HAUPPAUGE, NY—Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine recently joined county legislators to honor this year’s nominees for Senior of the Year at the H. Lee Dennison Building.
While nominees were received from across the county’s 18 legislative districts, Thomas J Lano of the 14th Legislative District received the honor of 2025 Senior of the Year. Lano was nominated by Presiding Officer Kevin McCaffrey.
“I would like to congratulate Thomas Lano on this honor and all of our nominees for Suffolk County Senior of the Year,” said Romaine. “Your contributions do not go unnoticed in your very grateful communities.”
“Suffolk’s senior citizens remain a vital, diverse, energetic, and productive part of our community,” said Presiding Officer Kevin J. McCaffrey. “It was a pleasure to recognize this year’s honorees – ranging in age from 64 to 100 – and to celebrate my nominee, Thomas Lano of West Babylon, as the 2025 Senior of the Year, for his decades of compassionate service and leadership for his fellow seniors and veterans, and beyond.”
Nominees by Legislative District
Legislative District 1: John Rasweiler, IV, PHD; Marianne Baird; Donald Fisher
Legislative District 2: Sylvia Catena Smith; Iris Mitchell
Legislative District 3: Eleanor Weeks
Legislative District 4: Linda Miller; Sylvia Murdolo
Legislative District 5: Herta Wolff; Elizabeth Randall
Legislative District 6: Jeff Davis; Leonard Muzzillo; Ira Kleiner
Legislative District 7: Frank Oliva
Legislative District 8: Frank Perry; Patricia Dalton; Carmella Russo
Legislative District 9: Barry Dlouhy
Legislative District 10: Helen Francis (deceased); Mrs. Edith Tackenberg
Legislative District 11: Lynda Moran
Legislative District 12: Fred Gorman; Stephen Sutich; Norman Scheff; William Maynard; Nick Arettines
Legislative District 13: May Chasteen; Madeline Johanson; Joann Magri; Peter Ruh; William Caulfield; Stanley Braunstein
Legislative District 14: Thomas Lano
Legislative District 15: Bob Resch
Legislative District 16: Andrea Golinsky
Legislative District 17: Joan Wormell
Legislative District 18: Lorraine Grenier
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