The signs are up and the rhetoric has begun. It is election season in Manorhaven, the only village on the peninsula to have consistently contested elections.
Deputy Mayor Lucretia Steele and Trustee Rita DiLucia running for re-election on the Manorhaven Revival Party ticket. Jim Avena and John Popoleski are the opposing candidates, running on the Manorhaven Residents Party. The top two vote getters will win the two open seats on the board of trustees.
Petitions for the election were turned in on Tuesday, May 12. Each petition required the signature of 100 confirmed village residents. There were no objections filed for any of the petitions.
The current board is comprised of three Revival Party members, DiLucia, Steele, and Mayor Giovanna Giunta and two Residents Party members Priscilla vonRoeschlaub and Kevin Gately.
Meetings of the board have been contentious during the last year, with votes often splitting along party lines. The election of either Avena or Popoleski would shift the power on the board to the Residents Party.
The election will be held on June 16 at Manorhaven Village Hall from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
