Friday, July 22, 2022
Vol. 82, No. 29
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SERVING BETHPAGE, OLD BETHPAGE, AND PLAINVIEW
VOLUNTEERS FOR VETS
Town extends pool, beach hours to beat heat With high temperatures and humidity impacting the region throughout the week, the Town of Oyster Bay has announced that hours of operation at all Town pools and TOBAY Beach, including the TOBAY Spray Park, will be extended through the weekend, beginning Tuesday, July 19, through Sunday, July 24. Additionally, three cooling centers will be open daily through Sunday in the event that the public needs a place to come indoors and cool off. “We want to help you beat the heat! With the forecast calling for
Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin (fourth left), Deputy Supervisor Dorothy Goosby (second right), Councilman Anthony D’Esposito (right), Councilman Dennis Dunne, Sr. (third right), Councilwoman Melissa Miller (left) and Town Clerk Kate Murray (second left) presented the town’s Veterans’ Volunteer Service Award to Chris and Carol Baktis of Levittown. Chris and Carol are not veterans — however, for many years, they have dedicated their lives to helping men and women in uniform throughout our nation. The Baktis are dedicated members of an organization called A Soldiers Journey Home, which brings together volunteers from across the United States to build and gift specialized homes to veterans with disabilities. Just recently, Chris and Carol returned home from Kentucky after helping to build a home for a disabled vet who lost his home after last year’s tornado ravaged the area. The new home has an open-floor plan, is handicapped accessible and is wind-rated to withstand an EF4 tornado. Chris and Carol are also volunteers with the Walter Reed Medical Center, Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior, the Blue Star Moms and many more. The Bethpage Newsgram is published every Friday by Litmor Publishing Corp. Periodical Postage paid at Hicksville, N.Y. 11801 Telephone 931-0012 - USPS 3467-68. Postmaster: Send Address Change to: The Bethpage Newsgram, 821 Franklin Ave., Suite 208, Garden City, N.Y. 11530 • Meg Norris Publisher
extreme oppressive heat, we invite our residents to enjoy some fun family time and make the Town pool facilities their backyards away from home,” said Supervisor Saladino. “Our Town pools and beaches are a staycation destination for residents of all ages and that especially holds true during high temperatures like those estimated for this coming week.” All pool facilities will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, July 19th, through Sunday, July 24, including: See page 13
Plainview store pivots because of COVID protocols BY GARY SIMEONE Business has gotten very stressful for Dani Liberman, owner of Kidcessories at Sugar Crazy in Plainview. She said that the store has had to pivot on their custom-made care packages for campers across the tri-state area because of Covid19 protocols at sleep-away camps. “Many of the sleep-away camps have once again canceled their parent visitation days because of the rise of COVID cases across the country,” said Liberman. “It’s a day that campers and parents look forward to and as a result a lot of our Long Island kids who are attending these camps will not receive these care packages that
parents would normally bring to them during visits.” Liberman is feeling the stress because hundreds of parents have requested her services to ship these packages in smaller boxes in a much shorter timeframe. “Now I have to prepare and send these boxes five days earlier than when parents would normally bring them to their kids at camp. There are also a lot of restrictions in place as far as food items that can be sent because many of the sleep-away camps are nut-free facilities.” On a typical parent visitation day at camps such as Chen-a-Wanda in Pennsylvania, campers would See page 13
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