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Founded by Walt Whitman soUTH HUNTELNGTON By Peter Sloggatt pS loggatt@longislandergroup com neral home this week. He was 51. ter's lacrosse program. b I uflflvflfi‘l‘ waren tacts ® e F N \ oc TEN HKAGE“ director. SPOTLIGHT Piano Guys Show Up In The Craziest: Places By Connor Beach chbeach@longislandergroup.com For the first time in more than three decades, New York State's 10th Assembly District will have a Democratic representa- tive. Democrat Steve Stern de- feated Republican Janet Smitelli in Tuesday's special election, ac- cording to unofficial results from FINEST TRIgUVTE TO 7086 Lioant rock the state Board of Elections. - THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 The positive impact Vin Altebrando had on stu- dents and athletes after nearly 25 years as a teacher and wrestling coach was evident at a Miller Place fu- Altebrando, a teacher and wrestling coach at Walt Whitman High School, died April 20, days after be- ing diagnosed with of a rare auto-immune disease. The line of people waiting to pay respects stretched for a half-mile outside The Branch Funeral Home on Tuesday, according to one estimate, and some 1,500 filled the St. Louis de Montfort Church in Sound Beach for funeral services the following day. Among them were past athletes, wrestlers, students and col- leagues from both Whitman and Miller Place High Schools, where Altebrando was involved in his daugh- As a coach and teacher, Altebrando had a positive impact on the lives of hundreds of students, said Jim Wright, South Huntington School District's athletic \I've been involved in athletics a long time and I've (Continued on page A25) NORTHPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY NORTHPORT, NEW YORgl SmmcE 1838, Nosopy Covers Huntimcton News BettER THan THE LonG-IsLANDER. Ee Song-Islander LongIslanderNews.com 3 SECTIONS, 48 PAGES Community Reels After Coach’s Death pei TOWN OF HUNTINGTON Upset In The 10th Assembly District Democrat to represent district for first time in 30+ years With all districts reporting, Stern earned 5,748 of the 9,723 votes cast, or just over 59 percent. Stern,49, also ran on the In- dependence, Reform, Women's Equality and Working Families lines. Stern lives in Dix Hills and is fresh off a six-term stint in the Suffolk Legislature, where he represented portions of Dix Hills and Melville. Stern acknowledged that his “MGR-h Wait hitman wrestlin coach Vin Aitebrando, wh died April 20, was remembered as a positive influence who helped student athletes succeed. victory has significance at both the local and national levels, and that it could have implica- tions on the November Con- gressional midterm elections. \This was an important vic- tory for us locally, but I also be- lieve that the residents of the 10th Assembly District are very much now a part of the national story as well,\ Stern said Smitelli, who earned 3,969 (Continued on page A25) P o r . AN LHNOAHLHON 3AY HHT 161 OICE 08 Ed AHVHSIHT SMGNI Home of Huntington Spinal Decompression PICARD 900 3s-LO T Lt UW Se vesnesescesuesses ifilmumfflfWthmmelfl' [69-200