Mid-Island Times (2/28/20)

SERVING PLAINVIEW, HICKSVILLE, AND LEVIT TOWN

WHERE'S WALDO? Environmentalists call for criminal charges against Grumman, Navy

Hearing planned for Sears site

The Oyster Bay Town Board will host a public hearing on Tuesday, March 10 at 7 p.m. at Hicksville High School Auditorium, located at 180 Division Avenue in Hicksville on the Heritage Village project, located at the former Sears property. At the meeting, the developer will present an overview of

the 26.4-acre project and the Town Board will listen to comments from the public. To ensure all residents have an opportunity to comment, three minutes will be afforded to each speaker. Residents can also submit comments via the Town’s website, at www. oysterbaytown.com/seritage.

Seritage, a real estate

investment trust spun off by Sears Holdings, has proposed demolition of the former Sears department store and Auto Center at 195 North Broadway.  Under their proposal, the site would become home to 425 rental apartments, retail and office space, restaurants, a grocery store, cinema, fit-

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BY GARY SIMEONE

A Long Island environmental group, the Citizens Campaign For The Environment, is asking that criminal charges be considered against Northrop Grumman and the US Navy, for their role in the Bethpage plume. This action stems from a recent Newsday article that found that Grumman and the Navy knew that their operations was contaminating the groundwater, but chose to do nothing about it at the time.

“What they did is akin to someone knowingly poisoning someone else’s food or drinking water,” said Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director of the CCE. “There should be equal consequences, even if it’s done by a federal agency, like the people responsible going to jail. We won’t stop this type of action unless there’s consequences.”

The Newsday article, which was published last week, uncovered evidence from previously undisclosed documents, that both Northrop Grumman and the Navy knew for decades that toxic chemicals had leached into the groundwater, putting public health in jeopardy.

“For decades somebody said it was okay to hide this information, but now that it has been brought to light, the people responsible need to be held accountable,” said

Esposito.

Mike Boufis, Superintendent of the Bethpage Water District, said the in-depth Newsday article backed up what the water district has been saying for decades.

“We have always accused the Navy, Northrop Grumman and the DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) of not being forthcoming with information,” said Boufis. “As an entire board and staff, we were very pissed off to hear about these new details, but at the same time we feel vindicated a little bit that everything we’ve done hasn’t fallen on deaf ears.”

Boufis said that the water district has over-tested and over-analyzed water samples multiple times to ensure its quality.

“I don’t think you can be be too overprotective when it comes to people’s health and well-being,” said Boufis.

In May of last year, the DEC amended an ROD (Record Of Decision) for the proposed cleanup plan at the site of the Bethpage plume. The ROD was put out for a public comment period and those comments were included in the development of a comprehensive $585 million treatment plan to remedy the situation.

Boufis said that at the time both the Navy and Northrop Grumman were only willing to

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Students at Lee Road School participated in the Levittown Public Schools literacy initiative by dressing up as book characters. The students above dressed as Waldo for their school's character parade.

Irish Family History Forum presentation

On Saturday, March 21,  the Irish Family History Forum will present:

10:00 a.m. - Kathleen McGee: Civil Registration of Deaths in Ireland

10:45 a.m. - Refreshment Break: Meet and socialize with other members.

Ask the Experts: This is an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an experienced genealogist to ask a basic genealogy question.

11:15 a.m. - Susan R. Miller: New York Land: The Soil that Yields Records

For those researching families in New York City and New York State, land records can produce a crop of helpful information.

Miller will discuss access to land records and will provide an overview to some collections that may yield results for your research.

The Irish Family History Forum (IFHF) is an Irish Genealogy Organization with members throughout New York and in many other states and countries. Meetings are free and open to the public. Light refreshments are served.

Join us at Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage.

Directions: www.ifhf.org

Information: contact Pat

Email:  programs@ifhf.org Website: www.ifhf.org

Sophomore receives President’s Volunteer Service Award

Brandon Sackstein, a sophomore student at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School (POBJFKHS), has been honored for his exemplary volunteer service with the President’s Volunteer Service Award.

Brandon was nominated for the award by the POBJFKHS administration last fall.  The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program.

Brandon has volunteered with Plainview Buddies (formerly known as PAL Program), Relay for Life, National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY), a program of the Orthodox Union, FIRST Robotics Program (volunteering at the middle school) and has

volunteered for County Legislator of District 18, Joshua Lafazan.

James Murray, principal of Plainview-Old Bethpage High School, applauded Brandon’s accomplishments. “I am extremely proud of Brandon and all that he has accomplished in service to others. He is truly a role model to other students and Plainview-Old Bethpage is lucky to have him.”

In its 25th year, The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), recognizes middle level and high school students across America for outstanding volunteer service. Volunteer activities were judged on criteria including initiative, effort, impact and personal growth.

Cristina Rivas-Laline (guidance counselor) Brandon Sackstein, James Murray (principal at POBJFKHS)

Free children's shows at local libraries in March

The Town of Oyster Bay's Children’s Magical Music & More program will continue its 2020 season with performances this March at local libraries throughout the Town.

Town Councilwoman Laura Maier stated, “March’s Children’s Magical Music & More schedule features four performances at libraries across the Town. This program has proven to be an extremely popular monthly event throughout the year for parents. I encourage all families to come down to one of the scheduled free performances and join in on the fun, free entertainment for children of all ages around the Town of Oyster Bay!”

The scheduled performances for March 2020 include:

• The Jester Jim Show on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 3:45 p.m. at the Plainedge Public Library- Jester Jim performs his amazing beatbox intro, as kids and adults alike are glued to his every move, as this is not your ordinary juggling show!

• Ballet Long Island presents “Peter and the Wolf” on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. at the Locust

Valley Public Library- This classic tale is presented as a ballet, complete with costumes, music, scenery, and everything else needed to give the audience the experience of live theater!

• Rolie Polie Guacamole on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public LibraryRolie Polie Guacamole is a family-friendly band that plays original tunes and classic covers with vibrant harmonies and humor galore.

•  Keith Leaf - The Light Show on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hicksville Public Library-  Keith Leaf’s amazing light-up variety show will delight audience members of every age, as this fun and energetic performance includes varied circus skills and juggling props – like balls, yo-yo’s and clubs. Prepare to come and be mesmerized!

The Children’s Magical Music & More series is co-sponsored by the Cultural and Performing Arts (CAPA) Division of the Town of Oyster Bay’s Department of Community & Youth Services and the participating libraries. For further information, please call (516) 797-7900 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.

Levittown man charged with unlawful surveillance

Nassau County Police have charged a 46-year-old man with allegedly recording a Levittown woman from the bushes at the rear of her residence.

According to police, Michael Drummond of Levittown hid in the bushes in rear of a 46-year-old female victim’s residence and recorded her through her window. These incidents allegedly occurred approximately fifteen times since September of 2019.

Detectives request anyone that feels they may have been victim of a similar crime contact their local precinct or call 911.

Drummond was charged with Unlawful Surveillance 2nd Degree, Stalking 4th Degree and Harassment 1st Degree.

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Hempstead Town Councilman Dennis Dunne congratulated Virginia E. Twomey on the occasion of her retirement after 40 years of service to the Island Trees Library. The event was held on February 13.

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A FREE COMMUNITY EDUCATION SEMINAR

Perspectives in Men’s Urological Health

Join us for an informative lecture on urological conditions related to the bladder, the kidneys and prostate. Treatment options for these conditions including the new minimally invasive options for BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) will also be discussed.

Jeffrey Schiff, MD

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7:00 pm program

Tuesday, March 3

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Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please call (516) 663-8300 for reservations.

Salk Middle School named “School of Character”

Jonas E. Salk Middle School in the Levittown Public Schools was recently selected as one of 81 state schools and only one of four New York schools to be recognized as a 2020 State School of Character by Character.org. This is the second time that the middle school was honored with the designation and is once again in the running to be crowned a National School of Character, the highest distinction from Character. org. The last time the school earned the national honor was in 2016.

The middle school was recognized again at the state level for demonstrating a clear focus on character development which according to Character.org, has a positive impact on academics, student behavior and school climate. Character education has been integrated into the school environment for years with the middle school’s R.I.S.E. program (respect and responsibility, integrity, safety and staying healthy and empathy). The program is committed to fostering each students’ social-emotional development and create opportunities for academic excellence, civic education and the development of moral character.

Just this year, the school started R.I.S.E. Day which takes place once every quarter. Students focus on one of the R.I.S.E. themes for the entire school day. They receive a warm welcome from staff members who form a welcome line and cheer them on when they enter the building.

“We put curriculum aside for the day entirely and the teachers do all sorts of teambuilding, problem-solving and social-emotional activities throughout the day,” said Assistant

Principal Amy O’Grady.

The middle school also started a quarterly R.I.S.E. newsletter which are based on each quarter’s theme. Students who demonstrate the theme receive a R.I.S.E. Award and are highlighted in the newsletter. Outstanding students also receive a postcard in the mail from their teacher acknowledging them for their excellent character.

In addition, students participate in a push-in program called Middle School 101 to give them the tools they need to succeed, and some participate in a book club. The club allows students to reflect on social-emotional learning through literature. The school also continues to host its Challenger Athletic League in partnership with General Douglas MacArthur High School. The league provides an opportunity for secondary students with special needs to participate in competitive athletics.

Each year the school’s character education program grows. The goal is to spread the program to the elementary schools so that students know what to expect when they enter the middle school.

“What’s nice is that the district is starting to adopt a R.I.S.E. program so that by the time the students come here they already know the language,” said school psychologist Barbara Monteiro-Grady.

A Character.org representative will visit Jonas E. Salk Middle School to get a closer look at the school’s program by pushing into classrooms and speaking with students, staff and parents. Schools will be notified in May if they earned the national distinction.

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Jonas E. Salk Middle School in the Levittown Public Schools was selected as a State School of Character from Character.org for the second time. Photo courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Memory Care Like No Other

Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia takes both heart and science – knowing what expert approaches to take, and providing such care with compassion. This is what we do every day at The Bristal at Lake Success. Our community is dedicated 100% to state-of-the-art memory care, built upon a solid foundation of success caring for seniors at our family of assisted living communities across the tri-state area. We’ve also developed an alliance with Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institute, initiating opportunities for advancements in dementia care. Altogether, this means peace of mind for you, proven memory care for your loved one, and the freedom to share and embrace every moment. Come visit a truly extraordinary community where memory care is everything: The Bristal at Lake Success.

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Levittown students take on Science Olympiad competition

Science Olympiad students from General Douglas MacArthur High School did a great job executing their Hawaiian theme during the Nassau East Science Olympiad Regional Competition.

Science Olympiad students from Division Avenue High School medaled in 17 events during the Nassau East Science Olympiad Regional Competition and will advance to the New York State Finals in March.

Science Olympiad teams from Division Avenue High School and General Douglas MacArthur High School in the Levittown Public Schools recently competed in the annual Nassau East Science Olympiad Regional Competition. Forty-two teams from schools across Nassau County competed at Division Avenue High School to earn medals in 23 science events and advance as a team to the New York State Finals.

Division Avenue students, advised by Gerard Marzigliano, earned medals in 17 events, including first place in Fossils, Gravity Vehicle and Ping-Pong Parachute. The teams earned third place overall and a spot in the New York State Finals for the 12th consecutive year. During the competition, the two MacArthur teams finished in 10th place and 17th place overall. The 10th place team was only one spot away

from advancing to the finals. Although the school will not advance, one team from MacArthur received the Spirit Award for exhibiting the most spirit throughout the day.

With the guidance of advisers Dr. David Friedman and Matthew Zausin, the MacArthur students channeled a Hawaiian theme for the regional competition. Their home base was transformed into a luau complete with Hawaiian shirts, surfboards, beach chairs, tiki torches, beach balls and more. The school’s two teams medaled 11 times in 10 out of 23 events.

In preparation for the regional and state tournament, Division Aven ue High School competed at the Long Island Invitational, Columbia Invitational and Princeton University Invitational. The team will compete in the New York State Finals on March 14 at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY.

Hicksville HS string masters shine at LISFA events

Hicksville High School Principal Ray Williams (far left) and Supervisor for the Fine and Performing Arts Chad Wyman (second from right) congratulate orchestra teacher Jennifer Weiss (far right) and LISFA students, from left, Serena Lam, Kip Rath, Faaris Ali, Ethan Mascarenas, Matthew LaBarca, Eli Yoo and Saddaf Menhaji. Photos courtesy of the Hicksville School District

Seven Hicksville High School student-musicians were named to perform at various Long Island String Festival Association events this year.

In January, members of the Hicksville High School Chamber Ensemble performed in the LISFA Chamber Festival at Hofstra University. The audition process was very rigorous. Students had the privilege to be coached by Timothy Kantor, member of the Bryant Park Chamber Ensemble and adjunct professor of violin and chamber music at the University of Arizona. They were featured in a recital with other chamber groups and the Bryant Park Chamber Ensemble. Faaris Ali, Ethan Mascarenas, Saddaf Menhaji, Kip Rath and Eli Yoo were all selected to perform.

In November, members of the Hicksville High School String Orchestra were selected by a panel of judges into the LISFA Orchestra Festival from a pool of applicants across all of Nassau County. Students were selected in both

the 9-10 and 11-12 division ensembles. They had the privilege to work with esteemed conductor-teachers Reynard Burns and Anna Edwards. They were featured in a  performance at Wisdom Lane Middle School in Levittown. Matthew LaBarca and Serena Lam were chosen to perform along with Ethan and Saddaf.

This March, Saddaf will perform with the Knights/Tilles Center String Orchestra Convocation performance. Applicants were required to receive a 97 on a level 6 NYSSMA solo and must be in grades 11 or 12. Saddaf and other students selected will perform with members of the orchestra in a “side-by-side” style concert as each student sits next to a regular adult member from The Knights chamber orchestra.

Hicksville High School orchestra teacher and Tri-M Honor Society adviser Jennifer Weiss guided these young string masters to success.

Mercy League Military Bridge

The Glen Cove -  Hicksville - Syosset chapter of the Mercy League will be holding a Military Bridge on Sunday, March 8 from 2–5 p.m. (doors open at 1:30 p.m.)

Knowledge of bridge is not necessary. This is a fun game which can be learned quickly as you play along. The event will take place at St.

Ignatius Loyola Parish in Hicksville. The gym entrance is on Nicolai Street. Admission is $10. Refreshments: coffee, tea and desserts will be served. Cash prizes for the top three teams. $100 lottery board ($50 guaranteed), 50/50, raffle prizes.

For more information, please contact Arleen Bergin at 516-935-7294.

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Plainview-Old Bethpage is facing the music

Students at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School (POBJFKHS) have been working on something dynamic. POBJFKHS is one of the very few high schools on Long Island that offers guitar as a music class - most schools just offer the standard orchestra, band and chorus electives. Music students that are enrolled in guitar as a music elective have recently completed a semester-long project of building their very own guitars.

Michael Rodgers, director of music & performing arts at John F. Kennedy High School, and a guitarist himself, was walking through a guitar shop one day and saw a guitar getting some modifications when he had the idea

to offer ‘building your own guitar’ as one of the projects that students could complete over the course of the semester. “I thought this would be a great combination of technology meeting the student’s passion for music,” said Mr. Rodgers. “When I brought the idea up to the students, they were all for it and couldn’t wait to get started.”

The only materials students received was the wooden body of the instrument itself. From there, they had to make cuts to the body, place the frets, sand everything down, measure the pressure, oil the neck and solder the guitar. After crafting their guitars, the students performed with their hand-made guitars at a Board of Education meeting.

POBJFKHS guitar students “staining” their guitars. They sanded the wood on the bodies, and then the staining process involved mixing a powder which can vary the depth of the color based on how much you mix.

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POBJFKHS students Jordan Feifer (grade 11) and Jared Pardo (grade 11) holding the completed body of the guitars.

POBJFKHS student Sydney Sicignano (grade 11) screwing in the bridge pins into her own handmade guitar.

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and Jared Pardo (grade 11) performing “Spain” by Chick Correa at a recent Board of Education meeting.

Running Club presents check to National Cancer Initiative

Pictured here at the Jonas Chiropractic office in Syosset, Jon DeGorter of Jonas Chiropractic Sports Injury Care (left) and and Karen Dchackner, GLIRC’s director of the 10K Run (right), present the check to National Cancer Initiative Board member Dr. Margaret Cuomo.

The Greater Long Island Running Club was pleased and proud to present a check in the amount of $2000 to the National Cancer Initiative out of the proceeds of the 2019 Jonas Chiropractic Sports Injury Care Aspire 10 Kilometer Run.

The check was presented on February 21st at the Jonas Chiropractic Sports Injury Care office in Syosset.

The 2020 Run will be held on Saturday, March 28, starting and finish-

ing at the H.B. Mattlin Middle School in Plainview.

The National Cancer Initiative (formerly HeritX), is the global research and development organization that is focused on preventing inherited cancer.   “Typically, when people think about cancer research they think about finding cures, but the goal of this nonprofit is prevention, specifically for people with the BRCA gene… The potential here is transformative.”

Real estate agent honored by Century 21

Carol Ann Catapano, a sales associate at Century 21 Catapano Homes in Bethpage, was recently honored with the Century 21 President's Producer Award.  The annual award is bestowed upon those  sales affiliates that earn the Century 21 Centurion award and the Century 21 Quality Service Pinnacle Producer award in the same calendar year.

“We are thrilled to recognize these agent’s work for this momentous achievement,” said Mike Miedler, chief executive officer, Century 21 Real Estate LLC. “This is an outstanding honor since only a small percentage of affiliated agents in the United States received this award for sales.”

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Hicksville HS qualifies for Science Olympiad finals

Hicksville High School’s Science Olympiad teams came home with a trophy and many medals earned at the 2020 regional Science Olympiad competition.

Hicksville High School Science Olympiad teams were beaming as they proudly displayed their medals and trophy from the February 1st regional Science Olympiad competition held at Division Avenue High School in Levittown. The teams were thrilled because their overall score qualified them for the New York State Finals to be held at LeMoyne College in Syracuse on March 14. “We have gone to states before, but never placed so high in the standings,” said science teacher and team advisor John Gienau. “The top six schools qualify for states, and the top 10 earn a medal in each event. We earned 2nd overall after the total summation of events was taken. We compete in numerous events and the students earn an overall score as a team after each event is tallied. Our A team came in 2nd place earning 21 medals in 25 events.” Mr. Gienau shares the coaching responsibilities for the high school’s three teams of 45 students with fellow science teacher Zachary Milack.

Below is the listing of each event and the students who placed in the Top 10 at the regionals:

Anatomy and Physiology: 3rd PlaceIsabella Diaz, Jessica George Astronomy: 3rd Place - Navepreet Singh, Hunter Hsiu, Boomiliever: 7th Place - Cailin Hoang, Sean Zhen

Chemistry Lab: 5th Place - Hunter Hsiu, Rishika Thayavally

Designer Genes: 4th Place - Isabella Diaz, Viveka Jain

Detector Building: 3rd PlaceAniruddh Chittabthini, Sean Zhen

Disease Detectives: 6th Place - Rishika Thayavally, Isabella Diaz

Dynamic Planet: 6th Place - Felicite Tien, Navepreet Singh

Experimental Design: 2nd PlaceSejal Gupta, Eric Zhang, Adith Anugu Forensics: 1st Place - Sejal Gupta, Hunter Hsiu

Fossils: 9th Place - Navepreet Singh, Chris Chan

Geologic Mapping: 6th Place - Felicite Tien, Sean Zhen

Gravity Vehicle: 9th Place - Cailin Hoang, Adith Anugu

Green Generation: 2nd Place - Jessica George, Viveka Jain

Machines: 4th Place - Sam Zhen, Aniruddh Chittabthini

Ornithology: 3rd Place - Cailin Hoang, Felicite Tien

Protein Modeling: 1st Place - Sejal Gupta, Viveka, JainRishika Thayavally

Science Quiz Bowl: 10th PlaceHunter Hsiu, Navepreet Singh, Rishika Thayavally

Water Quality: 4th Place - Eric Zhang, Jessica George

Wright Stuff: 10th Place - Sam Zhen, Adith Anugu

Write It Do It: 7th Place - Viveka Jain, Sam Zhen

Abbey Lane students celebrate VIP Day

Fourth-graders in Siobhan Schneider’s class celebrated the important people in their lives during VIP Day.

Abbey Lane Elementary School fourth-graders in Siobhan Schneider’s class shared their love this Valentine’s Day with their annual event, VIP Day. The school’s all-purpose room was transformed with red heart balloons, a red carpet and a pink banner that read “Welcome to VIP Day.” Each student in the class invited an important person in their life to honor as their VIP. This included parents, grandparents, siblings and more.

Before entering the school’s all-purpose room, the students took photos with their VIP. They were then invited into the decorated space where the fourth-graders walked arm and arm with their VIP down the red carpet and led their invited guest to their seat. Schneider thanked the VIPs for coming to the celebration

and told them that when their children grow up, this will be one of the days that they will remember. Leading up to VIP Day, the fourth graders were assigned a biography project where they were asked to interview their VIP and write about their special person’s life. They laminated their writing pieces and with their VIP by their side, presented their biography projects during the celebration. The students wrote about why they chose their special person as their VIP and shared details about their VIP’s life. Afterward, the students gifted their VIP with a rose. Many of the VIPs were touched by the kind words and embraced their student after their biography was shared. Following the presentations, the students and their VIPs enjoyed a snack and refreshments.

Abbey Lane fourth-grader Morgan Nocerino (left) presented her biography project on her mother Kristin

Property tax grievance workshops

The Town of Oyster Bay will be holding two Property Tax Assessment Grievance Workshops will be offered for residents looking to acquire information on how to challenge their 20212022 property tax assessments.  The deadline to challenge the assessment on your home was recently extended to Thursday, April 2.  The free workshops will be held on:

Tuesday, March 24 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, located at 54 Audrey Avenue in Oyster Bay.  This seminar is offered in partnership with County Legislator Josh Lafazan and the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission.

Wednesday, March 25 at 2 p.m. at the Hicksville Community Center, located at 28 W. Carl Street in Hicksville.  This seminar is offered in partnership with County Legislator

Rose Walker and Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll.  The workshop is open to residents from both the towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay.

“While Nassau County determines your value, we in Town government want to make sure you know that you have a right as homeowner to challenge your assessment.  Remember, your assessment can only be lowered as the result of a challenge – it can never be raised – and this workshop helps you challenge for free,” said Receiver of Taxes Pravato.  “If you are a homeowner who disagrees with the assessed value of your property, I invite you to attend one of these Property Tax Assessment Workshops, as the property tax grievance deadline of April 2nd is approaching.”

In January 2020, Nassau County noti-

fied residents of their home’s new tentative assessed value for the 2021/2022 school tax period and the 2022 general tax period.  Any residents who did not receive the notice may view it online at www.mynassauproperty.com or contact their local County legislator.

At the workshops, an assessment expert will answer questions and show residents how to use online tools to file an “Application for Correction of Assessment” online or via mail.  There

is no requirement to pay a law firm or agency to file a grievance.  For those unable to attend a workshop, Receiver of Taxes Pravato offers an online video at www.oysterbaytown.com/grievancevideo.

For more information on the Free Property Tax Grievance Workshop, residents should call (516) 624-6400 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.  For more information on your property, visit www.LRV.nassaucountny.gov.

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Abbey Lane fourth-grader Christian Marmo (left) walked the red carpet with his VIP, his grandfather.

Abbey Lane fourth-grader Alheli Alen-Cardenas (left) invited her father Rodrigo Alen to VIP Day.

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February 28, 2020

Mount Rushmore, Finale to 6-Day Wilderness Voyageurs

South Dakota ‘Badlands & Mickelson Trail’ Bike Tour

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

It’s our last day of the Wilderness Voyageurs six-day “Badlands and Mickelson Trail” bike tour of South Dakota, when we would have biked back a portion of the Mickelson Trail that we cycled yesterday before visiting Mount Rushmore. But as luck would have it (and it is actually lucky), it rains as we leave Deadwood. It is lucky because the rest of our rides have been glorious and we did get to complete the 109-mile long Mickelson Trail, in addition to riding through Badlands National Park and Custer State Park. Our guides, James Oerding and John Buehlhorn, offer us alternatives and the group agrees that instead of doing the Mickelson 18 miles from Dumont to Mystic (the same trail we did yesterday but downhill) we go directly to Mount Rushmore and see if the weather dries out.

Mount Rushmore is such a familiar American icon, it may be a cliché. But seeing it “in person” makes you rethink what it is all about.

The sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, wrote “Let us place there, carved high, as close to heaven as we can, the words of our leaders, their faces, to show posterity what manner of men they were. Then breathe a prayer that these records will endure until the wind and the rain alone shall wear them away.”

Borglum also wrote, “The purpose of the memorial is to communicate

the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.”

The National Park Service offers this about Mount Rushmore National Monument: “Majestic figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota, tell

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum wrote of Mount Rushmore, “The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.” © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

the story of the birth, growth, development and preservation of this country. From the history of the first inhabitants to the diversity of America today, Mount Rushmore brings visitors face to face with the rich heritage we all share.”

The NPS posits that Borglum “selected these four presidents because from his perspective, they represented the most important events in the history of the United States. Would another

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artist at that time, or perhaps a modern artist choose differently? As you read more about Borglum’s choices, think about what you might have done if the decision was up to you.”

I stumble upon a 15-minute Ranger talk in the Sculptor’s Studio about Gutzon Borglum, the carving process and the lives of the workers - how they dynamited away 90 percent of the

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stone, leaving just 3 to 6 inches of material to chisel off by hand, how they hang a weight to where the nose should be and create the facial features from that reference point.

The Ranger stands in front of a model of how a completed Mount Rushmore was envisioned by Borglum. Who knew there was more? I’ve always taken for granted that what we see was all that was meant to be. The model shows that it would have had their jackets down to their waist and hands.

To see the scale of the sculpture, it is hard to contemplate the challenge of blasting away all that rock and carving that stone. But we learn that getting this project underway was a challenge unto itself.

South Dakota historian Doane Robinson is credited with conceiving the idea of carving the likenesses of noted figures into the mountains of the Black Hills of South Dakota in order to promote tourism in the region. But once sculptor Gutzon Borglum was selected, the organizers had to get permission from the federal government and the state to do the carving. Senator Peter Norbeck (the man who created the Needles Highway through Custer State Park) and Congressman William Williamson were instrumental in getting the legislation passed to allow the carving. The bill requesting permission to use federal land for the memorial easily passed through Congress. But a bill sent to the South Dakota Legislature faced more opposition. Apparently, the idea of

tourists trapsing through their wilderness (traffic!) did not have universal appeal.

Robinson’s initial idea was to feature heroes of the American West, such as Lewis and Clark, Oglala Lakota chief Red cloud and Buffalo Bill Cody. But Borglum wanted the sculpture to have broader appeal, so chose the four presidents, who would each symbolize an important aspect of American history. (That might be why Robinson was not chosen for the 12-member commission to oversee the project.)

Early in the project, money was hard to find, despite Borglum’s assurances that Eastern businessmen would gladly make large donations. He also promised South Dakotans that they would not be responsible for payingfor any of the mountain carving. Borglum got Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon on board, but only asked for half of the funding he needed, believing he would be able to match federal funding ($250,000) dollar for dollar with private donations.

Borglum worked on the project from 1927, the presidents’ faces were carved from 1933-1939, with his son, Lincoln. Meanwhile, in 1929, the stock market crashed; in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt placed Mount Rushmore under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service.

In March, 1941, as a final dedication was being planned, Gutzon Borglum died. This fact, along with America’s impending involvement in World War II, led to the end of further carving on the mountain. With the money – and enthusiasm –running out, Congress refused to allocate any more funding. On October 31, 1941, the last day of work, Mount Rushmore National Memorial was declared a completed project.

The Ranger explained that the death of the artist raised an ethical issue for anyone who would take over the work. “The

country had moved on. They were not as interested in presidents as they were in the 1930s; when Mount Rushmore was a shrine to democracy. And what if the new artist made a mistake?”

I can see now how Mount Rushmore was a cautionary tale for the Crazy Horse Memorial (which we had visited just two days before) and why sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, who worked on Mount Rushmore before being tasked to do Crazy Horse, refused any federal funding. He instead created a foundation and funded the project with private donations and admissions. As a result, some 70 years after Ziolkowski began his work – in contrast to Mount Rushmore - his grandchildren are continuing to carve the memorial and realize his full vision.

I walk the Presidential Trail (just 0.6 miles long, 422 stairs, weather permitting) to get up close and personal with the mountain sculpture and perhaps glimpse some of the area wildlife.

Some 3 million visitors come to Mount Rushmore each year.

Among the activities offered: the Junior Ranger program (booklets are available at the information desks for ages three to four, five to twelve and 13 and up), and the Carvers’ Café, Ice Cream Shop and Gift Shop.

Also: Lakota, Nakota and Dakota Heritage Village (10 - 30 minutes, free): Explore the history of the Black Hills and the American Indian tribes who have populated this land for thousands of years. Located next to the Borglum View Terrace for 2019, this area highlights the customs and traditions of local American Indian communities. Open 10:30 am to 3 pm, early June through mid-August, weather permitting.

Youth Exploration Area (10 - 30 minutes, free): Explore the natural, cultural and historical aspects of Mount Rushmore

Park Service Ranger gives a talk about how Mount

came to be, and what sculptor Gutzon Borglum originally intended © Karen Our Wilderness Voyageurs “Badlands & Mickelson Trail” bike tour finishes where it started, in Rapid City, South Dakota (c) Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com.

Tourists from all over the world flock to Mount Rushmore, an enduring national symbol © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

Rushmore

with interactive programs. Located at the Borglum View Terrace for 2019. Open early June through early August.

Self-Guided Tour (30 - 120 minutes; rental fee): Rent an audio tour wanr or multimedia device to hear the story of Mount Rushmore through music, narration, interviews, historic recordings and sound effects while walking a scenic route around the park. Available at the Audio Tour Building across from the Information Center (rentals available inside the Information Center during the winter months). The tour and accompanying brochure are available in English, French, German, Lakota, and Spanish.

(During our visit, the Visitor Center and amphitheater where programs are presented are closed for construction.)

It had been gray and drizzly when we first arrived making the monument look dull, but as we leave, blue sky breaks through and for the first time, I realize that George Washington has a jacket.

(Just recently, the last living Mount Rushmore construction worker, Donald ‘Nick” Clifford, who worked on the monument from 1938-40, passed away at the age of 98.)

(Mount Rushmore, 13000 Highway 244, Keystone, SD 57751, 605-574-2523, www. nps.gov/moru/index.htm)

Even thought the weather has cleared up just as we are leaving Mount Rushmore, because it is a getaway travel day, the group decides not to bike (the trail James suggests is impractical because it requires the guides to take off the roof racks in order to fit through the tunnel). We decide instead, to go straight to Rapid City, our departure point, for lunch before we all go our separate ways.

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Our last lunch together, is at Tally’s Silver Spoon (best Reuben sandwich outside of NYC!) – just across the street from the historic Alex Johnson Hotel, where I began my South Dakota odyssey in Rapid City a week ago.

What I love best about Wilderness Voyageurs’ “Badlands and Mickelson Trail” bike tour are the varied experiences: Badlands – fossils – Circle View Guest Ranch – Black Hills - Crazy Horse – Custer State Park – stone spires – wildlife – buffalo - Blue Bell Lodge – Mount Rushmore – biking the 109-mile long Mickelson rail trail – and the camaraderie of fellow cyclists.

Guided bike trips are not cheap, but what I look for is value for money – my test is whether I could reproduce the trip for less out-of-pocket, to make up for the decided increase in convenience of having the itinerary already plotted out. I found Wilderness Voyageurs excellent value – in the services provided, wonderful accommodations (especially the guest ranch and the lodge), dining, creating an itinerary that was idyllic, entrances to attractions (Badlands National Park, Crazy Horse Memorial, Mount Rushmore), and also considerate, superb guides, a relaxed, unpressured atmosphere (“You’re on vacation!”). The destination, South Dakota, is quite sensational and unexpectedly varied – spectacular scenery, nature and wildlife, fossils (!), culture and history – a microcosm of North America, really. Indeed, it is an ideal destination for international visitors to plunge into the American frontier west mythology of the past, but more interestingly, to see the American West as it is today. And frankly, even if I rented a bike and paid

for shuttle services, I couldn’t have duplicated the itinerary, or the camaraderie, or the expertise and care.

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Women’s History Month and writer Shirley Jackson

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

Any high school student or college student who has had to read Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” probably remembers that short story well. Its characters and its plot have a way of standing out in one’s mind. Did you know, however, that it took Shirley Jackson just one afternoon to write that short story?

Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, Calif., on December 14, 1916, and spent her childhood in nearby Burlingame where she began writing poetry and short stories as a young teenager.

Her family moved east when she was 17 and Shirley Jackson attended the University of Rochester. After a year, in 1936, she withdrew and spent a year at home practicing writing, producing a minimum of a thousand words a day.

She entered Syracuse University in 1937, where she published her first story, “Janice,” and was soon appointed the fiction editor of the campus humor magazine. After winning a poetry contest at

Syracuse she met her future husband, the young aspiring literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman. Together they founded a literary magazine called “Spectre” with Hyman as the editor.

Shirley Jackson graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Stanley graduated the same year, in 1940. They moved to Greenwich Village where Shirley wrote every day while they both worked at odd jobs.

She began having her stories published in “The New Republic” and “The New Yorker” and the first of their children was born. Altogether she and Edgar had four children, daughters Sarah and Joanne, and sons Laurence and Barry.

In 1944 Shirley Jackson’s story “Come Dance With Me in Ireland” was chosen for “Best American Short Stories.”

In 1945, Stanley Hyman was offered a teaching position at Bennington College in Vermont, and they moved into an old house in North Bennington where Shirley wrote while raising children and running a household. (shirleyjackson.org)

Her first novel, “The Road Through

The Wall,” was published in 1948. That same year “The New Yorker” published Jackson’s story, “The Lottery,” which generated the largest volume of mail ever received by the magazine commenting on the story. Some readers weren’t sure if “The Lottery” was fiction or non-fiction. It is fiction and it’s possibly the most wellknown short story of the 20th Century.

In 1949, the Hyman family moved to Westport, Ct., so Hyman could commute to his new job on “The New Yorker” staff, and Shirley’s second book, “The Lottery, or The Adventures of James Harris,” which is a collection of short stories, was published.

Their house was often filled with visiting poets, artists, composers and writers, and National Book Award-winning author Ralph Ellison spent months living with the Hyman family while he finished writing “Invisible Man.”

In 1951 Jackson’s succession of Gothic novels began with the publication of “Hangsaman” and “The Summer People” was chosen for “Best American Short Stories.” That year the Hymans moved

back to North Bennington where they would remain for the rest of their lives.

In 1952, “The Lottery” had its first of several adaptations for TV. Jackson continued to write short stories for popular magazines and in 1953 “Life Among The Savages,” the first of two humorous family chronicles, was published. “The Lottery” was adapted for stage.

In the next few years Shirley Jackson published “The Bird’s Nest” and “Witchcraft of Salem Village” which was a non-fiction juvenile volume.

“One Ordinary Day With Peanuts” was chosen in 1956 for “Best American Short Stories” and also that year, the film version of “The Bird’s Nest,” “Lizzie,” was released. During the late 1950s Jackson published “Raising Demons,” the second family chronicle, “The Sundial,” and the one-act play “The Bad Children.”

Shirley Jackson’s best-known novel, “The Haunting of Hill House,” came out in 1959. Many people regard it as the

Hike up the short Presidential Trail for a wonderful view of Mount Rushmore © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

Politicians Have Not Stolen Social Security Money

BY TOM MARGENAU

I give lots of talks about Social Security. I’ve given thousands of them over the past 45 years. And at almost every one of those presentations, inevitably, somebody in the crowd will get up and make a statement that begins with these words: “I’ll tell you what’s wrong with Social Security!” And then they will go off on some rant, spouting lies or half-truths. Lots of times, it’s something they’ve been telling themselves for years. Or more recently, it’s some garbage they picked up on the internet.

I don’t mind the bombastic behavior because once I get a chance to respond, it gives me the opportunity to set the record straight. I can tell that many in the audience follow what I am saying and agree with me. But I almost never convince the guy who is on his soapbox. His misplaced beliefs are just too firmly rooted in his psyche. And I even sort of understand that. For example, if you’ve spent your whole life being absolutely convinced that the Earth is flat, and then someone shows you proof that the world is round, it might take a while before that knowledge sinks into your brain.

There are countless examples of these “what’s wrong with Social Security” rants. But today, I only have space to cover one of them. And it is, by far, the most common rant of all. It goes like this: “I’ll tell you what’s wrong with Social Security. If politicians had kept their cotton-picking hands off the Social Security trust funds, we wouldn’t have any problems today!” The implication is that presidents, or members of Congress, have stolen Social Security money and used it for other purposes. Many will go a bit further and say, “It all started with LBJ. He took Social Security money and put it in the general funds of the government!”

Here are the facts. And let’s start with President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Back in the 1960s, his administration was running up huge deficits because of all the spending on the Vietnam War. But LBJ came up with a clever way to mask that deficit spending. He saw that the government kept a completely separate set of books for the Social Security trust funds. And those funds were running big surpluses. So Johnson, wily and crafty politician that he was, decided to combine the two sets of books.

On the one hand, you could say his reasoning made sense. I’m sure he told his staff something like this: “It’s all government money. So we should simply add up all government money together.” On the other hand, he was obviously doing this for one reason only: to use Social Security surpluses to hide his growing Vietnam War deficits.

BUT HERE IS THE IMPORTANT POINT EVERYONE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND. All of this budgetary mischief was just bookkeeping tomfoolery. John-

son didn’t take one nickel out of the Social Security trust funds. He merely combined the Social Security books with the general government books on paper.

In fact, it’s a practice that continues to this day. In effect, the government keeps two sets of books. One set combines the Social Security funds with the general funds. When politicians want to demonstrate to people that they have the overall budget under control, they pull out the “unified” budget books. If other politicians want to scare you with gloom and doom stories of fiscal recklessness (usually to push their agenda of drastic cuts to federal spending), they would show you the “operational” budget that did not include Social Security surpluses.

But again -- and I can’t stress this enough -- this is just bookkeeping shenanigans. Social Security resources were never touched.

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And those “resources” lead me to the other part of the “politicians stole Social Security money” debate.

To understand that story, you have to understand how Social Security is financed. Every single day, about $2 billion in Social Security tax receipts flows into the Treasury Department in Washington. That is two BILLION dollars! And that is EVERY DAY!

So what happens to that money? It certainly isn’t buried in a “lockbox!” (Remember those silly promises from several presidential campaigns ago?) It would be absolutely ludicrous to take $2 billion out of the nation’s economy every single day and lock that money away. It would be the federal equivalent of someone burying his or her life savings under a mattress.

Also, the money itself does not go directly into the Social Security trust funds. Again, it makes absolutely no fiscal sense to deposit billions of dollars of cash into the federal equivalent of a Social Security piggy bank.

Instead, just like monies in any trust fund in the country, Social Security tax receipts are invested. But unlike all other public and private trust funds, Social Security money does not end up in the stock market or other private markets. Why not? It’s a matter of scale. Whereas other trust funds might have a few million or even a few billion dollars in assets, the Social Security trust funds hold trillions of dollars. In fact, Social Security makes up about one fourth of the entire federal budget -- and you simply do not take 25% of our country’s federal budget and dump it onto Wall Street. Can you imagine the effect that would have on the private markets? The federal government, via the Social Security trust funds, would be the major stockholder of Apple, Amazon, Chase Bank, Philip Morris, ExxonMobil and others. I can’t even imagine all of the conflicts of interests associated with those deals.

So instead, every nickel of Social Security money is invested in U.S. Treasury

notes. It’s surely an awkward marriage, but a marriage it is nonetheless. It’s like the federal government is lending money to itself! But the system has worked that way for about 80 years now. The Social Security trust funds currently hold about $2.8 trillion in government securities. If you want to see a listing of the trust fund holdings, just go to the Social Security website, select “Menu,” and click on “Actuarial Resources.” On the Social Security Actuary homepage, click on “Trust Funds” and then on “Investment transactions” and “Investment holdings.”

So, the Social Security trust funds do not hold cash. They hold Treasury notes. If you have some treasury notes in your

portfolio, what is the government doing with your money? It is spending it. Do you think the government has stolen your money? Of course not. You think of it as an investment. The same holds true for the Social Security trust funds, just on a much larger scale. Politicians haven’t stolen a dime of Social Security money. It’s all invested. And just as your treasury bonds pay you interest, the Social Security trust funds are credited with interest on an annual basis -- about $80 billion per year in recent years.

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

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New-York Historical Society Leaps into Election Year with Exhibitions Showcasing

NEW YORK, NY – As election year 2020 begins, the New-York Historical Society launches a series of special exhibitions that address the cornerstones of citizenship and American democracy. Starting on Presidents’ Day Weekend, visitors to Meet the Presidents will discover how the role of the president has evolved since George Washington with a re-creation of the White House Oval Office and a new gallery devoted to the powers of the presidency. Opening on the eve of Women’s History Month, Women March marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment with an immersive celebration of 200 years of women’s political and social activism. Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions: Creating the American Republic explores the important roles state constitutions have played in the history of our country, while The People Count: The Census in the Making of America documents the critical role played by the U.S. Census in the 19th century—just in time for the 2020 Census.

To encourage first-time voters to learn about our nation’s history and civic as they get ready to vote in the presidential election, NewYork Historical Society is offering free admission to these exhibitions to college students with ID through 2020, an initiative supported, in part, by The History Channel. This special program allows college students to access NewYork Historical’s roster of upcoming exhibitions that explore the pillars of American democracy as they prepare to vote, most of them for the first time.

“The year 2020 is a momentous time for both the past and future of American politics, as the centennial of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, coincides with both a presidential election and a census year,” said Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of New-York Historical. “This suite of complementary exhibitions showcases the ideas and infrastructure behind our American institutions that establish and protect our fundamental rights to make our voices heard and opinions count. We hope that all visitors will come away with a wider understanding of the important role each citizen plays in our democracy.”

Meet the Presidents (February 14 – ongoing)

A special permanent gallery on NewYork Historical’s fourth floor features a detailed re-creation of the White House Oval Office, where presidents

Pillars of

have exercised their powers, duties, and responsibilities since 1909. Visitors to New-York Historical can explore the Oval Office, hear audio recordings of presidential musings, and even sit behind a version of the President’s Resolute Desk for a photo op.

The Suzanne Peck and Brian Friedman Meet the Presidents  Gallery traces, through artwork and objects, the evolution of the presidency and executive branch and how presidents have interpreted and fulfilled their leadership role. Highlights include the actual Bible used during George Washington’s inauguration in 1789 and a student scrapbook from 1962 chronicling JFK’s leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Meet the Presidents is curated by Marci Reaven, vice president of history exhibits, and Lily Wong, assistant curator

Women March (February 28 – August 30)

For as long as there has been a United States, women have organized to shape the nation’s politics and secure their rights as citizens. Their collective action has taken many forms, from abolitionist petitions to industry-wide garment strikes to massive marches for an Equal Rights Amendment. Women March celebrates the centennial of the 19th Amendment—which granted women the right to vote in 1920—as it explores the efforts of a diverse array of women to expand American democracy in the centuries before and after the suffrage victory. Women March is curated by Valerie Paley, the director of the Center for Women’s History and New-York Historical senior vice president and chief historian, with the Center for Women’s History curatorial

American Democracy

team. The immersive exhibition features imagery and video footage of women’s collective action over time, drawing visitors into a visceral engagement with the struggles that have endured into the 21st century.

The exhibition begins with the many ways women asserted political influence long before they even demanded the vote. Objects and images demonstrate how they risked criticism for speaking against slavery, signed petitions against Indian Removal, raised millions to support the Civil War, and protested reduced wages and longer days. A riveting recreation of an 1866 speech by African American suffragist and activist Frances Harper demonstrates the powerful debates at women’s rights conventions. Absence of the vote hardly prevented women from running for political office: one engaging item on display is a campaign ribbon for Belva Lockwood, the first woman to argue before the Supreme Court, who won around 4,000 votes in her own presidential bid.

Multiple perspectives on the vote, including African American and

working-class activism, are explored, upending popular assumptions that suffragists were a homogenous group. The 19th Amendment is hailed as a crucial step forward, but recognized as an incomplete victory. One photograph shows an African American women’s voter group in Georgia circa 1920, formed despite wide disenfranchisement, and another shows women of the League of Women Voters who sought to make suffragists’ goals real with legislation that addressed issues such as public health and child welfare. A digital interactive monitor invites visitors to explore the nuances of voting laws concerning women across the entire United States.

Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions  (February 28 – May 31)

America has been singular among nations in fostering a vibrant culture of engagement with constitutional matters and the fundamental principles of government. Featuring

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more than 40 books and documents from the Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation’s collection,  Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions: Creating the American Republic illuminates America’s continuing debates on the role and limits of government and the fundamental rights of all citizens. From the early days of the American Revolution, to the American Civil War, to the eve of World War I, the rare and early printings of state and federal constitutions trace defining moments in American history and are testaments to our nation’s continuing experiment in self-government and the relentless quest for improvement.

Among the highlights on view is a rare example of the original Dunlap and Claypoole 1787 printing of the U.S. Constitution—one of few surviving copies. Manuscripts, such as the first known description of the Great Seal of America from 1782 and a certified 1802 handwritten copy of the 12th Amendment that altered the system for electing the president and vice president are also on view. The Choctaw Nation Constitution of 1838, written by members of the tribe forcibly relocated from Mississippi to Oklahoma, combines American constitutional forms with traditional practices in an effort to preserve self-government and prevent further violations of their fundamental rights. The Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836) sanctioned slavery and led the United States to

initially decline Texas’ requests for annexation; the inclusion of slavery in the Missouri Constitution of 1820 also led to a bitter fight in Congress to deny Missouri admission to the union. The progressive Louisiana Constitution of 1868 of the Civil War Reconstruction period prohibited segregation of schools by race. Kansas was the first of more than 30 states to prohibit alcohol with the Kansas State Prohibition Amendment of 1880, eventually leading to national Prohibition through the 18th Amendment in 1919. The Wyoming Constitution of 1889 declared that “male and female citizens” could exercise all rights equally, including the right “to vote and hold office”—three decades before federal ratification of the 19th Amendment. The bilingual New Mexico Constitution of 1910—Constitution of the State of New Mexico/Constitucion del Estado de Nuevo Mexico—guaranteed that all laws, including the constitution, would be published in both English and Spanish for at least 20 years.

This exhibition is the first public viewing of these selected historical documents together, and after its run at New-York Historical, it travels to the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia (June 12 – July 5, 2020

The People Count: The Census in the Making of America (March 13 – June 7)

What does it mean to be counted? As the 2020 Census kicks off, The People Count: The Census in the Making of America from the David M. Rubenstein

Americana Collection provides an in-depth look at the origins and story of the U. S. Census from 1790 through the 1800s, using 30 books and manuscripts that reveal the critical role the Census played in the development of the country. America became the first country to count its inhabitants for reasons of governing, as it dictates the number of House of Representatives seats that each state gets. In the 19th century as the country grew, so did the stakes of the census process, which further drove our nation west—and to war with itself.

The People Count pays particular attention to the problem of the ThreeFifths Compromise, the censusrelated clause in the Constitution that regarded slaves equal to 60% of freepersons. Unable to vote, enslaved people unwittingly added to the political representation of slaveholders. Displayed in the exhibition is the 1860 census, which counted 3.95 million slaves, an eighth of all Americans, and uncovered that in 10 years the North had gained 41% more people while the South grew by only 27%. On view are printings of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Ninth Census—Volume I, The Statistics of the Population of the United States, the 1870 census, when there was no longer slaves to be counted for the first time in nine censuses.

Programming

Historians and scholars engage in a slate of related conversations, lectures, and intimate salons throughout the

winter and spring. Black women and the 19th Amendment (March 12), older women in American history (March 19), and the life of Harriet Tubman (April 14) are among the topics explored during Women March. Programs that focus on the spirit of the law and the separation of powers (April 30), foreign influence in the 2020 election (May 2), and the presidents vs. the press (May 21) illuminate the presidency and the importance of the Oval Office. Scholars discuss power, politics, and madness (February 22) and the enduring constitutional vision of the Warren Court (April 25), among other programs focused on civics.

Family programs that take place on select weekends throughout the exhibitions’ run bring history to life for young visitors. One of the highlights is International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8, when families can make crafts and meet historical interpreters portraying famous and little known leaders of the women’s rights movement.

The New-York Historical Society is located at 170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400,  nyhistory. org

Herman Hollerith’s Punched Card Tabulator. Scientific American, vol. 63., no. 9. New York, 1890. Courtesy of David M. Rubenstein

Women activists with signs for registration, 1956. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection. © Cox Studio

Choctaw Nation Constitution of 1838 / The Constitution and Laws of the Choctaw Nation Park Hill, Cherokee Nation: John Candy, 1840. Photo credit: Ardon Bar-Hama

Rembrandt Peale.  George Washington (1732–1799), 1853. Oil on canvas. New-York Historical Society, Bequest of Caroline Phelps Stokes

Women’s History Month and writer Shirley Jackson

“quintessential haunted house tale.” That novel has twice been adapted for feature films.

In 1961 Jackson received the Edgar Allan Poe Award for “Louisa, Please,” one of the few such awards she ever received during her lifetime. The following year her novel “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” was included in the year’s “Ten Best Novels” by Time Magazine.

In 1963, director Robert Wise released “The Haunting,” the first film adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel, to excellent reviews. Jackson was invited to join the teaching staff at the famous Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, which is east of Middlebury, Vt., and she reviewed children’s books for the “New York Herald Tribune.”

In 1965 Jackson was awarded the Arents Pioneer Medal for Outstanding Achievement from Syracuse University. On August 8, 1965, Shirley Jackson died unexpectedly of heart failure. She was 48 years old.

The following year, Stanley Edgar Hyman published the anthology, “The Magic of Shirley Jackson,” plus a collection of her short stories and three previously-published novels.

The plot of “The Lottery”:

“The Lottery” takes place on June 27, on a beautiful summer day, in a small New England village where all the residents are gathering for their traditional annual lottery. Though the event first appears festive, it soon becomes clear that no one wants to win the lottery. Tessie Hutchinson seems unconcerned about the tradition until her family draws the dreaded mark. I won’t reveal the ending of the short story.

Shirley Jackson was recognized for her use of contrasts in the unfolding of the story. As “The Lottery” progresses, Jackson gives clues to indicate that something is not right. Readers have certain expectations but the story has many twists and turns. Usually winning a lot-

tery is a good thing but not in this case.

As Joyce Carol Oates has written, there is a certain slow-gathering momentum in “The Lottery.” Even though the story is short and to the point with about 3,700 words, it’s a page turner - we want to know what happens next.

About “The Haunting of Hill House”: The author decided to write “a ghost story” after reading about a group of nineteenth century “psychic researchers” who studied a house and reported their supposedly scientific findings to the Society for Psychic Research.

What Jackson discovered is their “dry reports was not the story of a haunted house, it was the story of several earnest, I believe misguided, certainly determined people, with their differing motivations and background.” Excited by the prospect of creating her own haunted house and the characters to explore it, she started researching.

Shirley Jackson later claimed to have found a picture of a California house she believed was suitably haunted-looking in a magazine. She asked her mother, who lived in California, to help find information about the house.

According to Jackson, her mother identified the house as one the author’s great-great-grandfather had built. He was an architect who had designed some of San Francisco’s oldest buildings.

Jackson also read many different volumes of traditional ghost stories while preparing to write her own. “No one can get into a novel about a haunted house without hitting the subject of reality headon; either I have to believe in ghosts, which I do, or I have to write another kind of novel altogether.” (Paula Guran)

Jackson sketched floor plans of downstairs and upstairs of Hill House and a rendering of the exterior.

Shirley Jackson’s legacy: In 2007, the Shirley Jackson Awards were established with the permission of Jackson’s estate. They are in recognition of her legacy in writing, and are awarded for outstanding achievement in the literature of psycho-

logical suspense, horror and the dark fantastic.

The experts say that Shirley Jackson wrote in two different styles. She could write about ordinary domestic life with humor and she could easily write a horror story in the Gothic style. As a master of the psychological horror genre, Jackson influenced Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Joanne Harris and other writers.

In 2014, Susan Scarf Merrell published a thriller called, “Shirley: A Novel,” about Jackson, her husband, a fictional couple who move in with them and a missing girl. The story goes: “When a young graduate student and his pregnant wife - Fred and Rose Nemser - move into Shirley and Stanley’s home in the fall of 1964, they quickly fall under the magnetic spell of their brilliant and unconventional hosts.” It goes on.

Susan Scarf Merrell is the director of the Southampton Writers Conference and an assistant professor in the MFA program in Creative Writing & Literature at SUNY Stony Brook.

Since at least 2015, Jackson’s adopted home of North Bennington has honored the famous author’s legacy by celebrating Shirley Jackson Day on June 27, the day the fictional story “The Lottery” took place.

Jackson was busy as a housewife in the 1950s even when she was busiest writing stories. She drove her four children to and from school and did chores around the house then wrote her stories on her Royal typewriter.

About writing and raising children, Shirley Jackson wrote: “All the time that I am making beds and doing dishes and driving to town for dancing shoes, I am telling myself stories.”

Shirley Jackson’s son, Laurence Jackson Hyman, was a writer, editor, publisher and jazz musician in his early 20s when his mother passed away. He has said that his mother’s mastery as a writer is now widely accepted. “She kept her words to a minimum,” he noted, trying to explain the unusual power of

her writing. “She never uses an adjective and or an adverb unless she needs to. Yet always you have this feeling: that at any moment, something terrible might happen.” (theguardian.com)

People often ask him how she could both write a story as dark as “The Lottery” and the lighter magazine pieces she produced to support her family. “But I don’t find that strange at all,” Laurence said. “The answer is abundantly simple. That’s what fiction is.

“She was a writer, and a good one can use a variety of styles … My mother wrote about seemingly placid situations in which everything appears to be in place, and everybody is happy; the sky is blue and the birds are singing. But underneath … well, there is always this tremendous tension.”

In Sonoma, Calif., in 1978, there was a weeklong celebration of women’s contributions to culture, history and society organized by the local school district. Presentations were given at dozens of schools, hundreds of students participated in a “Real Woman” essay contest and a parade was held in downtown Santa Rosa. Women’s History Month in the U.S. grew out of this special event.

A few years later, the idea had caught on within communities, school districts and organizations across the country. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women’s History Week.

In 1981, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution establishing a national celebration. Six years later, the National Women’s History Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand the event to the entire month of March.

In addition to writer Shirley Jackson, I can think of lots of other women who should be recognized during Women’s History Month for their many contributions to society.

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BY LINDSEY NOVAK

Most people think they are good communicators. But if you ask them if they think most (SET ITAL)other(END ITAL) people are good communicators, they respond, “No, most people are not good communicators.” So says Scott Warrick, labor and employment attorney, human resource professional and author of “Solve Employee Problems Before They Start: Resolving Conflict in the Real World.” This seems to be the way most people think: They hold an attitude of “I do everything better than everyone else.”

Warrick wrote the book after 15 years in the human resources field and 25 years in employment law. As both an employment lawyer and human resources professional, he is called into companies to coach and resolve employee conflicts, ranging from poor interpersonal skills, bad attitudes, negative communication styles, belligerent personalities, control and mistrust issues, and poor management abilities.

high level of emotional intelligence and the ability to control the ego and emotions does Warrick proceed to “Verbal ‘Jeet’ Skills.” He named the process after the Chinese word “Jeet,” which translates to “the way.” A skill set known as “EPR” helps guide human resources professionals in how to employ “empathic listening” (understanding the employee’s perspective), “parroting” (to ensure an understanding of what was said) and “rewards” (validating the employee’s opinion before sharing his thoughts for resolution). Validation is required to show that everyone’s opinion should be respected even though, in the end, the company may not agree with the employee.

likely to experience accidents, physical assault, combat, disaster, or to witness death or injury.” Further statistics show approximately “7 or 8 out of every 100 people (or 7-8% of the population) will have PTSD at some point in their lives. About 8 million adults have PTSD during a given year. This is only a small portion of those who have gone through a trauma. About 10 of every 100 women (or 10%) develop PTSD sometime in their lives compared with about 4 of every 100 men (or 4%).”

When an employee shows continual anger, Warrick refers the person to a psychiatrist who will determine if a brain scan is in order.

If the person continues to display anger or anxiety and cannot be retained by the company, Warrick’s goal is still to help. According the National Center for post-traumatic stress disorder, “about 6 of every 10 men (or 60%) and 5 of every 10 women (or 50%) experience at least one trauma in their lives. Women are more likely to experience sexual assault and child sexual abuse. Men are more

Email career and life coach: Lindsey@LindseyNovak.com with your workplace problems and issues. Ms. Novak responds to all emails. For more information, visit www.lindseynovak.com and for past columns, see www.creators. com/read/At-Work-Lindsey-Novak.

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As a coach, he is responsible for speaking the truth to troubled or problem employees while maintaining respect for the person who may be difficult or disrespectful. Sometimes, the truth hits hard, especially for employees with a low emotional intelligence level, but Warrick has developed a procedure to put the employee at ease and open his or her eyes to the problem as the company sees it. He is also faced with the assignment of advising the company when an employee is not capable of adapting to appropriate behavior.

Warrick first interviews the problematic employee using a coaching and problem-resolution system by creating shortcuts to known systems that seemed overwhelming to those administering them. A coaching session begins with the simple sentence, “I understand there’s a problem.” He asks the employee to describe the situation in his or her own words. While listening to the person’s response (sometimes a couple of times so the person is able to fully explain the issue), he assesses the person’s emotional intelligence level. A high level of emotional intelligence means the person is able to control his or her ego and emotions, which means they will not verbally attack or retreat by withdrawing and holding back. When an employee behaves at the emotional level of a child, Warrick uses role-playing to help the person see another perspective.

Only if the employee displays a

EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE

Will Past Money Mistakes Hurt the Future?

Dear Mary: My husband and I are looking to buy our first home, and I’m a little nervous about applying for a mortgage. During my single days, I got myself into a heap of trouble with credit card debt and filed for bankruptcy. Since then, I’ve been extremely careful about spending and saving, but I’m still worried about what my past recklessness has done to my credit. Even worse, I haven’t been able to bring myself to tell my budget-conscious husband about it. What can I do to make sure this doesn’t ruin our chances of getting a home? -- Donna

Dear Donna: You need to face this head-on. Get free copies of your credit reports from AnnualCreditReport.com, take a deep breath, and share it with your husband. Many lenders look at patterns of behavior, so if you can show at least six months of on-time payments, you may be in a lot better shape than you think. Ask a mort-

gage banker to review both of your credit files and advise you on what you can do now to improve your creditworthiness. Check out the myFico website to get your credit scores. While you’re there, click on “Education” to learn how credit scores are determined. The sooner you and your husband see this challenge as “us against the problem” not “us against each other,” the sooner you’ll be sending out change-of-address notices!

Dear Mary: Our beloved dog, Bella, is getting older, and we’re concerned about safeguarding her health. She recently had surgery that cost us $3,000. While the vet assures us she’s fine now, we want to make sure we don’t get hit with another huge bill. Of course, we’ll do everything we can to keep Bella healthy, but we simply can’t afford thousands of dollars worth of medical expenses. What can we do? -- Pat Dear Pat: Plan ahead by stashing

BY MARY HUNT

money into a “Bella account.” Call to learn your vet’s policies regarding emergency services like hours, fees and discounts for cash payments. Find out what constitutes a true emergency and what can wait until the office opens.

Look into alternatives such as the humane society or university vet clinics that offer thriftier alternatives for shots and routine care. For Bella’s wellness checks, keep an eye out for reduced-veterinary-service clinics sponsored by government agencies or pet stores. Should Bella face another serious situation, I hope you will have time to get a second opinion. You might want to look into pet health insurance. Just keep in mind that most pet health insurance policies exclude preexisting conditions. And they have high deductibles and copays, too. If I were you, I would ask my veterinarian which pet health insurance company he

or she uses for his or her personal pets. That should tell you a lot! I wish you many more wonderful years with Bella!

Dear Mary: For the past two years, I’ve watched the steady decline in value of one specific stock I own. My father has been hounding me to sell it so I can claim it as a loss on my tax returns, but I’m not sure how that works. And isn’t it wiser just to ride it out until the company improves its financial situation instead of dumping everything? I hate to sell it and then see the value go up shortly afterwards. Who’s right here? -- Blake

Dear Blake: You are both right. If you sell the stock at a loss, your losses are tax-deductible when you itemize. But if you don’t need the money right now and you believe in the future of the company, you might want to hang on. The stock could rebound. In the meantime,

even though it looks like you have lost a lot, the truth is you haven’t really lost anything until you actually sell the stock. Still, as you are learning, investing in the stock market is not for the faint of heart. Making sure you only invest money you can afford to lose will help to make the crazy ups and downs of the market a more enjoyable ride.

Would you like more information? Go to EverydayCheapskate. com for links and resources for recommended products and services in this column. Mary invites questions, comments and tips at EverydayCheapskate.com, “Ask Mary.” This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of EverydayCheapskate.com, a lifestyle blog, and the author of the book “Debt-Proof Living.”

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Crazy for characters

As part of the Levittown Public Schools’ 2019-2020 literacy initiative, elementary school students across the district focused on characters during the month of January.

Students participated in a variety of activities to better understand the characters found in their books. They were encouraged to think about character traits, the problems that their char-

acters faced, relationships with other characters and more. The month ended on a high note as students participated in a character parade around their respective school buildings. Students and staff dressed as characters from their favorite books and had a great time showing off their creative costumes.

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Fifth-graders from Gardiners Avenue School dressed like characters from their favorite books during the school’s character parade on Jan. 30.

Where’s Waldo? A handful of students from Lee Road Elementary School dressed like Waldo for the school’s character parade.

Men’s Summer Softball Night

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that registration is currently ongoing for the Town’s Men’s Summer Softball Night League, with games scheduled to begin in May 2020. Games will be held at four parks throughout the Town, and residents and non-residents alike are welcome to sign up for the softball league.

“The Town’s Men’s Summer Softball Night League is a fun and competitive softball league that promotes teamwork,

friendship, physical fitness and provides a great opportunity for both residents and non-residents to enjoy their love of the game, and take advantage of our wonderful Town parks and facilities,” said Councilman Imbroto. “So get your team together, and make sure to register early, as our summer softball league is a popular program that is sure to fill up fast!”

Games will begin in May 2020 and will be held at 4 different locations:

Theodore Roosevelt Park, located on West Avenue in Oyster Bay

John J. Burns Park, located at 4990 Merrick Road in Massapequa Ellsworth Allen Park, located at 45 Motor Avenue in Farmingdale Plainview-Old Bethpage Community Park, located at 175 Washington Avenue in Plainview Registration is currently ongoing but will close on Friday, April 3, 2020. The

League

Men’s Summer Softball Night League features 20 regular season games (two games per night once a week), with a fee for registration of $700 per team. Only a check or money order will be accepted, made payable to “Town of Oyster Bay.”

Teams interested in more information or looking to receive a registration packet should contact the Town of Oyster Bay’s Parks Department, Recreation Division, at (516) 797-4125, x. 4

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East Broadway students dressed like book characters.

Hicksville HS groups named semifinalists in national competition

Hicksville Public Schools congratulates the Hicksville High School Concert Choir and the Hicksville High School Chamber Singers, as both ensembles were named national semifinalists in the high school division of The American Prize choral competition.

The American Prize is a series of new, nonprofit national competitions in the performing arts providing cash awards, professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition for the best recorded performances by ensembles and individuals at the professional, college/university, church, community and secondary school levels. Hicksville High School choral director Michelle Shmuel entered both performing groups in the competition by submitting extensive video footage from past performances as well as descriptions of each group.

“It’s an honor to be considered for this award; it’s really a tribute to how the choral program has grown,” said Shmuel, who directs the 93-member Concert Choir as well

as the 27-member Chamber Singers group. One of the things that she is most proud of is that both ensembles are a microcosm of the community’s diversity. Both groups perform many of their songs in different languages.

“They are truly a reflection of the cultural background of Hicksville,” Shmuel added.

Administered by Hat City Music Theater Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Danbury, Connecticut, The American Prize was founded in 2009 and is awarded annually.

Following a second review of the entry submissions, finalists will be announced in April. Winners will be named in May.

“This is a very exciting honor, and we are all very proud of the work Michelle has done in nurturing the choral program and bringing much-deserved notoriety to our talented young singers,” said Hicksville Supervisor of Fine and Performing Arts Chad Wyman. “We wish both groups well over the next few months of the competition.”

Photos courtesy of the Hicksville School District

The Hicksville High School Chamber Singers have also advanced to the semifinal round of The American Prize choral competition.

The Hicksville High School Concert Choir has been named a national semifinalist in The American Prize choral competition.

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

Nassau County

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee for holders of the HSI Asset Securitization Corporation Trust 2006-HE1, Plaintiff AGAINST

Vito Giambanco; et al, Defendant

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 1/16/2020 and entered on 1/17/2020, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 17, 2020 at 11:30 AM premises known as 59 Abbot Lane, Hicksville, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 45, BLOCK: 353, LOT: 29. Approximate amount of judgment is $773,717.61 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 2071/2014.

Mark Weliky, Referee

FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 MIT 5880 4X 02/14,21,28,03/06

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

Nassau County

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-14, Plaintiff - against -

JEAN C. ST GILLES AKA

JEAN GILLES AKA JEAN CLAUDE ST. GILLES, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 6, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501 on the 17th day of March, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, lying and being at Levittown, Hicksville, Town of Oyster bay, County of Nassau and State of

New York. Premises known as 46 Grape Lane, Hicksville, NY 11801. (Section: 45, Block: 329, Lot: 18) Approximate amount of lien $528,689.87 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 8742/16.

Charles Casolaro, Esq., Referee.

Davidson Fink LLP

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 2802832

Dated: January 16, 2020 MIT 5882 4X 02/14,21,28,03/06

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court Nassau County CITIBANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST VI, Plaintiff AGAINST

AVTAR SINGH, ET AL.,

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated April 02, 2018 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 March 31, 2020 at 11:30AM, premises known as 3 CRESCENT STREET, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 12, BLOCK 168, LOT 30. Approximate amount of judgment $634,829.71 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 14750-13.

PETER MENOUDAKOS, ESQ., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

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

MIT 5883

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LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

Nassau County TLF NATIONAL TAX LIEN TRUST 2017-1, Plaintiff -againstKELLY DRUMMOND, EDWARD J. DRUMMOND, BARBARA E. DRUMMOND, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated January 15, 2020 and entered on January 21, 2020, 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 March 31, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. premises situate, lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Easterly side of Ash Lane, distant 463.02 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Easterly side of Ash Lane with the Southerly side of Abbot Lane; being a plot 100 feet by 60 feet by 100 feet by 60 feet. Section: 45 Block: 350 Lot: 30

Said premises known as 25 ASH LANE, HICKSVILLE, NY Approximate amount of lien $11,767.90 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 613336/2018.

JOHN G. KENNEDY, ESQ., Referee Bronster, LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 156 West 56th Street, Suite 1801, New York, NY 10019 MIT 5884

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ACCURATE APPR LLC

Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 02/18/2020. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY is designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC; C/O LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC. 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE SUITE 1 #086 BUFFALO, NY 14221. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

MIT 5885

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court Nassau County DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2007-NC3 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-NC3, V. WILLIAM K. SMITH A/K/A WILLIAM SMITH, ET. AL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated July 29, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2007-NC3 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-NC3 is the Plaintiff and WILLIAM K. SMITH A/K/A WILLIAM SMITH, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). 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 March 10, 2020 at 11:30 AM, premises known as 88 SOUTH HERMAN AVE, BETHPAGE, NY 11714: Section 49, Block 233, Lot 245: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT BETHPAGE, FORMERLY CENTRAL PARK, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 11080/2010.

Michael Wolkow, Esq.Referee.

RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. BN 7454 4X 02/07,14,21,28

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court Nassau County Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the

HSI Asset Securitization Corporation Trust 2006-HE2, Plaintiff AGAINST Patricia Warmhold, et al, Defendant

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 8/15/2019 and entered on 8/16/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 10, 2020 at 11:30 AM premises known as 201 N 1st Street, Bethpage, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 46, BLOCK: 48, LOT: 8-10. Approximate amount of judgment is $606,979.12 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 7502/2016.

Lawrence Weinreich, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 BN 7455 4X 02/07,14,21,28

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court Nassau County REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, V. JOHANNA C. MCMILLAN; ET. AL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated September 09, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC is the Plaintiff and JOHANNA C. MCMILLAN; ET AL. are the Defendant(s). 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 March 24, 2020 at 11:30 am, premises known as 146 RAILROAD AVE, BETHPAGE, NY 11714: Section 46, Block 022, Lot 1 & 49: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING

AND BEING AT BETHPAGE, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 0001057/2017.

Stephen Frommer, Esq.Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. BN 7458

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF BETHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Board of Trustees of the Bethpage Public Library hereby gives notice that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of the Bethpage Union Free School District will be held at the Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New York, on the 6th day of April, 2020 from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting by paper ballots upon the following propositions:

1. To elect one Library Trustee, for a term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2020, previously incumbered by: John McCarthy

2. To elect one Library Trustee, commencing April 6, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021, previously incumbered by: Dennis Gaffney and currently incumbered by appointee: Greg Cusumano

A petition shall be required to nominate such candidate to the office of Library Trustee. Each vacancy is a separate specific office and a separate petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate office. Each petition shall be directed to the District Clerk at the School District Administration Offices Cherry Avenue and Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York, shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate. Petitions shall be available at the Office of the District Clerk at the School District Administrative Offices, Cherry Avenue and Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York. In the event that any such nominee shall withdraw his or her

candidacy prior to the election, such person shall not be considered a candidate unless a new petition nominating such person in the same manner and with the same limitations applicable to other candidates is filed with the District Clerk. Each petition shall be filed in the office of the District Clerk between the hours of 9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (excluding Saturdays and Sundays), through March 6, 2020 and not later than March 6, 2020. No person shall be nominated by petition for more than one separate office.

REGISTRATION

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law, personal registration of voters is necessary and no person shall be entitled to vote at said Special District Meeting of April 6, 2020 unless such person has personally registered.

Each person may register for the said Special Meeting by appearing personally before the Board of Registration of the School District on March 25, 2020, as hereinafter stated. The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of personal voter registration and the preparation of a register of the qualified voters of said School District, on March 25, 2020 between the hours of 4:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. at the School District Administrative Offices during which time and at which place members of the Board of Registration shall place upon the School District Register the names of all qualified voters personally appearing before them, provided they are known to be or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration that they are entitled to vote at the above specified Library Special District Meeting. Such register, upon its completion, will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk at the School District Administrative Offices, Cherry Avenue and Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York, and will remain on file at such office and will be open for inspection between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. on each of the five (5) days prior to the meeting or election for which it was prepared, except Saturday and Sunday. Voters may register for voting at sub-

LEGAL NOTICES

sequent Library special district meetings on the day of the April 6, 2020 Special District Meeting. All persons who have voted at any Special or Annual Meeting or Election or at any general election within four (4) years prior to the preparation of the register, or who are registered to vote at any general election, pursuant to Section 5-210 of the Election Law of the State of New York need not re-register to vote at the Special District Meeting of April 6, 2020. In addition, any person who can demonstrate that he is qualified to vote in general elections and who otherwise meets the qualifications of a School District voter, will be permitted to vote at the Special District Meeting on April 6, 2020.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that in accordance with Education Law Section 2018a, applications for absentee ballots for the Special District Meeting may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the Bethpage Union Free School District. Such application must be received by the Board of Registration at least seven (7) days prior to the Special District Meeting if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the Special District Meeting, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. The Board of Registration shall make a list of all persons to whom absentee voters’ ballots have been issued, and have it available during regular office hours until the day of the Special District Meeting. Such list will be posted at the polling place during the Special District Meeting. No absentee voter ballot shall be canvassed unless it is received not later than 5:00 P.M. on the day of the Special District Meeting.

Dated: Bethpage, New York February 21, 2020

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BETHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Mary Macaluso, President BN 7459

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AVISO DE REUNIÓN ESPECIALDE

LA BIBLIOTECA

PÚBLICA DE BETHPAGE

El Consejo Directivo de la Biblioteca Pública de Bethpage

por este medio notifica que una Reunión Especial del Distrito de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar sin Sindicato de Bethpage se llevará a cabo en la Biblioteca Pública de Bethpage, 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, Nueva York, el sexto día de abril de 2020 a partir de las 2:00 p. m. hasta las 8:00 p. m. hora local, con el propósito de llevar a cabo la votación de las siguientes propuestas en boletas de papel:

1. Elegir un Miembro del Consejo de la Biblioteca, para un período de cinco (5) años, a partir del 1° de julio de 2020, anteriormente ocupado por: John McCarthy

2. Elegir un Miembro del Consejo de la Biblioteca, comenzando el 6 de abril de 2020 y terminando el 30 de junio de 2021, anteriormente ocupado por: Dennis Gaffney actualmente ocupado por una persona asignada: Greg Cusumano

Se requerirá una petición para nominar a dicho candidato a la oficina del Consejo Directivo de la Biblioteca. Cada vacante es un cargo específico por separado y se requiere una petición por separado para nominar a un candidato para cada cargo por separado. Cada petición se dirigirá al Secretario del Distrito en las Oficinas de Administración del Distrito Escolar Cherry Avenue y Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Nueva York, deberá estar firmada por lo menos por veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del Distrito, y deberá indicar el nombre y residencia del candidato. Las peticiones estarán disponibles en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito en las Oficinas Administrativas del Distrito Escolar, Cherry Avenue y Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Nueva York. En caso de que dicho candidato retire su candidatura antes de la elección, dicha persona no será considerada un candidato a menos que se presente una nueva petición para nominar a esa persona de la misma manera y con las mismas limitaciones aplicables a otros candidatos ante el Secretario del Distrito. Cada petición se presentará en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito de 9:30 a. m. a 4:00 p .m. (excluyendo sábados y domingos), hasta el 6 de marzo de 2020 y no después

del 6 de marzo de 2020. Ninguna persona será nominada por petición para más de un cargo por separado.

REGISTRO

SE AVISA TAMBIÉN que de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, el registro personal de los votantes es necesario y ninguna persona tendrá derecho a votar en dicha Reunión Especial de Distrito del 6 de abril de 2020 a menos que dicha persona se haya registrado personalmente. Cada persona puede registrarse para dicha Reunión Especial presentándose personalmente ante el Consejo de Registro del Distrito Escolar, el 25 de marzo de 2020, como se indica más adelante. El Consejo de Registro se reunirá con el propósito de llevar a cabo el registro personal de votantes y la preparación de un registro de votantes calificados de dicho Distrito Escolar, el 25 de marzo de 2020 entre las 4:00 p. m. y las 8:00 p. m. en las Oficinas Administrativas del Distrito Escolar durante el cual y en ese lugar los miembros del Consejo de Registro colocarán en el Registro del Distrito Escolar los nombres de todos los votantes calificados que se presenten personalmente ante ellos, siempre que se conozca o se demuestre a la satisfacción de dicho Consejo de Registro que tienen derecho a votar en la Reunión Especial del Distrito de la Biblioteca especificada anteriormente. Dicho registro, una vez completado, se presentará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito en las Oficinas Administrativas del Distrito Escolar, Cherry Avenue y Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Nueva York, y permanecerá archivado en dicha oficina y estará abierto para inspección de 9:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m. cada uno de los cinco (5) días previos a la reunión o elección para la que se preparó, excepto los sábados y domingos. Los votantes pueden registrarse para votar en las siguientes reuniones especiales de distrito de la Biblioteca el día de la Reunión Especial de Distrito del 6 de abril de 2020. Todas las personas que han votado en una Reunión Especial o Anual o Elección o en cualquier elección general en un periodo de cuatro (4) años anteriores a la

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preparación del registro, o que estén registradas para votar en cualquier elección general, de conformidad con la Sección 5-210 de la Ley Electoral del Estado de Nueva York no necesitan volver a registrarse para votar en la Reunión Especial de Distrito del 6 de abril de 2020.

Además, cualquier persona que pueda demostrar que califica o sea que reúne los requisitos para poder votar en las elecciones generales y que de otra manera cumpla con los requisitos de un votante del Distrito Escolar, podrá votar en la Reunión Especial del Distrito el 6 de abril de 2020.

SE AVISA TAMBIÉN, que de acuerdo con la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación, las solicitudes de boletas en ausencia para la Reunión Especial del Distrito se pueden solicitar en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar sin Sindicato de Bethpage. Dicha solicitud la debe recibir el Consejo de Registro por lo menos siete (7) días antes de la Reunión Especial del Distrito si la boleta se debe enviar por correo al votante, o el día antes de la Reunión Especial del Distrito, si la boleta se va a entregar

personalmente al votante. El Consejo de Registro hará una lista de todas las personas a quienes se les han emitido las boletas de votantes en ausencia, y la tendrá disponible durante el horario de atención habitual hasta el día de la Reunión

Especial del Distrito. Dicha lista se publicará en el lugar de votación durante la Reunión

Especial del Distrito. No se escudriñará ninguna boleta de votante en ausencia a menos que se reciba a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. el día de la Reunión

Especial del Distrito.

Fechado: Bethpage, Nueva York

21 de febrero de 2020 POR ORDEN DE LOS MIEMBROS DEL CONSEJO DIRECTIVO DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE BETHPAGE

Mary Macaluso, Presidenta

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NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

Nassau County

Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Michael B. Mendonez, Jr. a/k/a Michael B. Mendonez, Gracia

T. Mendonez a/k/a Grace T. Mendonez, et al, Defendant

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 3/1/2017 and entered on 3/17/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 31, 2020 at 11:30 AM premises known as 11 Berry Hill Lane, Bethpage, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 49, BLOCK: 267, LOT: 7. Approximate amount of judgment is $410,614.09 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 005296/2014. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 2802832.

Nicole Forchelli, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

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Environmentalists call for criminal charges against Grumman, Navy

sign parts of the amended ROD, and were not fully committed to the proposed project.

“They are still trying to put doubt in people’s minds that they are not fully responsible for this,” said Boufis. “Hopefully this time around both parties will fully sign on to the amended ROD.”

Esposito said that a minimal fine or slap on the wrist is not enough of a punishment.

“I believe that criminal charges are necessary to give justice to all of the families that have been impacted by the Navy and Grumman coverup over the last forty plus years and to prevent this from happening in other communities,” said Esposito.

Hearing planned for

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ness center and food-service kiosks.  The existing TD Bank and Chipotle restaurant would remain on the site.  The proposed development includes approximately 5 acres of green space.

As the Town Board declared that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) of the site is complete for purposes of public review, a 60-day public comment period is underway through March 29 to ensure that residents have an opportunity to provide their opinions on the applicant’s proposal. At the March 10 hearing, residents will hear the full proposal and be able to comment on all aspects of the project, including environmental considerations

as well as the developer’s special-use permit application.

The DEIS is available online at: http://oysterbaytown.com/ seritage. Hard copies of the DEIS are available at Town of Oyster Bay Town Clerk’s Office, Hicksville Public Library, and Town of Oyster Bay Department of Environmental Resources (DER).

Residents and members of the public are invited to submit their comments at the hearing and/or in writing now through Friday, March 27, 2020 by visiting http://oysterbaytown.com/ seritage or mailing correspondence to: Town of Oyster Bay Department of Environmental Resources, Attention Deputy Commissioner George Baptista, 29 Spring Street, Oyster Bay, NY  11771.

Division Avenue junior selected as Key Club lieutenant governor

Division Avenue High School Key Club President Mya Ferreiro, Division Avenue Key Club Bulletin Editor Emily Leicht, newly elected Lt. Gov. Tarangini Arunachalam, first Division Avenue Key Club Vice President Abani Ahmed and second Division Avenue Key Club Vice President Charlize Rojas. Photo courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Tarangini Arunachalam, a junior from Division Avenue High School, was recently elected as Key Club Division Six Lieutenant Governor for the 202021 Key Club Year. She is one of 28 Lt. Governors in the state who will report to the New York State Key Club Board. Her new responsibility is to oversee all of the 14 local Key Clubs that make up Division Six. Arunachalam will officially take office as Lt. Governor in April upon her return from the Leadership Training Conference in Albany from March 27-29.

Arunachalam currently serves as

the webmaster of the Division Avenue High School Key Club. According to JoAnn Medina, Division Avenue High School’s key club international adviser, Arunachalam’s new role as lt. governor is a major responsibility in leadership. She will maintain communication with all of the schools in Division Six, including her own school. This is the second time in more than 10 years that Division Avenue High School has had a lt. governor to represent Key Club. Arunachalam is replacing past Division Six Lt. Gov. David DeRienzo from General Douglas MacArthur High School.

Community Council to meet

The Hicksville Community Council will hold a general meeting on Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m. at the Hicksville Community Center, 28 West Carl Street, Hicksville.

The meeting agenda will include discussion of the MTA's plans for Hicksville.

Celebrate Purim with TOB Chabad

The Town of Oyster Bay Chabad will be hosting a community-wide celebration including a magic show, face painting, balloon animals, cotton candy, temporary tattoos, crowning ceremony, bubbles, games, dancing, music and more! Event will take place on Tuesday, March 10 at 4:15 p.m. At 678 Woodbury Rd, Woodbury NY, followed by reading

the Megilla and recounting the miracle of Purim. This program is free of charge.

Also featured will be music, drinks and hamantashen. Celebrating the joy of Purim will be an experience to be remembered.

For more information and to register for free, visit us online at Jewishtob.org

Spring enrichment classes for adults

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that the Department of Community and Youth Services, Cultural and Performing Arts Division (CAPA) will be once again offering exciting cultural enrichment programs for the spring 2020 season, and registration for all applications is now open.

“I am pleased to announce that the Town’s Cultural Enrichment Program will return once again this spring, as these enrichment programs offer residents the opportunity to develop a new skill while having fun in the process,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “Whether you’re an emerging artist or a resident looking for a new hobby, these classes offer a wonderful opportunity to broaden your horizons, and provide not only education but enjoyment as well.”

All of the classes will be held at the Syosset-Woodbury Community Center, located at 7800 Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury, except for the All About Crystals and Meditation and Spiritual Awakening workshops, which will be held at North Massapequa Community Center, 214 N. Albany Avenue in Massapequa. Classes fill up quickly and are available on a first come, first served basis. Workshop schedules are as follows:

• Watercolor – Beginners10 weekly sessions on Mondays, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the Syosset-Woodbury Community Center, beginning on March 2.

• Watercolor – Intermediate – 10 weekly sessions on Mondays, 12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Syosset-Woodbury

Community Center, beginning on March 2.

• Painting in Oils – Beginners10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the Syosset-Woodbury Community Center, beginning on March 3.

• Painting in Oils –Intermediate- 10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Syosset-Woodbury Community Center, beginning on March 3.

• Drawing Fundamentals- 10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the Syosset-Woodbury Community Center, beginning on March 4.

• Sumi-e Painting - 10 weekly sessions on Thursdays from 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Syosset-Woodbury Community Center, beginning on March 5.

• Abstract Acrylics- 10 weekly sessions on Fridays, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Syosset-Woodbury Community Center, beginning on March 6.

• All About Crystals- 4 weekly sessions on Mondays, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at the North Massapequa Community Center, beginning on March 23.

• Meditation & Spiritual Awakening - 4 weekly sessions on Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at the North Massapequa Community Center, beginning on March 17.

To obtain an Enrichment Program Brochure or obtain additional information on classes and registration, please visit www.oysterbaytown.com or call the Town’s Department of Community and Youth Services at (516) 797-7925.