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BABYLON PUBLIC LIBRARY THE \Afreepress in a free Society'' BEACON SOUTH SHORE L.I.'S LARGEST CIRCULATION WEEKLY NEWSPAPER S e r v in g t h e c o m m u n it y s in c e 1966 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 SCHOOLS. LINDENHURST SCHOOLS • COPIAGUE SCHOOLS . WEST BABYLON SCHOOLS .NORTH BABYLON SCHOOLS . WYANDANCH SCHOOLS . BAY SHORE SCHOOLS Published every Thursday by CJ P u b l is h e r s , I n c . , 1999 65 Deer Park Ave., Babylon, NY 11702 Founders Edward D. Wolfe, Jane D. Wolfe Publishers, Carolyn and A lfred James It’s Lavorata, Weckerle, Pichichero and Renna for Lindenhurst Village Board; H. John Bopp reelected Lindenhurst Village Justice The Village of Lindenhurst saw the election of Trustee Maryann Weck erle and newcomer Pat Pichichero over former Village Clerk-Treasurer Shawn Cullinane from their general election on March 20. Weckerle received 1,555 votes, Pichichero 1,461 and Cullinane 721. Mayor Michael Lavorata ran unopposed for his mayoral seat, receiving 1,794 votes, as did Trustee RJ Renna who re ceived 1,741 votes. Village Justice John Bopp ran unopposed as well, receiving 1,707 votes. Weckerle and Pichichero ran on the Republican line, and Cullinane ran on an independent line, the Better Linden hurst party. Lavorata, Renna and Bopp all ran on the Republican line—no one ran on the Democratic line. Patrick Pichichero, newly elected Lindenhurst Village trustee, H. John Bopp, who was reelected Village justice, newly elected Mayor Michael Lavorata, reelected Trustee Maryann Weckerle and newly elected Trustee RJ Renna posed for a photo as results showed they were winners in last week’s election. In addition, Weckerle, Pichichero, Lavorata, Renna and Bopp also ran on the independent line, Lindy Bulldogs. “We had several people in the Village who are staunch Democrats but who supported us and felt more comfortable voting on a different line,” said Lavorata. “So they filed petitions to do that.” “I am honored to be elected for a fourth term to serve as Lindenhurst Vil lage trustee,” Weckerle said. “With the mayor and Village Board, I will strive to fulfill the hopes o f all for a thriving and prosperous community? With the retirement of now former Trustee Darrel Kost, and incumbent Weckerle’s seat having opened up, two seats were available on the board, which will now be filled by Weckerle and Pichichero. They will serve four-year terms, and Lavorata and Renna will serve unexpired two-year terms. Pichichero ran on the motivation of seeing the board under Lavorata as “thinking outside the box,” and said he wants to be part o f “a new sense of en thusiasm and excitement that we can do better.” He is the owner of a construction company, which primarily restores old world homes, and has served in various roles within the Village, Town o f Baby lon and Suffolk County. He said that he (Continued on Page 2) Babylon Town sets hearing on local law limiting location ofvape shops by Carolyn James The Town of Babylon set a public hearing to consider enacting a new zoning code lim iting the opening of any new hookah or vape lounges, smoke aiid vape shops to G Zone or industrial areas within the Town. The measure, if approved, would not im pact existing vape shops and provid ers, nor is it an effort to hinder small businesses, said town officials. “The focus of this legislation is to help make Babylon Town a more fam ily-friendly community,” said Council man Terence McSweeney, who brought the issue to the Town Board after resi dents contacted him about two loca tions that raised their concern. One is located in a strip mall near the Par liament Place Elementary School in North Babylon, and the other on Deer Park Avenue across from the Marion G. Vedder Elementary School where the Town held a press conference an nouncing the proposed law. Specifically, the residents said they were concerned with the advertising on the shops—large, colorful signs that clearly promoted smoking and vaping—which may have a lasting im pression on children. “This is what our children have to pass or walk in front of every day when they come and go to school,” said Dorothy Santana, a North Baby lon resident who helped bring the is sue to the Town’s attention. “They are sending the wrong message to our children.” McSweeney said he met the owner of the Vape Shop on Parliament Place and that the owner agreed to tone down the advertising. “We don’t believe these shops are out to target kids,” said McSweeney. “But the message is there, and it makes an impression on them if they have it in their faces every day when they go to (Continued on Page 16) P a g e 3 : S t. Joh n the B a p tist stu d e n ts perform at C arnegie H a ll €8H eofre-zo¿u an Ncnxava 3AV Tiyvo s vz , d fr) x y v y a n NOTAava iO l tiOwHHMHHHHHHF
