Sweeney, Zusmer Receive Pride of Lindenhurst Awards

The Pride of Lindenhurst Award is presented annually in recognition of an outstanding contribution that inspires pride in the Lindenhurst School District.

The award is given in the categories of community and staff. This year’s Pride of Lindenhurst in the community category was given to former Assemblyman Robert Sweeney for his level of commitment and dedication to the Lindenhurst community.

Sweeney, who served as Lindenhurst Village Clerk for 14 years before being elected to the Assembly in 1988, remarked: “It has been an honor for me to serve the community that I’ve had the privilege to live in my whole life. This really means a lot.”

Interim Assistant to the Superintendent for Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services, Merrill Zusmer was recognized at the staff recipient of the prestigious award for the work he has done with the district’s special education population. “We all have the same goal to get better every day and together we will continue to get better.”

The awards were announced at the Board of Education Community Forum on June 10, in the Lindenhurst High School auditorium. At that meeting, Board of Education member Patricia Ames was recognized with the Yale Award and Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Instructional Staff, Vincent A. Caravan received the Harvard Award.

Photo courtesy of the Lindenhurst School District: Superintendent of Schools Daniel E. Giordano and Pride of Lindenhurst recipient Interim Assistant to the Superintendent for Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services, Merrill Zusmer with Board of Education trustee Edward Langone.