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The Town of Oyster Bay will participate in the Wyland Water Conservation Challenge, a national competition among municipalities in which residents commit to conserve water in their daily lives. See page 3

Oyster Bay Harbor cleanup

The Town of Oyster Bay invites residents to participate in a special Oyster Bay Harbor & Beach Cleanup, scheduled for Saturday, April 17. The event is co-sponsored by the Town of Oyster Bay, the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association (NOBBA) and Friends of the Bay. Pre-registration is necessary.

“This great environmental

cleanup initiative features volunteers and Town employees rolling up their sleeves and working side-by-side to remove litter and debris from the beaches and shoreline areas along Oyster Bay Harbor,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “We invite residents of all ages to pitch in and help make a difference in our community!”

Volunteers are invited to participate in the cleanup, which will run from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The central meeting place will be Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park launching ramps and waterfront gazebo off of Larrabee Avenue, Oyster Bay.Additional locations for the clean-up include Theodore

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win prestigious science award

BY GARY SIMEONE

Two Jericho Middle School students were honored last week in a Google Zoom presentation after winning the “Toshiba Exploravision” science competition at the regional level. Sixth-graders Dylan Rateshwar and Armaan Dewal won the prestigious competition after submitting their “Away with Alzheimer’s” project.

“Imagine having to watch someone you truly care about forget who you are, but who they are themselves,” said Rateshwar. “It is truly heartbreaking, yet this is a sad reality for six million patients and their families who are affected by Alzheimer’s disease in America alone. In our research of Alzheimer’s, we created Away with Alzheimer’s to help find a cure for this terrible disease.”

The two students displayed video presentation of a person’s brain that is afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease compared to that of a normal healthy brain.

Dewal explained the mechanisms at work that affect a person's brain who is suffering with Alzheimer’s.

“When one is afflicted with this disease, there are clumps of proteins that form in brain tissue called amyloid beta plaques and tau tangles,” said Dewal. “During Alzheimer’s, amyloid beta and tau proteins accumulate around brain neurons so they’re not able to communicate properly.”

Rateshwar said their project is a five-step procedure that extracts these amyloid plaques and tau tangles from brain neurons to restore normal signaling.

The first step includes radio tracers being placed in a person’s bloodstream to track amyloid plaques and tangles so they can be traced by a PET or CT scan.

The second step involves using specialized machinery to create slits in the upper nasal cavity, and the skull near the brain’s prefrontal cortex region, to create a pathway between nostrils and brain.

Step three has nanomotors, that are maneuvered by controls to travel between the nostrils and the brain.

“In the last two steps, which are most important, these nanomotors will collect the amyloid plaques and tau tangles from

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Upcoming Virtual Events at the Jericho Public Library

Monday, April 12

2:00 p.m.: Virtual Profiles: Nobel/Noble Women with Dr. William Thierfelder - American poet Louise Gluck received the Nobel Prize, making 57 remarkable women to have won the most prestigious award in a variety of fields. From Marie Curie in 1903 for physics to four women in 2020 for chemistry, physics and literature, these trailblazers continue to alter our worldview. This program looks at some of these women and their contributions to literature, the sciences and world peace.

4:00 p.m.: Virtual Flex & Tone with Mindy Vasta - Put on some comfortable clothing and join Mindy for this exercise class while in the comfort and safety of your home.

7:00 p.m.: Fit & Fabulous with Linda Ray - Join Linda for this evening exercise class designed to get you Fit & look Fabulous!

Tuesday, April 13

11:00 a.m.: Guided Meditation for Self Healing with Patricia AndersonJoin Pat for one or all of the meditation sessions to bring harmony and balance into your life.

Wednesday, April 14

10:30 a.m.: 1, 2, 3 Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead: Earth Day with A Time For Kids (Ages 18 Months–5 years) - These preschool STEM programs include music movement, fine and gross motor development and storytelling followed by a craft.

1:00 p.m.: Watercolor Demonstration with Chuck Van Horn - Learn watercolor techniques, tips and tricks.

Thursday, April 15

10:00 a.m.: Chair Yoga with Jolie Bosnjak - This practice is for

all levels including those nursing an injury or coping with a chronic problem. The results will surprise you!

5:30 p.m.: Yoga with Joe - This yoga class is geared for all levels to reduce the stress in your life while keeping fit!

Friday, April 16

2:00 p.m.: Great Performers: Marlon Brando: Natural & Intense with Marc Courtade - Marlon Brando studied acting with Stella Adler and Elia Kazan and created the role of Stanley Kowalski in “ A Streetcar Named Desire ” on Broadway. After going to Hollywood, he concentrated on films and never performed on stage again. Many of his performances have become iconic, including Stanley Kowalski, Terry Malloy in “ On the Waterfront, ” and Vito Corleone in “ The Godfather. ” Brando’s career spanned 60 years and remains the yardstick American actors are still measured by today.

Saturday, April 17

9:00 a.m.: Teens Free Online SAT or ACT Practice Test with the Princeton Review - Take a full length practice test (your choice of either SAT or ACT) with a virtual proctor. After the test, you’ll receive a comprehensive score report detailing your strengths and weaknesses. Multiple timing options are available for students with accommodations.

11:30 a.m.: Table Top Adventures with Lucy Van Horn: Fast & Easy with an Asian Influence - Join Lucy and learn how to make chicken and pineapple with baby bok choy, Korean beef stir fry, and honey roasted pork. Top it off with an almond crème dessert, Lucy’s special tips, and a smile.

For all events, go to www.jerichopubliclibrary.org /events/month to register

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Email: Editor@GCNews.com

School board candidates

To the Editor:

Christopher Foresto and Thomas Taubes are running for the Jericho Board of Education. Chris and Tom are both active volunteers in the community and have been advocates for the Jericho school district for many years.

Chris Foresto grew up in Muttontown and lives in the West Birchwood section of Jericho with his wife, Lindsy and their three children, a sixth grader, fourth grader, and soon to be kindergartener. Chris is a member of the Jericho Fire Department and current 1st Assistant Chief, serving the over 5,000 residences and 350 commercial buildings in the Jericho Fire District. He also serves as the Jericho Fire Department’s liaison to the Jericho School District.

A Board-Certified Radiologist specializing in Interventional Spine Care, Chris is the Chair of the Department of Radiology at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine at NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island (formerly Winthrop-University Hospital). He also serves as the Associate Director for NYU Langone Radiology on Long Island.

Chris has his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Boston College in Psychology/Neuroscience and is a graduate of Chaminade High School. He is the current president of the Chaminade Alumni Association and serves on the Chaminade Board of Advisors, both positions which he will be rotating off this summer.

Tom Taubes grew up in Great Neck and attended Great Neck North High School. He lives in the OakwoodPrinceton Park section of Jericho with his wife Sheri, who is a graduate of Jericho High School. They have two children, a son who graduated from Jericho and currently attends Temple University and a son in 9th grade.

Tom is currently the President of the Jericho Athletic Association (JAA), a volunteer position serving over 600 youth athletes and their families. Concurrently, he is the Director of Baseball for the JAA. He also received the Volunteer of the Year award from Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) in 2019.

Tom received his Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami and his Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) from Adelphi University. He is currently a Senior Recruiter at Bernard Nickels & Associates, a boutique staffing firm, and has been there since 2007.

Chris and Tom are both looking forward to continuing their volunteerism as members of Jericho’s Board of Education and advocating for all children while maintaining the excellence of Jericho Schools. They look forward to your support on May 18. They will be holding Zoom meetings to meet the community in the coming weeks. If you would like to be included, or have questions for them, please email ForestoTaubes21@gmail.com.

Christopher Forest Thomas Taubes

Jericho School District’s breakfast exemption

The federal and state governments have mandated that all school districts implement a breakfast program for students.

Based on a survey of Jericho School District sent to parents of children currently enrolled in K–5 in the Cantiague, Seaman, and Jackson Elementary Schools, the district is requesting an exemption from the breakfast program for these schools for the 2021-2022 school year. The results of the survey indicate that more than 80 percent of those responding would not use the program.

If any parents have questions or concerns regarding the request for the one year exemption, please contact Mr. Victor P. Manuel, assistant superintendent for business, 203-3600 extension 3214, or Tracy Gilet, director of food service, extension 3258.

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Commit to conserve in Wyland challenge

The Town of Oyster Bay will be participating in the Wyland Water Conservation Challenge, a friendly national competition between municipalities across the country. Through the challenge, held April 1–30, residents are encouraged to make an online pledge to commit to the conservation of water in their everyday lives.

“We’re challenging residents to think twice about their water use and commit to conservation throughout the month of April,” said Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “This national challenge invites us to sign a pledge at www.mywaterpledge.com, and commit to use water more efficiently, reduce pollution, and save energy. Participants also have the opportunity to win some great prizes and take home bragging rights over other local governments throughout the country.”

Last year, residents from over 2,000 locations throughout the country pledged to reduce their annual consumption of fresh water by over 1 billion gallons, reduce waste sent to landfills and prevent hazardous waste from entering watersheds. The challenge encour-

ages participants to look beyond short term issues and look at the ways water use affects the future of our communities — from how we manage our coasts, lakes, and rivers to reducing polluted runoff.

Councilman Hand added, “Water conservation is something we can easily achieve each and every day. From watching sprinkler usage, repairing leading faucets and pipes, using reusable shopping bags and water bottles, to recycling plastics, metals and cardboard, we can truly make a difference. It doesn’t take much, and every drop counts!”

To participate in the challenge and qualify for prizes, residents can visit www.mywaterpledge. com and make their online pledge to conserve water in the Town of Oyster Bay. Municipalities with the highest percentage of residents who participate receive a chance to win money toward their home utility bills and many more eco-friendly prizes. Locations are categorized by population. Students and teachers are also invited to participate. The Wyland Foundation was created in 1993 by environmental artist Wyland to protect the world’s oceans, waterways and marine life.

Coping with Caregiving & Knowing When It’s Time

WEDNESDAY APRIL 14, 5:30PM

Learn about dementia caregiver stress, burnout and how to know when it’s time for a more supportive living environment at this complimentary virtual event.

Supervisor Saladino (center) and Councilman Tom Hand (second from left) joined with members of the Massapequa Water District to challenge residents to “Commit to Conserve.”

Presented by Rachael Wonderlin, M.S., author and owner of Dementia by Day.

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“Shed the Meds” event planned for April 17

The Town of Oyster Bay, in partnership with Drug Free Long Island and the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD), will host a ‘Shed the Meds’ event at Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa on Saturday, April 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

“The Town of Oyster Bay is proud to partner with Drug Free LI and the Nassau County Police Department on this important initiative to keep prescription drugs out of the wrong hands,” said Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “Through proper disposal of old medications, we can prevent them from contaminating the environment through improper disposal and also keep them out of the hands of young people.”

The event will take place at Marjorie Post Park (off Unqua Road in Massapequa), in the parking lot near the community center. This program is

anonymous. For those who cannot make it to the event, the Nassau County Police Department would like to remind residents that disposal containers are located at all Police Precincts throughout the county for safe deposit. Additionally, proper social distancing measures will be in place due to the ongoing pandemic.

For those looking to turn in unused or expired medication, please make sure of the following:

• If left in original container, please remove all personal information from label.

• Liquid medication will not be accepted

• Intra-venous solutions, injectables, and syringes are not accepted.

• Illicit substances are also not part of this initiative.

For more information about the ‘Shed the Meds’ program, call (516) 6392386 or email info@drugfreeli.org

Senior earns HOBY Academic All-Star status

Division Avenue senior Christopher Smith was recognized as a HOBY Academic AllStar by the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership organization. Photo courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Senior Christopher Smith from Division Avenue High School in the Levittown Public Schools was recently recognized by the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership organization as a HOBY Academic All-Star. The distinction is given to HOBY alumni and volunteers who demonstrate outstanding academic achievements in the classroom.

To earn the HOBY Academic AllStar recognition, a student must be a senior in high school or in college. Also, they must have attended or volunteered at an official HOBY program in 2019 or earlier and have a cumulative weighted GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale. Receiving the HOBY All-Star status can help students stand out among their peers during the college admission process and on job applications.

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This Week at the Syosset Public Library

Friday, April 9 at 12:00 p.m.

Virtual Lunch and Author Visit

with Camilla Bruce

Bring your own lunch and listen to the author of “In the Garden of Spite” as she discusses her books. No registration needed. Click on Virtual Calendar for Zoom link - www.syossetlibrary.org/ live-streaming.

Friday, April 9 at 2:00 p.m.

The Trouble with Fate: Curses at the Opera

Presenter: Tanisha Mitchell, opera singer, MET and librarian at Freeport Library

Join Tanisha as she explores entertaining opera characters who try their hardest to escape a curse to no avail. Operas explored will be Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman,” Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” Verdi’s “Forza del Destino” and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana.” No

registration needed. Click on Virtual Calendar for Zoom link - www.syossetlibrary.org/live-streaming.

Monday, April 12 at 9:15 a.m.

Dancersize with Carol Rodriguez

This fitness class combines aerobic exercise with dance moves. Do it from the comfort of your own home. Register at www.syossetlibrary.org/live-streaming

Monday, April 12 at 2:00 p.m.

The Beatles from Liverpool to Abbey Road

Presenter: Vincent Bruno, Beatles scholar and sixties rock historian & adjunct professor, Baruch College

This lecture will follow in the footsteps of The Beatles as they embark on their historic journey starting from their early days as a cover band in Liverpool and Hamburg, into the excite-

ment of Beatlemania, including concert performances, films and albums. The post Beatles work will be explored as well. No registration needed. Click on Virtual Calendar for Zoom link - www. syossetlibrary.org/live-streaming.

Tuesday, April 6 at 6:15 p.m.

Virtual Author Visit with Author Corie Adjmi

Short story writer and essayist Corie Adjmi will join us to discuss the writing of “Life and Other Shortcomings,” a 2020 collection of linked short stories exploring the experiences of multiple women and the paths they chose from 1970 to the present. No registration needed. Click on Virtual Calendar for Zoom link - www.syossetlibrary.org/ live-streaming.

Wednesday, April 14 at 1:00 p.m.

Simply Fit with Marilyn Bunger

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adult. It combines basics of strength training and stretching. Register at: www.syossetlibrary.org/live-streaming

Thursday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Best of the Great American SongbookPart 10

Presenter: Richard Knox

This is the final part of a 10-part series about the most enduring American songs of the early to mid-20th century. No registration needed. Click on Virtual Calendar for Zoom link - www.syossetlibrary.org/live-streaming.

Friday, April 16 at 12:00 p.m.

Virtual Lunch and Author Visit with Ali Benjamin

Bring your own lunch and listen to the author of “The Smash Up” as she discusses her books. No registration needed. Click on Virtual Calendar for Zoom link - www.syossetlibrary.org/ live-streaming.

March Book Madness

Lee Road second-grader Maximilian Lott with the winning book, “The Day the Crayons Came Home” by Drew Daywalt.

Second-grade classes from Lee Road Elementary School participated in March Book Madness where they determined their favorite book of the year. Students Emily Drummond (left) and Nicholas Greco held up the final two favorite books.

Lee Road second-graders in Kelly DiPretoro’s and Tina Napoli’s classes recently celebrated their love for reading with their own version of March Madness brackets. Coined “March Book Madness,” the bracket-style tournament matched books in one-to-one “games.” After listening to two picture books, students voted on which one was their favorite. The picture books went from the Sweet 16 to the Elite Eight to

Hicksville students selected for Legislative Student Art Exhibit

Twenty-two students from Hicksville Public Schools have had their artwork selected for the 31st annual Legislative Student Art Exhibit sponsored by the New York State Art Teachers Association (NYSATA).

Congratulations to the following Hicksville students:

• Aleena Abraham, Grade 12, Hicksville High School

• Karla Amador, Grade 5, Old Country Road Elementary School

• Nathaniel Anthony, Grade 9, Hicksville High School

• Michelle Camera, Grade 12, Hicksville High School

• Katie Chu, Grade 6, Hicksville Middle School

• Amber Corbett, Grade 11, Hicksville High School

• Mayeul Dehay, Grade 11, Hicksville High School

• Sushant Devkota, Grade 10, Hicksville High School

• Gigi Goh, Grade 4, Lee Avenue Elementary School

• Svenja Henning, Grade 11, Hicksville High School

• Nikki Lam, Grade 9, Hicksville High School

• Patrick Miranda, Grade 9, Hicksville High School

• Aaliya Mukadum, Grade 10, Hicksville High School

• Emily Munoz, Grade 11, Hicksville High School

• James Neri, Grade 10, Hicksville High School

• Maria O’Connell, Grade 9, Hicksville High School

• Oliwia Szymanska, Grade 9, Hicksville High School

• Malaya Talavera, Grade 9, Hicksville High School

• Mikenzie Torres, Grade 1, Woodland Elementary School

• Mehr Verma, Grade 1, Fork Lane Elementary School

• Isabella Weber, Grade 12, Hicksville High School

• Anna Zhou, Grade 10, Hicksville High School

The NYSATA Legislative Exhibit is the largest event for Youth Art Month, which runs through March. It provides an opportunity for students and their families to connect with their local legislators while sharing their art with the rest of New York State.

This year, the exhibit is completely virtual and is being presented on the NYSATA website. Typically, the students selected have their artwork displayed in the Legislative Office Building in Albany.

Second half school taxes due

The Town of Oyster Bay reminds residents that the Second Half of the 2020-2021 School Tax Levy was due on April 1, but can be paid without penalty through May 10.

“New York State Law allows my office to provide taxpayers with a 40 day penalty free period from the date the tax is due during which payment may be made without penalty,” Receiver of Taxes Jeffrey Pravato explained. “After the 40 days, State Law requires a one percent penalty be added for each month the tax remains unpaid, retroactive to November 1st for the first half payment and April 1st for the second half payment. Don’t delay, make your payment before May 10th to ensure you aren’t paying more out of pocket than you need to.”

paying in person, residents are reminded to bring the entire tax bill.”

Residents who prefer to mail in their payments, should send them to the Office of the Receiver of Taxes, 74 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 117711539. Please make your check payable to Jeffrey P. Pravato, Receiver of Taxes and indicate your property’s Section, Block and Lot and telephone number on the check.

the Final Four.

“The Day the Crayons Came Home” by Drew Daywalt was crowned the favorite book for 2021, while “Diary of a Worm” by Doreen Cronin was a close runner-up. March Book Madness helped inspire the students to read new books while being exposed to quality literature and new authors.

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Receiver Pravato continued, “During this public health crisis, the Tax Office has been fully operational but has suspended in office interactions. We have outdoor walk up windows at Town Hall North, 74 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, and Town Hall South, 977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa, and are now open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. to assist residents and accept payments with either a check or money order. No cash or credit card payments will be accepted. On May 7 and May 10, both offices will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. When

Tax payments may also be made online through a link on our Town website, www.oysterbaytown.com. Residents may view tax bills, print out a hard copy, or pay taxes with an ACH check payment for a reduced fee of 75 cents, or by credit card for a much higher fee charged by the credit card companies. The Town of Oyster Bay receives no portion of this fee.

“This tax bill reflects the new Nassau County reassessment,” Receiver Pravato explained. “If your School Tax bill increased more than the budgeted increase set, it is due to the effects of the County reassessment. Any questions regarding your property assessment should be directed to the Assessor’s office at 516-571-1500.”

Residents may contact the Tax Office with any questions about their tax bill at 516-624-6400 or emailreceiveroftaxes@ oysterbay-ny.gov.

Town to collect yard waste

Oyster Bay Town Councilman Tom Hand announces that Yard Waste collection will resume the week of Monday, April 5, for homeowners who receive Town collection services. Yard waste is picked up on the same day as recycled materials, including plastics, metals and cardboard.

“With the spring season upon us, many residents will begin clearing their properties from leaves and other debris left behind by winter,” said Councilman Hand. “Yard waste collection, which includes lawn clippings, will get underway the first full week in April.”

Residents should place yard waste curbside on their same day as their recycling items. Yard waste is collected by Town sanitation crews and taken to compost facilities. Waste includes grass clippings, weeds, leaves, tree trimmings, hedge and shrub clippings and other garden/yard

waste. Materials should be placed in bags at the curb, and should weigh no more than 50 pounds. No household garbage, refuse or animal waste should be disposed with yard waste.

“Collecting Yard Waste is an important component to our recycling program,” added Councilman Hand. “One of the prime benefits of recycling yard waste is that the cost to take these materials to a compost facility is less than the cost to dispose of them at an out-of-state landfill. This successful program is another example of the Town’s commitment to providing high quality environmental services while protecting our taxpayers’ wallets.”

For more information on the Town’s recycling program, or other sanitation services, visit www.OysterBayTown.com/ recycling.

Moorings available for TOB boat owners

The Town of Oyster Bay reminds residents interested in mooring their boats on the beautiful north shore to contact the Town’s Department of Environmental Resources to obtain one of the 700 moorings offered just off the shore of the marina, located at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay.

“Our beautiful Town boasts water on both its north and south shores, making boating a popular activity for

our residents,” said Councilwoman Walsh. “Our pristine harbor has convenient moorings for boating enthusiasts who are looking to access the waters of Oyster Bay Harbor and beyond.”

Mooring permits are $50 for Town residents and $75 for non-residents. Permits are effective from March 1 through the end of the year. For more information, contact the Department of Environmental Resources at (516) 677-5811.

Lee Road students embrace sign language

Lee Road Elementary School students and staff from the Levittown Public Schools have found a new, positive way to connect and learn despite social distancing guidelines. Lee Road music teacher Helen Papayannakos introduced American Sign Language into her music classrooms to adhere to safety protocols, while still giving students a new and exciting way to experience music.

The ASL lessons quickly expanded throughout the Lee Road community and students have fully embraced what they have learned.

“I originally started this unit to make music with my students in a way that followed CDC guidelines and ensured the safety of everyone in the class,” said Ms. Papayannakos.

“However, the goal has become to be more inclusive of people who may be

a little bit different from us.”

Ms. Papayannakos always wanted to learn ASL and found that the best way to learn was through teaching others. Following every ASL lesson that she facilitated came a song to wrap up and review what classes had learned that day. Within a few short weeks, the students were picking up on their signs faster than anticipated and lessons became more involved. What started as a lesson on the ASL alphabet, quickly became lessons about animals, colors, greetings, numbers, school signs, the pledge and even improvised conversations with one another. The students also enjoyed practicing their ASL skills with one of the school’s lunch monitors who is part of the Hard of Hearing community.

Lee Road students quickly began to take their newfound love for ASL and bring it into their own homes. They started sharing the songs

and signs that they learned in Ms. Papayannakos’ music class with family members.

“More parents reached out with e-mails asking for extra lessons or videos that their child could watch at home, because they were so interested,” said Ms. Papayannakos. “And so many parents have approached me at dismissal to thank me for teaching this ASL unit and shared with me the stories of how their child has used it outside of my classroom!”

At the conclusion of the unit, the students showed off their ASL skills through a schoolwide music video. Incorporating ASL into the music curriculum allowed Ms. Papayannakos to bring the joy of music into the school, while embracing a new language that connects students and staff during this unique school year.

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Lee Road Elementary School students learned American Sign Language as part of their music unit.

Lee Road students showcased their American Sign Language skills through a schoolwide video.

Nassau County Legislator reads to Fork Lane classroom

Legislator Rose Walker read “How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow” to Mrs. Lao’s first grade class.

Some students at Fork Lane Elementary School, part of Hicksville Public Schools, had the opportunity to participate in a virtual read-aloud with Nassau County Legislator Rose Walker.

Walker joined Tammy Lao, Christina Werner and Jamie Murray’s classes to interact with students and read different stories.

Walker read the book “How the

Crayons Saved the Rainbow,” in Mrs. Lao’s class. The first-graders had been learning about rainbows, so they particularly loved the story. They were also excited to learn about Walker’s job and

how she used to attend Fork Lane.

The virtual meetings gave students the experience of interacting with a community leader without having to leave their classrooms.

Mrs. Werner’s class enjoyed Legislator Rose Walker’s reading of the book, “Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School.”

The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce the Fall 2020 Dean’s List. The students represent nearly all of Rhode Island’s cities and towns, all six New England states, New York and New Jersey, and many other states and countries. The following students were named to Dean’s List:

Bethpage

Daniella Cottone, Stephanie Katartzis, Sean McGrorty, Samantha Salerno

Hicksville

Vincent Falkowski, Cayla Weiss Levittown

Kristi Ryu

Old Bethpage

Hailey Rogers

Syosset

Bryan Matusow, Ryan Norton, Jessica Samuel Plainview

Jessie Gillman, Alyssa Inglese. Alexandra Sauer, Brianna Valenza

To be included on the Dean’s List, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades during a semester and achieved at least a 3.30 quality point average. Parttime students qualify with the accumulation of 12 or more credits for letter grades earning at least a 3.30 quality point average.

Adelphi University’s deans of Arts and Sciences, Education and Health Science, Business, nursing and Public Health, Social Work and Psychology recognize superior academic work every semester. The Dean’s List includes full-time students registered for 12 or more credits who have completed at least 9 graded credits and achieved a GPA of 3.5 or above for the semester. This recognition becomes part of the student’s academic record and is entered into the individual’s transcript.

Bethpage

Adam Ayroso, Katherine Beaudet, Gabriella Carbonaro, Nicole Cecere, Elizabeth Cobb, Daniella Difino, Katie Domagala, Ana Guerriero, Bridget Kammerer, Julia Katartzis, Justin Khan, Gina Kurian, Ashley Maderich, Alessandra Nicholes, Holly Solomon, Elena Yaccarino

Hicksville

Harleen Anand, Kate Cimino, Jessica Corrado, Biagio De Risi, Sean Deady, Nicholas Diano, Andrew Engelhardt, Erica Farsang, Garfield Forbes, Steven Gareau, Alexandria Giresi, Daya Gyawali, Kerrin Heuser, Niko Ianniello, Hina Iftikhar, Manjot Kaur, Avneet Kaur, Harmandeep Kaur, Simranjit Kaur, Matthew Koprowski, Meghan L’Ecuyer, Keri Lintz, Katie McDevitt, Melissa Miller, John Moyer, Aayushi Patel, Jessica

College Notes

Rotondi, Naveed Shah, Justin Simon, Gurkirat Singh, Bhavleen Sodhi, Anthony Squillacioti, Jessica Tarone, Gabriela Vidad, Bhargawi Vutukuri, Terence Wong

Levittown

Nikol Antoniou, David Beaudrie, Andrea Bentivegna, Marie Abigail Chavez, Shayla Cohen, Samantha Collins, Daniel Conigliaro, Tatiana Cornejo, Nicolette DeCota, Alexa Delles, Gerard Fiorenza III, Carissa Giuliano, Kevin Granger, Rene Hernandez, Sarah Herrschaft, Kelly Hogan, Samantha Igneri, Anthony Johnston, Natalie Johnston, Sean Kennedy, Khushi Kumar, Adriana Lemieux, Anthony Lettiere, Melissa Llerena-Martinez, Siara Louie, Jessica Mannarino, Adrienne McAuliffe, Samantha Morales, John Nortwich, Jessica Petry, Alyssa Phillips, Danielle Pinto, Allison Reyes Gutierrez, Lucas Rickard, Sebastian Rosales, Daniella Roselli, Lizbeth Santiago, Paige Scali, Kayla Schmidt, Gabriella Sferrazza, Eren Sonmez, Alyssa Theofanis, Evelyn Turcios

Old Bethpage

Kristin Gough, Jamie Yonker

Plainview

Stephanie D’Agostino, Nicole Franco, Paul Golombek, Melanie Golubow, Lauren Katz, Justin Johnes, Alison Krinsky, Jordan Marx, Francesca Mauro-Walsh, Jason Rosen, Aakash Saini, Kayla Schiavone, Riya Verma, Samantha Vitti, Tova Zaretsky Syosset

Osama Asghar, Noel Chan, Michael Chite, Gabriella Fosso, Marika Georgopalis, Kristina Kallansrude, Anna Komninos, Ramsha Mahmood, Jake Malone, Eric Meirs, Kanchan Motwani, Eunice Park, Haeji Park, Daniela Romano, Tanya Sarin, Susanna Song, Jennifer Williams Woodbury

Sophie Breslow, Nikolina Dangeva, Edina Saljanin n

The University of Hartford congratulates the students who have been named to the President’s Honors List for Fall 2020.

The President’s Honors List is made up of an extremely select group of students who earned a grade point average of 3.75 or higher in the semester.

Caroline Galante of Woodbury

Grace Mittleman of Syosset n

Casey Collette of Bethpage was recently recognized with a gold level leadership milestone through SUNY Oneonta’s LEAD (Leadership Education and Development) program.

Collette is studying mass communicationsat SUNY Oneonta. n

SUNY Delhi announces its Dean’s List for the Fall 2020 semester, a rec-

ognition of academic achievement for students who enrolled in six or more credits and earned a 3.5 or higher grade-point average for the semester.

Local students named to the list include:

Jared Knoll of Plainview, pursuing a degree in construction management: design & building

Rupinder Kaur of Bethpage, pursuing a degree in nursing

Brian Gronenthal of Levittown, pursuing a degree in criminal justice

Alecia Ogeer of Levittown, pursuing a degree in nursing

Michelle Turkovich of Levittown, pursuing a degree in nursing

Jessica Kwasnik of Hicksville, pursuing a degree in physical education studies

Justin Huallanca of Levittown, pursuing a degree in recreation & sports facilities management

110 Kutztown University students have been inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success as part of the Fall 2020 class, including Ann Marie Zielinski of Levittown,

To be inducted at KU, students must attend an orientation, a threehour leadership training seminar, three success networking team meetings and three speaker broadcasts featuring leading figures delivering success-related messages to members.

More than 560 students received degrees from New York Institute of Technology as fall graduates of the Class of 2020. Local degree recipients included:

Ramez Ahmad of East Norwich, who completed the Business Administration, BS program.

Luqman Bandagi of Jericho, who completed the Biology, BS program.

Megan McCormack of Glen Head, who completed the School District Leadership and Technology, ACERT program.

Kent Deng of Syosset, who completed the biology BS program.

Danielle Hansen of Syosset, who completed the electrical and computer engineering BS program.

Logan Sooknauth of Syosset, who completed the mechanical engineering MS program.

Mark Thomas of Syosset, who completed the biology BS program.

Derick-Louie Trinidad of Syosset, who completed the electrical and computer engineering BS program.

Ali Mohammed A Alshehri of Hicksville, who completed the electrical and computer engineering BS program.

Meet Harshadbhai Darji of Hicksville, who completed the mechanical engineering MS program.

Shannon Firooz of Plainview, who completed the computer science BS program.

Arda Kalem of Plainview, who completed the computer science BS program.

John Larocca of Plainview, who completed the business administration BS program.

Devarshi Bhaveshkumar Nayak of Hicksville, who completed the computer science MS program.

Ajlan Okman of Plainview, who completed the electrical and computer engineering MS program.

Dhruvkumar Prakashchandra Patel of Hicksville, who completed the energy management MS program.

Venkata Sandeep Kumar Singamaneni of Hicksville, who completed the electrical and computer engineering, MS program.

Siarah Jean of Bethpage, who completed the human resources management and labor relations MS program.

n Carly Kleinberg, a member of the Colgate University Class of 2024, has earned the Fall 2020 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence.

Kleinberg is an undeclared major and a graduate of Syosset High School, from Syosset.

Students who receive a term grade point average of 3.3 or higher while completing at least three courses earn the Fall 2020 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence.

Eric Spiegel, a member of the Colgate University Class of 2021, has earned the Fall 2020 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence.

Spiegel is a psychological science major and a graduate of Chaminade High School, from Plainview.

Students who receive a term grade point average of 3.3 or higher while completing at least three courses earn the Fall 2020 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence.

n Medical students and several undergraduates from New York Institute of Technology participated in anatomy research and discovered how studying animal movement could support their training to become future physicians, scientists, and mechanical engineers.

In total, 51 students, including 44 first-year medical students at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), four students in the Life Sciences B.S./ Osteopathic Medicine D.O. program, and two students from the Mechanical Engineering, B.S. program, helped to contribute multiple chapters on animal locomotion (walking) to the Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Local students included:

Elisabeth Frankini of Syosset, who is studying osteopathic medicine.

George Economou of Syosset, who is studying osteopathic medicine.

Town offers summer recreation program

Registration for the Town of Oyster Bay’s Summer Recreation Program, open to children ages 4–12, is now underway. This year’s program once again includes a full-day option at two locations: Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa and Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, where campers can stay on site through the lunch hour. Those not interested in the new full-day option can still attend one of the Town’s traditional Summer Recreation Programs, located at Ellsworth Allen Park in Farmingdale, Harry Tappen Beach in Glen Head,

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay and Plainview-Old Bethpage Community Park.

“The Town’s Summer Recreation Program features great activities for children, including arts and craft, various games, themed days, water fun, scavenger hunts and so much more,” said Town of Oyster Bay Councilwoman Michele Johnson. “With a variety of options available at six locations throughout the Town, this program offers parents a fun and affordable option for their children this summer.”

The Summer Recreation Program is available in the following formats:

• 9:15 to 11:45 a.m. AND 12:45 to 3:00 p.m. – Campers must be picked up for lunch hour

Offered at Allen, Plainview-Old Bethpage, Tappen, and Theodore Roosevelt Parks

$400 per child; $300 each additional child in same family

• 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. –Supervised lunch hour included; campers must bring lunch

Offered at Marjorie Post and Syosset-

Woodbury Parks

$560 per child; $460 each additional child in same family

Registration for all locations is now underway. Camp is open to Town youngsters ages 4 through 12. The deadline for registration is Friday, June 11. The program begins Tuesday, July 6 through Friday, August 13. For more information, and to request registration materials, visit www.oysterbaytown.com/ summerrecreation or call the Town’s Recreation Office at (516) 797-7945.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE

Notice is hereby given that commencing on May 5, 2021, will sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer by May 3rd , 2021 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per sixmonth period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. Effective with the February 2019 lien sale Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased. Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucountyny. gov/526/County-Treasurer

Should the Treasurer determine that an in-person auction shall be held, same will commence on the 5th day of May 2021 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer.

A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/32293

A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before April 22, 2021.

Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of dis-

ability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audio-tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 1-3715.

Dated: March 26,2021

THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER

Mineola, York TERMS OF SALE

However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/ or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership.

The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to with-

LEGAL NOTICES

draw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk.

The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.

Furthermore, as to the bidding, 1. The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s) to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event

of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates.

2. The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, communication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates.

3. The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid.

4. If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made in connection with said bid shall be forfeited.

Dated: March 26, 2021 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York BN 7499

3X 04/09,16,23

Assessment on April 1, 2021. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offices of: DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT

NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING

240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR

MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days.

Dated this 1st day of April, 2021. DAVID F. MOOG, IAO Nassau County Assessor BN 7500

1X 04/09

LEGAL “NOTICE TO BIDDERS”

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

BETHPAGE, NEW YORK 11714

BID # 003-2122

District Printing & Mailing Services

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE sealed bids will be received by the Board of Education of the Bethpage Union Free School District, Town of Oyster Bay, Bethpage, New York. BID # 003-2122 for District Printing & Mailing Services. Bids will be publicly opened and read on the 28th day of April, 2021 at 11:00AM in the Administration Building, 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, New York.

The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids which in its discretion are not in the best interest of the school district, and to waive any informality as to non-material errors or omissions in the submissions. Bid specifications and all applicable terms and conditions forms, are available for pick-up on any weekday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Business Office, located in the Central Administration Building, at 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, New York.

By Order of the Board of Education Bethpage Union Free School District Administration Building 10 Cherry Avenue Bethpage, New York 11714 BN 7501

1X 04/09

PUBLIC NOTICE OF NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that commencing on May 5, 2021, will sell at public on-line auc-

tion the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer by May 3rd , 2021 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per sixmonth period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. Effective with the February 2019 lien sale Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased. Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucountyny.

gov/526/County-Treasurer

A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/32293

A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before April 22, 2021. Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audio-tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 1-3715.

Dated: March 26,2021

THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER

Mineola, York

TERMS OF SALE

Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

LEGAL NOTICES

property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk.

in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates.

Dated: March 26, 2021THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER

Mineola, New York MIT 5910 3X 04/09,16,23

ASSESSOR’S NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL THE ASSESSOR OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that he has completed the 2021/2022 final assessment roll, which will be used for the 2022 levy of Town and County Taxes in the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach, and for the 2021/2022 levy of school taxes in such Towns and in the City of Long Beach. A certified electronic copy of the roll was filed with the Department of Assessment on April 1, 2021. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offices of:

DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT

NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING

240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR

MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days.

Dated this 1st day of April, 2021. DAVID F. MOOG, IAO Nassau County Assessor MIT 5911 1X 04/09

NOTICE OF HICKSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ELECTION AND VOTE ON APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS

HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Hicksville Public Library, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York, will be held remotely on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 7:00PM prevailing time, for the presentation of the budget document. Copies of the estimated expenses for the Hicksville Public Library for the year 2021-22, and any other propositions to be voted upon, are available for inspection during business hours by any district resident at the Hicksville Public Library, Burns Avenue School, Dutch Lane School, East Street School, Fork Lane School, Lee Avenue School, Old Country Road School, Woodland School, Hicksville Middle School and Hicksville High School daily except Saturday and Sunday on and after April 19, 2021. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Hicksville Public Library of Hicksville Union Free School District, Hicksville, New York, adopted July 16, 2008, the Special District Election of the qualified voters of this School District for the Hicksville Public Library Election and Vote will be held on May 18, 2021, between the hours of 7:00 AM and 9:00 PM, prevailing time, in the seven Election Districts, stated below, for the purpose of voting upon the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the expenditures of the Hicksville Public Library for the year 2021-2022 and to elect one (1) member of the

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Two Jericho students win prestigious science award

From page 1

around the neurons in the brain to restore normal neuron signaling,” said Rateshwar. Once they’re successfully collected, they will exit the body using the passageway by which they entered. They will then be sent to science centers for further research.”

Dewal said one of the most important facets of the project “is that it will not only lower the cost of healthcare heading into the future but will allow millions of Americans to lead happier and healthier lives.”

Sid Rateshwar, Dylan’s father, said he was proud of his son’s imagination

and creativity in the competition.

“I think that imagination is more important than knowledge, and Dylan used his great imagination for this Alzheimer’s cure,” said Rateshwar. "I hope the boys keep up the good work because dreams become reality when we put our heart and mind to it."

Hargovind and Jasmine Bhatia Dewal, Armaan’s parents, said they were proud of both boys’ initiative and practical thinking in the competition.

“We are impressed by their ability to understand a complex problem and subsequently develop a sound, practical solution at their grade level.”

They said they hoped the achieve-

Harbor cleanup scheduled

Roosevelt Beach in Oyster Bay, Stehli Beach in Bayville and Centre Island Beach in Bayville. Typically, in year’s past, harbor and beach clean-up events have resulted in about forty thousand pounds of debris collected by volunteers.

Councilwoman Michele Johnson stated, “Each year, countless amounts of paper, food, plastics and other trash are discarded on beaches or dumped

overboard from recreational and commercial vessels. Allowing this litter to remain on our shorelines will only lead to increasingly worse damage for the environment.”

Individuals and groups who are interested in registering for this environmental cleanup should contact the Town’s Department of Environmental Resources at (516) 677-5943 or visit www. oysterbaytown.com.

ment would inspire their son “to make further scientific advances as he moves forward in his student career.”

Dylan Rateshwar and Armaan Dewal

Recent Real Estate Sales in Syosset and Jericho

16 Apple Street, Syosset

4 bd, 3 ba

Sold on: 3/3/21

Sold Price: $1,268,000

Type: Single Family Schools: Syosset

4 Loretta Drive, Syosset

4 bd, 4 ba, 2,666 sqft

Sold on: 3/15/21

Sold Price: $825,000

Type: Single Family Schools: Syosset

24 Holly Lane, Jericho

5 bd, 5 ba, 3,440 sqft

Sold on: 3/19/21

Sold Price: $1,185,000

Type: Single Family Schools: Jericho

5 Jarvis Avenue, Syosset

5 bd, 2 ba

Sold on: 3/12/21

Sold Price: $700,000

Type: Single Family Schools: Syosset

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Board of Trustees to fill the following vacancy: The term of Carlos Munozospina for a new term commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2026.

PROPOSITION NO. 1

Shall the Library Budget for the school year 2021-2022 adopted by the Library Board be approved and a tax be levied on the taxable property of the District in the amount of $5,214,500 less sums received in the form of State and Federal Aid and from any other sources, all pursuant to the pertinent provisions of the Education Law?

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that nominating petitions for the office of member of the Board of Trustees of the Library must be filed with the Clerk of the School District at the Administration Office located at 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, Nassau County, New York, on regular business days, Monday through Friday, (holidays excepted), between the hours of 8:30AM and 4:30PM, prevailing time, but not later than Monday, April 19, 2021. Separate petitions shall be required to nominate a candidate. Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District, shall be signed by at least 26 qualified voters of the District (the same being at least 25 qualified voters of the District or two percent (2%) of the number of voters who voted in the previous library election, whichever is greater), shall state the residence of each signer, the name and residence of the candidate, and the specific vacancy on the Board for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of term of office and the name of the last incumbent, if any. Forms for nominating petitions for Library Trustee may be obtained from the Clerk of the School District and at the Hicksville Public Library.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Personal Registration and Election Districts have been established in the School District, that no person shall be entitled to vote at the Special District Election whose name does not appear on the register of the School District, unless such person is registered under the provisions of Section 5-612 of the Election Law and that those qualified to register and

vote shall do so in the School Election District in which they reside.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that copies of the estimated expenses for the Library for the year 2021-2022 may be obtained by any district resident at the Burns Avenue School, Dutch Lane School, East Street School, Fork Lane School, Lee Avenue School, Old Country Road School, Woodland School, Hicksville Middle School and Hicksville High School daily except Saturday and Sunday on and after Monday, April 19, 2021, between 9:00 AM and 3:00PM, and that copies of such estimated expenses and any other propositions to be voted upon are available for inspection by any district resident at the Hicksville Public Library daily except Saturday and Sunday on and after Monday, April 19, 2021, between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration shall meet for the purposes of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law at each of the seven (7) separate Election Districts on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, between the hours of 3:00PM and 8:00PM, prevailing time.

Any person shall be entitled to have his name placed upon such register provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he proves to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared. The Register so prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District in the Administration Building, located at 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on Thursday, May 13, 2021, between the hours of 8:30AM and 4:30PM, prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the Budget Vote and Election, except Sunday or holidays and between 9:00AM and 12 Noon on Saturday, May 15, 2021, and at the polling places on the day of the Budget Vote and Election. Residents who voted at an Annual or Special Meeting of the District within

four years prior to the date of the current Special Meeting or who registered within that time need not register to be eligible to vote at the Special Meeting. Residents otherwise qualified to vote who are registered under the provision of Section 5-612 of the Election Law need not register to be eligible to vote at the Meeting.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that during the voting hours on May 18, 2021, the Board of Registration will meet at each of the seven (7) separate election Districts to receive registration for the ensuing year.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the Clerk of the District. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk a minimum of 7 days before the election if ballot is to be mailed to voter and minimum of 1 day before the election if ballot is to be personally delivered to voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00PM, prevailing time, on, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available daily 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, weekdays on and after May 16, 2019 through May 21, 2019; and between 9:00AM and Noon on Saturday, May 18, 2019.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered as qualified voters of the Hicksville Union Free School District may request a military voter registration application from the District Clerk in person, by mail to the Office of the District Clerk, Hicksville Public Schools, Administration Building, 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801, by email to the District Clerk at jobrien@ hicksvillepublicschools.org, or by fax sent to 516-733-6584. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email. A military voter must return the original military voter registration application by mail or in person to the Office of the District Clerk at Hicksville Public Schools, Administration Building, 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801. In order for a military voter to be issued a military application, a valid military registration

application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the Hicksville Union Free School District may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk in person, by mail to the Office of the District Clerk, Hicksville Public Schools, Administration Building, 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801, by email to the District Clerk at jobrien@hicksvillepublicschools.org, or by fax sent to 516-733-6584. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email. A military voter must return the original military ballot application by mail or in person to the Office of the District Clerk at Hicksville Public Schools, Administration Building, 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under §2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballots may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax or email. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at Administration Building, 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801. Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of the polls on May 18, 2021 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 18, 2021 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

HICKSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ELECTION DISTRICTS

The boundaries of the school election districts, as adopted by resolution of the Board of Education are as follows:

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 - BURNS AVENUE SCHOOL

On the East: Broadway, from the District’s North Line, to the intersection Jerusalem Avenue and Broadway, continuing South along Jerusalem Avenue to the intersection of Jerusalem Avenue and the Long Island Railroad.

On the South: The Long Island Railroad, from Jerusalem Avenue to the District’s West Line.

On the West: The District’s West Line from the Long Island Railroad to the District’s North Line.

On the North: The District’s North Line from the District’s West Line to Broadway.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 - EAST STREET SCHOOL

On the East and North: Miller Road as projected to the District’s North Line, South along said Miller Road to Ronald Avenue, then East along Ronald Avenue to Woodbury Road, then Northeast along Woodbury Road to Ardsley Gate, then Southeast through Ardsley Gate to Dartmouth Drive, then Southwest and South through Dartmouth Drive to its intersection with Haverford Road, then East to the intersection of Haverford Road and Berkshire Road, then East along Berkshire Road to its intersection with Columbia Road, then East along Columbia Road to the District’s East Line, then South along the District’s East Line to the Long Island Railroad.

On the South and Southwest: Along the Long Island Railroad, from the District’s East Line southerly point, to the intersection of the Long Island Railroad and Jerusalem Avenue.

On the West: Broadway from Jerusalem Avenue to the District’s North Line.

On the North: the District’s North Line from Broadway to Miller Road, as projected to said line.

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On the North, Northeast and East along the District’s North Line, from Miller Road, as projected to the District’s North

Global Mystery Tour Turns into Personal Odyssey Following Route of Jewish Diaspora (Part 2: Morocco-Gibraltar)

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE

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I was surprised to discover during a Global Scavenger Hunt mystery tour around the world in 2019 that I was actually on an odyssey of the Jewish Diaspora. It wasn’t my intention or my mission but everywhere we went (we only learn where we are next going when we are told to get to the airport), I found myself tracing a route set by trade (and permitted occupations), exile and refuge, starting with Vietnam, Myanmar, Jordan and Athens. Next stop: Morocco.

Marrakech

Before it gets too dark, we make our way through the souks to find the Mellah, the Jewish Quarter and the synagogue (which happens also to be one of the scavenges on our around-the-world mystery tour).

We weave through the maze of alleys –asking people who point us in a direction (just as we are supposed to do under the Global Scavenger Hunt rules). A kindly fellow leaves his stall to lead us down narrow alleyway to Laazama Synagogue, which is still a functioning synagogue but also serves as the city’s Jewish Museum.

After Jews were expelled from Spain by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand in 1492, Rabbi Yitzhag Daloya came to Marrakech, notes describe. He became president of the court and head of the “deportee” community in Marrakech and founded the “Tzlat Laazama,” Synagogue of Deportees”, shortly after his arrival.

But the Moroccan Jewish community is much older than the Spanish Inquisition, dating back to King Solomon and the Roman period. Marrakech was founded in 1062 by Joseph Ibn Tasifin, ruler of the Halmorabidim, who allowed Jewish settlement in the city. The Jewish

Marrakech’s Jewish cemetery, Beth Mo’ed Le’kol Chai, founded in 1537, has 20,000 tombs including 60 saints © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

community was “renewed” in 1269, headed by Rabbi Yahuda Jian, originally from southern Spain. The Atlas Jews remained the majority of the community even after the Jews from Spain and Portugal settled in Marrakech.

The situation changed in the 16th century when Marrakech became a major center for Marranos (secret Jews) who wished to practice Judaism openly. Spanish and Portuguese Marrakech Jews lived in their own neighborhoods until all local Jews, some 35,000, were collected by order of the King, in 1557, and resettled in the Mellah (a walled community). In the 19th century, the population increased in the Mellah after refugees from the Atlas Mountains arrived, becoming the largest Jewish community in Morocco. At one time, there were 40 synagogues here.

From the synagogue, we walk to

the Jewish cemetery, Beth Mo’ed Le’kol Chai, which had closed already closed for the day but the guard lets us in. Founded in 1537, the cemetery spans 52 hectares and is the largest Jewish burial site in Morocco, with some 20,000 tombs. The arrangement of the graves is “unique” to Marrakech. There is a children’s section, where 7000 children who died of Typhus are buried; a separate men’s section and a woman’s section while around the perimeter are graves of the pious, the judges and scholars of the city who are believed to provide protection for all those buried.

Fez

Cautioned that the Mellah in Fez is a complete maze that requires a local guide (preferably supplied by the local tourist office), we set out with Hamid. At our first stop, at the golden doors to the palace,

he relates how Jews made refugees when expelled from Spain and Portugal in 1492 were invited by the sultan to resettle in Fez in order to develop the city, and settle the nomadic Berbers. The sultan gave them land adjacent to the palace and promised protection. To show appreciation, the Jewish community created ornate brass doors for the palace with the Star of David surrounded by the Islamic star.

He takes us to Fez el-Jdid (the “new part of the city”, which is still a few hundred years old) to visit the Mellah -the Jewish Quarter. The oldest Jewish Quarter in Morocco, it dates back to 1438, though very few Jews live here today, most having moved to Casablanca, France or Israel; there are some 80 Jews left in Fez, but live in the new city, Ville Nouvelle.

This community continued even into World War II, when the Sultan gave Jews citizenship and protected them from the Nazis. Indeed, Morocco’s Jewish population peaked in the 1940s but since the 1950s and 1960s, following the establishment of Israel, shrank to fewer than 5,000 today.

Hamid leads us through winding narrow alleyways to the Ibn Danan synagogue The synagogue was restored in 1998-99 with the help of UNESCO, American Jews and American Express. From the top floor, you can see the Jewish cemetery.

Nearby is al Fassiyine Synagogue, which a plaque notes, “belongs to the Jews (Beldiyine) Toshabirg, native Jews who lived in Fez before the arrival of the Megorashimns, the expelled Jews from Spain in 1492. The building, covering 170 sq meters, was built in the 17th century and restored in 2010-2011. Morocco’s Islamist Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane inaugurated the reopening of the historic synagogue on February 13, 2013,

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Following Route of Jewish Diaspora (Part 2: Morocco-Gibraltar)

in which he conveyed the wish of Morocco’s King Muhammad VI that all the country’s synagogues be refurbished and serve as “centers for cultural dialogue.”

Hamid tells me that an adviser to the King and the ex-minister of Tourism were both Jewish. The tourism minister had a lot to do with putting Morocco on the map as an international tourist destination. The king, who studied at Harvard, in 2000 set a goal of 10 million tourists.

As we weave through the alleyways, he shows us the indentation on the doorposts of houses where a mezuzah would have been placed.

Gibraltar

Arriving in Gibraltar from Morocco, it is almost culture shock to instantly find yourself in a British Brigadoon – back in time. It is

BY MARY HUNT

Sodium bicarbonate, commonly known as baking soda or bicarbonate of soda, is an alkaline compound that, when combined with acid, produces harmless but useful carbon dioxide gas. When used to bake biscuits or cake, the small bubbles of carbon dioxide gas become trapped in batter, causing it to inflate, or rise.

Baking soda is well known for its ability to absorb odors. This is the reason many people place a box of baking soda in refrigerators, freezers and other enclosed spaces to absorb random odors.

Baking soda is also an ideal cleaner because of its granular texture, which helps with scrubbing. Its alkaline pH can dissolve some deposits and buildup. It has many uses.

NO. 1: NATURAL DEODORANT

If you get an allergic reaction to commercial deodorants or prefer to stay away from aluminum and parabens found in many antiperspirants, you might want to consider making it yourself.

NO. 2: POISON IVY, INSECT BITES

Mix up a paste of baking soda and water, and apply it to the site of the bite or irritation. Watch as the pain slowly dissipates until it finally disappears completely. Baking soda is effective at relieving itching and irritation on your skin because it neutralizes toxins that may be sitting on the surface.

NO. 3: HEARTBURN, INDIGESTION

Most antacids available over the counter contain one type or another of bicarbonate. Baking soda, or sodium bicar-

all the more surprising to learn of Gibraltar’s sizeable Jewish community in a population of only 36,000.

I wrongly assume that Gibraltar’s Jewish heritage goes back to the Spanish Inquisition –after all, it is but steps away from Spain - but Gibraltar’s Jewish community actually traces the same route that I have come, from Morocco. Jews were readmitted to the tiny peninsula on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula after the British took the territory from Spain in 1704. By the mid 18th century, the community comprised about one third of the Gibraltar’s population. Today, the Gibraltarian Jewish community numbers around 600, many of whom are Sephardim whose roots go back to Morocco. (https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/ united-kingdom/gibraltar/)

On The Rock, which is literally the plateau on top of Gibraltar where many of the historic and nature sites are found, you can follow a

trail to Jew’s Gate which leads to the Jewish cemetery tucked away behind trees that was in use up until 1848; it offers “a fascinating piece of history that reflects the important role the Jewish people have played in molding Gibraltar’s history”).

I find four synagogues: Sha’ar Hashamayim – Esnoga Grande or Great Synagogue, the main synagogue in Gibraltar, originally built in the 1720s, destroyed and rebuilt multiple times including the Great Siege of Gibraltar, May 17, 1781, and reconstructed again, after a fire in 1812; Ets Hayim – Esnoga Chica or The Little Synagogue, dating from 1759; Nefutsot Yehoda – Esnoga Flamenca or Flemish Synagogue, opened in 1799 and rebuilt after a fire; and Esnoga Abudarham – Abudarham Synagogue, established in the early 19th century by immigrants from Morocco.

From Gibraltar, I basically walk from my hotel, The Rock, into Spain, where I take a

Clever and Frugal Uses for Baking Soda

bonate, is effective because it neutralizes the stomach acid instantly on contact to relieve ulcer pain, indigestion, heartburn and myriad issues that can be the result of an overly abundant amount of acid in your gut.

Typically, the recommended dosage when using baking soda to treat gastrointestinal issues is 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda that has been dissolved in 1/4 cup of water.

NO. 4: FOOT SOAK, EXFOLIATOR

A foot bath or soak is definitely one of the most relaxing experiences out there. If you want to make it even more awesome, add baking soda to your routine. Fill your basin or foot spa with warm water as you normally do, but this time, add 3 tablespoons of baking soda.

NO. 5: FRESHEN CARPET

Sprinkle baking soda on your carpets to absorb and eliminate odors. Allow to sit for 15 minutes or so, and then vacuum well as you normally do.

NO. 6: CLEAN UP PAINTED SURFACES

You can use baking soda to erase marks on baseboards, windowsills, door jams and any other painted surface that has gotten marked up, scuffed or even crayoned! Just sprinkle a bit of baking soda onto a damp sponge and rub lightly until the stain is gone. Wipe the area clean with a clean, dry cloth, such as microfiber.

NO. 7: FRESHEN UP SMELLY SHOES

Use baking soda to absorb and eliminate odor from stinky shoes. Sprinkle a generous amount of baking soda into the

shoes, making sure it is distributed well. In the morning, shake it out well into a trash can. Hint: Use the crevice tool on your vacuum cleaner to make sure every bit of baking soda gets removed.

NO. 8: HEAD OFF GARBAGE CAN ODORS

You can prevent odors from building up in your kitchen garbage and bathroom trash cans with the help of baking soda. Just sprinkle a small amount right into the container over the trash or garbage from time to time. You can also sprinkle a handful directly into the bottom of the can before lining it with a new bag.

NO. 9: GROUT CLEANER

Mix up a small about of baking soda and fresh hydrogen peroxide to make a paste about the consistency of pancake batter. Working in small areas, apply to dirty grout. Scrub well with a stiff brush. Rinse, and prepare to be surprised.

NO. 10: GENTLE EXFOLIANT

A quick and easy way to remove dead skin cells is with a paste of 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water. With your fingers, apply the paste to your face, hands, etc. Using a circular motion, rub it well to exfoliate the skin. Rinse thoroughly, and enjoy softened skin!

NO. 11: TAKE CARE OF SMELLY, SLOW RUNNING DRAIN

Pour baking soda directly into that smelly drain. Following with an equal amount of plain white vinegar, and get ready for the show! It’s going to bubble up and fizz away. Allow to sit for a few hours or so. Follow with a quart or two of boiling water. Your drain will be fresh and

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clean, and as a bonus, you’ve cleared any potential clogs from stuff that has a way of building in household drains.

NO. 12: MANICURE PREP Make a paste of 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water. Use as you would hand lotion on your hands, massaging it into your hands, nails and cuticles to smooth and exfoliate prior to your home manicure. Rinse well, and dry your hands before proceeding.

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BY CLAIRE LYNCH

The many different leaves on my family tree

For years now my sisters and I have been interested in our family history and our family tree. We compiled and typed up a family tree 20 years ago and we went back pretty far with three of my grandparents but not with our fourth, a grandfather. The history we knew was great to see on paper and to distribute to our other relatives but we found having very little information about Grandfather Douglas frustrating.

When we were kids we would ask my mom lots of questions about her dad and she told us what she knewthat he was born in Brooklyn, that he was a stockbroker and that he ran his own business a block away from Wall Street. That he was three months older than my Grandma Katie - so we knew the year of his birth - but not much else. It was all pretty interesting but it wasn’t much to go on. This was complicated by the fact that my mother was only 14 when her dad died at the age of 47 so when she got older she asked Grandma Katie to answer some questions. Katie did her best but she couldn’t answer everything.

Then last year we got lucky. My mother’s brother, Paul, was selling his house in New York City and while going through some old papers in a box he found letters and details about his father. Uncle Paul had very carefully placed the box in his finished basement years ago when he and his wife bought the house but he hadn’t had any reason to go through it so there it sat. Uncle Paul put his hand on Grandfather Douglas’ birth certificate so we had not only an exact date of birth but the names of his parents. That definitely helped us fill in some of the blanks on our family tree.

I liked hearing the facts but I was more fascinated with the letters Grandfather Douglas had written to his future wife, my Grandma Katie, back around 1914. They were more introspective and told me some things about my grandfather’s personality. I always thought of him as a businessperson but as I read the letters I saw a whole different side to his personality - and this was never any-

thing that my mother, aunts or uncles had talked about when I was around.

I was drawn to my grandfather when in his letters he described picking up his wellworn acoustic guitar and fiddling around with different melodies so he could write a song or two for Katie. In a later letter he said that he’d decided on a good melody and was playing around with the lyrics. I never came across any letters with the lyrics of an original song for my grandmother but I bet that sometime, when they courted in Brooklyn many years ago, he played his songs for Katie.

He talked about wanting to own a brownstone in Park Slope after they married and he added that eventually he wanted to buy a house in Brooklyn Heights - “overlooking the water, looking right at Manhattan Island” is how Grandfather Douglas described it. He wanted to buy a house on Montague Street in Brooklyn and raise his family in a brownstone with a large fireplace in the living room and as big a kitchen as they could find. He would be able to go to work in lower Manhattan and on weekends with clear blue skies and a few cumulus clouds drifting by they could gaze out over the East River and watch all of the ships and boats passing by.

Grandfather Douglas loved everything about New York

City - Prospect Park, the bakeries, the delicatessens, even the trolley cars that ran through Brooklyn that they could catch at almost any time. The “trolleys” were the basic public transportation in Brooklyn way back when - until automobiles were introduced.

He loved reading the “Brooklyn Eagle” each day and promised Katie that they would print their marriage notice. Katie accepted Douglas’ proposal and one warm July day they had their wedding ceremony at a Catholic church in lower Manhattan. I don’t know who the maid of honor or best man was because none of my relatives knew. That little tidbit would have been interesting.

Little did Grandfather Douglas know that just three years later, in his free time, he would be pushing a stroller around Park Slope with his twin girls, my mom and my Aunt Laura, and passersby would smile at his two bundles of joy.

I’d met my three other grandparents and had them with me for many years so I was very familiar with their personalities, with their strengths and their foibles, but Grandfather Douglas had always been an enigma. As mentioned, I’d known certain facts of his life and his death in 1931 shortly after the Great Depression started but as I read his letters

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to his future bride he came to life. He had a personality and I liked what I was discovering.

Occasionally he wrote Katie some poems and this amazed me because a romantic side had never been portrayed to me about this New York City businessman. I did see a newsletter he wrote and had printed about Wall Street because my Uncle Douglas showed me it one time but I never knew he wrote any poetry or played the guitar for Grandma Katie when they were courting.

Discovering items to add to my family tree has been very

interesting. My five brothers and sisters have compared notes and after everyone gave their input we Xeroxed the family tree and distributed it to the younger generation. I realize that this will actually be an ongoing project because even in the pandemic people have gotten married and eventually new babies will come along. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about family trees it is that, just like the leaves on a huge oak tree, they are constantly changing.

Social Security Disability: The Program Everyone Loves To Hate

BY TOM MARGENAU

I was heading into a local grocery store the other day, and I noticed a few people gathered around a car parked in one of the spots reserved for people with disabilities. I heard someone yelling. As I got closer to the car, I saw an old guy ranting and raving at the driver of the car, a woman maybe in her mid-40s. There was a younger man in the passenger seat. I can’t repeat the “colorful” language the guy was using. But here is a snippet of what I heard: “Why the @#$% are you parking in a handicapped spot? You don’t have a sticker, and there’s obviously nothing wrong with you!”

The woman got out of her car. And with a totally unexpected air of quiet dignity, she calmly told this man: “My son has end-stage non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He has about three months to live. I would think that for the last 90 days of his life, he ought to be able to park a little closer to the front door of this grocery store.”

The jerk slumped away muttering something unintelligible. The small crowd of people were booing him and actually started clapping for the driver of the car. It really was a touching moment. I just wish I could show some of this same quiet dignity when I respond to the frequent email rants I get from so many people about the Social Security disability program. I’m always puzzled why so many people simply assume that most folks getting disability benefits, just like people parking in handicapped spots, are pulling a fast one over on the rest of us.

Getting a handicapped sticker for your car is one thing. Getting Social Security disability benefits is an entirely different matter. Please, dear readers, believe me: As someone who worked with the disability program for many years, I know you have to be severely disabled to qualify for benefits. Of course, I’m not naive enough to think that out of the millions of Social Security disability beneficiaries, there aren’t a few bad apples in that big barrel who are getting benefits they don’t deserve. But I assure you their numbers are few and far between.

The Social Security disability program is universally recognized as one of the most difficult programs to qualify for. You simply don’t get benefits if you have a bad back or a bum knee. You must have a severe physical or mental impairment that is expected to keep you out of work for at least 12 months -- or a condition that is terminal.

Some people have written to complain about drug addicts and alcoholics getting benefits. Let me clear up that myth. You DO NOT get Social Security disability benefits simply because you are an addict or alcoholic. But you might get benefits if you have problems associated with those addictions. For example, you could qualify for disability if you have severe liver disease, a condition that might have been

brought on by excessive drinking. But that’s no different than someone getting benefits who has lung cancer brought on by heavy smoking.

Having explained how truly difficult it is to qualify for Social Security disability benefits, I can tell you from experience that everyone seems to know someone (a brother-in-law, a neighbor, that guy in the handicapped parking space) who they believe is getting such benefits fraudulently.

For example, someone recently complained to me that she knows a woman who is getting disability benefits who takes kickboxing lessons. Someone else saw a neighbor who is on disability cleaning his gutters. Another reader told me about a guy “with a fake disability” who was painting a house. Somehow, those little snippets of daily life proved to them that these folks were cheating the system.

Well, just because a woman is taking kickboxing lessons and a guy is cleaning his gutters and another guy is doing some painting does not prove they are healthy and don’t deserve disability benefits. Maybe one has cancer and another has some severe mental issues and the other has kidney disease. I don’t know. And these accusers don’t know either. You simply cannot make broad assumptions about their eligibility for disability benefits without knowing all the facts.

Someone else told me about a guy who was getting disability benefits who “gambles all his money away every month at a local casino.” She went on to say, “This proves the system is corrupt.”

Well, no, it does not prove that. It might prove the guy is a bad money manager. But that’s got nothing to do with the fact that he has a disability that qualifies him for monthly benefits. If there was a little old lady who gambled away half of her Social Security retirement check every month, would you say that “proves the system is corrupt”? No. It just proves there is a woman probably not making the smartest decisions about how to spend her Social Security retirement money. And so, too, there are people who don’t spend their Social Security disability money very wisely.

Having said all that, I can tell you this. I’ve been working with the Social Security program long enough (almost 50 years) to know that no matter how much preaching I do, some of you will just not believe me. You are absolutely convinced that people are cheating the system. Well, if that’s so, then let me put the burden on you. If you claim to know someone you think is getting Social Security disability benefits he or she is not due, I challenge you to do something. Turn that person in. Call the Social Security fraud hotline at 800-269-0271. Or go online at https://www.socialsecurity. gov, and click on “Report Fraud” under the “Contact Us” link. Your report can be anonymous.

However, I also can tell you from experience that 99% of you who claim to know people who are supposedly cheating the system will not do this. That tells me two things. First, people will believe what they want to believe. They think that government is corrupt and inefficient, so they want to believe there are a bunch of deadbeats who snookered the clueless bureaucrats and are ripping off the Social Security system. But the second thing the lack of fraud reporting tells me is that, deep down, these folks know

it’s not true. They just like to gripe. And some of them like to hassle nice mothers with disabled sons who are parking closer to the front door of the grocery store than they can.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has a book with all the answers. It’s called “Social Security: Simple and Smart.” You can find the book at creators.com/books. Or look for it on Amazon or other book outlets.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Unless your head is in the sand as a homeowner or a tenant, you have read or experienced the increases that have taken place in the cost of ownership. Even as a tenant you have seen increases over the years that either made you wake up and do whatever was necessary to leave your rental to buy or you were fortunate enough to earn, save and have the money to become an owner.

However, so many have decided over the years to leave New York state (especially over the last year from the Covid-19 pandemic) for more safer and reasonable locales where either rentals are much much less or where you could purchase at a price that was more manageable and didn’t stress your pocketbook out or leave you up at night figuring out how to afford your home. It’s called having a life and living a life more comfortably than what you previously had. It makes total sense to me.

Some of us are more fortunate than others as to where we can stay and be around our children and grandchildren. If it weren’t for this insidious virus, I am quite sure our real estate market would not have been as robust from all the city dwellers’ exodus, which surely added to the insane and artificial increase in prices in 2020. Because of this it has caused the normal cycle in the adjustment of prices to temporarily be put on hold while the inevitable just might be down the road, staring us in the face.

It’s been a real two-edged sword, the sad passing of more than 554,000 people on the one side but on the positive side for all those who bought or own a home. The writing has been on the wall for years and those leaving to look for greener, more affordable pastures will not stop, unless the word affordability comes into the picture. I am a bit unsure as to how this pressing issue can be solved.

I am going to segue a bit for a reason. I remember when Tom DiNapoli came up my driveway when he was an assemblyman and we got into a discussion about politics. There was an opening on

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Rising home prices fuel NY exodus

the Independent line for Town of North Hempstead supervisor back in the late ’80s. So I thought, why not, I was always open to challenges, but little did I know about politics. So I ran on the Independent line for town supervisor (my wife was not very happy, as I had very young children at the time as well as a business).

I ran against John Kiernan, Ben Zwirn and a right to lifer whose name escapes me. I spoke on Channel 12 when Melba Toliver interviewed all of us as well as in front of a group of citizens in a church in Manhasset. I realized at the time that Independents just don’t win elections but I thought the experience would be helpful.

The one thing I will never forget and the point of this story was discussing the cost of living in Nassau County and about the brain drain that was slowly happening and would continue to happen as the price of real estate kept increasing in bubble territory and then crashed!

Anyway the main reason for the story was 34 years ago things were changing for those who wanted to stay on Long Island but really couldn’t afford it. So now today it’s déjà vue and I believe much worse than back then when I bought a home in Kings Point for $407,000! Then I sold it for $695,000 to the still current homeowners and I was only living there for 18 months. Now that same home is probably $1.8 million to $2.2 million. The point I am trying to put forth is that somewhere over the next few years as current demand subsides due to even higher prices or increases in interest rates, our inventory will increase substantially as more people put their homes for sale to get the top price. I am not sure how much more interest rates will increase, which will cause a substantial increase in U.S. debt payments and will cause a major rift to our economic foundation and who knows what else.

The brain drain as well as those families and individuals trying to have a more affordable existence will continue to shift to other states, reducing our workforce. If things don’t

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

adjust, I fear that our market will be comprised of and only be affordable to just those owners and tenants at the higher end of the income spectrum. Lastly, the final nail in the coffin is starting with the higher overdose of taxes for new construction and the beginning of the five-year phase-in of our new real estate taxes for existing homes. I hope and pray for everyone’s sake that some cutting edge ideas leading to reasonable solutions will stem the tsunami that is just around the corner.

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 39 years experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S.). He will provide you with “free” regular updates of sold and new homes in your town via the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island (MLSLI) or go to http://WWW.Li-RealEstate. Com and you can “do it yourself (DYI) and search on your own. For a “FREE” `15 minute consultation, as well as well as a “FREE printout or digital value analysis of what your home might sell for in today’s tumultuous Covid-19 pandemic market without any obligation or “strings” attached. He can also provide a copy of “Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate’s New Market Reality, and our Seller’s and Buyer’s Guides for “Things to Consider when Selling, investing or Purchasing your Home.

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Continued from page 18

Line, to the District’s East Line.

On the East: South along the District’s East Line, from the District’s North Line, to Columbia Road.

On the South and West: Columbia Road, from the District’s East Line, West to Berkshire Road, then West along Berkshire Road into Haverford Road, and continuing West on Haverford Road to Dartmouth Drive then North

and Northeast along Dartmouth Drive to Ardsley Gate; then Northwest through Ardsley Gate to Woodbury Road, then Southwest along Woodbury Road to Ronald Avenue, then West along Ronald Avenue to Miller Road, then North along Miller Road and continuing thereon as it is projected, to the District’s North Line.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 4

- LEE AVENUE SCHOOL

On the East-Northeast: the

LEGAL NOTICES

Long Island Railroad, from its intersection with Old Country Road, to the Southerly point of the District’s East Line.

On the South: the District’s South Line, from the Long Island Railroad, Southwesterly into Michigan Drive, then South along said District Line to the Hempstead Township Line, then Northwesterly along the District’s South Line to Jerusalem Avenue.

On the West and North: Along

Jerusalem Avenue, from the District’s South Line, to Salem Gate, then West along Salem Gate to Salem Road, then North to Harkin Lane, then Northwest along Harkin Lane to Division, then North along Division Avenue to Glenbrook Road, then Northwest along Glenbrook Road to Newbridge Road, then Northwest along Newbridge Road to Old Country Road, then East along Old Country Road to the Long

Island Railroad.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 5 - FORK LANE SCHOOL

On the East: Jerusalem Avenue from Salem Gate, to the District’s South Line.

On the North: Salem Gate, West from Jerusalem Avenue, to Salem Road, then North along Salem Road to Harkin Lane, then Northwest along Harkin Lane to Division Avenue, then Northwesterly along Division

See page 30

1977

• Slate, Tile, Flat Roofs

• Asphalt and Wood Shingle Roofs

• Gutters & Leaders

•

Avenue to Glenbrook Road then West along Glenbrook Road to Newbridge Road.

On the West: Newbridge Road, from Glenbrook Road on the North, to the District’s South Line.

On the South: the District’s South Line, from Newbridge Road, on the West, to Jerusalem Avenue on the East.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 6 - DUTCH LANE SCHOOL

On the East: Newbridge Road, from Elmira Street, to the District’s South Line.

On the South: The District’s South Line, from Newbridge Road, on the East, to the District’s West Line

On the West: The District’s West Line, from the District’s South Line to Arrow Lane, as said Lane is projected West to the District’s West Line.

On the North: From Arrow Lane, as projected to the District’s West Line, East and along said Arrow Lane, to Levittown Parkway, then South along Levittown Parkway to Beech Lane, then East along Beech Lane to Blueberry Lane, then South along Blueberry Lane to Elmira Street, then East along Elmira Street to Newbridge Road.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 7 - OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL

On the North and Northeast: the Long Island Railroad from the District’s West Line to the intersection of the Railroad with Old Country Road.

On the South and East: Old Country Road from its intersection with the Long Island Railroad, Westerly to Newbridge Road, then Southwest along Newbridge Road to Elmira Street, then West along Elmira Street to Blueberry Lane, then North along Blueberry Lane to Beech Lane, then West along Beech Lane to Levittown Parkway, then North along Levittown Parkway to Arrow Lane, then West along Arrow Lane, and as projected to the District’s West Line.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Hicksville Public Library

Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, N.Y. John O’Brien District Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE OF NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE

A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/32293

A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before April 22, 2021.

Nassau County does not dis-

LEGAL NOTICES

criminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audio-tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 1-3715.

Dated: March 26,2021

THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER

Mineola, York

TERMS OF SALE

The County Treasurer reserves

the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk.

der(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates.

Dated: March 26, 2021 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER

Mineola, New York SYO 4385 3X 04/09,16,23 ASSESSOR’S NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL THE ASSESSOR OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that he has completed the 2021/2022 final assessment roll, which will be used for the 2022 levy of Town and County Taxes in the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach, and

for the 2021/2022 levy of school taxes in such Towns and in the City of Long Beach. A certified electronic copy of the roll was filed with the Department of Assessment on April 1, 2021. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offices of: DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT

NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING

240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR

MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days.

Dated this 1st day of April, 2021.

DAVID F. MOOG, IAO Nassau County Assessor SYO 4386 1X 04/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION

North America Star LLC

Notice of Formation of North America Star LLC. Filed with the SSNY on 03/30/21.Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 108 Schoharie Dr. Jericho NY 11753. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. JNJ 7959 6X 04/09,16,23,30,05/07,14

PUBLIC NOTICE OF NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER’S

SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE

upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased. Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucountyny. gov/526/County-Treasurer

A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/32293

A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before April 22, 2021.

Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audio-tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 1-3715.

Dated: March 26,2021

THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, York TERMS OF SALE

However, such tax liens shall

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have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk.

The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to

the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.

Furthermore, as to the bidding,

1. The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s) to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates.

mentary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates.

Dated: March 26, 2021 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York JNJ 7960

3X 04/09,16,23

Dated this 1st day of April, 2021.

DAVID F. MOOG, IAO Nassau County Assessor JNJ 7961 1X 04/09 31 Friday, April 9, 2021

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