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Danceworks, NY Visits The Radio City Rockettes

The Rockettes hosted a workshop for Port’s local dance studio

JULIE PRISCO jprisco@antonmediagroup.com

On Sunday, Dec. 11, the local Port Washington dance studio, Danceworks, NY, got the opportunity to visit the Radio City Rockettes. The dancers visited the Rockettes’ rehearsal studio in New York City to dance and learn about the Rockettets’ journey.

Danceworks, NY, is located at 10 Soundview Pl, in Port Washington. It is the only competitive dance studio in Port and has been operating for more than 16 years. Currently, Danceworks, NY’s competitive dance team consists of about 40 dancers between the ages of 6 and 18. The team competes in at least three to four competitions a year all over Long Island and New Jersey.

Danceworks, NY owner and director Tricia Gargani has organized many outings like visiting the Rockettes for her dancers to bond and share unique experiences. The Danceworks, NY dancers have done extraordinary events like dancing during halftime at a Jets game and dancing at City Field during a Mets game.

The Radio City Rockettes reached out to Danceworks, NY to invite them into their studio to dance and chat with the Rockettes. All of the Danceworks, NY dancers attended the event. Gargani planned a whole fun day in the city for the dancers: seeing the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, walking to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and then having a nice lunch at Tony Di Napoli’s.

The Danceworks, NY dancers went to the

Radio City building where the Rockettes’ dance studio is located on the ninth floor. As part of the dancers’ warm-up, they had to walk up the nine flights of stairs to the studio since there was no elevator.

“We were in their big studio, and the Rockettes taught our dancers the actual choreography from the soldier dance and a kick line routine from the Christmas Spectacular,” said Gargani. “The Rockettes sat down with the girls, took pictures, and asked questions.”

The Danceworks, NY dancers asked

questions like, how did you start? What age did you start dancing? What path were you on that led you to be a Rockette? What made you want to move to New York?

It was an inspiring day for the dancers to spend time and learn so much from the Rockettes. After the workshop with the Rockettes, the dancers got to see them perform in the Christmas Spectacular.

“It was one of the best events we’ve done to date,” said Gargani.

Danceworks, NY dancers of all ages

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participated in the day with the Rockettes.

“It was a big team bonding experience for the younger girls to be with the older girls,” said Gargani. “As an owner, I feel like, in the studio, the girls dance together in different pieces, but they don’t have a chance to bond in that setting because they are so different in age, and they’re not in the same school together. So it’s nice to do these things together.”

To learn more about Danceworks, NY, visit danceworksny.com

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Danceworks, NY dancers excited to spend the day in the city.

Danceworks, NY dancers with Radio City Rockettes.

Danceworks, NY visiting the Christmas tree. (Photos by Tricia Gargani)

Looking Back At January 6

Two years after the historic Capitol insurrection, a quick review of consequences and rhetoric that have followed

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When rioters stormed the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a joint session of Congress was assembled to count electoral votes certifying President-elect Joseph Biden’s victory.

People around the country and world watched, often via social media livestreams picked up by major news networks, as hundreds rushed the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., where they took selfies and looted in evacuated rooms and left behind a trail of violence and confusion that Americans and their elected officials are still sorting through today.

Two busy years later, some of the outcomes from that day are quite clear. Others are still being processed, and still other effects seem to remain up in the air, almost entirely unsettled. Such is the case nationally, as well as here in Nassau County, which had plenty of its own ties to events that day.

The Facts

Thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump gathered in the nation’s capitol to protest certification of Joe Biden’s election win.

In the aftermath, Congress reconvened to certify the election results. Five people died amid the riot, and more than a hundred law enforcement officers were reportedly injured; several officers also later died of suicide.

Hundreds have since been charged with crimes related to their activities at the Capitol that day, including at least 65 individuals who live in or predominantly frequent New York State, according to NPR and Insider. They also include numerous individuals from Nassau and Suffolk County communities, and several from New York City; many but not all of them are young or middle-aged men.

In October, for example, an East Williston man was charged with multiple crimes in relation to his actions at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. John O’Kelly, an attorney who previously served as a board member at the East Williston School District, was charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors for his actions on Jan. 6, which allegedly include trying to take a police officer’s baton and shoving a barricade into a line of police.

In late December, the congressional committee investigating the Capitol assault voted to recommend that the U.S. Justice Department pursue the prosecution

of former president Trump on four charges, based on the available evidence: Obstruction of an official proceeding; Conspiracy to defraud the United States; Conspiracy to make a false statement; and Inciting, assisting, aiding, or comforting an insurrection. BBC News called the vote to recommend those charges “largely symbolic.”

A number of Nassau County officials were also on hand that historic day, including now-outgoing Congresswoman Kathleen Rice and Congressmen Tom Suozzi, Lee Zeldin, and Andrew Garbarino.

“When people asked if it was as bad as it was on TV, I said it was worse,” Garbarino told Anton Media Group roughly two weeks after the insurrection. “You had a lot of people there demonstrating for whatever reason they believed and you had a couple of hundred people who turned the whole thing into an attack on the Capitol. It’s sad, because these tens of thousands of other people just wanted to be heard. And now, they won’t be, because the assault on the Capitol tainted every concern they had. That’s who I feel bad for—the people who wanted somebody to listen to them. They wanted to be heard. And now, they’ll forever be tainted with this.”

Congressman-elect George Santos, who has become the subject of national scrutiny in recent days over allegedly fabricated core details in his public biography, was also in Washington, D.C. that day. Following his own unsuccessful run for office in 2020 back in New York, Santos attended Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally in D.C.’s presidential park on Jan. 6, 2021, according to Santos, and later claimed that he donated money to bail out arrestees.

The Rhetoric

Using the WayBack Machine, an online archive that takes screen shots of various websites everyday, Anton Media Group was able to see the way different news websites initially reported on the Jan. 6 event.

On the Fox News website, headlines on Jan. 7, 2021 included; “Woman shot during Capitol violence dies as curfew goes into effect; next steps in certification unclear;” “GOP rep who objected to election results condemns protestors breaching Capitol: ‘this is despicable;’” “‘This is a sad day for the country,’ says GOP lawmaker and veteran” and “Trump addresses violence, maintains election was ‘stolen.’”

On the CNN website, headlines on Jan. 7, 2021 included; “Congress to move ahead with vote count;” “US Capitol secured after rioters stormed the halls of Congress to block Biden’s win;” “Trump incites mob in violent end to presidency;” “Ivanka Trump calls rioters patriots, then deletes tweet;” and “George W. Bush derides US Capitol breach as ‘sickening and heartbreaking.’”

On June 10, 2022, a day after the Jan. 6 Committee hearings began, on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Carlson said “what we saw tonight was not a hearing, it was a show trial ... The whole thing was indecent. How many people were convinced by what they saw last night? Hmm… Right around zero. They’re not going to win a single vote.”

On the June 10, 2022 episode of Anderson Cooper, John Berman (who was standing in for Anderson Cooper) focused on a few aspects of the first Jan. 6 Committee Hearing, including the fact that former U.S. President Donald Trump said of his daughter Ivanka Trump’s testimony: “Ivanka Trump was not

involved in looking at, or studying, election results. She had long since checked out and was, in my opinion, only trying to be respectful to Bill Barr and his position as Attorney General (he sucked!).”

On Dec. 19, 2022, Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Jan. 6 Committee, stated, “To cast a vote in the United States is an act of faith and hope. When we drop that ballot in the ballot box, we expect the people named on the ballot are going to uphold that end of the deal. The winner swears an oath and upholds it. Those who come up short ultimately accept the results and abide by the rule of law. That faith in our system is the foundation of American democracy. If the faith is broken, so is our democracy. Donald Trump broke that faith. He lost the 2020 election and knew it. But he chose to try to stay in office through a multi part scheme. To overturn the results and block the transfer of power. In the end, he summoned a mob to Washington and knowingly they were armed and angry, pointed them to the Capitol and told them to ‘fight like hell.’ There’s no doubt about this.”

On that day, the Jan. 6 Committee referred criminal charges against Trump to the Department of Justice.

In Tucker Carlson’s three-part streaming feature Patriot Purge on the Fox Nation platform, Carlson argues that the events of Jan. 6 are being used for political persecution. In it, Carlson compares rhetoric around the ‘War on Terror’ that led to the war in Iraq to current rhetoric around the threat of domestic white supremacist terror: “They are tying white supremacist terrorists to Trump voters.”

‘Tear gas’ rises above the steps of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021 as hundreds of rally attendees rush the building. (Tyler Merbler via Flickr/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)

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The ACLD Foundation Appoints New Officers

BACLD Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) organization established to support and raise funds for the exclusive benefit of Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities (ACLD), Inc., appointed several new officers to its Board of Directors. This marks the Foundation’s first transition in leadership since its inception in 2016.

Jamie Engel has been appointed President of ACLD Foundation after previously holding the offices of Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer. Engel has been on the Foundation Board of Directors since its inception in 2016. Engel is the Vice President of sales at School Family Media, leading the business and marketing direction of the family engagement platform, which supports the efforts of more than 85,000 K-12 schools across the U.S. to drive volunteerism and parent involvement. Engel’s family has long-term ties with ACLD as his father, the late Arthur Engel, served as the President of the Nassau Chapter of ACLD’s Board of Directors from 1973 to 1975. Engel’s mother, Rita Engel, remains active with ACLD today.

“My brothers, Marc (59) and Stuart (57), both have received services, including housing, medical care, employment coaching and social opportunities from ACLD for most of their lives and the organization has long been a fixture in my family,” said Engel. “Hopefully, I will follow in my father’s large footsteps to lead the fundraising efforts in a new positive direction.”

Engel resides in Port Washington with his wife and two children.

Dr. Shashi A. Patel, has been appointed Vice President of ACLD Foundation. Patel served on the ACLD Foundation Board of Directors previously as Secretary/ Treasurer, and his son receives services from ACLD. Patel joined the Foundation Board of Directors in 2018. Patel and his family are actively involved in ACLD. Patel is a retired internal medicine specialist in Forest Hills, New York, with over 47 years of diverse experience. Patel has been active within the community, serving as a board member for the American Lung Association and the Queens Child Guidance Center, alongside his work with ACLD. Patel received the Citation of Honor from Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and her

predecessor, BP Claire Shulman, in recognition for his work and efforts on behalf of the people of Queens and Long Island. Newsday recognized him as an “Everyday Hero.” He has also been honored by the Heart and Hand for the Handicapped and received the Mahatma Gandhi Community Service Award from the India Tribune in Chicago. Patel resides in Old Westbury with his wife and son.

Michael S. Mosscrop, Esq., has been appointed Treasurer of ACLD Foundation after joining the Board of Directors in 2018. Mosscrop dedicates a significant amount of his time to charitable work. He first became involved in ACLD through Long Island Elite’s charity partnership of ACLD in 2018.

Long Island Elite is a not-for-profit organization composed of Long Island professionals who support local charities throughout Long Island. Mosscrop is a Board Member of Long Island Elite and also serves as the Charity Fundraising Chair for the non-profit organization. Professionally, Mosscrop is a member of the law firm Franklin, Gringer and Cohen, located in Garden City, NY, where he serves as partner, in charge of all general civil litigation matters. His practice focuses on all areas of personal injury, labor and employment and construction/ lien foreclosure litigations as well as estate administration and commercial litigation matters. Mosscrop lives in Smithtown with his wife and two children.

Jay Berfas has been appointed Secretary of the ACLD Foundation after joining the Board of Directors in 2019. Berfas, now retired, had 45 years of publishing and senior management experience running award-winning brands and titles. Most recently, Jay served as Director, Integrated Media for Scientific American. Other positions have included Group Publisher at Advanstar Communications within the Pharmaceutical/Science Group. Previous positions he has held include Group Publisher for several banking titles at Source Media and Vice President for Institutional Investor magazine, where he spent 15 years in various management positions. Jay earned his Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Queens College of the City University of New York. He is a past Advisory Board Member of The Galien Foundation, whose mission is to foster a global commitment to policy leadership in the science of medicines innovation. Jay’s introduction to ACLD was from past Executive Director Bob Goldsmith. Jay and Bob worked together in the 1970s for the NYC Board of Education in a program for developmentally disabled children. Berfas resides in Plainview with his wife and has two children and three grandchildren.

About Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities, Inc. (ACLD):

Founded in 1957, ACLD is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit agency whose mission is to provide opportunities to more than 1,300 children and adults with autism, learning, and developmental disabilities to pursue enviable lives, promote independence and foster supportive relationships within the community. ACLD employs more than 1,200 people and operates more than 100 different program sites including community residences and apartment programs across Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Services include early childhood services, day habilitation, residential alternatives, vocational training and job placement, respite, family support services, and occupational speech, and physical therapies. For more information, visit www.acld.org.

—Submitted by ACLD

Town To Host “Shed the Meds” Pharmaceutical Drop-Off Event

Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and the Town Board, in partnership with Nassau County and the Nassau County Police Department, will be hosting two “Shed the Meds” pharmaceutical drop-off events for 2023.

“Making sure our medications are kept secured and properly disposed of is so crucial to not only help protect our environment but also keep medications out of the hands of those who would use them improperly.

This is especially true now, as we are seeing high levels of prescription drug abuse. This is an ongoing battle so many are affected by,” Supervisor DeSena said. “Events like this ‘Shed the Meds’ program are so important, as they provide ample opportunity for safe disposal of unwanted medications. Thank you, again, to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and the Nassau County Police Department, especially Commissioner Pat Ryder, for helping us accomplish this.”

This year’s events will both operate from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will be held on:

Saturday April 8, 2023 at the North Hempstead Town Hall Parking Lot, 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset

Saturday October 7, 2023 at 802 West Shore Road, Port Washington

Accepted items will include: prescriptions, prescription patches, prescription medications, prescription ointments, over-the-counter medications, vitamins,

sample medications and medications for pets.

Needles, sharps, aerosol cans, thermometers, ointments (liquid or lotion), hydrogen peroxide, inhalers, biohazardous waste, and medication from businesses will not be accepted.

For more information on this event, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

—Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

Jamie Engel of Port Washington. Jay Berfas of Plainview.

Dr. Shashi A. Patel of Old Westbury. (Contributed photos)

Michael S. Mosscrop of Smithtown.

CALENDAR

FRIDAY, JAN. 6

Sandwiched In with Brian Rose-The Magic of Fred Astaire 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. (Virtual) Fred Astaire was one of the twentieth century’s greatest magicians—his sorcery depended on making some of the most complex dancing ever seen on the screen seem as effortless as breathing. This virtual presentation, by film and TV historian Brian Rose, will survey the sweep of Astaire’s remarkable career, looking at his work both as a soloist and as the most romantic dance partner in Hollywood history. Visit pwpl.org for more information.

Coding for Kids

4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. (Library Children’s Workshop Room) Ignite the love of coding by learning to create animations and computer games using Scratch, a graphical programming language developed by MIT. Taught by AP Computer Science high school students from Port Washington for children with no prior programming experience in third to sixth grade. For more information visit youngcoderspw.com. Registration required at pwpl.org

SUNDAY, JAN. 8

JaNOIRary Double Feature 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. (Library Lapham

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN YOUR COMMUNITY

Meeting Room) First up, Edgar G. Ulmer’s Ruthless (1948-105 min.), in which multi-millionaire Zachary Scott will let no one stand in his way, including his lifelong friend Louis Hayward, businessman Sydney Greenstreet, first love Diana Lynn, socialite Martha Vickers, and Buck’s wife, Lucille Bremer. After a brief intermission, carhop Barbara Bel Geddes soon comes to regret marrying ruthless millionaire Robert Ryan in Max Opuls’s Caught (1948-88 min.).

MONDAY, JAN. 9

A Time For Kids-Baby Start

10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (Library Lapham Meeting Room) Come join A Time for Kids, Inc. as we introduce our littlest learners to the wonderful world of library programs. Activities include music, movement, fine and gross motor development and circle time. Focus is on early literacy, early language development and socialization. For children ages three months to 17 months. Registration required at pwpl.org.

TUESDAY, JAN. 10

Hypertension Screenings

11 a.m.-2 p.m. (Library Joan and Arnold Saltzman Reading Room) St. Francis Blood Pressure screening. Visit pwpl.org for more information.

Ed Foundation 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m. (Library Lapham Meeting

Room) After school program. Visit pwpl.org for more information.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11

Medicaid Sign-Up Help 2 p.m.-6 p.m. (Library North Study Room) Free, walk-in assistance from the NassauSuffolk Hospital Council. Visit pwpl.org for more information.

Chess

5 p.m.-6 p.m. (Library Children’s Workshop Room) Learn the rules and strategies of chess and practice what you have learned by playing against your peers. For children in third to sixth grade. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library in memory of Lawrence Kamisher. Registration required at pwpl. org.

Photography Club of Long Island 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m. (Library Lapham Meeting Room) The Photography Club of Long Island (PCLI) will sponsor a presentation by Howard Rose, a noted artist and iPhone expert, in the auditorium of the Port Washington Public Library. Rose returns to PCLI for a fascinating presentation, “Creating with the iPhone”, about the latest innovations in mobile phone

technology. These include exciting editing ideas, new and amazing apps, as well as the basic elements of the iPhone. Visit pwpl.org for more information.

THURSDAY, JAN. 12

Tummy Time 10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (Library Children’s Room) Babies need lots of Tummy Time to develop their muscle strength and coordination. You and your child will be led in songs, rhymes, and simple stories. There will be time for playing with rattles, soft blocks, and other developmentally appropriate toys. This program is for parents/caregivers with babies between the ages of 3 months to pre-crawlers. Visit pwpl.org for more information.

FRIDAY, JAN. 13

Sandwiched In with John LancasterAuthor of The Great Air Race 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. (Library Lapham Meeting Room) The Great Air Race reclaims one of the most important moments in the history of American aviation. Join us for this special author event with Mr. Lancaster, who will discuss his book and provide a visual presentation about this fascinating, but little known piece of aviation history, which began right here on Long Island. Registration required at pwpl.org.

Look Who’s One

UBS Arena celebrates its first-year milestone

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Happy Birthday UBS Arena, the venue that was made for music and built for hockey. The state-of-the-art arena at Belmont Park in Elmont opened in November 2021 and has already welcomed numerous top artists including Sebastian Maniscalco, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, TWICE, The Eagles, John Mayer, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone. Here are some of the highlights and successes the venue has had to date.

• Programming at UBS Arena has spanned a wide variety of genres including Latin, rock, pop, rap, R&B, K-pop, country, comedy, additional sports (wrestling, college basketball, figure skating) along with family show programming. With more than 100 events hosted in the first year, grossing more than $60 million, highlights include two Harry Styles concerts within the first six months of operation— both of which were immediate sellouts, along with an additional 16 full-house shows.

• Guest experience at UBS Arena is the highest priority, always evolving to make sure fans are provided a world class experience through service and amenities. One of the biggest successes of the year is the integration of the train via LIRR onto the campus. Elmont-UBS Arena, the first new LIRR Station built in nearly 50 years, offers fans the opportunity to have direct access to the venue. The station opened just ahead of the building’s official grand opening last year, but the unlocking of two-way service at the station began in early October 2022. This provides fans both eastbound and westbound service across the LIRR network to get to and from the venue. Various direct lines have access to the arena, including a 30-minute train ride from Penn Station and a 10-minute ride from Jamaica.

• The unveiling of the arena’s three sensory rooms this summer helps provides accommodation to those that have family service and sensory needs so that everyone can experience the enjoyment of live entertainment. Outside the venue, on-site improvements include the opening of the new Belmont Park garage that features park assist and Find My Car kiosks, expanded car lanes to aid with traffic flow, as well as electric vehicle trams to provide shuttle transportations support. The expansion of the venue’s food and beverage program leading into the anniversary included bolstering the selection of locally inspired fare along with adding family-friendly options while also elevating stadium fan favorites.

• Sustainability has been an important part of the venue’s legacy. To help offset the building’s environmental impact, UBS Arena has achieved carbon neutrality for all scope one and two emissions from operations. Through the purchase of carbon and renewable energy credits, the arena has reached this milestone two years ahead of schedule. This milestone makes the venue the first arena to do this on the eastern seaboard. UBS Arena is a Founding Circle Member of GOAL (Green Operations and Advanced Leadership), a program that provides venues with clear guidelines to minimize negative environmental impact while amplifying social impact.

New York’s newest premier entertainment and sports venue and home of the New York Islanders was developed in partnership with Oak View Group, the New York Islanders and Jeff Wilpon. The venue will host more than 150 major events annually, while delivering an unmatched live entertainment experience including clear sightlines and premier acoustics.

For additional information, visit www.UBSArena.com or @ UBSArena on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Check out www.longislandweekly.com for our chat with Kim Stone, president and executive vice president of Oak View Group East Coast about UBS Arena’s first year.

UBS Arena UBS Arena/Dennis DaSilva

No detail was overlooked with the opening of UBS Arena.

The venue is bright and airy.

The venue is enjoying sold-out events.

The arena is laid out well and is spacious.

A Festive, Beautiful Show Filled With Talent

A review of Eglevsky Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’

On Sunday, Dec. 18 I brought my mother with me to watch the Eglevsky Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Tilles Center for Performing Arts in Brookville. She had always told me about how she went to see “The Nutcracker” at Lincoln Center with my grandmother when she was young. And I thought it would be a beautiful thing to bring her with me.

I didn’t know what to expect, as I’ve never watched a ballet before, from what I can remember. But I was absolutely blown away.

The show began with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, led by David Bernard, playing an overture. It really set the tone for the show and brought about lots of anticipation for what’s to come.

What followed was the guests arriving to the Stahlbaum’s home for the annual holiday party. The set design was amazing, and all the dancers that filled the stage brought so much grace, including the children who did an excellent job. Each group, from Clara’s

Friends, to the Party Parents and the Party Children each brought their unique styles to the stage. My favorite part of this scene had to be when Herr Drosselmeyer, Clara’s beloved godfather, presented the Harlequin Doll, played by Omar Rodriguez, the Columbine Doll, played by Della Lin, and the Soldier Doll, played by Thierry Blanchard. I also loved the scene when the Maid, played Mari Takayama and Butler, played by Chris Loeschner danced.

After the party, Clara, played by Briana Laman, comes down with her nutcracker soldier she received from Herr Drosselmeyer, played by Lou Brockman, to sleep on the sofa by the Christmas tree, when the Rats and Mice famously entered, and a battle of the Captain of Soldiers, the Soldiers and the Nutcracker Prince between the Rats, Mice and the Rat King, played by Rodriguez and his Rat King Mini, played by Allison O’Lenick ensues. The sword battle between the Nutcracker Prince and the Rat King was thrilling and excellently choreographed by Maurice Brandon Curry. And I also have to say the effect of the Christmas tree growing in size was excellently done.

After the Nutcracker Prince, played by Ryan Cavaline, becomes just a prince; him and Clara dance beautifully together. “The Dance of the Snowflakes,” follows. It was

absolutely breathtaking, with snow falling on them as they waltzed around the stage. My mom whispered the name of the dance when it came on because she said it is iconic.

During the intermission, my mother and I went outside of the auditorium to discuss the show, and we both loved to see all the little girls attending trying their own ballet moves, inspired by what they saw on stage.

Act Two was also very impressive, beginning with a beautiful and vibrant dance of the Archangels, featuring costumes with colorful lights, and an adorable display by young Angels. The Sugar Plum Fairy, played by Miriam Miller, a soloist of the New York City Ballet, and Cavalier, played by Tyler Angle, a principal of the New York City Ballet, both put on breathtaking solos and duets throughout Act Two. As Clara and the Nutcracker Prince enjoy entertainment from worldly denizens of the “Land of Sweets,” the audience watched multiple performances with worldly inspiration. My favorite had to be the “Arabian” performance by Elisabeth Shim and the Arabian Attendants. I loved the use of the long, blue silk cloth that made it look like Shim was dancing on the sea. My only critique with Act Two as a whole is that I wish more was done with the set of “The Land of Sweets.”

Overall, with reading the synopsis of

“The Nutcracker,” all the dancers perfectly told the story through dance. I was captivated through out the whole show and left feeling delighted. My mother also had a wonderful time and called it a “lovely afternoon.”

And though the production has come to an end, you don’t have to wait a year to catch a show by the Eglevsky Ballet, as the company will be putting on the production of “Cinderella” on May 5 at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m. For more information, visit eglevskyballet.org.

Briana Laman as “Clara” and Ryan Cavaline as “The Nutcracker Prince,” (Photo by Eduardo Patino NY)

Reflecting On My 2022 Travels

JENNIFER CORR

This p ast year was the year for going to places whether I’ve been there or not, and whether locally or all across the country.

I started the year by going to the beach a lot, in the winter. I’d try to go once a week to walk around the meditate on the beach, and hopefully I’ll be able to start doing that again this year. Something about the beach in winter, and the cold sea air rushing towards your face, is so refreshing. Plus, you get to see deer roaming around, and some really cool surfers catching some waves.

I took a couple of ski trips in the beginning of the year. I went to Windham Mountain in January with my father and brother, and we stayed in an Airbnb very close to the mountain. My father taught me how to ski starting at threeyears-old, so it’s always special for my father to take us skiing and watch the fruits of his labor. And it certainly came in handy when I went to Windham again in late January, escaping that giant snow storm Long Island had, and taught my boyfriend how to ski in a day. I was really impressed by his ability to do an intermediate trail almost right away, but he did have some snowboarding experience. While there, we also checked out “The World’s Largest Kaleidoscope.”

And in late April, my boyfriend and I went to Philadelphia. I’ve been wanting to go because the other two times I’ve been there I was either to young to remember or it was too hot and my friends wanted to leave. But this time the weather was perfect. My boyfriend and I went to Eastern State Penitentiary to do a tour; we went to Philadelphia’s Magic Garden (which was a magical experience); we overlooked the city on the “Rocky Steps”; tried different snacks at the Reading Terminal Market and acted like kids again at The Franklin Institute.

In May, I went with my brother and friend to Clearwater,

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Florida for a three day weekend to see my great uncle and aunt. The stay was absolutely beautiful and we made the most of it, getting up as early as we can to enjoy every minute of our short time there. I enjoyed the walkable little town, seeing many types of birds and swimming in the crystal clear water. We also went on a buffet cruise and got everyone dancing on the empty dance floor, my brother not included because he doesn’t like to dance. But he did enjoy the food. It was also the first time I’ve seen my great uncle and aunt as an adult, and I’m glad I got to see them.

Before leaving for my big trip in July, my boyfriend and I spent the day at Montauk for a long, heart felt goodbye because I was going to be gone for almost two months. We were there from early in the morning until late at night, ending the day with a fire on the beach.

Then July brought the trip of a lifetime. My friend and I left on July 1, traveling via Amtrak to Erie, PA; Huron, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Mich,; Chicago; Minneapolis; Stanley, ND.; Browning, MO.; Spokane, Wash.; Seattle; Olympic National Park; Eugene, Ore; Napa Valley; Carmel, Calif; Los Angeles; The Grand Canyon; Sedona and Flagstaff, Ariz. The trip felt like another lifetime.

In September, my boyfriend and I celebrated my birthday in Cooperstown, New York, not for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, but for the Rail Explorers attraction, which took you through the mountain on a motorized surrey. It was a lot of fun, even with the pouring rain.

This year was certainly one for the books and I look forward to what 2023 has to offer.

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I Donated A Kidney

BY MINDY DAVIDSON specialsections@antonmediagroup.com

On May 25, I did something that I never would have imagined I’d do, and I would do it again if I could. I donated a kidney altruistically, which means that I donated to a stranger. As much as it has been a life-changer for my recipient (more about him later), it has been life-changing for me as well. I am hoping that someone reading this might feel touched by its content and want to learn more so that people like East Meadow resident, Autumn, can find a donor.

Two years ago, I was asked to watch a video about a former colleague’s cousin who needed a kidney. I was very moved by it. At that time, I was an athletic 60-year-old...a longtime runner and triathlete. My daughter was just beginning her second year in the University of Delaware’s doctor of physical therapy program. I decided to contact the organization that the cousin was working through, to get a little more information. After giving me more background into what a kidney donation process was like, the representative asked that I speak with my daughter. At that point I decided that I really needed to wait until she completed her graduate school program so that she could fully concentrate on that. Over the course of that next year, I kept seeing articles and news stories pop up about kidney donation. I had very casual discussions with my daughter and knew that if and when the time came, she would be fully supportive.

In November of 2021, I was able to start to formally consider becoming a kidney donor. By then, my colleague’s cousin had already been approved for a donation, so I was waiting to see what my next step should be. A couple of months later, my daughter saw an article about a young man needing a donor. I went to the website provided and filled out an informational questionnaire. I soon received a call from Montefiore Hospital. While I was not a match for him, I let them know that I was open to donating to a person in need.

I was lucky to have known several people in the running and triathlon community who were donors and scheduled a Zoom meeting with a few and with my daughter and ex-husband so that they could get a better feel for the process and for what to expect after surgery. It was very helpful for them and relieved some of their anxiety.

I began testing at the beginning of April 2022 and passed the extensive process. A recipient was identified and even lived locally in the Bronx! Surgery was set for May 25. I was so at peace with my decision, I was not even nervous going into surgery. I knew that I was going to be helping to make a difference in someone’s life and that this experience would be a life changer for me as well. Also, I realized, that since both my parents died by suicide (26 years apart) it would be wonderful to give more life to someone. Surgery went well and the recipient immediately responded positively to my donated kidney.

I stayed in the hospital for two nights and then went home. Yes, I did have some discomfort, which is totally expected with major surgery (the surgery was done via laparoscopy) and I did experience nausea and a lack of appetite for two weeks. All was tolerable. They encouraged walks as soon as I was able and I took well advantage of that, starting with about a quarter of a mile and building up. I was able to start cycling and running at three weeks. At four weeks of recovery, I didn’t even feel as if I had ever gone through surgery.

I participated in my first post-surgery 5K in mid-July and completed my first post-surgery sprint triathlon at the end of August.

Most importantly, I felt great physically and I felt a great sense of peace knowing that I had impacted another person and their family. That person, Vu Dang, who moved to the U.S. from Vietnam 30 years ago, feels great. He no longer needs

dialysis, which was part of his life for six years. My daughter and I got to meet him, his wife and his niece at the end of August. It was such a wonderful experience. We continue to email one another weekly.

I write this so that I can raise awareness about live organ donation. It’s a real thing and the impact on the recipient waiting list a testament to it. Currently, there are more than 100,000 people waiting for an organ donation in the U.S. The wait for a kidney is generally five years or more.

ABOUT AUTUMN

She needs a kidney to live. Her health is declining, and she will be starting dialysis any day now. She has been a resident of East Meadow for 33 years and raised her son there. She is a caring person who has always helped others. She helped start a community garden a few years ago to assist those in need. She was unable to continue it this year due to a lack of strength caused by her kidney disease. She lives with her two dogs who depend upon her.

Mindy, Jessy and Vu Dang with his family.

Mindy Davidson

Mindy and Jessy Davidson

January Is National Blood Donor Month

Did you know that every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood? Or that winter months make it extremely difficult to collect the necessary amount of blood and platelets needed to supply hospitals?

This January, the American Red Cross celebrates National Blood Donor Month and recognizes the lifesaving contribution of blood and platelet donors.

National Blood Donor Month has been celebrated each January for nearly 50 years and coincides with one of the most difficult times to maintain a sufficient blood supply for patients.

When it comes to blood and platelet donations, the winter season is often filled with hurdles as blood drives compete with things such as seasonal illnesses and inclement weather. A donation shortfall over the winter holidays has prompted the American Red Cross to issue an emergency call for blood and for platelet donors to give now to prevent a blood shortage from continuing throughout winter and affecting patient care. The Red Cross collected more than 27,000 fewer blood and platelet donations the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s than needed to sustain a sufficient blood supply, as busy holiday schedules kept many donors away.

During this critical time of year, the Red Cross depends on donors to continue to

supply these resources in order to make sure that blood products are available at about 2,500 hospitals nationwide.

Thanks to the generosity of volunteer blood donors, the American Red Cross helps patients receive the blood and platelets needed to battle illness and injury. According to the Red Cross, nearly 2.7 million people in the U.S. volunteer to donate blood and platelets every year. Blood

and platelets are available for distribution to hospitals through the Red Cross 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Blood transfusions are given to patients in all kinds of circumstances, including serious injuries, surgeries, childbirth, anemia, blood disorders, cancer treatments and many others. This consistent demand makes National Blood Donor Month an integral piece of the puzzle. Each day the Red Cross must collect

13,000 pints of blood from across the country to meet the needs of patients. This makes a blood and platelet shortage during the colder months a crucial matter for the Red Cross and the hospitals they serve.

Blood is a perishable product that can only come from generous volunteers. A blood donation takes about an hour from start to finish, but the actual donation itself only takes between 8 to 10 minutes. By spending an hour giving blood, donors can aid their community and help save lives! Each blood and platelet donation can save the lives of as many as three people, so this January be a hero in your community and find the closest blood drive or blood donation center in your area.

Simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App or visit RedCrossBlood.org to make an appointment. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.

—American Red Cross

Covered From Head To Toe

The New Year is the best time of year to finally invest in you. Give yourself the gift that will have you looking and feeling your best and schedule your complimentary consultation with Stephen T. Greenberg, M.D., F.A.C.S. at his Manhattan, Woodbury, Smithtown, Southampton or Boca Raton, FL locations. Don’t just show up this New Year, arrive with a new breast augmentation, breast lift or breast reduction which many times is combined with liposuction, a tummy tuck or facial procedures such as facelifts and eyelid lifts to achieve the look you have been dreaming of.

With Dr. Greenberg’s Rapid Recovery System, breast, body and facial procedures have patients back to daily routines in 24-48 hours. Body contouring is the solution to reshape those undesirable areas and produce the results you are struggling to achieve at the gym. There are several new and amazing technologies that deliver advanced outcomes to tighten, and lift the skin on the face and body. Dr. Greenberg’s Plasma Face Lift provides greater skin retraction for a more sculpted and defined neck and jawline while his Plasma Lipo produces more dramatic results, achieving firmer and well contoured abdomen, chest, legs, and arms. Many times these procedures are combined with med spa treatments such as the revolutionary Morpheus8 that tightens and tones the face, neck and body as well as CoolPeel that resurfaces and rejuvenates skin, both without downtime.

Dr. Greenberg’s proprietary 24-hour Breast Augmentation System has patients back to daily activities the very next day. “Patients need and want to resume normal activities immediately following surgery. Many people simply do not have time for downtime, this reality has given me the inspiration to offer a true rapid recovery option to my patients,” said Dr. Greenberg. Minimal swelling and bruising coupled with a notably decreased recovery time have resulted in proven patient satisfaction. Dr. Greenberg recognizes the

importance of addressing each person’s unique requirements, goals and objectives, and implements an overall plan (inclusive of diet and exercise), to help achieve both a beautiful look and realistic result. His rapid recovery procedures include mini facelift, micro mini facelift, liposuction and tummy tuck.

Dr. Greenberg has coined his newest and wildly popular procedure combination the Modern Mommy Makeover, which is the perfect combination of breast augmentation

with or without a breast lift, abdominoplasty with or without liposuction and labiaplasty with or without laser vaginal rejuvenation to fully restore a woman’s body after the fluctuations associated with pregnancy and childbirth. If you are looking for a nonsurgical solution this season, a combination of the latest injectables and highly advanced laser options will rejuvenate your face and body and give you a youthful appearance. Now is the optimal time to take advantage of advanced chemical peels which chemically exfoliate damaged skin cells resulting in even skin tone, smooth texture and fabulous, glowing, healthy skin.

Dr. Greenberg has provided beautiful and natural looking results for thousands of men and women from across the globe. He is currently writing his second book as a follow up to A Little Nip, A Little Tuck. His weekly radio show “Nip Tuck Today with Dr. Stephen T. Greenberg” has fans of listeners every Sunday at 10 a.m. on 710 AM radio. Listen live through Dr. Greenberg’s Instagram account @drstephentgreenberg or at 710WOR.iHeart. com.

The correct treatment regimen can help create the ideal you. Dr. Greenberg provides an exceptional experience in a beautiful, safe, caring and supportive environment. There is no better time for a new you than now. Call 516-364-4200 or visit www. GreenbergCosmeticSurgery.com to schedule your complimentary consultation today.

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Preparing Perfect Popcorn

Stay near and play it by ear

There’s nothing like the taste of freshly popped popcorn and nothing like the disappointment of burnt popcorn or too many unpopped kernels. If you’ve ever made popcorn, chances are you’ve bungled a batch. Follow these simple steps and you’ll have nearly perfect popcorn every time. The best tip is to stay near and play it by ear. Literally. The sound of popcorn popping is your best clue as to when it’s ready.

STOVETOP POPCORN TIPS

Step 1: Pour enough vegetable oil to just cover the bottom of a pan, turn on medium high heat. Allow pan to warm. The best popping temperature is between 400 and 460 degrees. Oil burns at 500 degrees. If your oil starts to smoke, it’s too hot.

Step 2: Add enough kernels to cover the bottom of the pan in a single layer, shake to coat the kernels with oil, and cover with lid (too many kernels will “blow” the lid).

Step 3: Corn will begin to pop within three minutes. When the popping slows, listen until you can count two seconds between pops. Turn off heat and remove pan from stove-top. Lift the lid to allow steam to escape

away from your face. Steam may burn and remaining kernels may continue to pop.

Step 4: Immediately add herbs, spices or other toppings if desired.

Salting

Pre-salting kernels toughens popcorn. Salt the popcorn after it has been popped— or skip salt altogether and add salt-free spices.

Oil & Butter

You can pop popcorn in any type of oil— sunflower, olive, canola, corn, or coconut— but do not use butter as it will burn under high heat. You may choose to drizzle melted butter on your popcorn after popping.

General Measure Rule

One ounce of unpopped popcorn equals a quart popped.

Storage Tips

Without moisture—13.5 percent to 14 percent per kernel is needed—popcorn can’t pop. That’s why it’s important to store popcorn correctly. An entire percentage of moisture can be lost if your kernels are left uncovered on a hot day. Though that may not sound like a lot, it adds up. A loss of

three percent can render popcorn unpoppable, and even a 1 percent drop in moisture will harm the quality of your kernels. So what’s the best way to store popcorn?

Airtight containers—plastic or glass— are your best bet to avoid moisture loss,

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especially when stored in a cool place like a cupboard.

Avoid the refrigerator. Some say the cold storage makes the popcorn taste better, but many refrigerators contain little moisture and can dry out kernels.

—Popcorn Board

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COLUMN

Still No Second Avenue Subway 100 Years Later

This year marked the 100th Anniversary of promised construction of the Second Avenue Subway. All we have is the first phase with three stations running from 63rd to 96th Street opened in January 2016 at a cost of $4.5 billion. In April 2019, then MTA Office of Capital Construction President Janno Lieber claimed that the MTA could save between $500 million to a $1 billion in costs for the proposed Second Avenue Subway Phase 2. This would have reduced the overall tab down to almost $5 billion. Promised cost savings were based upon reduction in excavation for the 125th Street Station and building the 116th Street Station in space no longer needed for other project work. Instead the cost has grown to $6.9 billion,

Under the $51 billion 2020-24 Five-Year Capital Plan, the cost increased by $1 billion. The previous federal share of $2 billion or 33 percent has now been assumed to be 50 percent or $3.4 billion. There is no guarantee that the final cost might end up billions more. This is based upon future advancement of design and engineering, construction contractors responses to the procurement process for contract(s) award followed by change orders during construction due to unforeseen site conditions or last minute changes in scope.

A legal Federal Transit Administration Capital Investment New Starts Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) to fund the Second Ave Subway Phase 2 would cap federal participation at $3.4 billion. This still remains an open question. The MTA would be legally responsible to pay for any cost increases above $6.9 billion. All the FTA has provided to the MTA is permission to advance final design and engineering. The project still faces myriad hurdles. It will cost more than $200 million per block to advance the Second Avenue subway from 96th to 125th Street. Is this a sound investment for commuters and taxpayers? Fully funding the $51 billion MTA 2020-24 Five-Year Capital Plan is dependent upon receipt of $15 billion generated by Congestion Toll Pricing. There is no guarantee that this will be implemented until January 2024, which would be four years later than previously assumed. The most critical issue to be resolved is identifying and securing the $3.5 billion local share toward the total project cost. It is a basic legal requirement. This is needed to leverage future FTA capital funding under an approved FFGA to support advancement of the project. The MTA must also demonstrate that they have the financial capacity to pay for any unanticipated cost increases or funding shortfalls. How do they do this when we just learned that the agency now faces a multi-year, multi-billion dollar financial shortfall?

Final design and engineering is underway, but far from complete. More time is still needed for completion of all business

relocation, real estate acquisition and private property easement rights. Agreements with New York City and various owners of underground utilities including water, sewer, gas, electric, steam and cable need to be finalized before being ready to commence construction. It is anybody’s guess how long it will take the MTA to successfully resolve all of the above. This will not be a shovel-ready project tor federal funding until these critical tasks are done. This is necessary to convince the FTA to approve a Capital Investment Grant New Starts FFGA for financing. At the current rate of project progress, the FFGA may not be approved for another year or more.

It is a fair question to ask if spending $3.4 billion in MTA local funding for the purchase of hundreds of new buses and subway cars, upgrading out-of-date signal systems on several lines increasing the number of subway stations to be ADA-accessible and securing the subway system from future Super Storm Sandys are better investments of financial resources than advancing the Second Avenue subway. Reaching a state of good repair accompanied by safe and reliable service would benefit far more riders. It should be a higher priority than system expansion.

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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HOROSCOPES

By Holiday Mathis

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re exible and free as you rush in the direction of an exciting dream. Nobody can stand in your way because you’re not on a narrow path that only ts a few travelers at a time. Your path is as wide as a eld and so scarcely populated it would be nearly impossible for anything or anyone to block you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Even the relationships that seem like they should happen naturally will take work, but it’s nothing out of the ordinary. Relationships are held together by the honoring of contracts, spoken and unspoken. Most of the work is just doing what it takes to ful ll an expectation, or more likely, in your case, exceed it.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Before you gure out your own way of doing a thing, it’s normal to do an imitation of what you believe the part entails. In time you’ll settle into the version that’s all you. Until then, take note of when you feel like you’re enacting a characterization. Keep trying things until you get comfortable making it yours.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It can be seriously detrimental to give your trust to the wrong person, for the wrong reason or at an ill-timed moment. So if you’re not sure who you can trust and you opt to trust no one, it just might be among your luckiest moves. Let people prove themselves rst, and in the meantime, work toward self-su ciency.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s di cult to adjust expectations you don’t even realize you have. Disappointment can be a gift -- a chance to investigate what you thought it would be before you knew better. ere’s a creative opportunity here, too. Mine the magic in your naive vision. What would it take to make your original hopes come to life?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You make powerful choices when you know your own rules and live by them. If you have too many options, you don’t really have any because you’ll walk away instead of deciding. Narrow it down to ve. It doesn’t matter which ve. Any ve will teach you your criteria and get you in the decision-making mode.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are not inclined toward comfortable complacency. Playing a bigger game means you’re wrong more often, and you’ll know more stress than those who live in a small bubble of certainty. Your courage and persistence will be rewarded. You’ll learn more because there’s more to learn.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re an expert strategist, and whatever game you put your head into, be it business, love, politics or Scrabble, you’ll come up with a brilliant plan. It’s sometimes wise to play theoretically, as many plans aren’t worth the energy it would take to execute them. Success depends on knowing what to act on.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ve put e ort into relationships, and you’ll enjoy the fruits of it this week. People you can communicate well with are the treasures of your life. When you can say everything with a shared look, it’s a true connection. Of course, this kind of mind reading is made possible through dozens of prior conversations.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You know an array of people with a full range of energy styles. e overachievers teach you the prizes and cost of ambition, and the laid-back individuals demonstrate the pleasures and perils of relaxation. You’ll settle into the groove that comforts and challenges you in equal measure.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’re friendly and compassionate. You’re not looking for obvious or constant rewards for your every action. Still, “What’s in it for me?” is a good question to keep asking yourself this week. Whatever is in it for you, self-respect must be included in the bene ts package, or it’s not worth your time.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS

You’ll get what you want for two excellent reasons. First, you want something that is good for more than just you. Second, you gure out the correct exchange for it. Your team will win because of your e orts. Whether it’s your turn or you’re cheering on the others, your contribution is priceless and appreciated. Instead of striving for happiness, you’ll achieve it as a side e ect of an adventurous challenge. Don’t overthink, just go; you’ll discover you have greater faculty than you’d imagined.

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declarer went down two after a second club finesse failed. Had East returned the king of hearts instead, declarer would have made the contract.

The Rule of Eleven can be applied whenever a player is thought to be leading the fourth-best card of a suit. Here, East had every reason to believe that West’s opening lead was his fourth-best spade. Since West’s lead was the five, East subtracted that number from 11, which in turn told him that the North, East and South hands combined had six cards in spades higher than the five West led.

applied the rule. West led the spade five against three notrump, declarer taking East’s jack with the ace. South then led the ten of clubs, losing to East’s jack, and the outcome now hinged on whether East returned a spade or switched to the king of hearts.

The heart shift was indeed very tempting, but East, thoroughly versed in the Rule of Eleven, returned a spade. As a result,

East could see three spades higher than the five in his own hand and two higher than the five in dummy. He was thus able to deduce, according to the Rule, that South had only one spade higher than the five, which turned out to be the ace South played at trick one. Consequently, East knew that a spade return to dummy’s king at trick three would establish West’s remaining spades.

Note that declarer can also make use of the Rule of Eleven. In the actual deal, South can work out, in the same way, that East has three spades higher than the five West led, but this information does not help him in the present case. He must go down if East defends correctly, and there is nothing he can do about it.

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Santos Under Fire

NY-03 Congressman-elect George Santos is facing national criticism and calls for investigation after falsifying much of his life story

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As winter weather digs in across the country, Nassau County is also facing a whirlwind of revelations about Congressman-elect George Santos to kick off the new year.

On Monday, December 19, Grace Ashford and Michael Gold published a story in the New York Times that unraveled serious, substantial portions of the campaign resume that Santos, a Trump-aligned, strongly conservative man in his 30s, has been presenting to the public over the past two years. Based on that reporting, portions of Santos’ resumé that appear to be false included his two degrees, his employment at major financial firms, his own financial assets, and the state of his residence in Whitestone, Queens.

Further troubling information regarding Santos, raising questions about nearly every aspect of his public persona, poured out in the days since. Numerous publications, from the site The Daily Beast and the Washington Post to the Jewish outlet Forward, quickly produced further credible, bio-undermining investigations into his cultural and family

heritage, his sexuality as he’s publicly defined it, his financial disclosures and sources of income, an alleged decades-old criminal charge in Brazil, and even his actual state of residence.

Others, from the North Shore Leader to Rolling Stone and the media-focused The Daily Beast, have pointed to earlier (often pre-election) reporting they had done on questionable aspects of Santos’ life (and particularly his campaign finances), which, for whatever various reasons, apparently didn’t get a big reaction.

On December 20, Representative-elect

Santos’ Twitter account posted an image containing a brief statement which seemed to deny outlets’ claims regarding most of his campaign resumé; he also accused the New York Times of maligning him, and seemingly misattributed a defiant quote to Winston Churchill. On December 22, another statement on Santos’ Twitter account said that Santos, like everyone, has “a story to tell,” and that he would share his the following week.

On Monday, December 26, in interviews with the New York Post and WABC, Rep.-elect Santos broadly confirmed that much of his campaign bio and public resume was false, including his claims that he had worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup and held degrees from CUNY and NYU. “I didn’t graduate from any institution of higher learning [and] I’m embarrassed and sorry for having embellished my resume,” Santos told the Post

As the news site Axios summarized, “Santos also addressed accusations that he lied about having Jewish ancestry, including that his grandparents fled the Holocaust. ‘I never claimed to be Jewish,’ he told the Post. ‘I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was Jew-ish.’”

Among other things, Santos has walked back his claim that he employed four victims

of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, suggesting instead that they would have been future employees of his.

Santos also pushed back on growing calls among local and national Democrats for his resignation, among other potential next steps. When asked if he would consider suing the New York Times over aspects of its reporting that he disputed, Santos told WABC that he didn’t “know what [his] options are,” adding, “But the one thing is, I will be sworn in, I will take office.”

In November, the now-troubled Republican defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman by eight points to represent New York’s third congressional district, serving northern Nassau County and parts of Queens.

Following the recent public revelations about his former opponent, Zimmerman told Vanity Fair, “The media knew that he was a [Donald] Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene candidate. But what they didn’t really grasp, or really understand, is he was also the Anna Delvey candidate of this congressional midterm election cycle.”

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who attended a Chanukah celebration alongside Santos and outgoing Rep. Lee Zeldin on December 18, was reached out to for comment, but did not reply by press time.

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NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR TRUMAN 2016 SC6 TITLE TRUST, Plaintiff, v. NEREIDA KLOK, et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on March 9, 2018, an Order Extending Sale Deadline and Other Relief duly entered on February 9, 2022 and a Short Form Order duly entered on June 21, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on January 17, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 12 Hillside Avenue, Port Washington, NY 11050. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Baxter Estates, at Port Washington in the Town of North

Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 5, Block 7 and Lot 102. Approximate amount of judgment is $1,100,739.98 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #6956/2015. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Michael W. Alpert, Esq., Referee

Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 200572-3 1-4-2023; 12-28-21-14-20224T-#236316-PORT

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, FLUSHING BANK, Plaintiff, vs. EUN HEE HA, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and

Sale duly entered on September 27, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 7, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 11 John Bean Court, Port Washington, NY, 11050. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Flower Hill, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 6, Block 90 and Lot 11. Approximate amount of judgment is $404,932.77 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index 610680/2018. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine.

COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Leland Lewis Greene, Esq., Referee Borchert LaSpina, P.C., 1902 Whitestone Expressway,

Suite 302, Whitestone, New York 11357, Attorneys for Plaintiff 1-25-18-11-4-2023-4T#236632-PORT

LEGAL NOTICE

INC. VILLAGE OF MANORHAVEN WORK SESSION

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees shall hold a Work Session on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 6 p.m. at the Village of Manorhaven, 33 Manorhaven Blvd., Port Washington, NY 11050.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the public is invited to attend, but no public comment will be permitted at this type of session. Those in need of special assistance should notify the Village Clerk-Treasurer in advance. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Manorhaven, New York December 29, 2022 Sharon Abramski, MMC, RMC Village Clerk-Treasurer 1-4-2023-1T-#236817-PORT

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to: 191 Main St., #528 Port Washington, NY 11050.

Representative-elect George Santos (NY-03). (Image via GeorgeForNY.com)

Forever Bracelets Come To Port Washington

The Diamond Boutique in Port Washington has recently begun offering Forever Bracelets. The Diamond Boutique is one of the first locations on Long Island offering the trendy accessory. Forever Bracelets are a sensation made famous by a New York City jewlery store. A Forever Bracelet is a beautiful dainty chain that gets zapped onto your wrist.

“The Diamond Boutique always tries to provide this community with the best of the best,” said Joseph Daniel, owner of The Diamond Boutique. “We strive to bring all types of designs to our store so that there is something for everyone’s taste.”

Forever Bracelets have gone viral on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok for being a beautiful and semi-permanent accessory for any age.

Customers have over 30 gold plated, gold filled and sterling silver chains to chose from for their bracelet. Pieces range from $40 to $80 depending on the chain choice. Once the customer picks a chain, Daniel will zap the bracelet on. The zapping is a one-minute welding process that doesn’t affect the skin.

“These Forever Bracelets are the newest trend that are not only fashionable, but also affordable,” said Daniel. “They can be worn daily with a casual outfit or be made dressier

for fancier events. They are appropriate for different age groups so moms and their kids can even match with one another! They are the perfect gift for you or a loved one. They take seconds to put on and the process is painless in every way possible.”

The Diamond Boutique is located at 77 Main St., Port Washington, just across from the train station. Daniel will be doing Forever Bracelets during the stores regular business hours. Call the Diamond Boutique at 516-767-2400 for more information.

North Hempstead Country Club Christmas Luncheon

On Dec. 7, The North Hempstead Women’s Golf Association held its Christmas Luncheon celebrating the theme of “Plaid Tidings of Joy”. Hofstra University’s Choral Group sang Christmas carols while the guests arrived. Thank you Professor Bell for your sincere efforts and professionalism.

Guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while they shopped at the various vendor boutiques.

Raffle tickets were sold—50/50 Raffles, Grand Prizes, and Specialty Baskets. Our Christmas Committee prepared 49 Specialty Baskets to raffle off and 6 Grand Prize Raffles. Our Committee raised over $20,000. Kudos to All!

The Manhasset Women’s CoalitionOutreach Program will be the recipient from the fundraiser. The Coalition funds innovative research projects, increases awareness through education, and provides support for those with breast and related diseases through special services and financial stipends. The Coalition helps women from Manhattan to Montauk with confidence and support with their journey.

—Submitted by Hofstra University’s Choral Group

“We aim to provide this amazing community with designs that they are excited about and the Forever Bracelet does just that,” said Daniel.

—Information provided by The Diamond Boutique with additional reporting by Julie Prisco

A group of friends visited The Diamond Boutique for friendship bracelets. (Photos provided by The Diamond Boutique)

Joseph Daniel, owner of The Diamond Boutique, sealing a Forever Bracelet on to a customers wrist. Gold chain Forever Bracelets.

William Aronson, longtime resident of Port Washington, was honored at a recent Manorhaven Board of Trustees meeting upon his retirement. Aronsohn has worked in the Highway Department in Manorhaven for 39 years! The Village and residents will miss his dedication, hard work, and daily doses of wit and charm. We wish him the very best. Image left to right: Mayor John Popeleski and William Aronson. (Photo submitted by the Village of Manorhaven)

From the left: Linda Esposito, Paula Parks, Pat Spinelli, Blanche Puglisi, Paula Paterno–Chair, Pat Rolston, Susan Corva, Carol DiConza, and Patty Bellon. (Contributed photo)

Hardscrabble Apples: Long Island Duo Forages, Makes Cider

Preserving Long Island’s agricultural heritage one glass at a time

AMANDA OLSEN

aolsen@antonmediagroup.com

They could be on the side of the highway, overgrown in a backyard, or standing alone in front of a house, but Long Island’s wild apples are far from useless. The apples often attract animals, birds and insects. They also represent the agricultural history of our region.

Crabapples, the primary apple used for hard cider in Europe during colonial times, are not native to North America. European colonists brought seeds over to plant crabapple trees as early as 1623. Everyone in the colonies, from adults to small children, drank hard cider. The fermentation of the apples sterilizes the cider through the addition of alcohol, making the cider safer to drink than the water in early America. Hard cider was so important to the colonists that it was used as a form of currency. Once the colonists discovered that they could prolong the fermentation of hard cider to create apple cider vinegar, they used it to preserve vegetables via pickling. Pickling was necessary to preserve enough food for the long New England winters.

According to The Jentsch Lab at Cornell, the English were the first to plant apples on Long Island. The first commercial nursery, Prince Nurseries in Flushing, was established on Long Island by the Huguenots in 1730. Not too long after, in 1750, a dessert apple called the Yellow Newtown Pippin originated in the area now known as Elmhurst.

Crabapples and other varieties grow wild all over Long Island, and for Erik Longabardi of Roslyn and Benford Lepley of Glen Cove, those apples can also be pressed into delicious cider, returning them to their historical roots.

Their business, Floral Terranes, makes both wine and cider in Longabardi’s garage in Roslyn. The grapes come from a group of farmers on the North Fork, but the cider is made with apples foraged from trees all over the island, from Queens to Orient Point. Longabardi has an ongoing interest in food preservation and art, and Floral Terranes is

a natural extension of that.

“I always say it’s a preservation project. It’s trying to figure out what Long Island’s agricultural past was like, and what it’s like now and what it’s going to look like for the future. The ciders and the wine are the end results of all the work we do, but a lot of the work is looking for the trees, getting all these contacts to let us use their trees, and then also the preservation part. The main goal is finding as many trees as we can. We are getting these trees’ genetics and then saving them by getting blood wood from the trees and then grafting them to rootstock. So that way, if anything should happen to these trees, through land development or if someone decides that they don’t want that apple tree on their property anymore, we have that genetics. And that’s going to produce the same exact apple tree as the one that will no longer be there,” Longabardi said.

The process for foraging the apples always starts with making a personal connection. No apples are ever harvested without permission. Longabardi has an established system for reaching out: “I drive around in my car and I have these Xerox copies of like, ‘Hi, my name is Erik Longabardi. I am a New York City public school teacher, but I’m really interested in apple trees and I’d like to talk to you about your apple tree,’ and I put it on people’s mailboxes. I leave my number on and my email on it.”

These connections often lead to further opportunities to forage and create a network within the community. “Once you have permission from that person, you have that tree with that landowner or that municipality or whatever, that’s a good opportunity for a relationship to happen there where you know, they’re like ‘I have a friend who has an apple tree.’ There’s a larger conversation.”

Additionally, Floral Terranes helps the owner to maintain their trees, leading to a longer life and more apples. “what we do is like, ‘we’re gonna take your apples, but I think your tree needs pruning.’ We’ll help them prune their tree so it can live longer,” Longabardi said, referring to the often

A tree full of unharvested apples. (Photo by Gary Fultz on Unsplash)

...we just want that seed bank to keep on growing and have a place where the seeds can bloom and blossom into old trees that will remain beyond my lifetime.

—Erik Longabardi, Floral Terranes

Pressing apples in 2018. These are from the Gwathemy Estate, located on the border of Glen Head and Old Brookville.

(Photo by Floral Terranes via Instagram)

Town Announces 2023 S.T.O.P. Program Dates

North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and the Town Board are proud to announce the dates for the 2023 Stop Throwing Out Pollutants (S.T.O.P.) events. The first S.T.O.P event will be held on Saturday, March 18 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at North Hempstead Beach Park’s North Lot.

Capital Bond Projects For Manhasset Schools Have Been Approved

garbage. Latex and water-based paints will not be accepted at the S.T.O.P. collection site. Oil-based paints, on the other hand, are considered hazardous, and will be accepted at any S.T.O.P. program.

AMANDA OLSEN

aolsen@antonmediagroup.com

“Improperly disposing of dangerous chemical wastes could potentially contaminate our water supply, so programs like S.T.O.P. are essential to continue to ensure the Town and our residents are responsible environmental stewards,” Supervisor DeSena said. “I’m proud that the Town will once again offer this amazing program that offers our residents a safe, convenient, and environmentally sound method of disposing their hazardous household waste.”

The community took to the polls December 8 to decide whether or not to move forward with approximately 50 projects to improve the district’s three schools. The bond was approved by a vote of 672 yes votes to 296 no votes.

Residents may also bring their sensitive documents to the S.T.O.P. event for proper shredding and destruction to prevent identity theft. Any documents brought will be shredded on site by a document shredding company. There is a limit of 6 “Bankers Box” sized boxes or bags of paper per car, per day. For every 2,000 pounds of paper the Town recycles equates to 17 trees saved.

and co-curricular. Some of the safety concerns include aging doors and windows that need to be updated to better protect students. Other areas of safety include asbestos abatement and parking lot and roadway improvements. Infrastructure projects include electrical changes, heating and cooling, and remodeling bathrooms. There are a number of academic and co-curricular projects, such as remodeling auditoriums, the library, life skills and other spaces to make them more functional.

Pharmaceuticals will not be accepted at S.T.O.P. events, however the Town will be collecting pharmaceuticals at several special events throughout the year. Please continue to check the Town’s website and social media pages for the latest information.

With two structures, the Secondary School and Munsey Park, over 80 years old, and Shelter Rock at 54 years old, many rooms and facilities are in need of repair. Additional projects were proposed to repurpose and modernize some spaces that are not being used to their full potential.

The proposed projects for all three schools fall into categories of safety and security, infrastructure, and academic

The S.T.O.P. program offers Town of North Hempstead residents the opportunity to dispose of dangerous and chemical wastes that are too dangerous to dispose of with routine curbside pickups. Residents can return items such as aerosols, household chemicals, pesticides, disinfectants, fertilizers, bulbs, thermostats, rechargeable and lithium batteries, TV’s and computers. Latex and water-based paints, once dried out (usually 24-36 hours after the lid is removed) can be placed in a trash bag and thrown out with your regular household

mutually beneficial nature of the foraging operation.

Each site has unique properties that lead to apple varieties found nowhere else. Often they have adapted to the specific conditions of that landscape, creating special flavor profiles. “I found some pretty cool crabapple trees in Plandome, actually. some of them had really high acid. They were bitter sharps. They had some good acids and tannins. Just like in wine certain grapes have different flavor profiles, it’s the same thing with apples, There were some old crabapple trees that we don’t know the type of apple. We don’t really know the names of the trees; we just know that this is a really special apple, one, because the tree is very old, or two, it’s likely a wild seeded tree.”

The timeline for making cider is really a year-round affair, especially finding new trees. Real estate ads are a great source because fruit trees are often a selling point. Springtime makes finding trees easy because the blossoming of the apple trees can be seen fairly clearly. Sometimes they look on Google Maps to get an idea if the property has an orchard in the backyard.

For harvesting and making cider, the timing is usually August to November. Longabardi cited last year’s drought and then Hurricane Ida as a double monkey-wrench: “Last year was probably the earliest we’ve ever started harvesting apples, which was around mid-August. And we

The total recommended scope of work comes to $ 43,996,484, with $10,364,310 for safety and security, $11,960,750 on infrastructure and $ 21,671,424 for academic and co-curricular projects. The average taxable assessed value of a home in Manhasset is approximately $1,400. The impact of this proposed scope of work on the school tax bill for this home would be less than $350 annually.

The S.T.O.P. events will also have a clothing donation area. Gently used and working clothes, stuffed animals, electronics, toys, sporting equipment, shoes, books, small area rugs, bikes, scooters, luggage, picture frames, table lamps, bolts of fabric, silverware, glassware, dishes, and cosmetics will be collected.

The building condition survey, conduct ed every five years by the district architects, is an infrastructure-driven analysis of each building, and served as the foundation for the committee.

But it wasn’t just “bricks and mortar.” The committee was asked to consider academic and co-curricular projects that would enhance the educational experience.

license or other valid proof of residency. Only potentially hazardous household products and e-waste will be accepted. For safety reasons, residents also must remain in their vehicle while event staff removes items to be discarded. Please also leave pets at home so staff can safely remove items from your vehicle.

School, Saturday, Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at North Hempstead Beach Park (North Lot), and Sunday, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at North Hempstead Beach Park (North Lot).

to be involved in the decision-making process. There were community forums, shared decision teams and community tours to show the areas of concern in each building.

Participants must be residents of North Hempstead (no commercial vehicles will be allowed) and need to show a driver’s

At its April 7 meeting, the school board

harvest to the end of November. That’s our time for harvesting and pressing the apples. But the hurricane last year sort of threw everyone off. The apples are supposed to be on the tree for a lot longer, but the drought happened, and then the hurricane hit and then all the apples fell off the tree a bit early. So we had to collect those apples and basically hold them for as long as we could before we pressed them just because they were not fully mature. We took a lot of those apples back to our garage and stored them in the garage for as long as we could so the apples could develop a little bit more.”

For Longabardi and Lepley, the future is about so much more than expanding their cider- and wine-making operation.

Committee members participated in extensive tours of each building,

Additional S.T.O.P programs will be held throughout 2023 including: Saturday, June 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Westbury High

For more information on the S.T.O.P. program, please call 311 or 516-8696311 or visit northhempsteadny.gov/ stopprogram

The vote allows work to begin, but the projects will likely take two to three years to complete. Most of the work will be accomplished over the summer breaks, but some work will require closures, especially the work on the auditoriums.

The heart of what they are doing is about preservation and heritage. The hope is to establish something to carry these trees into posterity. “The next step for Floral Terranes is not to make more cider, or to make more wine, but finding as many trees as we can, get permission, grow the nursery (that Lepley is working on), and work with a lot of local organizations such as like the North Shore Land Alliance. That’s really the end game, looking for land where someone will take our trees and they’ll be there forever. If the nursery is this kind of seed bank, then we just want that seed bank to keep on growing and have a place where the seeds can bloom and blossom into old trees that will remain beyond my lifetime.”

—With additional reporting by Frank Rizzo

—Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

If anyone has an apple, crabapple, or pear tree they want to share with Floral Terranes, please reach out at floralterranes@gmail. com or call (516)-382-1772.

A typical harvest. (Photo submitted by Floral Terranes)

The exterior of Longabardi’s Roslyn home. The Floral Terranes operation is in the garage. (Photo by Floral Terranes via Instagram)

With this 69% approval, the district moves forward with modernizing its aging facilities to continue serving Manhasset’s children