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Oyster Bay Now: Town board appoints Glen Head residents to North Shore Water Authority (See page 4)

Town honors former Town Clerk Fanny Corsentino (See page 6)

Glen Cove Now: Dr. Glenn Howard Jr. Scholarship available for graduating students to apply (See page 12)

This year marks 100 years for Glen Cove Hospital (See page 3)

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Glen Cove Hospital Celebrates Centennial Year NATALIA VENTURA nventura@antonmediagroup.com

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his year the Glen Cove Hospital marks its centennial since officially opening its doors in 1922.

Originally known as the Glen Cove Community Hospital on Glen Street, it was formally a 20-bed facility in a three-story brick Colonial mansion.

Over time, the hospital was in need of an expansion to keep up with the growing community. It was then developed to what is now known today as Northwell Health at 101 St. Andrews Ln. Over the years, the hospital has changed its name multiple times. In 1925, the name was changed to North Country Community Hospital, which was a three-story building that could hold 112 beds. The architect at the time was Peabody, Wilson & Brown.

In 1951, a new wing was developed to increase the capacity to 150 patients. The hospital name was altered again in 1955 to Community Hospital at Glen Cove. The south wing was remodeled in 1956 to an increased capacity of 250 patients.

The north wing was renovated in 1971, becoming a four-story wing, which included a new waiting room, emergency room and designated areas for intensive care, pediatrics, rehabilitation, admissions, radiology and social services. The second floor was a labor and delivery suite as well.

The hospital underwent another development in the 1980s.

The title change occurred again in 1990 to North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove. The additional name, The Mildred and Frank Feinberg Campus, was included in 2006 and has continued to be a part of the hospital name.

Today, the hospital is referred to as Glen Cove Hospital. It received a major renova-

This was the original hospital building around 1930. (Wikimedia Commons)

Former transportation vehicle when the hospital was named North Country Community Hospital. (Photo courtesy of the Glen Cove Hospital) tion and expansion in 2019 and has become an advanced, full-service community hospital known for its outpatient Family Medicine Center, rehabilitation programs, Caregiver Center, Center for Women’s Surgical Care and for head and neck surgery capabilities for women.

“I would venture to guess that most

residents in and around this area would not recognize this hospital if they walked in here today,” said Susan Rassekh, director of patient and customer experience at Glen Cove Hospital. “It is absolutely incredible. We are going through a transformation, a rebirth...[The hospital is] one of the epicenters of this community. The

hospital serves as a beacon for patients, for residents when they are in need, when they need help.”

The physical nature of the Glen Cove Hospital may have repeatedly changed throughout the past 100 years, but the hospital has continued to remain devoted to its community.

“I think that it is an incredible time for Glen Cove,” Glen Cove Hospital Executive Director Kerri Scanlon stated. “We have an incredible past with a remarkable future. It is really unbelievable it’s happening here at Glen Cove Hospital. Glen Cove is going through what I call a Renaissance. It is a place where you can experience the best of the best operating from our large tertiary hospital, but have an experience that’s unlike what you would receive at a larger tertiary hospital.”

“So turning 100, we look back at the original reason why this hospital was built,” she added. “It was built for the community, for the residents. To this day, what this hospital is going through is a further growth for the community. I’m extremely proud to be here during this Centennial.”

The hospital will celebrate the centennial with their first event on May 11 dedicated for the hospital employees.

Physicians who have been a part of the community and the Glen Cove Hospital for several years will be honored at an event taking place on May 19.

“That’s an exciting night for us because it’s an opportunity for those individuals, many of whom can date themselves back to people who established this hospital and can celebrate their role in this event,” Rassehk stated.

An outdoor concert, which will be the final show for the summer, will also take place on Aug. 28 at Morgan Memorial Park.

The final event will be a rain or shine Oct. 8 5K run.

“We want to see our doctors, but we want to see the community out there and people from all over so they can experience the unbelievable joy that Glen Cove has to offer,” Scanlon stated. “We’re going to use [the proceeds] for the wellness of our employees. COVID has been absolutely stressful on the staff of hospitals across the country.”

GLEN COVE HOSPITAL HONORS & AWARDS • Recipient of four-star quality rating by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services and is one of only four hospitals on Long Island to receive four or more stars in 2020 • Named to the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives’ Most Wired list for the use of informa-

tion technology to enhance patient safety and quality of care priorities, as well as public health and administrative processes • Recipient of New York State Department of Health Breastfeeding Friendly Practice designation (Family Medicine Ambulatory Care Center); first practice

in Nassau County to receive designation • Recipient of Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) by the American College of Emergency Physicians • Recipient of Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award (2019)

• Recipient of the American Heart Association’s 2019 Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award • American College of Radiology accredited facility for mammography, ultrasound and computed tomography • Recipient of the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval

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Town Board Appoints Residents To North Shore Water Authority To Protect Ratepayers

yster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Town Board voted unanimously to appoint longtime Glen Head residents, George Pombar and Richard Arena, to the North Shore Water Authority Board of Directors.

Approximately four months ago, the North Shore Water Authority Act was signed into law, providing a path for the public acquisition of the privately owned portions of Liberty–American Water. To negotiate on behalf of North Shore customers, the law authorizes the town and impacted villages to appoint a six-person board of directors consisting of two appointed by the town board and remaining directors appointed by each of the villages of Old Brookville, Sea Cliff, Roslyn Harbor and the City of Glen Cove. These directors receive no compensation.

Saladino said, “Safe, clean and affordable drinking water should not be a luxury. It should be a dependable resource within the reach of all those who reside in the most modern and advanced nation in the world.

For those reasons, my Oyster Bay Town Board colleagues and I urged the governor and state legislature to allow for a full municipal takeover of the Liberty-American Water system. A municipal takeover offers much promise for the protection, preservation and enhancement of quality and availability at a much more reasonable cost for homeowners. We’re proud to appoint two board of directors who know the importance of making water more affordable and accessible for our residents.”

As a leading advocate for a municipal takeover, George Pombar has an extensive executive management career in the financial services industry. Pombar has successfully managed acquisitions, compliance matters, negotiations, risk management

North Shore Water Commissioner Richard Arena being sworn into office by Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilwoman Michele Johnson.

(Photos courtesy of the Town of Oyster Bay)

North Shore Water Commissioner George Pombar was sworn into office by Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilwoman Michele Johnson. and budgets in excess of $50 million at Citigroup and several other New York area banks. Pombar is president of the Long Island Banking Compliance Association, president of the Todd Estates Civic Association, president of the Glen Head–Glenwood Landing Civic Council, chairman of North Shore Concerned Citizens group and

North Shore Biz Network Cash Mob At Ella’s Boutique & AquaBrasil North Shore Biz Network (NSBN) hosted a Cash Mob at Ella’s Boutique & AquaBrasil, located at 683 Glen Cove Ave. in Glen Head on March 26. The community was invited to patronize Ella’s Boutique on that appointed day, which boosted sales and brought awareness to this local business.

Additionally, customers were treated to a vodka tasting courtesy of Felene Vodka.

Theresa Sanchez was the big winner of a $25 gift card to Ella’s Boutique to be used on

a future visit.

Visit www.northshorebiznetwork.com to learn more about cash mobs and other events by North Shore Biz Network.

—Submitted by North Shore Biz Network From left: Gracie Donaldson, NSBN Promotions Manager; Bruna Tembelis, Owner of Ella’s Boutique & AquaBrasil; Briana Laderer, Felene Vodka; Deborah OrgelGordon, NSBN Founder.

an elected trustee with the North Shore School Board. Richard Arena has extensive experience in the regulatory compliance, risk management and financial services industry for Fortune 500 companies—including ABN Ambro Holdings USA, Morgan Stanley, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Arena has been a longtime community

advocate and is active in civic affairs.

Councilman Tom Hand, a former Massapequa Water Commissioner, added, “We all know firsthand that Liberty-American Water customers pay a significantly higher cost for their water service than those who reside within the boundaries of municipal water districts. By transforming these private assets to a public utility, residents in areas such as Nassau Shores would no longer fall victim to the unfair rate hikes, separate surcharges and an array of taxes experienced under the control of Liberty-American Water.”

Laws approved by the governor and state legislature created two new water authorities, one on the South Shore and one on the North Shore, to begin the work of taking over parts of this privately-owned system. Water districts in these areas are currently subject to $29.5 million in special franchise taxes, which make up between 31 and 50 percent of a customer’s monthly bill.

Municipal water districts are not subject to special franchise taxes.

In December, the New York State Public Service Commission voted unanimously to approve the purchase of New York American Water by Canadian-based Liberty Utilities in a $608 million transaction that could be finalized by early next year. In doing so, commissioners acknowledged that such transfer of assets would not solve the problems faced by ratepayers. Fortunately, they also ensured that rates will remain frozen through 2023. Although this transfer of ownership took place, the Massapequa Water District and the South Shore Water District continue to move forward with plans for municipal takeovers of portions of the system.

—Submitted by the Town of Oyster Bay

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Town Remembers Life And Legacy Of Retired Town Clerk Fanny Corsentino own Supervisor Joseph Saladino announced the lowering of American flags to half-staff in memory of the life and legacy of longtime public servant and former Oyster Bay Town Clerk Fanny D. Corsentino (Oct. 26, 1928 - April 4, 2022). A former Oyster Bay Town Clerk, deputy town clerk, commissioner of human resources, and zoning board of appeals member, Corsentino was a hard-working and dedicated public servant who helped

blaze the trail for the many women leading the town’s government today.

“Fanny’s passing is a tremendous loss for our community,” Saladino said. “Beloved in the Town of Oyster Bay for her commitment to treating residents with the same kindness she’d show to family, Fanny Corsentino was a model public servant. My colleagues on the town board and I seek to emulate her acumen, kindness and compassion each and every day while remembering her as a

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trailblazer for women in politics.”

Before joining the Town of Oyster Bay in 1980, Corsentino was a full-time volunteer at Mercy Hospital. She held various positions at the hospital, ultimately culminating with her appointment to Mercy’s Board of Directors in 1976. Corsentino was then further honored with an emeritus appointment to the board, the first woman outside of a religious order to receive such an honor.

“As Fanny often said, her remarkable career and dedication to community service would have been impossible without the unwavering support of her husband Joseph, children Connie, Terry, and Cheryl, and grandchildren Ginamarie, Rachel and Jared. We send our deepest condolences to Joseph and the entire Corsentino family as they mourn this tremendous loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you,” Saladino concluded.

Funeral services for the Honorable Fanny D. Corsentino are private, but sympathies can be mailed to: Terry Leone & Family (14 Battle Row, Old Bethpage, New York 11804).

—Submitted by the Town of Oyster Bay

Fanny D. Corsentino (Photo courtesy of the Town of Oyster Bay)

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 Seed Bombs: Join Kristen Duer of Traveling Art Programs to make seed bombs from 2 to 3 p.m for grades K-5. This program is reserved for Glen Cove cardholders and will be located at the Glen Cove Public Library in the Children’s Room. Registration required.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Movie Showing Charlie Wilson’s War - Rated R: Join the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library from 2 to 4 p.m. or 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for the film Charlie Wilson’s War starring Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Movie summary: In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas.

He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from

the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support needed to defeat the Soviet Union. Ultimately, Charlie learns that while military victory can be obtained, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyone’s sorrow.

Based on a true story. Call 516-922-1212 or email dhuber@nassaulibrary.org for more information.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Deep Roots Indoor Winter Market: At 100 Village Square (12 Bridge St. for GPS) in Glen Cove, visit a variety of vendors at the Deep Roots Indoor Winter Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This market offers locally grown vegetables, farm fresh eggs, meats and dairy, fresh-baked breads and sweets, artisan cheeses, honey, maple syrup, prepared foods, fresh ravioli and pastas, jams and more. It includes weekly guest arts and craft vendors.

Shop Glen Head Spring Shopping Spree: Join Shop Glen Head for a day to celebrate Glen Head from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit 19 Glen Head storefronts for sidewalk sales, discounts and promotions for that day only. Shop with 12 vendors set up at the “four corners,” at Glen Head Motors, 664 Glen Cove Ave. (parking lot). Vendors will be selling jewelry, accessories, soaps, cooking/kitchen supplies and more. Stop by the Shop Glen Head booth (at Glen Head Motors) to pick up your Shop Local button while supplies last. Enter to win raffle prizes at the Shop Glen Head booth.

Our Grand Prize is a 10-week Challenge at the Max Challenge of Glen Cove (retail value $399.00), 2nd prize is a $100 gift certificate to Cambridge Art Gallery, and 3rd prize is a $50 gift certificate to Ernesto’s East Ristorante. This event is sponsored by Glen Head Motors, Celeste Gullo—Allstate Insurance, and North Shore Biz Network.

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Earth Day Cleanup In Honor of Bill Byrne: Embracing the importance of protecting our natural resources and keeping Glen Cove green and clean, the City of Glen Cove’s Beautification Commission will host Explore the various vendors at the Deep Roots Indoor Winter Market on April 23.

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an Earth Day event. Earth Day cleanup will take place at Morgan Memorial Park from 9 a.m. until noon.

Family Fun Spring Festival: Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino invites residents and their families to a Spring Festival from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, located on Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury.

The Spring Festival will feature inflatables, games, refreshments, a petting zoo, multiple photo opportunities and so much more. Additionally, food truck vendors will be on-site with specialties available for purchase. Visit www.oysterbaytown.com or call 516-797-7925 for more information on the Town of Oyster Bay Free Family-Fun Spring Festival.

SUNDAY, APRIL 24 Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day: The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Cente, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., will mark Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day with a virtual program focused on the work currently being done by the generation of Armenian Americans now in their teens and twenties who are sustaining their culture and the memory of the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and 1916. This event will take place from 1 to 2 p.m. on Zoom. Visit www.hmtcli.org/ for more information.

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assau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the indictment of a 28-year-old Uniondale woman on charges including aggravated vehicular homicide, for allegedly driving while intoxicated at a high rate of speed and crashing into a parked vehicle in Hempstead, killing the occupant, in May 2021.

Tasha Brown was arraigned Friday, April 8, before Judge Howard Sturim on charges including two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide (a B felony); second-degree manslaughter (a C felony); first-degree vehicular manslaughter (a C felony); second-degree vehicular manslaughter (a D felony); aggravated vehicular assault (a C felony); first-degree vehicular assault (a D felony); second-degree vehicular assault (a E felony); third-degree assault (an A misdemeanor); three counts of second-degree assault (a D felony); aggravated driving while intoxicated (an unclassified misdemeanor); two counts of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (an

unclassified misdemeanor); reckless drivalso sustained serious injuries in the crash ing (an unclassified misdemeanor); and and thankfully recovered,” Donnelly said. second-degree reckless endangerment (an “Anyone can become a victim of drunk A misdemeanor). The defendant driving. It is imperative that we pleaded not guilty and bail aggressively prosecute was continued at $100,000 these cases to keep our bond and $50,000 cash. roadways safe. Our If convicted, the thoughts remain with defendant faces a the victim’s family at This defendant was allegedly so maximum of up to this time.” intoxicated that she was unable to 25 years in prison.

Donnelly said, keep her vehicle on the road, veering according to the Brown is due back in court on May indictment and and crashing into multiple parked 10. investigation, on cars at more than 90 mph, including “This defendant May 29, 2021, at one occupied by 29-year-old Nelson approximately was allegedly so Fuentes who was tragically killed intoxicated that she 4:35 a.m., the was unable to keep defendant, in a as a result of the collision. her vehicle on the 2016 Toyota Corolla Nassau County District Attorney road, veering and crashwith three passengers, Anne Donnelly ing into multiple parked was driving west on Front cars at more than 90 mph, Street at the intersection of including one occupied by 29-year-old Hendrickson Avenue in Hempstead, Nelson Fuentes who was tragically killed as when she allegedly veered off the roadway a result of the collision. Brown’s passengers and struck several parked cars traveling at

a speed of more than 90 mph. One of those parked vehicles, a 2010 Toyota Corolla, was occupied by 29-year-old Nelson Fuentes.

Fuentes suffered fatal injuries as a result of the crash, and the defendant and her passengers were also injured.

Brown and her passengers were taken to Nassau University Medical Center for treatment of their injuries.

The victim was pronounced dead at NUMC at 5:26 a.m.

Brown was arrested on May 29, 2021, in Hempstead by detectives of the Hempstead Police Department and the Nassau County Police Department’s Homicide Squad.

The case is being prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Alexander DePalo of the Vehicular Crimes Bureau.

The defendant is represented by William J. Kephart, Esq. The charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless found guilty.

—Submitted by the office of the Nassau County District Attorney

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Another Side of Philip Roth Review of Blakey Bailey’s Philip Roth: The Biography JOSEPH SCOTCHIE jscotchie@antonmediagroup.com

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ccording to his father, Phillip Roth was an All-American boy.

He loved baseball. What’s more American? At the University of Chicago, the young Roth was on track for a literary career. Prior to that, Roth had a friend who attended Bucknell University in small-town Pennsylvania. The co-ed population included any number of attractive gentile girls. For Roth, a native of working-class Jewish Newark, this was a revelation. He too would attend Bucknell. At Chicago, Roth met Maggie Martinson, an attractive divorcee with two young children. Martinson tricked Roth into marriage via a fake pregnancy blood test. The marriage was a wreck. It gave Roth “useful fictions” for his 1974 novel, My Life As A Man. He also made him gun shy about marriage and family.

A second marriage, one to the British actress Claire Bloom, was another well-intentioned failure. Roth should have stuck to a girl from the old neighborhood.

Such domestic turmoil dominates Blake Bailey’s thick biography on the novelist. Maybe too much so. Roth’s creative journey sometimes gets lost in the process. Roth, too, could be cruel to women, at least in his fiction. “What puzzles me is your need to subjugate women,” a friend once scolded Roth.

That included women whose ethnicity Roth was down on: West Virginia hillbillies, Italian-Americans and Cuban-Americans from New Jersey and the stereotypical heiress to Wall Street WASP-dom. Such behavior probably cost him a Nobel Prize that fans and critics long felt he deserved. Through it all, Roth remained prolific, publishing 31 books over a seven-decade career. In his early work, he chronicled the JewishAmerican experience as it evolved from ethnic neighborhoods to suburbia. His 1969 sensation, Portnoy’s Complaint, made Roth rich and famous, so much so that he retired to rural Connecticut. By the 1980s, Roth was in danger of being known as the creator of literature’s most famous onanist. To his credit, he moved in new directions. Critics cite 1986’s The Counterlife as the beginning of Roth’s comeback. I would add his involvement with Eastern European writers such as Milan Kundera as a welcome change.

It got Roth out of his autobiographical

novel funk and into something historic. Eastern Europe, Roth claimed, was a place where “nothing goes and everything matters,” while the West was becoming an irrelevancy, a place where “everything goes and nothing matters.”

That statement holds true today.

Meanwhile, Roth, in this biography, goes from girlfriend to girlfriend, all with the understanding that none of the affairs could last. The older he got, the younger they were. The women seeking motherhood would eventually opt out.

What can the reader take from this biography? Roth could be an exceeding generous man, giving financial assistance to scores of friends, including college tuition for his final nurse. In his late twenties, he was a dutiful stepfather to Ms. Martinson’s two children. Indeed, he probably saved the lives of Ronald and Helen Miller (two pseudonyms). In the footsteps of his father, a successful insurance salesman, Roth followed his own spartan-like existence, putting in 12-hour days at his writing desk at the famous Yaddo writing colony in upstate New York. Newark was his great subject.

He began and ended his career with two well-crafted novels about his hometown: 1959’s award-winning Goodbye, Columbus and Nemesis, a 2010 novel about the late 1940s polio plague that infected the city. In between, Roth had the usual hits and misses: Operation Shylock (1993), which, in part, tells the story of the John Demanjanuk trial in Israel, is impossible to put down. The Plot Against America (2003) is equally dramatic, but highly paranoid. (As someone with roots in West Virginia, I can assure Jewish readers that they have nothing to fear from a drive through that state and neighboring Kentucky. Plus, the American South, in 1940, could not have voted for a President Lindbergh in the first place.) Meanwhile, Sabbath’s Theatre (1995), is the novel closest to Portnoy’s Complaint. Alexander Portnoy is incapable to giving or receiving love.

Mickey Sabbath, on the other hand, is forever wounded by the death of his beloved older brother, a fighter pilot who perished in World War II. Sabbath cannot forgive the world—or the Japanese—for his loss. As it turned out, the novel was reviewed in The New York Times by…Michiko Kakutani. Did Roth think it would be otherwise? Or was he a glutton for punishment? Sabbath bids for political incorrectness on all counts.

He is a Jew who “didn’t support Israel.”

As with Portnoy, he enjoys degrading his womenfolk. Sabbath decides against suicide, reasoning that there was “so

much in this world to hate.” Yucks aside, such despair drove the man to the brink of suicide once. Who knows if it won’t happen again?

Roth hit his peak in 1997 with American Pastoral, a novel that earned him a Pulitzer Prize. Again, Newark is the backdrop. It tells the story of Seymour “Swede” Levov, a high school sports phenom turned successful businessman, only to have his daughter get sucked into the domestic terrorism craze of the early 1970s. American Pastoral matters. If Saul Bellow’s Mr. Sammler’s Planet (1970) was the Sixties novel and if Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities (1986) was the ultimate Eighties novel, then American Pastoral did the same for the 1970s.

The novel is set partly in the 1960s and Roth finally addresses the most significant event in Newark’s modern history: The week of rioting that shook on that city from July 10 to July 17, 1967. Newark’s decline began in the 1950s with industry leaving the city, setting the stage for the mid-60s blowup. Roth’s handling of the riot was balanced, but without any illusion that the city would recover. The only weakness is Roth’s description of the times as “America berserk.” In truth, the country was turning out-and-out barbaric. Not only was there big city rioting, but also spoiled children and their terrorist bombs blasting away at destinations all across America.

Seventies America saw the spectacle of a prosperous people filling movie theaters to watch such degrading films as Deep Throat. American Pastoral, on the other hand, champions the virtues of the Levov family at a time when the traditional family unit was falling apart. Levov believes in love.

He could not save his daughter, but the effort was most heroic.

Roth stayed true to his craft.

He had chosen wisely in his reading habits. As a youth, they included Sherwood Anderson and Thomas Wolfe and later on, Saul Bellow.

Wolfe and Bellow. No writer can go wrong with those two as mentors and models. Finally, the story of Philip Roth is the Newark Public Library—and the jewels within.

Upon his death, Roth donated up to 4,000 books and millions of dollars to that institution. A Philip Roth Personal Library Collection was also created. Roth’s career should be an inspiration. A library card is the young writer’s best friend.

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The Battle For Ukraine Is Our Battle Three short months ago, the world seemed to be calming down and there was hope that things would stay that way. We were moving into a post-COVID stage and people were close to the point where masks would be removed and some of the normal types of living had come back. That was then and now we face the horrors of a new war that is hitting too close to home.

We can delude ourselves into thinking that the war in the Ukraine is not our business, but the war is on our doorstep in countless ways.

This new and ugly war is hitting us at the gas pumps and in the grocery stores. It is dominating the nightly news and there is no way to escape the horrible pictures showing the viciousness of the Russian soldiers.

If you check the 2021 census figures, you will discover that many of your nearby neighbors have ties to either Russia or the Ukraine.

Over the past 20 years, there have been numerous wars in many African and Mediterranean

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countries. There have been occasional stories of horrors committed by troops from those nations, but somehow the ugliness of those conflicts has failed to touch our hearts and minds. The war in Ukraine is different because in many ways it resembles the war in 1775 when Americans began to show their determination to shake off the control of our land by the British. Countless men joined in

that battle determined to free their country from England’s grip.

No matter how hardened some of our citizens may be, it is impossible not to be rooting for Ukrainian President Zelensky in his daily David against Goliath battle.

To think that a comedian turned politician can become his country’s Winston Churchill and is willing to die for a free Ukraine, has to hit home for the vast majority of the American people.

Over these past few years our political space has been occupied by empty talkers, corrupt politicians and numerous groups determined to divide our nation and turn citizen against citizen. It has been impossible to find that one person who personifies the Ukrainian leader who is willing to die for the liberty of his people. A recent Pew Research Center poll tells it all. Of all the world leaders, 72 per cent of Americans view Zelensky as their most popular world leader compared to six per cent to Vladimir Putin. This country will

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have to pay a price for the tragedy in the Ukraine, but any battle for democracy is worth our emotional and financial support.

Former State Assemblyman Jerry Kremer is a columnist for Anton Media Group and partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek in Uniondale. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher or Anton Media Group.

Twenty Seven Months Later—Why Is The New York MTA 20-Year Capital Needs Plan Still Missing?

What ever happened to the promised New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority 2020-40 20-Year Long Range Capital Needs Plan? Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and past MTA Chairman Pat Foye pledged that it would be released by December 2019. It is now 27 months late. Will New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York MTA Chairman Janno Lieber finally make this critical transportation planning document public?

The plan documents how much money and years or decades will be required before each MTA operating agency, including New York City Transit bus, subway, Staten Island Railway, MTA bus, Long Island Rail Road and Metro North Rail Road, have reached a state of good repair. Categories for each agency include such assets as existing bus, subway and commuter rail fleet, stations including elevators to meet Americans with Disabilities Act and escalators, track including switches, signals and interlockings, communications, line structures, painting, protective netting on elevated structures and bridges, line equipment including tunnel lighting and pump rooms, traction power,

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power substations, yards and shops and supervisory vehicles.

It is supposed to be the basis for the justification of New York MTA Five Year Capital Plans prior to their release. In this case, the $51 billion 2020-24 Five Year Capital Plan was released and adopted before anyone could receive and review the updated 20-Year Capital Needs Plan. The new 2020-40 20-Year Plan should update the previous 2014-34 20-Year Plan.

This is inconsistent with both former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio’s respective promises to conduct the most open and transparent administrations in

the history of state and municipal government. Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have made similar promises. This was to include independent authorities such as the MTA. taxpayers, commuters, transit advocates, elected officials and transit reporters should not have had to wait more than two years before being able to read such an important transportation planning document.

Advocates for various potential transportation system expansion projects will know by omission from this document that the MTA has no intention of advancing their project. This list of hopeful dreamers includes, but is not limited to, the $400 million Metro North Hudson Line Penn Station Access via Amtrak Empire Corridor, $258 million Phase Two Woodhaven Boulevard Queens Select Bus Service, $2.2 billion Light Rail between Jamaica and Long Island City on the old Lower Montauk LIRR branch, $8 billion restoration of LIRR service on the old Rockaway Queens branch, $3 to $9 billion new Interborough Brooklyn to Queens subway, $2.7 billion plus Brooklyn-Queens Waterfront Street Car Connector, $5 billion Utica Avenue New York

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City Transit Brooklyn subway extension, $600 million New York City Transit North Shore, $1.5 billion West MTA CEO/Chair Shore Staten Janno Lieber Island Bus (Photo courtesy of Rapid Transit, the Metropolitan $800 million Transit Authority) new New York City Transit #7 subway station at 10th Avenue & 41st (deleted from the original $2.4 billion Hudson Yard #7 subway extension to save $500 million) and $3.5 billion Red Hook Brooklyn subway extension from New York City Transit #1 subway line from the Rector Street downtown Manhattan station to Red Hook just to name a few.

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer, who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office. This included the development, review, approval and oversight for billions in capital projects and programs for the MTA, NYC Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road, MTA Bus along with 30 other transit agencies in NY & NJ.

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Celebrity Endorsement Fluff My first reaction when seeing a celebrity endorsement is to ask, how much are they getting paid? Unless the celebrity has some relevance to the product, I consider it endorsement fluff.

It’s like someone in the garment district sewing labels on sweaters being hired by Calvin Klein to model their fall line of clothes.

When I see Brett Favre promote athletic sleeves that take away pain, I know he’s getting a ton of money for the endorsement, but it comes off as legit. Getting hit by defensive ends weighing in at 300 pounds proves the guy knows pain. Then again, I remember first seeing Joe DiMaggio endorse Mr. Coffee. The man is a baseball idol.

But I wouldn’t go out and buy the coffee maker unless it comes with tickets to Yankee Stadium. But that’s me.

I do recognize that there is proof in the fluff. Advertisers drool over a mountain of data that points to celebrities being their big guns by delivering huge payoffs. Take Michael Jordan, the all- time heavyweight endorser.

This is true: 35 years after the introduction of Air Jordan sneakers, the brand represents 75 percent of basketball shoe sales. Another example is Jerry Seinfeld wearing the puffy shirt during a telethon for public television. The girl that designed the shirt was Kramer’s girlfriend and she had orders flowing in when word spread about Jerry’s endorsement Jordan is a rare breed with the most sought-after celebrities still having gas in the tank. Still, don’t worry when it comes to your favorite celebrity or world-famous athlete losing their physical prowess as age creeps up. It doesn’t mean they rent out their wallets to moths. Joe Montana, multi-millionaire businessman and ex-football great, rants about Medicare and how easy the phone call was to make. Yeah, right. The only call he makes is to his assistant to check his bank account.

Look at Joe Namath and William Shatner. These guys will endorse anything from hearing aids to Medicare. And then you have Tom Selleck hawking reverse mortgages while still working in television.

Smart man to get a jump on when his tank runs dry.

Social media has given celebrity endorsements a huge boost

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causing advertisers to hug and kiss each other in celebration.

These platforms translate to millions of adoring eyeballs glued to photos showing Jennifer Lopez working out or Martha Stewart making tofu cupcakes. With this type of radar love, the loyal followers will buy any product endorsed by their idol. The celeb could be running a dog fighting ring or get caught carrying a loaded Glock into a nightclub. The orders will still flow in.

Then you have a new company that needs the spotlight to gain brand credibility to reach the top. They nail a celebrity to endorse the new product and bingo, the company can become an overnight success. But my question is why Pepsi would have Beyoncé pushing their cola. My first thought is don’t they already sell enough? Seems like marketing did a decent job without her considering they are in every major sports stadium in the world. Anything goes in the cola wars. But please explain to me the idea of companies using football players to endorse deodorant. Pretty obvious the player couldn’t care less if he smells or sweats while running full speed toward the goal line.

My answer to my question is the companies know there are some delusional customers watching the ad thinking, “Man, that is what I need to fight my sweating during sales presentations.”

Research done on this behavior shows there is a certain part of the brain that has heightened activity when we see a celebrity.

They’re still working on which part, but it ignites people to take the human form of Pavlov’s dogs.

With that answered, the next question is do celebrities actually believe in what they endorse?

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The knee jerk reaction answer would be “it’s possible.” You could win some cash by betting that companies don’t hire detectives to track celebrities to make sure they’re ingesting the food or supplements they endorse.

Finally, we are all guilty of the power of the celebrity endorsement. Women see a beautiful model or celebrity with perfect skin, why wouldn’t they go buy the cosmetics endorsed? Men see a NASCAR driver endorsing a brand of engine oil. What better source to endorse the smooth running of your car? Different story with sex. If the man or

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woman holding that bottle of cologne has the looks and the body of some Greek god or goddess, nobody could care less if the endorser is an alien or human, had never been in a movie or knows how to throw a baseball.

What did you think of this story? Email tfiction@hotmail.com to share it with Tom Kuntzmann.

He is an outdoorsman with main interests in hiking and golf. His column focuses on local outdoor events and suburban stories.

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FCA Honors Long Island Women In Philanthropy

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Family & Children’s Association (FCA), one of Long Island’s largest human services agencies, held its first Long Island Women in Philanthropy breakfast and fashion show. FCA honored the vision of founding mother Louisa Lee Schuyler, a great-granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton, and two modern day philanthropists, Farrell Fritz partner Domenique Camacho Moran and 11-year old inventor Mia Monzidelis. More than 100 supporters attended the event, filling the room with a palpable buzz of good cheer in honor of Camacho Moran, Monzidelis, FCA staff and consumers who modeled fashions, and women who are making history every day, working to help others and themselves achieve their potential and strengthen themselves and others in their community. Pictured from left: FCA’s VP & CFO Mary Ann Vassallo; Events and Special Projects Manager Nicole Flannery; VP & Chief Human Resources Officer Angela Montemarano; honoree Domenique Camacho Moran, Farrell Fritz; Rising Star honoree Mia Monzidelis; FCA’s VP and COO Lisa Burch; VP & Chief Development Officer Craig Pinto; FCA Board Chair Drew Crowley and President and CEO Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds.

(Photo courtesy of Family & Children’s Association)

—Submitted by Family & Children’s Association

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High School Principal Sheds Light On College Admissions Process

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yosset High School Principal Dr. John Durante recently launched a podcast with the goal of providing information straight from college admissions professionals of top universities and colleges.

“I know that Syosset High School has a fabulous guidance department and the parents here are well-served, but I thought, ‘What if I did a podcast with college reps who would be willing to talk about their school, the entrance process, the essay, the application and more?’ ” he stated.

Through the podcast, named The College Admissions Process Podcast (The CAPP), students and parents can hear straight from the people who ultimately make the decisions, with insight and advice on every aspect of the college admissions process.

“Like most people, during the lockdown, we had to find things to do,” Durante said.

“One of my passions is the game of soccer; I love soccer and am a soccer coach.”

He wanted to learn more about coaching so he starting listening to soccer-related podcasts and attending Zoom sessions about the sport.

He had always been fascinated with podcasts.

“It is radio on-demand,” Durante said.

“With my schedule, I like listening to things about a specific topic that I like.”

Durante knew podcasts were the answer to a bigger question. He quickly realized what the need was and how he could address it.

Education—his own podcast specialty would be a no-brainer.

“I am a high school principal and I just went through the college process with not one, but two daughters, who are now a junior and a freshman in college,” Durante said.

He reached out to some of the college reps that he got to know well during his own college entrance journeys with his daughters.

“Seven of nine colleges that I approached with the idea said yes right away; they thought it was a fabulous idea,” Durante said. “I immediately thought ‘Holy cow, now I actually have to do my research because I had never really recorded or published a podcast.’ ” His drive to always learn something new, while also doing things the right way, proved successful in his launch.

Schools represented on the podcasts recorded to date include Cornell University, University of Michigan, Penn State, University of Florida, SUNY Geneseo, Michigan State, Iona College, Adelphi University, High Point University, Ohio State University, Sacred Heart University,

Schools are lining up to be featured on Dr. John Durante’s podcast.

Bucknell University and Syracuse University.

“You are getting top-quality information from the people who make the decisions without having to pay a penny,” Durante said.

Within the next couple of weeks, podcasts with SUNY Oswego, Boston College, University of Delaware, Muhlenberg

College, University of Arizona, Fairfield University, Susquehanna University and University at Albany will be released.

Dozens of colleges and universities are lined up to be feature on the podcast between now and July.

“I am all about helping people,” Durante said. “People are very stressed about the college application process.”

The CAPP has more than 2,500 subscribers. Most of the listeners are from New York, but Durante said that the analytics show listeners from every part of the country including Chicago, Los Angeles and Phoenix.

“By listening to the podcast, it’s going to prompt you to ask additional questions, higher-level questions so that when you meet the rep or go on a tour, you will have better questions to ask as opposed to ‘What’s the application deadline?’”

Durante, a Stony Brook University alum, has been the principal of Syosset High School for 12 years. He is also a member of the Stony Brook University Distributed Teacher and Leader Program Advisory Board. In 2016 he was named “Best Principal on Long Island” from the Bethpage Federal Credit Union and is also a recipient of the PTA Founders Day Award and Jenkins Award.

Durante started his career at Syosset High School in 1994 as a teacher of world languages.

Episodes are available every week and students and parents can send questions to be considered for future episodes to: collegeadmissionstalk@gmail.com.

The College Admissions Process Podcast is available anywhere you subscribe to podcasts (including Spotify, Apple. iHeart Radio, Google, etc.). You can also listen by visiting www.collegeadmissionstalk.com.

How To Homeschool

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explored the options for years and applied homeschooling methods based on nurturing children’s individual passions Homeschooling has surged in popularity, especially during the last couple of to help them learn much more than they would at school. They share the years, and is the fast-growing choice for methods they use in their new book, parents seeking an empowering How to Homeschool: A Guide for alternative to traditional Progressive Parents. classroom-based or online In it, Varella-Cid school learning. answers commonly asked But how can parents questions from new know if homeschooling homeschooling parents, is the right choice for explores the pros and their children? cons of free homeschoolAnd when they deing, examines what makes cide it is, how can they children smart, shares get a good understanding Miguel and Yoko seven steps to homeschoolof what methods of learning ing success and much more. may best suit their individuAlong the way, Varella-Cid introal children? duces fun and exciting ideas that he says “Most parents starting out homeswill open doors for rapid progress in chooling want to know the best methchildren. He uses many examples he and ods and how to avoid making classic his wife used with their own children to mistakes. The pitfalls can be many,” said Miguel Varella-Cid, who has successfully illustrate how their techniques facilitate a child’s individual passions and abilities homeschooled his two children. while helping the child attain fruitful Varella-Cid, and his wife, Yuko, have specialsections@antonmediagroup.com

academic progress.

“In a naturally enchanting and enjoyable environment, their learning cannot fail to thrive,” he added. “The contents of this book are up-to-date, refreshingly well written and researched, with poignant relevance to the many challenges parents are facing today.”

The Varella-Cids have created and gained much recognition in Japan for the unique homeschooling methods they have developed. He and his family regularly present at educational events.

The book is available at all major retailers.

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Suffolk Named Military Friendly School

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uffolk County Community College has been named a 2022-23 military friendly school with a gold designation by Military Friendly after a comprehensive evaluation of the college’s services using both public data and responses from a proprietary survey the college completed. More than 1,800 schools participated in the 2022-2023 survey with 665 earning special awards for going above the standard.

“Suffolk County Community College has a proud history of serving and assisting veterans and military connected pursue their educational goals,” said college President Dr. Edward Bonahue. “We are proud to support those who have served our country and we are proud to be named a military friendly school.”

Suffolk County Community College is dedicated to making the transition from military service to the classroom easier for veterans and to make higher education more accessible for service members and their families.

“Suffolk County Community College provides service members, veterans and military families with the flexibility and convenience needed to excel,” said Suffolk County Community College Director of Veterans Affairs Shannon O’Neill.

O’Neill said that Suffolk recently moved its Ammerman Campus Veterans Resource Center to new space as a result of a New York State Economic Development grant. The new, modern and comfortable space, in the college’s refurbished Kreiling Hall, O’Neill said, is equipped with student computers, a spacious lounge area and resource center.

O’Neill explained that the college offers robust services staffed with experts in military and veterans benefits and community resources through its veterans resource centers located on all of the college’s campuses.

The services are available in person and virtually for active duty, guard, reservists, veterans and their dependents, according to O’Neill. The college, O’Neill

said, also waives the application fee for all individuals currently serving as well as veterans and their dependents.

Suffolk’s final ratings were determined by combining the college’s survey response set and government/agency public data sources within a logic-based scoring assessment. The institution’s ability to meet thresholds for student retention, graduation, job placement,

loan repayment, persistence (degree advancement or transfer) and loan default rates for all students and, specifically, for student veterans was measured.

The 2022-2023 Military Friendly schools list will be published in the May and October issue of G.I. Jobs magazine and can be found at www.militaryfriend ly.com.

—Suffolk County Community College

Massapequa Teen Named Boces Student Of The Quarter Massapequa student Lilli Pelli (left, pictured with GC Tech Principal Madelaine Hackett) was named Student of the Quarter for the second quarter at Nassau BOCES GC Tech career and technical education high school. Students of the Quarter have taken the initiative on class projects and are role models for their fellow students in both the classroom and the workplace. Pelli, who is studying cosmetology, was honored for her grades, attendance, work ethic and preparedness.

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e’ve all seen headlines about misconduct by teachers or other school employees. It may seem like it is simple—fire the employee. But firing a school employee may require a hearing. In addition, school officials should, and are often required to, perform an official investigation before taking

any action. How school officials investigate misconduct can affect the school’s reputation, environment, and operations. Further, the school could be exposed to liability if the investigation is not properly conducted, and appropriate action is not taken.

As an attorney who focuses on education law and public sector labor and employment law, I offer the following practical advice on how schools should handle an investigation

effectively and what the public should expect before seeing any results: Step 1: Intake Typically, the complainant, if any, will be interviewed early in the process. If wrongdoing is uncovered by means other than a complaint, the school should speak with the source of the concern.

Step 2: Gather Evidence Schools need to gather documents

and other evidence to establish a record to corroborate or disprove wrongdoing.

Evidence might include letters, memos, emails, voicemail or text messages, phone records, footage from security cameras, etc.

When applicable, computers, hard drives, flash drives, tablets and phones should be examined, and in some cases secured to protect the information.

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FREE Event at NCMA Saturday, April 30, 11 am-3 pm Nassau County Museum of Art invites people of all ages on the Autism Spectrum and their families, care providers and coaches to join us for a joyful day of theater, music and art

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Spectrum Perspectives, an exhibition of art made by people with ASD. Hands on art making project

Two Performances: Children/Teens and Young Adults 13 and up

Opening Date: April 30. Exhibition Time: 11 am-3 pm Refreshments

Scavenger Hunt: Stroll though the Museum’s galleries exploring Impressionism: A World View

Additional Dates to see the exhibition: Tuesday, May 3 through Saturday, May 7. Exhibition Time: 11 am-4 pm

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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Step 3: Interviews The first witness will typically be the complainant, if there is one. Other witnesses, if any, should be identified and interviewed to gather additional and/or corroborating evidence. The accused is typically interviewed toward the end of the investigation.

He/she may be entitled to certain rights during the investigation and should be given an opportunity to present his/her side of the story. A tenured teacher generally cannot be compelled to provide self-incriminating information and may be entitled to refuse to answer questions in any pre-hearing investigation.

Step 4: Evaluate the Evidence Investigations often result in conflicting information and sometimes come down to one person’s word against the word of another. Determining the credibility of witnesses is particularly important in such situations. Schools need to consider whether a witness’ statements make sense when considered alone, whether the evidence tends to support one account over another and whether any facts have been corroborated or refuted by credible evidence. Assessing the demeanor of witnesses is also appropriate in making credibility decisions.

Step 5: Reach a Conclusion and Take Action Once the school reaches a conclusion regarding guilt or innocence, they can implement corrective action as appropriate such as training, a memo to the personnel file, reassignment/transfer, separating individuals,

and discipline up to termination. Any such action must be consistent with applicable contracts and statutes.

Step 6: Advise the Parties It is a good practice (and in some cases it is required) for the school to inform the complainant of whether the allegations were substantiated or unsubstantiated, and what action will be taken. They also need to notify the accused of the investigation’s findings and the actions school officials intend to take.

Step 7: Follow Up Once the investigation is complete and corrective action is implemented, schools should also follow up to ensure that there has been no post-investigation retaliation.

Public sector employee misconduct is different in some important ways from the private sector. While it may seem like things are being “swept under the rug” or ignored, laws, confidentiality concerns, employment contracts and collective bargaining agreements often dictate the procedures that must be followed to ensure a fair and through investigation before any action can be taken.

Assumptions that nothing is happening are often incorrect.

I encourage schools to have a plan in place so they are ready if and when an incident occurs. Then follow the steps outlined above to act in a prompt, fair and impartial manner where allegations of misconduct have been raised. Doing so will protect the students, staff and school and contribute to an effective environment for all concerned.

—Lawrence J. Tenenbaum, Esq., is a partner at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP.

BOCES Appoints New Deputy Superintendent The Nassau BOCES Board of Education has named James Widmer its new deputy superintendent, effective in February. Nassau BOCES is the largest Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) in New York and serves the 56 school districts in Nassau County.

“Mr. Widmer has been instrumental in the ongoing success of Nassau BOCES,” said Dr. Robert R. Dillon, district superintendent. “We are confident that he will excel in his new role and help to build the BOCES of the future.”

Widmer will provide guidance for all of the agency’s programs and services.

He will also assume the role of the district superintendent when Dillon is unavailable. He will continue to be responsible for the agency’s nearly $400 million annual budget.

“Mr. Widmer brings a long history of accomplishments to Nassau BOCES,” said board President Susan Bergtraum.

“He is masterful in his ability to make the complicated nature of the Nassau BOCES budget easily understood by administration, the board and our component districts. His dedication to our agency and its mission is beyond

James Widmer, newly appointed deputy superintendent at Nassau BOCES question. We are thrilled to have him as our deputy superintendent.”

Widmer, of Farmingdale, joined Nassau BOCES in 2003 as a senior accountant and rose through the ranks.

Prior to joining the agency, he worked in private industry for 16 years. He holds an MBA from Dowling College and earned his undergraduate degree at Hofstra University. He has school business administration and school district administration certifications.

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Homeschooling In New York

re you thinking about starting to homeschool?

Do you live in the Empire State? Then this overview page for homeschooling in New York is for you.

Time4Learning, a leader in homeschooling assistance, understands that you have a lot of questions about getting started with homeschooling in your state. What do I need to do to start homeschooling my child? Where can I find local support? What kinds of curriculum are available to me?

We want you to feel confident in your choice to take your child’s education into your own hands, but there are so many things to consider about how to homeschool your child in New York.

HOW TO START HOMESCHOOLING IN NY Once you’ve made your decision to homeschool in New York, these are the four steps you should follow: 1. File your notice of intention to homeschool with your local school district within 14 days of pulling your child from their current school (or anytime, if your

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child isn’t currently enrolled in a school).

2. Once you’ve received your confirmation and Individualized Home Instruction Plan form, you have four weeks to complete and submit your information.

3. Choose your curriculum. In New York, homeschool curriculum choice is up to the parents.

4. Begin enjoying learning together.

NEW YORK HOMESCHOOLING LAWS How does homeschooling work in New York? Simple. Homeschoolers and public school students alike are required to receive instruction from ages 6-16. The New York Department of Education (DOE) governs the subjects to be taught in your homeschool (although, you can teach additional subjects as well).

While the steps to homeschooling in the Empire State are simple, this is a highly regulated state and the DOE has clear guidelines on how to properly homeschool in New York.

NEW YORK HOMESCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS Almost every state has at least one

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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE statewide organization designed to support home educators and, currently, there are two New York state homeschooling associations. While every statewide homeschool association will have different goals, they will all certainly have in common the desire to provide support, guidance and information to homeschoolers in their state.

Homeschool associations are valuable for any stage of homeschooling, but they can be especially helpful to families just getting started.

NEW YORK HOMESCHOOL GROUPS AND CO-OPS Once you’ve made the decision to homeschool in New York, you will likely want to connect with other homeschoolers in your state. Time4Learning’s New York homeschool parent forum is a great place to start, so don’t be afraid to ask questions of other homeschooling families who live in the Empire State. With the growth in popularity of homeschooling, though, you may also discover one or more local support groups in your town or region.

HOMESCHOOL FIELD TRIPS IN NEW YORK If you are thinking that homeschool means staying in and studying all the time, think again! In fact, because of their flexible schedule, homeschoolers usually have many more opportunities than traditional schoolers to get out and

explore their community and their world.

Homeschooling in such a vibrant state as New York means you have driveable access to many destinations that you can visit together as a family, and almost any outing can be turned into a learning activity. In addition to field trip options, your state and local homeschool associations and support groups will probably plan workshops, service opportunities, athletic events and more throughout the year. Plus, don’t forget to explore all the enrichment classes offered to students in your area. Please make sure to contact each site before you plan your visit, as COVID-19 may have impacted their hours of operations.

NEW YORK STANDARDIZED TESTS AND TEST PREP Starting in fourth grade, New York homeschoolers are required to take nationally approved achievement tests every other year. These serve as the year-end assessments required for those years. Then, in 9th grade, homeschoolers will begin taking the achievement tests annually. Examples of approved tests include the Iowa Basics Skills Test, the California Achievement Test, the PASS test, and the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills.

Visit www.time4learning.com/home schooling/new-york/#how-to to learn more about state requirements for homeschooling and to see if Time4Learning is a homeschooling partner for you.

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SUNY To Expand Access To Public Health Education

UNY College of Optometry and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate) announced a partnership to establish public health educational and research programs on the SUNY College of Optometry’s 42nd Street campus. This partnership will allow SUNY College of Optometry and SUNY Downstate’s School of Public Health to expand access to public health degree programs while creating collaborative research opportunities examining health care disparities and access, particularly in the area of eye and vision care.

“I am pleased to welcome SUNY Downstate to our campus to establish this one-of-a-kind extension site program bringing together the talents of the best public health and optometry faculty and students at our 42nd Street location,” said David A. Heath, OD, EdM., president of SUNY College of Optometry. “We look forward to working with the leadership and faculty of SUNY Downstate’s School of Public Health to create comprehensive and unique educational opportunities for not only our students, alumni and faculty but the public at large.”

Downstate’s School of Public Health will occupy approximately 3,000 square feet of

SUNY Optometry space at SUNY Optometry’s midtown campus supporting educational and research activities, as well as faculty and administrative offices. This partnership creates a new opportunity for students and faculty across programs to collaborate on both educational programs and through public health research, as well as provides opportunities for more New York City area residents to pursue a public health degree.

“This is a great opportunity to expand the SUNY footprint and its commitment to interdisciplinary learning,” said Wayne J. Riley, M.D., president of SUNY Downstate

Health Sciences University. “This unique partnership with SUNY Optometry goes hand-in-hand in collaborations with our School of Public health goal of seeking different perspectives for understanding and managing health challenges in communities such as the ones that we serve at Downstate.”

Downstate’s School of Public Health vision is to lead the way to urban health equity in New York and beyond and its mission is to improve the health status of urban and marginalized populations, by training the next generation of diverse public health leaders, conducting practice changing research, and

enhancing public health interventions that transforms the implementation of policy to create healthy communities.

“Interdisciplinary Collaboration is one of our school’s values, and we’re thrilled to have this opportunity to partner with our neighbor, SUNY College of Optometry, while also expanding our unique program’s reach and access to vital services beyond our home base in Brooklyn,” said Dr. Kitaw Demissie, dean and professor at SUNY Downstate’s School of Public Health.

SUNY College of Optometry serves a wide range of communities, supporting nearly 240,000 patient visits through both the University Eye Center situated on the 42nd Street campus and its network of clinical affiliates located throughout the tristate area. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University serves the healthcare needs of New York City and Brooklyn’s residents through their world-class academic teaching facilities. Through this collaboration, SUNY Optometry and SUNY Downstate will reach residents in each of the five boroughs of New York City.

The branch program is set to open in the fall semester.

—Submitted by SUNY Optometry

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New York Tech Students Are Building NASA Prototype Product

ASA research and discoveries have laid the groundwork for many products that are part of our daily lives, from the computer mouse and ear thermometer to ski boots and CAT scans.

Other products that may one day join that list include a robotic therapy vest for patients with neurological impairments and a high-tech device, known as a c-gauge, to measure cord tension in parachutes, sails, and weather balloons. And an interdisciplinary team of New York Tech students stands to play a role in realizing that goal by building prototypes for these future products.

As part of a new agreement, NASA has contracted with New York Tech, through the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences’ Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), to have ETIC student employees build unique technology prototypes based on existing NASA patents and create professional marketing materials that NASA can use in efforts to commercialize the technology.

“The purpose of this agreement is to provide an operational structure and framework for NASA to move various unrealized and undeveloped intellectual property further towards commercialization through prototyping and production services available at New York Tech’s Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center,” said Kris Romig, the commercialization services lead at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Currently, seven New York Tech student employees are working to fulfill the terms of the contract with NASA, which runs through August 2022. Students pursuing computer science, mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering degrees were selected to build the prototypes based on NASA patents, and two digital arts students will be developing instructional and marketing videos to help present the products to investors.

“The sky is the limit in terms of potential opportunities for New York Tech students through this relationship,” said ETIC Director Michael Nizich, Ph.D. This first contract includes seven students, but it’s possible that over time, several dozen from across the university could be working toward building or supporting NASA products, in addition to pursuing internships and perhaps a full-time position at NASA after graduation.”

“Importantly, this work is guided by a performance-based contract. It is not a grant and serves as a pilot for New York Tech to demonstrate our rich and talented resources in terms of our labs, facilities, students, and their faculty advisors,” said Babak Beheshti, Ph.D., dean, College of Engineering and Computing Sciences. For this first project, “we reviewed patents of interest provided

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by NASA for viability and high probability of success. We based our decisions and selections on our skillsets and facilities, as well as our ability to complete the job. NASA agreed to the patents we selected, so we have developed a plan and statement of work, including work description, estimated hours, deliverables, and timeframe. This truly exemplifies that our students are makers and doers who are well on the way to reinventing the future.”

Undergraduates on the NASA team are Robert Maksimowicz from Bellmore, an electrical and computer engineering major, entrepreneur, and self-described electronics hobbyist; Hibah Agha, a computer science major from Bellerose who is serving as a Python and Java developer for the project; Benjamin Fuoco from Valley Stream, also a computer science major who is focusing on electronic component configuration with Python; and Lincoln Dover, a mechanical engineering student from Wyandanch skilled at robotics who will be the mechanical designer for the vest prototype and hopes to one day work in renewables like solar power.

Robert Doxey, a computer science graduate student and entrepreneur from Syosset, has already founded a company through the ETIC that develops apps for other ETIC startups.

His key focus on the NASA project will be to develop a website to manage or control various aspects of the prototypes as well as to

display data reporting the projects’ progress.

“Many of us worked in the ETIC last summer on various product prototypes on behalf of regional startups, which was a great exercise to be sure we were up to the task of working on the NASA team,” said Maksimowicz, who is also serving as student project manager and electrical design engineer for the NASA team.

Nic Luna of Fresh Meadows and Ying Shi Zhang from Brooklyn are digital arts students in the School of Architecture and Design who will help develop instructional videos promoting and demonstrating the prototypes to support commercialization efforts once the prototypes are built.

The ETIC refined it strategy a few years ago to focus on opportunities for engineering and computer science students to build early-phase technology prototypes for local and regional startup companies. In 2019, Nizich was contacted by Empire State Development on behalf of a local (Long Island) startup, Grub Guard, which needed a technology solution built from a patent it was filing.

Students working at the ETIC subsequently built the first prototype technology solution for Grub Guard and the software to control it.

During Grub Guard’s fundraising efforts for the prototype, its principals met the NASA team, who requested to speak to New York Tech after viewing the Grub Guard prototype.

“After being connected with NASA, we

worked to explain the ETIC’s programs and services and the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences’ labs and facilities, student capabilities, and engagement,” explained Nizich, who is also an adjunct associate professor of computer science.

“NASA ultimately requested a proposal for us to take various unrealized NASA patents that they see can potentially be commercialized and then create early-phase prototypes of those technologies for NASA to demonstrate to their industry partners.”

The high-performing team of students is now busy building the first series of prototypes, according to the NASA patent guidelines. The student team provides updates and reports on project and prototype progress, including text-based reports, photos and videos of their work and collaboration.

After the prototypes are built and accepted, a larger number of students will be able to contribute to additional versions of the built prototypes, and perhaps work on new prototypes as well.

“It is entirely possible that, as we are building the prototypes to specification, we’ll create some new technology or component in the process. This kind of unique New York Tech innovation could end up benefitting businesses in the region and providing additional capability to outside companies,” Beheshti said. “It’s very exciting.”

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orth Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Long Island’s leading children’s mental health nonprofit, is thrilled to announce the return of its in-person annual spring luncheon, a highly anticipated event that was canceled in 2020 and virtual in 2021 due to the pandemic.

While the 2021 online luncheon was very successful due to the dedication of longtime co-chairs Jan Ashley, Amy Cantor and Alexis Siegel, the guidance center’s devoted supporters are eager to be together to celebrate and raise funds for the organization’s work, which is more important than ever during these times of heightened anxiety and depression among children and teens.

The spring luncheon will be returning to the Glen Head Country Club on Thursday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day will begin with mahjong, canasta and bridge, along with unique shopping boutiques from some of Long Island’s trendiest and most charitable small business owners, including Anatomie, Bonnie’s Nuts, Chintz Giraffe, Dale’s Knits, Daniella Erin NYC, DASH, Designer Sunglasses, Designs that

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Donate, Freida Rothman Jewelry, Funky Tykes, Roadie Couture, Simply Splendid, Tall Order and Transitions.

The jewelry and apparel are always favorites, but just as chic are the fashionable purses, accessories and housewares.

There will also be plenty of opportunities to participate in raffles for luxury

prizes, including a $500 gift certificate to Americana Manhasset.

The keynote speaker for the Spring Luncheon will be Legislator Josh Lafazan from the 18th District. In 2017, at the age of 23, Lafazan became Nassau County’s youngest-ever legislator. Currently serving his third term, Lafazan has passed a record

number of bills that address a variety of issues such as the opioid epidemic, caring for veterans and being an advocate for those with disabilities.

Sponsors of the event include: Americana Manhasset; Anton Media; Jan Ashley; Blank Slate Media; Amy & Dan Cantor; Ruth Fortunoff Cooper; Fara & Richard Copell; Farrell Fritz, P.C.; Stephanie & Ian Ginsberg; Joan Grant; Dorothy Greene; Klipper Family Foundation; The Kupferberg Orlando Team at Douglas Elliman; Nancy & Lew Lane; New York Community Bank; NYU Langone Hospital– Long Island; Cynthia Rubinberg; Michelle S. Russo P.C.; Alexis & Howard Siegel; Signature Bank–Garden City; South Oaks Hospital–Northwell Health; and Zucker Hillside Hospital–Northwell Health.

Registration is now open and sponsorships are available by visiting the guidance center’s website, northshorechildguidance. org/luncheon2022/ or calling 516-6261971, ext. 309.

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This completely renovated home at 3794 Charles Ct. in Seaford sold on April 4 for $905,000. It is a spacious five-level Seaford Manor split on a cul-de-sac with four bedrooms, three full baths and a two-car garage. The new eat-in-kitchen has quartz counters, a farm sink, radiant heated tile floors and stainless steel appliances.

The living room has a custom wall unit. There is a formal dining room. The huge elegant master bedroom suite has cathedral ceilings and a barn door walk-in-closet. The master bath features two separate vanities. The home has hardwood floors, crown moldings and LED high hats throughout. The Andersen windows, vinyl siding, roof, central air condioning, three-zone heat, 200-amp service are all new. The backyard patio and pvc fenced yard with in-ground sprinkler system are new also. The basement is finished and has a new washer and dryer.

This stunning expanded split with beautiful curb appeal on quiet block at 2403 Penatiquit Ave. in Seaford sold on April 1 for $714,000. It has a designer kitchen with granite countertop, stainless steel appliances, a double wall oven, a six-burner gas stove, a wine cooler and custom KitchenAid fridge. The huge den/family room extension has a cozy wood-burning stove and double French doors. The expanded primary bedroom has a huge walk-in closet. The home is freshly painted and has gorgeous refinished hardwood floors throughout, including new carpet runners, blinds and high hat lighting. It has all new interior hardwood doors with new hardware and Andersen windows. The stunning updated bathroom has a Jacuzzi tub. The roof, siding, remote garage door, gas heating system, hot water tank, central airconditioning and 200-amp

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The role of whimsy, playfulness and mystery cannot be underestimated. Without such things, the scene has the potential to tip into deadly boring territory, and nothing good can come of that, whereas something wonderful could come of all your clowning around.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). While others exaggerate the problem at hand, you minimize it, thus making it much easier to fix. The mechanics of a solution will be the easy part. Emotions are what have the potential to make things hard, but you will navigate feelings like a pro and be all the more attractive and successful as you do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Communication is to relationships as water is to plants. Some need a lot; some just a little. This is governed by what type you’re dealing with. Figuring out the rhythm of need is a key to health and success.

Avoid making assumptions based on how you’d like it to be. Success comes from dealing in reality.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You will embark on a journey of empathy, going the extra mile to understand where loved ones are coming from. As your knowledge of another person grows, so does your capacity for love, wisdom and vitality. Seeing the world how another person sees it gives you new sensations, experience and know-how.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). People want what you offer, but it’s in limited supply. Therefore, the price should be raised. This probably has nothing to do with money. The commodity in question is something intangible. The exchange is more subtle and complex than a financial deal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Loving someone doesn’t mean they won’t occasionally drive you bonkers. When the little annoying behaviors test your nerves this week, you can safely assume it’s not personal or deliberate and take it as a sign of intimacy. The prize for overlooking the less than optimal is mature, healthy relationships.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Much is going well, though it doesn’t look how you thought it would. Sometimes it’s still challenging to open your mind to the way things are. As for the parts you disapprove of, they can be changed, though you can’t change them and resist them at the same time. Embrace what’s going on now.

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hop Glen Head held its first-ever ribbon cutting ceremony on April 2, to celebrate the opening of the new home of Beautiful Flowers in Glen Head.

Beautiful Flowers moved from Glen Head Road to its new location at 679 Glen Cove Ave. in Glen Head. The shop’s owners, sisters Christina DeNovellis and Vivian Cimmino, were honored with commemorative certificates and citations from Shop Glen Head, the office of Nassau County Executive Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, the Town of Oyster Bay, the Glen Head Civics Association, the

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From left: Peter Budraitis, Office of Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton; Deborah OrgelGordon, Founder, Shop Glen Head; Kalla Huangfu, Owner, Lash Lure; Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton; Gracie Donaldson, Promotions Manager, Shop Glen Head; Gaitley Stevenson-Mathews. (Photos courtesy of Shop Glen Head)

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Extraordinary Winter Athletes At Locust Valley High School Locust Valley High School Student athletes were recognized at the March 22 board of education meeting for their extraordinary accomplishments during the winter season. Locust Valley Director of Health, Physical Education and Athletics, Danielle Turner, Ed.D. introduced the athletes and praised their successes.

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girls basketball history, with 54 wins. Congratulations to coaches Mike Guidone, Carolyn Morales and Joe Moser, along with players Juliet Alesi, Victoria Alesi, Olivia Del Tatto (Honorable Mention All-County Honors), Marilu Famigletti, Elizabeth Gresalfi, Lindsay Hogan (All-County Honors and Conference Player of the Year), Ainsley Johnson, Amber Linden (Honorable Mention All-County Honors and Conference Defensive Player of the Year) Katie Nabet, Payton Tini (All-County) Honors, Reily Roberts (All-Conference Honors), Janelly Vasquez, Gia Villella and Holly Ward.

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Falcons: Extraordinary Locust Valley High School athletes were honored at the LVCSD Board of Education meeting on March 22, 2022. (Photo Courtesy of the Locust Valley Central School District) 100 basketball players on Long Island. Hogan also scored her 1,000th point during this winter season.

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NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, along with Councilwoman Vicki Walsh, celebrated the 100th birthday of Glen Head resident Betty Hamilton Buckhout on March 23, proclaiming it “Betty Hamilton Buckhout Day.” Hamilton, along with her late husband William, moved to Glen Head in 1951, where they raised their three children. Together, they

helped make the dreams come true of countless local couples with their work in the wedding business; Betty baked the wedding cakes and William worked as the wedding photographer. Today, Hamilton has nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren with two more on the way.

—Submitted by the Town of Oyster Bay

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino (far left), Councilwoman Vicki Walsh (far right), and Glen Head resident Betty Hamilton Buckhout (center). (Photo courtesy of the Town of Oyster Bay)

Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D Glen Cove) joined the leaders and members of Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America (OSIA) to celebrate the swearing-in of Joe Gallo as president of Glen Cove Loggia #1016—the oldest OSIA lodge on Long Island.

DeRiggi-Whitton presented Gallo with a Nassau County Legislature Citation in recognition of the momentous occasion.

“I have had the privilege of working alongside Joe Gallo on an array of philanthropic and community endeavors that have brought joy, comfort and pride to the residents of Glen Cove,” DeRiggi-Whitton said. “Through it all, he has been an outstanding community leader and a tireless Evan H. Krinick, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, is pleased to announce that Mariann Sarraf, of Glen Head has joined the firm as an associate in the Personal, Family & Business Planning Practice Group, resident in the Uniondale office.

Sarraf represents clients in estate and trust administration matters before the Surrogate’s Court.

From left: Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, her husband, Richard Valicenti, and OSIA Loggia #1016 President Joe Gallo.

(Photo courtesy of the Office of Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton)

advocate for Italian-American culture and heritage on Long Island.

As a lifelong member of Loggia #1016, I am delighted that he is Prior to joining the firm, Sarraf worked as an associate at a law office in Nassau County dedicated to elder law and estate planning.

Sarraf received her Juris Doctor degree from St. John’s University School of Law. —Submitted by Rivkin Radler LLP Mariann Sarraf (Photo courtesy of Rivkin Radler LLP)

leading our lodge and I wish him all the best in the days ahead.”

—Submitted by the Office of Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton

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SCHOOL NEWS

HATCHING CHICKS IN THE CLASSROOM Kindergartners at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School in Oyster Bay-East Norwich are engaging in an authentic lesson about the life cycle of a chick. Earlier this month, kindergarten teacher Lidia Siracusano made a trip to Makinajian Farms in Huntington to pick up 24 fertile chick eggs.

Each day, students take out their chick-hatching folder and color in their calendar as they count down the days until they hatch. Once a week for three weeks, students observe the developing chick through a scope that allows them to see what is happening inside the egg. Kindergartners are provided with a chick journal where they

draw, label and write about what they see.

Prior to bringing the fertile chick eggs into the classroom, students did an egg dissection of a non-fertile egg to observe its different parts and functions. This allowed students to gain a further understanding of how a chick grows and develops and the importance of each part of the egg, both inside and out.

This springtime lesson captivates the district’s young learners as they learn about life cycles and how chicks change and grow.

Students are looking forward to watching the chicks hatch.

—Submitted by From left: Carly Plunkett, Aria Rella, Olivia Anastastio, Izabella Zukowski and Sam Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central Schools Lubrano. (Photo courtesy of Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central Schools)

LOCAL MEDICAL STUDENTS INDUCTED INTO HONORS FRATERNITY Forty-eight medical students from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) were inducted into the medical school’s Sigma Sigma Phi chapter, including the following local students: • Akito Nicol from Glen Cove, who attends NYITCOM-Long Island.

• Aidan Papalia from Locust Valley, who

attends NYITCOM-Long Island.

• Brianna Yaeger from Glen Cove, who attends NYITCOM-Long Island.

• Mac Josh Reandelar from Glen Cove, who attends NYITCOM-Long Island.

• Noelle Batista from Glen Cove, who attends NYITCOM-Long Island.

• Nicholas Piniella from Glen Cove, who attends NYITCOM-Long Island.

Sigma Sigma Phi is the national osteopathic medicine honors fraternity for medical students training to become Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.).

NYITCOM invites only a select number of students that rank at the top of their class to apply for Sigma Sigma Phi membership.

Members are selected based on outstanding academic excellence, leadership

qualities, and dedication to service.

NYITCOM has two locations: NYITCOM-Long Island (Old Westbury, N.Y.) and NYITCOM-Arkansas (on the campus of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro).

Visit www.nyit.edu/medicine for more information, —Submitted by New York Institute of Technology

Luke McNamara, Middlebury College, Swimming.

Michael Gatti, University of New Haven, Baseball.

OBEN STUDENT-ATHLETES COMMIT TO COLLEGES Senior student-athletes at Oyster Bay High School gathered outside of the gymnasium in the Athletic Hall of Fame on Monday, March 21, to sign commitments to the colleges they plan to attend in the fall.

Six OBHS student-athletes will be going on to play their sport at the next level.

Administrators, coaches and teammates gathered for a short ceremony to celebrate and congratulate these students. The athletes wore apparel representing their future schools and were joined by their families as they signed their National Letters of Intent.

Congratulations to the following seniors:

Kaitlyn Aasheim, Albright College, Softball.

• Kaitlyn Aasheim – Albright College, Softball • Michael Gatti – University of New Haven, Baseball • Justin Ingebrigtsen – Western Connecticut State University, Football • Emma Kelly – St. Joseph’s College, Basketball • Luke McNamara – Middlebury College, Swimming • Hector Ruiz-Bonilla – Five Towns College, Soccer —Submitted by Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central Schools

Emma Kelly, St. Joseph’s College, Basketball.

Hector Ruiz-Bonilla, Five Towns College, Soccer.

(Photos courtesy of Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central Schools)

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Our Numbers Speak Results

Douglas Elliman Closed, Under Contract, and Listings Taken in Nassau County February 28, 2022 YTD

1,263 Closed Listings

1,125 Under Contract

759

Listings Taken

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2022 Quarter 1 Real Estate Market Review January 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022

Glen Cove SD #5 SOLD

47 Q1 New Listings

42 Currently Under Contract

48

$8,250,000

$399,000

Closed

Highest Sales Price

Lowest Sales Price

$864,115 Average Sales Price

56 Average Days on Market

$996,524 Average Sales Price

63 Average Days on Market

$1,342,877 Average Sales Price

93 Average Days on Market

$1,548,622 Average Sales Price

81 Average Days on Market

North Shore SD #1 SOLD

43 Q1 New Listings

32 Currently Under Contract

42

$2,850,000

$350,000

Closed

Highest Sales Price

Lowest Sales Price

Locust Valley SD #3 SOLD

56 Q1 New Listings

45 Currently Under Contract

53

$5,105,000

$490,000

Closed

Highest Sales Price

Lowest Sales Price

Oyster Bay/East Norwich SD #6 SOLD

50 Q1 New Listings

32 Currently Under Contract

37

$3,800,000

$400,000

Closed

Highest Sales Price

Lowest Sales Price

Locust Valley Office

*All data from OneKey MLS (1/1/2022-3/31/2022)

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