Jericho-Syosset News Journal (5/11/18)

Per fect score for Syosset senior at European Girls' Math Olympiad

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Syosset High School Senior Wanlin Li received an individual gold medal for her perfect score at the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO).

Wanlin was a member of the U.S. team participating in the international competition that took place in Florence, Italy in April. The U.S. team placed second among teams from 52 other countries. This is the second time Wanlin was awarded an individual gold medal as well as team honors in this presti-

gious competition. In 2017, she represented the U.S. as part of a four-member team that won first place, each receiving individual gold medals, in the competition held in in Switzerland.

Wanlin was recently praised by the College Board for her superior score of 5 on last May’s AP Computer Science A Exam, receiving the maximum score on every portion of the exam. She was one of only 112 students worldwide to achieve this score.

BCA endorses candidates Weiner,

Syed, Feldman;

During an extended meeting on April 24th, Birchwood Civic Association members heard from Syosset School District and Library administrators, Syosset’s six school board candidates, and Jericho School District administrators. Discussion was animated as BCA members peppered the administrators and candidates with questions, absorbed the responses, and followed-up again and again. Topics included budgeting, the impact of new development, demographics, district initiatives, school safety, and more.

District budgets

Upon completion of the candidate interviews and budget presentations, the BCA board went into executive session for discussion, and then voted to endorse three candidates for the three open board seats, as well as to endorse all of the budgets that had been presented. The Birchwood Civic Association endorses and urges its members to vote for Syosset Board of Education candidates Andy Feldman, Uzma Syed, and Bill Weiner. Jericho incumbents Bill Ferro and Dabbie Lee are running unopposed.

Plainview mom and pop store makes move to big ger location

BY GARY SIMEONE

The Trio Hardware and Paint store has been a staple in the Plainview community for over thirty years. Last month, the mom and pop store, owned by Todd and Ritsa Kirschner, made the move to a bigger location to accommodate their facilities and customer base.

“We opened for business a few weeks ago and I couldn’t be happier with the way things turned out,” said Todd Kirschner. “Just to let all of our customers know, we haven’t left the area. We’re still here in Plainview.”

Trio moved 1.5 miles east from 1032 Old Country Road to their new location in the Shoppes at Country Pointe Plainview shopping center.

The move was put together by the Long Island real estate development company The Beechwood Organization, who brokered the Country Pointe Plainview lifestyle community deal.

“Steven Dubb (principal of the Beechwood Organization,) approached us last year about moving down the road and we were apprehensive about the

deal at first,” said Kirschner. “We knew, however, that we needed to expand our facility, so we went over a list with him and made the move.”

Kirschner added that the lease at the old location was up in July and that their previous landlord wouldn’t renegotiate, so that was another reason to move to a newer location.

The new store is nearly 3000 square feet bigger than the old location which will allow for more customer services and assortment of merchandise.

“We were able to add more living and outdoor supplies, power tools and power cleaning services with the additional space. Basically, we’re able to offer a greater assortment of everything a hardware store has to offer,” said Kirschner.

Trio Hardware first opened their doors in 1963 with Bernie Carlow and his family being the original owners.

In 2012, the Kirschners became partners with the family at the location, and in 2017, they took over full ownership of the store.

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Wanlin Li (second from left) poses with Syosset High School faculty in recognition of her perfect score at the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) in Florence, Italy this past

Creativity is "Within Reach" at Berry Hill's Reflections Ceremony

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Berry Hill's PTA recently participated in The National PTA Reflections Program.  The Reflections Program welcomes students of all grades and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts however they please. Students reflect on a theme by creating original works of art and then earn positive recognition for their achievements. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students in preschool through grade 12 create and submit original works in the areas of dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts.  The 2017-

2018 theme was "Within Reach." Reflections Committee Co-Chairs Hina Jobanputra and Trish Oliver presented all of Berry Hill's participants with certificates and ribbons for their submissions.  Thirteen students submitted paintings, drawings, photos, and stories that they created based on the "Within Reach" theme. Sally Biondo, Kelsie Chin, Leah Chin, Jake Dapice, Jacob Goldstein, Iris Hao, Bhoomi Jobanputra, Chenxin (Grace) Liu, Jessica Chenjia Liu, Benjamin Rosenzweig, Zoe Rubinsky, Emma Shafeei, and Addison Steerman all represented Berry Hill.

Free Stroke Risk Assessment & Stroke Awareness Fair

In recognition of National Stroke Awareness month in May, NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Department of Neuroscience will host a free Stroke Risk Assessment and Stroke Awareness Fair for the community on Wednesday, May 23rd, from 6 to 8:30PM. The program will be held at the Winthrop Research & Academic Center, located at 101 Mineola Boulevard at the corner of Second Street in Mineola. It will offer individual stroke risk assessments and an informational fair at 6PM, followed by a lecture at 7PM. The assessment will consist of a blood pressure check and risk factor review. A light dinner will be included.

Husain Rizvi, MD, Attending Vascular Neurologist at NYU Winthrop Hospital, will discuss risk factors, prevention, and the different types of strokes. Dr. Rizvi will also explain how to recognize the signs of a stroke and why you need to act fast, as well as discuss the latest information about available treatments. A question and answer period will follow the lecture.

The Stroke Awareness Fair will feature representatives from Winthrop’s Department of Neuroscience and other departments, who will answer questions and provide information about important stroke-related prevention and recovery issues, such as SpeechLanguage Services, Occupational and Physical Therapy, Home Care, Social Work, and more. Representatives from various community resources will also be available to answer questions. Parking is available across the street from the Research & Academic Center in the garage behind the 120 Mineola Blvd. building. Entrance to the garage is on First Avenue. Parking is also available at the commuter lot on the corner of First St. and Third Avenue. Please note that public parking fees apply.

Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required. To register, please call (516) 663-3916. For information on other free community education programs at the Hospital, please call 1-866-WINTHROP.

Learning empathy through history at Robbins Lane

Robbins Lane students share their composed verses to the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome."

Music students at Robbins Lane Elementary School in Syosset have been studying the music of the civil rights movement to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

One of the most memorable songs they learned was “We Shall Overcome,” a gospel song that evolved into a promi-

nent anthem for the movement. Students studied the lyrics using a Smithsonian historical recording from 1964. Each student wrote a special verse of their own for the song, including Jeremy Schlenoff, whose personal lyric read, “We shall all have joy!” Students shared and performed their composition with their classmates.

Robbins Lane students Sophia Clervoix and Lindsay Goldstein come together to display a symbol of love in the spirit Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Students also read the Caldecottwinning  Martin’s Big Words, a stirring picture book that teaches empathy and the power of being an upstander. As a follow-up exercise, they shared 10 ways to be an upstander and learned how to “keep their empathy radars up” by sitting with new friends at lunch, celebrating ways in which each person is

unique, and using kind, positive words.

Additional audio recordings, books and poems, as well as excerpts from Dr. King’s speeches, were also used as resources for these activities, which were led by Robbins Lane music teacher Dr. Catherine da Silva.

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Candidates vie for Syosset School Board spots

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Park hearing, DiFilippo defended residents’ rights and participation in the environmental and construction review process, saying “I do not want there to be new housing at Syosset Park as it will overload our schools with excess of 500 new students….I came out here to live away from Queens and I do not want Queens in my backyard,” he said.

One year prior to the appointment of Dr. Thomas Rogers as Syosset superintendent of schools. Trustee DiFilippo was instrumental in the school board’s review of all Requests for Proposals (RFP’s), district contracts, and business agreements. Since 2015 DiFilippo has worked as senior IT manager for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

An alumnus of St, John’s University, DiFilippo served as a senior project manager for Columbia University and Columbia Medical Center before working as an IT project manager for Bank of America and a contractor for Honeywell.

Andrew Feldman

School board trustee Andrew Feldman is seeking a second term on the Syosset Board of education. As a 19-year resident of Syosset, and a business owner with his office on Underhill Boulevard, Feldman says the past three years serving as part of Syosset’s nine-member school board have been

very rewarding.

“This board is committed to our students and residents of the whole community. The board is committed to transparency about every issue and involving our community in decision-making along the way, like with the facilities projects. We’ve had a series of meetings and public forums where people participated and presented suggestions. All the suggestions were collated and some were incorporated into projects. That collaboration is very important and I intend to continue building on that,” Feldman says.

One of Feldman’s sons is now a Syosset HS alum and attending Michigan State University, following in his father’s footsteps in Lansing. The trustee’s younger son is a sophomore at the high school. After being involved with youth sports leagues in Syosset for over a decade prior to his first term on the board, Feldman sees the opportunity to be on the board for another three years as a chance to continue volunteerism and strategic planning.

“This is one of the best things I’ve ever done. I love giving back to the community and doing important work -- it’s gratifying to see plans I worked on with the rest of our board come to fruition such as Phase I and Phase II of the facility projects, with upgrades and all the turf fields, the track, renovated classrooms, air conditioning and all our

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new security measures we see being implemented. Also the district policies have been or are in the process of being rewritten,” Feldman explains.

As a certified financial planner and small business owner of Andrew Feldman Associates, Inc. the trustee is a small business person. He says te local merchant base is the lifeblood of the Syosset Woodbury community and the Chamber of Commerce here makes strides every week to reach the public. “There’s something to be said for working directly with the owner of a business as opposed to a big box store or national chain. You get the one-to-one attention from a small business owner, we listen and we support them in this community,” Feldman explained.

He says the characteristics of a good school board trustee start with “passion, visibility and accessibility at all times, but most of all being able to work with a team.”

“Nine people must come together to serve as one, and we’re the only board this large in Nassau County as most are five or seven members,” Feldman said.

Uzma Syed

After coming in fourth place for three seats on the Board of Education in the spring 2017 race, a lifelong resident and Syosset High School alumna (Class of 1997) Dr. Uzma Syed has volunteered her time and efforts on a new safety initiative in conjunction with Nassau County Police leadership. Syed was named to the Nassau County Police Community Council, serving with civic leaders from North Shore to South Shore.

“It is a brand new committee formed thanks to County PD Commissioner Patrick Ryder as he feels the need for community involvement. The county police and the community will be in tune with each other’s needs and we will find ways together. The individual communities have representation and meetings will be held, starting with a roundtable discussion in June on priorities for residents. School safety and security is one of my biggest concerns as a resident, a parent and a school board candidate and with the Commision this will be a priority topic. We need the Nassau County police guidance and collaboration to promote a very secure environment,” she tells the Advance. Syed says if she’s elected to the board it would carry a great liaison role forward.

Aside from the countywide effort, she is partnering with Feldman for the 2018 school board campaign as he seeks re-election. Team Feldman and Syed signs have been very visible across the community including major intersections and entranceways to the schools.

Dr. Syed completed both her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in infectious diseases at Winthrop University Hospital. As a business owner

of her private practice, as an infectious disease “ID” and internal medicine specialist, she decided to locate her business in her home community after years of commuting.

Dr. Syed is the daughter of proud Syosset residents, including her mother who works at Astoria Federal Savings on Jackson Avenue ‘downtown.’ As a child in the neighborhood, Syed enjoyed treats at Syosset Sweets, reading and learning at Syosset Public Library and spending summer days with her friends at Syosset Woodbury Community Park. The setting was what drew Syed back home to raise her two children after earning her degree in medicine at the University of New England in Maine. Dr. Syed notes that whether it’s knowing folks through professional doctors’ associations or from her childhood years here, a large number of physicians who grew up in and around Syosset-Woodbury do just as she’s done – they return here to settle down and raise their families.

“We have a lot of different professionals living here and I think everybody is looking for the same thing. I feel proud of the school district and the academic excellence that we have. One of the goals now is continuing to enhance academics and working to maintain our blue ribbon schools and the standards, giving our children the best resources that we have in Syosset and taking them to the next level. Half the jobs of the future have not even been created, so we need to give students materials and applications to be well-equipped for the future,” Syed said.

Bill Weiner

Like Syed, Bill Weiner is again running for the Board of Education after coming close with a prior campaign. The last time Weiner ran was three years ago, with a memorable election night tie with DeFilippo for the remaining board seat.

“This year is the right time as there is an opening (Lafazan’s seat) and I have stayed active and involved with the district. Last time with the tie, opening an affidavit vote with the extremely close election and counting down to the last vote was eye-opening. Since then I was on the Syosset Council of PTA’s as a council chair for school community -- I decided to throw my hat in again, with a number of things of interest going on now in our district, with safety at the top of all lists,” Weiner said in a telephone interview. His wife is a public school teacher in another Nassau County district, and the couple has two children in Syosset schools.

Prior to Dr. Thomas Rogers becoming Syosset’s superintendent of schools in 2014, under the Superintendent Ronald Friedman, Weiner recalls a safety issue coming to light when the Citibank and Jericho Turnpike and Robbins

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Community speaks at hearing for Syosset Park development

produce no children into the schools, plus all 439 two-bedroom units at double occupancy, and the three bedroom units also at double occupancy -- if you add that up we could see as high as 1,400 school-aged children coming from Syosset Park, and that would be if each of the units were occupied legally” Vogelman said, eliciting loud applause from fellow residents.

Former Syosset school board trustee, now a Nassau County Legislator from the 18th district, Syosset native Joshua Lafazan spoke at the May 1 hearing. He says despite the many issues he heard of leading into his successful 2017 run for the county Legislature, neighbors and constituents contact his office very frequently about the proposal. Lafazan reports that not enough information has been provided with the release of the DEIS and the developer’s presentations to date. He said as a legislator who has spent considerable time performing research to help constituents in his hometown and school district, from which he graduated just six years ago, this lack of available information and detail is alarming. The hearing May 1 was just a start to the process of addressing all of the uncertainty regarding the Syosset Park proposal.

“Clearly there is a stark contrast between the new student projections

the developer has made and the opinion of the school district administration. Everyone here in this auditorium wants a bolstered tax base and new students to populate our classrooms….However, NOT at the expense of our current students. So when my constituents ask me about the impact the Syosset Park will have on Syosset Schools, I don’t have satisfactory information to give them an answer,” he said.

“My constituents want to know what this project means for our environment...The primary concern from residents has been the projected environmental impact of this project. Whether or not the toxicity of the land has been remediated; added traffic and pollution; and proximity to our elementary schools, people are afraid of what Syosset will look like when this project is completed. When you’re dealing with potential toxicity, there is no guesswork. My constituents are demanding, and they deserve, an independent assurance that this land can and should be built on. So when my constituents ask me about whether this site is safe, I don’t have satisfactory information to give them an answer.”

“My constituents want to know what this project means for emergency services. The Syosset Volunteer Fire Department is second-to-none. With the dramatic rise in calls they are handling

it’s no secret that ambulance service has been strained. Facing a potential influx of people, the need for EMT’s will only grow. So when my constituents ask me about the impact the Syosset Park will have on emergency vehicle response times, once again I don’t have satisfactory information to give them an answer,” Lafazan said, prompting applause from residents.

His final question was on the impact Syosset Park would have on the Jericho Water District and the community’s precious resource of clean water. Legislator Lafazan asked about the financial equation: whether revenues generated by the project will be greater or equal to the potential capital expenditures the Jericho Water District would need to pump water into the area. He then posed a question in front of the Town Board, whether or not the Syosset Park proposal means a decrease for water service to current Syosset customers would be on the horizon.

Bob Freier of Woodbury received applause for strong comments against the “Syosset City” plan delivered to the sitting Town Board members listening to public comments.

“I am against Syosset City, Syosset Park, as the project stands. I asked the Town Board before any vote is taken on this, that the Town of Oyster Bay hire a new and independent testing com-

pany from outside of New York State, one that has no political connections whatsoever to the Town or to Nassau County. They should test for radioactive materials as well as it is a fact -- the area around Syosset Park is a major cancer cluster on Long Island. That needs to be addressed.” Freier said at the hearing.

The moderator for the Town of Oyster Bay hearing was former Town Board member and former County Assistant District Attorney Leonard Symons. Nearly 20 years ago as a Town Board member, Symons explained that he voted against the proposal for the one million square-foot regional mall planned for the former Cerro Wire site in the late 1990s, the concept that gave birth to the local Cerro Wire Coalition.

At the start of the May 1 hearing inside Syosset High School, Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino told residents the Town Board was present only to listen and not to comment, and the community’s voices are most important, “that’s why we are hosting this meeting.” Symons then explained that until the end of the public comment period for the Syosset Park DEIS, approaching on June 4, residents of the Town of Oyster Bay can submit their comments in writing via email to PublicComment@oysterbay-ny.gov. All comments sent in will become part of

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Lane was robbed. He said an assailant was seen in the vicinity of the elementary school during students’ recess period and a scheduled fire drill.

“If this was to happen today everyone would be up in arms. I spoke about it at a board of education meeting, and the good that came from speaking up was additional communications between the school district and police precinct. I think the district is on the right path with the area of security,” Weiner explained.

Weiner has served on the budget committee, the finance committee for five years, and other volunteer roles. He considered the Syosset Park proposal now before the Town Board and says a key to opposing large scale development that could negatively impact Syosset is looking at the past application for a one million square-foot mall: “People tend to be at the mall the same time people are arriving home, evenings and weekends, and the traffic would be unbearable for our roads. Five years ago the vote came in (Town of Oyster Bay) with residents voting against the mall. I am in complete agreement with the statement (sent to area homes and TOBAY officials on April 26) on the Syosset Park and the DEIS process. At the district Finance Committee meetings, for example, on a number of occasions I have

asked Dr. Rogers about the projections for added student enrollment from the housing units the developer proposed,” Weiner said.

With a career in the finance industry and reviewing contracts, RFPs, and performance guarantees from contractors Weiner says all the experience he brings would help the school board evaluate Syosset Park and other development impacting the community.

One issue he hopes to work for with his campaign and possibly being elected is a move away from Syosset Schools’ having students in classes for the minimal number of school days permitted by the academic calendar. He believes with 180 days on the academic calendar, Syosset includes 178 days of instruction and other districts reach over 180, such as Jericho (184 instructional days). “We offer outstanding programs in the district and our kids should get the maximum out of it,” Weiner said.

Chris Ulrich

Candidate Chris Ulrich is a graduate of St. John’s University School of Law and he earned his bachelor’s in computer science at Hofstra. After scrutinizing all 800 pages of the Syosset Park DEIS, he spoke at the May 1 TOBAY public hearing at Syosset High School and said he’s looked closely at the detail and numbers, whether for tax implications or on district enrollment projections.

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To him, asking the right questions is the way forward for a suburban area in transition.

“I’ve been a business owner for over 30 years, starting before I turned 20, and I am an attorney admitted to the Bar Association 24 years ago. For the last 19 years I’ve owned a digital advertising agency. I have lots of experience with understanding business, budgets, the law and how things are structured. I know how to work with contracts and purchasing, and I think people in our community who can add skill sets and fresh insights to the school district would be a good thing. I am not going to second guess everybody but having fresh perspective from a new vantage point is an added benefit,” Ulrich says.

“Legal training teaches you how to look at a situation and ask questions from another perspective that someone else may not think of. It teaches you to be critical, not necessarily doubtful, but going deeper than just the surface. You need to understand how and why decisions are being made -- the more I learn about what goes on with our schools and community, the more questions I have, and it is so much more complex than line items on a spreadsheet,” Ulrich told the Advance.

Syosset Park is his most pressing agenda item for the district. Ulrich says the 625 homes proposed mean 625 new families with children, not residents

who have been here for 10 or 20 years. He also considers weighing the costs and benefits of Syosset Schools’ security in the long-term, and looking at any options down the road. Ulrich says the noise from a 92.8-acre construction project that the mixed use proposal involves needs to remain another point of contention that school children, particularly at Robbins Lane, the teachers and their parents should not be subject to. He spoke about the noise and impact on children during the school day at the Board’s April 17 meeting, referring to his experience during a construction period at St. John’s campus.

“A lot of people started to realize this is something that needs to be considered, addressed and dealt with. Yet the developers hand us an 800-page document and not everyone will read it. Are we always considering the details? Who is to say $12 million as a tax calculation from Syosset Park, and what if we ended up with an extra 800 students in the schools instead of 355 as the district estimated? What covers the cost of educating students, building renovations or a new facility or expanded bus services? Even if people see numbers on a table, does it really mean anything? Generally no. I have a lot of concerns and I am grateful to take it, translate, and tell the community about what is proposed and the picture became clearer,” Ulrich said.

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OFF-PREMISE CATERING BY H EVENTS

Incidents that have occurred recently in the local area include:

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A 64-year-old woman from Great Neck was arrested at 12:45PM on April 19th and charged with Shoplifting from JC Penney in East Garden City.

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At 7:30PM on April 19th, a 26-yearold woman and a 21-year-old man, both from Brooklyn, were arrested and charged with Shoplifting from JC Penney in East Garden City.

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Criminal Mischief to Auto has been reported to have occurred at 11:30PM on April 19th on Latham Road in Mineola. Unknown subjects damaged a victim’s vehicle while it was parked.

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At 6:45PM on April 20th, a 30-year-old man from West Hempstead was arrested and was charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana on Pinebrook Avenue in West Hempstead.

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At the intersection of Searingtown Road and Harrow Lane in Manhasset, a 43-year-old man from Rego Park was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated on April 21st at 4:35AM

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On Newton Street in Westbury, a 19-year-old man from that town was arrested and was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at 10:15AM on April 21st.

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A 56-year-old woman from Glen Cove was arrested at 3:15PM on April 21st and charged with Shoplifting from JC Penney in East Garden City.

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In another arrest for Criminal Possession of Marijuana on Newton Street in Westbury on April 21st, a 17-year-old man from Westbury was

arrested at 3:40PM.

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On Cornwell Avenue in Williston Park, a victim has reported that unknown subjects damaged the cement of a building sometime between 5 and 7PM on April 21.

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At Sephora in East Garden City, two 16-year-old girls from Bellerose were arrested for Shoplifting at 7:37PM on April 21.

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On Old Country Road in Westbury, a 27-year-old woman from that town was arrested at 4:08AM on April 22nd. She was charged with Driving While Intoxicated.

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A 16-year-old girl from Searingtown was arrested and charged with Shoplifting from Sephora in Est Garden City at 1:41PM on April 22.

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On Bellmore Avenue in East Meadow, unknown subjects damaged a victim’s garage door at 2PM on April 22nd.

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At 6:10PM on April 22nd, a 36-yearold man from Hempstead was arrested and was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at the corner or Hempstead Turnpike and Coolidge Drive in East Meadow.

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A 25-year-old man from Valley Stream was arrested and was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at a parking lot on Old Country Road in Westbury on April 22nd at 7:55PM.

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While driving on the Long Island Expressway at Exit 36 in North Hills, a 46-year-old man from Brooklyn was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated on April 22nd at 10:05PM.

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At 12:45PM on April 23rd, a 34-yearold woman from Rosedale was arrested and charged with Shoplifting from Target in Westbury.

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At Bloomingdale’s in East Garden City, a 23-year-old woman from North Babylon was arrested and charged with Shoplifting at 1:35PM on April 23rd.

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On April 23rd, between 4 and 4:35PM, a tag was stolen from a vehicle on Old Country Road in Westbury.

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At the Long Island Railroad parking lot at the Mineola Station, a 39-yearold man from Freeport and a 59-yearold man from Herricks were arrested on April 23rd at 6:20PM Both were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana.

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At the Bed, Bath & Beyond parking lot, located on Union Turnpike in North New Hyde Park, a victim has reported that unknown subjects spray-painted the front license plate of his vehicle while it was parked between 6:30 and 6:40PM.

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At the corner of Hempstead Turnpike and Cherry Valley in West Hempstead, five subjects were arrested at 3:40PM on April 24th. Arrested were a 17-year-old man from Rockaway Beach, an 18-year-old woman from Far Rockaway, a 25-year-old woman from Jamaica, an 18-year-old from the Bronx, and a 20-year-old man from Jamaica. All five were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana. n

Assorted clothing was stolen from Lacoste in East Garden City at 2:55PM on April 25th.

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Three individuals were arrested at a parking lot on Old Country Road in Westbury at 10:30PM on April 25th and were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana. A 25-year-old man from Massapequa Park as well as a 27-yearold man and a 23-year-old, both from Franklin Square, were arrested.

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BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE  GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

Lockport is the best place of all to appreciate the engineering marvel of the Erie Canal and what the Canal meant to propelling the Industrial Revolution and the economy, ultimately establishing the United States as a global industrial power. And it is our first stop on our first day of our eight-day, 400-mile Cycle the Erie journey, an annual hosted ride offered by Parks & Trails NY, that takes us across New York State, from Buffalo to Albany, and with it, through 400 years of American history.

Here in Lockport, you not only see the only original part of the canal that is left – the famous “Flight of Five” locks in a short sequence - but they are literally adjacent to the modern Barge Canal and its only double-locks - two locks, one immediately after the another.

The 200-year old Flight of Five consecutive locks is the engineering marvel for its time which made the entire canal possible – finishing the distance to Lake Erie. Here at Lockport, the planners had the critical challenge of navigating the 60-foot elevation in the Niagara Escarpment. In these days before steel and electric motors, the wooden gates could

only hold back the volume of water of a 12-foot drop.

“There were no civil engineers at that time. They had to invent their way across the state,” we are told in one of the evening lectures. (The telling of this story reminds me of the line in “Shakespeare in Love” to describe how everything would somehow work out: “It’s a mystery.”)

By 1822, 300 miles of the Erie Canal had already been dug. But to the west, the canal builders faced their most difficult challenge: the Niagara Escarpment was a

Amazingly, they didn’t figure out the solution before they committed to building the Canal and started digging in Rome, on July 4, 1817. This was deliberate: Rome is right at the center of the state where it is the flattest, where the Oneida Indians already had a crossing through the Appalachian Mountains. What is more, since the federal government had refused to provide any funding, New York State was funding the project on its own; Governor Dewitt Clinton felt there would be more likelihood of getting more funding from the state legislature if they had already started building). New York ultimately spent $7.7 million, the equivalent of $18 billion in today’s dollars.

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In Lockport, See Erie Canal Engineering Marvel, ‘Flight of Five’,

Cruise

Thru Double Locks, and Go Underground to Fathom Rise of Industrial Revolution

70-foot natural solid rock obstacle, the same mountain ridge over which Niagara Falls joins Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.

Nathan Roberts, who had no formal engineering training but had been working on the canal, came up with an innovative solution - still one of the most staggeringly unusual designs for its time: a series of five locks, each one raising or dropping a boat 12 feet. And because he knew it would consume a tremendous amount of time, he built two parallel steps of locks, so boats could go in both directions - an advancement in canal

engineering.

“They had to build five levels of locks because each one could only go 12 feet. In the 1820s and 1840s, they didn’t have structural steel. The lock gates are wooden. “

Even today, the “Flight of Five” locks are admired as among the most extraordinary in the world. (We get to visit Nathan Roberts’ hometown, Canastota, much further down on the canal where there is a marvelous museum).

Indeed, like the 20th century space program, what was invented for the purpose of digging the canal became new techniques that could be applied elsewhere. The Erie Canal led to the

founding of America’s first engineering school, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 1824, in Troy.

Here at Lockport, we get to see how the lock system worked. New York State has restored two of the original 19th century locks, and you can see how the wooden doors (a design that Leonardo Da Vinci had used) were opened manually using a large wood oar (they demonstrate this frequently during the day); the goal is to restore all five locks. The Buffalo Maritime Club built a replica wooden boat that is now in the lock. Here, you can see just how narrow the locks were. (New York State has funded the restoration of the other three locks.)

Indeed, this is the only place along the canal where you see the original and the modern canal locks, side by side, in operation. And this is also the only set of modern double-locks on the Erie Canal, where boaters consecutively go from one to another.

Erie Canal Cruises

You especially appreciate this on the canal cruise that NY Parks & Trails, has arranged for the 750 cyclists who have joined the Cycle the Erie ride (a record number) on Erie Canal Cruises (210 Market St, 716-433-6155). I race through Lockport to get to the marina just in time for the 11 am cruise. It takes about an hour and is really fun, especially as you go through the first lock and are spilled directly into the second.

The first Erie Canal was 40 feet wide and just four feet deep, stretching 363 miles, from Albany-Buffalo, with 83 locks to take a boat the 565 feet in elevation. There were no motors involved, so a towpath was constructed along side and mules, led by young boys known as “hoggies,” who walked 15 miles a day, pulled the canal boats along. One of these hoggies grew up to become president: James Garfield, Ben

Willis of the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse tells us at one of the evening lectures.

“The effect of the Canal was both immediate and dramatic, and settlers poured west. The explosion of trade prophesied by Governor Clinton began, spurred by freight rates from Buffalo to New York of $10 per ton by Canal, compared with $100 per ton by road. In 1829, there were 3,640 bushels of wheat transported down the Canal from Buffalo. By 1837 this figure had increased to 500,000 bushels; four years later it reached one million. In nine years, Canal tolls more than recouped the entire cost of construction. Within 15 years of the Canal’s opening, New York was the busiest port in America, moving tonnages greater than Boston, Baltimore and New Orleans combined,” according to the state’s canals website (www. canals.ny.gov/history/history.html)

In order to keep pace with the growing demands of traffic, the Erie Canal was enlarged between 1836 and 1862. The “Enlarged Erie Canal” was 70 feet wide and 7 feet deep, and could handle boats carrying 240 tons. The number of locks was reduced to 72.

In 1898 Theodore Roosevelt, as Governor of New York, pushed to enlarge the canal again and straighten its route - in many cases relocating the canal altogether - to a width of 125 feet and minimum depth of twelve feet. The “modern” Barge Canal - the one we see todaywas opened in 1918 and the motors which still open and close the lock doors are a century old, as well.

The cruise gives us a wonderful side-byside view of the “modern” canal and locks (they still use the original GE motors which are 100 years old to open the large steel gates) against the original Clinton’s Ditch lock system, a town that was one of many along the route literally birthed by the Erie Canal. Only the gates are

motorized; the rest is gravity.

Lockport offers insights into more than the extraordinary engineering of the Erie Canal: it is here where you get the clearest understanding of how the canal spurred the Industrial Revolution, and made the United States a manufacturing and global power. By 1830, Lockport had grown to the size of Buffalo and Rochester but was eclipsed after Civil War.

Lockport Cave & Underground Boat Ride

You really appreciate this when you take the Lockport Cave & Underground Boat Ride, which I did on my first Cycle the Erie trip (absolutely fascinating and I have to believe is fairly unique; Cycle the Erie riders get a discount with our wristband).

Up on the hill above the canal were a string of factories. Before Tesla and Edison, engines used water power which was abundant in Lockport. Birdsell Holly, who had a threestory factory, Holly Manufacturing Company, devised a water “raceway” to power the factory –which involved digging a tunnel to capture the seemingly unlimited flow of water.

The walking tour starts on the canal, where the tour guide, relates the history. Then you walk down a slope to where the hillside means the canal, passed where there would have been three factories.

You walk passed where there would have been a three-story factory, the Holly Manufacturing Company.

“Birdsill Holly, the owner, was famous in his day. He had 150 patents, second-most to Thomas Edison” who was a friend and who

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asked Holly to join him at his lab in Menlo Park, but Holly wanted to stay on his own. He was a genius at mechanical engineering and specialized in hydro-mechanical systems.” He also created the system of using the rushing water through tunnel (a hydraulic “raceway”) to power turbines.

Among Holly’s inventions (he reminds me a lot of Ben Franklin): the rotary water pump, the Silsby steam fire engine, the fire hydrant. Holly had the idea to build a 19-story skyscraper with a view of Niagara Falls which he rightly expected to become a popular tourist attraction, but never raised the financing.

Holly was born in 1820 and came to Lockport from Seneca Falls in 1851. He opened the Holly Manufacturing Company in 1859 to produce sewing machines, cistern pumps and rotary pumps. Holly built the Lockport Fire Protection and Water System in 1863, which used pumps powered by water-turbines and steam-engines to bring water to hydrants in the city. He patented a fire hydrant in 1869, manufactured in his factory.

At its peak, the factory employed 500 people. Ironically, his factory was destroyed by fire in 1909 (there is a photo of the fire hanging in the tour office).

Next, the walk takes you passed where the Richmond Factory, founded in 1868, would have been – portions of gatehouse can still be seen. It utilized Holly’s hydromechanical system. But in 1993, it too, was destroyed by fire.

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WRITER’S CORNER

On Mother’s Day Grandma Also No’s Best

BY MARJORIE GOTTLIEB WOLFE

In a recent Mike Lickovich cartoon, a mom says to her high-school-age son, “You’re the best, kindest son ever.

Always remember I love you…” The young man replies, “Mom, I’m just going to school…”

In recent years, many grandmothers are helping to raise their grandchild/ grandchildren. I am one of these lucky people. I’m helping to raise a 7-year-old grandson. Yes, I’ve been RECALLED to duty!

One needs a good sense of humor to be a combination mother/grandmother. We often have to begin a sentence with the word “NO.”

This Mother’s Day I recall those times:

No, you cannot swim in the ocean until 45 minutes after lunch. You’ll get a cramp.

No, I didn’t say, “I’m not going to vacuum ’til Sears makes one you can ride on.” (Roseanne Barr said that!)

No, I’m not going to buy one of those self-driving cars! I don’t care what those 125,000 seniors in The Villages,

Florida community are doing.

No, I don’t need a new dining room table for Thanksgiving.

Didn’t you read about Dr. Ben Carson— HUD secretary—who wanted to spend $31,000 for a table? And then he blamed his wife for the future purchase!

No, I didn’t say that your report card was a “dumpster fire”—a complete disaster, something very difficult that nobody wants to deal with.

No, I never said that “If you spread it out, your brain would be almost the size of an infant’s crib sheet. Your SCIENCE TEACHER said that!”

No, I never read the late Joan Rivers’ book, “Having A Baby Can Be A Scream.” Yes, I know what she said when

Melissa “came back from the first day of school she seemed different. She WAS different. The bus driver dropped off the wrong kid.”

No, I’ve never told the Waffle House, IHop, or Au Bon Pain that it was my birthday—twice in one year—in order to get a FREE meal.

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Sometimes the Government Giveth and Then Taketh Away

BY TOM MARGENAU

Q: I am 66 years old, and I get my own small Social Security retirement benefit. Because it is so small, I get some additional spousal benefits off my husband’s record. I am still working. I just got a letter from the Social Security Administration telling me that my retirement benefit is being increased by $20 per month because of my most recent earnings. But at the same time, the letter said my spousal benefit is being reduced by $20. I don’t get this. Why is the SSA giving me extra money but then turning around and asking for it back?

A: Wow! It’s as if the government slipped a $20 bill into your right pocket and then sneaked its hand into your left pocket and took out 20 bucks! What’s going on? It just doesn’t seem fair, does it? But I think that when you read my explanation, it will make sense to you.

You said you are getting Social Security benefits off two accounts -your own and your husband’s. You didn’t give me dollar amounts, and it will be easier to explain what is going on by using an example, so I will make them up. Let’s say you are getting $300 per month from your own record. And let’s further say you are due $550 per month in spousal benefits.

As a general principle, when you are due two benefits, you get the one that pays the higher rate. So normally, you would just get the $550 spousal benefit on your husband’s account.

But there is a rule that says that if you are due anything on your own account, it has to be paid to you first. Then the SSA makes up the difference with whatever extra you are due as a spouse.

So using my example, the SSA would pay you your $300-per-month retirement benefit, and then you would get an extra $250 from your husband to take you up to the $550 level.

You said that you are still working and that your extra earnings boosted your own retirement benefit by $20. So, back to my example, that means your own monthly rate went up to $320.

But your extra earnings had nothing to do with your husband’s Social Security check or with your share of that check. So you are still due $550 in spousal benefits. That means the SSA now pays you your own $320 first and then gives you an extra $230 in spousal benefits rather than the $250 spousal rate you were due when your own benefit was just $300, to take you up to the same $550 level you were due with or without your additional retirement benefits.

Q: I’m 68 years old. I started collecting Social Security when I was 66, but I’m still working. Admittedly,

I’m not making as much as I was just a few years ago, but I am making much more than I did when I was younger. My earnings last year were about $40,000. Shouldn’t my current earnings increase my Social Security check? And if not, do I have to continue having Social Security taxes withheld from my paychecks?

A: I’ll answer your second question first because it’s easier. If you are working, whether you are 18 years old or 68 years old or, for that matter, even 108 years old, you will always have Social Security taxes withheld from your earnings.

But then the issue is this: Will those extra taxes you are paying into the system increase your Social Security retirement benefit? And the answer is “maybe.” You would get an increase if your current yearly earnings are more than the lowest year used in your original benefit computation. If they are, the new, higher year will be substituted for that low year, and your benefit will be refigured.

But here is the kicker: Those earnings from past years used in your benefit computation were adjusted for inflation. The amount of the inflation indexing factor depends on your year of birth and varies from one year to the next.

For example, it sounds as if you were born in 1950. And let’s say the lowest year of earnings used in your retirement computation was 1970, when you made, say, $7,000. The indexing factor for 1970 earnings for people born in 1950 is 6.74. That means that when the SSA figured your retirement benefit, it used $47,180 ($7,000 times 6.74) instead of just $7,000 as your 1970 earnings.

You said you made $40,000 last year. Using my example of $7,000 as your lowest yearly earnings, you are right that your current earnings greatly exceed that level. But the more important question is this: Do they exceed the inflation-adjusted amount that was used in your retirement computation? Back to my example, $40,000 is less than $47,180. So that means your benefit will not be refigured because you are currently making less than the lowest inflation-indexed yearly earnings in your benefit computation.

Now let’s turn the tables a bit. If you were currently making $60,000 per year, that would higher than the amount in the inflation-adjusted low year in your original benefit computation. Then you would be due an increase. And when you are due an increase, there are two things you should know. First, the increase is automatically calculated by the Social Security Administration. There is nothing you need to do. Second, the amount of the increase depends on how much higher your current earnings are than your lowest year of past earnings. But you can generally count

on about an extra $10 to $20 per month in your retirement check.

One more point for other readers. Because there are thousands of inflation factors -- depending on your date of birth and the year in question -- I simply cannot list them here. The SSA produces a pamphlet for each year of birth (for near-term retirees), listing these infla-

tion factors. If you’re interested, go to https://www.ssa.gov/pubs and search for “Your Retirement Benefit: How It Is Figured.” Click on PDF, and then click on your birth year.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. COPYRIGHT 2018 CREATORS.COM

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In Lockport, See Erie Canal Engineering Marvel,

low wages.” At one point, they went on a labor strike.

The third was the Lockport Pulp factory, which operated from1880-1941, when it went out of business after the invention of galvanized steel. “Their lease ran out in 1941 and they lost the use of the water.”

Boys as young as five years old would be the ones to plant the dynamite because they were small and fast. Each charge would blast a hole the size of a basketball. There are no statistics

You come to a great outflow pipe which is used as to enter the cave, which once would have been the “raceway” for the rushing water.

This is the system devised by the privately owned Hydraulic Raceway Company (Birdsill Holly was a major investor) to serve his factory and the others.

It is quite an interesting sight - pitch black except for the artificial light.

The tunnel was cut by Irish and Italian workers. The guide points out what would have been involved in digging out this tunnel and creating the cave, using the technology they had - sledgehammers and black powder. “They worked long hours doing dangerous work for

as to how many boys or men died building these tunnels. Clearly this was an age before labor laws and environmental regulations.

Holly built his tunnel first, in 1858. It took 1 1/2 years to dig 750 feet. Richer opened his factory in 1868. A third section was opened eight years later, taking three years, until 1880 to finish. The factories would have paid $200 year for access to water.

Now the walk takes you to a wooden boat, built inside the cavern. It is very “Phantom of the Opera”-ish, but here, you really appreciate

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No, I’ve never asked Alexa the meaning of Shaquille O’Neal’s new title, CFO of Carnival Cruise Line. (FYI, it means “Chief Fun Officer.”)

No, I didn’t say you have “Neck Tech”—sore neck, numbness and tingling—THE DOCTOR DID! Stop spending the whole evening watching Netflix in bed!

No 12-year-old in THIS family will watch re-runs of “Two and a Half Men.”

No, grandpa and I never had a prenup. Neither of us had any assets accumulated.

No, you can’t smoke! No ifs, ands or butts.”

No, I wasn’t aware that the word “panties” was on the 2018 list of words not used. Why just a few years ago Victoria’s Secret mailed me a glossy coupon for a “Free panty! No purchase necessary.”

No, Google your date BEFORE you go out with him. Cover your bases pretty early. You don’t want to date someone who believes that your dogs

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shouldn’t sleep on the bed with you!

No, you don’t have cellulite-stricken thighs…and a woman cannot be judged on her cellulite alone.”

No, you can’t see the movie, “American Dramz.” It has two “f” words and they aren’t “feh” and “flanken.”

No, Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsberg never played with Barbie dolls.

No, I don’t love your brother more than you. All children are equally dear to their parents and grandparents.

No, there’s no dish fairy our home! Get a towel!

No, I don’t need to check with your guidance counselor.

I KNOW that an actuary is NOT a home for birds!

No, just because you resemble one of those saucer-eyed children in a Keane painting, you’re well enough to go to your S.A.T. prep course.

No, I didn’t call you a ‘fossil’—even though you have been enrolled at SUNY Albany much longer than expected.

No, I never went belly-whopping of my Flexible Flyer. Well, maybe once

or twice.

No, you can’t change your name to Nutella. Yes, I know that George Foreman named all five of his sons after himself.

No, I never attended the Money Management for Seniors lecture. Yes, I know that the leading cause of death in South Florida is exhaustion caused by house guests from the north.

No, I never said that “Sonya’s got a new fella. She moves downtown and the next thing you know, she’s involved with IRWIN RENEWAL.”

No, I’ve never heard of Wawa, the popular chain of stores. Sounds like a convenience store on steroids.

I never told you, “Okay! Alright! So don’t name the baby after grandpa Irving, may he rest in peace.” (She named him Luke Picard Lipshitz.)

No, what we put into our stomachs and consume should have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is horrible. Fizzy drinks eat your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. And don’t fill up on Ugly Naked Guy Nacho Chips, like Joey and

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Lockport, See

Chandler ate on “Friends.”

No, in order to encourage you to move out, I didn’t give your name to the Marines, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Amway and Tupperware.

No, I never told you, “Time to buy you some new jeans. You want them torn, faded or stained? Drainpipe jeans, cigarette jeans, or pencil pants? Distressed jeans or low-rise jeans?”

No, I NEVER said that ATM means “abstinence till marriage.”

No, I NEVER went to the family doctor dressed in a Chanel suit, Hermes bag, shoes by Walter Steiger and Brian Atwood, a Loro Plana scarf and said, “How come you don’t take my medical insurance?”

And, NO, I never served grandpa the drink called, “Alter Kaker.” (It consists of an ounce and a half of Old Granddad whiskey and half an ounce of prune juice—on the rocks, of course.) Source: Michael Wex term.

Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe is the mother of three sons and the grandmother of six.

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the physical labor that was involved in cutting through rock to create these mechanisms that made the Industrial Revolution factories

possible.

It is really a delightful boat-ride, full of atmosphere, that takes you through the oldest section of the tunnel. You can see some differences in how it was constructed. ($13 plus

Concert at Medina’s canalside park by the Traveling Troubadours © Karen Rubin/

tax, but $9 for Erie Canal riders. Lockport Cave & Underground Boat Ride on the Erie Canal, (5 Gooding St., 716-438-0174, www.lockportcave. com).

There is a lot to see in Lockport, including the Erie Canal Discovery Center, a small museum right at the base of the original five locks which I visited on my first Cycle the Erie ride; also, Tiffany windows at the First Presbyterian Church, the Historic Palace Theater, and delightful eateries (www. discoverlockport.com).

I am anxious to get to Medina, though, which I remember from my first Cycle the Erie ride as being a really charming town (they even have a concert planned for the afternoon, and swimming at our campsite), and last time, I didn’t get there early enough to enjoy it.

We ride through a sequence of quaint canaltowns, Gasport, Middleport - on our way to Medina.

Medina is famous for its sandstone, a 19th century building material that was used for the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, the State House in Albany, St. Paul’s Episcopal in Albany and in the foundation of Buckingham Palace. The stones, discovered during the building of the canal, were prized because they were so hard, they were the best for fireproof building material.

Much of Medina is built of the stone. You see it at one of America’s oldest Opera Houses

(it is being restored) - a tribute to the wealth that the stone and the Erie Canal brought.

I arrive in Medina, our destination for the day, at around 2:30 pm, in time to catch a delightful folk concert at the canalside park. The band, Traveling Troubadours, perform on the roof of a rented houseboat. Wearing tie-die, the aging hippies will be spending 6 days, going canaltown to canaltown to perform.

I must have had a tailwind because the 54 miles didn’t feel like much at all.

The architecture is absolutely magnificent - and our ride to the campground takes us through neighborhoods with gorgeous, but fading, Victorian houses.

On the way into the campsite, I stop at Medina Railroad Museum – housed in the former New York Central Freight Depot. Built in 1905-6, and 300 feet long, it is the longest wood frame freight house ever built by NYC Systems. There are over 7,000 artifacts on display covering the history of railroads from the early steam era up to the modern age. Exhibits feature vintage toy trains from Lionel, Marx and American Flyer, as well as extensive firefighting exhibit with 460 fire helmets. The HO model train layout is one of the longest on one floor in the country, measuring 204 feet long by 14 feet wide, and featuring lifelike scenery of Western New York. The museum also offers excursions on vintage trains. (530 West Ave.,

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What if my camper gets homesick?

Homesickness is not unusual, especially for newcampers. All our staffare specially trained in what to do when acamper gets homesick and howtohelpyour child adjust to camp life. If campers cannot adjust to camp life, we will give you acall. If not, you can assume your camper is having agreat time!

Canmychild bring his/her cell phone?

We are ascreen-free camp here at DPF 4-H, and thus do not allowcampers to bring their phones or anyelectronics. While this may be alittle scary for some kids (and parents!) this is achance for your camper to connect with nature and newfriends, not the Internet.

How can Icommunicate with my camper?

Tryour BunkNote system! Parents can send emails to their campers, which the camp office will print out and delivertoyour child. However, since we are ascreen free camp, this system is only one-way.The best way for your camper to contact you is the postal system.

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Yes! Our busruns to and from Hicksville to Riverheadtotransport campers. Youcan register your camper for the buswhen you sign up for camp.

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Besides registering and paying for your child’sencampment, there are several medical forms that must be filled out before your child can attend camp. Forms can be found on our website.

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All campers are required to haveaphysical examination and health history forms

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We have alist of everything your should bring to camp on our website and in the Parent-Camper Handbook. All campers need bedding, personal hygiene products and clothing to last them through their stay

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The camp can accommodate campers with special food needs. If your camper does not likethe main course being offered, we always provide secondary options in our salad bar that change daily,aswellasvegetarian and vegan options.

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Cornell Cooperative Extension is an employer and educator recognized forvaluing AA/ EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities and provides equal program and employment opportunities.

This camp is permitted to operate by the Suffolk County Department of Health and is inspected twice yearly.Copies of the inspection are available in the office or by contacting the Department of Health at 631-852-5999.

APlace forEvery Student

Winston Prep is ahighly individualiz ed and responsive setting for3rd through 12th grade students with specific learning differences.Our student bodyiscomprised of students with language processing disorders such as dyslexia, nonverbal learning disabilities such as Aspergers,and executive functioning difficulties such as ADHD.Our unique model of education forthe individual provides intense skill remediation whileencouraging students to build independence,resilience, responsibility,self-awareness,and self-advocacy.Key to the development of each student is the focus on assessment-based remediation, the dailyone-toone Focus Program, askill-based curriculum, small homogenous class groupings,anexpert faculty,

an emphasis on social-emotional development, and asupportive community

We arecurrentlyaccepting applications forstudents entering grades 3through 12 forour Long Island campus.Overthe last two

decades WinstonPreparatory School has continued to expand its reach in order to help more students in need, and replicate its model in order to makean impact on the field. We areonce again considering an expansion

on Long Island. During this time we will be networking with allied professionals,evaluating real estate possibilities and meeting interested families in apre-admissions process.This pre-admissions process will be coordinated by WPS veteran KarenPreston. She can be reached at liadmissions@winstonprep.edu, or (212) 719-5598 x2213.

We invite youtolearn moreabout our school and sign up foranupcoming Open House on May21st or June 6th at 7pm. Please visit our website formoreinfor mation, www.winstonprep.edu.

Entertaining ways to prevent summer learning loss

Summer vacation presents an opportunity for students to enjoy an extended break from the classroom. While this respite from routine may be a welcome change to youngsters, teachers frequently lament that valuable educational lessons seem to be forgotten each summer. Educators then face tougher hurdles when students return to school in the fall.

Such a phenomenon is dubbed “summer learning loss,” but it can occur during any extended break from school. Scholars have realized for some time that students’ rate of academic development declines during summer vacation. Oxford Learning, a tutoring and education training group, offers these eye-opening statistics.

• Over the summer, students tend to lose 2.6 months of math skills and two months of reading skills.

• Summer learning loss can be seen in students as young as six.

• It can take up to two months from the first day of school to get students’ brain development back on course. Summer learning loss, sometimes called “brain drain,” can be prevented. Proponents of year-round schooling at The National Association for YearRound Education recommend a more balanced school year, where summer vacation lasts only 30 days and other

school breaks are lengthened. In this scenario, the school year would still last about 180 days, but without the lengthy breaks.

Parents may prefer the status quo, and those who do can take several steps to prevent summer learning loss from affecting their children.

• Encourage more reading. Schools recommend summer reading lists, but students should also learn to read for pleasure. Research from the National Literary Trust indicates reading for pleasure can improve reading attainment and writing, as well as one’s general knowledge. Children can bring books to the beach that they can read between frolicking sessions in the waves.

• Enjoy family game nights. Games can be customized to highlight certain skills that require reinforcement. For example, math-centered games that require counting or addition can strengthen generalized math skills. Problem-solving board games may help children become better critical thinkers.

• Make vacations educational. Add travel to historical sites or other places of interest to help history come alive. When visiting new towns and cities, read the placards that explain important moments in history that took place in each town or city, making sure to include some thought-provoking areas of

Reading is one of the best ways to keep young minds fresh during summer vacations.

interest on your itinerary.

• Look for science moments. Trips to the seaside, parks and much more present myriad opportunities to learn about science. Children can stage their own experiments with items they find in nature, such as learning about tides, wind and water flow by sailing homemade boats.

• Teach kids through daily tasks.

Barbecuing, making a cake, building a raised garden bed, seeding the lawn — each of these moments present educational opportunities for parents who want to keep their kids’ minds sharp during summer.

Children need not fall victim to summer learning loss when their days are filled with educational but fun activities.

Productive ways to spend the summer after graduation

Graduation is a momentous day in the lives of college students. After years of schooling that dates all the way back to preschool or kindergarten, newly minted college graduates are finally ready to begin their professional lives.

That can be a scary prospect for some students, especially those who graduate without jobs lined up. The summer after graduating from college can be a time like no other in the lives of new graduates. It can be easy to grow dejected as weeks or months go by without receiving a job offer. But spending the summer after graduation as productively as possible can help graduates overcome any dejection they might feel and increase their chances of landing a job.

• Contact career services offices at your alma mater. Career services offices can help recent graduates as they look for their first jobs out of college. Such offices may have access to job and internship opportunities that grads do not. In addition, they may coach grads on interviewing techniques and on ways to stand out in crowded job markets.

• Seek internships. If part- or full-time employment is proving elusive, don’t be afraid to seek and ultimately accept internships, which can provide a way for grads to get their foot in the doors in certain industries. Summer internships may already be filled, so scour job boards for fall or winter internships.

• Start networking. Students who interned can

get in touch with their past supervisors or mentors and find out if the company is hiring. Such people may be more inclined to bring someone with direct experience onboard — even if that experience was brief and unpaid. In addition, grads can connect with adjunct professors who work in their desired fields.

• When job hunting, don’t get pigeon-holed by your major. Just because a student graduates with a particular degree does not mean he or she needs to look for work in that field. In fact, many companies may prefer entry-level applicants with degrees that are not specific to their industries so their new hires are blank slates who can be easily trained.

• Attend job fairs. While other graduates may be taking the summer off, enterprising grads looking for work should attend as many job fairs as possible. Graduates likely won’t leave job fairs with employment offers in hand, but job fairs are a great way for grads to meet hiring managers and submit their résumés to potential employers.

• Customize a résumé for every job. Be sure the curriculum vitae is not static. Write and refine résumés for each job you apply for, mildly tweaking the wording or accomplishments to address the key phrases used in the job listing.

It can be tempting for recent college grads to spend the summers after graduation relaxing, but those who spend that time productively may lands jobs more quickly than those who do not.

3 techniques to help kids concentrate

Classrooms are now vastly different from the ones today’s parents were accustomed to when they were children. Technology has changed the face of classrooms, and while digital classrooms have revolutionized the ways kids learn, they also can make it more difficult for students to concentrate.

While computers, tablets and smartphones can be a invaluable resources for teachers and students parents may need to embrace various techniques aimed at improving kids’ ability to concentrate.

1. Discourage personal devices in the classroom.

Computers and tablets can expand learning opportunities in the classroom, but parents who want their kids to focus on lessons can discourage the use of personal devices, such as smartphones or personal tablets, in the classroom. As noted by the Child Mind® Institute, apps and web content are designed to be user-friendly and addictive. In addition, modern youngsters socialize through their smartphones. Alerts or messages from social media apps or friends can distract kids from their lessons, which may adversely affect their academic performance. Unless teachers ask students to bring their personal devices to class, parents can discourage, if not restrict, their children to bring their smartphones or tablets with them to class.

2. Limit multitasking.

A 2009 study from researchers at Stanford University found that heavy media multitaskers were more susceptible to interference from irrelevant environmental stimuli and from irrelevant representations in memory than light media multitaskers. Students who try to do too much at once may think they’re getting a lot done, but dividing their attention among several subjects may make it harder for them to fully understand or learn their class lessons. When studying, students who concentrate on one subject or task may understand materials more fluently than those who divide their attention among subjects or those who focus on studying while also performing other tasks.

3. Encourage strategic breaks.

The Academic Success Center at Oregon State University notes that taking breaks can improve concentration and make studying more efficient and effective. When taking study breaks, students should set time limits on their breaks and change their scenery. Walking away from a book, device or computer screen for 10 minutes can help students avoid fatigue that can develop when they study for too long without a break. That fatigue can affect students’ ability to absorb the lessons they’re trying to learn, so parents can encourage students to take strategic breaks. Once per hour might be enough, but some students may benefit from more frequent breaks.

EglevskyBallet: WhoWeAre

Bringing over 35 years of experience as adancer,choreographer, director,and arts executive,MAURICE BRANDON CURRYisthe seventh Artistic Director in the history of EglevskyBallet.

Founded by legendary NewYork City ballet principal dancer Andre Eglevsky, this institution has been bringing balletic artistry of the highest caliber to Long Island for over 50 years. Eglevskyballethas long been recognized as aprominent, professional school and company.

Eglevskyballetoffers afull-time professional training program in its state-of-the-art facility.Additionally, twos class

complete the dancer’straining. An annual professional production of “The Nutcracker”, aspring production, outreach performances, and arts-ineducation program allowthe company and its dancers to bring the art of dance alive and to the Long Island community

Eglevskyballetprovides professional training for students of all ages and abilities. Classes are offered in ballet, pointe, modern, jazz and contemporary.Anaccredited preschool program designed for ages three through five,focuses on introducing the youngest dancers to the art in an environment tailored specifically to their level. Adult classes in ballet, jazz and yogacomplete the program.

How to help kids learn to love reading

Reading is a passion for many people. But even avid readers may not know just how far back their love of reading stretches.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, children who find pleasure in reading have the potential to become lifelong readers. In addition, studies have shown that reading to children can help kids become familiar with sounds, words and language, helping them in their earliest stages of cognitive development. So adults who love books might be able to trace their passion for page-turners to those times their mothers and fathers read aloud to them as youngsters.

Parents who want to their children to learn to love reading can rely on various techniques to accomplish that goal.

• Make reading a routine. Routine is a necessity for parents, helping children learn when it’s time to eat, play and go to sleep, among other things. Parents can include reading to their children as part of their daily routines. As noted, doing so will promote language skills and cognitive development while also acclimating children to books and providing valuable time

for them to bond with their parents.

• Create a distraction-free reading environment. When reading to children, parents can create an environment with little to no distractions. This allows kids to focus on their parents’ voices as well as the story they’re being told. Parents can turn off the television and the radio when reading to their kids. In addition, moms and dads should leave smartphones or tablets in another room so they aren’t distracted by alerts or tempted to check for incoming messages or emails.

• Read aloud together. Some children may shy away from reading if they struggle in their initial efforts to read. That does not mean kids won’t ultimately enjoy reading, it just means a little more effort may be required on parents’ part to help kids overcome any issues they have. Reading aloud to children can help little ones learn how to become good readers, as they will learn how to pronounce words and form sentences. Kids who know how to read can be encouraged to read to their parents, which can instill self-esteem. If kids struggle with certain words or sentences when reading aloud, parents can read those words and/or sentences

reading if they’re allowed to choose their own books and stories.

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• Let kids pick their own books. When reading to youngsters, whether they’re babies, toddlers or already in school, parents can let sons and daughters choose their own books. Children might be especially enthusiastic about

Reading can benefit children from the earliest stages of their lives all the way through adulthood. Parents can take various steps to foster a love of reading in their children.

Court reporters create word-for-word transcriptions at trials, depositions, administrative hearings, and other legal proceedings. Some court reporters provide captioning for television and real-time translation for deaf or hard-of-hearing people at public events, at business meetings, and in classrooms.

Communication Access Real-Time Translation providers or CART providers, are court reporters who work primarily with deaf or hard-of-hearing people in a variety of settings turning speech into text so that the deaf or hard of hearing can interact with the world around them. For example, CART providers who use a stenography machine may caption high school and college classes and provide an immediate transcript to students who are hard-of-hearing or learning English as a second language.

Computer-aided transcription, or “CAT,” is technology that utilizes highly specialized software to interpret the strokes made by a court reporter on a stenography machine. As the court reporter presses applicable keyboard combinations, the software immediately translates the machine shorthand into English. Realtime writing refers to computer-aided transcription which is performed by court reporters and can be instantly read on a monitor

Growth of the elderly population also will increase the demand for court reporters who are Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART) providers or who can accompany their clients to doctor ’s appointments, town hall meetings, and religious services. In addition, theaters and sports stadiums will provide closed captioning for deaf or hard-of-hearing customers.

If you would like to gain the knowledge and skills required of a Court Reporter contact Long Island Business Institute (www.libi.edu) (631-499-7100).

aloud to them and ask them to repeat the phrases back.

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As I set up my tent at the beautiful grounds of the Clifford H. Wise Middle School, I think how we have gone from an urban to a pastoral setting. They have arranged for us to swim in the school’s pool, as well as stretching class and yoga and there is a massage therapist as well. This evening after dinner, there is a talk about canal history by Tom Grasso, president of the NYS Canal Society.

The 20th Annual Cycle the Erie Canal ride is scheduled July 8 – 15, 2018 (www.ptny.org/

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canaltour). In the meantime, you can cycle the trail on your own - detailed info and interactive map is at the ptny.org site (www.ptny.org/ bikecanal), including suggested lodgings. For more information on Cycle the Erie Canal, contact Parks & Trails New York at 518-4341583 or visit www.ptny.org

Information is also available from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, Waterford, NY 12188, 518-237-7000, www. eriecanalway.org

More information about traveling on the

Erie Canal is available from New York State Canal Corporation, www.canals.ny.gov

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Grand Opening: Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center

Niagara Falls, NY – The muchanticipated Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, an experiential museum that reveals authentic stories of Underground Railroad freedom seekers and abolitionists in Niagara Falls, has just opened, May 4. A project of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Commission in cooperation with the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area, a program of the National Park Service, the Heritage Center inspires visitors to recognize modern injustices that stem from slavery and to take action toward an equitable society. It is located in the former 1863 U.S. Custom House attached to the new Niagara Falls Amtrak Station.

“As the first new cultural attraction in the City of Niagara Falls in over 35 years, opening the Underground Railroad Heritage Center is an incredibly significant event, both to the people of Niagara Falls, and throughout the world,” said Bill Bradberry, President and Chair, Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Commission

The Heritage Center’s permanent exhibition, One More River to Cross, features the rich stories of the Underground Railroad in Niagara Falls, the crucial role played by its location and geography, and the actions of its residents – particularly its African American residents. The Heritage Center’s immersive exhibits and cutting-edge interpretation affirmatively align with the principles of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, whose mission is to connect the past to modern social justice issues – “to turn memory to action.”

Through painstaking research, the exhibition presents engaging digital media, graphics, scenic built environments and facilitated dialogic programming as part of the visitor experience. Scenic exhibit components include a recreation of the Cataract House – a premier international hotel that employed an entirely African American wait staff, who helped

uncounted numbers of freedom seekers to freedom in Canada, just across the Niagara River. Also included is a recreation of the International Suspension Bridge, built in 1848, and rebuilt in 1855 to incorporate rail traffic, where Harriet Tubman and other freedom seekers crossed the imaginary line from slavery to freedom. Stories are brought to life with powerful images by award winning illustrator and fine artist E.B. Lewis and voiceovers by Emmy Award winning actor Keith David.

“From the very beginning, the objective for the Heritage Center was to create an immersive experience that brings to life the stories of ordinary individuals who fought for freedom,” said Ally Spongr, Director and Curator, Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center.

The new Heritage Center focuses on stories of courageous self-emancipation by freedom seekers. Throughout the exhibition visitors experience these stories and hear from individuals past and present with the hope that these stories and connections will allow for deeper engagement, consideration of new or different perspectives, and motivation to action.

“The Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center will not only shine a light on the significant role Niagara played at this critical time in our nation’s history but the stories of the brave men and women whose contributions to this movement we must never forget. I want to commend the Heritage Commission for their painstaking efforts to bring this educational and interactive experience to life for generations to come,” said Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster.

This project is led by the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Commission, chaired by Bill Bradberry, directed and curated by Ally Spongr, and based on research by lead historian Dr. Judith Wellman. The Heritage Center’s design-build teams include Studio Tectonic of Boulder, Colorado, Richard Lewis Media Group of Boston,

The much-anticipated Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, an experiential museum that reveals authentic stories of Underground Railroad freedom seekers and abolitionists in Niagara Falls, has just opened, May 4. John Morrison and James Patterson © E.B. Lewis.

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AUTOMOTIVE

AUTO FOR SALE

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AUTO SERVICES

CAR DETAILING done at your home, includes cleaning of interior, vacuuming. Very reasonable. Please call 516-373-5928

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GARDEN CITY BORDER

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OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE

SHINNECOCK HILLS:

Tranquil & Calming. 2/3 Bedrooms, 2 Bath Home on Shinnecock Bay. Season $28,000. Monthly available. SHINNECOCK BAY:

Charming 1 Bedroom Cottage on Shinnecock Bay. Season $15,000. Monthly available. Contact: Anluholdings@gmail.com

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GARDEN CITY

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Large Windowed Offices in newly built professional suite. Conference room, reception, copier, pantry included. Ample parking available. Call 516-248-3048

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

GARDEN CITY

Large One Bedroom Condo in the heart of downtown Garden City. This 800 sq ft Condo boasts newly finished Hardwood Floors, Dining Room, brand new Bathroom & Kitchen with d/w. Low maintenance & taxes. By owner no broker. $569,000 Call: 646-499-1684

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CONDO/CO-OP FOR SALE

NEW YORK CITY

Spectacular Unobstructed view of East River from 15th Floor at 45 Tudor City Place. Unique Studio CoOp Apt. Corner Unit facing East and South + breathtaking Roof Top access for views of Manhattan. Gorgeous & Historic Pre War Greek Revival Building w/ unique features. Doorman, Amenities, Park with Trees and Flowers. A neighborhood unto itself. Directly behind the United Nations. Offering Two options:

1) buy now for $320,000 & you redo the bathroom or 2) buy with basic redone bath for $350,000. Call/text Anne Hagen O/A for pics or more info 516-508-0043 email villagegc@aol.com

LOTS FOR SALE

MASSACHUSETTS

TANGELWOOD LEISURE LEE

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GARDEN CITY FOR SALE BY OWNER

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RIVERHEAD

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The Investigations: Is the public getting weary

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

Is the political tide turning a bit in the continuing investigations of President Trump?

A view shared by a number of commentators across the political spectrum is that President Trump may be gaining rather than losing ground during the continuing probes of his campaign, administration and personal conduct. This is especially true as the probes now seem to go on without resolution -- or solid evidence of collusion with Russia -- and focus as much on Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen as on Vladimir Putin and Russian intelligence, and as special prosecutor Robert Mueller meets some resistance in the federal courts.

President Trump’s job approval ratings, while still underwater, have been slowly but steadily improving. For example, on May 8, the day this is written, Mr. Trump scored a 43.2 percent favorable job approval rating in the Real Clear Politics (RCP) average of lately released polls. Six months ago, on November 8, this number was 38.2 percent. The job disapproval numbers have gone down correspondingly from 56.8 to 52.7 percent.

While some of Mr. Trump’s approval boost may be related to good economic conditions, another part is likely triggered by growing skepticism of the continuing investigations. As RCP political analyst Caitlin Huey-Burns, generally a pretty centrist writer, points out, the wide ranging questions prepared by the office of Mr. Mueller appear to bolster complaints from Trump supporters and allies that the probe has metastasized. These voters are inclined to agree with Mr. Trump that the continuing investigations are a “witch hunt” and to cheer Mr. Trump’s newly more aggressive stance against Mr. Mueller. As Ms. Huey-Burns puts it, these voters “see themselves as fellow soldiers in [Mr. Trump’s] battle with an overreaching prosecutor”.

But, as Ms. Huey-Burns also point out, recent polls show not only an increasing partisan divide in views about the special counsel but also an overall decline in the general public’s views of the Mueller probe, and not just among committed

Republicans. Surveys show growing (but not majority) support for ending the investigation and increasing disapproval of Mr. Mueller among both Republicans and independents. The perception of bias by the FBI is also growing. Most recently, a CBS News poll shows that 53 percent of respondents now believe that the Russia probe is politically motivated.

While diehard opponents of Mr. Trump and some elements of the media cannot seem to get enough of the Stormy Daniels hush money affair (her lawyer appeared on three Sunday talk shows last weekend, with Ms. Daniels herself making a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live), Democrats will have to consider the danger of overplaying their hand on this matter as Republicans did during the Monica Lewinsky scandal twenty years ago. No one elected either Donald Trump or Bill Clinton as paragons of personal virtue. Even taking into account theories of criminal liability that might be asserted against President Trump (Republicans had plenty of such theories against President Clinton as well), many voters may decide, as they did in the late nineties, that it is time to move on.

The belief that the fixation on investigations is not particularly helping Mr. Trump’s opponents has found support on the political left. In an article in Vox called “Stormy Daniels Is Crowding Out Democrats’ 2018 Message”, liberal writer Matt Yglesias states that “in concrete terms, the problem with the Daniels issue for Democrats is it doesn’t really add anything to what everyone already thinks about Trump.” He argues that the Daniels’ story “domination of the media landscape is probably neutral at worst for [President Trump] relative to other possible issues.”

A number of Democratic politicians like Congressman Adam Schiff have urged caution on impeachment talk.

Of course, the continuing Trump investigations conceivably could uncover some smoking gun that will lead to widespread demand for impeachment and removal. For the moment, however, there seems to be a growing belief that the lengthy investigations have run their course.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BU DGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the Syosset Central School District, Nassau County, Syosset, New York will be held in the Auditorium of the South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York, in said District on Monday, May 7, 2018 at 7:30 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items.

1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money that will be required for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.

2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget and the Syosset Public Library’s budget for 2018-2019, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. prevailing time beginning Tuesday, May 1, 2018 except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Office of the District Clerk, South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York and at the Syosset Public Library, 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset, New York between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, beginning on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. In addition, a copy of said School District budget will be available on the District website and to any resident in the District at each schoolhouse in the District in which school is maintained, during regular school hours and on days when school is in session, other than Saturday, Sunday or holidays.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report, prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Trustees of the Syosset Public Library will hold a public hearing for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at the Syosset Public Library located at 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset, NY. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election, will be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the three (3) Election Districts, described below, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following items:

1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2018-2019 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District as Proposition 1.

2. To vote upon the establishment of a Capital Reserve Fund; said matter to be presented as Proposition No. 2 as follows:

SHALL the Board of Education, pursuant to Education Law section 3651, be authorized to establish a Capital Reserve Fund known as the “Security Capital Improvement Program 2018” for the purpose of performing the following capital improvements related to security in the District’s facilities: Districtwide security infrastructure improvements/ upgrades, (including, but not limited to, security enclosures and/or vestibules, notification systems, centralized security controls and/or alarm system upgrades), instructional and non-instructional space improvements/renovations/ upgrades, (including, but not limited to, classroom improvements/ renovations/upgrades and/or additions to exist-

ing facilities related to security), exterior renovations/ reconstruction, computer/ technology upgrades, security system upgrades, window replacement/upgrades, interior and exterior door/entry ways replacement/upgrades, lighting upgrades, public address/clock system replacement/upgrades, sound system upgrades, telephone system upgrades, furnishings and equipment, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental cost related thereto.

The maximum amount of the aforesaid Capital Reserve Fund shall be $5,000,000.00, plus investment income. The probable term is to be five (5) years; the funds are to be transferred from surplus monies, if any, remaining in the general fund including a sum not to exceed $2,000,000.00 from the 2017-2018 budget and/or other reserves and thereafter in an annual amount of not more than $2,000,000.00 for each remaining year of the probable term. Upon the establishment and funding of said reserve, the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee shall be directed to deposit monies of this reserve fund in a separate bank account to be known as the “Security Capital Improvement Program 2018.”

3. To elect three (3) members of the Board of Education for three (3) year terms commencing July 1, 2018, and expiring on June 30, 2021.

4. To adopt the annual budget of the Syosset Public Library for the fiscal year 20182019 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the School District as Proposition 3.

5. To elect one (1) member of the Library Board of Trustees for a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2018 and expiring on June 30, 2023. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education and member of the Library Board of Trustees shall be filed with the Office of the District Clerk of said School District in South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York, not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time on Monday, April 16, 2018. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered

separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Office of the District Clerk; must be signed by at least 63 qualified voters of the District (representing 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election of the Board of Education); must state the name and residence of each signer and, must state the name and residence of the candidate. Vacancies on the Library Board of Trustees shall be considered separate specific vacancies. A separate nominating petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate specific office. Such nominating petitions shall describe the specific vacancy upon the Library Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Office of the District Clerk; must be signed by at least 63 qualified voters of the District (representing 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election of the Library’s Board of Trustees); must state the name and residence of each signer and, must state the name and residence of the candidate. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required, either pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special District meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register.

The Board of Registration will meet at Syosset High School on Thursday, March 15, 2018 between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. prevailing time, H.B. Thompson Middle School on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and noon prevailing time and at South Woods Middle School on Monday, May 7, 2018 between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. prevailing time for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to Section

2014 of the Education Law; to add any additional names to the register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which times any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The register so prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk at South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on Thursday, May 10, 2018, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, each day prior to the day set for the election, except Saturday, May 12, 2018 will be 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and closed on Sunday, and at the polling place(s) on the day of the vote. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at each of the three (3) separate election districts to prepare the register of the School District to be used at the Budget Vote and Election to be held in the year 2018 and any special District meetings that may be held after the preparation of said register (not including the election on May 15, 2018), at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to

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be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said register is prepared, or any special District meeting held after May 15, 2018.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots are available on the District website and also are obtainable during school business hours from the Office of the District Clerk at South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York. To obtain a ballot by mail, completed applications must be received by the Office of the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election. To obtain a ballot in person, the completed application must be delivered to the Office of the District Clerk no later than the day before the election, Monday, May 14, 2018. Absentee ballots must be received by the Office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

A list of persons to whom the absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Office of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, May 10, 2018, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, each day prior to the day set for the election and on May 15, 2018, the day set for the election, except that hours for inspection on Saturday, May 12, 2018 will be 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and the Office of the District Clerk will be closed on Sunday, May 13, 2018. Any qualified voter may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with Section 2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the Office of the District Clerk of the Board of Education at South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, New York, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, by Monday, April 16, 2018, except

as to a question or proposition required by law to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting which shall be filed in sufficient time (March 16, 2018) to permit notice of the proposition to be included with the Notice of the Public Hearing, Budget Vote and Election required by Section 2004 of the Education Law; must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to Office of the District Clerk; must be signed by at least 158 qualified voters of the District (representing 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election of the Board of Education); and must legibly state the name of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful, or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Election Districts have been established in the School District.

The boundaries of the Election District are as follows:

Election District 13: Residents who live in the Robbins Lane and South Grove elementary school attendance zones will vote at Robbins Lane Elementary School, 157 Robbins Lane, Syosset, New York.

Election District 22: Residents who live in the A.P. Willits and Baylis elementary school attendance zones will vote at H.B. Thompson Middle School, 98 Ann Drive, Syosset, New York.

Election District 23: Residents who live in the Walt Whitman, Berry Hill and Village elementary school attendance zones will vote at Syosset High School, 70 Southwoods Road, Syosset, New York.

Ms. Francine Benjamin, District Clerk

SYO 4168

4X 03/30, 04/13, 04/27, 05/11

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU LNV CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST

ALLISON ALBERT, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 03, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on May 22, 2018 at 11:30AM, premises known as 106 IRA ROAD, SYOSSET, NY 11791. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Syosset, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 15, BLOCK 105, LOT 0008. Approximate amount of judgment $523,429.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 851/2012.

Francis X. Mcquade Esq., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

SYO 4173

4X 04/20,27,05/04,11

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MICHAEL KAUFER, SLP & AUDIOLOGY, PLLC

Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on April, 17, 2018. Office location: Nassau County SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail copy of any process against the PLLC served upon him is at 18 Evelyn Drive, Syosset NY 11791. The principal business address of the PLLC is 18 Evelyn Drive, Syosset NY 11791. SYO 4174

6X 04/27,05/04,11,18,25,06/01

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff -againstKimberly Ott a/k/a Kimberly A. Ott, Seth Ott a/k/a Seth L. Ott, People of the State of New York, Citibank, N.A., Kleet Lumber Co. Inc. Jordan Ott

Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale entered on November 14, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at IN

THE CALENDAR CONTROL PART (CCP) COURTROOM OF THE SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NEW YORK 11501 on May 29, 2018 at 11:30 AM premises known as 39 Joyce Lane, Woodbury, NY 117972124.

ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Woodbury, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of NASSAU and State of New York.

Section: 15 Block: 175 Lot: 30 & 106

Approximate amount of lien $ 509,151.32 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment Index # 008310/2013

Luigi De Vito, Esq., REFEREE STEIN, WIENER AND ROTH, L.L.P., ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF

ONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 113 CARLE PLACE, NY 11514

DATED: April 19, 2018 FILE #: WELLS 69944 SYO 4177

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STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. ARLENE LANGAN, JOHN DOE, et al., Defendants NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on December 18, 2017, I, the Referee appointed by substitute referee order on May 29, 2018, will sell in one parcel at public auction on May 29, 2018 at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 11:30 A.M., the premises described as follows: 24 Wood Lane Levittown, NY 11756

SBL No.: 51-179-9

ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in Levittown, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 16-005136 in the amount of $581,218.40 plus interest and costs. Kathryn E. Assini, Esq.

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney

700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: 855-227-5072

SYO 4179 4X 04/27,05/04,11,18

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT OF NASSAU COUNTY

U.S. Bank, National Association as Trustee for WAMU Mortgage Pass Through Certificate for WMALT Series 2007-OA3 Trust, Plaintiff against Tho Nguyen, et al Defendants

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered November 29, 2017 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on June 5, 2018 at 11:30 AM. Premises known as 318 Syosset Woodbury Road a/k/a, 318 Woodbury Road, Woodbury, NY 11797. Sec 14. Block D Lot 779. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Syosset, in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $2,501,078.64 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 000354/13. Alexandria Kaminski, Esq., Referee SPSNY304 SYO 4181

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MINTAX SERVICE COMPANY LLC.

Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 03/26/18. Office location Nassau. SSNY is designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC at 43 Evelyn Ln. Purpose: any lawful purpose. SYO 4182

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NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2004-NC8

See page 22

From page 20

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004NC8, Plaintiff, Against CHETAN SATI, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered on 3/12/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY 11501, on 6/5/2018 at 11:30 am, premises known as 2 Michael Road, Syosset, NY 11791, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being near Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 12 Block 445 Lot 11

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $884,612.75 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 3204/2015.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Janine Lynam, Esq., Referee. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504

Dated: 4/25/2018 PB SYO 4183

4X 05/04,11,18,25 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING FOR BUDGET VOTE, CAPITAL RESERVE PROPOSITIONS AND ELECTION FOR THE JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE JERICHO PUBLIC

LIBRARY MAY 15, 2018 OF JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

NOTICE is hereby given to the qualified voters of Jericho Union Free School District, Nassau County, New York, that the annual budget and election vote meeting of said school district will be held in the Gymnasium of Jericho

High School, Cedar Swamp Road, Jericho, New York, on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 between 6:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M.

NOTICE is hereby given that the public hearing on the proposed budget of the school district will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in the Little Theatre of Jericho High School, Cedar Swamp Road, Jericho, New York, at 7:30 P.M.

NOTICE is given that a copy of the statements of the amount of money required for the ensuing year for school purposes and library purposes may be obtained by any qualified voter in the District at each schoolhouse and at the Office of the District Clerk, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. on each day other than Saturday, Sunday or holiday during the fourteen days immediately preceding such Budget Election Voting.

Voting will be held for the following purposes:

To elect two (2) members of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2021.

To vote upon the appropriation of funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the District for school purposes for the school year beginning July 1, 2018 and authorize the levy of necessary taxes therefore; said matter to be presented on the voting machines as Proposition No. 1.

To vote upon the expenditure from the Capital Reserve Fund known as ”Facilities Improvement Program II – Jericho Public Schools”, Capital Reserve Fund known as ”Facilities Improvement Program III – Jericho Public Schools”, and fund balance said matter to be presented as Proposition No. 2 as follows: SHALL the Board of Education be authorized to expend a sum not to exceed $16,125,134 as follows (1) $783,337 plus additional interest earned after 11/30/17 from the capital reserve fund established on May 19, 2015 and (2) $10,007,400 plus additional interest earned after 11/30/17 from the capital reserve fund established on May 16, 2017 and (3) $5,334,397 from fund balance for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: District-wide replacement of rooftop exhaust fans; District-wide electrical upgrades and replacement; replace classroom casework and unit ventilators with heat-

LEGAL NOTICES

ing and cooling unit ventilators at Jackson and Cantiague Elementary Schools; replace classroom casework, replace VAT flooring with VCT, and install new cooling rooftop units to provide air conditioning to Seaman Elementary School; replace existing burners at Jackson Elementary School; remove existing H&V units and furnish and install new HVAC units at the field house and Sam Springer gym, continue to replace ceiling lighting, complete renovation of existing courtyard outside the research center, renovation of existing pool to include concrete repairs and replace deck, gutter, and pool shell tile at the High/Middle School; all of the above to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus, and incidental costs associated therewith.

Candidates for the office of Member of the Board of Education may be nominated only by petition directed to the District Clerk signed by thirty (30) qualified voters, stating the name and residence of each candidate, who must have been a resident of the District for at least one year prior to election. Sample form of petition may be obtained from the District Clerk. Pursuant to a proposition heretofore adopted by the voters of this District, vacancies upon the Board of Education shall not be considered separate, specific offices, and nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated. Each petition shall be filed with the District Clerk on or before April 16, 2018 between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.

NOTICE is given that the Annual Election of the Jericho Public Library will be held in the Gymnasium of the Jericho High School on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 between 6:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. for the following purposes:

1. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Trustees for a full term of five (5) years commencing July 1, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023.

2. To vote upon the appropriation of funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the Public Library purposes for the school year beginning July 1, 2018 and authorize the levy of necessary taxes therefore, said matter to be presented on the voting machines as Proposition

No. 3.

Candidates for the office of Library Trustee may be nominated only by petitions directed to the District Clerk, signed by at least thirty (30) qualified voters, stating residence of each signed and the name and residence of each candidate. Each petition shall be filed with the District Clerk on or before April 16, 2018 between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. The name of the last incumbent shall not be set forth on the petition for the Library Trustee.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that only persons who are qualified voters as of May 15, 2018 shall be permitted to vote at the election to be held on May 15, 2018 on matters affecting the School District and the Jericho Public Library, as herein above set forth.

A qualified voter is defined as follows: A citizen of the United States, who is eighteen (18) years of age or over, and has been a resident of the District for thirty (30) days or more next preceding the meeting on which he/she offers to vote.

Persons disqualified from voting under provisions of Section 5-106 of the Election Law are not eligible to vote in school district elections.

The School District may require all persons offering to vote at the budget vote and election to provide one form of proof of residency pursuant to Education Law Section 2018c. Such form may include a driver’s license, a non-driver identification card, a utility bill or a voter registration card. Upon offer of proof of residency, the School District may also require all persons offering to vote to provide their signature, printed name and address.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS-

Application for an absentee ballot may be made at the Office of the District Clerk. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the day of the vote, if the ballot is mailed to the voter, or by the day before the day of the vote, if the ballot is delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Office of the District Clerk during regular business hours.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

William Ferro, President Jill Citron, Vice President

Barbara Krieger

Daborah Lee

Pam Wasserman-Heath JNJ 7875

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NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT OF NASSAU COUNTY

M&T Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

Kyong Seo a/k/a Kyong Sook Seo a/k/a Kyongsook Seo, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on August 14, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part) Courtroom in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on June 12, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 40 Maple Run Drive, Unit 40 Jericho, NY 11753 a/k/a 40 Maple Run Court, Unit 40, Jericho, NY 11753. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 17, Block 015 and Lot 15U Condo: CA0075 Unit: 40 together with an undivided 1.552 percent interest in the Common Elements. Approximate amount of judgment is $636,886.89 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 13-009858. Ethan D. Irwin, Esq., Referee Schiller, Knapp, Lefkowitz & Hertzel, LLP, 200 John James Audubon Parkway, Suite 202, Amherst, New York 14228, Attorneys for Plaintiff JNJ 7878

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Syosset Running Braves form a special partnership

Members of the

Members of the Syosset Running Braves, the Syosset High School boy’s track team, have been volunteering their time to help train Special Olympic athletes ranging in age from 5 to 14.

The boys have been working with the athletes not only on running skills, but also on basketball skills, including dribbling, passing and shooting, as well as interpersonal skills. According to Rich

Cafiero, the Running Braves Coach, “Our athletes are making friends and meeting new people” and they are enjoying the enthusiasm they are greeted with. The special bond formed by the two groups of athletes is sure to have a lasting effect.

Photos courtesy of the Syosset School District

5th Grade Sports Hub Party

BY DARLENE PERGOLA-APPOLANT

On Sunday, April 22nd, the fifth grades at each of the three elementary schools in Jericho got together for Sports Night. There was so much to do at this yearly event. Students had a chance to get to know each other and participate in relay races, dodgeball, football, and soccer. Pizza and donuts

were on hand as they enjoyed this time meeting their future classmates. The three elementary school principals came to see “their kids” meet and have fun as one group. A special thanks to all the moms from Cantiague, Jackson, and Seaman, as well as each school’s nurses who made sure everything went well and that everyone enjoyed themselves.

Having a great time!

Girl Power! We can't wait to compete! Buds!

Girls just wanna have fun!

This is AWESOME!

PULL!

We got this!

Community speaks at hearing for Syosset Park development

From page 10

the record of the hearing.

Also as listed on the Town website, residents can also send their comments on the DEIS to Deputy Commissioner George Baptista Jr., TOBAY Department of Environmental Resources. His mailing address is 29 Spring Street, Oyster Bay, NY 11771; the telephone number is (516) 677-5811 and he can be reached via email GBaptista@oysterbay-ny.gov.

On the far right side of the Syosset High School auditorium, over 125 union members -- construction workers, electricians, plumbers, and many tradesmen -- sat in groups and carried signs reading “Say Yes to Syosset Park.” One homeowner seated near the group got into an exchange with a teamster, and the teamster told him this project “is bigger than Syosset -- it’s all about jobs and the future.”

An emotional round of comments began at the May 1 hearing as a current Syosset Board of Education trustee who is running for re-election on May 15, Christopher DeFilippo, spoke about the high stakes of an environmentally unsound property and the potential for work to commence there. He likens it to Ground Zero after 9/11 and the serious medical issues many first responders have faced in its aftermath of almost 17 years. Before being moved to tears by the thought of the tragedy and issues he told the Town Board about, DeFilppo made clear that he wasn’t speaking on behalf of the nine-member school board or district or anyone other than his own family, as a 36-year resident of Syosset. But aside from 100-plus construction union members, the audience hung on to his every word of caution on the project and its processes.

“I also suggest that the developer can set up an office location so that the community can visit, inspect the proposed Syosset Park model, obtain literature and interact with the developer whenever needed -- not holding infrequent meetings at the Milleridge Inn or elsewhere that give the appearance of a cavalcade. This is my home and my town, I volunteer as a first responder, and I strive to keep it safe from any and all hazards. I work in technology as a project manager and one of my key jobs is to mitigate risks -- identifying any risks and incorporating remediation plans for risks to be treated. The first risk to consider is having independent testing of the water and soil at the former Cerro Wire and the Town DPW sites for all hazards, including and not limited to radioactivity, before any consideration to build on the site is made, especially the ‘city within a city’ major development. As we now sadly and painfully realize, when the federal government told everyone it was safe to return to the 9/11 Ground Zero area that was not the case,” he said.

Kevin McKenna of Syosset, a regular

at Town of Oyster Bay meetings, then spoke against the project on the basis of environmental factors involved.

“The representatives of the developer stated that there has been environmental testing and soil sampling done outside the perimeter of the site. I have a letter here which I received in the mail yesterday, from Sherrel Henry of the EPA (remedial project manager for the Syosset Landfill Superfund Site). In this letter, she states ‘when the landfill was closed in 1975 it was covered with clean sand and silt. Furthermore since 1997, as part of a remedial action plan, the site was capped with a 24-inch barrier protection layer over a 60 mil, high-density polyethylene (HDPE liner) geomembrane, with a 12-inch gas-venting layer and a geotextile filter fabric. With such protection in place, there is no exposure pathway to the waste at the landfill. Therefore, no perimeter ground or soil testing was determined to be necessary at this site,” McKenna said, reading from the EPA’s letter. He told the Town Board that because there are several clear indications of environmental issues in this area with cancer clusters, sickness and related deaths documented, “people should want to do independent testings and the residents shouldn’t have to beg for it.”

The first speaker on May 1 was Debbie Hunter, co-president of the Birchwood Park at Syosset Homeowners’ Association. She lives right around the block from the proposed development, which she referred to as “Syosset City” -- a term that was reiterated by several of the community members opposing the plan in front of the Town Board.

“Let me be blunt: I am against the magnitude of the project, I want to express my concerns to the community as well as the Board. Twenty-five years ago I began in our fight against the mall, and for 25 years I gave up my free time with my children to fight this mall.

Simon Properties was part of the founding group against the mall. We spoke at countless hearings, attended meetings, and even attended some Supreme Court hearings. With the help of Simon it took 22 years to win the battle. Looking back. as the “No Mall” agenda was proposed and we continued with it as Simon Properties fought alongside us, we were fools. In 25 years the traffic on Robbins Lane, Jericho Turnpike and South Oyster Bay Road has become unbearable; adding your Syosset City will just add to existing problems in our area, with another 300 homes and over 600 cars? No big deal, but my development will become the cut-through or quick route to South Oyster Bay Road,” Hunter said at the hearing last Tuesday.

Julie Gropper of Berkley Lane is the other co-president of the Birchwood Park at Syosset Civic Association and a member of the alternative development committee. She says Hunter and her disagree on Syosset Park but they

remain the best of friends, although she won the affection and applause of many union members after speaking in favor of development at the former landfill and Cerro Wire site nearby her home.

“Anybody here won’t clap for me, but I am for the Park. I think Simon developers have done their due diligence with the property and I agree the proposal may be too big, the program might be too large for the area and it can be scaled down some. We should listen to what the Simon developers say, though, as the property now is disgusting, it is not safe the way it is and it needs to be developed. The developers are willing to listen to us and to give us the time to hear what it is we want,” Gropper said. Her comments were followed by loud applause from the unions’ contingent.

Kyle Strober, the executive director for the Association for a Better Long Island (ABLI), spoke at the public hearing in Syosset High School’s auditorium. Strober, a resident of the City of Long Beach, thanked the Town Board and developers from Simon Properties for listening at the hearing. He said from his own perspective as a millenial, the Syosset Park plan extends beyond the mission of the ABLI - to protect, improve and strengthen the Long Island economy and advocate for responsible growth.

“Projects like Syosset Park, redeveloping an unused plot of land, is critical to our region’s long-term economic viability. The facts as stated are clear - the project will increase tax revenue from $1 million to $20 million annually, of which $12 million would go to the Syosset school district. Almost another $19 million would be generated in sales taxes and hotel/motel tax, it would create 2.600 construction jobs and over 2,000 permanent jobs on site, with housing options for all ages. Baby boomers could downsize to condos and remain close to their family that live in the community and it would attract and maintain a young, professional workforce, vital to our economic future. The Long Island Index has highlighted how critical it is for Long Island to keep up with the ways of the new generation and how they want to live. Long Island has remained within a traditional suburban lifestyle while other parts of New York are changing. Millenials like myself look to live in a mixed use downtown, and when my wife and I moved to Long Island we looked into a Huntington, Farmingdale, Rockville Centre or Patchogue.….Nassau and Suffolk Counties must change if they want to stay affordable and competitive. Syosset Park, in some form and somewhere down the line is the solution, and it would be a positive economic force - not just for Syosset or the Town of Oyster Bay, but for our entire region,” Strober said at the hearing.

The community also heard from Terri Elkowitz, senior vice president

of VHB Engineering of Motor Parkway in Hauppauge, the lead consultant for the Syosset Park project. Elkowitz says claims and assertions made on social media about the project construction “spewing contaminants throughout the community” are inaccurate. She confirmed McKenna’s point from his EPA letter, that capping and closure of the Syosset landfill took place 21 years ago.

“The landfill was de-listed as a superfund site by the EPA since 2005 and it has been monitored since then under EPA requirements. We are not proposing any buildings whatsoever on the landfill -- the fundamental truth regarding the landfill is that we’re doing nothing to change the status of it. In fact, if anything we do on the landfill, whether it is the great park we are proposing based on meetings with community members or whether it becomes parking, whatever it is has to reviewed and approved by the EPA before we can do anything -- anything we do would be an improvement to the existing conditions of the landfill. And the Cerro Wire site was investigated, remediated and removed from the New York State Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Registry in 1994, with no restrictions whatsoever in the future use of the site. Additional remediation and investigation was also done with the prior mall proposal Mr. Symons alluded to (in the late 1990s). Despite this the applicant voluntarily entered into the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Brownfield Cleanup program because the applicant wants to ensure the property is remediated and it complies with standards that apply today, which are much more strict than standards in place decades ago,” she told residents.

Elkowitz also explained the public scoping process starting with a public meeting in June 2016, as 32,000 residents of the Town of Oyster Bay were sent notices for the newest proposal.

“From September 2016 through March of 2018, we conducted research and analyses and met with TOBAY staff and consultants, met with regulatory agencies, and we prepared this DEIS. The Town of Oyster Bay staff and Board ultimately reviewed it and determined it was adequate for public review. We studied many topics from subsurface conditions to water resources, transportation, school district impacts, construction impacts and more -- we will listen very carefully to the public’s comments on our analyses and we will evaluate every comment from tonight and through the close of the public comment period on June 4. At the close of that period, we will work with TOBAY to prepare a FEIS (Final Environmental Impact Statement) that comprehensively addresses all of the substantive comments raised. Ultimately the Town Board will issue a finding statement for this project application and determine how it does proceed,” she said.

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Sold Price: $632,000

Date: 04/10/2018

4 beds, 2 Full baths

Style: Cape # of Families: 1

Lot Size: 70x100

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $10,579

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Sold Price: $550,000

Date: 03/23/2018

4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths

Style: Split # of Families: 1

Lot Size: 70x103

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $21,075

MLS# 2980791

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