Mid-Island Times (3/11/22)

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HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Oyster Bay Town Councilman Tom Hand, Councilman Lou Imbroto, and Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino joined with Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker to honor Grand Marshal Gabriel Hickey for his many years of dedication to ensure the success of the Bethpage St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Councilman Lou Imbroto and Councilman Tom Hand joined with Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker to kick off the month of March with the luck of the Irish, celebrating the 30th Annual Bethpage St. Patrick's Day Parade.

“As a resident of Bethpage myself, I am so proud to celebrate this momentous occasion as this staple in our community enters its 30th year of operation,” said Imbroto.

Supervisor Saladino honored this year’s Grand Marshal Gabriel Hickey for his many

years of dedication to ensure the success of the Bethpage St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and his commitment to the community as a Bethpage resident for over forty years.

“The Bethpage St. Patrick’s Day Parade has grown into one of the most vibrant and well-known St. Patrick’s Day traditions on all of Long Island thanks to our local businesses and community members like Gabriel,” Saladino added. “Here’s to 30 more years of this wonderful tradition, in this wonderful Town.”

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Town strikes deal with LIRR for revitalization

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Long Island Rail Road to advance revitalization projects in downtown Hicksville while limiting their impact on commuter parking. A Memorandum of Understanding to be entered into between the parties allows the Town to proceed with expansion of John F. Kennedy Park, a new pedestrian walkway known as Festival Pathway, and beautification improvements along the Underline of the railroad tracks.

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino stated, “I thank the Long Island Rail Road for working with my economic development team to move revitalization projects forward for the Hicksville community. From expanded park space to beautification projects and a new safe pedestrian walkway, we are improving the downtown and helping to attract new housing opportu-

nities, restaurants, shops and office space.”

These revitalization projects, along with the zoning changes recently approved by the Town Board, incorporate years of collaboration between the Town and Hicksville community. With the scope of these revitalization plans more defined, the Town plans to proceed with the design phase of the projects and get shovels into the ground next year. The Town and the MTA have agreed to meet annually to further discuss the pressing need for greater parking at the Hicksville Long Island Rail Road.

The Saladino administration has said it will set aside $1.1 million in Federal money for the downtown and secured $150,000 from Nassau County for beautification and safety improvements. These funds will be utilized along Broadway and Newbridge Road to improve pedestrian safety and enhance walkability.

Arrest in Levittown robbery Nassau County Police arrested a Bayshore man for allegedly robbing a Levittown woman on Wednesday, February 16 at 6:30 p.m.

According to police, Jonathan Vazquez, 20, of Bayshore, approached a 52 year-old woman as she arrived at her Ridge Lane, Levittown home. Police say he dis-

played a handgun and demanded money from his victim. He then forcibly removed her pocketbook, containing a cell phone, wallet, credit cards and currency, according to police.

Vazquez was arrested on March 1 in Uniondale and is charged with robbery.

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Volunteers needed to help save shoreline Residents who want to give back to the environment and help protect the shoreline are invited to join Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and members of the Town Board at Dune Day, scheduled for Saturday, March 26 at TOBAY Beach at 10 a.m. This volunteer opportunity allows residents to plant dune grass along the shoreline.

Supervisor Saladino stated, “The Dune Stabilization Project brings together residents of all ages in an effort to protect and preserve our beautiful shoreline and environment by planting stalks of dune grass. This is a wonderful volunteer opportunity for students, scouts, families, organizations and anyone who has a passion for protecting Mother Nature.”

The Dune Stabilization Project helps

preserve our beach and barrier island for future generations, Volunteers work alongside Town officials and crews, as well as residents from across the Town who share an interest in helping preserve TOBAY Beach.

Dunes along our south shore continue to face environmentally damaging storms that have a significant impact on the beach. Statistics indicate that the planting of dune grass provides a natural shield that is perfect for withstanding storm surges and high winds.

Residents interested in volunteering or seeking additional information, may contact the Department of Environmental Resources at (516) 677-5943, via email at environmental@oysterbay-ny.gov or visit www. oysterbaytown.com.

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Polar Plunge returns to TOBAY Beach on March 19 The Town of Oyster Bay invites residents to be “Freezin’ for a Reason” at the annual Polar Plunge benefitting the Special Olympics New York on Saturday, March 19 at TOBAY Beach.

The event, originally scheduled for earlier in the month, will include COVIDsafety protocols and pre-assigned time slots.

“Many of our residents head to TOBAY Beach for summer fun, but this event provides an enjoyable and charitable reason to spend a great day at the beach much sooner,” said Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino.

“Participants will have an opportunity to prove their mettle and their compassion by wading into the chilly waters of TOBAY Beach to raise funds for the athletes of Special Olympics New York.”

With the safety of participants being the highest priority for both Special Olympics and the Town of Oyster Bay, this year’s plunge will once again include numerous safety measures to protect all plungers and spectators.

All participants will be given specific plunge times and parameters during their registration, which begins at 9:30 a.m., with plunging times beginning at 11 a.m. Requested donation is $25 per

participant. Plungers who raise $150 receive a commemorative Polar Plunge sweatshirt.

All funds raised at the event support Special Olympics New York’s programs and promote awareness of people living with intellectual disabilities in New York. Proceeds will help to provide yearround sports training and competition in over 22 Olympic-style sports for more than 66,835 children and adults with intellectual disabilities living in New York, giving them continuing opportunities at no cost to them or their families.

“This polar plunge is sure to create lasting memories for all participants while supporting a very worthwhile cause,” added Town Councilman Lou Imbroto. “Special Olympics New York changes lives through the joy of sports and the Town of Oyster Bay is proud to partner with this outstanding organization to help make this event a success.

Please join with me in braving the chilly waters for a great reason.”

To register your team and invite family and friends, visit http://events. nyso.org/tobaybeach.

For more information, call Casey Maloney at (631) 458-4078 or e-mail to cmmaloney@ nyso.org.

Train show to benefit leukemia society The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that Trainville Hobby Depot will host a Model Train Show on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Hicksville Community Center, located at 28 West Carl Street in Hicksville.

The Model Train Show includes operating model layouts coordinated by Trainville Hobby Depot. Donations are being accepted at the exhibit to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

“We are pleased to partner with Trainville Hobby Depot, who coordinates or participates in many hobby

shows that benefit the fundraising efforts of a sponsoring organization,” said Councilman Hand. “Assisting groups that not only bring a fun and educational experience to residents of all ages, but also help preserve our history in understanding the railroad’s role in our heritage, is a great cause.”

Admission in to the exhibit is $5, children ages 4–11 years are $3 and entry for children under the age of 4 is free. For further information, please visit www.trainville.com or call (516) 433-4444.

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Peregrine falcon near the Bethpage Water District's tower.

BY GARY SIMEONE It was during a maintenance call at the Bethpage Water District’s elevated water tower last month that a pair of peregrine falcons were discovered

by workers. The rare birds, which are considered endangered species in New York State, were perched high up near the district’s communication equipment.

John Coumatos, Bethpage Water

District chairman, said that maintenance of the equipment would be put on hold until the eggs hatch and the baby falcons take flight.

“The maintenance planned for the tank was not considered critical, so there is no need for residents to worry,” said Coumatos. “For now, we are accommodating our guests by giving them space and the planned work will continue again once our newest Bethpage residents take flight.”

This is the first time that these types of falcons have been spotted in the Bethpage area in a number of years.

Chip Hamilton, a wildlife biologist with the DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation), said that these types of birds have been making a comeback since their numbers were depleted as a result of the banned pesticide DDT. “We were first notified of their presence in January, when a cell phone provider who has equipment on the tower sent us photos of the nesting falcons,” said Hamilton. “We have plans to send staff out there shortly to survey the site and see if the birds are banded, or what their copulation and feeding habits are.”

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veillance from ground level, as not to disturb the birds, and that they would revisit the site periodically throughout the breeding season.

Hamilton said the falcons, which are the fastest birds in the world, have been spotted in different sites on Long Island throughout the years.

“Long Island is the southernmost edge of their range. They are high ledge nesters who prefer the cliffs along the Hudson River, but have been seen in a number of sites on Long Island, including the Jones Beach and Robert Moses water towers, bridge causeways and on the north shore Roslyn viaduct.”

He said the DEC has been monitoring a pair of peregrines that have been living on the roof of the NUMC building for over fifteen years.

“Anytime you see a range expansion in any species is a good sign,” said Hamilton. “There are a number of endangered species who have been making comebacks in their populations as a result of the banning of DDT in the 1970s.”

Hamilton said that even though peregrines are aggressive and territorial birds, they are not aggressive to humans unless they are provoked.

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Town launches pet food, supply drive The Town of Oyster Bay will host a Pet Food & Supply Drive in partnership with LI Cares from March 15 to April 15 with a focus on collecting for the family members most vulnerable to hunger, residents’ pets.

Long Island Cares formed Baxter’s Pet Pantry in 2009 to assist in feeding dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, caged pets, fish, reptiles and all others considered family members.

“Pets truly are members of our family,” said Town Councilwoman Laura Maier. “Pet food and supply donations will help furry friends in need, which in turn keeps pets at home with their loved ones. The Town of Oyster Bay is proud to partner with LI Cares to collect generous donations for this worthwhile cause.”

The creation of Baxter’s Pet Pantry

by Long Island Cares has helped distribute over one million pounds of pet food, all of which has been donated through pet food drives like this one and corporate donations.

“Unfortunately many beloved pets are placed into shelters or given away

because families cannot afford the necessary food and supplies,” added Councilwoman Maier. “When struggling families have to make choices to heat their homes, buy medication or feed their own families, pets can become an afterthought. Pet food drives like this one can be a real lifesaver for both pets and their families.”

Those interested in supporting the Town’s Pet Food & Supply Drive can place donated items in drop off boxes located in the following Town of Oyster Bay locations: • Town Hall North, 54 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay • Town Hall South, 977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa • Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center, 1001 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage Regular business hours for the locations are Monday – Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. For more information, visit www.licares.org or call Esther Alter in the Town’s Public Information Office at (516) 624-6380.

Town offers free Narcan training seminar To continue the fight against the opioid epidemic, the Town of Oyster Bay will host a free Narcan Training Seminar for residents on Wednesday, March 16 at 11 a.m. in Oyster Bay. The training session will be offered in partnership with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and the Department of Human Services. Preregistration is required.

“In the Town of Oyster Bay, we have made addressing the ongoing opioid issue on Long Island among our top priorities, working with many organizations to help spread awareness, learn warning signs of drug addiction and gather information on available treatment options,” said Town of Oyster Bay Councilwoman Vicki Walsh. “We hope our residents join us for this important seminar, where they can learn how to safely and effectively reverse the fatal effects of an opioid overdose by administering a life-saving antidote.”

The overdose reversal agent known as Narcan is administered through a nasal spray, and will be provided free of charge by the Nassau County

Department of Human Services to those who successfully complete the course. Under New York State law, residents can administer Narcan in an attempt to save a life, without fear of liability.

“Every day, at least one Long Islander dies from an opiate overdose, and those are only the ones we know of,” added County Executive Blakeman. “Out of every 10 deaths, about 7 die at home. Overdoses can happen to anyone, and anyone can help reverse it. Together, through initiatives like this, we can help save lives and keep families whole.”

This free Overdose Prevention & Narcan Training Seminar is available to all residents. No prior medical experience is necessary to participate. All trainees will receive a Certificate of Completion and Narcan kit following class completion. This seminar will take place at the Oyster Bay Community Center, located at 59 Church Street in Oyster Bay. Anyone can attend, but seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/overdosetraining to register.

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Town announces Named 1st VP of water district association sports programs for spring At a recent meeting of the Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association (NSWCA) held at Spuntino Restaurant in Williston Park, NSWCA elected a new Board for the 2022 term, which runs through December 31, 2022.

The meeting was hosted by Plainview Water District Commissioners Mark B. Laykind, Andrew N. Bader and Amanda R. Field. The newly elected NSWCA 2022 Board includes: new President Patricia Peterson, Commissioner of the Locust Valley Water District, who succeeds outgoing President Amanda R. Field of the Plainview Water District; 1st Vice President John F. Coumatos, Commissioner of the Bethpage Water District; 2nd Vice President Ralph Atoria, Commissioner and Chairman of the South Farmingdale Water District; Secretary Joseph Perry, Commissioner of the South Huntington Water District; and Treasurer Michael J. Kosinski, Commissioner and Chairman of the Roslyn Water District.

Bethpage Water District Commissioner James F. Coumatos was appointed 1st Vice President of the Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners Association

Town to offer spring fitness classes The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that residents who are interested in maintaining or improving their levels of fitness will be able to register for the Town’s popular Co-Ed Fitness Classes at the Hicksville Athletic Center. Classes run for 10 weeks and are offered to individuals 18 years of age or older.

“The Town’s spring co-ed recreational programs have consistently proven to be one of the most popular programs the Town offers each year, as they provide a terrific outlet for our residents to exercise and stay in shape,” said Town Councilwoman Laura Maier. “The Town’s Parks Department has done an amazing job offering residents the opportunity to take advantage of these classes and stay physically active, creating an optimal environment for fitness and forging new friendships!”

This spring, residents can participate in a variety of fitness classes that will be held at the Hicksville Athletic Center: • Ballroom Dancing: Saturdays, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., beginning April 16.

• Cardio Kick-Boxing: Thursdays, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.,

beginning April 14.

• Pilates: Mondays, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., beginning April 11.

• Yoga: Residents can choose their session from the following: Sundays (beginning April 10 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.), Mondays (beginning April 11 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.), Tuesdays (beginning April 12 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.), and Saturdays (beginning April 16 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.).

• Zumba: Mondays (beginning April 11 from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.) or Wednesdays (beginning April 13 from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.).

Registration is available at the Hicksville Athletic Center, located at 167 S. Broadway in Hicksville, on March 14, March 15, and March 16 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The schedule is subject to change. If a session is cancelled, make-up day(s) will be attempted. Class fees are $60 for residents and $70 for non-residents (checks or money orders only). Proof of residency/age required when registering, with TOB residents given first preference.

Participants must bring their own mat to yoga and pilates. For more information, or to inquire about special holiday scheduling, please call (516) 797-7945.

The Town of Oyster Bay invites residents to take part in Spring Athletic Programs for basketball, badminton, and volleyball, beginning on April 10 at the Hicksville Athletic Center. All athletic programs run for 10 weeks, are co-ed, and open to individuals 18 and over.

“The Town’s athletic programs offer a great opportunity for residents to take to the court, improve their skills and make new friends,” said Town Councilman Steve Labriola. “These recreational programs are a great way to have fun and stay active, and I encourage residents to take advantage of these Town programs.”

Basketball will be held on Thursdays from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Saturdays from 8:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., and Sundays from 8:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., beginning on April 10, 2022. The Basketball program is 10 weeks long and costs $25 for residents and $40 for non-residents.

Registration is at the Hicksville Athletic (167 Broadway, Hicksville) on March 14, March 15, and March 16 between the hours of 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Badminton will feature two sessions available for registrants to choose from.

The first session consists of Tuesdays from 8:45 p.m. to 10:05 p.m., Fridays from 8:45 p.m. to 10:05 p.m., and Sundays from 6:10 p.m. to 8:10 p.m. Session 2 consists of Tuesdays from 10:15 p.m. to 11:35 p.m., Fridays from 10:15 p.m. to

11:35 p.m., and Sundays from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The Badminton program is 10-weeks long and costs $75 for residents and $100 for non-residents, with the program scheduled to begin on April 10.

Registration is at the Hicksville Athletic (167 Broadway, Hicksville) on March 14 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. and on March 15 & March 16 between the hours of 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m..

Volleyball will also feature two available sessions to choose from. The first session will be held on Mondays from 8:45 p.m. to 10:05 p.m.; Wednesdays from 8:45 p.m. to 10:05 p.m.; and Saturdays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The second session will take place on Mondays from 10:15 p.m. to 11:35 p.m., Wednesdays from 10:15 p.m. to 11:35 p.m., and Saturdays from 8:20 p.m. to 10:20 p.m. The volleyball program is 10 weeks long, costs residents $75 and $100 for non-residents, and is scheduled to begin on April 11.

Registration is at the Hicksville Athletic (167 Broadway, Hicksville) on March 14 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and on March 15 and March 16 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Proof of residency is required for the resident discount. The schedule is subject to change. If a session is cancelled, make-up day(s) will be attempted. For more information, or to inquire about special holiday scheduling, please call (516) 797-7945 or email tobparks@ oysterbay-ny.gov

Town offers senior bridge lessons The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that registration is now open for the Town’s new Senior Bridge Instruction Lessons. The program will consist of 10 bridge lessons, with a choice between beginner or intermediate, and registration is required as seating is limited.

“I’m pleased to introduce this new program to our active and vivacious senior community here in the Town of Oyster Bay,” said Town of Oyster Bay Councilman Steve Labriola. “We know bridge is a popular activity amongst seniors in a fun and social setting,

and these bridge lessons will give our seniors more opportunities to make new friends and improve their cards skills as well.”

Beginner lessons will take place at the William P. Bennett Hicksville Community Center on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. starting on March 21.

Intermediate lessons will take place at the North Massapequa Community Center on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. starting on March 23. To get a registration form, or for more information, please visit www.oysterbaytown.com/seniors or call (516) 797-7916.

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Legislator delivers COVID supplies to The Bristal

Casino bus trip The Joseph Barry Columbiettes is hosting a bus trip to the Wind Creek Casino on Tuesday, March 29. Profits from fundraisers are distributed to various charitable organizations selected annually by the members.

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MacArthur senior accepted to Merchant Marine Academy

On National Caregivers Day, Nassau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (D Plainview) delivered AccessBio COVID At-Home Antigen Tests and KN-95 masks to The Bristal in Jericho on Friday, Feb. 18 to help residents stay safe from COVID19. “Thank you to the wonderful team at The Bristal and all of the assisted living facilities across Nassau County who do so much to deliver compassionate care to the seniors they serve,” Legislator Drucker said. “We are committed to working with all of our local partners to ensure easy access to the supplies that will keep our communities safe in the months ahead.” Photo courtesy of the Office of Legislator Arnold W. Drucker

Bethpage School Board meetings The Bethpage School Board will hold the following public meetings during March: Agenda Meeting: Tuesday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m., Bethpage High School Auditorium Regular Meeting: Tuesday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m., Bethpage High School Auditorium

General Douglas MacArthur High School senior Eunice Lee has achieved a longstanding dream of being accepted to Merchant Marine Academy.

Photos courtesy of Levittown Public Schools Eunice Lee, a senior at General Douglas MacArthur High School in the Levittown Public School District, has achieved a personal dream with her acceptance into Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point.

Eunice has been inspired to pursue a path toward the Marine Academy since she was a member of the Civil Air Patrol in seventh grade. There, she reached the rank of senior master sergeant and was a flight commander, and she adopted many of the high morals and disciplines taught to servicemembers.

“The Military Academy has always been in my eyesight,” Eunice said.

At Merchant Marine Academy, Eunice will study marine transportation. She added she appreciates the flexibility in choosing a career after graduation – she may choose to work in the commercial industry or serve in the Navy.

“There are a lot of options,” Eunice said. “I’m grateful to my parents and all of my teachers for pushing me to get to this point.”

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Hicksville High School Chamber Singers at the Hicksville Administrative Offices spreading some holiday cheer.

Photo courtesy Hicksville Public Schools On Thursday, December 23, The Hicksville High School Chamber Singers caroled throughout the district. Chamber Singers visited the district office during period 3 to sing “Joy to the World,” “Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer,” “Jingle Bells,” and “Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah” to name a few songs. The students thanked the district leadership for their support and expressed gratitude for allowing them to be a part of the Chamber Choir before finally wishing everyone a happy holi-

day season.

The Hicksville High School Chamber Singers were led by Hicksville High School Teacher, Michelle Shmuel, and Rachel Shapiro as the current leave replacement. The Chamber Singers include Josef Aronov, Sean Beatty, Kimberly Caceres, Joseph Casas, Alex Clark, Allison George, Anna Jacob, Amelia Mastalerz, Arvin Mehra, Alina Nodrat, Khristian Romano, Emelly Turcios, and Wadis Turcios.

Maya Kunis, grade 10 Maya Kunis, a sophomore at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School in the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District, qualified to compete in the International Virtual Business Challenge - Hotel Challenge at the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC), which will be held in Atlanta, GA from April 23–27.

The DECA Hotel Challenge is presented by the J. Willard and Alice

S. Marriott Foundation and encourages DECA members to test their skills at managing a simulated hotel.

Participants were required to schedule banquets and meetings, set room rates, bid on group sales, book advertising, monitor customer service, determine housekeeping needs and more. Participants' scores were based on a balanced scorecard that includes profitability, customer satisfaction and employee satisfaction.

The top two teams from each round in each category from each of DECA’s four regions—Central, North Atlantic, Southern and Western—qualify to compete at the ICDC. A total of 16 teams per category will face off during the ICDC. “I am so proud of Maya’s initiative and determination to compete in the Virtual Business Challenge. Her hard work and dedication paid off,” said DECA chapter advisor Lindsay DeLucca.

Maya is the first student from the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District to ever qualify for the ICDC through the Virtual Business Challenge. Plainview-Old Bethpage DECA is anxiously awaiting the results of the New York State Competition to see who else is eligible to compete in the International DECA Competition.

This will be released March 11, 2022.

Bank assists taxpayers with free form filing Qualifying taxpayers will have two different ways to file their taxes for free this year, thanks to Bethpage Federal Credit Union, the only financial institution to offer the IRS’ Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program on Long Island. Now in its 19th year, Bethpage’s VITA program is open to all eligible Long Islanders, including non-Bethpage members.

The first option available to taxpayers is Bethpage’s Virtual VITA program where taxpayers will meet with Bethpage’s trained volunteers virtually, who will then prepare and e-file the tax returns.

Virtual appointments will take place

February 1 through April 7. Prescheduled appointments are required and can be made on Bethpage’s website at lovebethpage.com/vita.

The second option Bethpage is making available through its ongoing VITA initiative is its Facilitated Self Assistance (FSA) program.

Here, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance employee volunteers will help taxpayers prepare and e-file income tax returns for free, virtually during a series of virtual lab sessions. To register for a lab session, contact Bethpage’s Community Development team at 516/349-4288 or email them directly at community@bethpagefcu.com. FSA Lab ses-

sions will take place on February 14, February 28, March 14 and March 28, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. through 4:00 p.m.

“We are pleased to be able to offer new tax filing options for taxpayers,” said Ever Martinez, community development relationship manager, Bethpage. “Although prepared and e-filed by the taxpayer directly, last year we were able to test the programs and most found them to be very easy to navigate. We are confident this year’s taxpayers will as well. The entire process is very easy.”

Martinez continued, “And for those that want Bethpage’s trained volunteers to prepare and e-file their

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tax returns, we recommend they schedule appointments sooner than later as there are a limited number of appointments available.”

Bethpage VITA volunteers will also educate eligible working families about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) while preparing tax returns. The EITC is an anti-poverty program available to four out of five eligible Long Island households and could put an extra $6,728 into the hands of deserving Long Island families. Credit amounts are based on income levels, filing status and other factors.

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Levittown Chamber of Commerce Spotlight on Business

BY DONALD PATANE The Levittown Chamber of Commerce would like to introduce new member, Deana Velardi-Alejandro, the proud owner of DD with Dee Interior Design Consulting whose mission is to provide a unique, friendly and approachable, “Decorating/Design/ Home Staging” experience; to accommodate your decorating or selling needs within your budget. Note that she is also a Certified Home Stager who helps sellers or real estate agents get a home “ buyer ready”.

Velardi-Alejandro has 30 plus years of experience first with a degree in Fashion Merchandising and a degree in Interior Decorating working for companies like Ann Klein, Calico Corners, Home Depot, IKEA and Ethan Allen.

Velardi-Alejandro always wanted to be her own boss and use her knowledge to help others who are possibly “design challenged” or who “just don’t have the time” to pull it all together. She says “There is great reward and satisfaction with helping others in need with something that comes so naturally to me. Over the years I have met many wise and successful individuals who have taught me to “Always remember who you are, believe in yourself, work hard, respect others, do what you enjoy; The rest will fall in place.”

Although currently a sole proprietor of her business, Velardi-Alejandro has

aspirations to grow sooner than later by bringing on local college interns who are studying design; So she can pass on all her knowledge and expertise that she has gained over the years and am still learning, to them. She was fortunate to have work-studies and internships throughout her schooling which gave her the springboard she needed to go for her dreams and she is looking to share that with younger generations!

Velardi-Alejandro lives in Levittown, with her husband of 21 years and three amazing boys AND of course their family dog. In her words, “I am a Mompreneur”, who welcomes the various challenges in my life that both sides have to offer; While resolving the creative solutions & reaping the rewarding benefits! “ and in her spare time her hobbies and activities include dancing, walking, yoga, beaching, biking, crafting and baking. Most of all, enjoying spending quality time with her family either watching or playing sports, and of course “Family Movie Night”.

Velardi-Alejandro considers her business different from her competitors in that she is a “Down to Earth” Interior Designer who offers a “Decorating Simple Solutions Session” at only $475. This is usually for the DIYer, who just wants to pick her brain. This service includes Velardi-Alejandro’s expertise in your home for 2–4 hours going through all areas of decorating that you may need

Deana Velardi-Alejandro help with such as paint, tile, window treatment selection, layouts of your furnishings, accessory and artwork selection and placement, confirmation of your contractor’s layouts. She also offers a complimentary phone consultation to discuss your project needs and service options to see if it’s a good

fit to work together. She also offers holiday and seasonal discounts that vary and a special offer to any of her colleagues or networking affiliates, with a 15% discount on any service.

Deana Velardi-Alejandro can be contacted at (631) 553-7194

Division Avenue Science Olympiad makes team history

The Science Olympiad team at Division Avenue High School made team history with their highest score at the Nassau East Regional. They will compete at the state championship in Syracuse on March 18.

Photo courtesy of Levittown Public Schools

The Division Avenue High School Science Olympiad team in the Levittown Public School District earned their best score ever with 97 points at the Nassau East Regional, earning them third place and their 14th consecutive trip to the State Finals.

Led by President Matthew Chiu, the Science Olympiad team earned medals in 20 out of 23 events, including first place in Bridge by Gary Nepravishta and Grace Lim, Gravity Vehicle by Chris Powers and Simar Parmar and Ping Pong Parachute by Nabiha Khan and Izma Akbar. All 15 students on the team earned a medal in at least one event, a first for the Division team.

“Science Olympiad is a lot more than a competition, it’s a lot of team build-

ing and camaraderie,” Matthew said. “It’s definitely a lot of work, but it really pays off in the end.”

“I used to play basketball but it’s as if this is my winter sport now,” Simar said. “We stay late every day to work on events.

We’re always together as a team.”

Leading up to the Nassau East Regional Tournament the students prepared by competing in the Pennsylvania, Ohio State University, Cornell University, and Princeton University Satellite Tournaments.

The team will travel to Le Moyne College in Syracuse on March 18 to compete against 60 teams to determine the Top 10 in New York State for each event and a chance to represent New York at the National Tournament.

Central Boulevard Elementary School kicked off its Energy Bus assembly by dancing to energetic music on Feb. 18.

Students and teachers were energized during Central Boulevard Elementary School’s Energy Bus assembly on Feb. 18. Students went over the second rule of the Energy Bus, “Fuel Your Ride with Positive Energy.”

Based on the novel “The Energy Bus for Kids,” by author Jon Gordon, the

Energy Bus program is designed to fuel schools, teachers and students with positive energy. Students and teachers in the audience danced throughout the assembly while some students went on stage to share different ways promoting positivity at Central Boulevard.

Photos courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Students and teachers held signs that shared messages of positivity.

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Bethpage High School students sign letters of intent

Seniors at Bethpage High School at the school's Committment Day on March 2.

Sixteen Bethpage High School seniors pledged to continue their athletic pursuits in college by signing national letters of intent during the school’s Commitment Day for athletes on March 2.

Proud parents, siblings, coaches and school administrators surrounded each of these students, celebrating the athletic accomplishments that had earned them selection to college teams.

The following students signed letters of intent:

• Conor Burns – Ithaca College, baseball • Michael Corbo – Mercy College, lacrosse • James David – Adelphi University, lacrosse • Luke Galgano – University of Delaware, lacrosse • Katelyn Herbert – Eastern Connecticut State University, soccer • Macayla Hodkinson – SUNY Oneota, swim and dive • Shannon Hughes – Montclair

Several Bethpage High School female athletes seniors pledged to continue their athletic pursuits in college by signing National Letters of Intent during the school’s Commitment Day for athletes on March 2.

State University, basketball • Brian Luzzi – Cornell University, lacrosse • Joe Lynn – Eckerd College, baseball • Ashlynn McGrorty – SUNY Cortland, soccer • Alyssa Perez – Fairleigh Dickinson University, lacrosse • Thomas Taaffe – Temple

University, gymnastics • Joey Tesler – Arcadia University, lacrosse • Santiago Vargas – Queens College, soccer • Nick Vega – Lancaster Bible College, volleyball • Richie Verbouwens – SUNY Cortland, track and field/cross-country

Photos courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Celebrating famous African American jazz greats with unique exhibit

Members of Hicksville High School’s Rho Kappa chapter of the National Social Studies Honor Society created a unique exhibit to remember famous African American jazz artists for Black History month.

Students created descriptive posters about each artist accompanied with a QR code linking to the artist’s music. The exhibit has been strategically placed in a bustling hallway giving students something to read as well as inviting them to scan the QR code linking them directly to songs performed by the artists.

Notable musicians on display include Louis Armstrong, Jon Batiste, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker and Esperanza Spalding.

Students learned about the contributions of Louis

Armstrong, a native of Queens, New York, and the haunting and bittersweet words of Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit.” Some students recognized Jon Batiste, one of the composers to the animated film “Soul.” Students can listen to American bassist Esperanza Spalding, who is one of the youngest jazz musicians to gain international fame.

Social studies teacher Kathleen Farrell and Rho Kappa adviser shared, “The students felt the QR code was a great way to introduce the music of the jazz greats in an intriguing interactive way!” The mission of the Rho Kappa chapter of the National Social Studies Honor Society is to encourage an interest in, understanding of, and appreciation for the social studies.

Hicksville High School Rho Kappa adviser Ms. Heather Stavrinadis, Rho Kappa secretary Ashish Sharma, Rho Kappa president Matthew Rakhar, Rho Kappa vice president Timson Lai, Rho Kappa treasurer Gurmehar Kaur, and Rho Kappa adviser Ms. Kathleen Farrell.

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Ms. Rust’s class learned about therapy dogs with Pet Partners.

Pet Partners visited Mrs. Rust's class at Lee Avenue Elementary School, in coordination with Principal Stephanie Matthews-Stam and Special Education Director Inna Mishiev. Mrs. Rust is new to the Hicksville School District and connected with Pet Partners to coordinate this event. Pet Partners is a national leader in demonstrating and promoting the health and wellness

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Ms. Renee Rust, special education teacher at Lee Avenue, hosts a therapy dog from Pet Partners. benefits of animal-assisted therapy, activities, and education. Students had the opportunity to engage with therapy dogs by means of certified pet therapy handlers. Students were able to engage with the dogs and feed them treats. Pet Partners has many animals that have been trained to visit schools, and we are looking forward to a continued partnership.

A Lee Avenue student enjoys his time with the therapy dog.

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Experience Sonoma like a Native

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM You know the refrain: “It’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.” Rare is the place that is equally precious to visit and reside.

Fortunately, our family has decided to reside in such a place, and I get to visit: Sonoma, California.

Just 43 miles northeast of San Francisco, Sonoma has long been a retreat for urban dwellers, offering a “healthier” climate.

Sonoma is the perfect combination of man and nature, as the vineyards attest, and residents today are obsessive about preserving that balance.

In fact, the Sonoma County Tourism, as part of its continued commitment to encourage responsible stewardship from visitors and residents, has just joined the Global Sustainable Tourism Council.

This is my second visit to Sonoma and while my family works, I get to explore like a local, hopping on a bike to ride the delightful paved recreation trail that goes right into the exquisitely quaint, historic village center and out to the vineyards. On my first trip, we biked, visited wineries, and hiked the spectacular Pacific coast. This trip, I focus on Sonoma’s history, heritage and the fascinating people who shaped it. What is more surprising is how contemporary the history feels – truly, history repeats.

It starts at the village plaza – utterly charming today with lovely restaurants, wine tasting rooms and boutiques – but dotted with really important historic sites that are part of Sonoma State Historic Park, a collection of six sites located throughout the community.

I start at the Barracks, a military post of Mexican soldiers established

“Lachryma Montis,” the “Yankee Home” of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, provides a window into Sonoma’s fascinating founder ©Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com in 1834 to serve as a buffer to Russian expansion from Fort Ross (!!!). The Russians had come in 1812 to produce crops and trap furs to supply their Alaskan settlement. (The Russians ultimately moved out, ironically, just before gold was discovered.) You can see a room furnished as if the soldiers were still there. It is interesting to learn that they had to supply their own uniforms, horse and supplies, and basically buy them back from the Commandante. The barracks turns out to be the best place to start my journey because it offers an excellent video that encapsulates the history of this place, and puts everything into context.

From 1834-1846, it was the headquarters for General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, the Commandant of the Frontera del Norte - the northern Mexico provincial frontier - who built it, as well as the Plaza. More than 100 military expeditions set out from Sonoma to subdue rebellious Wappo and Cainameros or Satisyomis native

tribes trying to overthrow Mexican domination. For ten years, until 1844, the Presidial company of Sonoma was considered the most powerful military force in California. During the short-lived California Republic, the barracks housed Republic followers until July 9, 1846, when the Stars and Stripes flag was first raised at Sonoma.

It then served as an army post. In 1860, Vallejo remodeled the barracks to serve as a winery.

Across the street from the Barracks is Mission San Francisco Solano – the last of 21 missions established in California. It was founded in 1823 to convert Native Americans to Christianity – often forcibly. Indians would come to the mission first out of hunger –since the colonists introduced disease, technology and livestock which depleted the corn that was their mainstay. The Indians’ had their own culture, religion, lifestyle which “was contrary to the colonists” and so, had to be eradicated. Under the mission system, families were

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split up, children taken for indoctrination. Indians revolted and tried to escape the mission and the soldiers would hunt the “fugitives” down and bring them back. I learn in the video in the Barracks. (There is a display, “Collision of Cultures,” which acknowledges the tribes’ experience.)

The Dining room today houses a marvelous exhibit of watercolors created between 1903-5 by Chris Jorgensen depicting the 21 missions that remained. His watercolors helped generate interest in preserving the missions. It is most interesting to see his watercolor of this mission as it stood.

The small adobe chapel on the west side of the Padres’ Quarters, built and furnished by General Vallejo in 1840, replaced the original mission church.

It is here in the mission that I meet Ranger April Farnham. When I ask if she is a native Californian, she tells me of her great great great aunt, Eliza Farnham, born in Rensselaerville, NY in 1815, who came to northern California in 1849 with her two sons (her husband, Thomas Farnham, was apparently a rogue). What a character! Wikipedia describes Farnham as a novelist, feminist, abolitionist and activist for prison reform.

General Vallejo’s Home

I get back on my bike to visit General Vallejo’s home, Lachryma Montis, a 20-acre site (out of his original 500 acres) just along the path about a mile from the mission. Here you appreciate what a visionary – even progressive – Vallejo was, and how instrumental he was to the founding and nurturing of Sonoma through its multiple transitions. By the time he was 40, he had lived under four flags – Spanish, Mexican, the Bear Revolution and then the United States.

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Experience Sonoma like a Native Continued from previous page He was responsible for building the barracks, the Plaza, the mission church.

Despite the Treaty of Guadeloupe that ended the Mexican-American War (18461848) assuring the Mexicans their property ownership would be respected, the Yankees claimed the property belonged to them “by right of conquest”. Mexicans, including Vallejo, had to fight in court to prove title and that often put them in debt.

His holdings were reduced from 500 acres to 20 acres, but he kept his vineyards.

Indeed, Vallejo also had a hand in developing wine-making in Sonoma.

His two older daughters married sons of Count Agoston Haraszthy, who began the first vineyards (you can learn this part of the history at Haraszthy’s Buena Vista winery) and he had his own vineyards.

Vallejo went on to be elected state senator for Sonoma, serving until 1853.

What is striking about Vallejo’s home is that it looks like it was deposited here from New England. Vallejo referred to his dwelling as the “Yankee Home” or “Boston House,” departing from traditional adobe style. That was deliberate on his part, to symbolize change (and acceptance) of becoming part of the United States.

You start your visit in the Chalet, a Tudor-style structure which originally was a storage house and granary, now a visitor center that houses a museum with family photos and personal artifacts of Vallejo and his family (he had 16 children, 10 of whom lived to adulthood), as well as their magnificent carriage. The furnishings in the main house, too, are mainly from the family.

There are several other interesting buildings and structures: the picturesque stone and masonry reservoir was constructed in the 1850s to collect water from natural artesian springs; a tiny cottage, the Hermitage, or “Napoleon’s Cottage” at the top of a winding stone staircase above the reservoir, where Vallejo’s youngest son, Napoleon, moved in 1865 at the age of 15, and kept 14 dogs, two monkeys, three cats and one parrot.

Sonoma’s Plaza itself – the birthplace of the state’s Bear Flag - is picturesque.

You can see a monument to where rebels raised their new, homemade flag and declare their own republic, June 14, 1846.

(The Bear Flag Republic lasted just 24 days; then the United States took over).

There is also City Hall, a pavilion for outdoor events, and across the way, a lovely old-timey movie theater.

The Sonoma State Historic Park (363 Third Street W, Sonoma CA 95476, 707-938-1519). includes six sites – in addition to the Mission, the Barracks and Lachryma Montis, it also includes Casa Grande (Vallejo’s home on the plaza), the beautiful Blue Wing Inn (built to house soldiers it later accommodated such famous visitors as US Army officer Ulysses S. Grant); and Toscana Hotel. For a schedule of docent-led tours, visit www. parks.ca.gov or call 707-938-9560. (The $3 admission includes same-day visit to the Barracks and General Vallejo’s Home (363 3rd St. West) and Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (3325 Adobe Road, Petaluma).

My biking takes me into the vineyards that completely ring the village.

I return to the Buena Vista Winery,

founded by Count Agoston Haraszthy, who came from Hungary initially in pursuit of gold but in 1857, decided instead to build a stone winery on the property.

He introduced cuttings from Europe’s best vineyards to California and basically proved that California could produce wine. Buena Vista Winery, 18000 Old Winery Road, Sonoma, CA 95476, 800926-1266, tastingroom@buenavistawinery. com, www.buenavistawinery.com.

There are about 90 vineyards and wineries you can explore, see Sonoma.com.

Jack London State Park

Another marvelous example of this merging of man and nature is the Jack London State Park in nearby Glen Ellen, where we go for a hike and discover a most intriguing history. I was expecting to hike in the woods, but the historic and biographical features blew me away.

I always associated Jack London with San Francisco and Alaska. It was a complete surprise to learn that Glen Ellen was home to the writer/adventurer from 1905 until his untimely death in 1916, at age 40, of gastrointestinal uremic poisoning. London pioneered new agricultural techniques here at his 1,400acre Beauty Ranch.

We wander through the ruins of his old stone winery and see a stone barn.

You can visit the magnificent ruins of London’s 15,000-square-foot Wolf House mansion, built out of native volcanic rock and unstrapped redwoods, and – befitting a forward looking innovator - electric lighting and built-in vacuum cleaning system. It cost $75,000 ($1.9 million today) to build, but burned to the ground a month before completion.

We set out to hike (there are 20 miles of trails) through lush forest, majestic redwood groves, and meadows (a scenic six-mile trail leads to the top of Sonoma Mountain; you also can explore by horseback or bike), passing by a gorgeous vineyard to get to the trail. (We note the sign warning about rattlesnakes as we enter.)

I must return to visit the museum housed in “The House of Happy Walls” where there are displays of London’s books along with artifacts London and his second wife, Charmian, brought back from their 27-month sailing adventure among unexplored South Seas islands.

(Volunteer pianists play on Charmian’s 1901 Steinway grand piano in the cottage where she lived from 1934 until she died in 1955.)

(Jack London State Historic Park, 2400 London Ranch Road, Glen Ellen, CA 95442, 707-938-5216, jacklondonpark.com).

You can pick up picnic supplies, as we did, at the superb Glen Ellen Village Market or croissants, minisandwiches and other baked goods at Les Pascals bakery.

See also: WINE & ART: THE PERFECT PAIRING IN SONOMA, CALIFORNIA (https://goingplacesfarandnear.com/ wine-art-the-perfect-pairing-in-sonomacalifornia/) For excellent planning materials, visit Sonoma County Tourism, 800-576-6662, info@sonomacounty.com, www.sonomacounty.com, www.sonomacounty.com/ things-to-do. ______________________________________ © 2022 Travel Features Syndicate, a division of Workstyles, Inc. All rights reserved. Visit goingplacesfarandnear.com.

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Vegetable Seed Catalogs

BY JEFF RUGG

Q: I saw an article that you wrote that said there were garden vegetable seed catalogs available at the Direct Gardening Association web site.

I can’t find that site. Can you help?

A: Well, that group ended last year during the pandemic. So, to help you out, here are my favorite vegetable seed catalog companies.

Jere Gettle has been a vegetable gardener since he was three. By 17, he was selling heirloom garden seeds. He now has three retail stores and an entire heirloom village you can visit. The Baker Creek catalog has over 1,500 seeds. He and his wife Emilee publish the Heirloom Gardener Magazine and the Heirloom Life Gardener book. For more information, check out www.rareseeds.com.

Dixondale Farms is the home of the Onionman and a lot of good onions. dixondalefarms.com The Harris Seeds catalog has a good selection of vegetables, plus flowers and tools. Find them at www.harrisseeds.com.

The Chas. C. Hart Seed Co. Is one of the few garden seed companies that understands the difference between genetically modified (GMO) and genetically engineered (GE) seeds. This company has been around for over 125 years and is an excellent source of garden seeds. If your charitable organization needs vegetable garden seeds this is the company to contact at www.hartseed.com.

Double A Vineyards is an awesome source of grape vines. doubleavineyards. com. Indiana Berry & Plant Co. is a great source for strawberries, brambles, blueberries and grape vines. indianaberry. com Renee’s Garden has garden-tested and taste-tested heirloom and gourmet vegetables, flowers and herbs. Her seed packets are very detailed, and Renee personally grows every plant variety before it is offered in the catalog. Find her catalog and cookbook at www.reneesgarden.com.

The Territorial Seed Company has all the essential seeds and supplies at territorialseed.com The Totally Tomatoes catalog may not be completely tomatoes,

but it is close. Check it out at www.totallytomato.com. Wood Prairie Family Farm is the place to get any kind of potato. www.woodprairie.com Many heirloom varieties are extremely rare and would probably be extinct if it weren’t for a community of gardeners who are committed to keeping these treasures alive. The Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) has provided an organized link for gardeners who feel the importance of maintaining the existing biodiversity of our food supply. SSE’s members are maintaining thousands of heirloom varieties, traditional Indian crops, garden varieties of the Mennonite and Amish, vegetables dropped from all seed catalogs and outstanding foreign varieties.

Each year, hundreds of members use SSE’s publications to distribute seeds to ensure their survival. Each winter, SSE publishes a Seed Savers Yearbook which contains names and addresses of hundreds of members and 6,000 listings of rare vegetable and fruit varieties that they are offering to other gardeners.

Seeds are obtained by writing directly to the members who are listing those varieties. To request the free 80-page color seed catalog, check out their web site at www.seedsavers.org.

Email questions to Jeff Rugg at info@ greenerview.com.

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A Meeting in the Vale

BY TOM BRENNAN In one of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park’s quiet places of seclusion, I would have the occasion to witness the previously hidden side of my father’s innate Irish temperament. Of course I always knew my father was Irish, but prior to this excursion with him, I was unaware of the full scope of its deeply rooted dimension.

My father asked me to accompany him to the Vale of Cashmere, a lovely, low-lying arbor nestled in a less traveled, and more secluded area of Prospect Park. One has to know how to get there. He was to meet “some friends from Galway” who came from a neighborhood at the far end of the great lawn, the rarely seen Holy Name parish side of the park.

At first I assumed that a few of his friends would have their children who might be around my age with them, thinking that would be the reason for his bringing me along for his visit.

The path we followed ran along one of the parks seldom used cracked, blacktarred, winding roads that detoured from the main entrance road. Our diverting path followed alongside a long low hill on our left, what the designers of the park had intended as a privacy berm, separating the park from the sight and the sounds of the surrounding area. On the top of the berm was a well-worn, narrow, tamped-down dirt path that every kid who ever walked on called “The Indian Trail.”

As we walked along, I told him about the Indian Trail and how we kids would take it as a short cut to go to the zoo when we were in the mood for such an outing. My father’s attitude conveyed the impression that he was interested in any little tidbit of information I might drop along the way, managing to imply that such observations were important to him. He was not in a rush; my father was never in a rush.

As we came to the bottom of the hill we arrived at a white graveled, tree and bush-enclosed lovely flat plain that gives the Vale its identity: a serene place of restful atmosphere that offers a sense of seclusion within its hidden garden like enclosure.

On my right I noticed a group of about five men who were seated on two of Prospect Park’s distinctive dark green benches. I was pleased to see that the men had absolutely no interest in meeting me, nor did my father feel that any formal introductions were necessary. They gave me a nod and a friendly wave as I walked away. I wondered again why my father had brought me along with him, and I concluded that for some reason, he wanted them to see me, or perhaps, as I later considered, for me

to see them.

These were friendly contented looking pipe smokers who looked a little older than my father, and who were for the most part heavyset and very outgoing in their greeting. There is an immediately appealing quality to the sight of a group of Irish men sitting around as they anticipate some further company that I had learned to recognize and to appreciate.

I gave a friendly wave of my hand and smiled as I walked off, but shortly, I turned back to see that they had chosen to maneuver the benches under a low-hanging bough of a nearby tree to form a little circle of sorts. I had long ago noted that the Irish loved to form a circle so that everyone can get in a word.

I figured that I could explore the area in the back, and then I thought I might walk further on to the nearby zoo, but instead, I found myself again looking back at the group, totally fascinated by how well they had entered into a casual mode of conversation and laughter. In my view, by their going out of their way to meet in this secluded place, they had become as self- enclosed as the very location where they had chosen to meet.

I tried to distract myself but still I continued to look back at them. I couldn’t help myself. Almost reluctantly, I had become even more entranced by their easy manner, their full embrace of long-term abiding friendship. At first I was pleased at my noticing how easily my father laughed; he seemed totally immersed in the flow of conversation.

But then I had the disturbing recognition that I had rarely seen him laugh in this hearty, fulsome manner in our little apartment. A smile came easily to my father, but I thought his general attitude at home was more self-contained, far less robust than I noticed here.

This was a subliminal emotion that had suddenly come to the surface the basis of which I did not understand. I moved farther away as I became aware of being uncomfortable with my feelings and not a little disappointed in myself with my reaction, this sudden unease.

Then with a start, I became aware that my thought had arisen with my recognition that these Galway men had a power to enliven and to animate my father in a manner I knew I could never attain. I suddenly envied their easy and exclusive access to my father’s revealed Irish side and I knew it. It was as if their very presence had opened a door to his inner self, an entry that in this special secluded place my father wanted to keep opened.

Even my father’s physical posture seemed transformed as he somehow managed to resemble the look of rela-

tives in their relaxed ease as they stood before the camera with a pitchfork in their hands and a joy on their faces that I could readily see in pictures sent from Ireland.

I then completely understood that my father was reacting to friends who shared his own experience, taking him back to a time and to a place totally different from that of his existence within our family. I realized that he was with a group of men who could readily transport him back there, to a place he wanted to again visit even if only within the secluded confines of the Vale. These were men who had shared the time of his youth, and with whom he could be his relaxed inner self.

He probably was not aware of his transformation despite the fact that their company was the very reason he had come so far to be with them.

With my senses now on high alert, I saw my insight as a defining moment of recognition, a kind of gift, an opportunity to truly understand and even to relate to my father’s now revealed inner Irish nature.

I stood still at the edge of a cluster of huge trees. Suddenly, I did not want my understanding to go away. I knew that the flow of thought was important and so I wanted to be able to recall it later. I Continued on page 5

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Y O U R S O C I A L S E C U R I T Y

Most Common Social Security Questions

BY TOM MARGENAU

I get hundreds of emails each week from my readers. I try to answer them all, but I probably answer many of the same questions over and over again! I’ll include those common questions in today’s column. My answers are going to be short and to the point, just so I can squeeze in as many questions as I can in the limited space I have.

Q: I’m 62. My husband is 67 and getting Social Security. Can I file for spousal benefits on his record and save my own until I’m 70?

A: No, you can’t do that. You always must file for your own benefits first.

Only after you do that can you look to your husband’s record to see if you can get any additional spousal benefits.

Q: I am 60 and not working. My husband recently died. Can I file for widow’s benefits now and save my own until I am 70?

A: Yes, you can do that. A widow does not have the same restrictions that apply to a spouse with a living husband (as explained in the first Q and A.). You can file for widow’s benefits now, and then switch to 100% of your own at full retirement age or wait until 70 and get about 130%.

Q: If I die, what will my wife get?

A: The answer depends on several factors. But assuming you die well after your full retirement age, and assuming your wife is over her full retirement age when you die, as a general rule she will get what you were getting at the time of death. Quick example: You are 85 and getting $1,800 per month. Your wife is 82 and getting $1,200 per month. When you die, she will keep getting her $1,200, and then she will get an additional $600 in widow’s benefits.

Q: I took my benefits at 70, so I get an extra 32% added to my retirement rate. When I die, will my wife’s widow’s benefit be based on my augmented age 70 rate or on my full retirement rate?

A: It will be based on your age 70 rate. And just to clarify a little further, a benefit paid to a spouse whose husband is still alive is based on his full retirement age rate. But as I just said, a widow’s benefit is based on the age 70 rate (assuming the husband waited until 70 to claim his benefits).

Q: I did not pay into Social Security. I get a teacher’s pension from Texas of $3,500 per month. My husband gets Social Security. He gets $2,200 per month. When he dies, why won’t I get widow’s benefits on his record?

A: If you were getting a Social Security retirement benefit of $3,500 per month, you would not get widow’s benefits because your own benefit would offset anything you would be due as a widow. And the same offset rules apply to non-Social Security pensions like your Texas teacher’s retirement check.

Q: I’m already getting my Social Security but I’m still working. Will my additional income and the taxes I’m paying increase my Social Security check?

A: It depends. Your original benefit was based on your average monthly wage using your highest 35 years of inflation-adjusted earnings. If the earnings you have now are higher than the lowest inflation-adjusted year used in your original computation, SSA will drop out that lower year, add in the new higher year, and adjust your benefit accordingly. But don’t expect a windfall.

Your benefit might go up by maybe $10 to $20 per month for a year of good earnings.

Q: When my father died, why did we have to return his last check?

A: Several rules come into play here.

First, Social Security benefits have never been pro-rated. Second, benefits are always paid one month behind. And third, the law says you must live an entire month to be due a Social Security check for that month.

Here is a quick example. John dies April 24. The Social Security check that comes in May (the payment for April) must be returned.

That’s the downside to the lack of proration. But there are two upsides.

One: let’s say John started his benefits when he was 66 and that he turned 66 on June 22. He would get a check for the whole month of June even though he was 66 for only eight days of the month.

Two: if John left a widow, she would get widow’s benefits for the whole month of April even though she was a widow for only six days of the month.

Q: We would like to talk to you personally about our Social Security situation. We’d be willing to pay you. Can we please call you to discuss this?

A: I sometimes think I should give up this column-writing gig and go into the business of doing personal Social Security consultations. I bet I could make a lot more money doing that than sitting here in my basement cranking out weekly columns! But I guess I’m just too lazy to start up a consulting business.

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Will the Ukrainian conflict affect the demand for housing?

BY PHILIP A. RAICES The variable that no one is talking about is the invasion of Ukraine and what impact if any, will it have on our housing market? We are now into the 11th day of the conflict and intrusion on Ukrainian soil by Putin and his Russian Army. I am quite sure the majority of his soldiers don’t even know why they are invading the country.

However, as this unprecedented and deathly invasion continues it reminds me of Sept 1, 1939, as Hitler started his invasion of Poland, and there began the start WWII. But now we have not only Russia to deal with but their new partner in crime, China, who has yet to come out and condemn and condone the senseless act into a sovereign, democratic and free country, which is a threat to not only other countries, nearby, but to the rest of the world.

Fortunately, NATO has never been so connected and solidified to indirectly and maybe soon directly fight the aggressive actions of Russia. This unconscionable event just may have an effect on our strong housing activity, as the volatile stock market has been shaky with its ups and downs due to the war. But I hope this won’t be looked at as business as usual and things go back to normal. Support for this event has been global and even protests (such as those being arrested) in Russia and elsewhere have been occurring showing strong solidarity for Ukraine and its people.

Inflation is at a 40 year high, gas prices have been climbing to a historic level, not seen since 2008. Moreover, food and energy, e.g. oil and natural

gas have been increasing to levels that are putting tremendous pressure on so many budgets, potentially causing another recession!

If you are going to be selling and/or purchasing I would suggest not waiting and devising a plan of action, taking advantage of the still high demand and low-interest rates, and either downsize, move up or purchase your first primary residence. FYI, there are programs that first-time buyers can avail themselves of through Nassau, Suffolk, and Queens Counties to be able to get on their lists to secure $30,000+ of grant money, based on income and other factors. If you reside in that home for at least 10 years you will not have to pay the money back! You can Google, grant money for first-time buyers and if you need any assistance whatsoever, just call me.

The only thing left is the psychology of our current environment which might be the final straw to cast a net over our current “hot market.” The normal supply and demand economics generally has been the rule of thumb and for the most part, for all of our commodities; unless, as we know, some phony, creative, and sometimes, illegal things are concocted to cause a market to go up or decline.

But some may surmise that due to the lowest inventory and historically low-interest rates anyone can remem-

ber, this amazing run can’t or won’t stop until one or both of those items increase to a level that will slow our current insatiable trend; but it could happen. That being said, I truly hope that we are not at a critical and crucial turning point of the housing demand changing, but hope to be in a more normal and balanced position.

I am quite concerned, but still, keep a positive attitude, and hope and pray that the Ukrainian situation will be settled and come to a more beneficial result for their people and the rest of the global community, to not expand into an unfathomable WWIII. You can donate what you can to the following organization: donate.iom.int International Organization for Migration (IOM):IOM is scaling up its humanitarian operations in Ukraine and neighboring countries, providing emergency services in health, shelter, winter supplies, and protection.

I would appreciate (and anyone’s volunteering to help me) with any donation that could be provided, if not money, then canned or boxed food, powdered baby food, toiletries, blankets, first aid kits, clothing, toothpaste, toothbrushes, Tylenol etc. or any commodities that we can send there to ease the stress and issues of those citizens who are in a desperate situation.

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave

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You can email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your request or ideas, suggestions or interview you for a specific topic and a Q & A for a future column with your name, email and cell number. He will email or call you back and respond to your request ASAP as long as he has your complete name, cell, email and/or full home or business address. Again, for a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, he can also be reached by cell (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions and concerns in selling, investing, purchasing, or leasing residential or commercial property.

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A Meeting in the Vale Continued from page 3 found myself suddenly pleased that he had taken me with him. I would never forget the moment and I felt myself changed because of it.

My only question has always remained: is this why I was invited

to accompany him? Did he somehow sense that I would see something of himself in that secluded spot with his friends from Galway that he wanted to me to observe and hopefully to understand and ultimately to accept?

I would never ask him such a question knowing that he might not have

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been conscious of his making such an introspective decision. I was aware that he would never have been able to put it into words even if he had known why he asked me to come with him. Ultimately, that intuition would be a task for a poet to unravel, a task for my sister Eileen, who if she were older, would have loved

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Suffolk WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF THE RESIDENTIAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES TRUST V-C, Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN SCHOETTL A/K/A JOHN D. SCHOETTL, ET AL., Defendant (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on Novemeber 30, 2021 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, New York on April 11, 2022 at 10:00 AM, premises known as 26 BELLWOOD AVENUE, SOUTH SETAUKET, NY 11720. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York District: 0200, Section: 365.00, Block: 04.00, Lot: 027.000.

Approximate amount of judgment is $361,472.59 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 063943/2013.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee.

PAUL ROBERT FEUER, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff MIT 5928 4X 03/11,18,25,04/01 NOTICE OF SUMMONS Supreme Court County of Nassau INDEX: 608419/2021 DATE FILED: 07/06/2021 L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Plaintiff, -againstRICHARD J. LACOLA and MILLIE S. LACOLA , if they be living, if they be dead, their

respective heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, adrninistrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, or through RICHARD J. LACOLA and MILLIE S. LACOLA , if they be dead, whether by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, including any right, title or interest in and to the real property described in the complaint herein, all of who and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12”, the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiffs attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York), and in case of failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFNEDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. David P. Sullivan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated Feb, 28, 2022 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office.

THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a tax lien and to recover the amount of the tax lien and all of the interest, pen-

alties, additions and expenses thereon to premises k/a District 17, Section 46, Block 368, Lot 11.

Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the tax lien holder who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property Sending a payment to the tax lien holder will not stop this foreclosure action.

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BN 7523 6X 02/11,18,25,03/04,11,18 LEGAL NOTICE 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 11th day of April, 2022 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 adopt the Annual Budget of the Bethpage Public Library for the fiscal year 2022-2023 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the Bethpage Union Free School District; and 2.

To elect one Library Trustee, for a term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2022 and ending on June 30, 2027, to succeed – Christina AgostiDircks, whose term expires on June 30, 2022.

A petition shall be required to nominate such candidate to the office of Library Trustee.

Petitions shall be directed to the District Clerk at the School District Administration Offices Cherry Avenue and Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York, and shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District. Vacancies on the Board of Trustees are not considered separate specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated. 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 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (excluding Saturdays and Sundays), through March 14, 2022 and not later than March

14, 2022.

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 11, 2022 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 30, 2022, 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 30, 2022 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 subsequent Library special district meetings on the day of the April 11, 2022 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 11, 2022.

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HEREBY GIVEN, the voters may register with the Clerk of said School District at her office in the School District Administrative Offices, Cherry Avenue and Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York, between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. when school is in session at any day prior to April 6, 2022 to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting with the Clerk of said School District he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of the Clerk of said School District to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the Register is prepared. The Register so prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, at her office in the School District Administrative Offices, Cherry Avenue and Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. on each of the five (5) days prior to the day set for the election, except Saturday and Sunday, and at the polling place(s) on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. An application for registration as a military voter can be requested from the Board of Education at the Bethpage Administration building and must be returned to the Office of the District Clerk, at 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage NY 11714. The application for registration must be received in the office of the clerk no later than 5:00 P.M. on March 16, 2022. In the request for an application for registration, the military voter is permitted to designate his/her preference for receiving the application for registration by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the district may submit an application for a military ballot by requesting an appli-

cation from the District Clerk and returning the application in person or by mail to the Office of the District Clerk at 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714, no later than 5:00 P.M. on March 16, 2022. In the request for an application for a military ballot, the military voter is permitted to designate his/ her preference for receiving the application for a military ballot, and the military ballot, by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail. All qualified military voters’ ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person. Ballots for military voters shall be distributed to qualified military voters no later than March 17, 2022. Military ballots must be received by the District Clerk (1) before the close of the polls, on Monday, April 11, 2022, and must show a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or must show a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or (2) not later than 5:00 pm on the day of the election and be signed and dated by the military voter and one witness, with a date ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

A list of all persons to whom military voters’ ballots have been issued shall be available during regular office hours at the Office of the Clerk of the Bethpage Union Free School District on each of the five days prior to the day set for the Special District Meeting, except Sunday, and on April 11, 2022 – at the polling place during the Special District Meeting. Any qualified voter then present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his or her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls 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 on each of the five days prior to the day set for the Special District Meeting, except Sunday, and on April 11, 2022 – at the polling place during the Special District Meeting. Any qualified voter then present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his or her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls. 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 25, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BETHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY John McCarthy, President AVISO LEGAL AVISO SOBRE LA REUNIÓN EXTRAORDINARIA DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE BETHPAGE Por medio del presente, la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Bethpage notifica que se realizará una reunión extraordinaria de distrito con los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Bethpage Union Free en la Biblioteca Pública de Bethpage, 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, Nueva York, el 11 de abril de 2022 desde las 2:00 p. m. hasta las 8:00 p. m., hora en vigor, para votar con boletas electorales físicas sobre las siguientes propuestas: 1.

Adoptar el presupuesto anual de la Biblioteca Pública de Bethpage para el año fiscal 2022-2023 y autorizar que la parte requerida de este se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad sujeta a tributación del Distrito Escolar Bethpage Union Free.

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Elegir un fideicomisario de la biblioteca para un mandato de cinco (5) años,

desde el 1 de julio de 2022 hasta el 30 de junio de 2027, como sucesor de Christina AgostiDircks, cuyo mandato finaliza el 30 de junio de 2022.

Se necesitará una solicitud para nominar a dicho candidato para el cargo de fideicomisario de la biblioteca. Las solicitudes deberán dirigirse a la secretaria del distrito en las oficinas administrativas del distrito escolar, en Cherry Avenue y Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Nueva York, y deberán estar firmadas por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del distrito. Los puestos vacantes de la Junta de Fideicomisarios no se consideran cargos específicos ni independientes; los candidatos se presentan en general.

Las solicitudes de nominación no deberán estipular ningún puesto vacante específico en la Junta para la cual esté nominado el candidato. Las solicitudes estarán disponibles en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito en las oficinas administrativas del distrito escolar, en Cherry Avenue y Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Nueva York. En caso de que cualquiera de dichos nominados se retire de la candidatura antes de la elección, esa persona no se considerará un candidato a menos que se presente ante la secretaria del distrito una nueva solicitud de nominación de esa persona de la misma forma y con las mismas limitaciones de los demás candidatos. Cada solicitud deberá presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m. (exceptuando sábados y domingos), hasta el 14 de marzo de 2022 y no después de esta fecha.

REGISTRO SE NOTIFICA, ADEMÁS, que conforme a la sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, es necesario que los votantes se registren personalmente, y ninguna persona podrá votar en la mencionada reunión extraordinaria de distrito del 11 de abril de 2022 a menos que se haya registrado personalmente.

Cada persona puede registrarse para dicha reunión extraordinaria presentándose personalmente ante la Junta de Registro del Distrito Escolar el 30 de marzo de 2022, como se indica a continuación. La

Junta de Registro se reunirá a los efectos de registrar personalmente a los votantes y preparar un registro de los votantes calificados de dicho distrito escolar el 30 de marzo de 2022 de 4:00 p. m. a 8:00 p. m., en las oficinas administrativas del distrito escolar, momento y lugar en que los miembros de la Junta de Registro incluirán en el Registro del Distrito Escolar los nombres de todos los votantes calificados que se presenten personalmente ante ellos, siempre que se sepa o se demuestre, a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro, que estos tienen derecho a votar en la reunión extraordinaria de distrito de la biblioteca que se especifica anteriormente.

Dicho registro, una vez finalizado, se archivará en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito en las oficinas administrativas del distrito escolar, en Cherry Avenue y Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Nueva York, y permanecerá archivado en dicha oficina y abierto para su inspección de 9:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m. en cada uno de los cinco (5) días previos a la reunión o a la elección para la que se preparó, excepto los sábados y domingos. Los votantes pueden registrarse para votar en las siguientes reuniones extraordinarias de distrito de la biblioteca el día de la reunión extraordinaria de distrito del 11 de abril de 2022.

Todas las personas que hayan votado en cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria o en cualquier elección general dentro de los cuatro (4) años anteriores a la 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 extraordinaria de distrito del 11 de abril de 2022.

POR EL PRESENTE, TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que los votantes pueden registrarse en la oficina de la secretaria de dicho distrito escolar que se encuentra en las oficinas administrativas del distrito escolar, en Cherry Avenue y Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Nueva York, de 8:30 a. m. a 3:30 p. m. cuando la escuela esté en sesión en cualquier día Continued on page 22

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LEGAL NOTICES Continued from page 21 anterior al 6 de abril de 2022 para agregar cualquier nombre adicional al registro que se utilizará en la elección mencionada. Durante ese horario, toda persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se incluya en el registro, siempre que en la reunión con la secretaria de dicho distrito escolar se sepa o se demuestre, a satisfacción de la secretaria de dicho distrito escolar, que esa persona tiene derecho a votar en la elección para la cual se prepara el registro. El registro preparado según la sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación se presentará en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito en las oficinas administrativas del distrito escolar, en Cherry Avenue y Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Nueva York, y estará abierto para que cualquier votante calificado del distrito pueda inspeccionarlo entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 3:00 p. m. en cada uno de los cinco (5) días previos al día establecido para la elección, excepto el sábado y el domingo, y en el centro de votación el día de la votación.

POR EL PRESENTE, TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del distrito escolar. Se puede pedir una solicitud de registro como votante militar a la Junta de Educación en el edificio administrativo de Bethpage, y se la debe enviar a la oficina de la secretaria del distrito, en 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage NY 11714. La solicitud de registro debe recibirse en la oficina de la secretaria antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 16 de marzo de 2022. En el pedido de solicitud de registro, el votante militar puede designar de qué manera prefiere recibir la solicitud de registro: por correo, transmisión por fax o correo electrónico.

POR EL PRESENTE, TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del distrito pueden presentar una solicitud de boleta electoral militar pidiendo una solicitud a la sec-

del cierre de las urnas.

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación, las solicitudes de boletas electorales por ausencia para la reunión extraordinaria de distrito pueden pedirse en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito Escolar Bethpage Union Free.

La Junta de Registro debe recibir esta solicitud al menos siete (7) días antes de la reunión extraordinaria de distrito, si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la reunión extraordinaria de distrito, si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al votante. La Junta de Registro hará una lista de todas las personas a las que se han otorgado boletas electorales por ausencia, y la tendrá a disposición en el horario de atención habitual en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día fijado para la reunión extraordinaria de distrito, excepto el domingo, y el 11 de abril de 2022, en el centro de votación durante la reunión extraordinaria de distrito. Cualquier votante calificado presente en ese momento en el centro de votación podrá objetar la votación de la boleta electoral por los motivos que considere oportunos, presentando su objeción y las razones de esta al inspector de la elección antes del cierre de las urnas. No se escrutarán boletas electorales por ausencia, a menos que se reciban a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del día de la reunión extraordinaria de distrito.

retaria del distrito y enviándola en persona o por correo a la oficina de la secretaria del distrito, en 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714, antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 16 de marzo de 2022. En el pedido de solicitud de boleta electoral militar, el votante militar puede designar de qué manera prefiere recibir la solicitud de boleta electoral militar y la boleta electoral militar: por correo, transmisión por fax o correo electrónico. Las solicitudes de boleta electoral militar y las boletas electorales militares de los votantes militares calificados se deben entregar por correo o en persona. Las boletas electorales para los votantes militares se distribuirán a los votantes militares calificados antes del 17 de marzo de 2022.

La secretaria del distrito debe recibir las boletas electorales militares (1) antes del cierre de la votación, el lunes 11 de abril de 2022, y deben tener una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o el servicio postal de un país extranjero, o un endoso fechado de recepción por parte de otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o (2) a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección debiendo estar firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo, con una fecha que establezca que no es posterior al día previo a la elección.

En la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito Escolar Bethpage Union Free se pondrá a disposición una lista de todas las personas a las que se les han otorgado boletas electorales militares durante el horario de atención habitual en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día fijado para la reunión extraordinaria de distrito, excepto el domingo, y el 11 de abril de 2022, en el centro de votación durante la reunión extraordinaria de distrito. Cualquier votante calificado presente en ese momento en el centro de votación podrá objetar la votación de la boleta electoral por los motivos que considere oportunos, presentando su objeción y las razones de esta al inspector de la elección antes

Fechado: Bethpage, Nueva York 25 de febrero de 2022 POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE FIDEICOMISARIOS BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE BETHPAGE John McCarthy, presidente BN 7524 4X 02/25,03/04,11,18 BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT BREAKFAST PROGRAM SURVEY The Bethpage Union Free School District is in the process of conducting a survey of

parents of registered incoming kindergarten students for September 2022, and current students in kindergarten through fourth grade who attend the Bethpage elementary schools. This survey is to determine if there is any interest in a school breakfast program. If lack of interest is determined, an exemption to participate in this program will be requested by the Bethpage Union Free School District to the New York State Education Department.

Those parents who have concerns regarding the survey or the breakfast program, please contact Mr. Scott M. Harrington, Assistant Superintendent for Business at 516-644-4030.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

BN 7525 1X 03/11 INVITATION TO BIDDERS Board of Education Bethpage Union Free School District PUBLIC NOTICE: is hereby given for separate sealed bids for: Bond Phase 2a at John F. Kennedy Middle School.

Bids will be received by the School District, on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. prevailing time in the District Administration Building, 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714, and at said time and place publicly opened and read aloud.

The Contract Documents may be examined at the Office of the Architect, BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers, P.C., 244 East Main Street, Patchogue New York, (631-475-0349); however, the Contract Documents may only be obtained thru the Office of REV, 330 Route 17A Suite #2, Goshen, New York 10924 (877272-0216) beginning on Monday, March 14, 2022. Complete digital sets of Contract Documents shall be obtained online (with a free user account) as a download for a non-refundable fee of Forty-Nine ($49.00) Dollars at the following websites: www. bbsprojects.com or www.usinglesspaper.com under ‘public

projects’. Optionally, in lieu of digital copies, hard copies may be obtained directly from REV upon a deposit of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each complete set. Checks for deposits shall be made payable to the BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT and may be uncertified. All bid addenda will be transmitted to registered plan holders via email and will be available at the above referenced websites.

Any bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with the printer and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. Plan holders who have obtained hard copies of the bid documents will need to make the determination if hard copies of the addenda are required for their use and coordinate directly with the printer for hard copies of addenda to be issued. There will be no charge for registered plan holders to obtain hard copies of the bid addenda. The bid deposit for hard copies will be returned upon receipt of plans and specifications, in good condition, within thirty days after bid date, except for the lowest responsible bidder, whose check will be forfeited upon the award of the contract.

The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, or the proposals will be rejected within 45 days of the date of opening proposals.

Bids shall be subject, however, to the discretionary right reserved by the School District to waive any informalities in, accept or reject any alternatives, reject any proposals and to advertise for new proposals, if in its opinion the best interest of the School District will thereby be promoted.

Bidder may not withdraw its bid until forty-five (45) days after the bid opening, except in accordance with General Municipal Law Section 103(11).

By Order of the The Board OF Education Bethpage Union Free School District Dated: March 7, 2022 BN 7526 1X 03/11

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Organist Guild plans recital at Trinity Lutheran Church

Walker Organ at Trinity Lutheran Church.

Teachers and staff at Lee Road Elementary School thanked their bus drivers on Bus Driver Appreciation Day on Feb. 18.

Photo courtesy of Levittown Public Schools Teachers and staff at Lee Road Elementary School in the Levittown Public School District thanked their team of bus drivers on Bus Driver Appreciation Day on Feb. 18.

Lee Road bus drivers streamed into the school driveway as routinely as they do every school day, but this time with a big surprise – teachers put up a “Thank

you bus drivers” sign to greet them.

After the students were inside, the drivers were handed binders filled with gift cards and other gifts.

Lee Road Principal Jami Anspach thanked the bus drivers for their dedicated and safe transportation of students to and from school every day.

Sixth grader wins annual Geography Bee

JFK Middle School sixth grader Brian DeBobes (second from left) won the school’s Geography Bee on Jan. 13. Also pictured is social studies coordinator Daniel Fazio (far left), JFK Principal Kevin Fullerton and JFK Assistant Principal Erin Hayes.

Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District Brian DeBobes, a sixth grader at JFK Middle School in Bethpage, won the school’s annual Geography Bee on Jan. 13.

The schoolwide competition featured

finalists from each of the school’s social studies classes. The final Geography Bee was held in JFK’s auditorium, where students showcased their geography skills.

The Nassau Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will hold a Members’ Recital on Sunday, March 13 at 3 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 40 W Nicholai St, Hicksville. Six organists will participate. Elizabeth Bailey is organist at St Bernard Catholic Church, Levittown. Henry DeVries is minister of music at Trinity Lutheran Church, Hicksville.

Judith Feuss is director of music and organist at Church of Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Manhasset.

Michael Haigler is director of music at Christ Church, Oyster Bay. Joseph Martin is the cantor of St. Peter’s Evangelical

Photo courtesy Henry DeVries

Lutheran Church in Baldwin, NY, accompanist for St. Ignatius Loyola Children’s Choir and the Forest Hills Choir, and coaches the Opera Ensemble at Molloy College in Rockville Centre. Dr. Joseph Woo is director of music at the Community Church of East Williston.

The program will include works by Léon Boëllmann, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Jongen, Alexandre Guilmont, George Frederic Handel, Leo Sowerby, Denis Bedard, Hermann Schroeder and Jean Sibelius. Admission is free, and a reception will be held afterwards.

Levittown’s Terrific Kids

Hempstead Town Councilman Dennis Dunne, Sr. and Town Clerk Kate Murray congratulated Sophia Bugros, Aisha Khan, Aishmeet Kaur, Franklin Sarvia Paredez, Nikolaos Gendekos, Gurjot Singh, Michael Maine Jr. and Adam Alzandani during the Levittown Kiwanis Club Terrific Kids Award Ceremony on February 14, 2022 at Summit Lane Elementary School in Levittown. Also attending were Levittown Kiwanis President Michael Pappas, Summit Lane Elementary School Principal Keith Squillacioti, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Todd Winch and Assistant Superintendent for Business Dr. Christopher Dillon.

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Kramer Lane School students Crafting recyclable instruments at Central Blvd. School take on “Brain Challenge”

Kramer Lane Elementary School students in grades three to five took part in a special assembly on Feb. 11 titled, “Brain Challenge: The Ultimate Live TV Game Show!”

Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District As part of Nutrition Month, Kramer Lane Elementary School students in grades three to five recently enjoyed a fun-filled and exciting assembly titled, “Brain Challenge: The Ultimate Live TV Game Show!”

Students were involved in a com-

petitive program that not only challenged the mind, but the body as well.

Questions and challenges for each team were centered around nutrition, health and physical fitness. Kramer Lane teachers also showcased their talents as they took part in the show.

Second graders at Central Boulevard Elementary School in Bethpage turned recyclables into instruments on Feb. 18.

Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District Second graders at Central Boulevard Elementary School in Bethpage turned recyclables such as cereal boxes and plastic cups into instruments on Feb. 18.

Students crafted instruments using recycled pieces of material in the school’s All Purpose Room after learning about the Recycled Orchestra of

Cateura, a Paraguayan musical group that plays instruments made entirely out of garbage pieces. Through the project, students also learned about properties of matter.

As a culminating activity, second graders will test their projects in music class and play a tune.

This Week at the Syosset Public Library Friday, March 11 at 2:00 p.m.

Women Who Made a Difference in Our History (IN-PERSON) Presenters: Harvey Sackowitz and Howard Ehrlich, St. John’s University Women have played an important part in our history and our society.

Many of their names are familiar to us.

However, we are going to explore the lives of extraordinary women who you may never have heard of or learned about. Their stories will be presented here and you will be truly amazed at what these women did for our country and their significant contributions.

No registration needed. Masks are required.

Sunday, March 13, at 1 p.m.

Tom Polito & Friends (IN-PERSON) Tom Polito and Friends will take you on a joyful journey through 50 years of popular songs. Standards from the Great American Songbook, hits of the 60s and 70s or dancing in

the street with Motown and rhythm & blues. Registration is required and seats are limited. To register, go to syossetlibrary.org

Monday, March 14 at 9:15 a.m.

Virtual Dancersize This fitness class combines aerobic exercise with dance movements. To register, go to syossetlibrary.org Online

Monday, March 14, at 2:00 p.m.

Virtual Springtime Cooking with Chef Ron Fan Watch Chef Ron prepare two recipes you can make at home (Whole Grains with Spring Vegetables & Chilled Cashew Pea Soup with Bacon). To register, go to syossetlibrary.org. After registration you will receive a Zoom link, password, ingredient list, and recipe via email.

Tuesday, March 15 from 6:15–7:15 p.m.

Yoga for Relaxation Spring 2022 (IN-PERSON) Learn basic yoga postures and

relaxation techniques that will enable you to develop your own yoga practice. All levels are invited to join.

Registration is needed. Fee $32. 8 classes. To register, go to syossetlibrary. org.

tion to American cinema. The lecturer will discuss his films, and their impact in an illustrated lecture. No registration needed. For the Zoom link, go to syossetlibrary.org.

Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m.

From Uptown Girls to Downton Abbey: How American Gilded Age Heiresses Invaded the British Aristocracy (VIRTUAL) Presenter: Claire Evans, Anglophile & former U.K. resident Long before the British Invasion, the cash-strapped lords, viscounts, and dukes of Great Britain shifted their focus from hunting foxes and pheasants to more lucrative targets: cash-fluid Gilded Age American socialites who were willing to trade their family’s money for an ancient title and often a chilly reception in the British aristocracy. No registration needed. For the Zoom link, go to syossetlibrary.org.

Virtual Evening Book Discussion A Zoom discussion of the historical fiction novel “Remarkable Creatures”

by Tracy Chevalier. No registration needed. For the Zoom link, go to syossetlibrary.org.

Thursday, March 17 at 2:00 p.m.

Billy Wilder (VIRTUAL) Presenter: Max Alvarez, film historian Legendary director Billy Wilder became a screenwriter while living in Berlin in the late 1920s, moving to Hollywood in 1934 with $11 to his name. Many years later his private art collection was auctioned by Christie’s for $32.6 million. In the years in between, Wilder left a rich contribu-

Friday, March 18 at 2:00 p.m.

Bethpage High School students visited third graders at all three elementary schools in the district to share their Read to Achieve program on March 4. Pictured are high school students sharing reading lessons with third graders at Charles Campagne Elementary School.

Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District Students in Mrs. Whalen’s careers in education class at Bethpage High School prepared reading lessons for the school’s Read to Achieve program.

High school students visited third graders at all three elementary schools

in the district on March 4 and had a great time seeing their lessons come to life. These future teachers loved returning to their old elementary schools, but now they were able to see things from a teacher’s point of view.

Legislator provides COVID supplies to Hicksville church

Nassau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (D - Plainview) delivered AccessBio COVID At-Home Antigen Tests and KN-95 masks to Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church in Hicksville on Tuesday, Feb. 22 to help community members stay safe from COVID-19. “While the worst thankfully appears to be behind us, I remain committed to giving residents the supplies they need to stay safe and have peace of mind,” Legislator Drucker said. “Thank you to Father John McCarthy, Andrea Attivissimo-Karassik, and everyone at Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church for partnering with us to get these resources to their congregants and the greater Hicksville community!”

Photo courtesy of the Office of Legislator Arnold W. Drucker

A lesson on the Braille alphabet Nominations open for at Kramer Lane “Women of Distinction” honors

Second graders at Kramer Lane Elementary School in the Bethpage School District learned about American author and lecturer Helen Keller on Feb. 10.

Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District Second graders at Kramer Lane Elementary School in the Bethpage School District learned about American author and lecturer Helen Keller on Feb. 10.

Caitlin Graham from Helen Keller Services visited Kramer Lane to demonstrate the Braille alphabet. Students were able to experience Braille books and write their names in Braille.

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that nominations are now being accepted for the Town’s 2022 Women of Distinction Program. At the start of Women’s History Month, residents are invited to nominate extraordinary women who have made a difference in their communities.

“Each year, the Town has the honor of recognizing women who go above and beyond to improve the lives of those around them through our Women of Distinction Program,” said Town Councilwoman Michele Johnson, who serves as chairwoman of the Women of Distinction Committee. “If you know a special woman who helps make your community a better place to live, we invite you to nominate her to be a 2022 Town of Oyster Bay Woman of Distinction.”

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino added, “We are proud to recognize women in our Town and invite resi-

dents to submit nominations of those who make a difference and enrich the lives of others. We look forward to sharing their stories and recognizing their efforts to make our community, families and Town a better place to live, work and raise a family.”

Women of Distinction will be recognized at a special awards ceremony hosted by the Town Board in May. Nominations may be submitted for any achievement or honorable cause performed by the nominee.

The Town seeks to recognize individuals for their contributions to the arts, education, environment, athletics, community or civic service, volunteerism or business. Honorees must live or work in the Town of Oyster Bay. To submit a nomination for the Women of Distinction Awards Program, please visit www.oysterbaytown.com/women or call (516) 624-6380 for an application.

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Reading lessons come to life in Bethpage schools

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Elementary students stomp out Bethpage HS hosts fourth annual Regal Eagle Rampage bullying one bubble at a time

Lee Avenue students supported P.S. I Love You Day with Principal Stephanie Matthews Stam.

Bethpage High School’s robotics team hosted its fourth annual Regal Eagle Rampage on March 6.

Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District Bethpage High School’s robotics team hosted its fourth annual Regal Eagle Rampage on March 6. High school robotics teams were invited to the noncompetitive event to calibrate, practice and fine tune their robots on a field that the Regal Eagles constructed in the school’s gymnasium. The field matched the specifications of the actual field dimensions that teams will be participating on at the upcoming regionals.

In the morning, teams calibrated their robots on the field; six teams at a time in five-minute intervals.

In the afternoon, the teams in attendance took part in practice sessions that matched the parameters of the FIRST Robotics Competition: Rapid React challenge.

“We hope that the participating teams will get valuable utility from their participation in the event in the form of data points and feedback to refine their robots for the upcoming regional events at which each team will be participating in the weeks ahead,” said district Director of Technology Andrew Choi.

Valentines for Vets Blowing bubbles and wearing purple in support of P.S. I Love You Day at Lee Avenue Elementary.

First through fifth graders at Lee Avenue Elementary School in Hicksville held a fundraiser on Feb. 11 inviting students to donate a $1 or more for the chance to chew gum in school to benefit the P.S. I Love You Day organization. In addition to the gum chewing fundraiser, coordinated by the Lee Avenue PTA that raised over $350, students wore purple to show unity for the cause.

P.S. I Love You Day is always held on the second Friday in February and this year marked the 12th year of

the day created by Brooke DiPalma in honor of her passed father, a retired NYPD officer, who took his life. The organization’s mission is to bring awareness to the importance of mental health and decrease bullying.

School communities are encouraged to wear purple in order to foster kindness and a welcoming environment, and educate others that mental health is just as important as physical health.

Photos courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools

Legislator John Ferretti recently visited Abbey Lane School Principal Dr. George Maurer and Mrs. Wenz’s class. Leg. Ferretti thanked the students for participating in his Valentines for Vets program.

Photo by Michele Zucker

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