Syosset Advance (4/12/19)

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Dr Tom Rogers, Dr Lorna Lewis and Hank Grishman, superintendents of the Syosset, Plainview/Old Bethpage and Jericho School Districts at the 7th annual Legislative Breakfast. See page 6.

Celebrate spring at Town’s festival

The Town of Oyster Bay will be holding its Spring Festival on Saturday, April 27 from 1 pm to 4 pm at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, located on Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury.  The Spring Festival will be held rain or shine.

The Spring Festival will feature inflatables, games, refreshments, a petting zoo, multiple photo opportunities

and so much more!  Additionally, food truck vendors will be on hand for the event, offering specialty foods available for purchase from some big names, like Fasullo Foods, Kona Ice and TJ’s Dog House.

“This free event is one of the most popular in our Town, and a great opportunity for residents to enjoy our park and celebrate the arrival of spring

with a full afternoon of activities, games and attractions that are sure to entertain children and adults alike,” said Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino.

For more information on the Town of Oyster Bay Free Family-Fun Spring Festival, please call (516) 797-7925 or visit www. oysterbaytown.com.

Town: recycle glass in new pilot program

BY GARY SIMEONE

There will be five new white igloos setup around the Town of Oyster Bay as part of a new pilot glass recycling program that was initiated last Thursday. Officials from the Town gathered at the Department of Public Works facility in Syosset to help launch the program.

“There will be three phases to this 90 day pilot program,” said Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “The first phase will have the igloos or recycling stations setup at five locations throughout the Town. The second phase will be to add more igloos if the pilot program turns out to be successful and the third phase would be to address the problem on a more regional approach.”

Saladino said that the pilot program was launched as part of the Town’s efforts to continue with responsible recycling and because of China’s recent crackdown on collecting recyclable materials from other countries.“China is no longer accepting contaminated recyclables, only clean recyclables,” said Saladino. “Glass is widely viewed as a problematic material to the whole recycling process.”

When cardboard or paper materials go through the recycling process, they need to emulsify in water and are sent through a giant screen in order to make new paper or cardboard. When glass products get mixed in they have a tendency to damage the screen and cause havoc to the whole process.

“Much of the glass ends up in landfills with non-recyclables,” said Saladino. “The Town of Oyster Bay, like many municipalities around the nation, had to give up on glass recycling because the overseas markets dried up.”

The Town had a long-standing contract with Winter Bros. Waste Systems, but after the glass market tanked, the contract dissolved.

The new igloo pods will be set up in five different locations throughout the Town. The locations include the DPW facility in Syosset, Town Hall South at 977 Hicksville Road in Massapequa, TOB Solid Waste Disposal Complex in Old Bethpage, Theodore Roosevelt Park in Oyster Bay and John Burns Park in Massapequa.

The Town has a short term contract with E.W.G Glass Recovery & Recyclable Corp, who will remove the glass free of charge to their facility in Jamaica, Queens.

Narcan training, "Shed the Meds" at Syosset Library

Equip yourself with the knowledge that may one day empower you to save a person’s life. Nassau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (DPlainview), in partnership with the Nassau County Department of Human Services, is scheduled to host a Narcan training at the Syosset Public Library on Wednesday, April 24 from 7–9 pm. In addition to learning how to spot the signs of an opiate overdose and how to reverse it, participants will also be shown how to administer intranasal Naloxone and learn about new approaches to treating addiction. Trainees will also receive a rescue

kit containing the overdose antidote. Pre-registration is required. Reserve your spot online at www.nassaucountyny.gov/overdosetraining.

Residents are also invited to securely dispose of unwanted and/ or expired medication - a simple and important way of keeping prescription drugs from reaching an addicted person - at a Nassau County Police Department “Shed the Meds” event. Contact Legislator Drucker’s office at 516-571-6216 or ADrucker@nassaucountyny.gov with any questions.

Upcoming Events at Jericho Public Library

Friday, April 12 at 2:00 PM

Great Performers with Marc Courtade: William Holden: The Ideal Motion Picture Actor William Holden was one of Hollywood’s most engaging stars for almost four decades.  His starring role in “Golden Boy” gave him the nickname ‘Golden Holden’.  Holden starred in some of Hollywood’s most popular and critically acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Network.  This talk will show why Billy Wilder proclaimed him “the ideal motion picture actor.”

Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 PM

Family Movie: “Mary Poppins Returns” Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives. Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw.

Comedy/Family/Fantasy. Rated PG 2 hours, 10 minutes.

Monday, April 15 at 2:00 PM

That’s Entertainment with Richard Knox: Short Musical Classics

While many of the composers of the selections contained in this program may not be household names (e.g. Boccherini, Orff, Pachelbel, Albinoni), the melodies they wrote have endured for centuries. Whether written as “stand alone” pieces for a string quartet or, in some cases, a full symphony orchestra,  many of these works have been incorporated into a variety of Hollywood films. The music is familiar to even the most casual listener. In today’s program you will watch videos of live performances and learn  about their origin and the composers.

Tuesday, April 16 at 7:00 PM

Talk About Books - An Evening Book

Discussion with Fran Cohen Long Island Reads Book Selection: “The Female Persuasion” by Meg Wolitzer

Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets Faith Frank, the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith leads Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she’d always imagined.

Listeners are welcome!

Wednesday, April 17 at 2:00 PM

Art Lecture with Thomas GermanoRembrandt after 350 Years: Portrait Paintings, Studio Drawings & Masterworks

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will mark the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death with a year-long celebration through June 10. For the first time, the Rijksmuseum will present an exhibition of all 22 paintings, 60 drawings and more than 300 of his best prints. This visual lecture by Professor Germano will feature many of these works and will explain Rembrandt’s profound, lasting importance 350 years after his death.

Thursday, April 18 at 2:00 & 7:00 PM

Movie: “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells.

Biography/Comedy/Crime. Rated R. 1 hour, 46 minutes.

Programs will take place at the Jericho Public Library: 1 Merry Lane, Jericho.

For more information, go to www. syossetlibrary.org

Free property tax grievance workshops

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino today announce that the Town will host two Free Property Tax Assessment Grievance Workshops for residents looking to acquire information on how to challenge their 2020-2021 property tax assessments. The workshops will be held on Monday, April 15 at 7 pm. at Town Hall North, 54 Audrey Avenue in Oyster Bay, and on Tuesday, April 16 at 7 pm at the North Massapequa Community Center, 214 N. Albany Avenue in Massapequa.

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

Assessment Workshops, as the property tax grievance deadline of April 30th is quickly approaching.”

In January 2019, Nassau County notified residents of their home’s new tentative assessed value for the 2020/2021 school tax period and the 2021 general tax period.  Any residents who did not receive the notice may view it online at www.mynassauproperty.com or contact their local County legislator.

At the workshop, an assessment expert will answer questions and show residents how to use online tools to file an “Application for Correction of Assessment” online or via mail. There is no requirement to pay a law firm or agency to file a grievance.

For more information on the Free Property Tax Grievance Workshop, residents should call (516) 624-6380 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.  For more information on your property, visit www. LRV.nassaucountny.gov

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Town plans harbor, beach cleanup

The Town of Oyster Bay invites residents to participate in the annual Oyster Bay Harbor & Beach Cleanup, scheduled for Saturday, April 13. The event is co-sponsored by the joined forces of the Town of Oyster Bay, the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association (NOBBA) and Friends of the Bay.  This environmental cleanup initiative is scheduled to begin 8:00 am.

“This great event features Town employees and volunteers rolling up their sleeves and working side by side to clean up the beaches and shoreline areas along Oyster Bay Harbor,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “With Earth Day right around the corner, this important environmental initiative is the perfect way to pitch in and help make a difference!”

Volunteers are invited to participate in the cleanup, which will run from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. 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 Roosevelt Beach in Oyster Bay, Stehli Beach in Bayville and Centre Island Beach in Bayville. Typically, in years 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 can get further information by calling the Town’s Department of Environmental Resources at (516) 6775943 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.

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Shed the Meds event on April 27

The Town of Oyster Bay, in partnership with Drug Free Long Island and the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD), will be hosting a ‘Shed the Meds’ event at Marjorie Post Park, in Massapequa.  The event will be held on Saturday, April 27, which is National Drug Take Back Day, and will take place from 10:00 am–1:00 pm.

“It’s critical to ensure medications are properly secured and appropriately discarded to prevent prescription drug abuse,” said Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “Unfortunately, setting aside the time to properly dispose of old medications is not usually high on the priority list for most people.  That’s why ‘Shed the Meds’ events are so important, as they provide ample opportunity for safe disposal of unwanted medications.  Safe disposal helps protect the environment and keeps medications out of the hands of young children or others who would use them improperly.”

In cooperation with Drug Free

Long Island, and the Nassau County Police Department, the Town will host this event at Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa, in the parking lot near the community center. This program is anonymous. Additionally, 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.

For those looking to turn in unused or expired medication, be sure to 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) 203-7486 or visit www.drugfreeli.org

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Bricks Rock: 2-day Lego fan event at Library

A model made by I Lug NY displayed at Bricks Rock 2018.

Saturday, April 27, 9 am to 4:30 pm & Sunday, April 28, 12 pm to 4:30 pm

All are invited to Bricks Rock, Syosset Library’s upcoming second annual LEGO fan extravaganza. Some 2,650 LEGO enthusiasts of all ages participated in last year’s festival. Activities planned for this year include speed building competitions, free building periods with LEGO or DUPLO bricks, screenings of the LEGO and LEGO Batman movies, and a master builder’s workshop featuring a city scape. You can also marvel at the Great Ball Contraption, a LEGO machine that receives small balls from one module and passes them off to another, and enjoy an exhibit of amazing models built by I LUG NY, an independent organization of LEGO hobbyists.

Bricks Rock is presented in partnership with I LUG NY. It is one of many Sy-Con (Syosset Convention) library programs at the cutting edge of science and popular culture. Visit www.sycon.org to see the LEGO animations that children created at the 2018 festival.

Mama’s Cuban Kitchen food truck will be available for refreshments on Saturday. Additional parking will be available at South Grove Elementary School and H.B. Thompson Middle School.

All events are first come, first served. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.syossetlibrary. org or www.sycon.org, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Annual legislative breakfast covers school security, mental health issues

On February 2, the Syosset, Jericho and Plainview/Old Bethpage PTAs and district associations hosted the 7th annual Legislative Breakfast at Harry B Thompson Middle School in Syosset.  Over 100 community members, including parent, teachers and students attended to discuss school security, student mental health and other education-focused issues with elected officials and subject matter experts.

Panel participants included NYS

Superintendents Assn President Dr. Lorna Lewis,  NYS Assn of School

Psychologists President Dr. John Garruto, Nassau County Police

Commissioner Patrick Ryder, NYS

Senator Jim Gaughran, NYS Senator Kevin Thomas, Nassau County

Executive Laura Curran, NYS

Assemblyman Charles Lavine, Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker and Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan.

Dr Tom Rogers, Dr Lorna Lewis, Hank Grishman

Dr. John Garruto, Superintendent Dr. Lorna Lewis, New York State Senator Kevin Thomas, New York State Senator Jim Gaughran, New York State Assemblyman

Charles Lavine, Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan, Nassau County Police

Commissioner Patrick Ryder, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker

Oksana Federico, Christine Daniel, Vanessa Zhang, Allison Berch, Wendy Levitt, Meryl Bolnick, Beth Haft, Patrice Finkelstein, Paula Barsky, Maria Bombace

Syosset School Board to meet

The Syosset Board of Education will hold a budget information session, followed by its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 16 at 8 pm in the South Woods Middle School auditorium.

Irish Family History Forum

On Saturday, April 20, at 10 am, the Irish Family History Forum will present "Joan Koster-Morales - Behind the Institutional Walls of 19th-Century New York City: What’s to Be Found?"

Joan Koster-Morales will discuss how to access institutional records, when available, online and in archives. She will also talk about the impact of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) on records access and current New York State Freedom of Information law.

The schedule for the day will be: 10:00 am: Kathleen McGee: Genealogy Tips and Tricks

10:45 am: Refreshment Break

Meet and socialize with other members.

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

11:15 am: Featured Speaker: Joan Koster-Morales

Meetings are free and open to the public.

Light refreshments are served.

The meeting will take place at the Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage.

For information: contact Pat at programs@ifhf.org or website: www.ifhf.org

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The Impact of Music on Memory and Mood

Supported by The Judith Haas Wellness Fund

• Explore ways to improve mood with music.

• Discover how music can improve the dynamic between caregivers and care receivers.

• Find out how to make your own meaningful musical playlist.

Speakers: Robin Lombardo, CTRS, CDP Regional Director Music and Memory.org; Alicia Lazarto, Family Caregiver; Kirby Veevers, Adjunct Associate Faculty, Hofstra University; Jean Zebroski, Director of Volunteer Services, NYU Winthrop Hospital

Thursday, May 9, 2019

2:00pm – 4:00pm

The Bristal Assisted Living at Garden City 1001 Axinn Ave, Garden City, NY 11530

Pre-Registration is required. There is no fee to participate. Space is limited.

To register or for more information, please contact: Linda Martinez, LCSW, Winthrop Geriatric Medicine Associates (516) 663-8220 or linda.martinez@nyulangone.org

New Eagle Scouts honored

Nassau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (D - Plainview) had the privilege of congratulating Robert Naldjian, of Syosset’s Boy Scouts Troop 170, on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. Legislator Drucker presented a Nassau County Citation to the troop’s newest Eagle Scout during a ceremony held at Shelter Rock Church in Syosset. “Becoming an Eagle Scout reflects years of dedication to community service and development as a young leader. I am delighted to congratulate Robert on this impressive achievement and wish him and his family great success and happiness in the coming years,” Legislator Drucker said.

The Year of the Wunderkind?

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

Will 2020 be the year of the Democratic wunderkind?

One unusual aspect of the 2020 Democratic presidential field is that there are three experienced candidates who will be 70 or above on election day 2020 (Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren) and a group of other, younger aspirants who in many years would be regarded as a little light on seasoning (Beto O’Rourke, Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg would be in this category). But there is no candidate, at least in what is generally regarded as the top tier, who fits the more traditional mold of being relatively young (say, under 65) but with substantial executive or national experience as a governor, senior senator or vice president. For this reason, I find it a little surprising that Governor Andrew Cuomo is not a candidate, but he pretty clearly is not running

The appearance in the race of new faces creates new excitement for the party faithful, with concomitant risks. Take Beto O’Rourke, for example. Mr. O’Rourke, fueled by tremendous fundraising, ran a competitive race in Texas for the U.S. Senate, drawing adoring crowds on the stump and rather breathless media coverage. Of course, opponents are now seizing on his relatively limited governmental experience (the El Paso city council followed by three terms in the House), a controversial traffic incident from his past and indeed statements like the one this week when he called the Israeli prime minister a racist. Or take Pete Buttigieg, who has emerged as a new fresh voice and whose political skills have even garnered some praise from Rush Limbaugh. Now, however, opponents are poking holes in Mr. Buttigieg’s record as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, which is being portrayed as depressed and crime ridden.

There are examples of young attractive candidates winning the Democratic nomination, such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, although Mr. Clinton actually had served a number of terms as governor of Arkansas and Mr. Obama was a senator and bestselling book author.

And it is certainly possible that voters will decide on a fresher candidate in 2020, either in comparison with the older potential Democratic nominees or with President Trump, who, in addition to being a polarizing figure, himself will be 74 on election day 2020.

On the other hand, a cautionary tale relating to glitzy frontrunners involves Gary Hart’s run for the nomination in 1984. To be clear, Mr. Hart’s problems that year were unrelated to a personal scandal that surfaced a few years later.

In any event, the relatively young (age 47) and telegenic Mr. Hart, who had been George McGovern’s campaign manager in 1972 and a fairly obscure senator from Colorado, suddenly became a major player in the 1984 Democratic race, positioning himself as a younger, fresher and more moderate candidate with a promise of vague “new ideas”. Mr. Hart won a series of Democratic primaries, including New Hampshire, California and Ohio (plus the Iowa caucuses) and it seemed for a few days like he might emerge as the nominee. Nevertheless, the Democratic establishment, strongly supported by labor unions, which backed Walter Mondale, fought back. Mr. Mondale used a line from a popular commercial for Wendy’s “where’s the beef?”) to press the point that Mr. Hart’s new ideas lacked substance. Ultimately Mr. Hart lost his momentum and Mr. Mondale won the nomination easily.

Obviously, there are particular challenges for a fresh face presidential candidate. In addition to being personable and passionate about wanting the job, he or she has to come across as reasonably knowledgeable on a variety of subjects, including foreign affairs. Critically, the candidate must avoid gaffes, which will be seen as critical evidence that the candidate is not ready to be president. And the choice of a vice presidential running mate becomes particularly important, since the candidate may be seen as needing an experienced hand.

So will the Democrats decide to nominate a wunderkind? Stay tuned.

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May Events at Syosset Public Library

Friday, May 10 at 11:00 AM

Learn to Download Free eBooks & Audiobooks

Using Your Library Card

This demonstration will teach you how to download free library eBooks and audiobooks to your personal devices. We will guide you through the process of downloading and transferring books to your smart devices and Kindle and Nook eReaders.

Free. No registration required.

Monday, May 13 at 7:30 PM 20 & 30 -Something Fortnite Fitness

Not just a video game for kids, Fortnite is a craze for all. Show off your best Floss, Fresh, and Electro Shuffle. Learn these and other Fortnite dances for a fun workout.

Led by Stacey Mencher and Jessikah Chautin, Librarians.

Free. No registration required.

Tuesday, May 14 at 7:30 PM

Evening Book Discussion: “The Monk of Mokha”  by Dave Eggers

Led by Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian.

Free. No registration required.

Friday, May 17 at 2:00 PM

Book-To-Film Discussion: “The Wife” by Meg Wolitzer Read the book, then see how it is interpreted and adapted for the screen. A short discussion will follow the film. Led by Lisa Hollander, Readers' Services Librarian.

Free. No registration required.

Tuesday, May 28 at 1:30 PM

Afternoon Book Discussion

“Before We Were Yours”  by Lisa Wingate Led by Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers' Services. Free. No registration required.

All events will be held at the Syosset Public Library, 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset.

For more information please call 516-921-7161 ext 239 or email: Readersservices@syossetlibrary.org

*All events are wheelchair accessible **Books are available at the Circulation Desk one month before each program.

Heart Health: From prevention to invervention

NYU Winthrop Hospital will offer a free program open to the community, “Heart Health: From Prevention to Intervention,” on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at 7 pm. The program will be held at the Hospital’s Research & Academic Center, located at 101 Mineola Boulevard, at the corner of Second Street in Mineola.

Ramesh Daggubati, MD, associate chief, cardiology, at NYU Winthrop Hospital, will discuss the following topics: “Know Your Numbers” – blood pressure, cholesterol levels and HbA1C; salt, alcohol, fats AND your heart; and blockages, including how they are treated. A question and answer period will follow the lecture.

Limited parking is at the Research

& Academic Center. Parking is available across the street in the garage behind the 120 Mineola Blvd. building. Entrance to the garage is on First Street. Please proceed to park on the third floor, use the walkway to enter the building, take the elevator down to the first floor, and cross the street to the Research & Academic Center.

Attendees are asked to arrive at 6:45 p,m to register. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required. To reserve your space, please call (516) 663-3916. For information about other programs at the Hospital, learn more at www.nyuwinthrop.org/community-programs or call 1-866-WINTHROP.

Spy v Spy in New York City: New KGB Spy Museum is Window into How Spies Impact World Affairs

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE

If you really want to be freaked out by the KGB Spy Museum that opened just a few months ago in Manhattan, do what I did: come directly from Spyscape, where you learn about the whole business of being a spy, and be in the middle of reading a book like “The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West,” by Malcolm Vance.

The KGB Museum would be scarier if it were not laid out somewhat like an antique shop (but aren’t all spy centers sequestered behind something innocuous like a tailor shop?). Row by row, there are some 3500 artifacts, all of them real, many on view publicly for the first time. They date from 1910 until 1991, the collapse of the Soviet Union when the KGB was replaced by the FSB. But these mundane objects – a lipstick, an umbrella, a pen – were lethal weapons; a tie pin and belt buckle were cameras; a heart reader could seek out a live person hiding even in a refrigerator. Another important tool? A thermometer to determine if a person were truly dead. And if a master key couldn’t unlock an apartment to install a bug? No matter, a transmitter could be aimed at the window from a huge distance to

The KGB managed to hide a listening device in this wooden replica of the Great Seal, which hung over the US Ambassador’s desk in Moscow for 7 years before being detected. It took another 1 ½ years to figure out how it worked. The inventor won a Stalin Prize. © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

decipher the sound vibrations and eavesdrop anyway. There is even a letter remover which could take out a letter from its envelope, read its contents and replace it back in the envelope, without leaving a mark.

And then there is the “patient chair,” used in a psychiatric hospital, with scary restraints, that were used for interrogations under truth serum or other means.

It turns out that those fantastical gadgets from the James Bond movies, and even the Get Smart spy spoof, were actually based on the real thing. It seems that there is nothing too absurd in the spy world.

The KGB story is really scary though. KGB (KTB in Cyrillic) stands for “Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti,” which can be translated as the Committee for State

Security. The KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union, and during the Cold War the KGB was in direct competition with the CIA and other state security agencies around the world for cultural, economic, and military dominance.

The KGB was born in the Russian Revolution – one of the artifacts is the carpet memorializing Lenin (not his real last name, it turns out) and the beginning of the Revolution in 1917 – and was initially designed to ferret out counter-revolutionaries, or enemies of the Communist state.

One of the world’s largest and most sophisticated intelligence operations, the KGB served a multifaceted role as both a spy agency outside of Soviet Union and a force of secret police within it.

You realize how pervasive and ruthless the KGB was (is), and sense the constant terror that the people must have lived under, as that term “enemies of the state” was broadened to mean any one who criticized or opposed the ruling party, the leadership or policies.

There are real doors from jail cells, and you look through at real video of real prisoners. Those who were placed in solitary were allowed nothing to wear but their underwear; they could sleep only four hours, when the bed would be

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closed up, and fed only bread and water for 5 to 15 days.

One of the world’s largest and most sophisticated intelligence operations, the KGB served a multifaceted role as both a spy agency outside of Soviet Union and a force of secret police within it.

Some of the best engineering and scientific minds were employed to devise gadgets and gizmos – miniaturizing cameras, maximizing surveillance and detection, inventing new ways of transmitting.

“Virtually undetectable, the agency used its state-of-the-art tools and ruth-

less methods to seamlessly monitor the citizens’ lives and keep them in constant fear of repercussions for any subversive behavior. The investment in the spy technology had a devastating toll on the country’s economy yet it was deemed the most effective and necessary way to keep the state isolated from the rest of the world and keep the Western world out.”

With spies operating in countries all over the world, the KGB had a vast influence on world affairs, which reached its peak during the Cold War. KGB Spy Museum presents a never-before-seen collection of items used in the missions

of prominent KGB agents, illuminating the strategies and methods that underlay many of history’s top-secret espionage operations.

In addition to perusing artifacts and learning about the history of the notorious agency, you can read and listen to real stories from spies, witnesses and journalists as well as explore and interact with authentic objects, such as telephone switchboards (most of the operators who connected the calls and then listened in on conversations were KGB), encryption machines, an interrogation chair, designed to extract information from suspects and enemies.

One of the most interesting stories surrounds a wooden Great Seal in one of the cabinets, that was also one of the KGB’s greatest triumphs, that arose out of the famous summit in the Crimea of Stalin, Churchill and FDR. The head of the KGB, Lavrenty Beria, had a replica of the Great Seal made as a gift for Ambassador Averell Harriman, presented

most charmingly by cherubic Young Pioneers (like boy scouts) as a “gesture of friendship.” But inside was an ingenious bug that used electromagnetic energy instead of an external power supply. It hung above the Ambassador’s desk in Moscow for seven years before it was revealed (by British) in 1952. “The Americans couldn’t figure out how it worked for a year and a half,” my guide, Sergey, says.

The inventor of the device, the Zlatoust/Receiver LOSS, Lev Sergeyevich Termen, was a physicist and a musician, who began his career by developing previously unseen electronic musical instruments. In 1947 he won the Stalin Prize for Inventions of Listening Devices.

One of the objects that is literally one-of-a-kind, is a record player made expressly for Stalin; there is also a safe, made by the Bernstein company in Berlin that came from KGB HQ, still containing the currency that would

have been enough to buy 30 cars. Both indications of the privilege along with the power amassed by the Communist leadership despite their calls for a equal society.

When I ask for the rarest objects, which are a point of pride, I am introduced to two that seem mundane but were “mechanical masterpieces”:

Tool set КАРОЕД/KAROED (Bark beetle): This is a manual set of special drills and instruments for drilling very narrow holes less than 0.04 inches without any sound in the tree or plastic. Holes were needed to listen to secret conversations with a help of secret microphones. These sharp and pointed drills are specially machined from the very hard metal. The set includes drill extensions, which can be used to drill holes in 3.3 ft and even thicker walls or wooden floors. A special hand-held drill holder had a stopper to drill holes of a certain depth to protect the drill from coming out across the wall by making only a small, hardly visible hole. A special container collects shavings in order not to leave any suspicious marks.

Also very rare: KGB secret drill ИГЛА/IGLA (needle): “It is a unique mechanical masterpiece - the drill IGLA. This very complicated drill reflects the name ‘needle’, because it drills a very thin hole through the concrete. It drills with the help of air compressor with abrasive dust to avoid the sound and vibration. Even the drilling sound was designed by the constructors to simulate that era washing machine Малютка/Maliutka. The person at home thought that a neighbor was probably doing the laundry. The Igla drill had a hole through which the

GOING PLACES, NEAR & FAR....

The Patient Chair, used for interrogation, one of some 3500 artifacts on view at the KGB Spy Museum © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

air pressure was inflated according to the manometer readings, and when the drill approached the outside of concrete wall, the air pressure dropped in the drill as the air went out and the drill automatically shut off. The hole was 0.04 inches in size. If the walls were painted or lined with ceramic tiles, the eye did not even see the hole or dust outside. With this drill, the abrasive powder and concrete dust were absorbed by air. Agents who were very patient, slow and responsible were chosen to drill such a hole. In order to drill a 4 inches concrete wall took about 4 hours, and with the preparation -

the whole day. Agents, through drilled miniature holes, installed listening or photo devices. After the operation, they applied a hole with the cement mixture and no suspicious marks were left.”

There’s an old fashioned phone where you can “dial” a selection of officials. My guide, Sergey, dials Putin and hands me the phone so I can hear Putin talking (it’s like listening to the LBJ telephone tapes at the LBJ Presidential Museum in Austin). There are also actual phones on display from KGB offices that would have features to disguise the voice at the push of a button.

The two spy experiences – Spyscape

WRITER’S CORNER

A little Passover humor and trivia

and the KGB Museum - have completely different approaches and perspectives, but they complement each other so well, especially when visited one after the other.

Spyscape is modern, state of the art, interactive, pulse-pounding, engaging, immersive experience. KGB is oldschool but so relevant today, with the Russian actively hacking elections and using social media to impact US and other elections, policy, and political discourse.

“The KGB Spy Museum aims to present espionage and intelligence operations in an educational and interesting way, emphasizing the importance of human intelligence and setting out a frame of reference for the public to appreciate the great extent to which spies have always influenced world events. The Museum has a policy of presenting the history of espionage without political bias, thus offering visitors a factual and balanced view of the subject. “

The Museum is open daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are available online or in the museum. You need about 1 ½ hours to visit. Tickets are adults (18-64)/$25; Children 7-17, seniors, students, $20; a guided visit, minimum 3 people is $43.99.

KGB Museum, 245 W 14th Street, NY 10011, kgbespionagemuseum.org.

See also: Spy v Spy Has New Addresses in NYC: At Spyscape Find Your Place in World of Espionage

BY MARJORIE GOTTLIEB WOLFE

Passover begins on April 19th. The Passover Eve ritual during which the Haggadah is read, recounts the liberation of the Jews from Egyptian bondage. The Seder is a gala family event during which the patriarch sits on a well-cushioned “throne” and leads the Hagaddah reading. The Seder is held on the first night of Passover and is repeated on the second night.

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“It’s passover,” Bob Hope said. “Once a year most of us in the entertainment field take a day off to watch or attend the Academy Awards. In my house, it’s called passover.”

Parodies

And, according to Dave Barry, passover offers us more parodies than any other holiday.

Example: Q. What army base is off limits on passover?

A. Fort Leavenworth.

A - Afikomen

Q. What did the teddy bear say when he was offered the afikomen?

A. No thanks. I’m stuffed.

B - Bintel Brief

Bintel Brief (Passover Letter, “A Bintel Brief” by Isaac Metzker”)

This letter appeared in the Bintel Brief in 1906: Esteemed editor,

I hope that you will advise me in my present difficulty. I am a “greenhorn,” only five weeks in the country, and a jeweler by trade. I come from Russia, where I left a blind father and a stepmother. Before I left, my father asked me not to forget him. I promise that I would send him the first money I earned in America.

When I arrived in New York I walked around for two weeks looking for a job, and the boss told me it was after the sea-

son. In the third week I was lucky, and found a job at which I earn eight dollars a week. I worked, I paid my landlady board, I bought a few things to wear, and I have a few dollars in my pocket.

Now I want you to advise me what to do. Shall I send my father a few dollars for Passover, or should I keep the little money for myself? In this place the work will end soon and I may be left without a job. The question is how to deal with the situation. I will do as you tell me.

Your thankful reader, I.M.

Answer: The answer to this young man is that he should send his father the few dollars for Passover because, since he is young, he will find it easier to earn a living than would his blind father in Russia.

Bread of Affliction

Q. What do you call someone who

derives pleasure from the Bread of Affliction?

A. A matzochist.

Carter, jack (comedian)

Larry Gelbart attended Passover Seders at Jack Carter’s home in the San Fernando valley, zip code 90210. When the Carter’s son, Michael, asked of his father, “Why is this night different from all other nights?” Milton Berle said, “Because we’re in the valley!”

C - Charoses

Leading medical people have published data that Seder participants should not partake of both chopped liver and charoses. This combination can lead to charoses of the liver.

E - Elijah Knock knock. Who’s there?

See page D6

12 Questions ... 12 Answers

BY TOM MARGENAU

I usually devote an entire column to just one subject so that I can thoroughly cover all the nuances. But today I’m going to go for a record. I will see if I can answer a dozen questions in the limited space I have. Obviously, the answers will be short and to the point.

Q: If I wait until 70 to file for Social Security, will my wife’s eventual widow’s benefit include the delayed retirement credits I will earn?

A: Yes. Her spousal rate while you are alive is based on your age 66 amount. But her widow’s benefit is based on your age 70 rate.

Q: I am almost 65 and still working and covered by my employer’s insurance. Do I need to file for Medicare?

A: You probably should file for Part A Medicare (hospital insurance) because it’s free. But you won’t need to take Part B Medicare (doctor’s insurance), which usually costs about $140 per month, until you retire and lose your employer’s coverage.

Q: My wife took her Social Security at 62. Will that reduce the widow’s benefit she will get on my record someday?

A: No. Her widow’s rate is really based on one thing only: her age when you die. Assuming she is 66 or older when that happens, she will get a 100 percent widow’s benefit on your record -- no matter when she took her own Social Security.

Q: Do all Social Security retirement claims come with the option of taking retroactive benefits?

A: No. Only claims filed after full retirement age come with that option. And then there is a maximum of six months’ worth of retroactive benefits that can be paid.

Q: Do you recommend filing for benefits online or in person at a Social Security office?

A: If you have a simple retirement claim, then use the Social Security website. It’s a piece of cake. But if you have a potentially complicated claim (for example, if you want to use a “maximizing” strategy), then do it in person by calling SSA at 800-772-1213 to set up an appointment.

Q: My age 66 benefit is $2,749. My age 70 rate is projected to be $3,628. My wife’s age 66 rate is $2,228. Her age 70 benefit will be $2,940. We both wanted to wait until we are 70 to start our benefits. But someone told us there is a cap on what a married couple can get. What’s the cap?

A: There is no cap. If you both wait until 70 to start your Social Security, you each will get the full benefits you

are due. There is something called the “family maximum,” but it sets a limit on benefits payable to Social Security claims involving dependent children.

Q: I am 62 and retired. I wanted to wait until 66 to start my Social Security. But I have a 32-year-old son who with Down syndrome. Can he get benefits on my account now while I wait until 66?

A: No. You must be signed up for Social Security before your son can get benefits on your record. Because he would be due an amount equal to 50 percent of your full retirement rate, that might be an incentive for you to file for your Social Security now.

Q: I just paid a whopping tax bill on my Social Security benefits. Can I have taxes withheld from my Social Security checks so I’m not hit with a big bill when I file my tax return?

A: Yes, you can. Call Social Security at 800-772-1213 to set that up.

Q: If I move to Costa Rica, can I get my Social Security checks there?

A: Assuming you are a U.S. citizen and are getting your own Social Security benefits, then you can have your checks sent to almost any place in the world. If you are not a U.S. citizen, or if you are getting benefits as a dependent on someone else’s Social Security account, the rules get a little messier. Go to the Social Security website and type in “payments outside the U.S.” in the “Search” box and read the publication that pops up.

Q: I turn 66 in August and want to start my Social Security then. When should I file for benefits?

A: I’d suggest you start the ball rolling two months ahead of time.

Q: I am 72 and still working. I have no intention of retiring anytime soon. How long can I delay starting my Social Security to get the maximum benefit?

A: You’re well past the deadline. Once you are older than 70, extra credits are no longer added to your Social Security check. So you are gaining nothing by not filing for Social Security. Do it tomorrow. At least you can claim 6 months’ worth of retroactive benefits.

Q: I am 62 and am ashamed to admit I fathered a child out of wedlock. He is now 6 years old. Will he get any of my Social Security?

A: Yes. He will get an amount equal to 50 percent of your full retirement rate while you are alive, and 75 percent after you die -- until he is 18 years old.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM

on page D5

Washington Spy Trail on Long Island’s North Shore

Spies have been active throughout history. You can get a first-hand sense of how American patriots defeated the British during the Revolutionary War by traveling along the Washington Spy Trail, Route 25A, which during colonial times was known as the King’s Highway, on the North Shore of Long Island.

You are transported back to 1778, when Long Islanders lived under an uneasy British military occupation, when the Culper Spy Ring operated boats through hidden waterways along the North Shore to row intelligence to Connecticut and to General Washington that helped win the war. President Washington traveled the route on April 21 to 23, 1790, in a horsedrawn carriage to thank the patriots and his spies.

The trail (according to the website) includes  Raynham Hall in Oyster Bay, site of the British quarters and where Robert Townsend later became part of the Culper Spy Ring.

In 1779, Robert Townsend operated a Manhattan-based merchant shipping firm with his brother William and cousin John. He used his work as a merchant as a cover, and moved

Members of the Huntington Militia (here at Christmas at Old Bethpage), convey what it was like for colonists to live under British military occupation during the American Revolution. Their headquarters at the Arsenal in Huntington is a stop on the Washington Spy Trail © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

about the coffee houses, social events, shops and docks of Manhattan, eavesdropping and observing British troop movements, without arousing suspicion.

Under the code name “Culper Junior,” Townsend formed the first link in a chain of agents who came to be known as the Culper Spy Ring. Using a

special invisible ink formula, invented by John Jay’s brother Sir James Jay, and an elaborate numeric code, the spies supplied Washington with critical information about New York City and Long Island.

Visit Fort Hill cemetery, where Robert Townsend (aka Culper Jr.) is buried on Simcoe Street in Oyster Bay.

Visit the  Arsenal in Huntington, where Job Sammis hid stores of gun powder in his attic during the onset of the British occupation; the  Conklin House where Sybil Conklin lived and worked while her husband David was held prisoner by the British during the Revolutionary War; and the  Brewster House in Setauket where American Patriot Caleb Brewster spied on British

See page D7

Orange. Orange who?

Orange you going to answer the door? It’s me, Elijah. I’ve been sitting here for an hour.

Emergency room

Passover never passes by without a surge in emergency room traffic, according to Dr. Tucker Wood. He sees an “uptick in total patient volume during passover.” It seems the heavy cleaning leading up to Passover— intended to rid the house of chametz— is taking its toll. “We see a little bit of everything. Dizziness from fumes, slips from highly buffed floors or wet bathroom tiles,” says Wood.

F - film

Q. What’s your favorite passover film?

A. Shawshankbone redemption. Fir kashes

The most famous part of the Passover Seder, or order of service, is known as the four questions. The four questions are usually asked by the youngest person at the table.

Gerald M. Siegel wrote, “On Passover, I recited the Fir Kashes in Yiddish to tumultuous applause. The applause was only partly for my performance. At our highly abbreviated Seder the recitation of the four questions Also meant that the service was ended, and the chicken soup would be on the table.”

Fress

Fress means to eat or snack, often in large quantities.

The word suggests that eating heartily is considered in Yiddish to be an enjoyment god granted to all creatures.

A Jewish mother believes everyone at her dining room table must “fress”, or she has failed in the first duty of good homemaking. (Source: “Meshuggenary - Celebrating the World of Yiddish”)

G - Gefilte Fish

Gefilte fish, along with matzo, has become a recognized symbol of traditional Jewish cooking.

[Inspiration card]

“I’m fairly certain that gefilte fish is what makes people afraid of Jews.”

The gefilte fish chronicles (“don’t just stand there, cook!” “Don’t just sit there, eat!”) tells the story of more than a century of the Dubroff family Passover celebrations. For six weeks prior to the holiday, the extended Debroff clan gather together to chop, mince, bicker, laugh, cry and reminisce in preparation for the holiday.

Heavenly Haroset

(recipe in the sephardic tradition)

A little Passover humor and trivia

l pound pitted dates

2 cups dark currants

2 cups raisins

1/2 cup pitted prunes

2 1/2 cups sweet, red Passover wine

1 cup chopped walnuts

1/4 cup ground almonds

Soak the dates, currants, raisins and prunes overnight, covered with water.

Drain; reserve soaking liquid. Chop fruits coarsely and place in a heavy stainless-steel or enameled pan. Add 2 cups wine and 2 cups soaking liquid. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until all liquid has been absorbed and mixture is very thick - about 2 hours. Once mixture has been cooled, stir in nuts and a little more wine if haroset seems too dry.

Hillel Sandwich

Sandwich made with a mixture of matzah, bitter herbs, and charoset.

Humutzdik

Pizza at the passover table. (Ruth & Bob Grossman term)

Karpas

Parsley on the Seder plate

Kiddish

Blessing over wine: Manischewitz offers innovations such as gluten-free gefilte fish and a “premium gold” version. And, according to Chanie Apfelbaum, a gourmet cook, gefilte fish has a four-year pantry life.

Grape drink

Those who cannot drink so much wine may drink grape juice instead of wine at the Seder. Manischewitz grape juice and Welch’s grape juice are both Kosher for Pesach.

H - Hagaddah

Q. do we have a Hagaddah at passover?

A. So we can Seder right words. Note: Haggadot is the plural for haggadah.

M - Mah Nishtanah

(Lit. “What is different?”)

M - maror

It’s a better medicine for sinuses than any prescription.

Matza/matzo/matzoh

Unleavened bread eaten during passover in commemoration of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt.

Q. How is a good sermon like a piece of matzah?

A. They both should take less than 18 minutes.

Matzo ball soup

Matzo ball soup is a dish that most Jews associate with Passover (pesach), though it is eaten year-round. According

to the book, “Meshuggenary,” a failed matzo ball is as heavy as lead and sits in your stomach with the same intensity. If it’s not floating in the broth, beware!

Maxwell House haggadah

For some families the Maxwell house version is the only one used at the seder table.

Nursery rhymes for Passover Seder (Little teapot)

I’m a little matzah

Short and stout

Here is my water

Here is my flour

When I get all baked up Don’t let me rise, just “Pass me over, and take me out!”

(Source: Bangitout.Com)

Passover

We know that Passover is right around the corner when your local supermarket prominently displays boscht prices in store windows and puts paper down on the bread shelves.

#2 Sign: Kosher food has gone from being characterized as “overpriced” to “maybe we should re-mortgage the house after all.” (Source: The Weekly Bang)

Passover ecards

“May your Passover not be ruined by politicians awkwardly tweeting about Passover.”

Passover jeopardy

A. A classroom, a Passover ceremony, and a latke.

Q. What is a cheder, a Seder, and a tater?

P pesach

Q. Why did Shlomo not do his homework on Pesach?

A. Because his teacher said it was a piece of cake.

Pharoah

Q. Why did the Pharaoh wait until the 19th plague to let the Jews go?

A. He was in de-nile.

Pinochle on Pesach

Q. Rabbi, i want an honest opinion from you. Is it really a crime to play pinochle on Pesach?

A. The way you do, it’s a crime to play pinochle any day.

P - plague

A. What kind of shoes did the Egyptians wear during the Plague of Frogs?

A. Open toad!

S - seder plate

Q. What do you call someone who spent hours preparing the Seder plate?

A. Egg-zosted!

Schmoozing

Chatting at the dinner table. Enforce

the rule: no cellphones at the Seder table!

Song:

“There’s no Seder like our Seder” (sung to the tune of “There’s no business like show business”)

There’s no Seder like our Seder

There’s no Seder I know

Everything about it is Halachic

Nothing that the Torah won’t allow. Listen how we read the whole Haggadah

It’s all in Hebrew

‘Cause we know how.

There’s no Seder like our Seder

We tell a tale that is swell: Moses took the people out into the heat

While on their feet

Now isn’t that a story

That just can’t be beat?

Let’s go on with the show!

Traditions

Jerry Krouse said, “our Seder in Natchez, Mississippi, carries on its own traditions, like matzah balls with gray. Like any good southern Seder, the haroset is made with pecans, not walnuts. Pecans just work better.”

(Source: “Seder Stories” by Nancy Rips”)

Typical Jewish holiday:

“They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat!”

Vino Rosso Mogen David

A fancy name for Passover wine. (Ruth and Bob Grossman, “The ItalianKosher Cookbook”)

White House Seder

[2010] In the old family dining room at the White House, the mostly Jewish and African-american guests recited prayers and told the biblical story of slavery and liberation, ending with the traditional declaration, “next year in Jerusalem.” Pres. Obama began the Seder by invoking the universality of the holiday’s themes of struggle and liberation. Malia and Sasha quickly found the hidden matzo. At the Seder’s close, the group opened a door and sang to the Propet Elijah.

Marjorie Wolfe wishes all of her readers a Happy Pesach. She agrees with Henry Saffer that “social interaction is believed to affect both physical and mental health. Nothing can take the place of gathering around a table with family or friends, sharing food and conversation.” And, she reminds all Jewish mothers that “no meal is complete Without leftovers.”

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BY PHILIP A. RAICES

Should you build a new home, larger one or renovate my current place? (Part 1)

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

It now appears many of you are torn between building, purchasing a larger or downsizing to a smaller home or apartment or staying where you are an adding an extension, upgrading or even making it more user friendly, retrofitting and making things handicap accessible, etc. as you grow older.

You may be a millennial, younger or older and have decided that you want to construct your dream home. A large amount of planning preparation must take place in order for your project to be completed and successful.

First, what is a budget that you have decided on and will you be paying outright for your purchase or financing? If financing, I would suggest that you go and have your lender (or ours) to provide you with either a least a pre-qualification letter or a commitment letter to lend you the money; based on your appraisal of the property.

You will obviously need all your financials (2 years tax returns, pay stubs if you are a salary or wage earner or your 1099 and 2-4 weeks of your pay stubs.

One must decide where you want to live and search to see what land or even a knockdown house is available and its accompanying costs to do this.

Have you discussed your plan with an architect? You will need him/her to create a drawing or have an idea of what you may want to build. Also, another route you can take is the internet, where there are many, many plans to choose from, just Google, “ building plans and styles for new homes.”

However, I would suggest enlisting a qualified and experienced architect (or ours) to assist you with whatever building plans, permits etc. that you will need to make it a smooth and seamless process from start to finish. There are expeditors that can help you with your paperwork; however, an architect would be my first choice if I were to build anything, so there will be less of an opportunity for major and minor mistakes as you go along.

Changes will always come up as you begin and you want to make as many changes in the beginning as possible, so you will minimize overall costs; since your labor will be your greatest expense, and not the actual materials that you purchase to build your new home with. Also, keep in mind the S.A.L.T. (State and local taxes) deduction of a maximum of $10,000, that you will be subject to, so you want to plan in advance to guestimate (or call me) what your real estate taxes will be, so there will be less of a surprise, once you get your

final new tax bill.

You must also consider the exterior costs of your landscape, eg. patios, trees, plants and flowers. These could be quite substantial without the proper planning and budgeting.

Even your interior costs could go sky high, without realizing what your budget will be. Of course, we all desire to go a bit higher as we construct our “dream home” because one gets very emotionally involved as we begin to see it evolve before our eyes and we get really excited as we await the end product. Then we may totally forget about that, so called budget that we swore we would stay within. Voila! That’s when you need to wake up, have an epiphany, smell the coffee and put a bit of discipline back in the mix and come back to reality! Stay the course and do your best keep within your budget, unless you have that spare money that you have squirreled away (that maybe your significant other doesn’t know about, ha!) and you surprise her or him and use it to add some amenities that you really need (that you can afford) but not just want, because you will be way beyond your initial budget.

However, keep in mind, you will not lose money by upgrading to better quality appliances, windows, roof, flooring, fixtures, or recessed lighting, which I always recommend, eliminating standing lamps, taking up

space; or bathroom fixtures, faucets, etc. which will last longer and provide better value when the time comes to consider selling or even renting your home out, for a better return on investment (R.O.I.)

Building a new home is a very exciting and rewarding endeavor and you probably deserve it at this stage in our life and that’s why you are contemplating doing it, but requires a plan! My motto is always, “proper planning, prevents piss poor performance” so go slow and steady, cross your “t’s” and dot your “i’s” and cover all your bases and if you need any assistance, I am only a phone call away for a consultation.

Part 2 (renovating your home, next week)

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Washington Spy Trail on Long Island’s North Shore

C ontinued from page D5

soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The Stony Brook/Setauket area was the epicenter of spy activity, and it is where Tallmadge, Woodhull, Strong and Brewster formed America’s ‘first spy ring.’

There are statues of Benjamin Tallmadge and Richard Woodhull at Setauket Elementary School on Main St., East Setauket.

The British had a garrison quartered where the Battle of Setauket was fought near the  Setauket Presbyterian Church on Caroline Avenue. Nearby on Dyke Road is the  Woodhull Home marker. You can go to Strongs Neck Road where Anna Smith Strong and Abraham Woodhull lived.

The Three Village Historical Society has exhibits on the ‘Spy Ring’ and offers special events and tours:  www. threevillagehistoricalsociety.org

On the South Shore, visit  Sagtikos Manor in Bay Shore, built in 1697. British forces occupied the Manor briefly during the Revolutionary War. This is where President George Washington stayed during his tour of Long Island in 1790.

More information at www.discoverlongisland.com/presidential-history/ washington-spy-trail/

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SITUATION WANTED

BABYSITTER

CARE PROVIDER

Available. Experienced, skilled, excellent babysitter, care provider available some afternoon /evenings and on weekends by by appointment.

Excellent references & Much More!

Call Maureen 516-458-3972

CARE GIVER: NEED A COMPANION or nursing assistant for your loved ones at home or in a health care facility?

Call 516-410-9943 for a NY State certified nursing assistant with excellent references !

CNA / HOME HEALTH AIDE

Mature lady seeks employment as a CNA, Home Health Aide. Very reliable hard working, willing to do a background check.

5 Nursing Homes experience. Please call 516-688-9251 or 516-417-4898

COMPANION AVAILABLE

Available full time / part time.

Looking for someone to take care of your elderly parents in the comfort of your own home for peace and tranquility? 18 yrs. experience, references, driver w/ reliable vehicle. Please call 516-410-1892 or 917-244-3714

Elder Care Available

Experienced woman seeking position to take care of elderly. Live in or out.

Please call 646-795-0931

2 positions available for local athletic team dealer

the popular demand for these virtual platforms. The new addition to this team would assist in customizing online stores, making the ordering process quick and easy for parents, students and coaches. The job tasks would entail the above as well as daily interaction with the software that hosts our stores and software representatives. For this reason, technical expertise and passion is strongly preferred.

• 4 year college degree

• 1-2 years of proven customer service in a fast-paced environment

• Organized with the ability to prioritize multiple assignments

• Extensive knowledge of all aspects of Microsoft Office, with knowledge of QuickBooks a plus

• Impeccable phone etiquette and communication skills

• Detailed oriented

• Vibrant team player

• Part-time position: Must be available Monday-Friday, approximately 9 AM-2 PM

Interested candidates should submit a resume with cover letter to careers@metroteamsports com

Please make sure to include the position one is applying for in the subject line of the e-mail Metro Team Sports: Inspiring Confidence, Delivering Excellence

EMPLOYMENT

SITUATION WANTED

HOME HEALTH CARE AIDE

Irish trained woman with 10 years experience and excellent checkable references available. Honest and reliable. Licensed driver with own transportation. Please call 516-383-7150

NANNY AVAILABLE

Our responsible and dedicated nanny of 7 years is seeking full time employment Monday to Friday. Contact 347-607-7552

EMPLOYMENT

SITUATION WANTED

NURSES AIDE / COMPANION Experienced. Available to take care of your elderly loved ones. Excellent references, honest and reliable. Call 347-882-4753

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

OPPORTUNITY SEEKING NUTRITIONALLY ORIENTED INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE FOR AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY. CALL 516-482-1432

ANNOUNCEMENTS

70 YEARS OLD, KIDS ARE GROWN. Still need your life insurance? or is a big LIFE SETTLEMENT CASH PAYOUT smarter? Call Benefit Advance. 1-844-348-5810

A PLACE FOR MOM has helped over a million families find senior living. Our trusted, local advisors help find solutions to your unique needs at no cost to you. Call: 1-800-404-8852

DIRECTV & AT&T. 155 Channels & 1000s of Shows/Movies on Demand (w/SELECT Package). AT&T Internet 99 Percent Reliability. Unlimited Texts to 120 Countries w/AT&T Wireless. Call 4 FREE Quote 1-888-534-6918

Work For A Company That Rewards Your Experience

ANNOUNCEMENTS

LUNG CANCER? And Age 60+? You and your family may be entitled to significant cash award. Call 866-951-9073 for information. No risk. No money out of pocket.

NOVENAS/PRAYERS

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Never known to fail). Oh Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven. Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in my necessity. Oh Star of the Sea help me and show herein you are my Mother. Oh Holy Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth I humbly beseech thee from the bottom of my heart to succor me in my necessity (mention your request here). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh show me herein you are my mother. Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee (three times). Oh Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (three times). Thank you for your mercy to me and mine. Amen. This prayer must be said for three consecutive days and after three days your request will be granted. The prayer must be published. Grateful thanks(PB)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Never known to fail). Oh Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine of Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea help me and show herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth I beseech thee from the bottom of my heart to succor me this necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh show me herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to Thee (three times). Oh Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (three times). Thank you for your mercy to me and mine. Amen. This prayer must be said for three days and after three days your request will be granted. The prayer must be published. Grateful thanks. (L.B.)

CLASSIFIEDS Call 294.8900

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRAYER TO THE HOLY

SPIRIT Holy Spirit thou who made me see everything and showed me the way to reach my ideals. Thou who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me, and thou who art in all instances of my life with me. I thank thee for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great material desire may be, I want to be with thee and my loved ones in Your perpetual glory. Thank You for your love towards me and my loved ones. Pray this prayer for 3 consecutive days. After 3rd day your wish will be granted no matter how difficult it may be. Promise to publish this dialogue as soon as your favor has been granted. (L.B.)

MARKETPLACE

MARKETPLACE

INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN

Looking to sell items from your home?

Consider doing an Online Auction!

Online Auctions reach more interested buyers than tag sales and can often sell for more than what you would make at an estate or tag sale.

Invited Estate Sales by Tracy Jordan can do both! You can sell your items online reaching potential buyers locally or globally as well as hosting a private sale from your home! Let us guide you on what items to put in auction including furniture, housewares, decorative items, jewelry, collectibles, coins, artwork and anything else you may no longer want or need. Our services can help you to maximize your selling experience whether you are selling 1 item or 500 items.

MARKETPLACE

GARAGE SALE

GARDEN CITY

GARAGE SALE

Saturday April 13 10am to 4pm

4 Devereaux Pl Everything Must Go ! Furniture, toys, china, clothing, art, collectibles.

PETS

PET SERVICES

A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL

LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-971-3242

DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE?

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTO BUYERS! We visit you. Highest cash paid. Or donate, tax deduct+ cash. DMV#1303199. Please call Luke. 516-VAN-CARS or 516-297-2277

DONATE YOUR CAR t o Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-a-Wish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

APARTMENT FOR RENT

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

VACATION RENTAL

AQUEBOGUE

SUMMER RENTAL Luxury Baywoods Post Modern.

Bayfront with amazing views.

3 BR, 3 Baths. Enjoy the beaches, restaurants & wineries all close by and all the North Fork has to offer. MLS#3112769

$15,000 July or August Colony Realty 631-722-5800

EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP

China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles

Tues-Fri 10-4

Sat 12-4

Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount.

All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900

email: store@atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

AUSTRIAN STEMWARE

Beautifully etched stemware from Austria. 12 each of three sizes

Cordial, wine / water, champagne Please call 516-775-1879

CEMETERY PLOTS FOR SALE New Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, NY, Section 5, Block 2, Row 3, Plots 5 & 6. $1300 each. Barbara 817-738-2485 email babsander@aol.com

We are a one stop service for all your needs when you are moving or selling a property! Selling, donating, discarding and cleaning out services can be done to meet your time frame with minimal stress.

Estate and Tag Sales Online Auctions Cleanout and Moving Services Home Staging Services Appraisals

Contact for more info: info@invitedsales.com or Call: 516-279-6378 to schedule a consultation or receive more information. www.invitedsales.com

WANTED TO BUY

LOOKING TO BUY!

Oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-3861104 or 917-775-3048

TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www.iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

TAG SALE

TAG SALE

GARDEN CITY SOUTH

Saturday, April 13 11:00 am to 4:00 pm 564 Ardsley Blvd Antiques, Furniture, Collectibles

HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early!

Annmarie 516-775-4256

AUTOMOTIVE

***AAA*** AUTO BUYERS

$Highe$t Ca$h Paid All Years/ Conditions! WE VISIT YOU! Or Donate, Tax Deduct Ca$h. DMV 10#1303199 Call LUKE 516-VAN-CARS 516297-2277

AUTOS WANTED

GARDEN CITY BORDER APARTMENT: Spacious, Bright 1 BR Apt $1585.00 + Electric. Gated Parking / Garage Available, Laundry Room, Air Conditioning, Balcony, Hardwood Floors, LIRR, NO BROKER FEE. www.gcbapts.com Voice or text: 516-524-6965

ROOM FOR RENT

MINEOLA: Large furnished room, private entrance, share bath, own TV, microwave and fridge, A/C, radio w/tapes, no pets/smoking. $735 month all utilities included plus 1 month security. References required. 516-747-5799

OFFICE SPACE

OFFICE SPACE/ ART STUDIO

Easy Parking

$600 per month

Avital Gallery 7717 Middle Neck Rd 9C Great Neck, NY 11024 516-528-9765

AQUEBOGUE

Sat 4/13 1pm-3pm

31 Lovers Lane

Baywoods! Deeded Bay Beach & Deeded Boat Slip! Landscaped Cape for Privacy.

4 BRs, 2 Baths, LR, Formal DR, Family Rm / Fireplace & EIK. IG Pool w/new deck around it. Full Basement & 2.5 Car Garage. $695,000. Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

JAMESPORT

Sunday 4/14 1:00pm-3:00pm 665 Manor Lane

Custom 2 Story on 4.85 Acres Morton Barn with 2 car garage, bath and unfinished 2nd floor. Great for car collectors, horses or artists. 4 BRs, 3 Baths, LR, EIK, DR, Great Room/fireplace, full basement, attached 2 car garage, CVAC, CAC, Generator. Beautifully landscaped with IG pool and farm views. $1,150,000 . Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

CLASSIFIEDS Call 294.8900

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE

LAUREL

Custom 3000 sf Ranch with Deeded Bay Beach Rights!

4 BRs, LR, FDR, Family Rm, EIK, Large Laundry Room. Walk Up Attic.$599,999 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516658-2623

RIVERHEAD

Waterview Custom Home on Cul De Sac

4 BRs, 3 Baths, LR, Family Rm /Gas Fireplace, Granite EIK w/ Island, Master BR Suite w/Jacuzzi Tub & Separate Shower. Full Basement, 2 Car Garage, Wrap Around Deck. Nicely Landscaped Shy of an Acre. $685,000 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

SERVICES

EARTHLINK HIGH SPEED

INTERNET as low as $14.95/ month (for the first 3 months).

Reliable High Speed Fiber Optic Technology. Stream Videos, Music and More! Call Earthlink today 1-855-970-1623.

PRIVATE CHEF FOR HIRE

Soon to be empty nester available to create healthy meals for you and your family. Available to cook for you in your home or mine. I will shop for you and prepare your meals. References available upon request. Call Elena 516-382-0393

ATTORNEY

STEPHANIE A. D’ANGELO, ESQ.

Elder Law, Wills & Trusts

Asset Preservation, Estate Planning, Probate & Estate Administration/Litigation 901 Stewart Ave, Ste 230 Garden City, NY 11530 516-222-1122 www.dangelolawassociates.com

COMPUTERS

COMPUTER ISSUES? FREE DIAGNOSIS by GEEKS ON SITE! Virus removal, data recovery! 24/7 Emergency Service, in home repair/on line solutions. $20 off any service! 844-892-3990

SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

AFFORDABLE NEW SID-

ING! Beautify you home! Save on monthly energy bills with beautiful NEW SIDING from 1800 Remodel! Up to 18 months no interest. Restrictions apply 855-773-1675

AMBIANCE

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

*Handyman & Remodeling

*Kitchen Installations

*Furniture Assembly

*Finish Carpentry

*Minor Electrical & Plumbing

25year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516-741-2154

AQUATEC

LAWN SPRINKLERS

SPRING TURN ONS

Backflow Device Tests Free Estimates Installation Service/Repairs

Joe Barbato 516-775-1199

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

EASY, ONE DAY updates! We specialize in safe bathing. Grab bars, no slip flooring & seated showers. Call for a free in home consultation: 888-657-9488

LAMPS FIXED $65

In home service. Handy Howard. 646-996-7628

MASONRY

All types of stonework

Pavers, Retaining Walls, Belgium Block Patios, Foundations, Seal coating, Concrete and Asphalt driveways, Sidewalks, Steps. Free Estimates

Fully Licensed & Insured

#H2219010000

Boceski Masonry Louie 516-850-4886

HEALTH SERVICES

FAMILY CARE CONNECTIONS, LLC

Dr. Ann Marie D’Angelo PMHCNS-BC

Doctor of Nursing Practice Advanced Practice Nurse Care

Manager

Assistance with Aging at Home /Care Coordintion

Nursing Home & Assisted Living Placement

PRI / Screens / Mini Mental Status Exams

Medicaid Eligibility and Apllications 516-248-9323 www.drannmariedangelo.com 901 Stewart Ave, Ste 230 Garden City, NY 11530

SERVICES

PAINTING & PAPERHANGING

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING

Plastering, Taping, Sheetrock

Skim Cutting, Old Wood Refinish, Staining, Wallpaper Removal & Hanging, Paint Removal, Power Washing, Wood Replacement

JOHN MIGLIACCIO

Licensed & Insured

#80422100000

Call John anytime: 516-901-9398 (Cell) 516-483-3669 (Office)

MICHELANGELO

PAINTING & WALLPAPER

Interior, Exterior, Plaster / Spackle, Light Carpentry, Decorative Moldings & Power Washing. Call: 516-328-7499

STRONG ARM PAINTING:

Interior & Exterior Tape, Spackle, Sheetrock, Molding.

Residential & Commercial Bonded & Insured

FREE ESTIMATES

516-538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningnny. com

PARTY HELP

LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

TUTORING

FREE COLLEGE PLANNING WORKSHOP

Navigating The Application Process Admission Strategies Engaging Essays Financial Aid Essentials Scholarships Wednesday, April 17,2019 @7:15 PM Ehtical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Rd, Garden City, NY 11530. Register at: www.CollegeConnect.info

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

SERVICES

TUTORING

ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314

NEED A TUTOR?

Looking for a certified teacher to tutor your child in English or Math this summer? Monday-Friday. Garden City. Flexible Scheduling. Qualifications: Certified grades 1-6 General & Special Education. For more information call: 516-909-0154 SERVICES

TUTORING

PRIVATE TUTORING FOR GRADES K-6

Give your child a helping hand! Licensed NYC / NYS Dept of Education teacher available to tutor students grades K-6. Contact Audrey Sullivan, M.S.Ed 347-628-8872 (voice/text) seguenow@aol.com

Are you a professional?

Our Professional Guide is sure to bring results. Call 294-8900 for rates and information.

CLEANING AVAILABLE

Houses and Apartments. Flexible days and hours. Experienced, reasonable prices. Very good references. Own transportation. Please call 516-272-5154

FIORELLA CLEANING SERVICES

Homes, Apartments, Offices 10 years experience Trustworthy & Dependable Call: 516-451-6925 516-265-2020

Email: Fiorellahuaman94@gmail.com

GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING SPRING INTO ACTION HOME WINDOW CLEANING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR SERVICE BY OWNER

Fully Insured/25 yrs experience 516-764-5686 631-220-1851

SERVICES

A & J MOVING & STORAGE:

Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www. ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION SERVICE:

Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125

DISH TV

$59.99 for 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. Call 1-800-943-0838

ELDER HOME CARE

Respect, Compassion, Empathy Experienced Caregivers offer Companionship, Bathing, Dressing, Meal Prep, Walks, Transportation for Errands, Shopping, Pet Care. Specializing in Parkison’s, Dementia & Alzheimer’s. 516-405-5910 www.nyaide.com

OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE : Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed / insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516-466-9220

Love to write?

We are looking for articles on local topics, opinions, ideas, nice places to visit on Long Island, and even fiction. In our Discover magazine section, we will try to feature one new article and writer each week. Each writer will be reimbursed a stipend of $25.00, and articles should be between 1,500 and 3,000 words. If you want to be published and be part of an issue of Discovery, you may submit your article to: editor@gcnews.com

SHOPPING FOR SUPPORT

Clipping pet item coupons for Last Hope is a great and easy way to give your support. Every coupon we receive helps to defray our costs, particularly for dog and cat food. They can either be dropped off at our adoption center at 3300 Beltagh Avenue in Wantagh, or mailed to Last Hope, PO Box 7025, Wantagh 11793. Please share our need with your friends and family. Thank you!

Visit http://lasthopeanimalrescue.org to read about Last Hope’s programs and to see the fabulous array of fantastic felines eagerly awaiting adoption into their forever homes!

Syosset Public Library Art Gallery

Patricia Luppino, Botanical Ar tist

May 5 – May 26, 2019

Patricia Luppino’s art will be exhibited in the library’s art gallery from May 5 through May 26. Reception Sat., May 4, 2-4 pm. Open to the public. Patricia Luppino is a botanical artist, born in Brooklyn and a lifelong resident of Long Island. She is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists and the Colored Pencil Society of America. Her work has been included

in numerous juried international botanical art exhibitions held throughout the United States. She was first prize winner of Smithtown Arts Council’s Native Blooms exhibition in 2011. She was awarded a Diploma with Distinction from the Society of Botanical Artists in London in 2008. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon and in many private collections.

Artwork by Patricia Luppino, Botanical Artist

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Second half school taxes due

Town residents are reminded that the Second Half of the 2018-2019 School Tax Levy is due on April 1, but can be paid without penalty through May 10.  Please be certain to sign your check, payable to James J. Stefanich, receiver of taxes.  Indicate your property’s S.D. Code, Section, Block, Lot and telephone number on the check.

“By law, a taxpayer has a 40-day penalty free period from the date the tax is due during which payment may be made without penalty,” Mr. Stefanich explained.  “After the 40 days, a one percent penalty is added for each month the tax remains unpaid, retroactive to April 1.”

Residents can pay in person, by either cash or check, at the Tax Office, Oyster Bay Town Hall West, 74 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, or by check only at our office in Town Hall South (rear entrance), located at 977 Hicksville Road in Massapequa.  When paying the tax bill in person, taxpayers are reminded to bring the entire tax bill with their payments.

Homeowners, 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. 11771-1539.  Payments being made by mail should include the second half stub.  Residents should NOT write on, fold, staple or otherwise deface the tax stub as it can cause the computer system to reject the payment.

Residents now have free access to tax bills online with the ability to pay taxes through ACH check payment or credit card.  These services are available through a link on our Town website, www.oysterbaytown.com.

Residents should be aware there is a service fee if they chose to pay taxes online (Town of Oyster Bay receives no portion of fee).

“When calling the Tax Office for information on property taxes, residents are requested to have the school district, section, block and lot numbers of the property in question available.  This information is listed on the tax bill and on the property deed,” added Receiver Stefanich.

Town plans

Salute to Seniors luncheon

The Town of Oyster Bay will host a luncheon to celebrate the seniors of the community at a Salute to Senior Luncheon at the Crest Hollow Country Club, located at 8325 Jericho Turnpike, in Woodbury. The event, which is sponsored by the Town’s Department of Community and Youth Services, Division of Senior Services, will take place on Tuesday, May 7, and will be open to both residents and non-residents of the Town.

“The Town’s Senior Division of our Department of Community and Youth Services offers our residents many great activities, spread out at various Town facilities throughout the year. These activities can help seniors stay active, healthy, and engaged,” Supervisor Saladino said. “I invite our senior residents to take full advantage of the full slate offered

by our Senior Division, especially our Salute to Senior Luncheon, which has proven to be one of the most popular events we host in the Town each year.”

The Salute to Seniors Luncheon will be held at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on Tuesday, May 7. The trip, which will cost $45 per person for residents and $55 per person for non-residents, includes a luncheon and entertainment, valet parking, and Town bus transportation (if required). The registration deadline is April 2, and checks should be made payable to “TOB Senior Trips.”

For more information on the Senior Summer Program, residents should call the Division of Senior Citizens Services at 516-797-7939, or visit www. oysterbaytown.com.

Jericho boys to compete in Portugal soccer tournament

Two Jericho Middle School students, Luke Agosta and Max Cerbonem, along with their teammates who play for the Valencia Football Club NY Academy, have won a chance to travel to Cascais, Portugal, this month to compete in the world-renowned Iber Cup tournament. The team has qualified as the only USA team to compete in their U12 age group against teams from 26 other countries, including Spain, France, England,Brazil, Israel, Japan and China among others.

Valencia CF NY Academy is an academy-based team training program out of Greenvale sponsored by the Spanish based Valencia CF team who competes in La Liga.

The team is led by Academy Director Leigh Pilkington and coached by Luis Hormigo from the parent club in Spain. The team also qualified for the New York State Cup Quarterfinal Round with a decisive 3-2 win.

For more information, please visit https://valenciacfacademy-ny.com/

Irish Family History Forum

On Saturday, April 20, at 10 am, the Irish Family History Forum will present "Joan Koster-Morales - Behind the Institutional Walls of 19th-Century New York City: What’s to Be Found?"

Joan Koster-Morales will discuss how to access institutional records, when available, online and in archives. She will also talk about the impact of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) on records access and current New York State Freedom of Information law.

The schedule for the day will be: 10:00 am: Kathleen McGee: Genealogy Tips and Tricks 10:45 am: Refreshment Break

Meet and socialize with other members.

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

11:15 am: Featured Speaker: Joan Koster-Morales

Meetings are free and open to the public.

Light refreshments are served.

The meeting will take place at the Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage.

For information: contact Pat at programs@ifhf.org or website: www.ifhf. org

Team Valencia CF 2007 Black

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County of Nassau

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH TRUST 2006-18, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 200618, Plaintiff AGAINST

SUN KYUNG LIM, SEOK KI MIN, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 15, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on May 14, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 49 COLONY LANE, SYOSSET, NY 11791. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 15., BLOCK 134, LOT 48. Approximate amount of judgment $766,778.21 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-001657.

WAYNE HENRY WINK, JR., ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 SYO 4271

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NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County of Nassau BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006AR18 TRUST, Plaintiff against THANWAR K. PUNJABI, et al Defendants

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered December 17, 2018, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom), in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 on May 14, 2019 at 11:30 AM. Premises known as 20 Tulip Lane, Syosset, NY 11791. Sec 15 Block A Lot 2302. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Muttontown, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $1,761,623.27 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 009635/09.

Karl C. Seman, Esq., Referee SPSNY282

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590

SYO 4272

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NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

Nassau County

U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff against BARBARA VOIGT, et al Defendants

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered March 6, 2019, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom), in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 on April 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM. Premises known as 242 Halsey Avenue, Jericho, NY 11753. Sec 11 Block 377 Lot 6. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Jericho, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $908,719.45 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 2908/2015.

Rita Solomon, Esq., Referee Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590

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This Week at the

Syosset P ublic Library

Friday, April 12 at 10:30 AM

Home Improvement AssistanceProgram for Senior Citizens and Physically Challenged

Presenter: The speaker is a representative from The Town of Oyster Bay’s Department of Intergovernmental Affairs

The lecture will provide information to residents of TOBAY who are senior citizens or physically challenged to make essential home improvements by providing interest free loans for necessary home repairs. This event is free.

Friday, April 12 at 2:00 PM

Annuals & Perennials for the Spring & Summer Garden

Presenter: Paul Levine, horticulturalist

Discover what plants are the best to beautify your spring and summer garden. You will learn the best locations to plant, watering techniques, the best soil, and how to get rid of pesky insects. Some plants will be raffled off at the end of the program. This event is free.

Thursday, April 18 at 2:00 PM Free Speech and the Constitution - Part 1

Presenter: James Coll, adjunct professor of American and Constitutional history at Nassau Community College and Hofstra University and a retired NYPD detective “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…” Despite the wording of the Amendment above, the Supreme Court ruled in a 1919 decision that free speech does not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic.  As a consequence, the government routinely makes laws preventing people from speaking or expressing themselves in every instance without recourse.  In a two-part lecture/discussion other landmark Supreme Court decisions will be analyzed to address the historic challenge of balancing this important civil liberty. This event is free.

Programs will take place at the Syosset Public Library.   225 South Oyster Bay Rd. Syosset. For more information, go to www.syossetlibrary.org

Sold Price: $716,000

Date: 11/01/2018

4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Farm Ranch # of Families: 1

Lot Size: 60x183

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $14,002

MLS# 3040391 40

Sold Price: $927,500

Date: 02/26/2019

3 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Condo Schools: Syosset Total Taxes: $27,568 MLS# 3039958

31 Caumsett Woods Lane, Woodbury

Sold Price: $1,465,000

Date: 02/27/2019

7 beds, 4 Full baths

Style: Colonial # of Families: 1

Lot Size: 128x170

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $40,788

MLS# 3079573

Woodbury Road, Woodbury

Sold Price: $345,000

Date: 02/27/2019

3 beds, 1 Full/1 Half baths

Style: Colonial # of Families: 1

Lot Size: 72x209

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $14,847

MLS# 3090290

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