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Bleu Clarinet, ‘a little bit of everything’ viduals,” Benjamin said. “They didn’t have a blues joint or a jazz place or just a place to come and Marck Benjamin, the owner do an open mic or show off their of Soul Exchange’s Bleu Clari- talent.” net, one of Glen Cove’s newest And Benjamin said he was restaurants, said the idea behind excited, and blessed, to bring his the eatery’s name is to “leave dream to Glen Cove. “I knew whatever it is that you have out- what I wanted,” he said. “I knew side and you exchange it [for] what was here. I knew the blessjust peace and relaxing that was given to ation. me by God. I’m very “This isn’t a bar faithful. And I said, or a restaurant — ‘ I c a n’ t l e t t h i s it’s a fusion of everyopportunity go.’” thing,” Benjamin Soul Exchange, a c o n t i n u e d . “ I t ’s concept created by something where Benjamin in 2016, you can come, open first opened in up the laptop and do Jamaica, Queens, some work and lisand two years later ten to some good he opened a restaumusic.” rant in Inwood; both MARCK In July, Benjan ow cl o s e d . H i s min, 49, who’s from BENJAMIN third restaurant in P o r t J e f f e r s o n , Owner, Glen Cove is his latdecided to turn the Bleu Clarinet est and largest resvacant Wild Ginger taurant yet. restaurant, on “If you want to School Street, into a place to start a business, you have to stay relax with a drink and listen to diligent,” Benjamin said. “You’re music, a place with open mics going to face some downfalls. and karaoke nights. It features You’re going to make some sacriCaribbean, Asian, Italian and fices. You have to go where your soul food. heart is and sometimes it hurts, “Glen Cove being a musical but if you’re doing it for the love, city, a lot of people are musi- you will benefit.” cians and artists or talented indiCONTINUED ON PAGE 5
By JENNIFER CORR jcorr@liherald.com
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A RALLY LAST Sunday honored the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The North Shore remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg By JENNIFER CORR jcorr@liherald.com
On a chilly and somber Sunday, a small crowd gathered outside State Supreme Court in Garden City to remember the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last Friday at age 87. “She lived a life of purpose — a purpose for life that was dedicated to championing women’s rights,” said Mahir
Nisar, an attorney from Glen Head. “For somebody such as her who is an inspiration for so many attorneys and those who’ve advocated for civil rights, it’s a sad day, a sad moment to learn of her passing.” The Nisar Law Group specializes in labor and employment cases, and civil rights cases. “As a civil rights and employment attorney, the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a deeply felt loss with-
in the movement for civil rights and social justice,” Nisar said. “She is an inspiration for all that she achieved.” Jude Schanzer, 67, an East Meadow Public Library employee from Freeport, said that Ginsburg’s death was the only event that could have brought her out to such a gathering on a Sunday that also happened to fall during Rosh Hashana. “I don’t know why I took CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
f you want to start a business, you have to stay diligent.