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A leader with a ‘heart of gold’

By Mallory Wilson

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iz Fries is described by those who know her as a woman with a big heart. There are few who can say they are as involved in their communities as Fries. Joining the East Meadow Kiwanis Club in 2000 led to a new world of community involvement for her. Fries, 69, has truly made the community “a better place to live and work,” David Rothman, a fellow Kiwanian, said. Her hard work, dedication and volunteerism is why the East Meadow Herald is proud to name Liz Fries the East Meadow Person of the Year for 2021. “Liz is just one of those people who does not look for accolades,” Rothman said. “She does what she does to make people’s lives in the community and the surrounding communities better.” Rothman has known Fries for more than 20 years. “She’s just a do-gooder,” he said. Fries grew up in the Bronx and moved to East Meadow in 1975 when she started her family. She has two grown children, James Fries and Elizabeth LeDoux, who lives in Massachusetts with her children, Samuel and Vivien LeDoux, 14. Fries became a legislative aide to Nassau County Legislator Norma Gonsalves, of East Meadow, in 1998, after she was first elected. Gonsalves was named the Legislature’s presiding officer in 2012, and Fries continued working for Gonsalves, becoming her executive director, until Gonsalves stepped down from her post in 2018, after 20 years of service. Fries had originally studied to be a teacher at Adelphi University but never finished her degree because she started a family. She held numerous jobs with multiple attorneys before working for Gonsalves, including at the Garden City firm Mahon, Mahon, Mahon, run by a father and two sons, where she worked

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for almost a decade. While working with them, she earned her paralegal diploma with honors in legal research from Adelphi University in the mid-1990s.

“It takes a while to know where you’re going in life,” Fries said. “While I was in high school at Preston High School in the Bronx, one of the nuns said to me, ‘You’re not going to be a teacher, you’re going to do something in law,’ and she was right.” Fries said her many years working with attorneys helped her make the move to government service. Since 2018, she has been chief of staff to State Assemblyman John Mikulin. “Everything in law is different and you learn something new every day,” she said. “That’s what I like about it. She joined East Meadow Kiwanis Club in May 2000 while working for Gonsalves. Her first role was as newsletter editor. “I had no idea at all what the club was about, and it was mostly men at the time,” Fries said.“... Norma said, ‘You have to join this group,’ and I just thought it was a good idea to be involved somehow and to do something.” Fries was active in the club, becoming its second female president in 2007. “It was scary,” she said. “Every woman in the Long Island South Central Division came to support me.” She has chaired multiple committees in Kiwanis, including the holiday food basket assembly and delivery effort, East Meadow Pride Day and the East Meadow Kiwanis/Borrelli’s annual holiday luncheon for families, which she said is her favorite activity. She is also the East Meadow Kiwanis school liaison. “She’s done so much good in this community and beyond,” East Meadow Kiwanis President Jennifer Reinhardt said. “...She has many Kiwanis awards and accolades, and we’re so proud of her.” For the 2021-22 Kiwanis year, Fries is the lieutenant governor of the Long Continued on page 14 Courtesy Jennifer Reinhardt

Liz Fries, Kiwanis Club’s Long Island South Central Division lieutenant governor, left, wtih Jennifer Reinhardt, the East Meadow Kiwanis president.

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Poet published in 12 anthologies in 2020 Judy Turek had a busy year. The East Meadow poet finished 391 poems in 2020, and her work was published in 12 anthologies. Turek, 58, who goes by the genderneutral J R Turek, could be seen at poetry readings and creative writing workshops across Long Island. When the coronavirus pandemic brought about large-scale business and cultural shutdowns, members of the arts and entertainment industry faced new challenges when they couldn’t perform live or collaborate in person. “A lot of people are negative and thinking about what they can’t do,” Turek said.“But think about the things you can do.” Over the past six months, she

appeared in more books than she had in all of 2019, she said. In July, she took part in the 2020 Poetry Marathon, the 14th annual online competition in which writers across the globe write a poem every hour for 24 consecutive hours.“It was remarkable just to push yourself,” she said. “By 4 a.m. I was so punch drunk and tired, but I just kept writing.” The organizers published a compilation of 24 of their favorite poems. Turek’s poem is the third one in the book.

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Judy Turek wrote 391 poems in 2020, and had work published in 12 anthologies.

Tackling the pandemic’s impact on small businesses

Many small businesses struggled to make it through the winter, as Covid-19 cases rose, including restaurants. “These restaurants support our Little Leagues, our PTAs, our community events,” said Todd Weinstein, 48, of East Meadow. “It’s our obligation to come together and help them out.” Weinstein runs a Facebook group called “Nice Things that Happen in

East Meadow.” He held a fundraisers by setting up box betting pools for the American Football Conference and National Football Conference championship games. For $25, a bettor can secure a box in both pools. The prizes were gift cards for restaurants. Brian Stieglitz/Herald

Todd Weinstein launched a playoff box betting pool to benefit East Meadow restaurants.

Town earmarks $340K in CARES funds for local libraries Protecting residents from problem pets Nassau County passed a law in March requiring overly aggressive dogs be added to a public online registry. Legislator John Ferretti, who wrote the law, had a personal connection to the legislation when a neighbor’s dog raced onto his property and sank its teeth into Benny, Ferretti’s dog. Benny’s Law, requires owners of dangerous dogs to send notices to everyone living within 1,000 feet, that

On Feb. 10, alongside local library directors,Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin announced that the town has approved more than $340,000 in grants to support several public libraries within the township, including East Meadow. The allocation was made possible by funding through the federal CARES Act, secured by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer last year. Each library received a more than $20,000 grant to help pay for unbudgeted expenses incurred during the pandemic and continue to provide essential programs and services to their communities. Most libraries continued to offer a full complement of services through-

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includes a physical description, the date on which it was deemed dangerous and the address of its owner or receive a $500 fine, and an additional $100 for every day that its requirements are not met.

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Johnny Ferretti, 8, with Benny, the inspiration for the legislation.

out the pandemic with Covid-19 safety measures in place. These include high-grade Plexiglas shields for circulation and reference desks, personal protective equipment for staff, daily sanitizing procedures, UV-lighting to disinfect books and printed materials and reconfiguration of library spaces to maintain social distancing. Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito regarded the institutions as “a central location for meetings” that have the ability to bring community members together.

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Donald Clavin announced that the town would allocate more than $340,000 of federal CARES Act funding to support several libraries.

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Vaccination site for vets opens at Nassau University Medical Center

Fire damages Carman Avenue strip mall B&G Deli owner Alphonse Lentz was at his Salisbury store late on March 16, hours after closing. He was rearranging some things, he said, and left at 11 p.m. On his way home to Bohemia, he got a call to come back, because at approximately 11:15, his building and the four that surrounded it had caught fire. Police had seen smoke coming out of Ralph’s Italian Ices, two doors down from the delicatessen, in the strip mall south of the intersection of Carman and Stewart avenues. They called the East Meadow Fire Department. Lentz said he was grateful that police called so quickly, adding that it was not unusual for them to be nearby. His late brother was a state trooper. Lentz said he has always had a close relationship with the local police.

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Firefighter John O’Brien Sr., from East Meadow Station 1, said the call initially reported smoke inside Ralph’s. But when EMFD Chief James Walsh, arrived minutes later, he saw smoke in all five of the stores, which indicated a fire. He requested additional manpower. The fire was extinguished within 20 minutes and no one was hurt,. The blaze damaged Ralph’s, B&G, the Laundromat, Miss Beauty Nails & Spa and an empty storefront, once the popular J&R Discount, which relocated to Levittown a few years ago.

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Five stores in the strip mall on Carman Avenue in Salisbury, including B&G Delicatessen, were damaged in a late-night fire on March 16.

Veterans who met eligibility requirements needed to look no further than Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow to get their Covid-19 vaccines. Frank Zelinski, a 90-year-old Marine veteran from Hicksville, received his first dose at the new NUMC veteran vaccination site on March 11, after its official opening. The site was created as a partnership between NUMC and the Nassau County Veteran Service Agency. “Most of our veterans are far from the VA Hospital in Northport — that’s in another county,” Curran said. “So, working together with NUMC to make the vaccine possible here makes it so much more accessible to many of

them.” Pete Wenninger, the East Meadow American Legion commander, said the added benefit for veterans is that they can make an appointment by just making a phone call. “That phone number helped me and a lot of veterans,” he said.“It was a big help. I got my first shot [at NUMC].” “We know that the virus is still out there, and people are still getting sick with it,” Curran said. “So protecting our veterans from this deadly disease is the least we can do to thank those who valiantly protected our freedoms.”

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East Meadow trainer helps save a life East Meadow athletic trainer Dan DeSimone and Farmingdale trainer Phil Fandale were at the right place at the right time at a varsity football game at Farmingdale High School on March 20 when Nassau County football official Phil LoNigro suddenly collapsed. The minute and a half or so that followed felt like forever, DeSimone and Fandale agreed, but those precious seconds of teamwork saved LoNigro’s life. “I didn’t see him collapse,” DeSimone said.“There was a little bit of commotion, and I look over and from where I was standing — I had to look through a few of the players on the

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Protest at correctional center calls for state jail, prison reform

field. I saw him laying there, so I ran out there as fast as I could to assess what was going on.” Fandale grabbed the automated external defibrillator because there was no time to waste. When DeSimone reached LoNigro, he was lying on his stomach, and breathing. Physician Dr. Matthew Heller and DeSimone checked his vitals, and when Fandale got there they turned him over to determine what was wrong.

Cynthia Manuel, wearing a Release Aging People in Prison T-shirt, stood outside the Nassau County Correctional Center in East Meadow, where a member of her family is currently being held. A coronavirus policy is preventing her from going inside to visit her relative. Inmate visitations were permitted last summer, but were canceled on Nov. 15, around the time that the state and Nassau County began seeing an increase in Covid-19 cases. On March 20, Sheriff James Dzurenda wrote in a public letter that two staff members and two inmates had tested positive. Dzurenda added that he planned to restore visits and outdoor activities “as soon as it’s safe.”

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East Meadow’s Dan DeSimone helped save the life of football official Phil LoNigro.

Using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, safety measures are being set up to allow for scheduled attorney visits, Dzurenda stated in his letter, and if those protocols prove successful, the facility will begin limited, scheduled family visitation. “The only way that our prison inmates are getting [Covid] is because it’s being brought in from the streets by [court officers] and anybody else that comes in,” Manuel said.“If they can go in and give the virus, why can’t we go in and wear masks and protect them? It’s really crazy.” Courtesy Serena Liguori, New HOUR for Women & Children LI

Pam Neely said many people at the Correctional Center are serving time despite not having been found guilty.

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Clarke earns conference title

It took a couple of tries, but Clarke secured its first-ever football victory on its new turf field behind a strong ground attack led by senior quarterback Nick Giardino. The Rams defeated visiting Malverne, 30-6, under a blazing hot sun Sept. 18 as Giardino had rushing and passing touchdowns as well as rushing and passing two-point conversions. He and junior Justin Somyak (one touchdown and two-point conversion) both rushed for 100 yards, while junior Jack Forte scored twice and made 12 defensive stops. The Mules, who orchestrated an 11-play scoring drive encompassing most of the third quarter to get on the board on senior DeAndre Blagrove’s touchdown run, slipped to 1-2. “It was the hottest game I’ve ever played in,” said Somyak, who opened the scoring 5:26 into the game with a 16-yard touchdown run. “We’re wellconditioned and came ready to play, but it was tough out there. It feels good to get our second win in a row.” First-year head coach Kevin O’Hagan

Though Clarke managed a tie and squeaked out a couple of one-goal wins over a six-day span, the second time around the Nassau Conference II field hockey schedule proved much tougher than the first. Then on Oct. 20, the Rams were rejuvenated, coach Brittany Dougher said, by a matchup with rival East Meadow and put together their best offensive performance of the season to seal the conference title. Sophomore Sophia Papacostas scored four times and her senior sister, Andrea, and sophomore Lina Resende added goals as Clarke rolled to a 6-1 road victory. “It’s always a good matchup and a fun rivalry with East Meadow,” Dougher said.“We hadn’t lost games or lost confidence, but I felt we were in a little bit of a lull and playing East Meadow helped fuel the fire we needed re-lit.” Senior Catherine Amini added three assists for the Rams. Sophia Papacostas has been the ignition switch for the offense, scoring 15 goals, and has a “sib-

lauded Clarke’s balance and its performance up front, led by seniors Tyler Benowitz, Liam Farrell and Michael Delaney.

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Clarke quarterback Nick Giardino had passing and rushing touchdowns and also passing and rushing two-point conversions in its 30-6 win.

ling chemistry” with Andrea and together they led the attack. Junior Nicole Servider served a tremendous defender but also a weapon on corners.

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East Meadow teen makes history There are now two county champion-runners in the Villafuerte family. Senior Leslie Villafuerte-Castro became the first female East Meadow runner to win the Nassau County cross-country championship in 16 years and did so with the fifth-fastest time in school history at a muddy Bethpage State Park on Oct. 30. Villafuerte-Castro took the 5K event with a personal-best time of 19 minutes, 34.07 seconds -- to claim the Jets’ first individual title in that race since Emily Weber in 2005. She finished third in the Class 1 Championship race last April and this fall emerged as the top-ranked 5K competitor in the

county and conference. “That race was where her confidence really showed through,” coach Michael Ringhauser said. “We knew going in that she was the best runner in the county, so [the strategy was to] just go out and from the start take the lead and just never look back.” The win was especially sweet for Villafuerte-Castro after her brother, Bryan, won the same race three years earlier.

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East Meadow’s Leslie Villafuerte-Castro captured the Nassau County Class I championship.

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One hurt in blast that rocks East Meadow A normally quiet East Meadow neighborhood was shaken on the evening of May 6 when a propane tank exploded at a house fire at 2413 7th St. The East Meadow Fire Department operator had fielded multiple emergency calls from residents, Firecom — a fire alarm system — and Nassau County Police Department dispatchers at 8:25 p.m. before the explosion. The first call to 911 came from Michael Turner, a neighbor. “I got up from my couch and I saw my neighbor’s house across the street — big flames,” Turner said. “I called 911 and my wife ran to the house, then I went to the house.” Turner and his wife, Candace, helped the people inside the house, a

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mother and two sons, outside to safety. That’s when they learned about the propane tanks and the fire that burned near them. “Additional information from dispatch advised of the multiple incoming calls, possible explosions, and that all occupants were out of the house,” East Meadow firefighter John J. O’Brien Sr. wrote in an account he wrote about the incident.

Nancy Widman said that when she first noticed the rash on her neck, she didn’t think anything of it. But it got worse, spreading down her throat onto her chest. Widman’s doctor attributed her condition to the cloth masks she had been wearing to avoid getting Covid-19. She recommended that she switch to paper masks, and gave her a prescription for medication. “She told me it was definitely from moisture from my mask, and gave me cortisone cream and prednisone,” said Widman, who lives in Salisbury. Dr. Paul Mustacchia, an internist and the chair of the Department of Medicine at Nassau University Medical

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Several emergency response personnel were at the scene of a 7th Street house fire where a propane tank exploded.

District clarifies policies amid mask mandate After a year of taking precautions like mask wearing and social distancing, many were shocked to learn that fully vaccinated people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, could in most cases leave their masks at home. Amid the news last month — along with the widened eligibility of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for children as young as 12 — parents began wondering about the policies of their children’s school districts. But with the last day of school approaching, students cannot ditch their masks just yet. After a push from local lawmakers, school officials and parents, the State Office of Children and Family Services’ and the state Department of Health’s

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mask policies were updated on June 7 to allow school districts to lift the requirement of mask use outdoors. But students over 5 must continue to wear masks indoors. The update came after Gov. Andrew Cuomo walked back a statement that mask wearing indoors and outdoors would become optional. In a special meeting on June 7, the East Meadow Board of Education adopted a resolution to make outdoor mask use optional.

Borrelli’s restaurant in East Meadow, a relative stone’s throw from the Nassau Coliseum, is a hot spot for New York Islanders fans. The restaurant, open since 1955, is packed with fans whenever there’s a game at the “ol’ barn” in Uniondale. Now, amid the NHL playoffs, the restaurant has been more crowded than ever. The Italian restaurant has televisions set up in multiple locations to make it easy for patrons to watch the action on the ice while they eat. “I come here for the atmosphere, I come here for the food, the entertainment, and the fans,” diner Owen Pacifico said.“This place is alive.” Fans come from all over to enjoy

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Center, said he was familiar with maskrelated acne, which was renamed “maskne”during the pandemic.“When I first heard the new name, I did a double-take,” he said. “The name has no scientific relevance.” Maskne occurs when people wear tight-fitting masks for long periods of time. A mask creates a moist environment from breathing, talking or sweating, which can block pores, leading to acne or other skin conditions, including allergic contact dermatitis, rosacea, seborrheic dermatitis and folliculitis.

the food, the proximity to the Coliseum and the company of other Islanders fans. “This is my first time here,” said Kirk Beddoe, who lives in Connecticut. “We’re big Islanders fans, and we heard all the hype about Borrelli’s. It was too pricey to go to the game, so we thought going to Borrelli’s was the second-best thing.”

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No fireworks this year Eisenhower Park’s annual Fourth of July fireworks, which have taken place for decades, was not presented this year. The decision was not publicized by TD Bank, which has hosted the display for over 15 years, or Nassau County. Some East Meadow and Salisbury residents said they didn’t know that the show had been called off, while others said they found out on Facebook. “Our family loves watching the fireworks from Eisenhower Park,” said Tim Lederer, who added that they watch from their East Meadow backyard.“It’s disappointing we won’t be seeing them this year, as it’s a summer tradition.” Lisa Carlson, a spokeswoman for TD Bank, said the “Celebrate America

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Island Harvest and PSEGLI hold food drive in an effort to help people facing food insecurity, PSEG Long Island partnered with Island Harvest to host a food drive at Stew Leonard’s on July 23. “Power to Feed Long Island” was expected to continue into September. There were two food drives each month outside various supermarkets across Long Island, said Christine Restani, customer experience manager of the PSEGLI community partnership program. The goal was to collect enough food for 21,000 meals this year. PSEG Long Island aims to give back to communities in need, Restani said. And the need has been exacerbated

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There will be no July Fourth fireworks at Eisenhower Park, as in years past.

by the coronavirus pandemic. “Food insecurity has really spiked during Covid,” she said, “especially during the summers, now that kids aren’t in school.” PSEG Long Island donated $25,000 to Island Harvest to kick off the initiative, Restani said. Together the organizations created food drives at supermarkets across Long Island with a touchless system. People pulled up in their vehicles and handed off their donations, or put them directly in the collection boxes.

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PSEGLI volunteer Kyra Bella helped sort food in bins as people donated.

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A long history of community involvement Continued from front page

Island South Central Division, overseeing 15 Kiwanis clubs. “She is an extraordinarily giving person and a person who never turns away an opportunity to serve and is typically self-sponsored,” said Kiwanis New York District Governor Jim Mancuso, who has known Fries since 2002. “... She thinks of others before she thinks of herself, and she’s always giving.” “Kiwanis is my love, it just is,” Fries said. “I love helping out whenever I can.” Apart from Kiwanis, Fries is also a civic member of the East OF Meadow Chamber of Commerce. She joined in 2002 when her significant other, George Reimers, joined as a business member with his landscaping business. “Kiwanis and the chamber are sister organizations,” Fries said. “We’re always intertwining with different events.” As a member, she has co-chaired many events, including the East Meadow Memorial Day Parade. She has also co-chaired the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce Holiday Tree Lighting with her best friend, Dolores Rome. For that event, she represents the Council of East Meadow Community Organizations, for which she is the corresponding secretary. She has been a CEMCO member since 1999. Rome met Fries in the early ’90s when she was working at RMB Drafting Services, owned by Rich Bivone in East Meadow. Rome was

going on vacation, and Bivone hired Fries to take over for Rome while she was away. “We became instant friends from that day forward,” Rome said. “...We have the same way of thinking. Our work ethics and family ways aligned.” Rome described Fries as a hard worker with a heart of gold.“She never says no to anything,” she said. “She’s a very hard worker, and sometimes I wonder how she keeps doing it.” Rome, the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce’ treelighting representative, said the lighting is their favorite event to share. “We’ve been doing it for THE 22 years together,” Rome said. “We love seeing the smiles on children’s faces.” Through her community involvement, Fries said, she has met many new people and made many new friends.“The giving-back portion really makes me happy,” she said. “I think it’s so important for everyone to take pride in their community.” “A lot of people complain about things that are wrong,” she said.“But if everyone took one little step to help in the community, a lot could get done.”

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Fries, near right, and Dolores Rome, her best friend, have co-chaired the East Meadow tree lighting for more than 20 years.

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E.M. rallies for ‘Star Wars’ fanatic with MS East Meadow exhibited true goodneighborliness by helping a charity garage sale come to life. The July 31 Galactic Charity Garage Sale drew hundreds of residents who offered donations for Justin Weiss to sell in order to fulfill his dream of buying an authentic, screen-accurate “Star Wars” costume. Weiss, who has multiple sclerosis, hopes to join the 501st Legion, an international organization dedicated to the creation and wearing of detailed replicas of villains from the “Star Wars” universe. There are legions worldwide. The New York City and Long Island legion is called the Empire City Garrison. Its motto is “Bad Guys

Doing Good.” According to its website, the 501st’s mission is to promote interest in “Star Wars,” facilitate the use of costumes and contribute to society. Its members often volunteer in hospitals, charity events and fundraisers. Weiss, 49, has been obsessed with “Star Wars” since he was a child. The first movie in the series premiered in 1977, when he was 5. His father took him to see it, and the rest is history, he said.

East Meadow residents living on Erma Drive said they have complained for years to Nassau County police and East Meadow School District officials about dangerous conditions caused by reckless drivers behind East Meadow High School, noting that the drivers often blow through a threeway stop sign at Erma and Nottingham Road, while also ignoring other stop signs on Erma. The Herald spent two weeks, from April 15 to 29, observing traffic at the Erma-Nottingham intersection. A number of drivers were seen maneuvering dangerously on the surrounding residential streets, driving fast and ignoring stop signs, with a number of near-accidents.

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Erma Drive resident Nancy Widman, who has led the public outcry for help, called Nassau County Legislator Tom McKevitt. McKevitt was out riding his bike on Erma Drive. “I looked at the street and noticed it was not a school zone,” he said. “So, I called Tom Muscarella and suggested that it become one. He got working on it right away.” Town of Hempstead Councilman Muscarella, a Republican representing the 2nd District, proposed a school safety zone for Erma and parts of Ava Drive. The Town Board passed the measure on Sept. 9.The speed limit is 15 mph from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. when school is in session. It went into effect on Sept. 20. Laura Lane/Herald

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Sharing the ‘spirit of being Jewish’ Roughly 100 people marched from North Bellmore to East Meadow to celebrate the consolidation of the closed Temple Beth-El of Bellmore and the East Meadow Jewish Center. The 2.6 miles were joyous for the members of the two synagogues, who completed the route in one hour and 10 minutes. The new East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center has grown from the consolidation to 400 membership units, with each comprising a single person or a family.

Some people living in the communities of East Meadow and North Bellmore appeared to enjoy watching the “Torah procession.” When the Nassau County police closed Bellmore Road and other streets on the route to vehicles, a number of residents left their homes to witness the celebration, with many clapping and cheering. Courtesy East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center

People of all ages participated in the Torah procession, including Samuel Welt.

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The East Meadow Public Library opened on Sept. 23 after two years of construction. “I think the most exciting part about the library opening is it actually opening,” Michael Turner, a library trustee, said. “Unfortunately, with Covid things kept getting pushed back and back, but finally the day is here. I think the patrons are going to really appreciate what we’ve done here.” Turner said he has been on the board for 25 years, and it had always been a dream to renovate the library. There had been previous plans, but the project never came together, he said. Laura Buontempone brought her granddaughter Skyler, who is nearly 2

years old, to get her library card. “We used to live at the library before it closed,” said Buontempone, of East Meadow. “When you have two little kids going to the library breaks up the day. And we love the programs and how they help the little ones interact with other kids.” Creation of the new community room was a big selling point to the community and helped the bond pass back in 2017, according to library officials. It was determined then that the renovation would run roughly $14.6 million.

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Ryan and Amelia Geraghty, 2½ and 5, in the library’s updated children’s room.

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East Meadow sports complex is vandalized The East Meadow baseball and softball complex, on Merrick Avenue, was vandalized late in the evening of Sept. 25. Mike Catalano, the East Meadow Baseball and Softball Association board president, found the field damaged when he arrived there at 6 a.m. the following day. Picnic tables were broken, trash cans overturned, bleachers flipped over and other damage was done to the complex, said coach Benjamin Necci, who arrived at the fields 45 minutes after Catalano. “They completely messed up the field, and busted up the bathroom partitions,” Necci said. “We got them about 80 percent back together, but some of the pieces were completely demolished.”

Shingles were ripped off the complex roof, dugout walls were knocked down, and some signs and fence sections were broken. Nassau County Police were called, and a report was filed, but there were no immediate suspects because there wasn’t any video of the vandalism. “We sustained a lot of damage, and I’m going to try to get it fixed,” said Stephen LaSala, the Baseball and Softball Association commissioner. “But because of Covid, we don’t have as much money as we have had in the past.”

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The East Meadow baseball and softball complex on Merrick Avenue was vandalized Sept. 25.

Green energy savers a possibility in East Meadow A new type of green energy could be coming to East Meadow. Edgewise Energy, Long Island-based energy equipment and solutions company and Bloom Energy, a California-based green energy company, presented information supporting the idea of green-energy servers to the community on Nov. 4 at the Council of East Meadow Community Organizations meeting. The East and West Coast companies would like to implement fuel cells on concrete pads and associated underground electrical, gas and water services. The fuel cells use natural gas to generate electricity that would be sent to the grid. The company is proposing a 7-megawatt installation at the south

side of Hempstead Turnpike, east of Merrick Avenue, at 1640 Hempstead Turnpike, in the parking lot of an empty building where Lufthansa Airlines was once headquartered. There is a residential community on the south end of the property line, which Helen Meittinis, of Salisbury, said is a concern. “This is just not going to be a good thing for us,” said Meittinis. “If something were to happen to this pod, it would just destroy us. We’re too congested here. Maybe if it was in another, area people would be more open to it.”

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Edgewise Energy and Bloom Energy gave a presentation on a green energy system on Nov. 4.

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Vets excluded from Covid-19 funding Because of a technicality in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts haven’t been receiving special pandemic loan and grant assistance from the federal government, despite its nonprofit status. ARPA, a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, was signed into law by President Joe Biden to speed up the country’s recovery from the economic effects of the

pandemic. Veterans organizations, are unable to receive funds because of their tax-exempt status — 501(c)(19). ARPA only provides benefits for organizations designated as 501(c)(3).

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East Meadow’s American Legion has been excluded from Covid-19 money.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 1/5/22 at 9:30 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 21/22. LEVITTOWN Bevin Werner, Variance, side yards aggregate, construct 1st story addition, 2nd story addition, two (2) front porticos & partial garage

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Q. I just rented a retail space, and I’m planning changes with my architect. The architect says I have to “upgrade” the restroom to handicapped-accessible, which will cost at least $8,000 and maybe more, depending on whether the old pipes can be reused where they are. I don’t understand why other stores around me have original restrooms but I have to change mine. We were only moving a couple of walls and installing a new ceiling. Can you tell me if the architect is right about the change?

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A. You would think the answer is an easy one, that it would be either yes or no. Unfortunately, the answer is that the decision in these matters is discretionary, left to the plans examiner, who either strictly interprets the code and the federal and state laws based on the Americans with Disabilities Act (which was signed into law by onte eeper President George H.W. Bush in 1990), or determines that the physical upgrade of the restroom isn’t necessary. The law states that businesses with 15 or more employees must comply, but is overridden by the fact that establishments cannot discriminate against people with disabilities, patrons or employees. I once had a meeting at which the attorney for my client was challenging my advice to our mutual client that an upgrade — a renovation — would be necessary. The attorney appropriately pointed out exactly the same argument that you’re making, that nobody else has had to upgrade, and therefore you shouldn’t have to, either. My guess is that your neighbors may have been in that location for many years, and as long as nobody brings their location up to an official, we leave well enough alone, or that the official interpreted that the upgrade wouldn’t be necessary. I’m willing to bet that your neighbors, for the most part, moved in without anyone filing anything formally, with plans and permits, so the proprietors think they have no issue to deal with. You, on the other hand, operating honestly and legitimately, probably feel that even though you can’t discriminate against a person with a disability, you’re being unfairly discriminated against. Although I agree that you are being unfairly judged differently than your neighbors, your architect and any licensed professional, including the attorney, swore to uphold the laws of the state they practice in. If officials choose not to investigate every location, that is the governing bodies’ choice. Your architect is only trying to do what is right under the law. Coincidentally, that very morning, when the attorney was making the case that others were not in compliance, there was an incident in lower Manhattan in which an attorney had his heels slashed by a homeless man on a subway platform, and was instantly debilitated. I pointed out to the attorney that that poor guy was now disabled, and that we humans are all vulnerable, by age or accident, and need to be considered. He answered, “You should have been an attorney.”

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he Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., set off a cascade of worldwide catastrophes over the subsequent two decades — the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and many other terrorist attacks, in multiple countries. September 2001 seems like a lifetime ago, but for those old enough to remember that terrible year, it remains a haunting memory, a fever dream that we try to lock in the backs of our brains but is ever-present. For those of us in Nassau County that day, we could only watch in horror as grayblack smoke plumes spiraled out of the twisted, crumbled remains of the twin towers upward into an otherwise perfect azure sky. The plumes were visible from points across the county. Shortly after the attacks, people started to gather on the beach in Lido and at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick — the highest point on the South Shore — to watch the billowing smoke, staring silently in stunned disbelief. The United States homeland was under attack for the first time since World War II, and at that moment, we had no idea who the invader was, or the future suffering in distant lands that the attacks would bring. It was all incomprehensibly terrifying. In a front-page story in the Heralds’ Sept. 13-19 issue, “Terror at the Towers,” reported by Scott Brinton, Carrie James, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, Larry Maier and Cindy Roth, this is how we described the scene: “A wave of fear and despair raced across [Nassau County] Tuesday morning

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’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really, really scared. roLLen CaJoLes after terrorists slammed two hijacked jetliners into the World Trade Center, sending the Twin Towers crumbling into Lower Manhattan. “In the afternoon, surviving victims of the attack filtered into Nassau by Long Island Rail Road, like refugees from a war zone. Many, who were still shaking dusty, white debris from their clothes, were not from the area but had taken the first train they could out of the city and gotten off at the first possible stop.” We sent our reporters to the train stations to meet the survivors of the attacks. Sylvia Melendez, who worked in Lower Manhattan, described the chaos after the towers crashed to the ground. “The rush of clouds of debris forced everyone out into the streets,” she said. “Everyone was running away.” Here in Nassau, people were glued to their TVs and radios, watching and listening, hoping for the best but fearing the worst. “I’ve been listening all morning,” Luisa DeGirolamo, who worked at La Margherita Pastry Shop in Bellmore Village, said. “I’m devasted. I can’t get over it.” Rollen Cagoles, of East Meadow, said, “I’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really,

really scared.” Many parents rushed to their children’s schools to pick them up and take them home, fearful of further attacks. “A lot of people came and pulled their kids out because they didn’t want them to be in a place with a large group of people,” said Pat Brace, PTA president of Bowling Green Elementary School in East Meadow. “They thought they would be a target.” Nassau police doubled patrols around municipal buildings, schools, houses of worship and transportation lines. Police also diverted westbound traffic away from New York City. Motorists who had to travel major throughfares were advised to stay home. The military closed down the airspace over Long Island, with unlighted F-16 fighter jets streaking overhead above John F. Kennedy International Airport into the night of Sept. 11 to 12. Nearly 500 Long Islanders died in the attacks at the World Trade Center or later succumbed to 9/11-related illnesses. Each one was a life extinguished too soon. We must remember all of them — their essential goodness, their essential humanity. In the coming days, there will be solemn ceremonies in remembrance of the dead. Consider attending one to show your support for the victims, or stop and pause for a moment at 8:46 and 9:04 a.m. on Saturday and reflect on or say a prayer for the victims. In this way, you will help to keep their memories alive for generations to come. “Never forget” should never become a trite slogan. It should be a motto by which we live.

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A letter to Governor Hochul To the Editor: Congratulations and good luck to Gov. Kathy Hochul. She has been thrust into a role that is critical to the 19.45 million people who live, work and play in the Empire State. Here on Long Island, we are especially hopeful for her good work. The challenges on Long Island are many. Our aging infrastructure needs serious attention. As the nation’s first suburb, we are living with an antiquated system that requires an upgrade. Our increasingly overburdened roadways, bridges and tunnels are dismal. The environmental infrastructure is failing. Drinking water has challenges, including the quality and quantity. Surface water contamination is rampant from nitrogen and other pollutants entering our creeks, bays, harbors and the Long Island Sound. Our air is polluted with toxins too small to see with the naked eye. We are vulnerable to sea level rise, climate change and the inevitable next big storm. The fact is, we aren’t ready. Our environment is too important for the noaction tendencies of the past to continue. Our

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Opinion columns We publish three columns every week. Columns represent the views of the writers themselves, not of the Herald. Each writer works independently and chooses his or her own subjects. Among our regular contributors are the Heralds’ executive editor, Scott Brinton, and the Nassau Herald’s former executive editor, Randi Kreiss, both of whom have won numerous awards for their opinion writing. We also feature columns by prominent political figures, including former State Assemblyman Jerry Kremer, who is now a consultant. And we regularly invite guest columnists to offer their views.

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hen talking with my grandkids about returning to school this fall — to the building, with other kids, not the dining room table — I was reminded of a school day of my own years ago. “Bobby.” I heard my name called on the second-floor landing of A. B. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, N.Y. The caller was Mr. Leone, Joseph Leone, my biology teacher and college adviser. “Why haven’t you signed up for ALAn the SATs?” he asked. sinGer Neither of my parents had attended college, my mother had died eight years earlier, and my father, a vacuum cleaner salesman, had his hands full with two active kids. When I think about the controversies surrounding school openings this fall, I think, too, of the critical role of teachers in the lives of their students. That certainly was the case for me. Mr. Leone wasn’t alone in affecting my life for the better. I was going to drop out of college after my first year not only because of the cost, but also because I

questioned why I was there. I entered to be a minister, but had become disillusioned with organized religion. My college adviser, Mildred Martin, helped me sort through the financial and philosophical questions and urged me to appeal my financial aid award, and I continued as her student. Other teachers stand out as well. Miss Calabrese and Miss King, in elementary school, “Pop” Phillips in high school, Mark Ebersole in college, and Kay Moore and Robin Williams in graduate school. The past year of living and learning with Covid in our path and in our shadows revealed the inequalities of access to teachers like the ones I’ve known. When teachers are diverted from their main responsibilities, teaching and advising, they can’t fulfill their roles to the fullest. It is especially difficult for them to be effective when students lack access to broadband and Wi-Fi, a quiet place to study, and supportive adults to help them with difficult assignments. A distinguished psychologist once said that we human beings are the “teaching species.” All species must learn enough to leave the nest, but humans turned teaching into a “calling,” a vocation dedicated to preparing the next generation

was going to drop out of college after my first year. I questioned why I was there.

Letters looming issues need real solutions, not lip service. We need to address the Island’s solid-waste crisis, illegal dumping and the associated increases in disposal costs. Hochul hasn’t been handed the reins of the state at our finest hour. New Yorkers suffer with an unsustainable tax burden that’s accelerating the exodus of high-net-worth people, employers and job creators. The growing disparity in income and wealth, an increasing immigrant population and the associated educational and health care challenges are monumental. And our young workforce and empty-nesters are leaving because of a lack of affordable housing. Leaders in the past have forsaken us in favor of book deals, their own selfish agendas and their next election. Indeed, some are in prison for their bad behavior, but the reality is, the good people of New York have been sold out, and that’s why we require Hochul’s earnest leadership. We have hope in her vision, fortitude and ability to make the really tough decisions. We’re counting on her. Most important, please know that we are here for you, governor. Long Island and the state of New York have immense resources, none greater than their residents. There will be vocal naysayers who attempt to stop Hochul from addressing these vexing challenges. There are people who talk a lot, and there are people who get stuff done. To Hochul, I say this:

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Robert A. Scott, Ph.D., is president emeritus of Adelphi University; the author of, or contributor to, 18 books and monographs; and the author of hundreds of articles on higher education and social issues. His latest book is “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Prize awardee, 2019).

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Cuomo should be impeached To the Editor: Re Robert Rosenberg’s column “History repeats itself in Albany — again and again” (Aug. 26-Sept. 1): I agree with Rosenberg’s opinions, and would add that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo would indeed get the last hurrah and make “the State Legislature and state government look like a ship of fools” if it gave him a free pass on the nursing home deaths scandal and his subsequent cooking of the books to make it appear less egregious than he would have had us believe. Interestingly, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed immediately that these deaths were undercounted by some 12,000. By ordering nursing homes to accept Covid-19 patients, Cuomo, threatening owners with penalty if they did not comply, exposed many more confined elderly to the virus, potentially causing their deaths. With all due respect, I consider manslaughter to be an even more serious

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to the nation. They believed that education should be public; is critical to democracy because it prepares an informed citizenry, able to ask questions; is important because it prevents aristocracy and promotes meritocracy; should be free from religion and ideology; should be equal and equally available to all citizens; and is a public investment that is worth the cost. While the ideals of the Founders foundered on the compromises made to create a republic, they nevertheless created within the Constitution the mechanisms for correcting early mistakes and providing the means for continuing the pursuit of a “more perfect union,” which we have shown the ability to do. As we help our kids and grandkids, or relatives or neighbors’ kids, prepare for a new school year, let us acknowledge the noble profession of teaching, perhaps by remembering our own teachers, and do what we can to fulfill the Founders’ aspirations for true equality of education in America.

Please be the latter. Be bold. We heard you say you’d “fight like hell for New York,” and that’s exactly what Long Island needs.

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with knowledge, skills and values. As a result, teachers have a moral, social, civic and historical responsibility for not only educating each new generation but also, in this way, creating the future. We must remember the vocation, the calling, of teaching. As the historian Jacques Barzun said, “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.” At the beginning of our nation, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson stated that public education was at the heart of democracy. “The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and be willing to bear the expenses of it,” Adams wrote. “There should not be a district of one mile square without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people themselves.” Jefferson expressed similar sentiments. It is unfortunate, therefore, that some local school boards see teachers simply as employees, instead of as those who inspire discovery and awaken students’ imaginations, as Mark Van Doren and Robert Frost said. But while the Founders argued that schooling was a local responsibility, they were adamant about the public benefits

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What are the editorial pages all about? Who writes editorials? How do letters and guest columns get published? This week’s pages offer some answers to our readers. We thank The Riverdale Press for the idea.

December 30, 2021 — EAST MEADOW HERALD

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