Village officials in Williston Park and Mineola will seek reelection on Wednesday, March 18.
In every case, incumbent mayors, trustees and village judges are running unopposed.
InWilliston Park, Mayor Paul Ehrbar, Trustee Kevin Rynne, who serves as deputy mayor, Trustee William O’Brien and Village Justice Kevin Kiley are seeking reelection unopposed.
In Mineola, Mayor Paul Pereira, Trustee Janine Sartori, who serves as deputy mayor, and Trustee Jeffrey Clark are seeking reelection unopposed.
According to Pereira, all village board candidates are running with theNew Line Party. Village Justice Scott Fairgreave is also running unopposed.
Ehrbarhas been mayor since 2010, and from 2000 to 2006, his wife, Doreen Ehrbar, was Williston Park’s mayor.
He said he values his open-office approach to the role, hopes residents will contact him with any problems, and looks forward to celebrating the village’s centennial as a community. He said the job is challenging but rewarding, and he’s proud of the village’s thriving business community and is always looking for ways to support it.
“I think over the years, myself and the board have accomplished a lot in the village, and we hope to continue to do so,” Ehrbar said, emphasizing infrastructure, village operations and working to keep taxes low. “We have a very dedicated, committed board. We all work together well.”
Rynne served as Hempstead’s postmaster for the U.S. Postal Service from 2006 until the appointment of Trina Wilson in 2019. According to aletter of supportfrom his 2010 election, he has also served as president of the Williston Park Little League and as a leader of Scouting America Troop 201.
In Mineola,Pereirawas first elected mayor in 2022 and served as a trustee from 2008 to 2011, and deputy mayor from 2011 to 2022. He said he plans to retire from his 33-year career as a teacher at Mineola High School after this school year, but that does not change his role as mayor.
Source: LI Press
