The Town of Oyster Bay has honored Birthday Wishes of Long Island, an organization serving thousands of homeless children and their families by bringing them the joy of celebrating a birthday and having a party. In support of this incredible organization, the Town is currently hosting a collection drive which will last through July. Supervisor Saladino commended the organization’s efforts and proclaimed the day to be “Birthday Wishes Day”, and proudly presented Long Island Director Jamie Rapfogel with a proclamation.
Wall Street grants higher rating to Town
Wall Street's Moody's Investor Services has granted the Town of Oyster Bay a "positive outlook" rating for the first time in almost twenty years.
In assigning the new positive designation to the Town, Moody’s recognized that Oyster Bay is ‘on the road to healthier finances and there is now every indication that the Town’s efforts will culminate in a successful restoration of financial health.’ Moody’s further acknowledged
the Town’s finances as being ‘vastly improved’ and its confidence that Town ‘finances will continue to improve based on strong measures taken by management to reverse the past history of poor budgeting.’ The report further touted the administration’s ‘numerous steps to improve financial operations.’
Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said, “Wall Street recognizes the positive steps being taken by my admin-
istration and the Town Board to restrict spending, pay down debt and balance the books without raising taxes.”
The positive outlook designation comes after Town’s recently-issued financial audit results, which indicated that the Town successfully eliminated the multi-year operational deficit which hit a high of $44 million, while also ending 2018 with a net $17.7 million budgetary surplus.
Chamber, officials toast new Syosset coffee shop
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
The local business community, together with a handful of Town of Oyster Bay and Nassau County elected officials, took a special coffee break in Syosset on Wednesday June 12.
Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce President Charo Ezdrin welcomed a crowd of 40 local professionals, small business owners, elected officials and regular customers to Mongo’s Coffee at 170 Michael Drive for its grand opening/ribbon cutting, filled with words of encouragement and support for a Syosset-based family, Mongo’s owners/operators Mitchel and Marna Margulis and their sons.
Two years ago, in July 2017, Ezdrin was new in her role as the Chamber and Town of Oyster Bay Councilman Thomas Hand welcomed the new Crossfit Peak Dynamics a few doors down at 180 Michael Drive, owned by Syosset High graduates Bryan Jonas and Katherine Sadis, with a ribbon cutting. The Chamber and Councilman Hand also welcomed Puzzle Break Long Island to 180 Michael Drive -- directly across from Mongo’s Coffee -with ribbon-cutting and grand opening ceremonies in August 2017 followed by a general Chamber meeting on August 16, 2018.
“It’s just another addition to our fast-growing community when a business like yours comes into Syosset. Very rarely is there a person out here who does not rely on coffee daily. Who doesn’t love this coffee!! And this shoppe is beautifully-appointed, terrific settings in a central location for students to come ‘sip and study’ or for business workers to meet, for friends to hang out locally. I am so grateful and so is our business community to see Mongo’s open and have our local elected officials join us to welcome them today,” Chamber President Ezdrin said.
On June 12 Ezdrin greeted the Margulis family, starting with the namesake (Mongo) owner and 23-year Syosset residents, husband Mitchel and wife Marna. “I invite you to participate with our Chamber and network and become a part of this amazing family the Chamber has become,” Ezdrin said.
She along with elected officials commented on their belief for Mongo’s Coffee to be a networking and meeting place hub among Chamber member businesses, with adequate space for social events, gatherings and guest speakers. The shoppe at 170
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August Readers'w Services
Events at Syosset Library
Thursday, August 6 at 7:30 PM
Evening Book Discussion
Special Young Adult Crossover Novel. Teens Welcome.
“The Astonishing Color of After” by Emily X.R. Pan
Ever wonder what the younger generation is reading? Find out at this “crossover” book discussion.
Led by Pam Strudler and Meghan Fangmann, Librarians.
Free. No registration required.
Thursday, August 27 at 1:30 PM
Afternoon Book Discussion
The Lost Family by Jenna Blum
Led by Lisa Hollander and Donna Burger, Readers' Services Librarians
Free. No registration required.
Events are held at the Syosset Public Library, 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset.
For information: 516-921-7161 ext 239
Email: Readersservices@syossetlibrary.org
*All events are wheelchair accessible
**Books are available at the Circulation Desk one month before each program.
On View at the Syosset Librar y Art Gallery
Barbara Sherman, Illustrator Aug. 5–Aug. 27, 2019
Barbara Sherman’s art will be exhibited in the library’s art gallery from Aug. 5 through Aug. 27.
A reception will be held, Sat., Aug. 10 from 2–4 p.m. Open to the public.
Barbara has worked in the art field for over thirty years. She has taught art for fifteen years, served on the board of an art school and evaluated scholarship applications. Always interested in art even as a young child, she started
to take formal art classes as a young adult at the Art Students League. Her pen drawings evolved into printmaking and then back to pen and ink with an old-fashioned dip pen on paper. In her artist statement, she writes that her faith and her art intertwine to feed and inform each other. A fortune cookie once told her that “Art is the Answer”. It sounded like a message from the cosmos that in both her marriage and her vocation, she was on the right track.
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Chamber, officials toast new Syosset coffee shop
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Michael Drive, adjacent to Puzzle Break and Nissan and around the corner from Cultural Arts Playhouse is located inside a former Honeywell warehouse with a total of 7,000 square feet.
The Margulises have two grown sons raised in Syosset, just minutes from the new coffee shoppe. Older son Jake, 23, is a 2014 graduate of Syosset High School, is also his father’s business partner with Mongo’s. Jake commutes daily to the store at 6:45 a.m., always arriving in time to open up. He was three months old when his father and mother decided to relocate from their home in Bayside, Queens to Syosset in the mid-1990’s.
Jake Margulis graduated from Penn State University in 2018 with a degree in hospitality management. His younger brother Alec graduated from Syosset High School in 2018. Marna is an attorney, a partner at Garden City-based law firm Cullen & Dykman LLP for the past 18 years.
Chamber President Ezdrin thanked several elected officials and representatives gathered for the ribbon-cutting at Mongo’s on June 12: Syosset native Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan, Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino; the honorable Judge Rhonda E. Fischer; Syosset Schools Board of Education Trustee Andrew Feldman;
Massapequa Park Mayor Jeff Provato; Richard Lamarca, president of the Oyster Bay Civic Association and 2019 candidate for Town Clerk of Oyster Bay, representing County Legislator Arnold Drucker, his assistant Crystal Berger, and a representative from State Senator Jim Gaughran’s new Syosset office at 485 Underhill Boulevard.
“Thank you for always being at our businesses’ events and supporting the Chamber of Commerce and the community, and for everything you all have done for this community. It is overwhelming; we are grateful to our officials. Our honorable Judge Rhonda Fischer, you support this community like no other person does and I don’t know how you can be in 25 different places! Thank you from my heart -- each of you are always with us!” said Ezdrin.
Town Supervisor Saladino said Ezdrin’s leadership and the momentum he has witnessed since taking over as Supervisor in 2017 “has made Syosset Woodbury’s one of the very best chambers of commerce not just in the Town of Oyster Bay, but in New York State.”
“Every business here is so critical to our economic prosperity in the Town. The Margulis family is doing an incredible job and Mongo’s is a service. I have gotten to know them, I know Legislator Josh Lafazan has known the Margulises having grown up in Syosset with
Jake and Alec. You, Marna are clearly the backbone of a great family and even their pet labrador Harper comes to check in on what his duties are for the day! We appreciate your business as Mongo’s will become a critical meeting place for our business community, people working who need that break, for seniors to meet during the day, and for young people as it’s so great to see college students enjoying this location. Mongo’s turns into a lot more than a store or a place to grab a great cup of fresh coffee or beverage. Specifically, I see Mongo’s as a great place to get together. All my colleagues in government gathered here are very proud of the Margulises -- we wish you 100 years of prosperity and greatness,” Saladino said. He then presented the family with an official Town of Oyster Bay citation.
Syosset Hometown Connections
In an interview with the Advance Legislator Joshua Lafazan called Mongo’s Coffee a special meeting point for the Syosset, Woodbury and Jericho communities. He sees the shoppe as an asset to the community, and Lafazan will do anything he can to ensure its prosperity for years to come. The Margulis’ two sons graduated from Syosset High School only a few years apart from Lafazan, SHS class of 2012. On Lafazan’s suggestion Margulis joined the Syosset
Woodbury Chamber of Commerce to begin welcoming in local businesses.
“At a time when people across the country are more disconnected than ever, Mongo’s is a new place we can all come together and discuss ideas, just to bond over our common humanity and enjoy a cup of coffee. We spend so much of our days running and running to the next place. To get to a place where you feel invited, you are able to stay a while and be reflective during the day, it is just a wonderful change of pace. Having gone to Syosset schools with the Margulis boys and knowing the family since I was six years old, this is a really special day for me. Also I don’t drink and I know people are not looking to always go into a rowdy bar or place. Here you can come spend some time with friends any day of the week or at night, and it’s safe, exciting right here in our community,” he said.
A week prior to the ribbon-cutting, on Wednesday June 5 another Syosset native, Lafazan’s close friend and fellow member of the Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Dr. Uzma Syed stopped in to Mongo’s with her family. The lifelong resident was very impressed with the decor, coffees and baked goods. Syed’s mother, who has lived in Syosset over the last 30 years,
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This Week at the Syosset P ublic Library
Thursday, July 18 at 2:00 PM
Long Island and the Sea
Presenter: Bill Bleyer, historian, author and former Newsday reporter
Long Island’s culture has largely been shaped by its maritime heritage. Join historian and author Bill Bleyer as he discusses the Island’s rich seafaring history. Light refreshments will be served.
Friday, July 19 at 11:00 AM
Varicose Veins
Presenter: Kelechi Akuma, M.D., RPVI, assistant professor of vascular surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra University
Learn about varicose veins, what causes them, and available treatments. Light refreshments will be served.
Thursday, July 25 at 2:00 PM
Broadway Ballads & Showstoppers
Presenter: Richard Knox, retired teacher
Part 3 of this series will include highlights from several notable works such as “ A Chorus Line, ” “ Carousel, ” “ Evita ” and “ The Music Man. ”
Free. No registration required.
Programs will take place at the Syosset Public Library. 225 South Oyster Bay Rd. Syosset. For more information, go to www. syossetlibrary.org
Mercy League seeks bowlers
The Mercy League is looking for bowlers for its (non-money) Ladies League. The ladies bowl on Fridays at 9:45 a.m. at Syosset Bowl, Jericho
Tpk., Syosset. Come out and join the fun. For more information, please call Dolores Sartor at 516-931-4106.
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We are open Sat.& Sun.10AM-4PM and invite you to our Visitor Center, Theodore Roosevelt's historic train station,display yard with railroad equipment and turntable.
This Week at the Jericho Public Library
Now through August 30th, 2019
2019 Nassau Library Tour
Join the 2019 Nassau Library Tour! Visit as many of Nassau’s public libraries as you can. Take the self-guided tour as a family, a team of friends or go solo. Each library has a unique feature to hunt for, and you’ll earn prizes as you go along. Get started by picking up a map at the Jericho Public Library. For more information, visit: tour.nassaulibrary.org #nassaulibrarytour
Friday, July 19 at 2:00 PM
Great Performers with Marc Courtade
The Extraordinary Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald is an American actress and singer known for her work on the Broadway stage. She has won six Tony Awards, the most by any performer. Her performances show an unparalleled breadth and versatility, from Bess in “ Porgy and Bess ” to Billie Holiday in “ Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. ” Her work on television has earned her an Emmy Award and her recordings two Grammy Awards. She continues to push boundaries and expand the range of her artistry, making her one of the most respected performers of our time.
Wednesday, July 24th at 2:00 PM
Wednesday Matinee
The Music of Summer with Naomi Zeitlin
Summer makes us think of sunshine, newly mown lawns, oceans, vacations and fun. This program will bring us to a bright and sunny place when Naomi sings for us. We’ll hear such songs as Summertime, Beyond the Sea, Under the Boardwalk, Rock the Boat and many more sun soaked tunes.
Tickets required and are available 2 per patron at the Circulation Desk. Non-ticket holders will be seated as space allows.
Wednesday, July 24th at 7:00 PM
Movie: Memoir of War (Drama)
Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the War. Starring Melanie Thierry, Benoit Magimel, Benjamin Biolay. Subtitles/French.
Not Rated. 2 hours, 7 minutes.
Programs will take place at the Jericho Public Library: 1 Merry Lane, Jericho.
For more information, go to www. syossetlibrary.org
Second half taxes due
Town residents are reminded that the Second Half of the 2019 General Tax Levy was due on July 1, but can be paid without penalty through August 12. Please be certain to sign your check, payable to James J. Stefanich, Receiver of Taxes. Indicate your property’s S.D. Code, Section, Block, Lot and Phone number on the check.
“By law, a taxpayer has a 40-day penalty free period from the date the tax is due during which payment may be submitted,” Mr. Stefanich explained. “After the 40 days, a one percent penalty is added for each month the tax remains unpaid, retroactive to July 1st.”
Residents can pay in person, by either cash, check, or credit card (for a service fee), at the Tax Office, Oyster Bay Town Hall West, 74 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, or by check only at Town Hall South (rear entrance), 977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa. When paying the tax bill in person, taxpayers are reminded to bring the entire tax bill with their payments.
Residents who prefer to mail in their payments should send them to the Office of the Receiver of Taxes, 74 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 11771-1539. Payments being made by mail should include the second half stub. Residents should NOT write on, fold, staple or otherwise deface the tax stub as it can cause the computer system to reject payment.
Residents now have free access to tax bills online with the ability to pay taxes through ACH check payment or credit card. These services are available through a link on our Town website, www.oysterbaytown.com. Residents should be aware there is a service fee if they chose to pay taxes online (Town of Oyster Bay receives no portion of fee).
“When calling the Tax Office for information on property taxes, residents are requested to have the school district, section, block and lot numbers of the property in question available. This information is listed on the tax bill and on the property deed.”
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July 19 ,
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court
Nassau County
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS TRUSTEE FOR CIT MORTGAGE LOAN
TRUST 2007-1, Pltf. vs.
GIRJADAYAL GAYADIN
A/K/A GAYADIN
GIRJADAYAL, et al, Defts.
Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered April 24, 2078, I will sell at publication auction on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY prem. k/a 45 Adams Street, Oyster Bay, NY a/k/a Section 27, Block 1, Lot 203. Said property beginning at a point in the Southerly side of Adams Street, which said point of beginning is 179.76 ft. Easterly from the intersection of the Southerly side of Adams Street with the Easterly side of Lexington Avenue; and from said point of beginning; being a plot 62.50 ft. x 157.23 ft. x 62.21 ft. x 163.26 ft. Approx. amt. of judgment is $807,112.69 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction. com or call (800) 280-2832. Index #000093/14.
KEVIN GLYNN, Referee. COHN & ROTH, Attys. For Pltf., 100 East Old Country Rd., Mineola, NY. #97147 SYO 4290 4X 06/28,07/05,12,19
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court Nassau County WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DBA, CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR CARLSBAD FUNDING MORTGAGE
TRUST, Plaintiff -againstDONALD H. GABIS, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated August 21, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at (CCP) Calendar Control Part Court Room of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on July 30, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises situate, lying and being at Syosset, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of Humphrey Drive, distant 200 feet Southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Westerly side of Humphrey Drive and the Southerly side of Edward Drive; being a plot 50 feet by 193.77 feet by 50.12 feet by 190.35 feet. Section: 15 Block: E Lots: 14 and 15
Said premises known as 15 HUMPHREY DRIVE, SYOSSET, NY
Approximate amount of lien $378,945.94 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. 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. Index Number 002012/2014.
CHARLES CASOLARO, ESQ., Referee
David A. Gallo & Associates LLP
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577
File# 7254.8525 SYO 4291 4X 06/28,07/05,12,19
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 246, Article III, Section 246-18-E of the Code of the Town of Oyster Bay, notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals has scheduled a public meeting, which will take place in the Town Hall Meeting Room, Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, on JULY 25, 2019, at 7:00 P. M., to consider the following appeals:
BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
APPEAL NO. 17-92AMENDMENT
SYOSSET
MAHJABEEN MOTIWALA:
Amend Specific Plan as presented for Appeal No. 17-92 and granted by Decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals, dated March 9, 2017 to erect 6 ft. high fence across side/front yard (Corin Court).
N/s/o Corin Ct., 132.83 ft. W/o Albergo Ln., a/k/a 10 Corin Court, Syosset, NY
APPEAL NO. 19-387
SYOSSET
MICHAEL TOBORG:
Variance to allow existing deck having less side yard setback than permitted by Ordinance. N/s/o Parkway Dr., 75 ft. W/o Westminster Rd., a/k/a 30 Parkway Drive, Syosset, NY
HEARING NO. 27
APPEAL NO. 19-388
SYOSSET
JOSEPH MANZOUR:
Variance to allow existing in-ground swimming pool equipment having less side/ front yard setback than permitted by Ordinance.
NW/ cor. of W. Kathleen Dr. & Loretta Dr., a/k/a 117 W. Kathleen Drive, Syosset, NY
APPEAL NO. 19-389
SYOSSET
OUR LADY OF MERCY
ACADEMY: Variance to install HVAC rooftop unit having less rooftop setback than permitted by Ordinance.
N/s/o Convent Rd., W/o S. Woods Rd., a/k/a 815 Convent Road, Syosset, NY
APPEAL NO. 19-236
SYOSSET
CLAUDE ANTONELLI: (A) Variance to allow existing masonry patio having less side yard setback than permitted by Ordinance. (B) Variance to allow existing 10.7 ft. by 7 ft. shed and 10.2 ft. by 8.6 ft. shed having less side yard setback and rear yard setback than permitted by Ordinance. (C) Variance to allow existing pool heater and filter having less front yard setback and side yard setback than permitted by Ordinance.
W/s/o Ava Dr., 385 ft. N/o Lewis Ln., a/k/a 26 Ava Drive, Syosset, NY
JULY 15, 2019 BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK
SYO 4294
1X 07/19
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HENG XING 3719 LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 03/06/2019 Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 33 Kettlepond Rd., Jericho, NY 11753 which is also the principal business location. Purpose: any lawful activity.
JNJ 7919
6X 06/14,21,28,07/05,12,19
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 246, Article III, Section 246-18-E of the Code of the Town of Oyster Bay, notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals has scheduled a public meeting, which will take place in the Town Hall Meeting Room, Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, on JULY 25, 2019, at 7:00 P. M., to consider the following appeals:
BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
APPEAL NO. 18-601AMENDMENT
JERICHO
SUMEET BHATT: Amend Specific Plan as presented for Appeal No. 18-601 and granted by Decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals, dated December 13, 2018 to construct 5.4 ft. by 26.62 ft. two story cantilevered side addition.
S/s/o White Birch Ln., 196.37 ft. W/o Woodbridge Ln., a/k/a 400 White Birch Ln., Jericho, NY
APPEAL NO. 19-386
JERICHO
HAIRUO WANG: Variance to construct deck with steps to grade having less side yard setback, exceeding maximum building coverage and gross floor area than permitted by Ordinance.
SW/ cor. of Bounty Ln. & Maytime Dr., a/k/a 117 Bounty Lane, Jericho, NY
JULY 15, 2019 BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK
JNJ 7921
1X 07/19
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Harvest House hosts Syosset business networking event
Present at Lisbon Café on June 10 for the Chamber of Commerce's "Dinner with Elected Officials" --Chamber Board member Stephen Ross, Ross Realty Group with Victoria Weitgenant of Fusion Academy in Woodbury; Laura Schultz of RESIDENTS for a More Beautiful Syosset, and from Harvest House (235 Cold Spring Road in Syosset) the Sisters of St. Dominic, Sister Jeanne A. Brendel, O.P., executive director and Sister Mary Butler, secretary.
BY RIKKI MASSAND
On Wednesday, July 24, Harvest House of Syosset at 235 Cold Spring Road will welcome business leaders from across Long Island as well as the local community for “A Night of Poolside Networking” at its campus, which serves as a communal living option for independent senior citizens.
The July networking event begins at 5:30 p.m. Monday, and will feature hot hors d’oeuvres sponsored by new Chamber members Ridgewood Savings Bank, 1125 Old Country Road in Plainview. Beer and wine will be provided by networking sponsor BrightStar Home Care of Woodbury and (its owner) Chamber of Commerce
Vice President Maureen Nickel. Desserts for July 24 are sponsored by Excel at Woodbury center for rehabilitation and nursing. Free iced coffees will be available on what is forecast to be another hot summer night, provided by brand new Syosset business and Chamber members Mongo’s Coffee at 170 Michael Drive, opened this May by Mitchel and Marna Margulis, a local Syosset family.
Leadership of the nonprofit, non-sectarian Harvest House in Syosset include Sisters of St. Dominic -- Executive Director Sister Jeanne A. Brendel, O.P. and Sister Mary Butler, secretary. The pair has participated in many Syosset-Woodbury Chamber of Commerce events over the past year,
including general meetings held at NEFCU (103 Jackson Avenue) and most recently on Thursday, June 20 at Northwell Health’s Syosset Hospital.
Harvest House in Syosset has space and accommodations for eight seniors to live in. On its website, Harvest House is described as a great home in Syosset for seniors “who choose the fullness of living in companionship, enjoying nutritious meals, having a private bedroom and a common living space to be with friends, share ideas, stories, good times, and have wi-fi access.”
Harvest House has one other location in Nassau County, in Floral Park at 33 Flower Avenue. Both Harvest House locations are touted as “conveniently located to
shopping, places of worship, library, public transportation and more” for seniors ages 65 and up.
Carolyn Palladino, community relations liaison at Excel at Woodbury, is the networking committee chairperson for the Syosset-Woodbury Chamber of Commerce. She was present on Monday June 10 when Sister Jean and Sister Mary participated in the Chamber’s special “Dinner with Elected Officials” gala at Lisbon Cafe on Jericho Turnpike. There, the sisters met State Senator Jim Gaughran, several Town of Oyster Bay Board members including Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, and Nassau County Legislators Arnold Drucker and Syosset native Joshua Lafazan.
Palladino tells the Advance and News Journal that Harvest House is the latest Syosset and Woodbury location to open its doors and welcome in members of the business community to get together, learn from each other and introduce businesses and professions in the area, and share tips, resources or services. Networking nights held by the Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce in 2018 and 2019 have included last month, June 24 at Ridgewood Savings Bank on Old Country Road, for a special joint networking event with the PlainviewOld Bethpage Chamber of Commerce; appetizers and bar specials at Hurricane Grill & Wings on Jericho Turnpike, delectable cuisine at Mara’s Southern Kitchen in Syosset and a networking night with food, art, and music at Fusion Academy of Woodbury in April.
For more information on the July networking night venue, contact Harvest House Syosset at 516-496-9796 or visit harvesthouses.org or the Chamber of Commerce’s website, SyossetChamber. com.
The Alzheimer's Association will be holding an educational program “ 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer ’ s ” on Tuesday, July 23 at 6:30 p.m. The program will cover: typ -
ical age related changes, common warning signs of Alzheimer's, how to approach someone about memory concerns, early detection, the benefits of diagnosis and the diagnos -
tic process, as well as Alzheimer's Association resources.
The program will take place at 1000 Woodbury Road, Lower Level Classroom, Woodbury.
Visit alz.org/CRF to register online and explore additional educational programs in your area. You can also RSVP to 800-272-3900.
Staycationing? New York City’s Museums
Transport in Time, Place and Space
BY KAREN RUBIN
Be transported in time, place and even space. Immerse yourself into the realm of ideas and imagination. Come in from the heat or whatever the weather is doing outside by taking in one of New York City’s museums. Here are just a few highlights of summer’s blockbuster attractions:
The Met Museum Welcomes ‘Saint Jerome’
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is about to welcome a very special visitor: Leonardo da Vinci’s Saint Jerome. To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), The Met is presenting the artist’s painting Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness (begun around 1483), a special loan from the Vatican Museums. The exquisitely rendered work represents Jerome (A.D. 347–420), a major saint and theologian of the Christian Church. The scene is based on the story of his later life, which he spent as a hermit in the desert, according to the 13th–century Golden Legend. The unfinished painting provides viewers with an extraordinary glimpse into Leonardo’s creative process; a close examination of the paint surface even reveals the presence of his fingerprints. The display of this monumental masterpiece pays homage to one of the most renowned geniuses of all time. Opening July 15, the painting is
From the oldest works of art to the first forays of civilization into outer space, , the Met Museum is marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with Apollo’s Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography, on view through September 22, 2019. Apollo’s Muse traces the progress of astronomical photography and attempts to produce ever-sharper images of the moon, particularly during the 130-year period between the invention of photography in 1839
and the moon landing in 1969 as astronomers and artists capitalized on technological improvements to cameras and telescopes to create ever more accurate visual records of the lunar surface. Exhibition highlights include two newly discovered lunar daguerreotypes from the 1840s, believed to be the earliest existing photographs of the moon, and works by such pioneers of lunar photography as Warren De La Rue (1815–1889), Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816–1892), and John
Adams Whipple (1822–1891). A stunning photographic atlas of the moon, produced at the Paris Observatory between 1894 and 1908 by the astronomers Maurice Loewy (1833–1907) and Pierre Puiseux (1855–1928), will be displayed for the first time in its entirety.
Alongside these scientific achievements, the show explores the use of the camera to create fanciful depictions of space travel and life on the moon, including George Méliès’s (1861–1938) original drawings for his film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune, 1902) and a large selection of “paper moon” studio portraits from the early 20th century. Also featured will be artists’ evocations of the otherworldly effects of moonlight, including major works by German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) and American Pictorialist photographer Edward Steichen (1879-1973).
The night of the Museum Mile Festival, I popped into the opening of this year’s P.S. Art exhibit, an annual celebration of achievement in the arts in New York City public schools. This juried exhibition of the work of talented young artists showcases the creativity of 122 prekindergarten through twelfth grade students from all five boroughs, including students from District 75, a citywide district serving students with disabilities. The exhibition consists of paintings, prints, sculptures, pho-
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tographs, mixed-media works, collages, drawings, and video. Each work of art demonstrates personal expression, imaginative use of media, the results of close observation, and an understanding of artistic processes. Some of the works on display are completely astonishing
The Met is three museums.
At the Cloisters, “The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy,” is on view July 22-January 12, 2020. A cache of jeweled rings, brooches, and coins—the precious possessions of a Jewish family of medieval Alsace— was hidden in the fourteenth century in the wall of a house in Colmar, France. Discovered in 1863 and on view in an upcoming exhibition at The Met Cloisters, the Colmar Treasure revives the memory of a once–thriving Jewish community that was scapegoated and put to death when the Plague struck the region with devastating ferocity in 1348–49. A generous loan of the Musée de Cluny, Paris, the Colmar Treasure will be displayed alongside select works from The Met Cloisters and little–known Judaica from collections in the United States and France. Although the objects on view are small in scale and relatively few in number, the ensemble overturns conventional notions of medieval Europe as a monolithic Christian society. The exhibition will point to both legacy and loss, underscoring the prominence of the Jewish minority community in the tumultuous fourteenth century and the perils it faced.
At the Met Breuer, “Home is a Foreign Place: Recent Aquisitions in Context,” through June 21, 2020.
(NYS residents still can pay what
they wish, by presenting proof of residence; out-of-towners need to pay the regular admission).
The iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art is at 1000 Fifth Avenue, on Central Park, (definitely take a Highlights tour when you visit), The Met Breuer (945 Madison Avenue) and The Met Cloisters (99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park). Visit metmuseum. org to plan your visit.
Jewish Museum Pays
Homage to Leonard Cohen With Multi-Media Exhibition
“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” from Leonard Cohen’s song “Anthem” from the album The Future (1992), provides the title for the special exhibit at the Jewish Museum,
“Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything”. The contemporary multi-media exhibition devoted to the imagination and legacy of the influential singer/songwriter, man of letters, and global icon from Montreal, Canada can be experienced through September 8, 2019.
Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything includes commissioned works by a range of international artists who have been inspired by Cohen’s life, work and legacy. A world-renowned novelist, poet and singer/songwriter who inspired generations of writers, musicians, and artists, Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) supplied the world with melancholy and urgent observations on the state of the human heart. In songs such as “Suzanne,” “Bird on the Wire,” and “Hallelujah,” he interwove
the sacred and the profane, mystery and accessibility. Collectively, it is the oddest, most creative biographical tribute. Featured works include:
I’m Your Man (A Portrait of Leonard Cohen) (2017), a multi-channel video installation by Candice Breitz, brings together a community of ardent Cohen fans who pay tribute to the late legend. Each of the 18 participants was offered the opportunity to perform and record his own version of Cohen’s comeback album I’m Your Man (1988) in a professional recording studio. At Breitz’s invitation, the album’s backing vocals were reinterpreted by the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue Choir, an allmale choir representing the congregation in Montreal, Canada, that Cohen belonged to all his life.
Ari Folman’s Depression Chamber (2017) allows one visitor at a time into a darkened room, where they are confronted by the demons of depression, a theme that can be traced throughout Cohen’s body of work. After the visitor lies down, Cohen’s “Famous Blue Raincoat” plays while the song’s lyrics are projected on the walls, slowly morphing into letters and icons that symbolize Cohen’s multifaceted thematic universe.
Heard There Was a Secret Chord (after the 2017 work of the same title, 2018) is a participatory humming experience by the art and design studio Daily tous les jours that reveals an invisible vibration uniting people around the world currently listening to Cohen’s Hallelujah. The work is an exploration of the metaphysical connection between people on a common wavelength. At the Museum, real-time online listener data is transformed
into a virtual choir of humming voices. The number of voices played back in the gallery corresponds to the current online listener count, which is visible on the hanging numerical display. Participants can sit or lie down on the octagonal structure, and by humming along with the choir into the microphones, low-frequency vibrations are generated, closing the circuit of collective resonance with their bodies.
Organized by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC), the exhibition is curated by John Zeppetelli, Director and Chief Curator at the MAC, and Victor Shiffman, Co-Curator. Following its New York showing, the exhibition will tour to Kunstforeningen GL STRAND and Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark (October 23, 2019 – March 8, 2020) and the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco (September 17, 2020 – January 3, 2021). During the run of Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything, the Jewish Museum will open one hour earlier than usual on Saturdays and Sundays, from 10 am to 5:45pm. Advance tickets are available online at thejewishmuseum.org/buy/general-admission. For questions about ticket sales, email boxoffice@thejm.org or call 866.205.1322.
Founded in 1904, the Museum, on Fifth Avenue’s fabled Museum Mile, was the first institution of its kind in the United States and is one of the oldest Jewish museums in the world. Devoted to exploring art and Jewish culture from ancient to contemporary, the Museum offers diverse exhibitions and programs, and maintains a unique collection of nearly 30,000 works of art, ceremonial objects, and media reflecting the global Jewish experience over
more than 4,000 years.
Admission: $18 for adults, $12 for seniors, $8 students, free for visitors 18 and under and Jewish Museum members. Free on Saturdays and select Jewish holidays. 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York City, 212.423,3200, info@thejm. org TheJewishMuseum.org.
Museum of the City of New York: New York at Its Core
I make it a ritual to visit the Museum of the City of New York during each year’s Museum Mile Festival. I never cease to be fascinated and intrigued by the exhibits:
New York at Its Core is the first-ever museum show to comprehensively interpret and present the compelling story of New York’s rise from a striving Dutch village to today’s “Capital of the World,” a preeminent global city now facing the future in a changing world. There are different galleries that tell the story, but most fascinating is The Future City Lab, where you get to design the city of the future, tackling the most pressing problems like housing, public spaces, water supply. You even get to put yourself in the picture.
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Not to be missed: Timescapes , the museum’s popular and critically-acclaimed multimedia experience, brings the sweeping narrative of New York City from the early 1600s to the present day. The 28-minute, award-winning documentary explores how NYC grew from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans and Native Americans into the multinational metropolis of today, re-inventing itself multiple times along the way.
Activist New York , an ongoing exhibit, examines the ways in which ordinary New Yorkers have advocated, agitated, and exercised their power to shape the city’s—and the nation’s— future, from the 17th century to the present.
City of Workers, City of Struggle: How Labor Movements Changed New York, traces how New York became the most unionized large city in the United States.
Cycling in the City: A 200–Year History, on view through October 6, 2019, tracex how the bicycle transformed urban transportation and leisure in New York City and explores the extraordinary diversity of cycling
cultures, past and present.
In the Dugout with Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait of a Baseball Legend, which opened on January 31, Robinson’s 100th birthday, features 32 photographs (most of them never published); rare home movies of the Robinson family; and memorabilia related to Robinson’s career.
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan, NY 10029, (212) 534-1672
Guggenheim: Summer of Know
Housed in the Frank Lloyd Wright building, a major attraction in itself (just walking through the spiral is an experience),from June 18 through September 3, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is open until 9 pm for Summer Tuesdays, offering music and refreshments in the museum rotunda in addition to exhibitions on view in the galleries. Films, conversations, and performances enhance opportunities for visitors to engage with the museum and the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed building that celebrates 60 years as an architectural
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icon in 2019. Also starting in June, Summer of Know, a conversation series addressing urgent issues through the generative lens of art, returns to the Guggenheim, featuring artists, activists, and other professionals discussing topics such as LGBTQIA+ rights in a global context, environmental activism, and housing rights. Details are available at guggenheim.org/calendar Summer exhibitions at the Guggenheim include the first artistcurated exhibition at the museum, Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection, as well as The Hugo Boss Prize 2018: Simone Leigh, Loophole of Retreat, Basquiat’s “Defacement”: The Untold Story, and Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now
Actually, you can travel and visit Guggenheim museums in Venice, Bilbao, and Abu Dhabi.
Solomon R., Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Avenue, New York (betw. 8i8-89th St), 212-423-3500, boxoffice@ guggenheim.org, Guggenheim.org.
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When a youngster asks you to take them driving …
BY CLAIRE LYNCH
I took my 16-year old niece, Sara, out driving recently which was an interesting way to spend a couple of hours. Sara wanted to practice driving and her parents were not available to take her out. Her dad works full-time and her mother was free to take her driving but was too nervous about the idea to be of any use. Danielle had seen Sara’s blunders and mistakes over the course of Sara’s young life. There was the time that Sara forgot to hand in her homework promptly. Another school year she missed a deadline for an important school report.
She went through a scatterbrain period but that had been a few years prior. Danielle was afraid that Sara might sideswipe a car or come home with the car’s bumper half off. That wouldn’t go over too well.
I tried to reassure Danielle that Sara would be fine behind the wheel if she just had some encouragement. Danielle agreed, she just didn’t think that she was the right person to calmly tell Sara when to stop, when to go and when to hit the brakes gently as she approached a corner.
Danielle is definitely a nervous Nellie, I can attest to that after knowing her for 30 years. Sara’s spirits rose when I told her that I would take her out driving. Looking at her mom, she asked if that would be okay. After Danielle nodded her assent I picked up my car keys, grabbed Sara and off we went.
Before getting in my car which fortunately wasn’t a brand new model, I explained a few things to Sara. She should concentrate, keep her eyes on the road and listen to me. If I say “stop,” she should hit the brakes. If I say “slow down,” she should do so. If I say “pull over,” she should do it. Don’t ask questions, just follow my commands.
Sara was so glad that I was taking her out driving that she agreed to do everything including the “no questions asked” part. “Ok,” she said, and we kept moving.
I didn’t mind taking Sara out because she was pretty level-headed and mature for a 16-year-old, had her wits about her and she really wanted to learn. I liked seeing that willingness in her. Besides, how else was an unexperienced driver going to get more experience unless an adult took them out driving and let them give it a whirl?
I hopped into the passenger seat which was a novelty for me since I am usually the driver. Sara jumped into the driver’s seat. She snapped her seat belt into place. So did I.
Inserting the key into the ignition and starting the engine, Sara then reached down for the automatic transmission shift. At that point I was glad to see her right foot on the brake.
Before doing anything else she smiled over at me confidently. She was excited and a little nervous but in a good way. She had seen me drive up to her house many times before but had never driven her aunt’s car.
Sitting back in her seat she took a deep breath and reached to adjust the mirrors. “Good move,” I said. “Always adjust your mirrors first. Make sure you’re comfortable in the driver’s seat.” Sara smiled, adjusted the mirrors and then, with her foot on the brake pedal, she shifted into “drive.”
Pulling my car out of its spot she slowly accelerated and headed down the street where we both knew there was a big parking lot. It was nearly but not totally empty so I told Sara this would give us plenty of room to maneuver and practice.
Sure enough we spent quite a while reversing and going forward, parallel parking and doing some three-point turns.
I had her go a little faster then hit the brakes hard so she could get the feel of the car including how the ABS brakes handled.
Then I asked her to swerve left and swerve right as she drove through the parking lot so she could also get how the car felt. “Imagine this lot is covered with snow,” I told Sara. “How would it handle if you had to swerve left and right?” She nodded, getting what I was saying about having to adapt to the various road conditions.
I had her look in her side-view mirrors to see if anything was behind then suggested that she get in the habit of looking carefully over her shoulder to check - just in case there was a blind spot.
Sara was picking up on what I was teaching her and I was glad to see her
taking it all in. She seemed relaxed behind the wheel and I was happy about that. It’s much easier to learn new things when people are relaxed not uptight.
After spending more than an hour in the parking lot I had Sara ease onto a local street. It wasn’t a busy street but it had a traffic light up ahead. She did fine as she approached the intersection. She looked around calmly and appeared to be anticipating things that might happen. I sat back, relieved. She was doing well.
After a while of driving on real roads - not just driving around in the parking lot - Sara drove home and parked my car easily on the street.
As Sara parked, she didn’t hit the curb, she didn’t end up on the sidewalk and she didn’t block the neighbor’s driveway. I was glad about those three things. We both got out of the car excited about her progress plus we’d had a few laughs.
Once she put the car into “reverse” instead of “drive” and started going but fortunately that was only a little blip. She stopped and corrected herself.
Another time I told Sara to put her directional on to signal for a turn and she forgot all about doing that. She laughed and said, “Oops!” She felt badly but I knew that eventually she would catch on and do fine. Like a sponge, she seemed to take in everything I was telling her.
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BY TOM MARGENAU
Two Views of Social Security From the 1970s
My sister lives in a home she inherited from my mother after my mom died in the early 1990s. She was recently cleaning out the basement, and in a far corner, she found a box my mom had labeled, “Tom’s writings.” It was full of essays and other reports I’d written while in grade school, high school and college. There were also clippings of Social Security-related artiicles I wrote occasionally for newspapers and magazines -- long before I started writing this weekly column.
My sister sent the box to me. And going through it brought back many memories from my early days working for the Social Security Administration. I’m going to share two of them with you today.
In my mom’s box was 1973 newspaper clipping that generated a letter to the editor from me. It was the story about some university economists who said that “people under 35 have absolutely no chance of collecting Social Security.” Their advice to young people was to “avoid the system if you can and save for your old age on your own.” The story included the picture of a 30-something mother burning her Social Security card while her three small children looked on with puzzled looks on their faces.
That faded newspaper clipping was yellowing around the edges. I thought that was entirely appropriate. (“Yellow journalism” -- get it?) What a pile of hooey that story was. I hope the economists cited in the article lost their tenure and have since been lucky to get bookkeeping gigs for bowling alleys and fireworks stands.
Well, actually, they might deserve a small amount of credit if their advice to “save for your old age on your own” encouraged some readers of that newspaper story to do just that. Everyone knows that you were never supposed to live on your Social Security check and that you need to supplement it with savings and other investments. So if some people listened to them and did what they suggested, then they are now probably living comfortably in retirement with savings AND their Social Security check.
If that mother who was burning her Social Security card is still alive, she must be in her 70s or 80s. And she has probably been getting a Social Security check for 10 or 20 years. I wonder if she burns those checks, too! (Well, OK, there is no check to burn because she would have direct deposit. But I think you get my point.)
As I’ve discussed many times in past columns, for the past 50 years, hundreds, if not thousands, of people have come up to me following a speech, or sent emails to my column, predicting the downfall of Social Security. I have always told them the same thing. Sure, Social Security faces some challenges. But it has faced many other challenges
before. And Congress always eventually does the right.
It happened in the early 1980s, not too long after the economists gave their ill-considered advice. Back then, Congress raised the retirement age and added a very small increase in the Social Security payroll tax. And that has kept the system chugging along. And in the not-too-distant future, it will happen again. Some relatively modest reforms will be implemented that will keep Social Security solvent and relevant for generations to come.
The other clipping from the “Tom’s writings” box that caught my eye was a piece I wrote for a magazine in the mid1970s about an elderly woman I will call Nancy who lived in a remote cabin in the mountains of central Idaho. I was working in the Boise, Idaho Social Security office at the time, and had asked to meet Nancy after reading a story she wrote about Social Security in a Boise newspaper. I ventured out to her place that sat on a small rise overlooking a stream called Grimes Creek to interview her. The article I wrote was titled, “Wisdom of the Grimes Creek Sage.”
I learned that the Social Security article was an excerpt from a journal she had kept since moving to Grimes Creek many decades earlier. The chapter on Social Security should be required reading for skeptics and critics who question the need for a Social Security system. Here is an entry in which she recorded her thoughts just before her first Social Security check arrived.
“April is the month my Social Security payments begin. Such a lovely little brown paper envelope, meaning, indeed, security. I remember other days. In the raw new land of South Idaho it was shove and scrape, and if you had bad luck or lost your strength, you were done for. I was raised in mortal fear of disability or some natural disaster. We walked a thin tightrope with no net. Two years of crop failures could wipe out ten years of savings. That of course, was part of the reason for large families -- more hands to work the land. Children were sometimes your only security against dying in a ditch. There was no cushion. But Social Security became my cushion.”
I mentioned to Nancy a discussion I had a week or so before with some folks who told me that it should be the responsibility of families, not the government, to care for the elderly. She pointed out that even when a family cared for its elders and kept them safe, they still lacked their independence. She referred me to another entry in her journal.
“For as much as your people care for you, and you for them, absolute financial dependence is a terrible, crippling thing. Social Security helped change that. It gave the elderly a measure of dignity. Not to have to ask for the little things, the silly little things that made
you remember you were still a woman. To be able to buy a lipstick. To ease your drying skin with a pot of cream.”
Gosh, how I wished those economists who encouraged young people to drop out of the Social Security system had talked to Nancy. Maybe they wouldn’t have been so flippant with their advice. I recall that Nancy had a plaque hanging on her living room wall. It read: “Old
age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.” I’d add to that something like this: “The wisdom of an old woman will overcome the education and skills of young economists.”
If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM
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one of America’s foremost showcases of emerging artists. Every two years, the exhibition serves as a bellwether for the culture, both reflecting on and mirroring the country’s political and social moods. No surprise, then, to see that this year’s work—on view now at the Whitney Museum of American Art—offers plenty of tension, with pieces that focus on gender identity and race, among other issues. Curators chose the works because they represent “a snapshot of contemporary art making”; read on for more about a few of our favorites. (See: https://www. nycgo.com/articles/whitney-biennial-2019) (99 Gansvoort St., Meatpacking district).
Museum
of Natural History Presents T.rex, The Ultimate Predator
At the American Museum of Natural History’s blockbuster exhibit, T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, you encounter a massive life-sized model of a T. rex with patches of feathers—the definitive representation of this prehistoric predator, T. rex hatchlings and a four-year-old juvenile T.rex; a “roar mixer” where you can imagine what T. rex may have sounded like; a shadow theater where a floor projection of an
adult T. rex skeleton seems to come to life. At a tabletop “Investigation Station,” you can explore a variety of fossil casts with virtual tools including a CT scanner, measuring tape, and a microscope to learn more about what such specimens reveal about the biology and behavior of T.rex. Finally, you encounter a massive animated projection of a T. rex and its offspring in a Cretaceous-age setting. which reacts to visitors, leaving you to wonder, “Did that T. rex really see me?”
T. rex: The Ultimate Predator is the first major exhibition of the American
Museum of Natural History’s 150th anniversary celebration. Plan your visit (you could spend weeks in the museum), check out the special programming and events, and pre-purchase timed tickets at amnh.org.
At Hayden Planetarium Space Theater, see “Dark Universe” (through December 31, 2019)
Open daily from 10 am - 5:45 pm. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, 212-769-5100, amnh.org.
Revolutionary Summer at New-York Historical Society
The New-York Historical Society, the oldest museum in New York (and directly across the street from the American Museum of Natural History on Central Park West), is presenting a Revolutionary Summer. A Museum-wide exploration of Revolutionary War times, Revolutionary Summer presents outdoor events every weekend featuring characters from the era; 18th-century art and artifacts; a diorama of the Continental Army and a host of programs for all ages, including trivia nights, DJ evening, and Revo-
lutionary Drag Tea Party. On select weekends, visitors can explore a replica of George Washington’s Headquarters Tent at an outdoor Continental Army encampment, meet Living Historians portraying soldiers and spies, and learn about the many facets of camp life during the War for Independence. (Through September 15, 2019)
Also on view: LIFE: Six Women Pho-
tographers showcases the extraordinary work created by Margaret BourkeWhite, Hansel Mieth, Marie Hansen, Martha Holmes, Nina Leen, and Lisa Larsen. (through October 6, 2019); Stonewall 50 at New-York Historical Society, through September 22, 2019, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and the dawn of
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When a youngster asks you to take them driving …
“Now is the time to make mistakes,” I told her truthfully. “Now’s the time to learn. We all learned the hard way - by trial and error - so don’t feel bad.”
I added that I was glad that there had been no major snafus. Things were going smoothly with Sara’s little driving lesson - I didn’t need any added excitement in my life. I didn’t want to deal with fender benders or police reports or car insurance reports. Things were just fine as they were.
I told Sara I was relieved that she hadn’t hit a street light or driven up onto a neighbor’s lawn in Rockville Centre - which my brother, Greg, did when he was first learning how to drive.
Picturing her Uncle Greg driving up onto someone’s lawn and leaving tire tracks made Sara laugh and I couldn’t help but laugh, too, at the memory.
When it happened Greg got the car back on the street, got out and rang the neighbor’s doorbell. He offered to fix the mess he had created but the neighbor was nice about the whole thing and didn’t have him get to work smoothing out the ruts and patching up the grass. Greg got off Scot free. I wonder how long it would have taken Greg to fix that misstep!
Now that Sara & I were back inside safely I mentioned a few things that could have gone wrong when she drove as “a learning driver, as a permit holder” such as driving on the wrong side of the road or accelerating way, too fast. And when I asked her to swerve left and right to get the feel of the car she didn’t take it too far and drive on just two wheels! Sara didn’t do any stunts and that was a good thing.
She smiled a slight smile of relief. Sara hadn’t done anything bad at all! The two of us got back home in one piece and just as importantly, she was proud of her accomplishment. It struck me in a nice way that she seemed to be walking on air.
Sara excitedly told Danielle about our escapades and I could see the relief on Danielle’s face. The two of us had gone out driving, had bonded and Sara got some more experience under her belt.
I could see Sara looking confidently at her mother and knew that I had helped build her confidence that afternoon. It had seemed like a little thing to do but it was a real confidence boost for 16-year-old Sara.
For any teenager, getting their learner’s permit and then getting their driver’s license is a big thing. It’s part of
the rite of passage from childhood years into their adult years. I remember back when I was learning how to drive the whole process was a big deal. Society looks at people differently when they are all grown up and part of growing up includes having that precious driver’s license.
I was glad that I could help out Sara by taking her driving not only on that day but on a few subsequent occasions, also. I have no doubt that she will keep practicing, keep learning and do just fine when her time comes to take her driver’s test.
On that particular day Danielle, Sara and I sat around their kitchen having some cold drinks and snacks and talking for a while about our various experiences in learning how to drive a car. We got onto other topics of conversation, of course, but the subject eventually came back to driving.
Then it was time to get going. Danielle had to start preparing dinner and Sara had organizing to do in her bedroom.
I was just about ready to grab my car keys and purse and get going when Sara’s brother, Mark, walked in. He eyed our snacks appreciatively. He looked hungry.
He is 14 so in two years I figure that
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he will be getting his learner’s permit. “How do you feel about that, Danielle?” I asked mischievously. “We’ll have someone else who will need an adult to take them out driving.”
Rolling her eyes she looked over at Mark and tried to picture that.
“I can’t even imagine him behind the wheel of a car,” she said. “He’d rather spend his time playing endless video games.” Danielle laughed uproariously and in spite of ourselves, Sara and I cracked up.
Poor Mark wondered what was so funny about that - about the idea of him actually d-r-i-v-i-n-g - and he looked at the three of us quizzically. Then he started laughing, too, at the thought of it. At the thought of all that responsibility.
“So Aunt Claire, do you think maybe you’ll be able to take me out to practice when I’m 16?” he asked innocently. “My mom always seems nervous about taking us.”
“Yes, probably, Mark,” I said absentmindedly because all I could think was that I was planning on buying a new car but if this kid was going to be practice driving in my car - well then I’d better wait to buy that new car. Driving with Mark? This was definitely going to be an adventure!
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the gay liberation movement; Hudson Rising explores 200 years of ecological change and environmental activism along “the most interesting river in America” (through August 4).
Panoramas: The Big Picture, opening August 23 through December 8, 2019, explores wide-angle, bird’s-eye imagery from the 17th to the 20th century, revealing the influence that panoramas had on everything from mass entertainment to nationalism to imperial expansion. Through more than 20 panoramas, the exhibition presents the history of the all-encompassing medium in New York City, San Francisco and beyond.
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West (77th Street), New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400, nyhistory.org. Spy v. Spy
Want a real escape? Visit Spyscape, which offers a different twist on spy museums, and is more of an experiential attraction, immersing you into the psychology and ubiquity of surveillance and espionage, and literally, with the ending “profile” (developed with the a former head of training at British
Intelligence) showing you where you might fit into this world (I’m an analyst). SPYSCAPE, which opened in 2018, illuminates secret intelligence, from espionage to hacking, and investigative journalism. It offers a balanced perspective on big issues - privacy, security, surveillance. You get to engage in real spy challenges, including lie-detection in interrogation booths, surveillance in a 360 degree environment and test strategy and agility in special ops laser tunnels. The museum also features quite a good Spy Shop, a Book Shop, Café and multiple Event Spaces. (928 8th Avenue, entrance on SE corner of 55th Street, spyscape.com).
And in a very real Spy v. Spy scenario, a very different experience awaits at another new entry to New York City’s museum scene: the KGB Museum. This place presents the artifacts and history of the KGB in a kind of antiqueshop setting but the items are chilling. You realize that the spy movies, even the satirical “Get Smart,” didn’t so much fabricate as reveal the tools and techniques and paranoia of Cold War spying. (KGB Spy Museum tickets are available online or in the museum. (245 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10011, 10 am -8 Mon-Sun).
Museum of Illusions
The Museum of Illusions, which opened September 2018 in New York City’s West Village, contains three-dimensional illusions on the walls and floors which will mesmerize visitors of all ages. You might assume by its name that it is a children’s museum or about magic which depends so much on illusion. Nor can it be considered an “attraction” although many of the exhibits are interactive and you get to help create the illusions. It is really about educating about the physical and psychological science behind illusion – placards posted near each exhibit provide the explanations for what you sense. And while the museum does not explicitly delve into magic, when you leave, you will have a better understanding of how some magic tricks work. (77th 8th Ave, New York, NY; newyork.museumofillusions.us)
Cradle of Aviation
Museum: Countdown to Apollo at 50 Travel out of this world, beyond the city limits, to Long Island: The Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center is one of the great space and aviation museums, home to over 75
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Currently, the museum is celebrating “Countdown to Apollo at 50” sponsored by the Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation, showcasing Long Island and Grumman’s significant role in the Apollo program. The Museum was recently recognized and listed on New York State’s National Register of Historic Places as a significant part of American history. The museum is located on Museum Row, Charles Lindbergh Blvd., in East Garden City. For more information call (516) 572-4111 or visit www.cradleofaviation.org.
We have now surpassed the longest economic expansion in U.S. history (since 1854!) this month and it’s officially, breaking the record of 120 months of economic growth from March 1991 to March 2001, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Starting in June of 2009, our record-setting run saw GDP growing cumulatively by 25%, far slower than previous expansions. While the unemployment rate has dropped to 3.6% in May, the lowest since 1969, job growth has been relatively slower than during other postwar recoveries.
Our recovery obviously started way before our current President; however, he may take all the credit, (and provide no credit to anyone else. However, the consuming public and small independent businesses have been the true crusaders and have really brought our country back from the catastrophe of our economic collapse in 2008 to its’ current stellar state and have made it shine and have set an example for its accomplishments to the rest of the world, whereby, quitters never win and winners never quit!
But the truth be told is in the real facts and figures so, go to snopes.com if you want to check everyone’s statements for their accuracy and truthfulness to find out. So it’s an amazing time in the U.S. for a certain percentage of the population and those that are entrepreneurs and independent business people and most importantly the real estate industry as a whole, for without us my belief is that the economy would not have reached its astonishing level of record-setting success.
However, I do realize that the economy hasn’t been good or great for everyone and I’m quite sure it’s different in every country; but those countries with smaller populations, the challenge of earning a living wage is connected to a multitude of reasons, which I will not elaborate in this column, but a future one. Most important, those that aren’t earning enough should either think of changing their vocation, job or business, (get your real estate license)
if possible, go back to school and learn a different trade that pays more, assuming you have six to twelve months or whatever is needed to pay your current and future bills, and, if possible, to start a side business to add a second stream of income to your current one.
For in order to purchase a home in the U.S. today, the average price is approximately $252,000, which may sound like bupkis (for those who understand Yiddish) and a ridiculously small amount of money for my readers, whose average value is seven hundred fifty thousand to a multiple of millions of dollars, but for many, is a struggle and thereby forces them to rent and make their landlords richer and more wealthier by handing over all the benefits.
Many of us live in a “bubble world” of lavishness, opulence and wealth way above a typical U.S. citizen or immigrant. More important, I believe is that it’s a new world out here and lazy and lackadaisical individuals, and there are plenty of you out there, need not apply and will have to accept their consequences later on! But here are some scary but candid and upfront facts to dwell upon and deal with now and not procrastinate for another day:
A great many people looking to retire one day, don’t have four hundred dollars extra saved to their name for emergencies, as per the GAO (Government Accountability Office) I quote from the Street.com, “According to a 2018 study by Northwestern Mutual, 21% of Americans have no retirement savings and an additional 10% (1in3) have less than $5,000 in savings. A third of Baby Boomers currently in, or approaching, retirement age have between nothing and $25,000 set aside. Those between 55-64 have a median savings of one hundred seven thousand dollars, which is pretty shocking, considering we are supposedly considered the wealthiest
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country in the world, really? Today, one needs at least one million dollars to retire comfortably. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) paints an even bleaker picture. Their data from 2013 reports that “nearly half of families have no retirement account savings at all.” For most age groups, the group found, “median account balances in 2013 were less than half their pre-recession peak and lower than at the start of the new millennium.” The EPI further found these numbers even worse for millennials. Nearly six in 10 have no retirement savings whatsoever. But financial experts advise that the average 65-yearold have between $1 million and $1.5 million set aside for retirement.
Workers with Savings
Following are the mean and median retirement accounts for people who have one. That is to say, this data only shows what a representative account looks like without factoring in figures for accounts that don’t exist. This data comes per the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances. (Numbers rounded to the nearest hundred.)
• Under age 35:
Average retirement account: $32,500
Median retirement account: $12,300
• Age 35 - 44:
Average retirement account: $100,000
Median retirement account: $37,000
• Age 45 - 55:
Average retirement account: $215,800
Median retirement account: $82,600
• Age 55 - 64:
Average retirement account: $374,000
Median retirement account: $120,000
• Age 65 - 74:
Average retirement account: $358,000
Median retirement account: $126,000
For households older than 65 years, retirement accounts begin to decline as these individuals leave the workforce and begin spending their savings. Including Workers Without Savings
When accounting for people who have no retirement savings the picture
looks considerably worse. Following are the median retirement accounts when including the figures for people with no retirement savings. The following do not include mean retirement accounts, as this would be statistically less informative than median data.
• Age 32 - 37: $480
• Age 38 - 43: $4,200
• Age 44 - 49: $6,200
• Age 50 - 55: $8,000
• Age 56 - 61: $17,000
If you want to read further an extremely futile and sad futures, that many families and individual will experience and face, then go to this link https://www.thestreet.com/ retirement/average-retirement-savings-14881067 and if any of my readers or anyone you know are in this position, tell them to “wake up and smell the coffee” and make a change in their lifestyle and/or savings, because if you or they keep doing the same thing, expecting different results, it’s called “business insanity” or on an individual basis, “personal financial insanity.”
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Q: I’ve got two trees in my yard that were pruned years ago -- before I bought -- by someone who had no idea what they were doing. The result is large branches that look like “clubs.” All new growth comes from the end of the clubs. Imagine your forearm as the branch and your fist as the end, with a branch or two growing in every direction. What is the remedy?
A: There are two types of pruning that can produce what you have described. Neither is particularly good for the tree’s health, and both are expensive to maintain. Let’s take the worst case first.
Your tree was likely “topped,” though regionally it may be called “headed,” “tipped,” “hat-racked” or “rounded over.” It is the most harmful pruning method used on trees. It is common for people to want to reduce the size of a tree, thinking it is growing too large or that it will become a hazard. Ironically, chopping all the branches off creates a much more hazardous tree for the future.
Cutting off so much of the tree causes it to go into a defensive mode, as it tries to replace its leaves. The tree forces the rapid growth of many new branches from what is left of the old branch. These new branches are only attached just under the bark -- not fully attached into the old wood, as the cutoff branches were formerly attached. The tree is under a lot of stress, as it uses its resources to grow new branches. At the same time, large wounds must begin to heal, for the exposed sapwood attracts insects and decaying disease organisms. The exposed stubs are the worst pos-
Problematic Pollarding A GREENER VIEW
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sible pruning cut, as the branch cannot heal over the exposed ends, allowing decay organisms a direct path to the center of the tree. Hollow trees of any size are much less safe than large, healthy trees.
The fast growth and weak attachment of the new branches makes them very prone to breaking off. The longer and larger they grow, the more hazardous they become. A tree that has been topped will not regain its natural, pretty shape. Topped trees lower property values because this method of pruning is considered unsafe and unacceptable. Topped trees must be pruned so that the small branches don’t grow too large. Never hire the person who tops trees to do more pruning.
If necessary, trees can be reduced in height through proper pruning methods that cut lateral branches back to the parent limb, with a small cut that will easily heal over. This type of pruning is healthy for the tree and can be easily maintained in the future. A licensed arborist will know how to do this.
Unfortunately, not every tree gets to be pruned by people at all. Hurricanes and tornadoes can damage trees so that they look like they were topped. If such trees are to be kept in the landscape, a licensed arborist should begin managing the care of the tree. Many times, right after a storm, people aren’t too concerned about a tree’s longterm health: They just want someone to cut off the broken pieces. Now that you own the tree and are caring for it, check out the International Society of Arboriculture website for better information on care and how to find a local licensed arborist.
The other high maintenance method of pruning similar to
what you have described is called pollarding. It can be seen at some tourist attractions in the states and many European cities. I have seen it done near Niagara Falls and on Lombard Street -- the crookedest street in San Francisco.
In this case, the trees are pruned yearly. Eventually, a large ball of wound tissue and old, pruned-off stubs is created at the end of the old, large branches. In the summertime, when fully leafed out, these trees kind of look like the lollipop trees kids draw (a large circle of leaves at the top of a big, old stick).
It is best to start pollarding on young trees so that a smaller branch is cut originally and may heal over. Continuous pollard pruning is necessary or else the tree will end up becoming a hazard, just like the topped tree. Pollarded trees that have been neglected require careful pruning in the future to rebuild a proper, safe shape.
Some trees have strong wood that is resistant to decay and breakage. The long, strong stems that come off the pollarded tree can be used to make canes and other wooden sticks. In the states, some oaks, ash, crape myrtles, maples and lindens can be pollarded. Others, such as willows and poplars, make hazardous pollards.
Email questions to Jeff Rugg at info@greenerview.com. To find out more about Jeff Rugg and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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Chamber, officials toast new Syosset coffee shop
commended the variety of businesses nearby along Michael Drive and Eileen Way that have opened recently.
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At the ribbon-cutting several Syosset, Woodbury and Jericho residents were among those gathered to support the Margulis and enjoy some downtime with a coffee. Locals Hildie Rader and Shelley Beneza of Jericho and Frayda Dworken of Syosset came by to see Marna and Mitchel, and they enjoyed meeting Town and Nassau County officials at Mongo’s for the special event.
Mongo’s Coffee has 65 seats with a total capacity for 75, including standing high-tops and two unique living room setups, one at either end of the cafe. Wood countertops are upcycled from wood -- joists and ceilings -- inside the historic Kings Theatre on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. Mongo’s interior, complete with countertops and wall art, may remind some musically-inclined patrons and guests of upcycled wood from old New York City buildings used by instrument makers at Carmine Street Guitars in Greenwich Village.
Mitchel Margulis is a drummer by hobby; his coffee store is upbeat. Mongo’s provides Syosset with a hip new venue for “the colliding of cultures -food, music and coffee and I will do well on that. I wanted to bring us some Brooklym motifs and I would not want to open a store in Brooklyn as it’s so saturated. Long Island deserved something like this place,” he said.
Mongo’s first opened its doors on May 1 and has been open each day of the last four weeks with operating hours of 7 am to 8 pm. “Mitch” or “Mongo” said at the Chamber grand opening event on June 12 that evening coffeehouse hours will be extended to 10 p.m., apropos for the after-dinner or after-theater crowd at the adjacent Cultural Arts Playhouse.
Last year Jake Margulis completed an internship at the Michelin Star restaurant Gotham Bar & Grill on 12th Street in Manhattan. A week before the Chamber of Commerce hosted the grand opening of Mongo’s Coffee, the younger Margulis explained his interests as a kid from Syosset staying local after graduating from college. “I graduated last year, did my coursework in hospitality management and my dad was opening this place so I am proud to be helping him now.”
His father Mitchel says hospitality management offered his son great insights and training. “Mongo’s Coffee is not just a little donut shoppe; it’s a brand we are building together. I used to do to coffee for Gotham Bar & Grill and Harry’s Steakhouse in Manhattan,
some of the best restaurants in New York City -- my coffee was finishing off the meals people had there. Tremendous partnerships were built -- people have tried our coffee and they understand for their restaurants, ‘you want coffee to be the last impression of a great meal.’ I’ve had business partners with all my other stores but this opening in Syosset is in Jake’s and Alec’s hometown,” he said.
Mitchel Margulis is a native of Bayside, Queens and graduate of Bayside High School. He worked in the garment industry selling ties at Macy’s for a few years before working at his father’s button store on Main Street in Flushing. One day a customer walked in wearing the same Swiss watch his father had. The men talked for a while and the contact explained he was an importer of Swiss coffees. Soon after that chance meeting, Mitchel began in a position working for the importer in Brooklyn. Early on he learned about coffee as an industry from international brand Café La Semeuse.
“They imported packaged coffees from Switzerland, and I worked there for about a year and a half as I learned the business. Next I moved on to LaVazza (Italian espresso) in Manhattan, 34th Street and Park Avenue, and I was the director of training there for 10 years. They took a Jewish kid from Queens and turned me into an espresso expert. This took place in the early 1990s when all the espresso craze really started. It became like shooting fish in a barrel -everybody wanted espresso machines, everybody wanted coffee, and we were teaching -- selling through education the Italian way. I loved the work and traveled to Italy three times a year, we set up distributors all over the country and I really learned lots about coffee,” Margulis said.
He continued a grind with spending 80 to 90 nights a year on the road traveling, accumulating almost half-a-million ‘Marriott points’ Margulis joked. For ten years Margulis taught at the Culinary Institute of America. Eventually with two young sons at home in Syosset, it was time to settle in.
“I was traveling to and from Italy back to New York, the next morning to San Diego, and then Chicago, attending trade shows all across the country. It was crazy and I accrued maybe 400,000 Marriott points and restaurant points. But then I worked for a local coffee distributing corp. here and I started in office coffee. Doing the backstage coffees --- servicing 9,000 people in a Manhattan office building and 56 pantries. People drink coffee at work,” Margulis explained.
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