The Garden City News (7/24/20)

GIRLS TAKE ACTION GC Fire station replacement costs may top $10 million

BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

Plans for a replacement of Garden City’s Fire Station No. 2, at the corner of Stewart Avenue and Edgemere Road in the west, were presented during the Board of Trustees’ meeting held via Zoom on July 16. Costs for the project may end up exceeding $10 million. The size and scale of the proposal have driven the costs for a station redesign up by about three to four million dollars from plans discussed five months ago during a February Board of Trustees’ meeting.

Garden City Fire Chief Thomas Strysko introduced the latest round of considerations by stating that Village Fire Station No. 2 is nearly 90 years old, and that 90 years ago with the manual pumps attached to open-air wagons there were different considerations and specifications for accommodating the firefighting apparatus servicing a growing place like this village.

School Board develops safety plan

BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

The Garden City Board of Education discussed its proposed District Safety Plan at its annual reorganization meeting, held at the High School auditorium on Wednesday, July 8, and virtually. Although the school year could look greatly different for

the 2020-21 school year, the plan was created to meet a state mandate under the NYS Safe Schools Against Violence in Education legislation. It addresses a variety of security issues, as well as a new section on year on pandemic safety.

The 30-day public comment period for the plan as proposed

is from July 10 through August 10, and instructions for providing comments on the plan are posted along with the Plan on the district’s website. Comments can be directed to the office of the District Clerk (also Assistant Superintendent for Business &

The recent quarantine and Covid-19 pandemic may have slowed them down, but the girls from Cadette Troop #1242 were determined to make sure their “Take Action Project” was completed. The troop built wooden bird houses and donated them to the Garden City Bird Sanctuary. This past Monday, the girls- all masked up- met up at the sanctuary to help put up the completed birdhouses. With the help of Sanctuary Volunteer, Tim Martens, the girls successfully completed their Outdoor Journey. Photo by Regina Moran See page 40

“Looking forward to the next 90 years of fire service in the Village of Garden City, we’re looking to design a firehouse that would anticipate any kinds of new developments that could be required for fire service. To reference what Deputy Mayor Robert Bolebruch mentioned for assets -- if you buy a new computer today you need to consider this a purchase for tomorrow and the related updates as well. From the feasibility perspective we went into evaluating the actual design and build drawings and then determined some adjustments needed to be made in order to accommodate a longer fire truck as the presentation explains,” Chief Strysko said.

PKAD Architects & Design’s Frank Gucciardo, who first presented on potential options for replacing Garden City Fire Station No. 2 back at the Board of Trustees (in-person) meeting held February 26, 2020, explained the schematic phase of this project as of mid-July.

Last Thursday Gucciardo said there’s design reasons for enlarging the proposed new station with his presentation and side-by-side comparisons of space and scale, “with budgeting considerations reflected for the larger footprint.” Another focus for this PKAD presentation was putting the fire engines’ departure and approach routes for the station.

According to Gucciardo the original width of the bay exam-

Supporting local journalism

On July 16th a bipartisan group of legislators introduced the Local Journalism Sustainability Act into the House of Representatives, which would, if enacted, provide support for news organizations, subscribers and advertisers in the form of tax credits.

Even before the pandemic newspapers have been under a great deal of economic pressure, as have many small businesses, and the pandemic created havoc in our industry as most of our advertisers shut down for months. Frankly, if it weren’t for the Paycheck Protection Program it is likely we would have also had to shut down as well.

The LJSA would provide tax credits up to $250 a year for consumers to subscribe to local news organizations.

It would provide a payroll tax credit for those who employ journalists.

For local businesses, many of whom now have to woo back the customers they lost due to the pandemic, a tax credit on advertising costs would be available. The bill has received support from both sides of the aisle, and had fifteen sponsors from all regions of the country.

It is important to our democracy to have a robust local news sector, where voices and ideas of the regular people are always welcome. This is public participation journalism, where your voice counts.

Please help us by contacting your representatives and supporting this bill.

Email: Editor@GCNews.com

Include POA in firehouse planning

To the Editor:

In the fall, with the full knowledge of our Western Section Trustees, the WPOA formed a Firehouse Committee for the purpose of providing community input for design alteration of the Edgemere firehouse. This Committee is composed of a former firefighter, an architect, attorneys, a municipal vehicle garage manager with construction industry experience and long-time community volunteers – all having an interest in the restoration, renovation and design of the most important Village building, circa 1930, in the Western section. Our committee seeks to be part of the collaboration necessary for a successful project that will serve our community for years to come.

In March, two trustees and fire personnel provided our Committee with a walk-through of the firehouse, and we have had conversations with our Western Trustees during directors’ meetings. As a group, we have formulated some preliminary renovation concepts. As yet, our Committee has not seen a program plan from the Garden City Fire Department that outlines what the Village is requesting for the Edgemere firehouse, the community and the West side residents.

As residents and WPOA Committee members, we are eager to discuss the proposed building concept with our village trustees, the fire chiefs, project architect PKAD, and the community. We are disappointed that sufficient notice was not provided to the WPOA and our Committee regarding last week’s Board of Trustees Zoom meeting, where changes to the firehouse design were presented by PKAD. This was unfortunate in that we did not have the opportunity to add our WPOA voices to the comments. We sincerely urge the Board of Trustees to open the discussion and allow us as Western

Section residents to provide input to this significant project happening in our neighborhood – before entering into the final stages of the design.

The WPOA Edgemere Firehouse Committee: Remy Bernardo, Maureen Dellacona, Steve Gorray, T.J. Michon, Austin Murphy, Carl Russo, Cosmo Veneziale Nick Vernice

New recycling containers

To the Editor:

Some comments regarding the new recycling containers:

When I received my new recycling container, I was sure that the Sanitation Dept. had left one of their own containers and had mistakenly taken my container. I called the Village Sanitation Department and advised them that my nice container with the number of my house painted on it, was missing.  I was told that I was now to use the new larger container.  My first thought was why did the Village purchase new containers.  I learned later that the Village spent $59,000 + for the new containers.  After discussing this with other people I realized that many families with children have a large supply of recyclable items each week, and for them the larger container makes sense.

The problem is that not every household has a large number of occupants. Senior citizens occupy many of the homes in the Village and the smaller containers were more than adequate for them. The larger containers cannot be carried to the curb by many seniors and must be pulled, thereby scraping the bottom of the container, which will

Village approves funds for Library Children's Room redesign

BY RIKKI MASSAND

At its meeting held via Zoom on Thursday, July 16, the Garden City Village Board of Trustees heard an extensive presentation from consultants for the Garden City Public Library Children’s Room Redesign and Renovation project, Melville-based H2M Architects + Engineers. Soon thereafter the Board suspended its meeting rules to approve additional funding for the project for the Library’s prime firstfloor space, modernizing it and creating usable, adaptable learning and reading spaces, with the project carrying a cost estimate of $845,220.

With a special motion approved last Thursday, the Board of Trustees authorized a transfer of $105,000 from the fiscal year’s Village Contingency account into an allocation set up for the Library capital for $600,000. The total amount of Village funding of the extensive project is for $705,000.

Village Trustee Colleen Foley, who became the Board’s liaison to the GCPL Board of Trustees in April of 2019, offered comments for the village to back the project as she updated her colleagues.

“The Library Board has also agreed to dedicate a reserve account along with this allocation from the Village (another

$105,000 on top of the originally budgeted amount….In the event there is a cost overrun for the project total estimate, above the $845,220, the GCPL Special Reserve Fund containing $71,011.71 that exists in the Library’s reserve for Capital Improvements accounts would be made available to pay for additional costs. In the event the project comes in at or below the budgeted amount this Special Reserve Fund would be utilized for the supply and enhancement of technology in the S.T.E.M. / S.T.R.E.A.M. education and enrichment area within the Children’s section project,” Foley explained.

Foley commented on the summary documents and renderings the Board received prior to July 16, and she said in the Village’s 2020-’21 fiscal year budget, $600,000 was allocated.

“There was a reserve account from Legislative grants for the Library of $140,000 (SAM grants, secured by then-Senator Kemp Hannon and State Assemblyman Ed Ra). That amount brought the total proposal to approximately $730,000. In light of the design changes we started investigating the $840,220 with our $600,000 allocated, and less the $140,000 -- leaving a gap of $105,000,” she said.

The Library was to be awarded a $150,000 SAM (State and Municipal aid)

grant after commitment in late 2018, and Hannon lost his reelection bid that year. The funds are being followed up on by his successor, Sen. Kevin Thomas, according to GCPL administration. SAM Grants are subject to review and approval by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) and other state agencies.

S.T.R.E.A.M in education terminology stands for Science, Technology, Research, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. To provide the trustees with an example of the flexibility and investments included in the project, consulting engineer and H2M’s Deputy Discipline Director of Architecture Saverio Belfiore described a Smartboard within the section that is moveable within or outside of the workroom, or it could be taken into the meeting room or storytime room if needed, all in the Children’s section.

“There is that type of flexible and modernized technology included here in the project. Also within the Storytime room there is a drop-down and screen with a retractable projector,” he said.

Trustee Foley noted that the additions of more electrical power outlets will allow for more devices to be plugged in at various locations, “allowing for more movable technology as that rolls out.” Ideas exchanged and the

specifics of the project, as updated with the cost estimate, were reported in The Garden City News on July 10, 2020 after two early July meetings of the Garden City Library Board of Trustees provided insights into the comprehensive redesign project.

Garden City Library Board of Trustees Chair J. Randolph Colahan commented on the evolution of this proposal at the July 16 Village Board meeting.

“The Library Board feels that the proposal will dramatically change, transform and modernize the library and this innovation of the Children’s Room will be a tremendous benefit for Garden City families. Other key areas in the Library have been updated most recently in 2007, however this Children’s Room has only seen minor cosmetic changes and has not seen a significant overhaul since the current Library building was built 47 years ago (1973). The current renovation effort dates back to 2012/2013 starting with hosting citizen focus groups, obtaining and retaining design proposals, and applying for and securing State Bullet Aid and SAM grants. Thank you to our Village Board of Trustees for the opportunity to present and consider this renovation proposal tonight, and especially to Trustee Colleen Foley as liaiSee page 42

Wonderful Tudor on 80 X 100 prime Estates prop, 4 Bds on 2nd flr, 2.5 Ba $1,189,000

Spectacular sprawling ranch on .44 acre. 5BR, 4.5 bath, 3 car heated garage A must see! $1,549,000

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3 Bdr, 2.5Bth Traditional Brick Faced Colonial with tremendous living space on a beautiful tree lined street. This home sits perfectly situated with dramatic curb appeal on a spacious oversized 125’ x 133’ lot. Home Features Chefs Kitchen with white custom cabinets & hi-end appliances, Large formal dining rm, living rm, w/ fireplace, three season rm, family room w/vaulted ceilings, home office. 2nd Fl contains: Mstr Bdr w/En suite two additional bdrs serviced by hall bth. The homes expansive floor plan includes a 4th bedroom option as well as 5 garage spaces! Proximate to: train stations, parkways, restaurants and shopping.

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This gorgeous brand new Colonial built in 2018 is perfectly situated mid-block and features an open floor plan with exquisite finishes. The first floor boasts a gourmet kitchen with a huge center island, Thermador appliances and marble counter tops that is completely open to the dining room and the living room with a gas burning fireplace. A bedroom, home office or den room and a full bathroom complete the first floor. The second floor features a spacious master bedroom suite with walk-in closets and a beautiful marble bathroom with a steam shower, dual vanities and a soaking tub. There are 2 additional nicely sized second floor bedrooms that are serviced by a full hall bathroom. The basement recreation room and the backyard paver patio are perfect for entertaining and the home’s proximity to shopping and the Long Island Railroad station is ideal. The home features energy efficient appliances, 2 zones of central air conditioning and heating, a tank-less hot water heater, Anderson windows, surround sound and an alarm system. The impressive design and the superior build quality make this home an exceptional value and the perfect place to call home!

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Restaurant owners to receive Rotary’s 2020 Service Award NEW LISTING FOR SALE BY OWNER

GARDEN CITY ESTATES

Beautiful Dutch Colonial on a double lot with 4 bedrooms. 3 full baths and 3 half baths. Over-sized family room. Large screen porch. Finished basement. In ground sprinkler system. CAC throughout. Walk to train and variety of stores.

On the main level of this lovely home is a spacious living room with fireplace, seperate dining room, family room with fireplace and powder room. Recently renovated kitchen with granite counters, Viking stove, built-in appliances, center island and powder room.

Upstairs includes master bedroom with full bath and walk-in closet. Two bedrooms with shared hall bathroom and an additional large bedroom with private full bath.

Fully finished basement has rec room, laundry room, pantry, workshop, and seperate space for a home office.

$1,599,000 PRE-APPROVED PRINCIPALS ONLY NO BROKERS PLEASE email for private appointment: sjhousesale20@aol.com

Diane Pacifico Marmann, president of the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club, has announced Greg Bavaro (Garden City Pizza) and Tony Lubrano (Piccola Bussola of Mineola) as the co-recipients of Rotary’s 30th annual Community Service Award.

Diane Pacifico Marmann, president of the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club, is pleased to announce the upcoming presentation of its annual Community Service Award to the owners of two longtime Garden City and Mineola “eateries.” The most deserving honor-

ees are Greg Bavaro, owner of Garden City Pizza and Tony Lubrano, owner of Mineola’s Piccola Bussola restaurant.

Established in 1991, Rotary’s annual award signifies the spirit of volunteerism and commitment to community.

Greg Bavaro and Tony Lubrano exemplify the criteria for this award having demonstrated numerous services to their respective communities and beyond. As the 30th co-honorees, these extraordinary gentlemen will join the roster of 29 past Rotary community service recipients.

The 2020 pandemic has precluded Rotary, along with many other community organizations, from celebrating their honorees in the traditional manner. This being so, Rotary is delighted to salute both Greg and Tony with two upcoming events as forerunners to the REAL celebration of these two well deserving awardees. Both honorees will be appropriately celebrated at Rotary’s 2020 Holiday Luncheon set for December 7 at the Garden City Hotel. Next Tuesday, July 28, on the lawn of the law offices of Rotary president Diane Pacifico Marmann, Esq. in Mineola, Rotarians will gather for a socially distant evening of fellowship at “Gourmet Pizza Night” featuring pizza specialties of the long-time popular Garden City Pizza owned by co-honoree Greg Bavaro. Next month, on August 24, Rotary will hold another event featuring the culinary specialties of co-honoree Tony Lubrano’s Picolla Bussola in Mineola.

Rotary looks forward to presenting these upcoming events as an advance salute to community service honorees Greg Bavaro and Tony Lubrano, to be appropriately celebrated at Rotary’s Holiday Luncheon Party on December 7. Stay tuned for upcoming information on how to join Rotarians at the Holiday Luncheon, or call Diane Pacifico Marman at 516-742-8340.

Garden City Real Estate Market Information

RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN GARDEN CITY

The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes presented were selected based solely on the fact that they were recently sold.

Mortgage Rates this week from www.bankrate.com

Long Island Sales Data From One Key MLS Nassau County Median Sale Price

98 Kenwood Road

Sold price: $800,000

Date: 07/21/2020

Style: Colonial

3 bedrooms, 1 full bath,

1 half bath

Total taxes: $13,388

Lot Size: .14 acres

MLS number: 3218544

Seller’s Broker: Daniel Gale Associates

Charming Mott Colonial. This home has an open kitchen/ den/eating area floor plan for modern living. A formal living room w/wood burning fireplace, and a sunny family room with large windows overlooking the garden. A powder room complete the first floor. The second floor offers three bedrooms and an updated bath. There is Large unfinished basement that offers many possibilities. Brick Patio and Brick Paver Driveway and Walkway. Central Air Conditioning, gas heat and 200 amp electric are some of the value features to this warm and gracious home

42 Mulberry Avenue

Sold Price: $1,095,000 Date: 07/12/2020

4 bedrooms, 2 full, 1 half baths

Style: Colonial

Total taxes: $20,943

Lot Size: .14 acres

MLS number: 3203624

Seller’s Broker: Coach Realtors Fennessy Associates

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This Lovely, 4 BR, 2.5 bath Colonial set on 60 x 100 provides a pretty entrance foyer, LR, formal DR, updated white EIK with center island, attached family room with wood burning fireplace overlooking manicured yard and patio. 4 spacious bedrooms and two full baths on the second floor, as well as a finished recreation room in the basement. Other features include, CAC, gas heat, 2 car attached garage, IGS, mid block location, near to parks, school and train. Houses featured on this page were sold by various real estate agencies

New Construction in 2020 in Prime Estates location of Garden City. 80x100

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Under Contract | Garden City | 100 Hampton Road

$1,549,000 | 6 BR, 3 BA, 2 Half BA | Web# 3161208

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Private Showings Available | Garden City 79 Brixton Road | $1,499,000 | 3 BR, 2 BA, 2 Half BA Web# 3218425

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Norma Quigley: M 516.236.7996

Under Contract | Garden City | 111 Cherry Valley Ave, Unit #M31 | $1,299,000 | 3 BR, 3.5 BA | Web# 3215849

Catherine Gerspach: M 516.238.2771 Open House Saturday, 7/25, 11:00 – 1:00pm Garden City | 218 Roxbury Road

Laura Mulligan: M 516.729.6885

Norma Quigley: M 516.236.7996

Under Contract | Garden City | 111 Meadow Street

$799,000 | 3 BR, 1.5 BA | Web# 3216370

Michelle McArdle: M 516.306.4134

$1,249,000 | 4 BR, 2.5 BA | Web# 3230908

Eleni Koutsoftas: M 203.253.3765

Christine Nappi: M 917.751.0261

Garden City | 23 Harvard Street

$778,000 | 3 BR, 1.5 BA | Web# 3221844

Jennifer Davan: M 917.854.2099

Garden City | 43 Kingsbury Road

$1,125,000 | 4 BR, 2 BA | Web# 3232934

Katarzyna Kamer: M 917.548.7106

Christina Riccobono: M 516.524.1597

New Hyde Park | 601 8th Avenue

$537,500 | 4 BR, 1 BA | Web# 3230736

Lauren Grima: M 917.642.5036

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Village Hall and administrative offices reopened for in-person inquiries and business on Monday, June 22. All full-time staff returned to on-site workplaces Wednesday, June 24. Office hours are between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Visitors are required to wear a face covering, maintain social distancing of six feet and sign in to a Visitor’s Log outside of the office they are visiting. Furthermore, while multiple people can enter Village Hall, only one person will be admitted into each office space at a time and are asked to abide by employee instructions. Please don’t forget to wear a mask when you are out and about in society and follow social distancing too.

ity and renewed commitment for the rule of justice, the rule of law and to eventually finding a path that offers economic and racial justice to all.”

555 Stewart Ave. Final Site Plan

Trustees unanimously approved final site plan approval for the construction of a 150-unit residence that will include two buildings at four stories each, inclusive of 15 affordable housing units, located at 555 Stewart Avenue. This project, which was recommended for approval by the Architectural Design Review Board on February 26, 2020, the Planning Commission on March 11, 2020 and the Zoning Board of Appeals on June 30, 2020, consists of 66 one-bedroom units, 72 two-bedroom units and 12 three-bedroom units.

Multiple issues concerning the owners/developers throughout the past 12 years, including financial hardships, change in ownership, change in project as this was originally proposed as 25 townhouses back in 2008, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic, have extensively delayed this welcome project at the eastern gateway of Garden City.

“It is a symbolic vote and reflects, I think, a milestone in a long process. It has been an educational process, not only about being reminded and learning more about the issues of intentional discrimination, but also I think all of us have been educated and reminded about what is referred to as impact discrimination,” Village Counsel Peter Bee said. “This is a site plan for Garden City’s affordable housing project – not just another site plan. Tonight’s vote is an acknowledgment of the learning process through which the Village has gone and it is, in short, symbolic of Garden City’s heightened sensitiv-

In June 2018, Trustees adopted a local law to amend the Village code in relation to permitted uses in a new R-T District. The Board reviewed the zoning regulations in order to maintain the residential standards of the Village and also to meet the Village’s legally mandated obligations to provide housing opportunities. The Board also considered the recent adoption of legislation permitting QRD (Qualified Residential Development) developments in the Village and evaluated the need to facilitate such developments in appropriate locations in the Village. As a consequence of this review, the Board concluded it would be appropriate and consistent with land use regulation principles, and the zoning classification and use of other properties in the Village, to amend the existing regulations in the R-T District to permit and facilitate QRD development of property located at 555 Stewart Avenue.

Trustee Brian Daughney echoed Mr. Bee’s comments. “This is more than just about a site plan, it’s about getting needed apartments for some affordable housing in the Village. As far as the Board’s concerned, I think that I can safely say we are not in favor of discrimination in any type in this Village and we don’t agree with negative things that were said in the past by some people about affordable housing, and this project in particular. We can’t control what people say. We can only do what makes sense and what works. We want this project to move forward and we hope that the builder gets this project finished as soon as possible.”

Nassau Blvd LIRR station brickwork

On Monday, July 27, the Village will begin reconstruction of the Nassau Blvd. railroad station brick parking lot. During this time the lot will be closed to vehicular traffic, including the entrance off of Nassau Blvd. The surrounding lots to the north and west will be available for parking during construction; they can be accessed from Stewart Avenue via Euston Road and Wellington Road. Pedestrian access

Mayor Theresa Trouvé

The dedication, compassion, and strength that The Bristal team displays daily is evident – especially to those who choose to call The Bristal home, as well as their families. The happiness and well-being of residents means everything to us, so their heartfelt appreciation is both powerful and motivating. We’re proud to share their sentiments for the outstanding individuals who make The Bristal such a special place.

We want to extend our deepest gratitude to the staff at The Bristal for caring for our loved ones, even though you are leaving yours at home and risking your health to assist ours…Thanks so much from the bottom of our hearts. With love & respect

– The Vidas Family

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The main level features a two-story entry foyer and focal point staircase, inlay and herringbone hardwood floors, living room, formal dining room, modern Chef’s kitchen with oversized island open to great room with gas fireplace and coffered ceilings, mudroom, powder room, home office/guest bedroom and full bathroom. Upstairs a long hallway leads you to the master bedroom suite with tray ceiling, grand windows, ensuite spa bathroom with tub, glass shower, heated floors and walk-in closet. 4 additional bedrooms, 2 additional full baths and laundry complete this level.

Computer scam

Detectives are investigating a July 16 report of a male subject, posing as a computer programmer fixing a computer, advising a resident by phone to buy Google Money cards and supply him with their codes to fix an error. It was later determined to be a scam. Total loss exceeds $10,000.

Kitten saved

On July 16th, Garden City Police

responded to Whitehall Boulevard for a report of a kitten stuck in the engine compartment of a vehicle. Residents were able to use food to lure the kitten safely from the vehicle.

Protests continue

On July 16th, Garden City Police officers were assigned to traffic safety details for a protest march that occurred on Franklin Avenue.

Leaving the scene

On July 17th, Garden City Police investigated a report of a white pick-up truck leaving the scene after sideswip ing and damaging another vehicle on Clinton Road.

Wallet stolen

A wallet containing money and credit cards was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at the Cherry Valley Country Club on July 17th.

Vehicle entered

Money was reported stolen from a vehicle parked in a Clinton Road driveway on July 18th.

Handbag taken

On July 18th, a handbag, containing money and a credit card, was reported stolen inside the Garden City Hotel.

Hit and run

Officers investigated a report of a black vehicle leaving the scene after striking and damaging another vehicle parked in Field #5 on July 18th.

Vehicle stolen, found

On July 19th, a vehicle was reported stolen from a Wetherill Road driveway. The owner’s vehicle locator app traced the vehicle to a location in Newark. Upon being notified, Newark Police Officers responded to the area indicated on the locater app and discovered the vehicle. The investigation is ongoing.

DWI arrest

Upon investigation of a two-vehicle property damage crash on Meadow Street, Garden City Police arrested one of the operators, a 49 year-old Hempstead man, for DWI.

Hawk rescued A Garden City Police officer responded to Prospect Street on July 20th for a report of an injured hawk. The Wildlife in Need Rescue and Rehabilitation Agency was notified and responded to the scene and removed the hawk.

Items taken

Loose change and an Empire Pass were reported stolen from a vehicle parked on St. James Street South on July 20th.

Porch piracy

A package delivered to a Sackville Road residence on July 20th was reported stolen.

Suspended license

As a result of a traffic stop investigation on Clinton Road and Brook Street on July 20th, a 21-year-old male was charged with driving with a suspended license and defective brake lights.

Grand larceny arrest

On July 21st, Garden City Police responded to a report of a man fleeing CVS after the theft of two electric razors. Officers apprehended the a 29 year-old man, in Parking Field #8. He was allegedly found to be in possession of the two razors as well as assorted make-up items from the store. He was charged with grand larceny.

Invalid papers

A 22-year-old female was charged with allegedly driving on Franklin Avenue with a suspended registration and unregistered operation on July 21st.

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I climbed the interior of the spire of the Cathedral of the Incarnation twice. Once in the summer and that photograph was used in a previous column. It looked west showing the Cherry Valley golf course and Adelphi University. The second time I went up was in the winter. This time I was able to look toward the northwest and capture this view of St. Paul’s School. Those are the Manhasset Hills in the distance.

Remember there are no windows at the top of the Cathedral spire, just metal vents that I was able to bend back and stick my camera out and get that shot. Yes, I bent it back again to the way I found it.

A perfect combination of old world charm paired with modern amenities. This 4 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath center foyer colonial, in the heart of the estates section, sits on a beautifully manicures 60x110 lot. Warm, neutral tones and gleaming hardwood floors throughout, combined with renovated kitchen and new baths make this a true turnkey home.

The additional features of this home include:

• Updated kitchen with center island open to family room

• Formal Dining Room and Living Room with Gas fireplace

• 2 new baths with radiant heated floors

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• Central air-conditioning

• Geo-thermal heating system

• Personal putting green on the beautifully landscaped 60x110 property.

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Chaminade students’ organization raises money for PPE supplies

BY GARY SIMEONE

They are a group of four soon to be seniors at Chaminade High School, and they have donated their time and effort to helping people in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Harrison Peluso and James Burke, a Garden City resident, are co-founders of the philanthropic group called One Island. Owen Serkes of Garden City is also a member, along with 16-year-old Michael Sanfilippo.

“When we started One Island, we set out to unify Long Islanders by solving social, economic and health issues,” said Peluso. “Our motto is to be the change that you want to see in society.”

Serkes, a rising senior at Chaminade, said the group’s first project was to donate PPE supplies to local hospitals and nursing homes through money raised from a GoFundMe page.

“We started this project in early June and raised $4,000 for PPE supplies to donate to NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola Cohen’s Children’s Medical

Center and Queen of Peace Residences in Queens Village,” said Serkes. “We are four kids from similar backgrounds who are trying to make a difference in our communities.”

He said that he came up with another idea for the group, which he called the Pasta Project.

“My idea was to collect pasta boxes and donate them to local food pantries. The idea came to me when my mom and I realized the need to help local impoverished communities that are suffering as a result of the pandemic. For our first food drive, we will be donating to the Salvation Army in Westbury and the Mary Brennan INN in Hempstead. Our goal is to help feed as many people as possible during these difficult times.”

To spread the word about the food drive, he printed out fliers and has collected nearly 60 pasta boxes from neighbors in his residential area so far.

If you would like to donate to the Pasta Project, you can drop off boxes at 35 Brixton Road or call Owen at 516-5123392 for further details.

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“When NYU Winthrop’s TAVR team replaced my heart valve, they gave me my life back.”

For John Elliott, sailing is living. He’s been on the water for most of his 90-plus years. In all three theaters during World War 2, as a merchant seaman, and for the last 70 years sailing out of the Rockaway Point Yacht Club.

But recently John was so fatigued and short of breath, he could only walk a few steps. His aortic valve was failing. His daughter, a nurse, told John about a valve replacement procedure called TAVR. She took him to NYU Winthrop Hospital, part of NYU Langone Health. With some of the country’s highest quality TAVR programs on Long Island and in Manhattan, NYU Langone Health is a leader in this procedure. They replaced John’s valve through an artery in his leg. In no time at all, he was back to sailing off Breezy Point.

If you suffer from aortic stenosis, you may be a candidate for TAVR. To learn more, call 1-866-WINTHROP or visit nyulangone.org/tavr.

THI S WEEK AT ROTARY

Zoom Meeting Features Young Achievers

Some folks are reporting that it can be easier to attend a Zoom meeting rather than face-to-face at a designated venue. It's easier and time-saving to Zoom in from an iPhone or computer than to travel from home or office, some say.

This past Monday, many such members of the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club gathered at its Zoom meeting to welcome three young Rotary achievers. Julia Formasar, Garden City High School Rotary Scholarship recipient, and Anushka Petal, Mineola recipient, spoke about themselves and their ambitions as they head off to college this fall.  Also presenting a special community service project was Chris Sims from Stewart Manor.  Read on …

RYLA Community Service Project

Under the auspices of the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program, at last Monday’s zoom meeting, Chris Sims, a young resident of Stewart Manor, a rising senior at St. Mary’s High School in Manhasset and a participant in the RYLA program, described his one-man community service project.

Chris had taken it upon himself to volunteer to help liven up the recess area of his elementary school, the Stewart Manor school.  “I painted new targets on the wall next to the recess yard where kids play handball.  I also painted brand new hopscotch games on the blacktop for the kids.”  Two friends had recommended that I attend RYLA.  I attended the summer program and

Chris Sims, ERYLA participant, performs service project.

loved it,” said Chris. The Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club supports RYLA and its mission.  Run by students for students RYLA is an intensive leadership experience organized by Rotary clubs and districts where kids can develop their skills as leaders and build their confidence while having fun. Entering RYLA further develops a student’s will to help others, reflecting the Rotary motto, “Service Above Self.”  Chris Sims exemplifies this volunteer spirit.

Gourmet Pizza Night

Tuesday, July 28, 6 p.m. Featuring Garden City Pizza Stay tuned!

FOR SENIORS

Garden City Senior Center Opening

Garden City Recreation and Parks’ Senior Center will be opening on Monday, July 6.

Hours will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Senior Center will be practicing social distancing, so no exercise or group activities will take place at this time Anyone visiting the Center will be required to wear a mask during their visit.

Summer Concerts at the Gazebo

Recreation and Parks Summer Concerts at the Gazebo began on Thursday, July 16. Concerts are held at the gazebo on the corner of Hilton and Stewart Avenues and begin at 7:15 p.m.

Bring a chair, wear a mask and please practice social distancing while attending the concert.

Concerts are held rain or shine. In the event of less than perfect weather, the concert will be held at the Cultural and Performing Arts Center in St. Paul’s Cluett Hall, 295 Stewart Ave.

Our performers are as follows:

July 23:    Blue Angel

July 30:   Forge River Band

August 6: Endless Summer Beach

Boys Tribute

August 13: Lenny Dell & the Demensions

Conversational, opinionated, wordsmith?

We are looking for writers in our community to compose news articles on local topics, opinions, reviews, worthy places to visit on Long Island, and even fiction. We aim to feature at least one new article and writer each week in our Discovery magazine section.

Email submissions: editor@gcnews.com

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OUTDOOR SEATING IN FRONT & BACK

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Thank you for your cooperation

Reservations are not being taken at this time... First come first served

For curbside pickup just call (516) 294-6565 and place your order. Let us know the make and model car you are in, the license plate number, and we’ll deliver right to your car!

Cathedral resumes in-person worship outdoors

Attendees were asked to bring a blanket or lawn chair for the service.

The Cathedral of the Incarnation held its first in-person worship service on Sunday, July 12 under a large tent. Attendees were limited to 50 people with social distancing, masks and other safety precautions required. The service will continue each Sunday at 10:15 a.m. by reservation only.

For many, it was the first time they had seen other parishioners face to face since the Cathedral halted in-person worship in early March. Since then, the Cathedral has offered online worship opportunities Sunday through Friday via Zoom and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

“This is not a grand reopening,” said the Very Rev. Dr. Michael Sniffen, Dean of the Cathedral. “This is the first step in our goal of safely gathering in person following the best medical advice available.” The cathedral building remains closed and

those who do not feel they can safely attend are invited to continue joining online services such as Sunday Morning Prayer at 8:45 a.m. and weekday Morning Prayer and Night Prayer.

The outdoor service takes place behind the cathedral building and attendees are invited to join under the tent, or they can opt for a “drive-in” experience by parking their cars around the parking circle. A sound system ensures that the dispersed crowd can hear the preacher and music from a distance.

Reservations are required for the in-person service and all are welcome. Registration for that service, as well as links to the online worship opportunities, can be found at www.incarnationgc.org/ connect.

The Cathedral’s large tent provides plenty of space to gather in the shade.

Attendees listen to Dean Sniffen preaching.

Circles painted on the lawn helped families find spots six feet apart.

Election Day challenges

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

November 3 is the day that we elect the next President if the United States, as well as vote in elections for numerous other offices. Like it or not, and no matter who ultimately wins the various, the voting procedures in the November elections may bring some unique challenges and controversy.

Obviously, there is a worse case scenario, where a major new wave of the COVID-19 virus sweeps through the country a week or two before the election, causing large numbers of people who have not voted nor previously requested ballots to lose their votes and making it pretty much impossible to count votes. Nobody quite has a good answer for how to deal with this. It is not clear whether a postponement of voting would be an acceptable remedy.

But while that scenario is unlikely (even in this crazy year), there are almost certainly going to be significant problems with the vote and the count on November 3, primarily due to the unprecedented scale of mail-in balloting.

Let me make two clarifications. First, while I like the idea of having voting on a single day (I'm not a fan of early voting generally), I'm not suggesting that mail-in balloting is inherently evil or fraudulent. Although there have been recent cases of voter fraud involving mail in voting (for example, in Paterson, New Jersey and in West Virginia) it has not yet been shown that the process is so permeated by fraud as to be unusable. There are states (for example, Oregon and Utah), which collect virtually all ballots by mail and over time it is possible to establish good procedures, and voter education, where mail-in voting can work.

Second, mail in voting, where ballots are mailed to all or most registered voters (there’s frequently a question about inactive voters) in a jurisdiction, is considerably different from absentee voting, which has been around for years. Although eligibility for absentee voting has been expanded in most jurisdictions, it is limited to relatively finite group

of voters who either cannot vote in person on Election Day or who otherwise request an absentee ballot.

Having said this, the mail-in voting process this year, which is either entirely new of vastly expanded in many jurisdictions, has been riddled with major problems.

There are many good examples.

The recent June 23 Democratic primary included a contest for Congress in New York’s 12th Congressional district, which comprises parts of Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.

According to an article in The Intercept, a generally left of center website, 20 percent of mail-in votes in this race were thrown out for a variety of reasons, including lack of postmarks and lack of signing and dating. In that race, any many others, it took weeks to determine a winner because of the huge number of paper ballots.

As catalogued by blogger Tim Pool, the problems are not confined to New York. In the recent California primary, 100,000 mail in votes went uncounted. A key problem was lack of postmarks (often through no fault of the voter) or missing or questionable signatures. In New Jersey and Milwaukee, numerous requested ballots ended up not being delivered to the voter.   In New Orleans a stack of 4000 applications for mail in ballots were held at the post office for short paid postage. In Massachusetts, a lawsuit has been filed over failure to send ballots to minority voters. Needless to say, these ballot problems could easily alter the outcome of a race.

Of course, political passions are running very high this year, generally because President Trump is a controversial figure, but also because of the virus and the Black Lives Matter movement. It would seem that the last thing we need in November is massive confusion occasioned by new and untested election rules and systems and a dragged out recount of the type we had in 2000, with mutual suspicions, recriminations and court battles. Unfortunately, this is adistinct possibility.

The Welcoming Club of Garden City

What's New?

A good time was had by all at Thursday night's Rose Tasting. We enjoyed four different rose wines, snacks, and great company. A wonderful event to beat the heat!

There are still tickets available for the Baubles & Bubbly event on Wednesday, 7/29 in the 5:30pm session! Join us as we make beautiful Akola bracelets and sip sparkling wine in a neighbor’s backyard.

Coming Soon

Stroller Walking Group & Fitness Class start up again the week of 7/27! If you are interested in joining, please email Noel at WelcomingClubToddlerActivities@ gmail.com.

Tennis sign-ups! If you are interested in reserving a spot, please email Judy at WelcomingClubTennis@gmail.com.

Mark Your Calendar!

JULY EVENTS:

7/28 - Ladies Monogram Tote Bag Workshop - SOLD OUT

7/29 - Baubles & Bubbly Ladies Night

7/30 - Book Club Meeting to discuss “Hidden Valley Road” - For info, email WelcomingClubBookClub@gmail.com

AUGUST EVENTS:

8/12 - Floral Arranging Workshop -

Tickets go on sale soon!

8/19 - Craft Club - for more info email GCCraftClub@gmail.com

8/26 - Ladies Movie Night Outsidemore details to come!

Mid August - Couples Night Out - Outdoor happy hour - Date & more details to come!

Join a Group Book Club

Enjoy a good book amongst friends. The book club meets every 6 weeks to discuss the page turner of choice. For upcoming events, email WelcomingClubBookClub@gmail.com.

Craft Club

The craft club is a great way to meet with friends and practice your crafting skills. This club meets every few months and creates a seasonal project. If you are interested in joining, please email GCCraftClub@gmail.com.

Supper Club

Bring your significant others out for this one! This is a great way to make new friends as a couple. You will be paired up with 3-4 other couples to set up a rotation of dinner events. Host your new friends at a potluck dinner or head out to try our local restaurants. Please email GCSupper@gmail.com for

more information.

Bowling Club

Join us!! No experience necessary! We are looking for new faces to join our Wednesday morning league. Occasional pacers are also welcome. Anyone interested, please contact Ellen Diller (Diller05@aol.com) Carol Santangelo (santa060@yahoo.com) or Elizabeth Colantonio (mcdea@aol.com).

Bunko

Bunko is a simple dice game usually played in a group of 12. It is a great way to meet people and make new friends. The game is easy to learn and play. If you are interested, please contact WelcomingClubBunco@gmail. com.

Toddler Activities

A great way for you and your little ones to make new friends. Activities include stroller walks each Tuesday around our beautiful neighborhood and a visit to the park. Stroller walks are on hiatus due to the pandemic.  Once the pandemic is over, we can

resume our playgroups where we meet with moms and kids from the town that are similar in age.  Please email GCToddlerActivities@gmail.com for more information.

Golf

Golf lessons at Cherry Valley Club are always a big hit! Golf pro Ed Kelly helps us GCWC ladies improve our golf game. If you are interested in reserving your spot for the spring 2020 session, email WelcomingClubGolf@gmail.com.

Tennis

Tennis lessons and group play at the Garden City Bubble! Please contact WelcomingClubTennis@gmail.com to reserve a spot for the fall 2020.

Come join the fun and make a difference! We invite you to join the club! For just $37 a year, you will have access to lots of great events and many fun members-only clubs and events.  Complete the easy online membership form today at www.thegardencitywelcomingclub.org in the “Join” section of the website.

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Driveable Adventures: ‘Grand Canyon of the East’ – NY’s Letchworth State Park

BY KAREN RUBIN, DAVE E. LEIBERMAN, & LAINI MIRANDA

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It doesn’t take long once you arrive at New York’s Letchworth State Park to see why this vast preserve merits its nickname, “Grand Canyon of the East.” One of the most scenically magnificent areas in the eastern United States, the Genesee River roars through a humongous gorge that extends the 17 mile-long expanse of the park, over three major waterfalls between cliffs as high as 600 feet, surrounded by lush forest.

During the two full days we were there, we hiked the most scenic, marquee trails: the Gorge Trail (#1), 7.6 miles, following along the rim in the southern portion of the 17-mile long park, and the next day, the Highbanks Trail (#20), 4.5 miles along the rim and through forest in the north part of the park. Indeed, these hiking experiences were reminiscent of hiking the Rim Trail along the southern rim of the Grand Canyon.

Letchworth State Park - voted best attraction in New York State in 2017 - is a geologic wonder - its main attractions are three waterfalls (and if you visit in the late afternoon, you may well see rainbows over the Middle Falls) in the southern section. The trails take you to the most popular, scenic overlooks, which people can drive to, so they can be bustling with visitors (when we visited, people seemed to be

Letchworth State Park, New York, merits its nickname, “Grand Canyon of the East”and is an ideal destination for a driveable adventure © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarnandnear.com

respectful of wearing masks and keeping distance).

The Gorge Trail, in the south, brings you to the most spectacular views – Upper Falls and Middle Falls in quick succession, then Lower Falls. The real surprise was coming upon Wolf Creek waterfall and a bridge with a painterly scene. Along the way you come upon these stunning stone look-outs at Inspiration Point, Archery Field Overlook, Great Bend Overlook, Tea Table lookout, which also have stone tables and BBQ set-ups.

The Highbanks trail in the

north section reveals the expansive vistas that evoke awe over just how enormous and winding this gorge is and why Letchworth has been dubbed the “Grand Canyon of the East.” The treat here comes at the end, at the Mt. Morris Dam Overlook Area, where there is a delightful snack bar serving excellent ice cream.

Altogether, the park offers 66 miles of trails (almost all rated easy or moderate, and most on the west side of the park). But for hard-core hikers, there is a 22-mile Finger Lakes Trail that runs along the

GOING PLACES NEAR AND FAR

entire eastern section of the park

Our trip was made all the more special by camping in the Highbanks campground within the state park that had only just reopened (private campgrounds, such as Kampgrounds of America, koa.com, also available in the area). (I booked our stay mere minutes after the website, reserveamerica.com, reopened reservations.)

We kept our food in the cooler and equipment in the car and each evening would pick out a different

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Driveable Adventures: ‘Grand Canyon of the East’ – NY’s Letchworth State Park

Woman of the Genesee,” http://www. letchworthparkhistory.com/jem.html.)

picturesque setting to enjoy dinner.

The park also offers the charming, historic Glen Iris Inn, scenically set right above the Middle Falls which was formerly the country estate of William Pryor Letchworth and has been an inn since 1914 (585-493-2622, glenirisinn. com).

Just across from the inn is the small stone William Pryor Letchworth Museum which tells the fascinating story of Letchworth Park, paying tribute to William P. Letchworth who preserved the land and its heritage by donating it to the state. The museum tells the history of the Genesee Valley, the canal, and of the Seneca who lived on these lands. Letchworth’s personal collection of artifacts from local Native American tribes is on view. (Learn about Mary Jemison, “The White

There is also the  Humphrey Nature Center which in normal times, offers year-round environmental education programming and interactive exhibits highlighting the geology, wildlife, and ecology of the park.

Letchworth State Park offers many recreational facilities and activities that were just beginning to reopen at the time of our visit. The enormous Highbanks Recreation area has a pool. And since our visit, the park opened a new $2 million outdoor Lower Falls Recreation Center offering table games, badminton and pickle ball courts, bocce and shuffleboard, as well as a fitness loop.

The project also involved restoration of a historic bathhouse that is used as the base for the whitewater rafting concessionaire, Adventure Calls Outfitters

(( https://adventure-calls.com/ ). Letchworth also offers  kayaking, there is even hot air ballooning (https://balloonsoverletchworth.com/).

A half-dozen trails allow biking (I wouldn’t recommend biking on the main Park Road), and there is horseback riding as well.

Letchworth, which was voted USA Today’s Reader Choice for Best State Park in the nation in 2015, is well maintained, especially during this heightened COVID-19 health emergency. The campground restroom facility was very clean, and all the restrooms (they indicate which are open), require masks and social distancing.

Letchworth State Park is open yearround – the fall colors look spectacular, as do the winter scenes when there is cross-country skiing on most of the trails, snowmobiling on four trails, and

snow tubing. Winterized cabins are available.

To book a spot in the state campground, go to https://newyorkstateparks.reserveamerica.com/ Letchworth State Park, Castile, NY 14427, 585-493-3600, letchworthpark.com.

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BY MARJORIE GOTTLIEB WOLFE

Imagine getting into an elevator at the Empire State Building. Otis has installed a custom-made glass elevator to carry visitors to the newly renovated 102nd floor Observatory. 10 million tenants, guests and visitors enter the building each year.

Prior to 2020, there was what we call “elevator etiquette.”

Our options were as follows:

• Make small talk. Ex. “Some weather we’re having!”

“Nice handbag!” DON’T ask if the handbag is a knockoff bought on Canal Street or from a van with tinted windows!

• Never ask another passenger what he/she does for a living. IF they volunteer this information by saying, “I’m a poet,” NEVER REPLY, “And from this you make a living?”

• No one wants to hear your marital problems or the fight you’re having with your landlord! Don’t tell them that the food in their leather Samsonite attache brief case smells good.

• Never comment on a T-shirt with a message that’s creepy. Ex. “I don’t need Google. My wife knows everything.”

• Ignore occupants completely.

• Don’t say “Ding” at each floor or “Button to 82nd floor is out of order. Push 70 and 12!”

• When there’s only one other person in the elevator, refrain from tapping them on the shoulder and then pretending it wasn’t you. It’s childish!

• Pull out your cell phone and pretend to have a conversation. Ex. “Hi, son. I’m leaving for Montauk for the weekend, so I hid $100 in your room for food. Clean your room and you will find it.”

Or, “Mom, listen, LOL means ‘laughing out loud,’ not ‘lots of love.’”

• Doctors, of course, are not allowed to talk about cases while in the elevator (HIPPA rules).

Ex. “My patient in Room 224 is suffering from ‘Manilow’—depression brought on by hearing a romantic song. How many times can she listen to Celine Dion sing, “My Heart Will Go On?”

Ex. “My new dermatology patient thinks that Shingles is a disease that gets its name from the fact that it is transmitted by roofers.” (Thanks, Dave Barry!)

And how did we deal with an elevator that was out of service? Check this

sign:

“This elevator is out of service. You are welcome to: hide in it read in it sing in it do yoga in it be Canadian in it study for the bar in it

But you cannot: go up and down in it.

We’re working as fast as we can to solve the issue.

Thanks for your patience!”

F-A-S-T F-O-R-W-A-R-D to 2020. The coronavirus has changed the way we communicate in the elevator. The vertical commute will never be the same. Elevator consultants are not only keeping riders 6-feet apart and requiring the use of masks, they’re limiting the number of riders. We’ll be seeing signs which read:

“Don’t talk... unless you have to.”

“Dr. Corsi says an elevator ride is far riskier than staying in much less confined spaces.”

“Please limit elevator occupancy to two people at a time. Stay healthy.”

“Warning: Your co-workers are already upset about having to stand so close together on this elevator. Please don’t make it worse by speaking.”

“More than 8 people at a time will cause elevator to stop between floors. Yes, children count as people.”

And, finally, this motivational quote: “There is no elevator to success. You’ll have to take the steps.”

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Marjorie Wolfe is terrified of elevators. She’ll be taking steps to avoid them.

ASK CARRIE

The Upside of a Down Market

BY CARRIE SCHWAB-POMERANTZ

Dear Carrie: This recent market is depressing. It’s torture to see the value of my portfolio go down so fast. I’m still making monthly contributions to my 401(k) but don’t know if that’s wise. Any advice you can offer? -- A Reader

Dear Reader: It’s definitely not fun to see losses in your portfolio and possibly even more difficult to continue to make contributions with the markets so volatile. This is part of what makes investing so hard. It can take a long time for investing to pay off, and along the way, there will most certainly be challenges.

Historically, though, every market downturn has been followed by new highs. It may take months, or even years, but if we look at history, eventually, the markets recover. And in the meantime, you may be surprised to learn that there can actually be some opportunities in the midst of all the gloom and doom. Let’s take a look at a few strategies that many investors overlook.

Buying on Sale

Hearing that you’re still adding money to your investments is music to my ears. It’s not easy to buy when markets have dropped, but this may actually be the best time.

Why? When markets are down and you invest new money, you’re buying at lower prices. While there’s no guarantee if your investments will rise or how long it may take, it’s still a good bet based on market history. Despite all the volatility over the short term, over the long term, it pays to be an investor.

Dollar-Cost Averaging

When market volatility is so high, it’s easy for your emotions (mostly fear) to get the best of you. I worry that new investors will stay on the sidelines, thereby missing out on future market gains. And even seasoned investors can panic, wreaking havoc on their investment plan.

That’s where the value of dollar-cost averaging comes in. Dollar-cost averaging is just financial-speak for investing the same amount of money regularly (say, every

month), regardless of what the markets are doing. When prices are high, you buy fewer shares. And when prices are depressed, as many are today, you buy more shares with the same amount of money.

By investing regular amounts, like you’re doing in your 401(k), as prices go up and down, you buy more shares when things are cheaper and fewer shares when things are more expensive. By wading in gradually, as opposed to investing all your money all at once, dollar-cost averaging can help you limit your losses in the event the market declines.

Roth Conversions

When you convert money from a traditional IRA or 401(k) to a Roth, you’re subject to paying income taxes on all of the untaxed contributions and earnings. That can add up to a pretty big tax bill depending on the amount you’re converting.

Higher reported income as a result of a Roth conversion can result in higher Medicare premiums and how much you pay in taxes on Social Security. That can be an unwelcome surprise. But by doing a Roth conversion when your portfolio is down, you can potentially save some cash in taxes.

For example, if you were converting 100 shares of stock now worth $50 per share as opposed to $100 per share, your Roth conversion is now 50% cheaper. In other words, you’re converting the same number of shares but at lower prices, which can lower your tax bill. A bear market can be a great time to consider a Roth conversion. But before you convert, consider several factors including the following:

-- Is your tax rate this year likely to be lower than when you will need the converted assets?

-- Do you need the money within five years?

-- Can you pay the taxes with other taxable account assets?

Make sure you understand how a Roth conversion will impact your overall financial plan, and consult with your tax or financial advisor.

Tax-Loss Harvesting

If you have losses in taxable accounts like a brokerage account, you can take advantage of a technique called tax-loss harvesting. (It won’t work in

retirement accounts like an IRA or 401(k) because losses in a tax-deferred account can’t be deducted.)

By selling assets -- like stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds -- at a loss, you can offset the taxable liability from selling an investment that has a capital gain. You can deduct up to $3,000 in ordinary income taxes each year above this amount and carry over any remainder into future years.

Respite From Required Minimum Distributions

Under the CARES Act, 2019 required minimum distributions (RMDs) due in 2020 are postponed for retirement accounts such as IRAs, 401(k) s, Roth 401(k)s and inherited accounts. This new law lets retirees keep that money in their accounts, potentially recouping some of the market losses until the economy turns around.

If you’ve already taken an RMD in 2020, check with your tax advisor about your ability to convert the RMD to a Roth. Look at a Market Decline as an Opportunity

As improbable as it may seem, there can be a bright side to a down market for disciplined investors. The biggest risk of a steep market decline and volatility is that you’ll panic and abandon your plan. Instead, consider taking advantage of the opportunities and strategies above.

If you have questions about your long-term plan, talk with a trusted tax or investment advisor for help. They can help you see the big picture, focus on your long-term objectives and perhaps capitalize on market dips along the way.

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Certified Financial Planner, is president of the Charles Schwab Foundation and author of “The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty.” Read more at http://schwab.com/book.

You can email Carrie at askcarrie@schwab.com. The information provided here is for general informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for specific individualized tax, legal or investment planning advice.

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Federal Employees and Social Security

Q. I am a retired federal employee. I retired when I was 58. I started getting my federal retirement and Social Security at that time. I am about to turn 62. I was told that I have to contact a Social Security office and get my benefit changed. Can you explain that?

A. I’m going to start out by giving you half an answer. Then I’m going to give you and the rest of my readers some background information about federal government employees and their relationship to Social Security. After I do that, I will come back and finish answering your question.

First, here is that half-answer. You did NOT start getting Social Security benefits when you retired at age 58. However, you will start getting those benefits when you turn 62. Now, before I elaborate on that, I have to give a bit of a history lesson.

When the Social Security laws were first passed in 1935, Congress figured that federal government employees did not need to be covered by the new program. Why? Because federal employees were already covered by the civil service retirement system. That retirement program has been around since 1920.

Congress also decided that they could not force a federal pension plan (Social Security) on state and local government employees. So, they gave them the option of joining Social Security or not. Most did. And over the years, other state and local groups who did not originally join Social Security eventually signed on to the program. But to this day, there are still large blocks of state and local employees -- like teachers in some states, and firefighters and police officers in other states -- who are not covered by the Social Security system. (They constitute about 20% of all state and local government workers.)

I have written many past columns aimed at those 20% because they sometimes work on the side at jobs where they do pay into Social Security. Or they are married to someone who has a Social Security-covered job. But they are not the focus of today’s column. Today, I am dealing with people who work for the federal government.

Oh, and I am also not dealing today with the other large employer group not covered by Social Security: railroad workers. For reasons a little too complicated to explain in today’s column, a separate pension system was set up for employees of our nation’s railroads at about the same time Social Security was started.

OK, so now back to federal government employees and Social Security. To repeat, they were not included in the original Social Security Act because they

already had their own pension plan that had been around for 15 years before Social Security started.

But over the years, Congress felt an increasing amount of pressure to bring federal employees into the Social Security fold. There were two main reasons. No. 1: you could make the case that all workers in the country should be covered by the same retirement system. (Although to be true to that philosophy, you would have to make all state and local workers and all railroad workers part of the Social Security program, too.)

But reason No. 2 was the bigger factor. And that was that as federal government employees, members of Congress, members of the judiciary system and the president did not pay into Social Security. They were covered by the same civil service retirement system as all other federal employees. And it was politically embarrassing for politicians to be making laws about a retirement program that they were not a part of.

This led to all kinds of conspiracy theories (which still exist to this day) that top members of government get fat and lucrative pensions while scattering crumbs to the peasants in the form of meager Social Security benefits. This was never true. But millions of Americans believed it.

Anyway, by the 1980s, the political pressure to bring federal employees into the Social Security tent was too great. So, in 1983, a law was passed saying that all federal employees hired after Dec. 31, 1983, would be covered by the Social Security system. At the same time, the law decreed that effective Jan. 1, 1984, all members of Congress, the president, the vice president and federal judges would also start paying into Social Security. (So, let’s get rid of the myth that politicians are not covered by Social Security. Again, since 1984, they have been.)

The new retirement program that Congress set up was called the Federal Employees Retirement System, or FERS. And they gave all old government employees hired before 1984 the option of switching from the Civil Service Retirement System to FERS. By the way, I was one of those people. I was hired in 1973. I remember that I struggled mightily with that decision. Should I stick with CSRS or switch to FERS? (There were some advantages -- too complicated to explain here -- to making the switch.) I finally decided to stay with CSRS. And frankly, to this day, I’m not sure I made the right move. I had several friends who switched to FERS, and now that we are all retired, it looks to me like they are a little better off than I am. But that’s my problem, not yours.

Anyway, FERS employees had Social Security taxes taken out of their paychecks. And they also had an extra deduction from their salary to fund a fed-

eral retirement benefit designed to supplement their Social Security checks. So, old federal retirees like me get just one CSRS pension check each month. But those retirees who are covered by FERS get a Social Security check and a smaller FERS pension check (smaller than CSRS pension checks, that is). But the intent of the program was that a combination of Social Security and FERS benefits should roughly equal what CSRS retirees were getting.

Now, finally, I can finish answering your question. You said you retired from

the federal government at age 58. But Social Security checks don’t kick in until age 62. So, what the FERS program does is give you a bit of an augmented FERS pension when you first retire. Then, when you turn 62 and apply for Social Security benefits, the government removes the augmented portion of your FERS check -- and you should end up just about where you have been all along.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net.

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Why are owners staying in their homes longer today?

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

The demand from purchasers in buying homes has been growing in strength and there is no end in sight and bidding wars have become almost the norm, especially from those that have been in rentals.

I have been conversing with many buyers and they want to take advantage of the historically low-interest rates and the lower cost per month to purchase making it more affordable and are willing to provide higher offers and move out of their current rental (or parents home) into an ownership position.

Many are looking at the long term (not the short term) in building equity and wealth as well as participating and growing roots in their communities. However, many are losing the battle to purchase due to bidding wars, lack of inventory as well as job loss due to Covid-19.

Banks have been more carefully scrutinizing jobs and income to eliminate those that they feel might be a greater risk of not being able to pay. With debts increasing, debt to income ratios will also come into play when determining mortgage approvals.

Currently, there is a multitude of reasons why inventory is historically low and will continue to be that way. Prior to Covid-19, there was a housing shortage. Demand had been continuously reducing what was available.

Also, there were and are still those investors throughout the U.S. who instead of fixing and flipping homes were actually keeping and holding

onto homes due to the demand and availability of renters who weren’t or couldn’t buy. It was a perfect and safer environment for investors to build their long term wealth compared to other investments, like stocks that were and are perceived to be riskier with less control.

Another action related to lower inventory, noted by a study by RedFin a real estate brokerage, was the fact that a greater percentage of homeowners continue to stay in place and now are staying anywhere from 3-5 years longer than they did in 2010, (around 13 years) depending on where you are referencing around the U.S. Many more are renovating for their later years as people are living longer. As more downsize and still desire to be in a home as opposed to a development or building, I would imagine ranches will continue to become more and more popular as there are generally fewer steps to deal with.

Also, due to the very low-interest rates in refinancing and availability of reverse mortgages using the equity to live on, we are seeing an increase in applications allowing more to stay in place further reducing future inventory.

During the Covid-19 greatly impacted the public from earning a living and foreclosures and evictions were halted and now have been extended a

second time until August 31; which will hopefully allow those additional time to figure out their next consideration in moving. This too has also reduced available inventory initially for investors who would put the house back onto the market, for end-users who would maintain it as a primary residence.

Lately with Florida, Texas, California and other states seeing huge infection spikes on a daily basis, due to early openings of businesses and lack of people wearing masks many that are coming to New York State (now having some of the lowest daily infection rates in the U.S.), are required to quarantine for 14 days. However, monitoring, controlling, and enforcing the rules with the influx of returning or new residents has been challenging. I believe that those who had been thinking and potentially considering decisions on selling here and other safer states to permanently relocate to their second or another home have seen the Covid-19 infection rates increase in more than 50% of the States, have been put on the back burner for the foreseeable future, thus keeping much-needed housing stock off the market.

Aging in place is another reason and in September 2018, data was compiled and released as part of the senior advocacy group’s Home and Community Preferences survey, showed that

almost 80% of adults age 50 and older wanted to remain in their homes and communities as they age.

For now, as long as the demand is greater than the available inventory and low-interest rates prevail allowing more to enter the market, prices should remain strong over the next several years. But after that period with so many variables in the mix, it’s anyone’s guess as to what changes will occur.

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S.). He will provide you with “free” regular updates of sold and new homes in your town via the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island (MLSLI)or go to WWW.Li-REalEstate. Com as well as a “free” value analysis of what your home might sell for in today’s market without any “strings” attached. He can also provide a copy of “Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate’s New Market Reality or Our Seller’s or Buyer’s Guides for “Things to Consider when Selling or Purchasing your Home. Just email or snail mail(regular mail) him with your request with your name, email and cell number and he will send it out ASAP. For a consultation, he can be reached by Cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com to answer any of your questions, concerns or column suggestions.

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Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha introduced consultant Don Flynn, president of Suffolk Countybased Covert Investigations, which completed the security audit of Garden City Union Free School District early in 2018, under the guidance of the interim superintendent of schools for 2017-2018, Dr. Alan Groveman.

“Our Safety Plan and schools’ safety is at the forefront of everything the district does and even during the public health COVID-19 emergency safety is of the utmost importance. As you will notice in the GCUFSD Safety Plan there is a section that’s been added on the pandemic and safety processes and response. The Safety Plan for 2020-’21 includes training for all our administrators as part of the ‘pandemic’ planning process, and I want us to continue to keep the focus as our district has done a lot of work around safety,” Dr. Sinha said.

Flynn thanked the Garden City Police Department and Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson for all their contributions to helping the district assess and ensure safety at each location and in each operation.

“As busy as the GCPD leadership were during this spring and pandemic response they always made themselves available to the district for consultation, and the commissioner offered comments and presence at committee meetings. To have local police/law enforcement professionals give the district firsthand input is an aberration in and around the majority of Long Island districts,” he noted.

Flynn also commented on how the district’s Emergency Management team relates to Garden City public schools’ safety, “which has never wavered or been an afterthought in the response to the pandemic and schools’ closures.” He notes that this Safety Plan document, in any school year but particularly now with the buildings’ status for the fall and beyond undetermined, remains viable but as a fluid document that is changeable and adaptable based on needs and issues to address.

“I credit the Emergency Management

team for getting together to pick apart the Safety Plan word by word. The pandemic piece is obviously important to include. But a major part of ensuring safety is to not become one-dimensional. What’s written here, I have seen with tragedies that have occurred in so many schools and districts across the country, in response to a tragedy the focus just becomes that. Suffice to say that this District Safety Plan is not all on one type of hazard and it contains a wealth of information -- we think it represents a very thorough plan but we know that neither the administration nor myself can be 100% content and we must continue to evaluate and look at this with the district’s Emergency Management team,” Flynn said on July 8.

Flynn said in 2018 he read the 400page report produced in the aftermath of the school shooting tragedy in Parkland, Florida at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In his update to the school board in December 2019 he said that it carried similar information — indications — and references that are eerily similar to reports from the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and the 2007 Virginia Tech campus shooting that left 32 people dead.

Assistant Superintendent for Business & Finance DiCapua thanked Commissioner Jackson and the GCPD for providing their written comments on the Safety Plan. She also explained that the Safety Plan comes with guidance provided by the school district’s Health & Safety Committee, and the comments were pulled together for input including on the pandemic and how the district can proactively strategize.

“We collectively really went line by line through the Safety Plan, adding in items and making it real,” she said. Assistant Superintendent DiCapua also has earned FEMA certification and Flynn noted that this assists the district as far as Homeland Security preparedness.

Superintendent Sinha noted that the Safety Plan and the feedback that Garden City Union Free School District receives on it will be brought before the Board of Education at its August meeting.

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Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address or you may download the bid specifications from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm

This bid specification will be listed under the Agency Name of: Inc. Village of Garden City

Rosemary Monahan Purchasing Agent

Dated: July 24, 2020 GC 1111 1X 07/24

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Village approves funds for Library Children's Room redesign

son to our Library Board and for her support and direction...I would also like to extend my thanks to our current Library Board of Trustees -- Vice Chair Peter D’Antonio and Trustees Germaine Greco, Lola Nouryan and Charles Murphy as well as the former Library Board Vice Chair Gloria Weinrich as well as Library Director Marianne Malagon and our GCPL staff for their input, efforts and support,” Colahan said. He also thanked former State Senator Kemp Hannon, Hannon’s successor State Sen. Kevin Thomas and State Assemblyman Ed Ra for securing the bullet aid and SAM grants for GCPL.

Deputy Mayor Robert Bolebruch recognized and explained for viewers of the July 16 Board meeting over Zoom that the Children’s Room project at this point represents the culmination of much hard work and due diligence in the various planning phases, dating back a few years at GCPL Board meetings.

“I am sure there were a lot of hard discussions, hours and much work that we didn’t see behind-the-scenes, bringing the emotions out from each party involved….The bottom line is that it’s so great to see our Library Board and Board of Trustees led by Trustee Foley and Library Director Marianne Malagon all working together. It’s a great thing to see and I think if we can continue to do

this, especially when it comes to the library, then the village can do anything. In my mind this is an excellent investment for our community and for children in Garden City -- this is money well-spent, and I am hoping we can approve the project to get the ball rolling,” Bolebruch noted.

During public comments East resident Judy Courtney asked a question about the redesign for the GCPL Children’s Room and accommodations and place-making with the autistic population of children in mind. “There’s a lot of conversation in education and in general about how special needs or autistic children can have better usable spaces from a sensory, seating or logistical perspective,” she said.

All furnishings for the project including the new main Circulation Desk for the Garden City Public Library are designed with wheelchair accessibility, with a dropped service height for patrons. Katie Stone, project architect from H2M, noted a built-in seating or reading nook with movable “flower-shaped furniture.” She said that this is a greater attempt to create usable and appealing spaces in the Children’s section for individual needs.

“In the reading nook if someone wants to tuck themselves away to read they’d have that ability, and if they want to

gather with their friends they can also do that. If they want to pull a piece of the light furniture aside to a corner to read, they can do that too. There is thought about the new ways of thinking and the designs of flexibility offer kids adaptable uses and variety,” Stone commented.

Belfiore described the sensory and special needs-inclusive planning involved for the trustees last week:

“For those children with special needs attributes and/or sensory perception, the materials selected are within the family of those that are less destructive to sensory feelings and thoughts. Smells of the furniture and off-gassing with the equipment were taken into consideration for introducing the soft materials that help absorb sounds -- students that may have olfactory input issues would not be subjected to loud sounds within the library and the ceilings have a high noise-conductivity or absorption. By creating those separate areas, students who need the more 1:1 or such required spaces will be able to go into those other spaces. The selection of materials, layout of spaces, and ultimately finishes all takes this into consideration for providing this within the Children’s section,” Belfiore said.

A.T. Stewart Consignment Shop: Personal shopping made easy

BY MELISSA JAEGER

We LOVE seeing you all back in our store! Many of you who come in register surprise that we are open. I realize there may be those of you who are worried about your safety, and therefore, not comfortable with coming into the shop. Let us help you. Shop online and pick up curbside. Check out the tgchs.org website (where we have a link to our online store) or go directly to our online store at: stores.myresaleweb.com/ at-stewart-exchange. We also post photos on the AT Stewart Exchange Facebook or Instagram pages. You can also call us to purchase something you’ve seen in the shop. We are happy to work with you to make your shopping experience safe.

Which reminds me… we have been getting some wonderful new things! The white “Sterling Colonial” English Ironstone China (service for 16) is sure to sail off the table! And

sets, BOTH electric!! Can’t promise they’ll still be here by the time this article is published.

Be patient with us and follow our established sanitizing protocols and social distancing rules to keep you –and us -- safe. Remember: wear your mask and we’ll wear ours.

For those unfamiliar with the Exchange Consignment Shop, we are housed in The Garden City Historical Society Museum on 109 Eleventh Street (in the basement of the building). We sell all kinds of consigned items, including but not limited to jewelry, china and crystal, lamps, furniture, silver, paintings and collectibles.

We can always use a few small pieces of traditional furniture, particularly small tables, small desks and bookcases. If you have such items, email photos (include sizing info) to store@atstewartexchange. org.  We are now accepting consignments Wednesday through Friday

vals) by appointment ONLY. We’re taking these measures to safeguard our customers and our volunteers. Please be sure your items are cleaned and polished, ready for sale.

Remember: all proceeds from the Consignment Shop support the maintenance and upkeep of our TGCHS Museum. Work on the outside of the Museum has resumed, so don’t be

deterred by the crane on the property. Your determination will be rewarded!

The shop is located at 109 Eleventh Street.

Shop Hours: Tues–Fri: 10:00–4:00;  Sat: Noon–4:00.

Please call  (516) 746-8900 for more information.

Crystal candle sticks will light up your life.

Come sail away with this nautical themed centerpiece and Sterling Colonial English Ironstone

ReVAMP presents visuals of neighborhood damage

BY MEG MORGAN NORRIS

Members of the Garden City group ReVAMP (Resident Voters Against Monster Poles) created a PowerPoint presentation outlining their objections to the 90-foot poles that have been installed by 3TC as part of the Long Island Railroad's Third Track project. Members say the poles have damaged the value of their homes and neighborhood. ReVAMP provided the Garden City Board of Trustees with the presentation prior to its meeting on July 16th.

ReVAMP says that the Final Environmental Impact Study (FEIS) filed for the project in 2017 included the poles on the northern side of the tracks, in a neighborhood that is largely industrial, and claimed “ no visual or aesthetic impacts. ”

The presentation also notes that when the Village learned of four poles being installed at Weyford Terrace and Nassau Boulevard it sent a “ cease and desist ” letter to

3TC, but in spite of that 3TC installed nine additional poles during the COVID-19 lockdown.

“ 3TC is now requesting GC Village approval to shut down roads for seven months by Denton Ave / Tanner ’ s Pond to work on the bridge & traffic signals, and (ironically) move buried utility lines and poles. Wouldn ’ t it be prudent for the Village Board of Trustees to exercise its leverage over this approval process (as the Third Track Committee alluded to in its April 8, 2020 note to the MTA) to first require the MTA/3TC to meet its commitments on Merillon and move the buried utility lines, remove the monster poles, and ‘ enhance ’ the landscaping along the Main Line, as was contractually laid out in 2017/2018? ” asked ReVAMP member Jim Kumpel.

The full presentation is available as a link from this story on the Garden City News ’ website, www. gcnews.com

The “monster poles” at Main Avenue and Roxbury Road.

Main Avenue and Brixton Road today.

Neighbors object to walls as well as the poles.

“Strawberry Field” betweek Kilburn Road and Brixton Road. Image from Google Streetview, taken in 2012.

Main Avenue and Brixton Road. Image from Google Street View, taken in 2017.

Poles tower over home on Kilburn Road.

Strawberry Fields today.

Photo courtesy ReVAMP

Garden City UFSD honors retirees and longtime staff members

The Garden City Board of Education and central administration honor the administrators, teachers, and instructional and noninstructional support staff who are retiring at the end of the 2019-20 school year or are reaching a milestone of 20 years or more with the district.

This year, Garden City UFSD says farewell to 21 members of the school district family who announced their retirement during the 2019-20 school year.

“It is a bittersweet moment when you have to say goodbye to so many wonderful people who have given so much of themselves to ensure the best for students,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha said. “Whether in the classroom or behind the scenes, they have worked hard to ensure our district provides opportunities for all students to succeed and achieve excellence in a safe, nurturing environment of opportunity.”

Additionally, the district honors 41 staff members for achieving milestones of 20, 25, 30 and 35 years of service, which includes a handful of the retirees.

“It is also a tradition in Garden City to honor our dedicated faculty, staff and administrators who have served our children of this community for so many years,” Dr. Sinha added. “We thank them for their loyalty and professionalism and look forward to many more years of great accomplishments.”

Congratulations to the following Garden City UFSD retirees:

Bernadette Arnone - Coordinator/ English - 12 Years

Carl Britt - Bus Driver - 6 Years

Maureen Brown - Typist Clerk, Middle School - 17 Years

Richard Cappello - Bus Driver - 13 Years

Ellen Carbone - Senior Typist Clerk, Hemlock School - 11 Years

Dawn Cerrone - Director of Athletics, Phys. Ed. and Health - 6 Years

Denise Chilelli - Teacher Aide, Stratford School - 14 Years

Stu Dods - Coordinator/Math - 35 Years

Lisa Engel - TreasurerAdministration - 12 Years

Norma Estrada - Bus Driver - 5 years

Sally Gallo - Teacher Aide,Hemlock School - 20 Years

Audrey Keener - Account Clerk, Administration - 13 Years

Marilyn LaPersonerie - Account Clerk, Middle School - 21 Years

Rudy LeBrun - Cleaner, Stratford School - 12 Years

Mariela Llanos - Cleaner, High School - 20 Years

Kathleen McDonough-Kobbe -

Garden City UFSD’s 2020 retirees, as seen through this photo collage.

Account Clerk, Administration - 1 Year

Patrick Mehr - Director of Facilities - 11 Years

Lorraine Phillips - Nurse, Middle School - 30 Years

Neik Sanchez - Cleaner - Locust School - 31 Years

Robert Townsend - Teacher Aide, Stewart School - 24 Years

Robert Valentino - Bus Driver - 11 Years

Congratulations to the following Garden City UFSD administrators, teachers and support staff with 35 years of service:

Michael Caparella - Physical Education,Hemlock School

Fred Caputo - Technology ,Middle School

Robert Defliese - Physical Education, High School

Stu Dods - Curriculum Coordinator Mathematics

Leigh Dowden - Elementary Education, Stratford School

Robin Hatzichristos - Special Education, Middle School

Congratulations to the following Garden City UFSD administrators, teachers and support staff with 30 years of service:

Mark Czachor - Science, Middle School

Jacqueline Guerra - Mathematics, Stratford School

Regina Lehan - Elementary Education, Stewart School

Linda Norton - Principal, Stewart School

Lorraine Phillips - Nurse, Middle School

Enrique Romero - Cleaner, Hemlock School

Deborah Heaphy Ward - Elementary Education, Stewart School

Congratulations to the following Garden City UFSD administrators, teachers and support staff with 25 years of service:

Richard Madden - Elementary Education - Stratford School

Kevin O’Hagan - Social Studies - High School

Vincent Pane - Science - High School

JoAnn Porter - World LanguageMiddle School

Susan Schweitzer - Senior Typist Clerk - Administration

Christine Tweedy - Elementary Education - Middle School

Congratulations to the following Garden City UFSD administrators, teachers and support staff with 20 years of service:

Christine Becconsall - Elementary Education,  Stewart School

Teleance Brown -  Cleaner, Middle School

Richard Bury - Technology, Middle School

About to hit a milestone?

Danielle Caruthers - World Language, Middle School

Jennifer Crawford - Math, High School

Susan Croon - Elementary Education, Stewart School

Marilyn Davan - School Monitor, Middle School

Scott Ellis  - Special Education, High School

Miguel Fuentes - Custodian, Middle School

Diana Gonzalez - Special Education, Stewart School

Christine Lebenns - Science, High School

Gwen Liebowitz - Teacher Aide, Middle School

Mariella Llanos - Cleaner, High School

James Malone - Guidance, High School

Diane Mariano - Teacher Aide, Middle School

Karen Nardone - Elementary Education, Middle School

Carlo Rebolini - English, High School

Mary Ellen Scala - Math, High School

Susanna Sheehan - Social Studies, Middle School

Serge Tsvyakh  - Head Custodian, Stewart School

Michael Tullo - Physical Education and Health, Middle School

Lisa Woolard - Bus Driver

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Aidan P. Coyne of Garden City has been named to the Dean’s List in the University of Notre Dame’s First Year of Studies for outstanding scholarship during the Spring 2020 semester.

Students who achieve dean’s honors at Notre Dame represent the top 30 percent of students in their college.

n Jake Genova of Garden City (11530) has been named to the Spring 2020 Dean’s List at Florida Institute of Technology.

To be included on the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 or more graded credits in a semester with a semester grade point average of at least 3.4.

n Caroline Bonvissuto was named to the Siena College President’s List for the Spring 2020 semester. Caroline is from Garden City.

The President’s List requires a 3.9 grade point average or higher.

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Siena College recently named students to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2020 semester. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student’s grade point average for the semester must be between 3.5 and 3.89.

Garden City students included: Danielle Baumel, Patrick Carman and Christopher Halka.

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The following Fairfield University students from Garden City graduated from Fairfield University, May 2020: Amanda K. Blair, Michelle D’Angelo, Owen H. Fisher, Victoria J. Giannone, Kelly A. Gordon, Joanna M. Grueneberg, Kaitlin R. Lucchesi, Margaret M. Morrell and Madison C. Rich

At the time of graduation, a student must have earned a minimum of 120 credits and completed at least 38 threeor four-credit courses, depending on the course of study, and have an overall grade point average of 2.0 or better at the conclusion of the senior year.

n Alexa Molloy of Garden City was named to the Dean’s Honor List at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, School of Nursing, for the spring semester of 2020.

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Dessie DiMino graduated from the California Institute of Technology on Friday June 12, 2020 with a Bachelors of Science degree in computer science. She received the Mari Peterson Ligocki ‘81 Leadership Award for support and encouragement of her peers. Dessie will be working as a software engineer at Microsoft in Seattle starting in the fall.

n John Crafa, son of Joseph and Lorilee Crafa of Garden City, graduated from

College Notes

Dickinson College in May with a BA in policy management. Crafa is a graduate of Garden City High School.

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Julia McGuire of Garden City received a bachelor of arts degree from Hamilton College on Sunday, May 24, in a virtual Commencement ceremony concluding the college’s 208th year.

A philosophy major at Hamilton, McGuire graduated with departmental honors in philosophy.

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The following Garden City students received degrees from Quinnipiac University:

Kathryn Kelly, Bachelor of Science in computer information systems

Matthew Muscarella, Master of Business Administration

Payton Seltenreich, Bachelor of Arts in iInterdisciplinary studies

Danielle Ventre, Master of Health Science in occupational therapy

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James Madison University is pleased to announce that Brian Colamussi andMelissa Whitney of Garden City were named to the the President’s List for the Spring 2020 semester. Students who earn President’s List honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a GPA of 3.900 or above.

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Clemson University has announced the Spring 2020 President’s List.

To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a 4.0 (all As) grade-point average.

The following is a list of students from Garden City:

Joseph L. Ostapow, majoring in architecture

Nolan James Pappas, majoring in financial management

Jenna Elizabeth Ruhl, majoring in marketing

Madeleine Walsh, majoring in nursing

Katharine Mary Ward, majoring in elementary education

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Clemson University has announced the Dean’s List for the Spring 2020 semester.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student achieved a grade-point average between 3.50 and 3.99 on a 4.0 scale.

The following is a list of students from Garden City:

Ryan Matthew George, majoring in financial management

Brigid Mary Stenson, majoring in history

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Alexandra Archer of Garden City has been placed on the Gettysburg College Dean’s Honor list for outstanding academic achievement in the Fall 2019 semester.

Students with a quality point average of 3.60 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) for a semester’s work are placed on the

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Isabel Klatt of Garden City has been placed on the Deans’ Commendation List at Gettysburg College for outstanding academic achievement in the Spring 2020 semester.

Students with a quality point average in the range of 3.300 to 3.599 for a semester’s work are placed on the College’s Deans’ Commendation List.

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The following Garden City residents made the Dean’s List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2020 spring semester. Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean’s List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of “Incomplete”, “D” or “F”; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.

Raymond Stempel, who is in the game design and development program.

Liam Dougherty, who is in the computer science program.

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Garden City resident William Donohue has been named to the Dean’s List at James Madison University for the Spring 2020 semester. Students who earn Dean’s List honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a GPA of between 3.5 and 3.899. Donohue is a integrated science and technology major.

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Georgia Cosola of Garden City has earned placement on the Gonzaga University President’s List for the Spring 2020 semester. Students must earn a 3.85 to 4.0 grade-point average to be listed.

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The following area students were named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2020 semester at Quinnipiac University: Caroline Cudahy, Ellen Gaine, Stephen Halvatzis, Alexander Hazarian, Sean Leggett, Brendan McGuire, Payton Seltenreich, Kaitlyn Stoyer and Stephanie Tarian

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The following local residents were named to the Dean’s List at Saint Michael’s College for the Spring 2020 semester.

Annie Serkes, a junior business administration major and a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy.

Kristen Kallem, a senior environmental studies major and a graduate of Garden City High School.

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The following Garden City students have been named to the University of Delaware Dean’s List for the Spring 2020 semester.

Jessica Allen, Thomas Allen, Jacqueline Andreuzzi, Daniel Clark, Matthew Conellim, Liam Curtin, Lauren DeLuca, Elena DiChiara, Zoe Ehrhart, Maria Flouskakos, Jane GaNun, Christian Genussa, Maria Granato,

Alessio Iccari, Kelsey Macri, Elizabeth Malaszczyk, Michael Malaszczyk, Kiernan Monaco, Nicole Motto, Madison Norton, Caitlin Powderly, Megan Seel, Delaney Sugrue, Anne Sullivan and Jamie Sullivan.

To meet eligibility requirements for the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the semester.

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James Murphy of Garden City (11530) graduated from Ithaca College with a BA in journalism.

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Michael McGuire, of Garden City, graduated cum laude with a BS Business Administration from Western New England University in May 2020.

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Andrea Rouse of Garden City was virtually “pinned” recently as one of 44 nursing graduates from the New York Institute of Technology Class of 2020. A nursing school’s annual pinning ceremony marks students’ joining the nursing profession. Rouse has earned a bachelor of science in nursing. This year, the ceremony occurred via technology.

Rouse was honored at the ceremony with the Madeline M. Leininger Award, which is conferred upon students who exemplify transcultural nursing principles in their nursing practice. She was also recognized for maintaining a GPA of 3.00 or higher throughout her nursing education.

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Ithaca College student Corey Laisure was named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2020 semester.

Corey Laisure is a cinema & photography major of Garden City.

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Two Garden City residents graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, on May 24 as part of the Class of 2020.

Christian Carlino majored in economics-mathematics with a concentration in financial markets and attended Chaminade High School. Carlino is the son of Kenneth and Elise Carlino of Garden City.

Sean Dillmeier majored in economics with a concentration in financial markets and attended Garden City High School. Dillmeier is the son of David and Allyson Dillmeier of Garden City.

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Western New England University is pleased to announce that Michael McGuire of Garden City, NY, has been named to the Spring Semester 2020 Dean’s List. McGuire is one of over 950 students to achieve this mark of academic excellence. Students are named to the Dean’s List for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.30 or higher. McGuire is graduating with a BSBA in entrepreneurship.

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Library Children’s Room renovation approved

At its July 6 meeting, the Library Board unanimously approved the proposal for the $845,220  renovation of the Children’s Room made by H2M Architects and Engineers. The following week at its July 16 meeting, the proposal was also unanimously approved by the Village Board of Trustees along with additional funding of $105,000 for the project.

A total of $600,000 has been allocated in the Village’s 2020-21 Capital Budget; the additional $105,000 is being transferred from Village contingency to fund the project. This funding will make this project a reality, after several years of effort on the plans and funding by the Library Board and Administration.

The current renovation effort dates back to 2012-2013 starting with citizen focus groups.  Library Board Chairman Randy Colahan led efforts by the Library Board and Administration to secure funds for the project through legislative aid over recent years.  Former State Senator Kemp Hannon provided $145,000 in Bullet Aid between 2014-18, which the Library Board then earmarked exclusively for this project. In 2019, efforts by Chairman Colahan and former Library Trustee Gloria Weinrich continued and Senator Kevin Thomas and Assemblyman Edward Ra were able to secure $200,000 in State and Municipal (SAM) grants.

The Library Board determined to move forward with redesign plans with newly appointed Library Director Marianne Malagon in 2018.  However the Board supported her request to have time to become familiar with the Library and give a “fresh eye” to the project, seeking something “eye-catching and imaginative, and outside the box for a children’s section”. In 2018-19, she shared with the Library Board discussions and sketches by three firms, later adding H2M, a firm with library experience but also with whom the Village was working on other projects.  Presentations before the Library Board in January, February and March 2020 did not reach consensus of the Library Board.  It was a meeting between Mr. Colahan and H2M executives which brought about a revamped H2M proposal in mid-March, that breathed fresh life into the project, just before the Library closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  This proposal was approved by the Library Board at its March 16 meeting.  Later that week, at a virtual Village Budget session,  Library Liaison Trustee Colleen Foley presented the proposal to the Village Board of Trustees for Capital funding and $600,000 funding was approved.

At the July 16 meeting, H2M Architects and Engineers presented the proposed redesign of the Childrens Room and the adjacent Circulation Desk to Village Trustees in person at Village Hall and to the public via a Zoom meeting.  Saverio Belfiore, AIA, CSI, said the open floor plan promotes circulation and collaborative thinking. The floor plan includes construction of a new circulation desk,

Architect’s rendreing of a proposed Reading Room at the Library.

Architect’s rendering of a new room for use for groups studying Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM).

installation of new carpet flooring in the main lobby, dedicated areas specifically designed for different age groups, creation of a collaborative environment in a new Workshop/STEAM (science technology engineering, art and math) activity room to house various functions, creation of a dedicated reading room and a seating area for parents, construction of a new Children’s circulation desk, and the relocation of the Children’s office.  Members of the project team on the Zoom call also included  Katie Stone, project architect,

and  Guy Page, senior vice president.

“This project will dramatically transform and modernize the Library,”

Chairman Colahan said.  Other areas of the Library have been updated most recently in 2007. However the Children’s Department has only had minor cosmetic changes and never had a significant overhaul since the current Library was built 47 years ago in 1973.

Chairman Colahan credited the tremendous support and effort of the Library Board including former Trustee Weinrich,

Library Director Marianne Malagon and Village Liaison Trustee Colleen Foley for the finalization of the approved project. The Library Board and Administration also wish to thank the Library Children’s Department staff who provided valuable ideas, Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi and Superintendent of Public Works Joseph DiFrancisco for their input at several Library Board presentations, and the Friends of the Garden City Public Library who added input and support to the project.

It’s What’s Happening for Young Adults at the Library

Imagine Your Story! Tweens and Teens Summer Reading Club 2020

Registration is underway for the Tweens and Teens “Universe of Stories” Summer Reading Club! Once you signup, you can submit raffle entries for each book you read online (www.gardencitypl.org). Tweens and teens who submit one raffle entry will have a chance to win one of this year’s raffle prizes. Each raffle you submit is an entry toward this year’s Grand Prize: Airpods! The more books you read and the more reviews you enter, the more chances you have to win!

This year’s raffle prizes include: $50 Gift Card to Amazon; $50 Gift Card to Starbucks; $50 Gift Card to GameStop; $50 Gift Card to TCBY; $50 Gift Card to Dunkin Donuts; $50 Gift Card to Target; plus a $50 Barnes and Noble gift card will be awarded to the tween or teen who reads the most books!

Registration is ongoing until Monday, August 3 and is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only. Reviews must be submitted no later than Tuesday, August 4.

You can also submit a completed Tweens and Teens Summer Reading Club Bingo Card online on our website (www.gardencitypl.org) for your chance to win one of our Mystery Prizes! You can find more information by visiting our website (www. gardencitypl.org) or visiting our social media pages: Facebook: www. facebook.com/GCPLTweensTeens and Instagram: www.instagram.com/ GCPLTweensTeens.

Imagine Your Story! Tweens and Teens

Creative Arts Contest

The theme for this year’s Summer Reading Club is Imagine Your Story, so be the creator of your own story by entering our Tweens and Teens Creative Arts Contest! There will be two categories for the Contest: Writing and Art. Tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 can submit up to 3 entries per category. There will be a winner for each category. Each winner will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card.

Submissions began being accepted online (www.gardencitypl.org) on Monday, June 15. The deadline to sub-

mit is Friday, July 24. Winners will be announced on Thursday, August 6. Artwork or writing may be used on our Facebook or Instagram pages.

Teen Scattergories on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Scattergories on Monday, July 27, 4–4:40 p.m. Bring your favorite snacks and play a few rounds of Scattergories! Registrants should have paper and a pen/pencil with them. This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl. org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration began on Tuesday, July 21 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Splatter Art: Unicorns, Mermaids, and Gnomes with Theresa Maritato

Join us for a virtual program, Splatter Art: Unicorns, Mermaids, and Gnomes with Theresa Maritato on Monday, July 27, premiering at 7 p.m.! Gather up your craft supplies and learn from Theresa Maritato how to make splatter art in this prerecorded video!

This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages. The video will premiere on our website beginning July 27 at 7 p.m. on our website here: https://www.gardencitypl.org  and will be available from the premiere date until August 30. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Tween Title Swap on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Tween Title Swap on Tuesday, July 28, 4–4:40 p.m. Talk about the books you’ve been reading and get recommendations for books to read during the rest of the summer! This program is for tweens entering Grades 4-7 in Fall 2020 only and is a joint program with the Children’s Department. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl. org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, July 21 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour

National Cheesecake Day Workshop With Baking Coach through the Library

Celebrate National Cheesecake Day with the Baking Coach! Join the Baking Coach at a virtual workshop to learn how to make cheesecake. You and your family can watch this short, fun prerecorded cooking lesson and then enjoy a

before the start of the program.

Teen Crafternoon on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Crafternoon on Wednesday, July 29, 4–4:40 p.m. Gather up whatever art supplies you have at home and then join us as we work on art together while chatting! These programs are for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only.

Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org). Registration will begin Tuesday, July 21 at 10 a.m. for the July 29 program. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Slime Without Glue for Teens with Chris Buchman

Join us for a virtual program, Slime Without Glue for Teens with Chris Buchman on Thursday, July 30, premiering at 7 p.m. Gather up your supplies and learn from science teacher Chris Buchman how to make slime without glue at home in this prerecorded video!

This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages. The video will premiere on our website beginning July 30 at 7 p.m. on our website here: https://www.gardencitypl.org and will be available from the premiere date until August 30. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Teen Kahoot Trivia: Pop Culture on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Kahoot Trivia: Pop Culture on Monday, August 3, 4–4:40 p.m. Test your knowledge of pop culture, from music and celebrities to fandoms for comics and anime, as we play Kahoot trivia! To participate, you will need a computer or laptop that allows a split screen option or two devices, one to run the Zoom app and one to run the Kahoot app. This pro-

gram is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only.

Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org). Registration begins on Tuesday, July 28 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Teen Bingo on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Bingo on Tuesday, August 4, 4–4:40 p.m. Grab some snacks and join us for a virtual game of bingo! Participants will be asked to make their bingo card before the start of the program and will be emailed instructions on how to make it. This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only.

Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org). Registration begins on Tuesday, July 28 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Tweens and Teens End of Summer Wrap-Up on  Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Tweens and Teens End of Summer Wrap-Up on Wednesday, August 5, 4–4:40 p.m. Grab your favorite snacks and talk about what you did this summer, share the books you read and the Summer Reading Club prizes you’re going for, and talk about the programs you participated in the day before the big announcement of Summer Reading Club prize winners on Thursday, August 6!  This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only.

Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org). Registration begins on Tuesday, July 28 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

delicious dessert. A recipe will also be provided. This program will debut on the Library's website www.gardencitypl.org  at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 30. You can also access the presentation for 30 days in our Virtual Library on the website in the cooking section. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Garden City Library. All are welcome.

News From the Children’s Room

Welcome Back!

The Library is now open for in-library browsing and reference services with limited occupancy and hours Monday through Friday from 12–4 p.m.  Please check our website www.gardencitypl.org  for updates!  Contactless EXPRESS Pickup is also available. The Library has summer reading materials available for kindergarten–5th grade in the Children’s Room. If we do not have the book(s) you need in our Library, we can interloan the book from another library. Contact the Library today by phone or email at https://www.gardencitypl.org/contact-the-childrens-librarians/ to request books. You can also request materials yourself online through the website. Many of the summer reading books are available to download from  the Nassau Digital Doorway in the Libby app and on Overdrive.com.

Join the

Virtual Summer Reading Club

The Summer Reading Club is underway. Registration has begun for both the preschoolers (ages 2½–5 not yet in kindergarten), known as the Unicorns, and the Dragons - Grades K-5!  Register online on Eventkeeper. Don’t forget to check the Library’s website  www.

gardencitypl.org  for upcoming zoom programs and recorded programs.

Virtual Summer Reading Club

“Imagine Your

Story”

Summer Reading Club registration is online on Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org) and began  June 15 and continues through August 3.   You will need to print out the Activity Sheet.  Every time you read a book, or have a book read to you, a review form should be submitted to the Children’s Room at (https://www.gardencitypl.org/ contact-the-childrens-librarians/).  Review forms will be available online.

We will be having a live drawing for the three grand prizes on August 6.

One grand prize will be awarded for Preschool, Grades K-2 and 3-5.  Check the Garden City Public Library website www.gardencitypl.org and the Garden City Library Childrens Room Facebook page  for updates and additional programs.

Virtual Programs for  Preschool-Grade

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Most taped virtual programs will offer multiple viewing opportunities after the premiere date.

TEENS & TOTS STORYTIMES (Ages PreK – 6) (Live on Zoom)

All at 1:30 p.m.   Join us as our Teens from the Young Adults Department, read to the Tots!  (Registration is required on Eventkeeper).

Mondays (7/27, 8/3)  & Wednesdays (7/29, 8/5)

SCIENCE WITH CHRIS BUCHMAN (Virtual)

At 11 a.m., Thursdays (7/30)

STORYTIME YOGA FOR PRESSCHOOLERS (Virtual)

Storytime Yoga is available in the Virtual Library through August 6.

PLAY HOORAY (Virtual)

A new virtual Play Hooray premiered on July 21 at 10:30 a.m. and is available through Labor Day.

Page Turner Adventures

Page Turner Adventures presents a new program everyday from  Monday-Friday until August 21. No registration is  required. See Library website and Eventkeeper for additional details. Each day focuses on different events - Monday is Show Day, Tuesday is Project Day, Wednesday is Author Illustrator Day, Thursday is Tween Day and Friday is Special Guest Day!  Each program starts at 12 p.m.

Grades K - 5

Registration for the Virtual  Summer Reading Club The Dragons on Eventkeeper at www.gardencitypl.org , started on Monday, June 15 at 10 a.m.  Print out the activity sheet and do some fun activities.  Fill out a Reader Review Card online every time you read a book.  At the end of the Summer Reading Club, a Grand Prize will be awarded in a lottery-style drawing, Remember: the more you read, the better chance of winning!

PAGE TURNER ADVENTURES

Monday–Friday at 12 p.m.

IMAGINE YOUR STORY CREATIVE ARTS CONTEST

Monday, June 15–Friday, July 24. Write your own story using your creativity and imagination and enter to win a prize!(Grades 4 & 5 only).

SCIENCE WITH CHRIS BUCHMAN

All at 11 a.m.,  Thursdays (7/23, 7/30) Tweens

Join us live on Zoom on July 28 at 4:00 p.m. for TWEEN TITLE SWAP Registration is required, on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Additional information is available there as well.

Library to expand hours for browsing, contactless pickup

Beginning Monday, July 27, the Garden City Public Library will expand its hours of service to 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday for browsing inside the Library.  Contactless EXPRESS Pickup will also expand to 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday and may be expanded to evenings in the future. Please call the Library or check the Library’s website www.gardencitypl.org  for updated information.

For EXPRESS Pickup patrons with a valid library card may reserve materials by phone, in the online catalog or through a form on the website at https://www.gardencitypl.org/ express-pickup/. There may be limits on the number of  some types of items to be borrowed. All regular loan rules will apply to items borrowed through EXPRESS service. When the materials are ready, patrons will be offered a time window for contactless pickup outside the Library.

The Library building will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Monday through Friday providing in-library browsing for materials and reference services, as well as resuming interlibrary loan and accepting returned items. Returns may be made in front of the Library via the front book drop (all library materials accepted) or carts marked “RETURN ITEMS; NO DONATIONS.”  Following safety procedures for materials handling, returned materials will be checkedin following a 96-hour quarantine period, but will be backdated to the date the item was returned so that fines do not accrue during that time.

The Library is open limited hours with limited occupancy. All visitors must sign in upon entering and are limited to 60 minutes in the Library. A face covering must be worn covering nose and mouth, to enter the building and at all times during the library visit. Please stay

6 feet apart, if you don’t live together. Please request staff assistance only where desk partitions are installed, and observe all floor markings.When approaching staff in an office, please knock and stand behind the floor markings until someone can assist you. Patrons who wish a consultation (Reference, Readers Advisory) with staff must sign in the log book. Congregating in groups is not allowed. Rearranging of library furniture is not allowed. Occupancy limits for social distancing will be enforced.

Sections of the building are closed at this time. The Lower Level is closed entirely, including restrooms, Computer Lab, Media Room and Step Down Café. For media items (CDs/ DVDs), please ask a Librarian for assistance. On the main level,  the study rooms and computer areas are unavailable.

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to require visitors to leave who are not following these rules. These procedures will be continuously reviewed by the Library Board and Administration, as needed for safety.

The Friends of the Library are not accepting book donations at this time. All programs in the library building are cancelled until further notice.. Check the Library’s Facebook pages or the Library’s Calendar of Events on the website www.gardencitypl.org frequently for updates on reopening services and for information on the Library’s online resources, services and virtual programs.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Library’s most important priority is to prevent the spread of the virus and protect the health and safety of Library users and Library employees. Services will  be phased in to mitigate the risks.

Take a “Bookcation” with the Best of Summer Reads

On Wednesday, July 15, Librarians Laura Flanagan and Ann Garnett presented their Best of Summer reading picks at a Coffee Chat on Zoom with patrons. The Librarians curated a list of recommended summer reading based on reviews of new and forthcoming books being published during this summer. Take a “Bookcation” this summer - vacation wherever your book is!

All of the Best of Summer Reads may be requested as print books or eBooks. To request adult books, send an email to https://www.gardencitypl.org/speaking-of-books/, reserve books in the online catalog at http://encore.alisweb. org/, or through a form on the website at www.gardencitypl.org. eBooks may be requested through the Nassau Digital Doorway at  http://nassau.overdrive. com to be downloaded on the Libby app or  Overdrive .

The Best of Summer Reads  “28 Summers” by Elin Hilderbrand - By the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “Summer of ‘69” and based on the classic film “Same Time Next Year” (which main characters Mallory and Jake watch every summer), “28 Summers” explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.

“Big Summer” by Jennifer Weiner -Jennifer Weiner, the author of “Good in Bed” and “Mrs. Everything,” delivers the perfect beach read with this tale of friendship and forgiveness set during a disastrous wedding on picturesque Cape Cod. Even if you can’t dip your toes in the ocean, there's no reason not to enjoy this summer pick!

“The Guest List” by Lucy Foley - A wedding celebration turns dark

Speaking of Books

and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the New York Times bestselling author of “The Hunting Party.” Evoking the great Agatha Christie classics “And Then There Were None” and “Murder on the Orient Express,” Lucy Foley’s clever, taut new novel, “The Guest List,” takes us to a creepy island off the coast of Ireland.Foley builds her suspense slowly and creepily, deploying an array of narrators bristling with personal secrets.

“The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett - Twin sisters, inseparable at birth, take very different paths into adulthood and the wider world. One stays in her Southern black community; the other heads for the horizon, secretly passing as white. Author Brit Bennett digs into issues of identity and origin in a story that moves from the 1950s to the 1990s. From the author of “The Mothers.”

“Friends and Strangers” by J. Courtney Sullivan - An insightful, hilarious, and compulsively readable novel about a complicated friendship between two women who are at two very different stages in life, from the best-selling author of “Maine” and “Saints for All Occasions.” A masterful exploration of motherhood, power dynamics, and privilege in its many forms, “Friends and Strangers” reveals how a single year can shape the course of a life.

“The Pull of Stars” by Emma Donoghue - In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love.  In “The Pull of the Stars,” Emma Donoghue, author of “Room,”  once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds. Donoghue offers vivid characters and a gripping portrait of a world beset by a pandemic

Late Summer and Early Fall Gardens

With Paul Levine on Zoom through the Library

Join Paul Levine, the Plant Guy, to learn how to prepare your late summer and early fall garden on Thursday afternoon August 13 at 3 p.m. via Zoom. Online registration with an email address is required and begins on July 30 at 10 a.m. on Eventkeeper. Registration closes at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 12. Registrants will be emailed the

Zoom login and link on the afternoon of the program. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. All are welcome! This virtual program will be held via Zoom, a virtual conference platform.  Please download the free Zoom app in advance. You can participate on your phone, iPad, or computer. For more information on Zoom, visit their website at zoom.us.

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and political uncertainty.

“Sex and Vanity” by Kevin Kwan - The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon “Crazy Rich Asians” returns with the glittering tale of a young woman who finds herself torn between two men: the fiancé of her family's dreams and George Zao, the man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with. “Sex and Vanity” is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to “A Room with a View,” and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures.

“The Dilemma” by B. A. Paris - A woman’s birthday party takes a dark turn in a poignant, heart-stopping novel from the reigning queen of suspense, New York Times bestselling author of “Behind Closed Doors,” “The Breakdown,” and “Bring Me Back.” Paris constructs an unusual and compelling premise and masterfully maintains suspense about what happened and when it will be revealed. A breathtaking story, nearly impossible to put down.

“The Jane Austen Society” by Natalie Jenner - Historical fiction with a literary twist: An odd collection of people—doctor, widow, laborer, movie star—gathers to mark the anniversary of Jane Austen’s death. United in their love for Austen, each endures struggle and tragedy. Natalie Jenner’s highly anticipated book is recommended for fans of “The Chilbury Ladies' Choir.”

“All Adults Here” by Emma Straub - A story about the things that follow us into adulthood, like it or not, “All Adults Here” tracks the fortunes of three grown children and the mom who raised them. Overachievers and underachievers both have their burdens to bear. Now a third generation of children has arrived to perpetuate the family cycles—or not. From the author of “The Vacationers.”

“Home Before Dark”  by Riley Sager - In the latest thriller from New York Times bestseller Riley Sager, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father’s bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or

are there more earthbound—and dangerous—secrets hidden within its walls?

“Beach Read” by Emily Henry - A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.A heartfelt look at taking second chances, in life and in love, set on the sweeping shores of eastern Lake Michigan.

“Rockaway: Surfing Headlong into a New Life” by Diane Cardwell - The inspirational story of one woman learning to surf and creating a new life in Rockaway Beach. “Rockaway” is a stirring story of inner salvation sought through a challenging physical pursuit—and of learning to accept the idea of a complete reset, no matter when in life it comes.

“Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World” Hardcover by Chris Wallace  - From Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, comes an electrifying behind-the-scenes account of the 116 days leading up to the American attack on Hiroshima. Told with vigor, intelligence, and humanity, “Countdown 1945” is the definitive account of one of the most significant moments in history.

NoveList

Looking for something to read? Use one of the Library’s digital resources, NoveList, to search for books by your favorite authors or for the types of books (biography, history, mystery, science fiction, etc.) that you enjoy. NoveList will find similar books in its database of 200,000 fiction and nonfiction titles. Novelist has introduced a new and exciting genre to discover in nonfiction books for adults — Nonfiction that reads like fiction! These are books that while grounded in fact, biography or memoir, create a reading experience much like reading a novel. Check out NoveList, which is available 24/7 through our website, www.gardencitypl.org, to find your next great read.

Healthy Make and Take Meals

Virtual Workshop Through the Library

Join Nicole Borukhov, MS, RDN, CDN from Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau for a virtual presentation on Healthy Make and Take Meals. In the busy world we live in, many of us eat out and buy convenience foods. These foods are typically high in fat, calories, sodium, and sugar. In this class, we will focus on healthy, on-the-go eating made simple with foods that are portable, portioned, and perfect

to keep us fueled when we’re on the move, whether we are having a picnic or taking a hike or we are going to work or school. This recorded video presentation will debut on Thursday, August 6 at 4 p.m. on Facebook and our website www.gardencitypl.org . You may also watch it at a later time on our website. All are welcome to attend this informative presentation. No registration is required. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

GC Fire station replacement costs may top $10 million

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ined for a proposal five months ago was to be 45 feet; the new rig (apparatus) at 47 feet long “would not fit in the originally proposed space.” The space (width) requirement went up by another 18 feet 2 inches, approximately, to bring the total to a 60-foot clearance.

“This apparatus (47 feet long) appears to be the largest that could be housed here at Station No. 2, and we had to increase the footprint to be able to accommodate this. The original design,” he said.

The “Feasibility Design” Chief Strysko spoke about was for 7,534 square feet, and the larger bay would bring that total for a redesigned station to 9,802 square feet. Other GCFD vehicles that the station would see enter its bay are the new fire engine at a length of 39 feet; a Fire pickup truck which is 21 feet, 11 inches and the Polaris (on trailer) which is 20 feet 6 inches.

The overall max outside dimensions of Fire Station No. 2 -- along Edgemere Road, the side from its tower to the front of the bays -- will increase from roughly 61 feet across to about 73 feet. The side facing Stewart Avenue and the station’s rear would increase from 93 feet and just over 5 inches wide to just over 97 feet.

Cost may top $10 million

The “soft numbers” for the original redesign PKAD presented five months ago was for a project cost of between $6.35 million and $7.8 million. On July 16, Gucciardo told the Board and community members on the Zoom session that adding another 2,268 square feet to this project -- to account for a larger bay for the fire apparatus -- would be adding on $1.92 million to $2.35 million to the design specs.

The “total Soft Budget” presented for the Station No. 2 redesign went up to between $8.27 million and $10.15 million,

and the Board carried forward the plans to invest in the new station. The project stages up next for firm PKAD, as they’ve presented to the Board, will be for the Design Development stage with construction details, diagrammatic layouts of the structure and building systems (MEPs) and including major building materials and establishing the associated quality levels. PKAD’s presentation last week noted: “firmer budgets can be established at the completion of Design Development.”

The layout of full construction documents (specs) as well as performance of materials will follow Design Development. Then would come the point of the Village Department of Building and Zoning interface and bid administration, with pricing secured at that time. Next would be the fabrication of the structure followed by pre construction logistics plans, including materials submittal and shop drawing review.

The original total project cost, Gucciardo presented to the Board, was between $6.35 million and $7.8 million, he said. The base range for Garden City’s project is now from $565 to $692 per square foot, “for the basic building” Gucciardo noted. However a 1.5 multiplier will be used to present a project cost estimate because of site conditions, materials’ selection and some historical preservation goals outlined, though not in line with national (U.S. Secretary of the Interior) Standards for preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction -- the four categories of approved historic building treatment.

Gucciardo noted that this estimated price range comes only now, early in the project phases. “Once decisions are made for what direction this project will take, and once we get through Design Development and we’d have construction details and the MEPs, the full civil engineering and major building systems we’d be able to pick our heads up and

establish firmer budgets,” he said.

Trustee Brian C. Daughney asked about the width increase of 18 feet 2 inches. He noted that the GCFD vehicles including the “Quint” -- a state-of theart purchase of a 102-foot fire service apparatus that serves dual purposes of a pump engine and ladder truck but with five pieces of equipment on board (water tank, ladder, fire hose, aerial device an ground ladders). He wanted to know if Station 2 will be able to accommodate housing this major investment. Chief Strysko said no, the size wouldn’t accommodate this, and there are two GCFD ladder trucks at the Station 1 Garden City Fire HQ adjacent to Village Hall on Stewart Avenue -- and one of them being the Quint, the other being a 100-foot ladder truck.

“The goal with the specs is thinking to the future. We’d like to modify our standard operating procedures and take one of the ladder trucks and put it with the engine currently at Station No. 2 and have dual response capabilities at that station. Also, we do not know for down the road with the next 90 years for the building to last, what the new requirements would be put upon the fire departments as far as outfitting apparatus will be. There was some talk that all new fire apparatus would be required to be Quints. There’s nothing set in stone yet,” the chief stated.

The community became an incorporated village just 11 years prior to the building of the current Station No. 2. As a municipal fire company, the Garden City Fire Department celebrates its 100th year in 2020 and a celebration was originally planned for June, prior to the impacts of COVID-19 and cancellations of public gatherings.

A number of residents, including members of the Garden City Historical Society, spoke to the trustees then about preserving the station which was constructed in 1930 as an architectural contribution to the elegance and character

of the village. But the Board and the Fire Department examined that aesthetic versus the practical and emerging needs of a present-day municipal fire department.

Trustee Daughney offered some controversial comments on the potential for spending on this project back in February, following PKAD’s initial presentation. With consideration of low interest rates (under 1%) available in that time, Trustee Daughney stated on February 26: “We’re building a new firehouse folks — let’s get real here, let’s be serious; there’s no other option. Whether the project costs $6 million, $9 million or $11 million we’re building a firehouse. Money is cheap – let’s get this done and let’s move forward and do this.”

Much of the consideration has boiled down to inadequate sizing of the current station and the need, as Chief Strysko explains, to accommodate the modern and well-equipped fire apparatus and the volunteers who would be using the station, looking years ahead with the project.

Architect presents comparable projects

Two fire station projects that PKAD has worked on and that Gucciardo brought up at his first visit to the Board on this topic back on February 26 included the Middle Island firehouse, a main fire department headquarters (with a full basement) that turned into a 28,000 square foot new construction project with seven bays. Gucciardo presented its cost at about $564 per square foot, totaling a $15.8 million building. Another example he presented July 16 was the Rocky Point Fire Department’s 11,500 square-foot new construction, three-bay substation with no basement. Its cost is more in line with the baseline designs of Garden City’s Station No. 2 as the cost of construction ranged from $606 to $692 per square foot.

Identity Theft: Unemployment benefits

The Garden City Police Department has reported that it is investigating a dozen fraud cases emerging in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. Imposters are filing claims for unemployment benefits, using the names and personal information of people who have not filed claims. It has been determined that some scammers are using information from old data breaches of private or government agencies. As of June 30th, the Department has investigated 12 cases of this fraudulent activity.

Commissioner Jackson states claimants should never:

• Post screenshots of their claim or their claim status on social media;

• Provide their Social Security number or unemployment benefit claim number to people on social media who

offer to help resolve their issues;

• Agree to pay a private firm or individual to file for unemployment insurance benefits on their behalf (the social security department does not charge a fee for filing a claim); or

• File a claim in a crowded setting where someone may “shoulder surf” and steal your data by looking over your shoulder.

According to Commissioner Jackson the indications that someone has used your information to claim benefits include: receiving information in the mail from the Department of Labor about a claim you did not file, or your employer receiving notice of an unemployment claim filed in your name. All unemployment fraud should be reported since unemployment benefits are tax-

able income.

If this happens to you, it means someone is misusing your personal information, including your Social Security number and date of birth. All victims should act promptly by following these steps that can help you protect your finances and your credit:

• Contact your employer's HR Department;

• Contact the NYS Department of Labor by calling (888) 209-8124 or emailing https://www.labor.ny.gov/agencyinfo/report-fraud.shtm;

• File a police report with the Police department;

• File an identity theft complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at www.FTC.gov;

• Report the activity to the cred-

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it bureaus (Experian, Equifax, Transunion), and place a fraud alert or credit freeze;

• Keep notes for future reference.

• If you get benefits you never applied for, report it to your state unemployment agency and ask for instructions. Do not respond to any calls, emails, or text messages telling you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards. Government agencies will never tell you to repay money that way. Anyone who tells you to do those things is a scammer.

Commissioner Jackson states the Garden City Police Department’s Detective Division is working with the United States Secret Service in the investigation of fraudulent unemployment applications.

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to the station building will remain available, though we ask that you exercise caution walking near the construction site. This project is expected to take approximately six to seven weeks to complete.

Library Children’s Room Design

The Children’s Room and adjacent Circulation Desk area in the Library have not been updated since the Library was built 47 years ago. At the July 16, 2020 Board meeting, Trustees unanimously approved an $845,220 redesign project for the Garden City Library’s Children’s Room. A total of $600,000 has been allocated in the Village’s 2020-21 Capital Budget while another $105,000 is being transferred from contingency. Library Director Marianne Malagon was able to secure $200,000 in State and Municipal (SAM) grants from the offices of Senator Kevin Thomas and Assemblyman Ed Ra. These monies, coupled with $145,000 Deferred Revenue from Legislative Bullet Aid received over five years from former Senator Kemp Hannon’s office, represent 40 percent of project funding, according to Library Board Chairman Randy Colahan. Funds in the Library’s special reserve fund for capital improvements will be made available for any cost overrun.

H2M Architects and Engineers presented the redesign via a public Zoom meeting Thursday. Saverio Belfiore, AIA, CSI, said the open floor plan promotes circulation and collaborative thinking. The floor plan includes construction of a new circulation desk, installation of new carpet flooring in the main lobby, establishing areas specifically designed for different age groups, creation of a collaborative environment in the Workshop/STEAM room to house various functions, creation of a dedicated reading room and a seating area for parents, construction of a new Children’s circulation desk and relocation of the Children’s office. “This project will dramatically transform and modernize the Library,” Mr. Colahan said. To view the PowerPoint presentation, click here.

Pandemic’s continuing effects on Village revenue

At the July 16, 2020 Board meeting, Village Treasurer Irene Woo presented a report regarding revenue impacts for Fiscal Year 2019-20 and for the month ended June 30, 2020.

May 31, 2020

• Building: $400,000 deferred revenues from the 555 Stewart Avenue project; approximately $200,000 in lower overall volume of applications received due to COVID-19, applications may be deferred to the 2020-21 fiscal year.

• Police & Court: Lower parking and traffic tickets issued due to COVID-19

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–approximately $196,000 loss.

• Recreation: Revenues impacted by the closure of Village facilities and cancellation of programs. Credits totaling $43,000 are to be used for future programs and rentals. Budget loss is approximately $287,000.

• DPW: Deferred revenues as a result of two large reimbursable projects that have not yet started (LIRR Nassau Blvd. train station rehabilitation project $765,000 and Business District Paving $2.7 million), loss of $170,000 due to lower sidewalk reimbursements and refuse services, offset by a gain of $332,000 from higher than expected CHIPs reimbursements and sidewalk and curb inspections.

• Other General: Favorable to budget due to forfeiture of deposits, premium on securities, state aid and sales of equipment.

• Tennis Fund: Budgeted loss of $104,000 impacted by closure of Village and cancellation of spring programs.

• Water Fund: Revenue loss due to 3 percent reduction in consumption this year versus last year (offset by higher water rates).

June 30, 2020

• Building: Overall increase in applications from prior months.

• Police & Court: Lower parking and traffic tickets issued due to COVID-19 (estimated loss at $45,000).

• Recreation: Revenues impacted by the closure of Village and cancellation of programs (estimated loss $100,000).

• Pool Fund: Revenues include budgeted transfer from the General Fund ($300k); lower revenues due to delayed opening, reduced rates, lower memberships.

• Tennis Fund: Budgeted loss for June estimated at $85,000, impacted by closure of facility.

Impacts/Challenges

• Building: Revenues deferred due to a decrease in all applications beginning in the month of March and continuing through May due to the COVID19 pandemic. Increase in applications in June vs. the prior months.

• Police: Lower traffic and parking tickets issued since March as a result of COVID-19. Due to NYS Executive Pause Orders, traffic and parking volume was drastically reduced resulting in fewer parking and moving violations. Village parking lots were significantly below parking levels and traffic on Village roadways was at approximately 40 percent of normal levels. From March 15 to May 31, accidents are down 78.5 percent compared to the same period last year. Accidents in the month of June are down 62 percent compared to last year.

• Recreation: No revenues received from fees, programs, rentals since March due to COVID-19. Some programs are re-opening (baseball and lacrosse).

• Pool: Registrations began in late June. Lower revenues expected due

to delayed opening, lower membership rates and lower registrations.

• Tennis: Loss of revenues due to facility being closed since March. Facility re-opened July 14.

• DPW: Commercial sanitation revenue decreased due to a decrease in volume.

Emerging Contaminants

Although there currently isn’t a scheduled meeting, there have been indications that New York State will be making a decision on July 31st about the new 1,4-Dioxane standards. If they decide to enact the standards, we anticipate a 30-day lead-in for them to take effect. That should give us enough time to get at least two well sites (three wells) online with the new AOP systems, according to Public Works Superintendent Joseph DiFrancisco.

• Well 7 – Work is progressing steadily and we are on schedule to bring the system online by September, pending Health Department approval. Remaining work includes piping, electrical connections and data connections to the SCADA system. A more permanent structure is scheduled to be built after all other systems at other locations are online.

• Wells 10 & 11 (Clinton Road) –Work is also progressing rapidly at the Clinton well site. This site required additional filtration systems known as GAC (Granulated Activated Carbon) filters, which the Health Department requires you to have with the AOP system. (Well 7 already has GAC filters in place.) The Clinton Road well site had a different filtration system in place, Air Stripping Towers, which will remain in place and continue to be used in conjunction with the new AOP system and new GAC filters.

• Both the Well 7 and Wells 10 & 11 projects are scheduled to be complete by September, and brought online pending Health Department approval.

• Wells 13 & 14 (Garden City Country Club) - The design phase of this project is complete and construction will begin at this site within the next few weeks.

• Wells 8 & 12 (Garden City Golf Club) - Work at these wells have proven a challenge as there are some space limitations with the golf course. This equipment is large and takes up a significant amount of space. The Garden City Golf Club has been very cooperative and we are re-working some of the design in order to minimize our presence on the course.

• Wells 15 & 16 (Hilton Park) - We are still in the final design phase for this well site. This is the largest of all the AOP projects.

Fire Station No. 2

A PowerPoint presentation presented by PKAD Architecture and Design July 16, 2020 described material changes in the schematic design of Fire Station

No. 2 proposed from the original feasibility concept drawings and presentation made several months ago. During this time as actual design drawings have been created it was determined that the depth of the fire house bays would not accommodate apparatus longer than an engine (pumper) such as a ladder truck, quint or other larger apparatus.

Trustees engaged the services of PKAD Architecture and Design in January 2019 to provide an evaluation and cost analysis to repair and/ or replace Fire Station No. 2, which is located on Stewart Avenue at Edgemere Road.

“Our future response policy once Station No. 2 is completed is to have our second ladder truck stationed there,” Chief Thomas Strysko said. “Also, looking forward into the next 90 years, we would like to have the ability to replace an engine with a larger quint-type apparatus and locate that apparatus at Station No. 2.”

The changes include 2,268 of additional square footage – 1,038 additional square feet on the ground floor and the second floor also required 1,230 additional square feet to preserve the historic look of the old firehouse. This increases the total square footage from 7,534 square feet originally proposed to 9,802 square feet. The north side elevation increases by five feet six inches; the west side bay increases by 18 feet while the overall footprint width increases by approximately 10 feet. The tower is also three feet taller to make it more aesthetically appealing and retain the historical resemblance to the old fire station. Soft numbers for budgeting on the original design ranged from $6.35 to 7.8+ million. Adding another 2,268 square feet to account for the larger bay could cost an additional $1.92 to $2.35 million. According to Frank Gucciardo of PKAD, firmer budgets can be established at the completion of design development, which is the next phase in a five-phase design process focusing on Fire Department staffing, increased equipment sizing and the preservation of the building’s existing historical aesthetics. “We are building this for the future,” Chief Thomas Strysko said.

St. Paul’s Window Protection

During vine removal on the St. Paul’s Main Building, crews discovered another broken window. At the July 16, 2020 Board meeting, Trustees engaged Talty Construction, Inc. for additional window replacement for a not-to-exceed amount of $6,660 (approximately 10 windows). “Rather than having to come back to the Board for every broken window, we requested additional funding to cover approximately ten more windows,” Public Works Superintendent Joseph DiFrancisco said. “There is money in the budget to cover this cost.”

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eventually wear through.

Perhaps, instead of giving our smaller containers away to other Villages, we can replace the large containers with the smaller ones to those households that do not have many recyclables.

As I read the article in The Garden City News, “Go Green with Kelly and Colleen”, I realize that many of the items that we were putting into the recycling containers will no longer be approved for recycling. We are now only able to recycle containers marked 1 and 2 plus glass and metal.

The new laws, as per the article, state that only glass containers should go to the bottom of the recycling container.  The metal containers go next, on top of the glass and the last item is plastic containers which now must be on top of everything.

Please tell me who is going to take the trouble to arrange the contents of the recycling container to conform to glass, metal and plastic layering? In order to do that, before your collection day, you would have to empty your container and arrange everything according to the rules.  If that has to be done, then it is easier to just throw everything into the garbage. I think we are definitely taking a backward step in the recycling process.

Judith A. Dolan

What happened to kids’ sports?

To the Editor,

The past 4 months of the pandemic haven’t been entirely bad. While we all wish we never had to endure this challenging time in our history, the forced down time has given us a chance to

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

pause and reflect on the way we’ve been living our lives.

Garden City loves its sports and puts tremendous value on it. I find nothing wrong with that. Sports provide so many benefits and lessons, including learning how to win and lose with grace, sportsmanship, kinship with teammates, discipline, team work, physical and mental fitness, and FUN. They always have and always will. But somewhere along the line, things have gone off the rails. Why and when did this happen?

I suspect that the ever-increasing competition to get into the perfect college, along with its exponentially increasing price tag, drives it all. If it’s not scholarship money, then perhaps it’s access we’re striving towards. We’re running all over creation to get our kids to practices, games and private training sessions in an effort to provide them the “best” and to help them get a leg up on their competition. But the reality is that only 7% of high school athletes move on to play at the collegiate level (divisions I, II and III). So it’s important to maintain some perspective about reality. Meanwhile, the financial costs of youth sports rack up to the tune of thousands of dollars, but that might pale in comparison to the mental toll it can take on both the parents and children. Hasn’t it been nice to see our kids riding their bikes, unscheduled and unsupervised, over these past few months like we did when we were kids? I’m sure most of them are missing their sports, but do we really know that? In regards to your child’s athletic pursuits, when was the last time you asked your child, “Are you happy?” I know I don’t do it often enough and I need to become more

consistent in doing so.

As things loosen up in New York and we sputter towards a return to “normalcy”, it’s great to see our kids back out on the fields. I’m excited to see them compete in the sports they love. But I won’t forget the break from routine that this pandemic has afforded our kids, and us. Hopefully we’ll be more cognizant of the fact that sports should be a life enhancer, not a stressor. If the motivation is not driven first and foremost by the love of the game, then what are we doing?

Jim Horn

Lack of activity

To the Editor:

Why are MTA Chairman Pat Foye & MTA Capital Construction President Janno Lieber silent when it comes to the lack of any activity on the part of the MTA Traffic Mobility Review Board?

This organization will determine Congestion Pricing. Tolls are suppose to raise $15 billion toward funding the MTA $51 billion 2020 - 2024 Five Year Capital Plan. This board is suppose to be made up of one chairperson and five members. Both Governor Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio never announced their respective members. Seven months later, why have they not made these critical appointments? Details of who will pay have yet to be made public. Elected officials behind the scenes continue lobbying for exemptions. Issuing of more exemptions will result in less MTA revenue. This board which will decide the costs for congestion pricing, will be meeting behind closed doors to work out these critical details. This is inconsistent with both Cuomo’s and deBlasio’s respective

promises to conduct the most open and transparent administrations in the history of state and municipal government. The final recommendations for tolling are supposed to be announced before the end of November, 2020.

Even if congestion pricing starts in 2022, due to the economic downturn as a result of COVID-19, nobody knows how much of the anticipated $15 billion will actually be raised. We could be in an economic recession into 2022. As a result, the MTA will have to cut billions from the current capital plan.

Larry Penner

Thanks for Pool

To the Editor:

Thank you to the Recreation Department and the entire staff of the Garden City Pool for opening the pool during these difficult times.

Even with all the adjustments of sign ups and restricted sessions it is especially gratifying to see the children and teenagers, who have already missed their school and sports lives due to the pandemic, enjoying this treasured part of their summer.

Thank you for all your efforts in providing this very welcome relief!

Jane Horn Art Show creator

To the Editor:

Please note that in last week’s article on Mary Mahoney, Mary Jane Caldwell should be identified as the creator and champion of the Annual Children’s Art Show which has been running in conjunction with Garden City Students for 15 years.

Mary Mahoney

July 24, 2020 The Garden City News

In May, Trustees did not ratify three change orders from Talty Construction, Inc. totaling $35,776.83, for additional labor and materials related to window protection at St. Paul’s. Several Trustees expressed concern that the change orders exceeded the CNY budget of $69,000 by approximately $6,000. This increased the amount of the St. Paul’s Window Protection Bid, awarded on January 9, 2020, from $39,400 to $75,176.83. Sixty windows were included in the bid; once crews got closer to the building, it was discovered that an additional 49 windows needed attention. Walter Beal, a project executive at CNY, said several factors accounted for the addition – the drone wasn’t helpful in identifying broken windows; building architecture didn’t lend itself to viewing all angles of the building and the windows from the ground level; sever-

al windows were intact but the wood frames were rotted; and other windows were obscured behind the ivy. At the Board’s request, Mr. Beal reviewed change orders with the subcontractor and came back to the Board with better pricing.

The Board during its June 18, 2020 meeting ratified an $18,000 change order for additional labor and materials, increasing the amount of the St. Paul’s Window Protection bid awarded at the January 9, 2020 meeting from $39,400 to $57,400. The windows that were identified originally and with the subsequent change order have all been sealed.

With regard to stained glass window removal and storage, the value of the windows, in particular the Tiffany stained glass window, had to be determined by a third party. Once we received the information, we had discussions with the Village’s insurance

provider to determine exactly the kind of policy we needed to have CNY include in the bid specification, according to Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi.

“As it turns out, it was not that simple. Mr. DiFrancisco and I then contacted the company that I originally selected to perform this work to understand how they insure themselves when they are working on these valuable stained glass projects, which is their specialty,” Mr. Suozzi explained. “With the information we received, and their guidance on how they would perform the work, we communicated these details to CNY so Mr. Beal could write the bid specification and get this final piece of the St. Paul’s stabilization moving ahead.”

Vine Removal at St. Paul’s

Ivy removal at St. Paul’s began Monday, July 20. Please note that this particular portion of the St. Paul’s work has taken a lot longer than anticipated

because the first two low bidders that we awarded this contract to both had to withdraw due to their inability to meet the insurance requirements that are identified in the bid spec they responded to.

2020 Summer Concerts announced Garden City Recreation and Parks invites residents to the “2020 Summer Music on the Village Green” concert series, held Thursdays beginning at 7:15 p.m. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Concerts will be held at Cluett Hall, 295 Stewart Avenue, during inclement weather. Here’s the line up:

• July 30: Force River Band

• August 6: Endless Summer: Beach Boys Tribute Band

• August 13: Lenny Dell and the Dementions

• August 20: Rockinghams

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riday, July 24,

GARDEN CITY RECREATION AND PARKS NEWS

Summer Concerts at the Gazebo

Recreation and Parks Summer Concerts at the Gazebo have begun. Concerts are held at the gazebo on the corner of Hilton and Stewart Avenues and begin at 7:15 p.m. Bring a chair, wear a mask and please practice social distancing while attending the concert.

Concerts are held rain or shine. In the event of less than perfect weather, the concert will be held at the Cultural and Performing Arts Center in St. Paul’s

Cluett Hall, 295 Stewart Ave.

Our performers are as follows:

July 30:   Forge River Band

August 6: Endless Summer Beach Boys Tribute

August 13: Lenny Dell & the Demensions

August 20: The Rockinghams

The Best Secret in Town!

Did you know that each of our neighborhood parks runs a playground program every summer?   Children entering 1st through 8th grades who are residents of the Village are invited to come to the park during the summer to find out what activities are taking place.

Each park has its own “flavor” and “favorite” activities. The Park Directors and their staff run games, sports, tournaments during the day and into the evening. Arts and Crafts are offered from 10–11 a.m. for ages 6 to 10 years each morning, first come, first served.

These activities are free to anyone attending. Registration is not necessary. A child may attend any day they choose. The children are supervised while in the park, but the children attending must be able to come and go to the park as they please or a parent or child care provider must be in attendance while the child participates. This program cannot be used as babysitting.

When : Monday through Friday beginning Monday, June 29.

Where: Nassau Haven, Edgemere, Tullamore, Grove, and Hemlock Parks

Time: Beginning 10 a.m. and running throughout the day. Check your local park for posted schedules.

This program is only as great as the children who attend. Please support our staff as they strive to create a great summer for the children.

Art Camp by Mad Science For Children Entering

Grades 1–5

Our Recreation Department is offering art classes through Imagination Art Academy. These one week, half day camps will work with Crayola brand products and have a weekly theme. These camps are open to Garden City residents entering grades 1–5. Space will be held to the maximum of 10 participants in order to social distance. Here are the weeks the camps will be offered:

Crayola® Artist’s Passport -

This camp will be held the week of July 20 to 24 from 9 a.m. to noon in St. Paul’s Cottages.

Embark on an “around the world” cultural adventure! Explore far off places and learn about the people who live here while experimenting with Crayola® products! We will “travel” from the Americas to Polynesia while trying art techniques developed by local artisans. Each day we will make a unique creation while learning about the different cultures.

Crayola® Wild World - “The Art of Conservation” - This camp will be held the week of July 27 to 31 from 9 a.m. to noon in St. Paul’s Cottages.

Explore the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom this summer! Learn about many different animals and how wildlife conservationists are working to protect species around the globe! Experiment with a variety of art technique while doing so.

Crayola® World of Design - This camp will be held the week of August 24 to 28 from 9 a.m to noon in St. Paul’s Cottages. Take a journey to the furthest reaches of the imagination while learning about the rainforest, Mars, a futuristic city, and more! Use the design thinking process to solve real-world problems in these different environments. Experiment with Crayola® products and many art techniques like sculpting, storyboarding, collage and mixed media. Discover design careers like graphic design, universal design, urban design, and product design.

Masks are required for all indoor camps. The cost of each camp is $320, checks only, made payable to Imagine Arts Academy of Long Island. To register, please visit Recreation and Parks at 108 Rockaway Avenue or you can download a registration form from our website (www.gardencityrecreation.org) and mail it in with payment to the above address.

Mad Science Camps For Children Entering Grades 1–5

Mad Science of Long Island is a company who provides a wonderful learning experience in a camp setting. Residents of the Village of Garden City entering grades 1–5 (except Robotics, grades 2 to 5) are encouraged to attend. The topics and details for each camp are listed below: For All Weeks

(These camps run Monday through Friday):

Where: St. Paul’s Center

Time: 9 a.m.to 12 p.m.

Fee: $320, checks only made payable to Mad Science of LI. There will be an additional $30 Lab Fee for Robotics.

Please note: Masks will be required for this indoor camp.

August 3 to 7

Topic: Flight Academy Entering Grades 1–5

Birds, kites, planes and rockets! If it flies Mad Science Camp covers it! Investigate the science of aerodynamics. All week long, campers will build various flying machines, explore space and apply Newton’s Laws of motion as we take daily flights of discovery!

August 10 to 14

Topic: Robotics Lab Entering Grades 2–5

Explore the fields of robotics in this hands on camp. Learn the amazing things robots can do with the help of simple machines. Campers will take home daily science projects and will complete a robot by the end of the week.

August 17 to 21

Topic: Brixology

Entering Grades 1–5

Step into the shoes of an engineer! Using LEGO® bricks, campers take part in fun, physically active games based on daily themes, and build different engineering-themed projects each day. They will explore engineering fields, and participate in collaborative challenges to solve real-world problems, while using critical thinking, cooperation and creative problem-solving skills to test and improve creations. Take-home projects will be given daily to reinforce each concept.

For any Science Camp, all checks should be made payable directly to “Mad Science of Long Island”. To register, please visit Recreation and Parks at 108 Rockaway Avenue, or you can download a registration form from our website (www.gardencityrecreation.org) and mail it in with payment to the above address.

US Sports Institute Offers

Pulse Sports Camps

Garden City Recreation and Parks is pleased once again to work in tandem is US Sports Institute in offering “PULSE” summer camps to Garden City residents ages 5 to 11 years. All programs have been redesigned to follow the new safety guidelines based upon updated guidance from the CDC, ACA and state Health Departments.

Camps have started as of the week of July 13. Due to COVID restrictions, all camps this summer will be half day and will not include a swim.

Each 1-week camp runs 9 a.m. to noon Mondays through Thursdays for that week. They will be held at either Community Park or St. Paul’s depending on the camps. Please feel free to register for as many weeks as you would like.

All camps listed below will cost $195. For more information about a particular camp or to register, please visit PULSE Sport Camps’ website at www.

ussportsinstitute.com.

Here are the offerings:

Soccer Camps (Ages 5 to 11) –Weeks of July 13, 20, 27, August 10, 24

Multi Sports Camps (Ages 5 to 11) – Weeks of July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 10, 17, 24

Field Hockey for Girls (Ages 9 to 13) – Week of August 24

Golf Camp (Ages 5 to 11) – Week of August 3

Fundamental Lacrosse Camp (ages 5 to 11) – Week of August 17

US Sports Institute "Parent and Me" Soccer Classes

Garden City Recreation and US Sports Institute have combined to offer a special camp to children ages 2–3 accompanied by a guardian! This 7-week camp will run for one hour each day and introduce your child to soccer in a fun and stimulating setting. These classes are held on St. Paul’s fields.

Classes will be held:

Saturdays from July 18 through August 29 at 9 a.m.or Sundays from July 19 through August 30 at 9 a.m.

Cost: $157 each session. All programs have been redesigned to follow the new safety guidelines based upon updated guidance from the CDC, ACA and state Health Departments. For more information about a particular camp or to register, please visit www.ussportsinstitute.com.

US Sports Institute's Sport Squirts and Soccer For Ages 3-5

Our department is pleased to work in conjunction with the US Sports Institute to offer their popular Squirts programs again this summer. The Sports Squirts and Soccer Squirts Programs have been designed to introduce children aged 3 to 5 to a variety of sports in a safe, structured environment. All games and activities will encompass hand/eye coordination, balance, agility and movement – all key factors to the early development of children in sport. All sessions are one hour in length.

This 7-week program will held according to this schedule:

Squirts Soccer – Saturdays, from July 18 to August 29 at either 10:15 a.m.or 11:30 a.m.

Squirts Multi Sport – Sundays, from July 19 to August 30 at either 10:15 a.m.or 11:30 a.m.

Register for one time frame or multiple. Each 1-hour class will cost $157. All programs have been redesigned to follow the new safety guidelines based upon updated guidance from the CDC, ACA and state Health Departments. For more information about a particular camp or to register, please visit www.ussportsinstitute.com.

GC Trojans Baseball undefeated

GCHS Varsity baseball team improved its record to 4-0-1 and sit alone in first place of The Boys of Summer Nassau County HS division. The Trojans played two games against Oceanside HS. Game 1 was a 7-7 tie, and GC won the 2nd game 8-3. The Trojans also beat Plainedge HS 8-5.

GC scored 7 runs in first inning off Oceanside and game ended in a 7-7 tie. Michael Cerenzia hit a double with bases loaded that cleared the bases. Joe McNiff went 3 for 3 and scored a run. Kyle Flynn and Aidan Magnotta pitched for Trojans. They held Oceanside scoreless after the 2nd inning. Magnotta struck out 4 in relief.

In Game 2, GC would be facing one of the top pitchers on Long Island, Oceanside HS ace and Nassau CC signee James Capozzi. Capozzi was dominant and struck out 11 of the first 12 Trojan batters he faced. Joe McNiff and Chris Schwatner led off with back to back singles in 5th and Oceanside head coach made call to the bullpen

and pulled Capozzi from game. At that point, the flood gates opened and GC bats woke up and scored 8 runs in the last 3 innings to come from behind and beat Oceanside 8-3. Cerenzia had 2 hits, 2 RBI and Will Karcher had 2 hits, 1 RBI. Karcher crushed a double that almost left the yard and drove in his brother, Jack Karcher, who had drew a walk.

James McQuaid and Jay Brown pitched phenomenal game holding Oceanside to 3 runs and keeping Trojans in the game until bats could get going. They combined to strike out 13 Oceanside hitters.

The next opponent was Plainedge HS, and GC scored 6 runs in the third inning, propelling them to an 8-5 victory. McNiff, Schwatner, McQuaid and Flynn all had 2 hits. Flynn and Nick Giudice pitched for the Trojans.

GC’s next game is Monday 7/27 at 4 p.m. @ Community park field #4.

Come cheer on your 1st place Garden City HS Trojans!

Get rid of your unwanted items by placing an ad for them in our Classifieds! We have reasonable rates, and you’ll have prompt results! Call our Garden City office at 294-8900 for rates and other info.

Virtual Lego classes offered

Build Big 123, created by Garden City teens, hosts 30-minute virtual Lego® classes for children ages 6–10 (classes are adult supervised).  Children socialize, build themes using Lego®, and the hosts provide a joke and fun facts.  Besides social interaction and fun for the children, parents get a break too!  The cost starts at $3 per child, a portion of which is donated to local hospitals and food banks. To reserve a spot, go to Booksy. com, Instagram or Facebook and search for Build Big 123 or visit http://booksy. info/BuildBig123

Garden City teens have created an online Lego class via Zoom

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Sunny and warm Gallery Floor Plan available. This floor plan has 2 balconies one facing West for sun sets off the living room/dining room, and the second faces East off the master bedroom with views of the gardens and pond. SD #18. MLS# 3202955. $1,150,000.

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3-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #18. MLS# 3229502. $849,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 3207633. $895,000.

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3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 3229961. $995,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 3197852. $1,795,000.

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6-bedroom, 3.55-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3231150. $3,200,000.

Stewart Manor, NY

3-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #8. MLS# 3205729. $699,000. Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #18. MLS# 3179217. $1,299,000.

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 3232044. $1,350,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 4.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 3205373. $1,879,000.

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Floral Park, NY

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1-bath.

Rockville Centre, NY

3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #21. MLS# 3228283. $748,000.

#18. MLS# 3229062. $1,649,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3.55-bath. SD #18. MLS# 3219879. $2,150,000.

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3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #19. MLS# 3220841. $649,000.

4-bedroom, 3-bath. SD

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2-bedroom, 2-bath.

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Condos, Co-Ops & Rentals

Flushing, NY

3-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #25. MLS# 3209714. $928,000.

New Hyde Park, NY 5-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #9. MLS# 3199304.

Wyndham Resale Office

Patricia Costello, Patricia Dickson, Alfred Kohart, Mary Krener and Linda

Consult a Wyndham Resale specialist when looking to buy or sell. Our on-site office staff is unsurpassed in providing thorough knowledge of the Wyndham Complex. Their years of professional experience and excellent service at this Five-Star Luxury Facility ensure a seamless transaction for both seller and buyer.

#18.

111 Cherry Valley Ave, PH4 Garden City, NY

4-bath.

#18. MLS# 3233161. $3,900,000.

100 Hilton Avenue, #605 Garden City, NY

#18.

Mulrooney

2-bath.

#18. MLS# 3196393. $469,000.

Rockville Centre, NY

#21.

Floral Park, NY

5-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #18. MLS# 3219143. $4,800/mo.

Garden City, NY

SD #18. MLS# 3232307. $5,500/mo.

Rockville Centre, NY

4-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #21. MLS# 3203869. $1,295,000.

$988,000.

Robert J. Krener Lisa Heaney

Alfred Kohart Mary Krener

Kathleen Higdon

Meredith Krug

Julia Mastromauro Rosado

Peter Kerantzas

Jennifer Petersen

Kathleen Roberts Cecile Raoult Scott Wallace Joseph Scianablo Cheryl Trimboli

Lynn Puccio

Fortune Heaney

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT WORKING IN REAL ESTATE?

MY GOAL IS TO CONNECT BUYERS AND SELLERS WITH AN AMAZING LIFESTYLE THAT THE CURRENT SELLERS HAVE ENJOYED. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PASS THIS DOWN TO THE NEW BUYER PURCHASING THEIR HOME. I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A TRUE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.

CHERYL TRIMBOLI ASSOCIATE REAL

HAVING BEEN BORN AND RAISED HERE, I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING TO EVER THINK OF A CAREER THAT COMES MORE NATURALLY TO ME. SHARING WITH BUYER'S THE REASON TO LIVE IN GARDEN CITY COMES FROM THE HEART. IT ALL GOES BACK TO DOING WHAT YOU LOVE. AND LOVING GARDEN CITY MAKES IT EASY.

KATHLEEN LUCCHESI

SHOWING NEW PROSPECTIVE BUYERS MY HOME TOWN OF GARDEN CITY IS SUCH A PLEASURE AS IT IS A PERFECT PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. I LOVE THE CHALLENGE OF PUTTING ALL THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER AND THE REWARD WHEN FINDING THAT PERFECT FIT FOR MY CLIENTS.

KATHLEEN ROBERTS

GARDEN CITY HAS BEEN SUCH A FABULOUS PLACE TO WORK, RAISE MY CHILDREN, MAKE WONDERFUL FRIENDS, MEET WITH CLIENTS AND CUSTOMERS AND FEEL SUCH A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. NOW THAT MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY IT IS FUN AND A PLEASURE TO SELL IN THE VILLAGE THAT YOU LOVE AND ARE PROUD TO BE A PART OF.

DICKSON

PATRICIA