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Nassau Republicans Decide On County Executive Candidate Nassau Republicans Decide On County Executive Candidate
Nassau Republicans Decide On County Executive Candidate The Nassau County GOP is turning to a familiar face to challenge incumbent Democratic County Executive Laura Curran in November’s election. Hempstead Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman, a lifelong politician, was tapped by his party to challenge Curran, a Democrat who has been at the helm in Nassau since being sworn into office on Jan. 1, 2018. Blakeman, age 65, of Atlantic Beach, was a private-sector attorney who was first named to the Hempstead Town Council in 1993. He was then named the first presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature three years later in 1996 when the county restruc…

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Obituaries
Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta Dies Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta Dies
Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta Dies Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta, who was in charge for more than a decade before he was forced to not seek reelection in 2001, died on Sunday, Aug. 4 at the age of 75. Current County Executive Laura Curran announced Gulotta’s death in a statement. “In his career in government that spanned over four decades, Tom served our residents with distinction,” she said. “In recent years, I was lucky enough to become good friends with both Tom and his wife, Betsy. My heart goes out to Betsy and the whole Gulotta family for their loss.” A resident of North Merrick, who was born in Oceansid…

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