SERVING PLAINVIEW, HICKSVILLE, AND LEVIT TOWN
HOMECOMING PARADE District attorney reviewing removal of campaign signs
The Wisdom Lane Middle School marching band helped celebrate Homecoming at Division Ave. High School. See pages 18 and 19
TOB offers full day summer program
The Town of Oyster Bay will be offering a new full day offering for the Town of Oyster Bay Summer Recreation Program for the 2020 summer season. What does this mean exactly? The Summer Recreation program will be offering an extended stay through the lunch hour at two of its locations: Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa and Syosset-Woodbury Community Park in Woodbury. The full day hours will operate from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Previously, parents were required to
pick up children at lunchtime.
“The Town Board and I are happy to offer this additional convenience to families,” said Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “Details for the expanded program are still being worked out, but it’s important to relay this information now as families begin to make their summer arrangements. Please stay tuned for more information coming your way this winter.”
The Town’s Summer Recreation program is separated into
the following age categories: early childhood (Ages 4,5 and 6); juniors (7-8); intermediate (9-10); and seniors (11-12) and offers a full day of enriching and healthy activities for the Town’s young people. For more information about the Town of Oyster Bay Summer Recreation Program, please contact Jackie Devlin at (516) 797-4125, extension 1 or e-mail jdevlin@ oysterbay-ny.gov. Information is also available at www.oysterbaytown.com/parks.
BY GARY SIMEONE
In what has become a sign of the times, literally, a video recently surfaced of a man removing campaign party signs and replacing it with a sign for other candidates in Bethpage. The sign being removed was for George Hignell, a Democratic candidate who is running for Receiver of Taxes in the Town of Oyster Bay. The signs were than replaced with ones for Joseph Saladino, who is running for re-election as Town Supervisor and current Massapequa Park Mayor Jeffrey Pravato, who is running against Hignell for Receiver of Taxes.
Surveillance video shows the incident taking place at a 7-Eleven convenience store on Stewart Avenue on Tuesday, October 15.
Brendan Brosh, a spokesperson for the Nassau District Attorney, Madeline Singas, confirmed that the DA's office was looking into the incident and said, “I can confirm that we received a complaint and we are reviewing it.”
A spokesperson from the Nassau County Police Department also confirmed that they had taken a police report about the destruction of the signs.
George Hignell, a longtime resident of Bethpage, said he does not condone the sign stealing and chalked it up to, "acts of hooliganism."
“As fast as we put these signs up, they seem to disappear at the same rate,” said the 63-year-old Hignell, who is running for his first four year term. “This past month, wherever I put the signs, within a day they're gone.”
He added that the owner of the 7-Eleven was a personal friend of his and had given him permission to place the signs on the property.
Hignell said that if he were to be elected in November, his priorities include increased use of electronic communication to help people with their taxes, and to modernize the current online payment systems so residents can pay taxes using systems such as Venmo and PayPal instead of writing checks.
“During tax season, I would like to open the tax receiver's office on Saturdays, so working people wouldn't have to take time off so they could pay their taxes," said Hignell.
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Hicksville Community Council to meet on November 7th
Hicksville Community Council will hold its next General Meeting on Thursday November 7 at 7 p.m. at the Hicksville Community Center, 28 West Carl St.
On the agenda will be Jim McCaffrey from the Town of Oyster Bay, who will review and present plans for the downtown area.
Bus trip to Wind Creek Casino
The Mercy Medical Center Council of Leagues will host a trip to Wind Creek Bethlehem (formerly Sands) Casino on Tuesday, November 26.
The bus will leave from 999 South Oyster Bay Road (on the street with the dead end) at 8:30 a.m. and return at approximately 8:30 p.m.
Cost is $43 per person, which includes the driver's tip. Give back: $35 slot play.
For reservations, please call Barbara at 516-935-5576 or Karen at 516-937-5527. Please make checks payable to "Mercy Leagues".
The first to pay is the first on the bus.
MacArthur seniors named National Hispanic Scholars
Seniors Hailey Yuan Li (left) and Sage Diaz from General Douglas MacArthur High School were recognized as National Hispanic Scholars by College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program. Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools
General Douglas MacArthur High School seniors Sage Diaz and Hailey Yuan Li from the Levittown Public Schools were recently recognized by the College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program for their exceptional scores on the 2018 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
The program honors approximately 7,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who take the test each year. Although it is not a scholarship award, earning a spot in the
program is considered a great academic honor which can help students get accepted into colleges and be considered for prestigious scholarships.
To be eligible for recognition, juniors must identify as at least one-quarter Hispanic/Latino on the PSAT/NMSQT. They must also achieve the minimum required PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index score which varies by location and earn a cumulative GPA of a 3.5 or higher by the middle of their junior year.
Elementary school students send heartfelt letters
BY GARY SIMEONE
It is the second year of the ‘Schwartzville Project’ at Abbey Lane Elementary school in Levittown, and the letters are coming in fast. The school project, which was started by fifth-grade teacher Richard Schwartz last year, is a letter writing campaign to share kindness, hope and encouragement to those affected by cancer.
“Last year we started this just as a campaign for breast cancer awareness, being that it was October, and we were able to
write letters to 120 people,” said Schwartz. “This year, our class wrote letters to people affected by all types of cancer and so far we’ve written to over five hundred people in forty five states and eighteen different countries.”
Schwartz said that his project has grown in leaps and bounds since he first came up with the idea to write a letter to an old high school teacher of his who was affected by cancer.
“There are already fifty schools from
across the country who are joining the Schwartzville Project, and more schools are joining everyday. It's crazy what it’s become,” said Schwartz.
He said that as a resource he uses the website weareteachers.com to spread the word and also utilizes social media through Facebook groups and through friends and family members.
The students have really taken an interest in the project and they enjoy displaying the letters they’ve received back up on the classrooms bulletin board.
“I like doing the project because it lets these people know that someone cares and that someone is rooting for them,” said fifth-grade student Lindsay Miranda.
Another student, Keira Panick, said that she feels bad for the stress people have to go through dealing with cancer and wanted to do something to make them feel better.
“People go through so much pain and stress when battling cancer, the least we can do is write them a letter to brighten up their day and make them smile," said Panick.
Harry Benitez, another student in Schwartz’s class, said he wants as many schools to join in as possible, “because the project will create many smiles to people all around the world.”
The letters are formatted in a certain way, with the first paragraph describing what the project is about and why the peo-
ple they are writing to are their role models. The second paragraph goes into some specific details about the person, like their hobbies and experiences, to make each letter more personable.
“The letters that I get back from the people that the kids have written to is my favorite part about this whole thing,” said Schwartz. “We put all the letters that we get back on our classroom bulletin board. We’ve even received other things like a photograph of the person, gift cards to stores and a woodcrafter from South Carolina that we wrote to sent us back some of his wood craft projects.”
Last year at the culmination of the project, the class invited some of the letter recipients into the classroom to show them their letter display on the bulletin board and to speak with them about their experiences.
Schwartz said he expects the same event will take place again this year and that he hopes the campaign will not end at the end of October.
“I am amazed and flattered at the response I’ve gotten about the kids letter writing ability and I’ve seen things from them that the curriculum doesn't teach,” said Schwartz. “That they are able to channel their knowledge and their energy to benefit others and that is a wonderful thing. As long as the kids want to do this, we’ll keep it going,” said Schwartz.
Students from Abbey Lane Elementary School with letters written to cancer patients.
PARKINSON’S DISEASE & YOU, THE CAREGIVER
Life changes when a loved one is diagnosed with an incurable disease. Guest speaker Mark Gudesblatt, MD, a physician specializing in Parkinson’s, will help us all understand the disease - from the 10 warning signs and new treatment options to medications and alternative medicine. Also learn more about Village Green senior living resources available to residents and families.
Saturday, November 16 at 11 a.m.
Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
1 Bluegrass Lane | Levittown, NY 11756
RSVP by November 14 to (516) 271-2500.
Hurry! Admission is FREE, but seating is limited.
Please enter through the entrance on Bluegrass Lane to access the meeting rooms on the lower level.
A light lunch will be served.
Irish History Forum meeting
On Saturday, November 16, the Irish Family History Forum will present: Maureen Taylor, who will give a webinar on " Identifying and Dating Family Photographs"
Maureen Taylor, aka the Photo Detective, is an internationally renowned expert in historic photo identification, preservation, and genealogical research. First, participants will see her webinar on identifying and dating family photos, and then via Skype Maureen will analyze a few old photos and answer any questions.
The schedule for the day will be:
10:00 AM: Kathleen McGee: Tips on Researching Irish Civil Registration
10:30 AM: Refreshment Break : Meet and socialize with other members.
Ask the Experts: This is an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an experienced genealogist to ask a basic genealogy question.
11:00 AM: Featured Speaker: Maureen Taylor
The Irish Family History Forum (IFHF) is a Long Island based Genealogy Organization with members throughout New York, and in over twenty other states and countries.
The meeting will take place at the Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Ave., Bethpage. Meetings are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information contact Pat at programs@ifhf.org. Website: www. ifhf.org
Toys for Tots collection begins
The Town of Oyster Bay has kickedoff this year’s “Toys for Tots” Collection Drive, which will run through December 12, in an effort to collect new, unwrapped toys to be used as gifts for children throughout the community.
“Under the direction of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, the Toys for Tots Drive follows a mission to help ensure that disadvantaged children within our community do not have to go the holiday season without something to bring them happiness,” Town Councilman Thomwas Hand said.
“By helping those in need experience the wonderful embrace of the holiday season, contributor’s will get to play an active role in bringing happiness to one of our nation’s most valuable resources for the future, our children,” Town Councilman Anthony Macagnone said.
For those who wish to donate to “Toys for Tots”, collection boxes can be found in the following Town facilities:
• Oyster Bay Town Hall North (54 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay);
• Town Hall South (977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa);
• Department of Public Works Facility (150 Miller Place, Syosset);
• The Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center (at Bethpage Community Park - 1001 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage);
• Syosset-Woodbury Community Park Community Center (Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury).
For more information, please contact the Councilmembers, Co-chairs of the Collection Drive, at (516) 624-6619 or (516) 624-6305; or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.
Bowlers needed
The Mercy League of Glen CoveHicksville - Syosset is looking for bowlers for its (non-money) Ladies League. The League bowls on Fridays at 9:45 a.m. at Syosset Bowl, Jericho Tpk.,Syosset. Come out and join the fun. For more information, please call Dolores Sartor at 516-931-4106.
On behalf of District 14 residents in Garden City, Garden City South, Carle Place & parts of Hempstead, West Hempstead, Westbury, Old Westbury, Jericho, Hicksville, Bethpage & Plainview
New senior-supported community in Levittown
Legislator John Ferretti Sister Christine (St. Bernards) Linda Cody (Director of Community Outreach), Diane Vella, (St. Bernards).
Faith Lutheran Church
Community Pancake Fest!
Date Saturday, November 16, 2019
Time 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Address 231 Jackson Avenue, Syosset, NY 11791
BY GARY SIMEONE
A “Hard-Hat Party” took place on Wednesday, October 23 to officially welcome in a new senior assisted living facility in the Levittown. The function was part of the groundbreaking process for the Village Green Senior Living community located on Schoolhouse Road. Nassau County Legislator John Ferretti and other dignitaries attended the event which took place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Attendees were encouraged to bring non-perishable food items and canned goods to support Caring People Home Health Care in Hempstead.
Lisa Santiago, Director of Sales & Marketing at Village Green, said the ceremony was a way of introducing the outside community to their new community.
“Our community is currently under construction and that was the whole theme behind the Hard Hat party,” said Santiago. "It was an event where people could stop by and look at renderings and drawings without actively touring the community.”
She said the facility is touted as a community assisted living area for seniors 65 and older.
“It is meant for members of our geriatric population who are looking to downsize and be involved in a group setting,” said Santiago. “We provide a lot of hospitality-based services including our Memory Care program, meal services and an array of onsite and offsite activities. We’re kind of like an apartment
building layered with hotel services.”
The facility will be a three story community that looks like a two story from street level similar to that of a split level house.
There will be an assisted living area and a memory care section contained within the facility. Residents will be entitled to three meals a day. Services include housekeeping, laundry services and transportation to and from all activities and doctor's appointments.
Caitlin Convery, Executive Director at Village Green, said that there is a full activity calendar planned for incoming residents.
“We will have many internal activities onsite and the activities can be adjusted based on the current residents interests,” said Convery. “We plan to have a monthly meeting scheduled throughout the year with our Life Enrichment director for activity planning and to see what new things we can add.”
She said that the facility is capable of holding 103 residents, and as of late October, there are 30 deposits on hold.
“There is no application process as it is a private community," said Convery. “If people are interested they can visit the website and reserve an apartment.”
Residents can choose from three different types of apartments including studios, one bedrooms and club suites on the upper end. Prices for the apartments can be found on the website, www.villagegreenseniorliving.com.
Lisa Santiago, Director of Sales and Marketing, and Linda Cody, Director of Community Relations for Village Green, with the food items they collected to benefit Island Harvest.
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Youth hockey program with NY Islanders alumni
The Future Islanders Learn to Play Program for boys and girls ages 5-8 will begin on December 3, at the Town of Oyster Bay’s outdoor rinks in Marjorie R. Post Community Park and at SyossetWoodbury Community Park.
“The New York Islanders, the National Hockey League, the National Hockey League Players Association and the Town of Oyster Bay have teamed up once again this year to provide an exciting opportunity for the youth in our community with the ‘Future Islanders Learn to Play Program’,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “Local children are invited to join this amazing experience as it offers a unique opportunity to develop basic skating and hockey skills under the guidance of experienced former NHL players.”
The ‘Future Islanders Learn to Play Program’ includes eight on-ice train-
ing sessions led by the Town of Oyster Bay coaching staff with appearances by Islanders alumni Arron Asham and Radek Martinek. Asham, a forward, played for 15 seasons and six different teams in the National Hockey League, and Martinek, a defenseman, played for 12 seasons and 486 games in the National Hockey League. The program fee is $200. All registrants will receive a CCM equipment package that includes a jersey, helmet, shoulder pads, gloves, skates, sticks, elbow pads, pants, socks, shin pads and an equipment bag.
Individuals interested in registering for the ‘Future Islanders Learn to Play Program’ can sign up at www.learntoplay.nhl.com/islanders. For additional information, please contact Jocelyne Cummings at Jocelyne.Cummings@ NewYorkIslanders.com or call (516) 5016764.
Supermarket Bingo
The Joseph Barry Columbiettes is sponsoring a Supermarket Bingo on Friday, November 22, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 45 Heitz Place, Hicksville.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Games begin at 7:00 p.m.
Admission is $8 per person in advance or $10 per person at the door
Admission includes one set of cards. Additional cards and specials will be available.
Raffles, Lottery Board and 50/50 will also be available
Coffee, tea and cake will be served. Cash Bar.
Reservations are strongly recommended -
Call Louise at 516-938-0963 or Ronnie at 516-428-3245
The Joseph Barry Columbiettes is a non-profit organization. All proceeds will go toward charitable donations and scholarships.
Ambitious senior earns $1,000 scholarship
Division Avenue High School senior Samiullah Khan (left) won College Board’s $1,000 Practice Scholarship for putting in more than six hours of practice on the official SAT practice website. Pictured with Division Avenue High School Principal John Coscia.
Division Avenue High School senior Samiullah Khan from the Levittown Public Schools recently earned a College Board Practice Scholarship for putting in more than six hours of practice on the official SAT practice website, Khan Academy.
The $1,000 Practice Scholarship is part of the College Board Opportunity Scholarships which rewards students for their effort and initiative during their path to college. The College Board has awarded 150 Practice scholarships to students every month from January through October. Students can increase their chances of winning by practicing
for more hours.
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Khan is a hardworking student who says he has put in at least 30 hours into the practice tests.
“It felt very special to receive this because I put in a lot of hard work and it’s nice to be recognized for it,” he said. “The SAT is an important test, so it was really important for me to do well. I studied a lot.”
After graduation, Khan hopes to attend either New York University or Cornell University to study biology. The district congratulates him on this outstanding accomplishment.
Model Train Show
Trainville Hobby Depot will host a Model Train Show on Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Hicksville Community Center, located at 28 West Carl Street in Hicksville.
The Model Train Show includes operating model layouts coordinated by Trainville Hobby Depot. Donations are being accepted at the exhibit to support The Safe Center LI.
The Safe Center LI is a resource center for the victims of domestic or dating abuse, child abuse, and rape and sexual assault.
Admission in to the exhibit is $5.00, children ages 4-11 years are $3.00 and entry for children under that age of 4 is free. For further information, please visit www.trainville.com or call (516) 433-4444.
Photo courtesy of the Levittown Public
BY KAREN RUBIN
TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE
You always make fascinating discoveries at the New-York Historical Society, but the nexus of exhibits and experiences that are being showcased through the holidays makes this particularly prime time for a visit: flesh out who Paul Revere was beyond his mythic Midnight Ride; see why Mark Twain, featured on the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal book, “Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress” was our first travel blogger; learn about the Baroness artist in exile who made a visual diary, and, of course, become enchanted at the “Holiday Express,” re-imagined to celebrate the 100th birthday of Busytown series author and illustrator Richard Scarry.
Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere Paul Revere is most famous for his midnight ride warning people of Massachusetts “the British are coming,” but the larger than life legend is not the focus of this first-ever exhibit now on view at the New-York Historical Society. And while his prowess as a silversmith and artisan is very much displayed, we are surprised to
learn about Revere as a printer, an engraver, an entrepreneur and innovator, a savvy businessman, a Mason, a “proto-industrialist” – all of which figured into his role as a patriot.
activist, and entrepreneur. The exhibition, featuring more than 140 objects, most never before exhibited in public, highlights aspects of Revere’s versatile career as an artisan, including engravings, such
Paul Revere is most famous for his midnight ride warning people of Massachusetts “the British are coming,” but the exhibit at the New-York Historical Society goes well “Beyond Midnight” to examine this complex and accomplished figure of Revolutionary America © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere separates fact from fiction, revealing Revere as a complex, multifaceted figure at the intersection of America’s social, economic, artistic, and political life in Revolutionary War-era Boston as it re-examines his life as an artisan,
as his well-known depiction of the Boston Massacre; glimmering silver tea services made for prominent clients; everyday objects such as thimbles, tankards, and teapots; and important public commissions, such as a bronze courthouse bell. There are personal items, as well
– most touching is the gold wedding ring Paul Revere made for his second wife, Rachel, in a case below portraits of the two of them, a thin band engraved inside with the words, “Live contented.”
Organized by the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, and curated by Nan Wolverton and Lauren Hewes, Beyond Midnight debuts at NewYork Historical through January 12, 2020, before traveling to the Worcester Art Museum and the Concord Museum in Massachusetts for a two-venue display (February 13 – June 7, 2020) and to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas (July 4 – October 11, 2020). At New-York Historical, Beyond Midnight is coordinated by Debra Schmidt Bach, New-York Historical’s curator of decorative arts.
“When many of us think of Paul Revere, we instantly think of Longfellow’s lines, ‘One if by land, and two if by sea’, but there is much more to Revere’s story,” said Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society. “This exhibition looks beyond the myth of Paul Revere to better understand the man as a revolutionary, an artisan, and an entrepreneur, who would go on to
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Paul Revere, Mark Twain, Baroness in Exile & a Richard Scarry
‘Holiday Express’ All on View at New-York Historical Society
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become a legend. There is much more to the Revere story than the famous ride. We are proud to partner with the American Antiquarian Society to debut this exhibition in New York.”
The New-York Historical Society partnered with the American Antiquarian Society (of Boston) which holds one of the most encompassing collections of Paul Revere’s documents, largely due to the society being founded by Isaiah Thomas in 1812, an “omnivorous collector,” who was a printer, publisher, patriot, colleague and customer of Paul Revere’s as well as a fel-
low patriot advocating for a break from Great Britain.
The Antiquarian Society, the oldest national historical society, is a research library and not a museum, so its collection is not publicly exhibited. That’s why this collaboration with the NewYork Historical Society is so extraordinary.
A Revolutionary activist, Paul Revere was a member of the Sons of Liberty, a secret group opposed to British colonial policy including taxation that kept track of British troop movements and war ships in the harbor. The exhibition displays Revere’s
Re-creation of the obelisk that Sons of Liberty used to celebrate the repeal of the Stamp Act, reproduced from Paul Revere’s etching © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
Most people think of Paul Revere solely as a silversmith, but his work as a printer and an artist was key to his role as a patriot seeking to break with Great Britain. His print of the Boston Massacre was significant to organize public opinion against the British. Paul Revere, The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated on King Street, Boston. Hand colored engraving, 1770. American Antiquarian Society. Gift of Nathaniel Paine.
1770 engraving of the landing of British forces at Boston’s Long Wharf.
Four versions of Revere’s provocative engraving of the 1770 Boston Massacre are also reunited in the exhibition. The engravings capture the moment when British soldiers fired upon a crowd of unruly colonists in front of the Custom House. The print inflamed anti-British sentiment, and different versions of it were widely disseminated as Patriot propaganda.
The only known copy of a broadside that still exists is on display under canvas.
But the print that most fascinated me was the one that depicted the first casualty of the American Revolution, a black man, Crispice Attucks, at the center. It was used to advance the cause of abolition before the Civil War.
Paul Revere was a master craftsman specializing in metalwork, including copperplate engravings and fashionable and functional objects made from silver, gold, brass, bronze, and copper.
An innovative businessman, Revere expanded his successful silver shop in the years after the war to produce goods that took advantage of new machinery. His fluted oval teapot, made from machine-rolled sheet silver, became an icon of American Federal silver design.
You see marvelous examples of Revere’s artistry as a silversmith – a skill he learned from his father. There is a Revere tea service that had belonged to John Templeman, on loan from the Minnesota Institute of Art, the most complete tea service by Revere in existence, which he made toward the end
of long career that lasted until he was in his 70s.
Among the silver objects on view are two rare wine goblets possibly used as Kiddush cups made by Revere for Moses Michael Hays—his only known Jewish client—as well as grand tea services, teapots, tankards, teaspoons, and toy whistles created in Revere’s shop.
But Revere, a genius at working with metals, also worked in brass and copper. He produced bells and cannon. Featured in the exhibit is a 1796 cast-bronze courthouse bell made for the Norfolk County Courthouse in Dedham, Massachusetts (about 100 Revere-created bells are still in existence and one, in Cambridge is still rung). The exhibition also explores how Revere’s trade networks reached well beyond Boston, even aboard ships bound for China. He frequently bought and sold raw and finished copper from New Yorker Harmon Hendricks and supplied copper for Robert Fulton’s famous steamship.
We learn that the silver that Revere and the colonial silversmiths would have used came from South America, from mines run by the Spanish with African slave and Indian labor. “Spanish coin was the currency of colonial America. Revere would melt old objects and coin for the silver.”
Meticulous account books that are in the collection show that Revere had customers in and around Boston- they are never shown except on microfilm, so it is very special to see these originals. In one, we see where Revere made notations and sketches.
What we learn is that Revere, who
Four versions of Revere’s provocative engraving of the 1770 Boston Massacre are reunited in the “Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere” exhibition at the New-York Historical Society. The print inflamed anti-British sentiment, and different versions of it were widely disseminated as Patriot propaganda. © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
had 16 children, would create new businesses, set up new workshops and put a son in charge as he went on to create a new one. “He had a drive to keep changing technology, but he built on what he learned as a silversmith.”
Revere was a proto-industrialist of the nascent nation; he changed from a workshop model that would employ two to four people, to more of an industrial model, with six to eight people paid wages.
The connection between being an artisan, an entrepreneur and an innovator plays into his role as a patriot.
As you enter the exhibit, you see a nine-foot-tall re-creation of the grand obelisk made for a 1766 Boston Common celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act, the first tax levied on the American colonies by England. Originally made of wood and oiled paper, and decorated with painted scenes, portraits, and text praising King George while also
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mocking British legislators, the obelisk was illuminated from inside and eventually consumed by flames at the Boston event. Local newspapers of the time described huge event. The only remaining visual evidence is Revere’s 1766 engraving of the design which was used to make the reproduction.
Revere was a member of the Sons of Liberty and helped plan and execute the Boston Tea Party in 1773, hurling tea into Boston Harbor. You get to see a vial of tea from the Boston Tea Party that was collected from Dorchester Beach (the water was cold so the bales of tea didn’t dissolve). One of the vials was given to the Antiquarian Society in 1840.
The place where the Sons of Liberty met to discuss their plans for the Tea Party, the Green Dragon Tavern, was also where the Masons met. Revere was a member of this secret society as well. The Masons were humanists, a clique and seen as anti-Christian, inspiring
anti-Masonic societies, because all religions, including Jews like Hays, could join.
Isaiah Thomas, a Masonic brother, was a patriot and like many of the merchants saw America as independent of Great Britain, with its own ability to make (manufacture), sell and distribute goods and not rely on Europe. Thomas published a newspaper and hired Revere, who was a printer as well as an artist, to do the book plate and masthead for his newspapers.
Paul Revere was born in America in 1735. His father was a French Huguenot who came as a young man from Bordeaux France, emigrating first to the Isle of Jersey, and then to Boston as a goldsmith. Revere’s father dies young and Paul, having finished his apprenticeship, takes over at 19.
Revere belonged to an economic class called “mechanics,” ranked below merchants, lawyers, and clergymen.
WRITER’S CORNER
On the OHI Day
BY LOU THEODORE
It’s been 9 years since I penned my first article on the OHI Day (some of which is reported below). This is a special day in Greek history as it regards Greece’s heroic involvement in WWII. Our family’s recent visit to Greece was yet two reminders of this day.
As noted in earlier articles, I was baptized Elias Theodorakos since it is the Greek custom to name the first son after the paternal Papou (grandfather). Within a few years, the name Elias (our first grandson is also named Elias) was displaced by Louis, its American counterpart. I know our children and grandchildren would have preferred that our last name had not been changed. They are also disappointed – along with Mary (who is not Greek) - that I did not insist that they go to Greek school. Although I am an American first, I still remain proud of my Hellenic roots.
On to one of the themes of this article. My ancestor have a long history of battling and suffering with evil elements and opponents. Unfortunately, history repeated itself in 1939, as documented below. The 80th anniversary of the resistance of fascist forces by the Greek Armed Forces was recently celebrated several days ago on October 28. (The day came and went without a whimper here in the United States.) OHI (an emphatic no!) was Prime Minister Metaxas’s response to Hitler’s order to peacefully surrender. What followed Metaxas’s response was 219 days of fierce battles. That in turn was followed by intense guerrilla warfare that resulted in a brutal occupational that included executions, sufferings, famine, and severe inflation. The rest is now history for some people and all Greeks.
Here are some comments immediately following the war.
Winston Churchill: “The word heroism, I’m afraid, does not reflect in the least the Hellenes’ acts of self-sacrifice that were the defining factory of the victorious ending of all the nations’ common struggle during the 2nd WW for human freedom and dignity. If it were not for the bravery of the Hellenes and their courageous hearts, the ending of the 2nd WW would not have been clear.”
Franklin Roosevelt: “When the entire world had lost all hope, the Hellenic people dared to doubt the German monster’s invincibility fighting back with the proud spirit of freedom. The heroic struggle of the Hellenic people against the German hurricane filled the American hearts with enthusiasm and won their sympathy.”
The second reminder of this special day was a recent paper submitted by our 13-year old grandson for his English class. It was titled VACHOS 1,5. VACHOS is a small essentially deserted town built on a rocky terrain half way up a mountain with no apparent means of sustenance itself. Vachos is a located in Mani - the middle member of the Peloponnese peninsula - surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the south, the Ionean Sea on the west, and the Aegean Sea on the west. Elias’s passage follows:
“I opened the car door and the blazing sun came right at me, forcing me to quickly cover my eyes. It was pushing 100 degrees late that afternoon, a dry, windy, burning heat. We had started our journey in Athens, and we were now in Mani, the region of the Peloponnese my great grandfather emigrated from. We were staying in Limeni, a small town on the Mediterranean Sea, with turquoise
But Revere was a savvy networker, and what he lacked in social status, he made up for by cultivating influential connections. Membership in the Sons of Liberty led to commissions from fellow Patriots, but he also welcomed Loyalist clients, setting aside politics for profit. On view are nine elements from a grand, 45-piece beverage service that Revere created in 1773 for prominent Loyalist Dr. William Paine—the largest commission of his career—just two months before the Boston Tea Party.
A key associate was Isaiah Thomas who, like Revere, exemplifies an American success story. Thomas was poor but taught himself how to read, write and set type and became one of wealthiest Americans as a printer, employing 150 people. It was the same with Paul Revere and Ben Franklin – they all started from nothing, but
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and emerald blue water and vibrantly colored fish that eluded my grasp. Limeni was five minutes away from Vachos, my great grandfather’s hilltop town. Excited and curious, my whole family had all been waiting for this part of the trip. As we drove into the hills, the sea disappeared from our sight. A sign ‘Vachos 1,5’ told us to turn right and drive 1.5 kilometers to Vachos. In our little stick-shift Toyota, we started along a bumpy road with tall grass that surrounded us. Ascending the steep hill, the car rolled back every time we began again after a stop. Houses that had looked like dots from afar came into view, and we pulled into what looked like the town square.
The square was a flat expanse among the hills, empty except for an older man in a run-down pickup truck. He got out to introduce himself as the mayor. He was a third cousin of my grandfathers, and an important person who lived in the town. Much to my surprise, this otherwise bleak town square had a basketball hoop that hung from the patio of a shuttered restaurant. It amazed me that my ancestors left this town for more opportunities in America, but a basketball hoop had traveled in the opposite direction.
Our cousin, Kirikos Theodorakos, who could only speak Greek, and a dialect at that, toured us around the town. We walked up a curving path and around abandoned stone houses in search of my great-grandfather’s house. My grandfather stopped in front of an old house “This is the one,” he said, pointing. We all started toward it. Nestled into a steep hill, the house was made of stone, most of it still intact, with a dilapidated clay roof. Trees obscured the view of the house so we walked
down the hill to see it from another angle. Long, prickly brush scratched against my legs as I surveyed the place my Spartan family had lived in a century before. We could see the door where this family entered and the dirt floor they walked. The sound of cicadas and the smell of oregano overwhelmed me. I wonder what it would have been like to live in these remote Greek hills.
The town’s population is about sixty and probably wasn’t much more in the early 1900s. How different would New York City have seemed to my great papou when he sailed into the harbor? I asked my grandfather if we could go inside and he translated the question. Our cousin kept saying “fidia,” but my grandfather either couldn’t understand his accent or didn’t know the word. Finally, our cousin wiggled his hand and we understood that the house was now filled with snakes.
On our way back to the town square, we wandered into the town cemetery, where we were greeted by marble stones with engravings, vibrant flowers, and food and drinks placed on graves. I share blood with all of these people. The mountains surrounded us, but we could not see any water nearby. Why did people build a town here? As we were leaving the town square, our cousin went to his truck and brought us a jar of oregano. As we drove away I opened the jar and crumbled the leaves between my fingers, the smell of oregano filling the air.”
Thank you Elias for keeping the memories alive.
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Retroactive Social Security Benefits Explained
BY TOM MARGENAU
A few months ago, I briefly discussed the possibility of retroactive Social Security retirement benefits. But if my email inbox is any indication, I guess I raised more questions than I answered. So today I will tackle the topic in more detail. Although the general rules are fairly simple, it can get a little complicated when you get down to the nitty-gritty of things.
In a nutshell, the rules say this: You can collect up to six months’ worth of benefits retroactively, but those benefits can’t include any reduced retirement payments. Or, to put that another way, you can’t get any retroactive benefits if you are under your full retirement age. Here are a few quick examples to help explain the rules.
-- Ann is 68 years old when she finally decides to sign up for her Social Security. She can elect up to six months’ worth of retroactive benefits.
-- Frank is 66 years and 6 months old. His full retirement age is 66 years and 2 months. He can choose to collect up to four months’ worth of retroactive benefits. (He can’t be paid any retroactive benefits before his full retirement age.)
-- Allison is 64 years old when she applies for Social Security. She can’t get any retroactive benefits because she is under full retirement age.
So, the rules seem pretty straightforward. There are no retroactive benefits payable if you are under your full retirement age. But alas, it’s not quite that simple. And to illustrate why, let’s use another example.
On Oct. 10, 2019, Henry, 63, called the Social Security Administration 800 number to discuss the possibility of filing for Social Security retirement benefits. After talking to the SSA agent, Henry learned he was eligible for benefits. But he said he wanted to think things over. On Dec. 3, 2019, after getting a follow-up letter from the SSA, Henry called back and said he was ready to file. Henry was given the option of starting his benefits in December, or he could select October as his starting date.
Some readers might wonder why Henry could get two months’ worth of retroactive benefits if the rules say no such payments can be made if you are under full retirement age. The answer is because those two months are technically not retroactive payments. When Henry called the SSA in October, the system set up what is known as a “protective filing date.” So, when Henry actually filed his claim in December, they were able to use October as his starting date. Henry thinks he got two months’ worth of retroactive benefits. But he really didn’t. His payments simply began with the date of his protected October phone call to the SSA.
This protective filing stuff can get a little messy, and I’m not going to delve too deeply into the mechanics of the process. But I will make one more point because it does get into today’s discussion of retroactivity. If you contact the SSA and the agency establishes a protective filing date for you, you generally have 60 days to either file a claim or let the SSA know you don’t want to do so. And the SSA is supposed to send you a letter prior to the expiration of that 60-day time frame to let you know the clock is ticking. But if they fail to do so, that protected date remains open.
To illustrate, let’s go back to Henry, who contacted the SSA on Oct. 10, 2019 about filing for Social Security but decided to wait to think about it. And this time, let’s say the SSA never sent him the follow-up letter. Finally, eight months later, in June 2020, Henry contacts the SSA again and says he is ready to file. He would have the option of being paid all the way back to October 2019. But again, legally, these would not be eight months’ worth of retroactive benefits. It would simply be as if he filed his claim in October 2019.
All of the above explanations and discussion was just to establish the general rules about the payment of retroactive benefits. But by far the most common questions I got about the topic came from folks who are well over their full retirement age who wanted to claim retroactive benefits. Here is a typical question:
Q: I just turned 69. I am planning to wait until 70 to start my Social Security. I just learned that I can take six months of retroactive benefits when I turn 70. Can I really do that? And how will that affect my ongoing benefits?
A: Well, I will start out with the easy answers. Yes, you can claim six months of retroactive benefits (because you are over your full retirement age). And your ongoing retirement benefit will be 4% less.
I will explain where the 4% comes from. You get an extra two-thirds of 1% added to your full retirement rate for each month you delay starting your Social Security checks after age 66. That comes out to a 32% increase if you wait until age 70. (There are no increases after you turn 70.) So if you file for your retirement benefits at 70 and claim six months retroactively, you will give up the two-thirds of 1% increase for those six months. That comes out to 4% less.
You are one of maybe 100 people who asked me a similar question. But here is what I can’t figure out about your plans: Why wait until age 70 and then claim the six months’ worth of retroactive benefits? Why not simply start your Social Security checks when you are 69 and six months? You will end up with the very same amount of money. You will just get it in monthly installments as opposed to
getting the one big retroactive check. The way I see it, if you wait until 70 and then claim the six-month retroactive check, it’s like you loaned the government all that money for six months and then they pay you back once you reach age 70, without interest. So why wait? Maybe some people just like the idea of getting a big check from the government? Maybe some people do it for tax reasons? Who knows?
One final note: In today’s column, I
dealt with the subject of retroactivity for people getting retirement benefits. Things are very different, and potentially way more complicated, when it comes to disability benefits. And that’s a subject for another column someday.
If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. .
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Paul Revere, Mark Twain, Baroness in Exile & a Richard Scarry ‘Holiday Express’ All on View at New-York Historical Society
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became successful – each of them had the ability in America to rise up, each was a printer, and each was a great innovator and thinker. The exhibit makes clear that a big part of Revere’s story is his importance as a printer.
The end of exhibit focuses on the Revere legend and the reality.
Paul Revere died in 1818, at the age of 83 (he worked until his 70s), but his fame endured, initially for his metalwork and then for his patriotism. In the 1830s, Revere’s engravings were rediscovered as Americans explored their Revolutionary past, and his view of the Boston Massacre appeared in children’s history books.
In 1860, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, after visiting the Old North Church and hearing the story about the lanterns, was inspired to write “Paul Revere’s Ride,” romanticizing (and somewhat embellishing) the story of Revere’s journey to Lexington. The poem first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in January 1861 (an original copy of the magazine is on view in the exhibition).
“Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,” Longfellow wrote 85 years after the event, April 18, 1775. It was the eve of another revolution, the Civil War. Longfellow’s intention was not to promote the idea of revolution but to remind Americans of our common foundation, our roots, our unifying experience.
Before the Longfellow poem was published, a new print of the famous Revere print of the Boston massacre was published that put the black man, Crispice Attucks, the first man to die for Revolution, America’s first martyr, in the center.
“The Civil War started in 1861. Longfellow was an abolitionist and Boston was a hotbed of abolition. He wanted to remind the country of its shared past. That is why he brought Revere back to life, but his life was stripped down to one event,” curator Debra Schmidt Bach explains.
The exhibit is timely now for much the same reason: with such intense partisanship, there is the sense of needing to remind people of our common foundation.
In reality, Revere, who was 40 years old when he undertook his famous ride, was on foot until he crossed the Charles River to Cambridge and then rode a borrowed horse to Lexington. He was also one of three riders and was stopped briefly by British officers and then released when Revere talked his
way out of being arrested. A map of the actual ride is on display.
Works like the Longfellow poem, artist Grant Wood’s 1931 painting Midnight Ride of Paul Revere depicting a dramatic scene of Revere riding past Boston’s Old North Church (also an embellishment) and others enshrined Paul Revere at the heart of the nation’s founding story. By the turn of the 20th century, the tale of Paul Revere and his midnight ride was firmly established in the nation’s psyche as truth, not fiction, and Revere’s contributions as a metalsmith and artisan were overshadowed.
The Revere exhibit, and the people who we are introduced to like Isaiah Thomas, reveals the DNA that propelled the American Revolution: how Americans had become their own culture, their own society, where an individual was not limited by birth, but could rise up. The Stamp Tax and the Tea Tax imposed by Britain clarified the limitations placed on the Americans’ economic development. More than a political revolution, the American Revolution was an economic and social revolution.
In piercing the bubble of the Revere legend, the exhibit exposes an even more interesting and consequential man.
“Paul Revere” exhibit on view in NY until January 12, 2020 before traveling to the Worcester Art Museum and the Concord Museum in Massachusetts for a two-venue display (February 13 – June 7, 2020) and to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas (July 4 – October 11, 2020). Special programming is offered in conjunction with the exhibit, check the website, www.nyhistory.org.
Mark Twain and the Holy Land
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York Historical Society is hallowed ground for a travel writer, consisting of artifacts, leaves from journals, letters, stereotypes, photos that re-create Mark Twain’s journey through the Holy Land in 1867. Twain’s cruise aboard the Quaker City was a first – the first organized tour in American history – and Twain was the first travel writer, sending back dispatches of his impressions that were published in a San Francisco newspaper, two years before his subsequent 1869 book, The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress, one of the best-selling travelogues of all time.
New-York Historical Society celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of Innocents Abroad with Mark Twain and the Holy Land, on view through February 2, 2020. This new exhibition traces the legendary American humorist’s 1867 voyage to the Mediterranean and his subsequent book through original documents, photographs, artwork, and costumes, as well as an interactive media experience.
Organized by New-York Historical in partnership with the Shapell Manuscript Foundation, it is curated by Michael Ryan, vice president and director of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library, and Cristian Petru Panaite, associate curator of exhibitions.
“Setting sail from New York for a great adventure abroad, Mark Twain captured the feelings and reactions of many Americans exploring beyond their borders, inspiring generations of travelers to document their voyages,” said Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society. “We
are pleased to partner with the Shapell Manuscript Foundation to present the history behind this influential book by Twain, a uniquely American writer whose work helped to define American culture in the postbellum era.”
What I delighted in most was an interactive display where you can summon up a specific site Twain visited, like the Holy Sepulchre, and read Twain’s notes and observations, adjacent to a historic photo, that read like today’s travel blogs.
“We spurred up hill after hill, and usually began to stretch our necks minutes before we got to the top-but disappointment always followed – more stupid hills beyond – more unsightly landscape – no Holy City. At last, away in the middle of the day, ancient bite of wall and crumbling arches began to line the way-we toiled up one more hill, and every pilgrim and every sinner swung his hat on high! Jerusalem!”
“Just after noon we entered these narrow, crooked streets, by the ancient and the famed Damascus Gate, and now for several hours I have been trying to comprehend that I am actually in the illustrious old city where Solomon dwelt, where Abraham held converse with the Deity, and where walls still stand that witnessed the spectacle of the Crucifixion.”
“The great feature of the Mosque of Omar is the Prodigious rock in the centre of its rotunda. It was upon this rock that Abraham came so near offering up his son Isaac – this, at least, is authentic – it is very much more to be relied on than most of the traditions, at any rate.
On this rock, also, the angel stood and threatened Jerusalem, and David per-
suaded him to spare the city.”
Twain frequently expressed disgust at the way his fellow travelers treated hallowed sites. “Pilgrims have come in with their pockets full of specimens broken from the ruins. I wish this vandalism could be stopped.” But Twain himself carried back items (a list is provided) including marble from the Parthenon in Athens, mummies from Egyptian pyramids, a letter opener made from Abraham’s oak and olive wood from Jerusalem.
Artist in Exile: The Visual Diary of Baroness Hyde de Neuville
Artist in Exile: The Visual Diary of Baroness Hyde de Neuville introduces visitors to a little-known artist whose work documented the people and scenes of early America. The exhibit, on view November 1, 2019 – January 26, 2020 in the Joyce B. Cowin Women’s History Gallery of the Center for Women’s History, presents 115 watercolors, drawings, and other works by Anne Marguérite Joséphine Henriette Rouillé de Marigny, Baroness Hyde de Neuville (1771–1849). Self-taught and ahead of her time, Neuville’s art celebrates the young country’s history, culture, and diverse population, ranging from Indigenous Americans to political leaders.
Holiday Express: All Aboard to Richard Scarry’s Busytown
A holiday favorite returns to the New-York Historical Society this season—reimagined to celebrate the 100th birthday of Busytown series author and illustrator Richard Scarry. Holiday Express: All Aboard to Richard Scarry’s Busytown (November 1, 2019 – February 23, 2020) showcases artwork and
graphics of Scarry’s characters like Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm from publisher Random House Children’s Books alongside more than 300 objects from the Jerni Collection’s antique toy trains, stations, and accessories. Using Busytown stories and characters, dynamic displays explore the workings of the railroad, the services it provides, and the jobs required to keep people and goods moving. An assortment of kid-friendly activities, story times, and crafts accompany the exhibition throughout its run, welcoming families into the world of classic toys and trains. Richard “Huck” Scarry Jr., the son of Richard Scarry, will make a special appearance on December 14 and 15. Holiday Express: All Aboard to Richard Scarry’s Busytown is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Additional support provided by Random House Children’s Books.
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IFall is the best time to plant trees and shrubs for your home
you haven’t yet begun to take advantage of the warmer than normal temperatures to reseed or renovate your lawn, don’t wait any longer.
However, as temperatures cool off, the fall is the best time during the year to consider adding trees and shrubs to your landscape to make it stand out, especially if you are considering selling. Remove those plants and bushes that are worn and unsightly and replace them to enhance your property and provide more curb appeal. Remember, buyers can and will be critical of everything, starting from the exterior.
Put yourself in the eyes of the purchasers and what do you think of the landscape outside of your home? Does it entice buyers to want to come and take a look, if they were to do a driveby or does it look a bit dated or is everything overgrown or on their last legs? Are your flowerbeds edged and cultivated or are they undefined as to where they start and finish? As they sometimes say, “you don’t get a second chance at a first impression.” I imagine you wash your car regularly and polish it, while it depreciates and loses value over time or you give it back after your lease is up and have nothing to show for it. But your home for most everyone is your most valuable asset. Maybe unintentionally, due to lack of time, a bit of being lackadaisical, a bit lazy, lack of available funds or whatever your reasons, you totally forget about the outside landscape. So we sometimes disregard what’s most important to us financially and we say to ourselves, “I’ll get around to it.” Well what about today, as you read this column, if needed, to start thinking
about what you can do to freshen up the outside of your home, especially if your home is currently for sale or, you just might consider selling in the very near future?
BY PHILIP A. RAICES
Over the years I have seen the most poorly and “under the weather” landscapes and that is what everyone initially sees. Adding valuable trees and shrubs will provide from one hundred to one thousand percent return on your investment. However, there is a multitude of variables that have to be taken into account, eg. your budget and expenditure when the landscape was renewed, when you purchased, location and current condition of the landscape, etc. What trees and shrubs might you consider? Should I hire a contractor (make sure he is licensed and insured and provides you a certificate with you as an additional person of interest, in case of any issue that pops up) or go online to get some advice or even attend a presentation by one of the big box stores? There are numerous choices to be had and if you have a gardener who you trust and feel confident in, you can always rely on him too. However, if you have a limited budget, then doing this on your own can be accomplished with some basic knowledge. Knowing how to plant is crucial to the survival of your landscape. Spacing your new plantings, digging a large enough hole, adding proper nutrients and water, will go a long way to having your plantings survive and flourish.
Also, extremely critical is to know
the exposure and how much sun and shade you have on your property, which will be tantamount in determining what type of shrubs to consider purchasing. Obviously, flowering shrubs need more sun than shade-tolerant plantings. Another example is evergreens which do better and will grow faster (Green giants, Leyland cypress) in the sunniest locations. Going online to first figure out what you want and what they look like will also assist you in making choices. Regardless of what you purchase, always read the labels on all your plant material. The growers give specific information to enable you to plant your material properly. Moreover, you should know whether or not the trees have a lot of surface roots like swamp maples usually do or deeper rooted trees like oaks, so you place them further away from your foundation as to not eventually cause possible damage to the foundation of your home.
Here are some examples of possible choices of trees:
1.) White or black birch
2.) Norway, red or silver maples
3.) Honey locust
4.) London plane
5.) Little leaf linden
6.) Dogwood (Japanese or Korean variety)
Also the more shade your trees provide the more shade tolerant grass seed must be sowed into the soil in order to have an adequate ground cover. You can also eliminate the grass altogether and just plant any type of shade-toler-
ant ground cover. Some examples are:
1.) Ajuga
2.) Lungwort
3.) Foamflower
4.) Creeping juniper
5.) Liriope/monkey grass
6.) Periwinkle
7.) Pachysandra
8.) Wild violets
9.) Hosta
Fall is the most beneficial season to plant as it is a less stressful, due to cooler temperatures and a more advantageous time to have the plant material root and take hold. So get to work and start planning what you want to do and turn your landscape into an oasis that all will be drawn to and appreciated and it just might sell your home quicker and at a higher price!
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BY TRACY JORDAN
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Invited Estate Sales by Tracy Jordan can do both! You can sell your items online reaching potential buyers locally or globally as well as hosting a private sale from your home! Let us guide you on what items to put in auction including furniture, housewares, decorative items, jewelry, collectibles, coins, artwork and anything else you may no longer want or need. Our services can help you to maximize your selling experience whether you are selling 1 item or 500 items. We are a one stop service for all your needs when you are moving or selling a property! Selling, donating, discarding and cleaning out services can be done to meet your time frame with minimal stress.
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GARDEN CITY
Designer Home Sale
Friday, November 8
10:00am 3:00pm 218 Cherry Valley Ave
Selling contents of 2 designers’ storage units...
Furniture, Fabric, Lots of Accessories.
NO EARLY BIRDS! Not a garage sale!!
GARDEN CITY
Saturday, November 2
9:00am 5:30pm 7 Cathedral Ave
Antiques, Persian Rugs, Grandfather Clock, Tables, Chairs, Lamps, Dressers, Desk, Silver, Crystal, China, Lladros, Mirrors, Linens, Oil Paintings, Prints, Designer Clothes, Handbags, Furs, Jewelry, Sewing Machine, Cabinets, Children Cribs, Cradles, Toys and MUCH MORE!
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WESTERN NASSAU COUNTY
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Two Bedroom Villa at the Westin St. John Resort. Available for the weeks of March 29 & April5, 2020. If interested, call 516-747-2559 or email: rfr7342@gmail.com
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MEADOWBROOK POINTE:
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$539,000 Call Nancy 516-650-2808
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CLEANING SERVICE: Houses, Apartments, Offices. Excellent references. Own transportation, Experienced. Call Dinora 516-435-7167
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HOME AND OFFICE CLEANING: I am available to clean. I am very hardworking, honest and reliable. Please email me at: hannahgoals23@yahoo.com
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Retaining Walls A GREENER VIEW
Q: Everyone in my subdivision uses man-made blocks for the retaining walls they installed on the sloping parts of their yards. I do not like the look of these concrete blocks and want to use natural stones, but I do not want to mortar them in place. How do I build such a wall?
A: The first step in wall building is to measure how long and how tall the wall will be. If you keep the walls to a maximum of 3 feet tall, you will be able to keep the stones to about the size of a large pumpkin. This is important because a stone that is 1 foot thick, tall and wide will weigh around 100 pounds.
Instead of one tall retaining wall, it is easier and safer to make smaller walls and terrace the land in between them. The terrace may only need to be 1 foot wide so there is just enough room to plant perennials in it.
For natural stone walls less than 3 feet tall, dig a trench for the wall so the first row of boulders can be installed at least halfway in the ground. The trench also must be deep enough to have a minimum 6-inch layer of gravel compacted in the trench first. The wall should be built with the biggest stones on the bottom layers, the medium ones in the middle and the smallest stones on top. Keep the trench gravel flat and level so the base course of large stones is level. This is the hard-
BY JEFF RUGG
est row to install on any wall. Once the base course is in, the rest of the wall goes up easily. The second course, and all higher ones, needs to be set back into the hillside a couple of inches for each foot of wall height. Pour a few inches of gravel behind the wall stones as it goes up, and use a weed barrier cloth behind the gravel to keep the retained soil from washing into the gravel.
Do not allow the seams and cracks between wall stones to run very far without having a rock block the path of the seam. A good wall-building rule is that one rock should sit on two, and two rocks should sit on one. Anyone can just stack a pile of rocks up, but it takes effort to make the wall attractive and strong.
You should be able to walk on the wall stones as the wall is being built. If they are not stable while it is going up, the wall will not be stable afterward. Remember, kids love to walk on the top of walls, so make it a safe walk. Use big or long rocks turned sideways into the hillside to act as anchors that stabilize the wall.
One of the nice things about a natural wall like this is that there are spaces between the rocks. This allows the wall to flex with any frost action or gentle earthquakes. Because the gravel pore spaces stay open with the weed barrier cloth protection, water drains freely from behind the wall. The reason many mortared walls tip
over is that the soil behind the wall expands when wet and pushes on the wall. After the soil dries, there is no counteracting pressure to push the wall back into place. Even if the wall only bows out one-hundredth of an inch, after one hundred rains, the wall has moved an inch.
If possible, leave out a rock here and there so that a plant can be installed in the wall. It is easier to plant them as you build the wall, but they can be planted afterward, too. Just lay the plant on its side, spread out the roots, spread soil over them and make sure the branches spread out between the stones. Many ground covers, perennials and vines will soften the look of a cold stone wall.
The cost of stones tends to be low, but the shipping and handling adds to the cost. Pretty stones from far away tend to cost more than any stones from close by. Irregularly shaped rocks are easier to build with than rounded ones.
Email questions to Jeff Rugg at info@greenerview.com. To find out more about Jeff Rugg and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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JFK High School holds DECA installation
The 2019-2020 John F. Kennedy High School DECA Board poses for their first group picture together. The DECA chapter welcomed 74 new first-year members at their annual installation.
The Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) recently hosted its annual installation ceremony. The 2019-2020 chapter welcomed 74 new first-year members and 86 sophomores, juniors and seniors who met the conditions for membership.
Along with the new members, DECA welcomed alumni Samantha Valenza ’13 and Legislator Arnold Drucker to speak to the chapter. Ms. Valenza, a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, spoke to new and current members about what DECA has done for her, how it has helped her in the business world and how it will assist future
members in their professional careers. Legislator Arnold Drucker also spoke to the chapter about the importance of DECA and the positive impact it could have on their lives.
DECA is an international association of business students who participate in community service events, as well as business competitions at regional, state and international levels. The High School Division includes 200,000 members in 3,500 schools. The DECA installation was a huge success due to the help of all student members, officers, and advisors Mr. Ambury, Ms. DeLucca, and Ms. Tortoso as well as the support of Principal James Murray.
Legislator Arnold Drucker speaking to the new and current student members, officers, advisors, and school administration about the importance of DECA at John F. Kennedy High School. The DECA chapter welcomed 74 new first-year members at their annual installation.
College Notes
Marissa Lembo of Plainview was among the 75 University of Scranton students who studied abroad during the Summer 2019 semester.
Lembo, a health administration major at Scranton, participated in the University’s travel courses, Intensive Italian Abroad and Dante’s Inferno and the Florence of His Times in Florence, Italy.
n Skylar Pedroza of Levittown is on the women’s soccer team at SUNY New Paltz for the 2019 season.
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SUNY New Paltz students Brian Casey of East Norwich, and Jake Meyers of Plainview are on the men’s cross country team at SUNY New Paltz for the 2019 season.
Following a historic 2018 season, the SUNY New Paltz cross country team will to continue to compete and win against some of the toughest competition in the country in the 2019 season. The men’s squad looks to improve with a solid group of returners and a strong core of newcomers.
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Jonathan Heitner, a member of the Colgate University Class of 2020, has
earned the spring 2019 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence. Heitner is from Plainview, and is a graduate of Chaminade High School
Students who receive a term grade point average of 3.3 or higher while completing at least three courses earn the spring 2019 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence.
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The following local residents recently matriculated as first-year students at Hamilton College:
Sambat Bhandari of Levittown Bhandari is a graduate of Division Avenue High School.
Andrea Hayman of Plainview Hayman is a graduate of Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School.
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Lehigh University is thrilled to officially welcome the Class of 2023. Among the members of the class are:
Ashley Steiner of Plainview
Alexandria Olanick of Bethpage
Marcus Torres of Bethpage
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Buffalo State has announced that Rose Limonta of Hicksville, has joined its college community as a full-time, first-year student.
With current events, announcements, restaurant reviews, puzzles, and much more, there’s always something for everybody to enjoy!
Central Boulevard Elementary appreciates service people
The #ChooseKind theme continued this month at Central Boulevard Elementary School in the Bethpage Union Free School District for Thoughtful Thursday on Oct. 24. For Thoughtful Thursday, students focus on a different act of kindness each month revolving around the Bethpage community.
For this month’s activity, Mrs. Lonagran’s second grade class wrote letters of appreciation to local police, firefighters and medical professionals. The enthusiastic students were excited to participate, writing sentiments such as “thank you for keeping me safe” and “we appreciate you!”
Photos courtesy of Bethpage Union Free School District
The second-grade class with their letters of appreciation for local service men and women.
Look for our crews in your town working to provide you with safe and reliable energy all year round.
• Deploying smart technology across the system that can quickly and safely isolate problems to keep power flowing for thousands of customers.
• Enhanced program to inspect aging utility poles and replace them with new, stronger poles.
• Circuit Improvement Program, an island-wide initiative to inspect and upgrade equipment along the power lines that distribute power to customers.
how we keep your electricity running at
Mrs. Lonagran taught her second-graders words of appreciation before writing their letters.
NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court
Nassau County WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, V. LAWRENCE B. PROSONO; ET AL.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 28, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST is the Plaintiff and LAWRENCE B. PROSONO; ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CALENDAR CONTROL PART (CCP) COURTROOM OF THE SUPREME COURT, FIRST FLOOR, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on November 12, 2019 at 11:30 am, premises known as 93 STIRRUP LANE, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756: Section 51, Block 381, Lot 42: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT LEVITTOWN, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK, Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 012390/2009.
Matthew J. Zangwill, Esq.Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC
Attorneys for Plaintiff 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, MIT 5846 4X 10/11,18,25,11/01
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court Nassau County WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff - againstALEXANDER AGUERA, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on April 13, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on the 12th day of November, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. 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. Premises known as 15 Main Parkway, Plainview, NY 118032127.
(Section: 12, Block: 379, Lot: 15) Approximate amount of lien $208,118.13 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 8442-2015.
Richard D. Lorge, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218
For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 2802832
Dated: August 29, 2019 MIT 5847 4X 10/11,18,25,11/01
NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court Nassau County U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007AHL2, Plaintiff, Against CARLOS REYES; ESTHER REYES; ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered on 4/17/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction in the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY 11501, on 12/3/2019 at 11:30 am, premises known as 8 Laurel Street, Plainview, NY 11803 aka Hicksville, NY 11801, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements there-
LEGAL NOTICES
on erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, 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 11, Block 186 and Lot 229.
The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $750,242.61 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 9410/2014.
Evette Ennis, Esq., Referee. SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES
Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570
Dated: 10/2/2019
File Number: 28849 MNB
MIT 5848 4X 11/01,08,15,22
NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court Nassau County FGMC IN LIEU OF TRUE CORPORATE NAME FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff against BRYAN HIGGINS; JESSICA HIGGINS; ALEXA HIGGINS; LAUREN HIGGINS, Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on August 3, 2018.
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 3rd day of December, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, Lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York.
Said premises known as 35 Libby Avenue, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801.
(Section: 12, Block: 291, Lot: 22). Approximate amount of lien $ 331,676.57 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 601530-18.
Kathleen Wright, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330
Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344
MIT 5849 4X 11/01,08,15,22
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Notice is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for: Distribution System Maintenance ContractScheduled and Emergency Service will be received by the BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS of the HICKSVILLE WATER DISTRICT, at the office of the Board, 4 Dean Street, Hicksville, New York, until 10:00 a.m. Prevailing Time, on Monday, November 18, 2019, and will be publicly opened and read aloud at 10:00 a.m. Information for Bidders, Proposal, Specifications and Contract Forms may be obtained in electronic format at the office of the District Engineer, H2M architects + engineers, 538 Broad Hollow Road, New York 11747, upon deposit of Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00). Make deposit check payable to HICKSVILLE WATER DISTRICT. Bidder’s deposit will be refunded when the original disc is returned in good condition within ten (10) days after the bids have been opened. Other deposits will be partially or not refunded. Only plan holders who have registered and paid their deposit are eligible to submit bids.
Each proposal submitted must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond, payable to the Hicksville Water District, in a sum equivalent to five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid, as a commitment by the bidder that, if his bid is accepted, he will enter into a contract to perform the work and will execute such further security as may be required for the faithful performance of the contract.
The Board of Commissioners of the Hicksville Water District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities therein and to accept the bid which, in its opinion, is in the best interests of the Water District.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HICKSVILLE WATER DISTRICT Karl Schweitzer, Chairman William Schuckmann, Treasurer Nicholas Brigandi, Secretary
DATED: OCTOBER 30, 2019
MIT 5850 1X 11/01
NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for: Mechanical System Maintenance ContractScheduled and Emergency Service will be received by the BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS of the HICKSVILLE WATER DISTRICT, at the office of the Board, 4 Dean Street, Hicksville, New York, until 10:00 a.m. Prevailing Time, on Monday, November 18, 2019, and will be publicly opened and read aloud at 10:00 a.m. Information for Bidders, Proposal, Specifications and Contract Forms may be obtained in electronic format at the office of the District Engineer, H2M architects + engineers, 538 Broad Hollow Road, New York 11747, upon deposit of Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00). Make deposit check payable to HICKSVILLE WATER DISTRICT. Bidder’s deposit will be refunded when the original disc is returned in good condition within ten (10) days after the bids have been opened. Other deposits will be partially or not refunded. Only plan holders who have registered and paid their deposit are eligible to submit bids. Each proposal submitted must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond, payable to the Hicksville Water District, in a sum equivalent to five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid, as a commitment by the bidder that, if his bid is accepted, he will enter into a contract to perform the work and will execute such further security as may be required for the faithful performance of the contract.
The Board of Commissioners of the Hicksville Water District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities therein and to accept the bid which, in its opinion, is in the best interests of the Water District.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
HICKSVILLE WATER DISTRICT
Karl Schweitzer, Chairman
William Schuckmann, Treasurer
Nicholas Brigandi, Secretary DATED: OCTOBER 30, 2019
MIT 5851 1X 11/01
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FIRST LIBERTY CONSULTING LLC.
Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/19/19.
Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC 8 Amby Ave Plainview, NY 11803. Purpose: any lawful act.
BN 7429
6X 10/04,11,18,25,11/01,08
NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court
Nassau County
WELLS FARGO BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE
LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE
PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004FF7, Plaintiff against DANIEL BOVE A/K/A
DANIEL R. BOVE, CAROL
BOVE A/K/A CAROL D. BOVE, TINA BOVE, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on June 3, 2019.
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 November, 2019 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 Bethpage, New York, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York, bounded and described
as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of Central Avenue (as widened) which point is distant 152.28 feet when measured along the southerly side of Central Avenue (as widened) from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Central Avenue (as widened) with the westerly side of Perry Avenue and from said point of beginning; RUNNING THENCE; along the southerly side of Central Avenue (as widened) north 76 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds west 49.91 feet to a point; RUNNING THENCE south 07 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds west 89.4 feet to a point; RUNNING THENCE south 81 degrees 41 minutes 20 seconds east 49.68 to a point; RUNNING THENCE north 07 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds east 85.3 feet to the southerly side of Central Avenue (as winded) at the point or place of beginning.
Said premises known as 535 Central Avenue, Bethpage, N.Y. 11714.
(Section: 46, Block: 590, Lot: 59).
Approximate amount of lien
$ 360,848.25 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 004335-15.
Lynn Botwinik, Esq., Referee. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 10 Bank Street, Suite – 700 White Plains, N.Y. 10606 (914) 949-2574
BN 7430 4X 10/11,18,25,11/01
District attorney reviewing removal of campaign signs
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Saladino said that although he was unaware of the destruction of the campaign signs, he does condone that type of behavior.
“It seems like people on both sides of the aisle get silly this time of year,” said Saladino. “The bottom line is that I condemn such behavior and it will not be tolerated in the Town of Oyster Bay."
Interactive fall fun at Kramer Lane Elementary School
Teamwork was necessary to turn the traditional cider press to crush the fresh apples.
Mike Deery, a spokesman for the Saladino campaign and Nassau Republican Committee, echoed the Supervisor's sentiments, saying that type of behavior will not be tolerated in the Town.
In an email, Deery wrote, “overzealous individuals occasionally act beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior in the midst of political campaigns."
Students in Ms. Falzarano’s kindergarten class at Kramer Lane Elementary School in the Bethpage Union Free School District learned how to make apple cider in an interactive, hands-on lesson led by Mary Watros and Bette Bass from Nassau BOCES. Students were taught how to crush and strain fresh apples to make apple cider with a traditional cider press in the school’s STEM Lab. During the lesson, the enthusiastic kindergartners pretended to be apple seeds and were taught how they can grow – with some soil, water and lots of sunshine.
While the students were not able to drink the cider they pressed themselves, the kindergartners were treated to some freshly made apple cider from the Jericho Cider Mill. After the activity, students picked which kind of apple treat was their favorite. Among apple sauce, apple cider, apple pie and an apple, apple cider won by only a few votes. The votes will be posted in the STEM lab for other classes to see and compare their preferences. The activity inspired the students to make apple treats at home, with apple pizza being a very popular choice among them.
Students got to vote for their favorite apple treat.
Photos courtesy of Bethpage Union Free School District
Division Avenue community shows its spirit
The Blue Dragons ran onto the field at the start of the big homecoming game.
Blue Dragon pride shined as Division Avenue High School in the Levittown Public Schools hosted its annual homecoming parade and football game on Oct. 11. Central and building administrators, board members, students and staff proudly held banners and waved as they made the journey along the parade route from Northside Elementary School to Division Avenue High School. Community members cheered as the Wisdom Lane Middle School Marching Band and Division Avenue High School Marching Band played throughout the streets and students threw candy to excited spectators.
Prior to the start of the football game against the Floral Park Knights, Division Avenue seniors from the marching band, color guard, cheer, kickline and football teams were announced on the field with their loved ones during a flower ceremony. Attendees were then invited to enjoy a variety of different booths with raffles, food, drinks, school
apparel, merchandise and more.
The Levittown community filled the stands as the Blue Dragons ran out onto the field. After the Pledge of Allegiance, a moment of silence was held in memory of beloved Division Avenue English teacher Michael Verdi. Throughout the evening, T-shirts were sold in honor of Mr. Verdi who made a positive impact on the school community.
During the halftime spectacular, the marching band, color guard, kickline and varsity cheerleaders entertained the crowd and members of the homecoming court were announced on the field. Emily Fuchs was crowned princess, Michael Sullivan was crowned prince, Erin Cacciuttolo was presented as homecoming queen and Brandon Martinez was named homecoming king. Although the game ended with a loss for the Blue Dragons, the players showed their commitment to the game and played their hearts out.
Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools
The Division Avenue kickline team walked in the parade with their beautiful banner.
The Division Avenue High School Marching Band and Color Guard performed during halftime.
The Wisdom Lane Middle School marching band walked in the parade.
Homecoming king Brandon Martinez (left) and homecoming queen Erin Cacciuttolo were crowned.
Members of the homecoming court with Superintendent of Schools Dr. Tonie McDonald (right), central administrators, building administrators, board members and staff.
Division Avenue seniors from the marching band, color guard, cheer, kickline and football teams were honored before the game with their loved ones.
The Division Avenue High School Blue Dragons played against the Floral Park Knights.
The varsity cheerleaders showed their school spirit during their halftime performance.
The Division Avenue varsity cheerleaders prepared to cheer on the Blue Dragons.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 TH , 2019 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Location: Portledge Lower School Ages: Kindergarten - 5th Grade Registration Required (space limited) Visit www.portledge.org/scholars