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THE \A free press in a free Society\ BEACON SOUTH SHORE L.I.’S LARGEST CIRCULATION WEEKLY NEWSPAPER S erving th e com m u n ity since 1966 VOL. 53 NO. 3 THURSDAY, January 18,2018 » 50 CENTS OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Periodicals Postage Paid- Babylon Post Office, Babylon NY 11702 (USPS 03960-8000) FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY .TOWN OF BABYLON • VILLAGE OF BABYLON • BABYLON SCHOOLS • DEER PARK SCH O O L S . LINDENHURST SCHOOLS • COPIAGUE SCHOOLS . WEST BABYLON SCHOOLS .NORTH BABYLON SCHOOLS . WYANDANCH SCHOOLS . BAY SHORE SCHOOLS Published every Thursday by CJ P ublish e r s , I n c . , 1999 65 Deer Park Ave., Babylon, NY 11702 Founders Edward D. Wolfe, Jane D. Wolfe Publishers, Carolyn a n d Alfred James Inside Calendar, Library and Police Blotter w BABYLON PUBLIC LIBRARY • o f Jesse Cobum o f Melville day online at www.babylonbeacon.com Town Supervisor, Councilmen and Town Clerk sworn in Three new and two existing Town of Babylon officials took the oath of office before the January 2 board m eeting at Town Hall in Lindenhurst. Supervisor Rich Schaffer a n d Deputy Supervisor Tony M artinez began their new term s after being re-elected in November. Councilman A n thony Marietta and Town Clerk Geraldine Compitello began their first term s in office following their victories. Councilman Terence McSweeney also began his first term in office after being appointed by Supervisor Schaffer to fill the seat left vacant by former Councilman Tom Donnelly. The appointm ent was unanim ously approved by the Town Board at the b eginning of the meeting. The mayors of the three villages swore in the officials. Lindenhurst Village Mayor Michael Lavorata read the o ath of office to Schaffer, M artinez and Manetta. Amityville Village Mayor Dennis Siry recited it with Compitello, and Babylon Village Mayor Ralph Scordino swore in McSweeney. IN THE NEWS Lacrosse stars M elissa Dellarocca and Britany Rosino presented Certificates o f Appreciation Two women’s lacrosse stars, from the Town of on to place fourth in the tournam e n t. Along the Babylon, Melissa Dellarocca of Lindenhurst and way the team visited several h istorical sites in the Brittany Rosino of N o rth Babylon, were recently area, presented with C er tificates of Apprecia tion for representing the U n ited States at th.e Prague Cup Tour by Su pervisor Rich Schaffer and D e p u ty Supervisor and Councilm a n Tony M artinez recently. Re ceiver o f Taxes C o rinne DiSomm a wais also i n ' attendance. Melissa and Brittany traveled overseas with fellojv CQllegiatieplayers ___ _______ _______ ______________________ to take on a num b e r of H k H R S L - J different nations. The a ly V * team finished R iffi'. ^ R a t play with four wins in H £. ive games, an wen pictured fr o m left to right are: DiSomma, Dellerocca, Rosino, Schaffer and Martinez Please meet the 2018 local scholars I •Aidan Smith, a computer science major from «Nicos Prokopiou, of West Isip, is a member of Massapequa Par, was a member o f the 2017 SUNY the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York men’s cross country team. He competed in five meets men’s swimming and diving team. The biology major this fall and posted a best 5K time o f 16:12.7 at the helped the Engineers sweep RIT with a final score of Hamilton College Short Course Invitational. 216-84. “It was an absolute h o n o r for me to swear in Gerry Compitello,” said D ennis Siry, Amityville Village mayor, “I just h a d to keep rem inding myself n o t to call h e r G e rry Doherty,” he said laughing, referring to h e r m aiden name. “This was a very nice thing for the supervisor to do,” said Scordino. “Including the mayors like that really showed how well we all work together.” “We are one family here in Babylon and we are so appreciative o f the excellent working relationship we have with each o f the mayors and their respective (Continued on Page 3) Babylon Village considers application for new restaurant by Carolyn James A request for authorization to open an Asian-fusion restaurant at 96 East Main Street, Babylon, came before the Babylon Village Board Jan. 9. The applicant, Ou Shan Lin of Flushing, presented plans to the board that called for an increase in the seating at the restaurant, which was formerly Tokyo, of 48 people at 12 tables plus eight bar seats and up to five seats at a proposed sushi bar. The former restaurant had 34 seats and an additional six seats at a sushi bar. In addition, the owners want to extend the bar from 13 feet to 20 feet, which raised some concern among the board members. Trustee Anthony Davida said the plans called for a bar that appeared to be larger than needed for a service bar. “We want to make sure this is for a service bar only to provide drinks for your customers who are at or waiting for a table,” he told the owners. In addition, the board was concerned about whether the owner had a Suffolk County Health Department per mit for its grease trap, and an SLA p erm it They also tried to emphasize the importance of the owner monitoring its garbage disposal to ensure the site, which is near a senior citizen complex, is kept dean. There were some communication problems during the testimony as the owner did not have a strong command of English, so Village Attorney Joel Sikowitz suggested that the board draw up a letter to the owner outlining all of its requirements and concerns. They reserved decision on the application. (Continued on Page 8) Former Babylon Town Councilm an Tom D onnelly sworn in as County legislator...Page 3 ______
