Legislators Rose Walker and Laura Schaefer recently joined with the Bethpage Central Park Kiwanis to provide and distribute Crime Stoppers Drug Awareness Signs at various locations in the Bethpage community. Pictured are Legislators Walker and Schaefer, along with Bethpage Superintendent of Schools Terence Clark and members of the Bethpage Central Park Kiwanis.
BY GARY SIMEONE
It was quite a scene at the East Meadow Library on Monday afternoon with over 300 people decked out in their solar viewing glasses to view the most widely anticipated natural phenomenon in ninety nine years. People of all ages gathered to witness the partial solar eclipse of the sun which took place between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m. People in other areas of the country who were in the direct path of the eclipse were able to bear witness to complete
totality where the moon completely covered the sun.
“It has been so crowded that we were only able to give out one pair of glasses per family,” said
Jude Schanzer, Director of Public Relations and Programming at the Library. “People are coming here from all across the Island to witness the eclipse.”
The Library had multiple programs for people beginning at 10 p.m. and ending at 2 p.m. where people than set up folding chairs and blankets on the front lawn to see one of nature’s most awe-in-
spiring sights.
“It’s great, unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like it,” said eight year old, Eric Morales of Levittown, who came to the Library with his grandmother and brother and sister.
Michelle Angel, grandmother of the three children, said that the kids had been looking forward to the big event and had been researching information online about it.
“They’d been talking about this for awhile and now that the
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It was an exciting couple of weeks for hundreds of kids at the newly opened Camp Invention at the Wisdom Lane Middle School in Levittown. The camp which ran from July 31st to August 11th, is a nationally recognized, non-profit summer enrichment program that catered to Levittown Students entering 3rd, 4th and 5th grades in the 2017-18 school years. Camp Invention also has locations in Wantagh and Merrick. The camp had seven stations set up for kids to participate in activities in classrooms throughout the school. One station included an outdoor area where they engaged in scientific team building type games.
Siobhan Schneider, a 4th Grade Teacher in the School district and Camp Director at the Levittown site, said that the camp is a two week half day program where the kids participate in three different activities the first week and three unique activities in the second week.
“There are four different academic programs and two outdoor games that the campers participate in,” said Schneider. “These programs align with the Science curriculum that students will be learning as they enter the third through fifth grade level.”
The four programs inside the school include ‘Duct Tape Billionaire,’ where kids can start up their own accessory business, ‘Mission Space Makers,’ which lets kids locate and prepare a new planet for human habitation, ‘Have A Blast,’ where they fling, fly and float through high-energy air battles and ‘Operation Keep Out’ where they can create all sorts of neat inventions.
The outdoor arena helps kids with their team building skills as they work together creating innovative water games and participating in small space puzzles where their creative thinking and problem solving skills come into play.
“These activities help them to engage in creative thinking, apply principles of engineering, take apart non-working machines and devices to investigate their inner operations and work together to spark their interest in Science and Space,” said Schneider.
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“Wilson”, starring Woody Harrelson, will be shown at the Bethpage Public Library at 2 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. Rated R, the film is 108 minutes long.
A “Book-To-Film Discussion” will be held at the Hicksville Public Library at 12 noon with Fran Cohen, following by a showing of “The Sense of An Ending”, starring Jim Broadbent. The movie is 108 minutes long and is rated PG-13.
The fall series of “Zumba with Cathy Cromer” will begin this evening at 6 p.m. and will continue each Wednesday through November 8. Please pre-register.
At 7:30 p.m. at the Bethpage Public Library, Elaine Langsam, craft specialist, will present a session of “Scrapbooking”.
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a free community health education program grandparents, are you up-to-date?
Please join Ronald V. Marino, DO, Associate Chairman of Pediatrics and Richard A. Bagdonas, MD, Acute Care Surgeon, Department of Surgery for an informative session on the following:
• Learn how to keep children safe inside and outside the home
• Understand updates on vaccines, SIDS prevention and safe sleep
• Become familiar with feeding options and choking hazards
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Sign in: 6:45 PM Program: 7:00 PM
NYU Winthrop Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd. (Corner of Second Street in Mineola) Treiber Family Conference Center
Admission is free, but seating is limited For reservations: Please call (516) 663-3916 or email: inspiringwomen@nyuwinthrop.org For parking information call: 516-663-9761
Senator Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City) has announced he is partnering with the United Way, Long Island Nets, Senator Elaine Phillips and local libraries to host a “Back to School Backpacks and Supplies Drive” to assist needy students in the area.
“As a New York State Senator, one of my top priorities is to ensure that our children have the tools necessary to support their pursuit of knowledge and education and to feel prepared for success,” said Senator Hannon. “With the new school year quickly approaching, I am happy to be coordinating this backpack and supplies drive with the United Way, Long Island Nets, Senator Phillip’s and our local libraries.
Supplies needed include backpacks, pens, pencils, rulers, protractors, lined
paper, notebooks, composition paper, folders, binders, basic calculator, glue sticks and highlighters.
The drive will run through September 7. Donations may be dropped off at any of the following locations:
Senator Kemp Hannon’s Community Office – 595 Stewart Avenue, Ste. 540, (516) 739-1700
Bethpage Library – 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage (516-931-3907)
Island Trees Library - 38 Farmedge Road, Levittown (516-731-2211)
Levittown Library – 1 Bluegrass Lane, Levittown (516-731-5728)
Plainview Old Bethpage – 999 Old Country Road, Plainview (516-938-0077)
For more information, please call Senator Hannon’s Community office at 516-739-1700.
Grandparents – are you up-to-date?
NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Inspiring Women™ educational series will offer a free program, “Grandparenting Matters – Inside and Out,” on Thursday, September 7, 2017, at 7:00 PM. The program will be held at the NYU Winthrop Research and Academic Center, located at 101 Mineola Boulevard, Mineola, in the Treiber Family Conference Center, Room G-018.
Ronald V. Marino, DO, Associate Chairman of Pediatrics and Richard A. Bagdonas, MD, Acute Care Surgeon, Department of Surgery, will offer an informative session on how to keep children safe inside and outside the home. Grandparents will also understand updates on vaccines, SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) prevention and safe sleep, and become familiar with
feeding options and choking hazards. A question and answer period will be included with the session.
Attendees are asked to arrive at 6:45 PM for the 7 PM program. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. To register for this program, please call (516) 663-3916 or e-mail inspiringwomen@nyuwinthrop.org. For parking or inclement weather information, please call (516) 663-9761.
The program is being offered as part of Inspiring Women: The Women’s Wellness Initiative at NYU Winthrop, a free community education series dedicated to the health and well-being of women. For information about Inspiring Women events or other programs at the Hospital, please call 1-866-WINTHROP or visit www.winthrop.org/community-programs
The Kiwanis Club of Bethpage Central Park is the proud sponsor of the new Aktion Club of ACLD Bridges. Aktion Club is the only service club for adults with disabilities, with more than 12,000 members worldwide.
Pictured: Kris Biedermann, Aktion Club of ACLD Bridges Advisor; NY District Kiwanis Governor Steve Sirgiovanni; Beth Schwartz, Aktion Club of ACLD Bridges President; Jeffrey Corwin, Aktion Club of ACLD Bridges Secretary; Judith Terpilowski, Aktion Club of ACLD Bridges Treasurer; Patti Morrone, Kiwanis of Bethpage Central Park President; Monique Taylor, Aktion Club of ACLD Bridges Co-Advisor; Carmen Pumo, Aktion Club of ACLD Bridges Vice-President; Andrea Goodman, Kiwanis of Bethpage Central Park Advisor to Aktion Club of ACLD Bridges
At the next meeting of the Hicksville Historical Society, Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino will discuss the actions taken by his administration to reduce costs for taxpayers, institute ethics reforms to protect resident’s wal-
lets, and review the challenges the town faces in the years ahead.
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 26, at Hicksville Public Library at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome. Refreshments served.
New Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilwoman Michele M. Johnson honored a group of local caring mothers known as Team YOLO prior to the August 12th Music Under the Stars performance of Jimmy Buffett tribute band “Barometer Soup” at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa. Team YOLO, an acronym for “You Only Live Once,” has competed annually in an obstacle course running event to raise money and awareness for the Morgan Center, a preschool for children with cancer located in the Town of Oyster Bay. Since it was formed four years ago by Dannie Taylor, a mom from Oyster Bay, Team YOLO has raised in excess of $85,000 for the Morgan Center.
“Whenever a local group gets together and champions an important and worthwhile cause, it is deserving of our recognition and admiration,” Supervisor Saladino said. “The members of Team YOLO are particularly inspirational for all of the work they have done on behalf of children with cancer.”
Members of Team YOLO were recently asked to be guests on the Ellen DeGeneres show held in Los Angeles. “This group of moms took that once in a lifetime opportunity and decided to further build awareness to the Morgan Center and provide details with how people can support the organization’s incredible work,” Supervisor Saladino said. “These selfless and remarkable women are a tremendous source of pride for all of us in the Town of Oyster Bay.”
Since being on the show with Ellen DeGeneres, Team YOLO has used its platform to network with many major sponsors and currently has 65 moms registered to compete in the organization’s next running event slated for October in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Oyster Bay Town Councilwoman Michele M. Johnson, herself a mother of three school-aged children, helped coordinate Team YOLO’s special recognition program. “I was so inspired to see this regular group of local moms who banded together to achieve something extraordinary,” Councilwoman Johnson said. “This sort of spirit and energy is the very fabric of a vibrant community and I want to let this group know they are considered by many to be this Town’s quintessential role models.”
Councilwoman Johnson said the Town of Oyster Bay has an extremely close bond with the Morgan Center because they are based locally out of the Town’s Hicksville Athletic Center.
“The Morgan Center operates in our facility and provides preschool age children battling cancer the opportunity to learn and socialize in a safe environment,” Councilwoman Johnson said. “Children undergoing chemotherapy treatment have a suppressed immune system and the Morgan Center allows these children to interact in a setting where all of the parents understand the inherent risks and the importance of a germ free environment and limiting exposures. It is hard not be touched by the uplifting work being done there.”
The Morgan Center is provided free of charge to the children and their families. Tuition and expenses are completely supported by private donations and fundraising.
“That is why the generosity and kindness of people like Team YOLO should be celebrated,” Supervisor Saladino said.
For more information on Team Yolo, or to support one of their upcoming causes, visit the group at https://www. facebook.com/TeamYOLOMoms/.
At a recent meeting held by Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association (NSWCA), of which Plainview Water District Commissioner Andrew N. Bader is President and was present, water commissioners representing 21 Long Island water districts welcomed Guest Speaker Michael Dwyer of Levittown, Irrigation Contractor and Trustee of the Irrigation Association of New York (IANY), who discussed the importance of water sustainability in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the IANY’s role in educating both the general public as well as public water suppliers in conservation methods.
Plainview Water District
Commissioner Andrew N. Bader, who is NSWCA President, joined fellow Plainview Water District Commissioners Marc B. Laykind and Amanda Field in hosting the meeting while Commissioner Laykind provided a detailed overview of the Plainview Water District.
“Even though our Long Island sole source aquifer has enormous capacity, education, good manage-
ment practices, and the judicious use of technology will benefit all residents,” Mr. Dwyer stated. “Some potential solutions are quite simple. Professionally installed automatic irrigation systems utilize rain sensors that prevent them from activating in the middle of a rainstorm. This seemingly small thing can conserve untold gallons of water as well as dramatically reduce the stress and strain on water production and irrigation systems.”
Mr. Dwyer further advised NSWCA water commissioners on advanced technologies, including WiFi controllers, proper nozzling and the IANY’s emphasis on the importance of certification of irrigation professionals. He also discussed New York State Bill S00840, the ‘Landscape Irrigation Contractor Certification Act’.
Commissioner Bader remarked, “Mr. Dwyer’s presentation was extensive, informative and apropos for the recognition of the need for sustainability in our daily lives here on Long Island. We thank him for sharing his expertise with our membership.”
Pictured at a recent Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association (NSWCA) meeting where Michael Dwyer, Irrigation Contractor and Trustee of the Irrigation Association of New York (IANY), was guest speaker are: (from left to right) Kenneth P. Wenthen, Jr., NSWCA Treasurer and West Hempstead Water District Commissioner; William Schuckmann, NSWCA Secretary and Hicksville Water District Commissioner; NSWCA Guest Speaker Michael Dwyer, Irrigation Association of New York (IANY); Andrew N. Bader, NSWCA President and Plainview Water District Commissioner; Vincent Abbatiello, NSWCA 1st Vice President and Westbury Water District Commissioner; and Michael F. Rich III, NSWCA 2nd Vice President and Oyster Bay Water District Commissioner.
Friday, August 25,
Marisa A. Ciriello of Hicksville was among 60 members of The University of Scranton’s under graduate class of 2017 honored for academic excellence, service or both at Class Night on May 26 on campus.
Students with the highest GPA in each of the University’s three undergraduate colleges were presented Frank J. O’Hara Awards for General Academic Excellence, a memorial to the late administrator who served the University for 53 years. Students were also recognized for excellence within their vari ous disciplines.
Ciriello was the recipient of the Excellence in Community Health Education Award. She graduated cum laude with a com munity health education major with a minor in psychology. She is a member of the Eta Sigma Gamma honor society. She was a member of the Community Health Education Club, and the Varsity Softball team. She also completed an internship with Marley’s Mission. Ciriello will attend graduate school for occu pational therapy. She is a grad uate of Hicksville High School.
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recently attended the grand opening ceremony of Del’s Bar & Grill, a new restaurant located at 129 Pine Hollow Road, Oyster Bay. Del’s Bar & Grill is a place where friends can gather together to enjoy outstanding food and drinks in a warm, comfortable atmosphere. Supervisor Saladino commended owner Michael Del Colle and wished him tremendous success in his new business endeavor. Also on hand was Michael’s long-time friend, John Minicozzi (third from right) and Chef George Posporelis (second from right).
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How is it treated in 2017?
Please join Steven Carsons, MD; Elise Belilos, MD and Kristina Belostocki, MD, from NYU Winthrop’s Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology as they discuss the following.
• What are the key signs of RA?
• How physicians diagnose RA?
• How is RA distinguished from other forms of arthritis and joint pain?
• What are the new developments in RA treatment?
A question and answer period will follow.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
6:45 PM Registration; 7:00 PM Program NYU Winthrop Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd.Mineola (corner of Second Street)
Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are required. Please call (516) 663-3916 to reserve your space.
The staff at the Town of Oyster Bay Chabad have announced in an email to the Jewish community that they will be welcoming Rabbi Shalom Lipszyc and his wife Rochel Leah to their Synagogue. The new Rabbi will serve as a deputy Rabbi to his father Rabbi Shmuel Lipszyc, and serve as director of adult and youth engagement. The Chabad, located off of Woodbury road in Woodbury, will be celebrating this milestone by hosting a complimentary breakfast buffet for the Jewish Community on Sunday, September 10th, 2017.
“We are thrilled that this young and dynamic couple will be joining our community and make it their home.”
Said Chabad’s event coordinator Dovid Glassner while welcoming the new Rabbi and his family. “As our Rabbi’s son, we have watched Rabbi Shalom reach the many milestones in his life right here in our synagogue and we couldn’t be happier with this new development” He added.
Known by community members for his wisdom and warmth, Rabbi Shalom completed his studies at the Rabbinical College of America in New Jersey, and received his Rabbinical Ordination from the former chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau, amongst other great Rabbinic signatories. As a native to Town of Oyster Bay, the new Rabbi says that he feels extremely privileged and honored to give back to the community he grew up in, and is delighted to follow in the path of his father, Rabbi Shmuel Lipszyc, who established the first of the four Chabad Centers serving town of Oyster Bay just over 25 years
ago.
The new Rabbi’s wife, Rochel Leah has been well praised for her smile and passion, and has just completed her six year teaching young Jewish girls from across the globe on the Nigri Online School. She has received her teaching degree from the Chaya Mushka Seminary in Quebec, and is the proud mother of two little children, Zalmen and Meir.
“We take this opportunity to welcome them to the team, and see fresh energy and new ideas brought to our Chabad.” said Chabad’s staff in the welcoming wwwwemail sent out to the community inviting them to the welcoming ceremony.
Known for their non-judgmental and joyful attitude, Chabad has become a popular hub for an array of Jewish experiences which include family holiday events, a top notch Hebrew School, and an excellent variety of adult learning and lecture series.
The Flagship center of Town of Oyster Bay Chabad is located at 678 Woodbury Rd. Woodbury, NY 11797. For more information, please visit www.jewishtob.org or call the office at 516 682 0404
The whole community is invited to celebrate and welcome Town of Oyster Bay Chabad’s new Rabbi and his family on Sunday, September 10th, 2017. 9am - Shachrit Morning Service | 10am - Delicious Breakfast Buffet @Chabad - 678 Woodbury Rd. Woodbury, NY 11797
Please email rochelleah@jewishtob. org to RSVP for the event or find out more information.
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BY KAREN RUBIN
Tucked just above Albany, New York, small-town Saratoga Springs’ fortunes have been tied to tourism since forever. Its mineral springs has been drawing visitors since the 14th century, when Native Americans first discovered the healing properties of the springs, and were the first lure to
America’s earliest tourists. But along the way, the village also developed organized horseracing, which brought the elites, and later on, a rich cultural menu. And all of these come together during the six weeks of summer when racing is underway at the historic track, though Saratoga Springs is very much a four-season destination.
Saratoga Springs seems to have grown up around the Inn at Saratoga, which dates from 1843 and staying here gives you a sense of place. (The Inn at Saratoga, 231 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, 518-5831890, 800-274-3573, theinnatsaratoga. com.)
It’s just a very short walk from
Saratoga Springs, with its healthful mineral springs, has been attracting visitors since forever, but organized horse-racing is what put the village on the tourist map © 2017 Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
the inn down Broadway to the heart of the culturally vibrant community decorated with painted horses (evoking its historic racing tradition) and ballet shoes (a tip of the hat to its cultural heritage) and banners – a stunning streetscape lined with Victorian buildings, where I go the night I arrive. It is late but there are still some live music venues, pubs, pizza places (open til 3 am), and plenty of people out and about.
A marker in front of the historic Adelphi Hotel, which dates from 1877, makes you appreciate all the more the work underway ($30 million worth) to reopen the hotel , which has been closed for five years. It is where the colorful Irish-born prize-fighter, gambling entrepreneur credited with establishing the Saratoga Race Course , New York State Senator and Tammany Hall enforcer John Morrissey, a regular of the hotel, died in 1878.
Indeed, the immediate impression is that Saratoga Springs is a combination of Louisville, Kentucky with its strong racing tradition, and Lenox, Massachusetts, with its superlative cultural offerings, with mineral springs and health spa thrown in for good measure.
The next morning, after a delectable breakfast at the inn, I walk through Congress Park, passed the Morrissey Fountain and the Casino, the gaming house for men which
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Morrissey built (now home to the Saratoga Springs History Museum) to Union Street, where Skidmore College was once located (today there is the Empire College and absolutely stunning Victorian houses, several of which are bed-and-breakfast inns), to Saratoga’s historic racetrack. Passing by for the moment the National Museum of Racing, I stroll over to the track where riders are finishing up their morning workouts. The six-week racing season will begin in just a couple of weeks
(July 21 this year), but there is already harness racing and polo underway.
Thoroughbred racing did not actually begin in Saratoga Springs – the legacy heralds back to colonial days, 1665, with the establishment of the Newmarket course in Salisbury, New York, a section of what is now known as the Hempstead Plains of Long Island (attractive because it was flat), in the Westbury/East Garden City section of Nassau County. (Today, Belmont Park, the third leg of the prestigious Triple Crown races, is close to where the original track would have been. As
I subsequently learn at the National Museum of Racing, August Belmont originally owned, Man o’War, one of the most famous horses in all of racing, who is heralded at the museum.
The Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, one of the most famous horseracing tracks in the world, boasts being America’s oldest sporting venue of any kind. In 1863, the former undefeated bare-knuckle boxing champion John Morrissey staged the first organized thoroughbred meeting here at an old trotting course. In 1864, the racetrack hosted the Travers Stakes, named for William Travers, making it the oldest major thoroughbred horse race in America.
The racetrack grew to prominence for hosting The Travers, nicknamed the Midsummer Derby, which brings together the greatest three-year-old horses to the race course to compete for the $1.25 million purse, and the track enjoyed prosperity, expanding in 189192. Millionaires moved in, including the DuPonts and the Whitneys.
By 1890, there were 314 tracks operating in the United States. And in 1893, there was the Great Panic that led to an economic depression on the scale of the 1930s. The Saratoga race course was forced to close in 1896 because of financial hardship.
But the track regained renown with the dramatic match-up between Man o’ War and appropriately named Upset in the 1919 Sanford Stakes, in which Man o’ War suffered his only career defeat
(Man o’ War won the 1920 Travers).
.When Triple Crown victor Gallant Fox was defeated by a horse (Jim Dandy) with 100-1 odds in 1930, Saratoga became known by an ominous nickname “The Graveyard of Champions.”
Saratoga has drawn the top names in thoroughbred racing - Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Rachel Alexandra, Curlin, Gallant Fox, the mighty Man o’ War, and American Pharoah.
One of the delightful aspects of the Saratoga race course is that horses walk right through the crowd, on a white-fenced path, to get to the paddock for their races so you get to see them up close. (I also find that you can come out around 5:30 am, and watch the horses being exercised from outside the fence.)
The course is stunning – with architectural majesty on par with Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky – and it is interesting that it is here, rather than at one of the Triple Crown venues, that the Hall of Fame for thoroughbred horsing racing is located, honoring the most notable horses, jockeys, owners and trainers. (S aratoga Race Course, 267 Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866; info about upcoming races at nyra.com.)
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Even if you are not particularly engaged in horse racing (and especially so), you will be fascinated to tour the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, which opened in 1950
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Prize-fighter John Morrissey, who brought organized horse-racing and gambling to Saratoga Springs, was a regular at the Adelphi Hotel and died there in 1878 just a year after the hotel opened; the historic hotel has been closed for five years, undergoing a $30 million restoration © 2017 Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com
BY LOU THEODORE
I was born in New York City in 1934 and called it home until 1970. My first 7 years was spent in the north end of Hell’s Kitchen. The next 12 years were spent in an area that is known as Lincoln Center. The final 17 years was spent in Astoria, Queens. In effect, NYC was my home for the first 36 years of my life. This tale is the first of a 2-part series concerned with New York City during that 36 year time period.
This first article is concerned with the 1934-1953 time period. The 1953-1970 period will be addressed in a follow-up article early next year. On to this first article.
I have often written that following World War II, “anything was possible” in New York City. Nothing would compare to NYC around the middle of the 20th Century. The economy was booming. Its population was primarily comprised of first, not second generation Americans of European extraction, but mostly Irish and Italians and to a lesser degree, Germans, Poles and Greeks. The City was primarily white and Catholic. The Hamptons were some rich family living on Park Avenue. The migration from the Caribbean had just begun. The legal drinking age was 18. We had 3 baseball teams. The Garment District was just that. A $0.25 toll had been instituted on the Triboro Bridge . . . for maintenance purposes! McDonalds had arrived on the scene. TV? There was Uncle Miltie, Ed Sullivan, Danny Thomas, and my all-time favorite, Jackie Gleason. My all-time great entertainer, Louie Prima, would soon arrive on the scene. Movies? Pick one. There was also Otto Graham, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Joe D., Willie Mays, George Mikan, etc. The GI Bill - $110 a month to attend college or $50 a week for 52 weeks. 42nd Street was, well…you know. Rockaway Beach had already been officially renamed the Irish Rivera. The Catskills had been reassigned the title “The Jewish Alps” while Astoria, Queens, was now a colony of Greece. Finally, there was The Beatles, Alan Freed, “Sha Boom,” “Earth Angel,” “Eddie My Love,” “Mr. Sandman,” and, of course, Billy Joel’s frantic attempt to determine who indeed had started the fire.
But, what was life really like in NYC at that time? It would be impossible to squeeze it all into this type of article. But, I do have an earlier unedited 1995 Litmor Publication article titled “On the Stoop” which follows. Hopefully, this is a satisfactory alternative.
My friend, the writer Costas Anifantakis of Searingtown, had this to say about “the stoop” in his Volume II Issue 26, titled – “The View from The
Stoop”:
“Using the word ‘stoop’ as a noun is probably unique to Old Gotham. The etymological derivative of the word is lost somewhere in the hustle and bustle of the city’s pubertal period. The brownstone exterior of eight to ten steps, known as the Stoop, might have been adopted from the fact that a pedestrian had to do just that (stoop) to negotiate an upward and forward motion simultaneously, the essence of stair ascension. The stoop served and still serves a few functions. Primarily, it is a simple architectural expedient providing access to an upper entrance to a building. It not only constitutes a convenient place to ‘hang-out,’ but also is an excellent collecting point for the latest gossip. The stoop is a cosmos where one can observe the coiling and uncoiling of the street activity, and lastly, it constitutes an athletic playing field and stickball where kids, with the aid of a pink rubber ball (a Spaldeen) can play stoopball. Stoops come in a few shades of sandstone, varying in steepness-and depth and although each has its own distinct character, they all have one thing in common: an unmatched view of the world flowing by endlessly:”
The stoop at 168 West 65th Street (between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway) served as both an observatory tower and conference boardroom for me and the guys - on the south side of 65th Street during the late 1940’s. This area and the area due southwest was once described by Mayor LaGuardia as New York’s worst slum area. That area, just due north of Hell’s Kitchen, was leveled by the nefarious Robert Moses around 1950, to be replaced by what we now call Lincoln Center.
Here is what I remember most of the view from our stoop at 168 West 65th Street.
• We lived at 170 West 65th, Street, on the third floor, next door to the stoop. I had only a 10-12 foot walk from our tenement building to the stoop.
• Directly across the street on the north side of 65th Street was Commerce High School, essentially a non-technical School. It’s still there today.
• Further east diagonally and adjacent to Commerce High School was the Loew’s theater, later.to be converted to a CBS TV studio. It was here that a number of Jackie Gleason’s 8 pm Saturday night shows were staged. Afternoon programs featured a beautiful and slim singer named Rosemary Clooney.
• Due east near Broadway on our side of the block was Joe McGrath ‘s father’s bar. It was here that I would stand by the door and watch Buddy Young, Vic Raschi and Mickey Mantle. At age 17, I moved inside and was introduced to a “7 and 7”, AKA Seagram’s Seven Crown and 7-up.
• Diagonally west across the street
(on the northwest corner intersection of 65th and Amsterdam) was one of Con Edison’s generating plants.
• Around the corner - between 64th and 65th on the east side of Amsterdam was the Open Kitchen restaurant, one of New York’s premier eateries. It featured eleven stools along the counter and three small tables squeezed into a tight space at the end of the counter. My father somehow managed to get us through the depression with this small establishment.
• Directly across the Street from the Open Kitchen restaurant on the west side of Amsterdam was the Ederle Bros. meat and pork store. Sister Gertrude achieved fame when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel.
• Further south and west was the “black” neighborhood. This area housed a chicken market (I think it was Kosher) and Ripley’s clothing factory. The bulk of my father’s customers were Ripley employees.
• There was a gym teacher at Commerce High School that lunched daily at the Open Kitchen. A retired colonel, we all addressed him as Colonel Reutershan. One day, he announced in his deep resonating voice: “George, the future is in chemical engineering. Send Louis to school to get a chemical engineering education.” That’s how and why I became a chemical engineer: I really had no say in the matter. My have times changed.
• There was a sign on the front door entrance of the Con Edison generating plant that read: Show Your Pass: Every now and then, I would mischievously meander over there at night and cover the letter “P”. Would this be classified as graffiti?
• The terrors of the neighborhood were the gang from 63rd -Street. They beat me up twice. The first time was real bad. They had asked for my money. I only had 5 cents, but had mistakenly told them I had 15 cents.
• The stoop’s tenement had been converted to single furnished room apartments. It housed Korean War veterans of Japanese-Hawaiian descent who were attending a dental technician school on the G.I. Bill. I remember it as a scam for both the veterans and the school. Despite this, I have nothing but positive memories of those guys. Almost to a person, they were kind, helpful and sincere people.
• It was through the same veterans that I was introduced to prostitution, dope and gambling. I believe nearly all of them smoked the weed. Prostitutes came and went at all hours. Blackjack and dice games occurred on occasions; horse betting was a daily ritual. Fortunately, I only got involved with gambling.
• We often pitched nickels or pennies to a wall or a crack in the sidewalk. One
day I won $80, an unheard of sum in those days, pitching quarters to line on the tarred street. This started what I then called the “gambling fund,” and it has somehow managed to survive today.
• Stickball was played without gloves (some used gloves) with one sewer as home plate and the next sewer as second base. Broomsticks served as bats and a pink spaldeen was the ball. Our team matured in my eighteenth year and I believe we won all but one of our games that summer. There was at least $100 bet on each game and our team rarely could raise more than $25. I usually was the big contributor with $5. The rest of the money was put up by the owner of the stoop’s tenement; he turned a nifty profit that summer.
• Late one Saturday afternoon, the back door of the CBS TV studio opened and out came a group led by the great one, none other than Jackie Gleason, and Phil Foster, Jackie’s guest that night. They were all stewed to the gills and wanted to play stickball for a couple of bucks. We couldn’t believe our good fortune. It was 6-0 after 2 innings when they retired to the studio.
• I fell in love with a girl named Patricia Pike; but as the old joke goes, she didn’t know I existed. I still have that effect on people.
• The block was predominately Puerto Rican, but my best friend was a Cuban named Gustavo Carrion. Gus was the janitor/superintendent of our building. One of his responsibilities was feeding coal to the furnace in the basement. He picked up the nickname “Aqua Caliente” because everyone used to yell for more hot water during the winter months.
• During the Depression and World War II years, I would go to the restaurant and ask my father for a nickel to go to the movies. I could never quite figure out why some of the other kids couldn’t go because they didn’t have, or couldn’t get, a nickel. Saturday morning was a must for me because of the weekly serial. The one I remember most was “The Adventures of Naomi.” I fell in love with her too.
• When it came time to level our block, my father’s lawyer couldn’t appear in court to arrange for the settlement from the city for the Open Kitchen restaurant. At my father’s request, I went in his place. The judge awarded my father $750. I started yelling and the judge threatened to throw me in jail. I remember shutting my mouth immediately since I was overcome with fear. Needless to say, the lawyer received a $250 fee, leaving my father with a measly $500 and without his near lifelong business.
It was an eerie feeling when I returned to my earlier home and found
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BY TOM MARGENAU
For some reason, I have been getting an awful lot of questions lately from seniors who are fretting about exactly when to sign up for Social Security benefits.
I’m not talking about people who are undecided about when to start their benefit checks -- I have written countless columns discussing that. I’m talking about people who have decided when they want their retirement benefits to start but are concerned about when to initiate the process. Other times, they are needlessly worried that they will make a big mistake and lose untold amounts in government benefits. Here are some examples of those questions.
Q: I will be 66 on Dec. 15, 2017. I want my Social Security checks to start at age 66. Some people have told me I need to file six months ahead of time. They said it takes that long for the government to do anything right. Others have told me I should wait until I am 66 before I file. What should I do?
A: Don’t believe those government-bashers who would have you believe it takes half a year to process your Social Security claim. In fact, the last statistics I saw show that the Social Security Administration processes the average retirement claim in about 20 days.
When I filed my own Social Security claim about five years ago, I did so on a Monday. By Friday of the same week, I had received a message from SSA that my claim was done. My wife’s claim took about 10 days. (By the way, we did all of this online.) And my neighbor said he filed his claim in person at our local Social Security office. It was processed in less than two weeks.
Even though SSA handles retirement claims rather expeditiously, they still advise filing two to three months ahead of time -- just in case there is some kind of glitch. So because you are turning 66 in December and want your benefits to start then, I suggest starting the process in October. You can file online at www. socialsecurity.gov. Or you can call SSA at 800-772-1213 and set up an appointment to file a claim by phone or in person at your local Social Security office.
Q: I will be 66 on Aug. 25. That’s when I want my Social Security checks to start. Recently, I began the process of signing up for benefits online. But I was confused by a statement that was filled with a lot of legal language about the importance of using July 24 (the date I went online) as the “official date of my application.” I’m afraid that if I consent to using that date, they will send me a check for July. I don’t want benefits to start in July, which would involve taking a reduced retirement rate. I want my full 100 percent retirement benefits to start in August. Please help!
A: The official date of your application is only important for possible legal reasons later on. For example, it could be an issue in the very unlikely event that you later change your mind and decide you want benefits to start in July. So don’t worry about that “official date of application” business.
What you are much more concerned about is the month you want your benefits to begin. Somewhere on that online application it must ask something similar to this: “Please indicate the first month you want your Social Security benefits to start.” And as long as you answer that question with “August,” you will be fine.
Q: I will be 66 on Aug. 10. I know my first Social Security check won’t be due until September. The online application I tried filling out asked me what month I want my benefits to start. I didn’t want to answer “August” because I want my full benefits to start in September. I don’t want to get a check in August, which would be a reduced payment for July. I want my first check to come in September. Yet it didn’t seem to give me that option. What can I do?
A: Don’t worry about the month that your first check will be sent out. Worry only about the month you want to be the effective starting date of your benefits. You are correct that Social Security benefits are sent one month in arrears. In other words, the Social Security check that comes in September is the benefit payment for the month of August.
But the application isn’t asking you which month you want your first check physically sent to you (or rather, sent to your bank account). It’s asking you which month you want your benefits to start. And for you, that would be August.
Q: I will be 66 on Aug. 29. I want my Social Security to begin at age 66. When I started the application process online, they asked when I want my checks to begin. I didn’t want to say August, because I want nothing reduced. As I am not 66 until near the end of the month, I figure I should say I want my checks to start in September.
A: Social Security checks are never prorated. So that’s good news for you. Even though you are 66 for only three days in August, you get a Social Security check for the whole month. So you should indicate August as the first month you want to start your Social Security benefits.
Q: I will be 70 in September. I am going to sign up for Social Security then. I want my full benefit, plus the 32 percent bonus I get for delaying my benefits. I’m really afraid that if I apply now, they might send me greatly reduced benefits. Should I wait until after my 70th birthday to file?
A: You should apply right now. Just make sure you indicate September as
the month you want your check to start. And even if there was a glitch and you got benefits paid back to August, it’s really no big deal. There is nothing that special about waiting until age 70 to start your benefits. Instead of getting 132 percent, you’d get about a 131.4 percent
benefit rate if your checks started one month early. As I said: no big deal. If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net.
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(located directly across the boulevard from the Saratoga Race Course) and has been expanded and improved since. You see in paintings, documents, artifacts, that show how engrained horse racing is in American culture, America’s first major organized sport going back to colonial times. Early presidents including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison up through Ulysses S. Grant were avid race-goers. Andrew Jackson’s passion for horse racing and gambling was well known and he reputedly once fought a duel over a wager; Jackson also bred racehorses at the Hermitage and operated a racing stable from the White House during his presidency.
You get to see the lineage of the hall of fame horses (they all trace back to just a couple of horses). You can even try your hand on a racing simulator – a mechanical horse synchronized to move with jockey cam videos, so you experience a race from the jockey’s point of view, racing for the finish (this is actually much harder than you would think, and some riding experience is necessary). Horse racing is visually stunning, as much as it is dramatic, and this comes through in the exhibits.
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s honorees include horses such as Man o’ War (1957), Seabiscuit (1958) and jockeys like Willie Shoemaker (1958), and you can also watch videos of the Hall of Famers. On view this year is a special exhibit for Man o’ War at 100 (through 2018). The museum also hosts Oklahoma training track tours from June-October; reservations required. (191 Union Avenue, 518-584-0400, www. racingmuseum.org)
While thoroughbred racing had not yet started this season, harness racing and polo matches were already underway.
Saratoga Polo Matches are held every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday night starting at 5:30 pm during the Saratoga Polo season, which runs from July 10 to Labor Day. Tickets may be purchased at
the gate beginning at 4 pm the day of the match. Casual chic is the recommended attire at the highly social polo match gatherings. (Saratoga Polo Association, 2 Bloomfield Road, Greenfield Center, NY 12833, saratogapolo.com)
For more information or to help plan your visit, Saratoga Convention & Tourism Bureau, 60 Railroad Place, 855-424-6073, 518-584-1531, https:// discoversaratoga.org/
Also, Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center, 297 Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, 518-587-3241, Email: visitorinfo@saratoga-springs. org, www.saratogaspringsvisitorcenter. com
Next: Saratoga Springs is Firmly En Pointe as Center for Dance, Culture
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nothing but empty space and a newly paved sidewalk. The stoop had departed, never to return – yet not to be forgotten. But times have changed and I now live in East Williston, seven miles due east of New York City, in a house without a stoop.
Note: Lincoln Center inhabits the area that housed my stoop. Our address--170 W. 65th Street--is the present address of the Lincoln Center Theatre. Visit the author at: www.theodorenewsletter.com or on his Facebook page at Basketball Coaching 101
BY KAREN RUBIN
Housed in what was Childs Frick’s natural history laboratory where he studied paleontology, the newly opened Manes Family Art & Education Center on the grounds of the Nassau County Museum of Art – Frick’s former estate - gives the museum a new dimension in arts education and appreciation.
The Manes Center, named in recognition of Museum Trustee Dr. Harvey Manes and the Manes Foundation’s $1 million gift, gives the museum the space to offer a dynamic and creative environment in which audiences of all ages and abilities can find creative engagement through a variety of activities, classes and projects. This includes new hands-on programs for children as young as 3, adults from beginners to skilled, and an ambitious curriculum for autistic individuals.
The environment is special: Childs Frick, the son of Henry Clay Frick, was a vertebrate paleontologist and a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History. The center has repurposed Frick’s labs into art “labs,” each dedicated to a specific type of art learning, to address the multiple learning styles, interests and abilities of adults and children: Hands-On Studio Lab, Indoor/Outdoor Lab, Reading Resource Lab and Design Tech Lab, as well as additional exhibit space.
This means that for the first time, the Museum will be able to offer handson multi-day workshops across the visual arts disciplines.
“Family programs at the Manes Center provide children and the adults in their lives the opportunity to take time from their busy schedules to reconnect while talking about and making art together. Each week we offer projects that encourage curiosity and experimentation, and creative thinking through a variety of experiences and materials inspired by current exhibitions.”
“Before, we always scrambled for space in order to run programs at the museum,” commented NCMA Director Karl E. Willers at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, August 3. “This facility allows us to enhance and expand all kinds of classes... Programs can be geared to exhibits as well as to open to the surrounding landscape. Many art programs integrate science and the natural world. It adds a new dimension to our educational offerings – extended hands-on workshops, more events going on simultaneously spanning age and ability groups, when before we were limited by the space availability in the mansion.”
The building, which was designed for Charles Frick’s paleontology
Ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Manes Family Art & Education Center with Dr. Harvey Manes and grandchildren. The new center gives the Nassau County Museum of Art, housed on the former Childs Frick estate in Roslyn Harbor, Long Island, a new dimension in arts education, spanning ages and abilities © 2017 Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
research (the specimens he collected are now at the Museum of Natural History), is a series of laboratories that are being repurposed for making art in all its forms. The floors are finished to accommodate workshops and there are sinks!
“We can offer proper professional art spaces for people to look at and make art in contemporary studio facility,” said Reem Hussein, who was brought in to manage the center. We are bringing in technology – i-Pads to create art with technology. But we are mindful of people who want traditional art making.
“These are programs we don’t offer now. We will able to offer more series programs, rather than one-shots and lectures.”
She said that the rooms are called “labs” to pay homage to Frick.
The New American Garden Inaugural Exhibit
The public is invited to preview the Manes Center and take in its inaugural exhibit, “The New American Garden: The Landscape Architecture of Oehme, van Sweden.”
Organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation, The New American Garden is a traveling photographic exhibition which chronicles the careers and influence of Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweden who revolutionized landscape architecture with the creation of a type of garden characterized by large swaths of grasses and fields of perennials. The gardens are the penultimate merger of man and nature, and the ultimate in “installation” art’s ephemeral quality.
and self-guided activities for children to encourage the exploration of the natural environment through experiences that make the connection between art and science. Activities are designed to encourage open air exploration and imaginative play.
A drawing class geared to children 8-11 years old, to learn the rules of traditional drawing by practicing line, shading, and perspective through drawing in the studio and gallery and using experimental materials.
A program tentatively titled “Imagine, Design & Build,” for children 11-15 to experience the design process through sketching and building as they dive deep into creative thinking and problem-solving to explore the connections between design, art, science, and technology.
Indeed, 10 of the gardens that are immortalized in the photographs are gone, and many others are in jeopardy.
During this introductory period, through September 7, admission to the Manes Center is free (free admission offer does not include the main building, the Saltzman Fine Art Building).
The building now looks as a low-level white box, but that will soon change. The pop/surrealist modern artist Kenny Scharf is being invited to paint the exterior. After that, it is anticipated that the landscape architects Oehme, van Sweden will create a new garden.
Preview of Educational Programs at Manes Center
Among the arts education programs that will be available at the Manes Center beginning this fall:
Early Childhood Programs: Programs for young children and their adult companions at the Manes Center are all about discovery. Both in the galleries and in the art studio, children find opportunity for self-expression, socialization, and experimentation, through creative play and exploration through open ended developmentally appropriate experiences. Looking at and talking about art fosters visual literacy in young children.
Programs include Story Time for 3 to 5 year olds, featuring gallery exploration and hands-on art activities.
Young Artists (ages 3-5) programs for children and their adult companions consist of hands-on activities designed to experiment and become familiar with art materials and processes.
An Outdoor Classroom program is envisioned that would consist of guided
A program for teens 13-17 is aimed at supporting high school students who are preparing portfolios as part of their college applications. Group and individual instruction focus on elements and principles of art and design through application to students’ own work and conversations about art work in the museum’s galleries. Student will have the opportunity for work with live models, critique sessions, and portfolio reviews.
Hands-on studio programs are being designed for adults of all levels of art making experience, taught by experienced artists. The programs focus on group and individual projects to help adults explore and learn art skills and processes, and have opportunities for personal expression. Adults will learn techniques of drawing & painting, sculpture, and printmaking and have opportunities to draw from live models.
“The Creative Process” dovetails with every changing exhibition in the Manes Center’s contemporary art gallery: visitors are invited to create in response to the art on view through hands on activities that focus on artists’ themes, processes, and materials. Projects are designed to pique curiosity and inspire creativity, and gain new insights into the creative process.
Life drawing at the Manes Center will present the opportunity to draw from a live model through gesture sketches and longer duration poses under the guidance of a teaching artist.
Adults can learn the basics of drawing and painting and explore materials such as graphite, charcoal, and conté crayon, watercolor and acrylic paint. Projects will be inspired by art history and current gallery exhibitions.
The center will also offer programs in using digital art tools to create traditional and experimental works of
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How to help kids stay health and stay in school
School-aged kids who catch colds or the flu from their classmates can quickly spread those colds to their family members, who then might spread the colds further when they go to work. Preventing the spread of colds and flu at school is a team effort that requires the assistance of not just parents, but also teachers and students. Still, parents might be the first line of defense when it comes to preventing the spread of cold and flu at school.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 38 million school days are lost to the flu each year. Those lost days can affect students who miss lesson plans, but also affect parents, who often must take days off from work to tend to their sick children.
While there’s no way for parents to guarantee their children won’t catch a cold or the flu this school year, they can take various preventive measures to increase kids’ chances of staying healthy and achieving perfect attendance.
• Make sure kids are immunized and that their immunizations are current. Vaccinations bolster kids immune systems. That’s important, as kids’ immune systems are naturally less mature than adults’, making them more vulnerable to germs and viruses. The CDC recommends that adults and children receive their flu vaccinations in October while noting that such vaccinations can be administered as late as January and still prove effective. The CDC also recommends that
are up-to-date with their shots.
• Make sure kids regularly wash their hands. Kids often catch colds by rubbing their hands that have been exposed to cold virus germs on their noses or eyes. To prevent that, parents can teach kids to wash to their hands thoroughly, including scrubbing the backs of their hands, between their fingers and around their fingernails. Kids should know to wash their hands regularly, but especially after they use the bathroom and before they eat, drink or touch their mouths, noses or eyes.
• Keep kids home when they are sick. Parents don’t want their children to miss school, but kids who are suffering from colds or flu should be kept home. This prevents the spread of colds and flu to classmates and teachers, and time to rest at home may help youngsters recover more quickly.
• Teach kids to avoid common germ spots. Germs can be lurking anywhere, but some spots seem to make more welcome homes for germs than others. Studies have shown that kids were most likely to encounter germs in schools on water fountain spigots and on plastic cafeteria trays. Teach kids to never put their mouths on fountains and to avoid eating any food that might fall onto their trays in the cafeteria.
School-aged children are susceptible to colds and flu when spending time in the classroom. But parents can reduce their youngsters’ cold and flu risk in various ways.
The school year is in full swing, and parents of school-aged kids have no doubt been involved in at least one fundraiser already. Fundraisers help schools raise money for supplies or special activities that may not have been included in the budgets established by the local school district.
Parent participation is essential for school fundraisers to be successful. Though requests to join in a school’s fundraising efforts can be overwhelming at times, rather than avoiding fundraisers completely, parents should research the fundraisers to determine which fundraising efforts best suit their schedules and interests.
Parent-teacher organizations or the
fundraising committees are great sources of information for inquisitive parents. Such groups may already have a schedule of fundraisers that you can peruse to find a match. If a fundraiser seems particularly attractive, you can mark your calendar to participate.
Attend PTA meetings to learn how fundraising dollars are being spent. This can make it easier to find a fundraising activity to support, as you are more likely to participate in activities when you know just where the fruits of your labors will be going once the event has come and gone.
It’s also important for parents to understand the rate of return on fundraisers. Schools and other organizations receive
a percentage of return on a fundraiser. It may be 50 percent, less or more. Aim to participate in fundraisers that provide schools with the best return on their investments. Purchasing a T-shirt for $15, $10 of which will go directly to the school, is more effective than participating in several fundraisers that only offer marginal returns.
Another way to ensure your participation will yield results is to choose fundraisers that are being operated in conjunction with companies that have a long-standing record of success. When choosing a school fundraiser to pitch in with, ask the school if its efforts are being made in conjunction with a local business. If so, ask about the school’s
track record with this particular business. If the results are good, you might feel better about offering your help. Don’t be afraid to offer your opinions if you feel a fundraiser is not being run as efficiently or smoothly as you think it could be. Speak up at a PTA meeting or volunteer your services to a committee. Other volunteers may just need a push in a new direction or some fresh ideas to make fundraising efforts more effective. Schools often offset miscellaneous costs by soliciting communities and parents of their students for assistance through fundraisers. People can select the fundraisers that interest them and offer the best return on investment to the school.
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Finding the right backpack is an essential component of back-to-school shopping. Children may have their own ideas of what’s in style, but parents should look for backpacks that are functional before factoring in style. Marrying form and function together can be challenging, but it’s necessary to prevent students from developing back problems. But parents must give consideration to more than just the size of their children’s backpacks.
Depending on school schedules, students may be carrying backpacks for up to 10 hours per day, five days per week. Backpacks may be filled with several pounds of stuff, such as textbooks, binders, laptops, and other supplies, potentially leading to injury.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, at least 14,000 children are treated for backpack-related injuries every year. The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons says that the weight of a backpack should not exceed 10 to 15 percent of a child’s body weight. But many students pack their bags with much more weight than that.
Improperly sized, worn and overstuffed backpacks can injure joints and lead to neck, back and shoulder injuries. They also may affect children’s posture.
• Choose a streamlined model. Select a backpack that will get the job done without much added bulk. Many backpacks have been designed to hold technological devices as more and more schools integrate technology into the classroom. A less bulky bag might be lighter and easy to carry.
• Consider shopping at a sporting goods store. Employees at camping and sporting goods retailers understand how to fit backpacks for hikers and outdoor ad-
venturers. They can help measure a student and find a pack that will fit his or her body frame. Also, these retailers may have a wider selection of backpacks than some other stores, increasing the chances of finding the right fit.
• Select a pack with a waist strap. According to the American Chiropractic Association, the body is not designed to carry items hanging from shoulders. By using the waist strap in conjunction with taut shoulder straps, students can distribute the weight in their backpacks over their hip bones instead of the shoulders. The padded and adjustable shoulder straps should be at least two inches wide. All straps should be used each time the pack is worn.
• Backpacks should be loaded properly. Heavy items should be near the center bottom to distribute the load, rather than placed on top. Students should only carry what is necessary, visiting lockers or desks as needed to lighten their packs.
Backpack fit and functionality is something parents should take seriously when shopping for school supplies.
Finding the right backpack is an essential component of back-to-school shopping.
Children may have their own ideas of what’s in style, but parents should look for backpacks that are functional before factoring in style. Marrying form and function together can be challenging, but it’s necessary to prevent students from developing back problems.
Carolyn Zettel-Augustyn
“Teaching an equal balance of technical skills embraced with artistry is of utmost importance to me, as one without the other is detrimental to the dance student, the future dancer, and the art form as a whole.” This is a motto Carolyn Zettel-Augustyn, Director and Founder of Classical School of Ballet LI (CSB) carries with her as she steps into the studio as she greets her students.
For more that thirty years Carolyn Zettel-Augustyn has educated herself in the art of teaching to ultimately provide her students with the best possible training, no matter the age and no matter if they choose dance for personal fulfillment, gained physicality, or to pursue dance as a professional career. “Regardless of their choice, the students that pass through the doors of Classical School of Ballet LI are given the opportunity to enrich their lives in the true art of ballet that embraces the whole person, mind, body and spirit.”
“I invite my students to perceive their training in ballet as a constantly evolving and enriching experience building upon a solid foundation that is tried and true, following in the tradition of classical ballet that dates back to the 1600’s. At CSB we have adopted the American Ballet Theater (ABT®) National Training Curriculum. This curriculum provides safe and sound training principals that are age-appropriate with the students well-being in mind. “I’m very proud that CSB holds annual ballet examinations where an ABT® examiner adjudicates the students work.”
Carolyn began her training at age 10 in Waterloo, ON Canada in 1974. She was awarded a scholarship to attend the Washington School of Ballet. Upon her return, Carolyn’s first ballet teacher, Anne Suetta was ready to retire and offered Carolyn her school. Carolyn apprenticed with Suetta and during that time she became a fully certified teacher with the Society of Russian Ballet Schools and the Canadian Dance Teacher Association where she later became Vice President of the Ontario Branch which consisted of 400 schools.
Carolyn’s first small school outgrew the building and she expanded into a 5000 square foot space, and soon after opened a second location in a neighboring village. Carolyn’s school soon became known as the go to ballet school in the area and attracted guest artists including the late Betty Oliphant, founder of the National Ballet School, Arnold Spohr, former artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the celebrated, internationally acclaimed dancer Frank Augustyn, who later became Carolyn’s husband. Frank’s illustrious dancing career ended and soon after he was invited to become the Chair of the Department of Dance at Adelphi University, Garden City, where he currently serves. In the first few years that Carolyn lived here she worked for a few local dance schools. In 2011 she founded Children’s School of Ballet, and later changed the name to Classical School of Ballet LI which more fully embodied what the school represents. In 2009, Carolyn began her teacher training program with ABT® National Training Curriculum. Carolyn is an ABT® Affiliate Teacher who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive Primary through Level 7 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum and in 2016 Carolyn became an ABT Examiner.
Classical Ballet School LI is a destination school. It doesn’t attract the masses but rather attracts those interested in learning the art of ballet and all that embodies it. Students commute and car-pool from Huntington Bay, Islip, Great Neck, Jericho, Syosset, Jamaica, Queens and local communities including and around Garden City such as Floral Park, Mineola, Franklin Square, West Hempstead and more. Carolyn is looking to open a location to the Syosset area to ease the burden of commuting students during the weekday classes, yet, they will continue to commute to Garden City for their weekend classes.
Carolyn is excited to welcome former student and professional dancer Beth Lamont to teach in late June. Beth has accepted the title at CSB as Guest Visiting Artist. “My joy and rewards come from knowing and seeing the success of my students, many of whom have gone on to professional careers, and others that carry with them the love for ballet and still many more that greet me with an abundant amount of energy and desire to learn. When the studio lights go out at the end of the day, I know I can sleep well knowing that I have done my job well.”
Art enriches lives and can be used to connect people from all walks of life. Among the many additional benefits of art is its effects on young people and the development of their brains.
The American Association of School Administrators notes that neuroscience research has shown that the effects of the arts on a young brain’s cognitive, social and emotional development can be profound.
• Art helps to wire the brain. The AASA notes that especially young children spend much of their time playing, and that play often includes forms of art such as singing, drawing and dancing. These artistic activities engage various senses and help to wire the brain so it can learn. As children age, these seemingly basic activities remain essential for young brains.
• Art helps children develop their motor skills. Dancing and other movements that might be prompted by exposure to art help children develop motor skills. Motor skills are necessary for kids to perform important and necessary daily tasks while also promoting independence.
• Art helps kids learn to think. The AASA notes that art can be a valuable tool in instilling essential thinking tools in children, including the ability to recognize and develop patterns,
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• Art can improve memory and focus. The AASA cites studies that listening to music can stimulate parts of the brain responsible for memory recall and visual imagery. In addition, background music played in a classroom has been shown to help students remain focused while completing certain learning tasks.
• Art can positively affect how students approach other courses. Studies have shown that incorporating arts into core curriculums can have a number of positive effects on students’ overall academic performance and benefit students socially. Studies indicate that students involved in such integrative programs are more emotionally invested in their classes and work more diligently than those not studying in such conditions. In addition, students may learn more from one another when the arts are integrated into core curriculums than when they are not.
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Though summer is synonymous with R&R, parents of young athletes who hope to compete in scholastic athletics when the school year begins in autumn may need to take steps to ensure their kids aren’t at risk of injury once the curtain comes up on fall sports season.
• Examine and replace equipment if necessary. The right equipment can protect kids from injury and help them realize their full athletic potential. But damaged or outdated equipment can increase kids’ risk of injury. Examine kids’ equipment long before fall sports season begins so you have time to bargain hunt should anything need to be replaced.
• Schedule a physical for your child. Many school districts mandate that athletes receive and pass physicals before they can compete. Speak with the athletic director at your child’s school to learn the guidelines that govern athletic physicals. The physical will need to be conducted by a predetermined date, but you may also need the physical to be conducted after a certain date for it to be considered valid. Speak with your child’s physician if any problems are found during the physical.
• Let kids heal. Kids’ schedules are busier than ever before, and many youngsters play several sports during the school year. Summer vacation may be the only extended period all year that youngsters’ bodies
get to heal. While it’s important that kids stay physically active throughout the summer, make sure they don’t overdo it, as you should emphasize the importance of rest.
• Gradually get back in the swing of things. While
rest gives kids’ bodies a chance to heal and develop, it’s important that young athletes stay in shape over the summer. As the fall sports season draws near, help kids gradually get back in the swing of things. Tryouts tend to be physically demanding, so kids who have not lifted a finger all summer may be at risk of injury or missing the cut. Let kids ease back into regular exercise to make sure they are not starting from scratch come their first tryout.
• Speak with coaches. Coaches can be great assets to parents who want to make sure their youngsters enjoy the summer without sacrificing their chances of making the team in the fall. Speak with kids’ coaches to determine if there is any area your son or daughter can work on over the summer to improve his or her chances of making the team. Make sure kids are the ones leading the charge to improve their games; otherwise, they may feel pressured into doing so and that can take away the fun of playing sports.
Scholastic athletes should take advantage of the opportunity to relax and recover that summer presents. But athletes who hope to compete in the fall can still work with their parents to ensure they’re ready once the school year and sports season begins.
As the school year begins anew, lice often becomes a subject of conversation among concerned parents. In certain areas, such as in classrooms and locker rooms, lice easily can be transferred from person to person. Understanding this common foe can help students avoid it and parents recognize it when it’s present.
A louse is an ectoparasite, meaning it feeds on its host while living on the surface of the host’s body. Although lice can affect various parts of the body, they are most notably present on the scalp.
Research indicates that head lice have been spreading among humans for millenia. Ancient Egyptian and Greek books of medicine make reference to lice, and they have even been found on prehistoric mummies. No one is quite sure just how lice originated, though it is suspected they once targeted another host species, but then adapted to living among humans.
Schools, daycare centers and babysitting centers are common places for lice to strike.
Unlike lice that congregate on other parts of the body, head lice are not a vector for disease transmission. They are relatively innocuous, but can be quite a nuisance. The insects are adept at clinging to human hair and feeding on blood from the scalp.
Anyone can get lice, regardless of their personal hygiene or lack thereof. School-aged children between the ages of four and 14 catch lice more frequently than adults. Although firm data on lice infestations is difficult to come by, estimates suggest that as many as
12 million infestations occur each year in the United States among children between the ages of three and 11. Head-to-head contact with an already-infested person is the most common way to get head lice, offers the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Head lice can be spread when people sit closely to one another, such as in a classroom or theater. It is very rare that lice are spread through shared belongings such as hats, combs or on furniture. Pets do not play a role in
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Lice tend to congregate behind the ears and at the neckline at the back of the head. Sometimes, they can be found on the eyelashes or eyebrows. Lice can be difficult to detect, and they may not produce symptoms. In some instances, itching and irritation may be so mild that it goes unnoticed. Plus, because eggs (nits) and even adult lice are so small, they can be difficult to identify. Treating lice typically involves using specialized combs to remove nits and lice. Pesticide shampoos and lotions or nonpesticide treatments may be used to eradicate the lice. Limiting head-to-head exposure is the best way to avoid a lice outbreak.
As the school year begins anew, lice often becomes a subject of conversation among concerned parents. In certain areas, such as in classrooms and locker rooms, lice easily can be transferred from person to person. Understanding this common foe can help students avoid it and parents recognize it when it’s present.
Time and again research has proven the benefits of music education. Children who study music typically score better on standardized testing and exhibit improved language and reasoning skills, and music education helps students with advanced mathematics lessons by improving their spatial and temporal reasoning. Involvement in music and the arts can improve a student’s SAT scores and make the student well-rounded.
Despite these benefits, music and art education is slowly disappearing from the classroom. At many schools across the nation, stages are dark and band and chorus rooms are empty. Budget cuts have been unkind to music education programs. To keep up with the demand for technology in the classroom, certain school programs have to be scaled back, and art and music are generally the first to go. This leaves it up to parents to involve their kids in music education.
Private lessons have long been a great way for kids to learn music, and many such music coaches are former music teachers. With private lessons, kids get to benefit from working with certified instructors, and parents are happy to make music a part of their youngsters’ lives. The following are a handful of ways parents can find private lessons for their kids.
* Word of mouth: Begin by asking neighbors or friends in the community if they know of any reliable music teachers. Someone is bound to know a person
or have a connection to a music teacher. Speak with members of a community music ensemble, such as a church choir, or even amateur or professional musicians you see playing at a restaurant or bar. There’s a good chance you can get a referral. You may also have a friend or neighbor who is a talented musician and will agree to offer lessons on the side.
* Community music programs: While schools may not have music classes, community centers offer programs for both adults and children. A community arts center may offer instrument training and/or vocal lessons, so look into such organizations in your community. A community YMCA or a similar organization also may have after-school music programs.
* Nearby colleges: Music students at local colleges may want to make extra money by offering music lessons. They may be able either to meet at your home or use the music room on campus to conduct lessons.
* Newspaper classifieds: Tutors frequently advertise their services in the newspaper. Look in the classified section to see if anyone is offering music lessons. Many newspapers now offer their classifieds both online and in print, so utilize both options to ensure your search is as thorough as possible.
Music education is important, but those seeking instruction may have to look outside of school. Private instructors are available to help foster a love of the arts and mold creative, well-rounded children.
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Art Talks for adults invited scholars, academics and exhibiting artists to introduce and discuss topics in the field of art with visitors in an intimate salon style setting.
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Art education programs are also being designed for children, teens and adults with special needs.
One program invites families affected by autism into the galleries and art studio to talk about and make art. Throughout the course of this program parents and caregivers will gain skills in behavioral methods that they can employ when bringing their child into a community setting. Families will join the Art Educator trained in Art Therapy in fun interactive gallery experiences that provide opportunities for everyone to look at and talk about art in a group setting. Then off to the studio for hands on art making activities that encourage experimentation with new materials, processes and creative play.
Another workshop is aimed at building social and vocational skills for teens and young adults with autism through arts-based workshops. During this workshop series, teens will receive hands on training in basic artistic processes that can be translated into practical job skills. Based on current exhibitions in the galleries at Nassau County Museum of Art, these workshops will encourage participants to explore different methods of art making and design and how a museum can be a resource for creative inspiration. Students with autism will have the opportunity to apply their artistic skills and functional academic learning in a real world setting.
Explore picture & art books and related resources about art history and museum exhibitions. This space is equipped with manipulatives and simple drawing materials for young children.
The Manes Center will also be available for birthday parties, with appropriate art project activities. Party bookings are available on Saturdays 12:30 – 2 pm.
The focus on gardens for the inaugural exhibit at the Manes Center is also appropriate for this grand estate.
Most of the 145 acres originally belonged to poet, lawyer, conservationist, political activist, patron of the arts and preservationist William Cullen Bryant, who settled in Roslyn in 1843. The long-time editor of the New York Post built is home, Cedarmore, and founded Roslyn’s public library. In 1862, he built a cottage for his friend and fellow poet, Miss Jerusha Dewey (you can see the cottage when you explore the hiking trails on the grounds). In 1900, Lloyd Stephens Bryce purchased Bryant’s ‘Upland Farm’ and commissioned architect Ogden Codman, Jr. to design Bryce House, the present mansion.
Henry Clay Frick, co-founder of US Steel Corporation purchased Bryce House in 1919 as a gift for his son, Childs Frick, a Princeton graduate who became a vertebrate paleontologist and naturalist.
For museum-goers, the estate grounds also offer:
Sculpture Park: Approximately 30 works, many of them monumental in size, by renowned artists including Fernando Botero, Tom Otterness, George Rickey and Mark DiSuvero among others, are situated to interact with nature on the museum’s magnificent 145-acre property.
Walking Trails: The museum’s 145 acres include many marked nature trails through the woods, perfect for family hikes or independent exploration.
Gardens: From restored formal gardens of historic importance to quiet little nooks for dreaming away an afternoon, the museum’s 145 acre property features many lush examples of horticultural arts. View the expanded gardens and beautiful new path to the museum.
Today, Frick’s mansion is the Saltzman Fine Arts Building, home to the Nassau County Museum of Art, which has put on world-class exhibitions and has a notable collection, including 150 Tiffany paintings and drawings which were bequeathed to the museum. Currently on exhibit in the Saltzman Fine Art Building (through November 5, 2017)
“New York, New York”: From its earliest years, New York City was the stage on which the transformation of America played out, reflecting economic and historic upheavals that led to the city’s place as the financial and art capital of the world. This exhibition, guest curated by Director Emerita Constance Schwartz, portrays the city’s grit and glamour, its excitement and bustle, the heartbeat of a great metropolis, through more than 140 works by artists such as John Sloan, Reginald Marsh, Childe Hassam, Red Grooms, Robert Henri, Fairfield Porter, Berenice Abbott, Milton Avery and Georgia O’Keeffe among many others.
“Glamour Icons: Marc Rosen”: Through the work of the awardwinning designer Marc Rosen, Glamour Icons celebrates fragrance and cosmetic packaging as an art form. This retrospective spanning the designer’s 40-year career includes many of his most iconic designs as well as some vintage 20th-century perfume bottles from Rosen’s personal collection. The designer’s work has been recognized with many industry awards and is also in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Musée de La Mode in Paris.
Family Sundays – 1– 4 pm (free with admission): Be inspired by an exhibition based gallery conversation, then explore new art materials and learn new art-based vocabulary and ideas in the studio with our museum educator.
Super Family Sundays – 1-4 pm (admission plus $10 materials fee): Families immerse themselves in artmaking and exploring the Museum, the grounds, and sculpture collection during Super Family Sundays. Multiple activities are offered in collaboration with teaching artists in a variety of media, from performance to monumental cardboard constructions. Themes connecting the artmaking activities are inspired by the art on view in our galleries, the Museum’s history or the changing seasons on display in our forests and gardens.
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Meanwhile, Charles A. Riley II, Ph.D. has been named director of the Museum, succeeding Karl E. Willers, Ph.D. who served as director for seven years. Dr. Riley’s long association with Nassau County Museum of Art includes having served as curator-atlarge and popular presenter of many lectures offered for many exhibitions. He helped curate the Museum’s Picasso, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionist exhibitions and recently curated the permanent installation of Western art at a major new private museum in Taiwan as well as several exhibitions in Berlin, Amsterdam, Lausanne, Manhattan and Long Island’s East End.
Nassau County Museum of Art, consisting of the Saltzman Fine Art Building and The Manes Family Art & Education Center, is located at One Museum Drive in Roslyn Harbor, just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Road. The Museum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors (62 and above) and $4 for students and children (4 to12). During the August 3-September 10 preview of the Manes Center, there is no admission fee (this does not include admission to the Saltzman Fine Art Building). Members are admitted free. Docent-led tours of the exhibition are offered at 2 p.m. each day; tours of the mansion are offered
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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, MTGLQ
INVESTORS, L.P., Plaintiff, vs. ANGELO RECCHIA; JEANNETTE RECCHIA, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on June 16, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on September 05, 2017 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 346 Woodbury Road, Hicksville, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 12, Block 105 and Lot 5. Approximate amount of judgment is $275,823.43 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 1227/14. Kenneth Robinson, Esq., Referee
Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Ste. 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff MIT 5555 4X 08/04,11,18,25
LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT –COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2005 PARK PLACE SECURITIES, INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005WHQ4, Plaintiff against PHYLLIS BARRAVECHIA; DENISE BARRAVECHIA, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on November 9, 2016. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 5th day of September, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Said premises known as 215 Marie Street, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801.
(Section: 11, Block: 323, Lot: 484 & 485).
Approximate amount of lien $ 399,990.68 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 11651-14. Luigi Devito, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C.
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street – Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 MIT 5556
08/04,11,18,25
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. MARGARET
RANIERI, PLACIDO
AMENDOLIA, NATALE
TURSI, ROBERT N. SWETNICK, EACH AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 25% INTEREST, Pltf. v. NEAL SULTZER, et al, Defts. Index No. 010700/15.
Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale June 14, 2017, I will sell at public auction on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY prem. k/a 101 Autumn Drive, Plainview, NY a/k/a Section 13, Block 117, Lot 42. The Condominium Unit known as Unit NO. 101 in the condominium k/a The Seasons at Plainview Condominium I located at Plainview, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York, such Unit being designated and described as such in that certain declaration, dated December 8, 2006, made by Engel Burman Beidler Senior Housing at Plainview LLC, pursuant to Article 9-B of the Real Property Law of the State of New York establishing a plan for condominium ownership of the buildings and the land described below upon which buildings are situate, which declaration was recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Nassau on March 30, 2007, in liber 12249 of conveyances at page 843, and shown on the plans of a condominium prepared by Sidney B. Bowne & son, LLP, certified by Zabdiel A. Blackman, L.S. and filed in the Clerk’s Office on March 30, 2007 as Map No. CA-231. Together with an undivided 1/134m fractional inter-
est in the Common Elements of the Condominium. Approx. amt. of judgment is $199,651.10 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. KEITH LAVALLEE, Referee. THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP, LLP, Attys. For Pltf., 165 Eileen Way, Ste. 101, Syosset, NY. #92330 MIT 5557
4X 08/11,18,25,09/01
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY
THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS
CWALT INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-23CB, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 200623CB; Plaintiff(s) vs. NACHHATTAR SINGH; et al; Defendant(s)
Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600
Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about October 11, 2016, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501.
On September 5, 2017 at 11:30 am.
Premises known as 7 Sebree Place, Plainview, NY 11803 Section: 0047 Block: 00016-00 Lot: 00018
ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Plainview, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, known and designated as and by lot number 18 in Block No. 16 on a certain map entitled “Map of Morton Village, Section No. 4 situated at Plainview, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, surveyed by Teas & Steinbrenner, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Malverne, New York, on February 17, 1953 and filed in the Nassau County Clerk`s Office on April 1, 1953 under Map No. 5763.
As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.
Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.
Approximate amount of judg-
ment $678,647.87 plus interest and costs.
INDEX NO. 7366/08
Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee MIT 5559
4X 08/04,11,18,25
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiff against HAL P. MELTZER, et al
Defendants
Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered March 22, 2017 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501. on September 5, 2017 at 11:30 AM. Premises known as 24 Bunker Lane, Hicksville, NY 11801. Sec 46 Block 471 Lot 11. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Levittown, Hicksville, in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $491,952.85 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 011262/11. Mark Ricciardi, Esq., Referee YSETN263 MIT 5561 4X 08/04,11,18,25 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU SRP 2015-1, LLC, Plaintiff, Against Index No.: 2983/2016
JAMES R. BUONAGURA, a/k/a JAMES BUONAGURA a/k/a JAMES BUONAGARA a/k/a JIM BUONAGURA, et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on 6/20/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY 11501 on 9/12/2017 at 11:30 am, premises known as 34 Bloomingdale Road, Hicksville, NY 11801, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or
parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Bethpage, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Nassau County Treasurer as Section 46, Block 519 and Lot 2. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $541,308.44 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 2983/2016.
Lisa Segal Poczik, Esq., Referee. Richland & Falkowski, PLLC, 35-37 36th Street, 2nd Floor, ASTORIA, NY 11106
Dated: 7/18/2017 PB MIT 5562
8/11, 18, 25; 9/1 LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT –COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff against WARREN SCAGLIONE, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on February 01, 2017. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 12th day of September, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Plainview, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Said premises known as 25 Stauber Drive, Plainview, N.Y. 11803.
(Section: 12, Block: 406, Lot: 3). Approximate amount of lien $ 466,080.93 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 008373-15. Michael B. Mirotznik, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C.
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
145 Huguenot Street – Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900
MIT 5563
4X 8/11, 18, 25; 9/1
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT -
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Friday, August 25,
COUNTY OF NASSAU
DEUTSCHE BANK
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
2005-AR2, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2005-AR2 UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, V. GERALDINE R. GEREMIA, et al.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 27, 2017, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
2005-AR2, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2005-AR2 UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT is the Plaintiff and GERALDINE R. GEREMIA, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive Calendar Control Part, Mineola, NY 11501, on September 12, 2017 at 11:30AM, premises known as 15 HOFSTRA DR, PLAINVIEW, NY 11803: Section 13 Block 92 Lot 13: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT PLAINVIEW, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 14537/2009. Anthony Capetola - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff MIT 5564 4X 8/11, 18, 25; 9/1 LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Benjamin Cortes, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 6/5/2017and entered on
6/16/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, The Calendar Control Part (CCP), Mineola, NY on September 12, 2017 at 11:30 AM premises known as 5 Kenneth Court, Hicksville, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 12, BLOCK: A, LOT: 1107. Approximate amount of judgment is $581,286.16 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 12047/2012.
Dominic A. Villoni, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 MIT 5567
4X 8/11, 18, 25; 9/1
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY
NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff against MICHAEL J. SCHMATZ III, et al Defendants
Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered May 30, 2017 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on September 19, 2017 at 11:30 AM. Premises known as 13 Violet Avenue, Hicksville, NY 11801. Sec 12 Block 288 Lot 21. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $467,457.04 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 010155/14.
Luigi Devito, Esq., Referee YNFNY010
MIT 5568
4X 8/18, 25; 9/1, 8 NOTICE OF SALE
Trust Series 2006-BC5, Plaintiff AGAINST
Melanie Artoglou; Christoduola Artoglou; Harry Artoglou; et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 26, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) at the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501. on September 19, 2017 at 11:30AM, premises known as 8 Clarissa Drive, Hicksville, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of NY, Section 45 Block 363 Lot 34. Approximate amount of judgment $542,671.67 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 8875/07. Scott F Guardino, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835
Dated: July 27, 2017
MIT 5569
4X 8/18, 25; 9/1, 8
The Viscardi Center, Henry Viscardi School & Abilities, Inc. (Owner) will receive sealed bids at 201 I.U. Willets Road, Albertson, NY 11507 until 11:00am on Friday, September 22, 2017 for maintenance service on various manufacturer’s automatic doors. At that time all bids will be publicly opened. Vendors will receive specifications and a walk through on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 11:00am at our facility located at 201 I.U. Willets Road, Albertson, NY 11507, please go to rear of building to see the receptionist.
All interested Vendors must pre-register with Maureen Begina, Purchasing Manager at 516-465-1558 or email mbegina@viscardicenter.org prior to meeting.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids received and to accept any bid which it deems to be most favorable to the interest of the Owner. No bid shall be withdrawn pending the decision of the Owner.
201 I.U. Willets Road Albertson, NY 11507
Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 From page 15
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU
US Bank National Association as Trustee for the MLMI SURF
516-465-1558 –mbegina@viscardicenter.org
MIT 5570 1X 8/25
NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE
STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WACHOVIA MORTGAGE, FSB, FORMERLY KNOWN AS WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB, Plaintiff,
LILLIAN VIVIANA CASTILLA
A/K/A LILLIAN VIVIANA CASTILLA-COLLADO A/K/A LILLIAN V. CASTILLA
A/K/A LILLIAN V. COLLADO
A/K/A LILLIAN CASTILLACOLLADO A/K/A VIVIANA
CASTILLA, et al., Defendants
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on June 13, 2017, I, Arnold Michael Bottalico, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on September 12, 2017 at the Nassau County Supreme Court Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 11:30 A.M., the premises described as follows: 104 Plainview Road Woodbury, NY 11797
SBL No.: 13-D-132
ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in Manetto Hills, partly in the Town of Huntington, County of Suffolk and State of New York. The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 004217/14 in the amount of $1,535,463.16 plus interest and costs.
Richard S. Mullen, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614
Tel.: 855-227-5072
BN 7243
4X 8/11, 18, 25; 9/1
NOTICE OF SALE
Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered March 17, 2017 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on September 19, 2017 at 11:30 AM. Premises known as 29 Hayden Drive, Bethpage, NY 11714. Sec 46. Block 602 Lot 1. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Bethpage, in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $563,557.65 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 001015/13.
Scott L Braziller, Esq., Referee VERNY355
BN 7244
4X 8/18, 25; 9/1, 8 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff AGAINST TINA MONTANARO, et al., Defendant(s)
Bids may be sent via mail, email or hand delivered to: Maureen Begina Purchasing Manager The Viscardi Center
SUPREME COURT
NASSAU COUNTY
U.S.BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff against TERESA HELFRICH, et al Defendants
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated March 08, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on August 15, 2017 at 11:30AM, premises known as 4033 JEAN AVENUE, BETHPAGE, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Bethpage, Town of Oyster Bay and County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 46, BLOCK 483, LOT 23. Approximate amount of judgment $358,559.88 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-004476.
Peter V. Christiansen, Esq., Referee
Gross Polowy, LLC
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Incidents that have occurred recently in the local area include:
n On August 2, between 1 and 8 a.m., assorted personal property was stolen from a vehicle on Old Farm Road in Levittown.
n On August 2, between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m., a watch was stolen from a vehicle at Rallye Motors in Westbury.
n On Franklin Avenue in Franklin Square, a victim has reported that unknown subjects removed his unattended iPhone from the counter while he was shopping at 12 noon on August 2.
n At Macy’s in Hicksville, a 22-year-old woman from Flushing was arrested and charged with Shoplifting at 6:14 p.m. on August 2.
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On Union Avenue in New Cassel, a victim has reported that the front window of the building was damaged sometime between 9:30 p.m. on August 2 and 10 a.m. on August 3.
n At Sunrise Assisted Living in Plainview, a pocketbook was stolen from a vehicle between 11:30 p.m. on August 2 and 6:30 a.m. the following morning.
n A laptop was stolen from a vehicle on Crag Lane in Levittown between 7:30 and 7:35 a.m. on August 3.
n A vehicle on Bridge Lane in Hicksville was damaged between 1:30 p.m. on August 3 and 10 a.m. the next day.
n A 33-year-old woman from Hicksville was arrested on Taylor Avenue in Westbury at 11:45 p.m. on August 3, and
was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana.
n At Bed Bath & Beyond in Westbury, twenty-five boxes of Nexium were stolen at 11 a.m. on August 4.
n At 10:05 p.m. on August 4, unknown subjects threw a brick through the front window of a home on Hicksville Road in New Cassel, causing damage.
n Assorted personal property was stolen from a vehicle on Locust Street in Westbury between 11:30 p.m. on August 4 and 8 a.m. the following morning.
n At the Red Roof Inn, located on Dibblee Drive in Westbury, a 25-year-old woman from Brooklyn was arrested at 12:40 a.m. on August 5. She was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana.
n At 4:45 p.m. on August 5, a 35-year-old man from Uniondale was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated on Compass Street in that town.
n At 12:50 on August 6, a victim reports that his vehicle was keyed while parked at the BJ’s Wholesale Club on Hempstead
Turnpike in Levittown.
n Criminal Possession of Marijuana was the charge brought against a 23-yearold man from Mineola, when he was arrested at 5:30 p.m. on August 6 at the corner of Jackson Avenue and Roslyn Road in Mineola.
n On Merchant’s Concourse in Westbury, a 25-year-old man from Elmont was arrested and was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at 8:35 p.m. on August 6.
n Just after midnight on August 7, a victim’s vehicle was keyed while parked on East Blacksmith Road in Levittown.
n A pocket knife and assorted change were stolen from a vehicle on Kenneth Avenue in Baldwin between 1:30 and 8:14 a.m. on August 7.
n Unknown subjects damaged the driver’s side window of a victim’s vehicle sometime between 2 and 7 p.m. on August 7 on Schoolhouse Road in Levittown.
n On August 7 at 8 p.m., it was noticed that the pull down cage to a Pods storage container had been damaged on Elves
Lane in Levittown.
n At 9 p.m. on August 7, assorted US currency was stolen from a vehicle on Meridian Road in Levittown.
n On Gardner Avenue in Hicksville, two vehicles that were parked between 11 p.m. on August 7 and 7:30 a.m. on August 8 were found to have been keyed.
n At Century 21 on Old Country Road in Westbury, a 46-year-old man from Little Neck was arrested and was charged with Shoplifting at 12:30 p.m. on August 8.
n On 1st Street in East Meadow, unknown subjects key a victim’s car between 1:20 and 1:45 p.m. on August 8.
n At 4 p.m. on August 8, a 34-year-old woman from Elmont was arrested at Walgreens on Hempstead Turnpike in Franklin Square. She was charged with Shoplifting.
n On York Street in East Meadow, a victim has reported that the rear passenger side window of his vehicle was damaged sometime between 11 p.m. on August 8 and 7 a.m. the next morning.
n The rear window of a vehicle that was parked on North Broadway in Hicksville between 10:30 a.m. and 12:12 p.m. on August 9 was found to have been broken when the owner returned.
BY BOB MORGAN, JR.
I’m writing this on an Amtrak train, and, as usually happens on a Sunday evening, I’m searching around for a subject to write about in this column. I wrote a fairly heavy piece last week on the events in Charlottesville, so I don’t think that readers are looking for two columns in a row of this type.
What I’m settling on this week is another riff about how we have overpoliticized too much in recent years.
I recognize that in some ways this type of piece is a little incongruous since I write a column that touches upon politics fairly often. I am interested in ideology and public policy implications of political decisions. I also enjoy reading and writing about political strategies and the molding of public opinion.
But not always and everywhere. Much of life has little or no political implications. And it also helps from time to time to focus on subjects well afield from politics. Indeed, this week such topics as the eclipse, remembering the colorful career of Jerry Lewis or the problems of the Yankees in Fenway Park all serve to give us a sense of perspective not available to those who think in purely political terms.
There is obviously no shortage of good recent material on overpolitization (for example, late night television has become far more political in recent years), but some examples border on the comical.
Here’s a representative tale. At University of Southern California Trojan home college football games, the team uses a white Arabian horse named Traveler, ridden by a student dressed as a Trojan warrior, to ride across the field in celebration of the team’s touchdowns. This tradition apparently dates back more than 50 years when a Hollywood figure persuaded the university to use the original horse named Traveler, who previously had appeared in some movies, to ramp up enthusiasm at games. (There have been a number of successor Travelers over the years.)
According to the Los Angeles Times, however, use of the white horse named Traveler at games was criticized by
student activists as emblematic of white supremacy. The activists note that Robert E. Lee’s horse was named Traveller, although the general used an extra l in the spelling of the name. I need not spend much time explaining my opinion that the connection between Traveler the horse and racism seems nonexistent. Sometimes a horse is just a horse.
The academic world provides another wonderful example of politics run amuck. According to the New York Times, students at Oberlin College protested that the college cafeteria service was engaging in cultural appropriation (the improper taking over of another culture’s creative or artistic forms) and cultural insensitivity. African American students demanded that more fried chicken be added to the menu. As to the cultural appropriation, it allegedly occurred when recipes or preparation of food served in the cafeteria deviated from a dish’s original ethnic origins. An example cited in accounts of the controversy was an Americanized version of the banh mi Vietnamese sandwich which was served with pulled pork and coleslaw on ciabatta bread, rather than using more traditional ingredients on a baguette. The complaints also touched upon poorly prepared sushi and General Cho chicken prepared with steamed rather than fried poultry.
Again, this seems ridiculous. Complaints about college cafeteria food are not exactly new and perhaps students should be served more of what they want, including fried chicken. But it just can’t be offensive for a food provider to experiment with versions of a dish that appeal to local audiences, that may fit better within a budget, or that are mixed with other culinary influences. Indeed, many top restaurants would likely go out of business if fusion dishes were outlawed. This cafeteria food issue just isn’t in the political sphere.
In short, there are many important political issues in our time, but it is most unhelpful to ignore that many parts of life are simply, and properly, nonideological and nonpolitical.
The Levittown 70th Anniversary Seniors’ Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, September 27, at 12:30 PM at the Levittown Memorial Education Center Panther Room, 150 Abbey Lane, Levittown.
The cost is $15 per person – Checks payable to Levittown Public Schools
R.S.V.P.: By September 8th to Susan Garibaldi at sgaribaldi@levittownschools.com or call 516-434-7025.
On Saturday, September 16, the Irish Family History Forum will present: 10:00 AM Genealogy Tips and Tricks with Michael Carragher 10:45 AM Refreshment break & Ask the Experts 11:15 AM Shellee Morehead, CG who will speak on “Using DNA to Solve a Family Tree Mystery”
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As a free community service to help those fearful of losing their homes, Nassau County Bar Association hosts Mortgage Foreclosure/Sandy Recovery Free Legal Consultation Clinics. Held twice a month to meet the demand, the next two clinics are scheduled for Monday, September 11 and Monday, September 25, 3 - 6 p.m., at the Nassau County Bar Association, located on 15th Street at the corner of West Street in Mineola, two blocks south of the bus and train stations.
NCBA volunteer attorneys meet oneon-one with homeowners who are then referred for additional help for mortgage modifications, loan restructuring, bankruptcy, financial planning assistance, services for lower income households or emotional support. Many of these resources and agencies are available immediately in the same room, such as American Debt Resources, LI Housing Partnership, La Fuerza Unida, and LI Housing Services.
There are no income restrictions to attend the clinics. Since 2009, NCBA
has held more than 160 clinics assisting more than 12,000 Nassau families in distress. Currently, each clinic averages 30 - 50 homeowners, signifying that foreclosure continues to be prevalent in Nassau.
Volunteer attorneys also answer Sandy victims’ questions regarding homeowner, flood, property damage and automobile insurance claims; FEMA, debt deferral, and consumer protection issues.
Bi-lingual attorneys fluent in Spanish are on site. Attorneys bi-lingual in other languages, including Russian, Haitian Creole, Korean, Chinese, Hindi and American Sign Language, may be requested when making reservations. To make an appointment for the next clinic, call the Bar Association at 516747-4070. Attendees are asked to bring their mortgage documents or other important papers and correspondence with them.
This program is funded through the NYS Attorney General Homeownership Protection Program (known as HOPP).
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big day is here they can barely contain their excitement,” said Angel.
Michael Dorado, of East Meadow, said he was an astronomy enthusiast and that the eclipse was one of the most anticipated events of his lifetime.
“I was probably one of the first people here on line for the glasses,” said Dorado. “Looking up at the moon blocking out most of the sun is probably one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.”
At exactly 2:44 p.m. people got to witness 71% totality in the New York Metropolitan area.
Before heading outside to witness the real thing, people were able to check out a live NASA station feed inside the Library depicting eclipse images from
they must complete an online training course that teaches them how to be a positive mentor and coach.”
The camp session runs from July 31st to August 11th from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost for each camper for the two week session is $245.00
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all over the country.
Many of the kids who attended the event, kept themselves busy in the hours leading up to the eclipse by participating in activities such as Constellations and Stars and Eclipse Crafts for Children, where they made eclipse clocks and decorated eclipse glasses.
There was also a program called Eclipse in Literature, for adults and teens, which featured readings from novelists such as Mark Twain, Isaac Asimov, Stephen King and Fredric Brown.
If people missed out on the eclipse or are eagerly awaiting the next one, they only have to wait seven years as another solar eclipse will be visible in the United States on April 8th, 2024.
