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Vol. 22 No. 41
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Creating collaborative art at Arleigh House By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com
A Courtesy Michelle Stack
ARlEIgH HouSE, IN East Meadow, a home for intellectually and developmentally disabled adults, took part in a collaborative art experience. Cheryl Leonardo and Daniel O’Shea were two of the residents who helped create the house’s art piece.
group of six adults living in an East Meadow group home have come together to create art for an innovative creative experience. Long Island-based Community Mainstreaming Associates provides innovative services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and promotes their inclusivity within communities, created the experience. Residents of 15 different group homes, all part of CMA, worked on a large collaborative painting — in their respective homes — with staff and CMA instructors Michelle Stack and Nicole Facey. Residents of the Arleigh House, in East Meadow, created a large floral piece that was showcased at a reception at the Port Washington Library on Sept. 28. “The guys here, they love doing art proj-
ects, they love arts and crafts, they love when people come visit them and do fun things with them,” Jacquelin Moore, the house manager at the Arleigh House said. “I’m not just saying this because I work for the organization, but it looked like a professional painting.” The houses maintained by CMA host neurodiverse individuals ranging from those who are fairly independent to those who need a lot of support due to their severe physical and cognitive disabilities. Moore said that she got involved beccause she loves to help people. The East Meadow house has six adults in residence. Some have jobs and some go to programs, but at the end of the day they come back to the house and live like anyone else — cook meals, clean their rooms and watch TV. “We use the model that we do with and not for them,” Moore said. “We will assist and help them, but we don’t do things for them.” The art project was the brainchild of Stack, the director of development and communicaContinued on page 4
‘He truly loved it. He wanted to be here all the time.’ John Arigo, longtime owner of Pietro’s Pizzeria and community fixture, dies at 66 By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com
Whether you were walking into Pietro’s Pizzeria for the wellknown sesame seed crust, or to get your taxes done, you recognized long-time owner John Arigo the second you saw him — and maybe even spent time discussing politics or the Mets with him. Arigo died on Sept. 21, after a 12-year battle with lung cancer. He was 66. Arigo, an over 50-year resident of East Meadow, was a wellloved man and active member in
his community. He married his wife Carol in 1977, and a couple of weeks before he died they celebrated 50 years together. They have five children Lauren Maslov, 42, Peter Arigo, 40, Stefanie Arigo, 37, Melanie Wengrod, 35, and Cheryl Arigo, 33, all raised in East Meadow. Originally a certified public accountant, he was made partner in the accounting firm of Frederick, Goglio and Bertolli in 1984, but started his own CPA practice in East Meadow in 1989. He worked out of an office in Pietro’s to help his mother-in-law
Nancy Ippolito with restaurant after his father-in-law Pete died. In 2001, John and Carol purchased Pietro’s and continued the family tradition. For years, they worked side-by-side with five children. “Even though he was a CPA by his trade, he ended up doing this kind of, I think, like therapy for him,” Maslov said of her father. “It was like a break from doing his numbers all day. “He truly loved it. He wanted to be here all the time,” she continued. “He was here my entire childhood, and that might be
why I love to do it so much.” Maslov took over Pietro’s from her father in August of 2021, and has been running it with her husband, Andy. “Even when he wasn’t doing well, he would come down and help me make pizza boxes on Friday nights,” she said. “He talked
to every customer and people came here to talk to him. I think it gave them a sense of comfort to come here and see him. He was just such a staple here.” Over the years, John was involved in various East Meadow organizations. He was a Continued on page 2