, an associate professor of education at Queens College and the board’s current vice president, will seek another three-year term. Tunney and her husband, Kevin Tunney, have lived in Remsenburg since 2017. They have a daughter in kindergarten at the school and two other daughters in seventh and eighth grade at Westhampton Beach Middle School. “I love being part of this community,” she said. “I ...
by Staff Writer
A major shakeup is expected around the Westhampton Beach Board of Education. With board President Suzanne Mensch and trustee George R. Kast Jr. opting not to seek reelection, it leaves six vying for three seats. Joyce Donneson, a 1976 Westhampton Beach alumna, is the only incumbent in the race. The owner of a Boar’s Head Provisions distribution company served on the School Board from 2001 to 2009, originally completing the unfinished term of the late Larry Makransky, and was appointed again in 2014 following the death of Gordon Werner. She is now seeking her fifth term. Her first two were ...
by Desirée Keegan
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on Jan 24, 2018