Uniondale News Archives
Uniondale Auxiliary Police Dinner Dance
Uniondale Resident Honored
41New Citizens
Teen Shot (Newsday 1/15/03)
Douglas Mayers Enters 18th District Assembly Race
Personal Service Contracts Referendum Approved
Ray Rhoden Enters 18th District Assembly Race
School Districts Increase Spending
Legislators Weigh Settlement
Plan to End Suit Held Up
Schools Short of State Standard
Reassessment of Property
New Suit over Nassau Taxes
Farm Stand
Left Out Wondering Why
U.S. Loses Suit vs. Nassau
Historic Farm Stand
Hempstead Town Board
In the News
Uniondale Auxiliary Police Dinner Dance
Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby presents Certificates of Recogniton to the
Nassau County Auxillary Police, Uniondale
Unit 122 at their 6th Annual Dinner Dance held at the Uniondale
Firehouse.
Lt. George Brooks, 15 Years of Service
Commanding Officer Arturo Consuegra
Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby
Leg. Kevan Abrahams
Officer James Capriotti, 15 years of Service
L to R:
PTA Pres. Helen Mackey
Delores Adams
Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby
Cheryl & Lyndon Gray
Judy Adams
mom Mary Adams
PTA Pres. Theresa Rybicki
Posted (3/26/03)
41 people became US citizens
during the ceremony held at the Smith St. School in Uniondale. Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby,Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, members of the
Uniondale American Legion were in attendance.
From Left to Right
Joanne Cicero, Assistant Principal, Smith St. School
New Citizen Ursula Zalewski
New Citizen Ner Casiano
Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy
INS Supervisor VanGronigen
Am Leg 1487 Commander Francis X Leon
Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby
Fidelia Hanson
Marilyn Hangen, Principal Smith St. School, Uniondale
An argument with a friend weighed on Akiem Robinson's mind during the past week and, on Monday night, he wanted to do the right thing, his grandmother Jeanette Robinson said. He wanted to apologize.
Douglas Mayers Seeks 18th Assembly SeatOwner and CEO of Mayers Caribbean Appliance Service Enters Race
Community Journal. Date: 07-15-2000
Personal Service Contracts
County Legislature Places Referendum on November's Ballot
If approved, the Legislature will gain permanent control over Personal Service Contracts over $25,000. Beacon. Date: 07-07-2000
Ray Rhoden Enters 18th Assembly Race
Uniondale School Board Trustee Gets Independent, Republican, Conservative and Right to Life Support
Mr. Rhoden is running for the seat now occupied by Earlene Hill Hooper. Beacon. Date: 07-07-2000
Addition Lessons
School districts across Island plan to increase spending
When news flashed over the Internet that Three Village schools were proposing a 12.5 percent spending hike, an anxious William Connors called the district office to ask how many taxpayers had responded with complaints. None yet, he was told. Newsday:
Date: 04-29-2000
Nassau Reassessment by 2003
Legislators weigh proposal to settle discrimination suit
To settle a civil rights lawsuit charging that Nassau's property tax assessment system discriminates against minorities, the county
administration has agreed to reassess all homes based on their market value by Jan. 1, 2003. A residential... Newsday:
Date: 03-21-2000
Plan to End Reassessment Suit Held Up
Nassau County lawmakers, uneasy about the potential for voter backlash over reassessment, are holding up an agreement to end a lawsuit
challenging the county's assessment system as discriminatory. With the case against the county set for trial... Newsday: Date: 03-09-2000
Schools Falling Below State Standard
Here is the "accountability list" of Long Island schools that fell below the state standard in one or more subject. Schools where fewer than 90 percent of students meet competency requirements in a subject area are placed on this list by the state.... Newsday:
03-08-2000
Property-Tax Shift / Nassau official to call today for countywide reassessment at full value, sources say
After years of defending Nassau's antiquated property assessment system, Assessor Charles O'Shea is expected to do an about-face today and call for the county to move forward with reassessing all homes and businesses, political and legal sources... Newsday:
02-29-2000
Supreme Court Denies Appeal
Town of Hempstead violates Voting Rights Act
Its at-large election system obstructs the rights of African Americans. Community Journal: 2-12-2000
New Suit Over Nassau Taxes
Bias claim for millions in refunds
Trying to end a property-tax assessment system that has been called antiquated and discriminatory, 15 Nassau families filed a lawsuit yesterday against the county seeking millions in refunds for thousands of residents. At a news conference in... Newsday:
Date: 02-10-2000
Last Stand of a Farming Way of Life
Relic of a Uniondale tract taking its place as a museum 'mausoleum'A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, the Goehner family farm sprawled across 17
acres in Uniondale. The land yielded rows of tomatoes, corn and cabbage and the Goehners built a two-story farmhouse on it, a barn, and in 1904, a
green wooden farm stand. In the... Newsday:
Date: 02-13-2000
Left Out, Wondering Why
Bishop Harris, Uniondale, is a proud Republican who valued the party's ideals so much that he raised his daughter to be a Republican. Four years ago Harris
persuaded his daughter, Darlene Harris, to make her first run for political office in the then newly formed... Newsday: Date:
01-23-2000
U.S. Loses Suit vs. Nassau
Judge: State case on assessment bias takes precedence
Department of Justice lawsuit challenging Nassau County's antiquated property-tax assessment system as racially discriminatory. In his 16-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Arthur D. Spatt did not rule on the merits of the case brought. Newsday:
Date: 01-12-2000
Historic Farm Stand
Taking a Stand, Making a Landmark / In Uniondale, a fight for remnant of farmstand
By Thomas Frank STAFF WRITER "I'm not the only crazy person," said Marie Catanese of Uniondale, explaining her
decade-long obsession with saving an old wood structure with a sagging floor, weatherbeaten shingles and smashed windows. Newsday: 11-23-1999
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