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DeTommaso announces retirement served as athletic director for two years, and was then named assistant principal at Sanford H. John DeTommaso, the super- Calhoun High School. intendent of the Bellmore-MerIn 2003, he left the district rick Central High School District when he was appointed princifor the past eight years and an pal of Bethpage High School, educator for 33 years, has where he served for six years. He announced his retirement, effec- eventually became the assistant tive next June 30. superintendent for curriculum Michael Harrington, the and instruction in the Bethpage district’s assistant School District, a superintendent of position he held for curriculum, was four years. appointed to the In March 2013, position and will DeTommaso retake the reins next turned to BellmoreJuly 1. Merrick when he “I’ve loved every was named superm i n u t e o f i t , ” JOhN DETOMMASO intendent. DeTommaso told Superintendent, “It is our great the Herald Life. Bellmore-Merrick fortune that you “I’m just humbled came back to finish Central High School by i t a l l . T h e where you started,” appointment of District Board of EducaMike Harrington is tion Trustee Nina awesome — he’s going to take Lanci said at the Nov. 4 meeting, the district to new levels.” when DeTommaso’s retirement “I’m overwhelmed with grati- was announced. tude,” Harrington said. “It’s “During this time, DeTombeen an honor and a privilege to maso has done an exceptional have called this my home for 18 job in fulfilling the duties as our years.” educational leader,” board PresiDeTommaso began his career dent Gina Piskin said. “The in Bellmore-Merrick in 1988 as a growth of our district during his social studies teacher at Welling- tenure can be measured in ton C. Mepham High School. After teaching for six years, he Continued on page 4
By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com
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IN NEW YORk’S 14th Assembly District, longtime Assemblyman David McDonough, a Republican from North Merrick, retained his seat in Albany after winning 58 percent of the vote.
Bellmore, Merrick residents react to drawn-out election
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At press time on Tuesday, President-elect Joe Biden had tallied over 76 million votes — more than any other presidential candidate in history — besting President Trump’s 71 million-plus votes, the second-most in history. Only two states remained to be decided, Georgia and North Carolina, according to the Associated Press. A win in
either state for either candidate, however, would not affect the overall outcome of the election. Biden had 290 electoral votes secured, the AP was reporting. If he were to win Georgia — an increasingly likely outcome — he would end the election with 306 electoral votes, 36 more than he needed to win the presidency. Supporters of both candidates gathered at the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station on Saturday after-
noon. Biden backers arrived to celebrate the presidentelect’s victory, while Trump’s followers protested that the election wasn’t over. Police were on the scene and told both sides to keep their distance from each other. On Twitter, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, who last week won her re-election bid in New York’s 4th Congressional District, congratulated Biden and Harris on Twitter. Rice tweeted that the results of the elecContinued on page 5
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Local restaurants prepare for indoor dining BourBon & Brews owner John Amaruso, left, is preparing his Merrick-based gastropub for the colder months.
By AlyssA seidmAn aseidman@liherald.com
With restaurants at limited capacity for indoor dining due to the coronavirus pandemic, many have added outdoor seating to make up for the loss of customers — and revenue. But with colder weather approaching, restaurateurs in Bellmore and Merrick are pondering alternatives to stay afloat through the winter. Current state protocols allow restaurants to operate at 50 percent capacity for indoor dining. For Lynn Mione, owner of The Vine Wine Bar in Merrick, this means she can only accommodate 25 guests at a time. “We’re turning away customers every Friday and Saturday night, which is one of the worst things to see as a small business,” she said. “Once we’re at capacity there’s nothing we can do but offer them a great experience on another night, so we offer guests a voucher to come in during the week with an incentive.” As a whole, the business is climbing, Mione said, but since the bar won’t be hosting any holiday parties this year, she’s encouraging residents to purchase gift cards, instead. “Winter’s our season regardless,” she said, “but we’re going to lose a good amount of business because of capacity issues.” In North Merrick, a 37-year establishment is welcoming diners back under new management. Ciro Pernice recently acquired Galleria Ristorante from his father, Gaetano, and plans to bring the family business into modern times. The restaurant will undergo a floor-to-ceiling renovation in the coming months, during which time it will be fully operational and offer limited indoor dining. “I’ve designed a whole new website, and one page is strictly dedicated to our Covid safety precautions,” Pernice said. “Everybody’s wearing masks and gloves, there’s daily temperature checks of all the staff . . . Even with all the changes, we’re still going to be the same Galleria that we have been for the last three
Ciro PerniCe, Below, the owner of Galleria Ristorante in North Merrick, will keep a portion of the eatery’s dining room open for guests as it undergoes renovations in the coming months. Courtesy Jake Gold Productions
decades.” Over the summer, Bourbon & Brews’ outdoor dining patio was a popular destination to grab a craft cocktail or a bar bite. To accommodate guests during the colder months, owner John Amaruso is in the process of setting up miniature greenhouses over the outdoor tables; each comes with its own heat lamp. “We’re learning how to survive in this new abnormal,” he said. And as far as indoor dining goes, “the tables are spaced apart far enough, and we’ve taken half of the stools [at the bar] away.” Anthony Brew also set up an outdoor dining patio at his new Bellmore restaurant, Anthony’s Kitchen & Cocktails, but it’s likely that sit-down meals will be held inside through the winter. “We [have] Plexiglas dividers between tables and at the bar as well,” he said. “We are very strict with the masks and are on top of it at all points of the night to
ensure our guests’ safety and [the safety of] my staff, as well.” Brew added that the restaurant will offer at-home catering for the holidays. At Elisa’s Restaurant in North Bellmore, owner Paul Telese said he’ll continue to offer outdoor dining “as long as we possibly can.” Inside, diners are seated at a social distance, plastic dividers have been installed, the HVAC system has been updated and there are four sanitizing stations placed throughout the restaurant. The menu has also been revamped to be more takeout-friendly for diners who opt to eat at home. “The guests have been very understanding and cooperative — they know we’re doing our best,” Telese said. “I’m looking forward to the day when we can see a light at the end of the tunnel.” Andrew Garcia and Matthew Ferremi contributed to this story.
Courtesy Sal DiBenedetto
The menu AT Elisa’s Restaurant in North Bellmore, far right, has been updated to be more takeoutfriendly for the winter. residenTs enjoyed The Vine Wine Bar’s outdoor seating over the summer, but with the colder weather coming, owner Lynn Mione will only be able to seat guests inside.
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A taste of democracy at Newbridge Road Oreos beat out chocolate chip in the highly anticipated cookie election in Jennifer Campbell’s second grade class at Newbridge Road Elementary School in the North Bellmore School District. In kid-friendly fashion, students learned about the democratic process and the importance of voting. They started out by reading “Duck for President” and “Grace for President,” then filled out voter registration forms. They also made campaign posters to try to persuade their classmates. When election day came around, students cast their secret ballots, which were tallied up to reveal Oreos as the class favorite. Ms. Campbell said that while they won’t be able to vote in local, state and federal contests until they are 18, students will experience elections well before then. Beginning in third grade, they select Newbridge Road’s student government class representatives, and will participate in student council elections in middle school and high school. Courtesy North Bellmore School District
Photos courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
Superintendent John detommaSo was interviewed by students in the district’s Bellmore-Merrick Broadcasting program.
Assistant superintendent named to top job in CHSD extraordinary leadership in all areas of school administration, including instrucnumerous ways and by a multitude of achievements among our students and tional oversight, personnel management, budget administration and staff.” fostering a strong school “The visions and changand community culture,” es you have brought to this Piskin said in a statement district have made a treon behalf of the board. mendous impact, and we “Under his leadership, have all benefitted from Mepham High School was your commitment,” said highly successful in supTrustee Janet Goller. “You porting student engageare leaving behind a legament and academic succy.” cess. The board was careful “He has proven he posin selecting Harrington, sesses the knowledge and who began his career in ability to lead our district 1998 as a social studies miChael harrington, as we seek to provide the teacher in the Island Trees very best academic, co-curSchool District. After the assistant superintenricular, extracurricular spending five years there, dent of the Central High and student wellness expehe joined Bellmore-Mer- School District, was rience for all of our sturick as an assistant princi- appointed superintendent dents,” Piskin continued. pal at Calhoun in 2003. Rec- of schools, effective next “John is irreplaceable ognized for his strong lead- July 1. — I am forever grateful,” ership qualities and his Harrington said. “These focus on student-centered last four years working learning, Harrington was directly with him, I’ve selected as the Mepham High School principal in 2008, serving learned so much. He’s a great leader for there until 2017, when he became assis- the community and shows what it means to lead with passion and energy.” tant superintendent. “During this time, Harrington showed
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Day, Bellmorite Jill Rosenberg said, she tion filled her with hope, adding, “The volunteered with local advocacy groups Biden-Harris administration will lead to help get out the vote. “I wrote 500 postwith dignity and help bring our nation cards for Postcards to Swing States — 400 of which went to Georgia — and phoneback together.” S t a t e A s s e m b l y m a n D a v e banked with MoveOn,” a liberal political McDonough, a Republican from North group, she said. “My biggest prayer for Merrick, will continue to serve the 14th the country is we need to unify. There’s District for what will likely be his final so much hate and anger, and I’m hoping people will start to think of term. “I’m very grateful themselves as Americans and very pleased with the and neighbors and people outcome,” McDonough told who care about each other the Herald Life. rather than who they voted His re-election, he said, for.” was thanks in part to his Ro s e n b e r g s a i d s h e office’s constituent services believed that Vice Presithroughout the coronvirus dent-elect Kamala Harris’s pandemic, including the presence in the Biden handling of more than 400 administration will reverCovid-19 cases, some of berate through generations, them among people who Jill rosenberg and called her election a residents outside his dis- Bellmore “remarkable achievement.” trict. “I’m your employee,” “Having a Black woman on McDonough emphasized. the ticket will give girls the He said he hoped Biden hope that maybe someday would “bring the country together,” provided his election holds up they can be the vice president,” she said. after Trump appeals vote counts in other “As a mother of daughters, it shows that states. “It’s the most important thing the sky is the limit for women, and that’s the way it should be.” right now.” Tricia Sattar, of Merrick, offered con“I hope this is all resolved quickly and we can move on,” McDonough added. gratulations to Biden and Harris. She “The main thing we need to do is stop the said she was pleased to see the administration will have greater diversity come division in this country.” The Herald asked Bellmore-Merrick Jan. 20. “I’m very proud that America residents for their reactions to Biden’s will have its first female vice president,” Sattar said, “and even more proud that, election. In the months leading up to Election like me, she has Jamaican roots.”
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NYU Long Island School of Medicine, which brought to the campus of NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island. ■ A strengthened research enterprise on Long Island, which already has produced Covid-related pathology information shared around the world. NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island was originally known as Nassau Hospital upon its founding in 1896, later incorporating Winthrop into its name. The hospital has been a stalwart for medical care on Long Island, going back to its days caring for residents during the eras of the Spanish Civil War, the Depression, World War II through the coronavirus pandemic.
Non-profit leaders to talk Covid-19 challenges The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have been widespread. Like businesses and schools, non-profit organizations too have faced major challenges and needed to adapt during these times. RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications, which publishes Herald Community Newspapers, will host its “Not-For-Profit Summit: Covid-19 and Beyond,” a special, one and a halfhour webinar featuring leaders in the non-profit industry, on Nov. 12 at 10 a.m. In many cases, these past few months have created a greater need among the populations that non-profit organizations serve — for child care, for food, for financial assistance — while the non-profits themselves are also dealing with limited resources.
From creating new fundraising methods to keeping the people they serve engaged in different ways, this conversation will focus on how not-forprofits have overcome tough times in recent months. Every non-profit is struggling in some way, and this discussion will guide viewers on: ■ Financial sustainability ■ Fundraising ■ Program operations ■ Board engagement and growth The morning’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds, president and CEO of Family & Children’s Association. Reynolds also served five years
as executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, where he launched programs helping vulnerable youth populations. He also currently serves on several drug task forces, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Heroin Prevention Task Force. Other panelists will include: ■ Paule Pachter, CEO of Long Island Cares ■ Andrea Rieger, CFO of Variety Child Learning Center ■ David Rottkamp, CPA partner and not-for-profit practice leader of Grassi Advisors & Accountants ■ Jennifer L. Smith, community devel-
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More than a year after it clinched its district and section championships, Merrick Bellmore Little League’s 10U, or, “10 and under,” softball team was finally recognized in the form of a commemorative sign, which will hang on a fence at Merrick Town Park for years to come. Last season, the 14-girl squad advanced to the Williamsport state championship to compete against its Section 4 opponent. “We had a one-run lead in the last inning,” said team manager Mike Indich, “and once we made that final out, watching the girls celebrate — I was so proud.” The team’s 2019 run consisted of a lot of “very close, low-scoring games,” Indich said. “It’s just a great group of girls that gets along great on the field, plays well together and has a great time off the field.” Last Friday, Hempstead Town Councilman Christopher Carini and Town Clerk Kate Murray presented the team with its championship sign during a Covid-safe ceremony. The event was supposed to be held in the spring but was postponed due to the pandemic. “I love seeing girl power displayed on those fences,” Murray said. “We’re really proud and really happy to immortalize their great efforts.” The team takes in aspiring sluggers from Bellmore and Merrick, including: Reese Adams (no. 27); Stefanie Alonso (no. 53); Emily Cacciatore (no. 12); Katie DiPaola (no. 99); Kayla Indich (no. 5); Alexa LaBarbara (no. 11); Adriana Lazo (no. 3); Elle Napoli (no. 4); Samantha Phillips (no. 8); Alexis Schiff (no. 13); Ruth Small (no. 1); Grace Taormina (no. 6); Kaitlyn Thayer (no. 21); and Cecilia Toto (no. 2).
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lAst FridAy, merrick Bellmore Little League’s 10U softball team received a commemorative sign from the Town of Hempstead for its 2019 championship win.
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the teAm displAyed its championship banner, above, at Merrick Town Park last year. the 14-girl squAd takes in aspiring sluggers from Bellmore and Merrick. teAm mAnAger mike Indich’s daughter, Kayla, far left, pitched for the team. Courtesy Mike Indich
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takes time and funds to build up an audience. Social media apps, newsletters, and customer subscriptions can ameliorate that establishment period while keeping customers informed on new updates. Switching to e-commerce areas or online stores in another way to advertise their products and using social media to develop a new or extended customer base. Having a social media presence is valuable and almost a prerequisite as companies are making the switch over. It is possible to do simultaneously but it requires a lot of knowledge and strategizing. For some, this will be the company’s first experience with building up an online brand and developing a new base for customers to interact. Work From Home-Life Balance The United States and countries across the world implemented a work from home strategy. Working remotely versus working from home are similar but have different connotations and duration. The former was practiced to a certain extent as some business needs change and flow and how flexible employees can work. The latter is more of a new experience, a phenomenon that has remained long-term for the time being. It is difficult to establish such a balance as priorities have shifted because some people are at home working while taking care of personal obligations such as children, elderly, etc. For some, it is difficult to establish boundaries and priorities between business and personal obligations. Balancing these obligations as well as individual mental health levels is a constant challenge. One of the challenges is establishing a healthy work-life balance despite the two environments (home and work) reside in one location, the home. Balancing the environment to what business needs are required and what you can or must do to take care of loved one’s needs is a challenge in of itself for employees and employers alike. With fatigue and low morale as an ongoing individual for employers and employees, it is important to stay connected. Zoom, Google Hangouts, Skype, and other video chat applications have been used in order to keep the team organized and in communication with one another. The probability for individuals to feeling burnt out is being reinforced by negative attitudes, feelings of hopelessness, and uncertainty.
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Kitchen accessories Cooking is now more popular then ever, as more people are spending time in the kitchen rather than in a restaurant. Whether they’re making bread from scratch, simple bagel sandwiches, or other recipes, they’re going to look for accessories that help them become better home cooks.
Device holders Ok, now that we’re outfitted, it’s time to accessorize our tech. Even before stay-at-home orders, people used their phones and tablets to communicate, scroll social media, stream Netflix, and more. But the setup isn’t always ideal. Many video chats can make us appear quite unflattering. With so much more reliance on technology, people need ways to prop devices up. Enter phone holders, stands, and mounts. We’re not talking car phone accessories. We’re talking at-home accessories — for the desk, the couch, the kitchen table, in bed, a nightstand, etc.
Casual, comfy clothes Life at home is the new norm in this economy. And comfort is key, which means that wardrobe habits are rapidly changing — in a world where a business meeting is now a Zoom meeting. Novelty socks are big. What’s a cozy upgraded sweatpant and sweatshirt-styled top without equally cozy socks to match? We’re not going out all that much, so footwear is on the backburner. But we still need to keep our feet comfy. A special pair of socks can go a long way, delivering small moments of joy in our day-to-day routines – especially important right now. Loungewear is the new business attire for many. Still on trend, formal wear is out and loungewear is in. This allows for maximum relaxation. Plus, with people spending so much time at home, they might want to spruce up the way they look even when they’re dressing down for bed. People want to stay comfortable living and working from home while feeling a bit elegant and
Laptop stands and lap desks Another trending product idea in our current economy is similar, but specifically meant for working from home. Lots of folks have been forced to set up a home office with little notice, and that transition has been more difficult for some than others. Laptop stands or lap desks make working from home more feasible. A well-made laptop stand, for example, can turn any table into a workstation. Home storage solutions Home storage solutions are going to be big in this new economy because people are spending so much more time at home. And they have more stuff at home — a new workstation, the kids’
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Creative minds embrace art in North Bellmore Young artists at Park Avenue Elementary School in the North Bellmore School District are finding new ways to express their creativity as the format of art classes has changed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of the district’s reopening plan, art lessons are held in their classrooms and there is no sharing of supplies. Art teacher Jill Skelly and her students are making the most of the unusual circumstances. She has adapted her studio-style class to still give students an authentic and personal art experience. Each art class begins with a mini-lesson and a small project to help children learn and master different artistic techniques. For a recent challenge, students had to pick an object in the room and draw it within 15 seconds. They then had a minute to draw it again, so they could add more detail. Finally, they had to draw the object a third time without looking at the paper. Ms. Skelly said this was a way for them to improve their observational skills and concentration. The rest of each class is dedicated to art portfolio projects. The cart that Skelly travels with to each class includes many different types of paper so students can work on collage and drawing projects of their choosing. Students use their own coloring supplies, glue sticks and scissors. Their completed pieces are added to their individual portfolios. Courtesy North Bellmore School District
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PArk Avenue elementAry School fourth grader Colin Crichton, bottom right, worked on an art project in which he had to pick an object in the room to draw.
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urrounded by thousands of adoring supporters, many sporting red MAGA caps, President Trump sauntered into a victory rally in Cincinnati on Dec. 1, 2016, three and a half weeks after his election, and laid out the Trump Doctrine. “You hear a lot of talk about how we’re becoming a globalized world,” he bellowed to the chanting and screaming crowd, “but the relationships people value in this country are local: family, city, state, country. They’re local. There’s no global anthem, no global currency, no certifiSCoTT cate of global citiBRinTon zenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag.” So ends “A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps,” a 2019 documentary directed, edited and produced by Alana DeJoseph, who served as a small enterprise development Peace Corps volunteer in a tiny village in Mali, West Africa, from 1992 to 1994. The film, with historical footage and interviews with former and current volunteers and world leaders, most notably former President Jimmy Carter, tells the nearly 60-year history of the federal agency devoted to fostering world peace. I watched the film, which DeJoseph
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described as her “baby,” only weeks before Trump lost his re-election bid. It was a nervous time for many. Would the United States again elect an unabashed nationalist as president and continue on its lonely path toward global disengagement, closing borders, frayed alliances and the shredding of hard-fought international treaties, or would it choose another path, one of reengagement — one that seeks to build friendships rather than divide and conquer? This was the question with which DeJoseph chose to end “A Towering Task,” The answer would, potentially, determine the Peace Corps’ future. I was particularly interested in the film because I served in Peace Corps, in Bulgaria, from 1991 to 1993. I was among the first two dozen volunteers — and Americans, period — to enter the country after the fall of communism only a year earlier. It was a time of great trepidation — many wondered whether democracy would take hold for good in Eastern Europe after mass protests had toppled one hardline regime after another — and a time of great hope — millions of Eastern Europeans cheered the opening of the former Soviet bloc to the West. As an American who wore jeans and sweatshirts and spoke with a New York accent, I was something of a local celebrity in Veliko Turnovo, the ancient city in cen-
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tral Bulgaria where I served. I cannot express in words the sense of optimism I felt at the time. You believed, if only for a short time, that world peace was perhaps at hand. As one of the globalists whom Trump has decried for the past four-plus years, I feared his presidency, and I wasn’t unwarranted in my concern. In June 2017, Trump withdrew from the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Then, in 2018, he backed out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed by Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States — to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb, at least for the foreseeable future. I could go on, but this column isn’t about Trump. It’s about “A Towering Task.” Last week, President-elect Joe Biden immediately affirmed that the U.S. would re-enter the Paris accord, one of President Barack Obama’s signature achievements. We shall see what becomes of the Iran nuclear deal. Biden’s election gives returned Peace Corps volunteers like me a sense of hope that the U.S. will continue to engage with the world, as it had for decades before Trump, and that the Peace Corps will con-
moving film tells the story of the agency devoted to fostering world peace.
tinue its core mission of building international friendships by sending Americans to developing nations to live and work as people in those countries do. As “A Towering Task” makes clear, each Peace Corps volunteer is an ambassador of goodwill, a friendly face who becomes deeply embedded in the local society and culture, and whose contributions become the stuff of local conversation for years to follow. Creating the Peace Corps in the 1960s was indeed a monumental undertaking by President John F. Kennedy and the agency’s first director, Sargent Shriver — Kennedy’s brother-in-law and the father of broadcaster Maria Shriver. The film, narrated by Academy Award-nominated actress Annette Bening, does a masterful job of telling the early story of the Peace Corps and the political fray that its formation stirred, after which it meticulously chronicles the agency’s history, decade by decade, with panoramic footage from Peace Corps countries around the globe, showing both natural wonders and human suffering. The film also shows it’s perfectly possible to love one’s country — the U.S. — and engage with the world. If you love the Peace Corps, watch this film. If you love your country, watch this film. If you love the world, watch this film. You can do so at bit. ly/3lcL6VA. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.
Dog days of the 2020 pandemic election
s we go to press, Major and Champ are heading to the White House. Apparently, Joe and Jill Biden will be moving in, too, on Inauguration Day, but the big news is that dogs are back in the people’s house. This dog whistle is sweet: The presence of the Bidens’ two German shepherds speaks to the humanity of their owners. Also at press time, the current occupant of the White House has not yet conceded RAndi the election and is kReiSS launching lawsuits like North Korean missiles. They seem just as likely to plummet into oblivion. This traumatic election of 2020 unfolds amid a catastrophic pandemic, with more than 100,000 people a day getting infected with Covid-19. The entire election experience, not to mention the past four years, has been an unraveling of norms. The pollsters suggesting a big “blue wave” couldn’t have been more wrong. Basically they were telling us the earth
was flat and we nearly sailed over the edge. There was no such wave. It seems as if every person who voted for President Trump last time voted for him again. His supporters are still believers, which speaks to our great national divide. The voting went smoothly, but the counting has been excruciatingly slow. At press time, Joe Biden is the president-elect, but there are recounts ahead for Senate seats. We will have a new government in a couple of months. Probably. In this time of uncertainty, what can we know and count on for sure, no matter what? What is your life preserver? With my kids far away, my grandkids disembodied voices on the phone and friends scattered to their personal pods, my lifesaver has been my dog, Lillybee. I know she is my husband’s comfort as well. That is not to take away from us as a couple, but Lillybee is another category of loving companion. As it turns out, dogs can save us from ourselves, from the pain of isolation and the tension of being inside and outside bubbles. I’m sure you know as many people as I do who’ve become first-time dog
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owners since the onset of the pandemic. According to what I’ve read, the demand for dogs far exceeds the supply. Animal shelters, private breeders and pet stores are reporting unprecedented demand. People are hiring people to fly new puppies to them. Some shelters are reporting dozens of applications for individual dogs. Some breeders are reporting waiting lists well into 2021. Dogs fill the void created by lost jobs and lost school days and lost opportunities to socialize. As people realize the pandemic won’t be over anytime soon, they’re changing travel and spending habits. They’re longing for emotional connection, and that’s where dogs do what they have always done: give special meaning to life. All the clichés of unconditional love and friendship are true. Of course, shelter directors are hoping that people remain as faithful to their dogs as the dogs are to them. When the pandemic ends and political life calms down and people go back to school and work, dogs will still need their people for food and companionship and love. Dogs are pretty happy these days. It’s a
ajor and Champ will be moving into the White House with Joe and Jill.
great life. Everyone is home! There’s always someone to play with. There will be a big adjustment for dogs and humans alike when pandemic restrictions are lifted. I’ve noticed that Lillybee is increasingly attached, following us from room to room, and also more anxious, picking up on our vibes. I took her to the puppy park yesterday and, like a toddler in preschool, she sat behind my legs and wouldn’t play with the other kids. When we get our mojo back, I expect she will, too. It’s a sign of our national health and well-being that Major and Champ will be moving in to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. On a personal note, I’m relieved that they’ll be bringing Joe and Jill. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, author of the collection “Dog Songs,” wrote this tribute: Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. What would the world be like without music or rivers or the green and tender grass? What would this world be like without dogs? Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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Biden should feel a deep sense of pride in the race that he ran. He conducted a clean campaign that respected the health and safety of voters during the coronavirus pandemic. When Trump attempted to stir controversy during the first chaotic presidential debate on Sept. 30 by raising questions about Biden’s son Hunter — while the former vice president was speaking about his dead son, Beau — he did not take the bait. He did not engage Trump in the ugly war of words that the president sought. Biden could easily have made hay about nepotism in the Trump administration. After all, Trump gave top jobs to his daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, both of whom have continued to engage in their daily business activities while working at the White House, creating any number of potential conflicts of interest. For that matter, the Trump Organization has carried on its dealings even
while the president has been in office. Yes, Biden could have made much of all that, escalating the rhetoric in what could have been a terrible tit-for-tat game with the president. But he didn’t. He left Trump’s kids alone, while proudly defending his own. In doing so, Biden showed his fundamental decency, his respect for the moral codes that we expect a president to abide by. He campaigned hard, but he never lost his sense of self-respect by engaging in the kind of scorched-earth tactics that got Trump elected in 2016. Biden ran a principled campaign, most notably in his socially distanced approach to reaching people through Zoom sessions and car rallies — and he always wore a mask. In other words, Biden set an example for all of us to follow. And that, in part, is why he is our president-elect.
Early voting, a victory for the people
ew York state held its first early vote in 2019, and voter participation shot up nearly 45 percent statewide compared with 2015, according to Vote Early New York. Last year, Nassau County, which had double the required number of early-voting sites, had the highest early-voting turnout in the state. In all, some 256,251 people voted early in New York. This year, an astonishing total of at least 2.2 million New Yorkers cast early ballots over the course of nine days, from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1, according to the Associated Press. At the same time, 1.1 million sent in absentee ballots. Before Election Day, some 3.3 million people had already voted in New York.
There’s no doubt that the contentious nature of this historic presidential race drove people to vote, either early at the polls, by absentee ballot or in person on Election Day. But without early and absentee voting, we have to wonder whether turnout would have been as high as it was. We doubt it. Clearly, New York is on to something with early and absentee voting. That’s why we must not only continue to offer these options in the future, but also expand on them. Nassau County had 15 early-voting sites this year, while Suffolk had 12. Only one of the Nassau sites was on the North Shore, in Roslyn Heights. Clearly, the North Shore needs more sites — but it should not receive them at the expense of
letters Water takeover should be rejected To the Editor: Liberty Utilities and New York American Water signed an agreement for Liberty to purchase American Water for a whopping $608 million. Why, you may ask, would anyone pay $608 million for a water system, 40 percent of which was sold for $71 million a little over eight years ago? Because NYAW gifted its shareholders with a 204 percent return on its investment — while charging its customers 10 times more than what our neighbors with municipal water pay. We urge NYAW ratepayers to join us in urging the Public Service Commission to reject this private acquisition and, instead, to support a public takeover of our most basic necessity — the water that runs freely under our feet. Water is a basic human right, one that should have local control, with local
other areas across the county. They should be added to Nassau’s current roster of sites. Too many people had to wait too long to vote, which some would argue is a form of voter suppression. You simply shouldn’t have to wait an hour to vote, let alone three hours or longer. The Nassau County Board of Elections should begin planning additional sites. That would require funding, because elections require paid poll workers. Coming by such funding will not be easy if the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic drags on. Nonetheless, the county should be taking a hard look at expanding early voting — if not now, then in the near future.
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cene 1: The butcher at the local food store turned to face me from behind the counter. I noticed his mask in the below-the-nose position. I gave him my food order, and calmly ask him to wear his mask appropriately. He thanked me for reminding him, and we bade each other a good day. Scene 2: Same food store, same day. A customer ahead of me was checking out, paying the cashier. I assumed my spot, six feet behind, on the assigned, socially distanced color blob on the floor. A shopping cart coming from my left eriC C. appeared in front LaSt of me and assumed the position between me and the customer checking out. “Excuse me,” I said, intentionally calm and non-threatening. The customer looked at me, his mask in the below-the-chin position. I told him I was waiting on line and asked that he not cut in front of me. He
wasn’t pleased, called me “an ass,” but went to the next checkout line. “May I also ask you to wear your mask the right way?” I said, still calm, nonthreatening, non-judgmental. “No, I won’t. I won’t be an ass like you.” I asked, “Out of curiosity, why do you feel so strongly about not wearing the mask?” Now threatening, he yelled, “Because you’re an ass, and you better not ask again or we’ll really have a problem! Are you looking for a problem?” No, I wasn’t looking for a problem. I was looking for chicken. But I felt an obligation to say something when my safety, and that of those around me, was threatened. After paying for my groceries, while my fellow shopper (still with mask concealing only his Adam’s apple) finished checking out, I spoke with the store managers. I told them what happened at the butcher counter and in the checkout line. I told them that although I was a regular customer, I’d find it hard to return to a store where the safety of cus-
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tomers and staff is put in jeopardy by fellow customers and staff. The managers lamented their plight, talking about the difficulty they faced enforcing the mask rules and the verbal, and sometimes physical, threats they and their employees have had to endure. They apologized for the behavior of their butcher, qualified by, “The staff is almost always good about masking.” And they spoke of the difficulty of enforcing mask rules among shoppers, and the awful choice their cashiers have to make regularly: risk a confrontation with a mask-deficient customer, or risk exposure to the coronavirus. I expressed my understanding of the awful situation store owners and employees are in, a situation they never sought. But I also expressed my passion about the issue. Because I’m a customer, a citizen, a husband, a parent. And I’m a physician, practicing primary care internal medicine in this community for over 30 years. We’ve lost patients to Covid-19,
t’s simple. It’s not political. It’s caring for others. It’s setting an example.
Eric Last, DO, FACP, is an attending physician and clinical assistant professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is also a physician at Northwell Health Physician Partners/Internal Medicine at Wantagh.
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accountability. Knowing that there are plans under way to take back the water that is rightfully ours, Governor Cuomo gave the PSC until April 1 to distinguish between utility and customerowned assets if the state were to revoke American Water’s license to operate in New York state. With political support, the path to victory is within reach. A public takeover is long overdue and absolutely necessary. It is time that the PSC does its job, which is to protect the interests of the public rather than do the bidding of a public water monopoly and its shareholders. ClAudIA BORECKY, dAvId dENENBERG Directors, Long Island Clean Air Water and Soil Merrick
Keep masking up, New York To the Editor: As we continue to fight Covid-19, it is clear that masks help stop the spread of the virus and save lives. I am proud to announce, with my daughter Mariah Kennedy Cuomo, that New York is partnering with the company The RealReal and dozens of New York fashion designers to create limitededition, made-in-New York masks. drawing from the diversity and creativity that New York’s fashion industry is famous for, these masks will benefit Covid-19 relief efforts and remind the public that we all still need to “mask up.” Profits from this campaign will be donated to Feeding America, Nurse Heroes and the New York Covid Relief Fund to help New Yorkers and Americans in need. Particularly now, as the virus surges in parts of the country, it is critical that we continue to wear masks and take the simple, everyday measures that reduce the spread — stay distant and wash your hands often. GOv. ANdREW CuOMO
some of whom we’ve known for most of those three decades. We’ve cared for many others who’ve recovered, some of whom are still struggling with the lingering effects of the virus. What have we become? We threaten those who request that others in our presence follow simple guidance that could save another’s life? In a pre-Covid time, had I been wearing an Islanders T-shirt and my fellow shopper, a Rangers T-shirt, would I have been threatened for my team partisanship? It’s simple. It’s not political. It’s caring for others. It’s setting an example for others. It’s making a tiny sacrifice to potentially protect another human being. It’s pushing back against an ideology that questions science to foster political goals. It’s following the simplest guidance there is: Treat others as you’d want to be treated yourself. We owe one another nothing less.
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