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WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL

Students filled the halls on Tuesday, September 3 to start the 2019-2020 school year. See pages 22-23.

Photo by Denise Nash

“One Last Summer Blast”

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that the Lords of 52nd Street will play ‘one last summer blast’ concert at Ellsworth Allen Park in Farmingdale on Saturday, September 21 at 7:30 p.m. This free concert will offer Town residents one last chance

to soak up summertime fun before the fall season arrives.

The Lords of 52nd Street features the legends of The Billy Joel Band, including Richie Cannata, Liberty DeVitto, and Russell Javors.

“The Town’s Music Under the Stars summertime concert

series is far and away one of the most popular programs in our Town, and I am delighted that my administration can offer residents the chance to enjoy one additional date, and one last chance to enjoy the See page 8

Town of Oyster Bay: Save the Oyster Festival

With the East Coast’s largest waterfront festival only six weeks away, Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino gathered organizers of the Oyster Festival to call upon the business community to help support this premier event, which benefits the local economy and attracts up to 200,000 visitors from throughout the tristate region.

Supervisor Saladino said, “This annual tradition, which has been in operation for nearly four decades, provides great festivities for residents throughout the tristate area. More importantly, the Oyster Bay Rotary Club and the Oyster Bay Charitable Fund provide the opportunity through this festival to benefit more than two dozen local not-for-profits. Unfortunately, a recent pullout by local sponsors has left this annual tradition in peril, and quite frankly, we cannot allow that to happen.”

After reading the news, some good corporation citizens contacted the Festival Committee to help fill the gap. First, Blumenfeld Development Group (BDG, Ltd.), led by its President Ed Blumenfeld, has committed $5,000 to the event. BDG, Ltd. president Ed Blumenfeld said, “When asked if BDG could help keep open the Oyster Festival I said, ‘shucks, of course we can. What would it cost us? A couple of clams? It

certainly wouldn’t be out of our depth.’ Seriously, this event celebrates our heritage, good times and the shared experience of living on Long Island. Companies that have enjoyed success on the island have a responsibility to give back to our community. I am grateful Supervisor Saladino has made this appeal so that we could respond appropriately.”

Stop & Shop has also committed $5,000 to the festival, as well as Ferrari-Maserati Long Island in Plainview.

Bob Yager, SVP Sales and Operations for Stop & Shop stated, “Knowing that the Oyster Festival is such a beloved event not just for local residents - but for visitors from around the world - Stop & Shop was proud to step in to ensure that this Long Island tradition lives on. We’re excited to support this year’s celebration of great food, family, and community.”

Stuart Hayim, owner and principal at Ferrari-Maserati Long Island in Plainview, stated, “The Oyster Festival has become as much a Long Island tradition as the Jones Beach boardwalk, pumpkin picking and sledding down the hill at Bethpage.

We, and those Long Island companies that recognize the importance of supporting this tradition, See page 8

Officials collect school supplies PAGE 6 Town honors 9/11 illness victims PAGE 2

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Syosset Board of Education to meet

The Syosset Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, September 16 at 8 p.m. in the auditorium at South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset. There will also be a public hearing on the Code of Conduct during the meeting.

Knights to hold Comedy Night

The Joseph Barry Knights of Columbus will hold a comedy night on Saturday, October 12 from 7-11 p.m.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy the comedy of three comedians, a floor show and a DJ. The evening will include an open bar, food, dessert and coffee and tea.

Cost is $40 per person.

Town memorial honors victims of 9/11 illness

Please make checks payable to "Joseph Barry Knights of Columbus".

Reservations are required. No money will be accepted at the door.

The Knights of Columbus are located at 45 Heitz Place, Hicksville.

For more information please call Don at 516-433-0360.

The Color Guard at the Town of Oyster Bay’s annual Memorial Ceremony in remembrance of the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

The Town of Oyster Bay's annual Memorial Ceremony in remembrance of the victims of the September 11, 2001 Attacks on America also unveiled the new 9/11 Walls of Honor in memory of those who tragically lost their lives to 9/11-related cancer and illnesses.

The Town’s 9/11 Memorial, located at TOBAY Beach, is inscribed with the names of residents lost on September 11, 2001. The Memorial features a steel

beam recovered from the World Trade Center. The new Walls of Honor features the names of those lost in relation to 9/11 illnesses. The ceremony included a candlelight vigil, vocal performances, religious readings and bagpipe music.

Hundreds of residents, including various members of local fire and police departments, as well as other emergency personnel were on hand for the occasion.

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BY TOM MONTALBANO The Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Street Fair provides a rare opportunity to get out and see downtown Syosset without the stress and safety concerns of Jackson Avenue’s sometimes overwhelming automobile traffic. If you’ve been thinking about exploring the history of the downtown area, the day of the fair is a good time to gather your family and take this quick self-guided historical walking tour, prepared by Tom Montalbano, lifelong Syosset resident and author of several books about the SyossetWoodbury area.

The walk covers a little more than half-a-mile and stays within the fair zone, for the most part. The suggested starting point is at the stained glass “Sail” sculpture in front of the LIRR station, on the north side of the tracks. From there, you will head north, through the fair, stopping at various shops and other landmarks along the way to learn a little about the businesses that lined Syosset’s downtown streets in the 19th and 20th Centuries. The descriptions of each location have been edited down to the basics to keep the length of your walk

The Syosset LIRR station

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A Syosset walking tour

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Walk for Autism at Burns Park The Town of Oyster Bay’s Annual Walk for Autism, held to benefit the Advantage Care Health Center’s Fay J. Linder Center for Autism & Developmental Disabilities. The Walk, now in its 12th year, will take place on Saturday, September 21, at John J. Burns Town Park in Massapequa.

“Autism can present itself in a wide range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication, as well as by unique strengths and differences,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino stated. “It is estimated that the condition effects 1 in every 68 people in the United States, and the earlier it is diag-

nosed, the greater the ability to help with intervention services.”

Registration for the event begins at 10 a.m., with the walk commencing at 11 a.m. A post-walk tailgate party is also held rain or shine.

Councilman Steve Labriola said, “We are pleased to once again host this event to benefit the Fay J. Linder Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, which the highest quality state-of-theart clinical services to people with Autism Spectrum disorders.”

For more information, contact the Town of Oyster Bay Parks Department, Recreation Division, at (516) 797-4125 ext. 2 or visit www.advantagecaredtc. org/TOBwalk.

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Free rabies clinic for dogs, cats, ferrets The Town of Oyster Bay, in partnership with the Nassau County Department of Health, will offer free rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats and ferrets. Open to all residents, the vaccination clinic will be held on Saturday, September 14, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Town Animal Shelter located at 150 Miller Place in Syosset.

“Our pets are members of our family and this is an excellent opportunity to protect them against rabies,” said Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “Pet-owners should take advantage of this vaccination clinic to protect their entire family.”

New York State law requires that all dogs, cats and domesticated ferrets be vaccinated against rabies. If an unvaccinated pet or one that’s overdue for its vaccination comes into contact with a rabid or suspected rabid animal, the pet must either be euthanized or strictly quarantined for six months. However, if a vaccinated animal comes into contact with a wild animal, it needs only a booster vaccination which must be administered within five days of exposure. To protect your family and your pet, it is

absolutely essential that your animals have up-to-date rabies inoculations.

It is recommended for dogs, cats and ferrets older than four months to receive their first two shots one year apart and additional booster shots every three years thereafter. Dogs must be on leashes when inside the clinic and cats and ferrets must be in enclosed carriers.

Councilwoman Michele Johnson stated, “Personnel from the Town’s Animal Shelter will be on hand to help with the large number of animals expected, in addition to assisting residents interested in adopting a dog or cat. Remember that September is free adoption month at our shelter!”

The clinic also offers to microchip pets for $25. Microchips carry a unique identification number for a pet so if they ever get lost they can be taken to a vet clinic or animal shelter where they will be scanned for the unique microchip ID number. No reservations are necessary for the clinic.

For more information, contact the Town of Oyster Bay Animal Shelter at (516) 677-5784 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.

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This Week at the Syosset Public Library Thursday, September 12 (also October 10 & November 14) from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Seniors of Syosset Presenter: Mid-Island Y JCC Come meet staff from “Seniors of Syosset” a new program of the MidIsland Y JCC, offering services to help older adults age-in-place in Syosset.

Funded through New York State Office for the Aging, Seniors of Syosset is a Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Community program. This new program, will offer social work support, community health nursing, volunteer-based transportation to local medical appointments and shopping, and other activities and services, including at the library! Whether you are a senior in need of support, someone who wants to volunteer helping the community, or just someone who wants to learn more, we hope you will drop-in and get involved! This is not a lecture. These are one-on- one drop in sessions. No registration required.

Drop in any of the three days.

Free. No registration required.

Thursday, September 12 at 2:00 PM

Judy Garland: The One, The Only Presenter: Marc Courtade, executive director, Huntington Arts Council Fred Astaire called Judy Garland the greatest entertainer who ever lived.

Her career began as a child performer in vaudeville, leading to one of the most highly-regarded careers in film musicals. Her health and physical problems as well as her untimely death cannot diminish the memory of her talent and the joy she still brings to millions.

Local officials collect supplies for school children

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Friday, September 13 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Saturday, September 14 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Sy-Con 2019 A biennial pop culture event that brings the excitement of a large-scale comic book convention right to you.

Complete with special guest speakers, an Artist’s Alley, workshops, crafts, cosplay and trivia contests, and exhibits, Sy-Con has something for fans of all ages. All are welcome to attend, but children under age 12 must be accompanied by an adult or guardian. For more information, visit www.sycon.org.

Thursday, September 19 at 2:00 PM

Myron Cohen Presenter: Ira Epstein, retired professor & chairperson of the Communications Skills Dept., LaGuardia Community College Myron Cohen was one of the finest American comedians and storytellers of the 20th century. He achieved lasting fame as a regular guest on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” A consummate dialect comedian, he used this ability, along with his trademark facial expressions to delight audiences with his storytelling humor. This lecture will show samples of his famous routines.

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Programs will take place at the Syosset Public Library. 225 South Oyster Bay Rd. Syosset.

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Senator Jim Gaughran, Legislator Spencer’s office and volunteers and staff from Tri CYA. On September 5, New York State Senator Jim Gaughran dropped of more than a dozen boxes filled with back-to-school supplies and backpacks at Tri Community and Youth Agency, ‘Tri CYA,’ in Huntington. Senator Gaughran and Legislator Doc Spencer collected supplies from across the district as part of a back-to-school supply drive on behalf of Tri CYA. Tri CYA provides the supplies to local community children to ensure a successful

school year.

Senator Jim Gaughran said “A strong education is the cornerstone for success in our youth. Ensuring our students have the tools they need to succeed in the classroom is vitally important to ensuring they thrive during the school year. Thank you to Tri CYA for all of the great work that they do in supporting our students and making sure they are prepared for school.”

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“One Last Summer Blast” Town of Oyster Bay: concert on Sept. 21 Save the Oyster Festival From page 1

summer season before as we transition into fall,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “The Lords of 52nd Street are legends of rock n’ roll and put on an amazing performance each time out, recreating all of Billy Joel’s indelible hits that they were originally a part of. The Town is proud to present this free concert to residents.”

The Lords of 52nd Street will perform

at Ellsworth Allen Park on Saturday, September 21 at 7:30 p.m. No seating will be allowed prior to 4:00 p.m. for the concert. For your comfort, please bring blankets or chairs. The event will be held outdoors, weather permitting.

For further information, please call the Town of Oyster Bay’s Department of Community & Youth Services at (516) 797-7900 or visit www.oysterbaytown. com.

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welcome the opportunity to ensure this Festival continues to welcome local families and visitors from around the world. I would be remiss if I did not also acknowledge the efforts of The Town of Oyster Bay to encourage businesses to flourish in the town so that, in turn, we may assist such festivals.”

Altice USA also confirmed a $10,000 sponsorship, and will provide $30,000 in free advertising.

“We are proud to offer multifaceted support to the Oyster Festival, as we have been in past years, which includes financial support, free Public Service Announcements about the festival to run on Optimum TV as well as coverage of the event by News 12,” said Altice USA spokeswoman Lisa Anselmo.”

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran has also informed the Town that she has requested funding from the IDA, to

also help save the Oyster Festival. The Town has also agreed to provide $20,000 in-kind services – meaning at no cost to taxpayers – to the organizers.

The Festival Committee continues to look for its Title Sponsor for the event, scheduled for the weekend of October 19 and 20 in Oyster Bay. For details, visit www.theoysterfestival.org.

“The Oyster Festival not only allows us to showcase our beautiful Town and all it has to offer, it is a major fundraising event which benefits non-profit organizations in the community,” Supervisor Saladino concluded. “This includes groups that provide services to veterans, children, senior citizens, the fire department and national historic landmarks. We cannot allow this great annual tradition – one that offers activities for the whole family while benefitting so many charitable organizations – to be taken away.”

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Getting kids the homework help they need Homework has long been a way to reinforce lessons learned in the classroom and ensure that the learning process continues when students leave school each day. A recent survey of teachers conducted by the University of Phoenix College of Education found that high school teachers assign about 17.5 hours of homework each week (3.5 hours per class), middle school teachers assign about 3.2, and elementary school teachers assign about 2.9 hours per week.

Thanks to ever-evolving curriculums and new problem-solving methodologies — particularly in mathematics — parents may no longer have the expertise to help their children with their homework, leading to confusion and frustration. So where does a parent and student turn when homework has become challenging?

Students who are struggling should not feel embarrassed about the fact that homework has become an issue.

Such students should speak with their parents, teachers or school counselors if they are having difficulty with their homework. Such discussions alert teachers that there are potential issues.

Teachers can be important resources because they can give specific advice on

assignments or strategies for tackling complex processes.

Next up, students and parents can consult with older students who have already “been there, done that” in terms of assignments. Oftentimes high school and college students volunteer their time for community service hours. Ask at the local library or at schools in town if older students offer homework help.

Families also can do their best to make the environment at home conducive to homework. Scholastic suggests setting up a schedule that includes a time indicating when assignments must be completed. In addition, setting up a quiet, distraction-free zone for doing homework can help kids concentrate on their assignments. Students can tackle harder assignments first, as they will likely take the bulk of the time, and then move on to the easier assignments.

If homework is taking a long time to complete, parents can speak to teachers about when it might be alright to offer youngsters some extra help.

If these homework helpers are ineffective, families can hire private tutors who can work on homework with the student and reinforce classroom lessons.

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A Syosset walking tour Continued from page 3 reasonable, but you will likely want to learn more when you are finished with the tour.

Please note that this historical walk is not officially endorsed by the Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce and that neither the Chamber nor the author make any representations as to the safety of walking the streets, sidewalks, and crossings of downtown Syosset, either on the day of the street fair or on any other day. Please proceed with caution and at your own risk.

START: The Syosset LIRR Station Established in 1854, the railroad station on Jackson Avenue is where modern-day Syosset began. Before the railroad came to town, Syosset was a sleepy farming community of fewer than 200 residents. When plans to build a branch off the main railroad line from Hicksville to the whaling port of Cold Spring Harbor stalled halfway through, Syosset became the end of the line and, subsequently, a transportation “hub” for all surrounding North Shore villages.

Soon after, hotels, saloons, and stage coach services sprang up in the area and Syosset was on its way to becoming a booming suburb. The first Syosset station house (shown above) was moved here from an under-utilized station in Far Rockaway in 1877 and rested on the same foundation as today’s ticket office and waiting room.

In its early days, this station received the hamlet’s mail, as well as telegraph messages sent via Western Union.

The station initially had a crossing guard to stop horse and wagon traffic on Jackson Avenue when a train passed through, but added manually operated crossing gates in the early 1900s and electric gates in 1952.

One of the most famous early commuters at this station was the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, who often used the station when traveling back and forth to his “Summer White House” in Oyster Bay. Other local celebrities who traveled in and out of this station over the years include music legend Billy Joel, Broadway star Idina Menzel, and movie actress Natalie Portman.

The original station received its first major overhaul in 1948, when the entire wooden façade was refinished in brick. In 1960, the LIRR built an overpass at the east end of the station to accommodate the rapidly increasing number of commuters.

Additional renovations were made in the early 1990s, again in the early 2000s, and then in 2018-2019, when the LIRR demolished virtually the entire station house and replaced it with the

modern structure that stands today.

The 21’ tall stainless steel and plexiglass sculpture that adorns the front of the current station is the work of Brooklyn-based artist, Tom Fruin. Designed as a welcoming gateway that signifies home, recreation, and the area’s natural attractions, the colorful sail casts a kaleidoscope of colorful shadows all day long.

Stop 1. Dunkin’ Donuts: Formerly the Syosset Station Diner, a friendly gathering place for morning commuters of the 1950s and 60s. The Station Diner took its fondness for railroad travelers over the top with a working model railroad that zipped around the counter area all day long!

Stop 2. Trackside Smoke Shop and J’s Natural Market: Originally a news stand operated by Abe Weinstock in the 1920s and 30s, Weintraub’s Stationers was one of downtown Syosset’s most beloved variety stores for almost forty years.

Although primarily a stationery store, Weintraub’s also offered toys, candy, cigarettes, magazines, and novelty gifts. Its lunch and ice cream counter, typical of the “soda fountains” seen in classic photos of the 50s and 60s, made it a popular hangout for teenagers. Weintraub’s, which began in the space now occupied by the smoke shop, eventually took over the adjoining store (now J’s Market), operating the latter as Syosset Stationers before eventually closing in the mid 1980s.

Stop 3. Fred’s Barber Shop: Now owned by Daniel and Effi, Syosset’s deep-rooted classic barbershop owes its name to Fred Maimone, an Italian immigrant who opened the shop in 1939, when the southernmost units in the downtown shopping strip were first built. Arguably the longest running “original” business in downtown Syosset, Fred’s has always been a meeting place for Syosset townspeople, going back to the days when dirty-booted farmers and expensively-dressed estate owners would sit side-by-side for haircuts and close, straight-blade shaves. Operated by Fred’s son, Tony, from the mid-1950s until 1999, Fred’s was the essence of old-time Syosset, and still delivers great haircuts and shaves in the tradition of its founder.

Stop 4. Sandy’s Shoe Repair: Added to the original shopping strip in 1939 along with the unit that housed Fred’s Barber Shop, Sandy’s Shoe repair was once a part of the Syosset Sport Shop, to be discussed in the notes below the next stop. It may have also been occupied, at one time,

by Pearl Hurley’s Dress Shop.

Stop 5. Lice Clinics of America (LCA): Before there were supermarkets in Syosset and Woodbury, shoppers had to duck in and out of several “specialty” stores to put togeth-

er a balanced meal. Although farms were still scattered throughout the area in the 1940s and early 50s, busy housewives and staff cooks from the nearby estates often preferred the expediency of buying their fresh vegetables and fruits at Charles Rella’s’s Syosset Produce Market, conveniently located near the shops where they purchased meat, dairy, and all their other food items. Syosset Produce, along with the adjacent store that now houses Sandy’s Shoe Repair, later became Warren Eckel’s Syosset Sport Center, the official supplier to the NY Islanders hockey team for several decades.

Stop 6. Zanza Couture: Syosset’s earliest post office facilities typically operated either out of the postmaster’s home or out of a general store.

As the village’s population grew and mail became more important to residents, the need arose for a dedicated, stand-alone post office. The Syosset US Post Office operated out of this store for just a few years in the early 1940s. When it moved to a larger space further north later in the decade, an interior decorator/upholsterer took over this space.

Stop 7. SoMich Skin Spa: In 1953, after housing the Coombs & Oliver Hardware Store during the 1930s and 40s, this space became Milton Feldman’s Fieldwood Store, a haberdashery for men and boys that later expanded into half of what is now Steve’s Piccola Bussola II to add the Lady Fieldwood annex. Before shopping malls took much of the business away from downtown “mom & pop shops,” Feldman’s two stores were Syosset’s headquarters for suits, shoes, and other semi-formal dress and business wear. The stores lasted into the early 1980s.

Stop 8. Steve’s Piccola Bussola II: In addition to once housing the Fieldwood Store, this restaurant space encompasses two stores whose early roots also go back to food. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (later A&P Supermarket) opened in 1931in the store that now houses the southernmost portion of Steve’s, selling not only specialty teas, but a variety of dry grocery goods. The A&P later expanded into what became known as a “supermarket” and moved to the south side of the railroad station, in the space that now houses the Northwell/Go Health Urgent Care Center.

The adjacent unit of Steve’s, which now features a sit-down bar, was once constantly engulfed in the irresistible aroma of fresh-baked goods, first from the oven of Marie and Hugo Von Walsleben, whose Syosset Bakery provided scrumptious German pastries to a generation of DepressionEra families, and later (c. 1945) from

the kitchen of Charlotte Kohler, who carried on that tradition for years afterward.

Stop 9. Formerly Wine & Design: The next store north of Syosset/ Kohler’s Bakery served as the pharmacy of C.F. Howard, known more commonly around town as “Doc Howard.” A dapper, congenial man with above average medical knowledge, Mr. Howard was often mistaken for an actual doctor, but held no medical degree. In addition to providing pharmaceutical services and first-aid supplies, C.F. Howard’s also featured candies, soaps, toiletries, magazines, and a soda fountain that was always stocked with fresh Sherry’s ice cream.

Stop 10. Signature Realty: The Post WWII population of Syosset loved its quick, convenient deli meats, which is why the Bahnhoff Deli enjoyed more than four decades as one of Syosset’s busiest establishments, opening its doors in this southernmost half of the current Signature Realty office in the 1950s. Named for the German word meaning “Railway Station,” Bahnhof Delicatessen quickly became one of Syosset commuters’ favorite stops on the way to and from the train and enjoyed a reputation as one of the finest delis on Long Island’s north shore.

Signature Realty’s annex, built one unit north of the main office, was part of the second home of the Syosset Bank, established in July of 1927 two stores north (currently unoccupied, formerly D’Alessandro’s Delicatessen) by a team of prominent local businessmen - just on the verge of the 1929 stock market crash that led to the Great Depression.

Despite the Depression and subsequent World War, the Syosset Bank ultimately established itself as one of the most successful independent financial institutions on Long Island and eventually moved to this larger space in 1942.

Stop 11. North End of Jackson Avenue Retail Stores: You may notice that the architectural style of the remaining stores changes at this point. This is where the original stores, built between 1930 and 1939, ended and the more “industrial” side of old Syosset began. Just north of Signature Realty was a parking lot for the school buses of K&S Transportation, owned

by Charles Krebs and John Schulz, entrepreneurs who once operated a number of downtown businesses that you will visit later. Adjacent to the lot was Krebs and Schulz’ International Trucks dealership, which sold robust commercial vehicles to the area’s farmers in the 1940s and 50s. A short distance north, Harry Watson and Edward Hazel maintained a headquarters for their company (Watson & Hazel), which started as a well-drill-

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ing operation and grew into the area’s exclusive provider of water hook-up and maintenance services.

Sometime in the later 1950s, Henry Bermingham, owner of the stores on the east side of Jackson Avenue, added several new units where the truck dealership and bus lot had been. Because the configuration and addressing of the stores was different, describing the exact locations of the businesses that filled them cannot be accomplished with total accuracy; however, as a rough estimate, the Dazzling Dogs Grooming Salon and the two currently unoccupied stores that flank it were once combined as the National 5&10 Cent store, built in 1952 and in operation for approximately thirty years. “Five and Ten Cent” stores were all the rage in the 1950s due, in part, to the proliferation of plastics, which enabled manufacturers to offer innovative, inexpensive consumer products. This general block of stores also represents the approximate location of the second Syosset Public Library, which began on Roosevelt Street and moved into what was #20 Jackson Avenue in 1962 before leaving the downtown completely in favor of its current location on South Oyster Bay Road.

Further north, in approximately the space where Cardinali Bakery exists today, was the expanded Syosset Radio & Television, a TV, radio, and HiFi Stereo showroom and repair shop that had started in the triangle across the road and upgraded to a much larger facility, spanning two or three stores, in the 1970s.

Arati Sushi is the former home of the much beloved Syosset Sweet Shop, which dates back to the days when fruit-flavored ice cream and candy were perceived to be just as healthy as the fruits they were named after.

At the Scissors Salon & Day Spa, you can almost hear the clanging of forks and dishes at the counter of the old Syosset Luncheonette, which started in the current Northwell GoHealth shopping center south of the tracks in the late 1940s and eventually moved here, where it became a bustling breakfast nook for Syosset old-timers.

The three stores just south of today’s Village Pharmacy hosted three long-running Syosset businesses, only one of which remains today.

Anthony Jewelers, which started in a row of stores that once existed on the opposite side of Jackson Avenue, rivals Fred’s Barber Shop as one of Syosset’s longest-lived establishments. It was flanked on the south first by an expanded Syosset Post office (which had moved from the store now occupied by Zanza) and later by Olney’s Liquors, which lasted into the 1980s. To its north was Syosset Camera, which fed the post-

WWII photography boom in Syosset and surrounding areas until the mid1990s.

Stop 12. Village Pharmacy/ Wine Cellar: Before our area had mega-pharmacies seemingly every half-mile or so, Syosset Drugs & Surgical was the place to fill a prescription, shop for first aid supplies, or purchase an assistive device of any kind. The store, which opened in the early 1970s, was one of the first businesses in Syosset to experiment with a plastic card payment system that eventually became what we now know as a debit card. Syosset Drugs survived into the 1990s, when it was briefly replaced by a day care center and ultimately transformed into the current Village Pharmacy and Wine Cellar liquor store.

Stop 13. Syosset Fire Department Headquarters: The Syosset F.D.’s headquarters on Cold Spring Road, built in 1953 and now under renovation, was quite an upgrade from the original firehouse that you will be visiting on Muttontown Road. Take note of the large metallic “gong” on display in front of the building. This is a locomotive “tire” purchased from the LIRR in 1918 and used as Syosset Fire Company No. 1’s first fire bell. Upon being notified of a blaze, a volunteer would grab a heavy metal pipe and strike this object repeatedly, creating a loud clanging noise to summon firefighters to the station. The 100-yearold gong has been on display since the new headquarters opened sixty-six years ago.

Note: Before moving on, carefully cross Cold Spring Road and take a moment to visit the beautiful Syosset Fire Department Memorial Park, completed earlier this year. Stay on this side of the street to continue to the next stop.

Stop 14. CVS Pharmacy: There are still some long-time Syosset residents who sorely miss the old King Kullen Supermarket that occupied this building in the 1970s and 80s. The last of several downtown supermarkets of the post WWII-era, once King Kullen was gone, the closest place to buy an apple or a frozen dinner was in Woodbury.

As a bonus bit of information, the Syosset Stock Farm, a horse-breeding ranch that stood on this site in the late 1800s, reportedly once boarded a steed belonging to 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant.

(Please proceed past Bagel Master and the Roslyn Savings Bank to Berry Hill Road) Stop 15. Platia Greek Kitchen: People who grew up in Syosset, particularly during the 1970s, will always see this building (which has been a virtual revolving door of restaurants over the past 25 years) as the origi-

nal Syosset Friendly’s, where teenagers met and shared giant milkshakes after school and families celebrated almost every Little League victory, school concert, and other special event. Picture a classic 1950s malt shop like “Arnold’s” on the TV show Happy Days and you will have a good picture of the old Friendly’s.

(Turn right onto Berry Hill Road and carefully cross the street toward Stop 16.)

Stop 16. Pamper Cleaners/La Bottega: Between the mid 1800s and the mid 1900s, Syosset residents could purchase (or barter) just about anything they needed from the general store operated out of this location by several generations of the Van Sise family. Started in the mid-1850s

by Cornelius Van Sise, the Van Sise General Store sold everything from dry groceries and dairy products to farm tools and work boots. It also served as Syosset’s post office for almost an entire century. Mail would be collected by a clerk at the Syosset railroad station and brought here for pick-up by residents, who would often stick around for a few hours chatting with friends and neighbors. Three generations of the Van Sise family eventually ran this store, with the last Van Sise (Charles Alfred) performing the building renovations that resulted in the two-story structure that stands today. Missing from the current building, however, are the gasoline pumps that once stood out front. Charles retired and closed the shop in 1955 and, in later years, the building housed the popular B&B Fish & Clam Market, as well as the last incarnation of the Syosset Sport Shop.

(Please proceed on Berry Hill Road back toward the downtown area) Stop 17. Berry Hill-Split Rock Intersection: Syosset’s original war memorial, a war cannon and a monument to Syosset servicemen of World Wars I and II, stood here briefly after World War II. When the monument was transferred to an open lot in the Jackson Avenue shopping strip later in the 1940s, the cannon was sold for scrap metal. Today, the monument rests in the Memorial Park on Underhill Blvd.

(Carefully cross Split Rock Road toward the Town of Oyster Bay Senior Housing Complex at the corner of Split Rock and Muttontown Roads) Stop 18. Town of Oyster Bay Senior Housing: Although automobiles had replaced horses as Syosset villagers’ primary source of transportation by the 1920s, the wealthy residents of Muttontown and Split Rock Roads still enjoyed honing their equestrian skills, often scheduling lessons with “Colonel” Theodore Galitzan (“Galiza”), a champion horsemen who ran a riding academy

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A Syosset walking tour

and boarding stable on this 5.2 acre property from the early 1940s to the early 1970s. Legend has it that a young Jacklyn Bouvier, future wife of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady of the United States, was among the many elite citizens who received a lesson or two here.

(Continue west on Muttontown Road a short distance to reach Stop 19) Stop 19. J&M Auto Body: After relying on impromptu bucket brigades for hundreds of years - and on established fire departments in surrounding communities for many decades - vigilant Syosset residents finally formed a local fire company in 1915. Built by volunteer firemen the following year at a cost of less than $3,000, this building housed Syosset Fire Company No. 1’s first makeshift truck, which carried two forty-gallon copper chemical tanks and 200 feet of narrow leather hose. Here, Company No. 1 hosted many fundraising events over the years, including wrestling matches, card parties, and visits from the Prince of Wales and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. The Syosset FD still owns this building today.

(Please walk back toward Jackson Avenue and cross over to the Shell gasoline station) Stop 20. Syosset Triangle/Shell Gasoline Station: Traditionally known as the “Syosset Triangle,” this piece of property has seen a great deal of activity over the years. Sometime around 1820, the ten-room Syosset Hotel opened its doors here, providing food, liquor, and board for traveling farmers. The LIRR’s arrival in 1854 was a major boon to business, and soon the hotel was overflowing with customers. A heated political discussion in the hotel’s saloon in 1871 led to a murder and a subsequent trial that captivated Syosset locals for months, if not years. The Triangle later housed Charles Krebs & John Schulz’s very successful Syosset Garage, one of many businesses within the partnership’s downtown dynasty. Opened in 1930, the Syosset Garage quickly led to three adjacent extensions of the business: the International Trucks dealership and K&S Transportation Company across Cold Spring Road (mid-1930s) and the Krebs & Schulz Motors Plymouth DeSoto dealership directly across Jackson Avenue, which you will visit shortly.

(Please cross back to the side of the street where you see The Omland Building, Midnight Design, One Spring Coffee, etc.)

Stop 21. The Omland Building (Wood & Stone, Roxx Realty, etc.): Syosset (and Long Island, in general) were not very welcoming to Italian Continued on page 21

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Global Scavenger Hunt: In the Scramble to be Crowned ‘World’s Best Travelers’

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM It is marvelous to listen to the other nine teams in the Global Scavenger Hunt, a 23-day mystery tour around the world where we don’t know where we are going until we get the call to get to the airport - excitedly relate their separate adventures and experiences. This happens when we gather at airports (which the teams use as time to do peer-review of each other’s lists of scavenges completed and points won), on the bus to a hotel, at breakfast, or when we come together for the meetings where we get our booklets describing the challenges in a destination or find out where we are going next. Indeed, even though this is in a theoretical sense a contest, a competition, it is a friendly competition and people are helpful even though the rules prohibit actual collaboration.

Even those who have dropped out of the competition still pick up on organizer Bill Chalmers’ (the Chief Experience Officer and ringmaster) challenges because they invariably lead us to wondrous and fascinating things that we may not have considered, or some experience at a highlight that we might not have considered that prompts

The Global Scavenger Hunt “Lazy Monday” team of Kathryn & Eric of California race to complete the scavenge challenge in Petra, Jordan. © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

new perspective and understanding. And since the competition is intended to crown “World’s Best Travelers” it is designed to chal-

lenge one’s ability for logistics and handling the inevitable trials and tribulations of travel. That’s the sport.

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Continued from page D1 of Houston, has now done the Global Scavenger Hunt more than a dozen times and won it five times, in addition to being avid adventure travelers on their own. But they appreciate the difference in traveling this way – first as a mystery tour, so you have no ability to research or plan in advance what you will see or do at a destination; second, the challenges force you to experience things or see things from a different point of view and become immersed, even in an abbreviated way, in local culture and society; and third, the rules (such as not being able to use your cell

phone or computer to research or book, not being allowed to book through the hotel’s concierge, not being allowed to hire a taxi driver for more than two trips) are aimed at making you “trust in strangers” and interact with local people.

Midway through our adventure, the Lawyers are currently leading the contest (no surprise). Rainey explains that a lot is luck (for example timing), but I think it is more art and willingness to embrace challenge as opportunity.

And an ability to plan so effectively you can accomplish more scavenges, higher-point scavenges, and simply amass

A few of the Global Scavenger Hunt teams gather for dinner in a local restaurant in Amman, Jordan © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

Rainey & Zoe of Lawyers Without Borders, from Houston, and Vivian and Sal of Team Order & Chaos, from California, do their peer review at the airport in Vietnam © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

points. The problem is, if you fail to achieve any of the “mandatory” challenges, you don’t get any points at all for that leg.

“It’s different than regular travel,” Rainey tells me. “Play the game. The sheet gives purpose to do things you wouldn’t do. You have to plot. It’s a brilliant way to see things... You decide how many to do, but you turn to look and find another. How between trains you might have an hour, and get 3 scavenges done. It’s an experience to get it done. I feel pity for those who are just there – no points.”

Innocuous things bring a sense of accomplishment (like identifying local fish at the market). “How you solve. I love the game. We have been lucky this year,” he says, pointing to how one of the mandatory challenges in Jordan was to be at the Citadel in Amman at sunset – no mean feat since they had to get there from Petra. The sunset was at 7 and they arrived at 6:15 only to discover the Citadel closes at 6 pm. It was cash, not luck, that got them in: they paid the guard $5 to let them in to get the photos they needed as proof at sunset. “We would have lost the whole competition if he didn’t let us in.”

At the Dead Sea, where the mandatory challenge was to swim, it was nighttime when they arrived, but found someone (the kindness of strangers, is a theme of the Global Scavenger Hunt), to let them take the required dip.

At Wadi Rum in Jordan, where they stayed in a tented camp, another mandatory was to be on a camel wearing headdress. But it was night and camel rides

were no longer available. They found somebody to provide the camel and even let him put on his headdress. They then paid a guy with a pick up truck to bring them from the tented camp to a taxi at 3:40 am to get to Petra by 6:15 am (when I met them). They completed the challenge of making it all the way through Petra, hiking up the Monastery Trail (about 8 miles altogether) by 9:15 am when they dashed off to Jerash (by 2:30 pm), accomplishing in three hours what it takes most 4-5 hours.

They had to sit through an hourlong church service before the required element would appear, took a Turkish bath, went to a café to smoke a hooka, ate falafel at a particular place, sent a stamped postcard from Petra to Petra (Bill and Pam Chalmers’ daughter who couldn’t come on the trip), and for the “beastie” challenge, pose on a camel.

“Points are king,” he tells me.

But here’s an example of real luck: Getting back from Inle Lake in Myanmar, Zoe has her plane ticket but Rainey did not (again, they had to be back in time for the 6 pm deadline).

Rainey was 30 on the waitlist, when a man offered his place on the plane. “I had to run to an ATM down the street to get the cash to give him.” (Read Zoe’s blog: https://zoeandraineygreatescape. blogspot.com) Think of it as “Around the World in 80 Days,” where Phileas Fogg had to use such ingenuity to get place to place (and out of trouble) by a deadline to win the bet. Or how Indiana Jones, who had that powerful scene at Petra, in “”The Last Crusade used the clues in

Sally Silverman of The Fillies team, from Philadelphia, at the Falcon Hospital in Abu Dhabi © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

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his father’s notebook in pursuit of The Holy Grail, which ended with a “leap of faith.” (If the trip sounds a lot like “The Amazing Race,” that is not coincidence – rumor has it that the reality TV show producers got the idea from the Global Scavenger Hunt.)

I think upon Chalmers’ pep talk during our 8-hour layover challenge in Bangkok: You escape the airport albeit for

a short time with only one rule… don’t miss your flight! …you embrace this short window of opportunity …you take a mini-excursion…explore a neighborhood…see something you’ve always wanted to see …you stretch your legs in an exotic locatio …you go out and see and do as much as possible

…you maximize your exposure to a new place, a new culture …you engage with real human beings …you have a good time …take a whirlwind hit n’ run no-timeto-waste tour …but the clock is ticking— you have to be time sensitive …you won’t turn into a pumpkin—but you will miss your flight! …so efficiency matters…you have to

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know when to walk away—it’s just not working out …forget lines and mass tourism spots …our layover challenges test their Travel IQ …their situational awareness… …but they have to be careful, be smart …remember the vagaries of local logistics …and the airport boogaloo awaiting See page D5

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On Great Eats Diners

BY LOU THEODORE Food has been defined as anything eaten to satisfy an appetite and to meet needs for growth. It maintains all body processes and supplies energy to maintain body temperature and activity. So food is important. But the questions that remains is – where should the food be consumed? At home? In a restaurant? This fourth article on Great Eats is concerned with diners and servers as a follow-up to an excellent May 25, 2019 New York Times (NYT) diner article titled “A Last Cup of Coffee, to Go.” As one might suppose, the word diner has come to mean different things to different people. Webster defines diner as “a small restaurant built to look like a dining car and equipped to serve meals” while the NYT offered “factory-made lunch cars, often with stainless-steel finishes and neon signs.” Others might describe it as something between a step above a simple eatery with a limited menu to a restaurant with an extensive menu, fancy booths, full bar, take-out menu, etc. The former would probably best describe my father’s “9 stool - 3 table business at the North end of Hell’s Kitchen prior to being evicted by Robert Moses, while the latter would best describe the first two of the diners to be described shortly.

But, then again, why a follow-up article? The NYT article keyed on diner history and diners located in New York City. This article expands the diner story to include not only those in Queens but also Long Island. What follows is a short writing on a diner in Queens and five diners on Long Island.

I asked each diner owner to comment on their background, their business, the present state of the diner business, and the future of diners. Here is some of how these six individuals responded.

1. The Old Westbury Diner (formerly Seacrest), 4 Glen Cove Road, Old Westbury.

The premier upscale diner on the Island. Owned by Stavros Dimas, who emigrated (legally) from Greece in 1980.

He has expressed major concerns with rising labor costs and believes only the large diners will survive in the future.

My Take? One of my favorites. Great breakfast, full bar, expansive menu,

excellent food, easy parking, very pleasant owner who is concerned with the community, and excellent service. This place is also the closest thing to a classy restaurant.

2. The Apollo, 630 Merrick Avenue, East Meadow.

The Apollo is owned by Jimmy (son) and Harry (father) Constantotos. Harry emigrated (legally) from Greece in 1963 and has owned the Apollo since 1976.

Perhaps my favorite. As Jimmy put it to me, they “provide basic services, good food and a clean environment.” It features an expansive menu, full bar, ample parking, large portions, very reasonable prices, and excellent service (ask for Nicoletta to be your server).

They appear optimistic about the future but expressed concerns with existing competition, labor costs, and the real estate market.

3. Uncle Bills, 307 Stratton Place, Linden Place, Whitestone.

This one is owned by “Aki” (little one in Greek), a big brute by my standards. This lovable Greek emigrated (legally) from Cyprus in 1973 and has owned Bill’s for 16 years. Aki claims it is the cheapest diner in Queens (I think he is right). He is concerned about the future because of rising salaries, rent, and competitors. My Take? The place is a local gem with lots of good dishes, easy parking, and the price is definitely right.

On to the next two. Both are Mary’s favorites.

4. Thomas’s Diner is located at 325 Old Country Road, Carle Place.

This place is Mary’s favorite. The diner opened in 1946 and has been owned by the (Thomas) Koukoulas family since 1973. Tom indicated that diners will have difficulty surviving in the future because of “chain restaurants where the quality continues to improve.

The old school diner will not be around long as many families are not passing the business along.” The place has a limited menu with great food at very reasonable prices. Despite limited parking, this landmark joint is always (and I mean always) jammed. Mary’s favorite (not mine) and an absolute must for diner lovers.

5. The Mineola Diner, 138 Jericho

Turnpike and Willis Avenue, Mineola.

This is one that has survived the relentless passage of time. Michael Alpert purchased the diner (from a Greek) approximately 10 years ago. One of Mary’s favorites, it features excellent food at reasonable prices. The place is small, parking is a problem, and is only open for breakfast and lunch. The menu is limited but there are nearly 100 items to choose from. Not my favorite, but another landmark that has survived the times and one of the better ones that belongs on everyone’s go-to-place list.

On to the sixth one.

6. Station Plaza Coffee Shop and Diner (breakfast and lunch) at 206 Station Plaza, North Mineola (facing South at the train station).

A newcomer and a relatively unknown, it is usually packed. Probably the cheapest diner to eat at. And, the good news is that the food is excellent and plentiful. Lots to like here even though it doesn’t look like a diner.

But as the old saying goes – try it and you’ll be sure to like it. Only negative: metered parking is a problem. New owners, George Arniotis (and father) and Pete Vatakis – Greeks, of course – are there for 2 months and are optimistic about the future of diners. “Give them good food and they’ll keep coming back.”

I would be remiss if I did not comment on three other diners. Presently, the diner of all diners is The Neptune (Astoria Blvd. and 31st Street). It was my favorite 65 years ago while growing up in Astoria, and it still is, and is the diner by which all others should be compared. Unfortunately, its days are numbered; it opened its doors for the last time TODAY. (Update: Interestingly, the media had reported that the diner was closing but apparently, the lease was extended.) Another is Mykonos (not the one in Great Neck) – a hole-in-the-wall, semi-diner; it is named after an island in Greece and located in Tarpon Springs, Florida, a community overrun by Greeks and GreekAmericans. Finally, one of my early (pre-teen years) memories that has yet to leave me was dining out on Sundays approximately once a month. It was a Greek eatery - The Acropolis, located

on 60th Street, just west of Central Park. I wish it were still around. I can still taste the roast lamb and pastitsio, your author’s two favorite Greek dishes.

Finally, diners remain near the top of my list of restaurants to frequent.

Why? Six reasons.

1. The food is always fresh 2. The price is right 3. Expansive menu 4. Generous portions 5. The ambiance is usually casual 6. Rarely a wait In addition, I still think diners have a bright future despite concerns with dwindling customers, rising rents, lost leases, shrinking profit margins, etc.

Some of this is true, but most of the new restaurants reviewed in the literature are hellaciously priced. I make every effort to stay away from these joints; they simply are not worth it.

The diners have been hurt by credit cards and a more strict enforcement of the tax codes, i.e., they can no longer rely on patron tax charges that often served as the margin of profit. Two options that can help diners survive is to modestly increase prices and provide a more compact, rather than expansive, menu.

A closeout? I need to mention my current favorite of favorites. It is a Triangle Diner located in Saratoga Springs, home of summer thoroughbred racing in August; my recent visit to SS was the 64th year in a row (see pics below). The diner is a “garage,” similar to an old-fashioned diner located in the middle of nowhere during the depression era. It is surrounded by some really great 4-star restaurants, including 15 Church and Pennell’s. Yet, it is the 3rd highest rated restaurant in SS. Fantastic breakfast and lunch at extremely reasonable prices. A local gem and a must for all SS lovers.

Please drop me a note about your favorite diner.

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I Can’t Get Involved in Personal Social Security Cases

BY TOM MARGENAU

Over the more than 20 years that I’ve been writing this column, I’m sure I’ve helped tens of thousands of people get a better understanding of the Social Security system. But one thing I can’t do is get involved in a reader’s personal Social Security case. Yet, every single day, I get emails from readers asking me to do just that.

One very unhappy reader told me that she is getting disability benefits but there is some kind of mix-up involving unpaid student loans. She said that the government held back some of her Social Security benefits to repay these overdue college loans. But she claims she has already paid off the loans. She asked for my help in getting her Social Security money back.

In another email, a reader went off on a long rant about how the Social Security Administration was supposedly incorrectly holding back some of her Social Security check to repay an overpayment. I guess she’s been haggling with SSA over this issue for a long time.

She wanted me get involved and “do something!”

Yet another reader told me that he had allegedly been approved for Social Security disability by a judge. But somehow that decision got reversed, and he’s trying to fight this. He wanted me to tell him why the decision was changed.

And here is one more example.

An 82-year-old man told me that even though he has been getting Social Security checks for 20 years now, he’s always been convinced he’s not getting enough money. He told me he’s been “fighting with the Social Security people forever” about this and wants me to intervene.

Even though I worked for SSA for 32 years, I retired in 2005. Obviously, I no longer have access to any Social Security records or files. And in the 14 years since I retired, I’ve pretty much lost contact with any Social Security official who still works for the agency. So I’m afraid I have no inside track to anyone or any department within SSA. I know a lot of the folks who email me are desperate, so they reach out almost as a last resort. Or they just need to vent to someone.

So what can these people do? Well, sometimes they should accept the facts.

For example, consider that 82-year-old man I mentioned. I am sure he is being paid correctly. He needs to let this issue go and get on with his life.

Other folks who claim to be having problems dealing with SSA need to find someone at their local Social Security office who can help them. And if they believe they are getting nowhere with

the representative they’ve been dealing with, maybe they should ask to speak to a supervisor.

If they’ve exhausted all their channels of help within the agency, the only course of action I can think of is to contact their local member of Congress.

Each congressperson has someone on staff who works on Social Security issues.

And before I leave this topic, I must make this point. The vast majority of people who deal with SSA have absolutely no problems. When they file for benefits, there are no issues. And they get their monthly checks without a glitch. When they have questions, they get answers, either from a staff person at SSA or from the agency’s website. It’s only a very small percentage of people who have (or claim to have) big problems with Social Security.

As long as I’m talking about emails from readers that I really cannot help, let me bring up another issue. I’ve been getting a lot of emails recently from readers who give me nowhere near enough information to answer their questions.

For example, today a woman wrote to me and asked: “I want to know if I am able to get any of my ex-husband’s Social Security?” That’s all she wrote. To answer her question, I would need to know her age, her husband’s Social Security status, how long she was married, whether she is working or not, and more.

Another woman sent this cryptic message. “If I remarry, can I still get my husband’s Social Security?” The answer depends on many factors she didn’t tell me.

My message to readers is this. When you are asking a question, please give me as many details about your situation as possible.

And now I have just enough space to help someone who gave me all the information I need to answer his question.

Q: I will be 66 in December. I’m still working. I plan to wait until I’m 70 to start my Social Security, when I’m projected to get $3,700. My wife is 62. She’s been a homemaker much of her life, but she did work enough to qualify for a small Social Security benefit -- about $830 at 62. I am telling her she should wait until she is 66 to start her Social Security when she will get $1,100. What do you think?

A: As I’ve said so often in this column, I am not a financial planner. So I can’t tell you what to do. But consider this.

Your wife could file for benefits right now. She’d get her $830 per month. Then you can use the “file and restrict” loophole. You must be 66 before January 2020 to do that. You get in

just under the wire. What that means is you would file for spousal benefits on your wife’s record. You will get $550 per month. Then when you turn 70, you would file for your own $3,700 benefit.

And at that point, your wife can claim spousal benefits on your record. Her own benefit will be supplemented up to 50% of your age 66 rate. I’m guessing that rate is about $2,800. So she will keep getting her $830 retirement check, and then she will get an additional $570 on your account to take her up to her $1,400 spousal rate.

And for long-term planning purposes, you should know that if you die first, her widow’s rate will include your delayed retirement credits. In other words, her own benefit will be supplemented up to your $3,700 level.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer.

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In the Scramble to be Crowned ‘World’s Best Travelers’ C ontinued from page D3 them: check-in, security, customs & immigration queues… …Remember: don’t miss your flight!

Indeed, Chalmers’ blog that follows our trip, which picks up on the highlighted experiences of all the 10 teams is thrilling and a tutorial in what it takes to be “World’s Greatest Traveler” - https://globalscavengerhunt.com/category/2016-event-blog/.

Check out other teams’ blogs: http://zoeandraineygreatescape. blogspot.com/ https://teamorderandchaos.home. blog/ https://teamtransformedgoddesses. com https://ctwanderwoman.wordpress. com https://worldgrazer.blogspot.com https://aliscavengerhunt.wordpress.com https://theglobalscavengerhunt. blogspot.com https://goingplacesfarandnear.com We are now midway in our 23-day around-the-world mystery tour and en route to Athens for a 30-hour challenge.

“You all feel confident, comfortable, would do new things, trust strangers, found balance between event and joy.

Maximum joy, embrace that,” Bill Chalmers, says.

Catching Bill, Pamela and Luka Chalmers, the organizers of the Global Scavenger Hunt, in the Plaka, Athens (one of the on-the-go team challenges) © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com Chalmers created the Global Scavenger Hunt not just to promote the benefits of international travel to cultivate Global Citizens, and all the benefits of travel – from providing economic foundation to sustain places of history, heritage and culture that might otherwise be abandoned, provide jobs and improve the living standards for com-

munities and societies, and promote an exchange of understanding and ideas just as Marco Polo did centuries ago, where we are also encouraged to engage in voluntourism projects along the way – but serves to support The Global Scavenger Hunt’s cause-related, charitable purposes. The annual event raises funds for GreatEscape Foundation’s

twin goals: building co-ed elementary schools in low & middle income nations, and distributing interest-free no-fee micro-loans to budding global entrepreneurs (mostly mothers).

“Both our methods of helping others help themselves are designed to facilitate their great escape from the cycle of poverty—one person at a time!

Happily, we have improved the lives of thousands: building a dozen schools, a mid-wife training facility, and funding thousands of mothers wanting to make a better life for their families,” Chalmers writes.

The Global Scavenger Hunt is an annual travel program that has been operated for the past 15 years

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‘Glamping’ Takes Hold for Travelers Wanting Luxury with their Wilderness Experience

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I recently returned from a biking trip through South Dakota’s Badlands and Black Hills and had the marvelous experience of overnighting in Custer State Park at the historic Blue Bell Lodge – the buffalo didn’t just roam, one came right up to my porch as I tried to sit amid the tranquility with a cup of coffee to take in the fresh cool air and sweet scent of pine trees. When the Wilderness-Voyageurs van came to pick each of us up at our luxurious log cabins (so we would not have to walk near the buffalo) for our day’s ride, which would have us complete the 109mile Mickelson Rail Trail in Deadwood, as much as I wanted to ride, I would have loved to stay.

Glamping has turned around the notion of traditional camping, where the accommodations are basic shelter to enable you to live, even briefly, in wilderness amid nature. When you stay in “glamping” resorts, you still get to live in wilderness, but this is hardly

roughing it. In fact, these are destinations – and experiences - in themselves.

“Glamping” – a mash-up of the words “glamorous” and “camping” – describes a style of camping with luxury amenities and, in some cases, resortstyle services not usually associated with traditional camping. A variety of options are now available at glamping destinations around the world, ranging from geodesic domes to yurts to tiny homes.

Here are five glamping resorts and vacations in South America, Africa, Russia and the USA: Fireside Resort: By combining the amenities of a luxury boutique hotel with the atmosphere of a wooded campground, Fireside Resort offers Wyoming’s best glamping experience.

The lodging options reflect the heritage of the valley’s original homesteader cabins, with cozy fireplaces, full kitchens, private furnished decks, and outdoor fire pits. Situated on wildlifefilled acres where moose, elk, red-tailed hawks, bald eagles and deer roam, Fireside Resort is a mere seven miles from Jackson’s bustling town square.

(https://www.firesidejacksonhole.com) Kachi Lodge: On Adventure Life’s High Deserts of Bolivia & Chile tour, explore the extreme geography of Lake Titicaca, mountains, canyons, lagoons and the largest salt desert in the world, Salar de Uyuni. Upgrade your trip and stay in a Kachi Lodge dome, offering the comfort of a luxury hotel room and authentic, inventive dining on the salt flats at the foot of Tunupa Volcano, at an altitude of 11,800 feet. (https://www. adventure-life.com/bolivia/tours/9296/ high-deserts-of-bolivia-chile) Ryabaga Camp: The Ponoi River in Russia offers some the world’s best Atlantic salmon fishing. At Ryabaga Camp, guests enjoy their own cabin with queen beds and en suite bathroom with hot water, electricity and internet (email access). Gourmet, chef-prepared meals are served in the “Big Tent,” the camp’s social hub. For a true wilderness location, Ryabaga Camp stands alone with its level of service and accommodations. (https://www. frontierstravel.com/ryabaga-camp-theponoi-river) Kestrel Camp: The American

Prairie Reserve in Montana is piecing together what will be the largest nature reserve in the lower 48 states, totaling 3.5 million acres, and restoring habitat and species in the process. APR’s Kestrel Camp offers five yurt-style luxury suites set around a central lounge See page D6

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and dining room serving chef-prepared meals, as well as a safari-style experience with special access to tour the reserve’s ecosystem with personal naturalists (https://www.americanprairie. org/kestrel-camp) Sossus Under Canvas: On Adventure Life’s Namibia Under Canvas tour, climb the sand dunes of Sossusvlei, explore the coastal city of Swakopmund, marvel at the natural wonders of Damaraland and search for wildlife in Etosha National Park. Return each night to a camp like Sossus Under Canvas, where tents are protected from the elements by natural stone walls and roofs built from recycled oil drums, and furnishings are made of recycled metal and wood.

The camp is virtually invisible from any distance has a low environmental footprint. (https://www.adventure-life. com/namibia/tours/13231/namibia-under-canvas) Glamping Hub “Glamping” has become so popular that there is a new reservations site, GlampingHub.com, that does for glamping what hotels.com, booking.com, vrbo and airbnb have done for hotels and vacation home rentals.

Worldwide there are more than 100,000 accommodations that might be termed “glamping”—with eight units per site and an average of $320 per night stay—creating a $45 billion (and growing) market, according to GlampingHub.com. Glamping is not just luxury camping, but also ski getaways, wine country stays, safari excursions, surf camps, yoga retreats, and wildlife tours, which increases the outdoor accommodation marked to $200 billion

It may surprise people to know there is glamping on Governor’s Island, in New York Harbor with a view out your luxurious tent to the Statue of Liberty. © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com and growing.

Glamping Hub claims to be the first online booking platform and leading portal specializing in “unique” outdoor accommodations across the globe.

“With over 32,000 accommodations in over 120 countries, Glamping Hub’s mission is to connect travelers with nature in order to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The term glamping is a portmanteau for the words glamorous and camping and is a way in which travelers can stay in the great outdoors without having to sacrifice creature comforts— camping with added luxuries and fivestar amenities.”

Glamping Hub is a third-party booking platform and does not own any of the vacation rentals listed on the website – like Air BnB it invites hosts to list. The site offers 27 different types of glamping accommodations, from safari

Fireside Resort in Wilson, Wyoming near Jackson Hole.

tents, tree houses, and cabins to tipis, villas, and domes.

Founder and CEO David Troya had the idea for Glamping Hub while studying for his MBA at the University of San Francisco, California (USF) in 2011 and together his classmates and co-founders, Ruben Martinez and Talal Benjelloun, established Glamping Hub, first as a blog, and then as a fully-transactional booking platform in 2014 with 200 accommodations. In 2016, Glamping Hub had grown to receive 2.6 million visits, resulting in 12,000 booking requests and $2.1 million in revenue; by the end of 2018, those figures tripled.

By 2019, Glamping Hub had 32,000 accommodations published on the website, after partnering with Red Awning, one of the world’s largest collections of vacation properties.

There are several defining factors

Glamping Hub looks for in an accommodation in order to determine eligibility for listing. It must have close access to nature, hotel-quality comfort, and offer guests a unique experience. Glamping Hub’s business model is both transactional and highly scalable. For each transaction made through the website, Glamping Hub collects a 4% commission from the hosts and a 6% to 12% service fee from the guest (depending on the size of the booking), resulting in an average of 10% of the total booking that Glamping Hub retains from each transaction.

“Travelers choose Glamping Hub because they care about their trips being truly memorable. All of our accommodations have been handpicked and placed in a targeted collection, and support our four core values: Unique, Experience, To-Gather, and Nature. Glamping Hub’s accommodations are one-of-a-kind and completely submerged in nature, where our guests can disconnect from their daily lives and reconnect with each other for an experience they will never forget.”

(You can see “This is Glamping Hub” video on the homepage, www.glampinghub.com, 720-212-0854.) _________________________________ © 2019 Travel Features Syndicate, a division of Workstyles, Inc. All rights reserved.

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f your exterior looks as good as your interior, fantastic, then you can stop reading! However, if this is not the case then read on. When a purchaser drives by your home, what will they first think if the outside of your property doesn’t reflect the superb condition of the inside (which they haven’t yet seen)? They might just keep driving, especially if you haven’t posted any pictures or maybe things don’t jive with what they are seeing in person and the photos posted online.

Fall is approaching so you better get going and start planning what you can do to make the property look more alluring and saleable. We are very fortunate this year with the amount of rainfall we have had locally on Long Island. I may have put on my sprinklers three, maybe four times this entire summer. So I see less brown spots around my neighborhood than previous summers. However, if you have damage from grubs, chinch bugs, sod webworm or any forms of fungus diseases (from overwatering), then some remedies do exist.

First, determine what bug damage you may have by checking the turf by putting a metal can open on both ends and pushing it into the lawn and filling it with water. If chinch bugs still exist, they will float to the top of the water within the can). If you are able to pull back the brown turf area and notice little gray curled up worms with brown noses, then you have grub damage.

As far as fungus diseases, the season is about over and I wouldn’t consider applying anything unless it is determined that something severe is present. I also don’t recommend a homeowner applying any chemicals, unless they are well versed and read instructions carefully.

The necessary materials should be determined and applied by a licensed and insured NYS D.E.C. (department of environment conservation) applicator who will know to what extent the damage is and exactly what to do. Once the damage is rectified after a three to seven day period, then the existing dead areas need to be removed and/or mechanical thatching should be considered. However, this can be done by hand if you want the exercise, but using a machine will do a much more thorough job. However, on a cool morning or early evenings I would also suggest that you spray all the weeds (ask you professional or go to one of the big box garden centers for advice or check online) prior to the removal of the dead grasses. You can do this at the same time that the insect application is first applied then the weed control can be followed up with.

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Water your lawn care for ten to twenty minutes per zone daily until the grass sprouts and then every other day.

You can place a straight-sided can on your lawn and when you see one inch of water accumulating inside it, then you will know you have water the ground six to eight inches deep and know the amount of time it took to set your clock or however you do it. Obviously, when it rains, skip that day and make sure your automatic sprinklers have a rain shut off device, (since it has been the law for many, many years) so they do not turn on.

Why waste our precious water? I have seen sprinkler systems working during rainstorms and wonder why these homeowners aren’t aware of this happening? A green lush lawn will

always be much more appealing to a purchaser, especially when they drive by to check out your property. As far as landscaping and adding trees and ornamental shrubs, I will follow up with another column on that subject matter.

Remember, when selling, the buyers will be very critical of your home if it is not presented properly, especially with prices softening and you want to receive the best return on your property.

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PART TIME MEDICAL ASST​ /​TECHNICIAN needed for a local Ophthalmology office. Fast paced medical practice. On the job training provided. Experience with Word & Excel would be helpful. Please email your resume and cover letter to: Office_mgr@drjindra.com

A HOME HEALTH CARE AIDE Irish trained woman with 10 years experience and excellent checkable references available. Honest and reliable. Licensed driver with own transportation.

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RECEPTIONIST​/​ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Mature, experienced, with availability to grow for a Construction Company located in New Hyde Park, NY. Please send your resume to: managnos117@gmail.com

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HOMECARE ATTENDANT European lady, Garden City resident, experienced, looking for full time live in position or part time 4-5​/​hr day. Excellent references. Own transportation. Call Jeanette (516)741-6347 or 516-5107271 NANNY F/T Experienced, seeking position to care for your newborn or older children. CPR​ /​ First Aid Certified. Excellent references.

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BY JEFF RUGG Q: Our community replaced a bunch of sidewalks and curbs; then they repaired our lawns. They used grass seed instead of sod, and now we have a lot of crabgrass mixed in with the good lawn grass. How do we get rid of the crabgrass without hurting the new lawn grass?

A: Even though a lot of crabgrass sprouts in the spring, it can begin growing and continue developing all summer. The small plants are often unnoticed until they grow larger and begin producing seed stalks.

If the only weed you have is crabgrass, you are in luck.

Crabgrass is an annual and will die when you get some freezing weather. Keep it mowed so it doesn’t produce any seeds. You may have to do some hand-snipping if the seed stalks are below the mower height. There will still be crabgrass seeds in your soil, but pulling or cutting off as many as possible now will reduce the number of seeds that sprout next spring.

Next spring season, some of the remaining crabgrass seeds will sprout. Crabgrass seeds can sprout all summer long if the soil is bare and open to sunlight.

Having a thick lawn will help prevent the crabgrass seeds from sprouting.

This fall, go ahead and add some more good grass seeds and do the typical follow-up care of watering, fertilizing, mowing and keeping tree leaves off. This will help fill in any of the bare spots that open up due to crabgrass dying during the fall. Fall is the best time to plant cool season grasses, and it is the time when the fewest weeds will germinate.

The other option for this fall is to sod the area yourself. If it is a small area, it won’t cost that much, and you won’t have a crabgrass problem. Even in southern states where you would plant the sod in the summer, you could still go ahead and do it now.

If you can get good coverage from the lawn by seeding this fall, you won’t have to reseed next spring. Since you don’t have to plant grass seed in the spring, you can use a pre-emergent weed killer to control crabgrass and other spring weeds.

Almost all pre-emergent weed killers will prevent lawn grass seeds from growing, too, so you can’t plant grass seed and use the pre-emergent weed killer at the same time.

Next spring, if you can’t get the pre-emergent down before the crabgrass seeds emerge, there are a few products advertised to kill it. The sooner you notice the crabgrass and the smaller it is, the better these products will work. Look for products with an active ingredient called quinclorac. It is an excellent crabgrass killer that controls not only crabgrass but can also kill foxtail grass and some other weeds, such as clo-

ver and black medic.

Once the good grass is established, mow it at the high end of the proper height for the type of grass it is. The more shade the lawn covers the soil with the better. A taller lawn also has more leaves to produce food; thus, it will be healthier. More food also means more roots to spread into open spaces and gather more water when the weather dries out.

Anyone with grassy weeds in their lawn at this time of year will benefit from planting new grass seed this fall. Over the winter, watch to see what the grassy weed does. If it dies, it is an annual; using pre-emergent weed killers in the spring will dramatically help. If it doesn’t die over the winter, it is a perennial that will need to be killed with an herbicide or dug up by hand.

Email questions to Jeff Rugg at info@greenerview.com. To find out more about Jeff Rugg and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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Wednesday, September 18 at 2:00 PM

Objects of Desire: How Precious Gems Shaped History with Marilyn Carminio Throughout history, jewels and precious metals have served many functions. They have been a form of currency, wealth, security, social status, religious family heirlooms and adornments of the body. Gems have funded wars, caused a queen to fall from favor, helped a nation enter the modern world, launched one of the most successful campaigns in advertising history and caused a piece of jewelry to become an essential element of warfare. We will view royal jewels, take a “trip” to Tiffany’s “by appointment only” salon and much more in this fascinating presentation.

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Suicide and Substance Abuse with Steve Mason Suicide and substance abuse are at epidemic proportions in every neighborhood. It’s time to open the conversation and talk about it. Steve Mason has been through it all. His father committed suicide when he was only eight years old. He is now clean and sober for over eight years.

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Movie: “Rocketman” (Biography/Drama/Music) The film is a musical fantasy about the special story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden.

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Change in enhanced STAR program Oyster Bay Town Tax Receiver James Stefanich would like to notify residents of recent changes to the Enhanced School Tax Relief (STAR) Program. New York State’s Enhanced STAR program provides eligible senior homeowners with relief on their property taxes. There are two programs, the STAR Credit and STAR Exemption.

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SYO 4302 6X 08/16,23,30,09/06,13,20 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007PA2, Plaintiff AGAINST JILL ROSENBLUM, STEPHEN ROSENBLUM, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated July 02, 2019 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 September 24, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 45 WINTHROP DRIVE, WOODBURY, NY 11797. 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 14, BLOCK 4, LOT 75, 88. Approximate amount of judgment $644,168.70 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-002640.

KATHLEEN WRIGHT, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 SYO 4303 4X 08/23,30,09/06,13 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS TRUSTEE FOR CIT MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-1, Pltf. vs.

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October events at the Syosset Public Library The following readers events will be held at the Syosset Public Library during October.

Books for book discussions are available at the Circulation Desk one month before each program.

Tuesday, October 15 at 7:30 PM

Evening Book Discussion “The Secret of Clouds”

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Tuesday, October 22 at 1:00 PM

Afternoon Book Discussion Celebrating National Coming Out Day 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Winner: “The Great Believers”

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Friday, October 25 at 7:00 PM

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Continued from page 13 immigrants in the first few decades of the 20th Century. Had Italian barber Gaspar Puccio not had the foresight to install one of Syosset’s first telephones in his barber shop near the corner of Jackson Avenue and Whitney Avenue in the early 1900s, his family may have never succeeded in Syosset as they eventually did. As it transpired, Syosset Fire Company No. 1 could not afford to install a phone in its Muttontown Road station, so they arranged with Mr. Puccio to accept their emergency phone calls and send an employee to the nearby firehouse to summon volunteer firemen. Once accepted by the fire company, Mr. Puccio and his family got a “pass” from the community and were able to establish several successful businesses around town. One was Puccio’s Tavern, which was located toward the northern end of the old building that stood on this site. Puccio’s served traditional Italian dishes, which, for uncultured Syosset residents of the 1930s, were a novelty not to be missed.

In the 1950s, this space was taken over by the Village Tavern, a sandwich and beer pub that, in its later years, made a failed attempt at presenting topless dancers and waitresses in its “secret” upstairs room. The neighbors were not happy about the debauchery taking place at the tavern, and many celebrated when it burned down in the late 1970s.

(Continue heading south, toward the railroad station) Stop 22. Nordic Plaza (18 Jackson Avenue): Shortly after Charles Krebs & John Schulz broke ground on their new auto dealership to be located on this site, the United States entered WWII and immediately sprang into action to build up its military arsenal.

When the Raymond E. Faust Aircraft Corporation (REF) needed space for a training facility, they struck a deal with Krebs and Schulz to lease the brand new brick building for the duration of the war, after which time it would revert to Krebs & Schulz so they could open their auto dealership.

During the war, the roof of this building, then the highest peak in Syosset, was used by the local Civil Defense Corps as a lookout station for enemy planes, which, the defense department believed, might be planning to strike local defense plants.

After the war, Krebs & Schulz Motors opened on this spot, with a full Plymouth Desoto auto showroom and service center. The dealership lasted until around 1960, and the building subsequently housed several banks before its current incarnation as a natural wellness center.

Stop 23. Sterling National Bank & Parking Lot: Picture this entire

side of Jackson Avenue lined with retail stores, mirroring the side you have already explored. This was downtown Syosset until the mid-1950s, when big changes started to take shape. Prior to this, however, by the middle 1800s, the Syosset LIRR station had created unprecedented opportunities for hotel and saloon keepers in the downtown area. Farmers and businesspeople were constantly riding the train in and out of Syosset and often needed a place to stay and grab a meal when they arrived at the station after dark and all the stagecoach drivers had quit for the night.

Sometime around the 1850s, Moritz “Yanke” Spreer and his wife, Francis, opened a 12-guestroom hotel toward the northernmost end of the current Sterling Bank parking lot and began accepting overflow business from the Syosset Hotel across Jackson Avenue.

Spreer’s Hotel had a saloon, its own well, and a large stable around back to accommodate guests’ horses. In the latter part of the 19th Century, Spreer’s served as a boarding house for workers at the Alart & McGuire Pickle Factory, which you will visit later on.

One of the hotel’s subsequent owners, George Hilsdon, ran into trouble with the law during the Prohibition era (1920-1933) when the FBI raided the building, confiscated $500 worth of illegal alcohol, and arrested him for operating a “speakeasy” on this site. The building changed ownership twice afterwards, the final proprietor being Joseph G. Boslet and his wife, Winifred, who, after the repeal of Prohibition, hung a sign out front that read “Boslet’s Restaurant: All Legal Beverages.” Boslet’s is famous for owning one of Syosset’s first television sets, and for the crowds that would form outside the window to peek at the programs playing on its screen during the early 1940s. This was also a favorite lunchtime stop for workers at the many defense plants that sprang up in the Syosset area after WWII. Boslet’s remained on this spot until 1952 and was later replaced by a diner before all buildings on the site were demolished in the 1970s to build a parking lot for the new Long Island Savings Bank.

Just south of Boslet’s, on the same side of Jackson Avenue, stood a row of retail stores that included a butcher shop, a small grocery store, a liquor store, an insurance agency, a delicatessen, and other small shops. These were all torn down in the early 1970s to make room for the towering Long Island Savings Bank, which caused a great stir among Syosset residents, who feared that the multistory building would ruin downtown Syosset’s Continued on page 24

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Jericho School District kicks off 2019-2020 school year

Students filled the halls on Tuesday, September 3 to start the 2019-2020 school year. District administrators and board members visited buildings throughout the district and chatted with students and teachers. They also noticed the beautiful

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A Syosset walking tour Continued from page 21 suburban look and feel. Villagers rebelled against the bank for some time after its opening. On several occasions, rowdy teenagers (perhaps motivated by their parents’ grumbles about the overwhelming structure) caused a few chuckles around town by pouring laundry detergent into the bank’s fountain, which stood at the corner of Jackson Avenue and Underhill Boulevard, and turning the entire bank plaza into a giant bubble bath!

(Please proceed south and carefully cross Underhill Blvd toward Stop 24) Stop 24. Syosset Auto Body: A large portion of the LIRR’s early business was in transporting freight, including shipments of fresh produce and dairy from Syosset’s farms, to and from little villages across Long Island. Items that required storage were packed into a “freight house” located on this site.

Stop 25. Syosset Memorial Park: This is actually the third location of Syosset’s Memorial Park, which now contains monuments to Syosset soldiers who served in the two World Wars, in the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts, and in other acts of service to America. Once the site of a gasoline station, the park is the location of Syosset’s very popular annual Memorial Day Parade Ceremony.

(Turn the corner and carefully cross the railroad tracks to reach Stop 26) Stop 26. Bella Notte Italian Restaurant: Today’s Bella Notte restaurant continues a long tradition of restaurants and drinking establishments in this building, which looks remarkably similar to how it appeared in the 1950s, when it housed The Carnival Room, a slightly upscale dining spot that catered to the latenight crowd with ham & egg platters, sophisticated beverages, and live organ music. Legend has it that Claire Ruth, widow of baseball legend Babe Ruth, once hosted an affair here.

The Carnival Room later became The Upper Deck, a quintessential stop on any 1970s Syosset pub crawl, and also hosted a number of other restaurants (including a short-lived Mexican cantina) before settling in to its current incarnation as a fine Italian restaurant.

Stop 27. Village Bagels Plaza: Before this attractive mini plaza was built just a few years ago, the entire piece of property housed two large buildings that originally operated as the Wilton Wood Lumber Yard, and then as the home of Syosset/United Rent-All, a place where locals could rent virtually any tool or piece of machinery imaginable. As earning a

living became more and more of a priority, fewer Syosset residents had the time to perform repairs and upgrades on their own homes, and the once bustling rental business became obsolete.

Stop 28. Law Office & Luxe Nails: The buildings that now comprise the law office of Chris J. Coschignano and the Luxe Nails & Spa shop were once the workshop and barn of Syosset’s blacksmith shop, owned first by Treadwell Walters and later by Gus Kleiss. Here, beginning sometime in the 1850s, Syosset villagers could take their horses for shoeing and their carriages for repairs. Walters’ great grandson once recalled a time that his grandfather rigged a 150lb anvil with dynamite, set it out on Jackson Avenue, and blew it 20 feet into the air just for fun. As the blacksmithing trade faded into obscurity in the early 20th Century, the shop’s second owner, Gus Kleiss, gradually turned it into a lawnmower repair shop and also installed gasoline pumps out front.

(Please carefully cross Willis Avenue) Stop 29. Vision Care/Optical Design: With Grandpa Gaspar Puccio having opened doors for his family in the early 1900s, several generations of Puccio’s continued to flourish in Syosset throughout the 20th Century.

At the southwest corner of Jackson and Willis Avenues, the Puccios had a “grand slam” operation in the 1950s, using this building for a beverage distributorship, an auto repair shop, a Jeep/Studebaker dealership, and a barber shop!

(Cross Jackson Avenue toward Stop 30) Stop 30.

Andrew Howard Cleaners: The present day Andrew Howard Tailors & Cleaners is a far cry from any of the previous incarnations of the building in which it operates. Originally a general store founded in the mid 1880s by John and Walter Devine, this site also served for a short time as the village’s post office -- that is, until villagers began to protest having to pass through the Devine’s attached saloon (and the ghastly creatures it attracted) to collect their mail. Around 1920, the Devines sold the store to Theodore and Georgiana May, who initially turned it into an ice cream and tobacco shop and then later into a grocery business that locals came to know as May’s Corner.

After Theo’s death in 1931, Georgiana sold the store to Charles DeMilt, who opened the original Syosset Sweet Shop at this location and then sold it two years later to a gentleman who turned it into a restaurant and bar he named The Syosset Inn. In 1940, C.P. Moran purchased the business and, with his partner,

Ernie Kyle, built the Moran & Kyle (later Kyle & Moran) Syosset Inn into a long-standing Syosset landmark, surviving several tragedies, including a devastating fire in 1953 that brought down the entire building. Having been rebuilt with brick shortly afterward, Moran and Kyle’s establishment continued to draw large crowds of regulars almost every night of the week until it finally closed its doors in 1984. A string of restaurants and bars followed, but none ever earned quite the following that Moran and Kyle had built over the years. When a suspicious fire overtook the last bar in this building, locals were somewhat hopeful that the space would eventually re-emerge as a pizzeria, an ice cream shop, or some other “welcoming” type of establishment…but were happy to have another great dry cleaner in town.

Stop 31. Wells Fargo Bank: Formerly Nick’s (later Jeff’s) Sunoco Service Station, a place where all the locals were treated like family.

Stop 32. Syosset Corners Shopping Plaza: Perhaps the most notable business in this plaza was the expanded A&P Supermarket that once occupied the space now housing the Northwell/GoHealth Urgent Care Center. At one time, this was one of three supermarkets in downtown Syosset. It later became North Shore Farms, a large produce market, and before its current tenant, was home to a Rite Aid drugstore.

Other prominent businesses in this plaza during the late 20th Century were Bill Shire’s Star Auto & Hardware, Royal Card & Gift Shop, and Scott’s 5&10, a “modern” general store that stocked just about anything you could ever think of buying.

(Please carefully cross Ira Road toward Stop 33) Stop 33. Mathnasium & Zouji Noodle Shop: Ask any long-time Syosset resident when the “old” Syosset went away and they will likely reply, “When Christiano’s Restaurant closed in 2014.” Known for its traditional, moderately-priced Italian fare served in piping hot casserole dishes, Christiano’s was a Syosset tradition for almost 56 years; the place that all returning Syosset natives had to visit after having been away for any period of time. Perhaps the biggest boost to Christiano’s fame came in 1977, when a young Billy Joel, appearing at CW Post College and on the brink of major stardom, dedicated the debut performance of his new song, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant to Christiano’s. After the record became a blockbuster hit, fans rushed to Christiano’s night after night, believing that Billy had actually written the song about Christiano’s and expecting to run into him seated at a booth,

slurping up some fettucine alfredo.

Although Joel did visit Christiano’s on several occasions before and after his rise to fame, he eventually confirmed that he had actually written the song about an Italian Restaurant in Manhattan. Still, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant remained one of the most played songs on Christiano’s jukebox until the day it closed.

(Turn the corner and continue on Jackson Avenue toward the railroad station) Stop 34. 75 Jackson Avenue and Rear Property: An influx of German immigrants to Long Island after the Civil War had driven a strong demand for pickled cucumbers and cabbage.

By the early 1880s, North Shore farmers were shipping two thousand barrels of cucumbers to NY City for pickling every day, and by 1883, virtually every farmer in Syosset had converted at least one large parcel of land to be used exclusively for growing cucumbers. Their output filled five to six railroad cars that departed Syosset every day, but the profits, while impressive, were diminished by the high costs of shipping to Manhattan and Brooklyn. In 1890, Peter Alart and James McGuire purchased a 2.75-acre plot on the south side of the Syosset railroad station, where the parking lot for #75 Jackson Avenue and the stores on Ira Road now stand, and built a 350 foot pickling facility that made many Syosset farmers very wealthy over the next two decades.

The smelly, rodent-infested factory employed a small number of local men, as well as a larger contingency of vagrants from New York City’s Bowery District. Alart & McGuire’s Pickle Works was notorious for the street fights and crime wave it generated in downtown Syosset until it finally closed in 1914, to be replaced by a coal yard, complete with two tall silos that stood approximately where the LIRR overpass now stands at the east end of the station. The #75 Jackson building is the approximate location of the office for both the pickle factory and the coal yard.

There are many other fun and interesting historical sites to explore in Syosset and Woodbury; however, this short walk was designed to take advantage of a day when the downtown area should be a little more pedestrian-friendly than usual. We hope this journey was interesting and fun. Now, please carefully cross the railroad tracks and enjoy the street fair!

If you have any questions or comments about this historical walking tour, please feel free to contact the author at tommontalbano@optonline. net.

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