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town’s dem leader quits over tax debt Terry leaves after reports that he owes $1.4M to IRS, state

By N o a h m a N S k a r Gerard Terry, a longtime Democratic political operative in North Hempstead, said Monday he will resign as chairman of the town’s Democratic Party.

His decision comes in the wake of a Jan. 31 Newsday report showing Terry owes $1.4 million in combined state and federal back taxes, has been involved in five lawsuits with unsatisfied judgments totaling $190,000, and had his attorney registration lapse for a period of three years.

“The personal issues before me have already begun to distract the work of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee in electing outstanding Democratic candidates to office,” Terry said in a statement Monday evening. “As one who has worked to ensure that Democrats are able to do the people’s business I cannot allow that to occur.”

He added he would continue to volunteer with the party “in whatever capacity is appropriate.”

Terry issued the statement an hour after North Hemp-

stead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth called for his resignation from the party, and two days after Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas told Newsday her office would investigate his five government jobs.

Bosworth spoke with Terry directly in asking him to resign his post, town spokeswoman Carole Trottere said.

Terry also resigned as assistant counsel to the Democratic-controlled Nassau County Board of Elections this week.

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No challengers step forward yet as village elections near Candidacy filing period continues until February 9 Great Neck North Middle School student Ariela Hakimi points to her artwork during the opening night of the Metropolitan Commercial Bank showcase of artwork done by Great Neck Public School students. See story on Page 58.

By J oe N i k i c While six of Great Neck’s villages have elections this March to fill Board of Trustees seats, the early stages in the filing period show no indications of the kind of challenge that defeated three incumbents in the Village of Great Neck last year.

The filing period for interested candidates began on Feb. 2, but none of the villages have officially received filing petitions.

The Village of Great Neck Plaza has three board seats up for grabs, with the terms of Mayor Jean Celender, Deputy Mayor Ted Rosen and Trustee Pamela Marksheid coming to

an end.

Village Clerk-Treasurer Patricia O’Byrne said she had not yet received filing petitions from any of the three incumbents or from interested candidates.

Those interested in running are required to submit a petition with 50 resident signaContinued on Page 62

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Lake Success medical Plaza approves pot dispensary opens 2016-17 budget COO: medicine ‘finally available’ for N.Y. patients

Spending increases, taxes decrease

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Bloomfield Industries Chief Operating Officer Colette Bellefleur said Friday the opening of Nassau County’s first medical marijuana dispensary brings a much-needed service to the community.

“To put this company and stand up these operations in five months, it doesn’t feel that long, but I know it’s been long for the patients in New York,” Bellefleur said. “The medicine they’ve been waiting for is finally available for them.”

Bloomfield opened its doors at 2001 Marcus Ave. in Lake Success on Friday after receiving approval from the Town of North Hempstead’s building department to occupy a temporary vacant office last Tuesday.

An application for a permanent office for the dispensary had been delayed due to revisions requested by the town’s building department, but Bellefleur said the application received the town’s approval Thursday.

“We are finalizing our design,” she said. “We’ll do our construction and we should be open [in the permanent office] with Bloomfield’s designs in a few weeks, we hope.”

In late September, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin said they thought the dispensary would be classified as a pharmacy, which is not a permitted use for that site.

But the building department determined otherwise.

“When Bloomfield submitted its actual plans to the building department, the department found that it fell within the description of a doctor’s office and not a retail store,” Bosworth said in a statement. “A medical office conforms with our zoning for that location.”

Village of Great Neck Plaza trustees unanimously approved a 2016-17 village budget on Jan. 20 that calls for a nearly 15 percent increase in spending over last year at $7.4 million.

Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender said taxpayers will not feel the cost of the increase as most of the new spending will be for infrastructure and maintenance projects covered by grants .

“We are doing infrastructure improvements and that’s significant even with all the constraints of the tax cap,” Celender said.

“We’re making proposed improvements and starting to do road reconstruction.”

In January 2014, the village received a $838,000 state grant for a Transportation Enhancement Project aimed to improve roads on Shoreward Drive and Welwyn Road.

The project is expected to begin in the fall of 2016, Celender said.

While village spending would increase, the amount raised by village property taxes would decrease from last year’s budget.

The village plans to raise $2,682,349 in property taxes in the 2016-17 budget year, nearly $50,000 less than the $2,731,067 raised in 2015-16.

Celender said the average household in the village would see a $9 decrease, with households paying between $250 and $500 in village property taxes.

“Our village taxes are very low in comparison to what some of the households pay in taxes because a chunk of what they’re paying is school taxes and county taxes,” she said.

Celender also said she was “pleased” to present a budget staying within the state’s .45 percent property tax cap.

Bloomfield Industries COO Colette Bellefleur Bloomfield will join other medical practices, including cardiology group Premier Cardiology Consultants and the Long Island IVF fertility clinic in the office complex, located just over a mile from Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Another medical office complex and a division of Cohen Children’s Medical Center are adjacent to the property.

Bellefleur said she had personal experience with medical marijuana for “quite a while” because one of her nephew’s had multiple sclerosis.

She said once people become more familiar with what the facility aims to accomplish, some misconceptions about medical marijuana will be disproved.

“It’s going to take away all the stigma, all the misunderstanding, all the lack of knowledge about what cannabis-based medicine really is,” Bellefleur said. “I think it’s going help a lot of people. And once everyone understands that, as we’ve seen in all the communities we’ve gone to, they’ll support it. It’s a great step forward for New York.”

Bloomfield is one of five companies approved to open dispensaries under the 2014 Compassionate Care Act, a state law legalizing medical marijuana as of Jan. 5.

Under the law, New York residents with diseases such as HIV/AIDS, cancer and multiple sclerosis can register with the Continued on Page 63

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Bos touts finances in state of town North Hempstead Supervisor seeks quality of life improvements, revitalized downtowns in second term

By J oe N i k i c

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth in her second State of the Town Address on Friday said her administration would continue to run a transparent government and look to improve residents’ quality of life during her second term in office.

“There is nothing more important to me than serving our residents, enhancing our quality of life and running the government in an open and transparent manner,” Bosworth said. “I believe that every law we pass, every initiative we put forth and every issue we might oppose is rooted in the belief that we are here to serve the residents of North Hempstead.”

Bosworth won re-election in November after receiving 68 percent of the votes to defeat Republican challenger Anthony Bulzomi.

She first won election to become the 37th supervisor in town history in November 2014.

Throughout her speech, Bosworth highlighted plans for her second term and lauded the North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth at the State of the Town address on Jan. 29

town’s achievements, specifically with its handling of finances.

In September, the bond rating agency Moody’s Investors Service Inc. gave the town a Aa1 bond rating for the fourth time in the last two years, the highest in the town’s history.

“Moody’s reaffirmed the town’s stable fiscal outlook, citing our conservative financial management practices and our reduction of debt by a total of more than $30 million over the past two years,” Bosworth said.

Bosworth, a Great Neck resident who previously served the North Hempstead area for three terms in the Nassau County Legislature, said one of her town initiatives for the upcoming year was to use a $450,000 state grant to develop a new sewer system at North Hempstead Beach Park.

“While attending our Memorial Day fireworks celebration at North Hempstead Beach Park last year I became painfully aware of the fact that we were still using a septic tank system,” she said. “Frankly, I was surprised, to say the least, that our Continued on Page 63

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VGN approves tax cap override law

By J oe N i k i c

Village of Great Neck trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to allow the village to override the state-mandated tax cap when preparing the 2016-17 village budget.

Village Clerk-Treasurer Joe Gill said the New York Conference of Mayors suggests villages adopt this type of law as a precautionary measure in the event the budget ends up piercing the tax cap.

“The guidance from NYCOM is to pass

a local law just in case we want to, on purpose or by accident, exceed the tax cap this fiscal year,” Gill said.

He also said for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in June, the village faces a .0012 percent tax cap, or about an $8,500 increase to last year’s budget.

Village of Great Neck Mayor Pedram Bral said he promised to make every effort to not pierce the tax cap.

The village will have two budget meetings on March 1 and March 15, beginning at 5 p.m. on both days.

Village Deputy Clerk Katie Dugan said the board was hoping to set a budget public hearing date on either April 1 or April 15.

Also at the meeting, the board unanimously voted to move the site of June’s village election from the Great Neck House to Village Hall.

“The last few elections that have brought out more people have created problems by using the Great Neck House,” Gill said.

He added that the combination of vot-

ers and those going to Great Neck House for other activities creates problems for parking and limited spacing inside the building.

“Obviously at Village Hall we can control whose here and the traffic,” Gill said.

“We would expect to use some of the parking lot of the school that surrounds us.”

He also said he believed Village Hall could house a similar number of people to the Great Neck House.

The election is scheduled for June 21.

The next board meeting is on Feb. 16.

Village officials question county police patrol

By J oe N i k i c Third Precinct Commander John Berry told Great Neck village mayors last Wednesday that crime in Great Neck dropped 4 percent from 2014 to 2015, But some village officials said they were not satisfied, saying that the merger of the Third and Sixth Precincts has caused less patrol of the peninsula.

Village of Great Neck Mayor Pedram Bral said he has noticed less patrol cars driving through neighborhoods than he used to see when the Sixth Precinct was operational.

“It just seems like since they left the Sixth Precinct, that we see less cop cars in

the north side,” Bral said. “We just don’t see them anymore.”

The Sixth Precinct, which was located on Community Drive in Manhasset, was consolidated with the Third Precinct, located in Williston Park, with the Williston Park location serving as its headquarters under a county-wide plan proposed by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and passed in a party-line vote by Republican county legislators in March 2012, as a cost saving effort.

The Third Precinct was then split into two divisions — the Third South Subdivision and Third North Subdivision, which is currently responsible for Manhasset and Great Neck.

Berry, speaking at the monthly Great Neck Village Officials Association meeting, said there are the same number of patrol cars in the area as there were prior to the merger, 25 in the south subdivision and 24 in the north subdivision.

“We didn’t redraw lines,” he said. “The posts stayed the same as they were before.”

Nassau County police patrol the villages of Great Neck, Great Neck Plaza, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock and Thomaston.

The villages of Great Neck Estates, Kensington, Kings Point and Lake Success have separate village police forces.

Berry also said the recent return of problem-oriented police, or POP, officers would help villages notice more of a police

presence.

He added that POP officers were initially removed because the police department had a high number of officers retiring.

“We’ve been hiring like crazy over the last year or two so now we’re starting to fill up the ranks again,” Berry said. “Now there’s been the opportunity to bring the POP guys back.”

Village of Saddle Rock Mayor Dan Levy said he appreciated the return of the POP program because a POP officer recently helped respond after a resident’s home was burglarized.

“I am very happy with its re-institution,” Levy said.

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By N e g l a h Sharma Long Island community leaders, activists and advocates gathered on Thursday at Manhasset’s Unitarian Universalist Congregation to discuss local concerns with President Obama’s controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership before it is taken up by Congress.

The agreement, which was reached in October after seven years of negotiation, is intended to support the creation and retention of jobs; enhance innovation, productivity and competitiveness; raise living standards; reduce poverty in our countries; and promote transparency, good governance, and enhanced labor and environmental protections,” according to the Obama Administration.

But critics of the controversial 12-nation trade agreement said it was intended to stimulate free trade for corporations by contravening fundamental principles of democracy.

“We’re concerned that this trade agreement could undermine U.S. environmental laws, health and safety standards, hurt jobs…[as well as] hurt our communities throughout Long Island,” said panelist Eric Weltman, Senior Organizer at Food & Water Watch.

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Long time activist Ruth Cohen, alongside other panelists Ryan Stanton, right, and Stan Bergman, left, adamantly demonstrated “taking action,” in order to help prevent TPP from passing.

The agreement has been pejoratively dubbed as “NAFTA on steroids” by DemocracyNow.org “NAFTA was supposed to be the gold standard of trade agreements,”said Ryan Stanton, political director for the Long Island Federation of Labor, which represents 56 different unions in the U.S., and 12.5 million Americans.

“This trade agreement [TPP] is just a repeat of those failures, we’ve lost millions of jobs,” he added.

Stanton said language in the TPP trade agreement is “aspirational” at best, and doesn’t necessarily encourage the trade partners to enact labor laws in nations such as Vietnam and Brunei, compared to the prior agreement drafted during the Bush

Administration.

“They have little to no incentive to actually enforce labor protections...they’re not doing it now,” he said.

Panelist Stan Bergman of the Alliance for Retired American said Long Island’s large retired and aging population could also be affected by TPP. Bergman said the agreement could prevent hospitals and insurance from providing generic drugs due to patent restrictions.

“There will not be generic versions of drugs available, they will not be encouraged to lower drug prices because there won’t be competition. It gives the drug companies the ability to sue for profits that they’ve lost,” Bergman said.

“Doctors Without Borders and AARP agree with us that this is a bad policy,” he added.

Attendees were also critical of what they termed Rep. Kathleen Rice’s change in position to now favor the agreement.

“She said she wouldn’t sign it, then she does it anyway,” said one audience member, spurring a wave of excited murmurs throughout the atrium.

The panelists asked attendees to take action, and spread the cause, by directly reaching out to Rep. Steve Israel and Rice to make a final push before the issue goes to Congress.

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Town Hall, 220 Plandome Road, Plandome Great Neck School District Board of Education Meeting Wednesday, February 10 @ 8:00 p.m.

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Village Hall 1777 Northern Boulevard, Munsey (516) 365-7790 Village of New Hyde ParkGarden City Park School District Board of Education Meeting Monday, February 8 @ 8:00 p.m.

Hillside Grade School 150 West Maple Drive, New Hyde Park (516) 434-2300 Village of Old Westbury Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting Monday, February 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 1 Stone Hill Road, Old Westbury (516) 626-0800 Village of Plandome Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, February 8 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 65 South Drive, Plandome (516) 627-1748 Village of Plandome Heights Architectural Review Board Meeting Tuesday, February 9 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 37 Orchard Street, Plandome (516) 627-1136

Great Neck Water Pollution Control District Board of Commissioners Meeting Thursday, February 11 @ 8:30 a.m.

District Office, 236 E Shore Rd., Great Neck (516) 482-0238

Roslyn School District Board of Education Meeting Thursday, February 11 @ 8:00 p.m.

Roslyn High School, 475 Round Hill Road, Roslyn Heights (516) 801-5100

Village of Great Neck Architectural Review Board Meeting Tuesday, February 9 @ 7:30pm Village Hall, 61 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck (516) 482-0019

Village of Roslyn Estates Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, February 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 25 The Tulips, Roslyn Estates (516) 621-3541

Village of Great Neck Estates Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, February 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall Atwater Plaza/4 Gateway Drive, Great Neck (516) 482-8283

Village of Roslyn Harbor Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, February 8 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 500 Motts Cove Road South, Roslyn Estates (516) 621-0368

Village of Great Neck Plaza Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting Wednesday, February 10 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 2 Gussack Plaza, Great Neck (516) 482-4500 Village of Lake Success Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, February 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 318 Lakeville Road, Lake Success (516) 482-4411 Village of Mineola Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, February 10 @ 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 155 Washington Avenue, Mineola (516) 746-0750 Mineola School District Board of Education Meeting Thursday, February 11 @ 7:00 p.m.

Willis Avenue School 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola (516) 237-2000 Village of Munsey Park Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, February 10 @ 7:30 p.m.

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Shelter Rock Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, February 10 @ 7:30 p.m.

165 Searingtown Road, Albertson (516) 248-7363 Village of Thomaston Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, February 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 100 East Shore Road, Great Neck (516) 482-3110 Village of Williston Park Budget Workshop Monday, February 8 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 494 Willis Avenue, Williston Park (516) 746-2193 Williston Park Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, February 9 @ 7:00 p.m.

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Parker Jewish to expand caregiver aid B y N o a h M a ns k a r The Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation is using a state grant to expand its aid for caregivers of Long Island residents suffering from memory-loss diseases.

The money from the state Department of Health will allow the New Hyde Park-based health-care and nursing group to provide support and resources for 1,000 relatives of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia patients in Nassau and Suffolk Counties through a new “Caregiver Support Initiative.”

The initiative will provide consultations, case management, support groups, educational resources and respite for the family caregivers, according to a statement announcing the program.

Parker will also enlist and train 300 volunteers to provide basic care for the Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, allowing the care-

takers to “take a break” and attend to personal needs, the statement said.

The Institute’s “Willing Hearts, Helpful Hands” program has provided similar support for Alzheimer’s caregivers in Queens and western Nassau for eight years.

Funding for the Caregiver Support Initiative comes from a state-

wide effort to increase access to resources for New York’s 1 million family caregivers who provide 1.1 billion hours of unpaid memory-loss care each year, Parker’s statement said.

The Parker Jewish Institute is a nonprofit that offers short term rehabilitation, sub-acute care and nursing home care, as well as community-based health care, encompassing adult day health care, the Granat Alzheimer Center, home health care, and a hospice program that serves terminally ill patients in their own homes or in nursing facilities, including Parker’s nursing home.

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Ethics board‘s Dissecting animals not threat to press needed to teach biology

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ew York State’s ethics board voted last week to require public relations consultants to register their efforts to influence government through public campaigns – including newspaper editorial boards.

This is troubling on so many levels it is hard to count.

But let’s try, beginning with the question: New York State has an ethics board?

Despite all evidence to the contrary it does.

The commission, known as Joint Commission on Public Ethics, is comprised of 14 members – six of whom are appointed by the governor, three appointed by the Senate Minority Leader, three by the Speaker of the Assembly and one by each minority leader in each house.

Which means that six of the 14 appointees to the ethics commission were controlled by state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver – both of whom were recently convicted of federal corruption charges.

The good news is that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharra found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo – who has six appointed on the ethics board - had not been guilty of any criminal wrongdoing in disbanding the Moreland Commission in the midst of its inquiry into wrongdoing in the state Legislature.

Having 12 of the appointees to the ethics board controlled by people facing federal charges might have looked bad. No? A serious ethics board might have taken an look at the so-called LLC Loophole in the state election law, which has given developers and other deep-pocketed donors

the ability give essentially unlimited campaign donations to state politicians.

Perhaps the No. 1 user of the law was Glenwood Management, a New Hyde Park-based developer that was at the heart of the cases against both Skelos and Silver. Using the loophole, they have for years been the largest contributors to politicians on both sides of the aisle including Cuomo.

But rather than take on unlimited donations by developers whose business depend on laws approved by the governor and state Legislator, JCOPE aimed its fire at socalled “grass-roots efforts that seek funding or policies through rallies at the State Capitol often critical of the governor.

This includes support by newspaper editorial boards, who apparently are believed to be too weak minded to form opinions on their own or understand that public relations firms represents their clients.

Why stop with grass-roots campaigns? Why not require public relations firms from registering with the state any time they attempt to influence a newspaper’s stand on public policy with a press release?

Or for the matter, why not require any citizen who wishes the influence a newspaper’s editorials to register with the state?

The First Amendment of the Constitution guarantees press freedom — along with the right to peaceably assemble and petition the governmental. Its intent was to ensure that the press serve as a watchdog — something that the state of New York, of all places, is now attempting to undermine.

Sounds like something worthy of rallying about at the State Capitol.

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am writing in response to “E.W. schools should stop dissections,” January 8, 2016 and “Dissections a useful teaching tool “January 22, 2016.

As a medical students, we had to dissect several animals.

Looking back, dissection of animals was totally unnecessary.

Although there is a connection between the gross anatomy of humans and animals, no extra knowledge was gained.

For the study of anatomy, there are several ways already mentioned by both authors. Older students can always visit any medical school dissection hall or for a live demonstration, any hospital operating room. This can be worked out though the Board of Education.

There is greater science and knowledge gained by studying the behaviors and the emotions of animals.

These show us that we are all part of one creation and animals are no different from the humans! They feel pain like us, undergo separation anxiety, fear for death etc. just like us!

This incident can be used as an opportunity to test the children who attended the STEAM workshop/event and studied the internal organs of ani-

mals, for the knowledge gained.

It should be by proper test with several pertinent questions and not by just show of hands.

Also check on how many of them remember what they saw and with the older students if the knowledge gained would help them in their future professions. No harm in asking about their feelings in sacrificing the life of a helpless animal.

It is time that the schools emphasize on value of the lives of animals, also by interaction with them, the psychological and behavioral impact they have on the humans, especially the young minds.

Small lives should not be used for us to gain knowledge, experiment on for safety of cosmetics, medications, lavish life styles and amusements!

Violence bigets violence.

Our societal violence and mental disorders can be brought under control by being compassionate towards animals and by interacting with them. This should begin at schools.

Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man.

Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama Dr. Sharada Jayagopal East Williston

Temples, churches offer seniors entertainment

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ot only is Supervisor Bosworth interested in keeping seniors in the town happy so are the synagogues and churches.

The Steven Widom cultural arts had a great concert going this past Tuesday.

The Band of Long Island played their hearts out. And all of the audience was on stage level. The sound came through loud and clear, as if we were also playing.

The group is half an orchestra. The strings went someplace else.

The band took us on a century journey from WWI to a decade ago. And they were very good.

They even brought along a baritone: Jacques LeBas. This time it was a freebie but other presentations by the Widom Arts group have a nominal fee.

And the band will play on at the Landmark and other venues nearby.

Thanks guys and dolls.

Norman Roland Great Neck

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beware of city-county consolidation

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merica’s governing bodies were built from the bottom up. People depend on one another: first upon their parents and then upon friends, neighbors, etc.

Individuals and families naturally broaden their associations to meet their mutual needs in subsidiarity, the principle which affirms that decisions are most appropriately made by the local entities closest to relevant daily realities and by the next highest entity (i.e., village, town, county, state), only when decisions and actions are beyond the capacities of those at lower levels.

According to sociologist Andrew Greeley, subsidiarity means “no bigger than necessary” and by structuring life according to this principle, “one can protect, promote and defend the freedom, the dignity, the authenticity of the individual human person.”

When I was an undergraduate majoring in government back in the early 1970s, I learned of another school of thought known as regionalism or metropolitanism that insisted decisions are best made by elites from the top down.

Localities would be consoli-

dated and states would be partitioned into a few regions to administer federal programs.

Leftist intellectuals promote this approach for two reasons: First, older neighborhoods and the values and traditions they protect prevent elitists from dominating human behavior.

Andrew Greeley has postulated that cultural elites view the neighborhood as “a regression to more primitive and premodern ways of living.

The neighborhood asserts the importance of the primordial, the local, the geographic, the familiar against the demands of the bureaucratized, rationalized, scientific, corporate society….”

The second reason for regionalism is control of money.

Big government types want to dissolve town and county lines and incorporate them into a “region” that includes cities. They want county, town and school district tax revenues to go into a regional pot that will support city services.

Regionalists, for example, would love to consolidate Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk school districts with New York City into a

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Under this scenario, our property taxes would be distributed to support all the schools in the region. In other words, less would be allocated to Nassau schools in order to increase spending in New York City schools.

Such plans are not far-fetched.

“Building One America” founded in 2009 by President Obama’s community organizing mentor, Mike Kruglik, promotes regionalist movements to abolish the suburbs by having cities annex them.

This group and others, often funded by the Chicago-based Gamaliel Foundation, are dedicated to creating metropolitan regions that impose tax sharing schemes “to reduce fiscal disparities among different local governments.”

Dr. Stanley Kurtz has pointed out regionalists want “to promote the interest of cities at the expense of the rest of the county.” And the sympathetic Obama Administration has implemented the Sustainable Communities Initiative which uses “the carrot of federal money to lure reluctant suburbs into redistributive regional schemes.”

I point this all out because I was disturbed by a report, released upstate in January that calls for merging services of the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County.

The citizen group “Consensus” that sponsored the study made these recommendations all in the name of efficiency: • Consolidate the Syracuse and county police departments; • Merge village and town courts and “explore a regional court system; • Combine city and county IDA’s;

• Create centrally-managed metro authorities, agencies, departments and service areas; • Increase state assumption of responsibility for public benefit programs.

Sounds like the locals copied from the playbook of “Building One America.”

I oppose this scheme because overlapping local governments is not the root of the fiscal crisis in Onondaga County; it is unfunded state mandates.

For years, governors and legislators have been evading the responsibility of funding programs they wanted by ordering municipalities to provide a host of services.

Studies have revealed that New York imposes more mandates than any other state — over 2,000 that consume, on average, 60 percent of county government budgets.

The answer is not merging localities into bigger unresponsive government, it is demanding that Big Brother in Albany implement true reform that begins with relieving county governments of the poster child for unfunded mandates — Medicaid.

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Why so much corruption in politics?

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oney. That’s it. It’s not that complicated. And while the desire for success is a normal part of human nature, for some, the temptation to make an easy buck through illicit means is hard to resist. In politics, access to money and influence often come with the territory, which is why multiple reforms are needed to address the full scope of this problem.

Three are suggested here.

The first is to strip convicted elected officials of their pensions.

I first learned of this problem a decade ago when I found out the convicted Roslyn school superintendent, the former leader of my own school district, was still receiving his over $175,000 annual pension.

Our community was shocked to discover the only way to stop this was by changing the New York State Constitution.

Outrage continues to grow, as convictions in New York State seem to be coming at an accelerated pace.

There’s no better time like the present, to hold a Constitutional Convention in Albany and

finally put an end to taxpayer dollars going to those who break the public’s trust.

The second fix is campaign finance reform. I ran for state Senate in 2014 and tried bringing this up as an issue. There was little appetite for it at the time.

The state Senate Republican conference repeated the mantra, “tax dollars should go to schools and infrastructure, not politicians.”

That’s a wonderful sounding Pollyannaish idea, but there are no real teeth to back it up.

The sad truth is campaign money buys votes.

The disparity between the wealthy and poor, or putting it another way, the disparity between the politically connected and those who aren’t, drives a larger stake into the ground of unfair government.

Well-liked and respected Congressman Steve Israel cites the visceral effect raising money had on him as one of the reasons he decided to call it quits.

Adopting a structure of campaign finance similar to what NYC currently deploys, match-

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All Things Political ing funds at a rate of 6:1, would allow candidates to talk more about the issues and be less beholden to donors.

The billions saved in overpriced, unnecessary contracts to connected donors would more than pay for any cost of campaign finance reform.

My final point is transparency. Here in Nassau County the hundreds of no-bid contracts that have historically been easily granted because they fall under the $25,000 threshold for legislative review are severely lacking

in transparency. The current bidding process for Nassau County contracts lacks transparency too (look no further than the $12 million Skelos-Abtech contract).

Because nobody was paying attention, public money seems to have evaporated.

The Nassau Interim Finance Authority, where I am a director, recently proposed a fix to this issue.

The following proposal was taken right from the minutes of NIFA’s January 6 meeting: … the county is required to submit the following disclosure documents as separate attachments to the Contract Approval Request Form with certifications that the documents have been reviewed by the appropriate county officials: · List of political donations to county officials, county committees and local political clubs by a vendor; · List of lobbyists and fees paid for service; · Disclosure of any relationship between vendors and any elected officials or county employees;

· List of all bidders/respondents to the RFP from low to high; · If another vendor was chosen that did not provide the lowest bid, an explanation of the reason. · A Vendor “Business History Form” that must include the date of formation of the vendor.

Some contracts can be literally thousands of pages and it takes tremendous effort to locate the aforementioned information, which is necessary for a NIFA director to properly review a contract.

By having the county place these disclosures at the front of proposed contracts (rather than buried/hidden in the pile) the County would earn the public’s faith.

Corruption isn’t going away any time soon. It’s up to those elected to make it difficult and culturally unacceptable for officials to use their political offices for personal gain.

Changing the laws, diminishing the allure of easy money, and creating a public paper trail are good places to start.

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Good reasons to forget Valentine’s Day

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’ll just come out and say it: I hate Valentine’s Day. I have no use for it. As far as I’m concerned, it exists purely to make some of us look bad, and all of us feel awful.

When kids are very little, it’s just one more occasion for chocolates and candies. That doesn’t bother me much — except I’m always afraid the stores have stocked those candies for so long, they’ll be stale by the time they reach my child. Also dangerous to anyone with permanent teeth.

(I was just making sure they weren’t poisonous, okay?)

In my own grade school years, it seemed as if this holiday was intended to show you that some girls were way more popular than others.

Nobody then had a rule that “If you send Valentines at all, you must send one to everybody,” and I still remember eyeing the heaping mountain of valentines sliding off the desk of the little girl next to me — making a mockery of the paltry stack on mine.

Once I’d escaped to high

school and college, Valentine’s Day was just another “greeting card” holiday, fabricated to keep the florists and candy-makers in business.

I wouldn’t begrudge it, except the flowers cost at least ten times what they would on any other day — and seem to last a fraction as long.

I didn’t realize the true danger of Valentine’s Day until after I had graduated, and started working.

That’s when February 14th became a hazard that required careful navigating every year.

It was a night when it was important to have a date — like a tacky, lower-rent re-run of New Year’s Eve — except it’s a lot harder to disappear for a convenient “ski trip” when you have to be back at work in the morning.

Once or twice I did have a date for the big night — which always turned out to be worse than nothing, because at some point during the evening, I would feel compelled to ask, “So — are we a couple?”

And as J.P. Morgan can tell

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A Look on the Lighter Side you, “If you have to ask, the answer is ‘No.’ ” (To be fair, his version was about whether you can afford a yacht — something that’s almost as expensive as a relationship — but the concept remains the same.)

Finally, one year I felt I had a right to some expectations.

For several months, I had been spending what free time I had with one guy, and the big Valentine’s night was coming up.

We headed to dinner at our usual restaurant, around the

corner from his work. I had taken the liberty of preparing a small gift: a little heart-shaped tin which I had filled with “Red Hots” cinnamon candies.

At dinner, I handed them over to him.

“Thanks,” he said, absentmindedly putting the tin in his pocket. “What’s this for?”

“You know — it’s Valentine’s Day!” I replied.

“It is?” he replied, alarm in his voice. “Geez, thanks for reminding me. I have to be somewhere!”

And he jumped out of his seat and rushed out of the restaurant.

Needless to say, that was the end of that “romance.”

I tried to ignore the holiday completely, after that. The trouble is, it’s almost impossible to do.

If celebrating Valentine’s Day means giving in to over-priced, over-hyped selections, not celebrating means working even harder to find alternatives to eat, drink, and do…which will still be over-priced.

You’d have to live in a cave to avoid it all, successfully. A cave filled with flowers you’ve sent yourself, and chocolate.

Finally, I met a guy who remembered flowers of his own free will.

True, they were daisies — but they had cost more than roses would, any other day of the year.

Eventually, we combined our stockpiles of chocolate into a joint account. He prefers milk chocolate, and I prefer dark, so it all works out nicely.

And between us, we have agreed to ignore all that hoopla about February 14th.

We now celebrate a different date, completely. It is known to some as Groundhog Day. In our tradition, you wake up to a bar of chocolate on your pillow. And if you should happen to see anyone’s shadow besides your own, on your bedroom floor, odds are good for six more weeks of a relationship… or at least as long as the chocolate holds out.

Works for me!

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My N.Y. values — getting things done

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t seems like everybody loves to beat up on New York.

It was no different as presidential candidate Ted Cruz recently took a jab at New Yorkers for having what he referred to as “New York values.”

When asked to explain he looked smugly into the camera and said that most people outside of New York knew what he was talking about.

Once again, the implication is that we New Yorkers are somehow out of step or morally defective in some way. I guess we should be used to it by now as people from all walks of life pull those kinds of comments out of their hats whenever they want Middle America to reject somebody or something from our neck of the woods.

Heck, I’ve gone on vacation and met that attitude among people I didn’t even know.

This time was particularly disheartening because it’s just another sign that divisive bitterness may continue to dominate Washington D.C. You see, blame who you

will, President Obama or Congress, but most people agree that Washington’s true legacy the last eight years has been one of division and rancor.

I think it’s safe to say that our country’s never been so deeply divided at any time in the last century.

Maybe it’s social media and the always hungry 24-hour news cycle of talking heads and cable pundits in search of ratings.

They’ve promulgated a brand of relentless left and right extremism that’s placed a figurative stranglehold on our national psyche and prevents any progress. Unfortunately, too many leaders in Washington would rather embrace the “us vs. them” political war that ensures their re-election while they forgo their duties as legislators.

Frankly, we don’t have that luxury back home.

The business of governing on state and local levels requires action. Don’t get me wrong, things get pretty heated here too.

But spend all your time

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thwarting each other and kids don’t receive educations, trains don’t run, roads don’t get paved, and garbage isn’t picked up.

You do that long enough and eventually voters throw everyone out on their collective ears.

While it’s true that we spend an awful lot of time meeting, cajoling and even arguing in an effort to win each other over, in the end we have no choice but to move forward on things we can agree on.

In fact, these past five years in Albany have been productive ones.

My colleagues and I in a Republican Senate, working with a Democrat governor and Assembly, have passed five consecutive, on-time budgets which controlled spending and closed billions of dollars in budget gaps without raising a single tax or fee.

We passed an historic property tax cap, increased school aid, restored STAR rebates, and

reduced state income taxes to the lowest they’ve been in 60 years.

We navigated our state out of an ugly recession, launched major infrastructure projects and put New Yorkers back to work, all while maintaining the values that our respective parties hold dear.

We did because of each other, not in spite of each other.

Why it’s so difficult to do something similar in our nation’s capital, I don’t know.

But if getting things done is one of those “New York values,” then Washington could certainly use some of it.

In either event, we can all agree that Ted Cruz certainly can.

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GOP needs open process for Israel’s seat

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iven the announcement that Steve Israel will not be seeking reelection this term, the race for the House of Representatives in New York Congressional District 3 is an open contest in 2016.

This surprising turn of events presents an exciting opportunity for the GOP to take this seat for the first time in 16 years, but only if the nomination process is reformed.

The 2016 Presidential primary races in both major parties should be a clear message that hyper partisanship and a perceived disregard for the issues that matter most to Americans have made the average voter hungry for someone from outside the party establishment— someone who is not beholden to lobbyists or influenced by money from donor elites, crony capitalists, or big labor.

Now is the time for “we the people” of NY CD-3 to start considering a more open and transparent approach to selecting candidates.

The proverbial smoke filled room needs to be cleared. Voters should be able to hear from the candidates directly via debates and meetings at local venues, not filtered through the press or party bosses.

From the standpoint of most of his constituents, Steve Israel’s decision to bow out of the 2016 race was unexpected to say the least.

As Nancy Pelosi’s protégé, Israel was well positioned to replace Pelosi as the House Minority Leader or even Speaker

if the Democrats were able to retake the House.

Additionally, Israel, who is 58 years old, must defer receiving his federal pension until he turns 60 because he will have served less than the requisite 20 years.

So why would he decide to write his second book just now?

Is he really weary of political fundraising? Or is there more to this decision?

Some have criticized Mr. Israel’s poor, or even unethical, performance as Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee chair, a job bestowed upon him by his mentor Pelosi in an effort to win back the House after the “shellacking” the party received in the 2010 elections.

Rumors abounding throughout the political blogosphere have suggested that Israel was more concerned with preserving his own seat rather than winning races for other Democrat candidates nationwide.

Some have even suggested that it could have been due to Israel’s rare stray from the party line, taking a stand against the Iran Nuclear Deal. Either way, it appears that Steve Israel was encouraged not to run by the powers that be.

So the race is on! The Cook report lists the Partisan Voter Index (PVI) for New York’s CD-3 as “EVEN” but with a large number of independents that have consistently turned out for Israel, even in 2004 when George Bush took the District.

While this is not a slam-dunk for the GOP, today’s climate suggests that a cred-

ible candidate, free from ties to the party establishment, could appeal to those independents and fed up party faithful and take this district in 2016.

So how do we find the best candidate to run on the GOP ticket?

Since 2000, local GOP leaders have dominated the selection process and supported many flawed candidates to run against Steve Israel.

Frustration is rampant among independent Republicans in CD-3.

In 2016, we are unwilling to simply fall in line and let the party bosses choose our candidate from those who have risen through the ranks, paid their dues, and spent time working at the clubhouse. It is time to encourage grass roots candidates, the citizen–politician, to come forward and make their case to the voter.

Several names have been mentioned in the local press – state Sen. Jack Martins (who has filed the FEC paperwork), retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel David “Bull” Gurfein (who has filed the FEC paperwork), Grant Lally (who ran against Israel in 2014), Stephen A. Labate (who ran in the GOP primary in 2014 against Lally), state Assemblyman Chad A. Lupinacci, state Assemblyman Andrew Raia, Suffolk Legislator Robert Trotta, Huntington Town Councilman Eugene Cook, and Anthony E. Tolda.

Most hold political office at the local level.

Are there others from the private sec-

tor, citizen–politicians like those who built our nation, who are ready to join the fight for the future of this country?

Additionally, how much do we know about the positions of any of these candidates on issues of national importance?

Voters want to know more about a candidate’s stand on the issues before they give their support, and these candidates should be heard free from the filter of the party’s kingmakers.

How can freethinking Republicans accomplish this without allowing the party infrastructure to dictate whom our candidate will be?

We should take a lesson from Donald Trump who, like him or not, has used the mainstream and social media to his great advantage. In the age of Facebook, Twitter, crowd funding opportunities, YouTube, and local news feeds, the so-called citizen politician can put together a vigorous campaign on a shoestring.

Let’s start the conversation. Let’s fight to ensure that the voters of NY CD-3 get every opportunity to hear ALL of the candidates present their views in open, well advertised, and public venues. Choosing the right person will be key to winning this seat. “We the people” want to make that selection, not the entrenched party leaders.

Dr. Corinne A. Michels, PhD Manhasset Ray Ellers Commack

Snow storms brings out people’s better angels

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s we have gotten through for the most part another terrific snow storm with much difficulty we did survive.

But I think not without help from the many acts of kindness from strangers and good neighbors. I believe when things were at there very worst we were found to be at our very best.

There were many acts of kindness by

neighbors and strangers as reported by those I had met.

I even met a man in a store a few blocks from my apartment in Glen Oaks Village who told me he braved the snow and walked to the store for a elderly neighbor who needed some food. I myself have bad knees due to bad arthritis and traveled to the store for my wife with my cane as an aid. I couldn’t walk in the

street and walked on the sidewalk that was not yet cleared because it was too dangerous with cars, trucks and buses traveling to and fro.

As I was doing so a Glen Oaks worker who was shoveling the snow to clear a path with his co-worker saw I was having trouble told me to place my hand on his shoulder so I could step down to a clear portion of the sidewalk so I wouldn’t fall

again.

For this I said thank you.

So for the many acts of kindness from neighbors and strangers a like, I say thank you for all you did in a most difficult situation and proved you are all good Samaritans in my book.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

Unions, landlords and pols Villages need to not serving our community haul snow away

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. I did have a couple of articles I wrote printed by your paper and I thank you.

Now I would like to comment on the article written

by Hal Sobel, who has his articles printed every week.

Unions destroyed the manufacturing in the United States.

The garment center was destroyed because of unions and to this day there is practically nothing made in the United States.

2. Shop Delight should be allowed to expand. We need markets to shop in. Do not blame the parking, etc.

3. You did not take my article when I asked you to stop taking pictures constantly of all the politicians in this town.

I still maintain they do nothing to make Great Neck important any more.

4. I wrote and told you that I asked for stop signs for Ipswich

Avenue.

Your politicians including Bosworth still have done nothing about it. It has been several years already.

If the landlords would not be so greedy for money and lower the rents maybe we could enjoy living in Great Neck. It is now undesirable

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he storm is past, but the snow is still with us. Although most of our streets were plowed promptly, the resulting mounds of snow continue to restrict the flow of traffic, greatly diminish on street parking, and have cut the capacity of our parking lots in half.

Plowing is only step one. We need the villages and town to remove the mountains of snow, by either hauling them away or by using melting machines. To do less is to abnegate the responsibility of government to its citizens.

Remove the snow.

That’s why we pay taxes!

Myrna Kobren David Golbert Great Neck Great Neck

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Obama has undermined military’s strength

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arry S. Truman was a fantastic American.

He served as an artillery officer in World War I. He witnessed first hand what death and destruction was all about.

When FDR died in office he became the Commander-in-Chief in World War II and had to make the decision of his life.

To end the war with Japan by sending in the troops to invade Japan’s homeland or drop the atomic bomb on two cities and possibly end the war.

He knew that dropping the bombs would cause tens of thousands of civilians to die.

He also knew if he didn’t drop the bombs thousands upon thousands of U.S. military personnel would perish during an invasion.

We all knew what his decision was.

Many American lives were saved.

And what about our generals? What were their thoughts in WW II? General George S. Patton said: “No bastard ever won a war by dying for his

country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”

General Douglas MacArthur said: “In war there is no substitute for victory.”

And the great “Ike” [General Dwight D. Eisenhower] lsaid: “History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”

Which leads me to the present weak and timid present Commander-in-Chief playing at being the Commander-in-Chief.

He is clueless as to what war is all about. As a community organizer lawyer, who has probably not ever held a water pistol, he has issued guidelines how war should conducted.

The following blew my mind! This per The New York Times on 1/21/2016: The headline reads: “Obama Relaxes Rules of Engagement for Striking Islamic State in Afghanistan — President Obama has made it easier for the military to get approvals for strikes in Afghanistan targeting militias that have sworn allegiance to the Islamic state...”

While our men and women are putting

their lives of the line for the rest of us safely living in America, our military leaders have to get approval from Obama or one of the dummies he has surrounded himself with?

How is it done?

Does a military person on the ground send an email to Obama stating that Muslim Jihadist Terrorist have just fired on us but ran into a mosque to hide. Can we return fire?

Please answer as soon as possible. We realize that you may be on a golf course and we don’t want to disturb you, but this is really urgent, sir.

Check this out: “S.O.S.for a Declining American Navy” — The Wall Street Journal [1/7/16] -—“The Navy-after nearly $1 trillion of Defense Department cuts... is already down to 272 ships...today’s 272 ship fleet isn’t nearly enough. The U.S. needs 350 ships to meet the rising global dangers.”

And this from ISSUES & INSIGHTS (11/2/2015): “A Reign Of Error On Nat’l Defense — Military Readiness: Pretty much everyone — even ex-state Sen. Barack

Obama says a president has no greater responsibility than national defense, protecting the homeland, its people and interest abroad.

So, why isn’t he?”

The article continued: 1. The Marine Corps, the crisis strike force, has fallen from 292,000 to 184,000 2. The Navy stretches deployment to cover gaps. It’s one carrier short into next year 3. The Air Force’s tactical aircraft squadrons will soon number 26, down from 133 in the 1990s.

And in this same article former Vice President Dick Cheney had this to say: “If you had somebody as president who wanted to take America down, who wanted to fundamentally weaken our position in the world and reduce our capacity to influence events, turn our back on allies and encourage our adversaries, it would look exactly like what Barack Obama’s doing.”

wishes to impose the beliefs of his church upon all of us. If we lived in a religiously homogeneous country, this would not be a problem.

But we don’t!

He ignores the fact that the colonists fled religious persecution in Europe and came to the New World in the hope of finding religious freedom on these shores. At the risk of stating the obvious, Americans worship different Gods and some don’t worship at all. We have grappled with this issue since the Founding Fathers drafted our Constitution. Thomas Jefferson cites the First amendment which states that the legislature should “make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

Later, in a letter to Baptist ministers in Danbury, Jefferson elaborates that there is “a wall of separation between Church and

State.”

This metaphor has been quoted repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court in myriad decisions. For one religion or many to have the government insert itself into the private relationship between a woman and her physician violates this separation.

In 1960, when John F. Kennedy was running to become the first Catholic president of the United States, he said: “I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute — where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners how to vote.”

Finally, Kennedy concluded that his vision of America is one “where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace.” What could be more clear than that?

One final statement on the subject of religious freedom comes from. Barry W. Lynn, a minister and executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.

“There is no war against the legitimate exercise of your rights as a religious person to express yourself.”

The problem arises “when you decide you want the government to bless it, fund it, or in some way support your particular ideas.”

Anti-abortion advocates may continue in their efforts to convince a majority of their fellow citizens that abortion is evil, but they cross the line when they urge the government to coerce all of us to follow their religious teachings.

rate funds would be eliminated.

Not even counted are the lower wages that employers pay to afford to support the subsidies, and the waste that we incur by inefficient spending that private insurance, with its profits, multiple choices of coverage, and high executive salaries adds to the bill.

It is obvious that consolidation of these costs would be the best course. And, I repeat, this would not be socialized medicine.

Medicare, the model, is not socialized medicine. It allows everyone to see the doctor of their choice. Ironically, the worst private plans limit the choice of doctors to save money for profit.

With the rise in popularity for Bernie Sanders, who proudly insists that he is a democratic socialist, we should realize that he follows the example of Norman Thomas,

a minister who called himself a democratic socialist during his long and influential life.

Those of us who know about the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, a member of the elite, certainly must surmise that he adopted the conscience of Norman Thomas.

He brought us through the Great Depression of the 1930s, caused by the enormous crash of our economy. He ultimately initiated social programs that many of us remember. He initiated projects that created millions of jobs, saved the banks and saved a generation of young people.

I personally, along with many of my fellow seniors, am the beneficiary of a free public college education that allowed to us to pursue excellent useful professions, even to the level of Nobel Prizes.

Our parents, many of whom were low income, could never have been able to pay

tuition.

Norman Thomas, who ran for many public offices, including president (six times) has been recognized for the many leaders of every political stripe that he influenced.

Many of these thinkers are still alive and active.

He strongly and clearly distinguished socialism from communism, a difference too many refuse to explain.

I end with a quote from Norman Thomas. “Most of us live by our group loyalties but we have to rise above them to the values of humanity so that we can co-exist lest we don’t exist at all”.

John Messina East Williston

Abortion foes impose their religion on others

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ames P. Gough has responded to my article on women’s freedom of choice which appeared on Jan. 15.

He accuses me of “name-calling and attempted putdowns.”

Since I went out of my way to present my case in a rational fashion, I was surprised to hear his complaint. I looked long and hard to discover what the whining was about.

All I could come up with was the statement that he (Gough) “had a penchant for misunderstanding and illogicality.”

I stand by this allegation.

But let me now be free of all constraints. The sad truth is that Mr. Gough has no understanding of the First amendment, the separation of church and state, or the philosophical underpinnings of the abortion controversy.

He doesn’t address my charge that he

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

We pay for national health system, but don’t get it

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any political pundits insist that we will never adopt universal coverage under a Medicare for All national health program because our taxes will rise enormously.

Actually, we are already paying most of the taxes that would be required.

By 2024, government health expenditures in the U.S. will exceed the share of total health expenditures of such costs than any other nation.

We are paying for a national health program but are not getting it!

Besides payroll deductions, personal and corporate taxes that pay for Part B Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP (Child health care), V.A. system, tax subsidies, benefits for government employees.

Obviously, if all of these costs were included in a single payer system, the sepa-

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NhP Fire District resists greater transparency

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uring the Dec. 15 New Hyde Park Fire District open board meeting, fellow New Hyde Park resident Erin Bonura, daughter of Chairman-Elect Commissioner Michael Bonura, made certain comments about my campaign to make the operations of the fire district transparent.

Sadly, Ms. Bonura’s comments at the open board meeting were made without knowledge of the operations of the fire district and its board over the past several years.

Ms. Bonura is sadly misinformed about what has transpired in this special district.

To be clear, while I have been justifiably critical of the Board’s operations, I have never called into question the heroic job the volunteers, and paid EMTs, that the New Hyde Park Fire District undertake on a daily basis.

My family, too, has a proud extensive legacy of serving this community as volunteer firefighters, including our mother as a five-term president ladies auxiliary member, and even to this country, as members of the United States Marine Corps and Army.

Most notably, is my father, former Commissioner Michael Dolan, being a Purple Heart recipient from his service during the Vietnam War, and my brother, Michael Jr., whom has honorably served two tours in Iraq.

The entire Dolan family is no stranger to the concept of public service, or the sac-

rifices made by the brave fire fighters and EMTs of this District.

My quarrel with the board of the special district does not arise from any personal vendetta relating to the baseless and false criminal charges brought against my father and brother — charges which the Nassau district attorney and the Supreme Court of the State of New York ultimately dismissed as being baseless.

Redress for those politically motivated malicious acts by former, and current members of the board, is currently in the hands of a federal judge.

My initial involvement with the Board relates to issues of impropriety and egregious errors relating to meeting minutes, which began with the falsification of meeting minutes from the April 16 and May 7, 2013 board meetings.

Those minutes reflected a vote that did not take place during an open board meeting and identified the vote as being unanimous.

Since then, this board has continually ignored the will of the people who asked for meeting minutes to be posted on the Department website.

A task that the vast majority of Long Island, and New York State Fire Districts and special districts, perform on a monthly basis to allow the general public the ability to view what is occurring within the special district that they are funding with their hard earned money.

Over 500 residents of the New Hyde

Park Fire District have sought this access, by way of formal petition, which has fallen on the deaf ears of the board. Stonewalling continues to show the lack of concern this district has for its residents and how far behind the district is in providing transparency into its operations that tax payers expect.

Echoing the obstructionist sentiments of the Board, Ms. Bonura, during the Dec. 15 meeting stated: “[i]t is my humble opinion as a member of this community that if you have never run into a burning building or saved a person’s life, that you are in no position to lecture the organization providing those services, on how you feel it should be run or what you think you are entitled to.”

She continued by stating, “[t]he fact that we as members of this community can attend these meetings and speak freely is a privilege. . .”

Regardless of the comments made by young Ms. Bonura regarding her “humble opinion,” on whether district residents that are not fire fighters or board members should have any input on how this special district should be run, each and every resident of this special district has the right to be heard and to voice their opinion — especially regarding matters concerning the budget.

Fire commissioners make most of the key decisions affecting fire and emergency medical service throughout New York State.

Fire commissioners sit on boards which have the authority to raise taxes and approve large budgets. The role of a fire commissioner should not be taken lightly and the residents of this and every special district have a right to be heard and a right to question how government is run.

Moreover, it is a basic tenant of American government found in a number of places, such as the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, which gives us a right to be heard.

This is something that I would hope Ms. Bonura, and the board, would be familiar with.

What Ms. Bonura and the board do not understand is that the privilege is not mine or yours that we are able to attend open board meetings.

The privilege lies in the elected officials of the Board that serve the public.

They are public servants; we are not the servant public. The United States Constitution, New York State Constitution and New York State’s Open Meetings Law ensure that is the case.

I encourage the residents of the New Hyde Park Fire District to attend open board meetings and become involved in the process on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 8:00 p.m.

Together we can push to make our local government more transparent.

Deirdre Dolan New Hyde Park

Letter-writer makes case for single-payer

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his is in reference to the News Times Newspapers article by Esther Confino, Jan. 29, 2016 edition “Obamacare better, but single payer best.”

Articles by Ms. Confino are always intelligent, thorough and unbiased.

Many know how the ACAObamacare was intended to be and how it has been forced into degeneration.

Therefore I will only quote a small amount of said article and then add some of my comments.

She wrote “Single-payer reform is really the only effective remedy that every other industrialized nation in the world has been able to implement.”

Bernie Sanders has been promoting a single payer plan.

The detractors are spouting that it is socialistic-socialism: What is and is not is not so simple and I am not going to get in-

volved with labels.

What I will say is that we have such as our highways, streets, public parks and many other things that we may use as much or as little as we want.

They are provided by the taxes we pay whether local or otherwise and are available unrestricted to the public.

If we wish to buy something we can go to a store or whatever or maybe decide that we don’t need it after all. We are free to shop around to find the best price among the for-profit enterprises.

There are some who claim that our postal service is socialism however the sender pays for what is being sent on an individual basis: It is user supported: just not for profit.

If we become ill or suddenly need medical attention we have no choice whether or not to obtain it.

I just read the Hippocratic Oath and its evolution over time on the internet. It sets the tone for what the medical profession should be.

Medical care needs to be supported by the annual taxes we pay based on our taxable annual income as are our highways, etc. that I mentioned.

On the roads, a Honda or a Mercedes have equal rights.

The rich and poor would have equal coverage.

I separate between stores and businesses which are for profit and governmental services which are not.

There is also the drive to privatize Social Security and we know darn well that the greedy would gut it.

Under a single-payer system health insurance companies would cease to exist.

Pharmaceuticals would be paid by the system along with

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medical personnel and hospitals.

There would be no gouging.

Socialism?

No! It is all paid for by taxes.

It is not a hand-out by any conceivable manner.

The for profit motive, the buying of our elected officials and anything else that bankrupts a person in need would be eliminated.

The Hippocratic Oath sets the tone for the attitude of the service providers for the sake of humanity.

If some don’t have that within themselves, find another kind of business.

I need say no more.

Charles Samek Mineola

Singas wrong to raises Da salaries Re: Nassau District Attorney that make you feel?

When was the last time you To all of the voters who voted Singas instead of Murray: got a raise?

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MTA admits failure to communicate

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Metropolitan Transit Authority officials admitted last Wednesday that the Long Island Rail Road’s communication with riders following Winter Storm Jonas fell short of expectations.

Fernando Ferrer, the MTA’s vice chairman, acknowledged the LIRR’s poor communication and said it would do better in the future, according to a report in Newsday.

“We could always do communication

better,” Ferrer said at an MTA board meeting. “We’re looking at lessons learned that we could apply to how we move forward.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency during last Saturday’s storm, banning all travel on Long Island and New York City parkways and expressways at 2:30 p.m. and further suspended all mass transit service at 4 p.m.

The travel ban was then lifted at 7 a.m. the next morning, though LIRR service remained suspended.

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Chinese new year at planting Fields historic coe hall mansion to be decked out for first annual ethnic celebration

The Planting Fields Foundation will hold the its first of Chinese New Year Celebration at Coe Hall next weekend, the first of what is hoped to be an annual affair.

This event is sponsored by Planting Fields Foundation & Long Island Chinese American Association (LICAA), Co-hosted

by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation 2016 is the year of the red monkey and the 4,713th Chinese Year. For the new year celebration at Coe Hall, the rooms will be decorated with more than 500 red Chinese lanterns.

In Chinese tradition, red is regarded as a symbol of energy, happiness and good luck. As part of the Chinese New Year celebration, red lucky envelopes with token money will be given to all children who come to Coe Hall over the weekend.

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a hope that happiness and fortune will come to the children.

Coe Hall will be decorated with fruits and flowers traditionally associated with Chinese New Year celebrations, including oranges, which look like the sun and therefore symbolize happiness. Orchids will be arranged in the rooms because, in Chinese culture, they are considered symbols of nobility, friendship, and refinement.

They will be displayed in fine blue and white Chinese ceramic vases. Red peonies will also be on view.

At Coe Hall there will be a special exhibition of rare and old Chinese jades from Planting Fields Foundation’s collection as well as many performances and activities all weekend.

The celebration, taking place Saturday, Feb. 13 and Sunday, Feb. 14, will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is a

$10 admission fee. Members of Planting • Chinese traditional songs by the Fields Foundation and children under 12 Long Island Chinese Chorus are free) • Talk of Chinese collectible (including Jade) All activities are included • Traditional holiday dress (Chi-pao with admission fee Show) • Lion dance • Actors dressed in God of Wealth • Face Off (Chinese opera stunt per- costume to handout red envelopes formance) • Chinese traditional paper cut arts • Various martial arts performances demo and Taichi • Chinese holiday sculpture in flour • Chinese traditional music (Zither • Chinese Lunar New Year traditional and etc…) activity illustration and demonstration • Piano performances, Chinese tradi• Children’s Crafts; fan decorating, tional dances (Fans Dance, group dance tangram puzzles, dragon masks and more etc…) ** In case of inclement weather the • Chinese Waist Drums, Chinese tra- event will be rescheduled to Saturday, ditional painting Feb. 20, and Sunday, Feb. 21. Check • Hand puppet show (Monkey King in plantingfields.org for information Journey to the West) For further information, please con• Chinese Calligraphy (including the tact Jennifer Lavella at (516) 922-8678 Lunar New Year Spring Couplet) or jlavella@plantingfields.org

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The Bacon Brothers Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

Kevin Bacon, veteran of such films as “Flashdance,” “Mystic River” and “X-Men First Class” has been playing and recording unapologetically unique and authentic rock for years with his brother Michael. The siblings, who claim to be “anything but a typical rock band” take to the stage of the Tilles Center Friday night.

Where: Tilles Center For The Performing Arts LIU Post 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville Info: (516) 299-3100 • http://tillescenter.org

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Hooking Up With the Second City

Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

The Second City knows a few things about love - they’ve been looking at and laughing about relationships for more than 55 years. Hooking Up With The Second City makes mirth out of missed connections, girls​‘ ​night out adventures and all the crazy things we do for love. This gaspingly funny revue is a modern mix of romance, rancor and everything in between.

Where: Landmark On Main Street 232 Main Street, Suite 1, Port Washington Info: (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.org

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Mike Vecchione Saturday, Feb. 6, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

Born in Youngstown, OH, Vecchione owns a bachelors degree in criminal justice, received his masters in special education and taught special education in the Philadelphia School District. He set aside teaching in 2003 to pursue a career in stand up comedy. He was also the 1983 and 1984 Spelling Bee runner up at Pine Grove Elementary School, failing to advance to the national bee for spelling the word ruthless with two o’s.

Where: Governors’ Comedy Club, 90 Division Ave., Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs.com/index.cfm

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Your Big Break: Knockout Round 2 Saturday, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m.

The search is on for the next big thing to come out of New York at the Gold Coast Arts Center this weekend with Knockout Round 2 of the 4th Annual “Your Big Break” competition. Saturday nigh will feature Taylor Hogan, Madeline Costantino, Jamie Fox, Michelle Rosnack, Cautionary, Annabelle, Jaclyn Manfredi, Frankel Sisters and headliner Gnarly Karma.

Where: Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck Info: (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org

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The Lords of 52nd Street Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

The Lords of 52nd Street is comprised of Liberty DeVitto on drums, Richie Cannata on saxophone, and Russell Javors on rhythm guitar. The band recorded, toured and performed extensively with Billy Joel during his prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. The Lords aided in the creation of hit records with Billy Joel including, The Stranger, 52nd Street, and Glass Houses and is reuniting again for the first time in 30 years.

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Saturday. Feb. 6, 8 p.m.

Back by popular demand, The History of American Rock ‘n Roll returns to the Madison Theatre featuring The Duprees singing “You Belong To Me,” “Take me as I am,” and “Have you Heard.” Enjoy the legendary Philadelphia sound of The Original Tymes performing, “So Much In Love,” “Somewhere,” and “You Little Trustmaker.” Special musical appearances include songs from Barbara Harris & The Toys, with a few great hits including, “A Lovers Concerto” and “Attack.”

Where: The Madison Theatre at Molloy College 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre Info: (516) 323-4444 • http://madisontheatreny.org.

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Eric Burdon has one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in rock and roll. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1994, and hailed

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Saturday, February 6, 9:00am-12:00pm Join our hands-on workshop and build a wooden Valentine’s Day mailbox to hold all your child’s valentine cards from their favorite friends. After the mailbox is built, your child can personalize their project with paint. All kids get to keep their craft, receive a free certificate of achievement, a workshop apron, and a commemorative pin while supplies last. Children must be present at the store to participate in the workshop and receive the kit, apron and pin. Recommended for children ages 5-12.

Where: Home Depot Raceway, 1300-1320 Corporate Dr Westbury Info: (516)794-1101 • www.workshops.homedepot.com

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Where: What’s Cooking, A Culinary School and Party Place for Kids, 30 East Main Street, Oyster Bay Info: 516-922-2665 • www.whatscookingny.com

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Valentine’s night out planning pointers Many couples go out for a night on the town in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Romance typically prevails on such nights, but there’s more to planning Valentine’s Day dates than just roses and chocolate. The following are a few tips to make sure this year’s Valentine’s Day date night goes off without a hitch.

• Make a dinner reservation.

Restaurants fill up on Valentine’s Day, so make a reservation no matter how frequently you may patronize the place you want to go to. Nothing derails a dinner date more quickly than being told there are no tables available.

• Cancel the reservation if you must. If plans change and you cannot make it, be respectful of the restaurant and call to cancel your reservation. Noshows cost restaurants substantial amounts of money, especially on popular dining out nights like Valentine’s Day. • Arrange for transportation. If you plan to open a bottle of wine or make a champagne toast while out on the town, arrange for a car service to pick you up after dinner or use pub-

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Popular love songs stand the test of time There are many different ways to convey feelings of affection. Some people pen poetry, others bestow gifts, while still others feel moved by music and lyrics. Songs have long been a popular way to convey emotions, and love songs have been performed by artists from nearly every musical genre at some point in time.

Although music is subjective, some love songs have stood out as fan favorites. Commonly featured at weddings or as the backdrop on romantic evenings, the following songs are considered some of the more popular love songs of all time. * "Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born'" (Evergreen): This Barbara Streisand classic from the hit film helped Streisand earn both an Academy Award for Best Song from a Motion Picture and Grammy Award for Song of the Year. * "Up Where We Belong": Few people can forget the ending scene of "An Officer and a Gentleman" when Richard Gere sweeps Debra Winger off of her feet. The song "Up Where We Belong" by Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker from the movie will always be a romantic favorite. * "All My Life": Former Jodeci members K-Ci and JoJo created an enduring romantic song with this pop hit. * "Save the Best for Last": This song became Vanessa William's signature song and a smash hit. * "Be With You": Soul singer Mary J. Blige

emphasizes sticking with the one you love by being loyal. * "I Do It for You": This Bryan Adams hit was nominated for an Oscar as the theme for the 1991 film "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." * "I'll Make Love to You": This Boyz II Men song was one of the longest-running No. 1 hits of all time. * "Lovesong": The Cure's Robert Smith penned this song as a present to his wife, Mary, in 1988.

* "Sweet Love": Anita Baker's soulful hit helped turn her from a budding R&B singer into a household name. * "Love Me Tender": His good looks and gyrating hips helped thousands of women fall in love with Elvis Presley. However, this signature love song endeared the famed crooner to many others. * "My Heart Will Go On": Celine Dion's theme from "Titanic" became one of the most popular love songs of all time after the film's 1997 debut.

* "I'll Stand by You": This 1994 hit from The Pretenders can be interpreted as a song of romantic devotion or a commitment to friends. * "You Are So Beautiful": Joe Cocker makes the list again with this soulful 1975 hit. * "Have I Told You Lately": Originally written and recorded by Van Morrison, this song gained new life and notoriety when recorded by Rod Stewart. * "My Girl": Beloved R&B group The Temptations deliver a song about sunshine on a cloudy day in this classic. * "I Will Always Love You": Witten and performed by Dolly Parton, this song is perhaps most known for the version performed

by Whitney Houston for the soundtrack of her 1992 film "The Bodyguard." * "Time After Time": A song of devotion, Cyndi Lauper earned her first No. 1 single with this hit. * "Hey There, Delilah": A simple song of young love by the Plain White T's. * "Unchained Melody": The Righteous Brothers delivered the best-known version of this song, which helped create movie magic between Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore in the 1990 film "Ghost." * "Just the Way You Are": Billy Joel's classic in which he tells his beloved she is perfect as-is. * "Your Song": A simple, eloquently written song of love from Elton John.

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Affordable getaway ideas for Valentine’s Day

February, when Valentine's Day serves as the official day of love and affection, is a great to embark on a romantic vacation, especially if that getaway is to a warmer locale that can help men and women momentarily forget about the snowstorms and colder temperatures back home.

Some resorts and travel-based businesses take advantage of Valentine's Day by inflating prices to capitalize on giftgiving. However, many others use this time of year to offer specialized sales and discounts to help boost business through the remainder of the winter season. It is possible to enjoy an indulgent trip without having to spend a fortune. * Consider cruising. There are cruises that depart from various ports all year long. All it takes is a call to a cruise line or logging on to their Web sites to check the scheduling. For those unopposed to flying to a different port, you may be able to broaden your options with regard to cruise destinations and departing dates. Cruises are advantageous because they are all-inclusive, self-contained vacations. Couples who don't want the hassle of packing and unpacking several times and want their meals and entertainment planned out ahead of time might find cruising is their trip. There also is the ability to visit different ports of call all in one trip, ensuring there is never a dull moment.

• Look into winery packages. Wineries may be doing their planting and harvesting in the warmer weather, but come the winter they may be facing a slow-down in foot traffic and may be eager to attract business. Sampling different vintages and spending time in an often adults-only environment can be an ideal way to spend a Valentine's Day weekend. Make it an overnight trip and stay nearby in a hotel.

Some wineries may offer a restaurant on premises or work with a local establishment to provide package deals.

• Visit your closest city. Many people

living in the suburbs seldom make trips into downtown unless they are regular commuters for work. Even those who spend their weekdays in an urban area may never have experienced all of the little gems that attract tourists. For Valentine's Day, you may want to see your urban center through the eyes of a visitor, taking advantage of the museums, cultural centers and buildings that attract tourists throughout the year. Chances are the trip will not be costly, and you'll be close to home.

• Take in live music. There's something romantic about listening to music together. Investigate upcoming concerts in your area. Some coffee shops and bars host open-mic nights when budding artists can be heard. Check to see if any smaller venues are hosting intimate, acoustic concerts by popular bands. It can be a memorable night and one that doesn't break the bank.

• Trade time-share dates with others. Time shares are great ways to have a dedicated vacation spot that you are guaranteed during a certain time each year.

There are time-share swapping sites like TimeShareJuice.com. Find out if you can exchange your requisite time with another and take your vacation in honor of Valentine's Day. • Consider a private rental situation.

Many people who own vacation homes list them for rent when they are unoccupied.

You may be able to stay in a larger condo or space than a traditional hotel room for a smaller cost than going to a hotel. If you develop a rapport with a particular renter, you may have preference of dates and can make visiting a tropical island or another retreat a yearly Valentine's Day adventure.

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Jewelry still a very popular Valentine’s gift You can’t buy love, but on Valentine’s Day those in love certainly like to treat the special people in their lives to some lavish tokens of affection. According to the National Retail Federation’s Valentine’s Day Consumer Spending Survey, Americans spend an estimated $19 billion on gifts, flowers, dinners, and more come Valentine’s Day. In addition to chocolates and flowers, jewelry is a popular Valentine’s Day gift. Since jewelry is often a personal taste, much like a fragrance, it can be challenging to find the perfect item.

With so many different styles, colors and pieces, it’s no surprise that so many jewelry shoppers feel overwhelmed. Some expert advice can make the process go more smoothly and ensure you’re getting the best value for your money.

The Federal Trade Commission suggests thinking before you shop. Since jewelry is a major purchase, shoppers should first establish a budget. Consider the gift recipient’s style and look at other jewelry he or she wears.

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fore visiting the jewelry stores, the easier it will be to find a piece he or she will like and one that you can afford.

Take the time to become educated about diamonds and other gemstones. Diamonds’ value is

based on four criteria: color, cut, clarity, and carat (often referred to as “The 4 Cs”). Color ranges from the diamond being nearly white to graded down to yellow.

The cut is the way the stone is fashioned. Clarity informs con-

sumers if the stone is flawless or has specs or scratches inside of it. Carat refers to the weight of the diamond.

Diamonds and gemstones can form naturally or be manufactured in laboratories. Lab-

created gemstones may look like natural gemstones but be of lesser value.

Shop around and get referrals for reputable jewelry stores.

You can consult the Better Business Bureau to see if any complaints have been lodged about a particular store. Many consumers are most comfortable purchasing jewelry made in-store so they can verify the merchandise and retailer.

Check for the appropriate markings on gold, silver and platinum jewelry that indicate their authenticity. Make sure the jeweler will include certification or a grading report with the jewelry and your receipt.

No matter how much research you do, realize that there’s a chance the jewelry you purchase will not prove the perfect fit. So make sure you understand the store’s return policy and if there is a charge to have rings or other items resized.

Jewelry is a classic Valentine’s Day gift. With the right approach, shoppers can make the process of buying jewelry a lot less intimidating.

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Poetry fitting for Valentine’s Day Traditionalists who want to commemorate Valentine’s Day in the most romantic way possible may want to harken back to the days when poetry was the primary way lovers expressed their affection for each other.

Poets have been putting pen to paper for centuries, and many great works evoke the themes of love and romance.

Those will little experience writing their own poetry can always borrow heartfelt words from some of history’s greatest bards.

Robert Browning

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It should come as no surprise that the man who wrote Browning was already proficient at reading and writing by the age of 5, having studied with his father, a schol- the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet would also prove ar. At an early age the young Browning became interested himself an accomplished poet. “Sonnet 18” is evidence of in poetry but didn’t write much through his formative Shakespeare’s grasp of the theme of love. years. Only after marrying fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett Sonnet 18 did Browning begin to write in earnest. “Life in a Love” is Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? one of his romantic musings.

John Keats Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Keats was an English Romantic poet who lost both of Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, Life in a Love his parents at a very young age. As Keats grew older, he And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.

Escape me? was introduced to a circle of literary men, including Percy Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, NeverBysshe Shelly and William Wordsworth. Keats decided to And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; Beloved! try his hand at poetry as well and went on to publish many And every fair from fair sometime declines, While I am I, and you are you, poems now considered among the greatest ever written.

By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d; So long as the world contains us both, Tragically, Keats died from tuberculosis at the age of 25.

But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Me the loving and you the loth, “Bright Star” is one of his famous romantic works.

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, While the one eludes, must the other pursue.

Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade, My life is a fault at last, I fear: Bright Star When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: It seems too much like a fate, indeed!

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou artSo long as men can breathe or eyes can see, Though I do my best I shall scarce succeed.

Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

But what if I fail of my purpose here?

And watching, with eternal lids apart, It is but to keep the nerves at strain, Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite, To dry one’s eyes and laugh at a fall, The moving waters at their priestlike task And baffled, get up to begin again,Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores, So the chase takes up one’s life, that’s all.

Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask While, look but once from your farthest bound, Of snow upon the mountains and the moorsAt me so deep in the dust and dark, No-yet still stedfast, still unchangeable, No sooner the old hope drops to ground Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast, Than a new one, straight to the selfsame mark, To feel for ever its soft fall and swell, I shape meAwake for ever in a sweet unrest, Ever Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, And so live ever-or else swoon to death.

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Valentine’s Day flowers can go beyond roses Valentine’s Day is a great day for florists. According to the National Retail Federation, Valentine’s Day is the No. 1 holiday for florists, as 40 percent of the holiday’s dollar volume goes toward the purchase of fresh flowers.

Red roses make for popular Valentine’s gifts.

Red is a symbol of love and passion, and red roses have become synonymous with Valentine’s Day. Come February 14, more than half of men and women will shop for red roses, followed by roses of other colors, such as pink, white and mixed colored bouquets.

Roses are a fail-safe choice, and many men tend to feel comfortable purchasing roses. That isn’t to say other flowers do not make great gifts.

A bouquet or vase full of any of the following types of flowers can be unexpected and unique.

• Orchids: Orchids have traditionally been associated with love and beauty. Since orchids look exotic and come in various colors with bold scents, they make a romantic Valentine’s Day gift. Delicate and alluring, orchids are pretty robust plants that grow all over the world. Cut orchids may even last longer than roses.

• French Tulips: French tulips are much larger than typical tulips, so they can look impressive in a floral arrangement.

What’s more, French tulip stems continue to grow in the water even after being cut, according to floral industry experts. The stems may twist together in vases, providing something new to see each day.

• Hydrangeas: These big, dense balls of flowers are the pom-poms of the floral world. Thanks

to the wide array of colors and impressive number of blooms on each plant, they can result in more budget-friendly bouquets than roses and still provide some eyecatching colors.

• Gerbera Daisies: One can’t help but smile at these large and vividly colored blooms. They quickly fill up a vase and can look so pristine a person may actually think they’re silk. A bouquet of deep pinks can be a thoughtful Valentine’s Day offering.

• Mixed bouquets: Mixed bouquets enable shoppers to put together several different flowers and get the most bang for their buck. For a cohesive look, ask the florist to stick to one specific color.

Purple flowers look regal and may be even more impactful than red roses.

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Valentine's customs then and now Valentine's Day is a holiday during February that commemorates love and romance and also the patron Saint Valentine. The history of St. Valentine is shrouded somewhat in mystery, and there are beliefs that many different people went by the name St. Valentine. One such individual was a holy priest who served in Rome, Italy. Some historians surmise that he was jailed for defiance during the reign of Claudius II, sentenced to death, and became a religious martyr. Pope Gelasius marked February14 as a celebration in honor of his martyrdom in 496 AD. Today, the Catholic church recognizes at least three different martyred saints named Valentine or Valentius.

So how did St. Valentine's Day transform from a religious holiday into one far more secular? During the third century in Rome, Claudius II decided that single men served better as soldiers if they were single and had no attachments at home in the way of a wife and family. Thusly, he outlawed marriage. St. Valentine didn't agree with the views and reportedly performed marriages for young lovers in secret. It is this which may have propelled Valentine's Day to be more about love than religious obligation.

Another legend says that Valentine himself authored the first Valentine card.

It has been rumored he fell in love with a woman -- the jailer's daughter -- while in prison and sent her a letter. He signed it, "from your Valentine."

No matter the origins of the holiday, today St. Valentine's Day has become a

day where love is celebrated. Lovers send each other cards and tokens of their affections. It is customary to go out for dinner and send flowers. Chocolates and roses seem to go hand-in-hand with Valentine's Day events.

Although certain customs have become commonplace, some customs of Valentine's Day have fallen by the wayside. One such custom is the "drawing of names" that took place in the 18th century. Names of men and women (equal numbers of each) were placed into two different containers. A lottery of sorts took place where one man's name was drawn and matched with a woman's name. The people called were called "Valentines," and the pairing was considered a good omen of these couples marrying later on.

Another lost custom was of a man wearing a paper heart with the person he loved's name written on it. The heart was pinned to his sleeve, which gave way to the expression, "wearing one's heart on one's sleeve." A woman could do the same type of thing by wearing a charm known as a love-badge near her heart.

Where now we send out mass-produced Valentine's Day cards, original Valentine's were handmade and personalized letters. Within them individuals could write their exact sentiments to a loved one.

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Frugal ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day A day set aside to shower a loved one with gifts and touching words of affection, Valentine’s Day brightens the often gloomy month of February. Established centuries ago with origins shrouded in mystery, Valentine’s Day has evolved into one of the most popular — and expensive — days of the year. Many couples celebrate Valentine’s Day with cards, gifts and nights out on the town, and such celebrations can stretch budgets.

Coming on the heels of post-holiday bills, Valentine’s Day can feel like a costly prospect. Yet, even those on a budget can enjoy a special day to remember without breaking the bank. The following are several frugal ways to enjoy Valentine’s Day. • Create your own greeting card. It can be challenging to find cards that offer just the right sentiments. Sometimes cards seem distant, too risqué or overly sentimental. Instead, create your own card. Find a decorative blank card or make one from card stock. Search through your digital photos and print one of the two of you together. Glue on a paper heart border, and then jot down some affectionate sentiments.

• Cleverly wrap favorite chocolate.

Chocolate is synonymous with Valentine’s Day, and it’s easy to spend a lot on gourmet chocolates without even knowing if your valentine will like what’s inside the box. Stick to what you know he or she

likes, even if it’s a simple chocolate bar from a convenience store. Buy a few and then wrap them in a fancy box with ribbon.

• Go out for a small bite to eat. If you’re concerned about the cost of an expensive dinner out or anticipate being restricted to a certain menu, plan to dine at home. You can opt to go out for cocktails prior or head to a café for dessert and cappuccino afterward. This way you’ll still get the experience of going out without being forced to overspend.

• Purchase a rosebush. Bouquets of roses are traditional gifts for Valentine’s Day. However, thanks to the increased demand, the cost of roses tends to increase as Valentine’s Day draws nearer. If you want to save money but still give roses, buy a plant that blooms each year. Buy a rosebush and plan to put it in the garden come spring when all danger of frost is gone.

• Turn older jewelry new again. Diamonds and other jewelry can be costly. If a new piece simply isn’t in the budget, consider repurposing an older piece of jewelry that isn’t worn as often. It’s amazing what a new setting on a ring can look like or how stones on a seldom-used necklace can be turned into fashionable stud earrings.

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Helpful ideas to make a long-distance relationship work Some relationships are easier than others. Long-distance relationships tend to require a little more effort, typically demanding strong levels of trust and communication.

Many people avoid long-distance relationships because they take much more effort than a more traditional partnership.

However, sometimes people find themselves in a situation where their partner is forced to relocate, be it for school, a military deployment or a temporary work transfer. Rather than give up on the partnership, many couples try to make their now long-distance relationship work. The following are a handful of ways couples can do just that.

• Set goals. Establish a plan with your partner that puts you both on the same page. If you haven't already done so, talk about how you see this relationship continuing and what you have in mind for the future. If you both are striving for the same goals, the distance between you may strengthen your commitment to each other.

• Establish rules and guidelines. Figure out how you want to steer this longdistance relationship. Address issues like how will you split the traveling and lodg-

ing during visits and how often will you get together.

• Maintain contact. Because you simply cannot pop in for a visit on a whim, put the bevy of technological tools at your disposal to good use. Video chats are a popular way to bridge the distance. Make every attempt to talk each day or even just send a brief text message that you're thinking about your significant other.

• Do things together. This may seem impossible because of the distance between you, but you can make "dates" where you do the same things at the same time -- only in different locations. Rent the same movie and watch it simultaneously, then discuss. Start a book club and debate about the plot and characters.

Compete in a digital version of Scrabble or another game. Turn on Skype or Facetime and enjoy a meal together while discussing your day. There are many different ways you can remain in each other's lives even when miles separate you.

• Send surprise care packages. Maybe he enjoys cookies from that bakery down the road. Perhaps she is missing the java you used to get together at the local coffee shop. Ship a care package with favor-

ite goodies and pack it with an item that is your own and carries your signature scent.

• Set up a half-way meeting point.

Perhaps you cannot always get all the way to each other's home bases. Plan a vacation that is midway between where you both reside so it's neutral and undiscovered territory in which you can make special memories together.

• Focus on the positive. They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Think about the positive things in your relationship rather than what may bring you down. Keep in mind that time will be limited when you visit each other, which means you may be less likely to fight and more likely to enjoy all the moments spent together fully. Long-distance relationships can still be romantic. The distance may create an air of mystery. If you enjoy your private time and space, a long-distance relationship enables you to spend time with your partner and then go back to your normal schedule.

Although long-distance relationships are challenging, many people do make them work until they can be reunited once again.

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Exploring the connection between the heart & love Hearts and Valentine’s Day are forever intertwined. One of the most recognizable symbols of love is the modest heart, and hearts adorn candy boxes and cookies while paper hearts are pinned to doors or windows as a symbol of Valentine’s Day. Young valentines may share candy hearts printed with silly sentiments.

A symbolic heart bears no resemblance to an anatomical heart, and yet it is used to represent the deepest feelings of affection a person can share. Some may wonder just how the emotions of love became tied up in the shape of a heart, even though it’s widely known that the brain, and not the heart, governs affections.

In ancient times, people believed that the heart was the center of all human emotions. Since the heart is prominently located in the center of the chest and the middle of the body, it became the cornerstone of human feelings.

Love is considered to be one of the most profound and strongest human emotions, therefore it was reasoned that the feeling must emanate from the heart.

Surprisingly, the heart has not always been the only organ associated with love.

During the Middle Ages, the heart was deemed a useless organ. Followers of the Greek physician Galen theorized that the liver actually was the seat of the soul and love.

The first depictions of a symbolic heart date back to the 11th century, when the heart was drawn to resemble a pinecone held upside down with the point facing upward. The scalloped heart that is more familiar today first arose in the early 14th century. Around the same time, the heart was depicted with the point facing downward and the indentation at the base.

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However, as the brain was something intangible in a living body in ancient times, and the beating heart could be much more readily monitored - with a pulse rate speeding up when a person is excited or aroused - it’s easy to see how the link between the heart and love has endured.

Although the human heart is not bright red like symbolic hearts, that was the color chosen. Red has long been associated with passion, so it made sense to depict the heart in a bright red hue.

Many other theories have been offered regarding the symbolic heart and its representation of love. While there’s no definitive correlation between love and hearts, the heart has become an accepted symbol of the emotion and the season of romance.

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Best Foods for Valentine’s Day Dining

Enjoying a delicious meal together is popular for couples on Valentine's Day. The National Restaurant Association predicts that more than 70 million Americans will visit a restaurant on Valentine's Day this year. This statistic is what helps catapult Valentine's Day to the second most popular holiday for dining out, preceded only by Mother's Day. Restaurants love Valentine's Day as well, but more for the profits they can bring in and not necessarily for the romance in the air. Many restaurants capitalize on people's decisions to dine out with a special menu -- one that is often a bit more expensive than their traditional fare. That's because price is often no matter when it comes to impressing your Valentine. This year, February 14 falls on a Tuesday, typically a slow day for dining out. So restaurants will also benefit from added revenue on a traditionally slow business day.

Couples browsing through Valentine's Day menus may want to be selective when choosing their menu options. Certain foods are thought to be aphrodisiacs, which can incite feelings of love and passion later on in the evening. Some of these foods include: • Almonds: The aroma of almonds is purported to arouse passion in women.

Antiquity almonds were also once regarded as fertility symbols.

• Asparagus: Going back to the 17th century, asparagus was believed to stir up lust in women and men. It could be because folic acid and a host of vitamins in the vegetable boost histamine production necessary for certain components of amorous affections.

• Avocado: The shape of an avocado suggests something anatomically male, which is why it is often considered an aphrodisiac. Catholic priests in Spain once forbade parishioners from eating the fruit. It is rich in vitamin B6 and potassium, which can help boost energy levels and the immune system.

• Bananas: It's hard to ignore the shape

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org Jan. 24 through Mach 10 “Wonder Women” Exhibit to Shine Spotlight On Nine Accomplished Female Artists Saturday, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Your Big Break: Knockout Round 2 LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet. org Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

The Second City – Hooking Up With the Second City Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m.

An Evening with Peter Yarrow with Special Guest John Gorka Sunday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m.

Dan Zanes Saturday, March 5, 8 p.m.

Leo Kottke Sunday, March 6, 8 p.m.

Regina Carter’s Southern Comfort Thursday, March 10, 8 p.m.

Jorma Kaukonen Friday, March 11, 8 p.m.

Paula Poundstone Sunday, March 13, 8 p.m.

Pink Martini Friday, March 18, 8 p.m.

Martin Sexton Sunday, March 20, 11 a.m., 2 p.m.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favorites Saturday, March 26, 8 p.m.

Carly Rae Jepsen NYCB THeatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury. com Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

An Evening With Todd Rundgren Saturday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.

Blue Oyster Cult, Vanilla Fudge and The BLUES MAGOOS Thursday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m.

Foreigner: The Hits Unplugged Friday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m.

The Beach Boys Saturday, Feb. 13, 8 p.m.

3rd Annual Louder Than Love Valentine’s Concert Freestyle & Beyond!

Sunday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m.

Masters Of Illusion Thursday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.

Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam with Leon Rusell Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m.

I Love the 90S Sunday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.

Jack Hanna’s Into The Wild Live Thursday, March 3, 8 p.m.

Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular Sunday, March 6, 8 p.m.

Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles Friday, March 11, 8 p.m.

Howie Mandel Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.

Dick Fox’s Spring Doo Wop Extravaganza Saturday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.

70s Soul Jam The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury. com Saturday, Feb. 6, 9 p.m.

Shahkar Friday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m.

The B-52s Saturday, March 5, 8 p.m.

Pink Floyd Experience ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Westermann Stage, 1 South Avenue, Garden City (516) 877-4000 http://aupac.adelphi.edu/ Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1 p.m.

Student Recital Friday, Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m.

Nellie McKay Saturday, Feb. 13, 2 p.m.

Euro Mediterranean Festival’s Carmen Saturday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m.

Trio Solisti Sunday, Feb. 21, 3 p.m.

The Doo Wop Project Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 28, 4 p.m.

Adelphi’s Best of Broadway: Spring Fever Tuesday, March 1 through Sunday, March 6, 4 various times Proof The madison theatre at molloy college 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre.

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Saturday. Feb. 6, 8 p.m.

The History of Rock-n-Roll: The Duprees, The Tymes, and Barbara Harris & The Toys Saturday. Feb. 13, 8 p.m.

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: Kay Swift’s romance with George Gershwin Sunday. Feb. 14, 3 p.m.

Swingtime Big Band: “In the Mood” for Love Monday. Feb. 15, 1 and 4 p.m.

Enchantment Theatre Company Presents: Peter Rabbit Tales Saturday. Feb. 20, 8 p.m.

Livingston Taylor, Tom Chapin and EVA Saturday. Feb. 27, 8 p.m.

The Music of Hector Berlioz Sunday. Feb. 28, 5:30 - 11 p.m.

Taste of the Oscars Fundraiser The KAISER ART GALLERY at molloy college 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre.

(516) 323-4444 • http://www. molloy.edu December 3 – February 12, 2016 Poor Art Student... 12 Nassau community college One Education Drive, Garden City (516) 572-7676 • https://www.

ncc.edu March 3 - March 6, 8 p.m., except Sundays at 3 p.m.

March 9 - March 13, 8 p.m., except Sundays at 3 p.m.

Circle Mirror Transformation April 29 - May 1, 8 p.m., except Sundays at 3 p.m.

May 4 - May 8, 8 p.m., except Sundays at 3 p.m.

Hair TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | LIU POST 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 • http://tillescenter.org Friday, Feb. 5, 10:30 a.m.

Garry Krinsky’s Toying with Science Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

The Bacon Brothers Friday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m.

Bettye LaVette Sunday, Feb. 14, 3 p.m.

Maucha Adnet & Helio Alves with Special Guest Anat Cohen Wednesday, Feb. 17, 8 p.m.

Rosanne Cash Sunday, Feb. 21, 2 p.m.

Disney Fantasia: Live in Concert Thursday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m.

JACK Quartet Friday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m. globalFest On the Road: Creole Carnival Sunday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 29, 10:30 a.m.

Dance Theatre of Harlem Saturday, March 5, 8 p.m.

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story Sunday, March 6, 7 p.m.

Los Lobos with Ballet Folklórico Mexicano in Fiesta Mexico-Americana Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m.

Monday, March 14, 10:30 a.m.

Childsplay presents Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat Tuesday, March 15, 7 p.m.

Rebel Thursday, March 17, 2 p.m.

Friday, March 18, 10:30 a.m.

Shakespeare & Company presents Macbeth Saturday, March 19, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.

Christine Ebersole in The Big Noise from Winnetka Sunday, March 20, 3 p.m.

Brahms, Mendelssohn and Schumann The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.

Eric Burdon & The Animals Friday Feb. 12, 9 p.m.

Chippendales Saturday Feb. 13, 5, 7:30 & 10 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents – Jim Breuer Sunday Feb. 14, 5, 7:30 p.m.

Jim Breuer “Love, Laughter & Funyuns!

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A&E Calendar cont’d Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes Tuesday Feb. 23, 9 p.m.

Adam Lambert with Special Guest: Alex Newell Friday Feb. 26, 8 p.m.

Grateful Overkill - A Tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Grateful Dead Saturday Feb. 27, 8 p.m.

Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot Wednesday, March 2, 8 p.m.

Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime Thursday, March 3, 8 p.m.

The Blues Brothers - starring Dan Aykroyd & Jim Belushi Friday, March 4, 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents – Jim Norton Saturday, March 5, 8 p.m.

“Rockin’ Fights 22” featuring Cletus Seldin Friday, March 11, 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents – Piff the Magic Dragon Saturday, March 12, 8 & 10:30 p.m.

Tracy Morgan Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m.

Imagination Movers Tuesday, March 15, 8 p.m.

Thursday, March 17, 8 p.m.

Meat Loaf Friday, March 18, 8 p.m.

Mayday Parade & The Maine Saturday, March 19, 8 p.m.

The Marshall Tucker Band Sunday, March 20, 8 p.m.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Nassau county museum of art 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn (516) 484-9338 • http://nassaumuseum.org MAIN GALLERIES Nov. 21, 2015-Feb.28, 2016 Maxfield Parrish Paintings and Prints From The National Museum of American Illustration Works by the American imagist Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), one of the greats of the Golden Age of Illustration, are drawn from the National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, Rhode Island, and curated by Judy and Laurence S. Cutler. Maxfield Parrish: The works embody the artist’s long career and extraordinary accomplishments, displaying Parrish’s lush coloristic effect with amaz-

ing detail. The exhibition includes original artworks as well as a large collection of vintage prints.

Parrish’s universally popular and instantly recognizable images were produced between the late 1890s through the mid 1960s; they were seen on magazine covers, greeting cards, art prints, calendars, novels, advertisements and packaging. Clear and bold, with uncomplicated subjects, Maxfield Parrish’s art prints papered the walls of American homes for decades.

CONTEMPORARY GALLERY Nov.21, 2015-Feb. 28, 2016 Christopher Hart Chambers Painted sculptural works by award-winning New York artist Christopher Hart Chambers will be on view in a solo exhibition.

These sculptures, incorporating urethane-based automotive paints, are rooted in what Chambers calls post-war “consumerist wants and dreams,” inspired by sports cars, hot rods, speed boats and even interstellar spacecraft. His design format remarks on graphic marketing systems, logos and emblems of corporate America. Works by Chambers have been seen in numerous group and solo exhibitions and are included in many public and private collections.

EVENTS FILM Nov. 21, 2015-Feb. 28, 2016 Screenings: Tuesday-Saturday:* 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.; Sunday:* 11 a.m. & 12 p.m. *with exceptions for special programs Parrish Blue: American Art History In this rare 1967 film, which includes many of Maxfield Parrish’s original canvases, the artist’s son, Maxfield Parrish, Jr., and friend and fellow artist Norman Rockwell share their understanding of Parrish who dominated the popular arts in early 20th-century America.

We glimpse much of the artist’s work from magazine covers to advertisements, from huge murals to decorative prints, from book illustrations to note cards.

AUTISM PROGRAMS Tuesdays, March 29, May 3, 17, June 7, 4-5:15 p.m.

Creative Expeditions Children aged 5-10 who are

on the autism spectrum, along with their families or caregivers, engage in gallery experiences that encourage talking about and making art. For further information, call (516) 484-9338, ext. 12.

Tuesdays, April 5 & 19, May 10 & 24, June 14, 4-5:15 p.m.

Autism & the Arts Children aged 11-16 who are on the autism spectrum, along with their families or caregivers, engage in making and exploring art through experiences that promote independence and communication. For further information, call (516) 484-9338, ext. 12.

ONGOING Sculpture Park Approximately 40 works, many of them monumental in size, by renowned artists including Fernando Botero, Tom Otterness, George Rickey and Mark DiSuvero among others, are situated to interact with nature on the museum’s magnificent 145-acre property.

Walking Trails The museum’s 145 acres include many marked nature trails through the woods, perfect for family hikes or independent exploration.

Gardens From restored formal gardens of historic importance to quiet little nooks for dreaming away an afternoon, the museum’s 145 acre property features many lush examples of horticultural arts. Come view our expanded gardens and beautiful new path to the museum.

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Community Calendar PROJECT INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT & SOCIAL GROUP The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence would like to remind residents that they offer free support and social groups. Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

LEGAL ADVICE FOR SENIORS The Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) provides free monthly legal consultation clinics for Nassau County residents 65 or older. Seniors have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a volunteer attorney for a half-hour private consultation on any topic of concern. The next Senior Citizen Free Legal Consulta-

tion Clinic will be held Feb. 16, 9:30 to 11 a.m. at NCBA, 15th and West Streets, Mineola. This popular free program regularly fills up quickly. Registration is required by calling 516-747-4070.

FOR TRIVIA LOVERS At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 625-8804 for information.

Singles Association of L.I. For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or email singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com.

GOVERNORS’ COMEDY CLUB 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets. govs.com/index.cfm Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

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Arts council hosts Arts council to hold juried photo show photography workshop

The Huntington Arts Council announced this week “Earth, Air and Water: A Celebration of Tri-State Wildlife and Nature,” a juried photography show.

Jurored by Andrew Darlow, the opening is Friday Feb. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. and the show runs through Feb. 27 at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main Street Huntington. This is a free event and open to the public.

“Photography is like magic. In a fraction of a second, a moment can be captured that will never be repeated exactly the same way again,” Darlow said. “This is especially true when our images include wildlife and nature.

“The entries for this show truly showcased the natural beauty and splendor of NY, NJ and CT,” he added. “In addition to many spectacular images of animals, flowers and breathtaking water scenes, I selected some photographs that include people and man-made structures. This balance between the human and natural worlds fascinates me, and I really look forward to viewing the exhibition on the gallery walls.”

Congratulations to the following photographers who’s work has been chosen to appear in this show: Talia Amorosano, Irene Andreadis, Debra Baer, Amy Bisagni, Holly Black, Winifred Boyd, Laura Rittenhouse Burke, Terry Canavan, Dorothy M. Chanin, Tom Colligan, Joseph Cutolo, Leonard Digiovanna, Jessie Edelstein,

Monica Friedrich, Jay Gammill, Shannon Gannon, Susan Geffken Burton, Phyllis Goodfriend, George Gough, Jovanna Hopkins, Patrick Keeffe, John Killelea, Susan Kozodoy Silkowitz, Julia Lang-Shapiro, Mark Lefkin, Matthew Levine, Elizabeth Milward, Vera Mingovits, Trish Minogue Collins, Howard Pohl, Tom Reichert, Burt Reminick, Spencer Ross, Max Schauder, Harry Schuessler, Ruth Siegel, Don Thiergard, E. Beth Thomas, Susan Tiffen, Mac Titmus, Pamela Waldroup and Joan Weiss.

“This exhibit is the first of our juried shows for 2016 and it’s wonderful,” said Marc Courtade, executive director of the Huntington Arts Council. “Please stop by our Main Street Gallery and experience the work first hand. Check our website (www.huntingtonarts.org) regularly for details on all of our upcoming exhibits for this year. We have some great things planned.”

Darlow is a New Jersey-based photographer and digital imaging consultant. His photography has been exhibited internationally and has been featured in numerous magazines and websites. He has lectured and conducted seminars and workshops around the world including The Arles Photo Festival, School of Visual Arts, Columbia University and the International Center of Photography.

The Main Street Gallery is open Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m.

Kieran Johnson, a practicing artist and arts educator, will be leading a workshop for The Huntington Arts Council titled ‘Constructed Realities” on Thursday, Feb. 11 from 7 to p.m.

Johnson, who is currently the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Office Administrator, will be speaking about dioramas and working in miniature is entrenched in the history of photography. The workshop will center on the constructed photograph and expand on how contemporaries use these techniques.

Attendees create their own from various sources. Bring printouts of your photos, clip art and your camera. Early registration: $20 members/$30 non-members Prior to coming to VLA, Johnson worked at the Richard Avedon Foundation as their Office Manager and Educational Coordina-

Make a Mexican feast for Super Bowl Sunday Continued from Page 52 1 serrano chili, seeded and finely chopped 1 cup diced, seeded tomato 1 tblsp roughly chopped cilantro leaves, plus more leaves for garnish 1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/8 cup tomato juice 1/4 tsp. Kosher salt 1. Combine water and 1 tblsp. salt in a large saucepan; bring to a boil over high heat. Add shrimp and immediately turn off the heat. Let the shrimp sit until just cooked through, about 3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a cutting board until cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes.

“Firey Dawn Crab Meadow,” by Harry Schuessler

“Red Tail Hawk,” by George Gough

tor, guiding tours and leading the internship program. He is active with The Society for Photographic Education, The Penumbra Foundation, The Center for Book Arts and The Huntington Arts Council among other arts organizations.

He holds a BFA from Purchase College School of Art and Design and an MFA from Kendall College of Art and Design. For more information on Johnson visit http://www. kieranjohnson.com/ The workshop will be held at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main Street, Huntington.

For more information on the workshop or the arts council, contact artsined@huntingtonarts.org or call 631-271-8423 The gallery is opened Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 12 - 4 p.m.

2. Chop the shrimp into 1/2-inch pieces and place in a glass bowl. Add lemon and lime. Stir in onion and chili.

Refrigerate for 1 hour.

3. Add tomato, chopped cilantro, oil, tomato juice and 1/4 tsp. salt into the shrimp mixture Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving. Garnish with cilantro leaves, if desired.

Mexican Style Meatballs Bag of premade cocktail meatballs (20-26 ounce bag, available in the freezer section of your supermarket) 1 can of Rotel Mexican Tomatoes 3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce 4 tsp. vegetable oil 2 small onions, minced 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 tsp. ground cumin (I like to use Penzy’s) 2 cups chicken broth 1 tsp. salt 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro, for garnish (optional) 1. Place all the ingredients, except the meatballs, in a blender and puree.

2. Put “sauce” in a crock pot large enough to hold the meatballs. Add meatballs and cook on high for 2-3 hours or until done.

3. Serve with toothpicks and garnish with cilantro, if desired.

Alexandra Troy is owner of Culinary Architect Catering, a 32-year old Greenvale-based company, specializing in private, corporate and promotional parties.

For more photos and presentation ideas, follow Culinary Architect Catering on Facebook. Also visit Culinary Architect on the web at culinaryarchitect.com

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Art Guild to host juried photography show The Art Guild invites the public to view “I’m Ready For My Closeup,” a Juried Photography Competition and Exhibition from Saturday, Feb. 6 through Sunday, Feb. 28.

The exhibit, featuring 56 photographs by 50 photographers (including 12 high school students) from all across Long Island, features a wide variety of photographic styles and interpretations of the theme – closeup photography – from portraiture, macro, and even micro perspectives.

Photographers included in the show are: Linda Abrams, Kristie Arden, Debra Baer, Alanna Bares, Ben Black*, Winifred Boyd, Quentin Bucknor*, Henry Butz, Kaitlin DiOrio*, Scott Elberger, Noah A Feldman*, Brandon Fierman*, Joanna Gazzola, Emma Gibbons*, Bill Grabowski, Pam Grafstein, Brian Grandfield, Liliana Hecker, Blake Henderson, Dylan Holtzman*, Jeff Holtzman, Shelley Holtzman, Ariel Kang*, Annette Kasle, Daniel Kasle, Steven Keehner*, Elizabeth Klein, James Korecki, Bruce Laird, Michael Lax, Kalman Lipsman*, William MacMillan, Joe Mancher, Katie Mancher, Mark Mancher, Rachel May, Robert Morris*, Elizabeth Nafte, Patricia Paladines, Ann Parry, Alan Richards, Claudia Schellenberg, Jordan Shaked*, Steven Silberstein, Susan Kozodoy Silkowitz, Barbara

Spivak, Laura Star, Susan Tiffen, Dave Wollin, and Trish Wright.

The juror of awards for this show will be Harold Naideau, a photographer, artist, author and educator based on Long Island. He teaches photography at Suffolk County Community College, Briarcliffe College and Stony Brook University.

Naideau’s photography blends traditional fine-art photography with digital imaging and printing and utilizes a changing array of modern material and processes.

Examples of his work can be found at www.naid-

Gallery hours are eauphotography.com There is much in the Saturdays and Sundays works for 2016. The Art from 1 - 5 p.m. or by apGuild offers classes for pointment. An Artists’ children and adults and a workshop Fast, Loose and Bold with Patti Mollica is planned for Feb. 13-14. The next exhibit’s theme “Travels and Destinations: Near and Far,” is planned for March 5-April 3 (deadline Feb. 13). Please check The Art Guild’s website and Facebook page throughout the year for information about our exciting programs and events.

For more information please call 516.304.5797 or visit www.TheArtGuild.org.

Reception and Awards Guild’s home, Elderfields Ceremony will be held Preserve, 200 Port Washon Sunday, Feb. 7 from ington Blvd., Manhasset.

3 to 5 p.m., at The Art

Top right: Ben Black, “American Classics”, photograph; Above left: Anne Parry, “Fair Ophelia”, photograph; Above right: Daniel Kasle, “Inner Critic”, photograph

County to host President’s Week activities Nassau County will host President’s Week Crafts and Activities from Saturday, Feb. 13 through Saturday, Feb. 20 at Garvies Point Museum and Preserve.

The event schedule is as follows: Valentine Paper-Making: Saturday, Feb. 13: (10 a.m. – 3 p.m., ongoing) $5.00 per person. Make a beautiful Valentine for a loved one out of recycled paper.

North American Native American Games: All ages are invited to come learn and play authentic Native American games of skill and chance.

Each day will feature games from different regions of the U.S. Programs and crafts are included with museum admission, unless otherwise noted.

tery Making: Create your own clay pot inspired by primitive Native American technology. (10 a.m. – 3 p.m., every ½ hour). $5 per person.

Wednesday, Feb. 17: Film: Indian Pottery of · Games of the Northwest (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.) San Ildefonso (27 min.) & Southwest (1 p.m. – 3 Friday, Feb. 19: p.m.)

Beaded Pouch Craft: · Talking Stick Craft (10 a.m. – 3 p.m., ongo- (10 a.m. – 3 p.m., ongoing) $5 per person. ing) Film: Plants and the · Film: The Legend of Tuesday, Feb. 16: · Games of the North- the Boy and the Eagle (21 Cherokee (30 min.) east (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.) & min.)

Saturday, Feb. 20: Plains (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)

Bird Feeder Craft: Thursday, Feb. 18: · Clay Bead Arrowhead Native American Pot- Make your own bird feedNecklace Craft (10 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., ongoing) · Film: Princess Scargo and the Birthday Pumpkin (30 min.)

er using recycled materials so you can enjoy observing our feathered friends all year long. (10 a.m. – 3 p.m., ongoing) $5 per person.

Film: Animal Adventures: Puffin Adventures (30 min.)

Garvies Point Museum and adjoining 62-acre preserve are located at 50 Barry Drive in Glen Cove.

Museum General Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children 5-12 years old. Crafts and programs appropriate for all ages.

All crafts require $5. material fee except on Tuesday, Feb. 16 and Wednesday, Feb. 17. Proceeds go to the Friends of Garvies Point Museum and Preserve. For more information about Garvies Point Museum and Preserve, please call: (516) 571-8010/11 or visit the website at www.garviespointmuseum.com.

For more information about Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museum, please call (516) 572-0200, or visit the website at: www. nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

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Great Neck Library The Essence of Chinese Traditional Culture at Station Presented by George Wei and the LI Chinese Culture Presentation Team Join us for this special celebration of the Chinese New Year presented by George Wei and the LI Chinese Culture Presentation Team on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Planet Fitness.

This presentation for all ages will feature an insightful introduction to the foundation of traditional Chinese culture and values. It will explore aspects of Chinese history, such as different dynasties (Ming, Tang), year of the Sheep, year of the Horse, year of the Monkey, dance (shown with pictures and video), martial arts, Tai Chi, Chinese medicine, music, and much more. George Wei and the LI Chinese Culture Presentation Team have been giving these programs for the past 10 years.

Practice Test for the New SAT Curvebreakers Test Prep is back at the Great Neck Library with a practice test for the new SAT exam. The practice test will be held on Saturday, Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Planet Fitness.

The test will be timed and proctored just like an actual SAT exam. This is the best way to practice and learn where you stand only weeks before the first new SAT test.

Teens who take the practice test and their parents are automatically registered for the results session to be held on Thursday, February 11 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Station Branch Library. Nick LaPoma, CEO of Curvebreakers, will explain the format and scoring of the new exam. Each person’s test will be scored, and Nick will write individualized comments for each person on how to improve, according to the results of the practice test. He will present the results of the practice test and hand back the exams. Nick will provide insight into how students can improve on the exam, how to decide between the SAT or ACT exams, and answer questions about standardized testing. Parents are encouraged to attend the

scheduled. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Arrive early as seating is limited. Priority seating is given to Great Neck School District residents.

Please bring your Library card, driver’s license or other ID showing your Great Neck School District address.

George Wei and the LI Chinese Culture Presentation Team will present The Essence of Chinese Traditional Culture at the Station Branch Library. results session.

Call (516) 466-8055, ext. 218 for any further information.

The Parkville Library Club will continue each Tuesday, between 2 and 4 p.m.

English Language Conversation The Library invites all new speakers of English to join our English Language Conversation Group. The next English Language Conversation meeting will be held at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza shopping center, above Planet Fitness on Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Meetings will continue on every other Tuesday. Join these small, informal groups of people that get together to have conversations in English.

Various conversation topics may be chosen. Librarian Barbara Buckley facilitates the conversations. For further information, please call the Reference Dept. at (516) 4668055, ext. 218.

AARP Tax Help at the Parkville Branch AARP Tax Assistance volunteers will be available to help with preparation and filing of simple Federal and State tax forms (online only) on Wednesdays, Feb. 3 to April 6, from 10 a.m. to 2: p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), in New Hyde Park.

Registration for AARP Tax Assistance appointments is ongoing. Contact the Parkville Branch at (516) 466-8055, ext. 273.

Parkville Library Club You’re invited to come and spend Tuesday afternoons at the Parkville Branch for our new Parkville Library Club. Join us Tuesday, Feb. 9, between 2 and 4 p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park, 11040. Bring your knitting or Canasta set… or your Mahjong tiles… Scrabble board… Chess set…Backgammon board - whatever games or hobby you enjoy.

There will be someone here to enjoy the time with. We’ll bring the coffee and cake.

Socrates Salon with Ron Gross at Station Love: What Does it Mean to You? Join Socrates Salon with Ron Gross and share your experiences, insights and knowledge about love on Friday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Planet Fitness. What have you learned about loving wisely and well? How does the meaning of love change as we get older? What’s your favorite work of art about Love (theater, film, literature, painting?) Ponder these questions and be a part of the Salon for thoughtful conversation and light refreshments. Ron Gross has been facilitating the Great Neck Library Salon for well over 25

years. Topics are announced one month before the Salon.

Please arrive early as seating is very limited.

Earn Community Service Hours at Levels Levels, the Great Neck Library’s cultural center for teens, has some terrific programs where you can gain community service hours, learn and have fun – all at the same time.

Project Linus with Gabby is a wonderful opportunity for teens in 7th grade and older to create blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. All ranges of skill are welcome. We will be creating blankets using patterned fleece, crocheted or knitted yarn, or colorful fabric for quilting. You can bring leftover yarn or fabric from previous crafts. Come be a part of this great cause. Feel free to bring a friend. You will receive

Project Linus is a community service opportunity at Levels to create blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need.

Community Service Credits.

Workshops (60 minutes) are held on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Saddle Rock Elementary School, 10 Hawthorne Lane, Great Neck 11023. No registration needed. Free of charge.

Another program where you can fulfill Community Service hours is Perform to Transform with Erica, held on Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. (60 minutes.) In this workshop students will collaborate to produce and perform a show for audiences in the Great Neck community. Rehearsals and the performance will count as Community Service.

All participants are welcome - singers, dancers, artists, designers, directors, writers, actors, musicians and more.

Workshops are held at Saddle Rock Elementary School, 10 Hawthorne Lane, Great Neck 11023. No registration needed.

Free of charge.

For more information, call Levels at (516) 466-8055, ext. 216 or email Levels@ greatnecklibrary.org.

Film at Station Branch All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library building is being renovated. The next film will be shown on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. at the Station Branch, Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, 26 Great Neck Road, (2nd level), above Planet Fitness.

Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for information on the films

Wanted: Prospective Candidates for the Great Neck Library Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee At the end of January 2017, terms will expire for two four-year seats on the Board of Trustees (currently held

by Josie Pizer and Varda Solomon) and one threeyear seat on the Nominating Committee (currently held by Michael Katz.)

The Nominating Committee invites members of the community who wish to be considered as candidates for the above seats, to send a resume and letter so stating

by June 15, 2016 to: The Chair of the Nominating Committee, c/o The Director’s Office, Great Neck Library, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023. If hand delivering, please bring to the Station Branch Library at 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Great Neck, NY 11021 in the Gardens at Great Neck Plaza shopping center.

Any nominee for a position on the Board of Trustees or the Nominating Committee must be a member of the Great Neck Library Association or a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections by the Record Date of Oct. 3, 2016.

Great Neck Library Closing/ Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the website: www. cancellations.com for Library weather related closings/program cancellations.

In order to access this service, Library District residents can log on to cancellations. com, type in their zip code or Great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings.

In addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic e-mails from cancellations. com when the Library has posted any information. This is a great way for Library District residents who are connected online to be advised of weather related changes in Library hours or programs.

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Great Neck Park District Camp Parkwood Registration At Camp Parkwood, campers ages 3 and up, experience age-appropriate activities (swimming, tennis, sailing, wrestling, cooking, gymnastics and more) in a fun, safe environment. And this summer, Camp Parkwood introduces two new programs: a new junior travel program for children going into 6 - 8th grades and optional busing for campers ages 4 and up. Visit our website at www.campparkwood.com. If you have any questions, you can email campparkwood@gmail.com.

Space is limited. Registration is on-going at Great Neck House.

Weekend Movie Sicario (2015), directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro, will be shown at Great Neck House on Friday, February 5 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 6 at 5 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. An idealistic FBI

The phone will be answered only when the Playscape is open.

agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. It is rated R and runs 121 minutes. Admission requires a park card.

Nature Program: Marine Missions Sunday, Feb. 14 at 12:30 p.m., enjoy an indoor presentation focusing on seals, by the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation.

You will also learn about the Foundation’s challenging and exciting rescue work. Call (516) 482-0355 to register by 2/9. Children under 16 yrs. not permitted to attend.

greatneckparks.org or call (516) 487-2976 for more information.

Valentine’s Day Special at the Rink Enjoy $1 off the admission price when you wear red clothing to the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink on Valentine’s Day. The discount applies to every session offered on Sunday, February 14. For the holiday public session schedule visit www.

Indoor Playscape at Steppingstone Park Children, ages 2-9, will love the indoor Playscape, at Steppingstone Park no matter what the weather is outside.

LEGO walls and tables in one area, a play diner and supermarket in another and many other imaginative ways to explore. Residents must pres-

Looking for an exciting summer program for your children? Camp Parkwood registration now taking place at Great Neck House. ent a park card to be admitted into the park (two guests welcome per park card). Open Monday through Sunday; 8:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Reservations are required (or come down for first-come, first-served) because there is a limit to how many children can play at once. An adult must be present with the child(ren) as there are NO drop-offs permitted. Call for more information (516) 487-9228 or to reserve an open play slot.

Birthday Parties in the Park District If you’re looking for a new way to celebrate your child’s birthday, the Park District has choices for you. Enjoy a private party room at Steppingstone Park with one of our unique birthday packages (Dancin’ Disco, Glamour & Glitz, Superhero Style, to name a few) which includes invitations, pizza, cake, 2 party hosts and more. For more information or to book a party at Steppingstone Park call (516) 482-0355. Ice skating parties are also offered at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink with a package that includes skate rental, food and more. To reserve your child’s next birthday party at the rink or for more information call (516) 829-4323.

ParkWatch The ParkWatch program is composed of observant

residents willing to report vandalism and suspicious behavior occurring in the parks after dark. Please help to keep your parks and facilities in top shape by calling and reporting such activity to park security at 504-GNPD (5044673). (For emergencies and to report a crime in progress, residents should still call 911.)

Holiday Skating Camp, Hockey Clinics and Tennis Program Monday, Feb. 15 through Friday, Feb. 19 the Park District is offering holiday programs for children ages 6 and up at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. Skating camp (prealpha through freestyle levels; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; residents: $100/non-residents: $125; 487-2976, Ext. 114), hockey clinics (9-10 a.m.; 487-2975, Ext. 128) or our holiday tennis program at the Parkwood Indoor Tennis Center (12 -4 p.m.; resident: $400 week or $80 per day; non-resident: $470 week or $94 per day; (516) 829-9050.

Great Neck Community Calendar TUESDAYS WITH REAP REAP, retired, energetic, active people, meets Tuesday, Feb. 9 at Cumberland School, 30 Cumberland Ave., at Great Neck’s Adult Ed Center. At 9 a.m. Gerry Peretsman will discuss “Hidden Giants of the Western Hemisphere.” The Business Meeting starts 10:30 a.m. “My Opinion” will be presented by Stanley Raubas which will surely provoke some lively discussion by members of the group. This week’s speaker is Gerry Peretsman whose topic is, “The Magna Carta Part 1.” We break at 11:45 a.m. for lunch so please join us and don’t forget to bring lunch!! Coffee, tea and refreshments are served.

Current Events round table follows with a discussion led by Bernard Finkel. The Short Story Club meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month; the Economics Club led by Jerry Peretsman meets the second Tuesday; Science Club meets the first and fifth Tuesday. Book Club meets the last Tuesday. We also sponsor a Play Reading Club which will concentrate on Chaucer. Our Health and

Fitness Club, newly formed, presents topics pertinent to health and nutrition. We also have a travel club! So come on down.

GREAT NECK 20’S AND 30’S SHABBAT DINNER Whether you are looking to reconnect with old friends or meet new ones, Temple Israel of Great Neck is the place to be! The synagogue is hosting a dinner for singles in their 20s and 30s on Friday, Feb. 12, from 7:30-11 p.m. The event, which is sponsored by Temple Israel, is free and open to Temple Israel members and friends.

Temple Israel of Great Neck is located at 108 Old Mill Road. Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:30 p.m. followed by a glatt kosher dinner. RSVP to jmarks@@tign.org or call Jennifer at 516-482-7800.

TAX GRIEVANCE SEMINAR There will be a Tax Grievance Workshop on Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. at the Great Neck House. During this seminar, North Hempstead Town Tax Receiver Charles Berman will explain the Assessment Grievance

process and why it is so important to have your assessment reduced. This seminar will help you file a property assessment grievance on your own using the “Correction of Property Tax Assessment” application that will be available at the workshop. The filing period is from January 4 to March 1. This seminar is in addition to 10 other Tax Grievance Workshops offered to North Hempstead residents, including one being held at the Ahavat Shalom Synagogue in Great Neck on Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m.

The Great Neck House is located at 14 Arrandale Avenue. For more information please call 311 or 516-8696311.

VALENTINE’S DAY FAMILY CERAMICS WORKSHOP Sunday, Feb. 7, 1-3 p.m.

Let the whole family in on the messy FUN! Parents, grandparents, kids of all ages come together to glaze collectibles and ceramics bisqueware. Learn unique decorating techniques such as stamping, printing and stenciling. Tuition per

session: $40 per person/ project. Member: $35 per person/project. All materials and firings are included in tuition. Sign up today to reserve your spot! Call 516829-2570.

PRESIDENTS WEEK VACATION ARTS Tuesday, Feb. 16 - Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

When school is closed, sign you kids up for a fun-filled, enriching week of arts, music, acting, dance, chess and more at the Gold Coast Arts Center. Customize your week and sign up for all four days or just one! A nut-free snack and lunch is included in tuition. Don’t get closed out! Spots are limited so call the Arts Center today at 516-829-2570 FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors.

Monday through Saturday.

Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. Call for more details, including seeing if

you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050.

LIONS CLUB HEARING AID PROGRAM The Great Neck Lions Club is pleased to announce their participation in “Lions Lend An Ear,” a program of the Nassau County district of Lions Clubs International.

The program provides hearing aids and related products and services at no cost to hearing impaired individuals who qualify based on financial need and communication need.

Great Neck Lions Club is asking the local places that accept donated eyeglasses to accept used hearing aids as well. Note: The hearing aids should be placed in the eyeglass collection boxes located in all the Great Neck Libraries as well as offices of the Village of Russell Gardens, Village of Great Neck Plaza and the Village Hall on Baker Hill Road.

ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS The Rotary Club of Great Neck currently meets every Wednesday from 8 to 9 a.m. in the boardroom of

TD Bank, 2 Great Neck Road. Community residents and business members are welcome to visit Club meetings and discover how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back service to the community while networking through Rotary. For further information please see: www.clubrunner.ca/ greatneck/ or call (516) 487-9392.

WOMANSPACE A discussion group devoted to issues concerning women. Weekly meetings are held every Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Neck Senior Center, at 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck.

New members welcome.

For more info call Joan Keppler at (516) 487-5844.

LIONS CLUB OF GREAT NECK Lions Club of Great Neck meets the first Monday of each month at Pearl East Restaurant, 1190 Northern Blvd., Manhasset at 12 p.m. If you would like to attend a meeting and learn more about our club, please contact fernweiss@aol.com or call (516) 829-5192.

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G.N. students excel at county music fest 25 student musicians in the Great Neck Public Schools excelled at this year’s All-County Music Festival held at the Tilles Center in January.

Students earned positions of recognition after being tested for proficiency at rehearsals just prior to their concerts.

At All County, students are grouped in divisions by grade: Division V–grades 11 and 12; Division IV–grades 9 and 10; Division III–grades 7 and 8; Division II–grade 6; and Division I–grade 5.

tant principal flute, orchestra, Noah Sheidlower, principal trumpet, orchestra and Eric Yang, principal clarinet, orchestra.

These students are taught by Michael Schwartz, performing arts department head/instrumental music teacher.

oboe, orchestra, Jason Li, assistant principal French horn, band, Benjamin Rossen, principal French horn, band, Ann Zhang, principal viola, orchestra and Michael Lu Zhang, co-principal clarinet, orchestra.

Division II—Sophia Wotman, principal trumpet, jazz band.

South Middle instrumental students are taught by Alan Schwartz, music department head.

Great Neck North High Honorees Division IV—Matthew Han, assistant principal trumGreat Neck North Middle Honoree pet, orchestra and Joshua Rothbaum, assistant principal Division III—Brandon Lin, assistant principal viola, clarinet, orchestra.

These students are taught by Joseph Rutkowski, in- orchestra. Lin is taught by Matthew Trinkwald, music Great Neck South High Honorees department head.

Division V—Maximilian Manicone, principal guitar, strumental director. jazz band, Robin Shum, principal oboe, orchestra and Elementary Honorees Great Neck South Middle Honorees Michelle Xing, principal bassoon, band.

Division I—Baker School—Jillian Chang, assistant Division III—Thomas Chang, principal trumpet, Division IV—Kaitlyn Cheng, assistant principal flute, band, Ryan Cheng, principal bass clarinet, band, Brian band, Christiana Claus, principal flute, band, Michelle principal cello, orchestra and Dana Kagan, principal Cho, assistant principal baritone saxophone, band, Ra- Foo, co-principal oboe, orchestra, Eli Goldberger, co- clarinet, band. Their teacher is Anne Fogarty, instrument chel Kim, principal flute, orchestra, Seo Hyun Lee, assis- principal clarinet, orchestra, Jin Won Kim, co-principal music.

Valentine Soirée at North High School The Valentine Soirée at Great Neck North High School will take place on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m., at the school, located at 35 Polo Road.

The public is welcomed to this free event.

The Jazz Ensemble will do a medley of songs with the themes of romance and love.

The Chorus, Long Island Sound, Freshman Singers, and Senior Soloists will sing songs

Students earn ‘history bowl’ honors Great Neck South High School’s “A” Team took second place overall in the Lower Hudson History Bee and Bowl held at the White Plains High School in December.

Team members are William Zheng, Lucia Geng, Jacqueline Liao, and Allan Lee. With them is David Madden, National History

Bee and Bowl Founder and Executive Director.

Individually, Lee finished second overall in the Varsity Division History Bee, qualifying for the National History Bee Competition to be held in April.

In addition, Liao will compete in the National Geography Bee Competition.

Deborah Cassetta is faculty advisor.

South High presents chamber recital Great Neck South High School will present its Chamber Music Recital on Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the school located at 341 Lakeville Road.

The program of studentled pieces will include: Grieg’s “String Quartet, Op. 27,” Un poco Andante; Dvorak’s “Piano Trio No. 6 in C Minor, Op. 90 (Dumky Trio),” Lento maestoso; “Passacaglia,” by Johan

Halvorsen (Duo for Violin and Viola after G.F. Handel’s Suite No. 7 in G minor for Harpsichord); Beethoven’s “Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1” (Ghost); “Andante and Rondo,” by Franz Doppler (For Two Flutes and Piano); Beethoven’s “Piano Trio in E-Flat major, Op. 1, No. 1,” Allegro, 1st movement; “Pleurs d’Or,” by Gabriel Faure; and “Die Flucht, Die Gefangene, Die Zu-

versicht,” by Antonin Dvorak.

Event coordinators/directors are Michael Schwartz, performing arts department head/ instrumental music teacher, and Pamela Levy, vocal music teacher.

For further information, please contact Schwartz at 516441-4851 or at mschwartz@ greatneck.k12.ny.us.

also with themes of love and romance, including “Haven’t Met You Yet,” by Michael Buble, “This Love” and “Sunday Morning,” by Maroon 5 and selections from Grease.

Senior Soloists will sing a repertoire of their own choosing.

The Soirée will be under the direction of Janine Robinson, choral director, and Joseph Rutkowski, instrumental music director.

G.N. North Middle to host winter concert Great North Middle School’s Sixth-Grade Winter Instrumental & Choral Concert will take place on Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium at 77 Polo Road.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend this free event.

The concert band will perform “Ayre and Dance,” by Bruce Pearson, “Thunder and Lightning,” by Les Taylor and “Antagonist,” by Larry Clark.

The chorus will perform “My Favorite Things,” from The Sound of Music, by Richards Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, arranged by Mac Huff, “Kyrie Canon,” by Andy Beck, “And

Make It So,” by Douglas E. Wagner and “Rockstar,” by Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino, arranged by Roger Emerson.

The orchestra will be performing “Honor and Glory,”

by Soon Hee Newbold, “Rustic Dance,” by Mark Williams and “Medieval Wars,” by Brian Balmages.

The band and orchestra will be under the direction of Jacquelyn Tomlet, sixth-grade instrumental teacher.

The chorus will be directed

by Arielle Murdocco, choral teacher.

For more information, call Ms. Tomlet or Mrs. Murdocco at 516-441-4551.

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LIPA pay 65K short to G.N. schools B y N o a h M a ns k a r The Long Island Power Authority’s first-half payments in lieu of taxes to North Shore school districts were a bit short.

Nassau County disbursed about $45.8 million in those payments, also known as PILOTs, late last week after LIPA paid $3.7 million less than the county billed it in the fall for several properties removed from regular property tax rolls.

That leaves school districts with tens of thousands of dollars less than what the county said they would receive in PILOTs. School officials said the shortfall is not a short-term financial problem.

But the PILOT arrangement raises long-term questions for the districts about who will make them whole and what happens if future PILOT payments don’t come in.

“The lawsuit is intended to put the onus and the responsibility back on the county, and say that the way that they did it wasn’t the proper way for handling it,” said Michael Frank, assistant superintendent for business in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park elementary school district.

In several separate lawsuits, more than 40 Nassau school districts argue the county acted improperly when it reduced their already-approved tax levies by the

amount of PILOTs LIPA was supposed to pay.

Before the 2013 LIPA Reform Act put a 2-percent cap on how much LIPA’s taxes could increase, the authority was to pay PILOTs equivalent to regular taxes, Nassau County Attorney Carnell Foskey said in an email.

The county removed LIPA properties from regular property tax rolls for the first time last year to comply with that law, Foskey said.

The new PILOT amounts were then deducted from school district tax levies after the county certified them in August 2015, according to a lawsuit filed by Guercio & Guercio, the firm representing the East Williston, Sewanhaka and 16 other school districts.

At first, county officials assured districts they would receive the full PILOT amount, the filing says, but it later became apparent that LIPA would not pay it.

The school districts also argue the county is required to make them whole under the county guarantee, a law that puts Nassau on the hook for any tax shortfalls resulting from incorrect assessments.

Brian Nevin, spokesman for Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, said the guarantee doesn’t oblige the county to make districts whole for the short PILOT payments.

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LIPA has said it’s paid the full amount it’s authorized to pay under the LIPA Reform Act. “In the past you never really thought about it. You always knew that that number was going to come in,” said John Powell, Great Neck school district assistant superintendent for business and finance.

“This is an additional concern, because it falls outside of that classification, and there’s a possibility we might not get it.”

Foskey said the county “took extra care” in auditing LIPA’s first PILOT payments after they were made in November to be sure “what was received was consistent with what was billed.”

The lawsuits are expected to address the issues of who will make the school districts whole for future short PILOT payments, particularly in the context of the LIPA Reform Act’s 2-percent cap.

The first-half LIPA PILOT payments districts received this week were just under the amount the county removed from district tax levies. In the Great Neck district, the difference was about $65,000; in Mineola, about $32,000; and in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park district, about $30,000; in East Williston, about $29,000.

School business officials said those amounts aren’t cause for immediate concern.

But the absence of LIPA properties

from their property tax rolls could increase the burden on residential taxpayers, business officials said. And if future LIPA payments fail to come through, Frank said his district could incur short-term debt to cover the missed revenue.

“This could be a shortfall of revenues going forward if we are not made whole, which then could be burdensome on the taxpayers,” said Jacqueline Pirro, East Williston’s assistant superintendent for business.

School officials also said the lack of a written PILOT agreement laying out how much LIPA will pay in the future makes budget planning difficult.

Because LIPA’s PILOTs exist as a matter of state law, Foskey said, a written agreement between LIPA and the county isn’t required, but municipalities can enter into one with LIPA if both parties agree.

Pirro said it’s uncertain whether school districts or the county should strike a written agreement because the PILOT payments go through the county.

“Ideally districts would like something in writing of this relationship so we’re guaranteed that we’re getting the tax monies,” Pirro said. “However, LIPA’s not paying us directly.”

Hearings for the school district lawsuits begin in Nassau County Supreme Court this week.

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G.N. schools host BOCES meeting

Painting for a Cause Muse Paintbar in Great Neck hosted the Lake Success Chabad Sisterhood for a night of “Painting for a Cause.” More than 50 women from Great Neck came together for an inspirational night out. The women each filled out good resolution cards and shared how they would like to increase in doing good for others.

The women, led by artist Jeremy, then painted the Eiffel tower on canvas. Proceeds of the night went towards “Chaim’s Kitchen,” which feeds local families in need, seniors, and women who just gave birth and are in need of some home cooked meals cooked by the Lake Success Chabad sisterhood.

The Great Neck Public Schools recently hosted the monthly BOCES NASTECH (Nassau County Association of School Technologists) meeting, held at Great Neck South Middle School.

Over 60 technology directors from Nassau County school districts came together to learn about Great Neck’s Instructional Technology Program and South Middle’s 1:1 iPad Initiative.

Meeting participants signed in using the LobbyGuard visitor management system, which is in use in all district elementary and middle schools.

They toured South Middle’s new IT Lab, heard presentations by district technology staff and teachers, tried out node chairs that facilitate workflow and easily reconfigure for group work and collaboration, and visited classrooms where iPads are an ev-

eryday adjunct to teaching.

Students from the school’s Technology Leaders program acted as guides throughout the visit.

The day culminated with a viewing of a South Middle School student-created morning Homeroom TV show, followed by questions and answers.

The visit was a testament to the hard work and dedication of South Middle students and staff, and representative of the successful and highly effective IT Program in all of the Great Neck Public Schools.

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G.N. bank features students in art series

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Metropolitan Commercial Bank kicked off its Bank on Art community showcase series on Jan. 20 with an opening night gala that featured artwork from various Great Neck Public Schools students.

Metropolitan Commercial CEO Mark DeFazio said the art showcase would help create a closer relationship between the bank and the residents of the surrounding area.

“Giving local student artists the opportunity to showcase their work is just one of the ways Metropolitan Commercial Bank intends to get involved in the Great Neck community,” DeFazio said. “We specifically designed our new banking center so that we could provide a unique meeting space for local community groups, whether that’s our local schools, a business networking group or a charitable organization.”

Metropolitan Commercial, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in New York City, opened it’s first Long Island location in December at 111 Great Neck Road in Great Neck.

The Bank on Art series will last throughout the year, according to a press release, and will feature both amateur and professional artists.

More than 30 student paintings will

Metropolitan Commercial Bank personnel—including CEO Mark DeFazio (4th left), Great Neck Public Schools Trustee Susan Healy (5th left), Director of Retail Banking Laura Capra (7th left) and Great Neck Public Schools students—pose for a quick picture during the opening night of the Metropolitan Commercial Bank showcase of artwork done by students be on display until mid-March, the release said.

“Great Neck Public Schools is thankful to have had the opportunity to work with Metropolitan Commercial Bank to demonstrate our students’ many talents,” Great Neck Board of Education Trustee Susan Healy said. “Metropolitan Commercial Bank’s student-art showcase was a wonderful community event, and we look forward to participating again in the future.”

The Great Neck South High School students featured in the exhibit include Sydney Chang, Caroline Hong, Selene Hu, Rui Hua Jing, Ariel Kang, Melody

Kang, Stephanie Lin, Chloe Metz, Victor Pei, Weilan Shao and Michelle Zhang.

Great Neck South Middle School students featured in the exhibit are Cheryl Chan, Miackie Domingo, Emma Fico, Austin George, Isabelle Hou, Ethan Jiang, Eden Katz and Uma Tseyang.

Featured Great Neck North High School students include Leah Aziz, Jane Chang, Rachel Ho, Tarini Karwal, Netanel Kohn, Thomas Okin, Troy Xu and Yulia Yeung.

Great Neck North Middle School students featured in the exhibit are Zekun Dong, Anne Goldsmith, Ariela Hakimi, Sophia Han, Zhenran He, Stephanie Kim,

Great Neck South Middle School student Cheryl Chan stands with her artwork during the opening night of the Metropolitan Commercial Bank showcase Jacqueline Manelis and Ava Nazif.

Prior to the bank opening, Metropolitan Commercial Senior Vice President and head of retail banking Laura Capra had said the bank wanted to utilize its 5,000-square-foot space for other nonbanking related community events.

The bank has not yet announced whose artwork would be featured in the bank after the Great Neck students’ work comes down in March.

Man used G.N. bank in alleged $200K scheme

By J oe N i k i c A Great Neck bank was used as part of a scheme in which a Queens Village man stole more than $200,000 using false and forged documents to sell a Brooklyn home, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced Thursday.

Christopher Cable, 39, was charged and arraigned on one count of seconddegree grand larceny and three counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.

“Real estate scams are always evolving and perpetrators are using new and inventive ways to defraud homeowners in Nassau County and around the state,” Singas said. “I encourage anyone who thinks they have been a victim of a real

estate crime to contact my office through our 24-hour tip line.”

Cable faces between five and 15 years in prison if convicted.

His bail was set at $100,000 bond or 75,000 cash and he is due back in court on Feb. 1.

Cable allegedly claimed to be president of a corporation called New York RE LLC and submitted false documentation stating he had corporate authority to sell a property at 739 Hemlock Ave. in Brooklyn.

The false documents included an undated Operating Agreement and a notarized resolution to purchase, sell or mortgage the property, the DA’s office said, which both had the forged signature of a New York RE LLC managing partner.

The sales price of the property was

$225,000 and Cable allegedly received $213,394.86 in proceeds, the DA’s office said.

On April 2, 2014, the DA’s office said, Cable deposited $178,394 of that money into a bank account at a Capital One Bank in Great Neck and withdrew the money almost immediately.

The DA’s office said he opened the bank account by producing a false document naming him director of the company, which also used the same New York RE LLC managing partner’s forged signature.

The real owner of the property sold it to another party on May 1, 2014, according to the DA’s office.

Assistant District Attorney Peter Mancuso of Singas’ Government and Consumer Frauds Bureau is prosecuting the case.

Christopher Cable

Woman found facedown SUV crashes Manhasset in Thomaston gym pool wedding supply store

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8:05 p.m.

It is unknown how long the woman A 28-year-old woman was found was in the pool for prior to being discovunresponsive in a swimming pool gym ered, police said.

A county police ambulance brought in Thomaston Saturday, Nassau County the victim to a local hospital, police said, Police said.

Police said an employee at the Equi- where she remains in critical condition.

Police said an investigation is curnox Gym at 90 East Shore Road found the woman facedown in the facility’s pool at rently ongoing.

By J oe N i k i c No injuries were reported after an SUV crashed through the front of a wedding supply store on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset on Thursday morning.

Angela LoBello, owner of The Wedding Company at 1663 Northern Blvd., said the SUV driver was attempting to

back out of a parking spot in front of her store when the vehicle crashed into the store’s facade.

“I think she probably thought she was in reverse,” LoBello said. “She said something happened with her accelerator.”

Police arrived shortly after the crash occurred at 8 a.m., she said, and deterContinued on Page 63

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PULSE OF THE PENINSULA

Pacific Trade deal gives corporations power During the years that the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement was negotiated in secret, opponents raised alarms about another jobs-killing, money offshoring “NAFTA-on-steroids” trade agreement, based on leaked documents through Wikileaks and peeks by legislators in carefully controlled settings.

Now that TPP has been finalized and revealed, opponents say it is even worse than feared.

Opponents lost the initial battle over Fast Track, in which Congress signed away its ability to amend the agreement in any way.

Now the clock is ticking: the U.S. is expected to sign the Trans Pacific Partnership treaty in a ceremony in New Zealand on Feb. 4 with the 11 other countries that are signatories.

President Obama, who has championed this agreement as the foundation for 21st century trade and which will encompass 40 percent of the world’s economy, can sign it at any time, then send it to Congress which would have 90 days to deliver a simple up/down vote, thanks to the Fast Track Authority they gave Obama.

They cannot modify a comma without the rest of the signatories’ agreement.

Opponents to the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement — mostly progressives, environmentalists, labor advocates and interestingly, the Tea Party caucus that sees any international agreement as weakening U.S. supremacy and sovereignty — are marshaling their forces to try to beat back this trade agreement.

There is so much that is wrong with TPP -—that it will accelerate off-shoring of jobs, cause drug prices to rise, end GMO labeling and “Made in USA/Buy American” campaigns — but the gravest threat, upon which everything else rests, is the provision for Investor-State Dispute Settlement system.

This is a tribunal — essentially a corporate court — that can force municipalities to pony up the cost of “lost profits” when a corporation is denied some commercial activity because of environmental, public safety, consumer protection, labor law or building codes.

“I think the worst aspect of the TPP is the tribunal, since it can lead to overturning the laws we have passed for our own protection,” Lisa Oldendorp, LI Regional Organizer for MoveOn.org and host team member, Global TPP Team, explained. “The tribunal itself cannot overturn the laws, but the fines levied will become

so burdensome that a country will change its laws rather than pay the fine.”

It’s not only the challenge to existing law, but the likelihood that the mere threat will cause lawmakers to alter their policy.

“It will also have a chilling effect on future laws in that legislators will always have to consider whether this law could stand up to a foreign corporation’s lawsuit in a tribunal,” Oldendorp said. “If there is doubt (think anti-fracking laws, anti-pollution laws, anti’bomb train’ laws), they will withdraw the bill rather than risk a future lawsuit. The ISDS undercuts a country’s ability to make laws to protect its citizens and establishes an ‘extra-national’ judicial system, run by three corporate lawyers.

The decisions cannot be appealed and all nations must conform their laws to the decision or pay millions or billions of taxpayerfunded fines. This violates our national sovereignty and the sovereignty of all nations.”

How the ISDS provision of TPP could put corporate interests over national, state or local law is already playing out.

It was on view when PhillipMorris sued Australia, Tobago and Uruguay over requirements to label the dangers of cigarette smoking on packages, Canada was challenged and lost on pesticides and toxic fuel additives; Mexico was sued for trying to block a toxic waste dump and had to pay out $17 million in penalty.

Peru was sued for $800 million by a US investor over being required to remediate a smelter that created one of the most toxic sites in the world. And now the U.S. is being sued over its rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline.

“The reality that trade agreements like the TPP undermine US democracy has also been shown in recent months,” stated PopularResistance.org. “Last week the United States was sued by TranCanada for $15 billion for deciding in the public interest to not build the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline. Whatever decision is made by this corporate trade tribunal cannot be reviewed

by US federal courts.

“Two previous trade tribunal decisions have led to the repeal of the Country of Origin Labeling Act, requiring labeling of meat; and the dolphin safe tuna labeling. Under the TPP U.S. courts and Congress are less powerful than corporations.”

Congress also recently overturned the 40-year old ban on crude oil exports under threat of being sued for inhibiting profits.

“For the first time in history — foreign corporations can sue countries directly if they feel that a country’s laws interfere with their ‘right to make a profit.’ Domestic corporations do not have this right.

A small U.S. corporation does not have the same rights and advantages as the huge, multinational (foreign) corporation.

Eventually it will be forced out of business, unable to compete.

In addition, ISDS settlements (unaccountable to anyone or any country and to which there is no

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Pulse of the Peninsula appeal) can lead to privatization of heretofore publicly owned utilities.

The ISDS also creates even more incentives for U.S. firms to offshore jobs to foreign countries where they can exploit low-wage labor under privileged “foreigninvestor” status. It also opens the door wide for global corporations to attack US laws,” Oldendorp wrote Congressman Peter King, urging him to oppose TPP. “Worse, the TPP would expand U.S. ISDS liability by widening the scope of domestic policies and government actions that could be challenged.

For the first time in any US free trade agreement, the provision used in most successful investor compensation demands would be extended to challenges of financial regulatory policies,” states a letter signed by 100s of organizations including Citizens Trade Campaign, 350.org and 31 pages more of organizations.

This means that financial firms could challenge policies as violating investors’ “expectations” of how they should be treated.

This is only the tip of the iceberg of lawsuits that could be brought under the TPP. Already, there are some 9,200 foreign-owned firms operating in the United States that could bring suits under ISDS,

which could double under TPP, according to Public Citizens Global Trade Watch.

The ISDS provision could also hurt the labor market and employment in the US, even beyond the likelihood of more companies going overseas to take advantage of cheap labor.

But, Oldendorp points out, “When the U.S. taxpayers are on the hook for paying billions in lawsuits (not to mention the price of elite lawyers to defend the cases), our ability to have disposable income is threatened.

Taxpayer money that should be going to provide for the common welfare of the people will be used to defend lawsuits against corporations hungry to make greater and greater profits, no matter what the American citizenconsumer thinks. As a matter of fact, the ISDS proceedings are secret, the citizens have no input, and there is no appeal of the decision.

Is this what we want for America, our democracy, the land of the free and home of the brave?

ISDS makes a mockery of our Constitution!.” Cases cannot be challenged, even by the Supreme Court, Indeed, rather than be a boon to American jobs — as Obama, Commerce Secretary Pritzker and TPP proponents insist — TPP will give multinational corporations a further incentive (beyond tax inversions that let companies like Pfizer purchase a foreign corporation and nominally “relocate” its headquarters in order to evade US taxes) to move to a TPP-signatory country, just to have the ability to be effectively immune from U..S law and have the ability to sue.

This is exactly what an Australian tobacco company did - it “relocated” its nominal headquarters to Hong Kong in order to take advantage of a treaty between the two countries, then sued Australia for lost profits when Australia tried to impose warning labels on cigarette packages.

What to do? After the agreement is signed (likely Feb. 4), it then will go to President Obama who will determine when to send it to Congress for approval, which will have 90 days to vote. Because of Fast Track, Congress can only vote up or down; it cannot make any changes, not a dash or a comma.

It is unlikely that Obama will send it to Congress before he believes he has the votes, which some believe might be around Memorial Day or during the lameduck session at the end of the year (and depending upon who

wins the Presidential election).

The focus now is on lobbying Congressional representatives to vote against TPP — Congressman Steve Israel (who is retiring) even advancing candidates to challenge representatives like Kathleen Rice (who switched her vote from opposing to supporting TPP).

Also, signing petitions, holding rallies, sending letters to the editor and personal letters to Congressional representatives; 1,500 organizations signed a letter urging that the TPP not be ratified.

Submit comments to the U.S.T.R. on the government website www. regulations.gov Protests are building against the TPP: Nearly 20 cities had signed on to protest on Feb. 4, the day the TPP was to be signed, and more protests were scheduled during Presidents Week when Congress goes back to their districts. The movement is already planning an escalation of protests in April.

Amazingly, progressive activists are making common cause with Tea Party caucus who oppose all international agreements that weaken US sovereignty and selfdetermination.

But there is more that can be done.

TPP should be challenged in the Supreme Court as unconstitutional because, under ISDS, the President is essentially ceding away powers that belong to states and localities, and are not the President’s to give away.

Who would have standing (since apparently “We the People” do not)? The Governors Associations, State legislators’ associations, the Council of Mayors, and so on.

They could argue that TPP strips them of their ability to fulfill their constitutional oath to protect their citizens’ public health, safety and security and exposes their constituencies to ruinous financial liability.

Also, localities could pass their own referendums opposing TPP, even preemptively withdrawing, as they did in signing on to Kyoto when the Republicans refused to sign on to that climate action treaty. Syracuse’s City Council has already done this.

Sierra Club and Food & Water Watch and other organizations that oppose could petition their local governments to pass such resolutions or referendums. (This would have the added benefit of generating press coverage).

See more information at www.foodandwaterwatch.org and PublicCitizen.org.

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Cuomo’s plan for LaGuardia shows ignorance

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learly Gov. Andrew Cuomo has never commuted on the Long Island Rail Road when he promised that residents will now have a direct connection to LaGuardia Airport.

He is both overly optimistic concerning building a train to the plane for LaGuardia Airport within four years and no concept of how Great Neck, New Hyde Park, Herricks, Albertson, Searingtown, Williston Park, Garden City, Manhasset, Roslyn, Port Washington and other Long Island residents travel.

Success for this project is dependent upon the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Metropolitan Transportation Authority working well together.

Fifteen years after 9/11, the Cortland Street World Trade Center No. 1 IRT subway station is still several years away from being back in service perhaps by 2018.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the MTA fought for years over budget, funding sources, scope and schedule.

The MTA finally just last year awarded a contract for construction to proceed.

To build a train to the plane from Mets - Willets No. 7 subway and Long Island Rail Road station to LaGuardia Airport within five years for $450 million is a planners dream. In reality could end up being a nightmare for both taxpayers and riders. You can count on cost overruns in the hundreds of millions and multiyear delays in construction before reaching beneficial use.

Most Nassau and Suffolk County residents will never take the LIRR to LaGuardia Airport.

First, you would have to either drive, have someone else drop you off or leave your car at a LIRR station for several days or take a taxi.

Most LIRR station commuter parking lots are designed for same day usage and not overnight multiple day storage. Who would want to leave your car in a unattended lot overnight over several days with no security?

Next, for those traveling

from diesel territory branches (including those commuting from stations east of Huntington to Port Jefferson, east of Mineola to Oyster Bay, east of Babylon to Speonk or Montauk and east of Ronkonkoma to Greenport), you would probably have to first change at either Huntington, Babylon, Mineola or Ronkokoma.

Many will have to change at Jamaica for a train that would stop at Woodside, Now, you have to wait at Woodside for a Port Washington bound train that will stop at Mets-Willets Point.

(Note that service is once every 30 minutes off peak).

Many trains from Penn Station travel express bypassing Mets-Willets Point with the first stop at either Bayside or Great Neck).

Finally, you have to transfer at Mets-Willets Point for the LaGuardia Airtrain.

Does Cuomo really believe that the average Long Island resident accompanied by kids and several pieces of luggage will patiently tolerate three to four transfers taking between 90 minutes

to 2 hours before arrival via LIRR to LaGuardia Airport?

Most business, middle and upper middle class people or anyone with heavy luggage is either going to continue driving to the airport, have someone else drive you to the airport, take a taxi or car service.

You will never see them on traveling via the LIRR to LaGuardia Airport. It is wishful thinking by Cuomo at best.

One old recycled concept is to extend the N & Q subway lines from their current Queens terminus at Astoria/Ditmars Blvd to LaGuardia Airport. This died due to local community opposition and will continue to do so.

Everyone has long forgotten that the successful PANYNJ Air Train, which currently runs between the LIRR Jamaica Station and Kennedy Airport was supposed to continue proceeding north along the Van Wyck Expressway and connect with LaGuardia Airport.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey did not have sufficient funding to complete the original full scope of the project.

This original extension to LaGuardia Airport could also have connected with the LIRR and No. 7 subway line at the Mets-Willets Point Station.

Construction primarily within existing highway right of way would have eased any local community opposition from those who owned homes and or businesses adjacent to the route. Too bad the PANYNJ choose instead to spend billions in non transportation investments during this same time period instead of completing the Air

Train to LaGuardia Airport.

The estimated cost of $400 million for construction of LaGuardia Air Train is just a concept based upon a planning feasibility study.

It has been one year since Cuomo announced this project with no known progress to date. There are no environmental documents or any preliminary design and engineering efforts necessary to validate any actual construction costs. They will be refined as projects progress beyond the planning and environmental phases into real and final design efforts.

Value engineering which is a process used to reduce costs will be used during the final design phase.

Unfortunately, history has shown that estimated costs for construction usually trend upwards as projects mature toward 100% final design. Progression of final design refines the detailed scope of work necessary to support construction. The anticipated final potential cost for LaGuardia Airtrain could end up several hundred million dollars above Cuomo’s estimated figure of $400 million.

Costs will be further refined by award of construction contracts followed by any unforeseen site conditions and change orders to the base contracts during the course of construction.

Construction of other options via the Sunnyside Storage Yards to LaGuardia Airport could easily cost a $1 billion or more.

You would have to coordinate with the LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal project. In addition, the yard is used for mid day storage by other transit operators.

Previous pilot ferry connections from the LaGuardia Airport to various Manhattan locations failed. This was due to the costs which could not attract sufficient ridership to support the service.

Those in the know already have a transit connection to LaGuardia Airport.

Some ride the Port Washington LIRR branch to Woodside and transfer to the NYC Transit Q70 bus.

Others use the No. 7 subway to Woodside and make the same transfer. Why not patronize both the LIRR and Q70 Limited (which is equipped wit luggage racks) from Jackson Heights which provides limited-stop bus service between Woodside, Jackson Heights and LaGuardia Airport (Terminals B, C and D).

Service operates nonstop between Jackson Heights and LaGuardia Airport.

Connections can be made with the E,F,M,R and 7 trains at Jackson HeightsRoosevelt Avenue/74 St.Broadway and with the LIRR and 7 train at Woodside-61 St. Travel time between Woodside and LaGuardia Airport is approximately 10-15 minutes and between Jackson Heights and LaGuardia Airport is approximately eight-10 minutes.

Free transfers between any bus or subway are available if you pay your fare with MetroCard.

Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked in the transportation field for 31 years).

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Death and taxes; all else is negotiable There are times in life when we feel we could live forever and we have felt indestructible, (like when you enlisted in the armed forces way back when) never realizing that no one is taking anything with them, when they pass.

It may seem a bit morbid, but the fact is, we are all going out exactly the same way, just the way we came into this world, with absolutely nothing except with a suit or a dress, depending on how we go!

However, we may come into this world with not a dime, but a portion of us, will leave behind not only a legacy of memories, but maybe some substantial assets, which most likely will include Real Estate.

Some will setup Living Trusts (while you are alive you will control all your assets).

A revocable living trust can be changed anytime during your lifetime.

After you transfer ownership of various or all your assets to

your trust, you can serve as the trustee on behalf of beneficiaries you designate (when you pass a Successor Trustee will handle everything, as long as everything is within your Revocable Trust.

If anything is left out, then they (another name given today is “Your Personal Representative� as opposed to Executor or Executrix) will have to probate in court, those items left out when you pass, to get them into your Revocable Trust that you had previously setup.

Provided you do so, there may not be any ongoing fees.

But most important are a multitude of things that one must and should do in advance as preparation for when that time comes when you are either no longer capable to manage your affairs or you have passed.

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Another two documents that are also extremely crucial to filled out and filed are the following: 1. A health-care document to be filled out in advance, a durable health-care power of attorney form as well as possibly 2. An Authorization to Release Healthcare Information form.

Without the first and/or the second form your Personal Representative may have to go into court to get a guardian appointed costing your estate more lost time and delays and dollars.

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Seek out professional advice with respect to how you have your Real Estate Portfolio setup, to make sure it is strategized in the most advantageous way, so the least amount of Estate Taxes will have to be paid.

Should it be in a Living Trust, what type of corporation is each property setup within?

Are you children officers of any of your corporations that your real estate investments are titled in?

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By N e g l a h Sharma

Opponents and supporters of Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corp.’s plans for a video casino at Belmont Park held back-to-back rallies at the racetrack Saturday.

Supporters assembled outside Belmont’s Gate Five to kick off the day, citing the number of jobs that would be created to construct a 100,000-square-foot site at Belmont Park on “underused” land and to staff it when operations began.

“If it wasn’t the casino, and they wanted to build a Sonic here, they (opposers) would’ve said ‘can’t build it here, it’ll cause traffic,” said Patrick Nicolosi, president of the East End Civic Association.

“We’re construction workers...we like to build, and 6,000 jobs (would help eliminate) low-income housing, because people would have jobs,” said Ray Gogr, a local resident and 638 Steamfitters Union Member. Gogr was flanked by various other union members who were in ardent support of the casino.

OTB announced in December its plans to put a $75 million, 100,000-square-foot video casino at the Elmont racetrack.

While it awaits state legislative approval, the agency plans to build a temporary gambling hall with 1,000 video lottery terminals, or VLTs, which requires approval from the state Office of General Services and the New York Racing Authority.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano included $20 million in casino revenue in his 2016 budget. His office said last week the estimate was reduced to $15 million.

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Protestors at Saturday’s casino rallies. hours, cheering from dozens of casino opponents could be heard in the distance.

Nicolosi was the last of the supporters to depart. “I’m in favor of the third rail, the tunnels that connect to either Westchester or Connecticut, we need to change Nassau County, our problem is the NIMBY people,” said Nicolosi, referring to proposed Long Island transportation projects.

Residents had marched in opposition from Floral Park Memorial High School at 210 Locust St. and down Plainfield Avenue and Hempstead Turnpike, chanting,

“Please say no, no CasiNO.” The crowd of protesters consisted of adults and children of all ages displaying signs with slogans such as “Belmont Say No to Mangano,” and “Think of our kids!”

Nassau OTB has previously weighed putting the casino at Nassau Coliseum, Jones Beach and a vacant Fortunoff jewelry store in Westbury. Intense community protests last year derailed he state-owned entity’s efforts to put it in Westbury.

Last January, the Village of Westbury, the towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead, local civic associations and

Winthrop-University Hospital filed a joint lawsuit against the Nassau OTB in New York State Supreme Court in Mineola, under the basis that it would violate town laws, and create excessive traffic obstructions near the high-volume 130-year old hospital.

An OTB spokesman declined to comment on the rallies.

Valley Stream resident Milagros Viciente said gambling is a bad way to make up an economic deficit.

“We don’t want this, it’s not going to create sustainable jobs, it’s just gonna make things worse for our community ... and we’re sick and tired of elected officials making decisions without community input,” she said.

“If it wasn’t good for Westbury, for the Coliseum, it’s not good for us,” she added. “I say stop the hypocrisy,” State Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages, who sits on the Racing and Wagering Committee, was joined by Elmont community organizer Tammie Williams.

“They don’t have a realistic expectation of what the revenue is,” Solages said.

“First it was $20 million, now it’s $15 million, and then it’ll be $10 million. They’re going to tip the balance, and the community will be the first to lose. Putting more strain on our community resources is not what they should be doing right now,” Solages said.

Mangano spokesman Brian Nevin said the county’s revenue projection reflects six months of casino revenue, based on OTB’s estimate that the casino would generate $30 million annually for the county.

The county budget also includes “other revenue contingencies” in case the Belmont casino isn’t approved, Nevin said.

No challengers step forward yet as elections near Continued from Page 1 tures before Feb. 9 to officially run for a board seat.

Celender, who works full-time as mayor of the village, is paid an annual salary of $62,500. Rosen is paid $12,500 as deputy mayor and Marksheid is paid $10,000, according to seethroughny.net.

Residents can cast their ballot at Village Hall, located at 2 Gussack Plaza, on March 15. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m., according to the village website.

In the Village of Kensington, three seats are up for election as the terms of Mayor Susan Lopatkin, Deputy Mayor Phillip Bornstein and Trustee Jeffrey Greener are coming to an end.

Village Clerk Arlene Giniger said the incumbents “have not officially filed, but I know they will.”

Giniger also said she had not received any petitions from other interested candidates.

Those interested in running are required to submit a petition with 50 resident signatures before Feb. 9 to officially run for a board seat.

Kesington’s mayor and trustees are unpaid positions.

Residents can cast their ballot at Village Hall, located at 2 Nassau Drive.

March 15. Polls will open at noon and close at 9 p.m.

In the Village of Russell Gardens, the terms of trustees David Miller and Matthew Ellis will end this March.

Village Clerk-Treasurer Christine Blumberg said the incumbents had not officially filed to run for re-election yet, but believes they will.

Blumberg added she has not received any petitions from other interested candidates.

Those interested in running are required to submit a petition with 50 resident signatures before Feb. 9 to officially run for a board seat.

Russell Gardens trustees are unpaid.

Residents can cast their ballots at Village Hall, located at 6 Tain Drive, on March 15. Polls will be open from noon until 9 p.m.

In the Village of Great Neck Estates, trustees Lanny Oppenheim, Howard Hershenhorn and Jeffrey Farkas will see their

terms come to an end.

Village Administrator Kathleen Santelli said none of the incumbents have filed for re-election.

Since Farkas began his term last year after he was appointed to replace former Trustee Sidney Krugman, Santelli said, his seat is up for only a one-year term.

Those interested in running are required to submit a petition with 50 resident signatures before Feb. 9 to officially run for a board seat.

Residents can cast their ballots at Village Hall at 4 Atwater Plaza between the hours of noon and 9 p.m. on March 15.

In the village of Thomaston, the seats of trustees To-On Pang and James Sharkey will be up for election.

Village Administrator Denise Knowland said she had not received any filed petitions.

Knowland also said she “believes” Sharkey and Pang will run for re-election.

Thomaston trustees are unpaid.

Those interested in running are required to submit a petition with 50 resident signatures before Feb. 9 to officially run for a board seat.

Residents can vote at Village Hall, located at 100 East Shore Road, between the hours of noon and 9 p.m. on March 15.

In the Village of Saddle Rock, the seats of trustees Manny Alani and Kamran Barelli will be up for election.

Efforts to reach Village Clerk Hinda Goldman for election updates were unavailing.

Residents can cast their ballots at Village Hall at 18 Masefield Way between the hours of noon and 9 p.m. on March 15.

In June, Village of Great Neck Mayor Pedram Bral defeated former Mayor Ralph Kreitzman — who had received endorsements from numerous federal, state and village officials — 1,040 to 391, more than 72 percent of the vote.

Bral’s running mates Anne Mendelson and Ray Plakstis Jr. both won the two open trustee spots with 980 and 1,020 votes respectively, beating out incumbent trustees Mitch Beckerman, who received 346 votes, and Jeff Bass, who received 350 votes, as well as Lone Bridge Party candidate Sam Yellis, who received 136 votes.

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Bos touts finances in state of town address and we were up to that challenge.”

She also said the town named design Continued from Page 3 park, so close to Hempstead Harbor, was Bosworth added the project would firm Quenelle Rothschild as the firm in not connected to sewers. I knew that we minimize nitrogen content in Hempstead charge of designing the new North Hemphad to address this as soon as possible Harbor and the town’s waterways. stead Beach Park.

Bosworth said she plans on improving many of the town’s struggling downtown areas by working closely with the town’s Business and Tourism Development Corporation and Planning Department, as well as community planning facilitator Eric Alexander of Vision Long Island, to find out the issues business owners are having.

“Initiatives like this one are just a step LIRR riders took to social media to Continued from Page 21 Cuomo also said service on every LIRR voice frustration over the MTA’s lack of that we are taking towards addressing the problem of empty storefronts in some of branch would be restored by 5 a.m. last communication and updates.

According to Newsday, the LIRR Com- our downtown areas,” she said. “It is my Monday morning.

But that time was pushed back to 7 muter Council said riders received conflict- hope that by working with Vision Long a.m. due to ice and snow build up refreez- ing service updates from train crews, sta- Island and our Planning Commissioner, we can address some of the issues trouing rail lines, the LIRR announced shortly tion announcements and digital alerts.

Arena said the snow storm impacted bling our downtowns and get an objective after 5 a.m., when riders had already arrived at platforms anticipating restored more than just railroad tracks, with various opinion on how to tackle this problem.”

Bosworth said the town would make aspects of the MTA’s system needing to be service.

Service on the Babylon, Ronkonkoma restored, causing the longer service delays. efforts to begin using the “Star Wars-like” “Once the snow is cleared, what you technology used by the Port Washington and Huntington branches resumed around 6 a.m., the LIRR announced on Twitter, face typically is more snow that was blown Parking District to verify if vehicles are with service on the Oyster Bay, Port Jeffer- back so you have to go back and do it registered with the necessary permits.

She also said the town was piloting son and Montauk branches resuming at 7 again,” Arena said. “You also face equipment that is frozen, like switches for exam- the use of a pay-by-phone parking meter a.m.

MTA spokesman Sal Arena said Port ple. You face situations where ice has built payment program that allows residents to Washington-line service was supposed to up on the third rail and so trains are not refill their parking meters by phone.

Bosworth said the program would resume that morning, but due to “weather- able to draw the electricity they need. It’s a eliminate “the need to rush out of the related” issues, they were not able to safely system-wide thing.”

He added that the MTA stored unused open up the line.

On Jan. 25, around 10:30 p.m., LIRR trains in a yard during snow-removal efPresident Patrick A. Nowakowski an- forts, so after railways are dug out from the nounced all LIRR branch lines would re- snow, trains need to be dug out as well to get them back in service. sume regular service the next morning.

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store with quarters because your meter is about to expire.”

While she said she was proud of her accomplishments during her first term, Bosworth said some plans the town did not allow were just as important as plans the town implemented.

“During the past year, sometimes what didn’t happen was as important as what did,” she said. “A new casino in the Westbury-Carle Place community was never built and we managed to block New York City’s plan to drill into our wells and compromise our aquifers.”

In a short question-and-answer session after her speech, Bosworth said she was still waiting on a response from county officials regarding the re-opening of the Nassau County Police Department’s Sixth Precinct.

“There was a comment in the paper from the acting commissioner saying I was making it political. Which I thought was so interesting because I purposely didn’t do anything until after the election because I didn’t want to be accused of this being political,” she said. “There’s nothing political about it.”

Bosworth also said when she was a county legislator, she opposed the merger of the Third and Sixth precincts and will continue to push for its reinstatement while serving as supervisor.

SUV crashes wedding Town’s Dem leader supply storefront

quits over tax debt

Continued from Page 1 County Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs called Terry “a great political mind” whose tax problems “created a steamroller that just ran right over him.”

Jacobs said the party would likely select a new North Hempstead chair by the end of the month.

“He’s done the right thing under the circumstances, but it shouldn’t be lost on anyone that he served as an excellent town leader and is very talented and did a lot of good while he served in that position,” Jacobs said.

Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin is conducting a full review of the town’s relationship with Terry, Bosworth said last week.

Trottere would not comment on what the review specifically encompasses.

In the past year, Terry has also worked as the attorney for the Long Beach Housing Authority, the Freeport Community Development Agency and the Roosevelt Library Board.

Trottere said Monday Terry is no longer employed as the attorney for North Hempstead’s Board of Zoning Appeals or as special counsel to the town. His town contract had expired at the end of 2015

and was not renewed.

Terry’s spokesman Gary Lewi said Terry is working with his other three government clients on a “case-by-case basis” to determine “what makes the most sense going forward for himself professionally and for his clients.”

Terry revealed his federal tax problems in a written statement Jan. 22, saying the $1.2 million he owes has accumulated over the past 10 years and blaming the issues on “Type-A workaholic compulsion with self-denial and truly catastrophic health issues.”

In the statement, Terry said he is working with the Internal Revenue Service to finalize a structured repayment program to pay the taxes plus penalties and interest.

One of the lawsuits against Terry led to a home foreclosure and sale, Newsday reported.

Terry told Newsday two of the judgments against him had been satisfied, but the report said they were not registered as satisfied in court records as of last week.

The other two cases were dropped, Terry told Newsday, and he blamed his lapsed attorney registration on “unintended sloppiness” and falling behind on required legal continuing education courses.

Continued from Page 58 mined there was no criminality involved.

No one was injured in the accident.

LoBello said a maintenance company was making sure the store’s foundation was “structurally sound” before fixing the broken entrance door and glass pane window.

She also said she was not pressing charges against the driver, a woman who LoBello said she preferred not to identify.

“She was pretty sad and upset about it,” LoBello said. “It was an accident.”

She said the store should open on Friday once a temporary door and glass window were installed.

Continued from Page 2 state Department of Health for a medical marijuana prescription.

According to the health department, 292 doctors have registered to prescribe medical marijuana and 409 patients received doctor’s certifications to use the product.

“It’s a place for patients who are registered and certified with the State of New York to come and get counseled by our pharmacist and receive their cannabis-based medicine,” Bellefleur said.

She said Bloomfield currently offers two types of products to patients, with two more to become available in the upcoming months.

The company offers a cannabis-based

syrup, similar to cough syrup, Bellefleur said, and an oil-based product for children who have epilepsy.

She said the company was also looking to begin offering a cannabis vaporizer pen to patients in February and a cannabis inhaler, though there is no set date for when that will be offered.

“Depending on the patient’s condition and what they can tolerate, they’ll choose from one of those four forms,” Bellefleur said.

Bloomfield has a manufacturing center in Long Island City and opened dispensaries in Syracuse and Williamsville on Jan. 7.

It also plans to open a facility in Manhattan.

Lake Success medical pot dispensary opens

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Evidence-based responses and the use of infographics are likewise being stressed, while in the mathematics section students can expect more dataanalysis and algebra than previously included.

“With all of these changes, it’s more important than ever for students to have access to quality test preparation,” says Mr. LaPoma, explaining that in many cases relying on resources provided at schools is inadequate: there are simply too many students and too few counselors, many of whom struggle to stay on-top of all the changes to standardized tests and to meet the individual needs of so many different students.

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Help Wanted BENEFITS CONSULTANT: AFLAC Fortune 500 Company.

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It’s a unique opportunity to take control of your career and set your own unlimited goals. Looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country.

Sales experience welcome but not necessary. Lifetime vesting renewals. Office located in Garden City. Please call Director of District Sales, Bill Whicher 516-574-1064

HELP WANTED: DRIVERS CDL-A 1yr Excellent Family Medical Insurance Guaranteed Weekend Home Time Earn $65,000+ Monthly Bonuses.

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888-406-9046 ELDER CARE​/ COMPANION Ex perienced, long time Garden City resident seeking part time position to take care of your elderly loved one. Will do food shopping, laundry, light housekeeping, drive to doctor appointments, etc.

Contact Barbara concerning your situation: 516-508-1946 (leave msg) HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR CAN YOU DIG IT? We offer training and certifications operating bulldozers, backhoes, excavators. Lifetime job placement VA benefits eligible! 1-866-362-6497 HOME CARE SERVICES Caring and compassionate people needed to enhance the lives of the elderly. We are a caring and compassionate company to work for providing home care services for the elderly. Please call 516-710-7995 or email resume to: info@gardencityhomecare.com NANNY WANTED: Roslyn area. Sleep in MondayFriday to run household for working parents with 2 girls ages 9 and 11. Must drive and be willing to drive carpools, cook, homework with kids and general household chores. Immediate. References required. Please call 516-639-9596 SEWANAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SEEKING: Part time Teacher Aides to work with students and part-time Typist Clerk Substitutes and part-time Per Diem Food Service Worker substitutes. Nassau County Civil Service Clearance. NYS Education Department fingerprint Clearance and District Physical required. Please send resume and letter of interest to: ktaylor@sewanhaka.k12.ny.us

Situation Wanted Situation Wanted Situation Wanted Situation Wanted ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AVAILABLE: Available P/T 2-3 days a week. Experienced in Microsoft Word & Excel. Past experience includes Department of Education & Legal Secretary background. Outgoing & strong work ethic. References available. Available immediately. Call 917-770-7965 AIDE​/​CARE GIVER: CARING, EFFICIENT, RELIABLE looking to care for your sick or elderly loved one. 14 years experience.

Just ended 7 years with previous patient. Live in, live out, ft​/​ pt nights, weekends. References available. Call 516-448-0502 BABYSITTER AVAILABLE My wonderful sitter of 10 years is available. Very nurturing, reliable adult female with 18+ years experience. Non-driver seeking FT position close to LIRR. Excellent references. Please call 516-356-8427 BABYSITTER: OUR WONDERFUL BABYSITTER OF 17 YEARS IS AVAILABLE! Our full time babysitter needs a new home!

She is reliable, responsible, energetic and loving! She is also a driver. Please call 516-238-9894 to inquire.

CARE GIVER: NEED A COMPANION or nursing assistant for your loved ones? Fear of your loved ones being alone? Need overnight companion care at home or a health care facility?

Call 516- 410-9943 NY State certified nursing assistant.

CAREGIVER AVAILABLE Experienced woman seeks full time position to care for your sick or elderly loved one. Live in. Very reliable, non driver, references available. Call May 516-292-2662 CLEANING SERVICES FOR OFFICES OR HOMES. Available 7 days a week. Excellent references. Own transportation.

Gift Certificates available! Call 516-974-8959 COMPANION AVAILABLE Available Full Time Looking for someone to take care of your elderly parents in the comfort of your own home for peace and tranquility? 18 yrs. experience, references, driver w/ reliable vehicle.

Please call 516-410-1892 COMPANION AVAILABLE: Experienced LPN​/ completing RN seeks position as companion for overnight hours. Very reliable and able to offer helpful solutions & insight for peace of mind. Family resided Garden City. Please call 212-592-4066 COMPANION​/ HOME HEALTH AIDE Live out, 12 hours okay; nights or days. 20 years experience in home care & nursing home seeking to take care of sick​/​elderly. Experience with Parkinsons, Alzheimers, dementia, stroke. References available, Own car. English speaking.

Please call 347-546-4133 ELDER CARE Available any day after 11am including 2 overnights.

Driver with good record. 22 years of nursing home experience (awarded employee of the month) Please call 516-728-2856

ELDER CARE GIVER seeking live in or live out job. Flexible hours.

Excellent references. 10 yrs experience. Call Colleen 516-732-2189 ELDER CARE: Woman seeking position caring for the elderly.

Live in or out. Over 20 years experience. References furnished upon request. Call Florence 718-288-6123 HOME CARE ATTENDANT Ukranian woman available for live in or live out position 6 days a week.

Garden City resident with 20 years experience. Excellent references.

Very reasonable rates. Please call Jeanette 516-741-6347 or cell 516-510-7271, leave message.

HOME HEALTH AIDE ELDER CARE: Woman seeking position caring for the elderly. Available to live in or out and nights. Over 20 years experience. Call Juliet 201-757-1621 HOME HEALTH AIDE​/ ELDER CARE Home health aide with over 15 years experience !! Excellent references. Cooking, cleaning, showers, all aspects of daily care.

Live in. Available Immediately !!

Call Sharon 347-739-7717 HOME HEALTH AIDE: CERTIFIED with North Shore LIJ​/ Regioncare experience seeking position to care for elderly. Available weekends. References. Call 347-525-6999 or email: JJKafarski12@gmail.com HOME HEALTH AIDE: With 15 yrs experience available to take care of the elderly weekends.

Own transportation. References available. Please call Norm a 516-943-6237 HOME HEALTH CARE AIDE Irish woman with 10 years experience and excellent checkable references available for full or part time position. Honest and reliable. Licensed driver with own transportation. Please call 516-383-7150 HOME HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL Over 30 years experience caring for elderly including patients with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. All long term assignments. Just completed 2 year assignment. Available immediately days, nights or weekends. Excellent references.

Call Monica 516-325-5774

HOUSE CLEANING with 15 years of experience. Good references. English speaking, own transportation.

Call Marilda 516-318-1283 HOUSE CLEANING: Excellent service, with great references, reliable, own transportation, English speaking. Call Selma at 516-690-3550 HOUSE CLEANING: Experienced cleaning service available. Pleasant, responsible. Provides own quality clean products.

Own transportation. Local references. Spanish​/​English speaking. Free estimates. Approximate cost: Small home $79, Mid size $99, Large $118. Please call Diana 516-859-7084 HOUSEKEEPER​/ HOME HEALTH AIDE: Many years experience & seeking full time or part time position. Honest, willing and able. Excellent references. Call Margaret 347-319-3541 MOTHER’S HELPER​/ BABYSITTER: Garden City student available to help with your young or school aged children.

Also available for pet sitting and pet walking. Call Amanda 516-493-6288 NANCY & NORMA CLEANING SERVICE Let me do the work for you!

Homes, apartments and offices! Vacuuming, mopping, sweeping, organizing, etc.

Professional appearance Excellent references English speaking Own transportation Free estimates! Call or text Nancy 516-469-5517. Email: mirandanancy@hotmail.com NURSE’S AIDE Certified, 15 yrs experience, honest, reliable, licensed driver with own car. My fee is $13.50​/​hr, price is negotiable depending on the job. My name is Barbara and I can be reached at 516-468-1340. Thank you for taking the time to read my ad.

NURSING ASSISTANT I’m a certified nursing assistant seeking private home care position. Over 15 years experience. Licensed driver. Available Monday to Friday and some weekends. Contact Cynthia 917-805-7782

PRIVATE CASE WORKER seeking position to take care of elderly full time Monday through Friday days or evenings. BABYSITTING also offered. Honest, trustworthy, caring, very attentive, dependable. Highly experienced. References available. Please call 516-508-8528 Career Training AIRLINE CAREERS Start here. Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866-296-7093 NEW YEAR, NEW AIRLINE CAREERS Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician.

Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Overnight classes available. Call AIM 866-296-7093

Marketplace APPLE iMAC FOR SALE 24 inch Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz. 4GB older model, 2009 purchase.

Works fine, was used just for home. $350 or best reasonable offer. Call 516-319-3559

FURNITURE FOR SALE Sofa: 19th Century replica, hickory white, Robert Allen fabric, mahogany ball & claw legs, approx 6.5’ long, great condition, $500 Cocktail table: Mahogany inlay, great condition $200 Call 516-884-0253 MOUNTAIN BIKES FOR SALE GARDEN CITY: Used Women’s DIAMONDBACK Outlook DX 26”​​ $150 Used Men’s 26” SCHWINN Sidewinder​​$150 CASH ONLY. Call 516-489-2891(leave msg) or email: pasgmineola2015@gmail. com OFFICE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE GARDEN CITY: HON (600 Series) Lateral File Cabinet 42”W x 19 1/4” D x 53 1/4”H $300 BROTHER IntelliFax 4100E High Speed Business Class Laser Fax $175 Pickup only.

CASH only. Call 516-489-2891 (leave msg) or: email: pasgmineola2015@gmail.com

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Wanted to Buy AUCTIONS, ESTATE & TAG SALES, MOVING & TRUCK SERVICES, STAGING & CONSIGNMENTS * INVITED SALES * Invited Sales can help you once you have decided to sell a property. We can do as much or as little as you need. Many of our customers have worked with us to sell the contents of a home at auction, by hosting a sale at their home or online. Once we have emptied the contents we can help you to stage the property to sell it if you need. Our tucks are available for moving items to another location or for cleanouts.

We provide our own garbage removal for those items that cannot be sold or donated.Our 5,000 square foot Consignment Shoppe & Auction Room also has an art gallery. Our LIVE AUCTIONS are held monthly and are broadcast ONLINE to buyers who do not attend the auction in person.

We allow our bidders to bid from a week prior to the auction all the way up to and during the Live Auction. Online bidders are able to bid against the live bidders in the room. You can place items in the auction by scheduling an appointment to bring your items in to the shoppe for consideration. The shoppe is located at 839 Stewart Avenue in Garden City behind the Garden Gourmet Deli and across the street from the U.S. Post Office. The shoppe is open to the public 7 days a week and also accepts items on consignment by appointment.We are open Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 10-6pm Thursday 10-4pm Saturday 10-5pm Sunday 12-5pm Please call the shoppe at: 516-279-6378 to schedule an appointment. We sell our items to the public, television shows and set designers, stagers, decorators and designers. We also sell our items to other stores, auction houses and dealers. Our items are unique, clean and sold as is.

We price our items to sell and welcome furnishings for the home, jewelry, vintage items, artwork, collectibles, books, antiques and the brand new! You can forward pictures to be considered for consignment to: info@invitedsales.com Visit our website: www.invitedsales.com to see the items we have to offer and visit often, as we receive new inventory daily. Our 50% of area is always open and offers great items at half off! If you would like to be notified about our special deals, dates of tag sales and estate sales or be notified about our next live auction you can join the over 10,000 people on our email list by texting: 22828 and entering the word “invited” when prompted. You can also email us at: info@invitedsales.com and we will be happy to assist you.

Invited Sales also offers our truck services to move your items to or from your home, transport items to be delivered to the shop to sell, help to clean out your home, attic or garage or to stage your home for sale. Our staging process is a flat fee and includes the furnishings, their delivery and the removal of the same once your home has sold Our services can be offered as a one stop service or as needed. Please call us at 516-279-6378 or email us at info@invitedsales.com if you have any questions or concerns.

Wanted to Buy LOOKING TO BUY! Records, oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www.iBuyAntiquesNYC.com Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

Apartment For Rent GARDEN CITY SOUTH: Newly renovated studio apartment, safe neighborhood. Suitable for one. Light filled and airy. Granite, built in dresser, double closet. Air conditioning. Walk to Adelphi, LIRR. Near food, laundry, all. No pets, no smoking, no party animals. $1575. Call 516-564-1138

Homes for Rent GARDEN CITY Stunning Mott Colonial. 3 spacious Bedrooms, Master Suite w/ private bath, formal Living Room w/ fireplace, 2.5 Baths, large eat in Kitchen, decorated, quiet area, mid block. Den, CAC, finished basement, patio, private backyard, many extras. No pets. Long​/ short term, no fee. 516-739-3907

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GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate. Near LIRR, stores. Available now. $1,475​/ ​m th.

Call Owner 516-538-7474 or 538-7476

A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-505-9717 DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early!

Annmarie 516-775-4256

PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING Doggie Day Care Boarding Dog Walking Mobile Socialization Program Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553

Automotive

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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

Apartment For Rent GARDEN CITY Large 1 Bed, New EIK Immediate $2300 Four rooms, 2 Bed, updated Kitchen & Bath $2,800 up Five rooms, 3 Bed, 2 Full Baths, Many Extras $3,400 up Many other rentals available!!

GARDEN CITY PROPERTIES 516-746-1563

GARDEN CITY SOUTH Newly renovated office space in ideal location. Just blocks to LIRR and stores. Quiet spacious location on 2nd floor. $1500 plus utilities. Call owner: 516-564-1138

Vacation Rental OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full​/ ​p artial weeks.

Call for FREE brochure.

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Real Estate FOR SALE

Condo/Co-Op For Sale GARDEN CITY DUPLEX CONDO 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath, CAC, 1 Car Garage, 24hr Concierge & Valet, Health Club, Exercise Classes, Heated Pool, Entertainment Room, BBQ area. $725,000 STEWART AVENUE CO OP Elevator Building. Living Room, Dining Area, Den, Efficiency Kitchen, Master Bedroom Suite, 2nd Bedroom w/ Bath. $539,000 CARMEL QUILL, BROKER 516-732-6049 or 516-741-6135

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GARDEN CITY Charming Brick Colonial. Formal Living Room, Formal Dining Room, EIK, 3 Bedrooms, Finished Basement, 1.5 Baths, 1 Car Garage. 60 x 100. $825,000 Carmel Quill, Broker 516-732-6049 or 516-741-6135

COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.CollegeArtsAdmissions. com

GARDEN CITY Rarely available 4 bedroom, 3 bath Farm Ranch, large lot 100 x 120.

Located mid block in most desirable St. Paul’s location.

Call 516-655-1210 for appointment.

Real Estate WANTED

Lots for Sale ALBANY CO. 60 acres $87,000. RT. 20 SCHOHARIE CO. 95.7 acres $140,000. RT 30 FULTON CO. 33.4 acres $85,000. Owner financing. www.helderbergrealty.com 518-861-6541 COOPERSTOWN LAKES REGION & CATSKILL MOUNTAINS! REPOSSESSED LAND BARGAINS! 5 acres​​ $19,900; 11 acres​​$39,900 Streams, lakes access, mountain views! Clear title, fully guaranteed transaction! Owner financing. Call 888-905-8847 NewYorkLandandLakes.com

Homes Wanted GARDEN CITY Garden City family is seeking a 4 bedroom home in the Estates or Mott Section of Garden City.

Can move ASAP. Please call: 516-965-0695 HOUSE WANTED TO BUY: Good or bad condition to build or fix. Fast closing. Call George 516-972-8787

Garage Space Wanted GARAGE SPACE NEEDED: For 1 car. Preferably the Willistons, Albertson and Mineola area. Please call 516-238-0528

Service Directory

Services A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts.

Boxes available. Free estimates. www.ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405

Port Washington For Sale

3 Bedroom Condo, model unit with many upgrades, mint condition 55+ gated community, RESORT LIFESTYLE, 24hr. concierge service, indoor/outdoor pool, clubhouse, gym, golf, and many more amenities. LIRR direct line to NYC. Priced to sell $899K, won't last.

Evelyn Richards Realty Maria 516-318-0488

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COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL​ /​DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything.

Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential​/​Commercial.

Bonded​/​Insured. Free estimates.

516-538-1125 FAITH ELDERLY CARE SERVICES Certified & experienced HHAs and Nurses Aides Caring & trustworthy, we will treat your loved ones with the greatest care. References are available upon request. Call 516-344-7320 OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated sine 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed​/​insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc.

Please call 516-466-9220 OVERWHELMED? Whether you’re overloaded with paperwork or it’s just time to declutter, I can help. Please call Joanne 516-829-6680. For a complete list of services go to: www.clericalorganizing.com TAX PREPARATION by Maria Passariello.

Registered Tax Preparer. We make house calls! New client discount 10%.

25 years experience. Available all year. Reasonable rates, electronic filing. Appointments 7 days. 516-984-3328 or mptax1040@gmail.com WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN TO manage your own money?

Would you like to avoid large brokerage houses with their high fees? Learn how to set up and manage your portfolio. Learn the reasons for asset allocation and diversification. Learn how to apply it to your specific situation. Protect yourself in case of a financial crisis. I have no incentive and no control over your money. I strictly give advice; I do not sell any financial products.

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▼ LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE GREAT NECK PARK DISTRICT NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Commissioners of the Great Neck Park District will receive sealed bids at the Great Neck Park District Office, Five Beach Road, Great Neck, New York 11023, until 10:00 a.m. on February 26, 2016, for the sale to the Park District of the following: 1. Tennis Court Top Dressing Materials 2. Tennis Court Supplies.

The Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to accept the bid which it deems to be in the best interest of the Park District.

Bid specifications and forms of bid will be available for pickup on February 4, 2016, at the Park District Office, Five Beach Road, Great Neck, New York 11023 during normal business hours, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dated: Great Neck, New York February 4, 2016 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE GREAT NECK PARK DISTRICT Robert A. Lincoln, Jr. Daniel M. Nachmanoff Frank S. Cilluffo GNN 142936 1x 2/05/​2 016 #142936 LEGAL NOTICE MILL AT SAUGERTIES LLC (the “‘LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the New York Secretary of State (“SOS”) on 1/7/2016. LLC office location: Nassau County. The SOS has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SOS shall mail a copy of any process served to LLC, c/o Jobco Realty & Construction, Inc., 277 Northern Blvd., Suite 203, Great Neck, NY 11021.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

GNN 142843 6x 1/22, 29, 2/05, 12, 19, 26, 2016 #142843 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Town of North Hempstead​—​ Board of Zoning Appeals Pursuant to the provisions of the Code of the Town of North Hempstead, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Zoning Appeals of said Town will meet at Town Hall, 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset, New York, on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, to consider any matters that may properly be heard by said Board, and will hold a public hearing on said date to consider applications and appeals.

The following cases will be called at said public hearing starting at 10:00 a.m.

APPEAL #20115​—​Maria Haig, variances 70-52 and 70-102.C(5)(b) to maintain an above-ground pool, pool deck, and pool equipment within a required rear yard setback; E/ side 121 Grant Ave., 450’ S/of Crosby Ave., Albertson, Sec. 9, Blk. 657, Lot 11, R-C District.

APPEAL #20116​—​Caroline Hayday, variance 70-100.2.K to maintain a generator within a required side yard, S/side 2 Ivy Way, 52.65’ W/of Mackey Ave., Port Washington, Sec. 5, Blk. 76, Lot 431, R-B District.

APPEAL #20117​—​Trattoria DiMeo, variances 70-132.A, 70-196.J(2)(c), & 70-215.C to maintain a canvas vestibule and a ground sign in a required front yard; W/side. #183 Roslyn Rd., 181.54’ N/of Donald St., Roslyn Heights, Sec. 7, Blk. 282, Lot 126, B-A District.

APPEAL #20118​—​Country Glen LLC (Zoup), request for determination, or in the alter-

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native, variance 70-103.A(1) and conditional use 70-187.P construct interior alterations for conversion of retail space to a restaurant use; N/W​/​cor. 19 Old Country Rd & Glen Cove Rd., Carle Place, Sec. 9, Blk. 670, Lot 28, I-B District.

APPEAL #20119​—​Roseanne Iuculano (La-Z-Boy), variance 70-103.A to maintain conversion of -cellar space to a showroom with insufficient off-street parking; E/Side 265 Glen Cove Rd., 501.71’ N/of Westbury Ave., Carle Place, Sec. 10, Blk. 349, Lot 3, B-A District.

APPEAL #20120​—​PeeGee Industries, conditional uses 70-187.P & 70-187.O, variances 70-196.J(1)(a), 70-196.J(2) (a), 70-196.J(2)(b), 70-196.J(2) (d), 70-197.O, 70-203.T(2) (a)[1], 70-203.T(2)(a)[5], 70-203.T(2)(h), 70-203.T(2) (j), 70-103.M & an appeal for determination, or in the alternative, variance 70-103.A to convert a bank to a fast-food restaurant with an ATM detached from building, conditional uses; wall signs exceeding permitted number; ground signs exceeding permitted number, area and with insufficient height at the bottom of the sign; signs with a rotating display; vehicle standing spaces interfering with access to a loading zone and with insufficient width; drive-through facilities separate from the main structure with insufficient bypass lane width; parking within a front yard setback and insufficient number of stalls; E/side. #251 Glen Cove Rd., 192.67’ N/of Westbury Ave., Carle Place, Sec. 10, Blk. 349, Lot 6, I-B District.

APPEAL #20121​—​630 Main Street Association, conditional use 70-215.D(2)(a), and variances 70-103.A, 70-103.B, 70-103.M, and 70-203.J to maintain interior and exterior alterations with insufficient offstreet parking, parking stall size, parking in a front yard setback & razor wire fencing with insufficient distance from property line; S/E​/​cor. 630 Main St. & Sylvester St., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 77, Lot 1, I-B District.

All interested persons should appear and will be given an opportunity to be heard at such meeting and​/​or hearing.

DAVID MAMMINA, R.A., Chairman; Board of Zoning Appeals GNN 142934 1x 2/05/​2 016 #142934 NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF TAX ROLL AND WARRANT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned collector of taxes of the Village of Thomaston, in the County of Nassau, State of New York, has duly received the tax roll and warrant for collection of taxes within the Village of Thomaston for the year 2016-2017, and that I will attend for the purpose of collecting taxes listed on the tax roll at the Village Hall, 100 East Shore Road, Great Neck, New York 11023, from March 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016 during regular business hours.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that taxes will be received without interest by the collecting officer on or before March 31, 2016, or within thirty days of the date of first publication of this notice, whichever is later. On all taxes received after such date, there shall be added interest as provided by law until such taxes are paid. No partial payments of taxes may be made.

Section 987(1) of the Real Property Law requires the collector, on or after the thirty first day following the expiration of the period during which taxes may be paid, without interest, to mail a notice to each owner of real property upon which taxes remain unpaid on the tax roll. Such notice must

state, among other things, that the taxes on the property have not been paid. The expense of mailing such notice shall be an additional penalty of One Dollar ($1.00), chargeable against the parcel.

Dated: January 12, 2016 Denise M. Knowland Village Administrator Village of Thomaston GNN 142938 2x 2/05, 2/12, 2016 #142938 NOTICE TO BIDDERS GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT 345 Lakeville Road Great Neck, NY 11023 Nassau County Directors of School Facilities Purchasing Consortium 2016-2017 Period: July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 The Board of Education of the Great Neck Union Free School District, County of Nassau, Great Neck, New York and the districts listed below, in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5-A of the General Municip al Law, hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for: GREEN PRODUCTS Baldwin Union Free School District Bellmore Union Free School District Bellmore-Merrick Union Free School District Bethpage Union Free School District Carle Place Union Free School District East Meadow Union Free School District East Rockaway Union Free School District East Williston Union Free School District Elmont Union Free School District Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District Freeport Union Free School District Garden City Union Free School District Glen Cove Union Free School District Great Neck Union Free School District Herricks Union Free School District Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District Hicksville Union Free School District Island Trees Union Free School District Jericho Union Free School District Levittown Union Free School District Long Beach Union Free School District Lynbrook Union Free School District Malverne Union Free School District Manhasset Union Free School District Massapequa Union Free School District Mineola Union Free School District North Bellmore Union Free School District North Merrick Union Free School District North Shore Central School District Oceanside Union Free School District Plainview- Old Bethpage Central School District Port Washington Union Free School District Rockville Centre Union Free School District Roosevelt Union Free School District Seaford Union Free School District Syosset Central School District Uniondale Union Free School District Valley Stream Union Free School District #30 Valley Stream CHSD Wantagh Union Free School District West Hempstead Union Free School District

on February 22, 2016, for the use in schools of the abovereferenced districts. Bids must be clearly labeled “GREEN P R O D U C T S ​— ​C O O P E R A TIVE BID” and submitted in a sealed envelope to: Mr. Alfredo G. Cavallaro Buildings & Grounds Phipps Administration Building 345 Lakeville Road Great Neck, New York 11020 until 11:00 AM on February 22, 2016, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened.

Complete digital sets of Bidding Documents and specifications may be obtained online free of charge at the following website: www.gnpsprojects. com under “public projects.”

Bids submitted after the stated time and date will not be considered and will be returned to the individual or firm unopened.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject all bids. Any bid submitted will be binding for sixty (60) days subsequent to the date of the bid opening.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the same office during the hours of 8:00 am​—​3:00 pm.

Please read the attached material carefully before submitting your bid. Incomplete bids may not be considered.

GNN 142940 1x 2/05/​2 016 #142940 NOTICE TO BIDDERS GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT 345 Lakeville Road Great Neck, NY 11023 Nassau County Directors of School Facilities Purchasing Consortium 2016-2017 Period: July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 The Board of Education of the Great Neck Union Free School District, County of Nassau, Great Neck, New York and the districts listed below, in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5-A of the General Municipal Law, hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for: CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES Baldwin Union Free School District Bellmore Union Free School District Bellmore-Merrick Union Free School District Bethpage Union Free School District Carle Place Union Free School District East Meadow Union Free School District East Rockaway Union Free School District East Williston Union Free School District Elmont Union Free School District Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District Freeport Union Free School District Garden City Union Free School District Glen Cove Union Free School District Great Neck Union Free School District Herricks Union Free School District Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District Hicksville Union Free School District Island Trees Union Free School District Jericho Union Free School District Levittown Union Free School District Long Beach Union Free School District Lynbrook Union Free School District Malverne Union Free School District Manhasset Union Free School District Massapequa Union Free School District Mineola Union Free School District

North Bellmore Union Free School District North Merrick Union Free School District North Shore Central School District Oceanside Union Free School District Plainview- Old Bethpage Central School District Port Washington Union Free School District Rockville Centre Union Free School District Roosevelt Union Free School District Seaford Union Free School District Syosset Central School District Uniondale Union Free School District Valley Stream Union Free School District #30 Valley Stream CHSD Wantagh Union Free School District West Hempstead Union Free School District on February 22, 2016, for the use in schools of the above-referenced districts. Bids must be clearly labeled “CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES​— ​C OOPERATIVE BID” and submitted in a sealed envelope to: Mr. Alfredo G. Cavallaro Buildings & Grounds Phipps Administration Building 345 Lakeville Road Great Neck, New York 11020 until 9:00 AM on February 22, 2016, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened.

Complete digital sets of Bidding Documents and specifications may be obtained online free of charge at the following website: www.gnpsprojects. com under “public projects.”

Bids submitted after the stated time and date will not be considered and will be returned to the individual or firm unopened.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject all bids. Any bid submitted will be binding for sixty (60) days subsequent to the date of the bid opening.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the same office during the hours of 8:00 am​—​3:00 pm.

Please read the attached material carefully before submitting your bid. Incomplete bids may not be considered.

GNN 142941 1x 2/05/​2 016 #142941 PUBLIC NOTICE OF COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that I shall on the 16th day of February, 2016 through the 19th day of February, 2016, beginning at 10:00 o’clock in the morning each day, in the Legislative Chambers, First Floor, Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building, 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, New York, sell at public auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer by February 11th, 2016 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property.

Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per six month period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code.

Effective with the February, 2016 lien sale Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $125.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance

No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased.

A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at http:​/ ​​/ ​w ww.nassaucountyny. gov​/ ​D ocumentCenter​/ ​V iew​/​ 14447 A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before February 12th, 2016.

Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office.

Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audio-tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 Ext. 13715.

Dated: January 2016 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts.

However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and​/o ​ r may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and​/​or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership.

The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed.

The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case​/​litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien.

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and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk.

The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect.

Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.

Dated: January 2016 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York GNN 142862 2x 1/29, 2/05, 2016 #142862

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LIU Post men’s hoops battles on B y T h o m a s S c a v e tt a

lan recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards. Alston and sophomore forward Hunter Powell both contributed off the bench as the Delaware product had 11 points and five rebounds to go along with three steals and Powell pitched in with 10 points of his own.

Head LIU Post basketball coach Erik Smiles and the Pioneers look to salvage the final game of their four-game road trip on Wednesday,

Feb. 3 against Mercy College in another ECC showdown at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, N.Y. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

Despite four Pioneers scoring in double figures, LIU Post the men’s basketball team came up short against arch-rival, University of Bridgeport, 100-91, on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at Hubbell Gymnasium in Bridgeport, Conn.

The East Coast Conference duel commenced with the Pioneers (13-7) jumping out of the gate with a 10-4 lead thanks to junior guard Jared Hall, who scored six of the team’s first 10 points. However, Hall only played 10 minutes in the first half due to foul trouble and had four turnovers. Bridgeport (8-7) took a 4132 advantage into the locker room. The Purple Knights flourished behind the lights of senior forward Muhammed Ahmed, who tallied 13 points in the opening stanza.

After falling behind 47-33 a minute into the second half, the Pioneers began to chip away at the deficit. Just past midway through the second half, LIU Post came within four points (61-57) after junior forward Barrington Alston dropped in a lay-up.

Bridgeport regained their double-digit edge (79-69), but the Pioneers used an 11-0 stretch highlighted by a trifecta via senior guard Devon McMillan, as the Pioneers went on top 80-79 with just over three minutes left. Junior forward Greg Dotson gave the visitors the lead with a pair of free throws.

It was all Bridgeport from that point on though, as the Purple Knights used one last run to put the game to bed with under a minute remaining. Although the Pioneers shot 74% from the floor in the second half, it wasn’t enough to prevent the Purple Knights from clawing out another conference win. Hall finished with 24 points and six rebounds in the contest. McMillan tallied 17 points while Dotson chipped in with 15 points and six boards.

The Pioneers received a similar fate in Oakdale, N.Y. when they lost an 89-87 heartbreaker CHERRY - 1-8 Page GENERAL 08-28-15_Layout 1 8/25/15 Photo/Jacqueline 12:04 PM Page 1Scaccia to Dowling College on Saturday, Jan. 30, in an- Junior guard Jared Hall for the Pioneers battling to get through to the hoop. other ECC matchup.

With eight and a half minutes to go in regulation, the Pioneers staged a 24-7 run to take an 84-83 lead with just 1:04 remaining. Hall paved the way for the Pioneers during the run, with seven points. Alston continued to dominate the interior and crashed home the go-ahead dunk.

From that point on, Dowling (10-9) stole the lead away and put the icing on the cake with six free-throws in the final 48 ticks as they held the Pioneers to just one field goal.

In the first half, the Golden Lions had control for the most part as junior forward Chris Millender collected 14 points in the final six VOTED BY minutes of the period. Thanks to Millender’s READERS “New Hyde Park’s Best Kept Secret” effort during a 24-8 stretch, the hosts held a 10-point advantage (51-41) at the intermission.

Offensively, LIU Post continued to shoot the ball well at over 50% from the field and 43% One Lowell Avenue - New Hyde Park, NY 11040 from downtown. Hall led the team with 25 points, in addition to his seven rebounds and five assists. Dotson provided 18 points, five rebounds and dished out two assists while McMil-

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