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HERALD East Meadow celebrates Easter

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Supporting troops with food-filled baskets

By MALLoRY WILSoN mwilson@liherald.com

Tim Baker/Herald

The store enlisted the help of local Boy Scouts, military families celebrate Easter this year.

StEW LEoNARd’S, IN East Meadow, helped supermarket chain, is in the blue blazer. food. Leonard, the president and CEO of the and other organizations, to pack boxes with

Stew Leonard’s, in East Meadow, was on a mission to help military have families of those on active duty a better Easter this year. an Operation Easter Basket was up came store grocery the that effort have with to help military families special meal for the holiday. Local 362, volunteers — Boy Scout Troop 1315, members of Girl Scout Troop VetAmerican Legion Post 1082 and — erans of Foreign War Post 2736 pack gathered on April 7 to help y boxes, making it a true communit Continued on page 10

to hometown Author Laurie Lico Albanese returns It’s been more than a market Prynne? And if so, who was she?

Albanese will discuss “Hesdecision for Albanese. She said And what would she tell us if she ter” on April 20, at 7 p.m., at the that doing research for her hismwilson@liherald.com could?” library. To register, visit Easttorical fiction books transports This is Albanese’s third hisfo.

Meadow.in her back to being a student and Laurie Lico Albanese has torical novel, and her first one set In Hawthorne’s book, Prynne spending hours at the library memories of growing up in East in America after her other two ia after encyis the woman who must wear the Europe. Her first reading encycloped Meadow and spending time rest of her life as took place in the for get the information “A” letter Meadow in 2000, was con- clopedia to studying at the East having committed book, published of symbol a that she needed for an assignhisto ; she switched Public Library. . In Albanese’s reimagin- temporary adultery ment. author an liked 63, she Now, Albanese, torical fiction because ing, Isobel Gamble, a young Scot“I always think about when I of three novels and a memoir reading those types of books, and tish seamstress, comes to meet and the co-author of another that’s what was getting the best Hawthorne during the 1800s. The historical fiction story, is comreception. book dives into what it meant to novel, historical first ing back to the library to give Her , be American in the 19th century residents a taste of her most “The Miracles of Prato,” coand how women were targeted recent book. “Hester” is a reauthored with her friend Laura for being different. imagining of the creative inspiMorowitz and published in 2009, “This is Hester Prynne finally ration for Nathanie l Hawwas well-received, Albanese said.

Albanese tells her own story,” thorne’s novel “The Scarlet LetSo she took that genre and ran questhe asks said. “This novel ter” and its protagonist, Hester with it.

Hester real a there tion, was Prynne.

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was in elementary school, middle school, in high school, we always had to write reports — and that my reports, then, as it would be y now, consisted of physicall going to the library and literally sitting on the floor with all my different books,” she said. “I love doing that, and I kind of feel like I that’s what I’m doing when Continued on page 2

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Cricket fans get a glimpse of modular World Cup stadium

By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com

Jordan Vallone/Herald

Nassau County officials and members of the local host committee for the T20 Cricket World Cup unveiled the renderings of a temporary cricket stadium intended to be built in Eisenhower Park, holding up to 35,000 fans. Games will be played in East Meadow between June 3 and June 12.

It’s the world’s third most-watched sporting event behind only the FIFA World Cup and the Tour de France. And come June, portions of the beloved T20 Cricket World Cup tournament will be played right here in Eisenhower Park.

Nassau County announced plans to bring the International Cricket Council tournament to Long Island last fall after plans to build a temporary stadium in the Bronx fell through. And now — less than six months before the games are set to start — officials have unveiled renderings for a temporary, modular stadium, expected to accommodate up to 35,000 fans.

“When the Inter national Cricket Committee reached out to us about six months ago, I’m going to be perfectly honest: I didn’t know very much about cricket,” County Executive Bruce Blakeman told reporters last week. “I had no idea just how popular it was.”

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David Spinnato named new assistant superintendent

By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com

At a special East Meadow Board of Education meeting on Monday, the board approved the probationary appointment of David Spinnato as the district’s new assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction.

Spinnato’s appointment was unanimously approved by the board in a motion that began the meeting.

Spinnato will start work in the East Meadow Union Free School District on March 1. He joins the district from the Elmont Union Free School District, where he is currently the

assistant superintendent of curriculum and technology.

Prior to that, in Elmont, he was the director of technology curriculum, and a classroom instructor in g rades seven through 12, teaching life science, physical science, intro to living environment for special education students, anatomy, physiology and more.

The district’s new superintendent, Kenneth Rosner, who also came from Elmont, assumed the job last Sept. 1.

The decision to appoint Spinnato follows a controversial episode in East Meadow last year. Undercover videos, taken and released by Project

Veritas, showed the district’s former superintendent of curriculum and instruction, David Casamento, discussing diversity, equity and inclusion being taught covertly in schools across Long Island. The matter incited outrage from parents of children in the district.

Project Veritas, according its website, is a “nonprofit journalism enterprise” that “investigates and exposes corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions to achieve a more ethical and transparent society.”

In the video from a year ago, Casamento was seen talking

about how certain topics need to be taught without parents’ knowledge because of the potential backlash. Casamento was “administratively reassigned” following the incident, and no longer working in East Meadow schools.

The video also raised questions about the district’s hiring practices, as a portion of it

showed Casamento talking about not hiring conservativeleaning candidates. He said that a rubric for hiring had been designed, in light of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

At a school board meeting last March, former East Meadow Superintendent Kenneth CoNTiNuEd oN PaGE 2

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Cricket fans get a glimpse of modular World Cup stadium

By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com

Jordan Vallone/Herald

Nassau County officials and members of the local host committee for the T20 Cricket World Cup unveiled the renderings of a temporary cricket stadium intended to be built in Eisenhower Park, holding up to 35,000 fans. Games will be played in East Meadow between June 3 and June 12.

It’s the world’s third most-watched sporting event behind only the FIFA World Cup and the Tour de France. And come June, portions of the beloved T20 Cricket World Cup tournament will be played right here in Eisenhower Park.

Nassau County announced plans to bring the International Cricket Council tournament to Long Island last fall after plans to build a temporary stadium in the Bronx fell through. And now — less than six months before the games are set to start — officials have unveiled renderings for a temporary, modular stadium, expected to accommodate up to 35,000 fans.

“When the Inter national Cricket Committee reached out to us about six months ago, I’m going to be perfectly honest: I didn’t know very much about cricket,” County Executive Bruce Blakeman told reporters last week. “I had no idea just how popular it was.”

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David Spinnato named new assistant superintendent At a special East Meadow Board of Education meeting on Monday, the board approved the probationary appointment of David Spinnato as the district’s new assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction.

Spinnato’s appointment was unanimously approved by the board in a motion that began the meeting.

Spinnato will start work in the East Meadow Union Free School District on March 1. He joins the district from the Elmont Union Free School District, where he is currently the

assistant superintendent of curriculum and technology.

Prior to that, in Elmont, he was the director of technology curriculum, and a classroom instructor in g rades seven through 12, teaching life science, physical science, intro to living environment for special education students, anatomy, physiology and more.

The district’s new superintendent, Kenneth Rosner, who also came from Elmont, assumed the job last Sept. 1.

The decision to appoint Spinnato follows a controversial episode in East Meadow last year. Undercover videos, taken and released by Project

Veritas, showed the district’s former superintendent of curriculum and instruction, David Casamento, discussing diversity, equity and inclusion being taught covertly in schools across Long Island. The matter incited outrage from parents of children in the district.

Project Veritas, according its website, is a “nonprofit journalism enterprise” that “investigates and exposes corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions to achieve a more ethical and transparent society.”

In the video from a year ago, Casamento was seen talking

about how certain topics need to be taught without parents’ knowledge because of the potential backlash. Casamento was “administratively reassigned” following the incident, and no longer working in East Meadow schools.

The video also raised questions about the district’s hiring practices, as a portion of it

showed Casamento talking about not hiring conservativeleaning candidates. He said that a rubric for hiring had been designed, in light of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

At a school board meeting last March, former East Meadow Superintendent Kenneth

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Card and Anthony Russo, the assistant superintendent of personnel and administration, gave attendees a look into the hiring process for instructional and administrative staff.

For instructional staff, a job vacancy is initially listed internally and externally. Applicants’ resumes are reviewed by a committee made up of principals, assistant principals, directors or department chairs, who decide who is called in for a committee interview.

The finalists for the position are tasked with a demonstration lesson in an East Meadow school. Afterward, finalists are recommended to human resources and application materials and references are checked.

Human resources then completes its certification and fingerprint check of candidates, and then Russo and administration interviews the candidates. Candidates are then recommended to the superintendent of schools for review, and finally, the superintendent recommends candidates to the board of education for approval.

The hiring-attributes rubric — which was developed by a DEI committee — is used voluntarily during the interview process, and it is used to evaluate candidates’ personalities, quality of instruction, student/ teacher relationships, and professionalism. The rubric is not mandatory.

The hiring for new administrative staff starts off the same way. Cabinet administration reviews resumes submitted for principal or director positions, and the cabinet and building administrators review resumes for assistant principals, deans and department chairs.

School board President Matthew Melnick said at Monday’s meeting that Spinnato was “highly thought

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at the east meadow Board of education meeting on monday, the board approved the probationary appointment of david Spinnato as the district’s new assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction. Spinnato will formally introduce himself to the community on feb. 7 at the Salisbury Center, above, during the next board meeting. of through each phase of the interview process, which included interviewing with teachers, administrators, cabinet members and finally the Board of Education.”

“I believe I speak for the board when I say that Mr. Spinnato impressed us not only with his experience, but also his forward-thinking ideas, which will be an asset to our district,” Melnick said. “We’re excited to be able to fill this very important position in our district with someone who has extensive experience in

elementary through high school education.”

Spinnato attended Monday’s meeting, and chatted with parents, teachers, board members and administrators. He will formally introduce himself to the East Meadow community at the next school board of meeting, scheduled for Feb. 7, at 7 p.m., at the Salisbury Center, at 718 The Plain Road in Westbury. Meetings are also streamed live on YouTube.

For more information, visit the Board of Education tab on the district’s website, EMUFSD.us.

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What’s UP NEXt DOOR aND aROUND thE CORNER

Promoting disability awareness at Bowling Green In recognition of Disability Awareness Day, the Viscardi Ambassadors from the Henry Viscardi School visited fifth graders at Bowling Green Elementary School in East Meadow on Jan. 18.

The Viscardi Ambassadors are comprised of boys and girls of different ages, grade levels and hometowns. Their visits are aimed to break down the barriers that exist between the able-bodied world and those with physical challenges.

The ambassadors are a club of students that visit area schools and talk about their lives as disabled people, their likes and dislikes, and what it means to be a student at the Henry Viscardi School. Viscardi Ambassadors was created in 2008 as a community based club that gives these educational opportunities to students outside Viscardi walls.

The ambassadors created presentations about their lives, including their interests, disabilities, family lives and experiences at Viscardi.

–Jordan Vallone

Photos courtesy East Meadow Union Free School District

In recognition of Disability Awareness Day, the Viscardi Ambassadors from the Henry Viscardi School visited fifth graders at Bowling Green Elementary School on Jan. 18.

The Viscardi Ambassadors are comprised of boys and girls of different ages, grade levels and hometowns. Their visits are aimed to break down the barriers that exist between the able-bodied world and those with physical challenges.

Viscardi Ambassadors was created in 2008 as a community based club that gives educational opportunities to students outside Viscardi walls.

Courtesy Office of State Sen. Steve Rhoads

E.M. church celebrates first anniversary The Meeting Place of the Church of God in East Meadow recently celebrated its first anniversary. State Sen. Steve Rhoads stopped by, and offered his congratulations to Pastor Alfredo Hunte and his team for reaching the milestone, and wished them the best of luck on many more years of serving the community. The church is located at 212 East Meadow Ave., East Meadow.

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January 25, 2024 — EAST MEADOW HERALD

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Reintroducing Churchill’s

stablished in 2000, Churchill’s Pub & Grill has long been a popular icon in Rockville Centre. It changed hands during the summer of 2020.

Chef/Owner Maurizio Vendittelli set out to restore Churchill’s to its finest version, while retaining its staff members and warm, friendly atmosphere. That fall, Vendittelli also acquired Winston’s (next door), renaming it Mangia Bene, turning it into an Italian restaurant serving robust pizzas and fresh pastas, to more upscale entrees.

Physical restoration came first at Churchill’s — modernizing restrooms, painting, replacing outdated equipment.

Vendittelli now focuses on updating and expanding menus and offerings.

“We use only the freshest, finest quality ingredients. We run a scratch kitchen,” he says.

Extremely passionate about cooking, he enjoys the ability to engage and supervise both restaurants’ kitchens.

Fare-wise, Churchill’s brunch menu give options for any penchant, be it egg-based breakfast favorites, a salad, burger or something handheld. You’ll find a Benedict Bar, French Toast Fondue, and even Short-Rib Hash and Eggs with Hollandaise sauce. Spanning far beyond common pub-style choices, the regular menu brings starters like Thai Shrimp Skillet and Reuben Empanadas. Endless salad and burger choices join all types of entrees and the ultimate comfort of a homemade Chicken Pot Pie. Churchill’s has become much more than a place to dine. There’s a

different special each day of the week, and they never miss a holiday or special event to celebrate. On the calendar is a Super Bowl party, Date Night for Valentine’s Day, Pipes & Drums for St. Patty’s Day, Easter Brunch, and a Kentucky Derby Watch Party. They serve German food throughout October, and of course, honor Mother’s and Father’s Day with a brunch. Being an OTB betting site, they showcase all the races. Check the website for Restaurant Week, calendars, and menus.

As for days of the week, kids eat free on Mondays. Tuesday is Burger Night. Wednesday is Prime Rib Night, and Taco Thursdays gives you a complimentary beer or Margarita (if you order tacos). On weekdays, Happy Hour happens 3 to 6pm, and Early Bird menus are offered 4 to 6pm. Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday nights feature live music (a singer or band) set up in the corner of the main dining area.

Open from Memorial Day through November is a covered patio (behind both restaurants) with electric heaters and fans. Thursdays will be “Yappy Hour”— dogs are welcome outside. Catering is available as both take-out trays and in-house.

Churchill’s can accommodate parties up to 50 inside, and outside, up to 450 (both patios can be merged).

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Planning for Those You Are Responsible For A client came in to see us for their followup consultation. The client shared that, in between their two meetings with us, the husband‘s brother had suffered a stroke and was now in a rehabilitation facility. He was a bachelor. He had no power of attorney or health care proxy. He may or may not have had a will -- they didn’t know. Further, they were unable to get access to his apartment to clean out the fridge and get his clothes because he had failed to put them on the list of persons approved to enter in the event of an emergency.

One of the most overlooked areas in estate planning is the question of who you are responsible for. Do you have a friend or relative who you know will need to rely on you if something happens? Either they have no one else or everyone else is too far away.

If you have the responsibility, then make sure that you have the documents you will need to carry out that responsibility. Otherwise, the challenges become of a magnitude greater.

Similarly, so many of our clients have adult

children with young families. Do you know whether your children have wills, powers of attorney and health care proxies?

There are serious pitfalls for young families if one spouse dies without a plan.

Roughly half of their assets go to their surviving spouse and half to the children.

The court will appoint a legal guardian for the children’s money and the unused portion must be turned over to them at age eighteen, ready or not!

A potentially more serious problem for older adults is whether their sons and daughters who have families possess adequate life insurance. If your son or daughter dies without sufficient life insurance, you may be called upon to support and educate your grandchildren out of your retirement money.

Finally, if you are responsible for the care of an elderly parent, then make sure it is you who has the power of attorney and health care proxy and not another sibling who may end up controlling the situation from afar, much to your dismay.

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January 25, 2024 — EAST MEADOW HERALD

CornEring thE markEt

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Reintroducing Churchill’s

stablished in 2000, Churchill’s Pub & Grill has long been a popular icon in Rockville Centre. It changed hands during the summer of 2020.

Chef/Owner Maurizio Vendittelli set out to restore Churchill’s to its finest version, while retaining its staff members and warm, friendly atmosphere. That fall, Vendittelli also acquired Winston’s (next door), renaming it Mangia Bene, turning it into an Italian restaurant serving robust pizzas and fresh pastas, to more upscale entrees.

Physical restoration came first at Churchill’s — modernizing restrooms, painting, replacing outdated equipment.

Vendittelli now focuses on updating and expanding menus and offerings.

“We use only the freshest, finest quality ingredients. We run a scratch kitchen,” he says.

Extremely passionate about cooking, he enjoys the ability to engage and supervise both restaurants’ kitchens.

Fare-wise, Churchill’s brunch menu give options for any penchant, be it egg-based breakfast favorites, a salad, burger or something handheld. You’ll find a Benedict Bar, French Toast Fondue, and even Short-Rib Hash and Eggs with Hollandaise sauce. Spanning far beyond common pub-style choices, the regular menu brings starters like Thai Shrimp Skillet and Reuben Empanadas. Endless salad and burger choices join all types of entrees and the ultimate comfort of a homemade Chicken Pot Pie. Churchill’s has become much more than a place to dine. There’s a

different special each day of the week, and they never miss a holiday or special event to celebrate. On the calendar is a Super Bowl party, Date Night for Valentine’s Day, Pipes & Drums for St. Patty’s Day, Easter Brunch, and a Kentucky Derby Watch Party. They serve German food throughout October, and of course, honor Mother’s and Father’s Day with a brunch. Being an OTB betting site, they showcase all the races. Check the website for Restaurant Week, calendars, and menus.

As for days of the week, kids eat free on Mondays. Tuesday is Burger Night. Wednesday is Prime Rib Night, and Taco Thursdays gives you a complimentary beer or Margarita (if you order tacos). On weekdays, Happy Hour happens 3 to 6pm, and Early Bird menus are offered 4 to 6pm. Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday nights feature live music (a singer or band) set up in the corner of the main dining area.

Open from Memorial Day through November is a covered patio (behind both restaurants) with electric heaters and fans. Thursdays will be “Yappy Hour”— dogs are welcome outside. Catering is available as both take-out trays and in-house.

Churchill’s can accommodate parties up to 50 inside, and outside, up to 450 (both patios can be merged).

1245321

Terry Biener

Attorney advertising

Protecting Your Future with Michael and Suzanne Ettinger Attorneys-at-Law

Planning for Those You Are Responsible For A client came in to see us for their followup consultation. The client shared that, in between their two meetings with us, the husband‘s brother had suffered a stroke and was now in a rehabilitation facility. He was a bachelor. He had no power of attorney or health care proxy. He may or may not have had a will -- they didn’t know. Further, they were unable to get access to his apartment to clean out the fridge and get his clothes because he had failed to put them on the list of persons approved to enter in the event of an emergency.

One of the most overlooked areas in estate planning is the question of who you are responsible for. Do you have a friend or relative who you know will need to rely on you if something happens? Either they have no one else or everyone else is too far away.

If you have the responsibility, then make sure that you have the documents you will need to carry out that responsibility. Otherwise, the challenges become of a magnitude greater.

Similarly, so many of our clients have adult

children with young families. Do you know whether your children have wills, powers of attorney and health care proxies?

There are serious pitfalls for young families if one spouse dies without a plan.

Roughly half of their assets go to their surviving spouse and half to the children.

The court will appoint a legal guardian for the children’s money and the unused portion must be turned over to them at age eighteen, ready or not!

A potentially more serious problem for older adults is whether their sons and daughters who have families possess adequate life insurance. If your son or daughter dies without sufficient life insurance, you may be called upon to support and educate your grandchildren out of your retirement money.

Finally, if you are responsible for the care of an elderly parent, then make sure it is you who has the power of attorney and health care proxy and not another sibling who may end up controlling the situation from afar, much to your dismay.

ETTINGER LAW FIRM ELDER LAW ESTATE PLANNING SINCE 1991

trustlaw.com Trusts & Estates • Wills & Probate • Medicaid

Visit us at trustlaw.com to learn more or search Ettinger Law on YouTube for our elder law estate planning videos

100 Merrick Rd., Rockville Centre • 3000 Marcus Ave., Lake Success Other offices in Huntington • Melville • Islandia

1245727

FREE CONSULTATION: 516-327-8880 x117 or email info@trustlaw.com

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Churchill’s Pub & Grill

18 South Park Avenue Rockville Centre ChurchillsNY.com

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HERALD

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HOW TO REACH US

Our offices are located at 2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530 and are open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

MAIN PHONE: (516) 569-4000 ■ WEB SITE: www.liherald.com/eastmeadow ■ E-MAIl: Letters and other submissions: emeditor@liherald.com ■ EDITORIAl DEPARTMENT: (516) 569-4000 Ext. 246 E-mail: emeditor@liherald.com ■ SUBSCRIPTIONS: (516) 569-4000 Press ”7” E-mail: subscriptions@liherald.com Fax: (516) 569-4643 ■ ClASSIFIED ADVERTISING: (516) 569-4000 Ext. 286 E-mail: ereynolds@liherald.com Fax: (516) 569-4643 ■ DISPlAY ADVERTISING: (516) 569-4000 Ext. 249 E-mail: rglickman@liherald.com Fax: (516) 569-4643 The East Meadow Herald (PP#), is published Weekly on Thursday by Richner Communications, Inc., 2 Endo Blvd.

Garden City, NY 11530. Periodicals Postage Prices is Pending at Garden City, NY 11530 and additional mailing offices.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to East Meadow Herald, 2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530.

Subscription rates: $50 one-time payment within Nassau County or $60 outside of Nassau County or qualified request in zip code 11554, 11555, 11590,11756. Copyright © 2024 Richner Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

Searching for artifacts at Parkway Elementary On Jan. 11, second graders at Parkway Elementary School in East Meadow teamed up to track down the legendary artifacts of the “King’s Request” as part of the school’s Submerge Storytelling program.

Leading the experience was program founder Cory Levine, who transfor med one of the school’s classrooms into a “realm” where students were able to explore the story world of “Trevor Cool” to draw conclusions about the story’s characters, plot and themes.

The multifaceted lesson taught students important life skills and values through text-to-self literary connections, and it employed interactive learning strategies to foster a sense of individuality, camaraderie and community.

On Jan. 11, second graders at Parkway Elementary School in East Meadow teamed up to track down the legendary artifacts of the ‘King’s Request’ as part of the school’s Submerge Storytelling program.

Photos courtesy East Meadow Union Free School District

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DARRIAN JACKSON Uniondale Senior Basketball A FIVE-YEAR VARSITY player for the Knights, Jackson is in the midst of an All-County type of campaign after earning Honorable Mention AllCounty last winter while leading them to the playoffs. Heading into this week’s action, Jackson ranked among the top five scorers in Nassau, averaging better than 20 points per game, helping lead Uniondale to an impressive 12-2 record. She’s aslo third in the county in three-pointers made with 40.

GAMES TO WATCH Thursday, Jan. 25 Girls Basketball: Academy Charter at Freeport.......... 7 p.m.

Wrestling: Hewlett at Long Beach.............................. 7 p.m.

Wrestling: East Meadow at Calhoun ......................... 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 26 Boys Basketball: Baldwin at Farmingdale ................. 5 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Lo. Valley at West Hempstead ........ 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Mineola at Wantagh ....................... 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Lynbrook at V.S. North .................... 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Malverne at North Shore ................ 5 p.m.

Boys Basketball: V.S North at Lynbrook................6:45 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Lawrence at Seaford ...................... 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Uniondale at Baldwin ..................... 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Island Trees at Clarke...................... 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 27 Boys Basketball: New Hyde Park at Elmont ............10 a.m.

Girls Basketball: Mepham at V.S. Central ................10 a.m.

Boys Basketball: Uniondale at Hempstead .............12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: V.S. Central at Mepham................12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: East Meadow at MacArthur..........12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Herricks at Long Beach ................12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Calhoun at Sewanhaka ................12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: C.S. Harbor at East Rockaway ......12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Freeport at Massapequa ............... 1 p.m.

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Clarke’s girls’ basketball team is off to a solid start to the season and will look to make noise down the stretch.

The Rams carried a record of 7-6 overall and 3-4 in Conference A-2 into this week’s action with five games remaining.

Their top scorer has been senior guard Michelle Diaz. She is currently sitting in the top 20 of all Nassau County, averaging 14.8 points per game. Diaz has scored over 20 points four times this year with her season-high being a 27 point point performance in a 43-33 victory over Herricks. “[Diaz] has really been our leader throughout the course of the year,” head coach Shaun Fean said. “We’re going to need her to continue to score the basketball for us as we move forward.”

While Diaz is the primary scorer for the team, the Rams do not shy away from sharing the ball.

“Our greatest strength is our unselfishness,” Fean said. “At times, we’re not the best shooting team but we like to get to the rim, get out in transition and push the ball to create easier offensive opportunities for ourselves.”

Point guard Avika Mehta is second on the team averaging 14 points. She’s been able to create a very nice one-two punch with Diaz shooting the basketball. Mehta’s best game was a 24 point outing in a win over Roosevelt.

“Avika has done a really good job evolving her game to not be as much of a distributor but also to score herself,” Fean said. “She’s been super steady for us and someone whose really been a part of our core leadership group.”

Avika’s twin sister Aanya is a key defensive player, being the anchor of the team’s 1-3-1 zone defense. She has a very good shot blocking ability while also being able to grab rebounds.

Rounding out the starting lineup are senior Madeline Millman and sophomore Althea Borleo. Millman is an emotional leader on and off the court and has the ability to knock down the outside shot, Fean noted. It is something that

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Senior Madeline Millman is a leader on and off the court for the Rams and one of their offensive threats from the perimeter. opens up the entire Clarke offense. Borleo is the team’s tallest player and is starting to come along and a two-way player. “[Borleo] has grown as a varsity player this season,” Fean said. “We’re looking for her to supplement some of our primary scoring. She watches so much film, she just wants to be the best player she can be.”

The primary player off of the bench for the Rams is junior Lia Addeo. She’s

the team’s best rebounder and has helped the teams win games with it.

“To have somebody be able to step in off the bench and give you something you don’t necessarily have in your starting group has been really big,” Fean said.

In their search for back-to-back playoff bids, the Rams have a couple games circled on their schedule with the first one this Friday at 7 p.m. when they’ll look to avenge an earlier loss to Island Trees when they host the Bulldogs.

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Radios alerted the department’s Engine 1, Heavy Rescue 6, Rescue 5 and Emergency Medical Services squad, who went to the scene of the accident.

East Meadow volunteers transported two of the vehicle occupants to the Nassau University Medical Center and the Nassau County Police Ambulance Bureau transported one patient.

All injuries sustained were nonlife threatening.

Fire department units were under the command of East Meadow Chief of Department Phillip Fertitta.

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Stadium to accommodate some 35,000 fans Continued from page 1

Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world behind soccer, and was introduced in the United Kingdom during the 16th century. It has since grown in immense popularity in South Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa and the West Indies — many parts of the globe that have been influenced by British imperialism over the centuries.

The upcoming tournament will have games played not only in East Meadow, but also in Dallas as well as southern Florida. The rest of the tournament will be played in the West Indies.

The ICC told Blakeman while 250 million people may tune in to watch the Super Bowl every year, the cricket audience is larger by about a billion people, while other estimates say viewership for cricket is actually a lot closer to 2.6 billion.

The tournament is expected to bring inter national attention to Nassau, which will host a number of international dignitaries from the countries playing games at Eisenhower, like Pakistan, India, Canada and Bangladesh. It is also expected to generate a large amount of revenue for the county.

“What an opportunity for Nassau County to showcase to over a billion people throughout the world our beautiful park — all our parks, our beaches,” Blakeman said. “We have everything here in Nassau County to showcase.

We’re selling Nassau County as a destination.”

One of the most highly anticipated games of the tournament — India versus Pakistan — will be played in Eisenhower Park, Blakeman said. The countries consistently field some of the best players in the sport.

Harry Singh, the president and chief executive of Bolla Management Corp.

— which operates a chain of convenience stores in the area — is serving as chair of the local host committee.

“Eisenhower Park has hosted some amazing events in the past — I think ICC should be proud they’re going to run their World Cup,” Singh said. “As an immigrant from India myself, I’m feeling super proud to be here today, standing in front of all of you … and making sure that we connect with the communities, that we connect with locals.

“It’s going to be an amazing event to watch. We’re looking forward to working with each of our community members and board members of this awesome community to make this a special event for all of us.”

Don Lockerbie, the T20 World Cup development director, said work has already begun to build the stadium. It’ll be constructed on the field directly across the road from The Lannin, and situated behind the park’s indoor swimming pools. Modular, temporary stadiums are not a new concept, he emphasized — golf and car racing events have utilized similar designs in past.

The stadium will be complete by spring, Lockerbie added.

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nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman revealed more details about the cricket tournament scheduled to take place in eisenhower park. the t20 Cricket World Cup is expected to draw tens of thousands of fans when it comes to the county beginning June 3.

the cricket stadium planned for eisenhower park to be built in time for the t20 Cricket World Cup in June will be similar to ones used for golf and car racing events, according to officials, and will be disassembled by the end of July.

“It is a temporary facility,” he said.

“The ICC elected to do something large in the New York area. Working with Nassau County has been an absolute delight.”

Populous — an architecture firm that designed Yankee Stadium, Citi Field and the UBS Arena, among others — will design the Eisenhower Park stadium, Lockerbie said. While he was mum on how much the stadium would cost, Lockerbie said the entire initiative will be “privately funded,” with the structure disassembled by the end of July.

Blakeman noted concerns by some about safety and parking, but said the county is used to accommodating large events. Last summer, the park’s Harry Chapin Theatre was the venue for a Boyz II Men concert, which attracted 40,000 people.

There will be a number of park-and-

ride programs set up in nearby lots, including one at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale.

Security will be provided by the county’s law enforcement services, primarily through the Nassau County Police Department.

“We are also working with other local agencies, and our federal partners will also be involved in the protection of everybody’s who at the stadium or on their way,” Blakeman said. “We will be ready for this major, major event, and it will have all the security measures that you would expect of an event like this, such as the Super Bowl.”

Tickets are not yet available to the public, and when they are, all will be handled by the ICC. Those interested in attending or learning more about the tournament can visit NassauCountyNY.gov/cricket.

Harry Singh, the president and chief executive of Bolla management Corp. convenience store chain serves as chair of the local host committee in nassau County for the t20 Cricket World Cup tournament planned for June in eisenhower park.

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January 25, 2024 — EAST MEADOW HERALD

Live your faith

and share it with others The timeless values that create better prepared, more capable, and more confident young adults. An important part of your child’s program is the learning of values. This is often the most easily observable difference in a ‘Catholic school kid’.

While the specific order and organization of when these values are taught might differ from school-to-school, the values and the discipline to live them are enduring qualities and are taught consistently across all Catholic elementary schools.

The schedule below details how one of our schools creates a focus on two values in each in of the nine years of elementary and middle school.

Kindergarten – Courtesy and Respect: Learning the importance of politeness and good manners in dealing with others, as well as the need to respect one another, and personal and public property.

First Grade – Punctuality and Neatness: Being on time for school and with assignments and being neat in both school work and homework.

Second Grade – Kindness and Generosity: Understanding the need to reach out and help one another and realizing the joy in giving more than is expected.

Third Grade – Hard Work and

Choosing and committing to the right Catholic school for your child can be daunting.

While visiting the open houses offered systemwide during Catholic Schools Week is an excellent way to discern Catholic school possibilities for your child, there are also many ways to research school options from the comfort of your home and at a time of your choosing.

The 35 Catholic elementary schools on Long Island provide a strong, well-rounded education for students from nursery through eighth grade.

You will find welcoming early childhood centers and rigorous middle school programs. As evidenced by the Morning Star Initiative’s four pillars, you will see that each school is robustly Catholic, academically excellent, safe and supportive, and here to stay. At the same time, each school has its own special charism that you can learn more about when you visit a school or speak to a school representative. Our administrators and faculty are looking forward to welcoming you and your family!

Start with an open house During Catholic Schools Week each school will be hosting an open house, where families are welcome to visit, learn more about the school, and meet administrators and faculty.

During each open house, information about the school’s academic, extended day, and extracurricular programs will be shared as well as how you can register your child.

You can also learn more about the open houses by visiting lischools.org.

Of course, you can always contact any of the

Catholic elementary schools to learn more.

To get started, visit lischools.org. Here you can briefly learn about each school and then directly access each school’s website. You will also be able to make appointments for personal tours and request information online!

You can also visit each school’s Facebook and Instagram social media pages to learn about the wonderful experiences available.

Get to know the schools Once you’ve narrowed down your list of prospective schools, you are encouraged to reach out to each school directly. The principals are waiting for your call. They are happy to answer any questions you have. If you are unable to attend the open house or would like a more personalized tour, be sure to set one up with the school. This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know more about each school.

Following your tour, please do not hesitate to follow up with each school with any additional questions you may have.

If you are concerned about affordability, you are encouraged to apply for tuition assistance through the Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation.

Since 2005, the Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation has provided over $27 million in tuition assistance to nearly 22,000 students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Visit thfny.com to learn more.

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Perseverance: Recognizing the importance of diligence and a good work attitude, the satisfaction of doing our best and the need to keep trying despite obstacles.

Fourth Grade – Honesty and Responsibility: Being truthful and keeping our word, doing the right thing even when no one else is looking, accepting the consequences of our actions and meeting our obligations.

Fifth Grade – Patience and Discipline: Learning to be patient with ourselves and others, saying “yes” to the right things and “no” to the wrong things, and taking charge of ourselves by controlling our actions and emotions.

Sixth Grade – Tolerance and Justice: Learning to accept and appreciate the differences in others and treating them with equality and fairness.

Seventh Grade – Thoughtfulness and Compassion: Understanding the needs and feeling of others and treating them with equality and fairness.

Eighth Grade – Loyalty and Courage: Caring about our relationships with others and being willing to show it through our actions; having the strength and will to do what is right even when we’re afraid or it’s unpopular.

We set high standards for student achievement and help them succeed.

We provide a balanced academic curriculum that integrates faith, culture and life.

We use technology effectively to enhance education.

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CATHOLIC SHOOLS WEEK

On a path to success Find their way through young adulthood The move from elementary school to middle school marks the beginning of a new set of expectations and a new world of opportunities.

Challenging academic curriculum, inspired Catholic teachings, and an array of new afterschool activities give each student the intellectual, spiritual and social preparation needed for greater achievement in high school, college and beyond.

A renewed focus on study skills and research skills begin to prepare students for the rigors of high school, and the programs and activities the students once participated in, they now lead.

They mentor younger students, assume larger roles in liturgies, and lead activities ranging from science fairs to drama productions.

From captaining sports teams to supervising community service work, middle school students learn to motivate and manage others.

Maintaining academic superiority The middle school program continues the student’s challenging academic curriculum.

Rigorous literature, math, computer, art, music and foreign language classes continue to engage all students, and qualifying students can enhance their studies with accelerated programs. Middle school students consistently score in the top percentages on national and state testing and most schools boast a 100 percent acceptance rate into prestigious Long Island Catholic high schools.

Putting their faith into practice The moral and spiritual lessons students have learned along the way guide them in charitable activities and community service.

From stocking food banks to sharing with those less fortunate, Catholic school students put their faith into action by responding to others in a caring, respectful and helpful manner every day.

Middle school students also play an important role in the school by mentoring others through participation in buddy programs and by modeling their faith for younger students.

Giving back to the Parish community As students reach middle school they begin to assume more important roles in their faith community. Middle school students assist with the Parish ministries including Parish Outreach, they function as altar servers, and they participate in prayer groups. Seventh and eighth grade students mentor younger students, they lead the Student Government, staff the Safety Patrol, participate in the National Junior Honor Society and lead prayer services. It is in the middle school level that lifetime bridges between our students and the parish are created.

A broader range of sports and activities In addition to continuing some of the interests students have been cultivating since Early Education in language, band and choir, middle

school students get to help their fellow students by supporting the school’s labs as a member of the Technology Club, they assist other students as Library/Media Club members, and the can participate in STEM Science Fairs and Math Bees.

Aspiring journalists create and produce school newspapers or produce radio or TV broadcasts.

The athletic types participate in CMSAA (Catholic Middle School Athletic Association) organized interscholastic sports programs. And there are new and more advanced extracurricular activities exclusively for middle school like the drama club that supports each year’s theatrical production and trips and retreats become more advanced and more frequent.

Becoming the young men and women who will shape the future Confident in their abilities, Catholic middle school students spread their wings and begin to soar. With values built on a rock-solid foundation and an exceptional education that has engaged each child’s unique abilities, students begin to blossom into young man and women of character.

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Sands’ New York Proposes Robust Environmental Impact Study

hen building an integrated resort complex with a multi-billion-dollar investment, it is crucial to outline and quantify the tangible effects in terms of economic growth, job creation, and community benefits. One key aspect that developers often strive to minimize is their environmental impact on the surrounding area.

Under the New York State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Act and its implementing regulations, projects, like the Sands New York Integrated Resort, are required to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement that identifies and evaluates impacts and presents mitigation measures to avoid or minimize those impacts. The SEQR regulations require public scoping to determine what should be evaluated in the Environmental Impact Statement, and the first step in the scoping process is the preparation of a Draft Scope by the applicant. The Draft Scope outlines the issues that will be studied in the Environmental Impact Statement. Public scoping is done to focus the Environmental Impact Statement on the proper issues and to ensure public participation in the process.

Through the process of creating the scope for the Environmental Impact Statement for their planned Long Island integrated resort and wellness destination, Sands has gone above and beyond on their impact studies. The comprehensiveness

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of the Draft Scope and the studies proposed for the Environmental Impact Statement demonstrate Sands’ commitment to the provision of community benefits and to environmental sustainability.

Sands has put forward the most robust draft environmental review ever proposed.

They will assess environmental and social impacts like air quality, soil, noise, water, light, parking, and traffic effects – but also community character, jobs, and public health.

Currently, the plan includes:

Transportation, Traffic and Parking A full traffic impact study will be done that will evaluate over 114 locations, from seasonal patterns to weekday rush hours and weekend traffic, including during construction and operation. Parking, access, bicycles, and pedestrian traffic are all being studied, as well as how the project integrates into existing transit cycles and routes.

The study will also include a parking evaluation to ensure the proposed plans accommodate adequate on-site parking to mitigate impact on the surrounding area.

Air, Soil and Water Throughout the process of drafting their Environmental Impact Statement, Sands will study the existing vegetation and habitat, including the Hempstead Plains, and conduct a full analysis of water and soil, including groundwater, water supply, discharge, stormwater management, and soil excavation; study air emissions from stationary and mobile sources, as well as evaluate greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, energy conservation and sustainability measures including waste reduction.

Community Character The study will also assess how the proposed project would fit into overall the character of the existing community. This work will include a community character Continued on page 2 Photo provided by Sands

Photo: The Sands New York integrated resort is proposed at the Nassau Hub site on Long Island.

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assessment, including cultural resources and zoning for the site and surrounding areas in consultation with the towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead and the villages of Garden City, Hempstead, Mineola, Westbury and Freeport.

The impact studies will also include noise and vibration assessments, including noise impacts during construction and operation of the facility, to ensure the integrated resort remains a longstanding good neighbor.

Public Health and Problem Gambling Sands, in partnership with the Sands community Working Groups, will study problem gambling, as well as available programs and services. This ongoing study will include period assessments to identify and study services that mitigate gambling addictions and other public health concerns.

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As the Sands’ draft scope for the Environmental Impact Statement is reviewed, the Town of Hempstead (the lead agency) is hosting public meetings to transparently inform community members about Sands’ proposed assessment commitments, as well as solicit community feedback on the scope of the assessment.

The information collected from the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will help inform Sands on how and where it should provide targeted resources for mitigation, ensuring a final project that is a net gain for the region, providing substantial quality of life benefits.

The details of Sands’ robust study for the proposed $4 billion resort is available on the Town of Hempstead’s website at HempsteadNY.gov.

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has been doing so since 1999.

Ahead in Sustainability With the goal of achieving measured, ongoing progress, Sands also has established 2021-2025 ambitions in the areas of workforce development, Team Member volunteerism and carbon emissions reduction, mapping to its People, Communities and Planet corporate responsibility pillars.

People • 2025 GOAL: Invest $200 million in workforce development As of 2022, Sands had invested $56 million in workforce development initiatives, bringing its cumulative investment to $113 million since 2021, well past the halfway point.

Sands is focused on building the workforce of the future by supporting the professional growth of its Team Members, advancing the skills of hospitality industry professionals as well as the local labor pool in its regions, and helping local businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, succeed.

Planet • 2025 GOAL: Achieve a 17.5% reduction in carbon emissions Finally, Sands works to ensure the long-term environmental health of its regions through the Planet pillar, led by the Sands ECO360 global sustainability program.

As of 2022, Sands had achieved a 50% reduction in carbon emissions from its 2018 baseline; however, the cumulative decrease reflected continued pandemic-related impact on property visitation. As business returns to more normal levels in 2023, Sands is continuing to aggressively pursue its low-carbon transition initiatives in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy and transportation.

Communities • 2025 GOAL: Contribute 150,000 Team Member volunteer hours The global Sands Cares community engagement program leads initiatives under the Communities pillar and drives the company’s priorities on hardship relief, education, nonprofit and local business advancement, disaster relief and preparedness, and cultural and natural heritage preservation.

Sands surpassed their goal by the end of 2022 because of extensive support for pandemic-related initiatives, along with core Sands Cares volunteer efforts. The new 2025 target will be announced in the company’s next ESG report in spring 2024.

partner of choice in our regions, a

To learn more about the Sands as the world’s preeminent developer and operator of world-class integrated resorts visit sandsnewyork.com

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assessment, including cultural resources and zoning for the site and surrounding areas in consultation with the towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead and the villages of Garden City, Hempstead, Mineola, Westbury and Freeport.

The impact studies will also include noise and vibration assessments, including noise impacts during construction and operation of the facility, to ensure the integrated resort remains a longstanding good neighbor.

Public Health and Problem Gambling Sands, in partnership with the Sands community Working Groups, will study problem gambling, as well as available programs and services. This ongoing study will include period assessments to identify and study services that mitigate gambling addictions and other public health concerns.

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model corporate citizen working

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EIS studies will include a full analysis of the project’s impact on jobs and economic growth (direct and indirect), which includes looking at community demographics, Sands’ voluntary payments to the region, as well as construction, employment, and training programs.

named to the DJSI World and DJSI

major methodology changes and

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public disclosure expectations made

consecutive year.

for the Corporate Sustainability

Community Facilities and Services, and Cumulative Impacts The study will include the site’s existing use of facilities and capacities, including emergency services, and the assessment of impacts of increased demand on services from the resort. The scope will also include proposed on-site security, as well as how the project might interact with other developments in the area, like the anticipated NYU-Langone Hospital.

As the Sands’ draft scope for the Environmental Impact Statement is reviewed, the Town of Hempstead (the lead agency) is hosting public meetings to transparently inform community members about Sands’ proposed assessment commitments, as well as solicit community feedback on the scope of the assessment.

The information collected from the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will help inform Sands on how and where it should provide targeted resources for mitigation, ensuring a final project that is a net gain for the region, providing substantial quality of life benefits.

The details of Sands’ robust study for the proposed $4 billion resort is available on the Town of Hempstead’s website at HempsteadNY.gov.

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criteria that are both industry-

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specific and financially material and

“We aim to be the employer and

has been doing so since 1999.

Ahead in Sustainability With the goal of achieving measured, ongoing progress, Sands also has established 2021-2025 ambitions in the areas of workforce development, Team Member volunteerism and carbon emissions reduction, mapping to its People, Communities and Planet corporate responsibility pillars.

People • 2025 GOAL: Invest $200 million in workforce development As of 2022, Sands had invested $56 million in workforce development initiatives, bringing its cumulative investment to $113 million since 2021, well past the halfway point.

Sands is focused on building the workforce of the future by supporting the professional growth of its Team Members, advancing the skills of hospitality industry professionals as well as the local labor pool in its regions, and helping local businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, succeed.

Planet • 2025 GOAL: Achieve a 17.5% reduction in carbon emissions Finally, Sands works to ensure the long-term environmental health of its regions through the Planet pillar, led by the Sands ECO360 global sustainability program.

As of 2022, Sands had achieved a 50% reduction in carbon emissions from its 2018 baseline; however, the cumulative decrease reflected continued pandemic-related impact on property visitation. As business returns to more normal levels in 2023, Sands is continuing to aggressively pursue its low-carbon transition initiatives in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy and transportation.

Communities • 2025 GOAL: Contribute 150,000 Team Member volunteer hours The global Sands Cares community engagement program leads initiatives under the Communities pillar and drives the company’s priorities on hardship relief, education, nonprofit and local business advancement, disaster relief and preparedness, and cultural and natural heritage preservation.

Sands surpassed their goal by the end of 2022 because of extensive support for pandemic-related initiatives, along with core Sands Cares volunteer efforts. The new 2025 target will be announced in the company’s next ESG report in spring 2024.

partner of choice in our regions, a

To learn more about the Sands as the world’s preeminent developer and operator of world-class integrated resorts visit sandsnewyork.com

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TODAY

Photo provided by Sands

Sands New York gave a $10,000 contribution to Island Harvest Food Bank in honor of the upcoming holidays.

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!

Photo provided by Sands

EAC Network, a not-for-profit social service agency that empowers, assists, and cares for over 65,000 people in need through 100 programs across Long Island and New York City, recognized Sands New York at its annual Building Bridges Gala last week. Sands SVP and Former NYS Governor David Paterson was on-site to accept the award.

Photo provided by Sands

The partnership between Sands Cares Youth Empowerment Initiative and the Long Island Nets extended to a second Holiday Hoops Experience at Nassau Coliseum over the first weekend of January. A new batch of 75 students from communities across Long Island turned out to learn basketball fundamentals and sports safety with Long Island Nets Basketball Academy clinicians, and were surprised by a visit from Long Island Nets players Kaiser Gates, Kennedy Chandler, Kameron Hankerson and Kyler Edwards.

Photo provided by Sands

Sands New York partnered with the United States Marine Corps Reserve to collect Toys-for-Tots throughout the Season of Sparkle celebration. The Sands team also delivered a $10,000 donation to the Toys-for-Tots organization for its mission to help deliver gifts to economically disadvantaged children over the holiday season.

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Danielle Sepsy

By Karen Bloom

Her world is tastier than ever. Danielle Sepsy, aka the Queen of Scones, bakes her way into 2024 with aplomb.

The chef-entrepreneur was on quite a ride in 2023. She catapulted to fame, following her appearance on Dan Levy’s “The Big Brunch” on Max. All eight episodes were devoured by folks who quickly discovered the dynamic, bubbly Sepsy.

The cooking competition, created by Levy (of “Schitt’s Creek” fame), highlighted the stories of 10 chefs and their impact on their local communities as they competed to win a $300,000 prize.

Like many, Sepsy was familiar with Levy from “Schitt’s Creek.” As Sepsy tells it, “He created his next project because he was passionate about food and telling people’s stories who didn’t have a chance to tell their stories. They needed to be heard. He posted he was looking for chefs, and people urged me to apply.”

Sespy, who certainly has the competitive chops, had applied to other reality cooking shows — including Food Network’s “The Next Food Network Star” — over the years, but hadn’t yet made the cut.

“I always came close but didn’t get it,” she relates. “I think this happened for a reason. The second I read about it, I felt ‘this is me.’ It felt different, very well-intentioned. Super-positive.

“There’s a risk in any reality show that you’re portrayed as something you’re not. I emailed the casting company before even submitting an application. They must have looked at my Instagram right away, wrote me back immediatley, and wanted to have an interview the next day.”

What followed was a four-month whirlwind of cooking tests, background checks, even psych evaluations. Plus Sepsy still had her growing bakery business, The Hungry Gnome, based in Long Island City, to run.

Shes the founder and creative genius behind her innovative wholesale bakery and catering company. Growing up in the kitchen with her Italian grandmother, Sepsy’s love of cooking began at a young age.

“An amazing baker, my grandmother spent all her time creating recipes,” she says. “She saw this was something I was passionate about, and spent her time with me cooking. She was my inspiration.”

As a 13-year-old, she started a home business selling her delicious scones to friends, neighbors and local cafes. She had found her calling. That passion led her to begin her career in hospitality. She spent 10 years managing fine dining restaurants in some of New York City’s elite luxury hotels, after graduating from Penn State University’s School of Hospitality Management.

Her resume includes The Peninsula, and the iconic Plaza and Waldorf Astoria hotels. Yet, she longed to return to baking.

As she explains, the coronavirus pandemic actually presented her with that opportunity.

“I had lost my job unexpectedly,” she said. “This was the push that I needed. I knew it wasn’t a sure thing, but this was a sign. Overnight, I started to email coffee shops. I started bringing them samples. And, within a week, I ended up signing one of the biggest coffee shop chains in New York City, which had over 20 stores, and I was in business.”

The pandemic happened simultaneously.

“It actually helped me because all my customers that had just signed with me said we’re going to be closing for a while.

And it was perfect for me, because it allowed me to get myself ready. I hired people who lost their jobs due to Covid. I found

a commercial kitchen.

I started expanding my menu of baked goods, which initially was scones and banana bread, and then it became muffins and cookies. I started developing my recipes and working with my new team. By that July, I was in business and started doing wholesale.”

More than three years later, the Hungry Gnome sells to 150 stores wholesale and ships direct to consumer through her website.

“It’s grown tremendously,” Danielle says, proudly.

“I went from me and two other employees in the kitchen to 22 and counting.”

Her explosive success has led her to recently move to a larger bakery space in Long Island City.

“I spent 10 months building from scratch,” Sepsy says. “Our own space tailored to our needs, with new equipment, more square footage so that means we can hire more people and expand further.”

Meanwhile the Queen of Scones marvels at how it’s all happened in a relatively short few years — transformed by what she describes as the “life- changing experience” of “The Big Brunch.”

“It was a challenging journey as far as self-confidence,” she said. “I started out feeling insecure. Even though I do savory cooking, too, I’m really a baker by trade, and everyone around me had a lot of fine dining background. I felt like Betty Crocker in this sea of Jacques Pepins. I began to realize challenge after challenge I had a place there. Everyone loved my food.”

She began to thrive, reaching the finals.

“Although I didn’t win, I very much feel like a winner as corny as that sounds,” she says. “It impacted life tremendously.”

Sepsy’s social media presence certainly benefited at that point.

“I was the only chef (on the show) you could purchase from,” she said. “I had started my website, so I had products available to be shipped direct to your door.

Once people started watching, online sales grew 5,000 percent. I started getting recognized on the street, and was seen as a ‘real chef.’ It gave me this boost of confidence and motivated me.”

Since then, Sepsy has been a frequent media presence, appearing on “Good Morning America” and “Anderson Cooper Live,” among others, dispensing what she describes as “food talk” and culinary tidbits.

“I’ve become a baking guru and correspondent as far as food goes,” Sepsy says.

“It’s a dream come true.”

As far as those famous scones, if you haven’t yet had the opportunity to sample, you may find the recipe in her upcoming cookbook — her first — due out next year.

It’s among the many new projects underway for Sepsy and her “gnomies.”

Or, visit her website at TheHungryGnome.com. Her baked goods are now also available at newly opened Pantano’s on Seventh Street in Garden City.

The whirlwind continues for Sepsy.

“My life has completely changed in the past year,” she says. “It’s hard to sometimes realize in the midst of constantly moving and reaching for what’s next.

When I stop to look back on the course of one year, it’s been tremendous. I’m so grateful.”

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra visits Long Island on its 2024 tour, with soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

The orchestra’s new music director Vasily Petrenko conducts, on the Tilles Center stage. As a respected cultural ambassador, the RSO enjoys a busy schedule of international touring, performing in the world’s great concert halls and prestigious international festivals. They are recognized as being the United Kingdom’s most in-demand orchestra, and count passion, versatility and uncompromising artistic standards as hallmarks, and are celebrated as one the world’s most open-minded, forward-thinking and accessible symphony orchestras. In great demand internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, Kanneh-Mason was an ECHO Rising Star in 2021-22, performing in many of Europe’s finest halls and is also the recipient of the coveted Leonard Bernstein Award and an Opus Klassik award for best young artist.

Friday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m. Tickets are start at $4. LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville.

TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

Rick Springfield and Richard Marx Grammy winners Rick Springfield and Richard Marx have hit the road and leaving the electric guitars behind as they co-headline their acoustic tour.

The ‘80s legends share the stage for ‘An Acoustic Evening,’ highlighting their many influential years of music-making. Over the past four decades, Springfield has created some of the finest power-pop hits of the ’80s and has sold 25 million albums and scored 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including ‘Jessie’s Girl,’ ‘Don’t Talk to Strangers,’ ‘An Affair of the Heart,’ ‘I’ve Done Everything for You,’ ‘Love Somebody,’ and ‘Human Touch.’ Marx has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, starting with his self-titled debut, which spawned many popular top singles, including ‘Hold on to the Nights’ and ‘Don’t Mean Nothing,’ earning him a Grammy nomination.

Saturday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $49.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington.

Tickets available at Ticketmaster. com or ParamountNY.com.

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Baked for success

Your Neighborhood

THE

Spirit Day

On exhibit

It’s time for school spirit day.

It happens at Bowling Gree, Meadowbrook, George McVey and Parkway elementary schools in the East Meadow Union Free School District during the school day on Friday, Jan. 26. For more information, visit EMUFSD.us.

Nassau County Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, “Our Gilded Age,” examines the appearances and the realities of an era that mirrors our own in many ways.

Like the nation’s economy, American art and literature flourished during the Gilded Age. The art of John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Louis Comfort Tiffany and others adorned palatial residences designed

by Stanford White and Ogden Codman Jr., architect of the museum’s own quintessential Gilded Age mansion.

Drawing heavily upon the local literary history of Long Island, including William Cullen Bryant, Mark Twain (who named the Gilded Age), Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton and others, the exhibition will include paintings, fashion, decorative arts including period silver and china, photographs, manuscripts, first editions and other historic memorabilia.

The “Upstairs, Downstairs” approach to the life of a country house brings to life not only the storied conspicuous consumption for which the Gilded Age was infamous, but also the real lives of these many individuals who maintained the palatial estates where that lifestyle was enjoyed.

On view through March 10.

Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Kiwanis Meeting Kiwanis meeting meets on Wednesday Jan. 30, at the Grand Stage Diner. The meeting will last from 7:15 to 9 p.m.

2490 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow. For more information, visit EastMeadowKiwanis.org.

Weekly Mahjong

Feb.

Jessie’s Girl

It’s time to drag out that neon once again and give your hair its best ‘80s ‘do.

Those crazy days are back — as only Jessie’s Girl can pull off, on the Paramount stage, Friday, Feb. 2, 8 p.m. The band of NYC’s top rock/pop musicians and singers gets everyone into that “Back To The Eighties” vibe with the latest edition of their popular concert experience. With a lineup including four pop-rock vocalists dressing and performing as 80s icons, backed by a dynamic band, this is the definitive 80s experience. Throw on top of that: a load of super-fun choreography, audience participation, props, costumes bubbles, and confetti — and you have a party that audiences don’t want to leave. Jessie’s Girl has mastered over-the-top renditions of the some of world’s most unforgettable songs, all while dressed up as the iconic characters of that decade. This is theater meets live music, covered in ‘80s glitz. $45, $37.50, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com or www.paramountny.com.

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Beethoven

Triple Concerto

Join the JULIETS for Mahjongg and card games at Congregation Beth Tikvah, every Thursday, noon-4 p.m. (doors open 11:30 a.m.). All levels of players welcome. Open to women and men. $5 per person. 3710 Woodbine Ave. For more information, email mahjonggCBT@yahoo.com or contact Beth Tikvah office at (516) 785-2445.

Name That Tune The annual Name That Tune takes place at the East Meadow Fire Department headquarters, Friday, Jan. 26, 7-10 p.m. 197 East Meadow Ave., East Meadow.

For more information, visit EastMeadowKiwanis.org.

Shostakovich 6th Symphony

Coleridge-Taylor African Dance

Featuring the Zandieh Trio

Saturday, February 3 at 7:30 PM

Madison Theatre Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 516 323-4444 or order online - www.madisontheatreny.org

Music Director and Conductor Adam Glaser 75 musician South Shore Symphony

The Zandieh Trio

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‘Parallel Perspectives’ View Molloy University Art Gallery’s current exhibition, a duo exhibit displaying artwork of noted Long Island artists Holly Gordon and Ward Hooper. Various complementary paintings and prints are on view. Upon meeting, it became obvious that both Gordon and Hooper were deeply inspired

by Long Island’s fascinating environment and natural beauty.

Together, they toured the island and captured the same places, each interpreting the scenes in front of them through their distinctive artistic styles. Their creations not only influence one another but also blend unique aesthetics in their collaborative artistic journey.

Gordon and Hooper’s partnership yielded numerous accomplishments, one of which was the publication of their book “Parallel Perspectives: The Brush/Lens Collaboration.” Through Feb. 16. Kellenberg Gallery, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. Call (516) 323-3196 or email artgallery@molloy.edu for more.

Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeedingsupport and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital.

Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot.

Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.

Mah jongg Enjoy Mah Jongg and canasta, Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at East Meadow Beth El Jewish Center. $5 contribution.

No outside food allowed.

Bring your own games and cards. Lssons available. 1400 Prospect Ave. Call (516) 4283693.for more information.

Having an event?

Art talk Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” at the museum, Thursday, Feb. 15, 1 p.m.

She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “Our Gilded Age.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the in-depth program and also participate in a guided exhibition tour following the lecture. Registration required.

Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Learn to salsa Head to Salsa Latina Dance Studio, Wednesdays, for beginner salsa classes from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., and beginner bachata 8:30-9:30 p.m. Free trial class for new students. No partner and no experience needed. Parking is in the back of the studio. 388 Merrick Ave.,in East Meadow Contact (516) 902-7368 or email edwinguerrero352@ gmail.com.

Items on The Scene page 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 thescene@liherald.com.

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Hearth Health Screenings Prepare for your healthiest year yet, because every beat matters. Mercy Hospital kicks off Heart Health Month, with screenings courtesy of St. Francis Hospital bus, Thursday, Feb. 8, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Learn about cholesterol, HDL, casual glucose, blood pressure and BMI. Also discuss healthy eating and nutrition with a dietician and participating in a food demonstration.

Meet with a stroke coordinator and obtain additional available screenings. Registration encouraged. 1000 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. Visit chsli.org/mercyhospital or call (516) 626-3729 for more information.

Bingo at Beth-El Get your game on, Mondays, at a bingo game at East Meadow BethEl Jewish Center, in East Meadow, starting at 6 p.m. Prizes, progressive games, bell jar prizes and refreshments will be provided.1400 Prospect Ave. For information, contact (516) 483-4205.

In concert Popular local American Americana trio Gathering Time performs, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m., at East Meadow Public Library. Their sound reflects voicings and arrangements of musical pioneers, including The Byrds, Joni Mitchell and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Registration required. 1886 Front St., East Meadow.

For more, visit EastMeadow.info.

Tax Forum The Town of Hemsptead holds a Tax Forum workshop at East Meadow Public Library, Thursday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m.

Issues addressed include property tax exemptions, tax assessment, payment dates and locations and tax discounts.

No fee to attend. To reserve your sport and for more info, email taxforums@ hempsteadny.gov or call (516) 414-6598.

Feb.

2

Chamber installation East Meadow Chamber of Commerce installs its officers and directors, Friday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m., at Westbury Manor. 1100 Jericho Turnpike, Westbury. For more information, visit EastMeadowChamber. com.

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Breastfeeding Support Group

Your orthopedic questions answered here

By MOHAMMAD RAFIQ mrafiq@liherald.com

Orthopedic surgery — a branch of medicine focused on conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. You know, cartilage, tendons, muscles and connective tissues.

It’s one of the broadest medical disciplines, and one the doctors with Northwell Health LIJ Valley Stream take very seriously. So much, the facility is the first hospital in America to receive all five orthopedic specialty certifications available from the Joint Commission.

Three surgeons who helped lead the way — Dr. Giles Scuderi, Dr. James Germano and Dr. Alfred Faust — joined Herald Community newspapers executive editor Michael Hinman to discuss just what sets LIJ apart from other medical institutions when it comes to orthopedics.

Certification in the specialties of advanced spine surgery, advanced total hip and knee replacement, total shoulder replacement, total ankle replacement and hip fracture care surgeries really is a big deal, said Scuderi, vice president of the orthopedic service line at Northwell.

“It just brings to everyone’s attention the quality of the work that we do and what we’ve achieved,” he said. “And this is a major collaborative effort by all the staff. It’s not just the surgeons alone. It’s

DR. GIles scuDeRI

DR. JAMes GeRMAnO

the nursing care, the physical therapists, and all our other ancillary services. It’s a major testament to all our team at the hospital.”

Orthopedics has come a long way, even in recent years, especially when it comes to knees — a specialty of Germano.

“Probably about 98 percent of my business is arthritis or some deformity around the hip or the knee,” said Germano, who chairs LIJ’s orthopedic surgery department. “It’s not uncommon for a patient to see two or three other surgeons who feel like they can’t take care of it. That’s when they send them to me. That’s kind of my enjoyment, thinking about the complex stuf f.

Thinking outside of the box.”

Germano described hip replacements as “probably one of the best, if not the best, surgery ever made. Even Medicare will admit to it.”

DR. AlFReD FAust

That’s because the procedure not only helps people with their pain, but it also helps patients get back to their normal lives.

Even patients who first walked into Germano’s office 15 years ago are very different patients today, he said. And something many exploring this type of surgery may not even realize: 95 percent of Germano’s patients go home within the first 24 hours of surgery.

Faust doesn’t typically handle knees or hips. Instead, he’s LIJ’s spine surgery chief, focused primarily on the lumbar spine — also known as the lower back — as well as the neck.

“The spinal column is usually what gets diseased or worn,” Faust said.

“Nerves get pinched. The spinal column gets compressed. Patients come in with numbness and tingling.”

But in those cases, the problem typically is related to the musculoskeletal

system, and not the nerves.

A lot of Faust’s time in the operating room is spent on surgical disk replacement. It’s a surgery less likely to sacrifice movement than a spinal fusion, which surgically joins two or more vertebrae.

Still,a spinal fusion sometimes can’t be avoided. Faust says he typically only performs spinal fusion when “mobility has already been completely lost.” That way he doesn’t have to risk patients losing further mobility.

As much as these doctors have already learned over their lifetime and long careers, there is still more than can absorb — and impart. Faust, for example, recently took part in a lecture series with two other spinal surgeons.

“We’ll continue to do things of that sort,” he said, but still prefers to sit patients in a conference room and “just answer questions as they come.”

“These patient facing lectures we give are really meant to welcome people in,” Faust said. “I don’t know that anyone’s really making themselves available the way we are to invite people in to learn more.”

Learn more about LIJ’s orthopedics program by visiting ValleyStream.Nothwell.edu.

To learn more about upcoming Herald Inside LI webinars — or to watch the LIJ orthopedic surgeons — email heraldinsideli@liherald.com.

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LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION, CARE AND PROTECTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, DOCKET NUMBER: 22CP0183WC, Trial Court of Massachusetts, Juvenile Court Department, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester County Juvenile Court, 225 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-831-2000.

TO: Father of Khalil Whitfield: A petition has been presented to this court by DCF (Worcester), seeking, as to the following child, Khalil Whitfield, that said child be found in need of care and protection and committed to the Department of Children and Families. The court may dispense the rights of the persons named herein to receive notice of or to consent to any legal proceeding affecting the adoption, custody, or guardianship or any other disposition of the child named herein, if it finds that the child is in need of care and protection and that the best interests of the child would be served by said disposition.

You are hereby ORDERED to appear in this court, at the court address set forth above, on the following date and time: 03/27/2024 at 08:30 AM Pre Trial Conference (CR/CV) You may bring an attorney with you. If you have a right to an attorney and if the court determines that you are indigent, the court will appoint an attorney to represent you.

If you fail to appear, the court may proceed on that date and any date thereafter to a trial on the merits and adjudication of this matter.

For further information call the Office of the Clerk-Magistrate at 508-831-2000.

WITNESS: Hon. Mary Beth Keating, FIRST JUSTICE, DATE ISSUED: 12/20/2023, Brendan J. Moran, Clerk-Magistrate.

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LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION, CARE AND PROTECTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, DOCKET NUMBER: 22CP0183WC, Trial Court of Massachusetts, Juvenile Court Department, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester County Juvenile Court, 225 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-831-2000.

TO: Calvin Thomas and/or father of Obediah Whitfield: A petition has been presented to this court by DCF (Worcester), seeking, as to the following child, Obediah Whitfield, that said child be found in need of care and protection and committed to the Department of Children and Families. The court may dispense the rights of the persons named herein to receive notice of or to consent to any legal proceeding affecting the adoption, custody, or guardianship or any other disposition of the child named herein, if it finds that the child is in need of care and protection and that the best interests of the child would be served by said disposition.

You are hereby ORDERED to appear in this court, at the court address set forth above, on the following date and time: 03/27/2024 at 08:30 AM Pre Trial Conference (CR/CV) You may bring an attorney with you. If you have a right to an attorney and if the court determines that you are indigent, the court will appoint an attorney to represent you.

If you fail to appear, the court may proceed on that date and any date thereafter to a trial on the merits and adjudication of this matter.

For further information call the Office of the Clerk-Magistrate at 508-831-2000.

WITNESS: Hon. Mary Beth Keating, FIRST JUSTICE, DATE ISSUED: 12/20/2023, Brendan J. Moran, Clerk-Magistrate.

144141 LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION, CARE AND PROTECTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, DOCKET NUMBER: 22CP0183WC, Trial Court of Massachusetts, Juvenile Court Department, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester County Juvenile Court, 225 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-831-2000.

TO: Patrick McGrue and/or father of Promyss Sky McGrue: A petition

has been presented to this court by DCF (Worcester), seeking, as to the following child, Promyss S McGrue, that said child be found in need of care and protection and committed to the Department of Children and Families.

The court may dispense the rights of the persons named herein to receive notice of or to consent to any legal proceeding affecting the adoption, custody, or guardianship or any other disposition of the child named herein, if it finds that the child is in need of care and protection and that the best interests of the child would be served by said disposition.

You are hereby ORDERED to appear in this court, at the court address set forth above, on the following date and time: 03/27/2024 at 08:30 AM Pre Trial Conference (CR/CV) You may bring an attorney with you. If you have a right to an attorney and if the court determines that you are indigent, the court will appoint an attorney to represent you.

If you fail to appear, the court may proceed on that date and any date thereafter to a trial on the merits and adjudication of this matter.

For further information call the Office of the Clerk-Magistrate at 508-831-2000.

WITNESS: Hon. Mary Beth Keating, FIRST JUSTICE, DATE ISSUED: 12/20/2023, Brendan J. Moran, Clerk-Magistrate.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST JUDITE VALENTE PERCEVEJO, SUSAN V. RODRIGUES, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 4, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 15, 2024 at 2:30PM, premises known as 100 FLORENCE COURT, EAST MEADOW, NY 11554.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at East Meadow, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 45, Block 472, Lot 21. Approximate amount of judgment $217,700.53 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #616571/2018.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the

NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Janine Lynam, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-007999 78887 144272

LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S LEGAL NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED TRUST SERIES INABS 2005-C, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES INABS 2005-C, Plaintiff against - THOMAS A. BOHM, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on April 17, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 10th day of January, 2024 at 2:30 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at East Meadow, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 351 E Meadow Avenue, East Meadow, (Town of Hempstead) NY 11554.

(Section: 50, Block: 420, Lot: 11) Approximate amount of lien $700,839.68 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 012937/09.

Janine Lynam, Esq., Referee.

Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618 Tel. 585/760-8218 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: October 25, 2023 During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to,

wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.

The above sale, originally scheduled for 1/10/2024 at 2:30 p.m. has been postponed. The new sale date is February 01, 2024 at 2:30 pm. at the same place. Janine Lynam, Esq., Referee.

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that commencing on February 20th, 2024, will sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer

by February 15th, 2024 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property.

Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per six-month period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code.

Effective with the February 2019 lien sale Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale.

Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased. Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucount y n y. g o v / 5 2 6 / C o u n t y Treasurer Should the Treasurer determine that an inperson auction shall be held, same will commence on the 20th day of February 2024 at

the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer.

A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucount yny.gov/527/Annual-TaxLien-Sale A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before February 07th, 2024.

Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities.

Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audiotape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext.

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Dated: January 24, 2024 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, NewYork ___________________ TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts.

However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of

foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership.

The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed.

The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk.

The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid.

Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.

Furthermore, as to the bidding, 1. The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s)

to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates.

2. The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, mmunication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates.

3. The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid.

4. If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made in connection with said bid shall be forfeited.

Dated: January 24, 2024 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York 144440 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU LOANCARE, LLC, V. JOSE S. MENDEZ, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated January 12, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein LOANCARE, LLC is the Plaintiff and JOSE S. MENDEZ, 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

EAST MEADOW HERALD — January 25, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L & L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. MICHAEL J. ORLANDO, et al, Defts.

Index #610738/2021.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Mar. 22, 2023, I will sell at public auction on the north front steps of Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on February 6, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. prem. k/a Section 45, Block 519, Lot 10. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. BRIAN J. DAVIS, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #101030 144108

Multiple candidates seek democratic bid

January 25, 2024 — EAST MEADOW HERALD

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Tim Baker/Herald photos

Congressional candidate Laura Gillen, left, and State Sen. Kevin Thomas are just two of the candidates seeking to contest U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito.

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SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on February 27, 2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 1054 ADAMS STREET, UNIONDALE, NY 11553: Section 36, Block 151, Lot 502, 503 & 504: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL, OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT UNIONDALE, UNINCORPORATED AREA, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 613085/2019. Mark S Ricciardi, 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. 144515 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-9, Plaintiff, v.

PATRICIA FREUDENBERG, ET AL. Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on October 23, 2023, I,

Ronald J. Ferraro, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on February 27, 2024 at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Ct. Dr., Mineola, NY, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 1733 Andrea Road East Meadow, NY 11554 SBL No. 50-556-1 All that certain parcel of land situate at East Meadow, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 615071/2018 in the amount of $627,019.68 plus interest and costs.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale.

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 144501 LEGAL NOTICE NASSAU - INDEX NO.: 006989/2016SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates NASSAU COUNTY as the place of trial based upon the location of the premises herein described having tax map Section 11, Block 31, Lot 44, WESTBURY, NY, County of NASSAU WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF UPLAND MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A, PLAINTIFF, -againstunknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs-at law,

next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of BONNIE DUVAL A/K/A BONNIE G. DUVAL, deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs-at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, JENNIFER DUVAL, AS ADMINISTRATRIX, HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CRAIG DUVAL A/K/A CRAIG R. DUVAL; CRAIG DUVAL, JR., AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CRAIG DUVAL A/K/A CRAIG R. DUVAL; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, CITIBANK, N.A., CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., ASSET ACCEPTANCE, LLC, CHASE BANK, N.A., DOUG DUVAL, MYRNA DUVAL, JEREMY DUVAL, DEFENDANTS. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU

ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered against you and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Syosset, New York, January 18, 2024. Roach & Lin, P.C., attorney for Plaintiff, 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, NY 11791. Tel: 516-938-3100.

To the above-named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. David P. Sullivan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated December 27, 2023 and filed with the NASSAU County Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage held by Plaintiff on the premises known as Section 11, Block 31, Lot 44, WESTBURY, NY, County of NASSAU as described in the complaint on file and commonly known as 1037 BROADWAY, WESTBURY, NY 11590.

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Democrats on the south shore of Long Island are preparing for the June primaries with six candidates seeking contest against U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito in New York’s Fourth Congressional District.

Laura Gillen, a former Hempstead Town Supervisor and Rockville Centre-based attorney, who lost to D’Esposito by a less than four percent margin in the 2022 midterm elections, is feeling confident about the primaries and has already started to meet with community leaders about the race.

“We are not taking anything for granted and will be out working for every vote, in both the primary and the general election,” Sarah Carlson, the campaign manager for Laura Gillen, said.

“Laura has a strong record as supervisor of fighting corruption, protecting the environment, and working to lower costs for Long Island families. Laura will be campaigning around the district highlighting her past work and how she’ll work in Congress on the issues that matter most.”

Carlson said that Gillen’s team is laying the ground work to build a strong campaign, with the main objective of flipping the seat from red to blue and making sure that people come out to vote in the June primary.

Based on a district-wide survey of 464 Democratic primary voters, conducted by Public Policy Polling in October 2023, Gillen is favored 43 percent higher than her opponents.

New York state Sen. Kevin Thomas, a Levittown native who represents the sixth district on Long Island, announced his intentions back in July. Since then, his campaign spokesperson said, they have hit the ground running.

“In our first fundraising quarter we outraised our primary opponent,” Alexa Kennedy, campaign manager for Kevin Thomas, said. “With our proven track record of delivering for the NY-4 and winning tough races in this district, we are confident and committed to winning this race and better serving Long Island.”

Thomas will be putting it all on the line for the opportunity to run against D’Esposito in November, leaving a vacancy in the sixth Senate district, which covers Rockville Centre, Baldwin, Freeport, Uniondale, Hempstead,

Lakeview, Roosevelt, Westbury, West Hempstead, Garden City, Carle Place and a portion of Oceanside.

Two candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring— Assemblywoman Taylor Darling and Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe—who have both expressed an interest in running for the Democratic Party line in the June primary.

During his time in office he has worked with a Democratic majority in Albany to cap property taxes, protect drinking water for Nassau County residents, funded veteran services and mental health care, and codified the right to an abortion into New York law.

Leading up to the Democratic primary on June 25, other candidates have thrown their hats in the ring seeking the party endorsement including Patricia Maher of Baldwin, Gian Jones of Rockaway Beach and Lawrence Henry. Olympic gold medalist figure skater Sarah Hughes, a native of Great Neck who had initially expressed an interest in running for the Congressional seat, announced in September that she decided to bow out, citing a frustration with politics.

Gillen and Thomas are currently the front-runners seeking to contend against the incumbent for his seat in Washington.

Former Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, a Democrat from Merrick, also filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Jan. 10, making him the sixth entry for the primary on June 25.

Denenberg was accused of falsifying documents in an attempt to steal more than $2 million from one of his former law firm’s clients.

He would later resign from his position in Nassau County government in 2015, before pleading guilty to eight felony counts of mail fraud.

The incumbent, Congressman D’Esposito, despite having the support of the Republican majority has had to navigate many unexpected challenges during his first year in office, including the removal of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the expulsion of George Santos.

He has also represented the south shore communities of Long Island against plans for an offshore wind farm project, the implementation of congestion pricing, and efforts to repeal the $10,000 State and Local Tax Deduction cap.

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A. These days, with all the requirements for home energy savings, airtight homes and pressurized air testing, homes are much more likely to have impurities in the air.

Homes used to be built with alkali-laden plaster, which mold couldn’t live on. People wore sweaters, because windows leaked cold air and homes were cooler. It seems that modonte eeper ern materials and methods actually brought on more sickness.

The paper backing on gypsum wallboard provides an excellent place in a dark wall cavity for mold spores to live. Inert, sprayed-in foam does help, but most people are intimidated by the cost.

Carpets gather dust and, when vacuumed, may release more impurities into the air.

Cleaning hard-walled metal air ducts is a good idea after a couple of years of continuous use. If you only use the system in midsummer heat spells, the main reason to clean the ducts is because dust settles there and adheres to the sides of the air ducts. Spores and other mold prosper in the layers of dust, and can remain inactive until moisture is present, which is why, at certain times of the year, condensation from cold meeting warm air allows the mold to develop.

You should be aware that some air conditioning companies make life easier for themselves by putting in flexible, soft, round duct, which comprises an inner lining of foil attached to a wire spiral frame covered with a thin layer of fiberglass insulation and a plastic sheeting cover. The system installation costs less if the installer passes on the savings to you, and is simpler to install. By simpler, I mean that duct tape is used instead of mechanical fastening with bends of metal and screws.

Unfortunately, you can’t clean flex duct, since the devices used to clean duct apply pressure, with vacuum and scraping techniques that will destroy your flex duct and render your system useless. You should consider cleaning the main “trunks,” which are probably made of metal duct. Duct cleaning is the first step to better breathing in the home. Then, after cleaning, have a reliable mechanical contractor install a filter in your central air conditioning unit, so you have “in-line” filtration.

Ask about the different types of filter systems, such as an electronic, static-type unit that catches dust like a magnet, and also how often the filter requires cleaning or replacement. Don’t just look for the lowest-priced unit, since the maintenance or replacement of the filter may be much more than the savings. With the electrostatic filter, you may be able to simply wash the filter and put it back. Once the filter is installed, you won’t require the portable type, and you should breathe easier, which is nothing to sneeze at.

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he debt of developing countries is at “crisis” levels, the World Bank said recently. A story in The New York Times on Dec. 16 was headlined, “The Debt Problem is Enormous, and the System for Fixing It is Broken.”

“The foundational ideology — later known as the ‘Washington Consensus’ — held that prosperity depended on unhindered trade, deregulation and the primacy of private investment,” the article explained. “Nearly 80 years later, the global financial architecture MEL is outdated, dysfunctional and GURTov unjust.”

Indeed, the world is awash in government debt, led by the United States, Japan and China, which together account for about half the total. But great powers have many options for handling indebtedness. Small, economically weak countries do not.

The Washington Consensus reflects American and European economic predominance — not just World Bank and International Monetary Fund leadership, but also the U.S. Treasury Department and the global network of financial centers that stretches from New York

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s we leap, scoot, crawl or get dragged into 2024, the ceaseless message in our heads is that we need improvement. Apparently, our face, our furniture, our travel plans, our friendships, our dog food, our recipe for coq au vin are not quite right. We as human beings, struggling along in the most challenging times, are not quite enough.

We’ve all been eating, sleeping, dressing ourselves and forming relationships for ages, yet those with the pens and platforms are telling us we are several inches off plumb, RANDI not thin enough or bold enough or KREISS bright enough or present enough or chill enough. If we were, why would we be receiving dozens of self-help suggestions every day?

Not since third grade, when Mrs. Heller wrote on the arithmetic column of my report card that “Randi needs improvement,” have I felt so under-remediated.

Not since I got married and left my mother, the Great Influencer, behind have I felt

and Chicago to Frankfurt and Zurich.

Predominance means the ability to dictate terms of loans. Over many years, World Bank and IMF decisions have aimed to condition loans to poor and middle-income countries on their openness to private investment, free trade, and deregulation of state-run agencies — roads, railways, banks, key industries.

Openness translates to opportunities for Western capital to penetrate developing-world economies, often resulting in the hollowing out, if not the elimination, of private and state-owned businesses.

Large borrowers also face high interest rates. To ensure repayment, the World Bank and IMF preach austerity: Governments should slash social welfare programs to pay down their debt. Any family deeply in debt would understand the terrible choice facing those governments: Stay on good terms with the bankers by eliminating or reducing subsidies to the poor for food, health care, and fuel.

Consequently, António Guterres, United Nations secretary general, said in the Times article: “Even the most fundamental goals on hunger and poverty have gone into reverse after decades of progress.”

The global debt crisis isn’t a new problem, just one that is surging again.

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As the Times explained, “Pounded by the Covid-19 pandemic, spiking food and energy prices related to the war in Ukraine, and higher interest rates, lowand middle-income countries are swimming in debt and facing slow growth.”

Meanwhile, China has made billions of dollars in loans to poor countries that cannot possibly be repaid.

China proclaims that its loans come without demands for austerity and with lower interest rates.

But recipients may have to pay the loans back with access to ports and rail lines, extraction of mineral and other resources, use of Chinese labor, environmental damage, and adherence to Chinese policy views on, for example, human rights and Taiwan.

The debt crisis is one symptom of a development crisis, in which far too many countries do not have the financial resources to support decent living conditions. Moreover, these countries are often the victims of rich countries’ behavior, as in the case of climate change. As one source pointed out, the richest 1 percent of the world’s population, 80 million people, account for about half of global carbon emissions, while the poorest 50 percent, 3.9 billion people, account for about 8 percent of carbon emissions.

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ar too many countries don’t have the resources to support decent living conditions.

lem has been to give developing countries seats at the table where decisions are made. That might help if the major players, starting with the U.S., were ever persuaded to reduce their voting power.

Even then, it is the loan conditions — the amount of money available, the high interest rates and terms of repayment — that would still depend on the good graces of the major financial institutions.

And those institutions, to put it mildly, don’t believe in being charitable.

The Times story failed to report on bottom-up approaches to development in the human interest. Giving aid or loan relief means dealing with governments that may be corrupt, excessively bureaucratic and incompetent, dominated by the military, and authoritarian — in any of these cases, giving low priority to human security.

Channeling funds to non-governmental organizations with experience in promoting human development is far more likely to help than providing unworthy governments with debt relief. There are plenty of grass-roots development programs that work — for example, in microfinance.

The real choice for international financial organizations is, do you want to bail out governments, or empower people?

Mel Gurtov, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is professor emeritus of political science at Portland State University and blogs at In the Human Interest.

I love us just the way we are so naked and afraid in the world.

The bombardment of criticism, both explicit and implied, comes from every corner of the media world — presented, slyly, as “help.” After all, why not learn to braid hair better, change your running stride, find a good therapist, get more years out of your carpet or erase those wrinkles? From newspapers to TV to the Internet, with all its social media threads, the constant offerings of how to be better tell me I am not enough as I am.

So I am here to tell you, and myself, that I love us just the way we are. (There are some exceptions. For example, as I write this, Alaska Airlines has grounded its 737 Max 9 planes after a door panel blew out of one in flight. They can do better.) At the risk of adding to the chorus telling you how to improve, I would make the tiny suggestion that we jump off the wannabe train and think about what a good job we’re doing of being humans in an inhumane time.

Thank you, but I do not want to count my steps every day and respond like Pavlov’s dog to reminders from my watch to

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stand up and walk around every 20 minutes. While I curl up with a book and read through a drizzly afternoon, let my blood settle, that’s what I say. What are we doing to ourselves? We seem to have lost confidence in our basic competence and ability to negotiate our way through our days. I don’t need 12 more cooking hacks or YouTube videos on how to declutter. My clutter reminds me who I am. And I am not Marie Kondo.

Parents are turning themselves inside out, stressing over their parenting skills. Folks, we do our best and we make mistakes, and we fail, and we would do it differently if we had the chance to do it all again, but most kids grow up fine, despite everything that goes sideways in everyone’s life.

Someone gave me a book on how to do nothing. Just sit in place, no book or media or puppy or changing scenery — just sit and let the mind go where it will.

In my case, the book was superfluous.

Nothing? I can do that.

Zillions of improvement articles focus on sleep. Dear friends, people have been sleeping for many years. Skip the medita-

don’t need 12 more cooking hacks or YouTube videos on how to declutter.

tion and the calming podcasts and the drugs and the weighted blankets. (See paragraph on how to do nothing.) Eventually you’ll sleep.

Believe me, your car most likely will not get stolen, your house is clean enough, you don’t have to put your suitcases in the hotel bathtub, and you’re probably getting enough vitamins from your regular diet. True, the sun will burn out, but not for a while. Covid will persist, but we are most likely to survive.

Our kids will do well enough in school and get into college, if that’s what they want, or land jobs that will support their lives.

We have become so hard on ourselves because we’re absorbing all the voices telling us how to “improve” how we jog, how we smell, how we pack for trips and how we take care of our friends.

I would change the message: How we are is fine. We’re doing the best we can.

Time to put the wrinkle cream entrepreneurs and body influencers out of business.

One message I received offered an article on how to die better. What chutzpah. We’re getting criticized even on our way out.

Copyright 2024 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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t was a cold, overcast Tuesday, with temperatures below freezing, as students and teachers arrived at Newbridge Road Elementary School in North Bellmore. But the holiday break was still fresh in many minds, and many had renewed energy to get a good jump on their studies in 2024.

But then, just before 11:30 a.m., the world of the 330 or so students was turned upside down. Heavily armed officers from the Nassau County Police Department swarmed the campus, which was immediately put in lockdown — no one allowed in or out.

Someone had called 911, reporting a man with a gun and possible shots fired at the school. With safety in the forefront of their minds, police raced to the school and conducted an investigation.

Fortunately, there was no shooter. But unfortunately, finding yourself fleeing for shelter, scared that your life may be in danger, can be traumatic in its own right. To the point that the FBI began formally tracking these so-called “swatting” incidents last summer.

The Oxford dictionary defines “swatting” as a “prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address.”

Many law enforcement agencies go as far as calling it criminal harassment.

But swatting is really much more than that. It’s domestic terrorism, and the students and teachers at Newbridge Road Elementary are hardly alone when it comes to being victimized.

There were 446 swatting incidents

reported at schools across the country during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Educator’s School Safety Network, comprising 64 percent of all incidents reported at schools. Actual shooting were just 8 percent of that total, while all other calls made up the other 28 percent.

That means that on a typical school day nationwide, at least two campuses are targeted by swatting.

Last February, a string of schools in Michigan were hit with swatting attacks, pulling law enforcement resources away from where they were needed and creating chaos in educational institutions where none existed. Jessica Borelli, a clinical psychologist from the University of California-Irvine, told WLNS-TV, in Lansing, that the emotional impact of swatting — especially on children — can’t be ignored.

“Everyone in this situation has strong reactions, but it sends a very important message to talk to your children,” Borelli said. “It tells them it’s OK to talk about these things. That there’s a space to talk about these things. And their parents are people they can talk to about these things.”

For many of these students, this could be their first time ever directly dealing with police officers — and likely could plant seeds of fear when it comes to law enforcement, instead of seeing them as a force of protection.

That’s why, just a few days after the swatting incident at Newbridge Road, NCPD Commissioner Patrick Ryder hosted an impromptu “Police Interac-

Letters Suozzi is not ‘the Squad’ To the Editor: Mazi Pilip’s recent campaign ads make a ridiculous claim that Tom Suozzi joined the far-left “Squad” during his time in Congress. Nothing could be further from the truth, as Tom was one of the most moderate members of Congress, serving as the vice chair of the Problems Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group that seeks policy solutions by reaching a middle ground — the antithesis of everything the Squad stands for.

In fact, he was one of the leading critics of the Squad in Congress, including by going on CNN immediately after Rep. Ilhan Omar’s noxious “Benjamins” comment, in which she claimed that Jewish money influenced her colleagues’ votes on Israel policy, to fiercely criticize her and stand against her antisemitic remarks. Suozzi responded by relating his own family’s story as Italian immigrants who were once treated as disloyal Americans, and reiterating that he supports Israel because it is good U.S. policy.

Suozzi was one of the strongest allies of the U.S.-Israel relationship during his time in office, co-sponsoring multiple pieces of legislation and consistently speaking out against Israel’s detractors, and traveling to Israel in a show

tive Day” at the school.

Students had a chance to become acquainted with the county police force, including the K-9 dogs as well as the horses from the mounted unit. A number of officers were there as well, in uniform, armed with smiles and support.

The department had no obligation to do this — they were only doing their jobs. But it wasn’t something they did because they had to. Ryder and his team of those who serve and protect did this because they wanted to. And it was important to make sure everyone on campus knew the police are there to protect all of us from danger.

It was good thinking — and no surprise when it comes to Ryder, who has made a career of putting people first.

Stopping swatting may not be so easy.

Some cities have put together databases to which people can add their address if they feel they could be targeted. And a number of states have passed anti-swatting laws — typically charging it as a felony if there are injuries. But no federal law exists, and many observers say there needs to be one, as well as more mental health resources made available, because tough laws on their own may not be enough to stop it.

This can’t be a problem just left to the states. Swatting incidents have been on the rise since the early 2000s, and it’s expected to get worse before it gets better. If we don’t do something about it soon, what happened at Newbridge Road could very well become a common occurrence in our schools.

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atching the war between Israel and Hamas continue, I am heartbroken. Like any person of goodwill, I am pained by the babies, young people, women, elderly and all people taken hostage by Hamas, including my neighbor Omer neutra.

I am angry that some 1,200 Israeli civilians were murdered in ways that the most twisted minds couldn’t imagine.

However, I am also grieving for Palestinians held eriC hostage by post Hamas. Women, children and others who didn’t ask to be part of this conflict. People whose homes, schools, hospitals and even

mosques have been turned into weaponsstorage facilities and bases to fight Israeli soldiers.

It is particularly important, when speaking about the conflict, for both supporters and detractors of Israel to uncouple Hamas from innocent Palestinians in Gaza. Yes, there are child soldiers, and many children are inculcated to hate from a young age, but they, too, are victims. Victims of a terrorist group that puts a higher priority on the death of Israel than the lives of its own civilians.

There is another reason to distinguish between Hamas and innocent Palestinians. On Oc. 7, while homes in southern Israel were still burning and Hamas terrorists were still inside Israel,

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many anti-Israel protesters didn’t make the distinction between Hamas and innocent Palestinians. We rarely heard condemnation of the Hamas attack. When calling for a better life for the Palestinians in Gaza, or a ceasefire, there was no mention of Israeli hostages or murdered civilians.

We’ve seen similar language on college campuses nationwide and in rallies in new York City.

We have seen posters of hostages torn down, we have seen anti-zionist phrases like “From the river to the sea” uttered, and violent mobs that look nothing like the peace vigils of those who support Israel. This in itself is a microcosm of the Hamas-Israel conflict. I am led to believe that without caveats, without

e must recognize the difference between Gaza’s terrorists and its victims.

Letters of solidarity following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. What supporters of Israel need now are representatives looking to build a bipartisan consensus in favor of the U.S.-Israel relationship, something that Suozzi has done and will do again if he is elected on Feb. 13.

Pilip’s charges reek of projection, because despite her remarkable personal story, she has failed to offer critical information during her campaign to explain to residents what type of representative she would be. She has declined opportunities to participate in numerous debates that would allow voters to assess her policy positions, refused to say who she voted for in the 2016 and 2020 elections, or how she came to support former Rep. George Santos, despite the red flags about his background and support for the Jan. 6 rioters that he expressed during the campaign, as he defrauded our district and is the very reason this special election is even occurring.

I am supporting Tom Suozzi because of his strong, consistent and outspoken support of Israel, and because he has the experience needed to deliver on the issues most important to our community.

PeTeR FISHkInd Great Neck

This Republican voter conducted his own research To the editor: For the past 12 months, constituents of new York’s 3rd Congressional district effectively had no representation in Congress, and Long Islanders have been the laughingstock of the entire nation. My friends outside new York still ask, “How did this happen?” and “did you vote for him?” referring to George Santos. My clients continue to ask, “How did no one not know his background?” “did the Republicans know?”

On Feb. 13, the voters of the 3rd district have the opportunity for a do-over vote. As a

clarifying statements, many of Israel’s detractors do not support a Jewish state, and may even support the murder of innocent Israelis.

I hope I’m wrong. If we can’t agree to disagree here, how can we ever imagine a negotiated solution to the conflict in the Middle east?

So my request to Israel’s supporters and detractors is this: If you support a long-term solution to this conflict that allows Israelis and Palestinians alike to thrive, distinguish between those in Gaza who are terrorists and those who are victims of Hamas. As Israel seeks to destroy Hamas, a goal it will achieve, it is incumbent on all of us to separate those who will be defeated with Hamas, and those who deserve a better way of life moving forward.

Eric Post is the Long Island regional director of the American Jewish Committee.

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Republican, and especially for this election, I couldn’t rely on my party again to vet the candidate, so I needed to do my own research. I examined both candidates’ stances on the issues, reviewed their track records, and assessed their political experience to determine who is best to serve the community.

Here’s what I found.

Right from the start, at the announcement of her candidacy, Mazi Melesa Pilip was ushered off the stage without taking any questions from the press. That bothered me. That should bother you, too. I continued my research and discovered more of the same.

She was evading hard questions and frankly, not-so-hard questions.

I also could not find any actual political accomplishments for Pilip over the past two years. What skill does she have to be in Congress other than to vote along party lines? I wonder if my fellow Long Islanders understand this is a Congressional seat in Washington, d.C. This is not some on-the-job trainingtype position.

In this election, I am supporting someone who I know can deliver — not just voting for Pilip because she’s a Republican. I’m voting for someone with experience — a former mayor, county executive and, yes, a former Congressman. I urge all to do your own research — and vote for an effective leader with a proven track record. Without a doubt, that person is Tom Suozzi.

Ben MARzOUk Great Neck

Happy Anniversary to NICE To the editor: This month marks the 13th anniversary of nassau Inter-County express, or nICe, bus service, operated by Trans dev under contract with nassau County.

It’s been 51 years since the county took control of all bus routes from private operators. Over that period, the county, Albany and

The Manhattan skyline, as seen from Norman Levy Park and Preserve — Merrick

Washington have invested a combined $840 million-plus in capital improvements. Operating subsidies easily top $1.5 billion. nICe services continue to be one of the best bargains around. Since the 1950s, the average cost of riding a bus in nassau County has gone up at a slower rate than either the consumer price index or inflation. The Metro Card, introduced in 1996, offers free transfers between nICe buses and new York City Transit buses or subways. Before that, riders had to pay two full fares. Purchasing either a weekly or monthly

pass further reduces the cost per ride. Many employers offer transit checks, which pay even more of the costs.

There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch — or, in this case, bus ride. nICe services continue to be a great bargain.

LARRY PenneR Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer and a former director of the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management.

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StEW LEoNARd’S, IN East Meadow, helped military families and other organizations, to pack celebrate Easter this year. The Tim store enlisted the help of local Baker/Herald boxes with food. Leonard, the president and CEO of the supermarket Boy Scouts, chain, is in the blue blazer.

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Stew Leonard’s, in East Meadow, was on a mission to help military families of those on active duty have a better Easter this year.

Operation Easter Basket was an effort that the grocery store came up with to help military families have special meal for the holiday. Local volunteers — Boy Scout Troop 362, members of Girl Scout Troop 1315, American Legion Post 1082 and Veterans of Foreign War Post 2736 — gathered on April 7 to help pack boxes, making it a true community Continued on page 10

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Albanese will discuss “Hes- Prynne? And if so, who was she? ter” on April 20, at 7 p.m., at the And what It’s been more than a market was in elementary would she tell us if she library. To register, Laurie Lico Albanese decision for Albanese. visit East- could?” school, middle She said school, in has Meadow.info. high school, we always memories of growing that doing research up in East This is Albanese’s third for her his- had to In Hawthorne’s book, write reports — and his- torical fiction Meadow and spending Prynne torical novel, that books transports my time is the woman and her first one set reports, then, as it would who must wear the studying at the East her back to being a student be in America after her Meadow letter “A” and now, consisted other two spending for the rest of her life Public Library. of physically hours at as took place in Europe. a symbol of having Her first reading encyclopediathe library going to the library and Now, Albanese, 63, an committed book, published literally author adultery. In after ency- sitting in 2000, was con- clopedia Albanese’s reimaginon the floor with all of three novels and to get the information my temporary; she switched a memoir ing, Isobel different books,” she to his- that she needed Gamble, and the co-author of said. “I love for an assign- doing another tish seamstress, a young Scot- torical fiction because she that, and I kind of feel liked ment. historical fiction story, comes to meet reading like is com- Hawthorne those types of books, and that’s what I’m doing during the 1800s. The ing back to the library “I always think about when I that’s what was getting to give book dives when I the best into what it meant to residents a taste of Continued on page 2 reception. her most be American in the 19th century, recent book. “Hester” Her first historical is a re- and how women were targeted novel, imagining of the creative “The Miracles of Prato,” inspi- for being different. coration for Nathaniel authored with her friend Haw“This is Hester Prynne Laura thorne’s novel “The finally Morowitz and Scarlet Let- tells her published in 2009, own story,” Albanese ter” and its protagonist, was well-received, Albanese Hester said. “This novel asks the quessaid.

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