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BoB HARE, oF Baldwin American Legion Post 246, tossed flowers for each of the names that were read on Sept. 11, 2015.

How Baldwin has never forgotten the 9/11 attacks

By CRiSTiNA ARRoYo RoDRiGuEz carroyo@liherald.com

As we near the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and American Airlines Flight 11, it is important to remember the words of Al Ficarola, commander of American Post 246: “The death of our 3,000 innocent people has affected tens of thousands of families, friends and co-workers . . . We will

never forget.”

Baldwinites have never forgotten, as through the years they have honored the loved ones lost on that fateful day, including those who have left an imprint in Baldwin, through ceremonies, plaques, conversations and education.

For nearly two decades, Baldwin American Legion Post 246 has hosted a memorial at the Legion Hall, where participants receive a motorcycle escort to Freeport for a waterside service at the Miss

Freeport, after which the boat sets sail.

In 2014, more than two-dozen motorcycles participated in the event, with help of a police escort. Following the ceremony, the crowd of about 60 people boarded the Miss Freeport, where the names of the fallen were read aloud and flowers were cast into the water.

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Legion honors fallen for 9/11 20th anniversary

By MATT HUGHS baldwineditor@liherald.com

The American Legion Posts of Baldwin and Freeport will be holding their yearly ceremony and boat ride in remembrance of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks this year on Friday, Sept 10. Although there is COVID, this 20 year anniversary of 9/11 held by these veterans will not be much different from past ceremonies.

The ceremony will begin on the docks of Freeport near Captain Lou’s Fleet a little before 7pm. It will begin with a presentation of the color, or the flags, by a color guard followed by the Baldwin and Freeport Commanders of the Legion as well as several others that will address the 20-year anniversary of 9/11.

After the speeches, participants will go on a ride on the Captain Lou VII boat where the ceremony honoring the fallen from 9/11 will continue. Tickets to attend the boat ride are free but will only be available dockside near Captain Lou’s on Sept. 10 for Legion members and family first, then it will be a first-come-first-serve basis for the general public.

The boats used previous years were owned by local legion members, but recently these members have moved to different parts of the country. The boat that the Freeport and Baldwin American Legions will use this year belongs to Captain Lou’s Fleet in Freeport, which was rented to the legion at discounted price for the occasion.

Taking off from Freeport, the boat will head toward Reynold’s Channel and go west from there. It will be escorted by a large coast guard boat with water cannon.

They will have food and drinks as well as live instrumental music from bagpipes and other instruments.

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Baldwin remembers 9/11 through the years bike caravan was present that year, and it was unknown throughout the ceremony if the ship would be able to set sail.

Among the mourners was a Baldwin Gold Star mother, Emily Toro, whose son, Army Pvt. Isaac Cortes, was killed in action in 2007 in Iraq. “It’s important to know the sacrifice our children make,” she said.

Similarly, Baldwin resident Alan Arias, along with more than 100 of his peers in the New York City Fireriders Motorcycle Club, took a trip to Arlington National Cemetery to participate in a three-mile-procession to lay a wreath on the unknown soldier’s tomb and memorialize the 9/11 fallen.

Throughout the past 20 years, the Baldwin community has come and worked together to pay tribute to the fallen through street-renaming and plaque ceremonies to ensure the memory of the victims is set in stone.

On April 5, 2003, Tennyson Avenue was renamed as Brian McAleese Place in honor of the 36-year-old New York City firefighter and father of four who died on Sept. 11 trying to save people after the attacks on the World Trade Center. Nearly 100 people attended the ceremony to unveil the sign bearing his name.

In a 2001 interview, his widow, Dawn McAleese, told the Herald from her home: “He loved to be a fireman…He said, ‘When we go to work, we don’t know if we’re coming home that night.’” She added, “He was definitely a family man.

He called the kids every day before going into work.”

The Town of Hempstead unveiled a memorial at Point Lookout Park in 2016 to mark the 16th anniversary of the terror attacks. At the park, there is a meditation plaza with a memorial table, a granite wall, a 30-foot steel beam from the World Trade Center’s North Tower and a directional plaque showing the distance to ground zero in Lower Manhattan.

The granite wall has the names of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., inscribed on it. And it has been updated every year to include the names of those who have died of 9/11-related illnesses.

Students of Meredith Healy-Kurz’s Art 2 class at Baldwin High School class also found a way to pay tribute to those who perished on 9/11 in 2011 by creating a mural outside their classroom that portrays a firefighter with his face buried in his hands surrounded by the fallen towers at sunset.

Healy-Kurz said, “It took a few years to be able to discuss the events of Sept. 11 with [the students], but it is imperative they understand and remember the brave men and women who lost their lives that day.”

The Baldwin School District also tackled 9/11 education by introducing lessons early on in students’ careers in 2016, including books for each grade about the day and its aftermath. They also held a moment of silence during the morning announcements, after which the students shared their thoughts on the tragedy.

“Our school-age children were not

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even born when this tragedy struck our country,” Baldwin Superintendent Dr. Shari Camhi said. “So it is important for them to know and understand the significance of this event and to remember and commemorate that day in our history.”

2021, however, was a challenging year to gather and remember 9/11 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nassau County held a socially distant and masked ceremony to remember the 348 Nassau residents who died on 9/11, attended by only a few at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, where victims’ family members read all the names aloud.

The honoree of this 19th anniversary was Luis G. Alvarez, 43, a New York City bomb squad detective from Oceanside who worked at ground zero. He died June 29, 2019, of complications of cancer caused by his contact with 9/11 debris, just a few weeks after testimony to Congress extended the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

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gary gliCk, Commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Post 652 in Bellmore, left front, waited for the 2020 Town of Hempstead ceremony to begin in Lido Beach, with Ralph Esposito, right, director of the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency in East Meadow.

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many motorCyCle Clubs led the procession from Baldwin American Legion Post 246 on Grand Avenue to the Miss Freeport on the Nautical Mile in 2014.

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Library has suspended fines for late books

By Cristina arroyo rodriguez

library fine-free policies increase:

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You no longer have to pay fines for overdue or late returns. As of February 17, the library trustees voted to revise their Loans and Renewal policy to make almost all library materials fine-free, excepting museum passes.

“Fines are more punitive than supportive, and do not provide a significant amount of income to the Library. Overdue fines prevent some patrons–especially young ones–from checking out items,” the library website states.

The library will no longer charge a daily fine for late or overdue materials; however, the patron still has to return the material in good condition within a month of when it became overdue to avoid a replacement fee. Courtesy remind-

— Library card registration — Borrowing of materials — Returned library items — After-school student visitors — Quality of customer service ers will still be sent out to patrons who forget to return their books and all past fine dues were removed from patrons’ accounts.

Library Director Elizabeth Olesh told the Herald, “We want people to feel comfortable using the library; we want to

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enable access to materials. She added that ditched late fines, such as Boston, Chicathis new policy aligns with mission and go and San Diego, and even some local values of the institution and that they’ve libraries, including Oceanside, Bellmore seen it improve patron morale, as they’ve and Port Washington. Many of them have received positive feedback from the pub- found that fines exclude those who benefit lic. from libraries the most: chilIndeed, some Baldwinites dren and low-income patrons. took to social media to In fact, the American respond to praise this change Library Association passed a in policy. “It’s about access,” resolution in January in Mary Foy Arrington wrote, which it recognizes fines as “a “If they can’t pay the fines, form of social inequity” and then they won’t be able to use calls on libraries nationwide the library services.” to find a way to eliminate However, others noted that their fines. They also encourfines served as a means of age libraries to reach out to civic responsibility. Arelene governing bodies to suppleWitman wrote, “Returning ment any monetary losses. my library books was one of Studies have shown that my responsibilities I recall elizaBeth eliminating fines increases having as a youngster in Bald- olesh library card adoption and win…Children today need library usage. They also find Library Director that responsibility as memthat these fines are bad for bers of the community.” public relations and that the And other residents cited applying, collecting, and manfinancial concerns over the profit lost. aging dues take up time that could be “The taxpayers should not be footing the used for customer service and community bill…the library has fiduciary responsi- engagement. bility to the tax payer,” said Sonia Lopez.

The Library had already eliminated However, Kathleen Hahn-Cutrone fines pre-Covid for children’s materials; responded, “We’re talking about nickels however, when the pandemic hit, they here, people.” enacted this fine-free policy. Recognizing Daniel Kiernan, on the other hand, the mounting evidence against library noted that many would not be affected at fines, the trustees decided to make this all as they used digital access to the change permanent. library’s materials, He said, “I do not Currently, the library has also been recall the last time I took a physical book implementing other equity reducing pracout at the library…I always use their tices including online library card applionline book rental…Times are a chang- cation, smart lockers, on-site social working!” er and the upcoming Give and Take event Nationally, public library systems have on October 16.

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Curran calls on legislature to return from summer break

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is proposing a relief bill that would give county households who make less than $169,000 a year a direct cash payment of $375 to up to 400,000 county residents, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, that was passed by the federal government earlier this year. The act gave Nassau County more than $1.9 million in aid.

Curran called on the legislature, which has been on break since early August, to reconvene early to vote on the legislation. She joined Cheri Gimpelman, a retired Valley Stream kindergarten teacher, at her home in Bellmore on Aug. 31.

“I am a homeowner and any little thing helps,” Gimpelman said of the relief money.

“Since day one of this crisis, I have focused on providing relief to our taxpayers, wherever and whenever possible,” Curran said. “Nassau County finances are in the best shape they have been in years.

“We need direct cash payments to homeowners and residents,” she added. “With the money we have from the federal government, we want to push this money out to our residents and businesses who need it.”

Households that make more than $169,000 a year, and have taken a financial hit due to the pandemic are also eligible to receive a cash payment, county officials shared.

“Our financial health means we can put this money directly into the hands and pockets of our residents,” Curran said. “I believe that this assistance will not only help those who are struggling, but will also provide a boost to our economy.

“That’s why we need the county legislators to come back early from their summer break,” she said. “Instead of playing politics, lets give out economy a boost and deliver relief for our residents.”

Also in attendance was Hempstead resident Carter Ward, a U.S. Navy veteran.

“Some people call it peanuts — some

people may call it just pennies,” Ward said of the cash payment. “I appreciate the $375 because I lived on my credit cards through the pandemic.”

“Maybe I’ll take my son to dinner, or buy some flowers,” Gimpelman said of where the extra money could go. “The emotional part, along with the financial part — I think that it’s very important.”

John Durso, president of the Long Island Federation of Labor said $375 is a “great way to kick start the economy.”

“Those small business that have been hurt by this pandemic, those people who have been out of work for months — those individual families who have suffered so much will benefit greatly by this innovative and brilliant move,” Durso said.

“I call upon my friends in the legislature — Republicans and Democrats,” Durso added. “This is not a political issue.

This is an issue for our county, for our residents, for our future.”

Legislator Steve Rhoads, who represents the 19th District, told the Herald the legislature still has “some serious questions” about Curran’s proposal that have not been answered.

“We still haven’t received answers from the administration on legislation she introduced at the last minute,” he said. “We need to do our due diligence.

“There are a million other things we can do to help county residents,” Rhoads added, such as tax cuts and payments of monies owed to residents and businesses.

“We want there to be tax payer relief, and we want it to be effective. We should be talking about a lot more than $375 payments.”

It is unclear at this time what the legislature will end up doing, according to Rhoads.

“This important legislation has been stalled, and was not even considered by the majority in the legislature in Nassau County — who held their last meeting almost a month ago on Aug. 2,” Curran said. “For folks like Cheri and Carter, this legislation cannot wait another day — never mind another two weeks before the legislature is scheduled to come back again.”

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New MSSN president outlines goals

By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

Dr. Adhi Sharma took over as president at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside on Sept. 1 after previously serving as its chief medical officer and its executive vice president for clinical and professional affairs.

Sharma succeeds Dr. Richard Murphy, who was president for nine years and had worked in health-care leadership roles for more than four decades. Sharma was chosen by the hospital’s board of directors after a six-month search and will be the hospital’s first physician leader, as the presidency has typically been a chief executive officer role led by those with business backgrounds.

As he prepared to take over the role, Sharma sat down for a question-and-answer session with the Herald.

Herald: What are your thoughts and feelings on taking on a new role?

Sharma: There are a lot of emotions. Specifically, I’m cer-

tainly humbled by the trust that’s been put in me, and the staff that we have here has been so amazing. I’m excited to take on the role and eager to continue the momentum that we have built up this year to keep going forward. When we came out of the pandemic, a lot of hospitals came out not as strong as they went in, and we actually came out stronger. That was because of our ability to respond and the close-knit group of staff we have that really stepped up to the plate. Everybody worked side by side, so we came out with a lot of momentum, and we’re very eager to keep that momentum going forward.

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ON SEPT. 1, Dr. Adhi Sharma, left, took over as president of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside, at left, from Richard Murphy.

Herald: Can you describe your roles and duties and how they compare to what you were doing previously?

Sharma: My role [before Sept. 1], I was chief medical offi-

cer and executive vice president [of the hospital], so I had a number of areas that I provided oversight for, including [information technology]. I worked closely with nursing, all of the quality and regulatory components, as well as patient experience components, so there were a lot of areas that I oversaw.

It will be an interesting transition to let go of everything that I’ve been involved with at the level that I’ve been involved . . . I will have to backfill my current role, and once I do that, that’s when that transition will occur.

As long as I’m serving two roles, I’ll end up staying closer to the projects that I’m involved with now. [This role] reflects where health care is today. We are much more focused on quality of care, clinical programming and population health, and much less focused on contracting and all the business elements of health care.

Herald: What are some of your major goals going forward?

Sharma: The main goal is in three parts. The first is to

keep that forward momentum, so all of the projects we have going come to fruition, and to see them to completion and any hiccups or obstacles, we have to make sure we overcome those. The second is to steward the integration with the system [that comes with the planned $400 million expansion], that’s a very high priority for us . . .

The third is to continue to provide the care we’re known for to keep our staff engaged through this process and make sure their wellness is being minded. Because of the pandemic, there’s a lot of fatigue setting in for our staff . . . Getting our staff and our community to whatever the next phase of this is . . . will be the third priority — to see us through the pandemic.

Herald: What are your thoughts on your predecessor Richard Murphy, and has he given you any advice?

Sharma: He’s been mentoring me for this role for the last six years. I’ve been working very closely with him. I first started working with him in 2007, so I’ve known him a

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long time . . . While I’ve been here, he’s been working very closely with me. He’s an excellent role model for any hospital leadership. It’s easy to oversimplify this sentence, but the gravity of it cannot be underestimated: He gets it. I’ve worked with a lot of CEOs, and he’s a CEO that gets it . . . It’s so easy for . . . a non-clinical CEO to just look at numbers, look at volumes, look at budget reports, things like that. He doesn’t just do that. He always sees the big picture, and he always sees the totality of that picture.

Herald: What specific challenges do you face taking on this new role during a pandemic, especially with the Delta variant?

Sharma: There are going to be interesting challenges

related to this [vaccine] mandate [for health care workers] and what that’s going to mean for health care. I support that mandate. I think it’s the right thing to do for health care. It’s the right thing to do for our patients, it’s the right thing to do for our staff, so it was great that we were able to get that mandate in New York state. There are staff that may find it so objectionable that they leave health care, so we may see a concern with staffing as it relates to people who just opt to not get vaccinated.

That’s going to be a challenge. I think that Delta has shown us that even when you think you’re out of the woods, you’re really not.

Herald: Community outreach has always been a part of the hospital. What plans do you have to continue that?

Sharma: Community outreach is more important than ever. Getting information to people, that’s been a high priority for us. Our Truth in Medicine polls have been a great vehicle for us to really just assess what the pulse is of the community . . . We’re very eager to partner with our communities, partner with our elected officials to get education to our communities. The most important thing in health care is that people are educated . . . If we have food deserts in our community, if we have access issues in our community, we want to see how we can solve those problems. The [Covid-19] ‘Vaxmobile’ is a great example of solving an issue of access to vaccines.

We’ve learned a lot about our community through this pandemic, and we want to put all that knowledge to work. There are some silver linings in this pandemic, and our relationship with the community has never been tighter.

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Annual Cardboard Boat Race Sponsored by the Baldwin Fire Department and Sanitary District No. 2, the annual event features local residents dressed up in colorful garb riding in their handmade cardboard boats. The only other materials allowed to be used other than cardboard are duct tape, rope and string. In the past, organizers have said the purpose of the race is to have a good time, and encourage people to take advantage of the South Shore’s waterways. Sign-up starts at 10 a.m. and the race starts at noon at the Baldwin/Freeport boat ramp on Atlantic Ave. Suggested donation of $10. For more information call (516) 860-7555.

Interested in being kind and earning community service credits? Take part in the Baldwin Public Library’s ongoing community service programs. Using art, thank a veteran — design a plaque to thanks veterans and visit www. baldwinpl.org to view a “Thanking Our Veterans” video. Or, using art, create a special card for a hospitalized kid.

Create your own special card to cheer up a sick child. Visit the library website to view a video that will show you the different ways you can decorate your card. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. Library staff will reach out to have you pick up your kit at the main entrance doors of the library.

Thursday, Sept. 9 Baldwin Civic Association meeting While the Baldwin Civic Association dates back to August 1945, it was the launching of the Baldwin Needs Revitalization Facebook page in 2011 that sparked it back to Life. David Viana started the page as a way to “get everyone to start talking with each other and to get everyone to start thinking what we can do to fix Baldwin.”

As the number of “likes” continued to grow, another Baldwin resident, Linda Degen, reached out with the idea of bringing back the Baldwin Civic Association. From then on, the BCA has a held a monthly meeting. The meeting will take place via Zoom at 7:30 p.m.

Town of Hempstead Board Meeting Public hearings are held on issues ranging from traffic regulations, proposed local laws, amendments to the town code, special exception petitions, and rezoning applications.

At the conclusion of each meeting, the Hempstead Town Board remains seated to hear comment from citizens. This will take place at 10:30 a.m. at Hempstead Town Hall, located at One Washington Street, Hempstead, and will also be livestreamed.

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Annual Cardboard Boat Race Sponsored by the Baldwin Fire Department and Sani District No. 2, the annual event features local residents dressed up in colorful garb riding in their handmade cardboard boats. Sign-up starts at 10 a.m. and the race starts at noon at the Baldwin/Freeport boat ramp on Atlantic Ave. Suggested donation of $10. For information call (516) 860-7555.

Morning meditation with the library The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Thursday, August 26 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Holly from the Kadampa Meditation Center will guide participants through this meditation practice. All are welcome to attend.

RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Friday, Sept. 10 American Legion 9/11 Ceremony The American Legion Posts of Baldwin and Freeport will be holding their yearly ceremony and boat ride in remembrance of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Friday, Sept 10. Tickets to attend the boat ride are free but will only be available dockside near Captain Lou’s on Sept.

10 for Legion members and family first,

then it will be a first-come-first-serve basis for the general public.

Judas and the Black Messiah The library will be screening Judas and the Black Messian from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Community Room. The 2021 American biographical drama film is about the betrayal of Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya), chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in late-1960s Chicago, by William O’Neal (played by Lakeith Stanfield), an FBI informant.

Saturday, Sept. 11 Baldwin Foundation for Education Annual Beach Party The Annual All Class Reunion Beach Party will be held on Saturday, September 11 at Jones Beach Field 10 (Fishing Piers) from 1 p.m. The Anniversary

of the WTC attack will be observed and also the passing of Baldwin and Jones Beach Legend Reggie Jones. The Mushrooms at Lido are not available this year and the Committee, taking into consideration all requirements, options and wishes, has decided that Parking Field 10 offers our best option. Our first Beach Party was at Jones Beach and so it’s fitting we celebrate the life of a Baldwin Legend where he served for so long.

Chess Nuts Unite Let’s play chess virtually. The Long Island Chess Nuts will be the host of this library program, to take place at 2:30 p.m. The program is open to students in grades three through 12. To register, send an email to teens@ baldwinpl.org including your full name, grade and phone number. The information needed will be sent to you.

For more information, visit www. baldwinpl.org.

HAviNg AN EvENT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest.

All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to bdownes@liherald.com

Original inhabitants of Baldwin were Native Americans known as the Meroke or Merrick.

The first churches were built in 1810 and 1872, and the first school in 1813.

According to the census, Baldwin is 49% white, 37% Black, 3% Asian, and 11% +two/other races.

Support Baldwin Athletics and the high school Booster Club. Email baldwinboosterclub21@gmail.com.

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By RaBBi Royi Shaffin They say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Most doctors agree that apples are quite healthy. In addition, the apple is also very good for our spiritual health, but it must be protected and preserved.

Each one of us is like an apple. Due to many recent events, the temptation to turn “rusty” and to sour is upon us.

Like the apple, many of us are being exposed to the elements all around us.

For some, it is a natural disaster, like the recent storms we endured. For others, it is the continuing COVID pandemic. Still, others are feeling the pain of current events, domestically and internationally. When exposed to the elements for a long time, an apple will turn “rusty” and sour. Sometimes, a worm will dig into the apple.

In many ways, we are like apples. year. While biblical art sometimes repUnlike the apple, however, our destinies resents the apple as the forbidden fruit, are in our own hands (and in the hands perhaps it is only the rotten apple that is forbidden. We are forbidden of our Creator). Rosh to become a “rotten apple” Hashanah, the Jewish New when there is so much to be Year, teaches us to embrace grateful for and to be hopethe New Year as a time of ful about. It is upon us to new beginnings and of posicherish the apple that repretivity. It is a time to repair sents the potential for goodthe damage in ourselves, in ness, sweetness, and positivour relationships, and in ity inside each one of us. our society. It is time to preOn Rosh Hashanah, the serve the apple, and we are Jewish New Year, we are the apple. The Bible teaches asked to dip that apple into us that G-d loves us as the in order to make our“apple of G-d’s eye.” So, it is Rabbi Royi Shaffin honey selves and the world around a biblical imperative to us even sweeter. cherish ourselves and each Traditionally, on Rosh Hashanah, we other as “G-d’s apples”.

On Rosh Hashanah, it is traditional also try a new fruit and saying a blessto eat a beautiful, crisp apple dipped in ing, called Shehecheyanu, for trying honey, to symbolize a sweet upcoming something new. I especially like eating

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Apples dipped in honey for Rosh Hashanah fruits with names that are difficult to pronounce from exotic and tropical areas of the globe. This ritual reminds us to appreciate the newness of our lives and of the world around us with each new sunset/sunrise, with each new moon, and with each new year.

Indeed, Jewish tradition teaches that G-d creates the world anew each and every day.

As we bite into those crisp apples dipped in honey, eat new and exotic fruits, and celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, in the spirit of sweetness, optimism, and newness, I would like to wish each and every one of us a Shanah Tovah U’metukah, a Good and Sweet New Year.

Rabbi Royi Shaffin is the spiritual leader of the South Baldwin Jewish Center.

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A veteran-laden Hofstra women’s soccer team is fueled for a return to the NCAA Tournament this fall after its abridged spring season ended in heartbreak.

Hofstra, which entered September ranked 25th in the national coaches poll, returned nearly every starter from a 7-1-1 team where the Pride led the nation in scoring per game, but were denied a chance to compete on the sport’s biggest stage following a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Elon in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) semifinals. The rare spring season due to the pandemic created a far shorter than normal offseason.

“Last season came to an abrupt end and were deeply disappointed, but the fortunate thing this year was it was a quick turnaround,” said 16-year head coach Simon Riddiough, MAtthEW VOWiNkEL LED the Pride with 6 whose team opened with a 4-1 start goals and 5 assists on the way to earning Allafter wins against Stony Book, Alba- CAA First Team honors. ny, Brown and Columbia along with a “She is a supreme athlete,” said Riddinear upset of seventh-ranked Penn State in 2-1 defeat. “It is good to get back ough of Pearse. “We’re excited about her future.” at it.”

Another backyard product that RiddiThe Pride were tabbed as the unanimous CAA favorite with three players ough hopes makes strides this fall is junior forward Cailey Welch, a former earning pre-season conference player of the year accolades including senior for- standout at North Shore High School who ward Miri Taylor, fifth-year midfielder has battled back from injuries.

Lucy Porter and junior defender Anja Suttner. Forward Lucy Sheppard and mid- Pride men eye CAA crown The Hofstra men’s soccer team will fielder Jordan Littleboy, who like Porter are using an extra year of eligibility look to get over the hump this fall of allowed because of last year’s shortened achieving its NCAA Tournament aspiseason, received preseason All-CAA hon- rations following three years of near misses. orable mention nods.

The Pride were knocked off in the Porter, a reigning First Team-All American, notched her first goal in a 3-0 CAA finals by James Madison in penalty win at Columbia Sept. 2. Heavy defensive kicks last April making the third season a focus on Porter has paved way for seven row its season ended in a shootout to the different scorers led by four goals apiece Dukes on the conference tournament from Taylor and Sheppard. Freshmen stage.

“It is tough to take, but it makes you Georgia Brown and Ellen Halseth have stronger,” said 33-year head coach Richboth notched two goals.

Brown, a freshman from England, pro- ard Nuttall. “I feel like we have a well-balvides Hofstra with a bright future along anced team this season.”

Hofstra returns 10 starters from last with local newcomers Leah Iglesias (Carle Place) and Olivia Pearse (Seaford), who season’s 5-2-3 team including preseason scored her first career goal in Hofstra’s 4-0 All-CAA selections Matthew Vowinkel, George O’Malley, Storm Strongin and win against Brown on Aug., 27.

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LuCy PORtER RANks third on Hofstra’s all-time goal-scoring list with 41 and is considered one of the top 15 collegiate players in the nation according to Top Drawer.

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Strongin, a fellow grad student who began the season with 15 career assists, will be another key facet of the offense along with Stefan Mason, Ryan Carmichael and Jason Ramirez. Mason tallied the lone goal in Hofstra’s 1-0 win at Stony Brook on a penalty kick.

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Fire Dept. gets ambulance late due to pandemic

By Matt HugHs baldwineditor@liherald.com

Contracting with Specialty Vehicles located in Farmingdale, the Baldwin Fire Department received a new ambulance on July 8th, 2021. The cost of this new emergency vehicle is $349,703 and is replacing an older ambulance that the department is retiring.

Treasurer of the Baldwin Fire Department, Kenneth Brown, says, “The department expected to receive this new ambulance at the end of 2020 or beginning of 2021 but because of the pandemic, we received it in July.”

According to a 17-page quote from Specialty Vehicles to the Fire Department, the ambulance will be a 2020 Ford F-550 with a length front to back of 193.3 inches with other specs that range from laptop mount and air filters to LED lighting, cabinets and electrical outlets.

Brown stated that the Fire Department began plans to purchase the ambulance in 2019. The department published a permissive referendum in the August 3, 2020 Newsday journal requesting $375,000 in Nassau County tax money for the funding of the new ambulance.

The ambulance was ordered on October 1, 2020 and was supposed to be delivered by January 15, 2021 based on the records of the purchase contract from H-GAC Cooperative Purchase Program between the Baldwin Fire Department

Baldwin Fire Department District Administrator Audrey Harron

Baldwin Fire departMent’s new 2020 Ford F-550 ambulance received this summer. and Specialty Vehicles.

However, this six-month delay did not affect the department’s ability to respond to calls even through the pandemic.

Dispatch records from the Baldwin Fire Department show that there was an increased ambulance usage from during the pandemic. The department responded to an average of 3.8 calls per day with

ambulances in 2020, which is up from the 2019 average of 2.7.

The fire department has two ambulances ready for use at any time. The main ambulance that is used is Unit 2010 and the secondary ambulance, Unit 2010a, is generally only used for emergency calls that occur when 2010 is already in the middle of a call, but due to COVID, 2010a

has had to be used more.

Treasurer Brown says, “The new ambulance we received on July 8 will probably become Unit 2010 and the older ambulance will become 2010a.”

Established on May 8, 1933, the First Aid Company of the Baldwin Fire Department has been serving the community for 88 years as a unit of the Hose Company Number 2. During this time, the volunteer unit was receiving an average of 16 emergency calls per day.

Five years later in 1938, the First Aid unit became a separate company of the department and elected its own officers.

Many members of the First Aid Company have risen the ranks to become Lieutenants, Captains, Chief, and Commissioner of the department.

The Baldwin Fire Department purchased its first ambulance in 1963. It was a Cadillac fully equipped with the most modern first aid equipment of the time.

This ambulance was given radio designation “2010” which has been handed down to newer ambulances over the years.

Members of the first aid unit started by taking a class with the American Red Cross but a few years after the purchase of the first ambulance, training was taken over by Nassau County Fire/Police Academy. Trainees graduate as Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), certificates recognized by the New York Department of Health.

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3 D’s AftercAre girls who took part in the AT&T Junior Digital Content Creator Program watched themselves and the fruits of their weeks of work on screen for the first time.

3 D’s, AT&T partner to bridge digital divide continueD from front pAge era, she said, “It made me uncomfortable and comfortable at the same time … but I had fun.”

Tricia Messeroux, chief executive of Toddlewood Studios and a veteran of Madison Avenue video productions, emphasized the importance of introducing young people to the technology industry. “It’s not going anywhere—there’s social media, there’s podcasts, there’s animation,” she said.

Dr. Zodelia Williams, founder of 3 D’s Aftercare, discussed how this program not only benefits the children, but also businesses that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. “This new normal means that together we have to move onward and upward,” she said.

The eight-week AT&T Junior Digital Content Creator Program is part of the company’s $2 billion effort to bridge the digital and homework gap by emphasizing STEAM (science, technology, engi-

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Baldwinite Magdalonie Paris-Campbell, AT&T’s Long Island area manager of state legislative and regulatory affairs, said this was her first philanthropic initiative. “The skill set for technology is not given to everyone,” she said.

According to a 2021 Pew Research study, those with lower incomes are less likely to have access to broadband services, smart phones, desktops, tablets and computers. The digital divide widened during the pandemic as children engaged in remote schooling. This inequity reflects the current racial underrepresentation in the technology sector, where in 2020 only 16 percent of employees were minorities, 14 percent of whom were Asian, according to the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission Bureau.

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his oversized center hall colonial is located in the desirable Village of Rockville Centre on a large 75’ x 162’ lot with expansive fenced back yard ideal for entertaining or private relaxation. The first floor features a large formal dining room, grand living room with wood burning fireplace, updated eat in kitchen with granite countertops, stainless-steel appliances, gas stove, a den with gas fireplace, French doors that open to a paver patio, an office with a closet and separate side-entrance and a half bath. The second floor includes a master suite with full master bathroom, as well as three additional king or queen-sized bedrooms with large closets plus an additional full bathroom. This home also boasts a partially finished basement that includes ample storage. You will also enjoy hardwood floors, crown molding, gas heat, central air and in-ground sprinkler system. Call Christine Ferramosca at 516-835-8468 to make an appointment to view this lovely home.

REAL ESTATE Real Estate Attention Sportsmen! NY-VT Border, Minutes to Bennington, VT. 30 acres, Only $99,900! Open and wooded, trails throughout property. Abundant wildlife, great views with southern exposure. Town road, power, telephone, Owner Financing 802-447-0779

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HW Flrs. Fin Lower Level. Att Gar.Commun i t y P o o l & Te n n i s . N e a r A l l .

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Apartments For Rent CEDARHURST NO FEE Pr ivate Entrance, Modern 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, CAC, W/D, Storage, Wall To Wall Carpeting, Indoor Parking Space. Starting At $1450 For O n e B e d r o o m W h e n Ava i l a bl e.

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Wishing All A Healthy, Happy SweetNew Year

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Where Dreams Come Home

OPEN HOUSES SUNday, 9/12/21 WOOdMERE

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Updtd Gran/Wood EIK & Bths. HW Flrs. Fin Lower Level. Att Gar.Community Pool & Tennis. Near All. SD#14 .................................................................................. .$685,000

HEWLETT HaRBOR

267 Channon Rd, BA, REDUCED! 7 BR, 4 Bth Exp Ranch Full FBsmt on Quiet St in SD#20. 2 Car Att Gar .....................................................................................$1,100,000

HEWLETT Bay PaRK

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Doorman Bldg with Elevator. Indoor Garage Pkg & Storage... ...................... $599,000 395 Serena Rd, NEW! 5 BR, 2 Bth Col on O/S Property. Updtd EIKs. 3 BR Main Level, 2 Upstairs with OSE. SD#14. Possible M/D with Proper Permits. Near All..$799,000 1610 Hilary Ct, 11;30-1, Beautifully Gut Renovated 4600 Sq Ft Colonial in Cul de Sac.5 BR,3.5 Bth with Full Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Att Gar. SD#20. Tax Grievance Filed.

REDUCED!..... ............................................................................................... $1,225,000 1390 Broadway #102, BA, REDUCED! 2 BR, 2 Bth Coop in Luxurious Hewlett Townhouse. LR/DR, Updtd Kit & Office/Den.Elevator, 24 Hr Drman, Valet Pkg, Pool.

Priv Storage Area. Great Location Near Shops & Trans... ............................. $349,000 , 33 Murdock Rd, 2-3:30, NEW EXCLUSIVE! 5 BR,3.5 Bth Col on Beautiful St in SD#20.

Large Gran/Wood EIK, LR/Fpl, FDR/Fpl, Den & Sun Rm. Mstr Ste w/ Vaulted Ceiling, New Bth,WIC & Terr. Bsmt... .......................................................................... .$999,000 54 Rose Lane, 12-1:30, REDUCED! PROPERTY LOVERS DELIGHT! 3 BR, 2.5 Bth Split on Over 1/2 Acre Parklike Property in Waverly Park Area. Updtd EIK, Den/Fpl/Vaulted Ceiling, FDR & Mstr Ste/Updtd Bth & Sitting Rm. 2 Car Gar. SD#20. ........ ..$899,000

CEdaRHURST

WATERFRONT LAND for sale! Great Opportunity to Build Multiple Homes on One Acre Including 5 Lots. Permits & Bulkhead Required.SD#15... ............................ .$599,000

Cemetery Plots

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Q. We noticed a chip in our porcelain bathtub, made by the tile guy when our bathroom was renovated about three months ago. The tile company sent someone to repair it, because we didn’t want to replace it, which costs much more. We had kept the old tub, which was fine, so we didn’t have to replace the plumbing. We aren’t satisfied with the repair because, even though the color matches, the texture is slightly different, and we still notice it. Guests may not say anything, but we see it and don’t like it. What would you do?

That’s what should be done. Don’t waste time, just recover the tub and move on. Good luck.

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A. We had just such a problem when the guy who caused the chip dropped a power tool while putting in a towel bar. He didn’t want to admit it at first, but then finally agreed to “fix” it, because otherwise everything would have needed to come out, again, and be completely redone, from the tub to the tile to the onte eeper plumbing. The tile was never going to be a perfect match, either. So the same guy who dropped the tool dabbed a matching primer on the spot, waited until it cured, buffed it out just like the instructions said, then brushed on the final coat with a little eye-dropper brush.

It looked like a repair, and was very obvious and disappointing. After much wasted discussion and time, when the guy tried his best to convince us “nobody would see it, it was hardly noticeable,” we decided to call a bathtub refitting company. The estimate wasn’t bad and the tile company agreed to pay for the repair. I was impressed at how much simpler the process was than I anticipated. I had doubts that the tub wouldn’t look as substantial as the porcelain tub finish and wouldn’t last.

Putting in a bathtub can affect the waterproofing of the bathroom if it isn’t installed with redundant materials to prevent water from getting into the walls. Typically, the lipped edges of the back of a wall-to-wall tub go up against the surrounding waterproofed walls before the tile is installed, so the tile overlaps the raised tub edge. This prevents water from flowing against gravity into the wall, especially after the sealant is installed. With the original tub still in place, the junction of the tub and tile isn’t disturbed, and the new tub covering joins at the tiled wall edge and is then resealed to actually reinforce the original waterproofing.

The bathtub replacement took one trip to thoroughly measure and a second trip to install.

Because the new tub is an exact match with the shape of the original one, there are no air pockets between the old and new tub. The tub fixture looks perfect, and was not only an exact fit, but has been there for eight years and still looks brand new.

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think everyone will concede that the summer went by too quickly. But despite the speed at which two months have passed, the world around us continued to function, and both good and bad things happened. In this short period of time, New Yorkers have seen the resignation of their governor and our first major storm experience. The weeks and months ahead will no doubt present us with new challenges.

We have a new governor, Kathy Hochul, who has hit the ground JERRY running, and established herKREMER self as a major political figure.

She has appointed a number of highly experienced staff members, and will make many more changes in order to erase the Cuomo footprint. Her new head of the Department of Financial Services is Adrienne Harris, who has worked as a special assistant to the White House and a senior adviser in the U.S. Treasury Department. DFS is a

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complex agency, and needs a level-headed leader.

Hochul has not been reluctant to wade into controversial areas. She has signed an executive order to require masks in all schools, and is pushing hard to get unvaccinated New Yorkers to get their shots as soon as possible. She called a special session of the Legislature to extend the eviction moratorium and also to move forward on the legalization of marijuana. Up to this point, the state had done a miserable job of distributing federal funds to New Yorkers who are behind on their rent.

Like many appointed public officials who plan to seek election to their new positions, she has a short time to establish herself as a strong governor, in the hope that she can ward off a 2022 primary challenge. The legislative leaders are making a sincere attempt to work with her, many out of relief that the Cuomo era is over. But time will tell whether they can work as an effective team, because Albany is a place where egos can collide on a moment’s notice.

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While many of us were lounging on a beach or escaping on a golf course, politicians around the country were doing loads of mischief. Despite the fact that at least six states were all but drowning in Covid cases thanks to the Delta variant, their governors were busy banning mask mandates and telling everyone to make believe the disease had disappeared. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose state is racking up new cases, is actively battling school districts and cruise lines, who are just trying to keep people of all ages from getting sick.

The so-called red state governors are having a field day passing laws intended to restrict people from voting and to ban virtually all abortions. To date, over 400 laws have been introduced in 38 states to restrict the general public’s, and especially minorities’, opportunities to vote. The Texas legislature has passed a law banning abortions six weeks after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Having four daughters, I’ve learned that most women don’t even know they’re pregnant at that stage.

In June, a number of states with

ed state governors are having a field day passing restrictive voting laws.

Republican governors decided that people were declining to go to work because they were getting an extra $300 in federal unemployment benefits. Assuming that those people were all a bunch of slackers, state officials decided to stop giving out the federal dollars, assuming that this would force the recipients to leave home and go back to work. Their judgment has proven wrong, as unemployment statistics haven’t changed, and the people who were staying home continued to do so.

A final note about who’s running for public office these days. It seems that during the past year, there were 23 new people elected to the State Legislature. Only six had any government experience, and four had held a job in the private sector.

That left 13 who came into public office with few if any credentials. There’s no moral to this story. It’s just circumstantial evidence that it’s hard to find experienced people to run for office, and that’s a big loss for all of us.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column?

JKremer@liherald.com.

A dog’s tale: the view from inside the canine carry-on

can’t stretch out, I can hardy breathe, but even inside this dog carrier, the air is better than the smoke out in Lake Tahoe. As the family pet, I went along on the summer vacation out West. Think of me as your four-legged eyewitness to one family’s encounter with environmental disaster.

As my human reported last week, we headed to Tahoe last month to visit kids and grandkids. We expected a month of R&R on the Truckee River. My human dad, superanxious about the RANDI trip, fixated on my KREISS food and my, um, movements. I’m not talking Beethoven. He carried blue New York Times plastic bags across the country because those are his favorite disposables.

We flew to Denver and drove 16 hours to Tahoe. A different hotel every night, weird hallway smells, walks on scorching asphalt and very super-sized people not wearing masks, which I resent because if something happens to my humans, I’m toast.

In Tahoe, we stayed at my sister’s house and at a rental house in the moun-

tains. My sister has a new, irritating puppy. He ate my food and chewed up my travel bed. He sneaked up on me and jumped on my back for reasons I don’t understand. The rental house was worse.

At night I walked outside in blackout conditions, the heavy musk of bear in the air.

Then smoke from the fires swept into Tahoe and smothered our air. People have no idea how ash and the absence of any poopworthy grass can affect a dog.

Then the humans started to misbehave. Tensions escalated into tiffs, and sniping ensued. Someone growled, “Who’s idea was it to come out here, anyway?”

And, “Who peed in the kitchen?”

The humans clearly had no idea what to do. Some knucklehead decided that an escape to San Francisco would work. Did I have a say?

New hotel room, new “pet relief ” area.

So stressful. My human dad brought along the blue plastic Times bags because sometimes even humans need comfort toys.

The San Francisco air was clear and in the “healthy” range on www.airnow.com.

While I cooled my paws in the hotel, my people walked the Embarcadero and

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toured the Botanical Gardens. But it was all an illusion of relief.

Back in Tahoe, air quality misery was now compounded by “extremely high and dangerous risk of fire.” CalFire texted that news to people’s phones every few hours.

We moved yet again, from the rental house back to my sister’s house, just for safety, to be under one roof.

That meant back to the devil dog.

Family tensions erupted again. Light the grill or don’t risk a spark? Walk me around the block or let me roam the yard? Take the kids to town or hide from the smoke? Everyone was supercharged, and displaying all the symptoms of loving but dysfunctional families everywhere. Lots of shouting, some crying, endless couldhave, should-have, and who’s feeding the dogs? I’m here to tell you that either no one fed me or everyone fed me. I hate when the humans become unreliable.

After a few days of simmering under one roof, my humans decided to leave, give up the rental house a month early, return our car to the wrong location (Reno instead of Denver) fly out of Reno ASAP, and then home.

So I’m writing on the RNO-to-DEN leg.

ither no one fed me or everyone fed me.

I hate when the humans become unreliable.

I heard news of hurricane-remnant flooding in New York, but we’re homeward bound, escaping the fires and ready for the wind and rain. A leg up to my compatriots splashing through flooded streets.

Tomorrow we fly back to the God-blessAmerica-I-hope-I-never-travel-again-better-than-a-mound-of-peanut-butter-glorious East Coast. We worry about the family we left in Tahoe, and yeah, even the new puppy. How’s a little guy supposed to feel safe outside and comfortable inside when Noah’s Ark is burning? My humans’ grandkids just sent a photo of a bear looming at the edge of their property.

Who’s going to tell the little guy to stay away?

The kids have several plans in play while hoping for shifting winds. Meanwhile, we fly east.

It is undignified to travel inside a “doggie carry-on” bag, but I fell for the old peanut butter trick. She who shall not be named tossed a peanut butter cookie into the bag, and I dived for it. Again.

Over the past three weeks I have slept in nine different beds. Now we’re cruising at 34,000 feet and I’m in a canvas tote, stuffed under the seat of some overstuffed dude. Nothing seems quite right, even in a dog’s world.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Reflecting on the Sept. 11 attacks 20 years later

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he Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., set off a cascade of worldwide catastrophes over the subsequent two decades — the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and many other terrorist attacks, in multiple countries. September 2001 seems like a lifetime ago, but for those old enough to remember that terrible year, it remains a haunting memory, a fever dream that we try to lock in the backs of our brains but is ever-present.

For those of us in Nassau County that day, we could only watch in horror as grayblack smoke plumes spiraled out of the twisted, crumbled remains of the twin towers upward into an otherwise perfect azure sky. The plumes were visible from points across the county.

Shortly after the attacks, people started to gather on the beach in Lido and at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick — the highest point on the South Shore — to watch the billowing smoke, staring silently in stunned disbelief.

The United States homeland was under attack for the first time since World War II, and at that moment, we had no idea who the invader was, or the future suffering in distant lands that the attacks would bring.

It was all incomprehensibly terrifying.

In a front-page story in the Heralds’ Sept. 13-19 issue, “Terror at the Towers,” reported by Scott Brinton, Carrie James, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, Larry Maier and Cindy Roth, this is how we described the scene: “A wave of fear and despair raced across [Nassau County] Tuesday morning

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’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really, really scared.

Rollen Cajoles after terrorists slammed two hijacked jetliners into the World Trade Center, sending the Twin Towers crumbling into Lower Manhattan.

“In the afternoon, surviving victims of the attack filtered into Nassau by Long Island Rail Road, like refugees from a war zone. Many, who were still shaking dusty, white debris from their clothes, were not from the area but had taken the first train they could out of the city and gotten off at the first possible stop.”

We sent our reporters to the train stations to meet the survivors of the attacks.

Sylvia Melendez, who worked in Lower Manhattan, described the chaos after the towers crashed to the ground. “The rush of clouds of debris forced everyone out into the streets,” she said. “Everyone was running away.”

Here in Nassau, people were glued to their TVs and radios, watching and listening, hoping for the best but fearing the worst. “I’ve been listening all morning,” Luisa DeGirolamo, who worked at La Margherita Pastry Shop in Bellmore Village, said. “I’m devasted. I can’t get over it.”

Rollen Cagoles, of East Meadow, said, “I’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really,

letters A letter to Governor Hochul To the Editor: Congratulations and good luck to Gov. Kathy Hochul. She has been thrust into a role that is critical to the 19.45 million people who live, work and play in the Empire State. Here on Long Island, we are especially hopeful for her good work.

The challenges on Long Island are many. Our aging infrastructure needs serious attention. As the nation’s first suburb, we are living with an antiquated system that requires an upgrade. Our increasingly overburdened roadways, bridges and tunnels are dismal.

The environmental infrastructure is failing.

Drinking water has challenges, including the quality and quantity. Surface water contamination is rampant from nitrogen and other pollutants entering our creeks, bays, harbors and the Long Island Sound. Our air is polluted with toxins too small to see with the naked eye. We are vulnerable to sea level rise, climate change and the inevitable next big storm. The fact is, we aren’t ready.

Our environment is too important for the noaction tendencies of the past to continue. Our

really scared.”

Many parents rushed to their children’s schools to pick them up and take them home, fearful of further attacks. “A lot of people came and pulled their kids out because they didn’t want them to be in a place with a large group of people,” said Pat Brace, PTA president of Bowling Green Elementary School in East Meadow.

“They thought they would be a target.”

Nassau police doubled patrols around municipal buildings, schools, houses of worship and transportation lines. Police also diverted westbound traffic away from New York City. Motorists who had to travel major throughfares were advised to stay home.

The military closed down the airspace over Long Island, with unlighted F-16 fighter jets streaking overhead above John F. Kennedy International Airport into the night of Sept. 11 to 12.

Nearly 500 Long Islanders died in the attacks at the World Trade Center or later succumbed to 9/11-related illnesses. Each one was a life extinguished too soon. We must remember all of them — their essential goodness, their essential humanity.

In the coming days, there will be solemn ceremonies in remembrance of the dead.

Consider attending one to show your support for the victims, or stop and pause for a moment at 8:46 and 9:04 a.m. on Saturday and reflect on or say a prayer for the victims. In this way, you will help to keep their memories alive for generations to come. “Never forget” should never become a trite slogan. It should be a motto by which we live.

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hen talking with my grandkids about returning to school this fall — to the building, with other kids, not the dining room table — I was reminded of a school day of my own years ago.

“Bobby.” I heard my name called on the second-floor landing of A. B. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, N.Y. The caller was Mr. Leone, Joseph Leone, my biology teacher and college adviser. “Why haven’t you signed up for ALAn the SATs?” he asked. sinGer Neither of my parents had attended college, my mother had died eight years earlier, and my father, a vacuum cleaner salesman, had his hands full with two active kids. When I think about the controversies surrounding school openings this fall, I think, too, of the critical role of teachers in the lives of their students.

That certainly was the case for me.

Mr. Leone wasn’t alone in affecting my life for the better. I was going to drop out of college after my first year not only because of the cost, but also because I

questioned why I was there. I entered to be a minister, but had become disillusioned with organized religion. My college adviser, Mildred Martin, helped me sort through the financial and philosophical questions and urged me to appeal my financial aid award, and I continued as her student.

Other teachers stand out as well. Miss Calabrese and Miss King, in elementary school, “Pop” Phillips in high school, Mark Ebersole in college, and Kay Moore and Robin Williams in graduate school.

The past year of living and learning with Covid in our path and in our shadows revealed the inequalities of access to teachers like the ones I’ve known. When teachers are diverted from their main responsibilities, teaching and advising, they can’t fulfill their roles to the fullest. It is especially difficult for them to be effective when students lack access to broadband and Wi-Fi, a quiet place to study, and supportive adults to help them with difficult assignments.

A distinguished psychologist once said that we human beings are the “teaching species.” All species must learn enough to leave the nest, but humans turned teaching into a “calling,” a vocation dedicated to preparing the next generation

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was going to drop out of college after my first year. I questioned why I was there.

Letters looming issues need real solutions, not lip service. We need to address the Island’s solid-waste crisis, illegal dumping and the associated increases in disposal costs.

Hochul hasn’t been handed the reins of the state at our finest hour. New Yorkers suffer with an unsustainable tax burden that’s accelerating the exodus of high-net-worth people, employers and job creators. The growing disparity in income and wealth, an increasing immigrant population and the associated educational and health care challenges are monumental. And our young workforce and empty-nesters are leaving because of a lack of affordable housing.

Leaders in the past have forsaken us in favor of book deals, their own selfish agendas and their next election. Indeed, some are in prison for their bad behavior, but the reality is, the good people of New York have been sold out, and that’s why we require Hochul’s earnest leadership.

We have hope in her vision, fortitude and ability to make the really tough decisions. We’re counting on her. Most important, please know that we are here for you, governor. Long Island and the state of New York have immense resources, none greater than their residents.

There will be vocal naysayers who attempt to stop Hochul from addressing these vexing challenges. There are people who talk a lot, and there are people who get stuff done. To Hochul, I say this:

with knowledge, skills and values. As a result, teachers have a moral, social, civic and historical responsibility for not only educating each new generation but also, in this way, creating the future.

We must remember the vocation, the calling, of teaching. As the historian Jacques Barzun said, “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”

At the beginning of our nation, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson stated that public education was at the heart of democracy.

“The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and be willing to bear the expenses of it,” Adams wrote. “There should not be a district of one mile square without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people themselves.”

Jefferson expressed similar sentiments. It is unfortunate, therefore, that some local school boards see teachers simply as employees, instead of as those who inspire discovery and awaken students’ imaginations, as Mark Van Doren and Robert Frost said.

But while the Founders argued that schooling was a local responsibility, they were adamant about the public benefits

to the nation. They believed that education should be public; is critical to democracy because it prepares an informed citizenry, able to ask questions; is important because it prevents aristocracy and promotes meritocracy; should be free from religion and ideology; should be equal and equally available to all citizens; and is a public investment that is worth the cost.

While the ideals of the Founders foundered on the compromises made to create a republic, they nevertheless created within the Constitution the mechanisms for correcting early mistakes and providing the means for continuing the pursuit of a “more perfect union,” which we have shown the ability to do.

As we help our kids and grandkids, or relatives or neighbors’ kids, prepare for a new school year, let us acknowledge the noble profession of teaching, perhaps by remembering our own teachers, and do what we can to fulfill the Founders’ aspirations for true equality of education in America.

Robert A. Scott, Ph.D., is president emeritus of Adelphi University; the author of, or contributor to, 18 books and monographs; and the author of hundreds of articles on higher education and social issues. His latest book is “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Prize awardee, 2019).

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Please be the latter. Be bold. We heard you say you’d “fight like hell for New York,” and that’s exactly what Long Island needs.

WILL FLOWER Bayville

Cuomo should be impeached To the Editor: Re Robert Rosenberg’s column “History repeats itself in Albany — again and again” (Aug. 26-Sept. 1): I agree with Rosenberg’s opinions, and would add that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo would indeed get the last hurrah and make “the State Legislature and state government look like a ship of fools” if it gave him a free pass on the nursing home deaths scandal and his subsequent cooking of the books to make it appear less egregious than he would have had us believe. Interestingly, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed immediately that these deaths were undercounted by some 12,000.

By ordering nursing homes to accept Covid-19 patients, Cuomo, threatening owners with penalty if they did not comply, exposed many more confined elderly to the virus, potentially causing their deaths. With all due respect, I consider manslaughter to be an even more serious

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crime than the sexual harassment charges that forced Cuomo’s resignation.

Given the present state of affairs, it is now the State Legislature (and, ultimately, the State Senate) that is on trial, and it remains to be seen whether playing politics will take precedence over what must be done in the name of justice. How can

anyone trust Cuomo now? He contends that he will not seek future political office, but only impeachment would close the book on that possibility, definitively and conclusively.

ROBERT RuBALSKY East Rockaway

BALDWIN HERALD — September 9, 2021

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