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Women of faith unite Freeporter named head of state Catholic Daughters of America prestigious events,” Duran said. “I will do my best to lead the New York Catholic Daughters of Theresa Duran, of Freeport, America through these trying was 18 years old when she first times.” joined the Catholic Daughters of “This is a celebration of a America, an international orga- milestone for the Catholic nization with more than 1,150 Daughters of America,” added local chapters that State Chaplain seeks to unite CathoRalph Sommer. “It lic women to supwill be her duty to port their faith and make the Catholic commit good works Daughters a powerthroughout the ful, active group perAmericas. forming God’s work With her mother in our communiand older sister as ties.” members, Duran During the instalfound joy in being lation Mass, dozens part of a group of of members of the likeminded women New York Catholic who have helped lift Daughters of Ameriher up whenever she ca gathered at St. THeResA DuRAN Christopher Church feels down. Now Duran, 54, State regent to celebrate Duran has an opportunity and the new slate of to lift thousands of b o a r d m e m b e r s. women up and lead them Joining Duran were Connie through hardship after she was Breindel, 1st vice state regent, named the New York State Tina Bigelow, 2nd vice state regent of the Catholic Daughters regent, Patti Drivanos, state secof America, the highest office in retary, and Judy Sterling, state the state, during the group’s treasurer. installation Mass on May 1 at St. For Duran, a graphic designer Christopher R.C. Church in and mother of three, the Baldwin. moment was not only a culmina“It is an honor to be named regent during one of our most Continued on page 10

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A sweet parting at Mt. sinai Bill and Ethel Ulrich, of Freeport, celebrated Bill’s retirement as senior facilities leader at Mt. Sinai South Nassau after more than 40 years of overseeing the hospital’s expansion projects. Story, Page 3.

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Students’ nanosatellite soars in national contest By RoNNY ReYes rreyes@liherald.com

Freeport students saw nearly two years of hard work pay off as their nanosatellite soared into the sky during a successful launch on April 27. The student-designed cube nanosatellite — measuring 10 centimeters, or about 4 inches, on each side — was launched from the high school’s field as part of the U.S. Department of

Education’s CubeSat Challenge Flight Week, which had its finalists test their nanosatellites’ ability to work in the air and land safely. The CubeSat Challenge is a national competition that asked school districts to design cubeshaped nanosatellites that could feasibly send data collected from space back to Earth. Freeport was selected as one of five finalists last year to conduct this launch.

“With the test flight, the CubeSat team was able to see the outcome of their dedication and commitment to the CubeSat Challenge,” said Director of Science Dr. Vincent Pereira. “We are truly on a path toward bringing space missions out of the clouds and into the classroom.” “The test flight of the CubeSat prototype built by Freeport Continued on page 9

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Celebrating nearly 45 years at Mt. Sinai Bill Ulrich, of Freeport, celebrated his retirement as senior facilities leader at Mt. Sinai South Nassau on April 30, after nearly 45 years of overseeing the expansion and renovation projects at the hospital. Ulrich first joined the hospital in 1977 and rose to the rank of assistant director of administration by 1988, where he was charged with overseeing the daily operations of the Laboratory, Personnel, Medical Record and Administration Departments. Eventually, Ulrich became the vice-president of administration and oversaw major construction projects at the hospital, including the Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center, the fourstory North Addition, the renovation of the 911-receiving Emergency Department in Long Beach and many other projects. “Bill is a proven leader,” said Richard Murphy, MSSN president and CEO. “His clear vision, unwavering loyalty to the organization, and strong leadership shepherded the hospital through the growth, expansion and renovation of virtually every physical space in the hospital during his tenure, directly benefiting our patients and the communities we serve.” “It has been my honor to have the opportunity to work here for virtually my entire career,” Ulrich said. “The many dedicated and talented people who work here have made it a pleasure to come to work every day.”

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Mt. Sinai South Nassau honored Bill Ulrich, above, senior facilities leader, with a retirement celebration on April 30. ulrich Said farewell to his friends and coworkers, top-left. the celebration included a “Clap Out,” left, as the hospital’s staff cheered Ulrich.

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Crime watCh Arrests

Harassment

■ Freeport detectives arrested a suspect on April 27 for criminal contempt. The detectives had spent months investigating a suspect who had violated the terms of an active order of protection. The suspected was located and taken into custody without incident.

■ Freeport officers reported a case of aggravated harassment on April 28. A complainant told police an unknown person was harassing them online.

■ A male was arrested on April 27 for criminal contempt. A plain-clothes officer arrested the suspect, who was in violation of an order of protection on a prior date. The suspected was located and taken into custody without incident.

■ Freeport officers reported a case of a verbal dispute on April 29. Officers responded to a dispute between family members, where a complaint stemmed from noise violations committed by one of the party members involved. The complainant requested no further action from police other than documenting the incident.

■ A male was arrested on April 29 for drug possession Officers found the suspect to be in possession of a controlled substance during a traffic stop. The suspected was located and taken into custody without incident.

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■ Freeport officers reported a case of custody dispute on April 29. Two formerly married partners were arguing about custody rights. The complainant requested no further action from police other than documenting the incident.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

OBitUarieS Christian Calderon Christian A. Calderon, of Freeport, died on April 24. He was an elevator mechanic for Local 1, in Long Island City. He was the beloved son of Jose and Josefina Calderon, loving brother of Juniour J., Gabriella and Matthew A. and fond grandson of Pedro and Maria L. Calderon and Andres and Ana V. Lora. He was also survived by many uncles, aunts and cousins. Funeral mass was held at the Our Holy Redeemer RC Church. Interment Pinelawn Memorial Park.

Edward Pecan Edward J. Pecan, of Freeport, died on April 26. He was a proud WWII U.S. Army Air Corp. veteran. He was the beloved

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husband of the late Maria, loving father of Sandra Pesant and Jeffrey (Valerie) Pecan and cherished grandfather of Adam and Lynn Pecan. Funeral mass was held at the Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Church. Interment St. Charles Cemetery.

Agnes Fiore Agnes Fiore, 94, of Freeport, died on May 1. She was the beloved wife of the late Louis, loving mother of Anthony (Susan) Fiore and Michael (Cathe) Fiore and cherished grandmother of Michael, Allison, Christopher, Bryan, Andrea and Cheyenne. She was also survived by nine great-grandchildren. Funeral mass was held at the Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Church. Interment Calverton National Cemetery.

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FD extinguishes blaze T he F ree por t Fire De par tment reported a house fire by the intersection of N. Brookside Avenue and Maxson Avenue on April 25. Firefighters arrived at the scene at around 9:30 p.m. as the home was engulfed by smoke. Heavy fire was located on the first and second floor of the house. Four hoses were used to extin-

guish the fire. The Roosevelt, Merrick, Baldwin, Uniondale, Oceanside and Point Lookout-Lido Beach Fire Departments all arrived to provide aid. Chief Joseph Sortia, the new chief for the Freeport Fire Department, oversaw the operation.

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on a recent Thursday at the Nassau County Police Academy in North Massapequa, recruits practiced arresting a suspect during a felony car stop, in which the vehicle that was pulled over had reportedly been used in a crime.

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An arresting lesson in N.C. police work By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

Part three in a photo series on the Nassau County Police Academy. A Signal 15 comes in over the radio: A stolen vehicle used in a felony — perhaps a bank robbery, maybe a kidnapping — has been pulled over. Officers must quickly assess the situation: Is the vehicle occupant armed? Hostile? Ready to run? With so many unknowns, officers are trained to follow step-by-step procedures to take the suspect into custody without a fight. The objective of this high-stakes, potentially deadly scenario is to “keep everyone safe,” Officer Arthur Zanelli, a Nassau County Police Academy instructor, said on a recent Thursday, just before academy recruits ran through a mock felony car stop. “You want [the suspect] to have his day in court.” De-escalation, talking a suspect through the car stop with specific instructions that leave no room for error, is the key to everyone walking away unharmed, according to Zanelli. The recruits practiced talking suspects through a stop, instructing them precisely how and when to leave their vehicle. There were four recruits in two police cruisers, whose objective was to bring in two suspects in a single vehicle, one of whom ran off, while the other stayed and was captured. It was a mock exercise, but the nervous tension was palpable as of ficers approached the vehicle, their dummy guns drawn. Communications is key in this scenario, Zanelli said, and the recruits called out to one another throughout the exercise. Once a suspect is handcuffed, then the Continued on neXt page

officerS practiced drawing their guns. The objective, police academy instructors said, is to avoid firing a weapon, to ensure that police, the public and the suspect all stay safe. officer arthur Zanelli, above ran recruits through their paces during the mock exercise. officerS muSt give suspects step-by-step instructions on how to proceed when exiting a vehicle during a felony car stop.

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question, but that person must be treated as a suspect until proven otherwise. The felony car stop, he noted, is among the most dangerous scenarios that a police officer might encounter in the field.

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A recruit prActiced placing handcuffs on a suspect, who was played by an actual police officer for this exercise.

the tension of a felony car stop was palpable even during a mock exercise.

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Herald ScHoolS Freeport honors top 10

The Freeport School District Board of Education celebrated Freeport High School’s top 10 seniors in the Class of 2021. The top students were in the order of: valedictorian Shyanne Gardner, salutatorian Mia Sorrentio, Nicole Bailey, Oghenenyerovwo Omokeni, Jayda Pollard, Sabrina Johnson, Hameedah Lawal, Tatiana Lugo Aquino, Genevieve Himmelberg and Alexa Rivera. “We are grateful to be here, in person, to celebrate the top 10. You are so extraordinary, so humble with your accomplishments and we are so proud of what you have done through all your years at Freeport High School,” said Dr. Kishore Kuncham, superintendent of schools. “It has not been easy for you, as you have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic through your junior and senior years, but you have been amazing.

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DiStrict officialS honoreD the top 10 seniors at the Freeport High School on April 20.

Bayview celebrates PeaceJam Bayview Avenue School students in the PeaceJam Juniors enrichment program presented their final projects in honor of World Book Day on April 23. The projects, called “Global Stories,” allowed the students to share the stories of f a m i ly a n d f r i e n d s wh o immigrated to the United

States. Among those interviewed for the project was Columbus Avenue Principal Alma Rocha, an immigrant from Mexico City. The project served as a culmination of what the students lear ned in the program, as well as a celebration of the district’s diversity.

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Kayla altoonian, left, a nutritionist for Northwell Health-Cohen Children’s Medical Center, quizzed the students on healthy snacks.

Nutritious partnership shines The Freeport School District teamed up with Northwell HealthCohen Children’s Medical Center to celebrate their new “Wellness on Wheels” mobile nutrition education and wellness program at the Leo F. Giblyn School in April. The new program, which premiered in Freeport, provides students with interactive learning on healthy food and lifestyle choices. “Educating our elementary students about how to establish and maintain good nutrition and healthy eating habits is part of a

wellness journey that can benefit them for a lifetime,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kishore Kuncham. “Our district has a long-standing partnership with the medical center and bringing this program to our elementary schools is another way for us meet the physical and mental health needs of our students,” added Dr. Helen Kanellopolous, assistant superintendent for pupil personnel services and special education.

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Bayview avenue School students in the PeaceJam Juniors enrichment program shared their final projects virtually.

Freeport students launch nanosatellite its completed project to the CubeSat Developers Workshop in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Freeport’s student team leader, Victor Villatoro, also presented their findings to the U.S. Department of Education in a live virtual discussion, along with the four other CubeSat finalists. The judges will reconvene in the future to review all flight reports and select winners.

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Freeport’s Cubesat team successfully launched a nanosatellite into the sky to conduct its work on April 27.

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students is a thrilling, momentous event for our district,” added Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kishore Kuncham. “The district has been fully involved in supporting our students through this U.S. Department of Education challenge. Work on the Freeport CubeSat began in the summer of 2019, when the Freeport School District was awarded a NASA/New York Space grant. Freeport is the third public school district in the state, and the only one on Long Island, to receive the grant. Pereira, Dr. Anthony Murray, director of math and technology; and Dr. Richard Johnson, lead teacher in business and technology, joined together to guide a group of 15 students from Freeport High School and J.W. Dodd Middle School to design and construct a nanosatellite to enter the CubeSat Challenge. Pereira explained that the goal of Freeport’s satellite would be to collect data that measures the Earth’s surface temperature and study the differences in heat absor ption and retention between urban and rural areas. Pereira also said he hoped to measure the friction that the CubeSat would endure as it revolved around the Earth at 400 mph. Johnson, who doversees the students, said the bulk of the work started during the coronavirus pandemic. While it had been difficult to manage the project because of the district’s hybrid-learning model, for which students alternate attending in-person classes with virtual learning, the team still met online to collaborate on the project. “There’s definitely been some challenges, but everyone wants to showcase their work at the end of this,” Johnson said. Before the launch last week, Johnson and his students created prototypes with a 3D printer to check whether the CubeSat could hold its electronics and payload in place at launch by conducting 2,000 feet deployment tests with a drone. Technology teachers Louis Inzerilli and Daniel Ciamaricone led the electronics and launch aspects. As CubeSat Challenge finalists, the Freeport students received advice and tips from experts. Dr. Jase Bernhardt, of Hofstra University, assisted in the scientific aspects of the project, and Dr. Dave Biersach, of Brookhaven Laboratory, Dr. Jeff Hung, of Farmingdale State College and Dr. Mason Peck, of Cornell University, provided aid in the electronics and structural design. Freeport also received a $5,000 grant to put the project together. Freeport students were also able to show off their CubeSat to NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, who visited the district through a virtual assembly to help promote the district’s project on Nov. 23. After the successful test flight of the Freeport CubeSat, the team presented

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patti Drivanos, Left, Connie Breindel, Theresa Duran, Tina Bigelow and Judy Sterling were appointed board members of the state organization.

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Freeporter named Catholic Daughters regent continued from front page tion of her work for and commitment to the organization, but also a special moment for her local chapter in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, as she is the fifth woman from the diocese to become state regent. She and her sister, Mary Impellizeri, also represent the second time in the group’s 113-year history that two sisters have served as regents. Duran added that the installation ceremonies tend to happen upstate or in New York City, so it meant a great deal to her to be able to hold the installation on Long Island. “For more than 20 years, I have witnessed time and again as Theresa positively impacted our community through her engaged leadership in the church and schools,” said Nassau County Legislator and fellow Freeporter Debra Mulé . “I’m thrilled to congratulate her upon her installation as regent for the New York State Court of the Catholic Daughters of America, and I am confident that the organization is in great hands with Theresa at the helm.” Mulé also sang at the event alongside Duran’s children, Katie, Matthew and RJ. Heather Rave, the former state regent, wished Duran good luck in leading the organization as she passed on the reins during the installation ceremony. “You can work to shape [the New York Catholic Daughters of America] into a group of dedicated and active women,” Rave said. “Hold fast to our traditions, but don’t be afraid to venture into new ideas.” As the ceremony itself was held with social distancing in place, Duran remarked on just how much her organization has changed since the pandemic hit last year. Because of Covid-19, the group had to cancel its state convention last year, which normally brings together more than 450 catholic daughter groups to join in celebration of their faith every two years. Not only was the convention shut down, but the organization also had to cope with the cancelation all of its other events and fundraisers. Despite the inability to meet in person, the organization did connect online; however, Duran said that the process was slow at first, since many members were not tech-savvy. “But everyone eventually learned how to connect, and

we took off from there,” Duran said. “We’re meeting on Zoom and getting on Facebook to livestream prayer sessions and Mass.” Duran began holding special 2 p.m. prayer sessions every day since last April. As regent, her main objective for the next year is to overcome the feeling of separation caused by the pandemic. Duran said the main draw of joining the Catholic Daughters of America is to find sisterhood and connect with new friends, something that took a hit during the pandemic. Under Duran, the New York Catholic Daughters of America will preach a focus of internal healing and spirituality to help stabilize the organization and strengthen bonds. Duran said she hopes to lead trips later this year or next to holy sites in the Americas, such as the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. “This will be a time to heal from the pandemic and come back stronger than ever,” Duran said. Once the organization is recovered, Duran said the group will then restart its fundraising and charitable events, which support local food pantries, education and women’s rights programs.

LifeLong freeporter theresa Duran, above, became the New York State regent of the Catholic Daughters of America on May 1. heather rave, the outgoing regent, right, gave Duran a hug as she passed on leadership of the group.

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State Sen. Kevin Thomas, Ernest Catanese, and County Executive Laura Curran shoveled earth around a newly planted magnolia tree in Uniondale last Friday. an environmental issue, it’s also an economic issue.” Thomas spoke to the meaning of Arbor Day, saying it “calls attention to the increased importance of reforestation, not only in our national forests, but also

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LEGAL NOTICE AMENDED NOTICE OF ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION, BUDGET HEARING AND VOTE OF BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU STATE OF NEW YORK, TO BE HELD ON May 18, 2021 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the budget hearing of the qualified voters of the Baldwin Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, will be held on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at the Board Room of the Administration Building, Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York in said School District for the transaction of such business as is authorized by law including the following purposes: 1. Presentation and discussion of the budget for the operation of the district schools for the school year beginning July 1, 2021. 2. Presentation and discussion of the budget for operation of the Baldwin Public Library for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021. 3. Transactions of such other business as is authorized by law. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the vote upon the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the necessary expenditures for the school year 2021-2022, the library appropriation, and on all propositions duly filed with the Board of Education, to fill one vacancy for Trustee on the Board of Education, and to fill one vacancy and the balance of an unexpired term on the Board of Trustees of the Baldwin Public Library, shall be held in the gymnasium of the Baldwin School’s District Office, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York, in said School District on Tuesday, May

18, 2021, between the hours of 7:00AM and 10:00PM. The qualified voters will fill the following vacancies: a. The office of Mary Jo O’Hagan, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Board of Education, which term expires on June 30, 2021, for a new term commencing July 1, 2021, and expiring June 30, 2024; b. The office of Annie Doresca, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Board of Education, which term expires on June 30, 2021, for a new term commencing July 1, 2021, and expiring June 30, 2024; c. The office of Carl Williams, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Baldwin Public Library, which term expires on June 30, 2021, for a new term commencing July 1, 2021, and expiring June 30, 2026; PROPOSITION NO. 1 RESOLVED, that the proposed Budget of the Baldwin Union Free School District of the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, for the fiscal year 2021-2022 be adopted, and that an amount to be determined be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the School District after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources. PROPOSITION NO. 2 RESOLVED, that the proposed Budget of the Baldwin Public Library for the fiscal year 2021-2022 be adopted, and that an amount to be determined be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the School District after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the voting shall be on voting machines as provided by the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 7:00AM until 10:00PM and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. The District Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to have the necessary ballot labels printed for said voting machines in the form corresponding as nearly as may be with the requirements of the Education Law. The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2021-2022 for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount for each will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available, upon request, to any taxpayer in the district at each school building in the

district in which school is maintained between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM during the period of fourteen days immediately preceding said election of May 18, 2021, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, and at such annual election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the nominations for the office of members of the Board of Education and office of member of the Library Board, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 28 qualified voters of the District for the School Board and 25 qualified voters for the Library Board, and filed in the office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00AM and 5:00PM not later than the 30th day preceding the meeting or election at which the trustees shall be voted upon. Such petition shall state the name and residence of the candidates. Candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be considered elected to their respective offices. Where terms are of different length, the candidate receiving the highest vote shall be elected to the longest term. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his unwillingness to serve. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 71 qualified voters of the District and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00AM and 5:00PM, not later than the 30th day preceding the meeting or election at which such question or proposition shall be voted upon, except that this rule shall not apply to those questions or propositions which are required to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the District. Registration shall also be permitted in the office of the District Clerk at Baldwin’s Administration building during the hours of enrollment of children for a school term and also from 8:00AM to 3:00PM on any school day at any of the District schools not later than five days preceding the school

meeting and election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any Annual or Special District Meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four (4) years (2017-2020) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Election of the County of Nassau. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration will further meet during the hours of voting at the Annual District Election on May 18, 2021, for the purpose of preparing a register for District meetings or elections to be held subsequent to May 18, 2021. Said register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall present themselves personally for registration, and (2) all qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four calendar years (2017-2020) prior to the preparation of said register. The Register shall be filed in the Office of the District Clerk of the school district at the Administration Building, Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter between the hours of 9:00AM and 2:00PM on each of the five days prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday by appointment only. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that application for absentee ballots for the school district election may be applied for at the office of the Clerk. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday by appointment only. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election. Furthermore, such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely request for a mailed absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set

forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021 No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot, to meet at the Baldwin Senior High School for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law 2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website. Dated: April 14, 2021 BY ORDER OF Baldwin, NY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL

DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK Pamela M. Pratt, District Clerk 125152 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE LA NOTIFICACIÓN ENMENDADASOBRE LA ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO, LA AUDIENCIA DEL PRESUPUESTO Y LA VOTACIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR BALDWIN UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK, SE LLEVARÁN A CABO EL 18 de mayo de 2021 POR LA PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la audiencia del presupuesto de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free, ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, se llevará a cabo el miércoles 5 de mayo de 2021, en la sala de juntas del edificio administrativo sito en Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, ubicada en dicho Distrito escolar, con el objeto de que se concreten los asuntos antes mencionados conforme lo autoriza la ley, a los fines ut infra: 1. La presentación y el debate del presupuesto previsto para el funcionamiento de las escuelas del Distrito para el año escolar que inicia el 1 de julio de 2021. 2. La presentación y el debate del presupuesto previsto para el funcionamiento de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin para el ejercicio fiscal que inicia el 1 de julio de 2021. 3. La concreción de otros asuntos similares conforme lo permita la ley. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la votación para la asignación de los fondos correspondientes para cubrir los gastos necesarios para el año escolar 2021-2022, la asignación para la biblioteca y todas las proposiciones debidamente presentadas ante la Junta de Educación para ocupar un puesto de miembro directivo de esta Junta, y un puesto y el saldo de un período no finalizado en la Junta Directiva de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin tendrá lugar en el gimnasio de la Oficina del Distrito escolar de Baldwin, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, NY, en el mencionado Distrito escolar el martes 18 de mayo de 2021 entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 10:00 p. m. Los votantes calificados ocuparán los puestos aquí especificados: a. El cargo de Mary Jo O’Hagan, miembro de la

Junta Directiva de la Junta de Educación, cuyo período finaliza el 30 de junio de 2021, se renueva el 1 de julio de 2021 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2024. b. El cargo de Annie Doresca, miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Junta de Educación, cuyo período finaliza el 30 de junio de 2021, se renueva el 1 de julio de 2021 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2024. c. El cargo de Carl Williams, miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin, cuyo período finaliza el 30 de junio de 2021, se renueva el 1 de julio de 2021 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2026. PROPUESTA N.º 1 SE RESUELVE adoptar el presupuesto propuesto del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free de la ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, estado de Nueva York, para el ejercicio fiscal 2021-2022 y recaudar un monto a determinarse mediante impuestos sobre la base del inmueble imponible del Distrito escolar con posterioridad a la primera deducción de fondos disponibles de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes. PROPUESTA N.º 2 SE RESUELVE adoptar el presupuesto propuesto de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin para el ejercicio fiscal 2021-2022 y recaudar un monto a determinarse mediante impuestos sobre la base del inmueble imponible del Distrito escolar con posterioridad a la primera deducción de fondos disponibles de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la votación se realizará en urnas digitales conforme lo dispone la Ley de Educación y que estará abierta desde las 7:00 a. m. hasta las 10:00 p. m. y el tiempo que sea necesario para que los últimos votantes presentes emitan el voto. Por medio del presente, se autoriza e instruye a la secretaria del Distrito a imprimir las etiquetas de votación necesarias para dichas máquinas de votación en el formato que más se aproxime a los requisitos de la Ley de Educación. Se elaborarán tanto el resumen de la proposición del presupuesto como el texto de todas las proposiciones que aparecerán en la urna digital, como también una declaración detallada por escrito en que figure el monto que se exigirá para el año escolar 2021-2022 en concepto de gastos escolares, y en que se describan los fines y el monto de cada establecimiento. Asimismo, cuando se solicite, las copias de estos documentos se pondrán a disposición de todo tipo de contribuyente del Distrito

en cada edificio escolar del distrito donde se encuentre la escuela entre las 8:00 a. m. y 4:00 p. m. durante un período de catorce días con anterioridad inmediata a la elección del 18 de mayo de 2021, sin incluir los sábados, domingos, feriados, ni la elección anual. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA también que la elección se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la Organización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que las nominaciones para los cargos de miembro de la Junta de Educación y de la Junta de la Biblioteca, a menos que por ley se disponga lo contrario, se realizarán mediante una solicitud firmada por, al menos, 28 votantes calificados del distrito para la Junta de Educación, y 25 votantes calificados para la Junta de la Biblioteca, presentada en el despacho de la secretaria del Distrito entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m. hasta el 30.° día previo a la reunión o elección en que deba votarse a los miembros de las juntas. En la solicitud, debe indicarse el nombre y la residencia de los candidatos. Se considerará que los candidatos que reciban la mayor cantidad de votos serán los electos para sus respectivos cargos. En el caso en que los períodos tengan distintas duraciones, el candidato que reciba la mayor cantidad de votos será el electo para el período más extenso. La Junta de Educación podrá rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara no tener voluntad para tomarlo. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que toda proposición o consulta que deba hacerse sobre las urnas digitales debe presentarse por escrito mediante una solicitud firmada por, al menos, 71 votantes calificados del Distrito y presentada en el despacho de la secretaria del Distrito entre las 9:00 a. m. y 5:00 p. m., hasta el 30.° día previo a la reunión o elección en que deba votarse dicha consulta o proposición, pero esta norma no aplicará excepcionalmente para las consultas o proposiciones que deban informarse mediante la notificación publicada de la reunión ni para aquellas que la Junta de Educación tenga la potestad, conforme la ley, de presentar en cualquier reunión anual o extraordinaria del Distrito. La inscripción también podrá realizarse en el despacho de la secretaria del Distrito en el edificio administrativo de Baldwin durante los horarios de

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inscripción de los alumnos para el período escolar y de 8:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m. en cualquier día lectivo en cualquiera de las escuelas del Distrito hasta los cinco días previos a la reunión y elección escolares. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la inscripción deberá incluir (1) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito quienes deberán presentarse para la inscripción; y (2) a todos los votantes del Distrito calificados previamente, quienes se deberán haberse inscrito previamente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria del Distrito que se haya realizado en cualquier momento en el transcurso de los cuatro (4) años (de 2017 a 2020) previos a la elaboración de dicha inscripción; y (3) a los votantes inscritos de forma permanente en la Junta de Elecciones del condado de Nassau. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la Junta de Inscripciones seguirá reuniéndose durante los horarios de la votación en la elección anual del Distrito del 18 de mayo de 2021, con el objeto de elaborar una inscripción para las reuniones o elecciones del distrito que se lleven a cabo con posterioridad al 18 de mayo de 2021. La inscripción debe incluir (1) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito quienes deberán presentarse para la inscripción, y (2) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito quienes deberán haberse inscrito previamente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria del Distrito que se haya realizado en cualquier momento en el transcurso de los cuatro años calendario (de 2017 a 2020) previos a la elaboración de dicha inscripción. La inscripción deberá presentarse en el despacho de la secretaria del Distrito escolar en el edificio administrativo, Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, donde se inspeccionará por intermedio de cualquier votante calificado entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 2:00 p. m. en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día establecido para la elección, salvo los domingos; los sábados, solo con cita. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA también que el formulario para los votos por ausencia para la elección del Distrito escolar puede llenarse en el despacho de la secretaria. Se pondrá a disposición una lista de todas las personas a quien debería haberse emitido votos por ausencia en dicho lugar en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día de la elección, salvo los domingos; los sábados, solo con cita. La

secretaria del Distrito deberá recibir las solicitudes de voto por ausencia no antes de los treinta (30) días previos a la elección. Además, la secretaria del Distrito debe recibir esta solicitud al menos siete días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al votante o a su representante designado. Al recibir una solicitud oportuna para enviar por correo una boleta electoral de voto por ausencia, la secretaria del Distrito enviará por correo dicha boleta a la dirección indicada en la solicitud a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la votación. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito escolar podrán enviar una solicitud de boleta electoral militar. Los votantes militares pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir una solicitud de registro de votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en dicho pedido de solicitud de registro, solicitud de boleta o boleta. Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares y de solicitud de boleta electoral militar deben presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, a más tardar, a las 5:00 p. m. del 22 de abril de 2021. No se escrutará ningún voto militar a menos que (1) haya sido recibido en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito antes del cierre de la votación el día de la elección y cuente con una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o tenga un endoso fechado de recepción por parte de otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos, o (2) haya sido recibido en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, a más tardar, a las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección y esté firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo de ello, con una fecha que establezca que no es posterior al día previo a la elección. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que esta Junta organizará una reunión extraordinaria a partir de allí en el plazo de veinticuatro horas tras la presentación ante la secretaria de un informe escrito de los resultados de la votación, que tendrá lugar en Baldwin Senior High School a los fines de

examinar y tabular dichos informes de los resultados de la votación e informar los resultados. Por medio del presente documento, esta Junta se designa a sí misma como el grupo de secretarios de la votación con la función de emitir y escrutar votos conforme al artículo A, apartado 2B de la Ley de Educación 2019, en dicha reunión extraordinaria de la Junta. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA, por último, que un Informe de exención fiscal sobre los bienes inmuebles de acuerdo con el artículo 495 de la Ley de Impuestos sobre los Bienes Inmuebles se adjuntará a cualquier presupuesto preliminar o tentativo, como también al presupuesto definitivo adoptado del cual forme parte. Este se publicará en los tablones de anuncios del Distrito que se usen para avisos públicos y en el sitio web del Distrito. Fecha: 14 de abril de 2021 A SOLICITUD DE Baldwin, NY LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR BALDWIN UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK Pamela M. Pratt, secretaria del Distrito 125154

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS WATERFRONT PARK KAYAK LAUNCH PROJECT THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FREEPORT NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK Notice is hereby given that the Purchasing Agent of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, New York will receive sealed proposals for “WATERFRONT PARK KAYAK LAUNCH PROJECT” until 11:00 A.M. on May 25, 2021 in the Main Conference Room of the Municipal Building, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, 11520, at which time and place they will be opened publicly and read aloud. Specifications, proposal and proposed contracts may be obtained by visiting the Village website at www.freeportny.gov or at the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Municipal Building, 1st Floor, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, 11520, from 9:00 A.M. on Monday, May 10, 2021 until 4:00 P.M. Friday, May 21, 2021. There is no fee for a set of contract documents. Each bid must be accompanied by a bidder’s bond in the amount of not less than five (5%) percent of the

bid insuring to the benefit of the Village of Freeport, or a certified check of not less than five (5%) percent of the bid, made payable to the Village of Freeport, to assure the entering of the successful bidder into an acceptable contract. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bid proposals received and subject to these reservations, shall award the contract to the lowest qualified and responsible bidder. Bids which in the opinion of the Board, are unbalanced, shall be rejected. In submitting a bid, bidders agree not to withdraw their bid within forty five (45) days after the date for the opening thereof. Kim Weltner Purchasing Agent Village of Freeport VILLAGE OF FREEPORT Issue Date - May 6, 2021 125860

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LEGAL NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING - May 20, 2021 NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a teleconference Public Hearing with the Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled for Thursday May 20, 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/85220588078?pwd=RU doK0QzSnYrcENNT2N5O HZDd0Nydz09 Meeting ID: 852 2058 8078 Passcode: 618038 Dial by phone: 1 (929) 205-6099 (NY) All applications are nonconforming with zoning regulations herein specified for the districts in which they are located. Application #2021-4 206 Smith St., Apartment Section 62/Block 114/Lots 18, 19, 20 Larry Regan - Construct a new 2 Story, 31 unit, 39,780 sq. ft. multiple dwelling with parking in the cellar. Variances: Village Ordinance §210-6A, §210-51A Front yard depth. BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Pamela Walsh Boening, Village Clerk 125859 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

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Courtesy Town of Hempstead

Town clerk kaTe Murray, right, led the wedding ceremony for Freeport residents Francis Magee and Ashley.

Town clerk weds Freeport couple Hempstead Town Clerk Kate Murray officiated the wedding of Freeporters Francis Magee and Ashley Arastiqueti on April 22. Throughout the pandemic, Murray has worked to implement safeguards and proper protocols to provide safe wedding ceremonies for residents in the

Town Of Hempstead. Wedding ceremonies can be conducted in-person, outside Town Hall at 1 Washington St., in Hempstead, as well as via telephone, Zoom and FaceTime. For More information, please visit hempsteadny.gov/town-clerks-office or call (516) 812-3046.

Courtesy Freeport Rotary Club

The FreeporT-Merrick roTary Club dropped off PPE kits to the Freeport PAL on April 30.

Rotary donates PPE to PAL The Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club donated PPE supplies to the Freeport PAL on April 30. Rotary Club officials dropped off boxes of PPE kits, which included masks and sanitizing equipment, to Freeport PAL officials to use for their ongoing programs. The Rotary Club has previously donated PPE supplies to the village to

redistribute to residents and business owners, as well as to the Freeport School District. Freeporters can pick up PPE at Freeport Village Hall and the Freeport Recreation Center. Homebound residents can contact Village Hall directly to schedule a drop-off at their homes.

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covered the Bellmore-JFK High School Homecoming parade in the fall of 2004, photographing the revelers and floats as they headed from the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station off Sunrise Highway to the Bellmore Avenue school. It was a sunny day, full of carefree teenagers. I could never have imagined then that day would haunt me still. All journalists who’ve been in the profession a while have stories they can’t shake. You might think you SCoTT had locked them away at the back BRINToN of your brain, but they reappear without warning, leaving you in a state of disbelief or sadness or anger. Thinking back on that Homecoming parade leaves me feeling all three. Covering the recent West Hempstead Stop & Shop shooting, in which 49-yearold Ray Wishropp, a father of seven from Valley Stream, was killed and two others were injured, sent the memories of that parade streaming back. That day, I snapped photos of Carol Kestenbaum, a 17-year-old JFK senior, as she drove the Homecoming king and queen in her white convertible. A little

more than two years later, Kestenbaum was shot dead while studying education at the University of Arizona. She had warned a friend that the young man she was dating seemed unhinged. The 22-year-old found out about the warning, killed Kestenbaum and her best friend, Nicole Schiffman, another Kennedy High graduate who was studying journalism at the University of Maryland, and then took his own life. Schiffman had come for the weekend to celebrate Kestenbaum’s 20th birthday. They were among the tens of thousands of Americans who have died in a perpetual cycle of gun violence in this nation. I held back tears when I covered their funerals on a cold winter day in 2007. They were buried side by side at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon. I knew Carol’s mother, Rita Kestenbaum. In 1999, she won a seat on the Hempstead Town Board. She lost it in the next election, but remained active in local politics for years after that. At the JFK Homecoming parade, she walked behind her daughter’s car from the train station to the school, beaming with pride. Her daughter was the first person I knew to die of gun violence. Her death leaves me feeling unsettled to this day, understanding how suddenly and sense-

lessly a life can be taken in this country. Wishropp was a Stop & Shop manager. Nassau County police said his alleged killer, a 31-year-old Hempstead man, had sought a transfer to another supermarket. When he didn’t get it, he left the store, but returned 40 minutes later and started shooting. I’m a runner. Last Saturday, I ran to the top of the giant hill at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, where there’s a human sun clock dedicated to Carol Kestenbaum. You stand in the middle of the circle, where a rectangular stone block forms the centerpiece of this hallowed ground. The 12 months are marked on it. On a sunny day, if you stand on the month you’re in and raise your hand straight to the sky, your shadow will point to a number from one to 12, giving you the approximate time of day. “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time,” reads the plaque in honor of Kestenbaum. I sat enjoying the 63-degree weather on a sunny, windless day. The azure sky stretched out before me, with wispy cirrus clouds high above. I could hear the creaky windmill to my left spinning, its moving blades forming a frenetic shadow on the seashell-coated path before me. In a grassy patch to my right, a family — a mother and father, their children and the

he deadly Stop & Shop shooting took me back to a Bellmore Homecoming.

kids’ grandparents — had spread out a blanket to sit and talk and laugh. It all felt so normal, peaceful, a world away from the chaos of gun violence that had erupted at the West Hempstead Stop & Shop April 20 and in Arizona all those years ago. Kestenbaum, who wanted to become a teacher, would have loved the sound of children at play, I imagined. Then a loud shot rang out, I believe from the gun range just across the Meadowbrook Parkway in Freeport, piercing the quietude, an eerie reminder that guns are never far away in America. As I ran down the hill to head home, I heard three more pops of a gun in rapidfire succession. Then again, and again. The shots continued as I ran out of the park. I had heard them many times before while at the preserve, but had never paid much attention to them. Now I wanted them to just go away, never to be heard again. I only wish our elected leaders at the federal and state levels might sit in Carol Kestenbaum’s circle, soaking up the normalcy of everyday life and imagining this young light of the world extinguished in a heartbeat. How would they vote on gun-control legislation then? 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.

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ime-travel with me. The year was 1957. We had just moved to Cedarhurst from Queens, and it was the first day of class at Number Three School on Broadway. I slid into my chair in Mrs. Haggerty’s sixth-grade classroom, and knew I would fall out of the same chair, dead, in a minute if I couldn’t get away from the stares and whispers of the other girls. After a few minutes of mounting distress, I burst into tears, thus condemning myself to an entire school year of teasRANDI ing and ostracism KREISS and bullying. You can’t cry. It just feeds the frenzy. In 1957 there was no counseling, no help, just day after day of preteen hell. I was actually one of the few, possibly the only, sixth-grader in America to get the “black spot” from a clique of girls in the class. Do you know your “Treasure Island”? The pirates passed a piece of paper with a black spot on it to someone about to be killed. So, did It make it better that I was the target of a literary group of

mean girls? When I opened the folded-up note left on my desk and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed. I wasn’t your regulation kid. I couldn’t help that. The other girls were consumed with “American Bandstand,” a daily live TV dance show out of Philly. They followed that program, and the real-life teens who appeared on the show, with a devotion I could neither fathom nor fake. I just wanted to come home after school, cut up a few oranges and retreat to my room with a book. Reading “Gone With the Wind,” I consumed a small grove. Eventually I made friends and kept friends and got married and had children and then grandchildren. What is a troubling issue in my granddaughters’ lives? Mean girl power plays, cliques and the popularity drama humming beneath the radar of most parents and teachers. Girls are still forming exclusive groups in elementary and junior and senior high school; they are still finding someone to be “it”; they are still causing other girls enormous emotional stress and anxiety. And it is mostly girls. Boys interact in entirely different ways. Of course, there

are bullies and guys’ cliques, but girls seem to deploy meanness in more creative and devastating ways. I asked a few of my friends if they remember if they were mean girls in school, and every one of us recalled whether we were in the cool, mean group or with the uncool outsiders. And everyone who copped to being mean acknowledged that they knew it was wrong, but they were afraid that if they didn’t join the power clique, they would become a target. Pretty savage equation, isn’t it? Meanness equals survival. In the decades since I survived the black spot, psychologists, educators and parents have studied the relationships among young girls and defined the behaviors and the interactions. But the meanness still exists in the whispers and the pacts to leave someone out and the comments on someone’s unacceptable clothes or habits or affect. There are attempts at discussion groups and sensitization groups and psychological services in the schools, but the toxic comments have leapt to the internet, where it is so much easier to target a classmate, anonymously and persistently.

hen I opened the note and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed.

“Mean Girls,” the show and the movie, was hilarious, intuitive and sharp in its send-up of the popular girls who reigned supreme at a typical American high school. The production, which was, first of all, entertainment, glossed over the real pain young girls feel as victims of a meangirl power surge. Rosalind Wiseman, author of “Queen Bees and Wannabes,” urges parents to look at their own behavior, how they talk about neighbors or friends and the capacity they model for accepting people into their circle. Other suggestions she offers: Stay engaged with your child. Realize it isn’t only other kids who are the mean girls. Contact the school and calmly convey your concerns. Band together with other parents to discuss the issues. I’m not sure what to say to my own granddaughters. Perhaps remind them to keep talking to the trusted adults in their lives. Perhaps remind them that they are surviving a once-in-a-generation pandemic with courage and grace, and they can survive this, too. Look at me. I got the black spot 64 years ago and I’m still here. I don’t even remember the names of the girls who tried to ruin my sixth-grade life. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Walk in or schedule an appointment All New York state mass vaccination sites are now open to eligible New Yorkers ages 16 and over for walk-in vaccinations on a first-come, first-served basis. Walk-in appointments are reserved for first doses only, with second doses to be scheduled automatically after administration of the initial shot. All vaccine providers are encouraged to allow walkin appointments for those eligible. People who would prefer to schedule Region and Southern Tier have already fallen below 1 percent, with Long Island not far behind, at 1.4 percent. All of this, of course, is excellent news. But will it lead to vaccine complacency, with unvaccinated New Yorkers falsely believing that the virus is gone for good, leading them to think they don’t need the shot? To be clear, even if we see the positivity rate drop below 1 percent — as it did last summer — the virus will not be gone unless we reach herd immunity. Unless a substantial majority of the state is vaccinated, we will risk the possibility that the virus will lurk among us and return with a vengeance, as it did this past winter. So, we are pleading with those who are on the fence about whether to be vaccinated to get the shot. This is truly a matter of life and death for thousands of your fellow citizens. Beyond that, all of our livelihoods depend on our ability to earn a living in a thriving economy. Our economy will not be fully rid of the current governmental constraints until the virus is at last vanquished.

an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible app or by calling (833) 6974829. They may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule an appointment where vaccines are available, or visit vaccinefinder.org to find information on vaccine appointments near them. Source: Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo

State vaccinations by the numbers Total doses administered: 15,643,329 Doses administered over the previous 24 hours: 93,940 Doses administered over the previous seven days: 1,208,303 Percentage of New Yorkers with at least one dose: 46.5 Percentage of New Yorkers with completed vaccine series: 34.9 Statistics as of Sunday, May 2. Source: New York State Department of Health

Each of us will play a small but integral part in defeating the coronavirus. Winning the war will depend on whether average New Yorkers cast aside their lingering doubts and political allegiances and get the shot, which is free and accessible to anyone over age 16.

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t was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded. The district superintendent, without referring to the specific incident, wrote to parents, “Lessons and activities that create divisiveness or that marginalize anyone have no place in our schools.” The teacher did not attack police officers or call for police departments to be defunded. To aLan engage students in a discussion sinGer about police actions after the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, she shared statistics about police killings of Black men. The superintendent is right that no lessons should marginalize a racial, ethnic or religious group, but it had better be OK to “marginalize” neo-Nazis and white nationalism. If the superintendent’s policy were implemented, that would mean eliminating from discussion any controversial issue that might challenge students to think, like women’s reproductive rights, racism in American society, climate change denial or citizenship opportunities for Deferred Action

for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients. It would allow a small group of parents to censor the curriculum, intimidate teachers into silence and cripple students’ education. The irony is that the Rockville Centre teacher was following guidelines outlined in the New York state social studies framework. An essential component of social studies education is teaching students to “respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims and evidence made on all sides of an issue, and resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the task.” The Rev. Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at South Side High School in March 1968. Would he be banned today because his ideas on racism, militarism and poverty would make certain parents uncomfortable? Other cases involving teachers’ rights and responsibilities have recently been in the news. In San Clemente, Calif., a fourth-grade teacher was investigated after she took part in the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol in Washington. She was temporarily suspended, and then reinstated after an investigation found no evidence that she acted illegally in Washington or

that she brought her political views into the classroom. I think her conspiracytheory politics are crazy, but she has the right to be a teacher. The same principles that protect her also protect the teacher in Rockville Centre. The Oneonta City School District upstate has a somewhat different issue that officials there are trying to sort out. Former students reported that a middle school social studies teacher gave them the finger and screamed obscenities when he drove by residents protesting the police shooting of a young African-American man. This case is difficult, because the teacher was acting, no matter how reprehensibly, as a private citizen. The district is now investigating him to determine whether there is evidence that his political views creep into his teaching, with students reporting that in lessons on the Civil War, he denied slavery played any role. If the accusations about his teaching are substantiated, he is directly contradicting the state framework that reads, “Westward expansion, the industrialization of the North and the increase of slavery in the South contributed to the growth of sectionalism. Constitutional conflicts between advocates of states’ rights and supporters of federal power increased tensions in the nation;

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New York is making Seeking justice progress on infections for George Floyd To the Editor: Last week, the statewide Covid19 positivity rate dropped to 1.49 percent, falling below 1.5 percent for the first time since Oct. 28. Every single day, New York state is moving forward in the race between the infection rate and the vaccination rate. More New Yorkers are getting vaccinated and hospitalizations are declining, which is good news, but we need New Yorkers to stay vigilant to ensure that we don’t lose any of the progress that we have made. Washing hands, wearing masks and staying socially distant are critical behaviors that each of us can practice, individually and in our communities, to slow the spread. In the meantime, New York is continuing to make the vaccine more accessible, and opening more pop-up sites. Spring is here, and we’re making progress, but there is a way to go before we reach the light at the end of the tunnel.

attempts to compromise ultimately failed to keep the nation together, leading to the Civil War.” In a joint statement, the president of the local chapter of the NAACP and a school board vice president said, “We are disheartened to hear of the allegations that an Oneonta City School District teacher drove by the demonstration in Muller Plaza on Sunday, yelling obscenities and flipping off the crowd . . . While people have the right to disagree with the demonstrators, it is important that those who work for the OCSD remember that while they are entitled to their opinions, they represent the district, and their actions reflect on their competency in the classroom.” The teacher is entitled to due process, but it appears he should have been investigated a long time ago. School administrators need to examine his lesson plans and monitor his teaching. If the district finds that racism not only shapes his politics, which is his right, but also affects how he teaches, he should be removed from the classroom, and the state should suspend his teaching certification.

To the Editor: For almost a year, we had been told that conscienceless former police officer Derek Chauvin mercilessly kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Now the trial has taught us that the actual time was 9 minutes and 29 seconds — an additional 43 seconds of torture. Just think about the most painful or frightening 43 seconds of your life, and how agonizingly and excruciatingly long 43 extra seconds of that would have felt and seemed. I suggest that to whatever prison time Chauvin is sentenced to, we add an extra 43 months, or, for greater justice, an extra 43 years. RICHARD SIEGELMAN Plainview

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