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ON THE COVER
SeaQuest Withdraws Application For Sunrise Location BY CHRISTOPHER BIRSNER cbirsner@antonmediagroup.com
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ontroversial aquarium SeaQuest Holdings, Inc., has withdrawn its permit application to open up a location at Westfield Sunrise Mall in Massapequa, seven months after it first applied. CEO Vince Covino released a statement along with the announcement. “We were tremendously excited to open an outpost on Long Island to bring the SeaQuest experience to residents here,” said Covino. “Unfortunately, the length of the process to approve the project began to make the reality of executing this location, along with the multiple other SeaQuest installations currently being developed, unrealistic for our team. We’re sorry it didn’t work out at the Sunrise Mall and we hope to explore other venues in the region and will announce these plans at a later date.” A spokesperson for Westfield
John Di Leonardo (right) led the movement to stop SeaQuest from opening up its doors in Westfield Sunrise Mall in Massapequa. The aquarium rescinded its permit application seven months after applying. (Photo by Frank Rizzo)
Sunrise expressed the mall’s disappointment in not having the aquarium in place, but said that they will explore other opportunities to bring in unique experiences. “We were looking forward to
further diversify the mix of tenants at Westfield Sunrise to best serve the community, and to bring an exciting new education and entertainment option to families,” said the spokesperson. “We hope to have
announcements regarding new openings at the center in the near future.” In response to Covino noting the length of the approval process as a reason why they pulled the application, Town of Oyster Bay spokesperson Marta Kane told the Massapequa Observer in a statement that a mistake in the application needed to be fixed first. “The applicant made errors when filing their initial paperwork with the town and only corrected the mistake on March 29,” said Kane. “Clearly, the company must have a greater reason for withdrawing their application than the seven-week timeframe.” The withdrawal comes after months of protests and outcry from members of the community, including former Massapequa resident Alec Baldwin, about the animal cruelty allegations and charges against Covino and his
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THE RIZZO REPORT
RIZZO REPORT FRANK RIZZO
Town Contemplates Vaping Restrictions BY FRANK RIZZO frizzo@antonmediagroup.com
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he Town of Oyster Bay is mulling restricting any new vape shops or hookah lounges to its light industrial areas. In addition, under the proposed new law, new establishments will not be allowed within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, playgrounds and places of worship. Existing shops would be grandfathered in, providing, in the words of assistant town attorney Elizabeth Faughan, “that they have the proper permits and all the proper certifications that are required as of now. Any businesses that currently exist or are currently established under this new zoning provision will be required to have notices at the point of sale indicating the [negative] consequence of the use of those
Proponents say that e-cigarettes aid in smoking cessation. (Roland Mey | Pixabay)
products.” She added, “These provisions will also apply to businesses that have a significant or substantial portion of their premises devoted to the sale of such items. That’s defined as
40 percent of gross floor area or 40 percent of their gross income. Then these provisions will be applicable.” Faughan was speaking at a public hearing May 9 to get public input, and numerous people weighed in. The
town has not yet finalized the law. Mary Shannon of Bay Shore read a letter on behalf of Eric Kaplan of Vaporsaurus in North Massapequa. Kaplan said he was a member of the local chamber, supported the fire department and ran a “mom-andpop” store. “Our entire focus has been on adult smoking cessation since the day we opened,” Kaplan wrote, adding that vaping was the means by which he and other loved ones quit the far more harmful cigarette smoking habit. “We agree that there’s a warranted concern regarding youth vaping,” he continued. “We go out of our way to make sure we are not participants in the problem. I feel that this law would be discriminatory in practice, eliminating small, responsible,
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ON THE COVER “Hundreds of animals have now been spared from neglect and death in the hands of this shady aquarium company at many of his locations. and petting zoo in Oyster Bay,” said Di People for the Ethical Treatment of Leonardo. “SeaQuest saw the writing Animals (PETA) Director of Captive on the wall and withdrew its applicaAnimal Law Enforcement Brittany tion instead of sharing its appalling Peet released a statement celebrating the aquarium moving on from Town of and constantly growing sheet of state and local animal abuse citations with Oyster Bay. town officials.” “SeaQuest’s history is filled with Di Leonardo pointed out how just dead and dying animals and vilast month, SeaQuest’s license olations of animal-welfare to possess and display laws,” said Peet. “Every numerous animals was city that refuses to revoked in Colorado let SeaQuest set up after the company’s shop is making We are going to continue Littleton, CO, the world a to push that wherever location racked safer place for they apply or move, we’re up eight citations animals, who for violations of deserve better going to have a similar state laws in just than to be used result as we had here six months. Also in sleazy shopin Oyster Bay. last month, the ping-mall petting —John Di Leonardo company’s location zoos.” in Las Vegas had its One of the main exotic-animal permit revoked figures in the effort to stop after the aquarium possessed otters SeaQuest from opening at the and coatimundis illegally. Former mall was John Di Leonardo, PETA’s manager of Animals in Entertainment employees have also come forward Campaigns and the executive director about animal abuse and deaths at these locations as well as others of Long Island Orchestrating for throughout the country. Nature (LION). He said that Covino “We are going to continue to push failed to report their enforcement actions in their initial application and that wherever they apply or move, we’re going to have a similar result as we had it’s no one else’s fault but his.
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Westfield Sunrise will now look for a new tenant to provide an experience that provides “education and entertainment.” (Photo by Christopher Birsner) here in Oyster Bay,” said Di Leonardo. Some residents have expressed concern that if SeaQuest did not get put in to Westfield Sunrise that the mall would continue to struggle. However, Di Leonardo said that there are animal-friendly exhibits that the company could explore as an entertainment option. “If they want to do something related to live animals, there’s cutting-edge virtual exhibits like what National Geographic is doing with their ‘Ocean Odyssey’ in Time Square,” said Di Leonardo. “I know
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THE Cast of Be More Chill
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Below: Joe Iconis
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Composer Joe Iconis Makes Broadway History BY KIMBERLY DIJKSTRA
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When Be More Chill opened on Broadway in March, it was a dream come true for Joe Iconis. The Garden City native wrote the music and lyrics for the musical comedy adapted from the young adult novel of the same name by Ned Vizzini. The story of how this musical made it to the Broadway stage—the Lyceum Theatre stage, Broadway’s oldest continuously operating theater, no less—is unlike any other, thanks to the fans who identified with the material so much, they wouldn’t let it fade into obscurity. “I immediately responded to the characters [in the book],” Iconis said. “On the surface they seem like classic archetypes, but then they’d start behaving in ways they kind of weren’t supposed to, especially not in the confines of a classic teen comedy.” When the sci-fi element came into play, in the form of an ingestible super-computer that teaches its host to be cool, or ‘more chill’ to be
precise, Iconis knew the story would work as a musical. Not only would it be funny, but it would deal with some heavy issues. “We’re going to talk about anxiety and depression and these things that plague our society, but we’re going to do it through this unexpected sci-fi comedy lens,” he said, and he has gotten nothing but positive feedback from fans who see parts of themselves in the characters. “I’ve been lucky enough to meet [many] Be More Chill fans in person… So many young people come up to me and say, ‘Thank you for making something that feels celebratory, while still dealing with all of these issues that I go through.’”
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I was definitely thinking about Roosevelt Field when I was writing the mall stuff.
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That’s what makes Be More Chill stand out from the crowd—there’s a lot going on, and so much depth that might be easy to miss at first glance. “If I’m writing characters who are young and don’t have the vocabulary to express what they’re feeling, I’m going to use certain word choice,” Iconis explained. “The show is written in the language of teenagers.” “Michael in the Bathroom,” the Act 2 song that can be considered the anthem of the show, and the song that has made the biggest impression on audiences, is one such example. Sung by George Salazar, this song explores what it feels like to be abandoned by your best friend and the anxiety that comes along with ‘flying solo’ when
you’re used to being part of a pair. It has more emotional intensity than you’d expect from a song with ‘bathroom’ in its title, and is catchy as heck, explaining its popularity on social media. Following the run at Two River Theater in New Jersey in 2015, Be More Chill was effectively dead, living on only through the cast recording and tales of those fortunate enough to have seen the original production. A YouTube video of “Michael in the Bathroom” posted in 2017 went viral and essentially created the demand that this show return to the stage—which it did OffBroadway in 2018. Iconis has been rewarded for his efforts with a Tony Award nomination for best original score, as well as Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations. The composer and lyricist refers to his musical as a celebration of suburban weirdness. “We wanted it to play out in malls and in bathrooms and in house parties and backstage at
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Karl V. Anton, Jr., Publisher, Anton Community Newspapers, 1984-2000
My Uncle Sammy, The War Hero Note: As we celebrate attempt, dubbed “Ginny II. Without radar and unable Memorial Day, I’d like to offer to communicate with the this column as my annual tribute to those who serve our PT boats due to unreliable radio transmissions, the country. This is a true story, ocean currents diverted the honoring a group of brave commandos off-course. To Italian American soldiers make matters worse, German in WWII on this, the 75th torpedo boats appeared, anniversary of their mission. The early morning darkness forcing the PT boats vacate of March 22, 1944 was cloudy their position, abandoning the commandos. with no moonlight to guide Unable to locate their the three inflatable boats target as dawn carrying 15 approached, United States they hid in soldiers and a deserted 650 pounds of farmhouse for dynamite on a I tell this story to 24 hours, as secret mission, remind us of the per the mission almost 250 directive. On miles behind sacrifices the men the morning of enemy lines and women in our the 23rd, two on the rocky military make officers left on Ligurian coast every day. a reconnaisnear Framura, sance mission in occupied Italy. Their mission—to locate for food and information, and destroy two train tunnels, successfully locating the Genoa-La Spieza target. After where the Genoa-La Spieza coordinating their escape lines joined together to meet the sea shore. These rail lines with the PT boats for later that were the main supply arteries evening, they waited for the darkness to complete their to Anzio. mission. As well-trained soldiers who had volunteered for the But this time, both PT boats Office of Strategic Services ran into trouble, one with a (OSS), they were chosen for mechanical breakdown and this specific mission because the other forced to turn back of their Italian heritage and after encountering enemy actheir ability to speak Italian. tivity. Without a viable escape My father’s oldest brother, plan, the mission would have my uncle Sammy DiSclafani to wait another day. (whose given name was Little did they know they Salvatore), was one of those had just 72 hours to live. soldiers. While unable to Unfortunately, the unilocate the target on their first formed soldiers were spotted attempt in February, addiby an Italian girl who notified tional aerial surveys enabled authorities. They were them to make this second captured and surrendered
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that morning, March 24. After being initially interrogated by Fascist Italian authorities, they were turned over to the German military and transferred to the 135th Fortress Brigade in La Spieza. Now in the hands of the Germans,, the interrogations went to another level, uncovering the true nature of their mission. Once identified as a commando raid, the situation was relayed up the German hierarchy and the next morning, March 25th, a cable arrived signed by General Anton Dostler. The Americans were to be executed immediately, as per an edict implemented by Adolph Hitler in 1942. The Fuhrerbefehl Commando Order specified immediate death, without trial, for anyone engaging in sabotage behind German lines. Although the German officers knew that executing uniformed prisoners of war was a direct violation of the Geneva Convention, they had sworn a loyal oath to Hitler. On the morning of March 26, the 15 Italian-American soldiers, still in uniform, were brought to a remote location, Punta Bianca, on the hilltop of the Ameglia Peninsula. There, they were executed and buried in a shallow, hidden grave, as the German military sought to cover up their war crimes. A German communique was issued that the commandos had been killed in combat and all written records of the incident were destroyed. There is no happy
ending to this story, unless you count General Dostler being captured and tried before an American Military Commission in October of 1945. He was the first German general brought to trial after the war. His defense of “obeying orders” was rejected and was a factor that contributed to the creation of Principle IV for future Nuremberg war crime trials, in which the defense of “Supervisor Orders” was deemed unacceptable. Dosler was found guilty and executed by firing squad on Dec. 1, 1945. I tell this story to remind us of the sacrifices the men and women in our military make every day. My Uncle Sammy and the other 14 men volunteered for this mission, not knowing if they would ever see their families again. Although posthumously receiving the Silver Star, they didn’t do it for the glory; they did it for their country and what they believed in. They did it for all of us. That’s the true definition of a hero. Paul DiSclafani is an Anton contributor.
Seaford Diner in Massapequa and his generosity and genuine love for the customers was visible to all who frequented. Once we said our goodbyes to our congenial waitress, we were given a wrapped cookie for the ride home. This is done frequently, compliments of this family-friendly diner. The little kids love this offering, as well as us big kids. When we arrived home, I told my husband I needed to put down in words how much we valued all the thought and effort that was on display.
Simply put, it wasn’t just about “grabbing a bite to eat” at the end of the day. It was so much more. Acknowledging the freedom to fly our flag, a freedom that many other countries don’t have. It was a patriotic gesture that we must never take for granted. Our time spent at the Oconee East Diner was a visit well spent. Along with the bountiful fare, the generosity of our host and this unabashed display of love for the U.S.A., we were left with a feeling of gratitude for all our blessings. —Diane Sciacchitano
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Recently, my husband and I, as well as our longtime friends, decided to head over to the Oconee East Diner in Islip. We pulled into the parking lot and we were greeted by our beloved American flag, not one or two, but dozens and dozens soaring in the wind, encompassing the Oconee Diner. We were all moved by this display. Once inside, the owner, Peter, greeted us with a warm smile, at which time we
were seated at a rather large booth. Immediately, I noticed the decor. Flags cascading from the ceiling gracing every booth. Softly in the background was the music of Lee Greenwood singing “God Bless The U.S.A.” as well as Frank Sinatra singing tribute to this great country of ours. Toward the end of our meal, a member of the waitstaff appeared and placed a platter of complimentary desserts on the table. I was pleasantly surprised, but not really. Several years ago, Peter was the owner of the famous
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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Girl Scout Parent Information Night Parents of girls in kindergarten and other members of the community are invited to an information meeting for Girl Scouts at McKenna Senior Center at 6:30 p.m. Whether you want to register your daughter, become a volunteer or both, members of the Girls Scouts of America will be there to answer any question you have.
SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Street Festival The Massapequa Chamber of Commerce invites residents to attend the 2019 Massapequa Community Street Festival. It will be held
on lower Broadway. Enjoy music and entertainment, delicious food, a wide array of craft vendors, children’s activities and much more. The fair runs from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Library Board Meeting Massapequa Public Library will be having a “Friends of the Library” board meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at its Central Avenue location.
Verdel Jones will be hosting “Write, Rhyme and Recite Collective,” celebrating young poets and highlighting authors. She will be showcasing authors who will be presenting books. High school seniors will be competing for poetry slam scholarships. The event will be at the African American Museum in Hempstead from 12 to 3 p.m. To purchase tickets, go to www. eventbrite.com/e/writerhyme-recite-collectivetickets-57910186928.
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Massapequa Fire District Meeting The Massapequa Fire District will hold its regular monthly meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 8 p.m. The board will also conduct monthly work sessions on the first, third and, when applicable, fifth Monday of the month. Meetings will
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ICONIS from page 1A high school auditoriums, which is my youth,” Iconis said. “I was definitely thinking about Roosevelt Field when I was writing the mall stuff.” Musical theater has been a part of Iconis’ life since childhood. Though no one in his family was in theater or entertainment, they fed his love for the genre by taking him to see a show for every birthday and holiday. He also credits the music education offered by the Garden City school district with shaping his future. “I don’t know where I would be if I didn’t have that access to music as a kid,” he said. “Being able to have that nurturing was the greatest thing. I definitely owe much to the great teachers there.” The child of educators, including his mom, Lucille, the superintendent of schools in Massapequa, shouts out his fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Harrington, who loved that he already loved the arts as a kid. “She was like obsessed with the fact that I knew about theater in a real way and we could have actual conversations about the theater season,” he said. “That really helped me feel like I was a part of a community before I knew where to find that community myself.” In junior high, Iconis participated in the musicals by playing piano. “I was never in anything. I knew I was a terrible performer, I just loved to be around the shows so much,” he recalled. “I was always in the pit. I’d always try to weasel my way into a company of singers I knew were so much better than me.” He later learned to “properly exploit his love of theater” by becoming the musical director for the Garden City Community Theatre and doing jukebox musicals with founders Brad and Ruby Gustavson,
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC, SERIES 2016 CTT, Plaintiff against JUDITH THOMPSON; KAITLIN THOMPSON; MICHAEL THOMPSON; ROBERT THOMPSON, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on April 9, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 11th day of June, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Said premises known as 194 North Oak Street a/k/a 194 Oak Street, Massapequa, N.Y. 11758. (Section: 48, Block: 65, Lots: 262, 263 and 264). Approximate amount of lien $806,590.49 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 002025-17. Paul
Joe Iconis plays concerts with frequent collaborators affectionately dubbed the Family. (Photo by Kristin Goehring)
who still run the program today. Iconis also ran the Hofstra Musical Theater Summer Camp for several years, which was the first place he had the opportunity to write full-length scripts that were performed. Since then, he’s written quite a few cabaret shows and musicals, including The Black Suits, about a Long Island high school garage band, and several more on the horizon. Broadway Bounty Hunter will open this summer at the Greenwich House Off-Broadway. The musical written for Annie Golden, the ’70s-era MASSAPEQUA - MAY 29, most 2019 recently punk-turned-Broadway actress who
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the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on June 18, 2019 at 11:30 AM, premises known as 36 PECONIC DRIVE, MASSAPEQUA, NY 11758: Section 66, Block 55, Lot 32-35: ALL THAT CERTAIN LEGAL NOTICE PLOT, PIECE OR PARSUPREME COURT – CEL OF LAND, SITUATE, COUNTY OF NASSAU LYING AND BEING AT CAPITAL ONE, N.A., PlainMASSAPEQUA, TOWN OF tiff against OYSTER BAY, NASSAU LEGAL NOTICE SARA LATHAM ELSHAZLY; AMANDA ELSHA- SUPREME COURT OF THE COUNTY, NEW YORK Premises will be sold ZLY; NICHOLAS ELSHA- STATE OF NEW YORK subject to provisions of ZLY; ADAM ELSHAZLY; COUNTY OF NASSAU SOPHIE ELSHAZLY, et al NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE f i l e d J u d g m e n t I n d e x #609184/2018. TERESA LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER, Defendant(s). BUTLER, ESQ. - Referee. Pursuant to a Judgment of V. Foreclosure and Sale en- MEREDITH HOREN-YAE- RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Mertered on May 9, 2018. I, the GER, AS ADMINISTRATIX chants Concourse, Suite 310, undersigned Referee will AND HEIR AND DISTRIB- Westbury, New York 11590, sell at public auction in the UTEE OF THE ESTATE OF Attorneys for Plaintiff. 6-5; 5-29-22-15-2019Calendar Control Part (CCP) ROBERT YAEGER; ET AL. 4T-#203580-MASS NOTICE OF SALE Courtroom of the Supreme NOTICE IS HEREBY Court, 100 Supreme Court LEGAL NOTICE Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on GIVEN pursuant to a Final NOTICE OF SALE the 18th day of June, 2019 Judgment of Foreclosure datat 11:30 a.m. premises de- ed April 01, 2019, and entered SUPREME COURT- COUNscribed as follows: All that in the Office of the Clerk of TY OF NASSAU certain plot, piece or parcel the County of Nassau, where- HSBC BANK USA, NAof land, situate, lying and in NATIONSTAR MORT- TIONAL ASSOCIATION, being at Massapequa, in the GAGE LLC D/B/A MR. AS TRUSTEE FOR CREDTown of Oyster Bay, Coun- COOPER is the Plaintiff and IT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON ty of Nassau, State of New MEREDITH HOREN-YAE- ARMT 2004-5 PMSR, PlainYork. Said premises known as GER, AS ADMINISTRATIX tiff, 250 Clocks Boulevard, Mass- AND HEIR AND DISTRIB- AGAINST apequa, N.Y. 11758. (Sec- UTEE OF THE ESTATE MAROULLA MICHAEL, et tion: 66., Block: 98, Lot: 31). OF ROBERT YAEGER; ET al. Defendant(s) Approximate amount of lien AL. are the Defendants. I, Pursuant to a judgment of Guttenberg, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 5-29-22-15-8-20194T-203454-MASS
$165,246.68 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 001161-17. Nathan Jones, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 6-5; 5-29-22-15-20194T-#203582-MASS
has been seen on Orange Is The New Black, tells the story of a theater actress of a certain age who is down on her luck and feeling the effects of a sexist, ageist society. “Through a series of events, she gets wrapped up in the world of bounty hunting [and begins] an adventure to South America to capture a drug lord,” Iconis explained. “It’s told in the style of exploitation films of the ’70s so it has this really cool R&B, funk score.” Iconis shows his range with Love in Hate Nation, which will premiere at Two River Theater in the fall. The original musical is about two girls who fall in love at a juvenile hall for girls in 1962. “It’s about a lot of what’s going on in America at the time, which is also a lot of what’s going on in America today,” he said about the musical that features a 1960s girl group-style score as filtered through a ’90s riot girl punk rock aesthetic. “It’s about how these young women learn to become the revolutionaries of tomorrow.” As if that weren’t enough, Iconis is also developing The Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, a show no one asked for, but everyone will want to see out of sheer curiosity. “That’s going to see the light of day at La Jolla Playhouse hopefully within a year,” he said. “My dream is that all of these projects will be one then the other then the other. I feel good about the stable of musicals of mine that will be rearing their ugly heads this year.” On top of all that, a Be More Chill movie is in early development, and Iconis maintains a healthy concert life with his Iconis & Family shows, featuring artists he frequently collaborates with. For the latest on what the multitalented Joe Iconis is up to, visit mrjoeiconis.com. Get tickets to Be More Chill at bemorechillmusical.com.
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NETH TEMPRANO, ED TEMPRANO, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on October 25, 2017. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 25th day of June, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Massapequa, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York. Said premises known as 205 Division Ave., Massapequa, N.Y. 11758. (Section: 65, Block: 49, Lot: 58). Approximate amount of lien $ 564,046.85 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 014802-12. Anthony Rattoballi, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street – Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 6-12-5; 5-29-22-20194T-#203842-MASS
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continued from page 28A Calendar Control Part Court permitted by Ordinance. Room of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on June 25, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises situate, lying and being at Massapequa, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Easterly side of South Bay Avenue, distant 69.71 feet Westerly and Southwesterly from the Easterly end of a curve having a radius of 60.64 feet, with curve connects the Easterly side of South Bay Avenue with the Southerly side of Jefferson Place; Running thence South East 153.28 feet; thence along the arc of a curve bearing to the left, having a radius of 50.00 feet to a distance of 67.70 feet; thence North West 91.67 feet; running thence North East 141.33 feet; Running thence along the arc of a curve bearing to the right having a radius of 60.64 feet, a distance of 47.98 feet along the Easterly side of South Bay Avenue to the point or place of BEGINNING. Section: 65 Block: 1601 Lot: 195, 504 and 505. Said premises known as 85 SOUTH BAY AVENUE, MASSAPEQUA, NY Approximate amount of lien $1,160,143.73 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 6031/2014. ARTHUR T. WALSH, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File #9020.276 6-12-5; 5-29-22-20194T-#203867-MASS
LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff -againstPAUL V PEPE A/K/A PAUL PEPE, WENDY A. PEPE A/K/A WENDY PEPE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated October 10, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at (CCP) Calendar Control Part Court Room of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on June 25, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises situate, lying and being at Massapequa, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of Smith Street, distant 300 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of Smith Street with the westerly side of Roosevelt Avenue; being a plot 100 feet by 60 feet by 100 feet by 60 feet. Section: 48 Block: 403 Lot: 2388-2390 Said premises known as 153 SMITH STREET, MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY Approximate amount of lien $507,032.27 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 004880/2016. ARTHUR T. WALSH, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY LEGAL NOTICE 11577 NOTICE OF PUBLIC File #8150.121 MEETING BY THE ZONING 6-12-5; 5-29-22-2019BOARD OF APPEALS 4T-#203866-MASS Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 246, Article III, Section 246-18-E of the Code of LEGAL NOTICE the Town of Oyster Bay, noSUPREME COURT tice is hereby given that the COUNTY OF NASSAU Zoning Board of Appeals has T H E B A N K O F N E W scheduled a public meeting, YORK MELLON FKA THE which will take place in the BANK OF NEW YORK, AS Town Hall Meeting Room, TRUSTEE FOR THE CER- Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, TIFICATEHOLDERS OF New York, on JUNE 6, 2019, CWMBS, INC., CHL MORT- at 7:00 P. M., to consider the GAGE PASS-THROUGH following appeals: TRUST 2007-J3 MORT- BY ORDER OF THE ZONING GAGE PASS-THROUGH BOARD OF APPEALS CERTIFICATES, SERIES APPEAL NO. 19-273 2007-J3, Plaintiff -againstMASSAPEQUA PARK CALOGERA L. PEDALINO, ENRICO VITERITTI: (A) FILIPPO PEDALINO, et al Variance to allow existing Defendant(s). Pursuant to a deck and gazebo exceeding Judgment of Foreclosure and maximum building coverage Sale entered herein and dated than permitted by Ordinance. January 31, 2019, I, the un- (B) Variance to allow existing dersigned Referee will sell deck and steps to grade havat public auction at (CCP) ing less side yard setback than
S/s/o Phillips Rd., 284.95 ft. W/o Block Blvd., a/k/a 18 Phillips Road, Massapequa Park, NY APPEAL NO. 19-274 MASSAPEQUA STEFANS ZAFFUTO: (A) Variance to allow existing enclosed porch having less aggregate side yards than permitted by Ordinance. (B) Variance to allow existing 8.3 ft. by 15.4 ft. shed having less rear yard setback and exceeding maximum height than permitted by Ordinance. (C) Variance to allow existing enclosed porch and 8.3 ft. by 15.4 ft. shed exceeding maximum building coverage than permitted by Ordinance. (D) Variance to allow existing 6 ft. high PVC fence exceeding maximum height across front yard (Arlyn Drive East) than permitted by Ordinance. E/s/o Arlyn Dr. E., 71 ft. S/o Devonshire Rd., a/k/a 46 Arlyn Drive, E., Massapequa, NY APPEAL NO. 19-275 MASSAPEQUA MARILYN DURSO: (A) Variance to construct one story addition with entry platform and steps to grade having less rear yard setback and exceeding maximum gross floor area than permitted by Ordinance. (B) Variance to construct one story addition and allow existing shed exceeding maximum building coverage than permitted by Ordinance. (C) Variance to allow existing shed having less rear yard setback than permitted by Ordinance. S/s/o Red Oak Pl., 340 ft. E/o Shinnecock Ave., a/k/a 26 Red Oak Place, Massapequa, NY APPEAL NO. 19-276 MASSAPEQUA JOSEPH SALADINO: Variance to construct deck having less side yard setback and aggregate side yards than permitted by Ordinance. S/s/o Stillwater Ave., 94.23 ft. W/o Waterview Ave., a/k/a 123 Stillwater Ave., Massapequa, NY APPEAL NO. 19-277 MASSAPEQUA MELISSA DICHIARA: (A) Variance to erect 6 ft. high fence exceeding maximum height across side/front yard (Boston Avenue) than permitted by Ordinance. (B) Variance to allow existing 6.6 ft. by 9.6 ft. detached shed on slab having less side yard setback than permitted by Ordinance. SE/ cor. of Hicksville Rd. & Boston Ave., a/k/a 632 Hicksville Road, Massapequa, NY APPEAL NO. 19-278 MASSAPEQUA ROMEO NESI: (A) Variance to allow existing shed having less side yard setback and rear yard setback than permitted by Ordinance. (B) Variance to allow existing front portico and side roof-over entry exceeding maximum building coverage than permitted by Ordinance. E/s/o Nearwater Ave., 460 ft. S/o Curlew Pl., a/k/a 74 Nearwater Avenue, Massapequa,
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Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 48, BLOCK 594, LOT 28. Approximate amount of judgment $459,785.76 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index #6829/2013. Janine T. Lynam Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 6-19-12-5; 5-29-20194T-#204259-MASS LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLC f/k/a WM Specialty Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Doreen Reilly a/k/a Doreen J. Reilly; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated April 16, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on July 2, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 236 Boundary Avenue, Massapequa, NY 11758. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of NY, Section 52 Block 16 Lot 67. Approximate amount of judgment $292,714.04 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 612584/2018. Bruce R. Bekritsky, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: May 2, 2019 For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 6-19-12-5; 5-29-20194T-#204299-MASS
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showing an alarming rise in youth taking up electronic cigarettes. independently-owned, smoking “We thank you for making the cessation-focused establishments. change to the environment,” Samuels I believe I understand the pressure said. “This is the kind of change we you are under to serve the needs and need to protect the future of our the concerns of the children’s health.” constituents, and the She urged the obligation you have board to make use of to look after their her organization as a “This is the kind of resource as it navigates best interests. I feel change we need to the bill. we are participants in that, and not a protect the future “No one wants to threat to it.” take anyone’s business of our children’s Kaplan went away, but please think health.” on to warn of the about the health of our Cathy Samuels, project financial impact of children,” she concluded Director of Massapequa the law, which could to applause. Takes Action Coalition ultimately force him More speakers, to close, with ruinous consequences. representing vape shops or the Cathy Samuels, project director of industry, spoke against the law. Massapequa Takes Action Coalition, Cheryl Richter, executive director said she favored zoning future vape of the New York State Vapor shops away from downtowns and Association, said her organization main streets. She cited statistics worked closely with Governor
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Stasichin. In the winter, she made it all the way to states for her 600-meter Massapequa High School sophorun after winning the county champimore Alexandra Stasichin grew up onship. Though she didn’t win, she set playing in her local Police Academy her personal best record in the state League with her friends and her love championship meet with a finish of 1 of being active continued heading into minute, 34.32 seconds. middle school. “That was something I was just “I thought it’d be fun to run with randomly put into,” said Stasichin. “It’s my friends,” said Stasichin. “When I probably my best achievement.” started running, I realized, ‘Hey, I’m Now, Stasichin will be working good at this.’ Over time, I realized that towards participating in a second state I enjoyed it more than I thought I was championship meet. Her focus has going to enjoy it.” been the 800-meter run and she has Stasichin continued running into excelled in it. Just last week, she placed high school. She joined the track and first at the county championships in field team during the spring season of Westbury after setting another perher freshman year. Now, in her second sonal best record of 2 minutes, 18.23 spring season, she continues to enjoy seconds. Among the people that have the time spent with her fellow Chiefs. helped her reach these milestones are “What I like most about the team her running coach, Mike Dellicurti. is that we’re bonded as a family,” said “What he does is he really listens to Stasichin. “We always talk to each us and he makes sure that we’re not other and have each other’s backs. only trying our best, but that we alEven if we’re having issues in our ways feel comfortable,” said Stasichin. personal lives, we can always count on “He’s easy to talk to. Even when we’re each other.” negative on ourselves, he knows when This year has been special for and how far to push us.” cbirsner@antonmediagroup.com
Alexandra Stasichin (Photo courtesy of Massapequa High School)
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With the state qualifiers approaching, Stasichin wants to continue working on her running as well as her Long Jump as that is the other event she participates in. But what’s most important to Stasichin is focusing on improving her confidence heading into track meets. “One thing I want to improve on is how I view track,” said Stasichin. “I know right before meets, I can get down on myself. It can be a really stressful experience, so what I want to do is get more confident in my abilities. My coach once told me to take being nervous as a good thing because it means you want to do well, so take that anxiety and use that to push yourself.” The state qualifiers will take place at North Shore High School on Friday, May 31.
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