Lynbrook Wrestlers Honored at Village Meeting

A number of outstanding Lynbrook wrestlers - both big and small - were honored at Monday night's board of trustees meeting.

14 wrestlers in total were in attendance at Monday's meeting, 11 from Lynbrook elementary schools and three from .

At the elementary level, Alex Cooper was announced as a 2nd place NYS runner-up, and Matthew Renz as a NYS champion - the first ever in Lynbrook history.

Eddie Ferrall, Ken Jorge and John Espinosa were recognized for their performance at the high school level. Ferrall took second place in the qualifying tournament. He lost but wrestled well in a tough finals match, and then wrestled well in the county tourney, according to coach Richie Renz.

"He worked real hard this year," Renz said.

"[Jorge] didn't wrestle last year but came back this year and had to wrestle in six matches in the qualifying tournament just to qualify," Renz said. "He won 80 percent of his matches and most of them came down to overtime, but you always knew he would win the match."

Espinosa went 23-3 his senior year, with all 23 wins coming by way of pins, according to Renz. He went all the way to the county semi-finals, and lost to eventual state champion, Evan Kappatos of Syosset, who was also named a first team all-state football player. Espinosa was the only wrestler to put Kappatos on his back this year, according to Renz.

"He almost got him...the coach looked over and he knew if he would have got on top of him, it was over," Renz said.

"He’s real big, real strong, and he’s an outstanding football player, one of the top offensive lineman in the county this season," Renz said of Espinosa. "He would just pancake and blow people off the line. In wrestling it was the same thing."

Village Hall Announced as a Polling Location

On April 24, Republican primary voting takes place in New York State, and Lynbrook's village hall will be used as a polling location. The board passed a motion to allow the state to rent village hall for voting to occur at the hall.

Iron Removal Plant Approval Pending

Approval is still pending on Long Island American Water's proposal to at 228 Whitehall St. The board said they will discuss it one more time and have a decision at the next meeting on Monday, April 2. Mayor William Hendrick said they are leaning towards granting the permit if LIAW meets certain conditions.

LIAW wants to demolish the current two smaller buildings and construct a new plant at the 228 Whitehall St. site. LIAW officials said at a Feb. meeting that the current two well sites "no longer meet the drinking water standard because of the high iron content."

Residents in the area expressed concerns over the project at the Feb. board of trustees meeting.

Upcoming Library Event

The will be hosting "Titanic - 100 Years Later" on Monday, April 9. Michael Schindler of the Titanic Historical Society and "The Titanic Priest" Father Jerry Bechard will be presenting a multi-media presentation on the Titanic. All are welcome to attend, free of charge.