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Eating your way across E.M. Favorite Chamber fundraiser, Culinary Delights, returns Basmajian said. “Yes, they’re offering tastings of their food or drink at no cost, but I think that’s A favorite East Meadow not that big of a price to pay for Chamber of Commerce event is the advertising and promotional coming back this year. After a benefit.” two-year hiatus due to the coronaThe idea is borrowed from the virus pandemic, the Culinary Glen Cove Chamber of ComDelights fundraismerce, Gallagher er, set for April 25, said. Their chamwill feature a samber has been hostpling of the best ing an event like food and drinks Culinary Delights that East Meadow for over 20 years. and other Nassau “Every year it’s County eateries grown, which is have to offer. fantastic,” she In years past, said. “This year, hundreds of peowe’re on target to ple turned out for have over 30 differthis event, hosted Scan here ent establishby the Carltun in ments particito buy ticketS Eisenhower Park. pate.” This year — its Krug said that 18th — event chairwomen Rose- she remembers her first Culinary mary Basmajian, Lyndsey Galla- Delights event vividly, especially gher and Taleen Krug expect the tuna tartare from a restauanother enthusiastic turnout. rant that is no longer in business. Businesses from East Meadow “I still talk about the tuna tartare, and surrounding communities and that’s the point,” she said. can sign up to have their food fea- “They’re offering something that tured at the fundraiser at no cost. maybe not everybody would They can simply show up and essentially go there and try. hand out samples of their dishes. “Having these restaurants There will be restaurants, winer- come and bring items that you ies, breweries and other business- may not have every day,” Krug es that sell food or beverages. “I’s a good opportunity,” Continued on page 8
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It’s hard to miss Nassau University Medical Center as you’re driving in either direction on Hempstead Turnpike. The 19-story hospital dominates the skyline. But not many people know about the buildings adjacent to NUMC: Building Q houses the Veterans Service Agency and the Veterans Affairs Clinic and a food pantry just for veterans. The Veterans Food Pantry,
or “Vet Mart,” has been open since 2015, said Ralph Esposito, the director of the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency and the pantry. “I did this because there was a need for veterans,” Esposito said. “They go into the local pantries, but I said, ‘You know what? I have the room. Why don’t I just make a pantry here?’” The VA Clinic, in conjunction with the VSA, provides primary care and specialty health care for veterans,
which includes mental health services. The pantry is run solely by volunteers, Esposito said. To get the ball rolling some years ago, Esposito reached out to two food banks — Island Harvest and Long Island Cares — as well as American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts to spread the word and arrange for food supplies. The pantry is open Monday through FriContinued on page 13
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If you step foot into Parkway Elementary School you’ll find the hallway walls covered in infinity signs each decorated in a unique way. Each one decorated by a Parkway student, they hang on the walls of the school to represent Autism Awareness Month, celebrated in the month of April. Infinity signs replace the typical autism charity Autism Speaks puzzle piece to promote inclusivity and neurodiversity, said Amelia Garcia, principal of P a rk w ay E l e mentary School. This is Garcia’s first year as principal of Parkway and previously she had been an assistant principal at Bar num Woods Elementary School and KATIe Bowling Green NehReBecKI Elementary School. “This Parkway PTA mom year coming into Parkway one of my building level goals is inclusivity,” she said. Toni Tortora, one of the parents who helped put up the infinity signs with her daughter Gwendolyn, a first-grader at Parkway, said that using the infinity symbol instead of the puzzle piece makes the campaign more about acceptance. “For the last few years, autism acceptance is now what we’re focusing on,” she said. “Because we’re at the stage of neurodiversity, where awareness should be there and people should understand that autistic people live in our community.” The roughly 600 students decorated their infinity symbols the week of March 28 and members of the PTA, parents and their children helped put them all around the main hallway of the school the night of March 31, just in time for the start of Autism Awareness Month, Katie Nehrebecki, a member of the PTA said. “I had reached out to Ms. Garcia to ask her if we can do something bigger for autism awareness,” Nehrebecki said. “She asked me if I had read her mind because she had already planned on doing something.” In the past, the autism awareness campaign for the school really just consisted of wearing a blue shirt on one Friday. Nehrebecki said that she has known Garcia since she was an assistant principal in Bowling Green because her son Ricky, 14, has autism and all students with special needs in East Meadow go to Bowling Green. But now that Garcia is the principal of Parkway and Nehrebecki’s two daughters have gone through Parkway, Eva, 11 who now goes to Woodland Middle School and Layni, a second grader at Parkway, she wanted to organize a campaign to bring more aware-
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ness to autism. “What this little campaign did was make 600 more kids more aware,” Nehrebecki said. “You have awareness, then you get acceptance. You can’t have one without the other so by learning about it, you’re making 600 more people kinder and more tolerant.” Along with the infinity signs, the school had plenty of other activities that helped students learn about autism. Each kid was asked to bring in $1 to col-
lect and donate to the Nassau Suffolk Autism Society of America, which donates all of its proceeds directly to families with autism and in total, the school collected about $500. Every mor ning there are school announcements that contain one fact about autism to help the children learn more about it. A designated school committee made Google Classroom slides that consisted of information and videos about autism. Nehrebecki even donated
some books about autism that she got from NSASA that are being read in classrooms. “I just feel it’s extremely important for all my students to feel special and to feel part of the community,” Garica said. “More importantly, I just feel that we should expose our children to differences and show them how to be accepting and think about it like our students are our future. And acceptance can just lead to just such greater support everywhere.”
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As I write this article, the Russian and oppression. But, as Jews will celeinvasion of Ukraine is in its sixth week. brate during the coming festival of PassThis totally unjustified attack has caused over, God redeemed them from Egyptian the death of thousands of innocent Ukrai- bondage and led them from slavery to nian civilians as a result of Russia’s delib- freedom. erate targeting of residential areas of A Jewish legend declares that the reaUkrainian cities and towns. Apartment son why God liberated the Israelites is buildings, schools, and hospitals have that even in slavery they remained loyal been shelled or bombed by the Russians. to their moral, ethical, religious, and spirAt this point, over four million Ukraini- itual values; they did not succumb to the ans have fled their homes. lure of the morally corrupt The conditions with which principles or religious those who remain in beliefs of the Egyptians. Ukraine must contend are Moreover, another legend bleak and dismal as the Rusasserts that the Israelites sian aggression continues. had to actively involve themMost recently, ample eviselves in their own liberadence has emerged testifying tion. For example, although to Russian war crimes. Moses raised his staff over As we look elsewhere the Red Sea, the Sea refused around the globe we espy to split until one of the Israother actual or threatened elites “took the plunge”, acts of aggression: the Chimade a “leap of faith”, and nese genocide of the jumped into the Sea; only Uyghurs; China’s threat to then did the Red Sea divide abbi onald i nva d e Ta i w a n ; N o r t h so that the Israelites were Korea’s continued developable to transverse it in safety. ndRopy ment of its nuclear capabiliPerhaps there is a lesson ty; Iran’s advancing develophere for us and for our world: ment of nuclear weapons, a If we want to repel represterribly frightening nightmare, given sion and aggression, we must, first, Iran’s proclaimed threat to wipe Israel off remain loyal to our traditional moral and the map; super-repressive regimes in Ven- ethical values; we must not imitate the ezuela, Cuba, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. oppressors and their evil-filled ways. We It seems that modern-day pharaohs must not stoop to their level, but, rather, have arisen throughout the world. Like live honest and righteous lives. Second, the pharaoh of the Passover story, these we must be willing to act in defense of contemporary autocrats oppress their freedom and liberty; we must not let our own and other people, and mete out death guard down when it comes to safeguardto those who defy them. The current ing the principles of democracy. We must “axis of evil” running from Russia to Iran remain strong. And, of course, we must to China to North Korea and elsewhere pray that God, the Ultimate Redeemer, threatens the liberty and democracy of will grant our leaders and each of us the freedom-loving nations everywhere. wisdom, strength, and ability to confront I imagine that the Israelites who lived the evil in this world. With God’s help, during their enslavement in Egypt felt may we witness the downfall of modernthat there existed no escape from their day pharaohs and the liberation of all! desperate plight, no relief from their toil Happy Passover!
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W.T. Clarke Middle School and W.T. Clarke High School were transfor med into a STEAM convention center during a night of interactive educational activities on March 30. Students and families of the East Meadow School District celebrated 21st-century lear ning at the district’s annual STEAM Night. Coordinated by Debra Harley, the district’s director of math and science, students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade had over 30 educational activities to choose from. Along with their families, students explored the burgeoning disciplines of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics. Students took part in numerous activities such as learning how to code Dash and Dot robots to control their movements, stacking
cups to see who could make the tallest tower, creating paper chains using construction paper, turning ordinary objects into instruments, constructing 2D and 3D shapes out of toothpicks and marshmallows and creating beautiful artwork using magnets and paint. More than 65 of the district’s teachers and over 50 high school student helpers planned and administered each of the evening’s events which contributed to the event’s success. “It’s been two years since we had this event and it was clear people were looking forward to a family night of fun, learning and socializing. The turnout was incredible! We are so glad we were able to hold this in person event for the community,” David Casamento, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction said.
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Friday, April 15
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Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual easy exercise at 10 a.m. Ann Rothman will lead this class. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the class. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.
Using delicious and adorable chicks and bunnies, make a cute and colorful spring scene in the young adult room at the East Meadow Public Library at 7 p.m. To register visit eastmeadowinfo.com.
Public skate There will be a public skate at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Saturday, April 16
Bring your imagination and the East Meadow Public Library will supply the Legos in the childrens story room at 7 p.m. To register visit eastmeadowinfo.com.
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The Mini MightyMan Triathlon presented by Cohen’s Children Medical Center will be at the Aquatic Center in Eisenhower Park. Parking lot opens at 6 a.m. and races start at 7:30 a.m.To register visit https://runsignup.com/Race/Register/ ?raceId=54915&charityId=7869.
A whole new galaxy Join Pinots Palette at 2557 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow to paint from 9 to 11 p.m. This class is $45 per person. To register visit https://www.pinotspalette. com/eastmeadow/events.
E.M. Chamber Easter Egg Hunt The 3rd annual Easter egg hunt will be on April 16 at Veterans Memorial Park. There will be two sessions: 11 to 11:45 a.m. and 12 to 12:45 p.m. To buy a ticket visit https://www.eventbrite.com/ e/3-rd-annual-east-meadow-chamber-of-commerce-easter-egg-hunt-tickets-301049797047.
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The Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, celebrated by Archbishop Michael of New York and New Jersey, will be celebrated on Sunday, April 17 at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 369 Green Ave., in East Meadow. The service will be conducted in English. An outdoor procession (weather permitting) and Lenten luncheon will follow the service. Services are also streamed on https://www.facebook.com/htocem. The full schedule for Orthodox Holy Week can be found on the parish’s homepage at www.htocem.org. For more information, contact us at (516) 483-3649 or htocem@gmail.com.
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Glenn Andreive will be showing a teaser of his independent film on Grumman and the lunar module virtually at 7 p.m. For anyone attending, the filmmakers are looking for more facts and artifacts to add to the documentary. To register visit eastmeadow.info.
Tuesday, April 19 Kiwanis meeting East Meadow Kiwanis will be meeting at 7:15 p.m. at The Grand Stage Diner at 2490 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow. For more information, contact club president Jennifer Reinhardt at (516) 351-9891.
Book Discussion: Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, And A Mother’s Will To Survive by Stephanie Land Maid is an emotionally raw, masterful account of Stephanie’s years spent in service to upper middle-class America as a “nameless ghost” who quietly shared in her clients’ triumphs, tragedies, and deepest secrets. Driven to carve out a better life for her family, she cleaned by day and took online classes by night, writing relentlessly as she worked toward earning a college degree. She wrote of the true stories that weren’t being told: of living on food stamps and WIC coupons, of government programs that barely provided housing, of aloof government employees who shamed her for receiving what little assistance she did. Above all else, she wrote about pursuing the myth of the American
Dream from the poverty line, all the while slashing through deep-rooted stigmas of the working poor. To register for this virutal discussion at 1 p.m. visit eastmeadow.info.
Wednesday, Apr. 20 Game day Join the East Meadow Public Library for game day starting at 11:30 a.m.. There will be tables set up in the makers space downstairs.
Thursday, April 21 Chess club Chess club meets from 1 to 4 p.m. every Thursday at the East Meadow
CEMCO will be hosting seminar on being drug safe on April 28. There will be a garage sale for Veterans on May 14. The East Meadow Kiwanis bird sanctuary cleanup will be April 23. Check out public skating sessions at the Northwell Health Ice Center. The Long Island Marathon is coming to Eisenhower Park May 1.
Originally introduced to the fitness world as a modified version of Hatha yoga for individuals with health implications and for those of a certain age. Improving flexibility, relieving cramps and stiffness, and creating a happy mental state are a few benefits that chair yoga can provide for us. Join the East Meadow Public Library virtually for this event at 4 p.m. Register at www.eastmeadow.info.
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Supporting local businesses through eating continued from front page added, “and after Culinary Delights they might actually go to those restaurants to try their full menu.” Not only do the businesses benefit from this event, though. Half of the proceeds go to selected local charities. This year the charities include the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce Foundation, a 501C3 organization that provides the community with things like scholarships for high school students and support for local Boy Scout troops, Kamp Kiwanis, a sleepaway camp located upstate New York that offers the camp experience to underprivileged children, and the Nassau University Medical Center Pediatric Center. “We have had other charities in the past,” Basmajian said. “Coming off of Covid, we just felt this year, we wanted to keep it a bit more right in the heart of the community.” The charities are mostly chosen for their close ties and relationships with the community. They’re out there doing their part too, Basmajian said, they sell tickets to get people to come to the fundraiser. In the past the charities have taken in $6,000 to $7,000 from the night’s proceeds, she said. “We don’t even charge a lot to come to the event,” Basmajian said. “So that 50 percent is only going to be so much but it also brings awareness to these charities and that’s beneficial to them. “It’s a great social event, it’s a network-
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ing event, it’s a great fun girls night out event,” Basmajian said. “We have these awesome raffle baskets that are donated by businesses or individuals, or even some of the restaurants.” Since it’s been two years since the last fundraiser, people are excited to get back out. “The feedback is that people need this,” Basmajian said. “They need to kind of get back to some sense of normalcy. “These types of things haven’t happened for the last couple of years, and I think it’s like a sign of hope that things may be getting back to normal a little bit,”she said. For your business to take part in the event, contact culinary@eastmeadowchamber.com.
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Choice awards celebrate those who ‘power’ community By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com
After months of waiting, winner after winner stepped up to receive their firstever Herald Long Island Choice award during a gala event with Oscars-like proportions, but without any of the unnecessary drama. The first-ever event — hosted by RichnerLive, presented by PSEG Long Island, and sponsored by TenantBase — took place April 5 at Heritage Club in Bethpage. Voting had been underway since last July where readers and customers shared who they believed were Long Island’s best businesses in more than 260 categories covering everything from breweries to motorcycle dealers to chiropractor. More than 100,000 votes were cast over five months, and both the top three finalists and the eventual winners were recognized at last week’s awards event. Instead of leaving these decisions by a faceless group of judges, these awards are determined by the very people who make these businesses thrive — the customers. That, at least, is according to Amy Amato, corporate relations and events executive director at RichnerLive. Herald Long Island Choice Awards is a way to show businesses how much their work is appreciated. “We decided to do it because we understand the challenges that small businesses
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More than 100 businesses turn out for gala event Congratulate all the winners! See who was the best of the best at the Herald Long Island Choice Awards. Find all the winners now at LIChoiceAwards.com. faced during the pandemic,” Amato said. “These types of events and contests helps local businesses increase their revenue.” Heritage Club hosted a cocktail hour with an open bar and hors d’oeuvres, giving many of the finalists and their supporters a chance to mingle. “It’s definitely nice to actually see people again,” said Joe Floria of Flo Fitness of Lynbrook. “After the last few years, I think we needed this. Plus, the cheese is great.” Each table featured an ice sculpture centerpiece celebrating the event, while on the main stage, an acrobat contorted herself in fantastical ways. Stuart Richner, chief executive of Richner Communications Inc., commented on how important local businesses contribution is to Long Island, and how happy he was to get the chance to celebrate them. “It is the people in this room that are the economic engines of our communi-
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ANNA tHE AErIALISt entertained the crowd at the Herald Long Island Choice Awards. ties,” Richner said. “We thank each and every one of you for being here tonight, and for all of the hard work that you do each and every day.” The awards themselves were presented by Sidney Wallace Park recent winner of the Miss New York competition. In a marathon performance, Park read off the winners of the 266 categories in rapid fire. In the ensuing hour, business after business was named winner in a whirlwind of emotional highs. Some were so excited, they jumped up on chairs and tables in celebration. Others chose to celebrate with screams and applause.
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if you’re looking for the best oil change, check out Rockville Centre Auto Repair, at top. feeling hungry? try Island Empanada of Merrick, Long Island’s home for the best Latin food, at top right. best speech therapy winners at the Herald Long Island Choice Awards, at left, were Theralympic Speech Therapy of Ronkonkoma. winners of best electrical company, below left, were Universe Home Services of Seaford, which also won best HVAC. the best architects on Long Island, above, are none other than Long Island Architecture Studio in Wantagh. long island plastic surgical group, at left, is the best cosmetic surgery group in the area, as voted on by its neighbors. caption here caption here caption here caption here caption here caption here caption here caption here
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winning the best orthoepdic group, at top, was Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Group of Lynbrook. Also winning a Herald Long Island Choice Awards was Bagel Boss, top right, for best bagel store and best caterer. hand and stone Massage & Facial Spa, at left, is where you’ll find the best massages. bellmore united methodist Nursery School, below, won for best pre-school and best nursery school.
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Carey homers doom East Meadow By JaMie deJoNg sports@liherald.com
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Long Beach Junior Lacrosse CoMiNg oFF aN All-American season that saw her register 24 goals and 58 assists in only 15 games to rank among Nassau County’s leading scorers, Radin is looking to help lead the Marines to their first-ever county title. Long Beach is seeded No. 2 in Class B and gave defending champion Garden City all it could handle in the March 29 opener, falling 7-6. Radin, who is planning to play at the next level at the University of Florida, had a hat trick in the defeat.
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Softball: Island Trees at South Side ......................9:30 a.m. Baseball: Calhoun at Kennedy ................................. 10 a.m. Boys Lacrosse: Seaford at Long Beach ...................... 4 p.m. Baseball: Baldwin at V.S. Central...........................4:30 p.m. Baseball: South Side at Lynbrook .........................4:30 p.m. Softball: Bethpage at V.S. North ............................4:30 p.m. Girls Lacrosse: Freeport at Elmont ........................4:30 p.m. Girls Lacrosse: Malverne/East Rock at Sewanhaka ... 5 p.m. Girls Flag Football: Long Beach at Hempstead .......... 5 p.m. Girls Flag Football: Plainview at West Hemp............... 5 p.m. Girls Flag Football: Massapequa at Bellmore-Merrick 5 p.m. Girls Lacrosse: Locust Valley at Long Beach............... 7 p.m.
Monday, april 18 Softball: V.S. South at Malverne .................................... 10 a.m.
Softball: Long Beach at MacArthur..........................10 a.m. Baseball: V.S. South at Malverne ............................10 a.m. Baseball: Freeport at Oceanside..........................4:30 p.m. Baseball: Plainview at East Meadow ....................4:30 p.m. Baseball: Floral Park at South Side............................4:45 p.m. Baseball: Clarke at Plainedge ....................................4:45 p.m. Baseball: G.N. South at Long Beach ..........................4:45 p.m. Boys Lacrosse: L.I. Lutheran at Carey .............................. 5 p.m.
Carey’s softball team outslugged its way to a home victory April 5 against East Meadow, as the Seahawks won the Conference I matchup, 10-6. The offensive production was even more impressive considering the game was called early due to spotty lighting in the bottom of the sixth inning. Two hitters in particular, senior third baseman Ava Rigano and junior shortstop Caylee De Meo, sparked the offensive explosion, as each hit two home runs. “When Caylee and Eva get going everyone gets going,” Carey coach Anthony Turco said. “It’s contagious and it helps because we are such a young team.” Rigano’s three-run homer in the first opened the floodgates in a sense, as the Seahawks never relinquished the lead following the blast. The duo of Rigano and De Meo drove in a combined six runs, but the rest of the lineup also produced. Sophomore Stefania Imerioli hit a two-run double on a missile to the left-centerfield gap. Sophomores Madison Seidl and Grace Leimgruber also had hits. Sophomore Lauren Peers was the only pitcher to take the bump for the Seahawks, and she settled in nicely after a three-run first inning. She finished with 6 innings pitched and three strikeouts and the win while helping her own cause with two RBIs. All in all, it was an impressive output from the Seahawks, but there are still elements Turco said need to be worked on. “We have to work on our defensive stuff,” Turco said. “We got to work on the little things and a lot of situational stuff you can’t simulate in practice, but all in all I’m very happy with the way that we played.” Carey improved its overall record to 2-1. For East Meadow, things seemed to be treading in the right direction following a three-run top of the first, but the Jets could not string together runs thereafter. “We got off to a hot start and then the bats went cold a little bit,” East Meadow coach Frank Baglivo. “We had some run-
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JuNioR KRYstal Quizhpe anchors East Meadow’s defense from shortstop and had three hits in its April 5 loss at Carey. ners in scoring position, but we just couldn’t drive them in and that’s something we will have to improve on moving forward.” Senior Malia Molina had three hits and an RBI off a sac fly, and her ability to put the ball in play was a major catalyst for East Meadow’s rallies. Senior and leadoff hitter Ciana Santana had two hits and stole third after a first-inning double. Junior Krystal Quizhpe also had three hits.
The key for East Meadow (1-2) will be figuring out how to keep runs off the board, as it was a strenuous task generating outs for most of this game. One bright spot was senior Jenna Scheingold did strike out the side in the fourth inning coming out of the bullpen. “We got to figure out who our pitcher is going to be, and we have to play better defense,” Baglivo said. “The bats will come but pitching and defense we have to fix.”
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‘Vet Mart’ offers ‘anything you can think of’ “I love to help everybody,” said Scalesi, a former day. It receives donations from school districts commander of Disabled American Veterans Post such as Elmont and Levittown and other citizens. 145 in Valley Stream. It’s important to stay Those who don’t want to donate food can donate involved, he said. “I’ve been volunteering here for a couple gift cards that are used to buy food. The Vet Mart feeds about 600 people a month, months but I do a lot of volunteer work with the which includes veterans and their families. Volun- Veterans Service Agency because I’m a Vietnam veteran,” James Merritte said. teers will also deliver food to “Veterans really need help and I those who can’t make it there. want to give back because a lot The veterans are allowed to of my family members followed come by for food once a week. me into the military and I want Only staff goes into the pantry, to make sure someone will look monday friday so a menu is given to the veterafter them so I look out for other ans to fill out whatever they need 9 a.m. to noon veterans.” The Hempstead resiand how much they need dent spent 21 years in the Army depending on if they’re only and was a Sergeant First Class. feeding themselves or a family. Along with giving out needed Even though it’s a food pantry, it has everything a person or family could need, items, the Vet Mart also offers free transportation Esposito said. “We have food, we have diapers, we to VA Clinics in Northport, East Meadow, Valley have toothpaste and toothbrushes, razors and shav- Stream, and Hicksville. There are also wheelchairs ing cream,” he said. “I have anything you can think and canes for people who need them. NY Project Hope, a non-profit organization that helps people in of, within reason.” There are usually three volunteers at the pantry need of mental health services, also has a repreat any given time. They help to sign in the veterans sentative at the food pantry. Ray Nordquist, a volunteer from North Belland gather the items. During the coronavirus pandemic, Esposito said, it was harder. “When the pan- more, said that he was surprised by how many vetdemic first started, nobody came in, I came in erans don’t come to the pantry. “Especially now along with my deputy,” he said. “We opened the Vet with food prices high I’m surprised they don’t Mart, even though we were supposed to work from come,” he said. Nordquist got involved because his son is in the military, and he wants to give back to home. So my deputy and I came in every day.” Esposito said that fewer people came in for food veterans. Esposito said the most popular food items are during the pandemic, but now the numbers are peanut butter and jelly and mac and cheese. To picking up again. John Scalesi, an Army veteran from Bellmore, learn more about volunteer opportunities or to has been volunteering since the Vet Mart opened. donate call (516) 572-6565 and ask for Linda.
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The doors To the Vet Mart are decorated to let the veterans know where to go.
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LEGAL NOTICE REUNIÓN ANUAL AVISO DE ELECCIÓN Y REUNIÓN ANUAL DE LA ESCUELA Y LA BIBLIOTECA DISTRITO ESCOLAR EAST MEADOW UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR EL PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la reunión anual, la votación del presupuesto y la elección del Distrito Escolar East Meadow Union Free se realizarán el 17 de mayo de 2022 entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m. en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares hasta ahora establecidos sobre los siguientes asuntos independientes: 1. Proposición 1 - Los gastos estimados para propósitos escolares (presupuesto escolar) para el siguiente año escolar, 2022-2023, y la autorización del gravamen y la recaudación de los impuestos necesarios de este gravamen. 2. Proposición 2 - Se debe autorizar a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Union Free de East Meadow a gastar una suma que no exceda los $5,495,820 del “Fondo de Reserva de Capital del Distrito Escolar Union Free de East Meadow” establecido el 15 de mayo de 2018, para los siguientes propósitos?: construcción de tres salones de clases, incluyendo todos los costos relacionados con el proyecto, para abordar las necesidades de espacio en la McVey Elementary School. Dado que los fondos que se gastarán en virtud del presente provienen del “Fondo de Reserva de Capital del Distrito Escolar Union Free de East Meadow”, la aprobación de esta proposición no requerirá un gravamen fiscal sobre los bienes inmuebles del distrito. 3. Proposición 3 - Los gastos estimados para los propósitos de la biblioteca (presupuesto de la biblioteca) para el siguiente año escolar, 2022-2023, y la autorización del gravamen y la recaudación de los impuestos necesarios de este gravamen. 4. Cualquier otra cuestión o propuesta relacionada con los asuntos, los gastos o la autoridad para recaudar impuestos que se pueda presentar para una votación según la Ley de Educación. POR EL PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la votación sobre los gastos estimados para los propósitos de la escuela y la biblioteca para el año escolar, y la elección de los miembros de la Junta de Educación y la Junta de la Biblioteca se llevarán a cabo el 17 de mayo de 2022 en cada
uno de los distritos electorales escolares hasta ahora establecidos. La VOTACIÓN será mediante boleta electoral en máquinas de votación en las sedes escolares designadas en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares independientes hasta ahora establecidos, y las urnas estarán habilitadas para votar de 7:00 a.m. a 9:00 p.m. y durante el tiempo que sea necesario para que los votantes presentes puedan emitir su voto. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, en esta votación y elección a realizarse el 17 de mayo de 2022, se elegirán tres (3) miembros para la Junta de Educación y un (1) miembro para la Junta de la Biblioteca como se indica a continuación: (a) Tres miembros de la Junta de Educación para un período completo de tres (3) años, desde el 1 de julio de 2022 hasta el 30 de junio de 2025. (b) Un miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca para un período completo de cinco (5) años, desde el 1 de julio de 2022 hasta el 30 de junio de 2027, para reemplazar a Michael Turner, titular del último mandato. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA también que la elección se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la Organización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación y la ley vigente. NOMINACIONES DE CANDIDATOS ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los candidatos para los cargos de miembros de la Junta de Educación y de la Junta de la Biblioteca se nominarán mediante solicitud. Los candidatos a miembro en la Junta de Educación se presentan en general. Cada solicitud de candidato para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se enviará a la secretaría del Distrito Escolar, a la atención del superintendente, y deberá estar firmada por al menos cincuenta y dos (52) votantes calificados del Distrito. Este número representa el 2% del número total de personas que votaron en la reunión anual del 18 de mayo de 2021. Incluirá la residencia de cada firmante, y también el nombre y la residencia del candidato. Cada vacante para ser fideicomisario de la Junta de la Biblioteca se debe considerar una vacante específica e independiente. Se necesita una solicitud por separado para nominar a un candidato para cada cargo en particular. Cada solicitud de candidato para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca se enviará a la secretaría del Distrito Escolar, a la atención del superintendente, y deberá estar firmada por al menos cincuenta y dos
(52) votantes calificados del Distrito. Incluirá la residencia de cada firmante, el nombre y la residencia del candidato, e indicará la vacante específica en la Junta de la Biblioteca para la que el candidato está nominado. Esta descripción incluirá, por lo menos, la duración del mandato en el cargo y el nombre del último titular. Cada solicitud se presentará en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:30 p. m., y antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 18 de abril de 2022. DISTRITOS ELECTORALES ESCOLARES ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Educación determinará y publicará, como hasta aquí se establece, los límites de los siguientes distritos electorales escolares, y el lugar de cada distrito electoral para el registro y la votación será el siguiente: DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR N.º 1 Los límites del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 1 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con Hempstead-Bethpage Turnpike, al este con Wantagh State Parkway, al sur con North Jerusalem Road, al oeste con East Meadow Avenue desde la intersección de North Jerusalem Road hasta Lenox Avenue, al noreste hasta Eighth Avenue, al este hasta Newbridge Road, al norte hasta Hempstead Turnpike. Los votantes calificados del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 1 votarán en Parkway Elementary School ubicada en 465 Bellmore Road, en este Distrito. DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR N.º 2 Los límites del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 2 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con el lado sur de Hempstead Turnpike desde la intersección de Merrick Avenue hacia el este hasta la intersección de Newbridge Road. Limita al este con el lado oeste de Newbridge Road desde la intersección de Hempstead Turnpike, y continúa hacia el sur hasta la intersección de Eighth Avenue. Limita al sur con el lado norte de Eighth Avenue; continúa hacia el sudoeste hasta la intersección de Lenox Avenue y East Meadow Avenue; sigue hacia el noroeste en East Meadow Avenue hasta la numeración 604; prosigue hacia el oeste hasta Maitland Street; continúa hacia el sur hasta el lado norte de Lenox Avenue y hacia el sudoeste hasta el final sur de Benito, Patterson, Adelphi, Coakley y Albert Streets, y hasta el final oeste de Sidney Place, Powers Avenue y Kevin Place. Sigue al oeste hasta el lado este de Prospect Avenue, numeración
1530, y continúa hacia el noreste hasta la intersección de Chestnut Avenue; prosigue hacia el noroeste en el lado noroeste de Chestnut Avenue hasta la intersección de Front Street. Luego, sigue hacia el suroeste en el lado norte de Front Street hasta la intersección de Merrick Avenue. Limita al oeste con el lado este de Merrick Avenue desde la intersección de Front Street, y continúa hacia el norte hasta la intersección de Hempstead Turnpike. Los votantes calificados del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 2 votarán en McVey Elementary School ubicada en 2201 Devon Street, en este Distrito. DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR N.º 3 Los límites del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 3 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con Hempstead Turnpike desde Meadowbrook Parkway hasta Merrick Avenue, al sur hasta el punto de intersección del lado sur de Front Street y hacia el este hasta Chestnut Avenue. Limita al este con el lado oeste de Merrick Avenue. Sigue hacia el sur desde Hempstead Turnpike a Front Street hasta el lado sur de Front Street. Continúa hacia el noreste desde Merrick Avenue hasta el lado oeste de Chestnut Avenue, desde Front Street hasta Prospect Avenue, numeración 1489. Luego, en el sur incluye Marian Court, Dieman Lane, Flower Lane, Sherwood Drive, Andrea Road, el final norte de Cynthia, Wenwood y Bruce Drives, el final oeste de Cynron y Meadow Lanes y Midland Drive, y el lado sur de Lenox Avenue. Sigue por el este hasta East Meadow Avenue; continúa por el este en el lado oeste de East Meadow Avenue desde Lenox Avenue hasta Irving Place, al sur desde East Meadow Avenue, numeración 604, sigue hacia el sur hasta North Jerusalem Road. Limita al sur con North Jerusalem Road hasta el punto de intersección de Ennabrock Road, incluida Ennabrock Road hasta North Jerusalem Road; al oeste hasta Meadowbrook Parkway. Limita al oeste con Meadowbrook Parkway desde North Jerusalem Road hacia el norte hasta Hempstead Turnpike. Los votantes calificados del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 3 votarán en Barnum Woods Elementary School ubicada en 500 May Lane, en este Distrito. DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR N.º 4 Los límites del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 4 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con Old Country Road hasta el punto de intersección de Wantagh State Parkway.
Limita al este con Wantagh State Parkway y continúa hacia el sur hasta Oyster Bay Town Line, y luego al este hasta Newbridge Road. Continúa hacia el sur por Newbridge Road hasta Twig Lane. Limita al sur con Twig Lane; continúa al oeste hasta Wantagh State Parkway; luego, sigue hacia el sur hasta el lado norte de Hearth Lane en Friends Lane. Continúa hacia el oeste hasta la intersección del lado oeste de Carman Avenue; sigue hacia el sur hasta el lado norte de Salisbury Park Drive, y prosigue por el lado norte de Salisbury Park Drive en dirección norte desde Stewart Avenue hasta Old Country Road. Los votantes calificados del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 4 votarán en Bowling Green Elementary School ubicada en 2340 Stewart Avenue, Westbury, Nueva York, en este Distrito. DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR N.º 5 Los límites del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 5 son los siguientes: Limita al norte desde el lado sur de Hearth Lane hasta Carman Avenue, al este hasta Wantagh Parkway, al norte hasta Oyster Bay Town Line, al este hasta el lado sur de Levittown Parkway hasta la intersección de Newbridge Road. Limita al este con el lado oeste de Newbridge Road, y sigue hacia el sur hasta Wantagh Parkway; continúa hacia el sur por Wantagh Parkway hasta la intersección de Hempstead Turnpike. Limita al sur con Hempstead Turnpike desde la intersección de Wantagh Parkway hacia el oeste hasta la intersección de Bly Road. Limita al oeste con Bly Road, y continúa hacia el norte y el este hasta Ava Drive; sigue hacia el norte y el este hasta Erma Drive, hacia el sur hasta Nottingham Road, hacia el este (incluso los tribunales en Florence y Jane) hasta el lado este de Carman Avenue; continúa hacia el norte hasta la intersección de Hearth Lane. Los votantes calificados del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 5 votarán en M e a d o w b r o o k Elementary School ubicada en 241 Old Westbury Road, en este Distrito. REGISTRO PERSONAL DE VOTANTES ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, para votar en la reunión y la elección del 17 de mayo de 2022, todos los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar deben estar registrados en los libros de registro del Distrito Escolar o en la lista oficial de votantes registrados e inscritos para la ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, emitido por la Junta Electoral del condado de Nassau.
Las siguientes personas serán elegibles para votar: todas las personas que se hayan presentado personalmente para registrarse según la sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, y todas las personas que se hayan registrado previamente en virtud del presente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria y que hayan votado en cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria organizada o realizada durante los cuatro años calendario previos al 2022 (es decir, 2018-2021). Además, todas las personas que estén registradas para votar de conformidad con las disposiciones de la sección 352 de la Ley de Elecciones del estado de Nueva York serán elegibles para votar. El registro de votantes que no se hayan registrado previamente y que sean elegibles para votar se hará desde el 21 de abril hasta el 4 de mayo de 2022 inclusive, los días en los que la escuela esté abierta, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito en el Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, Nueva York. El registro vespertino se realizará el miércoles 4 de mayo de 2022, en el vestíbulo principal del Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center entre las 7:00 p. m. y las 8:00 p. m. El registro de votantes que no se hayan registrado previamente y que sean elegibles para votar también se hará el 3 de mayo de 2022, entre las 8:30 a. m. y las 12:30 p. m. en cada uno de los cinco distritos electorales, en los lugares indicados anteriormente. La Junta de Registro se reunirá para preparar el registro del Distrito Escolar durante los horarios y las fechas que se especifican arriba, y cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se incluya en este registro, siempre y cuando, en esa reunión de la Junta de Registro, tenga derecho a votar, en ese momento o en lo sucesivo, en la reunión o elección escolar para la cual se prepara ese registro. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Registro también se reunirá durante la elección anual distrital en cada sede escolar donde se realizará la votación con el fin de preparar un registro para las elecciones distritales que se hagan con posterioridad. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que el registro de votantes preparado según lo mencionado anteriormente se presentará en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito una vez finalizado. Allí, estará disponible para la inspección de cualquier
votante calificado del Distrito, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., durante los cinco días anteriores a la fecha establecida para la elección, e incluso durante este día, a excepción del domingo, y también estará disponible para su inspección el sábado solo de 9:00 a. m. a 11:00 a. m. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la presentación oficial del presupuesto sobre el presupuesto escolar adoptado se realizará el 4 de mayo de 2022 a las 7:00 p. m. en el Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, Nueva York. El 4 de mayo de 2022 a las 8:00 p. m., se realizará una audiencia pública de forma remota sobre el presupuesto propuesto para la biblioteca. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que el presupuesto escolar propuesto para 2022/2023 se encuentra disponible para los residentes del Distrito, si lo solicitan, a partir del 28 de abril de 2022 en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito en el Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, Nueva York. El presupuesto para la biblioteca propuesto para 2022/2023 se encuentra disponible para cualquier residente, si lo solicita, a partir del 3 de mayo de 2022 en el sitio web de la biblioteca. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que cualquier residente del distrito puede conseguir las copias del presupuesto escolar propuesto para 2022/2023 y el presupuesto para la biblioteca propuesto para 2022/2023, si los solicita, en cada una de las oficinas de las sedes escolares del Distrito, en las oficinas del distrito escolar, mencionadas a continuación, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., todos los días salvo los sábados, domingos o feriados, durante los 14 días previos a la elección y reunión anual. El presupuesto escolar propuesto para 2022/2023 también estará disponible en el sitio web del Distrito Escolar. Barnum Woods Elementary School 500 May Lane East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Bowling Green Elementary School 2340 Stewart Avenue Westbury, N.Y. 11590 McVey Elementary School 2201 Devon Street East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 M e a d o w b r o o k Elementary School 241 Old Westbury Road East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Parkway Elementary School 465 Bellmore Road East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Woodland Middle School 690 Wenwood Drive East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 W. Tresper Clarke Middle School
740 Edgewood Drive Westbury, N.Y. 11590 W. Tresper Clarke High School 740 Edgewood Drive Westbury, N.Y. 11590 East Meadow High School 101 Carman Avenue East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center 718 The Plain Road Westbury, N.Y. 11590 ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de acuerdo con la Sección 495 de la Ley de Impuestos sobre los Bienes Inmuebles, un informe de exención en el que se detallen las exenciones del impuesto sobre los bienes inmuebles estará disponible y se adjuntará a cualquier presupuesto provisional, preliminar o definitivo. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, previa solicitud, cualquier residente puede conseguir las copias del presupuesto escolar propuesto para 2022/2023 y el presupuesto para la biblioteca propuesto para 2022/2023 en una oficina de la biblioteca pública de East Meadow ubicada a 1886 Front St, East Meadow, NY, todos los días, salvo los domingos o feriados entre las 10:30 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., durante los 14 días previos a la elección y reunión anual. El presupuesto para la biblioteca propuesto para 2022/2023 también estará disponible en el sitio web de la biblioteca pública de East Meadow. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la solicitud para una boleta electoral por ausencia se puede realizar en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito, Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, Nueva York 11590, a partir de los treinta (30) días previos a la votación. La secretaría del Distrito debe recibir las solicitudes completas por lo menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral debe enviarse al votante por correo y un (1) día antes de la elección si la boleta electoral debe entregarse en persona al votante o a la persona designada por este. Al recibir una solicitud oportuna para una boleta electoral por ausencia, la secretaría del Distrito enviará por correo esta boleta a la dirección indicada en la solicitud a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la votación. La secretaría del Distrito debe recibir las boletas electorales por ausencia antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 17 de mayo de 2022. Habrá una lista disponible de las personas para las que se emitieron las boletas electorales por ausencia en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito durante los cinco días previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., y los sábados entre las 9:00
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a. m. y las 11:00 a. m. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar. Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar podrán solicitar una boleta electoral militar. Los votantes militares pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir una solicitud de registro de votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en dicho pedido de solicitud de registro, solicitud de boleta o boleta. Los formularios de registro de votantes militares y los formularios de solicitud de boleta electoral militar deben recibirse en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 21 de abril de 2022. No se escrutarán las boletas electorales militares a menos que se entreguen nuevamente por correo postal o en persona en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. el día de la elección. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que cualquier propuesta o consulta a colocarse en las máquinas de votación se presentará por escrito mediante solicitud firmada por al menos quinientos (500) votantes calificados del Distrito en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito a más tardar treinta (30) días antes de la reunión anual, con excepción de las solicitudes relacionadas con una propuesta que se deba incluir en el aviso de la reunión anual. Las solicitudes relacionadas con una propuesta que se debe incluir en el aviso de la reunión anual se deben entregar sesenta (60) días antes de esta reunión. Los fideicomisarios o la Junta de Educación pueden rechazar cualquier propuesta si su propósito no se encuentra dentro de las competencias de los votantes, o si se requieren gastos para la propuesta, en caso de que esta no incluya la asignación específica necesaria. REQUISITOS PARA VOTAR: 1. Ser ciudadano de los Estados Unidos. 2. Tener 18 años o más. 3. Ser residente del Distrito durante un período de 30 días o más inmediatamente antes de la elección en la que desea votar. 4. Estar registrado para votar. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que esta Junta convocará a una reunión especial en un plazo de 24 horas después de la presentación ante la secretaría del Distrito de un informe por escrito de
los resultados de la votación con el fin de analizar y tabular estos informes de los resultados de la votación y declarar dicho resultado. Por el presente, y de acuerdo con la sección 2019-a, subdivisión 2b de la Ley de Educación, la Junta se designa a sí misma como un grupo de secretarios de mesa para emitir y escrutar los votos durante esta reunión especial de la Junta. Fechado:23 DE MARZO DE 2022 POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR EAST MEADOW UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK Jeanne M. Puma Secretaria del Distrito 130331
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LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL AND LIBRARY MEETING AND ELECTION EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting, budget vote and election of the East Meadow Union Free School District will be held on May 17, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. in each of the school election districts heretofore established on the following separate matters: 1. The estimated expenditures for school purposes (school budget) for the ensuing school year 2022-2023 and authorizing the levy and collection of the necessary taxes thereof. 2. Shall the Board of Education of the East Meadow Union Free School District be authorized to expend a sum not to exceed $5,495,820 from the “East Meadow Union Free School District Capital Reserve Fund” established on May 15, 2018, for the following purpose(s): construction of three classrooms, including all costs incidental to the project, to address space needs at McVey Elementary School. Since the funds to be expended hereunder are from the “East Meadow Union Free School District Capital Reserve Fund,” approval of this proposition will not require a tax levy upon the real property of the district.
3. The estimated expenditures for library purposes (library budget) for the ensuing school year 2022-2023 and authorizing the levy and collection of the necessary taxes thereof. 4. Any other questions or propositions as to matters or expenditures or authority to levy taxes that may be presented for a vote under the Education Law. NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that voting upon the estimated expenses for school and library purposes for the school year and the election of members of the Board of Education and Library Board will be held on May 17, 2022, in each of the school election districts heretofore established. VOTING will be by ballot on voting machines in the schoolhouses designated in each of the separate school election districts heretofore established and the polls will remain open for voting from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., and as much longer as may be necessary for all voters then present to cast their votes. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that at said vote and election to be conducted on May 17, 2022, three (3) members are to be elected to the Board of Education and one (1) member is to be elected to the Library Board as follows: (a) three members of the Board of Education for a full term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2022 and expiring on June 30, 2025. (b) one member of the Library Board for a full term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2022 to succeed Michael Turner, incumbent, whose term of office expires on June 30, 2022. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education and applicable law. NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that candidates for the offices of member of the Board of Education and member of the Library Board shall be nominated by petition. Candidates for member of the Board of Education run at large. Each candidate petition for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District, care of the Superintendent, shall be signed by at least fifty-two (52) qualified voters of the District, said number constituting 2% of the total number of voters who voted at the Annual Meeting of May 18, 2021, shall state the residence of each signer, and shall state the name
and residence of the candidate. Each vacancy to be filled for trustee of the Library Board shall be considered a separate specific office. A separate petition shall be required to nominate a candidate to each separate office. Each petition for candidate for the office of member of the Library Board shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District, care of the Superintendent, shall be signed by at least fifty-two (52) qualified voters of the District, shall state the residence of each signer, shall state the name and residence of the candidate, and shall describe the specific vacancy on the Library Board for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of the term of office and the name of the last incumbent. Each petition shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 18, 2022. SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICTS PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the boundaries of the following School Election Districts shall be as heretofore determined and published by the Board of Education and the place in each election district for registration and voting shall be as follows: SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 The boundaries of School Election District No. 1 are as follows: Bounded on the North by Hempstead-Bethpage Turnpike; on the East by Wantagh State Parkway; on the South by North Jerusalem Road; on the West by East Meadow Avenue from the intersection of North Jerusalem Road to Lenox Avenue then northeast to Eighth Avenue east to Newbridge Road, then north to Hempstead Turnpike. The qualified voters of School Election District No. 1 will vote at the Parkway Elementary School located at 465 Bellmore Road in said District. SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 The boundaries of School Election District No. 2 are as follows: Bounded on the North by the south side of Hempstead Turnpike from the intersection of Merrick Avenue running easterly to the intersection of Newbridge Road. Bounded on the East by the west side of Newbridge Road from the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike running south to the intersection of Eighth Avenue. Bounded on the South by the north side of Eighth Avenue; running southwest to the
intersection of Lenox Avenue and East Meadow Avenue; running northwest on East Meadow Avenue to number 604; running westerly to Maitland Street; running south to the north side of Lenox Avenue continuing southwest to the southerly ends of Benito, Patterson, Adelphi, Coakley and Albert Streets and the westerly ends of Sidney Place, Powers Avenue and Kevin Place going west to the east side of Prospect Avenue at number 1530 and running northeast to the intersection of Chestnut Avenue, proceeding northwest on the northwest side of Chestnut Avenue to the intersection of Front Street, then running southwest on the north side of Front Street to the intersection of Merrick Avenue. Bounded on the West by the east side of Merrick Avenue from the intersection of Front Street, running north to the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike. The qualified voters of School Election District No. 2 will vote at the McVey Elementary School located at 2201 Devon Street in said District. SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 3 The boundaries of School Election District No. 3 are as follows: Bounded on the North by Hempstead Turnpike from Meadowbrook Parkway to Merrick Avenue, southerly to the point of intersection of the south side of Front Street easterly to Chestnut Avenue. Bounded on the East by the west side of Merrick Avenue running south from Hempstead Turnpike to Front Street to the south side of Front Street running northeast from Merrick Avenue to the west side of Chestnut Avenue from Front Street to Prospect Avenue to number 1489; then south including Marian Court, Dieman Lane, Flower Lane, Sherwood Drive, Andrea Road, the north ends of Cynthia, Wenwood and Bruce Drives, the west end of Cynron and Meadow Lanes and Midland Drive and the south side of Lenox Avenue proceeding east to East Meadow Avenue; continuing east on the west side of East Meadow Avenue from Lenox Avenue to Irving Place, south from number 604 East Meadow Avenue running south to North Jerusalem Road. Bounded on the South by North Jerusalem Road to the point of intersection of Ennabrock Road, including Ennabrock Road to North Jerusalem Road; west to Meadowbrook Parkway. Bounded on the West by Meadowbrook Parkway from North Jerusalem Road running north to Hempstead Turnpike. The qualified voters of
School Election District No. 3 will vote at Barnum Woods Elementary School located at 500 May Lane in said District. SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 4 The boundaries of School Election District No. 4 are as follows: Bounded on the North by Old Country Road to the point of intersection of the Wantagh State Parkway. Bounded on the East by the Wantagh State Parkway running south to the Oyster Bay Town Line and then east to Newbridge Road, running south on Newbridge Road to Twig Lane. Bounded on the South by Twig Lane, running west to the Wantagh State Parkway, then running south to the north side of Hearth Lane at Friends Lane proceeding west to the intersection of the west side of Carman Avenue, proceeding south to the north side of Salisbury Park Drive and continuing on the north side of Salisbury Park Drive in a northerly direction from Stewart Avenue to Old Country Road. The qualified voters of School Election District No. 4 will vote at the Bowling Green Elementary School located at 2340 Stewart Avenue, Westbury, NY, in said District. SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 5 The boundaries of School Election District No. 5 are as follows: Bounded on the North from the south side of Hearth Lane at Carman Avenue easterly to Wantagh Parkway; north to the Oyster Bay Town Line; easterly to the south side of Levittown Parkway to the intersection of Newbridge Road. Bounded on the East by the west side of Newbridge Road running south to Wantagh Parkway; continuing south on Wantagh Parkway to the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike. Bounded on the South by Hempstead Turnpike from the intersection of Wantagh Parkway running west to the intersection of Bly Road. Bounded on the West by Bly Road running north and east to Ava Drive; running north and east to Erma Drive; running south to Nottingham Road; running east (including Florence and Jane Courts) to the east side of Carman Avenue running north to the intersection of Hearth Lane. The qualified voters of School Election District No. 5 will vote at the Meadowbrook Elementary School located at 241 Old Westbury Road in said District. PERSONAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all qualified
voters of the School District must be registered in the School District Registration Books and/or in the Official List of Registered and Enrolled Voters for the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, issued by the Nassau County Board of Elections, in order to vote at the meeting and election on May 17, 2022. The following persons shall be eligible to vote: All persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration in accordance with section two thousand fourteen of the Education Law and all persons who shall have been previously registered hereunder for any annual or special meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or election held or conducted during the four calendar years prior to 2022 (i.e., 2018-2021). In addition, all persons who are registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred fifty-two of the Election Law of the State of New York shall be eligible to vote. Registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote shall take place from April 21 through May 4, 2022 inclusive, on the days when school is in session, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in the office of the District Clerk at the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, New York. Evening registration will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in the main corridor of the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote shall also take place on May 3, 2022, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., at each of the 5 election districts, locations as listed previously. The Board of Registration shall meet to prepare the Register of the School District on the dates and times above specified and any person shall be entitled to have their name placed upon such Register provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, they are then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration shall also meet during the annual district election at each schoolhouse where voting shall take place for the purpose of preparing a register for district elections held subsequent thereto. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Register of Voters so prepared as
aforesaid shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District upon its completion where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on each of the five days prior and including the day set for the election except Sunday, and only on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Official Budget Presentation on the adopted school budget will take place on May 4, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at The Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, NY. There will be a Public Hearing on the proposed Library Budget on May 4, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed 2022/2023 school budget is available upon request to district residents commencing April 28, 2022 at the office of the District Clerk at the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, N.Y. The proposed 2022/2023 library budget is available upon request by any resident commencing May 3, 2022 on the library website. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the proposed 2022/2023 school budget and of the proposed 2022/2023 library budget may be obtained by any resident of the district, upon request, at each of the offices of the schoolhouses in the District, at the school district offices, listed below, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on each day other than Saturday, Sunday or holidays during the 14-day period preceding the annual meeting and election. The proposed 2022/2023 school budget will also be available on the school district website. Barnum Woods Elementary School 500 May Lane East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Bowling Green Elementary School 2340 Stewart Avenue Westbury, N.Y. 11590 McVey Elementary School 2201 Devon Street East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Meadowbrook Elementary School 241 Old Westbury Road East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Parkway Elementary School 465 Bellmore Road East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que esta Junta convocará a una reunión especial en un plazo de 24 horas después de la presentación ante la secretaría del Distrito de un informe por escrito de los resultados de la votación con el fin de analizar y tabular estos informes de los resultados de la votación y declarar dicho resultado. Por el
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presente, y de acuerdo con la sección 2019-a, subdivisión 2b de la Ley de Educación, la Junta se designa a sí misma como un grupo de secretarios de mesa para emitir y escrutar los votos durante esta reunión especial de la Junta. Fechado:23 DE MARZO DE 2022 POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR EAST MEADOW UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK Jeanne M. Puma Secretaria del Distrito 130331
PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com
Woodland Middle School 690 Wenwood Drive East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 W. Tresper Clarke Middle School 740 Edgewood Drive Westbury, N.Y. 11590 W. Tresper Clarke High School 740 Edgewood Drive Westbury, N.Y. 11590 East Meadow High School 101 Carman Avenue East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center 718 The Plain Road Westbury, N.Y. 11590 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, pursuant to Real Property Tax Section 495, an exemption report detailing exemptions from real property taxation shall be available and appended to any tentative, preliminary or final budget. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the proposed 2022/2023 school budget and of the proposed 2022/2023 library budget may be obtained by any resident at the East Meadow Public Library located at 1886 Front Street, East Meadow, N.Y., on each day other than Sunday or holidays between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the 14-day period preceding the annual meeting and election. The proposed 2022/2023 library budget will also be available on the East Meadow Public Library website. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an application for an absentee ballot may be made at the Office of the District Clerk, Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, NY 11590 no earlier than thirty (30) days before the vote. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least
seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter and one (1) day before the election if the ballot is to be personally delivered to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely request for an absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 17, 2022. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in said Office of the Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and on Saturday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., except Sunday. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Military voter registration and military ballot application forms must be received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 21, 2022. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is returned by mail or in person and received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or questions to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least five hundred (500) qualified voters of the District and filed in the office of the District Clerk at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting, except for petitions relating to a proposition which must be included in the notice of the annual meeting. Petitions relating to a proposition which must be included in the notice of the annual meeting must be submitted sixty (60) days in advance of the annual meeting. Any proposition may be rejected by the Trustees or Board of Education if the purpose of the proposition is not within the power of the voters, or where the expenditure of monies is required by
the proposition, if the proposition fails to include the necessary specific appropriation. QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING: 1. A person shall be a citizen of the United States. 2. Eighteen or more years of age. 3. A resident of the District for a period of thirty days or more next preceding the election at which he or she offers to vote. 4. Must be registered to vote. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the results of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot. The Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law Section 2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board. Dated:MARCH 23, 2022 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK District Clerk 130329
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LEGAL NOTICE SURROGATE’S COURT NASSAU COUNTY PROBATE CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent File No.2022-337 TO:Raymond Belz, Randolph Belz, and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-of-kin of the said Dolores Jaeger, deceased, and if any of the said above distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose named and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained. A petition having been duly filed by Patricia Januchowski, who is domiciled at 2811 Riverdale Lane, Holiday, Florida 34691, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE beforethe Surrogates Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on Y \ -Q l 2022, at 9:30 o’clock
in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be marie in the Estate of Dolores Jaeger, lately domiciled at 670 Vernon Avenue, East Meadow, New York 11554, admitting to probate a Will, dated October 6, 2010, together with a Codicil, dated September 1, 2011, and a Codicil, dated April 20, 2015, a copy of which is attached as the Will and Codicils of Dolores Jaeger, deceased relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to Patricia Januchowski Letters of Trusteeship issue to Letters of Administration c.t.a. issue to Further relief sought (if any): Dated, Attested and Sealed, Hon. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk ( I, Print Name of Attorney Patricia A. Harold, Esq. Telephone 516-222-0248 Address 350 Old Country Road, Garden City, NY 11530 Email Dattv@haroldlawnv.com 130700
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Apply for student scholarship, Educator of Note The Long Island Music Hall of Fame is now accepting applications for its 2022 Student Scholarship and Educator of Note programs. Four $500 scholarships will be given to graduating high school students from Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Kings (Brooklyn) counties, who have shown an interest in pursuing a career in music. The deadline for applications is May 13. The Educator of Note recognizes music teachers and professors in public or private schools and colleges and studios that have demonstrate a commitment to music education. The winner is award-
ed a grant to be used in the school or district where teach or taught. The application deadline is Sept. 30. Founded in 2004, the Long Island Music Hall of Fame is a nonprofit committed to celebrating and preserving Long Island’s musical heritage not only with Nassau and Suffolk, but Brooklyn and Queens as well. All applications must be postmarked by the due date to be accepted. Both applications can be found at, https://bit. ly/3JglvWQ. –Jeffrey Bessen
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HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR Richner Communications is looking for a hands-on Human Resources professional to oversee all HR functions on a strategic and tactical level. Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding Garden City, Long Island media company. This position has a flexible schedule, part-time job share would be considered. Responsibilities: Talent acquisition: Source, screen, and interview potential candidates and manage new employee onboarding Benefits administration: Liaise with brokers, providers and facilitate enrollment and updating of coverage. Manage annual open enrollment and employee Malverne Union Free School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer. benefits review. Administration of 401(k) plan. Employee relations: Provide day- today support and problem resolution in regards to employee concerns, questions and policy issues. Performance management: Coach, counsel and recommend disciplinary actions Compliance: Maintain inDoN’T MISS The Bus! depth knowledge of legal requirements reNEW lated to day-to-day management of emSTARTING SAlARIES ployees, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance Payroll: Process biBig Bus Van weekly payroll through payroll vendor for population of 150 employees Requirements: Bachelor's degree, preferably in Non-Benefit Rate Non-Benefit Rate business or HR, or equivalent experience Minimum 5 years HR generalist experience Sign On Bonus $2,500.00 for CDL driver bus and van Knowledge of Federal, State & Local regu$500.00 for non CDL drivers. Will train qualified applicants *Some restrictions may apply. lations governing employment Experience with payroll processing Self-motivated, EDUcATIoNAl BUS TRANSpoRTATIoN ability to prioritize 5th_floor and work well •under Clients • m-Clients • Malverne • 44188 Malverne Richner Communica 516.454.2300 pressure Customer-focused attitude, with 3.125x 3" Richner Communications high level of professionalism and discretion Excellent oral and written communication RECEPTIONIST/ P/T: SEASONAL, PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP and quantitative skills Proficiency with MiWarm, Friendly, Excellent People Skills, Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE opencrosoft Office Qualified candidates should Office Work/ Customer Service, Beach ings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/waresubmit a resume and cover letter to: Club. 516-239-2150 house helper in Garden City. We are a careers@liherald.com. busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duSALES FT: Monday- Friday 9am-4:30pm. ties in the shop. Forklift experience is a Saturday Optional. Experienced With plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours Sales Of Tiles/ Kitchen Tops. Oceanside. vary, so flexibility is key. Richie 516-510-8139 Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Part Time; 2-3 full days per week, nights and weekends a must. Duties include: PaF/T And P/T trols throughout the Village, issuance of code violations citations. Qualifications: Positions Available PRIVATE DRIVER NEEDED HS graduate or equivalent. Valid driver’s Weekly Hours Vary. Occasional Flexible Schedule license with satisfactory driving record. Overnight Stay. Use Of Company Car. Contact: Inc. Village of Atlantic Beach Temptations For Her Background Check And DMV Check. 516-371-4600 Or e-mail Call 516-678-3838 Call For Details. Barbara 516-705-4804 village@villageofatanticbeach,com
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WISHING YOU A HAPPY PASSOVER & HAPPY EASTER OPEN HOUSES SUNday, 4/17/22 HEWLETT 1554 Moffitt Ave, BA, NEW FULL HOUSE RENTAL! Renovated 4 BR, 2 Bth Colonial, SD#14 .Living Room W/Fpl, Dining Room, Family Rm & Kitchen. Updtd Baths. 2 Car Det Gar. Enclosed Yard.Just Move In!...$4,250 156 E Rockaway Rd, BA, Rental of a Renovated 2 Bedroom, 1.5 Bth Apt with Spacious Gourmet Kitchen Use of Patio & Outdoor Space...$3,200 1611 Lakeview Dr, BA, NEW! 3 BR, 2 Bth Exp Ranch on Beautiful Street in SD#14 (Hewlett-Wood) Open Layout Features Living Rm w/ Fpl, Dining Room, Updated EIK & Family Rm. Spacious Unfin Second Floor Has Potential for Additional Bedrooms & Bath.Large Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Att Gar. Lovely .2 Acre Property...$869,000
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE 299 Princeton Rd, BA, Move Right Into This 3 BR, 2.5 Bth Colonial on Lovely Street. LR w/ Fpl, FDR, Sun Room & Updated Gran/Wood EIK. Master Ste Has Updtd Bth. Walk Up Attic with Cedar Closet. Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Det Gar. Rockville Centre SD ........................REDUCED! $849,000
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A. There are regulations for the bedroom ceiling height and insulation you must follow, or you will someday be like the several retirees I have dealt with who discovered the expensive truth: Their second-floor bedrooms fail the code requirements of an average ceiling height of 7 feet. New York state building code, which every community, includonte eeper ing New York City, follows (New York City has added restrictions), requires that the minimum height is 5 feet, and the average height is 7 feet. If you take the space width, only from the 5-foot height location and the height at the center, you can calculate average height. I present a cross-section diagram to demonstrate compliance. Many older sellers trying to move to lower-taxed homes discover that they need to do up to $35,000 in alterations to raise roofs and add legal windows for light, ventilation and fire escape requirements as well. A few gave up, passing the problem and a price reduction on to their buyer, causing frustration. You absolutely need permits for the “small” changes, which will end up not being so small when you realize that the wrong beams may be installed by an unqualified person who can tell you they do the same thing “all the time,” without correctly calculated and drawn plans. Most beams they install work for carrying the floor load upstairs, but don’t take into consideration the other factors, such as snow, wind and uplift loads transferred from the roof a story above. All too often I see sagging, barely detectable, wrong-sized beams when I’m meeting with potential clients. Unless there is work to be done in the area of that beam or it looks extremely undersized, I generally remain silent, because most people don’t want to hear about it, never noticed it and really do believe that any old beam will do the job, and the person with power tools knew what they were doing. Only when ceiling cracking appears do they notice. Good luck!
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Houses For Rent HEWLETT 156 E Rockaway Rd, BA, Apartment Rental. Renovated 2 Bedroom, 1.5 Bth Apt with Spacious Gourmet Kitche n U s e o f Pa t i o & O u t d o o r S p a c e SD#14...$3,200 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
HEWLETT BA 1554 Moffitt Ave, BA, NEW FULL HOUSE RENTAL! Renovated 4 BR, 2 Bth Colonial in SD#14.Living Room W/Fpl, Dining Room, Family Rm & Kitchen. Updtd Baths. 2 Car Det Gar. Enclosed Yard.Just Move In!...$4,250 Monthl y, R o n n i e G e r b e r, D o u g l a s E l l i m a n 516-238-4299
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ecently I joined the Nassau County Legislature’s majority caucus, numerous veterans groups and County Executive Bruce Blakeman to announce the creation of a program using American Rescue and Recovery Act funds to provide grants of up to $10,000 to every eligible veterans hall in the county. At the height of the pandemic, many Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and American Legions were facing major difficulties paying rent, property taxes and mainteBiLL nance on their venues. Veterans GayLoR halls were forced by lockdowns to cancel catered events and other functions, and that took away necessary income these halls need to survive. At the time, veterans groups weren’t eligible for ARPA funds under guidance issued by the federal government. After advocating for making those organizations eligible for that federal assistance, we received notification earli-
er this year from the U.S. Treasury Department that ARPA guidelines were being expanded to encompass 501(c)(19) entities, which includes veterans facilities. The new rule took effect on April 1. Veterans and fraternal halls are part of the very fabric of our community, and there are approximately 100 of them in Nassau County. As a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who will always be a strong supporter of the brave men and women who have admirably served this county, I know firsthand the important role these facilities serve. With all that veterans have done and are continuing to do for our nation and communities, there never should have been a question of eligibility. I am pleased to know that our efforts proved successful, and that this program will help these veterans groups as part of their ongoing recovery from the pandemic. I also wanted to mention a couple of other matters of significance. First, residents are reminded that the property tax grievance filing deadline that was extended by the County Legislature to give peo-
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LetteRs — I learned to code! It’s been an amazing and rewarding journey, which I completed despite the comments from friends and family: “What do you need this for?” “Are you going to get a job?” (No.) “Why are you making yourself crazy?” I learned that I could access parts of my brain that I didn’t know existed. I learned that I really am an artist — what a relief to finally own this part of myself. I did have people on my side — a very supportive husband and the professors who took me seriously at Nassau. Our two kids are doing well, and our grandkids are getting poised to launch. And yes, we, too, are “drifting to the wings of the family stage.” Despite that, or because of it, I’ve decided to “walk” at NCC’s graduation in May. My two grandsons said they would come. Thanks, Randi, for the years of introspective columns, many of which resonated with this 75-year-old. BARBARA KAPLAN Rockville Centre
We're in a good place To the Editor: Randi Kreiss’s column spoke to me so completely. At 73 years old, I have become very content with who I am. I’m more reflective and understanding. Simple pleasures satisfy me. And most important, I’m in the present. Thanks, Randi, for articulating what
ple more time to challenge their assessments will expire on May 2. I’ve posted a video on my website on how to file a grievance. You can visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/ld6 and watch it by clicking the link to the video. Remember, you don’t need to pay a law firm or agency to file a tax grievance. To get information on your specific property, go to https://lrv.nassaucountyny. gov. Forms and applications can also be found at www. nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/ARC/forms.html. Second, earlier this month, the Legislature’s majority caucus and the Town of Oyster Bay initiated a collection drive to assist the people of Ukraine, and opened drop-off locations at various county and town facilities. Recently I helped load the last boxes filled with donations from generous residents to be shipped overseas. Overall, more than 45,000 pounds of much-needed supplies, including medical items and personal hygiene products, were sent to the Port of New York and New Jersey, where they will be shipped to Poland and ultimately distributed to
Ukrainian refugees. Finally, the State Legislature is considering legislation that would give the state control of the Nassau University Medical Center, and ultimately lead to partial or complete closure of the facility. NUMC is the only county-owned hospital in Nassau County, and has the only state-of-the-art burn center for miles around, as well as one of the best trauma centers on Long Island. The hospital serves not just residents of the East Meadow area, but also many from across the county who are under-insured, as well as students from the local colleges and many members of nearby minority communities. This effort is nothing more than a political move by Albany that would hurt Nassau County. NUMC should be run by county residents, for county residents. It should not be a pawn in a political tug of war, and I will continue to fight to ensure that the hospital remains under the county’s control, and not bureaucrats in Albany. Bill Gaylor is a Nassau County legislator representing the 6th District, which comprises Malverne, Lynbrook, North Lynbrook, Valley Stream, North Valley Stream and portions of Franklin Square, Hewlett, Rockville Centre and Woodmere.
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it feels like to be a 70-something woman. Aren’t we lucky to be in the moment, appreciating our past and looking forward to our future? JOANNE SICA North Merrick
They'll all wear No. 42 To the Editor: Friday marks the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson playing his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was a milestone for integrating the sport. It was a time when working- and middle-class men and woman of all ages, classes, races and religions commingled, rooting for Robinson and his teammates regardless of ethnic origin. Brooklynites could ride the bus, trolley or subway to Ebbets Field to see their beloved Dodgers. Everyone could afford a bleacher or general admission seat. Hot dogs, beer and souvenirs were reasonably priced. Just as Jackie Robinson fought racism in the 1950s, the Detroit Tigers’ Hank Greenberg had to do the same with antisemitism in his time. Robinson and Greenberg both document the long-lasting relationship between African-Americans and Jewish sports fans standing together for decades in support of one another. LARRY PENNER Great Neck
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free and diverse press is the backbone of a healthy and vibrant democracy. Yet social media and search engine giants like Facebook and Google are taking content from local newspapers — like this one — with little, if any, benefit to those newspapers. But it is readers who are truly harmed by Big Tech’s content-filtering and datacollection motives, which ultimately reduce the output of quality journalism. All of it is simply unfair — to readers, and especially to the newspapers who serve them. Congress must take action to fix this by approving an equitable revenue model similar to what the music industry fought hard for — one that pays royalties to content owners, which ensures that more of that content can be produced in the future. Let’s not forget the important tenets of local newspapers: ■ Quality journalism is key to sustaining civic society, and we must ensure that those who create journalistic content are compensated for their work. ■ With freedom of the press enshrined in the Constitution, it is imperative to take reasonable and meaningful steps to protect this important institution. ■ Local journalism strengthens communal ties, and provides communities with critical information. ■ The public rightfully trusts its local newspapers. One recent survey showed that nearly 75 percent of Americans have confidence in their local newspaper, compared with just over half for national net-
work and cable news. Just 17 percent trusted social media. A bipartisan bill known as the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act is making its way through Congress. It’s sponsored by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, and John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, as well as two congressmen from both sides of the aisle, David Cicilline of Rhode Island and Ken Buck of Colorado. The bill would enable news publishers to collectively negotiate with Big Tech, driving billions of dollars of subscription and ad dollars back to the publishers who produce good journalism in the first place. It would include an enforcement mechanism to ensure that negotiations result in payments, that such payments be evenly distributed to small local papers, and that payments reflect investments in reporters and newsrooms. It would allow market forces — not just two companies or even the government — to determine how, and for what price, news content is offered. American news publications reach more than 135 million people each week. Yet the revenue of these publications has dropped by more than 50 percent in recent years, fueled by mass — and often involuntary — distribution over dominant digital platforms like Facebook and Google. Social media might claim that the redistribution of content actually helps newspapers expand their audiences. But in reality, newspapers provide must-have content for these tech platforms that help them capture visitors. Publishers deserve fair compensation for the value of that content, and it’s just not happening from this so-called audience expansion.
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letters Sharing age and perspective To the Editor: Randi Kreiss’s column “Where am I at 75? Reflections from the Edge” resonated with me. I, too, am 75 and can’t believe that number. I stopped working in December 2013, and in January 2014 I launched into the next phase of my life — I went back to school. I enrolled at Nassau Community College for what was supposed to be no more than a four-year stint, planning to take one course per semester. I had the time, and wanted to enjoy the classes, unlike my undergrad and graduate days. Due to a few hiccups along the way — my husband’s back operations, my lymphoma, selling our house and moving during the pandemic — four years turned into 8½. I kept going back, learning computer programs that really challenged me, especially the courses I survived last year in which I created my own portfolio website
Individual news publishers cannot challenge the basic terms offered by Big Tech because these platforms are too big, and smaller newspapers can’t even get a seat at the table. Because of that, Big Tech can grab as much as 70 percent of every ad dollar from news publishers while hiring zero reporters. Newspapers bear all the expense, while social media giants get all the benefit. Facebook and Google exert their dominance over the digital marketplace by setting the rules for news publishers and determining how their work is displayed, prioritized and monetized. More than 65 percent of users don’t even click the links offered by Google that would take them to the outlets that are spending the money to create the content they’re reading. One study showed that 57 percent of New York residents get their news from Facebook. Nearly half use Google as their primary source of news. If Washington doesn’t intervene soon, we will continue to lose hundreds of newspapers — like this one — across the country, and right here in your hometowns. But Congress needs to know it has your support in order to act. Reach out to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer at (212) 486-4430, or U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand at (212) 688-6262. Call U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice at (516) 739-3008, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi at (631) 923-4100, or U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino at (516) 541-6602. Our democracy depends on local media like the newspaper you hold in your hands. The idea is so important that it’s part of the First Amendment, enshrined in the Bill of Rights. But local media also depends on you.
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ussia’s brutal attack on Ukraine is being felt around the world — and now, even above it. Russia’s top space official, Dmitry Rogozin, has tweeted that the sanctions imposed on his country by the U.S and Europe are “unacceptable.” He said that cooperation with the U.S. and it allies on the International Space Station may no longer be possible. Rogozin added that the sanctions are intended “to kill the Russian economy, plunge JAmES our people into and bring BERNStEIN despair our country to its knees.” Normal relations with the U.S. and Europe, he said, would only be possible with the lifting of the “illegal” sanctions — something that is highly unlikely to happen in the near future. Rogozin, space experts have said, has a habit of popping off. But Andrew Parton, president of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, said that the notion of Americans, Europeans and Russians working together in space — which they were doing only a few weeks ago — now “seems awkward.”
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“We’re almost at war with them,” Parton said. The Russians were pioneer partners, along with the U.S., the Europeans Space Agency, Canada and Japan, in building the ISS, the largest man-made structure ever constructed and put into space. It had to be assembled in parts, which took place between 1998 and 2000. The first section of the structure was launched in November 1998, aboard a Russian Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodome. The ISS has been circling the Earth for so long now — it became fully operational in May 2009 with a six-member crew that required two Russian Soyuz “lifeboats” to be docked there at all times — that many Earthlings have pretty much forgotten about it, or don’t think of it much. But it remains a phenomenal vehicle, traveling an eye-popping 17,500 mph at an altitude of some 248 miles above Earth. Many have argued that the many billions of dollars spent on the ISS could have been better used on Earth. Others say that man was born to explore, and who knows what we’ll find out there one day? And the ISS has proved valuable. To name a few of its contributions:
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he biggest loss is that yet another tie between major world powers will have been severed.
■ A s t r o n a u t s h ave learned to work in a microg r av i t y e nv i r o n m e n t . Human bodies chang e under such circumstances, and we are now better able to understand how to cope with the challenges we will face as we further explore the cosmos.
■ And students the world over have been given a view of life in space and the possibilities of a world outside our own. But what if Russia quits? The ISS could survive. Just last week, SpaceX, a private company, launched a NASA astronaut and three paying customers to the ISS. Since NASA’s space shuttle program ended in 2011, the agency has relied on Russian Soyuz spacecraft to take our astronauts to the station. But with commercial space companies revving up, we may be able to elimi-
nate our dependence on the Russians to get us up there. Russians help guide the ISS, and use their country’s space vehicles to boost the station to its target orbit when it tends to drift lower. These tasks can be taken over, but it will take effort by the rest of the ISS team, and more funding. The bigger loss, of course, is that yet another tie between major world powers will have been severed. Russian and U.S. diplomats around the world have already been called home. To be sure, Russia must be punished, and punished severely, for its actions in Ukraine. But astronauts and cosmonauts are scientists, and have held themselves above the fray of politics and fraught relationships between their countries. They were able to do so on the most recent return to Earth, in March. Astronaut Mark Vande Hei worried that he might be left behind because of U.S-Russia tensions, after spending 355 days in space. But the Russians ferried him home safely. Joe Montalbano, NASA’s program manager for the ISS, said that those aboard the station last month were “aware of what’s going on, but they still worked as a team.” The question is, how long can we remain teammates? James Bernstein is the editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments about this column? Jbernstein@liherald.com.
Family stories help the healing
f you don’t have a sister, I urge you to get one, preferably a younger one, so you can boss her around. But in a pinch, any age will do, and life is all about pinches. My husband recently had surgery to replace a pacemaker, an easy, relatively pain-free event, unless it’s your pacemaker, and your body being altered. My guy is stoic, but he came out of surgery with a corneal abrasion, which was inexplicable on many levels, since the procedure was for his heart. The pain RANDI was extreme and, KREISS although I’m good in a crisis, I found his distress and my helplessness terribly unsettling. Lots of people offered to help in any way they could. The calls and notes and get-well gifts all lifted us up. But only my sister called and said she was on her way. She had booked her flight, she was coming for five days, and that was that. She isn’t the take-over type; that’s my job as the older sister. Once she got here, I still cooked for the three of us and
walked the dog and fetched the meds for the patient. Really, she didn’t do much, unless you count saving my sanity. We discussed important world events, like our hair, and exchanged meaningful gifts: I gave her my Dry Bar brush and she gave me her hot rollers. Like most sibs our age, we’re the only people on Earth who shared childhood with the same parents. Ours died in old age, at 95 and 97, so until the last few years, we took care of them together. This shared experience doesn’t imply shared memories, because we have wildly different accounts of our childhood in Cedarhurst with Mom and Dad. What we do when we’re together is mostly nothing, aside from talking or sharing companionable silence while we read or do stuff on our devices. She paints. I write. We agree on most things in the world except her dog, Moe, a.k.a. Cujo, who is the love of her life, and the only Chihuahua who could take down a cheetah. We tell stories when we sit around, share the news of our kids and grandkids, and realize that memory is unreliable but that it doesn’t matter. The stories
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we tell weave the cloth that holds us together. I remember the Thanksgiving her 3-year-old daughter decided she hated the tiny bows on her pink velvet pants and jacket. My brother-in-law, who died many years ago, called a timeout, got a scissors and snipped off every one of the dozens of tiny bows. My sister doesn’t remember this at all. I thought it was a remarkable demonstration of parental forbearance. She also doesn’t remember that our mother assigned me to walk her to her kindergarten when I was in third grade. Every single awful day, my sister would throw herself on the ground, grab my feet and beg me not to leave her there. It didn’t take more than seven or eight years of therapy to deal with that. One story we both remember was our mother’s “talk” with us about sex. She told us an elaborate story about what the male chicken does with the female chicken. When I offered intelligent feedback, starting with, “So you mean when you wanted to make a baby, Dad and you…?” “No!” she screamed. “That’s just with
love kale, but my sister says she would rather chew on her lawn.
chickens.” My sister and I tend to like the same things: We are political allies, and support folks who are trying to keep our democracy from running aground. Of course, there are exceptions to our harmony. I love kale, and she says she would rather chew on her lawn. I suspect she eats pot pie, which to me is dead chicken in a watery grave. She asked me if I remembered the time I was being bullied in sixth grade. I walked her to school and told her I would kiss her goodbye before we got to school so the other kids wouldn’t see. She remembered that I didn’t skip the kiss. I don’t remember that, but I do remember that when I was making out with my boyfriend (now my husband), in the family den back in high school, she would come clomping down the stairs in her rollers and slippers and would accept a quarter to clomp back up. She says she wouldn’t have scrammed for less than 50 cents. So, you see, while my husband healed, my sister and I passed the time with stories. She didn’t do much, unless you count just showing up. Which was everything. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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