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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Saturday’s Amazing Race Went Full Sprint

The PWEF’s fundraiser served up fast-paced fun, food and plenty of laughs.

The competition was on when 125 contestants competed up and down Main Street in the Port Washington Education Foundation's first-ever Amazing Race fundraiser, raising dollars for district-wide education programs on Saturday evening. Forty-five minutes after the contestants surged down Irma Avenue, the team dubbed the "Super Six" crossed the finish line at Om Sweet Om. The winning team's secret?  "We sprinted the whole time," said team member Trudy Grieco. Grieco and her teammates Pam McDonough, Susie Beil and Linda Caruso were one of 16 teams that paid $75 a head to tackle a series of challenges at participating merchants along a stretch of Main Street and Port Boulevard. The event offered other forms of sponsorship opportunities, and …

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Om Sweet Om Yoga, Sweet Comfort Bakery and Cafe, Castle Repair, and 4 more ›

Saturday, March 27, 2010

'Vision' for Revitalized Main Street Unveiled

Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington announces county has selected Port Washington as pilot program for downtown development at gala.

Goodbye empty storefronts, hello destination dining and shopping. So long snarls of traffic, welcome increased parking, transit-oriented development and bike and jogging paths. Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington (RFMBPW) has a vision of Port Washington's future and it centers on a revitalized and vibrant Main Street. Last weekend at its annual gala at the Clubhouse at Harbor Links, RFMBPW announced that the county has selected Port Washington as a pilot program for a downtown development strategy. Picked from a pool of 156 other Long Island communities studied by data-gatherer Long Island Index, Port Washington was identified as having the potential for the transit and tourist-area development necessary to create jobs, …

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Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington, State Bank of Long Island, and Precision Work

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Mangano Listens to Local Leaders Concerns

Nassau County Executive takes a page from the listening-tour playbook and shares his vision for the county's future with Port civic and business leaders.

Four days after Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano declared in his first State of the County address that "listening to the concerns of residents is a hallmark of democracy," he invited a group of Port Washington civic and business leaders to air concerns and share their vision for the county's future. After opening the forum, held at the Port Washington Public Library, with a recap of the major themes of his State of the County address, including the urgent need for tax assessment reform, job creation and streamlined, cheaper government, the county executive turned the floor over to the more than 40 attendees.  "This is really about listening to you," Mangano said.  Pocketbook issues such as job creation, tax assessment reform and …

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Mangano Describes Nassau as 'Deeply Troubled', Mangano Plans to Reform and Repair Property Tax Assessment System, Delux Transportation Services, and 4 more ›

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Second Port Resident Joins Assessment Team

Group is tasked with leadership role in county-wide assessment reform.

The man tapped to run County Executive Ed Mangano's Assessment Review Team (ART), Patrick Foye of Sands Point has added fellow Port resident and Tom Suozzi-era official Thaddeus "Ted" Jankowski to the team. Jankowski is a hold-over from the Suozzi administration; he was appointed Nassau County Assessor by the former county executive in January 2009. Jankowski was Nassau's first appointed assessor, previously the role was an elected position.  "The county executive recognizes the importance of Mr. Jankowski's experience and will need all the assistance available to revamp the assessment system that is crushing Nassau County," said Michael Martino, Mangano's press secretary. Jankowski spent nine years as Boston's Commissioner of Assessing …

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Port Resident Tackles Assessment Reform

County Executive Ed Mangano taps Patrick Foye of Sands Point to oversee Nassau's Assessment Reform Team.

Property tax assessment reform was a centerpiece of County Executive Ed Mangano's successful campaign that unseated Tom Suozzi. Less than a week into office, Mangano signaled his commitment to reform by naming veteran Port Washington lawyer Patrick J. Foye to head the Assessment Review Team (ART). "Pat is the perfect man for the job," said County Executive Ed Mangano, citing Foye's "keen insight" into the assessment system. The ART team is tasked with a review of freezing the tax roll for 2010 and making recommendations on changing the assessment schedule. In his first steps toward change in Nassau, the County Executive last week directed county lawyers to insist on a three percent interest rate on commercial refunds, down from four …

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Mangano Sworn In, Eliminates Energy Tax and Mangano Plans to Reform and Repair Property Tax Assessment System

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