incumbents unseated in Smithtown library trustees election

incumbents unseated in Smithtown library trustees election

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Smithtown residents voted for three library board trustees and the 2023 library budget on Oct. 11.

Voters chose from 15 candidates which was the most since Smithtown residents voted for an independent library district more than 20 years ago, according to library director Robert Lusak. In 2001, 20 candidates were running for seven seats.

This year, incumbents Joseph Gregurich and Anita Dowd-Neufeld were among the candidates. Current trustee Marie Gergenti, whose term expires at the end of the year, decided not to run again. 

Both Gregurich and Dowd-Neufeld lost their seats as residents voted Annette Galarza (1,819), Mildred Bernstein (1,746) and Howard Knispel (1,719) to the library board. 

The library’s 2023 budget passed, 3,012 to 1,132.