The Baldwin community celebrated 150 years of Calvary Protestant Church with a week filled with festivities between May 26 and June 2. Neighbors participated in a variety of events, from historical exhibitions to joining the Baldwin Memorial Day Parade — all paying homage to the institution that has served as a beacon of faith for generations.
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Members of the Baldwin community are invited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Baldwin Community Garden at 1980 Grand Ave., the garden’s location, on June 21st.
The celebration, organized by the Baldwin Civic Association, will feature live music by the local jazz band Musically Inclined, as well as raffles and hors d’oeuvres.
AThe event will begin at 5:30 p.m. and last until 8:30 p.m.
Elissa Kirchner, the association’s beautification chairperson, said guests dressed in their best garden cocktail attire should expect a communal celebration consisting of floral decorations, raffled gift baskets and a jazzy ambience.
music, so it was a natural choice for Ronnie Roddy Jr. on keyboard, Joe Gallagher on drums, Matt Mener on tenor saxophone and Erik Vlesmas on bass, of Musically Inclined, to create a soothing ambience for both the audience and the garden itself.
The band has been deeply involved in the community, having delighted audiences at past association events and performances at the Baldwin Public Library.
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“They’re a great local band that is also giving back to the civic association themselves and doing this as a courtesy,” Kirchner said. “It’s a great connection that we have together, and we always love to bring live acts to the garden for the community.”
“We’re going to make it a wonderful giveback kind of celebration — appetizers, and live music, and BYOB and just a nice, enjoyable community event,” Kirchner said.
Studies have shown that plants respond positively to
The garden dates to when Rita Cavanaugh, who led the civic association’s Beautification Committee in 2013, introduced the idea of creating a green space in Baldwin and was backed by then Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran. Cava-
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This year marks the 125th anniversary of Nassau County and Baldwin High School junior Eileen Melara, has been recognized as one of the five winners of the Nassau County Essay and Art Contest aimed to showcase Nassau County’s qualities through the lens of its youth.
Participants were asked to delve into the theme of “Why Nassau County is a Great Place to Live, Work, and Play.”
Neil Testa, principal of Baldwin High School, shared his praise for Melara’s
achievement in a recent news release.
“Congratulations to Eileen Melara on this outstanding accomplishment,” he expressed. “Her success not only brings pride to our school and district but also shines a light on Long Island’s spirit through her award-winning essay.”
Melara received recognition at a celebratory gala, where she was commended for her achievement and had the chance to meet Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.
Baldwin High School senior Christofer McCallum was awarded with a $3,000 scholarship from Liberty Utilities, in collaboration with the New York Chapter of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC).
The award, granted to only eight high school seniors statewide, underscores Liberty’s dedication to fostering community engagement and supporting the next generation of leaders in the water sector.
“Supporting our local communities is a priority for us,” Deborah Franco, president of Liberty New York Water, wrote in a news release. “We take pride in sponsoring scholarships for those whose careers will aid in ensuring that safe, reliable water continues to be available for all.”
Ricky Papandrea, assistant principal for guidance at Baldwin High School, commended McCallum’s dedication and academic prowess.
“Christopher McCallum’s achievement in winning this scholarship is a testament to his dedication and hard work,” he wrote. “He has consistently demonstrated an outstanding work ethic, excel-
ling in both his academic pursuits and extracurricular activities. We at Baldwin High School are incredibly proud of Christofer and grateful to Liberty for their support and commitment to helping young people achieve their goals.” McCallum is set to attend Farmingdale State College in the upcoming fall semester.
— Hernesto Galdamez
Courtesy Baldwin school district
Baldwin High School junior Eileen Melara alongside her family and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman after being one of the five winners of the Nassau County Essay and Art Contest.
Town of Hempstead officials claimed victory last week after Gov. Kathy Hochul put an indefinite pause on a congestion-pricing plan that was set to go into effect on June 30.
The plan aimed to reduce traffic and travel time, create safer streets and cleaner air, reduce emissions and overall improve the quality of life in New York City — but the cost was high. It sought to tax car drivers $15 to enter Manhattan below 60th street, and charge truck drivers anywhere from $24 to $36, depending on the size of the vehicle. The toll would have also applied to motorcycles, taxis and ride-share vehicles.
The plan was first discussed in June of last year, and Hochul faced immediate pushback across the tri-state region from representatives, who expressed concern about the burden the high costs could place on travelers.
“Let’s be real — a $15 charge may not mean a lot to someone who has the means, but it can break the budget of a working- or middle-class household,” Hochul said in announcing a pause in the plan on June 5. “It puts the squeeze on the very people who make this city go: the teachers, first responders, small business workers, bodega owners. And given these financial pressures, I cannot add another burden to working- and middle-class New Yorkers — or create another obstacle to continued recovery.”
Hempstead Town officials, who openly disagreed with the pricing plan, said while the victory is great for now, it is only temporary.
“Yesterday, we saw the governor finally acquiesce to the will of residents throughout Long Island and the tri-state region in pausing congestion pricing, not eliminating it,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said at a news
conference on June 6. “Those are very key words we need to remember because when you pause something, you pause it with the intention of bringing it back.”
Town leaders were adamant that the congestion-pricing plan would’ve hurt the average middle-class resident who needs to drive into the city for work — people like teachers, firefighters and police officers.
“This was literally nothing but a money grab,” Clavin said.
The area where tolls would’ve been implemented was referred to as the Congestion Relief Zone in Manhattan. It was estimated the congestion pricing plan would’ve raised $1 billion a year, which would cover the interest and principal payments for capital improvement projects to the city’s subways,
buses and regional train lines.
However, town officials called out the MTA on past spending failures, leading them to feel doubtful that congestion pricing revenue would’ve made a difference.
“Everyone across the island knows that this was not about good government,” Clavin said. “This was not (about) investing in the rail systems.”
The Town of Hempstead filed a federal lawsuit last month, making it the first on Long Island to take legal action against the congestion-pricing plan.
Clavin said even though there’s a temporary pause on the plan, it’s important that residents continue to fight its possible reenactment.
“We need to stay vigilant,” he said. “We need to keep up this fight. We’re not eliminating our lawsuit.
“This isn’t a Republican issue — this isn’t a Democrat issue,” he added. “This is a taxpayer issue, and the overburdened, overtaxed residents can’t afford this anymore.”
Congressman Anthony D’Esposito, who represents New York’s Fourth Congressional District, said the issue of congestion pricing was not only talked about on Long Island, but in the halls of Congress.
“This is an issue plaguing hardworking New Yorkers, and people in the tristate area, that come to and from Manhattan,” he said. “Congestion pricing could cost the average commuter over $4,000 a year.”
D’Esposito said he worked with Congressman Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat from New Jersey, who also opposed congestion pricing, to enact legislation that would’ve put a stop to Hochul’s plan.
“We should claim victory because everyone here raised their voices,” D’Esposito said. “But we must keep pressure on. This shouldn’t be a pause — it should be an absolutely never going to happen.”
As of now, it is unclear if and when Hochul may reinstate the plan.
“Congestion pricing would have been another hit on hard working New Yorkers,” Town Councilman Chris Carini said. “I am proud to help champion the fight against an egregious tax that would have crippled residents and small businesses. Every day, more New Yorkers are leaving the state due to high taxes and unsafe neighborhoods. Albany’s leadership continues to produce out of control spending and has failed to rein in costs — let’s hope congestion pricing never rears its ugly head again.”
“This is a small victory in the long battle against congestion pricing,” Councilman Dennis Dunne said. “We are committed to fighting against unfair taxes on the back of Long Islanders.”
The philosopher Epictetus said “Men are disturbed not by events, but by the views they take of them.” Arising out of “The Good Life”, previously reviewed here, comes the W.I.S.E.R. model for reacting to emotionally challenging situations.
Watch. Initial impressions are powerful but may be incomplete. There is usually more to see. When the impression and the emotional response start to interact, take a moment to pause and thoughtfully observe the situation to prevent a potentially harmful reflexive response. As they say in psychiatry “Don’t just do something, sit there.”
Interpret. We are all seeing the world through our own eyes — what is happening, why it is happening and how it affects us. Our reality is not necessarily that of others. Thinking that a situation is all about us often leads to misunderstanding. When your emotions start to bubble up, it indicates you have something important at stake -- a goal, an insecurity or a vital relationship. Figuring out what’s at stake will allow you to interpret the situation better.
Select. Having watched, interpreted and re-interpreted, you must select your response. Instead of reacting reflexively out of stress, slowing down allows us to choose from more options. As “The Good Life” says “Given what’s at stake and the resources at my disposal, what can I do in this situation? What would be a good outcome here? And what is the likelihood that things will go well if I respond this way instead of that way?”
Engage. Now you are ready to respond more purposefully — aligning with who you are and what you want to accomplish. You’ve observed and interpreted the situation, taken some time to consider the possibilities and their likelihood of success, and you then execute your strategy.
Reflect. “How did that work out? Did I make things better or worse? Have I learned something new about the challenge I’m facing and about the best response? Reflecting on our response to a challenge can yield dividends for the future. It’s in learning from experience that we fully grow wiser.”
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An unknown individual stole a house key from a vehicle parked at the Long Island Railroad station in Baldwin at 765 Sunrise Highway on June 3, police said.
Jerome B Bryce, 32, of Uniondale was arrested for shoplifting at the 7-11 at 420 Nassau Rd. in Roosevelt on May 31.
According to police, an unidentified man stole items at 19 Decatur St. in Roosevelt on May 24.
Nassau County police are investigating a burglary that occurred on June 8 at 11 a.m in Baldwin, reported to police on June 10 at 6:20 a.m.
Oral D Williams, 52, of Hempstead was arrested between Nassau Road and E Centennial Avenue in Roosevelt on May 20 for driving while intoxicated.
People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.
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Nassau County police are investigating a burglary that occurred on June 8 at 11 a.m in Baldwin, reported to police on June 10 at 6:20 a.m.
According to police, an unidentified person entered the J&E Plumbing store located at 621 Seaman Ave. and stole sheetrock from a room that’s under con-
struction. The complainant also reported a missing lockbox containing $8,000, credit cards and two computer towers. Police are requesting anyone with information to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS or call 911.
— Hernesto Galdamez Bill Kelly/HeraldOn various dates throughout the summer, those looking to shop local and obtain goods from Long Island vendors can visit the Eisenhower Park Field 8 Art Craft and Gift Vendor Fair — where there’s truly something for everyone.
The event is hosted by Nassau County Fairs, and the first one for the season took place on May 11 and 12, just in time for Mother’s Day. There’s another round scheduled Jun 15 and 16, as well as August 31 and September 1.
With reasonably good weather, those planning to attend will be able to shop from 75 to 100 vendors, and vendors can expect upwards of 3,000 shoppers during the two-day event.
The Nassau County Fairs business model is simple: “Shop small, and shop local.” Vendors include artists, crafters, gift curators, neighborhood mom and pop stores, and so much more.
If vendors want to sign up for future fairs at Eisenhower Park, it costs $230 a day, or $380 for the weekend. Nonprofits and government organizations can register for $25. Food vendors are not allowed to participate in the Eisenhower fair.
Future fairs will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Those who plan to attend should go to 8 Park Boulevard in Westbury. Field 8 is adjacent to the intersection of Merrick Avenue and Stewart Avenue.
Whether you’re shopping for yourself, or someone else, attendees can be sure to find a variety of local products, all from local sources. For more on the Eisenhower Park fair, and others in the area, visit NassauCountyFairs.com.
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Sydney Moss and Ashley Herkommer of Rise Life Services with customers
Denise Pellman and Sharon Vincent, who were buying paintings.
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There’s regular fairs in Eisenhower Park throughout the summertime. At a fair in May, Laura Kost owner of an Avon Booth, helped Roseanna Piwowarski.
Nassau County Fairs, which hosts the event, encourages people to shop small and local. Paula Carey of Bohemia Gifts and Crystal’s assisted Tara Calderch.
After losing her Assembly seat in 2022 to Brian Curran by a slim margin of 138 votes, Judy Griffin is ready to pick up where she left off.
When she was first elected to the Assembly in 2019, Griffin was the first Democrat to hold this particular seat in more than 40 years. After the coronavirus pandemic upended her original plan, Griffin says she is looking for a reset in November to make the district a safer place to live.
“Sometimes, when I would go to the diner, people would be like, ‘I’m a Republican and I’m sorry you lost,’” Griffin told reporters at a recent Herald Roundtable session. “And now, it’s a year and a half since the last election, and I would say every day, community leaders, union leaders, constituents asked me to run again.”
Griffin wants to tackle the opioid crisis if re-elected, not only helping recovering addicts, but also their family members.
“I always believed that a multi-prong approach was necessary because I’ve seen and spoken to so many people who they said drug addiction harmed the whole family,” Griffin said. “We will support recovering addicts by finding them jobs, a place to live, and I would really love to do more of that.”
Griffin noted that one cause of the rise of the fentanyl crisis is drug dealers lac-
Judy Griffin is running to represent the Democrats in the race challenging incumbent Assemblyman Brian Curran in November. She wants to pick up where she left off in 2022 when Curran defeated her in the general election to take the seat back for Republicans.
ing drugs like marijuana and cocaine with fentanyl. She wants to continue advocating a bill she called “Death by Dealer” intended to hold these drug dealers accountable.
During her time in office, Griffin noted she helped pass legislation like the Red Flag Gun Law, which prevents people who show signs of being a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing any kind of firearm. She also passed the “teacher gun law,” which
ensured educators will never be forced to carry weapons.
“In 2022, we passed even more gun legislation, but I still believe we aren’t done,” Griffin said. “I think there’s a lot more we could do.”
And with her “strong relationship” with local law enforcement, Griffin said she would help allocate funding to provide them with more resources. She committed to doing the same with the district attorney’s office and local schools.
“Something that was really important to me that I wanted to advance was doing something about mental health for police officers,” Griffin said. “That is a heavyduty job, and a lot is expected of them.”
Griffin also plans to gauge how her constituents are feeling on certain issues by resurrecting her “constituent survey” that is posted online each January. It would ask people their feelings on bills Griffin would vote on, and show the percentage of people that agree or disagree with an issue.
“You’re never going to have everyone be happy about everything you do,” she said, “but I tried as hard as I could to meet people in the middle, and meet them where most people were at.”
Griffin also plans to meet with neighbors to hear about the most pressing issues occurring in the district. It’s something she continued from her efforts in the past on the PTA, a nutrition committee, and while advocating for issues within local villages.
“Sometimes I’d be up at 4 in the morning, and that’s the kind of person I am,” Griffin said. “So, the dedication I had as a community advocate, I brought with me to office.”
For Patricia Maher, running in the June 25 Democratic primary for Assembly is about helping people.
“The only way you know what people are thinking in your constituency is to walk door-to-door to talk to them,” Maher told reporters during a recent Herald Roundtable session.
Running to represent Democrats in the November election against incumbent Assemblyman Brian Curran, Maher said she witnessed 700 people sign her candidate petitions. And they did so in places like Baldwin Harbor, Hewlett and Lynbrook — homes where many said it was first time someone running for office knocked on their door.
“These individuals, my future constituents, really feel like they are paying the highest taxes in the country and their roads are atrocious right in front of their house,” she said.
The problem, Maher learned — especially in Baldwin Harbor — was that one road would be repaired, but then that work would somehow cause flooding on an adjacent road.
“I talked to them and we decided we would go down to the town as a group and start to speak before the town council,” she said. “We would go to the county legislature speak to them, because this has to be a joint effort between the county, town
and the state.”
An advertising executive, Maher holds two law degrees — a juris doctorate from Touro Law School, and a master of laws from Hofstra University. Maher, however, is not a practicing attorney.
“The job of a New York state lawmaker is to make laws,” she said, noting that understanding the intent of a law is critical.
“I think I guess it’s after four years of schooling with my JD and LLM, I think I’m pretty well qualified to do that. You really need to know how the laws are written.”
A bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and state Sen. Kevin Thomas — both Democrats — which would increase the allowable property tax income for senior citizens and people with disabilities, is a measure Maher supports. The legislation is in committee.
“I think that would be a great start right there,” she said. “Most seniors want to stay in their own homes. The current exemption is not enough.”
Maher aims to support a potential law reversing a change in health insurance
coverage that impacts emergency medical technicians, firefighters, first responders, police and retired city teachers — all while still maintaining the promised coverage.
She said the state has good gun laws but they are not enough to battle the firearms coming across from other states.
“We need universal background checks on the federal level,” Maher said, adding she would work with federal officials to make that happen.
Tackling student loan debt is mainly a federal issue, but legislation could help. Such laws could be based on age, Maher said, noting the debt of older people. Some of these lenders are not telling borrowers they are eligible for debt relief, she added.
“I think maybe, on the state level, we could come up with some laws that would give penalties for these student loan companies that aren’t being truthful to students,” Maher said.
In the end, these elections — primary elections, especially — are important, Maher said.
“If you are a Democrat, you can come out to vote on June 25,” she said. “And early voting starts June 15. You come out to vote.”
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Noah Burroughs has, through the course of his life, lived in Hempstead — of which he is currently a village trustee — Freeport and Roosevelt, making him more than familiar with the communities he would serve on the Assembly. At least as far as he sees it.
Burroughs is seeking the Democratic nomination to succeed Taylor Darling, the incumbent Assemblywoman who is now running for state Senate.
A Nassau County Community College and University of Buffalo graduate, retired the New York Jets — including during a time when the NFL team practiced nearby at Hofstra, Burroughs has spent the last 20 years teaching history at Hempstead schools.
“Playing football you always have your organization,” Burroughs told reporters during a recent Herald Roundtable session.
“If (your organization is) good, (they will) usually always reach out to the community and service the community. That was something that was big that I really appreciated.”
Burroughs credits his father — who was deeply involved in the integration efforts in the South during the Civil Rights era — for instilling that interest in community service, His father was arrested on a variety of occasions, and would tell stories to a young Burroughs
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Noah Burroughs was inspired to do community service through his father — a man who worked under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights era. Now he’s looking to give back on his own, with a view to expand his community service from Hempstead village trustee to the Assembly currently held by Taylor Darling.
about being sent out on jobs by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. himself.
“I grew up with my dad explaining to us the importance of being involved in
the community,” he said. “My mom was (the) one who was big on education, but also big on doing things for the right reasons.”
But Burroughs also had a passion for sports, coaching football — first at Hempstead High School, and then Nassau Community College, having felt inspired to guide and assist young athletes as they traversed similar obstacles as what he had faced as a younger man.
“I just wanted to make it easy for as many as (I) could,” Burroughs said.
“My philosophy always became, how can I help more? How can I help more? How can I help more?”
Eventually this philosophy led him to start the Time Foundation with his family, which has partnered with churches and other local organizations to give back, and which holds book bag drives, sports camps and more.
But it still wasn’t enough. Burroughs and his father devised a plan to break into local politics so he could help on a grander scale. In 2021, he ran for — and became — a Hempstead village
trustee.
“My first year I got my feet wet,” Burroughs said. “My third year — which is now — I’ve become very clear on what I want to do, and how to get things done.”
So, what does that mean for him joining the Assembly?
“Why am I doing this?” Burroughs asked. “Because I want to continue to grow … and try and help more people in my community. What way to do that better (than) on the state Assembly?”
One way he hopes to begin is with infrastructure.
“Our sewer and water needs a lot of improvement,” Burroughs said. “Our infrastructure and businesses kind of go hand-in-hand.
“Uniondale and Roosevelt don’t even have a semblance of what a downtown area looks like at all. Down Nassau Road, it’s not pleasant. Down Uniondale Avenue, it’s not pleasant. You may not have a complete, thriving downtown, but you still want to modernize it and have your businesses look beautiful.”
Freeport, however, needs to just “continue an upward trend.”
The primary election is set for June 25, with early voting running between June 15 and June 23.
She’s a newcomer to the political arena, but not to serving her community.
Now Lisa Ortiz wants to serve on a larger scale — running for Assemblywoman Taylor Darling’s seat. But first, she needs to win the Democratic primary on June 25.
“I’ve already been doing the work,” Ortiz told reporters during a recent Herald Roundtable session. “Being able to serve as an elected official just gives a title. It would give me a title and be able to allow me to be a little more impactful to a larger community.”
The Lakeview resident wants to succeed Darling, who is running for state Senate. She’s spent the past months attending events and meeting civic leaders in all the different communities of the Assembly district. That way, Ortiz said, if she wins the seat, she can hit the ground running and be impactful.
The position, Ortiz adds, would require the exact skills that her past experiences have prepared her for She was elected to the Lakeview Public Library board in 2017, and now serves as its president. Being on the library board taught Ortiz “to understand how to create policy.”
“It gave me an opportunity to really understand how a budget is prepared,” Ortiz said, “how the funds are allocated,
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Lisa Ortiz says her experience as a longtime community advocate — especially with the Lakeview Civic Association — will make her the effective representative Assemblywoman Taylor Darling’s district needs. She hopes to represent Democrats in November to succeed her.
making sure that I was able to understand how we could reduce wasteful spending, and make sure that we had adequate funds to service or provide programming that would benefit our community, as well.”
One of her biggest accomplishments in that role, she said, was helping to secure a $900,000 grant to offset the cost
of the library’s renovations.
Ortiz also is an executive member of the Lakeview chapter of the NAACP, and was one of the seven neighbors who came together in 2020 to create the Lakeview Civic Association, which focuses on supporting and advocating for the community in lieu of a local village government.
“Through the civic association, I’ve been able to pull in a lot more resources and make sure that the concerns for the community were addressed,” Ortiz said.
“I really enjoyed engaging with the community and hearing and learning their concerns, so that way I could ensure that our community was being protected, and the services were being implemented and restored.
“And from there, I started to realize — if I were able to do this as a community organizer or a community advocate, I could do so much more if I were given an opportunity to represent larger
districts. I started to develop this burning desire to run for office.”
Professionally, she spent a decade as a portfolio analyst for a real estate company, and she now owns a small local business called Creative Little Learners, a day care center. Public school funding — and helping provide constituents access to high-quality child care — are also priorities of hers.
Neighbors also need access to quality water — a particular problem in this district, she said — and better infrastructure and roads. Perhaps most pressing, Ortiz said, is the unaffordability of Long Island.
“If we don’t start to ensure that residents that currently live on Long Island can stay on Long Island, we’ll continue to have a mass exodus out of the state,” Ortiz said.
The answer, she said, is to make sure small business owners have access to the county resources that will help them keep their doors open.
“I really care about the community, what it looks like,” Ortiz said. “I want to make sure that we’re not only addressing the concerns for right now, but we’re creating a better future for generations to come.”
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naugh collaborated with local businesses and schools to turn her idea into a reality.
The civic association created the garden in 2014 when the group received a five-year lease from Nassau County to develop a plot of greenery into a sculpture park with benches. The garden has evolved from a plot of land into an interactive space with various plants, art installations, and events such as concerts and fundraisers for the Baldwin community.
A decade later, Kimberly Malone, the civic association’s president, told the Herald that the garden is an important place for Baldwin youth to celebrate their achievements, to support local businesses, and remain the center of
the community. Baldwin Girl Scouts and Eagle Scouts, in particular, have taken full advantage of the garden, as one Eagle Scout built a gazebo and the Girl Scouts organized an event that taught participants how to effectively compost.
“All the things that we do are about community-building,” Malone said. “The more people that we can engage through these fun activities, the more people that we hope to bring into the civic association. The more voices that we can have, the more different points of view that we have, the better we can make our overall community.”
For more information, visit BaldwinCivic. org/buy-tickets.html.
the 10-year anniversary of the creation of the Baldwin Community garden will be celebrated on June 21, with festivities at 1980 grand ave. in Baldwin.
In celebration of 150 years in Baldwin, the Calvary Protestant Church concluded its week long festivities that began on May 26 and lasted until June 2 with a “Looking Ahead” event.
The church’s history dates back to Thomas Carman, a Baldwin farmer, and a group of neighbors who left the Merrick Road Methodist Church in 1874. Their objective was to establish a Sunday school for the residents near Baldwin Harbor, which eventually led to the formation of the Calvary Protestant Church. The inaugural gathering took place on May 23 of that same year.
The celebration commenced with “Messages from Afar,” where missionaries submitted video greetings and acknowledgments of the church’s anniversary.
The church also participated in Baldwin’s Memorial Day Parade the following day with its own float.
May 31 was dedicated to reflecting on the church’s rich history, followed by a celebratory dinner on June 1.
— Hernesto Galdamez
Nicolas Albarano (with Barry LeBron, music teacher), Rockville Centre
Mr. LeBron, since sophomore year, has encouraged me to do NYSSMA, jazz ensemble and Tri-M Music Honor Society. He’s helped me to develop my musical talent (piano) in and outside of school.
Stephen D’Amato (with Courtney Prestianni, guidance counselor), Wantagh
One person that stands out the most to me is my guidance counselor, Ms. Prestianni. She always helps me problem-solve and come to the best decisions. She treats me like one of her own kids.
Christian Auguste (with Arthur Ergistre, director of science), Uniondale I approached Mr. Ergistre with an idea for a paid peer tutoring program and with his guidance, he pushed me in the right direction. He has always been super supportive of what I want to do, and he’s always encouraged me.
Camdresa Davis (with Peter Buckley, English teacher/track coach), Baldwin During my sophomore year, I faced one of the most difficult challenges of my life, which was the loss of my mother. Mr. Buckley was always there for me I was able to talk to him and he helped me realize that even though I had lost someone close to me, I would never be alone.
Johnna Rodriguez (with Briar Falvo, English teacher), East Rockaway I had Ms. Falvo in middle school and high school. Even when I didn’t have her, she always made time for me. When I was struggling with my English class or problems personally, I went to her and she would give me advice.
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Siela Bynoe has spent the past decade as a Nassau County legislator advocating for mental health services, police reform, affordable housing and education on Long Island.
“We have accomplished quite a few things, but there is so much more to be done,” Bynoe told reporters during a recent Herald Roundtable session.
Bynoe is ready to take that work to Albany, seeking the Democratic nomination in the June 25 primary to potentially succeed state Sen. Kevin Thomas in November.
Bynoe first won her county seat in a 2014 special election after serving two terms as a member of the Westbury school board. She also was the former executive director of the Huntington Housing Authority.
Currently, she is one of seven minority lawmakers who sit on the largely Republican-controlled legislature — a task which has required her to be more pragmatic in order to pass meaningful reform.
“I spend time being very informed by stakeholders and experts in the field,” Bynoe said. “Then I gain some support and consensus from others across the aisle.”
A firm believer in providing access to robust mental health resources, Bynoe helped pass legislation requiring county
Siela Bynoe hopes that her experience working across the aisle with the Nassau County Legislature and raising the most in matching campaign funds will give her the edge in the upcoming June primary for the state Senate seat currently held by Kevin Thomas.
employees with frequent interaction with the public to receive mental health first aid training. She said she was also instrumental in creating land bank legislation, allowing the county to acquire, rehabilitate and sell blighted properties and “zom-
bie” homes for use.
Bynoe has also spearheaded efforts to require police officers wear body cameras, and increase access to mental health for schools. She also plans to deepen the trust between law enforcement and the community.
“We need to be able to ensure that these officers are trained at the highest level,” Bynoe said. “Far too often, we’re finding the same people are committing the majority of the crimes. So we need more funding and programming around that to make sure everyone is safe.”
Bynoe also said that health care and the sustainability of local hospitals are another major topic she hopes to tackle in the state arena.
“I know how important it is to be able to have direct communication with your doctor and make decisions for yourself,” she said. “So, I think that that should
apply across all women’s health issues. I want to be able to be on the first line to protect those interests.”
That also means saving Nassau University Medical Center by having the state “step-up and find a way to fund” the hospital.
“I think the state came up with a good corrective action plan,” Bynoe said. “I think it needs to be employed, and beyond that, I think we need to look at the sustainability of the hospitals in the future.”
State officials have said previously that in order for NUMC to receive emergency funds from the state it would have to agree to conduct a nationwide search for a new chief executive, among other conditions.
For now, Bynoe says she is working hard, pounding the pavement to get the word out about the June 25 primary, and is hoping to use the $352,000 she picked up in the New York State Public Campaign Finance program — the largest payout in the program — will help make that happen.
“I think this is going to be a really hard-fought battle,” Bynoe said. “Coming up on the general election there is a lot at stake. But, I never take anything for granted. Ever.”
Taylor Darling announced her intentions to move up from the Assembly to the state Senate following Kevin Thomas’s announcement he wouldn’t be seeking re-election so he could pursue a campaign for Congress.
First, however, she needs to make it through the June 25 primary, to become the Democratic nominee for the seat.
Darling, who was first elected to the Assembly in 2018, says she plans to continue fighting for Long Island in the upper chamber, and to protect the integrity of its suburbs.
“Affordability and attainability are really huge issues across communities on Long Island,” Darling told reporters during a recent Herald Roundtable. “So, ensuring that, we are creating new policy and funding initiatives that are going to help ease the burden of everyday Long Islanders, who are working hard to pay their taxes and have a good semblance of life.”
She also wants to ensure access to quality health care by providing aid to safety-net hospitals like Nassau University Medical Center — the only public benefit hospital in Nassau County, which has seen a $160 million drop in state funding since 2017.
“I’m really interested in making sure Nassau University Medical Center feels
Taylor Darling is confident in her ability to serve Long Island — ready to move from the Assembly level to the state Senate, with the first step coming in the June 25 Democratic primary, as she seeks to take on a bigger role in the state legislature.
supported,” Darling said, “and that maybe one day, the people who work there and people who frequent there, don’t have to fear that it’s closing.”
NUMC chair Matthew Bruderman has said the facility could close in July as it is in danger of running out of money. The hospital is in need of $83 million in emergency funds, which have been proposed by the state in order to preserve roughly 300 jobs and to continue to serve more than 270,000 patients a year.
“I mean, what kind of environment is that to work in, and what type of care do you expect those individuals to deliver?” Darling asked. “Even though the individuals at Nassau University Medical Center, despite all the nonsense that surrounds that place, has been able to provide wonderful care to everyone who enters there.”
She also is a firm believer in being proactive when it comes to restoring roadways and infrastructure on Long Island. Darling, who has been affectionately
dubbed the “pothole princess,” has a history of fighting for much-needed repairs to hazardous roadways.
“Let’s not wait until things fall apart or they are in disrepair before we finally say we have to treat them,” she said. “We need clean water. We need more roads. These are things that we are always going to need and require. So, let’s make sure we’re being a lot more proactive, because proactivity saves tax dollars.”
Darling says her experience in public service has taught her to be transparent, approachable, and to embrace things with a collaborative spirit.
“I identify as a public servant, so I understand that I’m working for you, and I’m working with you,” Darling said. “That approach is very much appreciated by individuals who’ve been inconsistently served, at best.”
She also stressed the importance of being “human first” when it comes to connecting with constituents.
“We are charged to keep New Yorkers safe, first and foremost, and then find ways to make living in New York a really great experience,” Darling said. “We definitely have work to do, but I know how to get things done.”
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Executive Bruce Blakeman unveiled a bill banning biological males from women’s activities at county facilities.
Behind him, from left, were Legislator John Giuffrè, the Legislature’s presiding officer, Howard Kopel, County Comptroller Elaine Phillips, and Legislators Rose Marie Walker and Samantha Goetz.
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s executive order, banning biological males from women’s sports at county facilities, could soon be codified into law.
The County Legislature’s presiding officer, Howard Kopel, and Legislators John Giuffrè, Samantha Goetz and Rose Marie Walker accompanied Blakeman at a news conference in Mineola last Friday to announce the new legislation.
“Women have been fighting the last 50 years for fair competition in their sport, a fair investment, the same as men, the same numbers, the same scholarships,” Blakeman said, “and now that is in jeopardy of biological males taking valuable positions on women’s teams, women losing scholarships, women losing the ability to compete, and it’s not fair.”
Goetz, Walker and Legislator Mazi Pilip will co-sponsor the proposed bill.
“I was recently listening to an interview with Riley Gaines where a student was discussing how she doesn’t want to train for second place, and I think that concisely explains what this bill is for,” Goetz said. “We do not want women in Nassau County to just train and compete for second place.”
Gaines is a former collegiate swimmer.
Walker said she fears for her granddaughters and other female athletes in the county.
“Certainly I don’t want it to affect our girls with scholarships, with playing and training, to come in second or third because of what they’re competing against,” Walker said. “But I’m very, very concerned about their health and safety.”
Biological males and transgender athletes who identify as female are welcome to compete on county co-ed or men’s teams, or create a transgender league, Blakeman said — just not as biological males on women’s team.
A Nassau County Supreme Court struck down Blakeman’s executive order on May 10, after a legal challenge by the New York Civil Liberties Union, which filed a lawsuit in March.
Blakeman plans to appeal the decision, he said.
Bobby Hodgson, an assistant legal director at NYCLU, had not seen the language of the proposed legislation, but said that the state anti-discrimination law prohibits such a law.
“That was true when we successfully struck down County Executive Blakeman’s policy, and it’s true today,” Hodgson said. “If they do continue to push forward on this harmful legislation, the NYCLU will certainly see them in court, and we believe it will be promptly struck down as unlawful under our state anti-discrimination law.”
Blakeman said that both his order, and the new law, would be determined to be constitutional, because they protect women’s rights.
After he signed his executive order in February, which mandated that sports, leagues, organizations, teams and programs that use county facilities designate themselves male, female or co-ed, and then only accept athletes who meet that criteria according to their sex at birth, state Attorney General Letitia James sent a cease-and-desist letter to Blakeman in March, demanding that he rescind it.
Blakeman responded a few days later by filing a federal lawsuit contesting James’ letter, which was denied in federal court and dismissed in April.
“The law is perfectly clear: you cannot discriminate against a person because of their gender identity or expression,” James wrote in a March 1 news release. “We have no room for hate or bigotry in New York.”
County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton issued a statement after Friday’s news conference. “Passing such a law will only cost the county millions in legal fees and taxpayer money, funds that should be used for repaving our roads and providing tax relief,” she said.
Kopel said that the bill would go before committee on Monday, and before the full Legislature in two weeks or so. He added that he was confident that it would pass.
“We’re trying to help these young girls who are trying to achieve something, and to say that we haven’t had the problem here in Nassau County yet is foolish,” Kopel said. “We want to take care of this. We’re going to take care of it now.”
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As with many things in life, anger has good and bad sides. The good thing about anger is that it can signal to you that something’s wrong and needs to be addressed. Anger provides you with the motivation and energy to do so. It’s a trigger for you to get off your butt and do something to confront what has been bothering you.
Most of us are familiar with the bad side of anger. Here are a few of the difficulties:
■ If your anger is the first (or only) response to situations that bother you, it’s not just another emotion but a personality characteristic. You are an angry person.
■ Your anger quickly turns into rage. When enraged, you may say and do things that embarrass you and cause significant damage to relationships. You may become so out of control that you curse at those you love, threaten violence, become violent, throw things, break things, or say things you’ll later regret.
like “I can discuss this calmly” or “It may not be as bad as I’m making it out to be.”
■ People say terrible things in anger because they’ve temporarily lost the rational part of their brain. What comes into their head spills out of their mouth. So, take a moment to think. Consider whether what’s so important to you at this moment will be so important in the long run or even in a day or two. Imagine what the repercussions will be to you and others if you act out your anger. Think about how you might gain someone’s cooperation instead of immediately making the interaction adversarial.
■ You nurse your anger and are slow to let it go, even if the situation has been resolved. Your anger is intensified by resentment that simmers beneath the surface and may morph into rage. Failure to let go of anger once a problem has been resolved is living in the past and is a massive waste of energy and a huge hindrance to repairing relationships.
Because of these adverse effects, it’s desirable that you learn how to tame your anger. Here are three ways to do so:
■ Since anger is a complex emotion to control, it makes sense to try to catch it in its early stages. So, as soon as you feel anger rising in your body, instead of stoking the fire, work to calm yourself down. One way to do this is to take three deep breaths, inhaling slowly and exhaling slowly until you begin to feel your body relaxing. On your last exhale, say something reassuring to yourself,
■ It’s easy to get outraged because of your assumptions. So, examine your assumptions. Are you feeling outraged because you think someone is trying to put something over on you? Are you upset because someone didn’t act as you expected them to? Are you incensed because you believe someone has discounted your opinion or demeaned your competence? Check out these assumptions. They may be only partially true or totally false. Or, they may be accurate, but so what? What if someone has not acted the way you expected them to? How and why is that so important to you?
The goal here is not to rid yourself of anger but to learn how to contain it and use it well. Once you have succeeded, you’ll be in charge of your anger instead of allowing your anger to control you.
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Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach, and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives, and overcome debilitating anxiety, procrastination, and depression. Contact her at DrSapadin@ aol.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.
Assemblyman Brian Curran, who represents Assembly District 21, attended Hope Day at the Bethlehem Assembly of God Church in Baldwin over the weekend. The event, known for its family-friendly fun and activities, aimed to unite the community. Curran, serving as a guest speaker, addressed attendees and fielded questions.
“It is always a great day whenever I
get to visit Bethlehem Assembly of God Church to see Pastor Carlos and Hope Day was no exception, it was amazing to see the community come together and have a fun-filled day. I was also incredibly honored to be a guest speaker and answer the questions and concerns of the community. I look forward to coming back next year,” Curran wrote in a news release.
By Karen Bloom
June means … strawberries. Those luscious berries await during this precious — short-lived — season. So gather up your gang and venture out to one of the many u-pick growers for a day in the berry patch. The season reaches its peak here as spring transitions into summer, as the fruit grow and ripen throughout May and June.
Everyone can agree that local is always best, so skip those California and Florida supermarket berries and head out to one of the many farms nearby where you can pick your own. Then when you return with your bounty, be sure to whip up some yummy strawberry creations. These fresh gems are always terrific on their own, of course, but when used in a recipe, they’ll jazz up any meal.
The quintessential summer treat never goes out of style.
• 3 baskets of fresh strawberries
• 1/2 cup sugar
• Whipping cream
• Vanilla
1. Remove the stems from the strawberries. Slice into thin (1/4- to 1/8-inch slices. Put into a large bowl. Add 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup of sugar (depending on how sweet the strawberries are to begin with) and mix into the strawberries. Set aside at room temperature to macerate (which means that the sugar will soften the strawberries and help release their juices).
2. After the strawberries have been sitting for 20 minutes or so, take a potato masher and mash them a little. Not too much, just enough to get more juice out of them.
3. Whip the cream, adding a drop or two of vanilla and a teaspoon of sugar.
4. To serve, break up one biscuit per person into big pieces into a bowl. Ladle strawberries over the biscuit (either scratch-made or Bisquick recipe). Add a dollop of whipped cream.
Biscuits from scratch:
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 12 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1. Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Toss with a fork to combine. Cut the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter or a fork until the largest pieces of butter are the size of peas. (Or pulse several
times in a food processor.) 2. Combine the cream and vanilla in a liquid measure. Make a well in the center of the flour and pour the cream mixture into the well. Mix with a fork until the dough is evenly moistened and just combined; it should look shaggy and still feel a little dry.
3. Gently knead by hand five or six times to create a loose ball.
4. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and pat it into an 8-inch square, 3/4 to 1-inch thick. Transfer the dough to a baking sheet lined with parchment or silpat, cover with plastic and chill for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
5. Heat the oven to 425º F. Remove the dough from refrigerator. Cut the dough into 9 even squares and spread them about 2 inches apart from each other on the baking sheet. Bake until the biscuits are medium golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes.
Makes 9 biscuits.
Classic Bisquick biscuits:
• 2 1/3 cups Bisquick baking mix
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons sugar
1. Heat oven to 425° F. Stir baking mix, melted butter, milk, and sugar in a mixing bowl until soft dough forms.
2. Drop by 6 spoonfuls on to a greased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
Makes 6 biscuits.
All the sweet goodness of strawberry shortcake in a small bite.
• 6 2-1/2-inch tart shells
• 1 1/2 quart fresh strawberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• Whipped cream
1. Wash and remove caps from the strawberries. Set aside the best half of the berries; combine the remaining berries, whole or cut, sugar and cornstarch in saucepan.
2. Cook, stirring frequently, 5-6 minutes or until the berry mixture is very thick. Stir in the lemon juice. Cook. Select a few of the reserved strawberries for garnish; add the rest, whole or cut, to the cooked mixture.
3. Pour into the baked pastry shells. Garnish with the whipped cream and remaining whole or cut berries.
Drag out that neon once again and give your hair its best ‘80s ‘do. Those crazy days are back — as only Jessie’s Girl can pull off, on the Paramount stage. So slip on some Jordache jeans, legwarmers, grab an extra-large bottle of Aqua Net, and get ready to dance the night away. There is no decade like the ‘80s, and no band that has mastered the music of the era like Jessie’s Girl. Hear all of your favorites by Prince, Madonna, Eddie Money, Duran Duran, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar, Van Halen, J. Geils Band, The Police and many more. The show is led by New York City’s top rock and pop vocalists and backed by a phenomenal band, who get everyone into that ‘Back to the ‘80’ vibe. Throw in a load of super-fun choreography, audience participation, props, costumes bubbles and confetti — and you have a party that audiences don’t want to leave.
Friday, June 14, 8 p.m. $45, $37.50, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
The Happy Together Tour is back with an evening of groovy tunes. The touring sensation that has crisscrossed the nation delighting audiences for more than a decade returns with a show full of ‘60s and ‘70s chart-toppers — an undeniable 61 Billboard Top 40 smashes. Surely an evening of hit after hit after hit that will have you heading home whistling the soundtrack of that beloved era. Returning favorites and new additions in this edition include The Turtles once again, the evening’s musical hosts. They are joined by Jay and the Americans, The Association, Badfinger, The Vogues and the Cowsills. The Turtles, of course, are best known for their harmony-heavy California pop sound. With such hits as ‘Elenore,’ ‘She’d Rather Be With Me,’ ‘It Ain’t Me Babe,’ ‘You Showed Me’ — and the title of the tour, ‘Happy Together’ — the band ruled the airwaves in the late ‘60s. Rewind time and groove to the classics as you see these legends live on the same stage.
Saturday, June 15, 8 p.m. Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. Tickets available at LiveNation.com.
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The Beatles live on — in the form of the Fab Faux. The acclaimed band brings out the best Beatles moments, appearing on the Paramount stage, Saturday, June 22, 8 p.m. With a commitment to the accurate reproduction of Beatles’ repertoire, The Fab Faux treat the seminal music with unwavering respect, known for their painstaking recreations of the songs (with emphasis on the later works never performed live by the Beatles). The musical virtuosity of The Fab Faux — in actuality five New York City-based musicians —upends the concept of a Beatles tribute band. Far beyond being extended cover sets, their shows are an inspired rediscovery of The Beatles’ musical magic.
The Fab Faux tackles the group’s most demanding material onstage in a way that has to be experienced to be believed. In addition to their note-for-note accuracy, the band is famous for blurring the lines slightly and injecting their own musical personalities into the performances. Imagine hearing complex material like “Strawberry Fields Forever” or “I Am the Walrus” performed in complete partperfect renditions; or such harmony-driven songs as “Because”, “Nowhere Man”, and “Paperback Writer,” reproduced with extra vocalists to achieve a double-tracked effect. That’s The Fab Faux experience. $55, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
Family theater
Families will enjoy another musical adventure, “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved children’s books, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Friday, June 14, 10:15 a.m. and noon; also Saturday, June 15, 2 p.m.; Sunday, June 9, 2 p.m.; Wednesday, June 19, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Back by popular demand after a sold-out 2023 run, see Pigeon, Bus Driver, and some zany passengers sing and dance their way to help Pigeon find his “thing” in this upbeat comedy based on Willems’ popular Pigeon books.
Featuring a live band to bring the jazzy score to life, audiences will thoroughly enjoy singing and flapping along with The Pigeon and friends. The audience is part of the action, in this innovative mix of songs, silliness and feathers. It’s an ideal way to introduce kids to theater and the humorous stories from Willems’ books. $10 with museum admission ($8 members), $14 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.
Adopt your “fur-ever” friend this summer. There’s no better time to adopt a new pet than during the ”summer of love” at the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter. Now through Sept. 1, all pet adoption fees are waived and include free spaying/neutering, vaccinations and microchipping. There is a $10 license fee for dogs. Check out the friendly faces of the dogs and cats before stepping foot in the shelter online at HempsteadNY. gov/179/Animal-Shelter or on the shelter’s Facebook page at Hempstead Town Animal Shelter. For more information, contact (516) 785-5220.
Rainbow Run 5K Show support for Pride For Youth, a Division of Long Island Crisis Center, at The Rainbow Run 5K, at Eisenhower Park, on Saturday, June 22, starting at 9 a.m. The cost to compete is $30, which includes a t-shirt and a Finisher Medal. For more information, visit Events. EliteFeats.com or call (516) 5313323.
Lace up your sneakers and walk with Baldwin and Oceanside Library patrons at different locations, Tuesdays, through June 18. Registration required and to recieve walk locations. 2385 Grand Ave. Visit BaldwinPL. org or call (516) 561-8216 for information.
Bring the kids to Old Westbury Gardens for a Seasonal Sprouts session, Wednesday, June 19, 11 a.m.-noon. Children (ages 4 to 6) can explore the grounds on a guided walk within the formal gardens and informal woodlands. Families will enjoy activities and plant a flower to take home. $10 per child. Registration required. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information, visit OldWestburyGardens.org or contact (516) 333-0048.
Bring the kids to celebrate Juneteeth at Baldwin Public Library, Saturday, June 22, noon. Learn the history of the holiday and make a craft to take home. 2385 Grand Ave. Visit BaldwinPL. org for more information and to register.
Indulge your taste buds at Food Truck Friday, June 14, 5:30- 8 p.m., at Baldwin Community Garden. Discover a culinary extravaganza featuring a variety of delectable cuisines from local food trucks. 1890 Grand Ave.
Salute Israel, while welcoming Eisenhower Park’s summer concert season, at the annual Celebrate Israel concert, presented by Jewish Community Relations Council of Long Island, Sunday, June 30, 6 p.m. Israeli superstar Raviv Kaner performs. Bring seating. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. For more information, visit Facebook. com/jcrcli.
The Baldwin Civic Association invites all to their pancake fundraiser at Applebee’s, Saturday, June 22. $15, $10 children under 10. 684 Sunrise Highway, in Best Buy Shopping Center. Visit BaldwinCivic.org to make your reservation.
Step back in time and observe different eras of military history, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Saturday and Sunday, June 15-16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. As you “march through history” be side by side with knowledgeable and welcoming reenactors from Long Island and numerous other states portraying soldiers, their uniforms and weaponry from Colonial America through more recent conflicts.
With firing demonstrations throughout the day, as well as tent and camp life displays. $15, $12 children, $12 seniors 60+. Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road Old Bethpage. Visit OldBethpageVillageRestoration.org for more information or call (516) 5728409.
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Enjoy some summertime tunes at Old Westbury Gardens, Thursday, June 20, 7-9 p.m. Hear jazz standards and original compositions by musician and composer Glafkos Kontemeniotis and his trio Monk for President, with Vince “Kazi” McCoy on drums and Fred Berman on double bass. Before, during, or after, stroll the gardens decorated with floral arrangements and illuminated with lanterns. Drinks and appetizers provided; you’re welcome to bring a picnic dinner. $30. Reservations required. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information, visit OldWestburyGardens.org or contact (516) 333-0048.
Visit Eisenhower Park for its Noontime Concert series, Wednesday, June 26, noon-2 p.m.The Long Island Harmonizers perform four-part barbershop a cappella. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. Their repertoire ranges from traditional barbershop to the Great American Songbook and Elton John. Bring seating. For information, visit NassaucCountyNY.gov.
Baldwin Civic Association celebrates the 10th anniversary of the community garden, Friday, June 21, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $20 for BCA members, $25 nonmembers. 1980 Grand Ave. To purchase tickets, visit BaldwinCivic.org.
Kids in Kindergarten through grade 2 can create a special Father’s Day gift, at Baldwin Public Library, Saturday, June 15, 2:20 p.m. Decorate a personalized baseball cap to gift to that special dad, grandpa, or uncle on their special day. 2385 Grand Ave. Registration required. Visit BaldwinPL.org for more info and to register.
Families can start off summer with a bang with this mind blowing magic show, at Baldwin Public Library, Saturday, June 29, 12:15 p.m. The Magic of Amore will have everyone on the edge of their seat. Sign up for the Summer Reading Club while you’re there. 2385 Grand Ave. Registration required. Visit BaldwinPL.org for more and to register.
With at least 17 forecasted named storms, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration anticipates the most active hurricane season outlook ever.
The Atlantic hurricane season officially started June 1 when ocean temperatures are typically primed for storm development. Predicting that 17 storms will reach at least tropical storm status — with sustained winds of between 39 and 73 mph — is unusually high considering an average Atlantic hurricane season between 1991 and 2020 included 14 named storms — half of them hurricanes, and three of those major hurricanes.
“This season is looking to be an extraordinary one,” NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad told reporters during a news conference.
Nelson Vaz, a New York-based warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service, noted the forecast calls for high activity in the Atlantic Ocean due to abnormally warm water temperatures and favorable wind conditions.
El Niño — a vast area of above-normal water temperatures in the east Pacific Ocean — is cooling down and forecasted to transition to La Niña by late summer. That means below-normal water temperatures creating what Vaz says is a recipe for more tropical development.
But while meteorologists can focus on
how the storms will form, it’s tough to predict on where they will end up.
“The one thing that is not in the forecast is landfall,” Vaz said. “You can’t forecast where the storms are going to go, when they are going to occur. So, those are going to be shorter term forecasts based on shorter term weather patterns.”
The threat for a landfalling hurricane is higher than it would be in a typical season, Vaz emphasized. Even in a low-activity season, it’s important for people on Long Island to prepare, even though only a handful of storms ever make it this far north.
The best time to prepare, Vaz said, is now before the hurricane season starts to pick up in late July.
Jackie Bray, the commissioner of the
state’s homeland security and emergency services division, says that anyone living on the coast needs to know if they’re in an evacuation or flood zone. And that even includes people who live inland, as flooding could very much be an issue.
Residents should to prepare for potentially being trapped for a few days if local authorities can’t get to them.
“Prepare a ‘go’ bag,” Bray said. “Flashlights, batteries, bottled water, non-perishable food, extra medication for you and your pets, tarp, duct tape, and stuff that you just might need.”
Homeowners should make sure they know where electrical equipment is located at their residence, and find out what their drainage situation is like.
If a tropical system were to impact the
■ Know if you’re in an evacuation or flood zone, or flood-prone area
■ Prepare a ‘go’ bag
■ Have supplies ready like flashlights, batteries, bottled water, nonperishable food, extra medication for you and your pets, tarp, duct tape
■ Take note of where your electrical equipment is located
Learn more at NOAA.gov.
–Ben Fiebertarea, Bray explained her department would set up an emergency operations center. From there, they would start tracking local needs, such as generators, light and crews to remove downed trees.
“And because all signs point to an incredibly active season, we’re really focused now on the tabletop exercises, training exercises, and making sure our stockpiles are full,” Bray said.
To stay up to date on the hurricane season, visit NOAA.gov. For information on how to get notified during weather emergencies, visit Alert.NY.gov.
Courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Despite a rain delay, crowds gathered at Cedar Creek Park in Seaford to witness one of the most anticipated games in the International Cricket Council Men’s T20 World Cup.
The T20 Cricket Watch Party, held on June 9, saw fans arrive with jerseys and flags to watch India take on Pakistan in one of the most intense and storied rivalries in sports. The game itself was played at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in East Meadow’s Eisenhower Park, where India won by 6 runs. Fans that didn’t purchase a ticket to the stadium were welcomed to the watch party at Cedar Creek Park.
According to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the goal of the watch party was to create a festive atmosphere for attendees. Food trucks provided meals as fans watched their team on one of three large screens at the park.
During a news conference at Cedar Creek Park on June 6, Blakeman noted that fan participation for the cricket World Cup has exceeded expectations. The tournament, he added, is expected to bring significant economic benefits to the county, including increased sales tax revenue and foot traffic in nearby shopping areas.
“The excitement, the fun that people are having has been enormous,” Blakeman said.
Gary Slavin, treasurer of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, said chamber members love how much the cricket event has helped local businesses. Cricket enthusiasts, he added, are everywhere in Nassau County, and have supported businesses by spending money in stores, restaurants, and hotels.
“Small businesses are the backbone of our local and national economy,” Slavin said. “The cricket event has helped all of them.”
Umar Zaidi, general manager of Watch Stream Inc., a luxury products company based in East Rockaway, said the cricket tournament has been a great
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Zaidi expressed pride in being based in Nassau County.
“We have seen a great increase in business from these events,” Zaidi said, “and we would like to thank Nassau County for their efforts.”
— Charles Shaw
JOANNE WHITE and BETTY LORRAINE LEMIEUX, if they be living, if they be dead, their respective heirs-atlaw, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, or through JOANNE WHITE and BETTY LORRAINE LEMIEUX, if they be dead, whether by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, including any right, title or interest in and to the real property described in the complaint herein, all of who and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12”, the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service (or within thirty
(30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York), and in case of failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Jeffrey A. Goodstein, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered May 15, 2024 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office.
THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a tax lien and to recover the amount of the tax lien and all of the interest, penalties, additions and expenses thereon to premises k/a Section 36, Block 384, Lot 176. Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property.
NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the tax lien holder who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the tax lien holder will not stop this foreclosure action.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
Dated: January 26, 2023
LEVY & LEVY Attorneys for Plaintiff 12 Tulip Drive Great Neck, NY 11021 (516) 487-6655 BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ. #101457 146935
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. CARRINGTON D. BROCK A/K/A CARRINGTON BROCK, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on March 28, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 9, 2024 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 1109 Cramer Court, Baldwin, NY 11510. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 36, Block 523 and Lot 0070. Approximate amount of judgment is $400,642.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 600506/2023. Cash will not be accepted. This foreclosure sale will be held on the North Side Steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.
Lisa S. Poczik, Esq., Referee
Knuckles & Manfro, LLP, 120 White Plains Road, Suite 215, Tarrytown, New York 10591, Attorneys for Plaintiff 147226
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court, County Of Nassau, JR Lares Group Inc., Plaintiff against MILBURN 882 CORP., et al., Defendants. Index No: 602970/2022. Pursuant to the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered May 28, 2024 as NYSCEF Doc. No. 53 in the office of the clerk of the within named court, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on Monday, July 15, 2024 at 2:30PM, the mortgaged premises known as 882 Milburn Street, Baldwin, NY, being all that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nasau, State of New York, Section 54, Block B, Lot(s) 712 and 811. Approximate amount of judgment is $444,596.45 computed as of January 1, 2024 plus interest and costs. The mortgaged premises will be sold subject to the provisions of said Judgment and Terms of Sale. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the CourtAppointed Referee will cancel the sale. Successful third-party bidder to pay 10% of the sum bid by certified or bank check(s) made payable to the Referee only. Referee will not accept cash or doubleendorsed checks.
Gerard Allrich Geisweller, Esq., Referee Lawrence & Walsh, P.C., 215 Hilton Avenue, Hempstead, NY 11550, Attorneys for Plaintiff 147364
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Q. My neighbors from hell have been harassing me at every step of my construction, and I don’t know what to do. They tried to stop our permit, and have continued to try to have it revoked for several reasons, such as false claims that my contractor is unlicensed, that they start work before the allowed work times, that they work too late, that my permit wasn’t posted properly, that the simple deck we’re having built is in the wrong place, that our dog isn’t licensed … How can we stop this harassment? They are both attorneys who aren’t working, and have plenty of time to bother us.
A. George Herbert, a 17th-century poet, said, “Living well is the best revenge.” Apparently he had neighbors like yours, and he didn’t want to use all the other much more vindictive and possibly illegal means to stop them. After a while, like the story of the boy who cried wolf, the authorities will stop believing them and may even turn their attention to them, looking for issues to keep your neighbors busy with their own issues.
I have heard many stories about vindictive neighbors over the years, and although it is puzzling what motivates people to behave this way, to not just live and let live, they have to be either dealt with or ignored. It’s hard to ignore some of the more dastardly things people can do to harass, but it has to be done. Being attorneys indicates that they understand how to manipulate the system, which was put in place for justice, to create an injustice.
In some cases I have knocked on a door on behalf of a client to ask what the problems are, with the best of intentions, to assure the neighbor that their concerns are being dealt with and everything will work out. The lesson I learned from this is that there are people put on this planet for the sole purpose of ruination, destruction, intimidation and harassment. It appears to give them a level of satisfaction that cannot be attained by some more meaningful method. It reminds me of what many people have told me when we hear about a criminal who went to great lengths to figure out how to commit the crime, that had that same individual put their energy into solving a positive, constructive problem, like curing cancer or helping those less fortunate, they may have had a productive life instead of creating the misery they thrive on.
I suggest writing down, in detail, your neighbors’ actions, compiling a book on how pathetic some people can be, selling the book, and living well off the royalties from the neighbors’ contribution to your making lemonade out of the lemons they keep hurling at you. I’m hesitant to write about the worst thing that a neighbor once did just to be difficult, because it really did cause lasting pain for a family whose small children were scared for life by what that neighbor did.
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Hardly any summer lives up to its hype.
How could it, when we’ve waited nine months for school to be out, slogging through dark, snowy days and freezing weeks? We’ve waited for the warming breeze, the gentle waves, the fresh cherries and soft-shell crabs. We waited, and here it is … now! All this freedom is too wonderful to grasp. Our vacation time from work lies ahead, too, and we want our adventures, and our kids’ camps, and the rentals in the mountains or by the shore to be restorative and fun. In June it’s still possible that the big family reunion in the Poconos will be a life-altering love fest. In June, the outdoor concerts are still anticipatory joy. These are the best days of summer, when everything is possible. Here, pinned to this spot in time, there are no rampaging wildfires, no floods, no hurricanes, no Covid surge, no family feuds. Yup, the dangerous possibilities all lie ahead. Pre-summer is the golden window of
Tgood weather and unlimited expectations. That’s why people keep booking weekends in Maine, forgetting that last year they waited on line in the 95-degree heat for a $30 Kennebunkport lobster roller. These are the days of anticipatory dreaming.
BOn summer weekends, families head to our beaches, the Berkshires, the Jersey Shore or out East. Everyone is trying to recapture summer memories while forgetting the kids’ rainy-day tantrums or the traffic in the Hamptons or the prices at the farm stands that used to be a bargain. This is the time of dreaming and planning; there will be enough time in September to absorb the realities that subvert these fantasies.
in their hair. It was a significant cultural shift, which led to the end of the war and the beginning of a real push for civil rights, women’s rights and racial equality.
eaches? Trails?
Farm stands?
This is the time of dreaming and planning.
My big regret is that I didn’t go; I wasn’t part of history. I was planning my wedding and looking for a job. I didn’t go to Woodstock, either, in the summer of 1969. My heart and mind were with the progressive causes, but the path I saw for myself was fixed and somewhat narrow.
read “War and Peace,” all 1,200 pages. Truth? The last 50 summers have been my summer to read “War and Peace.” Never cracked the cover, but it doesn’t matter; I hold on dearly to the possibility.
In the big picture, we don’t know yet what kind of summer this will be historically, meteorologically or politically. Will it leave an indelible mark? Will our collective destinies stay the course or take a detour?
I remember the summer of 1967, when some 100,000 young people, widely known as hippies, descended on San Francisco, specifically the Haight, and protested the war in Vietnam, lived in casual encampments, did some drugs and wore flowers
So, young folks, this summer, get out there and live your days. Summer 2024 will not come around again. The calendar from midJune to Sept. 21 is blank. The summer could sweep in dramatic change. Anything can happen. The days are hot already and very long; worry is in the air about drought and wildfire and political unrest.
On an individual level, this is the time to plan our downtime activities. Is this the summer you get out on the kayak? Learn to surf? Start hiking the Appalachian Trail? Rescue a puppy and use the summertime to train it? Maybe send the kids off to camp and get reacquainted with your partner?
For me, this is the summer to finally
The freedom of some unstructured time allows us to prepare for the upcoming election. A minefield covers the ground between June and November. It seems unlikely to me that any of the legal cases against Donald Trump will be resolved in time to make a difference. We have, as individuals who are citizens of a great democracy, the time to think about what kind of man we want to be president. I will be casting my vote for Joe Biden, the sitting president who has displayed decency and solid, pro-American, forward-thinking policies. I hope that others who have the time and inclination will seriously weigh the kind of America we want to live in.
We don’t want to get terribly serious because, after all, it’s about to be summer. Put your feet up. Grab a bowl of Washington State cherries, and if “War and Peace” seems daunting, pick up a National Geographic and learn the important stuff, like “Do Spiders Dream?”
Relax with one eye open. The summer of 2024 is about to unfold.
Copyright 2024 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
he other week, I attended an extraordinarily interesting lecture at Raynham Hall Museum, in Oyster Bay, by Megan Rhodes Victor, about bars and meeting places for gendernonconforming people in the 1700s. During Dr. Victor’s lecture, I was struck not only by the fascinating cultural history of so-called molly houses — the 18th- and 19th-century term for places where gay men and others with nontraditional gender preferences could slip away from a society that refused to accept them — but also by how recent the research on this topic was. For most of the 200 years following the end of the molly house era, the historical records, and even the existence, of such establishments were suppressed and denied, out of fear of “poisoning” the morals of society.
This got me thinking: How much history has been lost, ignored or forgotten simply because it didn’t conform with societal norms, or made people uncomfortable, or didn’t fit a political narrative. Only in the past 20 years or so have historians and archaeologists been able to explore so many fascinating examples of
different cultures, minorities and characteristics of historical figures without the weight of societal pressure, and expectations of what is “good history,” holding them back.
Because all history is good history. The more we learn about our past, the better understanding we’ll have of how we got where we are today, and where we’re headed tomorrow. And the more we learn about historically marginalized communities and the fascinating roles their members played in our world story, the more we will learn to accept others who are different from us.
H
ow much history has been lost because it didn’t conform to societal norms?
To quote a random poster on the internet: “Studying history will sometimes make you uncomfortable. Studying history will sometimes make you feel deeply upset. Studying history will sometimes make you feel extremely angry. If studying history always makes you feel proud and happy, you probably aren’t studying history.”
Such scholarship is also essential in challenging jingoistic, nationalistic and downright bigoted conceptions of history. For example, most people are likely unaware that several of our American Founding Fathers were gender-nonconformers. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the Prussian-American military
officer who molded the Continental Army into a professional fighting force at Valley Forge, never married, and had close, intimate relationships with male aides-decamp and secretaries throughout his life. Alexander Hamilton, who was probably what we would call bisexual today, and his “particular friend,” John Laurens, were also likely lovers, because the language they used when writing to each other was practically drowning in romantic and sexual innuendo, even when a reader today takes into consideration the overtly flowery and dramatic language of the times. Indeed, the letters they exchanged were so spicy that when Hamilton’s son was writing his father’s biography and publishing his correspondence, he blanked out entire sections of the letters, and on one letterhead even wrote, “I must not publish the whole of this.”
Beyond the gender-nonconforming community, there is also the fascinating history of the Muslim-Americans who fought for our country in the American Revolution. Muster rolls listing men with Muslim names, such as Bampett Muhamed, Yusuf Ben Ali and Joseph Saba, who were probably of West African descent, show that as far back as the United States has existed, Islam has been a
proud and essential ingredient in our cultural melting pot.
When people argue against gay people being allowed to serve in the military, or that a woman’s place is only in the home, or that transgender people don’t actually exist and are an excuse for predatory behavior, they’re not just being closeminded, they’re also rejecting historical precedents. If gay people aren’t right for the military, how do you explain the conquests of Alexander the Great, whose best friend, Hephaestion, was also his lover? If women only belong in the home, then explain the breathtaking intelligence of Marie Curie. And if being trans is a recent phenomenon, then why do records of transgender or gender-nonconforming people exist in various cultures since before the Vikings?
History shows that our biases against these and other minorities is not only shortsighted, ugly and, frankly, idiotic, but also plain wrong. Which is why it is so important that aspects of historical study that have been suppressed for centuries be allowed to see the light of day. To quote Capt. Raymond Holt from the Fox/NBC series “Brooklyn 99” — played by the late, incomparable Andre Braugher — “Every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place.”
Will Sheeline is a senior reporter covering Glen Cove, Glen Head, Oyster Bay and Sea Cliff.
assau county truly is the home of champions.
It’s where you can find the four-time Stanley cup champion New York Islanders. For more than a century, it’s where the Belmont Stakes thoroughbred horse race was held — and where it will return, bigger and better than ever, in 2026, when renovations are completed at Belmont park.
There’s also the four-time atlantic League of professional Baseball champion Long Island Ducks. and, for the past couple weeks, anyone trying to make their away around Eisenhower park, in East Meadow, couldn’t help but get caught up in the excitement of the International cricket council Men’s T20 World cup, in which India upended pakistan in a highly anticipated international rivalry.
But our true champions are much closer to home. In fact, they are in our own backyards, if not in our own homes. They are our school athletes — young men and women who spend hours conditioning, training and drilling to step out on a baseball diamond, a track, a tennis court, a football field, a basketball court, a lacrosse field, or a soccer or rugby pitch to try to win it all in front of their families, friends, neighbors and peers. and then, after all that, they go back to their studies, so they can have the best shot at a successful future.
We are proud of every one of them for what they accomplish. and we support
To the Editor:
Thank you to Gov. Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature for increasing funding for libraries in the fiscal year 2025 state budget! We deeply appreciate the strong support of our work. Hochul’s action brings much-needed relief to the operating budget of the Nassau Library System, a cooperative that provides shared services to the county’s 54 public libraries, and an additional $500,000 to local libraries for building improvements. Nassau’s public libraries serve hundreds of thousands of patrons each year.
Voters deserve thanks, too. Every library budget vote in Nassau passed this spring, with an average approval rate of 77 percent! Over 5,000 Nassau residents signed up for new library cards last month. Libraries truly have something for everyone, and we invite all to check us out this summer.
JOHN ScaparrO President, Nassau Library System board of trusteesthem as they look for ways to win, and cheer them when they do so.
They always give us reason to cheer for them, and even more when they win titles — like the South Side High School boys’ lacrosse team taking home the state class B boys championship in a thrilling overtime win over Victor.
and they are hardly alone. The boys’ track and field team from Baldwin High captured its first county championship in more than a decade, while the girls’ track and field team from Oceanside did the same, over rival Syosset.
The boys from Malverne won a county championship of their own in track and field, while the Valley Stream North girls celebrated a number of individual county champions, like Moanna Thelusca in discus, Nattaly Lindo in shot put, and the Fessler sisters, paige and Brooke, finishing first and second, respectively, in the high jump. We also have to mention the amazing work of the North Shore girls’ track and field squad, which came away with the class a championship.
and don’t even get us started on the excellence in softball from the previous week, with Kennedy and South Side winning Long Island championships, while Oceanside took home the class aaa crown.
Then there was the Wantagh girls’ lacrosse team beating Manhasset for the Nassau class c championship, while the Lynbrook boys’ tennis team won a con-
ference title.
We could go on. There is a lot to celebrate — no matter what the scoreboard shows.
These young men and women are learning teamwork, leadership and resilience. as they work together to achieve common goals, they learn the value of collaboration and mutual support. The highs of victory and the lows of defeat provide lessons in handling success with grace, and the rest with dignity.
These experiences are invaluable as these athletes prepare to face the myriad challenges of adult life with a balanced and determined mindset. They also provide opportunities for college scholarships and career advancement, opening doors to higher education that might not have otherwise been available for many. Their journeys also serve as a powerful unifying force within communities. On Long Island, where villages and hamlets have distinct identities, high school sports can bridge divides and create a sense of shared purpose.
High school sports are much more than a venue for cheering on the home team. They are a cornerstone of physical health, personal development, academic excellence and community cohesion. By supporting and investing in them, we are nurturing the next generation of leaders, scholars and community members, ensuring a vibrant and dynamic future for Nassau county.
if history has proven anything, it’s that the world wasn’t set up for women to succeed.
Countless trailblazers have incited change, but there is still an overarching prejudice against us. The struggle that we internalize may vary, but I think we can agreed that some days, it’s just hard to be a woman.
Every time our gender makes strides, it’s easy to be humbled — by something someone says, by something someone does. And it’s easy for us to deflect, and say, “Well, that’s just the way things are.” But why are we oK with the way things are?
A few weeks ago, as universities around the United States began holding commencement ceremonies, a well-known athlete spoke to the graduates of Benedictine College, a Catholic institution in Atchison, Kansas.
Harrison Butker, the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, addressed the crowd of young men and women. And it wasn’t
his presence, but rather what he said, that created an aura of polarity.
“For the ladies present today,” Butker said, “congratulations on an amazing accomplishment. you should be proud of all that you have achieved to this point in your young lives. I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you.”
Butker went on to say that while “some” of the graduating women might lead successful careers, he’d “venture to guess” that the majority of them were excited about marriage, and the children they will bring into the world.
that it’s more likely that she’s looking forward to a life of marriage and motherhood.
The concepts of modern feminism are broadly misunderstood, by men and women alike. A true feminist would support a woman on any path she chooses, whether it be a career, a home life or something in between, and it was insulting and ignorant of Butker to project that most women in the audience would want to devote themselves to their partner and their future children.
a ll that comes to mind when I reread the Chiefs’ kicker’s words is, really?
I have nothing against opinions, and I respect everyone’s right to voice their own. But all that comes to mind as I reread Butker’s words is, really?
The internet jumped to his defense, but let me riddle you this: He chose to single out “the women.”
Imagine being a young woman in Benedictine’s graduating class, who at the very least just completed four years of college. She deserves to be celebrated for her degree, and instead she’s told
To the Editor:
As the presidential election approaches, understanding the opinions of both President Biden and Donald Trump is pivotal when thinking about which candidate to vote for. Specifically, when it comes to abortion rights and women’s equity on both a national and global scale, the two candidates have differing opinions and differing degrees of action, and it is hyper-important for women to be informed about their standpoints, so they understand who to vote for in November.
In terms of abortion rights, Trump and Biden have starkly different opinions. Although Biden has stated that he is a practicing Catholic who doesn’t necessarily personally support abortion, he has avidly stated that women deserve the right to choose, no matter where they live, and that abortion care should be a human right. Trump, on the other hand, wants to leave abortion rights up to the states, meaning that each state can choose whether or not abortions should be legalized, potentially taking away that right to choose.
In terms of the international policy surrounding women’s equity, Biden and
Trump have similar policies, but their commitment to those policies is of varying degrees, and they have different motives for supporting women’s equality. They have both tried to combat women’s inequity through financial support of efforts in other countries, but Biden has directed hundreds of millions more dollars to those efforts than Trump.
Biden also states that women’s equality is a moral issue, something that should be intrinsically guaranteed to populations around the world. Trump, however, mainly sees women’s equality as an opportunity for economic growth. Biden also claims to aid specific countries that may need help promoting gender equity, making Trump’s policy appear weaker and less specific. These differences must be recognized by the people they would affect the most: the voters.
We reach out with the hope that you are aware of the stakes of this election, and that you share our concern for its possible outcomes. We strongly feel that in a world where information is hidden, falsified, misconstrued and polarized, it is important that our reputable local media outlets continue being dedicated to the truth — now more than ever.
HENry SPINA, SoPHIA MArCHIolI and CHArloTTE MArCHIolINorth Shore High School Class of 2024
Glen Head
on the days when women feel the most unsupported, by people in their lives or public figures like Butker, they should remember that there are always things to turn to. I find it exceedingly important to read and watch content that is created with the best intentions for people just like us.
For women.
What do I mean?
A few months ago, as I enjoyed some time off from work in Florida, sitting poolside at my cousin’s house on International Women’s Day, I picked up “The Women,” a novel by Kristin Hannah, released earlier this year. Hannah is an
extraordinary writer who has been telling the tales of important women for decades, and this book is no different. I’ve read several of her novels over the past year, and I’ve come to love the way Hannah crafts stories of inspiring women, and the positive effect she has on my self-worth, every time I finish one of them. “The Women” offers readers an in-depth look at what it was like to be a nurse during the Vietnam War, and what it was like to return home afterward. If you love history, this read is for you.
In the first few pages, you’ll stumble across a striking notion. Women can be heroes.
So, to the women reading this — and the men — internalize that. All of us can be heroes.
And while people like Harrison Butker may continue to make speeches that threaten to strip us of everything we’ve worked for, remember that what we choose to do, in every walk of life, matters. our accomplishments and choices, at home or in the workplace, matter. And our feelings, and the way we view ourselves, matter, too.
Jordan Vallone is a senior editor who writes for the Bellmore, East Meadow and Merrick Heralds. Comments? jvallone@liherald.com.
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• Low episiotomy rates
• Routine birthing-friendly practices
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