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Sons of Italy lodge turns 50 Organization leaders say dinner brought group back together Monteleon said, adding that the man was able to attend the dinner Sunday. “The dinner was to The Order Sons and Daugh- say thank you for bringing us ters of Italy in America Lodge to 50 years,” Monteleon said, 2245 held a celebratory dinner emphasizing the role played by on Sept. 26 to commemorate the these members in growing the 50th anniversary lodge and expandof the Elmonting its ability to Franklin Square serve local comlodge. munities.

The dinner, said The main goal lodg e President of Lodge 2245, Andrew MonteleMonteleon said, is on, was held for to serve local com“people who munities. He said believe in the that despite the lodge” and its mis- ANDREW “rich history” of sion to bolster Italthe lodge in i a n - A m e r i c a n MONTELEON Elmont and pride and serve President, Sons of Italy Franklin Square, community memwhere it began to bers. g row several The dinner also commemo- decades ago, Monteleon would rated five individuals who have like to see the lodge do more for been longtime active members these communities. To revive of Lodge 2245 for more than 50 the ledge’s community service years, including Rosemarie mission, Monteleon has partMontemarano, Catherine Palm- nered with local civic organizaeri, Michael Paolino, Fredrick tions such as the Garden City Tomasone and Monica Toma- South Community League and sone. the Franklin Square Historical One member, Monteleon Society to host community said, suffered a stroke last year events, he said. and told him that he did not Monteleon, who is originally think he would be able to from Ozone Park, Queens, said attend the 50th anniversary dinner. “That broke my heart,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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THREE HUNDRED BACKPACKS were given to local students free of charge as part of a recent school supply drive organized by Gateway Youth Outreach.

Community comes through 300 backpacks donated to local students

By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

Elmont and F ranklin Square students received more than 300 backpacks filled with school supplies last week as part of a school supply drive organized by Gateway Youth Outreach, a local organization that runs programs that serve the youth of Elmont and nearby communities.

The school supply giveaway was held earlier this month during registration for GYO’s 2021-22 after-

school program, said Pat Boyle, the GYO executive director. Registration for students who attend Covert Avenue Elementary School, Gotham Avenue School, Dutch Broadway School and Clara H. Carlson Elementary School ran from Sept. 13 to 15.

Elmont real estate office Exit Realty United helped GYO donate the backpacks t o s t u d e n t s f ro m l o c a l schools. “How could I not be happy?” Boyle said about the level of donations provided by Exit. “The kids

loved the backpacks,” he added, including custom bags bearing GYO’s name.

“They thought they were bigtime members of GYO.” “The children can always u s e n ew s t u f f, ” Jo A n n Seeno, of Exit, said. She added that donating to the students makes the community happy and also provides a great feeling. Exit donated backpacks as well as crayons, pencils, pens, erasers, glue sticks, notebooks and other school supp l i e s fo r t h e g ive aw ay.

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‘I’m always in pursuit of truth’ Elmont artist explores Black culture, social justice through paintings

By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

Ebony Thompson lived in Sierra Leone during the civil war that ravaged the African nation for a decade and killed over 50,000 people. Thompson, now an artist living Elmont, moved to the United States in 1987 to seek a better life.

Once Thompson moved to the U.S., at age 16, he spent years exploring the communities of New York and New Jersey, specifically Princeton, where his father worked as a teacher, as well as Jersey City.

Thompson’s experience of the Sierra Leone Civil War along with his experience as a Black man in the United States shaped his artwork, which is on social justice and African culture.

“The traumatic experiences in my life and my movement around New Jersey and New York experiencing different cultures,” he said, “had a major impact on my paintings.”

When Thompson first arrived in the U.S., he struggled to understand Black culture and the history of Black people in America. “I really didn’t know about the Black American experience,” Thompson said, explaining that he did not grasp the issues affecting Black people in this country despite his African heritage. “I did not understand the systemic issues,” Thompson said.

Listening to hip-hop, the musical genre invented and popularized by Black Americans, he said, greatly helped him understand issues affecting Black communities.

Thompson emphasized the role played by the music of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, two late rappers who came to prominence during the 1990s. “Biggie and Tupac helped guide me and helped me survive and understand culture and the streets,” he said.

Thompson also said that negative experiences with law enforcement during his travels across New York and New Jersey influenced his perspective, and later, his

THE ART SHOW was held at Thompson’s home in Elmont.

EBONY’S SISTER, RENITA Thompson, owns a catering company that provided traditional African food at the Sept. 18 event.

art. “Because of who I was or what my makeup is, I was searched randomly,” Thompson said, adding that these experiences informed him about the experience of Black people in the U.S. He added, however, that he did not have the vocabulary or social platform when he first arrived in New York and New Jersey to express how these experiences shaped his views on issues of social justice.

Today, custom items sold by Thompson online often bear messages about the importance of social justice efforts, such as improving education in the Black community. “My husband is diverse in his artwork,” said Katrina Thompson, Ebony’s wife. “He expresses his African roots, his thinking about life, African emperors and kings… and he can go back to social justice issues,” she said, exploring the wide range of topics Ebony focuses on in his artwork.

“There are no set rules to his paintings,” Katrina said. She added that Ebony is very passionate about his work. She recalled that when Ebony was painting the Notorious B.I.G., the late rapper also known as “Biggie Smalls,” he listened to and became familiar with his discography.

This wide-ranging passion is fueled by a desire to seek truth, Thompson said. Art serves as a personal outlet and vehicle for self-exploration for the Elmont artist. “I use art as a means or conduit to express myself,” he said. Thompson’s goal today is to fuse African scenery and culture with messages about the Black experience in America. “To bring that to the forefront and blend this with socio-economic issues… that’s how these come together,” Thompson said.

Thompson began creating artwork on and off beginning over 20 years ago, when he worked as a manager at Applebee’s as well as TGI Friday’s. When he lost his job in March 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Thompson turned to art as a means of relaxation as well as to generate income to pay his mortgage and other bills.

He bought a sewing machine, updated his websites and began to produce art for himself and for the public. Slowly but surely, he began to see success. “I realized, ‘Hey, it’s not that bad,’” Thompson recalled, and decided to keep creating artwork. “I just continued with it,” he said.

Thompson, whose paintings have been on display before at Elmont Memorial Library, has begun to use his house and his garage as a gallery to display his artwork. The show on Sept. 18, which was held in his home, was a success, he said, but not for commercial reasons. “It’s not so much about people buying the art, but seeing art and seeing who I am,” Thompson said.

To him, artwork is a means to explore truth. “I’m genuine, I’m always in pursuit of truth,” Thompson said. “Truth, no matter how you suppress it, will always rise to the top.”

He said he is on a mission to uncover the truth his heritage and ancestry as well as about issues facing Black Americans. “Once I find out what that truth is, I want to convey that through the art,” Thompson said.

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EBONY THOMPSON’S ARTWORK often depicts African kings as well as modern icons of Black American culture, including the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, two late rappers who often discussed issues affecting the Black community.

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Sajida Jackson was named the BCA for Elmont, Franklin Square, Malverne, Valley Stream, the Rockaways other western Nassau communities. Jackson’s role as a BCA will be to reach out to community members and small businesses and visit over 100 local businesses on a weekly basis, according to the statement.

“The advocates provide a personal touch and concierge service to help PSEG Long Island’s 100,000 small- and mediumsized business customers on Long Island and in the Rockaways,” PESG said in the statement, which was released during Small Business Week.

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The holocausT memoRial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove, which has been vandalized in anti-Semitic acts at times.

Bridging the Holocaust understanding gap

By Roksana amid newsroom@liherald.com

New York has the highest Jewish population outside of Israel. With that in mind, many young New Yorkers are misinformed about the Holocaust at the same time that the state is seeing a rise in anti-Semitic attacks.

A recent, first-of-its-kind survey, conducted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Ger many, found high levels of inadequate Holocaust education among young people in all 50 states. In New York, 58 percent of Millennials and Gen Zers — those born between 1981 and 1996 and 1997 and 2010, respectively — could not name a single World War II concentration camp, death camp or ghetto, according to the survey. Sixty percent of New York young people also did not know that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust, and 57 percent reported seeing Holocaust denial or distortion on social media and elsewhere online.

Dr. Stacie Locascio, a certified BrainCore Neurofeedback provider and mother of two from Glen Cove, said, “It’s absolutely shocking, and that just shows you how much anti-Semitism there is out there. I think [young people] are probably getting it from social media, which they probably believe more than they believe their teachers.”

Social media has become a politically charged platform to spread misinformation, and the extent of that misinformation is cause for concern to Holo-

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andRea BolendeR, acTing executive director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove. caust educators like Andrea Bolender, who is acting executive director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove.

“Education has changed over the years. I remember when I was in high school — you know, a hundred years ago — that you could take a Holocaust elective for a whole semester, and I think education has changed,” Bolender said.

Elected leaders like State Sen. Todd

Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, are working to ensure New York schools provide adequate Holocaust education. Kaminsky said he believes there are schools on Long Island that are doing a good job of educating students about the horrors of the Holocaust, but he stressed the need for schools to undergo audits to see how students are being educated, and whether school curricula need to be amended.

“It’s not just enough to mandate it in the law that Holocaust education should be taught. We actually have to make sure it’s being taught, and it’s clearly not, or not well,” Kaminsky said in an interview with The Long Island Advocate. “And so, something has to be done, and we need to know where the problems are and direct our resources there.”

A bill proposed by Kaminsky to authorize the state education commissioner to undertake a study of which school districts are teaching about the Holocaust and which are not is currently under review in committee in the State Legislature. Kaminsky is now running for Nassau County district attorney.

Bolender said that without in-depth education about the past behaviors that led to the Holocaust, history could repeat itself. Bolender said young people must understand the context behind the history.

“That’s what we do here at the Holocaust [Memorial and Tolerance Center].

We identify the period of hate, which

behaviors will lead up to a genocide, but also examine the roots of anti-Semitism. A lot of people think it started with World War II,” she said.

In 2019, anti-Semitic hate crimes rose by 14 percent across the United States, according to the FBI. New York was among the states where they were on the rise. On Long Island, swastikas have been etched into sidewalks in Oceanside, Ku Klux Klan stickers placed on poles in Bay Shore and swastikas spraypainted at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center.

Bolender shared that most youths who have vandalized the Holocaust museum have not been Glen Cove locals. As a consequence, most must perform community service and take part in Holocaust education, including the meaning of Nazi symbols.

“We have to spend a little more time developing their emotional intelligence, not just their mathematical and science intelligence,” Bolender said of today’s students. “Emotional intelligence will get you much further in life and make you a better human being. Isn’t that what we all want for our kids, for someone to say they were a good person Locascio said parents play a key role in their children’s emotional development, especially regarding current events in the Middle East.

“I think their parents just need to pay a little bit more attention to what their kids are doing, thinking and who they’re hanging out with,” she said.

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY UPDATE Thursday, Sept. 30

Thursday, Oct. 7

Tai Chi/Chi Gong with Joseph Panico

Online Program: An Alfred Hitchcock Retrospective with Richard Knox

Join Elmont Memorial Library and Joseph Panico at 11 a.m. for a virtual tai chi/chi gong class, which consists of breathing and movement exercises that aim to reduce stress as well as increase flexibility. Registration ends one hour before class begins. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 x 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

Join the Franklin Square Public Library and Richard Knox at 7 p.m. for a virtual program on Alfred Hitchcock.During a career spanning half a century, Alfred Hitchcock, the “Master of Suspense,” directed numerous films that have become an indelible part of cinema, first in his native Britain and later in Hollywood. Using short clips from his films as well as excerpts from the many interviews “Hitch” gave throughout his career, Knox will examine key scenes and techniques found in Hitchcock’s movies. Register online at the library’s website, https:// www.franklinsquarepl.org/.

Poetry Workshop with Dr. Linda Opyr Join Dr. Linda Opyr, Poet Laureate of Nassau County and the author of six collections of poetry, in person at Elmont Memorial Library in meeting room 2 at 4 p.m. for a poetry workshop. Participants in this workshop will have the opportunity to write poetry and share what they’ve written. Bring paper and a pen and the desire to expand your knowledge and enjoyment of writing good poems. Registration is required. Space is limited. To register, contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org. The workshop is being held on Thursdays October 7, November 18 and December 9 at 4 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 1 Senior Chat Join Elmont Memorial Library for senior chat with seniors from the community every Friday morning in meeting room 1 at 10 a.m. Participate or just listen to casual discussions on special interests, concerns, and other topics that happen to come up. To register, contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org.

Lecture: Tamara De Lempicka with Louise Cella Caruso Join Elmont Memorial Library and Louise Cella Caruso for an in-person slideshow and lecture in meeting room 2 at 12:30 p.m. on the art of the 20th century female artist Tamara De Lempicka. The artist’s sculptural hyperrealism and classic painting will be discussed. Registration required. Masks are required for all in-person programs, regardless of vaccination status. To register, contact adult

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Lecture: The World of Hammer – Dracula & the Undead with Keith Crocker Wikimedia

Learn to be a poet at Elmont Memorial Library Elmont Memorial Library is holding a poetry workshop with Poet Laureate Dr. Linda Opyr on Friday, Sept. 30 at 4 p.m.

reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org.

Film Discussion: “An American in Paris” (1951) with Phil Harwood Join Elmont Memorial Library and Phil Harwood in meeting room 2 at 2:30 p.m. for a 70th anniversary screening and discussion of Vincente Minnelli’s “An American In Paris.” Registration for Elmont Library cardholders begins Sept. 17. Registration for non-cardholders begins one week before the program. Masks are required for all in-person programs, regardless of vaccination status. To register, contact adult reference at (516) 3545280 X 223 or via email at reference@ elmontlibrary.org.

Saturday, Oct. 2 Online Program: Introduction to QuickBooks Join the Franklin Square Public Library between 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. for an online class that will teach you the basics

of QuickBooks, including setting up and customizing QuickBooks for your business, creating and editing the Chart of Accounts, working with Centers, understanding Items, creating Estimates and Invoices, and more. A tablet or laptop is required for this program. Register online at the library’s website, www.franklinsquarepl.org.

Monday, Oct. 4 Online Program: Zumba Join the Franklin Square Public Library and Kristen Fonte for a Zumba workout between 5:45 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Register online at the library’s website, www. franklinsquarepl.org.

Tuesday, Oct. 5 Empire Safety Defensive Driving Join the Franklin Square Public Library between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. for a

defensive driving course with Empire Safety. Registration is open; a $35 dollar check is required for all participants and can be made payable to TAAHINC. Separate checks must be made for each person attending. Payment is due at registration, and there is a 20 person limit for this course. Masks must be worn inside the room by participants. Contact the Franklin Square Public Library for more information at (516) 488-3444.

Online Program: Tuesday Book Discussion Join the Franklin Square Public Library and Sarah Siegel at 10:30 a.m. for a virtual discussion of “To Kill A Mockingbird”

by Harper Lee. Register online at the library’s website, www.franklinsquarepl. org.

Join Elmont Memorial Library and Keith Crocker for an in-person lecture at 12:30 p.m. in meeting room 2 on Hammer Films and its various Dracula films. Learn more about actors such as Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Oliver Reed and more.

Registration is required and limited seating is available. Registration for Elmont Library cardholders began Sept. 24. Registration for non-cardholders begins one week before the program. Masks are required for all in-person programs regardless of vaccination status.

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The famous Franklin National Bank in Franklin Square is now a Chase Bank.

Elmont is known as “The Gateway to Long Island” since it sits on the Queens/Nassau border.

Elmont’s Jacqueline Archer was named a person of distinction on Sept. 14 by Sen. Kaminsky.

On Thursday, Oct. 7, the Franklin Square Public Library is holding an art class for children.

Editor Nakeem Grant’s last day with the Herald was Sept. 15.

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SOFIA LASPINA

Mepham Junior Football ON SEPT. 18, LaSpina made national headlines when she became the first female football player in Long Island history to score a touchdown. She caught a 4-yard scoring toss from quarterback Peter Mayo to put the finishing touch on Mepham’s 49-21 victory over Roslyn. She had two other receptions in the game and totaled 45 yards.

LaSpina, also a key member of the school’s Long Island champion softball team, began playing football as a seventh grader at Grand Ave.

GAMES TO WATCH Friday, Oct. 1

Girls Soccer: Massapequa at East Meadow .........4:15 p.m.

Girls Tennis: Lynbrook at Oceanside......................4:30 p.m.

Girls Tennis: South Side at Long Beach.................4:30 p.m.

Girls Volleyball: East Rockaway at Mepham ..........4:30 p.m.

Field Hockey: Sewanhaka at East Meadow...........4:30 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Hewlett at V.S. North ........................4:45 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Kennedy at South Side....................4:45 p.m.

Football: East Meadow at Farmingdale .....................6:30 p.m.

Football: South Side at Manhasset ...........................6:30 p.m.

Football: Lawrence at Island Trees .............................6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 2

Girls Soccer: South Side at Garden City ................... 1 p.m.

Football: Garden City at Long Beach......................... 2 p.m.

Football: Sewanhaka at Baldwin ............................... 2 p.m.

Football: Carey at Elmont ............................................... 2 p.m.

Football: East Rockaway at Clarke .................................. 2 p.m.

Girls Volleyball: Long Beach at South Side................ 2 p.m.

Girls Soccer: Clarke at Carey..................................... 2 p.m.

Football: Massapequa at Oceanside .............................. 3 p.m.

Football: Hempstead at Freeport .................................... 3 p.m.

Football: New Hyde Park at V.S. Central .......................... 3 p.m.

Football: Hewlett at V.S, South ........................................ 3 p.m.

Football: Seaford at North Shore .................................... 3 p.m.

Football: Herricks at Calhoun ......................................... 3 p.m.

Maybe getting it in writing was all it took to spark a revival at Carey.

New girls’ soccer coach Chris Posillico drew up papers for his players to sign as he took up the reins in summer, committing each Seahawks signatory to regular practice attendance as the club sought to distance itself from a 2-7-3 sixth-place finish in Nassau A4 last spring.

Validating Posillico’s hunch that a bit of devotion would go a long way, Carey – in good faith – has broken out as a contender, starting 3-1-1 to sit a half-game out of second place in A4, largely due to a defense that has gone from worst (in spring) to almost first, allowing 0.8 goals per game (second in A4).

“They were happy to sign the agreement,” Posillico said. “I wanted players to know what’s expected of them. I knew they’d struggled. I felt they deserved more, and could be a great team. But it takes dedication. I think it’s paying off.”

Dividends certainly seem to be flowing from system tweaks under Posillico. AllConference junior Brianna D’Orsa has ridden herd through Carey’s shift to a flat back four formation, with sophomore goalie Vanessa DeCastro – whose 34 saves are second-most in A4 – becoming weaponized as a sweeper keeper in the outfield.

“Brianna’s our unsung hero in the midfield,” Posillico said. “Everything runs through her. Vanessa’s great at reading other teams’ passes and getting out to clear the ball. Our defenders are also confident passing back to her, instead of just kicking out of bounds.”

Carey youngsters Kristen Devito (sophomore) and Gabriella Jacob (freshman) have not shrunk from the outsize demands thrust on center backs in the Seahawks’ new, aggressive scheme. “You need great soccer sense to play our defense, and those two have been incredible,” Posillico said.

“Kristen’s so smart in the back. Gabriella has shown she’ll go toe-to-toe with anybody. To have such young players step up is outstanding.”

All-Conference bellwether Evangeline Giannikios (third in A4 with three assists) and fellow junior forward Giulia Spinzo (team-leading three goals) have resumed familiar roles spearheading Carey’s

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CAREY’S BRIANNA D’ORSA, left, maintained possession with Hewlett’s Paige Sirlin on

her heels during the Seahawks’ 4-2 victory on Sept. 21. offense, while sophomore surprise Olga Fernandez – who tallied twice and had an assist in a 4-2 win at home over Hewlett – has perhaps permanently relinquished her spot on Carey’s bench.

“Evangeline gets herself into great position to give defenses lots of trouble,” Posillico said. “She’s very fast and makes great runs. Giulia’s our workhorse out wide; she just goes and goes, always wants what’s best for the team. Olga, for the last few games, has been an absolute monster

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Two early October tests could decide whether Carey keeps roosting in A4’s top tier, as the Seahawks host second-place Clarke (3-1) and try to even their season series at home against conference leader Mineola (5-1). “This group is talented,” said Posillico. “As a new coach you’re nervous, but they give me all the confidence in the world. I have no doubt they can beat anybody.”

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Courtesy Andrew Monteleon

THE SONS OF Italy Lodge 2245 dinner on Sept. 19 marked the 50th anniversary of the lodge. versary dinner.

To Giordano, the dinner represented the unity that has kept the lodge togeth-

er for more than 50 years. The fact that the 50th anniversary dinner was the setting in which lodge members were able

to see one another the first time in many months, he said, was the “cherry on top.”

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membership of the lodge today is mostly people from West Hempstead and Garden City, as well as Elmont and Franklin Square.

As president, Monteleon has worked to increase Lodge 2245’s membership.

President for two years, Monteleon has publicized the lodge’s message of Italian-American pride and community service, as well organized community events. Before this, membership was “dying off,” Monteleon said, dropping to 104 members before he became president of the lodge. Today, the lodge has 154 members.

“Without members, you deplete,” said Vincent Giordano, immediate past president of Lodge 2245, who served before Monteleon from 2017 to 2019.

“You need a solid foundation.” Giordano said Monteleon has had great success in increasing lodge membership and spreading the message of Lodge 2245.

The Sept. 26 dinner was special for another reason, Giordano said: Lodge members had been unable to meet and see one another in person for more than 18 months because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The dinner, Giordano emphasized, brought an end to this.

“We’re all together as one, this is the key,” Giordano, a member of the lodge for 21 years, said, adding that this represented the deeper meaning of the anni-

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Gateway Youth continues to support local students Everyone at Exit worked for months to gather the supplies, Seeno said.

Seeno, whose grandchildren once took part in GYO’s programs, emphasized that she supports the organization and its mission to help local students. “It’s a wonderful program,” Seeno said, adding that it is especially helpful for teens from local communities.

She said that the partnership between GYO and Exit is only beginning and that she hopes it will continue to bring “recognition for the children and the ability to go to programs

by GYO.” Boyle said GYO has worked with Exit on past projects, and that this was the fourth year the two organizations teamed up for the school supply drive. The backpacks, he said, were largely donated by Exit staff members and their family and friends. “They’ve been very helpful,” Boyle said.

Registration for the acter-school program, Boyle said, was lower than usual for the 2021-22 school year, adding that this was likely the result of fears about rising cases of coronavirus during the school year. “I’d be careful too if I was a parent . . . You have to be cautious,” Boyle said about the ongoing pandemic and the pros-

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he■community■always■ seems■to■come■through.■ Our■community■is■a■great■ community.

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Gateway■Youth■Outreach■executive■ director pect of an uptick in cases across Long Island.

Boyle said the giveaway and program registration were still successful. GYO registered 125 students at

Covert Avenue Elementary School, as well as 160 students at the Gotham Avenue School and the Dutch Broadway School and the Clara H. Carlson School, Boyle said. This, he added, is lower than in the past, when the total number was as high as 800 students.

Boyle said he believed the school system is doing well to prevent a return to virtual learning. He noted that GYO is committed to safety precautions as it returns to in-person after-school programming. “We’re going to be overly cautious . . . We’re doing the best we can,” Boyle said.

Boyle praised the school district for helping local students, but stressed that there is room for improvement — and this, he said, is where GYO steps in. “There’s always shortfalls, always somebody we can’t have enough for,” Boyle said. Through working with community members, GYO is able to help provide for students in need, he said.

“The community always seems to come through,” Boyle said. “Our community is a great community.”

This fall, Boyle said, GYO’s goal is to reintroduce its programs safely amid the ongoing pandemic and continue to help students with homework and socialization opportunities.

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Facts about Gateway Youth Outreach ■■ Formerly■part■of■the■YMCA,■GYO■was■ created■ in■ 1983■ to■ provide■ a■ wide■ range■ of■ personal■ development■ and■ educational■ services■ for■“at-risk”■ students■in■Elmont.

■■ Executive■ Director■ Pat■ Boyle■ began■ volunteering■with■GYO■In■1989.■ ■■ Today,■GYO■offers■programs■for■residents■of■Elmont,■Franklin■Square,■North■ Valley■Stream,■Floral■Park,■South■Floral■ Park,■ New■ Hyde■ Park■ and■ Stewart■ Manor.

■■ GYO■postponed■in-person■programs■ this■ summer■ because■ of■ the■ coronavirus■ pandemic,■ but■ has■ returned■ to■ offering■its■after-school■program.

■■ Each■ year,■ GYO■ offers■ after-school■ programs■ for■ local■ students■ and■ also■ holds■events■such■as■an■annual■holiday■ party.■

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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 10/6/21 at 9:30 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals in Elmont and Franklin Square: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 546/21.

FRANKLIN SQUARE - Ronald & Diana Mola, Variances, lot area occupied, side yard, side yards aggregate, construct 2-story addition & 1-story addition all attached to dwelling., E/s Robert Ave., 289’ S/o Forte Blvd., a/k/a 451 Robert Ave. N.C.P.C. Local determination.

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 556/21. ELMONT - Buying & Funding Invest LLC, Variances, subdivision of lot, lot area, front yard setback on Pelham St., construct dwelling with garage (Lot B) demolish existing dwellings., S/E cor. Marguerite Ave. & Pelham St. N.C.P.C. No Jurisdiction.

557/21. ELMONT - Buying & Funding Invest LLC, Variances, subdivision of lot, lot area, construct dwelling with garage (Lot A)., E/s Marguerite Ave., 60.9’ S/o Pelham St. N.C.P.C. No Jurisdiction.

ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550.

This notice is only for cases in Elmont and Franklin Square.

There are additional cases in different towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar on 10/6/21.

The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ hearings/103-hearing-1006-2021 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ board-of-appeals/livestreaming-video.

Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ELMONT FIRE DISTRICT ANNUAL BUDGET FOR 2022 WHEREAS, on the 22th day of September, 2021, pursuant to Sections 105 and 181 of the Town Law, the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Elmont Fire District confirmed that the Annual Fire District Budget Hearing will be conducted with reference to the Annual Fire District Budget for fiscal year 2022 on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Fire District Building located at 100 School Street, Elmont, New York, and WHEREAS, the Board of Fire Commissioners is required to adopt a proposed budget at least 21 days before October 19, 2021 so that it is available for public inspection prior to the budget hearing.

NOW, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Elmont Fire District has adopted a proposed Annual Fire District Budget for 2022 as of this date for purposes of discussion and review at the Budget Hearing to be held on October 19, 2021 and a copy of the proposed budget is available at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead and at the office of the Elmont Fire District Secretary at 100 School Street, Elmont, New York where it may be inspected by any interested person during office hours. In addition, a copy of the proposed budget will be available on the night of the said hearing.

NOW, therefore, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Elmont Fire District will hold the Annual Fire District Budget Hearing to be conducted with reference to the Annual Fire District Budget for fiscal year 2022 on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Fire District Building located at 100 School Street, Elmont, New York.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the aforesaid budget will be presented to the residents and taxpayers of the Elmont Fire District and to the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Elmont Fire District, for their respective consideration at this public hearing and for the purpose of considering

the said budget and hearing all persons interested in the subject concerning same on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Fire District Building located at 100 School Street, Elmont, New York.

Dated:September 22, 2021 Elmont, New York BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ELMONT FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD ATTEST: FRANCES ANDINO ELMONT FIRE DISTRICT SECRETARY 127620

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 55-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held September 9, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 55-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 55-2021, amending Section 197-5 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include “ARTERIAL STOPS” at various locations.

Dated: September 9, 2021 Hempstead, New York

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 31st day of August, 2021, bearing Index Number 610779-21, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY grants me the right to assume the name of Anthony D’Erasmo. The city and state of my present address are Franklin Square, NY; the month and year of my birth are June, 1971, the place of my birth is Queens, NY; my present name is Vitantonio D’Erasmo a/k/a Anthony Nicholas D’Erasmo.

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LEGAL NOTICE CASE NO. 21527 RESOLUTION NO. 1016-2021 Adopted: September 9, 2021 Councilman Blakeman offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SOLE USE OF HOLDERS OF SPECIAL PARKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF NASSAU TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN OTHER LOCATIONS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY, SET ASIDE AS PARKING SPACES FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 998-2021, adopted August 3, 2021, a public hearing was duly held on the 9th day of September, 2021, at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the proposed establishment and setting aside of certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons, in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, all as set forth in said resolution; and WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Town Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish and set aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, the following parking spaces be and the same hereby is set aside for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons: ATLANTIC BEACH MARK LANE - west side, starting at a point 42 feet south of the south curbline of Park Street, south for a distance of 18 feet.

(TH-220/21) EAST ATLANTIC BEACH ROCHESTER AVENUE starting at a point 223 feet of the south of the south curbline of Park Street, south for a distance of 14 feet.

TH-279/21) BETHPAGE BOONE STREET - south side, starting at a point 161 feet west of the west curbline of North Wantagh Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-235/21) BOONE STREET - north

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RIESTERER’S BAKERY IN West Hempstead, founded in 1939, is run by the founder’s son and grandson, both named Karl.

Riesterer’s Bakery celebrates 90th anniversary

By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

Riesterer’s Bakery in West Hempstead is set to hold a celebration on Oct. 5 to mark its 90th anniversary, which will feature live music, free coffee, cake, cupcakes and drinks, as well as bouncy houses and slides for children.

Located at 282 Hempstead Ave. in West Hempstead, Riesterer’s Bakery was founded by August “Gus” Riesterer in 1931, after the baker moved from Germany to the United States in search of a bet-

ter life. Riesterer and his wife opened the bakery during the Great Depression in West Hempstead. Today, Riesterer’s son, Karl, and his grandson, Karl Jr., have kept the bakery up and running. Karl Jr.’s cake replicas of landmarks in and around West Hempstead, such as Chestnut Street School and the West Hempstead Post Office, are cherished by the community.

The celebration of the bakery’s 90th anniversary is open to all community members and is planned to take place from 2 to 6 p.m.

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side, starting at a point 367 feet east of the east curbline of Farmedge Road, east for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-280/21) EAST ROCKAWAY WILLIAMSON STREET south side, starting at a point 74 feet opposite the northeast curbline of 8th Avenue, east for a distance of 18 feet.

(TH-255/21) ELMONT HEATHCOTE ROAD - west side, starting at a point 35 feet north of the north curbline of 109th Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-187/21) EMPORIA AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 410 feet south of the south curbline of Atherton Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-202/21) KELLER AVENUE - west, starting at a point 356 feet north of the curbline of L Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-230/21)

FRANKLIN SQUARE JAMES STREET - west side, starting at a point 212 feet south of the south curbline of Fenworth Boulevard, south for 20 feet.

(TH-246/21) ADMONT AVENUE - north side, starting at a point 130 feet east of the east curbline of Roosevelt Avenue, east for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-258/21) LEVITTOWN RESTFUL LANE - east side, starting at a point 120 feet south of the south curbline of Swirl Lane, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-272/21) MERRICK GRUNCLY PLACE - north side, starting at a point 254 feet east of the east curbline of Merrick Avenue, east for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-204/21) UNIONDALE SOUTHERN PARKWAY south side, starting at a point 330 feet west of the

west curbline of Nostrand Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-196/21) VAN BUREN STREET west side, starting at a point opposite the northeast curbline of Knull Street at the utility pole, north for a distance of 101 feet, then north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-244/21) LENOX AVENUE - west side, starting at a pont 605 feet north of the north curbline of Braxton Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-251/21) WEST HEMPSTEAD BEDELL TERRACE - north side, starting at a point 153 feet east of the east curbline of Hempstead Gardens Drive, east for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-191/21) and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons: ELMONT

HILLSBORO AVENUE east side, starting at a point 307 feet south of the south curbline of Atherton Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-490/15 - 11/24/15) (TH-273/21) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall enter this resolution in the minutes of the Town Board and shall publish a copy of this resolution once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Hempstead, and shall post a copy hereof on the signboard maintained by her, and file in her office affidavits of such publication and posting.

The foregoing resolution was seconded by Councilman D’Esposito and adopted upon roll call as follows: AYES: SEVEN (7) NOES: NONE (0) 127617

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Most of the time, people complain about taxation but rarely, if ever, do they collectively attempt to do anything about it. The methods for deciding value, or even using value as a gauge for tax increases, are questionable, especially because we used to be taxed based on square feet. As we transition into not leaving our homes, communicating digitally, the tax system perpetuates without challenge.

In many villages and towns, garages are required, and hard surfaces for any kind of paving are considered “impervious,” not replenishing groundwater. There are limits on how much of your total property you can cover. You will need to investigate your specific jurisdiction’s requirements. Sidewalks, patios and driveways are all impervious, but pools and decks generally are not.

You’ll need your property survey, which is a map of your lot, house size and location, but you’ll also discover that surveyors generally don’t provide the dimensions of porches, sidewalks, driveways or steps. Get out a tape measure and accurately document the property’s hard surfaces if you’re in a community that requires impervious-area information. When you hire an architect or engineer, that’s what we have to do.

The only way to answer questions about removing walls is to assess the whole house: where to disperse loads, how to brace exterior walls against wind shear, how to handle snow loads and wind uplift, where pipes and wires would be relocated, how the spaces function and will be finished.

Package all this to be reviewed by building officials and receive permission to build — sounds simpler than it is, especially when workers leave details out or change something and we start adjusting all over again, only after much discussion, time and money.

That’s also part of the age-old process. Avoid changes once you decide, save money doing so and your old house will be like new again.

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Taxes: $13,468 Franklin Square $675,000 Seminole Road. Cape. 5, bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Partial finished basement with wet bar and butler’s pantry. Eat-in kitchen. Formal dining room. First floor bedroom. 3 seasons room. Large park-like yard. Central air conditioning.

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Baldwin $677,000 Charing Cross Road. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

Finished basement. Updated kitchen. Formal dining room with French doors to patio. Den/family room and office.

Attached garage. Large rooms. Near LIRR and Loft Pond.

Taxes: $13,903.83 Bellmore $760,000 Karen Street. Splanch. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Gourmet chef’s eat-in kitchen with custom cabinetry, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances with induction cooktop. Open floor plan with vaulted ceiling. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Entertaining backyard with pool and deck. Central air conditioning.

Taxes: $16773.45 East Rockaway $565,000 Riverside Road. Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Living room with fireplace.

Formal dining room. Den/family room. Deck, pergola and patio. Many updates.

Taxes: $6,705

Freeport $510,000 Wilshire Court. Splanch. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Eatin kitchen. Spacious living room/dining room with vaulted ceiling. Master bedroom with sitting room. Den/family room. Gunite inground swimming pool with brick patio and built-in barbecue. Close to Nautical Mile. Taxes: $8,744 Island Park $800,000 Redfield Road. 2 Story. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Updated eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Living room/dining room with vaulted ceilings. First floor master bedroom with skylights in master bathroom. Radiant flooring throughout.

Ceiling fans in every room. Water and NYC skyline views throughout. New bulkhead and floating dock. FEMA compliant. Security system and central air conditioning.

Taxes: $10,087.92 Lawrence $1,770,000 Auerbach Lane. Colonial. 6, bedrooms, 5 bathrooms.

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was mowing my backyard lawn in Merrick last Saturday when I was suddenly struck by the strange sensation that I had missed the bus to my race — that I should, at the moment, have been running a 5K or a 10K at a frantic pace instead of plodding along, mower in hand.

The temperature was a perfect 72 degrees, with no wind. Sunshine streamed down.

The leaves on the trees were halfbrown and turning crisp. Fall was clearly in the air.

Year after year, from my early adolescence to my SCOTT young adulthood, I ran cross-country BRINTON every fall, from middle school through college, missing only two seasons in high school. I was conditioned to gear up for the racing season as September neared an end. When the fall air and the angle of the sun in the sky turned just so, I had to be ready to run — hard.

The nervous anticipation I felt as the racing season approached was embedded in my brain, and every now and again it pops up, even now, more than three decades later. Such was the case on Saturday.

That got me thinking about how screwy the past 18 months must have been for our

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young athletes, how all of the coronavirus delays and cancellations in their sports seasons must have messed with their heads, whether they were elementary-age kids a few years into athletics or college competitors. When you’ve participated for years in a sport, there is an intuitive sense you feel for its up-anddown rhythms and welltimed rituals.

As a cross-country runner, I knew I had from midSeptember to late October to qualify for season-ending championships in early November, a narrow window within which to achieve that year’s goals, for sure. It was six straight weeks of focused energy, of exacting routines and, potentially, of great disappointment or glory on the field of play.

I was never a star runner, though in college I did eventually achieve my goal of breaking 17 minutes in the 5K, running it in 16:40, and 5 minutes in the mile, finishing it in 4:31. What cross-country, and track in college, gave me was a sense of belonging, camaraderie, place. That’s important for a young person. Athletics also gave me a routine — I knew where I had to be after school and on Saturday. My schedule revolved around sports.

I thought about how disruptive the pandemic must have been over the past year and a half to the routines of tens of thousands of young athletes, and the joy they

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must be feeling as they return this fall for their regularly appointed seasons.

Then I thought about Bulgaria. From 1991 to 1993, I served in the Peace Corps there, teaching English at the Vasil Drumev High School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Veliko Tarnovo, an ancient city in central Bulgaria. There were no after-school athletics in Bulgarian schools. If you wanted to play sports, you attended a specialized high school, open only to those displaying natural athletic ability.

At Vasil Drumev, there wasn’t even much of a gym program. The students, in grades seven to 12, hung out in the school courtyard during a free period when the weather permitted, playing basketball or volleyball. Boys did most of the playing. Girls often sat on the sidelines, chatting. There were no grass fields, no bleachers or scoreboards, only two basketball hoops set on one downwardsloping asphalt court, which, in the U.S., would no doubt have been a lawsuit waiting to happen.

One day, I asked my students what they did after school without sports or even clubs. Mostly, they said, they walked around town with friends, stopping for coffee at a café, where they would sit for an hour or two before heading home to finish homework and eat dinner with their fami-

’d never suggest that we do away with them, but they do have a downside.

lies. Afterward, they might watch TV on the handful of channels that were available then, and they were usually in bed by 10 p.m. It all sounded shockingly stress-free.

High school and college athletics in the U.S. can be wonderful, but the competitions are frequently high-stress events. The emphasis is too often on winning, on beating the competition, on rising to the top.

Even youth athletics can be anxiety-provoking, which I found as a volunteer soccer and track coach when my kids were younger.

I hope the pandemic might give us pause to think more deeply about our high school and college athletic programs. I would never suggest that we do away with them and adopt a Bulgarian-like system. As a former interscholastic athlete, I see the intrinsic value in sports. I also see the downside — the over-programming of students’ schedules, the often intense rivalries that can develop between teams and lead to divisions among young people, and the prioritization of victory over young athletes’ health, including their mental health.

Pushing young people beyond their limits to the point of a physical or mental breakdown in order to win a trophy is never worth the cost. Never.

Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication.

Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.

It’s fall 2021. Can summer 2022 be far behind?

y earliest memory of a family vacation adventure ended with my mother and father falling into each other’s arms and sobbing. I was 7 years old. They were 31. We traveled 11 hours in our black Oldsmobile to a rental my dad had found in the newspaper known as Stony Hill Farm. It was in the armpit of New Hampshire, and we had dreamt of it, talked about it, and planned for it over an entire grim New York winter.

I can still see the scene where we drove onto the property. I was sweating RANDI in the back seat KREISS with my 3-year-old sister and my Grandma Annie.

We had turned off the main road, and when we saw the sign for Stony Hill, we were thrilled that all the days of our two-week vacation lay ahead. Then we saw the “cottages” — tiny, shabby huts that were more than chicken coops but not acceptable dwellings for humans who could walk upright.

We moved in, but not really. At 4 a.m. my parents woke us up, and we jumped into the car and fled, presumably skipping out on

our reservation and any financial commitments to the scamming “resort” owner.

The story came back to me this week as I started fantasizing about finding a rental for a few weeks in Maine next summer. I know it’s crazy early for planning anything, but I’m dreaming. I need to buy into a future when we can travel again without risking our lives. In case you’re wondering, everyone is going to Maine; it’s become the “it” place for summer. Ogunquit is the new East Hampton.

Part of Maine’s popularity has been its shabby chic, inexpensive cachet.

No more. Long gone are the days when early colonists fed lobsters, considered trash food, to their prisoners.

Since my early trauma in New Hampshire, the renting of vacation properties has become big business on Vrbo, Airbnb, HomeToGo and other platforms that bring owners and renters together — not without issues. The companies have gotten so big, and so many people are looking to escape, that the fees have soared and the potential for scams is always present. That said, we’ve found reasonably good vacation apartments and houses over the past 30 years, and I was looking to Maine for our

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getaway.

Maine may still be shabby, but the prices are for the rich and famous. For the uninitiated, when you rent on the platforms, for any time from one night to several months, you get to see photos and a list of amenities and house rules and availability.

I am now the world’s expert on deciphering what the house descriptions and photos actually reveal. Wherever you wander, I offer this as a pubic service: When reading about a property, look no further if you see the words “cozy” or “adorable.” This is online speak for cramped. You may have to crawl into the dormer bedroom. If the list of amenities includes “washing machine available,” it may be coin-operated. You don’t want to play your washer like a slot machine.

“Basic” kitchen supplies is a red flag.

Expect only salt and pepper. “Evolving” neighborhood also not a positive.

Study, study, study the photos. The angles can make a 6-by-8 room look like a football field. We nearly booked one appealing place until we looked at a photo of a bedroom and spotted what turned out to be a toilet right next to the bed. Another place had beautiful

s you search for a future vacation rental, pay very close attention to details.

wood floors, white walls and spiffy-looking appliances, but no other furniture aside from beds in otherwise empty bedrooms and living areas.

“Waterfront” can mean anything from waves crashing on a beach in front of the house to a glimpse of a canal from an attic window.

You must read all — every one — of the house reviews posted by renters. People will write on and on about how perfect the house is and then, perhaps prompted by conscience, add something like, “Just one little thing. There were mice in the walls.

But, really, the owner took care of it immediately.”

One house looked very promising until I read a review that said, “This was a spectacular house with a beautiful view of the bay.

I would definitely go back again except for the man living in the basement.”

Now I’m pursuing non-Maine properties, slightly off the grid, with more acceptable prices. Canada is a possibility if it stays open to travelers from the U.S. I did see a nice house in South Dakota. It boasted “stunning mountain views” and a “chef ’s kitchen.” But one reviewer complained of bears breaking into cars, more than once. There’s always something.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ere we are, nine years after Superstorm Sandy pummeled Nassau County’s South and North Shores, still waiting for the federal and state governments to take meaningful action to harden our coastal infrastructure to withstand the likes of such a storm in the future.

For sure, strides have been made. The City of Long Beach has a new, much sturdier boardwalk, constructed of hardwood rather than pine. Smart move. It also has new dunes, with cord-grass plantings, to hold back the ocean. And here and there, small flood-mitigation projects have been undertaken in various communities.

We have yet to see the types of largescale hardening projects that were promised in Sandy’s wake, however. Check valves, for example, were supposed to be installed on storm drains that let out into the bays in any number of communities, but they are yet to materialize. Check valves prevent the tide from flowing backward into storm drains and flooding streets.

During Sandy, backflow caused by the storm’s rush of seawater flooded hundreds of blocks nowhere near the bays.

Our communities need check valves.

Where are they? Our new governor, Kathy Hochul, needs to answer us on this one.

For that matter, where are the streetraising projects? Is there any word on a $300 million proposal by Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy to construct tidal floodgates across Jones Inlet? He first proposed the idea five years ago. So far we’ve had nothing but studies.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently released a draft report of its Nassau County Storm Risk Management Study, which suggests elevating more than 14,000 homes across the South Shore, at a cost of $3.8 billion, to mitigate the risk of flood damage during big storms, which are only expected to grow more powerful in the coming decades because of climate change.

Global warming not only heats up the atmosphere, but also increases sea surface temperatures. Warmer oceans provide greater energy for hurricanes to feed off.

So, yes, we need to act, as the study asserts.

At what point, though, do we stop studying and start taking decisive action?

The risk management study began in

2016. It is not expected to be complete until 2023 — more than a decade after Sandy ravaged our shorelines.

Beyond that, it’s unclear where the billions of dollars in funding to elevate thousands of homes would come from. This isn’t right. People deserve answers from our elected leaders.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach who heads the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and is running for county district attorney, recently expressed frustration with the lack of action on the storm-hardening front. Speaking of the Army Corps study, he said, “This study, while welcome, needs to become more than just paper and evolve into funding and real deliverables as soon as possible. This must go from concepts to actual, physical storm hardening — and that’s what matters as sea levels rise and storms intensify. Time is of the essence.”

We agree. So we are pleading with Hochul and local elected leaders across Nassau to take definitive action and push for more than studies. We need projects now, before it’s too late.

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air and festivals season is upon us again. Last weekend, the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores staged its famed Family Street Festival, touted as the largest such fair in Nassau County, annually attracting as many as 100,000 people. This year, the crowds were back, despite the coronavirus, thronging Bedford Avenue.

It was, on one hand, a much-welcome relief to see people back together, laughing, smiling, chowing on roasted corn and zeppole. On the other, it was more than a little concerning that so many people were elbow to elbow in relatively close quarters. Social distancing — and masking — were out.

In no way are we suggesting canceling such festivals. We need them now to help rebuild our tattered spirits. We would like to see more people wearing masks during such events, however.

Yes, folks are outdoors, so ventilation isn’t a problem. Yes, many Nassau adults are vaccinated. We should make every attempt, however, to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in all ways possible, and masking helps.

By the way, the Bellmore chamber wasn’t the only organization holding a

festival over the weekend. Huntington Mobilization for Sustainability did as well. The Huntington Environmental Festival brought together conservation groups from across Long Island to teach about subjects ranging from electric cars to geothermal energy, composting and more.

What a wonderful idea! We suggest

that other groups, like our chambers of commerce, incorporate their own environmental corners into their festivals and fairs in the coming years. Long Island juts into the Atlantic Ocean, so it’s vulnerable to the effects of climate change (see editorial above). We need all the environmental education we can get.

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friend was lamenting the antivaccine movement and those who advocate their freedom from mandates, government or otherwise, to become vaccinated against Covid-19. After commenting on the irony of “pro-life” advocates wanting freedom from life-saving vaccines, my friend said, “What’s up with them?”

Fortunately, about 75 percent of the adult population in the U.S. has been vaccinated at least once.

Vaccination coverage, however, varies widely across ROBERT the country and among different SCOTT racial and ethnic groups. Black and Hispanic people are less likely than whites to have received vaccines, leaving them at high risk, especially with the Delta variant. As of September, nearly 60 percent of white people had received at least one dose of the vaccine, compared with only 10 percent of Black people, 17 percent of Hispanics, 6 percent of Asians, 1 percent of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives, and under 1 percent of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

The low rate of vaccination among Blacks may be explained in part by their history with American health care. From

the time of slavery through the Jim Crow era, the Flexner reforms of medical education and medical care that disenfranchised Black citizens, through the syphilis “experiments” and segregation, Black people have been discriminated against, and have good reasons to be skeptical of government and corporate health care.

In recent months, however, owing in large part to citizen and community advocacy, vaccinations are reaching larger numbers of Black and Hispanics.

Nevertheless, there are elected officials and activist groups who argue against sensible public health measures such as vaccinations and mask-wearing. Unfortunately, these zealots brook no questions about their assertions and assumptions.

Their responses to questions like “Why not?” often is, “You just don’t get it.”

Perhaps one of the major challenges in our country is that we hesitate to engage those with other views. We have conservatives who think in terms of conserving privilege instead of promoting policies for the common good, and liberals whose lifestyles or attitudes at times belie their principles of equality and inclusion.

A former state senator in New Jersey was known for his familiar refrain: “We can disagree without being disagreeable.”

I sometimes wish this phrase were posted on every street corner in America.

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s members of a society — family, village or nation — we are free, but with responsibilities.

LETTERS Support the Climate Act To the Editor: Regarding the story “U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reveals findings of Back Bays Study” (Sept. 16-22): It is astonishing that an article about the high risk of flood damage faced by South Shore residents does not mention climate change. Why are our local elected officials supporting a plan to spend $3.8 billion in taxpayer money on resiliency measures such as “elevating more than 14,000 homes”? We know from the science that without addressing the source of the problem — climate change caused by fossil-fuel emissions — resiliency measures will ultimately fail.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky must realize that the real solution is a transformation to a renewable economy. The State Legislature must pass the Climate and Community Investment Act, which will create jobs and revenue by making corporate polluters pay their fair share to mitigate the damage they have done to our communities.

If our leaders truly want to combat the disastrous effects of climate change on the South Shore, and benefit every

Those who object to vaccinations not only put themselves in harm’s way, as many have learned, but also put the health of others in jeopardy. They must acknowledge responsibility for illness and death when not following the guidance of science-based public health protocols. How ironic it is that many who argue for the rights of the unborn act against the rights of the living to be protected from disease.

The anti-vaxxers might think they are making a political or perhaps theological choice, but in fact they are making a moral choice.

They are asserting a set of values that can harm and kill others. We are taught to love one another, even the meekest among us, but anti-vaxxers often prefer antipathy to empathy.

A defense offered by some is that mandates violate their freedom. Yes, a democracy honors freedom and provides that its citizens are free to question orthodoxy, to express opinions without fear of consequence, within the boundaries of law.

Consequently, members of a democracy must exercise freedom with responsibility, not freedom unfettered from concern for others.

Those who refuse to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle may cite their freedom to feel the air flow through their hair, but to do so is to ignore the societal

costs incurred when they crash. Society pays for their irresponsible behavior. The same is true for anti-vaxxers.

Freedom isn’t a simple concept. We can be free “from” bondage and free to exercise our will, but as members of a society, whether it be a family, a community or a nation, we are free, with responsibilities. Freedom “with” derives from our founding principle expressed as “We the people.” “We,” not “I.” To flout this freedom is to fail to understand the different ways of knowing what we think of as truth. Public-health policy depends on truth as established by science, through rigorous experimentation and replication. Those opposed to vaccine mandates cling to a truth based on faith, which cannot be replicated, or a truth based on fear of authority and suspicion of government, which may at times be justified. These forms of truth generally focus on “I” instead of “we.”

As American citizens with equal voices and residents of the world community, we must bear witness to the health and safety of others as well as ourselves. We must engage in boundary-spanning discussions and promote education about public health. We must honor the humanity of our neighbors and fellow citizens if we are to have a viable democracy.

Dr. Robert A. Scott is president emeritus and university professor emeritus of Adelphi University and author of “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Awardee, 2019).

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Lead by example on the climate crisis To the Editor: Those attending the United Nations General Assembly could lead by example when it comes to global warming.

Hundreds of heads of state, ambassadors, military attachés and security personnel can give up limousines taking them to and from their embassies, hotels or residences to the U.N. These motorcades contribute to gridlock and increase air pollution.

Join several million New Yorkers by riding the subway or bus. Enjoy some fresh air and walk several blocks from any nearby subway or bus stop. Mingle with ordinary people to develop a better understanding of America and its people.

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