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Festa's Way is Officially Unveiled
As a
fitting and lasting tribute to Ex-Fire
Department Chief and Former Commissioner
Ronald P. Festa, Denton Avenue, between
Merrick Road and Peninsula
Boulevard, has been officially renamed
Festa's Way. Commissioner Festa was a
selfless servant-leader for the
residents and community of Lynbrook,
serving as a member of the Lynbrook Fire
Department for 45 years. During that
time, he served on the Company level as
a line officer, at the Department level
rising through the ranks of Chief, and
also a Commissioner for the Battalion.
The naming ceremony was attended by
Chief Festa's family and friends, the
officers and members of the Lynbrook
Fire Department, and Mayor
Brian Curran, Deputy Mayor William
Hendrick, Trustees Alan Beach, Hilary
Becker and Michael Hawxhurst, Town of
Hempstead Councilman Anthony Santino,
Assemblyman Robert Barra, and Senator
Dean Skelos.
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