First Annual Stuff The Pantry Celebration
The Long Island Coalition for the Homeless (LICH), a 40-year-old nonprofit serving unsheltered, unhoused, and at-risk people in Nassau and Suffolk counties, is looking to stock up on nonperishable food items and toiletries for distribution at their LICH Free Boutique and Pantry located in Amityville, NY. The organization is hosting their first annual Stuff the Pantry Celebration on Saturday, November 23 from 10 AM - 1 PM.
This free family friendly event will have a craft for kids, pictures with the LICH turkey mascot, and light refreshments. Attendees are encouraged to bring nonperishable food and toiletry items, such as canned vegetables, pasta, rice, toothbrushes, deodorant and household cleaning supplies. All items will be distributed to those in need right here on Long Island. In a hurry? Not a problem. Their location has a drive-up warehouse, allowing you to drop off your items quickly and conveniently.
Event location: Long Island Coalition for the Homeless/Amityville Community Resource Center 600 Albany Avenue, Amyville, NY 11701
For more information, please visit www. addressthehomeless.org.
DALISA PIZZA PIZZERIA &
ENTREES
CHICKEN PARM
CHICKEN MARSALA
(Mushroom & Wine Sauce)
CATERING TRAYS
RIGATONI LASAGNA
CHICKEN FRANCHESE
(Lemon & Wine Sauce)
EGGPLANT PARM
RIGATONI BOLOGNESE (Meat Sauce)
SPAGHETTI (Tomato or Meat Sauce)
LINGUINE (w/Broccoli, Garlic & Oil)
GARDEN SALAD
GREEK SALAD ($10 Extra)
MIX
TUESDAY
LINGUINE WITH CLAM SAUCE
PENNE ALA VODKA
BAKED ZITI
MANICOTTI
CHEESE TORTELLINI
LINGUINE WITH BROCCOLI, GARLIC & OIL
LASAGNA
EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA
STUFFED JUMBO SHELLS PARMIGIANA
PENNE PUTTANESCA
ANGEL HAIR IN MEAT SAUCE
PENNE PRIMAVERA (VEGETABLES)
SPAGHETTI WITH MEATBALLS
PENNE BOLOGNESE
FETTUCCINI ALFREDO
RAVIOLI IN TOMATO SAUCE
SPAGHETTI IN GARLIC & OIL
WHOLE WHEAT PASTA IN TOMATO SAUCE
CHICKEN CACCIATORE
(MUSHROOMS, ONIONS, SWEET PEPPERS, GARLIC, IN A WINE TOMATO SAUCE WITH SIDE OF SPAGHETTI)
CHICKEN FRANCESE (LEMON BUTTER SAUCE WITH SIDE OF SPAGHETTI)
Antipasto Choose One
• Traditional Antipasto Platter
• Mozzarella Caprese Platter
First Course Choose One
• Penne Alla Vodka
• Baked Ziti
• Stuffed Shells
• Cavatelli Calabrese
• Lasagna (Meat or Cheese)
• Manicotti
Cornbread Stuffing Choose One
• Crisp Apple & Sausage Meat
• Sautéed Spinach, Onions & Pancetta
Vegetable Choose Two
• String Bean Casserole
• Candied Sweet Potatoes
• Mashed Potatoes
• Oven Roasted Brussels Sprouts
• String Bean Almondine
Dessert Choose one
• Homemade Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie
• Fresh Cut Fruit Bowl
GENESIS FUEL OIL
NOVEMBER
MONDAY-FRIDAY. NOV 21st- DEC 16th
9:00AM-4:30PM TOY DRIVE
Town of Babylon Councilman Terence McSweeney would like to encourage your participation in his Toy Drive. Please Drop off a new & unwrapped toy, book or game at Babylon Town Hall Lobby, 200 East Sunrise Hwy. in Lindenhurst, to help bring the joy of the holiday season to those less fortunate. This annul event in run in collaboration with the U.S. Marine Corps., who distribute the items to children in need. For more information, please call 631-957-3081
FRIDAY, NOV. 22nd
7:30AM-6:00PM
BETHPAGE TURKEY DRIVE
The Bethpage Turkey Drive to benefit the Island Harvest Food Bank will take place at Bethpage’s headquarters located at 899 South Oyster Bay Road in Bethpage. For more information, please call 1-800628-7070 or visit https://www. bethpagefcu.com/community/turkeydrive/
SATURDAY, NOV. 23rd
9:00AM-3:00PM
CHRISTMAS FAIR/CRAFT FAIR
VENDORS WANTED
Trinity Lutheran Church, 111 Nassau Ave. in Islip will be hosting a Christmas Fair/Craft Fair. For more information, please call 631-666-5884 or 631-277-1555
HOLIDAYS
3rd - Daylight Savings Time Ends
5th - Election Day
11th - Veterans Day
28th - Thanksgiving
MAKE A SUBMISSION!
Events must be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event date and will run free of charge on a space available basis. For more info, call 631.226.2636 x275 or send events to editorial@longislandmediagroup.com
9:30AM-3:00PM
HOLIDAY FAIR
Community Presbyterian Church 1843 Deer Park Ave. in Deer Park Raffle Baskets, Crafts, Baked Goods, Santa & More. No vendors, free admission. For more information, please call 631-242-0221
11:00AM-2:00PM
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT EVENT
Calvary Chapel of Hope invites you to their "Christmas Ornament Event " This exciting event is for everyone, adults and kids! Christmas crafts, Worship and Christmas message, Family photos, and Lunch! To register, please call 631-789-4837. Calvary Chapel of Hope is located at 803 County Line Road in Amityville.
6:00PM-7:30PM
LIGHT UP LINDY IN THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY
Get into the Holiday Spirit! Come join us at the Lindenhurst Village Square for some music, early Holiday pictures, and refreshments hosted by Applebee’s of Lindenhurst & Century 21 AA Realty! Trees will be on display until January 6th, 2025. Lindy Gazebo, 116 N Wellwood Ave. in Lindenhurst. For more information, please call Lindy Cares 516 724 0551 or visit https://www.lindycares.org/
SUNDAY, NOV. 24th
1:00PM-4:00PM SUNDAY FUNDAY: TREERIFIC TREE'S A fun outdoor tree adventure. Learn
about local trees and the animals who live in them while doing a craft, going on a short walk, and participating in a fun treetivity. Sweetbriar Nature Center - ECSS, 62 Eckernkamp Drive in Smithtown. For more information, please call 631-979-6344 or visit https://www. sweetbriarnc.org/
SATURDAY, NOV. 30th
9:00AM-4:00PM CRAFT & VENDOR MARKET
St. Bernard Craft & Vendor Market, 3100 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown. Fresh Wreaths, Christmas Decorations, Sports Memorablia, Candles, Baked Goods... and so much more! For more information, please call 516-731-4220 or parish@stbernardchurch.org
12:00NOON-5:00PM WANTAGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WINTER WONDERLAND
The Sixth Annual Wantagh Chamber of Commerce Winter Wonderland is graciously sponsored by the John Theissen Children's Foundation. Vendors, Food Trucks, Holiday Crafts and Treats, Santa Claus, The Grinch, Entertainment, Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting and more. Location: Wantagh Preservation Society, 1700 Wantagh Ave. in Wantagh. For more information, visit info@wantaghchamber.com or call 516-679-0100
Holiday Coloring Contest!
Autism And Children
According to the National Autism Association, autism is a bio-neurological developmental disability that affects the normal development of the brain in various areas. Those areas include social interaction, communication skills and cognitive function. Autism generally appears before a child reaches his or her third birthday, and the NAA notes it is diagnosed four times as often in boys than it is in girls. Roughly 40 percent of children with autism do not speak, but parents whose children speak between the ages of
12 and 18 months should know that such youngsters can still ultimately be diagnosed with autism. In such instances, the NAA notes that children lose the words they previously learned. Incidences of autism appear to be on the rise, though the reasons for that remain unclear. According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of autism had risen to one in every 59 children by 2018. That’s twice as great as the rate in 2004, when the CDC reported one in 125 children were diagnosed with autism.
Deer Park Honors BOE And President Donna Marie Elliott
The Deer Park School District celebrated its hardworking Board of Education for School Board Recognition Week at the Oct. 22 board meeting. A highlight of the meeting was the well-deserved recognition of Board of Education President Donna Marie Elliott for being
named a 2024 Woman of Distinction. Elliott had received this accolade at the Women of Distinction fall brunch sponsored by New York State Assemblyman Keith Brown, held on Oct. 20 at The View Restaurant at Crab Meadow Golf Course in Northport.
“I can’t think of
anybody more deserving,” Superintendent James Cummings said. “What makes tonight so special is that she has spent the past 25 years making sure that everybody who does something gets credit. It’s about time Donna gets the credit for everything she’s done for the children of
Deer Park.”
“There’s nothing she wouldn’t do for this community,” board trustee Al Centamore said.
“Thank you, all of you, for this amazing award and for recognizing me tonight,” Elliott said. “I have to say that from the bottom of my heart, I think
that the greatest gift we can give anybody is to make them feel valued, special and loved, and tonight you gave me that gift. I will be forever grateful for your words.”
In a special presentation for School Board Recognition Week, third graders from John F.
Kennedy Intermediate School’s new dual language program presented a bilingual tribute to the Board, speaking in both English and Spanish.
“Seeing you all here tonight reminds us of why we do what we do,” Cummings told the students.
School
on
The Deer Park School District celebrated
Board Recognition Week
Oct. 22, recognizing Board of Education President Donna Marie Elliott for being named a 2024 Woman of Distinction and enjoying a bilingual presentation from John F. Kennedy Intermediate School third graders. Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District
Deer Park HS Celebrates Second Annual Athletic Hall Of Fame Induction
Deer Park High School held its second annual Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony on Oct. 25, inducting 12 individual athletes, two coaches, one honorary member and one former team in an evening filled with reminiscences and school pride. The honorees mingled in the auditorium before being called to the stage one by one and were introduced by friends and coaches with laudatory speeches. They later had the opportunity to view their official plaques, affixed to the wall in the school’s Hall of Fame wing outside of the gymnasium. The new inductees also served as grand marshals at Deer Park’s homecoming parade the following morning.
“It’s a lot of work to pull this off, but the energy here, and listening to the stories and seeing the faces of people who haven’t been here in years, that makes it all worth it,” said Athletic Director Dominick Fontana, who hosted the ceremony with his athletic department.
Congratulations to the following inductees:
Team Category:
1972-1973 boys winter track team – Won League title and Suffolk County championship; undefeated in league competition; boasted a double county champion and set several county records.
Honorary Members
Category:
Helyn Wallace – Dedicated community leader; founder and president of Deer Park Nadadores Swim Club; officer for 30 years in the Deer Park Booster Club; grand marshal of homecoming parade.
Coaches Category:
Bill Bellis (Class of 1965) –Multi-sport athlete (baseball, football and wrestling); 32year coaching career at Deer Park from 1970-2002 for football and girls volleyball; as head football coach from 1981-2001, was named Coach of the Year three times, won the 1993 Suffolk County championship, and
earned 97 victories and a perfect 6-0 record in the 1986 league championship; played key role in volunteer effort to sod the football field and establish the first athletic weight room; as head girls volleyball coach from 19782000, he was named Coach of the Year five times, earned 210 match victories and guided team to two county semifinals.
Ed Szymanski – Coached track and cross-country from 1970-1996; named Suffolk County Coach of the Year; led winter track team to undefeated season and league championship in his first year; won multiple spring and winter track league and county championships, including five consecutive winter track league championships; won six consecutive crosscountry League 2 dual meet championships from 19891994 as well as a county championship in 1994.
Athletes Category:
Emmett Berberich (Class of 1994) – Three-sport athlete (baseball, soccer and wrestling); in baseball, was team captain and MVP, was named All-County for three consecutive years, was MVP of undefeated league champion team, outfield gold glove winner and Yastrzemski Award finalist; All-League in soccer and wrestling; Honor Roll student given senior award for Most Outstanding Athlete; earned Division I baseball scholarship to Stetson University.
Trisha Carter (Class of 1988) – Four-year member of girls spring track team; named First Team AllCounty all four years; in 440-yard run, won two state championships, four county championships and two Empire Games titles; earned full athletic scholarship to University of Georgia, where she became two-time AllAmerican.
Michael Castagna (Class of 1999) – Three-sport athlete (soccer, lacrosse and
wrestling); played all four years on varsity soccer team; led team to 1997 county finals and 1998 Empire State Championship; named AllState in 1997, All-County from 1996-1998 and AllLeague in 1995; received Ray Perez Memorial Scholarship in 1998; continued soccer career at Princeton University.
Richard Cincotta (Class of 1974) – Two-sport athlete (track and football); AllCounty winner in both sports; won multiple county championships in 100- and 220-yard dashes; was first Deer Park athlete to win a state championship in 1974, in the 60-yard dash; twotime First Team All-County winner in winter and spring track; continued track career at Missouri Valley College.
Alyson Dzierzynski (Class of 2011) – Three-sport athlete (softball, volleyball and basketball); in softball, named All-League as sophomore, All-Division as junior, and as senior earned All-State, All-Long Island, All-County, League 5 Player of the Year and Small School Player of the Year runnerup while being ranked sixth on Long Island and 22nd in state; in volleyball, earned All-League as eighth grader, freshman and sophomore, and in senior year, named AllConference, All-Tournament Team and Suffolk County
Top 100 Tournament Player; in basketball, named League IV All-Rookie; received full softball scholarship to CW Post.
Nicholas Gallo (Class of 1973) – Three-sport athlete (wrestling, soccer and lacrosse); as wrestler, was both county and league champion; continued wrestling career at Hofstra University, where he was NCAA champion at 126 pounds, won Physical Education Male Athlete Award and was inducted into Hofstra Hall of Fame; represented U.S. at 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won silver medal at World Championships; won National Wrestling Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award.
Robert Griebe (Class of 1971) – Two-sport athlete (lacrosse and football); set Deer Park’s single season lacrosse scoring record in 1970; earned First Team All-County, First Team Scholastic All-American and All-League honors; named to inaugural U.S. High School All-American lacrosse team; continued lacrosse career at Towson University; inducted into Long Island Metropolitan Lacrosse Hall of Fame; represented U.S. at 1978 and 1982 World Championships; named U.S. Club Lacrosse Player of the Year in 1980 and 1982; jersey retired by both Deer Park and
Towson.
Patricia Incandela (Class of 1985) – Five-year member of varsity volleyball team from 1981-1985; named team captain and Team MVP from 1983-1985, and League MVP twice; earned All-League from 1982-1985 and AllCounty in 1984 and 1985; was Empire State Volleyball Team selection in 1984 and 1985; earned full Division I scholarship and named team captain at Lehigh University.
Dominique LoFaro (Class of 2002) – Three-sport athlete (track, soccer and basketball); in track, served as team captain from 20002002, earned All-County and MVP honors in both winter and spring track, won county championship in 2000, and named All-League six times from 1999-2002 as well as All-State; in soccer, earned Gatorade Award as senior; won the school’s Triple Sports Award, Gold Key Award and Achievement Award Scholarship for athletics as senior; earned track scholarship to CW Post.
Victoria Major (Class of 2016) – Two-sport athlete (track and basketball); in basketball, named League Rookie of the Year, AllCounty, All-American, twotime All-League and threetime team MVP; in track, was winter and spring track
county champion and Long Island Elite Meet High Jump champion, broke numerous school records, and as a senior, finished fourth and fifth at state championships and tied for second at Emerging Elite New Balance Nationals; continued track career at Adelphi University.
Robert McCurdy (Class of 1988) – Two-sport athlete (basketball and baseball); in basketball, led team to first league title, named county scoring leader and All-Long Island; was first Deer Park basketball player to receive Division I scholarship, to University of Virgina; after transferring to Richmond University, led nation in scoring and earned AllAmerican honors; selected by Milwaukee Bucks in fourth round of NBA draft.
Joseph Parks (Class of 2006) – Three-sport athlete (track, soccer and wrestling); five-time All-County and three-time All-State honoree; joined track/cross-country teams as senior; won four county cross-country championships; named 2006 Suffolk County Runner of the Year and Long Island Runner of the Year; was Eastern States champion in mile, twotime Nike Nationals qualifier and three-time Empire State Games champion; continued track career and won championships at Iona University.
DEER PARK HS CELEBRATES SECOND ANNUAL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTION - Deer Park High School inducted 12 individual athletes, two coaches, one honorary member and one former team in its second annual Hall of Fame ceremony on Oct. 25. Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District
Halloween Themed Wedding At Town
1. Defunct airline
4. Beverage container
7. A team’s best pitcher
10. Unit of liquid capacity
11. It comes before two
12. Male child
13. Type of wheat
15. One’s mother
16. Upper side of an organism
19. United is one
21. Extraction process
CLUES DOWN
1. Heat unit
2. __ Faulkner, American writer
3. Guatemalan town
4. Of funny things
5. Actress __ de Armas
6. Agents of one’s downfall
7. Takes forcibly
8. Body lice
9. Large nest of a bird of prey
13. Unhappy
14. Popular holiday dessert
23. A being with lesser divine status
24. People living together in a community
25. Luxury automaker
26. This (Spanish)
27. Semitic language
30. Period for a defined purpose
34. Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
35. Up in the air (abbr.)
36. American marsupial
41. Decadent dessert
45. Aquatic plant
46. About aviation
47. Summer footwear
17. Habitual drunkard
18. Used of a number or amount not specified
20. Complications
22. Fail to win
27. Before the present
28. Musical genre
29. Flurry
31. 007’s creator
32. Indiana Pacer Toppin
33. Midway between north and northeast
37. Feeling
38. Damage another’s reputation
50. Rugged mountain ranges
54. With tin
55. Cut on the surface of a hard object
56. Wrapped in cloth
57. Defensive nuclear weapon
59. “American Idol” contestant Clay
60. Midway between east and southeast
61. Court decision “__ v. Wade”
62. Born of
63. Soviet Socialist Republic
64. Actress __-Margaret
65. Not even
39. Mottled citrus fruit
40. Beauty product
41. They man first, second and third
42. Harness
43. Herb
44. Expressed concern
47. Mississippi scientific area (abbr.) 48. Consumed 49. Nostrils
Gathered fallen leaves
Express good wishes
Monetary unit of Brunei
Japanese Buddhist festival
CLUES ACROSS
NOV 23 10AM-4PM Household Items Knick Kn acks Crystal, Ch ina, Silverware ,L inens, Beach Chairs, Womens Clothing, Shoes & Boots, Boys Clothing, Board Games, Glass Coffee Table, Vanity with Be nch, Lamp s, Ladde rs, Wa ll Shelves Christmas Decorations 902 Third Street (cross st 9th ave)
visit websit e davewireman.com CALL DAVE 516 433 9473(wi re) 516 667 9473(wi re) 516 353-1118(text)
Carpenter/Contract or Carpenter/Contract or Carpenter/Contract or 35% Off Any Job HOME IMPR OV
GET YOUR AD NOTICED! Call Our Classified Dept. 631-226-2636 press “2”
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2” A sales representative will be happy to assist you
CLASSIFIED GETS RESULTS! Call today! 631-226-2636 631-226-2646
help you. BIG BUDGET? SM ALL BUDGET? 631-226-2636, press 276
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you
TO
“2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you
LOOKING TO ADVERTI
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you CLASSIFIED GETS RESULTS! Call today! 631-226-2636 CLASSIFIED GETS RESULTS! Call today! 631-226-2636 GET YOUR AD NOTICED! Ca ll Our Classifi ed Dept. 631-226-2636 Ext. 276
TO place an ad in the CLASSIFIED section, call 631-226-2636, press “2”
A sales representative will be happy to assist you
A Howling Good Time
State Sen. Monica R. Martinez, in partnership with Assemblywoman Kimberly Jean-Pierre, invited families to an evening of Halloween fun during the
Helping People Who Are Blind, Have Low Vision, or Other Disabilities
Giving Tuesday comes on the heels of the busiest shopping days of the year. Celebrated annually on the Tuesday after Thanksiving, Giving Tuesday began simply to encourage people to do good.
Those who would like to harness the spirit of charitable giving can explore giving back to these local nonprofit organizations on Giving Tuesday or anytime throughout the year.
Special thanks to our sponsor, Mark Grossman Public Relations.
Helping Veterans, Active-Duty Military, and First Responders with Disabilities
Benefits Of Volunteering
Volunteering is a great way for individuals to strengthen their communities, but it also can be a unique way for individuals to improve their own overall happiness. A 2020 study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies examined 70,000 participants, each of whom received
surveys that asked questions regarding their volunteering habits and mental health.The study found that, when compared to those who did not volunteer, people who had volunteered in the previous 12 months were more satisfied with their lives and gave their overall health higher ratings.
The frequency of giving back to one’s community also may affect just how much volunteering affects mental health. Study participants who volunteered at least once per month rated their mental health even higher than those who volunteered but did so infrequently.
PUZZLE ANSWERS:
8th Annual Pasta & Sauce Drive
Babylon Town Councilman Anthony Manetta is excited to announce the success of his 8th Annual Pasta & Sauce Drive. In partnership with the Constantino Brumidi Lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Italy in Deer Park, it was a recordbreaking year for the drive with 1,220 pounds of pasta and 617 jars of sauce collected.
“I’m thrilled to see our community come together once again to help those in need,” Manetta said. “This year’s Pasta & Sauce Drive was our most successful yet, and it’s a testament to the generosity and kindness of our neighbors here in Babylon. With the help of the Constantino Brumidi Lodge and everyone who contributed, we’ve been able to make a meaningful
impact by collecting over 1,200 pounds of pasta and 600 jars of sauce. Together, we’re helping ensure that no family in our community goes hungry.” This means thousands of meals for local residents in need. For everyone who donated, you have directly helped stock the shelves of food pantries across the Town of Babylon in a big way!
