Islanders fans score big at town board meeting
Quick ReadA hockey game broke out at a town meeting.
Photo credit: James A. Escher / June 26, 2009/Photo by James A. Escher | Uniondale, NY - June 26, 2009: New York Islanders fans packed inside the floor of Nassau Coliseum anxiously await the team's selection in the 2009 NHL Draft. Moments later, fans erupted in celebration as the Islanders announced its selection of highly regarded prospect John Tavares with the first pick the draft. (photo by James A. Escher)
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To paraphrase the old sports observation, I went to a Hempstead Town Board meeting yesterday and a hockey game broke out. What's more, the Islanders won, big.
On the official calendar, it technically was a hearing convened by Supervisor Kate Murray on the Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the Lighthouse Project at Nassau Coliseum. But don't you believe it. In reality it was...
