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Bringing the city to life Grace Flanagan, YouOffice’s event production manager, said, “and invite in shoppers.” The corner of Pulaski and Since the building opened in Glen Street was bustling last 2015, YouOffice has rented primonth in a way that is rare for vate office suites to small busiGlen Cove. Beginning with a nesses. Its mission has been to media preview Friday night and provide a cost-effective space then opening to the public on where people can work and also Saturday, June 19, a YouOffice have the opportunity to network small business popwith other small up event and art colbusiness owners. lective brought in Flanagan said she vendors, shoppers, had decided to host a exotic automobiles pop-up market in and curious resiMarch, an event that dents eager to get was only three out, mingle and see hours long, and something new. despite the pandemHosted by YouOfic restrictions that fice, on Glen Street, were still in place at i n c o l l ab o r at i o n the time and the fact with the First City that it was a lastProject, the pop-up minute event, there market brought in JOE LAPADULA was a lot of interest. more than 30 ven- Founder, First City “We didn’t know dors, who filled the what to expect,” FlaProject three floors of office nagan said, “but it suites, and 13 artists, was a huge success.” who displayed their work at Vendors at the pop-up market Aced Gallery on the street level, were excited to be a part of it, an installation that will remain and some had been looking foropen to the public on a limited ward to returning after the sucbasis for the next couple of cess of the first one. They ranged weeks. Vendors came from near- from bakers to artists to collecby villages like Sea Cliff and tors and resellers. Locust Valley as well as from Alexis Konstantakis, who Franklin Square, Long Beach owns a clothing company called and Brooklyn. Vintage by Lex in Long Beach, “We decided to do this event took part in both pop-ups at to bring in local small businesses, have them fill our suites,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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Courtesy Glen Cove City School District
VALEDICTORIAN ALAN GANSKY spoke during the ceremony.
GCHS celebrates graduation BY JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com
It was a challenging year, but the Glen Cove High School class of 2021 made it through, and celebrated at a graduation ceremony on the school’s football field last Friday evening. Not long after it began, graduate Cassandra Hill sang Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend,” accompanied by choral director Ed Norris on keyboard. Valedictorian Alan Gansky, Salutatorian Owen Yates,
Honorarian Phillip Wlodarczyk and class President Jennifer Heman shared inspirational messages with their classmates and encouraged them to be proud of having overcome obstacles together. “Please do what makes you happy,” Heman told her fellow graduates. “Don’t go through life wishing for things to get better, when I know you all have the ability to succeed. It has been a privilege going to school with you, and I can’t wait to see what you accomplish.” Gansky said that his high
school years went by much faster than he expected, and noted how endings are always difficult. “But endings are inevitable,” he said. “Today we say goodbye to everything that was familiar to us, everything that was comfortable. But . . . we must continue, we must move on, and we must say hello to a new adventure.” “The class of 2021 has been challenged in ways no one could ever have imagined,” district Superintendent Dr. Maria Rianna said. “This group of students embody the CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
e’ve got some cool things going on. We just have to keep going.