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Concern grows over closed polling sites of the Board of Elections. The county’s decision came after the organizations overseeing the two Two polling sites in Freeport sites, the nonprofit Catholic will remain closed for the local Charities and the Freeport Housvillage elections, set for March ing Authority, urged the Board 16. of Elections to The Nassau change the polling County Board of locations to avoid Elections shut down the possibility of two polling sites at spreading Covid-19 senior public housat the senior housing buildings — at 45 ing buildings.

Wallace St. and 100 McLaughlin said N. Main St. — for that because seniors E l e c t i o n D ay i n were at higher risk November, instructfor the virus, the ing voters assigned Board of Elections to those sites to settled on the Recreinstead vote at the ation Center as an Freeport Recreation Carmen appropriate place for Center. those residents to PIñeyro A t a Vi l l a g e Village trustee vote.

Board meeting on “Unlike the vilDec. 28, Freeporter lage, the county has G. Dewey Smalls criticized the the expertise and knowledge in decision to keep the sites closed, this situation to determine the saying it ensured that residents places safe for voters,” Village of a marginalized area would Attorney Howard Colton said at not be able to make their voices a meeting in October, when the heard in a local election. issue was first raised.

“This disenfranchises those Smalls, however, objected to voters . . . and the message it the Board of Elections’ reasonsends is, ‘We don’t want you to ing, and said it was too much to vote,’” Smalls said. ask residents to vote at a new Deputy Village Attorney Rob- location, about a mile away from ert McLaughlin explained that the ones they have voted at for Freeport was following the logic Continued on page 7

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Freeport Public Schools

never too young to code Fourth-graders in Mimi Bino’s class had fun programming miniature robots at the New Visions School. Story, Page 3.

Dreaming to serve and soar

Freeporter aims at career as U.S. naval aviator By ronny reyes rreyes@liherald.com

Growing up, Freeporter Justin Neblett, now 24, loved seeing old photos of his grandfather flying cargo planes in the U.S. Air Force. Enthralled by his grandfather’s stories of serving his country and soaring through the sky, Neblett decided to follow in his footsteps.

“I definitely caught the aviation bug from him,” Neblett said,

“but I always saw the Navy as my path. My dream is to be a naval aviator.”

After reporting to U.S. Navy Officer Candidate School in October, Neblett is now one step closer to achieving his dream as prepares for graduation at the end of January.

The OCS, in Newport, R.I., is an intense, 13-week program that instills the Navy’s fundamentals in cadets. At the school, Neblett and his fellow recruits take

courses in leadership, navigation, weapons, fitness, militarization, ethics, engineering, naval history and cyber warfare.

Neblett described the OCS’s cur riculum as “tough but rewarding.”

He said he felt a deep connection with the Navy. Whether it was from films or TV shows, he said, it was always on his mind, so he decided to do everything Continued on page 5

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

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Loving both art and science Jason Achilles, a professional musician and principal investigator for NASA’s Lunar ExoCam project, visited Bayview Avenue School students in a virtual seminar on the arts and sciences.

Through the visit, Achilles discussed how he fused his love of music and science to develop and launch a microphone into space through NASA’s Perseverance rover to capture the sounds of Mars. He urged students to chase after their passions and embrace all aspects of their studies.

“I went to college and studied music, and only started working as a scientist in the last five years,” Achilles told the students. “This is a bit strange because you would think science is something you would have to work on all your life, but as it turns out you can change your mind and try new things and be successful.”

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Musician and nasa collaborator Jason Achilles, top-left, spoke with Bayview Avenue students in a virtual seminar.

Chorale spreads holiday cheer The Freeport High School Select Chorale created a compilation video of holiday songs and photos to bring cheer to the local community for the holiday season.

The video, uploaded by Chorale Director Monique Campbell Retzlaff, showcased various performances by the chorale throughout the years.

“We were not able to physically perform this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, therefore this is our gift to the district and community we love being a part of,” Campbell Retzlaff said.

The FreeporT high School Select Chorale shared a holiday video of past performances.

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Fun with coding

new Vision school students took part in the international Hour of Code event.

Students at the New Visions School celebrated Computer Science Education week by participating in the worldwide Hour of Code event.

The event calls on students to experiment with coding by programming their own bots in their classroom. Students all over the world took part in the event as a means to foster a curiosity in coding and computer science in young students.

Students learned about coding with the learning platform, Tynker, and explored how coding and robots are critical for space exploration.

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Arrests ■ A male was arrested on Dec. 23, on Albany Avenue, for assault. Freeport officers responded to a call about a disturbance at a business on Albany Avenue between co-workers. The caller told police that while he attempted to resolve a dispute between two of his co-workers, one of them grabbed him and flipped his body over the pavement. The victim suffered a contusion and scrapes on his face.

The suspect was arrested.

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The SouTh Shore Child Guidance Center, located at 91 Guy Lombardo Ave,, is now offering its mental health services to adults.

Adult mental services offered at South Shore The South Shore Child Guidance Center has be gun of fering mental health services for adults in Freeport as of Jan. 1.

The services for adults include group therapy, psychiatric medication management and psychotherapy and are available for patients both in person and over-the-phone.

“Expanding our offerings at South Shore to include comprehensive mental health services for adults allows us to provide vital services to more people at a time when there is dire need,” said Jennifer Colbert, vice president of Clinic Services for EPIC Long Island, of which South Shore is a part of.

Shair Lurie, senior director of Clinical Services for EPIC Long Island, said the additional services came as a response to the feelings of isolation and grief afflicting Long Islanders during the pandemic.

During these uncertain times, residents have had to deal with loss of loved ones, financial stress and layoffs, caus-

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ing depression and high-levels of anxiety.

“These emotional states can lead to suicidal ideation, relapse of substances, feelings of despair and hopelessness and suicide attempts,” Lurie said. “We at South Shore and EPIC Long Island have responded rapidly to address the growing needs of our clients and the larger community and we are prepared to quickly scale up our new adult services program at South Shore to meet the mental health needs of adults.”

EPIC Long Island is a non-profit organization that has provided mental health services for adults and families at their East Meadow clinic for more than 65 years.

For more information on the new adult mental health services at the South Shore Child Guidance Center, visit https://www.epicli.org/southshore-child-guidance/ or call Wendy Lang, Director of the Adult Mental Health Clinic, at 516-868-3030, ext. 113.

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■ A driver was arrested on Dec. 26, on W. Sunrise Highway, under a warrant.

The Freeport License Plate Reader system alerted officers to a wanted vehicle entering the village on W. Sunrise Highway and the Meadowbrook Parkway.

Officers located the parked vehicle and placed the driver under arrest.

■ A female was arrested on Dec. 27, on W. Merrick Road, for DWI. Freeport officers responded to a car accident involving an overturned vehicle on W. Merrick Road when they spotted a female driver exiting the car. Upon interviewing her, the officers found she smelled of alcohol, had a slurred speech and blood shot, glassy eyes. She was placed under arrest.

■ A male, of Freeport, was arrested on Dec. 28 for leaving the scene of an accident. Freeport detectives were investigating an accident that occurred on Dec. 21, where a resident operating a 2005 Nissian fled the scene of a car accident on Brooklyn Avenue. The investigation led detectives to arrest the suspect.

■ A female was arrested on Jan. 1, on Atlantic Avenue, for DWI. Freeport officers spotted a Honda Accord traveling westbound on the eastbound lanes in Atlantic Avenue. The officers stopped the car and found the detected alcohol on the drivers breath. A field sobriety test came up positive for intoxication and the driver was placed under arrest.

■ A male was arrested on Jan. 1, on Stevens Street, for criminal possession of a controlled substance. Freeport officers spotted a car committing a vehicle traffic law infraction on Stevens Street. The officers stopped the car and found the car had the strong scent of marijuana. The

driver was asked to step outside the car, and the officers found a plastic bag on his person containing 42 pills of different colors. The suspect was placed under arrest.

Fraud ■ A Freeport resident reported a case of identity theft on Dec. 22. The victim told police that her social security number and personal information had been used to apply for unemployment benefits without her knowledge or permission. The resident has been in contact with the Social Security Administration, who is investigating the case.

■ A Freeport resident reported a case of fraud on Dec. 24. The victim told police that she had been set to purchase a Playstation 5 on Facebook Market, paying a sizable down payment first and hoping to meet with the vendor to pick up the item and pay off the remaining balance, but the seller never arrived or answered her phone calls.

Found property ■ A Freeport resident reported that he had found a black wallet by Hudson Avenue on Dec. 24. The wallet was turned over to the police and secured so that the owner can come forward and claim ownership.

Larceny ■ A business owner on N. Main Street reported a case of larceny on Dec. 29.

The man told police that an unknown person removed all four tires and rims from a 2017 Honda that was parked in front of the business.

Code violation ■ Freeport officers responded to a residence on Washington Street for possible hazardous conditions. The officers found no such condition, but they did find a business being operated out of a residential garage. The Freeport building department issued a summons for the building code violation.

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FHS alumnus preps for Navy graduation him and his classmates to use their masks and personal protective equiphe could to become an aviator.

After graduating from Freeport High ment.

“Covid safety was always at the foreSchool in 2014, Neblett attended Nassau front,” Neblett said. “Even in here, it’s Community College to earn his associate’s degree in engineering, and then the new normal.”

The next phase of the Stony Brook University for OCS program ran for five his bachelor’s. With his weeks and focused on the degree in hand, Neblett academics. As students enlisted in the Navy at 22 completed their courses, and was admitted into the they also learned proper OCS last year. military discipline and Neblett’s father, Peter had their confidence built Neblett, said he was surup. This prepared them for prised by his son’s decithe next phase, which sion to enlist, but he was focuses on leadership. proud of him. “The last This two-week phase, time I spoke with him, he which Neblett is in now, seemed more confident, allows students to interact and his tone was differCourtesy US Navy OCSt more closely with their ent,” Peter said. “He’s a Freeporter Justin instructors to reflect the doer, and once he starts neblett is set to graduate junior-senior relationship something, he’s committed from the U.S. Navy Officer that they will experience to finishing it.”

Candidate School at the in the Navy. Neblett admitAlthough he was eager ted that while his instructo start OSC’s program, end of the month. tors initially intimidated Neblett’s schedule was him, this phase has helped delayed by a few weeks him see them as mentors who have because of the pandemic. Like any other school, the OSC had its students follow encouraged him to chase his dream.

This phase also asks Neblett and his strict Covid-19 safety protocols, which included quarantining before starting classmates to mentor the new students who recently began their first week at the program.

Neblett said the first three weeks OCS. The senior students help their focused on rigorous physical training, juniors train, study and construct their and his trainers constantly reminded schedules, allowing them to see the other

officer Candidate school’s foundations ■ leadership: Instilling within officer candidates the qualities of a professional naval officer. These qualities include honesty, integrity, work ethic, military bearing, character, dependability, initiative, accountability, toughness and teamwork. Furthermore, OCS develops officer candidates to perform capably under pressure and in adverse conditions while testing and strengthening their time management skills and confidence.

■ profession of Arms: Instilling discipline, military bearing, attention to detail, patriotism, pride and esprit de corps. half of the junior-senior relationship.

“Mr. Neblett and the other new accessions have been outstanding students,” said Juan Rosa, one of Neblett’s instructors. “Not only do they learn from staff but also from each other, creating great camaraderie and teamwork among themselves. They are undoubtedly the best examples of officers; they truly emulate the ‘ship, shipmate, self ’ attitude. I’m proud to serve with them, and I’m proud to call them my shipmates.”

■ Fitness: Instilling a culture of fitness that will endure beyond OCS through the entirety of a naval career. A professional naval officer must be physically strong and resilient — ready to lead and sustain a culture of fitness in an austere and challenging environment.

■ Academics: Provide officer candidates a fundamental knowledge of the naval profession through classroom and practical instruction while establishing personal standards of excellence that will remain with the graduate throughout the individual’s professional career.

Courtesy U.S. Navy OCS Now in his final phase at OCS, Neblett said he feels transformed and is finishing his coursework, with graduation tentatively set for Jan. 29. After, he and his classmates will become Navy ensigns.

“It was an amazing opportunity, and I definitely feel more confident after all this training,” Neblett said.

After graduation, Neblett is set to attend two years of flight training at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.

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community update Friday, Jan. 8

mSElCeG9OVVd3UT09. Meeting code is 914 9800 3429. Passcode is 070983.

For more information, contact the ASK Department at (516) 379-3274.

A Gentleman in Moscow Join John Zaluski as he goes over Amor Towles’s “A Gentleman in Moscow” during a virtual discussion with the Freeport Memorial Library on Jan. 8 at 12 p.m. The story revolves around Count Alexander Rostov, who was sentenced to house arrest by a Bolshevik tribunal in 1922 and watches Russian history unfold from his room across the street from the Kremlin. The discussion will be held on Go To Meetings at https://global.gotomeeting.com/ join/474253269 or by phone at (571) 317-3112. Access code is 474-253269. For more information, call Mary Robinson at (516)-379-3274.

Thursday, Jan. 14 Power of words Join the Freeport School District for a virtual seminar to build your child’s vocabulary, problem solving skills and confidence on Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m.

The online session will be held in collaboration with the PSED and Family Support Long Island at Molloy College on Zoom. The Zoom meeting ID is (973) 937-1616.

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Sports stories Students in grades Pre-K to three can hear sports stories being read online with the Freeport Memorial Library on Jan. 8 at 4 p.m. The stories will revolve around football, basketball, baseball, hockey and more. Students can also take part in a game of sports trivia.

The event will be held on Go To Meetings at https://global.gotomeeting. com/join/217910981. Access code is 217-910-981. For more information, contact the Youth Services Department at (516) 379-3274.

Saturday, Jan. 9 iet culture Learn all about the different diets out there during a virtual seminar with the Freeport Memorial Library on Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. The workshop seminar will focus on whether diets like the Keto, Whole30, Paleo, alkaline, juice cleanses and intermittent fasting actually work or not. The event will be held on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/9706 2591553?pwd=LzhRQVRYVmN4dVlSa HpxSmFvdk02Zz09. Meeting ID is 970 6259 1553. Passcode is 963154. For more information, contact Maryellen Cantanno at (516) 379-3274.

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Rock n’ Roll history unravelled Learn about some of the more obscure progenitors of Rock n’ Roll ballads during a virtual seminar with the Freeprot Memorial Library on Jan. 11, at 1 p.m. While most know of Chuck Berry and Elvis Presely, the seminar will discuss the others who helped popularize rock.

Monday, Jan. 11 Snuggle up story Join the Freeport Memorial Library for their virtual Snuggle Up Story Time on Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. The seminar will be held on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/ 96281760501?pwd=TytiOWJGZjQzd kt4UHZNWFdOWDVyZz09. Passcode is 898687. For more information, contact the Youth Services Department at (516) 379-3274.

Early Rock ballads Learn all about the progenitors of rock n’ roll ballads during a virtual seminar with the Freeport Memorial Library on Jan. 11 at 1 p.m. While most know of Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and the Four Seasons, there are several others who sang classic ballads that have endured for more than half a century.

The seminar will be held on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82891 640580?pwd=UmNuVlFucncybUtabX c1eHFGR1pzdz09. Meeting ID is 828 9164 0580. Passcode is 344124.

Fore information, contact Maryellen Cantanno at (516) 379-3274.

Tuesday, Jan. 12

Department at (516) 379-3274.

Yoga for adults Practice yoga with the Freeport Memorial Library on Jan. 12 at 12:30 p.m.

The virtual event will be held on Go To Meetings at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/596979125. Remeber to stay hydrated for this event. For information, contact Maryellen Cantanno at (516) 379-3274.

Out of this world stories Toddlers ages 2 to 4 can enjoy virtual story time on Jan. 12, at 10 a.m., with the Freeport Memorial Library. Miss Rose will put together songs, rhymes and stories about outer space for kids to enjoy. The event will be held on Go To Meeting at https://global. gotomeeting.com/join/263908397.

Registration is required. For more information, contact the Youth Services

Learn about the naturalization process to become a U.S. citizen during a virtual seminar with the Freeport Memorial Library on Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. The twopart discussion series, hosted by Chris Bisonette and Lupe Velasquez will go over the process, forms and applications, requirements and the citizenship test. Registration is required. To register, contact the ASK Department at (516) 379-3274. The seminar will be held on Go To Meetings at https://global. gotomeeting.com/join/253134093.

Access code is (253) 134-093.

Wednesday, Jan. 13 Spanish book club Enjoy an evening of literature with the Club de lectura en espan~ol. Rose Luna will be reading from Laura Restrepo’s Dulce Compan~ia. The event will be held on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/91 498003429?pwd=Ym9aSkRTVVEyc0p

HAvinG An EvEnt? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest.

All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to rreyes@liherald.com

Residents can pick up free masks at Freeport Village Hall and the Freeport Recreation Center.

Village Mayor Robert Kennedy holds open office hours on Tuesdays to speak with residents.

Freeport Public Schools will reopen their buildings for in-person learning on Jan. 11 Covid-19 testing is available at the South Ocean Health Center at 101 S. Bergen Pl. The library opens froms 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays, but opens at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays.

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dewey smalls has repeatedly asked Mayor Robert Kennedy and the board of trustees to address the closure of two polling sites in the village.

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According to navigation apps, like Google Maps, it takes 22 to 30 minutes to walk from the closed polling sites to the Recreation Center, and taking public transportation would add about five minutes to the travel time.

“How is it safer to ask seniors to go out and expose themselves to people in public than to have the polls open on the first floor, where they can vote quickly and you can clean and disinfect?” Smalls asked.

Village Trustee Carmen Piñeyro, who is running for mayor against the incumbent, Robert Kennedy, was also worried about the change of polling location.

During the November election, Piñeyro had reached out to County Legislator Debra Mulé to help residents get to the Recreation Center, but there is no guarantee that the same people who volunteered during a national election would be able to do so again during a village election.

Smalls and Piñeyro also floated the idea of letting residents assigned to the old polling sites vote at more nearby sites like Columbus Avenue School, Caroline G. Atkinson School or the firehouse at 15 Broadway.

“We have much closer voting sites available that we’re just skipping over,” Piñeyro said.

She also asked for the village to allow early voting to help seniors bypass any crowds on Election Day, but the board has yet to allow early voting in village elections.

Trustee Christopher Squeri also said the village should develop a different solution to help voters. “If there’s a way we can help out voters and the seniors [at the housing units], we should do it,” he said.

Kennedy said he would reach out to the Board of Elections again to see if they can recommend other polling sites to use.

He had reached out to the board before, to no avail, but encouraged more residents to do the same to demonstrate the need for new polling sites.

Residents who pReviously voted at the senior public housing buildings at 100 N. Main St., location A above, and 45 Wallace St., location B, must now vote at the Freeport Recreation Center in the village elections.

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Federal gov’t stalling offshore wind farms the federal governMent is holding up construction of offshore wind farms between Long Island and New Jersey because the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has yet to assign the final leasing grounds for them, as it was supposed to have done two years ago. Above, a view of the nation’s only offshore wind farm, off the coast of Rhode Island.

By Madeline arMstrong The final leasing grounds for offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island were supposed to have been designated in early 2019 so lease auctions could be held, but nearly two years later, they have not yet been assigned, slowing New York’s bid to acquire 70 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.

Assignment of New York Bight Offshore Wind Energy Areas, located between Long Island and New Jersey, has been indefinitely postponed without explanation, angering local elected leaders like U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat from Garden City and a wind energy proponent.

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, a division of the Department of the Interior, oversees assignment of offshore wind leasing grounds. Rice, who represents the 4th Congressional District, covering a wide swath of Nassau County’s South Shore, recently wrote to DOI Secretary David Ber nhardt to express her outrage that designation of the WEAs continued to be delayed.

She was joined by other elected leaders, including Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove who represents the 3rdCongressional District, and who was formerly Nassau’s county executive, as well as Rep. Jerrold Nadler of the 10th District and Rep. Tom Reed of the 23rd District. The representatives asked that the BOEM assign the WEAs so lease auctions could be held. To date, they have not received a response from either the BOEM or the DOI. That has local environmental advocates concerned and dismayed, as offshore wind does not emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere the way fossil fuel power plants that burn oil, natural gas and coal do, and so wind energy is not a cause of climate change, the slow heating of the Earth over time. Global warming is considered a particular threat to Long Island because it causes sea levels to rise and hurricanes to grow bigger.

“If we’re really going to fight climate change and transition to renewable energy, offshore wind has to play a key role,” said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Farmingdale-based Citizens Campaign for the Environment. “It is not a luxury item. It is a necessity.”

Esposito said she supports Rice’s letter.

“We really need a congressional representative to get involved, take action and support wind farms,” Esposito said.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, a state agency that promotes energy efficiency and renewable power, is also calling on BOEM to designate the final WEAs. “Our progress in catalyzing this gamechanging industry is limited without additional lease areas in the New York Bight — a needed solution only BOEM has the authority to execute,” read a NYSERDA statement. “We urge BOEM to issue final Wind Energy Areas for the New York Bight.”

When contacted, BOEM gave the following statement: “BOEM continues to

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this Map, froM the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, shows the potential wind energy that would be captured off the coast of Long Island. work with our government agencies and our stakeholders to assess how future offshore wind development could affect other ocean uses with the goal of reducing potential conflicts.” The BOEM said it was assessing possible conflicts, but it did not specify what they might be.

Esposito said she believes the federal government has been stalling the assignment process to assist the oil and gas industries. President Trump “has been clear he does not support wind,” she said, “and wants to continue advancing the exploration and development of oil and guess industries.”

Rice said Trump has never supported wind farms and has worked to stall other

renewable energy projects in New York.

In July 2019, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, legally requiring New York to obtain 70 percent of its energy supply from renewable sources such as wind, solar and geothermal.

According to Joe Martens, director of the New York Offshore Wind Alliance, a coalition of advocacy groups that support wind power, 27 percent of New York’s energy currently comes from renewable sources. “We have a long way to go in 10 years,” said Martens, “and offshore wind is one of the ways that we can make the transition.”

There are currently three projects proposed in the New York Bight, two of which — Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind — have begun the regulatory review and permitting processes, and have the potential to power hundreds of thousands of homes and bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, even billions, for the local economy. “As New York continues to build back its economy from the [Covid-19] pandemic,” read a NYSERDA statement, “offshore wind provides a massive opportunity to stimulate billions of dollars in investments and create thousands of family-sustaining jobs.”

The New York Bight wind farms would create about 32,000 jobs annually, Martens said. “I think this is a great opportunity for a whole new generation of workers,” said Roger Clayman, executive director of the Long Island Federation of Labor. “Our labor movement was not always environmentally sensitive, but the fact is we’re all on the front lines of climate change.”

When the Wind Energy Areas might be designated is unclear. “I don’t know if anybody could [know] unless they had a crystal ball,” Esposito said. Martens said that 6,000 megawatts of offshore wind energy would need to be generated by 2030 to help New York reach its goal of 70 percent renewable energy by that year.

Development of a single wind farm takes years. That is why it is crucial, the experts said, to designate the WEAs so leases can be assigned, and the years-long regulatory review process and construction can begin.

“I will openly concede that it will be a challenge,” Martens said, “but in New York anyways, we’re required to do it.”

Esposito urged Long Islanders to “speak up and speak out in favor of wind energy.” “Having a voice matters,” she said, “and we can’t stay silent and hope that things change.”

Local veteran, Michael Miller, dies at 95 from President Truman to heart as he went on to become a staunch supporter of the nation’s veterans, working tirelessly through more than 60 years of service to the American Legion.

His goal was to secure better services and opportunities for veterans who so deserved to be properly honored for their service to the country.

Miller was well-respected in the American Legion and received many honors for his efforts on behalf of others. Though his family would often tease him about the way he held his Legion meeting nights as if they were more important than any-

thing else in his life, in reality, they all knew that nothing was more important to him than family.

He was reposed at Cecere Family Funeral Home in Baldwin on Jan. 4.

World War II veteran and Baldwinite Michael Miller, and his wife, Ann, were married for 73 years.

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Michael Thomas Miller, longtime Baldwinite and American Legion member, died on Jan. 1. He was 95.

Miller was a member of the American Legion Baldwin Post 246 for 62 years. He was the senior post member and served as post commander from 1961 to 1962.

He was also the commander of the Nassau County American Legion from 1971 to 1972, commander of the 10th District — which encompasses all of the American Legions in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties — in 1983, and vice commander of the Department of New York American Legion in 1993.

Miller served his country during World War II as a rear combat crewman in the Navy Air Corps stationed in the Pacific Ocean from 1942 to 1946.

For all who knew him, his family members said, it was clear what was most important in his life: God, family and country. He believed in doing the right thing, and if someone needed guidance or reassurance, Miller was there with a helping hand.

He was born on May 8, 1925 to his loving parents, Frank Aliano and Christina Somma Aliano. It was in this loving family that Miller grew to understand the importance of faith, family and the strength of love. His family faced a major life crisis when, shortly after the birth of Miller’s baby brother, Frankie, their father passed away, family members said.

It was some number of years after that that their mom, Christina, married Joseph Miller. They had another son together, adding Joey to the family.

Throughout the years, it was evident that Miller was an adoring and devoted son to his mother and a strong and steadfast source of strength and love for his brothers, family said. His family circle was multiplied when he met and later married his “treasure;” his wife, Ann. The couple had two daughters, Carol and Patricia, and Miller was not shy to show his great love for his family. His true love was always Ann, his family said, and he treasured and adored her. Even as illness was taking him away, he never failed to remind Patricia, “Take care of mother!”

He exemplified a good family man not only to his wife and daughters, but to his grandchildren, great grandchildren, greatgreat grandchildren and his extended family.

Though he was a quiet, faith-filled man, the Light of Christ he brought into the world was a huge beacon for so many, and not only his family, but the larger community, too.

Miller also served in the Aleutian Islands as an Aviation Radioman in the Navy during World War II. In a letter he received from President Harry Truman on his discharge from the Navy at the close of the war, Miller was referred to as one of the nation’s finest, who undertook the most severe task one could be called upon to perform.

He was cited for demonstrating the fortitude, resourcefulness and calm judgment necessary to carry out that task. President Truman said in the letter, “We now look to you for leadership and example in further exalting our country in peace.”

Miller seemed to take that message

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Herald Inside LI talks vaccines at webinar

By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

Last year, nearly 350,000 Americans died of Covid-19 — and more than 3.2 million total — making 2020 the deadliest year in U.S. history, according to the Associated Press. Help, though, is on the way.

In the weeks leading up to the New Year, the federal Food and Drug Administration approved two vaccines — the first by Pfizer-BioNTech and the second by Moderna —which have gone to health-care workers and will also go to residents of long-term care facilities during the early stages of distribution.

On Dec. 23, Herald Inside LI held a Zoom webinar featuring three doctors, all of whom recently received a first shot of vaccination, to discuss their experiences and what people can expect in the coming months.

“I urge people to take the vaccine because Covid-19 is a horrific disaster to human life,” said Dr. Aaron Glatt, chairman of the Department of Medicine, chief of infectious diseases and the hospital epidemiologist at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside. “We want to go back to hugging and seeing people, and the way we will do this is through the Covid-19 vaccines. The goal is to vaccinate everyone.”

Webinar attendees were encouraged to submit their questions for the panelists. One viewer asked if the vaccine could hurt fertility.

“There were some cases of women who got pregnant after getting the vaccine; however, there is zero evidence that the vaccine can cause infertility,” Glatt said. “I would tell a pregnant woman that it’s a personal decision if she wants to take the vaccine, but if she chooses to get the vaccine, she might be protecting herself more, as well as protecting others and [her] baby. [She] might even give [her] baby antibodies against the virus.”

Another viewer wondered whether people of color were more likely to experience side effects from the vaccine or lower efficacy.

“There were about 40,000 people of color that were represented in the experimental trials for these two vaccines,” said Dr. Zenobia Brown, vice president and medical director of population health at Northwell Health Solutions. “We have proven that the vaccines are safe for people in minority groups.”

Brown and Glatt agreed that although the PfizerBioNTech and Moderna vaccines were proven 95 percent effective in experimental trials, after people receive them, there is still a chance that they can contract the

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“When I get my second dose of the vaccine, I won’t become Superman. I don’t know how to play the piano now, and I won’t magically know how to play the piano after the second dose,” Glatt said. “We still need to be careful, and we still have to wear masks and social distance.”

“I cannot stress this enough: Social distance and wear masks, even if you get the vaccine,” Brown said. “My biggest fear is that people will not want the vaccine. I look forward to the day when more and more people will want to take the vaccines.”

For Dr. Nicolas Hernandez, the academic hospitalist at Northwell Plainview Hospital and another panelist, taking the vaccine was a decision that he made to protect his family, his patients and himself.

“I was scared when they gave me the Pfizer vaccine, but I’ve been a patient with Covid-19, I’ve had family

Herald Inside LI to host local college webinar With the Covid-19 infection rate rising during a second wave, many Long Island parents were concerned about the health and safety of their college-aged children who lived in university dorms during the fall semester.

In the coming weeks, before the spring semester begins, parents will have to choose whether to send their children back to school to live in campus dorms or off-campus apartments, or whether they should live at home and attend local schools.

Local colleges are accepting students on rolling admission to accommodate those who decide at the last minute to stay home for the spring semester. Many parents, though, are wrestling with

choosing the best options for their children.

Herald Inside LI will host a free live Zoom webinar, sponsored by Molloy College, on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m., to discuss staying local for college. The webinar will feature college advisers, counselors and college students, who will share their thoughts on staying home this spring.

To register, go to LIHerald.com/StayingLocal. To sponsor a webinar or for more information, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or (516) 5694000 ext. 224. For questions, email insideli@liherald.com.

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members that have had Covid-19, and I take care of patients with Covid-19, so I wanted to do my part,” Hernandez said, while adding that his only reaction to the first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was temporary fatigue and soreness. “As a family physician, I recommend that all immunocompromised people should get the vaccine, and even if you are not up for the vaccine, still do your part.”

This webinar was the final episode of the first season of Herald Inside LI. To watch the recording of this episode and all others, go to LIHerald.com/Recordings and subscribe to the Herald Inside LI YouTube channel.

The next Herald Inside LI episode will take place on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. and will feature college advisers and counselors discussing students staying local for upcoming spring semester, rather than going away to school. To register, go to LIHerald.com/StayingLocal.

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Joan R. Jefferies, a life-long Freeporter, died on Dec. 15. She was a retired reading assistant for the Freeport School District. A proud, fourth-generation Freeporter, Jefferies served as a former member of the Freeport Historical Society, Friends of the Freeport Memorial Library; lifetime member of the Freeport PTA and an award winning participant of the LI Fair. She was the beloved wife of the late George S., devoted mother of John (Kathy) and Thomas, loving grandmother of two and greatgrandmother of two. Interment Greenfield Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contribution to the Freeport Dollars for Scholars, P.O. Box 7700, Freeport, N.Y. 11520 would be appreciated.

Miguel Angel Naves, of Freeport, died on Dec. 18. He was the beloved companion of Engracia Lopez, loving father of Rosemarie and Jocelyn Naves, Henry Alexander and Aida Landaverde and Thays Javier. He was also survived by 15 grandchildren. Visitations were held at the Hungerford & Clark Inc. Funeral Home. Interment Greenfield Cemetery.

Carlos Perez Carlos D. Perez, of Freeport, died on Dec. 16. He was a retired metal stamper for Johnson & Hoffmann, of Carle Place.

He was the loving husband of Esperanza, beloved father of Carlos D. Jr., Mayra and the late Octavio, dear grandfather of three and great-grandfather of one.

Visitations were held at the Hungerford & Clark Inc. Funeral Home. Cremation services were private.

Dana Ann Hanbury Dana Ann Hanbury, of Freeport, died on Dec. 20. She was a retired customer service representative for Northwest/Delta Airlines. She was the beloved daughter of Joan Hanbury, loving sister of Deirdre (Chris Moyer) Hanbury and Erin Hanbury and dear aunt of Claire Moyer. Cremation services were private. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Nolverto Batista Diaz Nolverto A. Batista Diaz, of Freeport, died on Dec. 20. He was a retired farmer in the Dominican Republic. He was the beloved husband of Ana, loving father of Edwardo Batista, Carmen Loveras, William Batista, Roberto Batista and Juana Cabrera, dear grandfather of

eight and great-grandfather of three.

Funeral mass was held at the Our Holy Redeemer RC Church. Interment Greenfield Cemetery.

Oscar Sjoblom Oscar Sjoblom, of Freeport, died on

Dec. 22. He was the beloved husband of Gloria. He was also survived by many loving relatives and friends. Visitations were held on Dec. 26 at the Hungerford & Clark Inc. Funeral Home, followed by a graveside service with Military Honors at Holy Rood Cemetery.

Fred Geraci Fred. A. Geraci, Sr., of Freeport, died on Dec. 24. He was the loving father of Fred Jr., Dawn Sinnott, Miranda Geraci and Violet Orlandi. He was also survived by 8 eight grandchildren. Visitation services were held at the Hungerford & Clark Inc. Funeral Home. Internment at Calverton National Cemetery.

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who always went above and beyond for his students and colleagues.

He was involved in coaching students in modified football and wrestling, going on to supervise sports events in the school.

School and district officials described Lordi as a person with a genuinely good heart who would always step up and volunteer when others needed him.

“He never failed to step up and help out where needed,” said Principal Joseph Mille. “He was warm and caring with his students. He made sure they were doing the best they could to reach their potential.”

“Our hearts are heavy with the passing of Robert Lordi. His devotion and caring for our students and their families was evident in all he did. Robert was part of the fabric that makes up our Freeport Public Schools family,” added Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kishore Kuncham. “We celebrate his years with us. Robert will be remembered for his commitment, sense of humor, and kindness, which permeated his interactions with everyone, myself included.”

Robert Lordi, a Freeport High School teacher, died on Dec. 27.

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Dancers from Jam Dance Studio in Bellmore helped Evan Styron, center, propose to his girlfriend, Lisa Friedrich, of East Meadow, with a surprise flash mob at Wantagh Park.

JAM Dance organizes flash mob proposal By alyssa seiDman aseidman@liherald.com

Evan Styron said he defied the odds when planning to propose to his girlfriend, Lisa Friedrich, of East Meadow.

Between the Covid-19 pandemic, a lastminute location change and inclement weather the day of the engagement, “I had every obstacle against me,” he said, “but I’m resilient.”

On Dec. 20, 2020, Styron and Friedrich drove to Wantagh Park to attend a Christmas function — or so Friedrich thought. Once they parked, dancers from JAM Dance Studio in Bellmore filled the lot, flash mob-style, as Bruno Mars’ song “Marry You” blasted in the background.

“I was like a deer in headlights,” Friedrich said.

The couple met on Bumble about a year ago, just before the Covid-19 lockdowns put New York on pause. Friedrich, a hairstylist, said that since she and Styron are very similar, they found ways to stay entertained during quarantine. Last May, for example, the two dressed up in formal attire and decorated her home to hold a “prom-demic.”

“I’ve dated a lot of girls, but never one that made me feel compelled . . . to marry her,” said Styron, a licensed mental health counselor from Massapequa. “I knew from day one that she was the one.”

Styron said he and Friedrich knew they would get engaged before the end of 2020, but the actual proposal was still a “total surprise” to his fiancé. He got the idea to do a flash mob proposal after Friedrich showed him a video of one on YouTube last February.

“I love these styles of proposals because they’re very engaging,” he said, “and I wanted to do something that was like a magic moment for Lisa, something that made her feel special.”

To conjure the magical moment, Styron enlisted the help of Friedrich’s best friend, Angela Connelly, who lived next door to JAM co-owner, Gina Petit-

to, growing up. Although this was only JAM’s second flash mob proposal, it was “probably more exciting because everyone really needed some good news since quarantining,” Petitto said.

About 20 dancers participated in the flash mob, which was choreographed and rehearsed over the course of two weeks. Styron said he and Connelly scouted Cedar Creek Park in Wantagh as an initial location for the proposal, but had to change plans after a powerful nor’easter whipped across the region on Dec. 17.

On the day of the engagement, an unexpected storm threatened to ruin the special surprise, but for the 10 minutes the flash mob took place, Connelly said the weather cleared up. Some of the couple’s family and friends were on hand to surprise the bride-to-be. Everyone, including the dancers, stayed socially distant and wore masks.

As the team performed their choreography, Styron improvised a few of his own moves, twirling Friedrich around the parking lot and dancing along to the song. “Lisa’s face was priceless,” said JAM co-owner Michele Cuccaro. “She was in a shock in the best way possible . . . and couldn’t stop smiling.”

As the song concluded, two of the dancers rolled out a 30-foot banner spray painted with red graffiti lettering, which asked Friedrich if she would take Styron’s hand in marriage.

Styron said he rushed to get the ring out of the box once Friedrich realized what was happening.

“It was the most amazing day of my life, [and] a good finale to 2020,” Friedrich said. “I’m looking forward to a lifetime of memories.”

Styron said he is looking forward to spending more quality time with Friedrich and her son, Nicholas, 8.

Petitto and Cuccaro said they hope to choreograph the couple’s first dance as husband and wife.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. BOARD OF MANAGERS OF WHARFSIDE CONDOMINIUM, Pltf. vs.

JOHN K. CONLIN, et al, Defts.

Index #609108/2018. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Sept. 16, 2019, I will sell at public auction on January 28, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. at the north side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY prem. k/a 725 Miller Avenue, Unit 224, Freeport, NY a/k/a Section 62, Block 103, Lot 245U and CA113 and Section 62, Block 183, Lot 410 a/k/a Tax Unit No. 224 together with a .9066% undivided interest in the common elements of the condominium hereinafter described as the same defined in the Declaration of Condominium hereinafter referred to.

The real property above described is a Unit shown on the plans of a Condominium prepared and certified by Baldwin and Cornelius, P.C. and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on the 12th day of December, 1985 as Map No. CA 113 defined in the Declaration of Condominium entitled, Wharfside Condominium made by Freeport Nautical Development Company, under Article 9-B of the New York Real Property Law dated May 14, 1985 and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on the 12th day of December, 1985 in Liber 9689 of Conveyances at page 313 covering the property therein described. Approx. amt. of judgment is $71,864.81 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. JEFFREY W. HALBREICH, Referee. JAY L. YACKOW, Atty. For Pltf., 355 Post Ave., Ste. 201, Westbury, NY. #98667 124174 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL VILLAGE OF FREEPORT TAKE NOTICE that the 2021/2022 Final Assessment Roll for the Village of Freeport, New York, for the Year 2021 has been completed and will be filed in the office of the Village Clerk and Assessor’s Office on Monday, January 4, 2021, where it will remain open to the public for fifteen (15) days after the date of this notice.

Pamela Walsh Boening Village Clerk 124335

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in accordance with §5-508.3 of the Village Law, a budget showing the revenues and expenditures for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 has been prepared by the Mayor of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, and has been filed with the Village Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Freeport. A copy of the tentative budget will be available at the Office of the Village Clerk where any interested person may inspect it during office hours.

The Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, New York, will conduct a public hearing on the 11th day of January, 2021 at the Municipal Building, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, at 7:15 P.M., of the evening of that date, to consider the proposed budget of the Fiscal Year commencing March 1, 2021 and ending February 28, 2022.

At this hearing all persons interested will be given an opportunity to be heard.

Following is a schedule of salaries paid to the Mayor, members of the Board of Trustees, and Village Justice: Mayor $156,954.06 Trustees $ 27,060.17 Village Justice $79,957.52 FURTHER RESOLVED, that the foregoing notice of public hearing shall be entered in the minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, and published in the Freeport Herald Leader and a printed copy thereof posted conspicuously in at least three (3) public places in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Nassau County, New York.

STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU, VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, ss: I, PAMELA WALSH BOENING, Village Clerk of the Village of Freeport, Nassau County, New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of said notice duly authorized by the Board of Trustees of the said Village at a meeting of the said Board of Trustees, calling for a public hearing to be duly held in the Conference Room of the Municipal Building of the Village of Freeport, New York, on the 11th day of January 2021 at 7:15 P.M., in the evening, and of the whole thereof, as entered upon the minutes of the proceedings of the said Board kept by me as Village Clerk.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Corporate Seal of said Village this 7th day of

January 7, 2021.

Pamela Walsh Boening, Village Clerk Dated: January 7, 2021 Freeport, New York 124344

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in accordance with provisions of the Village Law §4-412(3), a Public Hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, New York, on the 11th day of January, 2021, at the Municipal Building, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, at 7:15 P.M, in the evening of that date, to consider the proposed contract between the Incorporated Village of Freeport and the Freeport Volunteer Fire Department for the furnishing of fire protection within the Incorporated Village of Freeport for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022, for a fee of $126,000.00.

At this hearing all persons interested will be given an opportunity to be heard.

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the foregoing notice of public hearing shall be entered in the minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, and published in the Leader and a printed copy thereof posted conspicuously in at least three (3) public places in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Nassau County, New York.

STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU, VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, ss: I, PAMELA WALSH BOENING, Village Clerk of the Village of Freeport, Nassau County, New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of said notice duly authorized by the Board of Trustees of the said Village at a meeting of the said Board of Trustees, calling for a public hearing to be duly held in the Conference Room of the Municipal Building of the Village of Freeport, New York, on the 11th day of January 2021, at 7:15 P.M., in the evening, and of the whole thereof, as entered upon the minutes of the proceedings of the said Board kept by me as Village Clerk.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Corporate Seal of said Village this 7th day of January 7, 2021.

Pamela Walsh Boening, Village Clerk Dated: January 7, 2021 Freeport, New York 124345

LEGAL NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING - January 21, 2021 NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a teleconference Public Hearing with the Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled for Thursday January 21, 2021 at 6:00 P.M., on the appeals and applications of cases as they appear on the calendar; residential applications that do not extend their prior nonconforming status may be called first; public comment invited. It is anticipated that the Board will adjourn the legislative session and teleconference into Executive Session until 6:30P.M. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/89936630431?pwd=Wn BVV3VMZFg2ZkRpaUxRej JJYXlHdz09 Meeting ID: 899 3663 0431 Passcode: 909984 All applications are nonconforming with zoning regulations herein specified for the districts in which they are located.

Application #2020-16 88 South Bergen Pl., Business AA - Section 55/Block 323/Lot 14 - 88 South Bergen LLC c/o Adam Seelig - Convert two (2) professional offices to (3) basement apartments.

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BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Pamela Walsh Boening, Village Clerk 124334

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 1st day of December 2020 bearing the index number 20-000617, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Nassau County Clerk located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, grants me the right to assume the name of Tristan Mason Smart.

My present address is 131 Harris Ave Freeport NY, 11520 The date of my birth (child) is 4/19/2010 the place of birth is Nassau University, East Meadow NY the present name is Tristan Mason Smart-Gregg 124313 LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS AND NOTICE Supreme Court of New York, NASSAU County.

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR HILLDALE TRUST, Plaintiff, -againstNASSAU COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ALICE J. MITCHELL, DECEASED;

Police investigate Baldwin shooting, assault On the night of Christmas Eve, Nassau County police responded to a call on Cottage Place in Baldwin and discovered a 30-year-old man lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his chest and shoulder.

Members of the First Precinct are investigating the shooting, which took place on Dec. 25 at around 6:30 a.m.

A Nassau County Police Department ambulance transported the man to a local hospital for treatment, and he was listed in serious condition.

The First Precinct is also investigating an assault that occurred on the night of New Year’s Eve in Baldwin.

Police responded to a disturbance at a Middle Bay Drive residence on Jan. 1 at around 4:55 a.m.

Police said a front door window had been shattered and a 29-year-old man had

been hit in the head with a beer bottle.

The man suffered pain to his head and a laceration to his lip, and an investigation revealed that the victim was involved in an altercation with an unknown man that was asked to leave a party inside the residence.

After leaving, the subject began breaking bottles and damaged the front door, according to police. The subject fled in an unknown vehicle in an unknown direction.

Further investigation revealed that a bullet hole was also discovered in a front porch support column.

Detectives request anyone with information regarding the incident to call 1-800244-TIPS. Callers will remain anonymous.

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UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF ALICE. J. MITCHELL REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED SEPTEMBER 25, 2003; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” and “JANE DOE”, said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Index No. 600335/2020, Mortgaged Premises: 572 South Main Street Freeport, New York, 11520. Section: 62 Block: 61 Lot: 237, 238, 240. To The Above Named Defendant(s): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State.

The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. If you fail to appear or to answer within the aforementioned time frame, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECTIVE of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a Mortgage to secure $250,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on June 23, 2008 in Book M 33075, Page 779, Control Number 2006, covering

the premises known as 572 South Main Street, Freeport, New York 11520. The relief sought herein is a final judgment directing sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is located. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO, LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Phone: 212-417-5100.

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124340 LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS AND NOTICE Supreme Court of New York, NASSAU County.

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE LODGE SERIES III TRUST, Plaintiff, -againstFERLANDE FRANCOIS A/K/A FERLANDE

MILFORD A/K/A FERLANDE MILORD; ARINX FRANXOIS A/K/A ARNIX FRANCOIS; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - INC. VILLAGE OF MINEOLA; JOHN MAURELLO; “JOHN DOE” and “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of the premises being foreclosed herein, Index No. 600481/2020.

Mortgaged Premises: 190 East Avenue Freeport, New York, 11520 Section: 62 Block: 83 Lot: 405. To The Above Named Defendant(s): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. If you fail to appear or to answer within the aforementioned time frame, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECTIVE of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a Mortgage to secure $358,100.75 and interest, recorded in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on October 31, 2006 in Book M 31153, Page 580, Control Number 2019,

covering the premises known as 190 East Avenue, Freeport, New York 11520. The relief sought herein is a final judgment directing sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above.

Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is located.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO, LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, 212-471-5100, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

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A. You picked a bad time in the process to propose a change. I have experienced this ongoing type of problem, and usually ended up taking the clients and their designer to meet with the building officials who uphold their community’s laws, zoning and building regulations.

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t’s now nearly a year since the Trump administration learned that a deadly virus was making its way into our country. During that period, the White House and many governors have engaged in a political wrestling match over who was responsible for leading the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

While you may not like the conclusion, it is clear that President Trump never took this crisis seriously, and is even less concerned now that his tenure is about to end.

It may be an uphill battle, but JERRY President-elect Joe Biden has made it kREMER clear that he is willing to aggressively step into that battle on Jan. 20, because the next six to nine months will determine whether the pandemic is beaten. There are two good reasons why there has to be a field general leading the fight. America can’t afford for this dark cloud to linger indefinitely because of the economic damage we have experienced. Moreover, what if there is another pandemic, caused by one

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of our political enemies?

Prior to the election, the president predicted that there would be many millions of vaccinations before the end of the year.

To date, fewer than three million people have been inoculated, and only 11 million doses have been distributed around the country. The slow rate of inoculations is due to the fact that many states are staggering under the weight of testing costs and the needs of responders. Local governments and health care institutions have been on their own for 10 months after being told by Washington that the virus was a state-by-state problem.

Biden has pledged to get inoculation numbers up to one million a day. That is comforting, but health care professionals estimate that even at that rate, it would take over a year to vaccinate every American. And to reach that pace, the federal government will have to take some draconian measures.

The Defense Production Act dates back to the Korean War. It gives the president the power to force companies to drop their private customers and produce what the country needs. Trump claimed he used

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the act to get General Motors to build more respirators, but GM claimed it came forward on its own to build them. The president didn’t aggressively use the act, for fear of offending his conservative base, which opposes government intervention.

Why is there a need for use of the act now? When you have a mass anti-virus campaign, you need more than a vaccine. The big pharma companies are spending billions of dollars to keep up with their competition and protect their stockholders. In addition to the vaccines, you need cotton swabs, syringes, packing materials, dry ice and other supplies, and those products aren’t manufactured by big pharma. That’s where the federal government comes in. Using the act, manufacturers can be forced to produce the goods that are needed to get a complete program in place.

While Biden is preparing to take on the vaccine program, the pandemic is exploding in numerous states that have a shortage of hospital gowns, masks and gloves and can’t cover the costs of doctors, nurses and other first responders. Bipartisan

ven ramping up to a million inoculations a day may not be enough.

Covid relief legislation finally signed last week by the president will inject some new money into the efforts of local organizations, but it won’t make up for the costs they have been incurring since last March.

The world is keeping a close eye on our national effort, and many friendly countries are trying to figure out why we’ve done such a terrible job of combating the virus. But our enemies are also keeping a close eye on our tragedy. In his latest book, “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World,” author and CNN host Fareed Zakaria claims that our enemies could create another health crisis in our country in as little as 24 hours. Are we capable of handling another one? You know the answer to that question.

The weeks and months ahead will determine how long America will suffer and how well we will heal. Happily, the incoming administration is prepared to pick up the ball dropped by the outgoing one.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column?

JKremer@liherald.com.

Saving our sanity and our souls through books

reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The person who never reads lives only one.”

— George R.R. Martin

It nearly killed me. One of my grandkids said they “hate” books. They don’t read books except when one is assigned in school.

Given the options of smartphones, TV and computers, they don’t ever crack the cover of a novel or nonfiction adventure, even during RandI quarantine, when there’s so little to kREIss do.

Oddly, this kid gets good grades and likes school, which seems counterintuitive, because I can’t imagine anyone becoming an educated person in the world without reading books. It’s not like I haven’t tried. I have gifted and suggested books pitched toward this particular teen’s interests. I’ve read the same books they are assigned in class so we can talk about them. I keep tossing out lines and getting no bites.

My hope is that this child just hasn’t found the right books yet to get their attention. I know a few people who

became enthusiastic readers in adulthood. I wish that for this young person I love.

Granted, I was a book nerd from the time I could put eyes on paper. I remember, in first grade, begging my father for some money so I could buy books. It was like falling in love. My first loves were “Half Magic,”

by Edgar Eager, and “The Boxcar Children,” by Gertrude Chandler Warner.

If feels lame even to be defending reading when it seems so self-evident that through books we fire up our imaginations, we live other lives and we timetravel to places beyond our reach. We find comfort in finding common ground with writers. It is a bias, but I do believe that life is only halflived without books.

As part of my own life, I have led book groups for the past 20 years, and this year will do so again. For the first time, our group will be Zoomed, and so it’s open to anyone who contacts the Longboat Key Education Center (941383-8811, (charity@longboatkeyeducationcenter.com) wishing to sign up. We meet at 11 a.m. on Wednesdays, and began this week with the first of eight short books in eight weeks.

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I want to share my reading list because I call my class “Literary Gems,” and these are. We begin with “Hamnet,”

by Maggie O’Farrell. William Shakespeare had a son, Hamnet, who died when he was 11. Four years later, the bard wrote “Hamlet.” From these thin facts, O’Farrell weaves a rich story of grief and life in the throes of a plague.

Our second book is “We Have Always Lived in this Castle,” by Shirley Jackson. Murder, mayhem and the especially delicious brand of British madness abound in this story by the author of the most famous short story in the world, “The Lottery.” Next, we’ll read “The Boy in the Field,” by Margot Livesay, a luminous psychological thriller. Our last book for January is “Writers and Lovers,” by Lily King, a gorgeously written, rather ordinary story of a young woman finding her way, told with extraordinary beauty.

In February, we’ll read “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” by Ocean Vuong. This debut novel by a Vietnamese-American writer was described as “permanently stunning” by Ron Charles of The Washington Post. It is an original and exquisite amalgam of memoir,

or many of us, talking about them is as much fun as reading them.

letters and poetry. Next, we read “The Disappearing Earth,” by Julia Phillips, comprising an astonishing cast of characters, an unspeakable crime, all set in Kamchatka, on the Siberian peninsula.

Our third book next month is “Trust Exercise,” by Susan Choi, a brilliant send-up of students enthralled with themselves in an artsy university setting. The language is pitch-perfect. Our last selection is “Last Train to Key West,” by Chanel Cleeton. It is 1935, and a ferocious hurricane is barreling towards the Florida Keys. A helluva story of three women caught up in a story of murder, betrayal and salvation.

For many of us “bookies,” talking about the novels and nonfiction works is as much fun as reading them, like a delicious dessert after a remarkable meal.

So I hope some readers can join the book group. But no matter what, wherever you are at this moment, sheltering in place, working from home or venturing out, I want to share these special books with the hope that you connect with the authors and find solace and peace and joy in that connection.

Reading? The past year, when so much was lost, books brought joy into to my life. As the new year begins, they are the untapped treasure of 2021.

Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Resolve to monitor your mental health in 2021

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et’s say it like it was: 2020 was miserable. It was a horrid year for us all. Everyone — everyone — was affected to one degree or another by the coronavirus pandemic, which washed over us like a merciless tidal wave, leaving fear, anxiety and death in its wake.

The speed at which the virus swept across the land was stunning, leaving us feeling helpless against a viral invader.

Nearly 4,700 people have died of Covid19 in Nassau and Suffolk counties — and an estimated 25,000 in New York City — since the coronavirus broke out in the greater metropolitan area in March, bringing grief to hundreds of thousands of lives here.

On top of those terrible — and terrifying — statistics, Long Island lost more than 100,000 private-sector jobs from November 2019 to November 2020, an 8.8 percent decline, according to the New York State Department of Labor. The biggest losses came in hospitality, 35,800 jobs; education and health services, 23,600; trade, transportation and utilities, 15,000; professional and business services, 10,000; and manufacturing, 8,000.

There is help available, however. If you are feeling anxious, depressed or suicidal, regardless of the reason, you can — you should — check out the state Office of Mental Health website, where you will find numerous resources to turn to for help.

There you will find the NY Thankful project, for which you are asked to write messages about all that you are thankful for. The very act of writing down all that is good in your life, it seems, helps relieve stress and anxiety. We suggest that you try it — if not on a state website, then on your own.

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letters The pandemic’s empty chairs To the Editor: In a November speech, President-elect Joe Biden expressed his sorrow at the number of empty chairs that would appear at the dinner tables of many families this year because of the coronavirus.

Covid-19 has often been compared to the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed 675,000 Americans, a majority of them young adults, and infected one-third of the world’s population during its four waves. Masks were strongly recommended, but many protested against wearing them. People were quarantined, hospitals were full, and the death toll was overwhelming. Like Donald Trump, President Woodrow Wilson underplayed the severity of the virus. There was no vaccine, no Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and very few opportunities to work from home in that precomputer era.

that your mental health is connected to everyone else’s. What the coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated, in certain terms, is that we are all interconnected in a larger societal web. So — please — seek help if you need it.

If you make any New Year’s resolution, let it be that you will take care of yourself in 2021 — both your physical and mental well-being.

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s 2020 came to a close, the coronavirus surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in the U.S. — a sobering reminder of the toll the virus continues to take.

We have learned a lot about Covid-19 over the past 10 months. Importantly, we know now that it isn’t just a lung and respiratory issue, as was thought early on. It is a systemic inflammatory disease that may affect many organs in the body, and when it comes to the heart, it can JeFFrey t. be especially serious. kuvin Covid-19 infection certainly does not affect everyone’s heart, but it turns out that you don’t even need to have significant symptoms to have heart-related issues.

The most direct, and at times the most complicated, impact of the virus on the heart is muscle inflammation, a condition called myocarditis. This can result in a variety of cardiac issues, including

muscle weakness and rhythm disturbances.

It is well known that other viruses — as well as some medications, chemotherapies and other medical conditions — can also affect the heart in similar ways.

In addition to direct toxic effects on the heart muscle, Covid-19 may cause blood clots, which can impact the heart, lungs and the brain, resulting in heart attacks, pulmonary emboli and stroke. We learn more every day, but it remains unclear whether traditional approaches to heart disease are applicable to patients with long-term complications of the coronavirus, like heart damage.

While many patients are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, others may become very ill, and some even succumb to the disease. We don’t know the exact number of Covid-19 patients with myocarditis, because some patients may have cardiac involvement without even knowing it.

Some of the symptoms of myocarditis include chest pain; shortness of breath; heart palpitations or irregular heartbeat;

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hronic heart conditions are showing up after even mild cases.

Letters One of the empty chairs of 1918 belonged to my family. My father, then 16, was playing in the streets of Manhattan with his brother, Irwin, 13. Irwin wasn’t feeling well, and my father carried him home piggyback, and his mother put him to bed. The next day he was dead. Ironically, his parents and older brother remained healthy, but they never recovered emotionally from Irwin’s death. It was especially devastating to my paternal grandmother, whose father fought in the Civil War, contracted tuberculosis and gave it to my grandmother and her sister, both of whom died young: a history of empty chairs. My father would occasionally see my sister and me drawing pictures or playing a game, and remark, “My brother and I used to do that.”

When the 2020 pandemic arrived, I immediately thought of Irwin. Did he suffer? Was his mother with him at the end?

Had he survived, I would have had an uncle and perhaps some cousins on my father’s side. Empty chairs span generations. Only one photo of my father and his brother remains, as my grandmother destroyed all the others in her grief.

Fortunately, I lost no family members in 202, but as I watched the statistics rise, I knew that each death was more than just a number. It reflected a deep loss and an empty chair at the table of many families. I hope they find solace in 2021 and beyond.

PAUlA RODEnAS Merrick

lightheadedness, dizzy spells or loss of consciousness, and extremity swelling.

The lingering effects of Covid-19 on the heart, particularly myocarditis, have been a hot topic in the sports community.

Several college and pro athletes with the virus have done the right thing by staying off the field this season — not only because of the risk of virus transmission, but because their doctors saw evidence of myocarditis on an MRI. The heart needs time to heal. We know that active inflammation of the heart can cause serious problems, even in highly trained athletes. And, during recovery, athletes should refrain from heavy exertion until they are assessed by a cardiologist.

And if an athlete can get asymptomatic, or subclinical, effects of the heart, so can we all.

Given new and emerging data, the exact risks and treatment protocols for Covid-related cardiac issues remain unclear. Who should undergo MRI testing of the heart — the best way to detect myocarditis — is a question that has not

been definitively answered.

As things stand now, a coronavirus infection alone does not warrant an extensive cardiac evaluation. If, however, patients are highly symptomatic and have abnormalities in specific laboratory tests, like electrocardiograms or echocardiograms, then highly specialized tests, like MRIs, might be warranted.

As the pandemic continues, as at all other times, it is important to recognize cardiac warning signs, which can be very similar to Covid symptoms.

Addressing cardiac risk factors, including cholesterol, blood sugar levels, blood pressure, sleep hygiene and obesity — is always prudent. In addition to improving quality and quantity of life, it is widely recognized that controlling cardiac risk factors can affect the course of Covid-19.

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Cardiac Covid: How the virus impacts the heart

Jeffrey T. Kuvin, M.D., is the de Roulet professor and chair of the Department of Cardiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. He is the senior vice president of cardiology for Northwell Health’s Central and Eastern regions, chair of the Department of Cardiology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital, and co-director of the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital.

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To the Editor: Re Carolann Perez’s letter to the editor, “How did we almost re-elect Donald Trump?” (Dec. 17-23): The writer said that Randi Kreiss was “brave enough” to have written about President Trump. On the contrary, Kreiss took every low pot shot at Trump that she could come up with, yet virtually denied him any credit whatsoever for his achievements, which were significant and many. And this is coming from someone who recognizes Trump’s failures and personality flaws.

Remember when Trump, early on, restricted travel between the U.S. and China, and President-elect Biden called him a racist and xenophobe? Yet soon after, Biden criticized Trump for not having taken this action sooner. What hypocrisy!

Would people have voted for Biden if the media had reported more thoroughly on the Hunter Biden scandal and its potential implications for the presidentelect? This was an election the true outcome of which we will likely never know with certainty.

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