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Celebrating Earth Day at Levy Park we’ve ever received in the history of this program,” Town Supervisor Don Clavin noted at There was no better place to the ceremony. celebrate Earth Day, and honor The honored students young artists from across the received gift bags and certifiTown of Hempstead, then Nor- cates, and their artwork was man J. Levy Park and Preserve. plastered on two recycling Last Friday, town officials, ele- trucks that served as a backdrop mentary school students and for the ceremony, adjacent to their parents gathered at the Levy Park’s amphitheater. The Merrick park to congratulate the trucks will be used for recycling eight winners of pickups across the the town’s 2022 town for the Recycling Poster remainder of the Contest, held in year. partnership with “We want more Covanta Energy. people to see your Levy Park, off artwork,” Clavin Merrick Road and told the crowd. tucked behind the “We’re taking your town’s sanitation message on the facilities, is the DoN ClAVIN road — 1,200 miles epitome of recyof roadway here in Town supervisor cling. The landfillthe Town of Hemptur ned-preserve, stead runs from colloquially known Elmont all the way as “Merrick Mountain,” boasts up to Seaford.” the highest summit on Long Covanta Energy representaIsland’s South Shore, and offers tives who attended the ceremony nature enthusiasts and hikers thanked the town and the stupanoramic views that stretch far dents for their contributions. beyond Bellmore-Merrick.

“I’m delighted to again collaboThis year the town selected rate with the Town of Hempeight winning posters from hun- stead, and thank all the students dreds of submissions by elemen- for their participation, and the tary school students. “We had more submissions this year than Continued on page 11

By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com

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PREPARINg foR Its 12th growing season, volunteers at the Garden at St. Francis were hard at work during the Episcopal Church’s Earth Day Fest.

Garden volunteers promote sustainability at St. Francis

By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com

Community members young and old gathered at St. Francis Episcopal Church in North Bellmore last Saturday for a day full of events in honor of Earth Day. The congregation, known for its vast community garden, works to promote sustainability in suburban settings and combats issues heightened by the coronavirus pandemic, like food insecurity.

The Garden at St. Francis is in its 12th growing season, and since its founding has expanded to accommodate vegetables that are grown all year round. The garden is pesticide-free, fertilized by compost and pollinated by bees from is own beehive.

The church held its first Earth Day Fest, which attracted droves of volunteers. They gathered early in the morning to work in the garden, and took part in a variety of activities throughout the day,

including outdoor yoga, earth-centered crafts for kids and a drum circle.

Kristin Talbot, the church’s garden manager, said the day was intended to be both educational and fun.

“We tried to make activities that were one, just fun, and interesting for people to do,” Talbot told the Herald, “but also to get people thinking about what they can do to help the earth.

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ur environment is such a priority for all of us.

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Congressional candidates talk saving the Earth

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By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

Can you sum up all your environmental positions into two-minute sound bites?

That’s what the four Democratic candidates seeking to replace U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice were asked to do last week, taking the stage at Hofstra University’s Breslin Hall to talk about the planet just in time for Earth Day. Malverne village mayor Keith Corbett spent his time on what he referred to as big projects like tapping into a large untouched aquifer under Long Island, and focusing on offshore wind farms.

“We need to educate and train the next generation of workers,” Corbett told Julie Tighe, president of the New York League of Conservation Voters, who moderated the event.

Claiming that shore strengthening would save money in the long run, it would still “cost $800 to $900 million to build that infrastructure, “ Cobett said “It’s worth building that infrastructure protecting the rest of the property when it’s going to be $800 billion if a Superstorm Sandy were to come through again.”

Joining Corbett on the stage were Carrié Solages, Laura Gillen and Kevin Shakil-Mendez.

When it comes to the Long Island State Park system, Corbett says “there is already money set aside in the Department of Transportation budget” for changes like

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DemOCRAtIC CANDIDAtes RuNNINg for the congressional seat currently held by Kathleen Rice — Keith Corbett, Laura Gillen, Kevin Shakil-Mendez and Carrie Solages — talk with Julie Tighe, president of the New York League of Conservation Voters, second from left. electric buses, trains and charging stations — all of which could offer a greener solution.

Solages, the county legislator who represents the greater Elmont and Valley Stream areas, wants to attack the waste crisis, bringing it to a “sustainable zero” by 2030. He’d accomplish it by offering incentives to companies big and small to invest in limited waste, recycling and sustainable practices.

“The federal government cannot require our state government to do anything,” Solages said, “but one thing the fed-

eral government can do is provide incentives for our state government and village governments to get stuff done. We know local governments will take advantage (to) limit waste, promote more compost programs, (and) more usage of recyclables.”

Gillen told the group environmental issues have been a “priority for her administration” when she was a Town of Hempstead supervisor. Speaking heavily on infrastructure, Gillen’s plan is to move away from fossil fuels by strengthening the electrical grid. She also wants to shift from a dependency on cars more walkable com-

munities.

But no one running for this congressional seat should be all talk, Gillen said.

“If you’re going to set up a regulatory system where you’re going to monitor air quality- and monitor water quality and make sure that the standards are applied in all communities, there has to be an enforcement mechanism,” she said.

Shakil-Mendez, a 29-year-old political newcomer from Westbury, said it was last year’s Jamaica Ash & Rubbish Removal Co., fire in his town that spurred him to run for Congress. He went door-to-door handing out KN95 masks after the sixalarm fire, to help protect his neighbors from the smoke and fumes from the smoldering debris. ”When I went on-site, I could still smell the smoke and the fumes going into my lungs,” he said. “When you talk environmental justice, nothing was done for this community.”

Shakil-Mendez stayed away from many other specifics, instead saying he would consult scientists and experts to help create bills. He also wants to look closely at what Europe is doing when it comes to environmentalism, and duplicate that on Long Island — like placing small wind turbines on the sides of main roads, harnessing energy from traffic as it passes by.

The winner of this primary is expected to face Town of Hempstead councilman and Republican Anthony D’Esposito in November.

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Healing shop offers ‘charming’ experience jvallone@liherald.com

At Charmed Eclectic Healing Shoppe, there is a little something for everyone.

The Bellmore storefront was opened in December of 2020 by East Meadow residents Lori McGuire and Ilana Slavin. Patrons can browse a variety of holistic healing products, as well as participate in individual psychic readings, and a variety of classes and other services offered. They had a storefront in East Meadow, which opened in February of 2020, but they decided they needed more space, and settled on the current location later that same year.

McGuire, who is a psychic medium and certified in Reiki met Slavin, who is also Reiki certified, a yoga instructor and massage therapist at their shop, through a mutual friend in 2017. Reiki, as explained by Slavin, is an ancient Japanese practice that involves the transfer of universal energy from one person to another. Since they are both certified, they can train and teach others the practice as well.

Walking around the store, patrons will find a variety of products, including jewelry, candles, essential oils, crystals and lotions, many of which are locally made.

“A lot of the stuff that we sell besides the crystals are things from local businesses,” McGuire said. “One local mom makes the crystal candles — another local mom makes a lot of the bracelets. We’re supporting local business and we get new stuff in all the time.”

They dubbed the store as “eclectic,” because of the constant variety in products.

Aside from shopping, Charmed offers other services, such as massages, which Slavin performs. For medical massages, Slavin said they take insurance from the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP).

Those interested can schedule individual psychic readings with McGuire, tarot card readings, or join in on classes.

“We hold a lot of classes,” Slavin said. “We have a weekly Tarot Tuesday class. We’ll do weekly Reiki trainings [and] a weekly yoga class.”

Charmed has a monthly schedule that they can pro-

vide, which would include any additional classes. Often, McGuire said they’ll hold psychic nights, where people can sign up and then meet with a rotation of mediums in 10-minute intervals.

An exciting new addition to the shop, they shared, are spa services, offered by Veenus on Earth Sensual Spa. With dedicated spa space in the shop’s basement, those interested can call (917) 412-4582 for appointments for Zen facials, hand and foot masks, lip treatments, back facials, scalp therapy and more.

McGuire and Slavin also shared that the shop can accommodate parties, such as bachelorette or birthday parties, where McGuire can do readings, and attendees can visit the shop and receive goodie bags and other products.

On Monday nights, McGuire hosts a radio show, Charmed Spirit Guides, with fellow psychic medium Shaun Tannenbaum. Listeners can call in to the show at (515) 605-9878 at 6 p.m., to get in line for a free over-thephone reading. Slavin said the show attracts listeners from all over the country. The show can also be listened to online at blogtalkradio.com — listeners may be prompted to make an account.

Charmed’s purpose, above all, is to help people and offer a holistic approach to wellness and healing.

“We both kind of had a want to do it right before the pandemic,” McGuire said of opening the shop. “I felt like it was something universally telling us it was time.”

Even though they started at the East Meadow storefront, they built a strong customer base and made it through the initial pandemic shutdown.

“In less than a year, we came here to a much a bigger, and better, more locally desirable spot,” Slavin added.

“We upgraded and graduated during the pandemic.”

Charmed, which is located at 305C Bedford Ave., is open on Tuesdays, and Thursday through Sunday. For more information on their hours, monthly schedule, services, and classes, their Instagram @charmedeclectichealingshoppe, and their Facebook page, Charmed Eclectic Healing Shoppe, are regularly updated. For direct assistance on scheduling individual readings, their phone number is also on Charmed’s social media.

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By JORDAN VALLONE

photos by Jordan Vallone/Herald

ChARmED ECLECtiC hEALiNg Shoppe on Bedford Avenue is owned and operated by East Meadow residents Lori McGuire and Ilana Slavin. Offering an array of holistic health services, as well as psychic medium readings and classes, there is something for everyone.

Unique opportunity for summer fun awaits University Continuing Education and Hofstra Summer Camps have partnered to offer a variety of exciting, fun educational opportunities for young people in middle and high school this summer. This exciting partnership offers a wide selection of amazing learning opportunities for teens, featuring hands-on classes that provide career exploration and real-life experience that can spark a youngster’s passion. Programs are available from June 27 through August 8.

Summer Arts Academy

Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts (LIHSA) is proud to partner with Hofstra Continuing Education to offer the Summer Arts Academy for students in grades 7-12. Learn, grow and, most of all, HAVE FUN in a variety of arts-focused Summer Programs taking place at the Long Island High School for the Arts in Syosset this summer. The program gives students the chance to explore the arts with peers who share a similar passion. Students will learn from instructors who have turned their own passions into successful careers.

■ Prog rams of fered are Theatre (including Musical Theatre Production, Acting for the Camera and Stage Combat) ■ Music (including Songwriting, Recording and Live Performance) ■ Visual Arts (including Fundamentals of Art, Film Techniques: Concept to Creation and Figure Drawing) ■ Dance (including Hip-Hop and Broadway Theatre) Choose to enroll in a one-week offering or combine several to be on campus for up to four weeks. Visit www.longislandhighschoolforthearts.org/summer-arts-academy for more information.

Summer tech at Barry tech

Designed to motivate young minds and gain experience in a desired career path, Summer Tech at Nassau BOCES Barry Tech, now a longtime partner with Hofstra Summer Camps, offers programs for students entering grades 7-11.

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our Culinary Arts Academy or feed treats to a four-legged friend in Animal Care classes, just a couple of the unique summer offerings at the state-of-the-art Joseph M. Barry Career & Technical Education Center in Westbury. Other classes include Aviation Academy, Construction Trade Academy, Mechanical and Automotive Institute, and Computer Hardware Essentials.

Certain courses are offered in Introduction, Intermediate and Advanced levels.

Students can cook up tasty treats in our Culinary Arts Academy or feed treats to a four-legged friend in Animal Care classes, just a couple of the unique summer offerings at the state-of-the-art Joseph M. Barry Career & Technical Education Center in Westbury. Other classes include Aviation Academy, Construction Trade Academy, Mechanical and Automotive Institute, and Computer Hardware Essentials. Certain courses are offered in Introduction, Intermediate and Advanced levels.

Through Nassau BOCES Outdoor and Environmental Education program,

campers become Marine Biologists for the summer in the Marine Explorer Technology program. STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) enthusiasts work in teams to build an underwater remoteoperated vehicle (ROV) in the Marine Exploration Technology camp. There are also hiking-based, coastal explorations and an outdoor adventure challenge waiting for campers who want to be in the great outdoors this summer. These programs allow youngsters to discover the unique habitats of Caumsett State Historic Park in Lloyd Harbor, where they will use hi-tech tools to explore nature. Programs are also held at the Nassau BOCES Brookville Environmental Education Center where there is an outdoor classroom and challenge course elements including a sixty-foot-high climbing wall.

For more information on any of these summer programs, visit www.hofstra. edu/academics/ce/summer-camp/ or call 516-463-2267.

Courtesy Nassau BOCES; compiled by Jordan Vallone..

Guest Column

Alan D. Paley appointed 90th National Commander of JWV Jews did not serve in the Civil War. During the next 25 years, several smaller Jewish Veteran organizations were formed. These groups consolidated and in 1929, the organization officially adopted the name we go by today, The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America.

In 1951, JWV’s national headquarters moved from its location in New York to Washington DC, to gain visibility and to better advocate for the rights and unique needs of veterans. Congress recognized the importance of JWV as a Veterans Service Organization by issuing a Congressional charter in 1984.

JWV’s leadership also recognized the need to bring the stories of Jewish servicemen and women to the public. If Jews do not tell our stories, or share our message, who will?

It is because of JWV and other Veteran Service Organizations that today’s veterans and service members can take advantage of numerous, unique benefits, including the GI Bill, job training and the ability to transition skills from the military to civilian life.

JWV continues to work every day to support America’s veterans and service members. JWV and the other VSO’s will continue to fight for adequate funding for

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I am honored to serve as the 90th National Commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, and to share some remarks with you about the history of our organization.

The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America (JWV) is the longest serving Veterans Service Organization in the country.

I commend you on this celebration of our organization’s 126th anniversary. Post 1’s efforts across New York in supporting veterans, participating in Veterans Day and Memorial Day events, and sponsoring of game nights and luncheons, are just a few examples of what Post 1 has done throughout the years. You continue to carry our organizations message of fighting for veterans benefits and services, and advocating on their behalf with our elected officials. And of course, continuing to fight anti-Semitism wherever and whenever it appears.

JWV was founded on Sunday, March 15, 1896.

On that day, 63 Union Veterans of the Jewish faith, gathered on this spot, which at the time was the Lexington Avenue Opera House, and formed the Hebrew Union Veterans Association in response to a series of anti-Semitic comments that

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VA services, and assure that issues facing veterans from all eras remain at the forefront.

I call on each of you to act and make your voice heard on issues veterans continue to face, including ending homelessness, increasing access to healthcare, delivering mental health care, and addressing toxic exposure and other health concerns in a comprehensive way.

JWV is the Jewish voice for veterans and the veterans voice for Jews.

We have been your voice for 126 years and we want to continue to be your voice on issues that are important to you.

I am proud to be a member of the Jewish War Veterans and humbled to be its 90th National Commander. One of the highlights of my term was serving as the VSO keynote speaker at the National Veterans Day Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery this past November.

I have been honored to represent JWV across the country, and to share our history and mission with JWV Departments, Posts, and individual veterans.

Leadership is not just a quality Courtesy Gary Glick found at the national level. Leadership begins as a member, and continues to Jewish war Veteran Post 652 Commander the Post, County, and Department lev- Gary Glick shared an image of minutes, from els. Many of JWV’s leaders followed the original JWV organizational meeting in this path.

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As a JWV member, you guarantee Alan D. Paley is the 90th National Comthat your voice will be heard in Congress, and at the Department of Veterans mander of the Jewish War Veterans of the Affairs, both now and in the future. United States of America. Locally, Jewish Together, we will continue the proud tra- War Veterans Post 652 serves the greater dition of Jewish patriotic service to our Bellmore-Merrick. Visit we-are-vets.us and country by emphasizing the efforts of go to the Jewish War Veteran tab for addiJews in service, speaking out against anti- tional media and information.

Semitism, protecting the benefits and services earned, and supporting Israel.

May God bless all, who have earned the title of Veteran.

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News brief Liberty Utilities is commencing its annual spring flushing program as part of its routine distribution system maintenance. Starting May 2, annual flushing will begin in Bellmore and South Bellmore.

“Water main flushing is an important part of our operations and maintenance programs to remove harmless mineral and sediment buildup that can cause water to become discolored,” said Liberty President Chris Alario. “This program not only positively impacts water quality, it also provides us with an opportunity to ensure all fire hydrants are operating properly and have adequate flows in the event of an emergency.”

Water mains are flushed by opening fire hydrants in specific locations throughout each community to increase water flow in the area. While crews are performing flushing operations, residents may experience a temporary drop in water pressure and/or discolored water. If colored water is experienced, the water should be run in the faucet until it is clear once again, only taking a minute or two.

To learn more about when flushing is scheduled to occur in specific neighborhoods, residents can visit new-york-water.libertyutlities.com/

all/residential and click “Spring Flushing Schedule,” under News and Events.

In order for residents to better prepare for flushing in their neighborhood, Liberty asks that they consider the following tips and steps: ■ Make note on your calendar of your community’s scheduled flushing times.

■ Prior to using the washing machine and dish washer, check for discolored water.

■ If discolored water stains your laundry, do not put it in the dryer.

Rewash clothes right away with a heavy-duty detergent and add a rust remover.

■ Draw water needed for cooking ahead of scheduled flushing time and set aside a large bottle of water in the refrigerator for drinking or future use.

■ If water pressure or volume appears low after the flushing has finished, inspect the faucet screens for any trapped particles.

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Wednesday, May 13

Sleep Disorder Seminar with Dr. Matthew Reifler at the Merrick Library

Sleep Disorder Seminar with Dr. Matthew Reifler at the Merrick Library

Sleeping isn’t something we are taught to do, it’s a natural process. so when we have problems with sleep, to whom do we turn? During this talk with Dr. Reifler, we will discuss the many issues that can arise during 1/3 of our lives spent in the bedroom. No registration necessary. Event will take place in the community room, from 1 to 2 pm.

Visit the Merrick Library for an AARP Foundation Tax Preperation appointment. Appointments available every hour between 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. All taxpayers MUST BE PRESENT for review of return and signatures. Please bring your Social Security Card, NYS Driver’s License or picture ID, prior year income tax returns. A complete list of what is needed is available at the Reference Desk along with a form that needs to be filled out prior to your appointment.

Registration begins for all on January 26. Please be aware that space is limited, you may only register for yourself, unless you are filing jointly. Registration is in-person or by phone. Please call 516-377-6112 x. 390.

Long Island Cares Informational Zoom - Hosted by the North Bellmore Public Library A representative from Long Island Cares will host this virtual community service program. Teens will learn about Long Island Cares’ mission and how they can make a difference in their community and earn community service for attending. A Zoom link will be sent prior to the program. Please contact the North Bellmore Public Library abount receiving community service hours for this program. Zoom will begin at 6:30 pm.

Saturday, April 30 Stress Burnout and Adrenal Fatigue with Leslie at Dr. Kelley’s Health and Healing Grotto Leslie is back for a presentation on Burnout Stress and Adrenal Fatigue.

This is something that is a huge problem for all of us in today’s environment.

Come down and receive all of the information and goodies Leslie will be bringing with her! Bonus- the presentation is going to be held in our cave. the class will begin at 11 a.m., and cost $60 per person. Call 516-221-7258 for additional event details/to book.

Monday, May 2 Viritual Chair Yoga with the Bellmore Memorial Library Join the Bellmore Memorial Library and Marianne Bochilo for weekly relaxing sessions of online chair yoga from the comfort of your home on Mondays

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Dinkelmeyer fifth graders raise autism awareness Fifth graders promoted acceptance and friendship with an Autism Awareness Month display in April at John G. Dinkelmeyer Elementary School in the North Bellmore School District. Students Chloe Charles and Paige Harvey, who helped their teacher with the hallway display, said they are aiming to raise awareness about the abilities of people with autism while spreading kindness throughout the school. The class watched a video about how people with autism see the world around them.

(May 2, 9, 16, 23) at 12:00pm. Chair Yoga is a very gentle form of yoga which works your muscles and joints to increase flexibility/mobility, circulation strength and balance. The movements and postures in chair yoga encourages deep breathing, improved posture and meditation. Register online at www. bellmorelibrary.org/calendar/.

Wednesday, May 4 Free Movie Screening at the Bellmore Memorial Library Celebrate May the 4th by enjoying a free screening of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Fresh popcorn will be

served. The movie will begin at 1:00pm in the Community Room of the Bellmore Memorial Library. Register online at www.bellmorelibrary.org/calendar/.

Friday, May 6 Open Classic Game Day at the Bellmore Memorial Library Bring your own games and fellow players to the Bellmore Memorial Library! The Meeting Room is open on Fridays for adults & seniors to play classic games like mahjong, bridge, canasta, chess, and more! From 1:00pm - 4:00pm, card tables will be

set up. Space is limited. No registration required.

Tuesday, May 10 Hybrid Baking Class: Cookie Pie at the Bellmore Memorial Library Half chocolate chip cookie. Half pie. All delicious! Treat yourself with this sweet and salty dessert with the Bellmore Memorial Library. The recipe is provided to all registrants to join us on Zoom and cook along with the instructor or join us in-person starting at 6:30pm.

Register online at www.bellmorelibrary. org/calendar/.

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 jvallone@liherald.com.

This weekend, the Merrick Chamber of Commerce is hosting their kid’s fest in the Merrick LIRR lot.

The SMCCA is hosting their second part of the Spring Cleanup next month.

Registration for Nassau County Summer Camps is now open.

School board elections will take place next month, on May 17.

The Hempstead Works Career Center is offering summer youth employment opportunities.

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Hochul touts budget fixing potholes, colleges

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GOv. KAthy hOchuL speaks at Hempstead’s Kennedy Memorial Park about the budget she and lawmakers finally finished in Albany. Money is earmarked not only for crumbling state roads, but to give a break at the gas pump as well. Even if it’s a small one.

“We’re going to turn the corner on mankind’s assault on Mother Nature,” Hochul said. “It has to end, and it’s going to end on our watch. What we did to build back our state is going to be part of our post-pandemic legacy.”

On the education front, $500 million is earmarked for SUNY and CUNY campuses — schools Hochul said transforms families, including her own.

“My parents, at one time, lived in a trailer park, and my dad worked at a steel plant,” the governor said. “What got them out of those circumstances was my dad

getting a college degree while working at the steel plant. That degree allowed him to do something different with his life instead of just working with his hands making steel.”

Additionally, $50 million will support a partnership between Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Stony Brook University to create an artificial intelligence lab.

Part-time students also will be eligible for the state’s Tuition Assistance Program, and Albany will allocate $7 billion to ensure child care is available on all SUNY and CUNY campuses.

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Some might say it’s been a bumpy road of late for Kathy Hochul, with some of the ongoing turmoil inside her leadership team. But it was a different kind of bumpy road on the governor’s mind last week when she stopped by Kennedy Memorial Park in Hempstead.

More specifically, pothole-laden roads.

“I’ve been to Long Island many times, and everybody always complains about the potholes,” Hochul said. “Nobody has hit more potholes in the state of New York than I have because I’ve traveled 372,000 miles — not by plane. All by road.”

The potholes on Long Island always give Hochul the biggest welcome, she said, “because they’re enormous.”

That should change with the implementation of her $1 billion “Operation Pave Our Potholes” program, intended to resurface 480 lane miles of state highways, including key sections of the Long Island Expressway, Southern State Parkway and the Meadowbrook State Parkway.

And as motorists wait for local roads to get smoother, Hochul officially declared an easier time on their wallets, too, as Albany joins Nassau and Suffolk counties to suspend the sales tax on gasoline beginning June 1 and continuing on until the end of the year.

“How about those gas prices?” Hochul asked. “My God, we couldn’t have (foreseen) this, but the invasion by Putin into

Ukraine had a ripple effect around the globe and the economy. It’s hard for families just trying to get to their kids’ soccer game or take a family vacation, so we decided we can do a short-term fix.”

The state tax break would remove the 16 cents per gallon levy New York places on gas, joining the nickel per gallon Nassau County suspended on any gas price over $3. A gallon of regular gas on Long Island averaged $4.14 this past weekend, according to AAA, down 17 cents from a month ago.

Still, gas is up 43 percent from last year when a gallon of regular went for just under $2.90.

Hochul also promised improvements for commuters, including the completion of the Long Island Rail Road’s third track of the east side access project leading from Grand Central Terminal, and the launch of the second phase of the $700 million Ronkonkoma Hub project.

“We’re changing infrastructure — it’s not just about roads,” Hochul said. “This is an opportunity to lift people’s spirits and give a sense that our commuters matter. We can do dull dishwater infrastructure, or we can do something that matters and make a statement. And this is that opportunity.”

The state also will commit $500 million for the development of an offshore wind port infrastructure and supply chain, Hochul said, expected to bring in more than $2 billion in economic activity and more than 2,000 green jobs.

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Mepham Senior Lacrosse CoMiNg oFF a strong 2021 campaign that saw her earn Honorable Mention All-County honors, Smith’s dynamic offense is a major reason why the Pirates won four of their first five conference games. As their top attack, she recorded 17 goals and dished out 11 assists. Her biggest performance this spring so far came April 13 when she scored six times and assisted on two other goals in a 15-7 road victory over Oyster Bay.

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Baseball: V.S. Central at East Meadow ..................4:30 p.m.

Softball: Calhoun at Seaford.................................4:30 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: South Side at Wantagh .................4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Long Beach at Mepham........................4:30 p.m.

Softball: Kennedy at Long Beach ..........................4:45 p.m.

Baseball: Hewlett at Sewanhaka ............................... 5 p.m.

Baseball: Calhoun at Carey........................................ 5 p.m.

Flag Football: Freeport at West Hempstead ............... 5 p.m.

Flag Football: Long Beach at Lynbrook ...................... 5 p.m.

Friday, april 29

Girls Lacrosse: Freeport at Valley Stream ..............4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Malverne at Elmont. .............................4:45 p.m.

Softball: Division at Carey............................................... 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Wantagh at Hewlett ..........................5:15 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Island Trees at South Side .................5:30 p.m.

saturday, april 30 Softball: Clarke at Kennedy........................................... 10 a.m.

Softball: Long Beach at Calhoun .................................. 10 a.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Freeport at Oceanside .......................... 10 a.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Lynbrook at Calhoun .......................11 a.m.

Softball: Oceanside at MacArthur ................................ 12 p.m.

Bursting with young talent, Mepham has yet to experience much in the way of growing pains through five games in Nassau Conference 3 girls lacrosse and at 4-1 was locked in a first-place tie with Mineola and Floral Park.

“I was a little concerned about all the youth we had coming into the season, but everyone has stepped up,” Pirates coach Kristen Mogavero said. “We’ve been on a steady incline since the second game when some decision-making cost us against MacArthur.

“The girls are really playing together as a team and get along great,” she added.

Since falling 4-2 to MacArthur on March 30, Mepham has ripped off three straight conference victories whilst averaging 11.3 goals in the process. Mongovero was also encouraged by a non-conference defeat to Oceanside, a talented Conference 2 contender that employs the same type of defensive scheme as MacArthur.

“MacArthur and Oceanside play the type of defense that can throw a wrench into any offense, especially when it’s a young team like ours,” Mogavero said. “It was great to see us perform much better the second time we faced it.”

The Pirates responded to the MacArthur loss by defeating Hewlett, 11-4, three days later behind senior Kaitlyn Smith’s hat trick and three assists, junior Quinn Schroeder’s four goals and one assist, and senior Mia McElwee’s four assists.

Smith, a fourth-year attack, is a vocal leader and playmaker with tremendous instincts, Mogavero said. Through six games, Smith found the back of the net 15 times and assisted on 10 goals. She’s also taking the majority of draws and winning them at a high rate. “Kaitlyn worked on draws a lot and has come up huge in close games,” the coach said.

Schroeder, who has 12 points including nine goals, does most of the quarterbacking from behind the cage. She netted a hat trick in a season-opening 14-3 win over Plainview. Senior Sara Forchelli is a returning starter and has chipped in three goals, and Mogavero said Sierra

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sophoMore goalteNder CatheriNe Chow made a season-high 10 saves April 5 to help lead the Pirates in their 8-5 win over Division.

Barbosa (five goals), one of six freshmen on the varsity roster, has fit in nicely.

The midfield group is young and talented, led by sophomore Jenna Dempsey and freshman Grace Skulavik. Both have seven goals — Skulavik scored in each of the first six games while Dempsey scored in all four victories.

“I definitely like what I see on offense and I’ve been telling the girls to be hungry for goals,” Mogavero said. “It’s great that we’re unselfish, but sometimes we make one too many passes. We’re going to need to score more when we play Mineola and Floral Park.”

Anchoring the back row is sophomore goaltender Catherine Chow, who made a season-high 10 saves to lead an 8-5 win over Division on April 5. “She has an amazing attitude and a lot of responsibility,” Mogavero said. “She’s a quick and active goalie who not only plays every minute of every game but faces every shot in practice.”

The defense in front of Chow has been steady, led by juniors Madison Webber and Markella Moutafis, sophomores Olivia Meyer and Bella Jensen, and freshmen Gabriella and Maggie Fitzgerald, and Leah Smith

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Spring 2022 Flushing Notice Each spring, Liberty flushes the pipes in our water distribution system. This is an essential part of our system maintenance program, which helps us to clean out any mineral deposits and sediment inside the pipes. When crews are in the area, customers may experience a drop in water pressure or discolored water. If this happens, let your water run until it is clear. Customers are encouraged to check for discolored water before using the washing machine or dishwasher.

Flushing will be conducted Monday - Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. Please note no flushing will take place April 15 - April 22 in observation of Good Friday and Passover, or May 30th for Memorial Day. Any changes due to weather will be posted on our website at www.libertyenergyandwater.com.

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At the ceremony, Town Supervisor Don Clavin spoke about the importance of recycling.

Recycling poster contest honors young artists continued from front pAge

Who were the winners?

The Town of Hempstead honored eight elementary school students last Friday for their submissions in the 2022 Recycling Poster Contest: AIsabella Beaudry Anneliese Blakeman Alex Boyd Tathiana Chicas

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Cedarhurst

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North Seaford

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East Atlantic Beach

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North Wantagh

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East Rockaway

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North Woodmere

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Glen Head

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Roosevelt

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Sea Cliff

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Seaford/South Seaford

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South Bellmore

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Inwood

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Island Park

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Lakeview

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Lawrence

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Levittown

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Wantagh

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5/20/2022

Lynbrook

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West Hempstead

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4/14/2022

Malverne

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5/27/2022

Woodmere

4/25/2022

4/29/2022

Massapequa

5/23/2022

5/27/2022

Woodsburgh

4/25/2022

4/29/2022

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2021 Annual Water Quality Reports

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Learn about the quality of your water.

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were overseen by former town supervisor and current Town Clerk Kate Murray and Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, both of whom attended the ceremony.

“Our environment is such a priority for all of us, and recycling is such an important thing to do,” Clavin said.

“We’ve changed that mindset — you now see people who really want to take care of the environment.”

Designated by the town as “Forever Wild” in 2006, Levy Park is open yearround. Starting in May, it is open every day from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., weather permitting.

Each year, Liberty provides its customers with an Annual Water Quality Report to let them know how our water quality stacks up against federal and state drinking water standards. If you are a customer of ours, we encourage you to review this report as it provides details about the source and quality of the drinking water delivered to you in 2021.

View your water quality report online today!

In an effort to be more environmentally responsible, we no longer print our water quality reports. Instead, we have made them available on our website. To view your report online, visit our website at www.libertyenergyandwater.com.

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parents for supporting this,” Covanta community affairs specialist Maureen Early said. “This has been, as the supervisor said, a great year, with so many great submissions.”

“For all the winners, you should really pat yourself on the back,” Clavin added.

“You really stood above and beyond the others.”

The supervisor made note of the park’s history. “When we would drive by this place, this was really just a giant mound of garbage,” he recounted of his youth. “Somebody had a vision to transform this into a beautiful nature preserve here.”

Named after a longtime Merrick resident and environmental advocate, State Sen. Norman J. Levy, the park has been open since 2000. “If you have time, go for a walk or come back tomorrow, and take a walk on the trails,” Clavin said. “Go put your kayak in the water, because you can do that — and if you like to fish, there’s a beautiful fishing pier.”

The park, he added, embodied the message of Earth Day. “It’s a vision of what can be done when people recognize the importance of their environment,” Clavin said. “This is exactly what your mission is with this project — getting a message out there to recycle, getting a message out there to embrace our environment, and getting the message out there through art.”

One of the park’s most popular attractions are Nigerian dwarf goats, which, during the day, are kept in a small pen at the entrance of the park. At night, however, they are released, and serve as a natural form of weed control.

Many of the park’s improvements, including the goats and the fishing piers,

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Promoting community values at St. Francis the garden WelComes volunteers of any age, experience or ability.

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the season, which will likely take place on is your pledge to the earth?” Talbot added. a Sunday in early June. Every week there“Maybe some of us can cut down on reus- after, the farmstand will offer shoppers able utensils. Maybe somebody’s going to fresh produce. What’s left from week to go to school to be a farmer and do sustain- week will be donated to local pantries, including the Bellmore-Merrick Commuable agriculture.

“There’s all various ways people can nity Cupboard.

Carl Bucking, a member of the St. participate,” she went on, “and that’s kind Francis congregation and a of what our message is. If you regular volunteer, said he was can’t get into the garden with attracted to the church us, you can still help the because of its commitment to earth.” the community. “We’re here Also taking part were to serve — we’re here to help Emma Zheng and Carine p e o p l e, ” B u c k i n g s a i d .

Morrison, representatives of “There’s a lot of folks that New York Project Hope, an Carl BuCking organization funded by the Member, St. Francis have trouble getting access to three meals a day. One of the New York State Office of Menthings the garden does is protal Health and the Federal Episcopal vide a lot of organic produce Emergency Management for people who otherwise Agency, to help communities wouldn’t be able to get it.” combat pandemic-related challenges.

People can volunteer at the garden on “We offer free crisis-centered counseling, and we also have a referral program,” Wednesdays, from 3 to 5 p.m., and SaturMorrison explained. “If someone is in days, from 9 a.m. to noon. Additionally, need of housing, food — different things Talbot said, the church is always looking like that — we offer them through an to coordinate with groups that want to agency called New Horizon Counseling visit, such as local Boy Scout or Girl Scout troops, interfaith youth groups or Center.”

Zheng and Morrison were set up at a other organizations.

The garden regularly works with Life’s booth adjacent to the garden activities, where they met with attendees and told Work, an organization that serves adults with intellectual disabilities, as well as them about programming they offer.

Garden activities pause during the the Helen Keller Services for the Blind.

“You do not need a time commitment,” winter, Talbot said, but the volunteers are now preparing for their first farmstand of Talbot said. “You can come one time, and

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then come 18 weeks later — and also, we try to make gardening and our tasks accessible for anyone who walks in here.”

At the first farmstand, shoppers can look forward to fresh lettuce, radishes, turnips, spinach and beets. As the season progresses, there will be different rotations of produce, depending on the weather.

Seniors and veterans can get produce through several programs. Starting July 1, veteran services agencies offer Fresh Connect coupons, and senior centers offer Farmers Market Nutrition Program Coupons for produce.

Bucking said that St. Francis serves as an example for all church parishes.

“Maybe not everyone can do a garden,” he said, “but the idea that you’re addressing a need, and you’re addressing things that really matter — if you do that, you’re going to do well.

“That’s what we’re here for,” he added.

“I am enormously proud to be affiliated with this parish — I think they’re doing tremendous work.”

Talbot said that individuals or groups that are interested in volunteering can always call the garden, at (516) 679-1184.

Its Facebook page, The Garden at St. Francis, regularly updates the community on events and activities the garden hosts.

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Administrative changes in the Central District The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education has recently appointed current Wellington C. Mepham High School Principal Eric Gomez as the district’s assistant superintendent for personnel and administration.

Anthony DeMartinis, a current assistant principal at Sanford H. Calhoun High School, has been appointed as the incoming principal of Mepham High School.

Both administrative changes are effective July 1, 2022.

After receiving a Bachelor of Science in management from St. John’s University, a Master of Science in secondary education at Hofstra University, Gomez later procured a Master of Science in educational leadership and administration from The College of Saint Rose.

Born and raised in Queens, Gomez came to Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District in fall 2010 and began his Bellmore-Merrick career as the assistant principal of Grand Avenue Middle School. He moved to Calhoun High School as assistant principal of guidance in 2011.

In 2017, he began his tenure as principal of Mepham High School.

“Mepham is truly a special place filled with great energy and positivity,” Gomez said. “Although I’m looking forward to the new position, I will definitely miss working with the faculty, staff, students and amazing community that define Mepham’s spirit.”

Dr. Jennifer Carne, an assistant principal at Mepham, added that Gomez’s leadership has had an incredible impact Eric Gomez throughout his tenure at Mepham.

“Not only has he served as an influential instructional leader, but he has also provided tremendous support, particularly to his students and staff and the entire Bellmore-Merrick community,” she noted. “His dynamic personality and positive energy will be greatly missed at Mepham.”

“Mr. Gomez has been a supportive col-

league, creative leader and mentor to many in Bellmore-Merrick,” said Superintendent Michael Harrington.

“Eric is kind, generous with his time and student-centered in his planning.

We h ave b e e n very fortunate to h av e G o m e z ’ s leadership in the district for the past 10 years.”

During the past three years, DeMartinis has s e r ve d a s t h e Anthony DeMartinis assistant principal for guidance at Calhoun High School.

“His building leadership experience at Calhoun has given Anthony the opportunity to serve as the school’s Dignity Act coordinator, the architect of the school’s master schedule, the administrative supervisor for the departments of special education, world languages, and English as a new language, all in addition to his outstanding work in leading the Calhoun

counseling and wellness center,” added Harrington.

DeMartinis received his Bachelor of Science in criminal justice at SUNY Albany and then went to Long Island University for his Master of Science in school counseling. His Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership was also achieved at Long Island University.

Anthony’s counseling experiences have been vast and include school-based leadership assignments as well as districtwide committee service.

DeMartinis said it has been an honor and privilege serving the Kennedy and Calhoun communities.

“The memories and relationships I have forged while a member of these communities are unforgettable; both Kennedy and Calhoun will forever hold a special place in my heart,” he added. “I am truly humbled and excited to join the Mepham community as their principal. I look forward to connecting with the students, parents and staff as we continue to provide outstanding opportunities for the students of Mepham to learn and grow.”

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LEGAL NOTICE BELLMOREMERRICKCENTRALHIGHS CHOOL DISTRICT BELLMORE U.F.S.D. MERRICK U.F.S.D. NORTH BELLMORE U.F.S.D. NORTH MERRICK U.F.S.D. TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU NOTICE TO BIDDERS: In accordance with provision of Section 103 of the General Municipal Law, the Board of Education of the Bellmore-Merrick Transportation Consortium hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for: Bellmore-Merrick Cooperative School Year 2022-2023 Bids will be publicly opened and read at the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Business Office, 1260Meadowbrook Road, North Merrick, New York, on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 10:00 am.

Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained from the office of Tom Volpe, Director of Transportation, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm.

The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informalities in or to reject in whole or in part all bids or to accept any bid which in its judgment is in the best interest of the school district.

By order: Board of Education BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BELLMORE U.F.S.D. MERRICK U.F.S.D. NORTH BELLMORE U.F.S.D. NORTH MERRICK U.F.S.D. 130998

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION, BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public budget hearing of the Bellmore Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, NY, will be held at the Reinhard Early Childhood Center, Bellmore, NY on Tuesday, May 5, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the expenditure of funds for the 2022-2023 school year and the budgeting thereof and for other business as is authorized by the NY State Education Law. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that an election to fill two (2) vacancies, each for a term of three (3) years, for the office of member of the Board of Education, will be held at the Reinhard Early Childhood Center, Bellmore, NY, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

The vote upon the 2022-2023 school year budget will also be held at said annual meeting.

Voting shall take place between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2022-2023 may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days preceding the vote, except Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays, at the schools of the District from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that pursuant to the Real Property Tax Law §495, the District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by the statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of Board of Education member must be filed with the District Clerk by 5:00 p.m., Monday, April 18, 2022.

Such nominating petition must state the residence of each signer, the name and residence of the candidate, and be signed by at least 25 qualified district voters. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be elected to office.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that personal registration is a prerequisite for voting, and no person will be entitled to vote at such election whose name does not appear upon the register prepared for such election; except that any person, a resident of the District, who is permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections to vote and whose registration is current, shall also be qualified to vote at this election without further registration.

Qualified individuals may register from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on days when school is in session at the District Office at 580 Winthrop Ave., Bellmore, NY, except that no registration shall take place less than five (5) days preceding the election, this year no later than 3:00 p.m. on May 12, 2022.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the register be filed in the office of

the Superintendent of Schools where it shall be open for inspection to any qualified voter of the District and in the District Clerk’s office in the Winthrop Avenue School from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. during the five (5) days prior to the election except Sunday, and by appointment only from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on the Saturday prior to the election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that absentee ballots applications for the school district election and budget vote are to be completed on a form prescribed by the state board of elections by visiting the NYS Education Department’s website (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fil es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), the District website, www.bellmoreschools.org , or by contacting the District Clerk by email (ryee@bellmoreschools.or g) or phone (516-679-2910).

Completed applications must be received at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the applicant, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the applicant or to his or her designated agent.

Absentee ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 18, 2022. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s office on each of the five days prior to the election except Sunday, and by appointment only from 9:00 to 12:00 noon on the Saturday prior to the election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, any person serving in the military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote in the upcoming school district election.

A military voter who is a qualified voter of the District may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by email (ryee@bellmoreschools.or g) or phone (516-679-2910).

A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk.

Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 21, 2022.

Military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 17, 2022 if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness

thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of the polls on May 17, 2022 if showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the Board of Education shall convene a special meeting thereof at the Reinhard Early Childhood Center within 24 hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot, for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports for the results of the ballot, and declaring the results of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law Section 2019-a.2-b, at said special meeting of the Board.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that at the annual election of the Bellmore Union Free School District, qualified voters of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District shall vote for the following purposes: a)To vote upon the annual school budget for the 2022-2023 school year, and to authorize the levying of a tax upon the taxable property of the District for the foregoing purposes. b)To vote upon such other propositions as may properly come before the meeting.

DATED:March 2022 Bellmore, NY

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Randy Yee, District Clerk 129605

Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK EL AVISO SE HA DADO AQUÍ que la Junta de Educación del BellmoreMerrick Central High School District celebrará una audiencia pública el 4 de mayo de 2022, a las 8:00 p.m. en la Sala de la Junta del Edificio de Administración Central ubicado en la Escuela Brookside, 1260 Meadowbrook Road, Merrick, Nueva York, con

el propósito de tramitar todos los negocios según lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación, que incluye, entre otros, la discusión de los gastos de fondos y presupuestos, por lo tanto, en relación con la apropriación de fondos necesarios para cubrir los gastos necesarios del Distrito Central de Escuelas Secundarias para el año escolar 2022-2023 y sobre las propuestas que involucran el gasto de fondos o la recaudación de impuestos, en qué momento y en qué lugar todas las personas interesadas en el tema del mismo en relación con el mismo tendrán la oportunidad de ser escuchadas.

Y TAMBIÉN SE DE AVISO que una copia del estado de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año siguiente con fines escolares (presupuesto escolar) y copias de las propuestas relacionadas con el gasto de dinero y el funcionamiento del sistema escolar para el año siguiente , estará disponible para cualquier contribuyente en el Distrito siete días inmediatamente antes de la audiencia pública, excepto los sábados, domingos o días festivos, en cada escuela en la que se mantenga la escuela durante las horas de 8:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m.

Y TAMBIÉN SE DE AVISO que un Informe de Exención del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, preparado de acuerdo con la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, se adjuntará a cualquier presupuesto provisional / preliminar, así como al presupuesto adoptado final del cual formará parte; y se publicarán en el (los) tablón (s) de boletines del Distrito que se mantendrá para avisos públicos, así como en el sitio web del Distrito POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT PATTIANNE GUCCIONE SECRETARIO DE DISTRITO El aviso anterior se publicará en los periódicos Herald de Bellmore y Herald de Merrick el Jueves, el 31 de Marzo de 2022, el 14 de Abril de 2022, el 28 y de Abril de 2022.

130268 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BELLMORE MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will hold a Public Hearing on May 4, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. in the Board Room of the

Central Administration Building located at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road, Merrick, New York, for the purpose of transacting all business as is authorized by the Education Law, including, but not limited to, discussion of the expenditure of funds and budgeting therefore relative to the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the necessary expenditures of the Central High School District for the school year 2022-2023 and on propositions involving the expenditure of funds or the levy of tax, at which time and which place all persons interested in the subject matter thereof concerning the same will have an opportunity to be heard.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for school purposes (school budget) and copies of propositions involving expenditure of moneys and the operation of the school system for the ensuing year, will be available to any taxpayer in the District seven days immediately preceding the public hearing except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at each schoolhouse in which school is maintained during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report, prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District Bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT PATTIANNE GUCCIONE DISTRICT CLERK The above notice will be published in the Bellmore Herald and Merrick Herald newspapers on Thursday, March 31, 2022, April 14, 2022, April 28, 2022 and May 12, 2022.

130266 LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE LA AUDIENCIA SOBRE EL PRESUPUESTO Y DE LA REUNIÓN ANUAL Y LAS ELECCIONES DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR BELLMORE UNION FREE, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR EL PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que se celebrará una audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto del Distrito Escolar Bellmore Union

Free, pueblo de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, Nueva York, en Reinhard Early Childhood Center, Bellmore, Nueva York, el martes 5 de mayo de 2022 a las 7:30 p. m. para analizar el gasto de los fondos para el año escolar 2022-2023, su correspondiente presupuesto y otros asuntos según la autorización de la Ley de Educación del estado de Nueva York.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que se celebrarán elecciones para cubrir dos (2) vacantes, cada una de ellas por un período de tres (3) años para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación en Reinhard Early Childhood Center, Bellmore, Nueva York, el martes 17 de mayo de 2022. La votación del presupuesto del año escolar 2022-2023 también se llevará a cabo en dicha reunión anual.

La votación se realizará entre las 6:30 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m.

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que cualquier residente del distrito podrá obtener una copia de la declaración del monto de dinero que será requerido para el año escolar 2022-2023 durante los catorce (14) días previos a la votación, excepto los sábados, domingos o feriados, en las escuelas del distrito, entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m.

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que, conforme a la sección 495 de la Ley de Impuesto a la Propiedad Inmobiliaria, se exige que el distrito adjunte un informe de exención al presupuesto propuesto.

En este informe de exenciones, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, se mostrará el modo en el que el valor total calculado de la lista de cálculos finales que se utilice en el proceso presupuestario queda libre de impuestos, se enumerarán todos los tipos de exenciones que otorgue la autoridad legal y se expondrá el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se prevé recibir como pago en lugar de impuestos y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes para nominar candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación deberán presentarse ante el secretario del distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. del lunes 18 de abril de 2022. La solicitud de nominación debe incluir la residencia de cada suscriptor y el nombre y la residencia del candidato y debe estar firmada por al menos 25 votantes calificados del distrito.

Los dos candidatos que reciban el mayor número de votos serán electos para el cargo.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que el registro personal es un requisito previo para votar y nadie podrá votar en esta elección si su nombre no aparece en el registro preparado para dicha elección; a excepción de cualquier persona residente del distrito que esté registrada de manera permanente en la Junta de Elecciones del condado de Nassau para votar y cuyo registro esté vigente, quien también podrá votar en esta elección sin registro adicional. Las personas calificadas podrán registrarse los días en que la escuela esté en sesión desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 3:00 p. m. en la oficina del distrito en 580 Winthrop Ave., Bellmore, Nueva York, pero no se harán registros con menos de cinco (5) días de anticipación a la elección; este año el límite es el 12 de mayo de 2022 a las 3:00 p. m.

ADEMÁS, SE NOTIFICA que el registro se presentará en la oficina del superintendente escolar y en la oficina del secretario del distrito en Winthrop Avenue School de 9:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m. donde estará abierto para que cualquier votante calificado del distrito pueda inspeccionarlo en cada uno de los cinco (5) días previos a la elección, excepto el domingo, y solo con cita previa de 9:00 a.m. a 12:00 p. m. el sábado anterior a la elección.

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE, TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes de voto por ausencia para la elección del distrito escolar y el voto del presupuesto se deben completar en un formulario elaborado por la Junta de Electoral de su estado, el cual se puede obtener en el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del estado de Nueva York en (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fil es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), el sitio web del distrito, www.bellmoreschools.org o poniéndose en contacto con la Secretaría del Distrito por correo electrónico (ryee@bellmoreschools.or g) o por teléfono (516-679-2910).

Las solicitudes completas deben recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al solicitante o hasta el día anterior a la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al solicitante o a la persona que designe. La Secretaría del Distrito no aceptará solicitudes de boleta electoral por ausencia antes del 18 de abril de

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2022. Habrá una lista de todas las personas para las que se emitieron boletas electorales por ausencia que estará disponible en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito durante los cinco días previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, y únicamente con cita entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 12:00 p. m. del sábado anterior a la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación, sección 2018-d, cualquier persona que preste servicio en el ejército, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, se puede inscribir para votar en la próxima elección del distrito escolar.

Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del distrito pueden obtener un formulario de inscripción comunicándose con la Secretaría del Distrito por correo electrónico (ryee@bellmoreschools.or g) o por teléfono (516-679-2910).

Los votantes militares que estén debidamente inscritos pueden solicitar una boleta electoral militar pidiendo una solicitud en la Secretaría del Distrito.

Las solicitudes completadas se deben entregar en persona o por correo postal en la Secretaría del Distrito, y se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 21 de abril de 2022.

Las boletas electorales militares se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 17 de mayo de 2022 si están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección o no más tarde del cierre de las urnas el 17 de mayo de 2022 si muestran una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero o muestran un endoso fechado de recepción por otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Los votantes militares pueden decidir si prefieren recibir un Formulario de registro para los votantes militares, una Solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico en su solicitud para dicho registro, solicitud de boleta electoral o boleta electoral.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Educación organizará una reunión extraordinaria para tratar este tema en Reinhard Early Childhood Center en un plazo de 24 horas después de la presentación ante el secretario del distrito de un informe por escrito con los resultados de la votación con el objeto de evaluar y tabular estos informes con los resultados de la votación y declarar los resultados

de esta; y que la Junta, mediante el presente, se designa a sí misma como el grupo de secretarios encargados de emitir y escrutar los votos conforme a la sección 2019-a.2-b de la Ley de Educación en la reunión extraordinaria de la Junta.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, durante la elección anual del Distrito Escolar Bellmore Union Free, los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de Escuelas Secundarias Bellmore-Merrick votarán con los siguientes fines: a)Votar sobre el presupuesto escolar anual para el año escolar 2022-2023 y autorizar la imposición de un impuesto sobre la propiedad sujeta a tributación del distrito para los propósitos anteriores. b)Votar sobre cualquier otra propuesta que se pueda presentar oportunamente en la reunión.

FECHA:marzo de 2022 Bellmore, NY POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR BELLMORE UNION FREE Randy Yee, secretario del distrito 129607

To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE VOTO ANUAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK EL AVISO SE HA DADO AQUI que el voto anual de los votantes calificados del BellmoreMerrick Central High School District, el Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo el Martes, el 17 de Mayo de 2022, en los varios lugares de votación designados por el Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore y North Merrick Union Free School Districts, de la siguiente manera: BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, en el C.A Reinhard Early Childhood Center, 2750 S. St. Marks Avenue, Bellmore, Nueva York, , entre las 6:30 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m.

MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, en la escuela Norman J. Levy Lakeside, 21 Babylon Road, Merrick, Nueva York, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m.

NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT en la escuela Newbridge Road, 1601 Newbridge Road, Bellmore, Nueva York, entre las 6:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m.

NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, en la Biblioteca Pública de North Merrick, 1691 Meadowbrook Road, North Merrick, Nueva York, entre las 6:30 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m.

Para los siguientes propósitos: PROPOSICIÓN NUMERO 1- PRESUPUESTO DEL DISTRITO CENTRAL DE LA ESCUELA SECUNDARIA SE RESUELVE, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Central de la Escuela Secundaria de Bellmore-Merrick, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, está autorizada a gastar las sumas Apropriadas del Fondo General de ciento setenta y siete millones ciento seis mil cuatrocientos noventa y nueve dólares ($177,106,499) que se recaudarán a través de dólares de impuestos en los distritos escolares incluidos en el Distrito Central de La Escuela Secundaria después de deducir los fondos disponibles de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes de ingresos.

PROPOSICIÓN NUMERO 2PROYECTOS DE MEJORA DE CAPITAL SE RESUELVE, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Central de Escuelas Secundarias de Bellmore-Merrick, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, está autorizada a gastar la suma de dos millones de dólares ($2,000,000) que representan el saldo de dinero en el Fondo de Reserva de Capital establecido en mayo de 2016 para los siguientes propósitos: estacionamiento, canchas de tenis y repavimentación de pistas, reemplazo de azulegos del piso y del techo y renovación de las aulas de ciencias para la familia y el consumidor en las escuelas secundarias Grand Avenue y Merrick Avenue. Dado que los fondos que se gastarán en virtud del presente provienen del Fondo de Reserva de Capital, la aprobación de esta propuesta no requerirá un gravamen fiscal sobre los bienes inmuebles del distrito. Esta Proposición será independiente de la Proposición Núm. 1.

Y TAMBIÉN SE DA AVISO que el registro se llevará a cabo en los lugares de votación indicados anteriormente por Las Juntas de Registro de los varios distritos componentes de la siguiente manera: la Bellmore Union Free School District en la Oficina del Distrito, Winthrop Avenue School, 580 Winthrop Avenue, Bellmore, Nueva York, en todos los días de clases del año escolar hasta cinco (5) días anteriores a la votación entre el horario de 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m.; la Merrick Union Free School District en la Oficina Administrativa, 21 Babylon Road, Merrick, Nueva York, en todos los días de clases del año escolar hasta cinco (5) días anteriores a la votación entre las horas

de 9:30 a.m. y 3:30 p.m.; la North Bellmore Union Free School District en la Oficina Administrativa, 2616 Martin Avenue, Bellmore, Nueva York, y todas las escuelas del distrito en todos los días de clases del año escolar hasta cinco (5) días anteriores a la votación entre las horas de 9:00 a.m. y 3:00 p.m.; y la North Merrick Union Free School District en la escuela Harold D. Fayette, 1057 Merrick Avenue, Merrick, Nueva York, en todos los días escolares del año escolar hasta cinco (5) días antes de la votación entre las 9:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m., y además, el miércoles el 11 de Mayo de 2022, en la Escuela de Fayette D. Harold entre las horas de 4:00 p.m y 8:00 p.m. con el fin de preparar un registro de los votantes calificados con derecho a votar en la reunión de la escuela y la elección para la que dicho registro es preparado, en la forma prevista por la ley. El registro, como así preparado, será archivado en la Oficina del Secretario (District Clerk) en cada uno de los respectivos Distritos Unión Libre como se establece en este aviso y dicho registro sera abierto por inspección en horas razonables hasta cinco (5) días antes de la fecha establecida para votar sobre el presupuesto y la elección del distrito, excepto el domingo, y por cita el sábado anterior de la elección en cada distrito elemental.

Y TAMBIÉN SE DA AVISO que una persona quien es cuidadano de Los Estados Unidos, tenga diez y ocho años de edad y es residente del Distrito Escolar de la Unión en el que se tiene la intención de votar a favor un período de treinta días antes de la elección y esta registrado para votar para la elección dicha tendrá derecho a votar. Una persona debera ser registrada para votar si el o ella han registrado permanente con La Junta de Elecciones del Condado de Nassau (Nassau County Board of Elections) o con La Junta de Registro (Board of Registration) del distrito donde el o ella reside.

Solamente las personas que estan registradas tienen el derecho para votar.

Y ADEMÁS SE NOTIFICA que Las Juntas de Registro (Boards of Registration) de las varias escuelas componentes tendran una reunion el 17 de Mayo 2022 durante las horas de votación en los lugares de votación en cada escuela para el propósito de preparer el registro para que las elecciones tendran lugar despues del 17 de Mayo 2022; El Registro incluirá (1) todos los votantes calificados de las escuelas, quines se presentáran

personalemente para registro; y (2) todos votantes calificados permanente registrados con la Junta Electoral del Condado de Nassau (Nassau County Board of Elections).

Y TAMBIÉN SE DA AVISO que una copia de la declaración de la cantidad de presupuestos que serán requerido para el proximo año escolar y copias de las proposiciónes involucrando gastos y la operación del systema del distrito para el proximo año, se puede obtener por cualquier contribuyente en el districto durante de los catorce dias inmediatamente anteriores del voto anual excepto Sabado, Domingo, o los dias de fiesta, en las oficinas del distrito y cualquier público dentro del distrito y en el sitio web del distrito.

Y TAMBIÉN SE DA AVISO que pueden aplicar para la votación por ausencia para la elección del districto en la Oficina Del Secretario de Distrito (District Clerk).

El secretatio de distrito debe recibir las solicitudes para boletas de voto ausente no antes de treinta (30) días antes de la elección.

Además, la solicitud debe ser recibida por el secretario de distrito al menos siete días antes de la elección si la boleta debe enviarse por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta debe ser entregada personalmente al votante o su agente designado. Al recibir una solicitud oportuna de una boleta de voto ausente enviada por correo, el secretario de distrito enviará la boleta a la dirección indicada en la solicitud a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la votación. No se procederá al escrutinio de ninguna boleta de votante ausente a menos que se haya recibido en la oficina del secretario de distrito no más tardar que las 5:00 p.m. (hora prevaleciente) el día de la elección. Una lista de todas las personas que solicitaron una votación por ausencia debe estar disponible para inspección en la Oficina Del Secretario de Distrito (District Clerk) hasta el día de la votación.

Y TAMBIÉN SE DA AVISO de que los votantes militares que no están registrados actualmente pueden registrarse como votantes calificados del distrito escolar.

Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del distrito escolar pueden presentar una solicitud para una boleta militar. Los votantes militares pueden designar una preferencia para recibir un registro de votante militar, una solicitud de boleta militar o una boleta militar por correo, transmisión por fax o correo electrónico

en su solicitud de dicho registro, solicitud de boleta o boleta. Las formas de registro de votantes militares y las formas de solicitud de boletas militares deben ser recibidas en la oficina del secretario de distrito del distrito escolar no más tarde que a las 5:00 p.m. el 21 de Abril de 2022. No se escrutará ninguna boleta militar a menos que (1) se reciba en la oficina del Secretario de Distrito antes del cierre de las urnas el día de las elecciones y que muestre una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o de un servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrando un endoso fechado de recibo de otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o (2) recibido por la oficina del secretario de distrito no más tarde que las 5:00 p.m. el día de la elección y firmada y fechada por el votante militar y un testigo del mismo, con una fecha que se asocia a no ser mas tarde del día anterior de la elección.

POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT PATTIANNE GUCCIONE SECRETARIO DE DISTRITO El aviso anterior se publicará en los periódicos Herald de Bellmore y Herald de Merrick el Jueves, el 14 de Abril de 2022, el 28 de Abril de 2022 y el 12 de Mayo de 2022.

130596 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTE OF THE BELLMOREMERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual vote of the qualified voters of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, Nassau County, New York, will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at the several polling places designated by the Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore, and North Merrick Union Free School Districts, as follows: BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, at the the C. A. Reinhard Early Childhood Center, 2750 S. St. Marks Ave., Bellmore, New York between 6:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, at the Norman J. Levy Lakeside School, 21 Babylon Road, Merrick, NewYork, between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, at the Newbridge Road School, 1601 Newbridge Road, Bellmore, NewYork, between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

NORTH MERRICK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, at the North Merrick Public Library, 1691 Meadowbrook Road, North Merrick, New York, between 6:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

For the following purposes: Proposition No. 1 Central High School District Budget RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, is authorized to expend the sums in the General Fund Appropriate of one hundred seventy-seven million, one hundred six thousand, four hundred ninety-nine dollars ($177,106,499) to be raised through taxation in the several districts included with the Central High School District after first deducting the monies available from state aid and other sources.

Proposition No. 2 Capital Improvement Projects RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, is hereby authorized to expend the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) representing the balance of monies in the Capital Reserve Fund established on May 2016 for the following purposes: parking lot, tennis courts and track resurfacing, floor and ceiling tile replacement and renovation of the family and consumer science classrooms at Grand Avenue and Merrick Avenue Middle Schools. Since the funds to be expended hereunder come from the Capital Reserve Fund approval of this proposition will not require a tax levy upon the real property of the district. This Proposition shall be independent of Proposition No. 1.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that registration shall be conducted at the several polling places stated above by the Boards of Registration of the several component districts as follows: the Bellmore Union Free School District at the District Office, Winthrop Avenue School, 580 Winthrop Avenue, Bellmore, New York, on all school days of the school year until five (5) days preceding the vote between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.; the Merrick Union Free School District at the Administrative Office, 21 Babylon Road, Merrick, New York on all school days of the school year until five (5) days preceding the vote between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.; the North Bellmore Union Free School District at the Administrative Office,

2616 Martin Avenue, Bellmore, New York, and all district schools on all school days of the school year until five (5) days preceding the vote between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.; and the North Merrick Union Free School District at the Harold D. Fayette School, 1057 Merrick Avenue, Merrick, New York, on all school days of the school year until five (5) days preceding the vote between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and additionally on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at the Harold D. Fayette School between the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters entitled to vote at the school meeting and election for which such register is prepared, in the manner provided by law. The register, as so prepared, will be filed in the office of the clerk at each of the respective Union Free School Districts as set forth in this notice of meeting and such register is to be open for inspection at reasonable times for at least five (5) days prior to the date set for voting on the budget and election, except Sunday, and by appointment on the Saturday prior to the election at each elementary district.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a person shall be entitled to vote at the annual meeting and election who is a citizen of the United States, eighteen years of age, a resident of the Union Free School District in which he intends to vote for a period of thirty days next preceding the election he offers to vote and registered to vote for said election. A person shall be registered to vote if he or she shall have permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections or with the Board of Registration of the component Union Free School District in which he resides. Only persons who shall be registered shall be entitled to vote.

AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Boards of Registration of the several component Union Free School Districts will meet during the hours of voting on May 17, 2022 at the polling places in each of the Union Free School Districts for the purpose of preparing a register for district meetings or elections to be held subsequent to May 17, 2022; said register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the Union Free School Districts, who shall present themselves personally for registration; and (2) all qualified voters permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for school purposes (school budget) and copies of propositions involving expenditure of moneys and the operation of the school system for the ensuing year, may be obtained by any taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the annual vote except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at school district offices and any public within the district and on the district’s website.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots for the school district election may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the District. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election.

Furthermore, such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent.

Upon receiving a timely request for a mailed absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote.

No absentee voter’s ballot will be canvassed unless it has been received in the office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 P.M. (prevailing time) on the day of the election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection at the Office of the Clerk until the day of the vote.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot.

Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk of the school district no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 21, 2022. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal

service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT PATTIANNE GUCCIONE DISTRICT CLERK The above notice will be published in the Bellmore Herald and Merrick Herald newspapers on Thursday, April 14, 2022, April 28, 2022 and May 12, 2022.

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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE`S FINANCIAL REALTY MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST, SERIES 2006-1, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1, V. JILL BRANDT, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated January 15, 2020, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE`S FINANCIAL REALTY MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST, SERIES 2006-1, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1 is the Plaintiff and JILL BRANDT, ET AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 18, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 2250 LEGION STREET, BELLMORE, NY 11710: Section 63, Block 200, Lot 164: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT BELLMORE, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 003765/2016. Ralph J. Madalena, Esq. - Referee.

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane &

Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 130697

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 10th day of May, 2022, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations: EAST MEADOW STRATFORD DRIVE (TH 127/22) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Bellmore Avenue west for a distance of 42 feet.

STRATFORD DRIVE (TH 127/22) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Bellmore Avenue west for a distance of 38 feet.

ELMONT HERBERT AVENUE (TH 134/22) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Pelham Street south for a distance of 35 feet.

MARGUERITE AVENUE (TH 134/22) East Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Pelham Street south for a distance of 35 feet.

BELLMORE ANTHONY AVENUE (TH 621/21) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Bellmore Avenue west for a distance of 35 feet.

BELLMORE AVENUE (TH 621/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Anthony Avenue north for a distance of 35 feet.

OCEANSIDE LOFTUS AVENUE (TH 108/22) East Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at a point 242 feet south of the south curbline of Nassau Parkway south for a distance of 100 feet.

ROOSEVELT EAST CENTENNIAL

AVENUE (TH 140/22) North Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME - starting at a point 390 feet east of the east curbline of Babylon Turnpike then east for a distance of 82 feet.

EAST CENTENNIAL AVENUE (TH 150/22) North Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Babylon Turnpike east for a distance of 60 feet.

UNIONDALE CEDAR STREET (TH 139/22) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Greengrove Avenue west for a distance of 30 feet.

CEDAR STREET (TH 139/22) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Greengrove Avenue east for a distance of 25 feet.

CEDAR STREET (TH 139/22) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Greengrove Avenue west for a distance of 25 feet.

CEDAR STREET (TH 139/22) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Greengrove Avenue east for a distance of 25 feet.

GREENGROVE AVENUE (TH 139/22) East Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Webster Avenue south for a distance of 30 feet.

GREENGROVE AVENUE (TH 139/22) West Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Webster Avenue south for a distance of 25 feet.

GREENGROVE AVENUE (TH 139/22) West Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Webster Avenue north for a distance of 30 feet.

GREENGROVE AVENUE (TH 139/22) East Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Webster Avenue north for a distance of 25 feet.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: April 26, 2022 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 130935

LEGAL NOTICE BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE TO BIDDERS VENDOR Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Education, BellmoreMerrick Central High School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, Merrick, New York at the Business Office, 1260

Neighbors iN the News Bellmore-Merrick CHSD to host color run The Student Ambassadors of the “One Voice, One Message” program in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District are excited to announce that the district will be hosting a Color Run on Saturday, May 21, at John F. Kennedy High School.

Proceeds from the event will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Registration will open at 8:30am and the race will begin at 10 a.m.

Pre-registration is $6. Day of registration is $8. All community members are welcomed. Participants are encouraged to wear white (first 300 participants will receive a free T-shirt) and goggles or glasses. Limited parking will be available and refreshments will be served.

—Jordan Vallone

On May 21, the Bellmore Merrick Central High School District will host a Color Run. Proceeds from the event will be donated to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District

News brief Senator Brooks to hold youth career fair On May 7, Senator John Brooks will be hosting a Youth Career and Educational Fair at Roosevelt High School, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Youth ages 14 and older are invited to learn about local employment, work development and post-graduation opportunities.

A wide variety of academic institutions, unions and other labor affiliated organizations and local businesses will be on hand to meet all who attend.

This event is open to all Long Island high school students. Organizations or business with opportunities for youth that may be interested in participating can email brooks@nysenate.gov, or call (516) 882-0630.

—Jordan Vallone

Courtesy the Office of Senator John Brookst

a yOuth fair will be held on May 7, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., by Senator John Brooks. All Long Island high school students are welcome to attend.

Public Notices

Meadowbrook Road, North Merrick, New York 11566-1500, for the following categories up to the times on the dates indicated: Bread, Rolls, Bagels May 10, 2022 10:00 a.m.

School Lunch Printing and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. All information for the bidders, specifications and bid forms may be

obtained at the abovementioned address. The Board of Education, Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, reserves the right to waive any informalities in, or reject any and all bids, or to accept that bid, or any part of that bid, which in its judgement is for the best interests of the School District. All bid awards

are pending budget approval.

The School District may receive bids for the above listed items periodically during the 2022-2023 school year if necessary.

These bids will not be readvertised for this purpose. The frequency of bid solicitations will be determined by operating requirements.

By order: Board of

Education Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District By: Joanne Finelli 130999

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Fax your ad to: 516-622-7460 E-mail you ad to: ereynolds@liherald.com E-mail Finds Under $100 to: sales@liherald.com DEADLINE: Monday, 11:00 am for all classified ads.

Every effort is made to insure the accuracy of your ad. Please check your ad at the first insertion. Credit will be made only for the first insertion. Credit given for errors in ads is limited to the printed space involved. Publisher reserves right to reject, cancel or correctly classify and ad.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ BOOKKEEPER FT/PT: Busy Bellmore Glass Company Seeks Well Organized Person With Good Computer/ Math Skills. Experienced With Bookkeeping, Bi-lingual A Plus.

Salary/ Hourly Plus Benefits. Email Resume To sales@towerigllc.com Or Call 516-887-3300

ADMINISTRATIVE

Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper group has several administrative job openings: Receptionist (F/T), Accounts Receivable/Billing Collections Clerk Multi-Media Coordinator (Hours Flexible) Qualified candidates are fast learners with good organizational and people skills - entry level ok.

Role requires working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn custom software programs.

If you would like to join a communitydriven, fast-paced environment, please send your resume to: careers@liherald.com.

Busy Rockville Centre Landlord/ Tenant law firm seeking 1 full time Administrative Assistant. Salary– Commensurate with Experience. Health Benefit Plan; 401K. Hours: 9:00a.m.– 6:00p.m.

(Monday– Thursday) & 9:00a.m.– 5:00p.m. (Friday).

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CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE Full Time/Part Time Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department.

Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.

STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail orientated and able to work well under deadlines. For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com DELI COUNTER AND PREP PERSON Full Time And Part Time. Weekends A Must. Experienced. Long Beach. Call 516-431-5515

Full Time and Part Time Positions Available!

Busy Print Shop in Garden City is Hiring Immediately for Full Time and Part Time Drivers.

Must Have a Clean License and BoxTruck Driving Experience.

Hours Vary, Night Availability is a Must.

Please Email Resume to ehecker@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239

EDITOR/ REPORTER

The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team!

This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry.

To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@riverdalepress.com GLASS FACTORY FOREMAN FT: Busy Bellmore Company Looking For Experienced, Hard Working Leader To Run Factory. Well Organized With Good Mechanical Skills. Bi-lingual A Plus. Salary/ Hourly P l u s B e n e f i t s . E m a i l R e s u m e To sales@towerigllc.com Or Call 516-887-3300

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Call 516-569-4000, press 5 to speak to an Account Executive.

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To join our team, please email your resume to careers@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 Ext #235

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HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR Richner Communications is looking for a hands-on Human Resources professional to oversee all HR functions on a strategic and tactical level. Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding Garden City, Long Island media company. This position has a flexible schedule, part-time job share would be considered.

Responsibilities: Talent acquisition: Source, screen, and interview potential candidates and manage new employee onboarding Benefits administration: Liaise with brokers, providers and facilitate enrollment and updating of coverage. Manage annual open enrollment and employee benefits review. Administration of 401(k) plan. Employee relations: Provide day- today support and problem resolution in regards to employee concerns, questions and policy issues. Performance management: Coach, counsel and recommend disciplinary actions Compliance: Maintain indepth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance Payroll: Process biweekly payroll through payroll vendor for population of 150 employees Requirements: Bachelor's degree, preferably in business or HR, or equivalent experience Minimum 5 years HR generalist experience Knowledge of Federal, State & Local regulations governing employment Experience with payroll processing Self-motivated, ability to prioritize and work well under pressure Customer-focused attitude, with high level of professionalism and discretion Excellent oral and written communication and quantitative skills Proficiency with Microsoft Office Qualified candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to: careers@liherald.com.

OFFICE ASSISTANT FT in Cedarhurst.

Needs to Know Micro-soft Office, Job Includes Overseeing Clerical Tasks. 401K and Medical Benefits Included.

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Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships.

Salary, Commission, Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and Paid Time Off. Will Consider Part Time.

Please Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X286 PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Part Time; 2-3 full days per week, nights and weekends a must. Duties include: Patrols throughout the Village, issuance of code violations citations. Qualifications: HS graduate or equivalent. Valid driver’s license with satisfactory driving record.

Contact: Inc. Village of Atlantic Beach 516-371-4600 Or e-mail village@villageofatlanticbeach,com

PRESS-ROOM/ WAREHOUSE HELP Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key.

Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com

RECEPTIONIST FULL TIME Receptionist (full-time) needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City. The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer service skills, be professional, dependable and have reliable transportation. Candidate should have computer knowledge and working knowledge of MS Office. Candidate MUST be reliable, punctual and be able to work a CONSISTENT schedule: Monday and Wednesday 8am to 4pm Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 6pm Friday 8am to 5pm Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Answering phones and greeting customers, assisting new customers by showing storage facility options and pricing, collecting payments from customers, contacting customers for late payments, applying payments and updating the customer files /data base and other general administrative responsibilities on an as needed basis. Hourly pay, plus eligible for Holiday Pay, PTO, Medical, Dental, 401k with company matching, plus other benefits. Qualified candidates should email their resume, cover letter and salary requirements. No phone calls please. Job Type: Full-time.

Salary: $15.00 /hour Email your resume to: careers@liherald.com SALES FT: Monday- Friday 9am-4:30pm.

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The ceiling finish can be sheetrock in the larger areas with perimeter “hung” track ceilings outfitted with removable ceiling tiles. Again, even those lowered perimeter and under-beam soffits need to be no less than 6 feet 4 inches above the floor. Tall firefighters need to avoid hitting their heads when they’re running though your smoke-filled basement to rescue you or your loved ones.

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Other important issues include what to do with enclosing your heating equipment, putting laundry sinks and washing machines too close to the main electrical service panel, using the wrong kind of wall studs for perimeter walls, not insulating correctly and forgetting to put handrails on the access stairs, inside and out. Heating equipment, to the code, must follow the manufacturer’s specifications.

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eople have called him many things — kind, loving, helpful, funny. I’ve heard him described as meticulous. But to me and my siblings, he’s simply Dad. This year my father turns 89. He still drives. He still goes to church, where he displays his musical talents on the organ, which he taught himself to play.

He lives just blocks from my stepmother, who is in an assisted-living facility with severe dementia.

He spends as much time there as he can.

MiCHAEL My dad loves his wife, his family, HinMAn his spiritual home, and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I don’t think anyone was more excited about Tom Brady making the move from Boston.

But when I think about my dad, more often than not, my smile turns to tears.

Not about anything he did — he was and still is a great man — but because of what someone did to him.

My dad was meticulous as he divided a large stack of cash into separate envelopes. His hands shook with fear as he packed each envelope carefully into a box to send off to who knows where. This was

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$20,000 — money my father, a retired railroad welder, didn’t even have. It came from a loan, one he continues to make payments on today.

The worst part was that my dad knew he was being scammed. He knew that if he told me or any of my siblings, we would stop him.

We would help him. But the scammers on the other end of that phone scared him so much that fear overcame reason and logic.

I’ve recently discovered a YouTube channel called Scammer Payback. It’s led by a cybersecurity expert known only as “Pierogi,” who targets the scammers who have their sights on our parents, our grandparents, our sisters and brothers — really anyone we love.

Pierogi ties the scammers up on the phone for hours. He hacks into their computers and steals their files, turning all of what he unearths over to the authorities.

He has identified the leading scam operations overseas, and pushed for police to arrest them. And he’s personally called people targeted by scammers — many of whom have been victimized for years — to help them break free.

Scams are nothing new, but the scope of such fraud and theft today is unprecedented. The Federal Trade Commission’s

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Consumer Sentinel Network reported 4.8 million complaints of consumer fraud and identity theft in 2020 — up 45 percent from the year before.

Nearly half of all Americans experienced financial identity theft in 2020, according to the Aite-Novarica Group. Nearly half. That cost all of us more than $700 billion at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

In recent weeks, AARP Long Island and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have hosted a series of webinars with the RichnerLive arm of Herald Community Newspapers to explore all kinds of fraud —identity theft, elder fraud and, this week, romance scams. I’ve been honored to moderate these panels, which have included expert advice from AARP New York’s Long Island associate state director, Bernard Macias, as well as USPIS experts like Donna Harris, Michael Del Giudice and Joseph Marcus.

We’ve learned so much. If someone calls you and asks you to send money — for any reason — be skeptical. If they want to get on your computer, say no. If they ask you to use gift cards, or tell you that you must provide them with sensitive personal information, hang up.

Most important, be careful what you share. Facebook is a great way to connect

early half of all Americans experienced financial identity theft in 2020.

to those we love, but it’s also a great way for scammers to collect a ton of personal information about you — information they can weaponize in an effort to empty your bank account.

Be careful about how you dispose of papers containing sensitive details about you. Scammers will dig through your garbage, and they will find exactly what they need to take what rightfully belongs to you.

Join us for our final installment in the Fighting Against Fraud series on Thursday, April 28, at noon. You don’t even have to leave your living room — we’ll come right to your computer. Just register at LIHerald.com/romance.

And then protect yourself by shredding sensitive documents. If you don’t have a shredder, we’ll do it for you. Bring those documents to our offices, at 2 Endo Blvd. in Garden City, this Saturday, April 30, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and we’ll shred them. Just register in advance, at LIHerald.com/shred.

My dad will never see that $20,000 again. So many more like him have lost money that is now counted in the billions.

But it doesn’t have to continue. We can fight scammers by being vigilant, and by educating ourselves, so we — and those we love — are never victimized again.

Michael Hinman is the executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. He can be reached at mhinman@liherald.com.

Where have you gone, Walter Cronkite?

ast night, having been off my devices all day and peacefully oblivious to the news, I turned on the TV as I slipped into bed just to catch up. Now, you know and I know that I shouldn’t have done that, but I was feeling out of touch, so I flipped from MSNBC to CNN and Fox to see what was up with the world.

The news was so horrific that it almost seemed like satire. In TV anchor rapidspeak, reporters from around the country and the world told me that: mass graves had RAnDi been found in and KREiss around Mariupol, Ukraine, as Russian forces closed in on the besieged city; wildfires were burning out of control in parts of New Mexico; Israeli and Gaza militants were at war; Florida Gov. Rick DeSantis was punishing Disney for supporting gay rights by removing its tax breaks; new audio had revealed that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy talked trash about thenPresident Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection; Florida was banning math books for alleged inappropriate “prohibit-

ed” topics, like race; and — oh, no — Netflix was cracking down on shared accounts.

Sleep was out of the question. In between news segments, just to keep the anxiety level in the stratosphere, commercials from an animal rights group showed bone-thin dogs chained outside in the freezing cold. The voice-over begged for contributions to save these wretched pups. I love dogs more than people, but this commercial feels like an assault, and it doesn’t make me feel like giving more money; it makes me feel like changing the channel.

That was my news experience last evening, which brings me to my question of the day: Walter Cronkite, where are you when we need you?

I am certain that 24-hour news screaming at us from every device we own is detrimental to our health. The American Psychological Association states that “news consumption has a downside … More than half of Americans say the news causes them stress … anxiety, fatigue or sleep loss.”

We were much better off when TV news was broadcast once or twice daily for 15 or 30 minutes. When I was a kid, my parents

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watched the news at 6 and 11 p.m. For millions of viewers, CBS anchor Walter Cronkite was the voice of reason, truth and journalistic integrity every night during those brief news shows. There were no alternative facts, and “fake news” wasn’t even a blip in the nascent Trump brain.

For those of you too young to remember, in 1962 Cronkite became anchorman of CBS’s newscasts.

Think about it: 15 to 30 minutes of news a day on CBS or the other major channel, NBC. That was it.

Cronkite didn’t have coiffed hair or trendy clothes. He made his bones as a war correspondent in World War II, flying with the U.S. Army Air Force in bombing raids over Germany. After the war, he covered the Nuremberg Trials. In 1950 he was recruited by Edward R. Murrow, another broadcast icon, at CBS News. He interviewed President John F. Kennedy to launch the first 30-minute news broadcast in September 1963, and less than three months later, on Nov. 22, he announced the death of the president on live TV. I was 16 years old. I watched, stricken, as Cronkite removed his glasses and struggled to regain his composure.

e's been replaced by 24-hour news screaming at us from every device.

In the decades since, the news on TV and online has evolved into a circus of both information and misinformation reported by anchors who range from the sublime to the ridiculous to the truly grotesque. TV personalities tell us the news, as it is selected and edited by their researchers and producers. Because the news is now broadcast 24/7, there are thousands of hours of filler and fluff beaming out at us all day and all night long.

What can we do? What agency do we have with this news tsunami coming at us every hour of the day? How to stay informed and still stay sane? We are left to our own devices in more ways than one, and we need to do the most difficult thing, which is to find balance.

We honor the brave correspondents who bring news of the war in Ukraine, and we honor the TV and newspaper reporters whose mission every day is to shine a light in the darkness. We need the news, but we need to calibrate our consumption.

My new rule is no news before bedtime.

No “notifications” on my phone. Our devices beam out information and disinformation indiscriminately. Some of it informs, but much of it triggers anxiety.

We must know, and we have to teach our children, how to tell the difference.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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The senior at East Rockaway High School stood before the district’s Board of Education after a Donald Trump flag surfaced during the school’s annual Sports Night event last month. For Pozo, it wasn’t just about what the former president stands for, but what the display of such a flag said about some of her classmates. Some of the same people she believes target her because of her Hispanic heritage.

“East Rockaway schools have failed me,” she said. “That flag, the reason why nobody was talking about it that day, is because we’re scared.”

Just weeks later, there was an outcry of a different sort in Rockville Centre. A woman there who was reportedly troubled by a large menorah in front of a Chabad center — a display she said was the beginning of an Orthodox Jewish push into the community reminiscent of what has happened to the Five Towns over the past couple of decades.

If the Orthodox community does move into Rockville Centre, the woman said, they will force businesses to close for the Sabbath. They will take over school boards, and send money away from the district. And then they will sell those schools “to the highest bidder.”

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letters The Cuomos don’t need career advice To the Editor: Who is letter writer Larry Penner (“Career advice for the Cuomos,” March10-16) to tell two private citizens what to do with their time? Who is Larry Penner to tell a private citizen what to do with his money? The matter of Andrew Cuomo spending his campaign war chest on advertising is a matter between him, his donors and the campaign finance officials.

The right to tell one’s side of the story is a basic American right. So long as he isn’t engaging in libel or slander, Cuomo has the right to freedom of speech — the same freedom of speech that allows Penner to write letters. During the media frenzy calling for Cuomo’s scalp, I saw precious

students earlier this month sharing much broader concerns about how minorities are treated at East Rockaway High.

These aren’t issues unique to East Rockaway High or Rockville Centre, and they aren’t limited to these specific groups. Even as deep as we are into the 21st century, hate continues to find a foothold in our society. While much of it is focused on the color of someone’s skin, it also involves gender and gender identity, religion, where our money comes from, disability, and who we love.

A recent Pew Research Center study revealed that a third of Asian Americans still fear they could be the victims of slurs, jokes and even violence over the perceived origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Locally, that has led to the founding of the Asian American Institute for Research and Engagement, designed to advocate for Asian Americans while using research and data to uncover the roots of the discrimination they face.

“We are all Americans,” said Woodbury’s Farrah Mozawalla, the first-ever Muslim department head in Nassau County government, who founded the new organization. “We all believe in the same values, and it’s now time for us to combat this hatred and discrimination. We need that to stop.”

The battle against hate is seemingly never-ending, but it’s a battle that must be fought. Yet it’s often unclear who is doing the battling. There are informal student and religious groups, as well as organizations like Mozawalla’s.

But Long Island has another weapon against such hatred that has been largely silent in recent months — the Nassau County Human Rights Commission.

It’s made up of 15 commissioners representing those of various races and ethnicities as well as those with disabilities, according to its website. Its stated mission is to “promote harmony among the diverse populations” of the county, through “persuasion, conciliation, investigation and education.”

Could there be a better time than now to promote that harmony? The work this commission does is important, but it can’t stand by while many of these issues fill the pages of your local newspaper, with the fear that things will get worse before they get better.

The commission hasn’t been completely idle. Its website is full of information on what people should do if they feel they’re victims of coronavirus-related discrimination. That’s vital information, for sure. But while the pandemic has dominated our lives over the past two years, community members are bravely stepping forward to expose other issues we just can’t ignore.

And if the Human Rights Commission isn’t addressing these issues, too few people will hear about them. Now is the time for it to step up.

We need to promote harmony. We need to embrace the very differences that make us Americans. And we need that persuasion, conciliation, investigation and education to get that done.

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find U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York; Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota; Ayanna Pressley, of Massachusetts; and Rashida Tlaib, of Michigan, politically repugnant, because they advocate positions that I believe are destructive to our principles, our nation, our allies and our future.

Typically, last year Ocasio-Cortez initially voted no on a bill that would have helped fund Israel’s anti-missile defense system, the “Iron Dome.” She later flipped her vote to “present” when she realized that Ronald J. her antisemitic was a little RosenbeRg venom too obvious.

Despite her corrosive politics, however, I absolutely defend her right to engage in such actions for, in a democracy, she and her fellow socialists have a protected right to be heard. It is their constituents who have the power to decide whether these individuals deserve to represent their interests on Capitol Hill. In the meantime, our democracy allows us to argue, debate, question and examine their rhetoric, votes, and public policies.

And yet we live in a world where freedom of speech has been suppressed by those who control the most dominant plat-

forms for public speech, social media.

“Facebook jail” has become an oft-repeated phrase among those who have been banned by an algorithm programmed by those who aren’t identified, much less questioned. Some who are forced off theses platform say they are mystified as to why action was taken when they were posting photos of American flags.

This isn’t exactly a new complaint, but it has become far more dangerous to democracy. As far back as 2016, it was noted that Facebook was labeling any number of conservative posts “hate speech.” The publication The Hill noted that year, “Canadian conservative activist Lauren Southern was slapped with a 30-day Facebook suspension over — ironically enough — a post complaining about Facebook censorship of conservatives. (The ban was later reversed and blamed on an error.)”

This kind of subjective destruction of free speech is not unique to online commentary. In colleges and universities across the country, there’s an acknowledgment that conservative students are intimidated by their peers. Interestingly, in a 2020 essay in The Atlantic, a summary of a nationwide campus survey found a glimmer of good news and a shadow that casts a pall on free speech.

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his lethal threat to our nation is being replicated in our daily interactions.

leTTeRs little of that. There are those who feel that he was not afforded due process. Who is Larry Penner to say that Cuomo doesn’t have the right to tell his side of the story?

If Cuomo can obtain enough signatures on nominating petitions, and they’re vetted by the Board of Elections, he has the right to appear on the ballot. In that case, the people will decide. There has been discussion among lawmakers about impeachment proceedings should Cuomo make it back to office. That issue would be decided by a majority of the Legislature. Not Larry Penner.

I’m not saying Cuomo is guilty or innocent, was or was not a good governor, or would or would not be an effective lawmaker in whatever office he chooses to seek. Only that he has the right not to be judged by a jury of one letter writer.

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It’s time for us to step up in Ukraine To the Editor: I am now firmly of the opinion that we must not lose the war in Ukraine. The only two acceptable solutions are to force defeat on Russia or somehow create a

It stated, “While majorities favor more viewpoint diversity and free-speech norms, an intolerant faction of roughly a quarter of students believe it is okay to silence or suppress some widely held views that they deem wrong.

“Students across political perspectives engage in classroom self-censorship.

“Students harbor divisive stereotypes about classmates with different beliefs, and a substantial minority are not open to engaging socially with classmates who don’t share their views.

“Disparaging comments about political conservatives are common.”

An equally disturbing finding from this survey was the idea that conservative students feel intimidated by the potential threat of violence from their liberal counterparts.

It found that nearly 68 percent of those who described their political views as conservative censored themselves, while just under half of moderates, and only 24 percent of liberals, said they did so.

Were it just an isolated virus on college campuses, you might look the other way.

But this lethal threat to our nation is being replicated in government, the courts, and in our daily interaction with business associates, colleagues, friends and even family members. It has become a toxin in the body politic of a country

face-saving peace deal that will restore most of Ukraine, with the exception of the Crimea, and guarantee that it remains a neutral country. But the arrogant Russians are still mobilizing for total victory.

The argument in Washington about offensive or defensive weapons is ridiculous. Do you think Russia would send billions of dollars’ worth of weapons that could easily be easily neutralized by longrange missile attacks and destroyed without consequences? You can’t win a fistfight, or a war, without being able to counterpunch.

We must counter Russia’s massive attacks by giving the Ukrainians weapon systems that can attack long-range missile launch sites, including naval platforms as well as those on land in occupied Ukraine and Russia. What’s the point of transporting advanced weapons systems to Ukraine that can easily be targeted and destroyed by long-range missiles? Or allowing the continued destruction of Ukrainian cities and infrastructure without retaliating against Russia?

Does anybody think the genocidal Russian or Chinese military would adopt such a bizarre passive strategy? The Russians already presume that we’re giving the Ukrainians targeting intelligence and logistics — it’s time we do so. As of now, after being beaten back into their corner of occupied Ukraine, the Russians are pre-

founded on the words of the First Amendment, guaranteeing free speech.

The First Amendment is the immovable cornerstone of our nation. I often find myself at odds with who the American Civil Liberties Union will represent in court, but I stand solidly beside them when they write, “An open society depends on liberal education, and the whole enterprise of liberal education is founded on the principle of free speech.

How much we value the right of free speech is put to its severest test when the speaker is someone we disagree with most.

Speech that deeply offends our morality or is hostile to our way of life warrants the same constitutional protection as other speech because the right of free speech is indivisible.”

Again, the ACLU gets it right when it states, “More speech — not less — is the answer most consistent with our constitutional values.”

A vibrant, robust, and strong democracy requires the unequivocal defense of our freedom of speech regardless of where, when or how we choose to speak our minds. Lose that right and we have lost the Republic.

Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

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paring to regroup and attack under the leadership of a murderous new general.

I’m hoping and praying that Ukraine and its allies give Russia a knockout blow in the coming rounds. And we should remind the Russians that any use of chemical or nuclear weapons might prove

to be a suicidal move, with catastrophic consequences. The time has come to put another ugly, murderous, geek dictator and his fanatical minions in their graves.

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