Saltaire elects village justice, trustees
Voters in the Village of Saltaire on May 27 elected a village justice and two trustees.
Frank Markuswas was re-elected to a four-year term as the village justice with 91 votes.
Three people ran for the two open two-year trustee seats. Hugh O’Brien received 73 votes and was elected to his first term as a village trustee. Incumbent trustee Alexander K. Chefetz, with 69 votes, was re-elected to the post. Hillary Richard, an incumbent, garnered 65 votes and lost her seat as trustee.
Saltaire, a seasonal community on Fire Island, is made up of about 400 homes, according to U.S. Census data.
'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.
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