Two mayor seats and eight trustee seats in villages across the Port Washington area will be uncontested on Election Day, Tuesday, March 16.
Except for one new face in Flower Hill, all incumbents are again up for re-election.
Absent from this list is the Village of Manorhaven, which holds its elections in June.
PORT WASHINGTON NORTH
Mayor Robert Weitzner and Trustees Sherman Scheff and Matthew Kepke are seeking to keep their seats for another two-year term apiece.
Opposing Scheff and Kepke for a trustee seat is newcomer Stanley Gerard, while Weitzner runs unopposed.
BAXTER ESTATES
Mayor Nora Haagenson, Deputy Mayor Charles Comer and Trustee Christopher Ficalora are up for re-election to two-year terms. All three incumbents are running unopposed.
FLOWER HILL
Trustees Frank Genese, seeking a third term, and Mary Jo Collins, seeking a first full term after serving the rest of Mayor Brian Herrington’s term as a trustee, will run for election to two-year seats. Trustee Claire Dorfman, who was appointed last November after the late Mayor Robert McNamara was elected a trustee, is seeking a one-year term. All three, representing the Flower Hill Party, are running unopposed.
Notably absent from the ballot this year is Trustee Jay Beber. A resident of the village’s Roslyn area, he has served on the board since 2014 and chose to retire after serving three terms.
Financial professional Max Frankel has filed a petition to run for Beber’s seat under the Flower Hill Party. According to his bio on the Flower Hill Party’s website, Frankel grew up in the village’s Roslyn area and moved back in 2012.
Beber endorsed Frankel in a statement to Blank Slate Media. “I couldn’t be happier with the nomination of Max Frankel,” Beber said. “He will bring his energy and unique perspective to what is a very well run and organized village.”
Efforts to reach Frankel for comment were unavailing.
