Village elections decided across LI

Bellerose

In an upset, six-year Mayor Donna Sherrer was ousted by challenger Henry Schreiber, a retired bank officer. Challengers Joseph Juliano and John Tweedy beat incumbents Laura Tamparo and Ronald DeSouza.

"I'm elated tonight," Schreiber said. "Work begins tomorrow. It's not about us -- not about the candidates who lost and won -- it's about the people. We have a program and we intend to move the village forward."

Williston Park

Incumbent Trustee Barbara Alagna won a one-year term over challenger James Bumstead.

East Williston

Caroline DeBenedittis of the Involved Party and Bonnie Parente, a member of the village board of zoning appeals, edged out Robert Shannon, of the Community Party, for the two four-year trustee seats, clerk Marie Hausner reported.

None of the three is an incumbent.

Roslyn Estates

Incumbent Mayor Susan Ben-Moshe lost her seat to challenger Jeffrey Schwartzberg by 10 votes, according to an unofficial count of the balloting. Election workers counted absentee ballots after the polls closed because of the closeness of the race, clerk Nancy Yoshii said. Schwartzberg won, 188-178.

"I'm feeling absolutely fabulous," Schwartzberg said. "Top of the mountain. This thing was very stressful and went right down literally the last few seconds. We had to open up absentee ballots to find out what the bottom line was."

East Rockaway

In the mayor's race, Trustee Francis Lenahan, a former Nassau police detective, defeated Deputy Mayor Richard J. Meagher. Lenahan and Meagher sought the post following the sudden death in July of Mayor Ed Sieban, 49.

Lenahan ran on the Village Pride Party line with trustee candidates Edward Corrado and Stanley Lombardo, who defeated Meagher's running mates, Robert Klose and Harry Levitt.

Mineola

Lawrence Werther, who was appointed mayor when then-Mayor Jack Martins won a State Senate seat in November, won one of two open trustee seats. The other was won by George Durham. Current trustee Scott Strauss ran unopposed for mayor.

Valley Stream

Mayoral candidate Edwin Fare and two incumbent trustees faced opposition from three challengers upset about steep insurance costs caused by a new federal flood map.

Fare, a trustee and member of the United Community Party, was opposed by Joseph Margolin of the Citizens Independence Party.

Margolin, a retired teacher and attorney, was running with trustee candidates Carol Crupi, and executive sales assistant, and Michael LoCascio, a private investigator.

Crupi and LoCascio were opposing Dermond Thomas, a corporate finance lawyer, and Vincent Grasso, executive director of the Nassau County Bridge Authority.

Stewart Manor

Incumbent trustee Gerard Tangredi and James Lynch, a physician running on the Unity Party line, defeated Sally Martino-Fisher, a retired New York City employee on the Independent Party line.

Freeport

Incumbent trustees William H. White Jr. and Jorge Martinez faced challengers Annette Dennis and Jane Dugan, both of the Freeport First Party.

Hempstead Village

Five candidates ran for two trustee seats.

Incumbents Perry M. Pettus and Donald Ryan defeated the Rev. Waylyn Hobbs Jr., Jean Bligen and Michael G. Abrahams.

Garden City

Four open trustee seats were contested by four incumbents and three newcomers. One-term trustees Laurence J. Quinn, Dennis C. Donnelly, Andrew J. Cavanaugh and Community Agreement Party candidate John A. DeMaro defeated Garden City Residents Party candidates Raymond J. Rudolph, Ronald A. Tadross and Thomas J. Trypuc.

Malverne

Incumbents Michael T. Bailey and James Callahan III of the Independent Party defeated tea party candidate Dr. John Hassett Jr.

Greenport

Incumbent George Hubbard Jr. and first-time candidate David Murray won two available trustee seats, defeating former village trustee William Swiskey.

Amityville

In a four-way race for two trustee seats, voters returned incumbent Peter Casserly and voted in newcomer Dennis Siry.

Casserly and Siry defeated Joe Morin and Kevin Smith.

Voters narrowly rejected a $4 million bond proposal that would been used to replace the village's most decrepit roads.