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Huntington Town Supervisor Frank
P. Petrone, Councilman Mark Cuthbertson, Councilwoman Susan Berland, Councilman
Stuart Besen and Councilwoman Glenda Jackson, who couldn't make it but was there
in spirit, were joined by a broad representation of environmental groups at a
Press Conference today, to kick off a campaign for Huntington's proposed bond
renewal. A public referendum on the November 4, ballot, calls for a renewal of
the $15 million bond first overwhelmingly approved by voters in 1998. Speaking
in support of the bond were Lisa Ott, North Shore Land Alliance, Maureen Dolan
Murphy, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Richard Amper, Long Island Pine
Barrens Society, and Kevin McDonald, League of Conservation Voters. Joy Squires,
Chair of the Town's Open Space Environmental and Parks Committee and some of its
members, representatives from Vision Long Island and the Huntington Farmlands
Association waved signs in support. The event was held at Breezy Park in
Huntington, formerly the Mohlenhoff Nursery which was preserved through the
Town's open space acquisition program.
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