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Welcome to the 25th anniversary issue forward. Twenty-five years ago, at the urging of several barrier So many momentous things have island residents who were happened over these 25 years. The unhappy with the existing crop attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, shook us to of local newspapers, we started our very core. City Council regimes the Long Beach Herald. We had and city managers have come and no idea what we were in for. gone. Children have grown up, gradLong Beach, we discovered, uated from school and gone off to while tenuously tethered to the have kids of their own. mainland by three bridges, is This issue isn’t an all-encomtruly an island unto itself. With passing history of the last quarterClifford its own government, police, fire century. How could it be? So much richner department and schools, there’s has happened that it would take a never a dull moment. In 25 dozen issues to cover it all. (Actualyears, we’ve never once had to ly, it’s taken us about 1,300 issues to wonder how we’d fill the paper. cover it all.) There simply isn’t People here are passionate enough space to include all the about their hometown and not things that we’ve loved covering shy about offering their opinthe most: your personal stories. ions on how things should be This issue is more of a highlight done. Politics in Long Beach is reel of things that have happened a contact sport! in the city (and a few that have Much has changed over the happened at the Herald, too). years. Shops have come and We hope you enjoy this special gone, institutions like the hosanniversary issue and reliving stuart pital and the Laurel Theater some Long Beach history with us. richner are now just memories, and so We also hope you agree that the many good friends are no longer with us. city has benefited from having a strong, indeThe essentials, however, have remained pendent newspaper these past 25 years. If the same. The beach, the boardwalk (albeit you do, please support us by starting or rebuilt), the summer crowds, the good times renewing your subscription to the Herald. in the West End are all still here. And — just Use the subscription ad on page 24 so you can as we were 25 years ago — we’re still writing receive the Herald every week and read about the latest plans for the Superblock. about the city’s history as it unfolds. It’s safe to say that Long Beach is having a This is the perfect time for us to say thank moment. Nearly three years ago, in the wake you, Long Beach, for making us feel at home, of Hurricane Sandy, many wondered whether for allowing us to share these past 25 years the city could survive. But the storm, along with you and for celebrating this anniversary with all the damage and personal suffering it with us. We’ve made many friends over the caused, forced members of the community to years. We hope we’ve made a difference as well. come together, first to help one another through the emergency, and now to think Cliff and Stuart riChner about what we want Long Beach to be going Publishers

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Nassau County Legislator Long Beach HERALD 25th AnniversAry Ford NassauDenise County

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Legislator Denise Ford

CONGRATULATES CONGRATULATES The Richner Family The Richner Family & The Long Beach&Herald on the occasion of its The Long Beach Herald 25th Anniversary

from easy — rebuilding our It is an absolute honor to serve as city manager during homes and our city is a yearsthis incredibly special long struggle that we live and moment in Long Beach histobreathe day by day. Each vicry. Over the last few years, the tory is hard fought, and we city has been through so know that pro g ress is much, from a near bankruptachieved one project at a cy to a natural catastrophe. time. Here in our city, we have Now, as our finances cona committed, smart and pertinue to improve, we are in the sistent team that is dedicated midst of a once-in-a-lifetime to seeing this process opportunity to rebuild our city through, and an incredible stronger, smarter and safer. As work force that goes out there our City Council has set forth, every day and gets it done. it isth our goal to become a Too often amidst the frusmodel of resiliency and sustration of the day we all forJack Schnirman tainability — not just as a seaget to say thank you, so I side city, but as the shining would like to take a moment City Manager City by the Sea. to thank our management team in City Hall and the men To this end, we have a variety of critically important, long-overdue, and women of our workforce for their large-scale infrastructure projects underway, inspired effort to bring our city back. and more in the works. From major water Our city government must remain and sewer plant upgrades to reconstructing focused like a laser beam on these items in our roads and parks, we are rebuilding our the coming years, and we cannot afford to city the right way. To protect our residents, allow diversions like political squabbles, apawe are improving traffic safety through vari- thy or divisiveness to distract us in any way ous initiatives, including speed limit reduc- from building the Long Beach that our resitions and working to achieve safe bicycle dents demand and deserve. It will be absolanes. lutely critical that we continue working Additionally, we launched an economic together, as one united Long Beach commudevelopment and planning department that nity, to achieve our shared goals. is working around the clock, generating Let this special 25th anniversary edition innovative ideas to boost business, generate of the Herald serve as a time capsule so that revenue, and make Long Beach even better decades from now, our children and grandevery day. The time has also come to revital- children will look back thankfully on this era ize and beautify underutilized pieces of land not only as the time when the boardwalk was throughout the city. And with an eye to the built but also as when Long Beach reclaimed future, we are in the midst of an effort to cre- its place as the shining City by the Sea. ate a truly community driven comprehensive We stand at a unique moment in Long plan for Long Beach. Beach’s history where the opportunity exists Our City Council demands that Long to accomplish big things to improve the qualBeach is a city government that listens, and ity of life for our families and for all of our they continue to be incredible advocates — children’s future so that despite the devastafighting for Long Beach residents and work- tion Sandy brought, the city comes back even ing hard to make sure our city and our resi- better than before. dents have everything we need, bringing While we have made significant accomhome extraordinary resources and assistance. plishments along the road to recovery, our We are still feverishly working to bring in to-do list is far from finished. unprecedented amounts of public and priWith the city steadily improving each day, vate investments to achieve our goals of pro- we remain dedicated to continuing our positecting our barrier island from future tive momentum, turning plans into reality storms, re-establishing our relationship with and keeping Long Beach on the right the bay, and creating a multitude of new, track. Working together, we will continue to exciting recreational opportunities for our make Long Beach better every day. residents through our comprehensive planning efforts. Jack Schnirman is the Long Beach city manAs we have all learned, recovery is far ager.

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Herald editors reflect on their time in Long Beach Covering the 9/11 attacks and its impact on Long Beach It was almost noon before I finally went to my office on Sept. 11, 2001. From the moment I heard a somewhat startled radio broadcaster announce, “Something has happened at the World Trade Center,” I went from being glued to my television at home to frozen at the bayfront at the end of Grand Boulevard with others that went there to see the smoke coming from Keith Manhattan. When I finally got to the Herald office in Lawrence, I sat at my desk wondering what the hell I was supposed to do. How does a community newspaper cover something like this? I called out to a colleague as he walked past my office and asked, “What do we do with this?” He just shook his head and said, “I don’t know.” Whatever it was that I was supposed to do, I decided it wasn’t going to happen sitting at a desk. I headed back to Long Beach to try to figure it out and stopped at the pier at the Rec, joining a few dozen people who were silently staring out at Manhattan. A good hour had passed before I took out my notepad and reluctantly turned to the person closest to me. I explained who I was and told them I had no questions, but just asked if they had anything they wanted to say. It turned out most people wanted to talk. We were all trying to wrap our heads around what had happened, and talking it out seemed to be the only way to try to do that.

Eventually, I figured out what our role as community journalists was. For us the story was not the event, it was the people. It was the neighbors who survived, the neighbors who responded, and the neighbors who didn’t come home. It was the wife I sat with days later who wasn’t ready to acknowledge yet that she might be widow — Grant 8-months pregnant and still hopeful that her husband was going to come walking through the front door. The mother who paused during our interview to remind me that her son was merely “missing.” The fiancée who seemed to greet everyone she met with a reassuring smile. The brother missing his best friend. In later weeks and months, stories included the defiant Wall Street employee returning to work because he didn’t like being “kicked out” of his neighborhood by terrorists. The EMT we lost to the emotional trauma he endured. The firefighter who responded on his day off, and would later be fatally stricken by lung disease from his time on ‘the pile.’ The flight attendant who went back to the air after mourning her colleagues, only to perish in the Flight 587 crash in Rockaway just two months later. We also covered the recovery workers, including the crane operator who, in the midst of clearing tons of twisted steel, looked down one day and noticed a small key

chain from the observation deck gift shop that lay in the dust. He would give that key chain to me shortly before I left for Army basic training. It’s been with me each day since, as have all of their stories. Two days before the 10th anniversary of the attacks, I stood in front of my soldiers at Fort Campbell, Ky. It was hard to grasp the fact that so many of them had only childhood memories of 9/11. They had grown up in a time of war that began before some of them were even in high school. I felt it was appropriate to tell them about the neighbors we had lost, whose stories had been with me for so many years. They didn’t need to be reminded what they were fighting for. But I wanted them to know how incredibly grateful I was for their service. As in all of our neighboring communities, that day will always be a part of us. This September, the new 9/11 monument will be formally dedicated across from the VFW on W. Park Ave. It features a piece of steel recovered from the towers, which I was honored to witness being brought to Long Beach while still with the Herald back in 2002. Appropriately, the monument will stand “as a symbol of the strength and resolve of all of those who answered the call on September 11, 2001, and each day since, at home and abroad.” Keith Grant was editor of the Long Beach Herald from 2000-03. He later served 9 years in the U.S. Army, and now works as a veterans’ coordinator for Nassau County, an emergency management specialist, and a captain in the Army Reserve.

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the World trade Center steel beam was placed at a new memorial set up at the VFW plaza on West Park Avenue and Grand Boulevard, where Grant observed the new memorial in December.

Reporting in the best town on Long Island When the editor’s seat opened at the Long Beach Herald in 2008, I jumped from that same position at the Oceanside/Island Park paper to fill it. What was I thinking? During my teen and 20-something years living in nearby Oceanside, I frequented the city’s boardwalk and beach and often trekked with friends to the bar-studded West End. I knew of other Joseph parts of the city but not much. Once I became editor, though, I recognized that, in some ways, Long Beach was a microcosm of New York City. I discovered that Long Beach had several distinct neighborhoods and a diversity of people that made it fertile ground for a reporter. There was the 10-block streetless Walks, the minority-dominated North Park, the President Streets with its sandcastle-style homes, the Canals that featured four water-

ways and three arched bridges, and the Red Brick District dotted with historic homes. Come summer, the neighborhoods were abuzz with pedestrians, cyclists, and people walking their dogs. Sure, as a beachtown, it had many surfers and volleyball enthusiasts. It also had everyone from blue-collar natives living in West End bungalows to well-off ManhatKellard tanites with summer pads in the beachfront high rises. It was home to reform to orthodox synagogues, Catholic to Baptist churches, and even a Hindu temple. Whites, blacks, Latinos, Irish, Jamaicans, Columbians, Italians, Asians are all melted into a pot nicknamed “the city by the sea.” And I’d be remiss if I failed to mention its many multifaceted artists, activists of various stripes and otherwise colorful characters who provided more material than an enterprising journalist had time to write

about. My reporter, Ariella Monti, and I covered Long Beach during a time of nationwide economic collapse, uncovered Ponzi schemes, and foreclosure-riddled real estate markets that had no mercy on Long Beach either. Some of the memorable news we covered during our two-year stints at the paper involved a road rage incident that left a motorist mowed down on the street, Justin Bieber’s performance at the high school, the (partial) opening of the Allegria Hotel, an air traffic controller’s exclusive on his role landing a plane on the Hudson River, a string of youth heroin overdoses, a fire that ripped through a strip of stores on East Park Avenue, a resident’s battle with city hall over several political signs he nailed to his home, a city-owned SUV that ran over a beach sunbather, and Hurricane Bill. As I covered goings-on around the city — not to mention Long Beach’s notorious political shenanigans — I grew interested in learning and writing about its rich history. The Long Beach Historical Society, especially

Past President Roberta Fiore, was instrumental in providing information and introducing me to people with ties to the city’s past. This assistance enabled me to write stories on the origins of each neighborhood and the men and women who helped shape their course, and to get to know and better understand their present-day residents. Why did I take the Long Beach editor’s job? The pay was better and I knew the city would feed me unending stories to write about, from controversial government policies and changing faces on the city council, to annual events such as Irish Day and Polar Bear Splash. But what struck me was just how eventful, vibrant and interesting was the city’s past and how it played a role in the present, especially the many residents who were so passionate about their beachtown. Long before I vacated my editor’s seat, I was convinced Long Beach was the most exciting area a community journalist could cover on Long Island. I’m grateful the Herald provided me with the opportunity to have that outstanding experience.

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emembered as the “John Wayne of Firefighters,” Long Beach resident Harry Ford perished in the Father’s Day five-alarm fire in Astoria, Queens. “He was a pitbull of a firefighter, but not much of a talker unless you were talking about the fire department and he had a beer in his hand,” retired firefighter Bart Lang said. Long Beach was reminded of the dangers that are a part of police and firefighter’s daily lives months before the World Trade Center. That June, an explosion during what was expected to be a routine blaze at a Queens hardware store claimed the lives of three of the FDNY’s “Bravest.” Among those killed was Harry Ford, a 27-year veteran of the Fire Department of New York, who served with Rescue 4 in Queens, an elite group that specializes in rescuing trapped victims. A service held on June 21, at St. Ignatius Martyr Church, brought out nearly 10,000 mourners, mostly firefighting brethren from all across the country. Ford, 50, lived on Virginia Avenue with his wife, Denise, now a Nassau County legislator. He left behind a daughter Janna, 24, and two sons, Harry, 12, and Gerard, 10. Howard Schnapp/Herald and file photo

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ast Atlantic Beach resident and firefighter William Quick — a 27-year FDNY veteran and a 23-year volunteer with the Long Beach Fire Department — died on Jan. 18, 2011, after a battle with lung disease at the age of 55. Quick, a firefighter who worked out of Ladder Co. 134 in Far Rockaway, retired from the FDNY in 2003 after he developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the result of his efforts at ground zero after the Sept. 11 attacks. More than a thousand paid honor to Quick during his funeral service on Jan. 29 at St. Ignatius Martyr Church. Family members and friends remembered Quick as a larger-than-life firefighter and a loving father who doted on his wife, Lisa, and his two children, William Quick II and his twin sister, Ryan Mary.

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A quarter century of service in Albany After 25 years in the Assembly, Weisenberg reflects on his accomplishments By Anthony RifilAto arifilato@liherald.com

After 25 years in office, State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, a Democrat from Long Beach known for bridging party divisions in Albany, announced last fall that he would not seek re-election in the 20th Assembly District. Weisenberg, 80, a lifelong Long Beach resident who was re-elected to a two-year term in 2012 — just days after Hurricane Sandy — retired when his term ended in December. He was first elected in a special election in 1989. The district encompasses the Long Beach barrier island, Island Park, Oceanside, the Five Towns and parts of East Rockaway and Valley Stream. In December, Weisenberg received an honorary doctorate from Hofstra University — his alma mater — and was honored in the Assembly last year before he retired. “Success is not how much money you earn,” Weisenberg said. “It’s the happiness you have and what you do in life, and that’s why I chose public service. The thanks you get are the greatest rewards. God gave me a wonderful wife who I love more than life itself, and also with a wonderful family, and a wonderful angel, our special child, Ricky.” Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, whom Weisenberg endorsed in last year’s election, called Weisenberg a “legend” in Albany. “He was simply larger than life,” Kaminsky said. “That is not just a comment on his persona, but also his tireless advocacy. Both Democrats and Republicans admire his tenacity when it came to fighting for those who didn’t have a voice. What he accomplished was astonishing and really unprecedented. I think I received such a warm reception in Albany just because people knew Harvey likes me.” During his career, Weisenberg helped to pass more than 300 bills, including legislation assisting people with special needs and creating tougher DWI laws — an example is Leandra’s Law, which requires those who are convicted of drunken driving to use ignition interlocks in their vehicles — as well as reducing speed limits to under 30 mph in parts of Long Beach and Lido Beach. He also introduced a bill that was signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2011 that prohibits driving while texting. Weisenberg’s son, Ricky, 57, has cerebral palsy and cannot speak, and both Republicans and Democrats alike say that Weisenberg will be remembered as one of the state’s leading advocates for the families of those with special needs — and that he will be sorely missed.

A long Beach ‘icon’

Weisenberg graduated from New York University with a B.A. in 1958, and earned a Master of Science in Education from Hofstra University in 1960. He is a former Long Beach City Council president, police officer and PBA president, and a former teacher as well. Weisenberg was part of Long Beach’s first

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WeisenBeRg And his Wife, Ellen, in December when he received an honorary doctorate from Hofstra University.

WeisenBeRg and Gov. Mario Cuomo in the early 1990s. coalition government in 1979, when Republicans and Democrats joined forces to turn the city after years of economic decline. Many have noted Weisenberg’s ability to work across party lines. Harvey’s fight against skin cancer — known to hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders because of the long-running Rockaway Turnpike billboard featuring Harvey’s Speedo-clad image — led to legislation requiring expiration dates on sun block. Weisenberg has secured millions of dollars in state aid and grants for schools in the 20th District over the years, and has fought to improve the water quality of the Western Bays and protect the Lloyd Aquifer. “Most recently, Mayor Bloomberg wanted to go into our aquifer and we prevented him and New York City from doing that,” Weisenberg said. As a state legislator, he also secured a cost-of-living salary increase for direct caregivers who work with some of New York’s

most vulnerable citizens. Weisenberg helped lead a successful bipartisan effort to include a 2 percent salary increase for care-givers at nonprofit agencies in the 2014-15 state budget, saying that those workers — who serve the developmentally disabled, the mentally ill and others — are among the lowest-paid in the state. “Because of what I accomplished, 130,000 direct care-givers received a raise,” he said. “We had an enormous amount of neglect and abuse because these people were working 16 hours days … and if we didn’t have good, qualified and experienced people — and the caretakers, they bond with these kids — it would have been another disappointment.” In 2013, Weisenberg fought to restore approximately $90 million in cuts to state funding for the developmentally disabled, considered a landmark victory. “I had every Democrat and Republican, every senator and assemblyman, sponsor my bill to pass this legislation,” he said.

ellen And hARvey WeisenBeRg with their son, Ricky. In 2012 he had filed a federal lawsuit against AHRC Nassau — a private organization that provides services for more than 2,200 people with special needs — alleging that one of its former employees physically and verbally abused Ricky Weisenberg during his stay at a residential facility in Plainview. The lawsuit was later settled. When Sandy hit, Weisenberg and his wife, Ellen, handed out food and supplies at local relief and distribution centers, and he said he played a large role in bringing much-needed resources to the district. He also said that his office continued to help constituents with NY Rising and other relief programs throughout the remainder of his term, and fought for the establishment of a medical facility at the shuttered Long Beach Medical Center by South Nassau Communities Hospital. “When the storm hit, it was devastating,” he said. “The beauty and strength of our people showed the rest of the country and the world how resilient we are. We became one family — the diversity of our population is the character of our community.” He led an effort in the Assembly to pass a measure that allowed the city to issue up to $12 million in municipal bonds to help close its budget gap and pay for Sandy repairs, an initiative that passed the Senate and was signed by the governor. Weisenberg continues to serve as a lifeguard examiner for Nassau County and remains active in the community. He also led a number of initiatives during the remainder of his term, such as continuing to draw attention to Reynolds Channel — he secured $900,000 in funding so that researchers at Stony Brook University can determine the level of pollutants there, research that is expected to help secure federal funding to help deal with the problem — and addressing the need for repairs on Nassau Expressway. “Working on a bipartisan basis was a priority to meet the needs of the people, and not letting politics take over government,” Weisenberg said.

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Long Beach HERALD 25th AnniversAry

The rebirth of Long Beach

Former City Manager Ed Eaton recalls the fight for the city’s future By Anthony RifilAto arifilato@liherald.com

“The vast majority of relative newcomers in town really don’t know what happened back then,” former Long Beach City Manager Ed Eaton said of Long Beach’s economic hard times in the 1970s and ’80s. “You had a town that became a [expletive] — half the buildings on Park Avenue were burned out, especially where the Waldbaum’s shopping center is now. And there were all these derelict buildings; people would set fire to their own buildings, it was like the South Bronx. Long Beach was like Beirut — it was in desperate shape.” To understand how the city has developed over the past quarter-century, Eaton and many others say that it’s important to recognize the efforts by local leaders in the ’80s that played a pivotal role in Long Beach’s transformation.

‘to me, it was the best of

times, because four or five years there, all of the efforts were going toward saving the town, and not party politics.’ Ed EAton Former city manager Eaton — a three-time city manager who served for 25 years and a former teacher and water treatment plant operator — noted how far the city has come since the days when the state “dumped” its mental patients in Long Beach, fires burned routinely and the city was in a fiscal crisis. The days when the city had thrived as a resort community, Eaton said, had passed long ago. “Into 1960s and ’70s, Long Beach wasn’t the fashionable place to come to anymore — you could get on a plane and go to a more exotic locale,” Eaton said. “In 1968, the state started emptying its mental facilities in order to put those patients in a community environment. But where do you put them? Well, Long Beach had a lot of empty resort hotels and people who owned them were looking for some kind of income.” By 1980, about 80 percent of Long Island’s mental patients — roughly 2,000 people — were living in Long Beach, Eaton said, which led to lower home values. “We were declaring war on the state of New York for discharging their mental patients and the buildings were in bad shape,” Eaton recalled. “They were poor souls — they weren’t violent people, but they would walk around barefoot, panhandling and urinating. Some would jump off buildings. They needed care and support and the state wasn’t providing it.” The city itself was in dire fiscal straits, and “dubious” building fires — many believed to have been started by tenants or landlords

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foRmER City mAnAgER Ed EAton, the longest-serving city manager in Long Beach’s history, recalled how a coalition of Democrats and Republicans came together in the ’80s to turn the city around.

the city ended up defaulting, we would owe the bank money if the checks bounced.” The longest-serving city manager in Long Beach’s history, Eaton, who grew up in the West End, was tapped for the city manager’s job at a time when most people scoffed at the position. Throughout the 1970s, the city went through seven city managers. Eaton, however, felt optimistic about those who were fighting for change. “I felt, here is an opportunity and it worked out,” he said. “Republicans and Democrats had gotten together because times were so bad — I found the people who I worked with in those days were much more responsible than those in the past — they wanted the best for their community and I was able to work with everybody, whether they were Republicans or Democrats.” Eaton was first appointed City Manager in 1979, at age 37, as part of a coalition of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to the City Council, including Harvey Weisenberg, Roy Tepper and Bruce Bergman. Together, they shared a common goal — to turn the city around — and worked with political leaders like the late Hannah Komanoff, who served on the county’s board of supervisors at the time, former U.S. Sen. Al D’Amato, State Assemblyman Jerry Kremer, State Sens. Carol Berman and Dean Skelos, and the late Larry Elovich, president of the Chamber of Commerce from 1981 to 2006.

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ShoRE RoAd in 1977 — by the late 1970s, many of the city’s old hotels were either burned-out shells or housed the mentally ill. looking for insurance payouts — were common, while many storefronts and buildings along Park Avenue had seen better days. A dysfunctional government didn’t help matters, and the city was in such poor fiscal shape that it was on the brink of bankruptcy in the ’70s. “We had to get promissory notes to get our paychecks,” said Eaton, who had worked at the city’s water treatment plant. “And if

One of the first orders of business, Eaton said, was to go after substandard housing and force “slumlords” to pay property taxes that they owed, and the city threatened to seize their properties if they didn’t pay up. Within a year, the city collected a $1.5 million in back taxes and seized 80 properties. Among them were some properties on the Superblock, like the Buckingham and Commodore hotels, built in the 1940s but had

become rundown apartment houses. “Those first few years we didn’t raise property taxes — we needed to help the people — their houses weren’t worth anything and people needed a break,” Eaton said. In addition to mentally ill patients, the city also had a disproportionate amount of people that were on public assistance who were living in Long Beach. “People were living in very unsafe conditions,” Eaton said. “We went after buildings that people were living in — what we were doing — and this wasn’t the intent — but we were displacing people because of the unsafe building conditions and what we were accused of is displacing poor people, which in effect, we were. That gives you an onus of being elitist, but without sounding trite, these were the things we had to do to turn the city around. But we were working to assist those folks.” Eaton also recalled the frustration among city officials who were trying to obtain federal Housing and Urban Development funding to develop the property that is now the Waldbaum’s shopping center in the early 1980s. “Half the buildings on Park Avenue were burned out, where the Waldbaum’s shopping center is now, and the housing in the back was bad,” Eaton said. “I remember calling D’Amato’s office and explaining to him that we were pulling our hair out with the federal government and not getting anywhere. The next day we got a call from D’Amato’s office, and they said, ‘Come down to Washington.’ Nine council members had a meeting with HUD and within a half hour, they agreed to everything we had talked about before. The senator got involved and said we needed it done and made things happen.” “Waldbaum’s was a vital shot in the arm for the community when it opened in 1984,” Eaton added. “That was sort of like the beginning.” The city, which owns the property, entered into a 99-year lease with Waldbaum’s for the $13.5 million project. “Waldbaum’s was where Pier 1 is now, and they were looking for a larger space,” Eaton said, “and if they didn’t get it, they were going to leave town — a number of other big stores had left — and if they went, there wouldn’t have been anything substantial.” The turnaround continued throughout the 1980s, when political leaders helped the city turn a corner toward respectability, and what had become decrepit buildings and hotels near the boardwalk began to be demolished. “After a few years, all of these places were shut down … this was part of a communitywide effort,” Eaton said. “Some of these guys who owned these hotels … they were waterfront properties, and they just walked away. The city would take their property for nonpayment of taxes, auctioned them off and reached out to the development community.”

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The city persuaded developers to pur-

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chase the rundown hotels and build new oceanfront buildings and condos, which led to higher property values. Additionally, through Community Development Block Grant funding, the city offered commercial property owners incentives to fix their buildings in an effort to make the downtown look attractive again, Eaton said, from Long Beach Boulevard to Magnolia Boulevard. And with the help of D’Amato, the city also received $2.3 million in federal funds to renovate the Long Island Rail Road station, which had become a seedy spot in the center of town. “It became more aesthetically pleasing,” Eaton said. “It was bad — the railroad station was like the end line and it became a hangout.” Eaton would go on to serve as city manager through 1999, and returned for two more brief stints in 2001, and again in 2006, before retiring in 2008. And while those years had its share of accomplishments, defeats and political battles, it is those pivotal years in the 1980s that Eaton said he is most proud of. “To me, it was the best of times, because four or five years there, all of the efforts were going toward saving the town, and not party politics,” he said. Eaton said he sees many similarities between the issues that he faced during 1980s and the ones that current City Manager Jack Schnirman is dealing with today, especially after Hurricane Sandy and a recent financial crisis. “When I was here we had a chance to rebuild and save a community,” said Eaton, “and now he’s in the same situation — different circumstances — but he has a chance to remold and rebuild a community and I think they’re moving in the right direction.”

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Built in 1984, many local officials say that the Waldbaum’s shopping center — a property previously made up of burned out buildings and run-down homes — marked a turning point in the city’s revitalization in the 1980s.

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By the 1980s, the Long Island Rail Road station on Park Avenue had seen better days. With the help of former U.S. Sen. D’Amato, the city received federal funds to renovate the station. At right, the train station today. eaton, far left, in 1993, with former County Executive Tom Gulotta, Jerry Valle and Ralph Madalena.

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The Superblock — perennially undeveloped After decades of false starts and drawnout legal battles, there is a new plan to develop the long-vacant Superblock property — albeit one that has become contentious, as the developer, iStar Financial, seeks approval for a 25-year tax abatement. The 6-acre parcel, between Riverside and Long Beach boulevards, East Broadway and the boardwalk, was originally divided into 13 separate lots held by a variety of owners. Attempts to develop the property stretch back to the 1970s, when it was home to a bowling alley, bathhouse, a bar called Dirty Dick’s, two rundown former hotels, and the city’s waterfront was lined with blighted apartment buildings. “Around 1987, we rezoned that area for mixed use and we wanted to make it attractive for potential developers,” said former City Manager Ed Eaton. “People wanted to see a park there, and when we acquired the property — some of it through eminent domain — a sizable portion of it was privately owned and the economics of building a park weren’t there.” For decades, the property has languished amid political wrangling, numerous lawsuits, public opposition ranging from complaints about obstructed views to the shortage of parking, to overdevelopment, and the 2008 financial crisis. “It’s gone through more court battles and property owners and public visions than any property on the face of the earth,” said Long Beach Republican Committee Chairman and former Councilman Jim Moriarty. Efforts to develop the Superblock picked up in the 1990s. In 1998, the city tapped A. Richard Parkoff and the Parkoff organization as the exclusive developer and took steps to acquire the parcels through eminent domain. Parkoff, however, never proceeded. In November 1998, the City Council designated the Superblock a blighted area in order to move forward with an urban renewal project. In 2001, the council contracted with Philips International, owned by developer Philip Pilevsky, to build three 10-story buildings, one of which would have included a hotel. “At that time, we were trying to develop the Superblock — which seems to be everybody’s goal lately — and we got pretty far along,” recalled former City Council President Joel Crystal, who served from 1995 to 2003. “And we had about nine hearings and nine investors interested in doing something, and to my recollection, not one wanted a tax abatement. We settled on Philips’s design, and presented a model to the public which was very hopeful.” The project included a 150-room hotel; a catering hall with a banquet capacity of 475 people; a convention center; a 125-seat restaurant at the boardwalk level; shops; an outdoor amphitheater for concerts and an 80-unit assisted-living center for seniors. After several years of litigation with the former owners of the property, who contested its monetary value, the city acquired the land through eminent domain and transferred ownership to Janow Associates, a subsidiary of Philips International, in 2006. At that point, the project was scaled back to two towers with 425 condominium units as well

The old long Beach Bowl on the Superblock was torn down in the 1980s.

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The 2006 superBlock proposal called for two towers with hotel rooms and condominiums on the six-acre property and an outdoor terrace with restaurants and shops. Herald file photo

developer philip pilevsky in the early 2000s with a rendering of an earlier Superblock proposal that included three 10-story buildings, one of which would have included a hotel and a catering and conference center.

as hotel units. “Pilevsky, I think, was close, but the market really went belly up and he lost his potential financing sources,” Eaton recalled. “I don’t think it was politics — it was economic; it’s heavy weight project, it’s very costly and very risky. And the community wants something we could live with that’s going to be attractive.” According to court documents, to finance the project, the developers, several subsidiaries of Philips International, borrowed $51 million from Fremont Investment & Loan and secured a mortgage on the property. Fremont apparently went out of business in 2007, and its assets were acquired by iStar. Shortly afterward, the developers defaulted on the loan. The city claimed that millions of dollars in condemnation costs and legal fees still needed to be paid as part of an agreement with Pilevsky, and in 2011, the city filed suit against iStar, Pilevsky and Philips International’s subsidiaries.

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The mosT recenT superBlock plan calls for two 160-foot buildings with 522 one- and two-bedroom luxury rental apartments, along with 11,000 square feet of retail space. Last year, The City Council voted unanimously to settle the city's lawsuit for $5.25 million. Shortly after, the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals approved a variance allowing iStar to move forward with a project that includes 522 one- and two-bedroom rental apartments in two 160-foot-tall buildings, 11,000 square feet of retail space for shops along the boardwalk, and a promenade with café tables, benches and other amenities. iStar also agreed to pay the city an additional $4 million to mitigate the project’s impact and for a number of infrastructure improvements and revitalization projects.

But in June, an overwhelming number of residents spoke against a proposed 25-year tax abatement iStar is seeking from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency to move forward with the project. The IDA said it would consider residents’ input at the hearing and an independent analysis before its board of directors makes a decision. “The Superblock has always been percolating over the years,” Eaton said. “There were some people who would remain happy if it remained hollow, and I think it’s an argument that is still going on today.”

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The view from the bench A Q&A with retired City Court Judge Roy Tepper City Court Judge Roy Tepper retired at age 70 in December, after nearly 30 years on the bench. A lifelong Long Beach resident and a former lifeguard captain, he also served as a Democratic city councilman from 1980-87 and was a two-term council president, at a time when city leaders fought to revitalize the town. Tepper — who had a private law practice until he was appointed judge in 1987 — has handled everything from arraignments, misdemeanor criminal cases and felony hearings to civil cases such as contract disputes, and real estate and zoning matters. The Herald recently caught up with the judge, who spoke about some of the more interesting cases that he’s seen — and that time he arraigned three NY Jets following a barroom brawl. Q: How is retired life, judge, and what are you up to these days? A: I'm keeping pretty busy. Three days a week, I'm in the gym at 6 a.m., and I walk to boardwalk daily. It's nice to have more free time to get together with old friends for lunch and to shoot the breeze. I also love spending time with my family, especially my three grandchildren. Q: Do you miss the bench? A: No – 28 years was long enough, but I loved the job. Judge [Frank] DiKranis and Judge [Corey] Klein are both well qualified, and the court is in good hands. Q: Long Beach has changed drastical-

ly over the past 30 years. How did things change in the courtroom throughout that time, in terms of the type of cases that came before you? A: There were a few changes. The small claims court limit rose from $300 to $5,000. Criminal penalties became more severe for DWI. Previously, the minimum intoxication reading was 1.0, now it's .08, and the state has added aggravated DWI at 1.8 with additional penalties. Q: What were some of the most interesting criminal cases that come to mind during your time as judge and why? Any notable arrests and crimes? A: In the City Court, we arraigned people on any charge committed in the city, including murder, and the felonies then go on to county court. Some of the most notable cases during my time on the bench involved TV evangelist Reverend Ike, and a case in 1999 with three members of the New York Jets — Jumbo Elliot, Matt O'Dwyer and Jason Fabini — who were arrested in a barroom brawl. Q: What was the strangest thing that ever happened in the courtroom? A: We have had some rather unusual situations over the years. One that comes to mind is when a defendant in a DWI case drove to the court, was sentenced for DWI, had his licensed revoked, then got back in his car to drive home, and he was then arrested again in front of City Hall for driving with-

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The following stories appeared in the Sept. 13, 2001, issue of the Herald. They include photos from subsequent memorials and tributes.

‘It’s just a horrible day’ By KEITH GRANT They came to the banks of Reynolds Channel throughout the day to see for themselves what they could not comprehend from just watching television. One by one over a ten hour period, the cars pulled up to the Magnolia Boulevard pier. Stunned residents stared out across the bay at the smoke from what that morning had been the World Trade Center, and was now, just some 20 miles away, only piles of rubble. “I had to come down and see it. It just hasn’t sunk in yet,” Karin Sages said. Clear blue skies overhead were eerily still. The world’s busiest air space was silent, except for the sounds of sea gulls. By nightfall, they were joined by U.S. fighter jets. In the hour after the attack, people came to the bay at Grand Boulevard by Lindell Field, and to the pier. They shared binoculars to look out at the inflamed towers, until word came over the radio that both were now gone and their view from the bay was change forever. Lydia Willis of Uniondale stood on the pier with her husband, as they have done many times, to look out at the Manhattan skyline. “Many nights we’ve come here to watch the city,” she said. “It’s unbelievable.” Most people seemed unable to digest the event even as they stared out at the miles of smoke. Pat Baxter of Long Beach said, “It’s just so unreal. It’s something you’d expect to see in a movie. How can we be so vulnerable to this?” For some, the disbelief changed to anger and calls for retaliation. Mike Gavin of Long Beach echoed many sentiments, saying “I don’t see this as an act of terror. This is an act of war.” Enraged by the attack, Gavin suggested the United States make the fullest retaliatory effort. “Why can’t you nuke a country?” he asked. “You either address it and fight, or you don’t.” Lifelong resident Jimmy May recalled another day in history a half-century ago that did, in fact, eventually lead to an atomic conclusion. May remembered leaving the Laurel Theatre as a 10-year-old and wondering why the streets were so quiet. “When I got home, my mother told me, ‘We’re at war.’” Sages later wondered, “How do you react to this? It’s just a horrible day.”

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by keITh GRanT Mickey Wilson sat in his office at Hanover Square, six blocks from the World Trade Center. From his office, he has long owned a clear view of the South Tower. After his secretary heard a news bulletin on the radio of a plane crashing into the North Tower, Wilson looked out his window and saw large plumes of black smoke in the sky. He was soon joined by several of his coworkers. “It only seemed like a couple of minutes that we’re watching and this plane suddenly appears out from behind the buildings. It went right into the other tower,” Wilson said. Instructed to remain in the building for safety reasons, Wilson watched as the South Tower leaned slightly, then collapsed on top of itself and disappeared. Wilson’s building became engulfed in smoke and dust, turning day into night. Charred paper fell past the window. They could not see the other tower, but after hearing a distant rumbling, one colleague said, “There goes Tower One.” After evacuating the building shortly after noon, Wilson walked through soot a half-inch deep on the eastern side of Manhattan. While calls seemed to come in with ease from as far as Germany, Wilson was in midtown before he was finally able to reach his wife in Long Beach on his cell phone. “We know lots of people in those towers,” Wilson said. “Only [Wednesday] morning, I’m learning there are quite a number of friends that lost their lives. Currently, there are 12 I know very closely that are unaccounted for.” Wilson believes that before long, he will learn the names of in excess of 100 people he knew whose lives have been lost. “I told my children, this will change their world forever,” he said. “I think everyone’s going to feel a lot more vulnerable. It’s going to be different now.”

Thousands of mouRneRs came to the beach in Point Lookout. “Looking up and seeing this black sky, and then seeing Air Force fighter jets flying over New York City ... It was like the world was ending. “It was the most frightening experience of my life. I’m still shaking.” Frank Koester/Herald

LonG beach’s WoRLd TRade cenTeR Memorial was unveiled in 2002 by FDNY Capt. Al Fuentes, and is the site of a memorial service each year on Sept. 11.

Trading comes to a halt

Sean Murray’s day of trading on Wall Street had just begun when seemingly unbelievable news came up on the trading floor televisions. When the second plane struck, everyone was evacuated. “We were walking north along the [Hudson] river on the West Side Highway,” Murray said. “I saw 10 or 15 people jump from the towers. Then all of a sudden, it was gone. The South Tower just fell over.” Other traders from Long Beach had the same experience. “We really thought it was an accident, though it didn’t make sense for that on such a clear day,” said Pat Whelan. “Trading continued for about another 15 minutes until the second plane hit.” From three blocks away, Whelan watched debris falling from the towers, before realizing there were people falling to earth, as well. “I thought it was debris at first, but the debris was floating away from the building and they were coming straight down. That was the most horrific thing I saw. At that point, I just walked uptown. It was a mass exodus of people from downtown.” While walking up Canal Street away from towers, Whelan saw people looking back and screaming. “I looked back and saw the South Tower go down. People just gasped and t/Herald couldn’t believe it.” Whelan’s brother Jimmy ehend walked down from the 75th floor of one tower, getting out just before it came down.

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chRIs Von duRRInG was among the hundreds of family, friends and neighbors who gathered on National Boulevard beach on Aug. 24, 2002, for the “Swim, Paddle, Run” Memorial Race for the Michael Keifer Scholarship fund. Kiefer, a fireman from Ladder 32 in Brooklyn and a well-known Long Beach lifeguard, lost his life in the line of duty at the World Trade Center. going to fall. About five of us just said ‘we’re Like the world was ending

Former Long Beach resident Rob Bailey sat in his office four blocks from the Trade Center. Upon hearing that a plane had struck one of the Twin Towers, his coworkers turned the TV to Fox and saw what appeared to be a small fire. One of his coworkers jokingly called colleagues over in the tower, and then realized it was serious. “All we heard was screaming,” Bailey said. “They were screaming that the building was on fire and they couldn’t get out.” Within minutes, they heard an explosion and looked up at the TV to see the second building on fire. “Half of the people in our office were screaming to stay put and stay calm. But we saw there was no way they were putting out that fire. We thought those buildings were

getting out of here.’” By now, Bailey was joined by a friend from the Trade Center covered in the blood of bodies that had fallen right in front of him. They made their way through smoke and soot to the FDR Drive on the east side. “It was pandemonium. We just started walking up the FDR. Then the first tower went down.” From the South Street Seaport, Bailey and his friends were hit by a cloud of smoke and dust. “You couldn’t breathe. You couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. People started just running everywhere.” Looking back, Bailey said it looked as if all of Wall Street was coming up the FDR like a refugee column coming out of a war zone. They passed the Brooklyn Bridge and felt the second tower fall.

Penetrating ‘Ground Zero’

Tuesday evening, Bobby Gleason sat in his home on Oregon Street, squinting at the television through eyes still hurting from dust, identifying firefighters in news video that he knew were now dead. He had no explanation for why he was still alive. The off-duty New York City fire chief happened to be in lower Manhattan when Tuesday’s horror began. Upon seeing the second plane make its strike, Gleason began racing downtown. “I got to the scene and was running towards the first tower, and then it collapsed.” With debris flying down the street towards him and other firefighters who had been with him, Gleason dove for cover underneath a nearby car. “It was like slow motion. I couldn’t even grasp that this building was falling down.” With visibility down to zero and the possibility that many men just in front of him had been crushed, Gleason and several other firefighters raced around the block towards the remaining tower. “It was surreal. We got hit with rocks, debris. We got up and found our way to the second tower.” The men were just inside the Vista Hotel at the base of the tower when they heard the same rumbling sound they had heard just minutes before and knew the building was coming down on top of them. “It felt like a freight train coming through,” Gleason said. “We just looked at each other wondering, ‘Are we still here?’” For whatever reason, that portion of the building held. The firefighters climbed out over twisted steel, and tried to get their bearings. “I had no idea where I was. Usually you can tell by the Trade Center, but it wasn’t there anymore.” Gleason joined up with a rescue squad before they were all told to stay away from the collapsed areas. Helpless, they watched as all 47 floors of building number 7 burned and fell to the ground. “Every time something rumbled, you felt like something else was coming down.”

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Remembering a storm that changed L.I. In 2011, Long Beach was hit hard by Tropical Storm Irene, but few could predict that just over one year later the South Shore would experience an even more powerful storm. We had never seen the likes of Hurricane Sandy before, a tempest so mammoth, so fierce, that it wiped out whole shoreline communities while leaving much of the rest of the Northeast in tatters, and in the dark. Sandy, which struck on Oct. 29, 2012, was nature in its most raw and unforgiving form. It was the nightmare before Halloween. Now, nearly three years later, a number of families whose homes were destroyed in the storm remain refugees, living with friends, relatives and in hotels, anxiously awaiting government or insurance funding to repair their houses and their lives. Many families still must contend with ever-changing and complex New York Rising guidelines and regulations. And in recent months, it was discovered that many insurance claims filed after the storm were allegedly underpaid or falsified. In the spring, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it would reopen all 144,000 Sandy-related claims. The issue gained national attention following a scathing ruling issued by U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Brown in November that U.S. Forensic, an engineering company hired by the Wright National Flood Insurance Company, had “unjustly frustrated efforts” by two Long Beach homeowners, Deborah Raimey and her husband, Bob Kaible, who sought a damage claim after their home was destroyed in the storm. Long Island’s South Shore will not be made whole again until all of our displaced residents are back in their homes. We must not forget them. At the same time, we have much for which to be thankful. The storm united communities. We realized that we are all neighbors and friends. We got through the dark days and the cold nights that followed Sandy together. We mustn’t forget that.

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City CounCilman Scott Mandel, far left, former Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, County Executive Ed Mangano, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and City Manager Jack Schnirman screwed in the last plank of the boardwalk at a ribbon cutting ceremony in 2013. In the days, weeks and months after the storm, many Long Island communities resembled war zones, with demolition debris overflowing from dumpsters onto streets. An army of government and private contractors fanned out across the South Shore to repair the damage, working endless days and nights in the

cold and the damp to make us whole again. We survived. For the most part, we have rebuilt Sandy-damaged homes and businesses. Our response to this natural disaster was a testament to our fortitude, our resiliency. Now the great challenge is to rebuild our infrastructure better than before, so that

future generations may never have to endure the horror we experienced three years ago.

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The chosen ones: looking back 1996 — Sarah Nicholas

A small, determined army of local environmental activists, known as the Coalition to Close the Long Beach Incinerator, pulled off a stunning victory when news broke that the smokey trash plant was on the verge of extinction. At the head of this coalition was the dedicated and passionate activist Sarah Nicholas. As the Coalition’s chairwoman, Nicholas emerged as the most knowledgeable and articulate spokeswoman for the cause.

1990 — Jim Conlon

After suffering an aneurysm 16 years earlier, Jim Conlon was paralyzed from the waist down. After suffering the incident, Conlon became an advocate for the handicapped. He founded the advocacy group CURB — Citizens United to Remove Barriers — to eliminate obstacles that make life difficult for the physically challenged.

1993 — John White

John White was the founder and president of Project Challenge, a non-profit organization whose chief aim was to provide fun and creative activities for kids who might otherwise not have much to do after school or on days during the summer. It was Mr. White’s common sense approach to children, which, in part, made Project Challenge so successful.

1997 — North Park Neighborhood Association’s organizers

The North Park Neighborhood Association emerged as a force on the city’s civic scene with a lengthy list of community improvement projects. Those projects included helping the police combat the area’s drug dealing problem, repairing a deteriorating Pine Street park, cleaning up neighborhood eye-sores, lobbying city and school officials for more after-school youth activities, and getting better lighting and other improvements for the streets.

When Ms. Kallman Feely found out about the county’s plans to spray the county to rid of mosquitoes, she immediately took action. She gathered all the information she could and sought to educate the city council on the chemical’s adverse effects to wildlife and people’s health. The activism of Ms. Feely and Mr. Small had given the plankton, shellfish, fish and ultimately, the humans of and around Long Beach barrier island perhaps the best gift they’ll never notice.

1991 — Johanna Mathieson

Mathieson was been at the helm of the community school, administered by Long Beach REACH. She supervised the paid and volunteer staff, taught courses and met with students whose needs could not be met by the traditional school system.

1994 — Long Beach soup kitchen volunteers

Run under the auspices of Interfaith Nutrition Network, the kitchen served one meal a day and distributed food to dozens of needy local residents Monday through Friday. The volunteers were selected because not only did they provide a needed service to those less fortunate in the area, but they did it on their own time and had to face tough times in delivering their goodwill.

2000 — Patrick Graham

1992 — James Moriarty

James Moriarty was appointed a seat on the City Council and stood for election that November. He was endorsed by political parties in the city and the highest vote tally on a slate of three. The lone Republican on the council, many say his tenure had marked the beginning of real consensus politics in Long Beach. Moriarty has been responsible for getting the $1 million needed for the road construction on Park Avenue and the establishment of a water rescue squad for the city’s fire department. He was also the driving force in getting Long Beach to participate in the federally-funded barrier beach erosion study.

1999 — Meg Kallman Feely and Garren Small

1998 — Edwin Eaton

1995 — Bridget Lane

As the co-owner of The Saloon, Bridget Lane gave her time and efforts to making the community she loves a better place. She belonged to the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 17, she was a member of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, and she gave her time to the Recreation Center and to a number of organizations in town.

Many considered Edwin L. Eaton Long Beach’s “best city manager ever.” After 20 years of service, Eaton’s tireless efforts changed Long Beach for the better. Planting dune grass was one symbol of Eaton’s commitment to the stability and welfare of the city. He also long led the effort to prepare the island for hurricane evacuation. He recognized the need for emergency response long before his counterparts further inland did.

Patrick Graham was the executive director of the MLK Center where he oversaw a number of sweeping changes. He co-founded the Interagency Youth Council and the BRIDGE program, aided the North Park Neighborhood Association in the development of the North Park beautification project, and proposed the declaration of North Park as a “drug free” zone with the Long Beach Police Department. Mr. Graham met personally with drug dealers to earn their agreement to steer clear of the area, which caused the MLK Center — and the surrounding neighborhood — to be designated as a “drug free school zone” by Long Beach police.

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2005 — Your Volunteer Firefighters

For the volunteer members of the Long Beach Fire Department, missing a dinner, a party or a family outing is a weekly occurrence. Volunteers like this should be recognized every year, but for their perpetual service, their missed meals and the overall credit they bring to the city, the volunteers of the Long Beach Fire Department were the Herald’s 2005 People of the Year.

2001 — Those who answer the call

Events in 2001 brought attention to the work of police, fire and rescue workers like never before. In selecting a Long Beach “Person of the Year” for 2001, it would have been impossible to overlook the sacrifices made in the line of duty by New York City firefighter Harry Ford that June, and by the hundreds of rescue workers who perished on Sept. 11. If there was one thing these tragedies brought to the forefront, it was the thousands of lives that have been saved by men and women in uniform. And we also honored the day-to-day work that these people do for our communities and our city, work that serves to create a better life for us all.

2007 — Pete Meyers and Kevin McCarthy

The Long Beach Polar Bear Splash is a fun tradition that makes Long Beach unique. The event honors Paulie Bradley of Island Park, who died of cancer at age 4 in 1997. The Polar Bear Splash has raised millions of dollars for the Make A Wish Foundation and has helped make hundreds of wishes come true for children with life-threatening medical conditions. Pete Meyers, Kevin McCarthy, and Michael Bradley founded the Long Beach Polar Bear Club in 1998, when Meyers and McCarthy plunged into the ocean for a swim on Super Bowl Sunday. Bradley and his wife, Patti, were looking to honor Paulie’s memory and Meyers and McCarthy decided to turn the swim into a Make-A-Wish fundraiser. Patti passed away in 2009, and the Splash now honors her as well.

2003 — Ronald Friedman

Dr. Friedman, a longtime educator and superintendent of Long Beach schools, always helped students prepare for a better future. He was at the helm of successful educational leadership among the Long Beach school district, where his contributions were quite extensive.

2002 — Jim Conlon and Jim Monohan

Jim Monohan and the late Jim Conlon, the founders of Citizens United to Remove Barriers (CURB), became inspirations to many, and their efforts through CURB changed the face of Long Beach. CURB is a local non-profit organization that worked to build ramps, supply equipment, and raise community awareness of the ongoing needs of the physically-challenged. Ramps now make the beach accessible to wheelchairs, and local businesses began making themselves disabled-accessible even before the Americans with Disabilities Act came to be. Monohan and Conlon became tireless activists and quiet volunteers, whose work has left e direcindelible marks on Long Beach and benefited ersaw a people across the country. ounded nd the h Park evelopn projNorth e Long am met n their which rrounded as a police.

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2004 — James Hennessy

James Hennessy pulled off the upset of upsets in November 2003, when he garnered the most votes by a Republican City Council candidate ever. Hennessy had been the standard-bearer for a new philosophy of government in Long Beach, for better or worse. His government had fired — or not made an effort to keep — the old regime’s city manager, its police commissioner, its recreation commissioner, its corporation counsel, a handful of its zoning board members, its zoning board attorney, its civil service commissioners (all of them), its chief of lifeguards, its insurance brokers, its tax assessor, its PR guy, and many others. After a generation of 5-0 council votes, Hennessy was elected council president in a 3-2 vote. The coalition’s budget passed 3-2 and their new city manager, Charles Theofan, was appointed 3-2. Although the road was tough, Hennessy’s action brought change and impacted the community for the better.

2006 — Woody Davis

It’s everyone’s favorite story about Woody Davis, the Long Beach High School swimming coach. Back in 1964, Davis, who passed away in July, had just completed his master’s degree at Columbia and was looking for a teaching gig. Among the availabilities was Long Beach High, which needed a gym teacher, a soccer coach, a gymnastics coach and a swimming and diving coach. For the members of the Long Beach High School swim team, Coach Davis was more than an instructor. For 50 years he inspired his swimmers to believe in themselves and to enjoy working hard at their sport. Over the years he led his teams to 15 county championships and 54 division, league and conference titles. The team finished second in the state championships in 2008, and the following year it was named a New York State Scholar-Athlete team. Davis coached many individual champions, including 14 high school All-Americans.

2008 — James Hodge

James Hodge remains an active member in his community. At the time he was named Person of the Year, he was the city’s animal warden; a union official; the acting chairman of the Martin Luther King Center board of directors; a member of the Long Beach Coalition to prevent underage drinking; a member of the school district’s Envisioning Committee and its Community Involvement subcommittee; a late night radio show host; and a community advocate. As a member of the schools’ Envisioning Committee, Hodge worked with the school board on a program known as SMAART, a 10-year plan to improve curriculum and renovate district buildings. Throughout his career, Hodge has always been a community organizer. He was always at the forefront of getting people involved, making sure residents’ voices are heard no matter where they stand on a given issue.

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Grand Marshal larry Elovich, seventh from left, with Long Beach City Council members John McLaughlin, Mona Goodman and Mike Fagen in 2010. Also pictured are Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, Congressman Peter King, and state, county and local AOH members at Hibernian Plaza before the parade.

Celebrating Irish heritage for 26 years

The 26th annual Saint Brendan the Navigator Long Beach Irish Day Parade is set to step off this fall. Organized by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 17, the parade marches through the West End the first Saturday of October every year in a celebration of Irish heritage, music and food. The tradition goes back to 1990 when members of the AOH held a mass at St. Ignatius parish on West Broadway and then regrouped at the corner of Washington and Park to march down to the former Elk’s Club on New York Avenue, according to AOH member Ed Cunningham. Cunningham was one of the founding members of the local AOH division in 1989. He said that after Division 17’s first unofficial march in 1990, they were inspired to put a more formal event together the following year because lots of other ethnic groups were organizing similar celebrations of their heritage. “To further increase the celebration of Irish culture we asked the city if we could have a small parade through the West End,” Cunningham said. The organization chose a time in October because it would be roughly

six months after Saint Patrick’s Day in March and the city would be free of congestion from summer visitors and traffic. In 1991 the first official parade stepped off, complete with grand marshals and a marching band. Over the years other organizations, schools and civic groups have joined in, including students from the Hagen School of Irish Dance. “As more and more people came down to watch the parade, of course some of those West End businesses would benefit,” Cunningham said, noting that the event has become profitable for restaurants and bars in the West End as the busy summer season is typically over by then. The AOH and West End merchants foot the bill for the parade every year, covering the cost of the bands and other expenses. Vendors of Irish goods and foods and a big 50/50 raffle also help pay for the event, Cunningham said. Irish Day has grown into arguably the biggest parade in Long Beach over the years. “It went from just a few groups marching to maybe 20 all together,” Cunningham observed.

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Billy PEyTon, far lEfT, GrEG schMalEnBErGEr, Minnesota’s John Gallagher, AOH Division 17 Man of the Year Mike Carroll, Grand Marshal Brian Sharkey, Douglas O’Grady, and parade Chairman Bernie Petty in front of Minnesota’s in 2013.

randy dodd, a 25-yEar MEMBEr of ThE aoh, was named the parade’s Grand Marshal in 2014. Dodd is a well-known Long Beach lifeguard of 51 years, a former physical education teacher at Long Beach Catholic Regional School and former recreation assistant superintendent for the City of Long Beach.

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L.B. takes an icy swim at the annual Super Bowl Splash By Matthew ern mern@liherald.com

For the past 16 years, the Long Beach Polar Bears have brought the community together for a chilly dip in the Atlantic every winter with their annual Super Bowl Splash, which benefits the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Blizzards and freezing temperatures over the years have been unable to thwart the thousands of residents from Long Beach and the neighboring communities that come out each year to charge into the ocean on Super Bowl Sunday. The event has raised $4.8 million for the Make-a-Wish Foundation — which grants the wishes of children with life threatening medical conditions — over the years. Many families who have a wish granted by the organization come back to the Splash each year to show their support and volunteer their time. The number of participants swells with each event, growing from two friends psyching themselves up for a freezing swim to thousands of people charging down the beach into the water. “I think it’s just amazing, both the town that we live in, and the way everyone rallies around good causes,” Polar Bear co-founder Pete Meyers said. “The community really backed us and helped — the police doing traffic control, the lifeguards, EMTs, beach maintenance. Every city department helps.” “People are still coming out,” co-founder Kevin McCarthy added. “The regulars show up constantly, year after year. You have people that have done it for the last 15 years. It amazes me how many people keep coming back.” The Splash has benefited the organization since 2000, but the tradition of taking a dip on Super Bowl Sunday goes back two years further. Meyers and McCarthy went for a swim in the ocean on Super Bowl Sunday in 1998, and two more friends, Mike and P.J. Bradley, joined them the following year. According to McCarthy, once they did it the first time, there was no reason not to keep doing it again every year. They eventually decided to turn the tradition into a fundraising event for Make-AWish, in honor of Mike Bradley’s son, Paulie, who had passed away from cancer in 1997, at age 4. Mike’s wife, Patti, passed away in 2009, and the Splash now honors her as well. “Connecting the Polar Bears with Make-aWish was key,” McCarthy said. “Lots of people would say, ‘I’m not jumping in the ocean’, but once you know it’s benefiting kids, people want to do it.” “Hundreds of seriously ill children in our area have had their magical wishes come true because of the passion and dedication of the Long Beach Polar Bears Club,” said Pat Clemency, president and CEO, Make-AWish Metro New York and Western New York. “It’s a powerful demonstration of what’s possible when members of a remarkable community come together. “Our sincere thanks to the Bradley, Meyers and McCarthy families for their tireless efforts on behalf of children’s wishes and

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JaMie Miller-deflOriO and her daughter Sarah at the dip in 2003.

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Organizers estiMated that 20,000 people were on the beach to participate in the Polar Bear’s 2014 event.

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and we didn’t have a boardwalk,” McCarthy recalled. “People that didn’t even have houses down here came back for the day. That was something.” One of the Polar Bears’ main fundraising resources is the sale of their now-iconic “Long Beach Polar Bears” sweatshirts and T-shirts. “Not a day goes by, no matter what time of year, that you don’t see someone wearing something Polar Bear on the boardwalk,” McCarthy said, who was stopped on the streets of Paris once while wearing a shirt by a man who wanted to tell him that he lived in Long Beach as well. “I know that they’ve been in China, Australia, all over Europe,” Meyers said. While on vacation in London he spotted a group of kids from East Rockaway wearing their Polar Bear gear. He noted that when he was younger, it was unusual for someone to wear clothes with the name of another town on it — “but now every high school [on Long Island] has kids wearing a Polar Bear shirt.” The popularity of the event and the fact that it benefits such a good cause, McCarthy said, is indicative of how much the Long Beach community cares about one another. “It’s amazing that it caught on like it did. I never expected anything like this when Pete and I first jumped in.”

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in hOnOr Of cOnnOr trOy, who was granted a wish by the Make-a-Wish Foundation in 2012, his family and friends participate in the Splash each year. their steadfast commitment to making a difference in the lives not only of children but also their families. We cannot thank them and the City of Long Beach enough.” The extent to which the event has grown has surprised even its organizers, as more

and more people show up each year. “It went from two to 18 to 35 and then one year it was 300. Then, all of a sudden, it was in the thousands,” Meyers said. “By 2003 or 2004 it really got up to being a lot of people.” “Our biggest year was right after Sandy

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nearly 300 participants braved the frigid Atlantic waters at the 2003 Polar Bear Splash. Organizers recalled the turnout was a significant increase from the previous year.

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LONG BEACH beat South Side for the girls’ volleyball Class A Championship in 2013. By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

There’s been no shortage of Long Beach High School athletics championship celebrations at the Nassau County, Long Island and New York State levels over the past 25 years, and each title is recognized with a banner on the gym wall. It takes two banners to list all the titles for the boys’ swimming and wrestling programs, which dating back to 1990 have a combined 20 county crowns with the latest coming this past winter when coach Ray Adams’ grapplers took the Nassau dual meet championship. “We’ve had a great go,” said Adams, who also coached the Marines to a county title in 2010 and to a fifth-place finish in the state the following campaign. “The wrestling community and alumni in Long Beach is a tight-knit group. We always have a huge rooting section at the county tournament.” The Marines won 17 county titles under coach Paul Gillespie, who was at the helm from 1979-96. Gillespie’s son, PJ, was a big part of one of Adams’ most memorable seasons in 2007. Gillespie won the county title at 145 pounds and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. Eduardo Delgado took the title at 152 and earned the Champion of Champions award, while Tim McCormack won it all at 275 and captured the Most Pins/Least Time trophy. Long Beach, which has more than 40 Nassau champs and seven state champs — Aldy Teran (1993), Kevin Haggerty (1997), Delgado (2006), PJ Gillespie (2007), Dylan Palacio (2012) and Jacori Teemer (2013-14) — in the past 25 years, also swept the awards in 2000 when county champ Derick Fontaine (103 pounds) was named Most Outstanding Wrestler and the Champion of Champions, and Jon Masa (130) had the Most Pins/Least Time. No program in school history has enjoyed a string of success like boys’ swimming did from 2004-08 when the Marines won five county titles in a row under legendary coach Woody Davis, who passed away earlier this

month. When Davis turned the program over to John Skudin prior to last season, he left with more than 500 victories and 17 county championships, including a dozen since 1990. Davis also led Long Beach to an incredible 14 undefeated seasons. “Woody had a lasting effect on a lot of people,” said Skudin, who was coached by Davis at the high school and club levels beginning in 1965. The Lady Marines swim program won four straight county crowns from 1990-93, and also finished at the top in 1996 and 1998 under coach Joe Hoffman. Along with hockey, the other program in school history to win a state championship as a team is softball in 2007. Lady Marines pitcher Melissa Donnelly capped the title run with 21 straight scoreless innings—she blanked Bay Shore, 2-0, in the Long Island Class AA championship game, Frontier, 4-0, in a state semifinal, and Shenendehowa, 1-0, in the state title game. “Our 2007 team was on a mission after losing to Bay Shore in the Long Island championship the previous year,” said coach Carmine Verde, who has more than 400 career victories and guided the Lady Marines to seven county crowns and a pair of L.I. titles since 1991. “The way she finished it off, Donnelly couldn’t have pitched any better,” he added. Against Bay Shore, Donnelly allowed just three hits, walked two and struck out four. She also figured in the offense, scoring the first run on Ashley Passaro's sacrifice fly and driving in Kirsten Halfon with a single. Passaro, who played first base, was Nassau’s Player of the Year in 2007 and led an infield that included Halfon at second, Haley Birnbaum at shortstop, Lauren Urbont at third, and Rebecca Sanger behind the plate. Verde said the 2002 Lady Marines, who beat Smithtown, 3-2, for the L.I. crown and finished state runners-up, were a huge surprise. The team featured pitcher Gia Brugueras, catcher Mary Potamousis, shortstop Jessica Henck, second baseman Casey Fee and a stellar defensive outfield of Tara Par-

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rington, Krista Yulfo and Nicole Rubin. “We were 6-6 midway through the season and just looking to make the playoffs at that point,” Verde recalled. “We ended up winning the county championship as the No. 5 seed.” Perhaps no team captivated the community quite like the 1991-92 boys’ basketball squad, coached by Wandy Williams. Long Beach won the Nassau Class AA championship, defeating Oceanside in the finals, with a balanced attack led by Jason Bell. “We went 10-11 players deep in every game and everyone contributed,” Williams said. “We pressured the ball constantly. Whether someone gave us 19 minutes or 4 minutes, they played a role in what we did.” The boys’ volleyball program, under coach Bill Gibson, has four county championships: 1994, 2002, 2003 and 2008. In 1994, Gibson’s second year at the helm, Mark Smolkin, Dairo Chamorro, Paul Bargellini, Jonah Gillego, Jason Gillego and Daryl Chan steered the ship. In the back-to-back crowns, Dave Yolinski was the driving force and the MVP in 2003. And in 2008, Tyler Still earned MVP honors. “A lot of the prominent players we’ve had are still active in the sport playing beach volleyball,” Gibson noted. The girls’ volleyball program captured its first-ever county title in 2013 under coach Kerri Rehnback. The Lady Marines outlasted defending champion South Side in five sets in the Class A final. Seniors Krista Heidenfelder, Justine Smith, Dakota O’Neill, Mary McDonagh, Perri Steiner and Julianna Zaharias, along with junior Alex Price and freshman Gabby Ayzenberg, persevered and brought home the crown with a 25-9, 18-25, 25-15, 26-28, 25-19 victory. Long Beach’s hockey team, coached by Joe Brand, won state crowns in 2005, 2011 and ’12, and has nine county championships. Girls’ cross-country won back-to-back Nassau titles in 1998-99, while boys’ golf won it all in 1996. At the conference/division level, gymnastics has six championships in 25 years, boys’ tennis has three, and boys’ soccer, girls’ tennis and girls’ lacrosse have two apiece.

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2011 — a pivotal year for Long Beach’s surfing community

By Anthony RifilAto arifilato@liherald.com

Months before the crowds flocked to the beaches in September 2011 to watch professional surfers like Kelly Slater during the Quiksilver Pro New York — the largest pro surfing competition ever held on the East Coast — Danny Bobis and Billy Kupferman, members of the Long Beach Surfer’s Association, already knew that Long Beach’s surfing population was experiencing unprecedented growth. With 34 of the world’s best surfers and thousands of spectators expected to converge on Long Beach, many in town were still unaware of just how big the contest, part of the Association of Surfing Professionals' World Tour, would actually be. Bobis and Kupferman said as much at a City Council meeting months before the contest in the hopes of creating awareness about the crowds and influx of surfers that an event like the Quik Pro would attract. Lincoln Boulevard beach, one of the most popular breaks in town, was already overcrowded, and with beach space limited for surfers, Bobis and Kupferman sensed early on that there was a need to acknowledge the local surf community, its newcomers, safety issues caused by overcrowding and the positive benefits that surfing generated for the town, including its economy. “It was so crowded and by that time I wouldn’t even go surfing on Lincoln,” Kupferman, 36, recalled. “The past five years have had the biggest changes and that’s what led us to form the Long Beach Surfers Association, and on the eve of Quiksilver, that’s when we were talking about using this momentum to say it’s time for more space and recognize that the surfing community has grown and some organization and change was needed — it was too big at that point to stay as it was.” What was once a largely insular community had exploded, especially over the past five years, Kupferman and others said, as two local surf schools churned out new wave seekers, social media generated buzz about the good breaks in Long Beach and the use of surfing in advertising became ubiquitous. On top of that, a major surf competition like Quiksilver would go on to bolster Long Beach’s reputation as a surfing town on an entirely new level, and put New York surfing on the map. “It was a matter of safety, the town’s economy and the sharing of resources,” Kupferman said. “We were trying to say that if people start getting hurt, then they’re not going to come here and they’re not going to spend money here. We wanted to start a conversation and acknowledge that this is a surf town, and that rules that had been in place forever in terms of surf space were limited. For us, it was a surf town but the city had never accepted that as its identity, and it seemed like they were doing that with the contest. We thought it was the best time to really make it a surf-friendly community.” Ultimately, the city agreed to add some more surfing beaches and recognized the

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PRo suRfeR Kelly slAteR during the finals of the Quiksilver Pro New York in 2011.

need for more space. “I think it was good because we got a lot of people on the same page and there was good organization and a common goal, and it was done in a manner in which we were able to present our ideas and the timing was right,” Kupferman said. Mike Nelson and Dave Juan, owners of Unsound surf shop, which attracted the Quiksilver event to town and sponsored the Quiksilver Pro New York Trials, also knew that surfing had grown in popularity even before the contest was announced. Unsound, which opened in 1997, had held major surfing competitions in the city in previous years with big sponsors such as Nike, but never on the level of the Quik Pro. “I think [surfing] was already on a good trajectory before Quik,” said Nelson. “You’ve always had the summer crowds but there’s definitely more people [surfing] now, and part of that is due to the Quiksilver Pro. It brought awareness to surfing. That year we actually had Nike and they put in a decent amount of money and were 100 percent back in, and then we turned them down because Quiksilver promised a lot more. It was difficult — it was months and months of talks — and we really had to take a back seat to make it happen. With Quiksilver, we moved out of the way — with an event that size, they had to coordinate quite a bit with the city. And these big events have to be done so far in advance — we had that slot already, and it was the best time for waves. The level of the event that they did won’t be matched for years.” Quiksilver — its contest, the music festival and assorted events — was nearly canceled in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene that year, and Nelson and Juan fought to salvage the competition with the city and Quiksilver organizers. Pro surfer Owen Wright,

unsound co-owneR dAve JuAn, left, with his kids, Brody and Dane, and co-owner Mike Nelson at Unsounds’s art show in June. Juan and Nelson worked to bring the Quiksilver event to town — and fought to salvage the competition after it was nearly canceled in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene.

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the long BeAch suRfeR’s AssociAtion’s Andy smith, left, Billy Kupferman, Jeff Kupferman, the late Danny Bobis, and Rachel Bobis in 2011. of Australia, would go on to win the event. “I think, to really be honest, the whole event got out of hand a bit,” Nelson recounted. “Certain people that they had in charge of their event were very community inclusive in the beginning, but as the event grew closer, I feel like they tried to pull everyone aside, including us and the city. It was supposed to be a surf contest and started to morph into something else.” Nelson and many others agree that 2011 was a pivotal year for the surfing community in Long Beach in terms of growth, recognition and great loss. That July, the community mourned the death of Bobis, 32, a leader in the surf community, an environmentalist, a member of the popular hardcore band Cipher and a charismatic and dedicated teacher who died while surfing during a trip to Indonesia. Bobis not only formed the LBSA, but he also launched the school district’s first competitive surf team in 2010, the only one of its kind in New York, and was an advisor to the Surf Club. “I feel he would have done some huge

things,” Nelson said. “He did great things during that period — they pushed that whole program to get the high school to get a team, and then the awareness about the contest and everything that goes along with that.” As Bobis wrote in a column for the Herald prior to the competition that May: “There are a few different feelings floating around the local surf community in regards to ‘the circus’ coming to town. There are locals who are not only angered by the immediate onslaught of crowds the contest will bring, but the exposure and media publicity that will keep the crowds coming to Long Beach to surf instead of other Long Island beaches for years to come. On the other end of the spectrum, there are many local surfers that are huge professional surf fans, who are excited about the immediate and future opportunities that will result from hosting the contest and who recognize the vast benefits to the local economy. The other school of thought is one of acceptance, a happy medium between the former and the latter and a general feeling of excitement. Enjoy the show!”

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Michelle O’Neill Tournament celebrates 19 years Organizers thank LB community for continued support

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To say that the Michelle O’Neill Volleyball Tournament has grown since its inception would be an understatement. The popular, annual event held every September has grown so big that this year’s competition is vying for a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest volleyball tournament in the world, organizer Carol O’Neill said. O’Neill is the founder of the Michelle O’Neill Foundation and the volleyball tournament of the same name, which raises money to help the families of children who are undergoing treatment for catastrophic diseases and special needs by providing financial assistance for the costs that insurance does not cover. The foundation is dedicated to the honor of Carol’s daughter, Michelle, who died of cancer in 1996 at age 24. “Michelle didn’t play volleyball, but since Long Beach is such a volleyball town, my family thought that would be a fun way to carry on her personality,” O’Neill explained. “She was a very fun loving, up beat and posi-

tive person. It seemed a natural venue to have a volleyball tournament in her memory and to raise money for children with cancer.” Now in its 19th year, the tournament has evolved from a couple hundred competitors playing on 11 nets in 1997 to thousands of competitors and spectators packing the beach last year. O’Neill estimates 316 teams competed and raised $160,000 last year. The competition is always held the first weekend after Labor Day, and started down on the Kentucky Street beach but has steadily moved eastward over the years. The last few tournaments have been held on the Laurelton beach following the devastation of the West End during Hurricane Sandy. O’Neill attributes much of the success of the tournament — which now draws competitors from as far as California and Puerto Rico — to the caring nature of the Long Beach community. “I don’t think we could have been as successful as we have been anywhere else,” she said. “It’s a very feel-good day and it’s wonderful for my family to see the community coming out in such large numbers to support us.”

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Michelle’s siBlings, Jackie O’Neill-Walsh, left, Rick O’Neill, Caryl Ann O’NeillNiven and Mike Walsh.

Players Packed the Beach for the tournament’s second year in 1998.

thousands coMPeted in last year’s tournament.

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carol o’neill and ellen Moran, one of the first children the Michelle O’Neill Foundation benefited, in 1998.

BoB Butler, left, from the team “G.O.P.” — Grumpy Old Players — hit a shot over the net to Joe and James Whelan, of the team “The Whalers” during the annual Michelle O’Neill volleyball tournament in 2013.

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After Carol O’Neill’s youngest daughter, Michelle, died of brain cancer in 1996, Carol O’Neill honored her memory the following year by organizing the first Michelle O’Neill Foundation volleyball charity event, where a handful of people took part. The event has grown into the largest volleyball tournament on the East Coast, annually raising hundreds and thousands of dollars for children with cancer. The money is given to families with children who have cancer, to help with expenses, as well as charities such as the Make A Wish Foundation, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Big Sky Kids camp in Montana and the Ronald McDonald House.

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Long Beach firefighters Anthony Fallon, Asst. Chief Antonio Cuevas, and Capt. Hadrick Ray experienced one of the biggest fire rescues in Long Beach. These brave firefighters strapped on their gear and raced toward a fiery upstairs apartment, where a 42-yearold woman, Glenna King, and her 6-year-old son, Maxwell, were trapped inside. As they entered the smoky room, Fallon grabbed the boy and brought him to safety. Cuevas and Fallon continued to search around the apartment and found the unconscious body of the mother and carried her outside. The selflessness and courage these firefighters exhibited demonstrated how much these men care about the citizens of Long Beach.

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Scott Bochner fired up his camcorder and documented the sewage plumes and waste that were dumped within the Reynolds Channel. After posting the images online, residents and local and state officials took notice of the serious environmental hazard. Bochner filed reports with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and stood up to local officials, not taking no for an answer. Ultimately, the Environmental Protection Agency released $11 million in grant money, awarded to Nassau County in the mid-1980s, to help reimburse $20 million in upgrade work at the Bay Park plant. Bochner’s actions left an indelible effect on the community. He is considered one of Long Beach’s leading advocates for the environment.

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Long Beach HERALD 25th AnniversAry By Andrew Coen The Long Beach Martin Luther King Center has overcome adversity over the last 25 years, and today is at the forefront serving local families in need. The MLK Center faced its biggest challenge in 1998 when it decided to dissolve its corporation and, without funding from Nassau County, relied on small donations to meet operating expenses with volunteers chipping in to provide meals, clothing, supplies and social services, said Myrnissa Stone-Sumair, executive director of the MLK Center, which was originally founded in 1967 and moved into its current facility on Riverside Boulevard in 1980. As community members formed a new organization and petitioned for incorporation, the Five Towns Community Center in North Lawrence administered funding for the facility. It became recognized as an incorporated entity by the State of New York in December 1998, with non-profit status officially achieved on May 22, 2003. “Volunteers from the community worked many days and months to keep the doors opened and programs running,” said StoneSumair. “A faithful committed handful of volunteers from the North Park community banded together and stood the test of time, fighting long and hard to have the contract

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The 2014 MLK CenTer annual parade honored Dr. King and the late Nelson Mandela. with the Nassau County Youth Board restored.” Stone-Sumair said the center has made strides and within the past year has been able to expand its programming. After the building was fully restored in the fall of 2013 following damages caused by Hurricane Sandy, the center regained exclusive use of first floor classrooms and the gymnasium during daytime hours once the city decided

not to resume its childcare services held there the previous 17 years. The availability of the extra classrooms during the day enabled MLK to expand its After School Education Enrichment Services program in September 2014. “The biggest change within the past 25 years at the MLK Center is that the facility within the past year, for the first time in the history of the MLK Center, is being utilized

by residents from all communities in the City of Long Beach,” said Stone-Sumair. “Prior to 2014, the MLK Center was primarily used by the African American, Caribbean American and Latino residents of North Park, a politically and economically marginalized section/ community within the City of Long Beach.” The past quarter century has also involved economic challenges for Long Beach’s African-American community making the MLK Center that much more vital, according to Stone-Sumair. She pointed to the Great Recession of 2008 as being especially challenging. “Over the past 25 years the needs of all communities have changed in the wake of the economic downturn and the mortgage crisis in 2008,” she said. “As such, the African American has suffered even greater. The loss of jobs and viable programs for the unemployed and under-educated has had a devastating effect on the already vulnerable, marginalized community.” Going forward, Stone-Sumair wants the MLK Center to continue its mission of providing educational, cultural and recreational activities as well as lowering gun activity in the North Park area. She said the center also strives to see that residents are able to achieve their full potential and "ensure that no individual in the City of Long Beach goes under-served and under-educated."

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1990 — long Beach mourns victims of Avianca Flight 52 crash.

1991 — woman escapes West Park Avenue blaze.

Inaugural Issue of the Long Beach Herald hit newsstands on January 11, 1990.

1991 — efforts to turn the old Laurel Theater into a multiplex fail.

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1992 — presideNtial hopeful Bill Clinton stumps in Long Beach.

2003 — republicaNs sweep in City Council and County Legislature races.

2004 — a fire destroys the Herald’s original office in Lawrence.

2005 — the commuNitY itY mourns the itY tragic death of Katie Flynn.

here have been countless important stories in the Long Beach Herald over the years, most of which have been on the cover of the paper. Here, we have collected a gallery of some of our favorite covers from over the years. Some are happy, some are sad, but all are important.

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Long Beach schools have come a long way School board president reflects on the past 25 years are not always heard in Albany.” When I was first asked to Educators who spoke do an article looking back on before the panel stressed that our schools over the past 25 Long Island needs to try to years, my response was, find ways to decrease its reli“Twenty-five years? I can’t ance on property taxes as its remember what I had for main source of revenue. breakfast yesterday!” Twenty-five years later, we To me, 25 years seemed have yet to see the desired like a long time ago. My first change. Schools have been daughter had just reached her forced to rely even more on first birthday, so I was beginproperty taxes, with state aid ning to become interested in now making up a smaller and the Long Beach School Dissmaller portion of the school trict. district’s budget. As a graduate of Long As to Weisenberg’s belief Roy LesteR Beach High School, I had a that “the voices of those peopretty good knowledge of the ple responsible for educating system, though the concerns of a graduate schoolchildren are not always heard in Albaand the concerns of a parent are remarkably ny,” one only has to witness the unprecedentdifferent. ed opting out of state tests that occurred this Things were quite different 25 years ago. year to see little has changed in that regard. Back in 1990 Long Beach parents were worIn 1990, Long Beach’s superintendent was ried about race riots and school violence. The Elliott Landon and that year — in an attempt reason behind that anxiety was rooted in an to raise the salaries of Long Beach teachers April 26, 1990, incident where the high school — he proposed a three-year contract for the had to be shut because of a fight involving district’s 325 teachers that would raise salamore than 100 students. ries 22.5 percent. School board member RobThis was initially termed a “race riot” ert Kaleko opposed, saying “the 22.5 percent and was carried in all the local papers. The increase over three years does not include fight had occurred in the cafeteria and the other step increases in bonuses for teachers next day, 800 of the 1,200 students stayed who served the district for several years. It is home. However, Newsday subsequently stat- actually more like a 33 or 35 percent raise. I ed, “Even though the fighting set white don’t think it’s appropriate at this time to youths against black, the brawl was not raise taxes.” racially motivated.” However, the majority on the board outStill, that statement did little to quell the voted Mr. Kaleko and the resulting raises fears of parents, and it took years to con- caused layoffs of 30 teachers the following vince them that Long Beach was a safe place year because of cuts in state aid. to go to school. These days, the idea of closing the high Long Beach athletic program shines school for any type of violence is a thought In regard to athletics, in 1990, Long Beach no one would have. Long Beach is constantly had a crew team that rowed, as coach Tom cited as a place where diversity works and Patton put it, “in the first light.” About 5:30 the tolerance of the students is legendary. a.m. houses on Reynolds Channel would witEven though, through the years, much effort ness practices by one of the few schools that has been made by administrations to assure had crew. At that time only Cold Spring Hartranquility in Long Beach schools, the real bor, Friends Academy and Beach Channel in magic behind the peace is the incredible Queens had teams. Even though it was a club acceptance of the students of Long Beach sport, the turnout was about 40 students each that is the result of growing up in such a spring and 25 each fall for a place in the diverse community. boats. Competitions were held in different placthe fight for adequate es on the East Coast but particularly in funding continues Poughkeepsie and Philadelphia, hotbeds for However, not everything has changed interscholastic and intercollegiate rowing. In over the last 25 years. In 1990, former Gov. fact, Long Beach hosted its own invitational Mario Cuomo proposed a state budget that regatta with as many teams as they could get cut $20 million in state education aid to Long to come down to Long Island. That meet was Island schools. called the “Head of Long Island Regatta,” Even though the state was in a financial and it was held in Reynolds channel, and the downturn when Cuomo submitted that dev- Long Beach teams often beat the upstate astating budget proposal, “freshman” teams. That year, the Long Beach girls, under Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg called for Coach Joe Hoffman, were once again county a bipartisan hearing in Mineola to have local champions in swimming, and many of the school officials tell the panel how the cuts swimmers were also rowers in the off-season. would affect them. Unfortunately, we no longer have the crew Weisenberg organized the hearing “to try team but there are efforts being made to to generate ideas for cost-saving and also bring it back. because he believed the voices of those people responsible for educating schoolchildren

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Courtesy of Long Beach Schools

An ARtist’s RendeRing of a new main entrance slated for Lido Elementary. Voters overwhelmingly approved a district-wide, $92.7 million school preservation plan in 2009 to address the district’s aging infrastructure. Progress over the years and rising after sandy

Many people in this town have a temporal dividing line that only goes back three years (it is either pre-Hurricane Sandy or post-Sandy). However, in the schools we were lucky. Although the schools suffered some major damage, we were able to get up and running within eight days. And even though things were difficult, we continued on the same upward path that the schools have been trying to achieve even before 1990. When we look at the numbers from 25 years ago — and the progress the schools have made — it can be deemed nothing less than remarkable. In 1990, less than 50 percent of our students graduated our high school with a Regents diploma. Today that figure is well over 90 percent. In 1990, there was no such thing as an International Baccalaureate diploma or even IB classes. Long Beach was authorized as an International Baccalaureate Diploma School in 2010-11, and now has over 50 percent of the graduates taking at least one IB Course before they graduate. With Long Beach High School having more than 600 scores at a passing level on the Advanced Placement and IB exams in the last two years, the combination of the International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs has placed Long Beach High School in the top 3 percent nationally on the Washington Post’s index of schools offering a successful college-readiness curriculum. This year, Long Beach Middle School became the first middle school in Nassau County to be authorized as an International Baccalaureate Middle Years school. The list can go on and on. In my opinion, however, the biggest thing that happened in schools in the last 25 years happened within the last 10, and that was the school preservation plan, a bond project that has led to major work in all of the buildings. With new tracks, new athletic fields and new science labs so much has changed that this district really was able to move forward into the 21st-century. Prior to that, our biggest project was building the high school, which was almost 50 years ago. Under the plan, Long Beach High School has had all of its science labs renovated, a

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the fiRst fLooR of the West School was flooded with three to four feet of water during Hurricane Sandy, closing the school down for almost a year. It reopened in Sept. 2013, and students bounded off the buses, excited to return.

video and sound studio constructed, new music classrooms, administrative and guidance office renovations, new turf athletic field, new windows and roofs, and the creation of a ubiquitous wireless network. Long Beach Middle School has had a new library addition; its main office was relocated, its athletic field and track were redone and it has new floors and lighting. The pre-K program has been relocated to its own wing at Lido Elementary School and the four elementary schools have had storm mitigation, security upgrades, mechanical and electrical work, new restrooms, new windows and much needed masonry work. In many ways, it has been an exciting and progressive 25 years — with great promise for the next 25. I hope the Herald asks me to write an article again for their next 25th anniversary issue. Roy Lester is the president of the Board of Education

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Celebrating 100 years Long Beach Fire Department holds milestone event By Anthony Rifilato

he Long Beach Fire Department celebrated its centennial Aug. 13 to 15, a three-day event that included a massive parade that kicked off at Virginia Avenue and West Beech Street and ended at City Hall. One thousand firefighters from 35 departments across Nassau County, New York state and even Belgium participated in the parade, along with 200 fire trucks and antique vehicles. "It was phenomenal," said Long Beach Fire Department Chief Scott Kemins. "It took two hours and was probably the largest parade in the history of Long Beach. The parade route was lined with people — I was surprised by the amount of people that turned out." Firefighters from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 9th Battalions took part in the parade, and the department was presented by a proclamation from Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, and was honored by local and state officials. The anniversary celebration also included a three-day carnival and block party, as well as a competition among departments vying for best marching honors. Members said that the milestone illustrates how the department has advanced over the years, from a basic bucket brigade in the early 1900s to an advanced team of firefighters that includes 152 volunteers and 27 fulltime members today. The department boasts three advanced life support ambulances, five engines, two ladder trucks, a heavy rescue vehicle and a floodlight truck, along with a rescue boat spread out over three fire houses. Officials said that the department has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 100 years, in terms of training and technology. According to the Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society, after Long Beach became a city in 1922 and the population began to grow — along with large, six-story buildings — the department grew with it. In 1929, a paid firefighter unit was organized, who, along with the volunteers, operate as one unit controlled by the chief. The department began using longer ladders as well, and an American LaFrance engine and a hook and ladder truck. Eventually, it added a rescue company in 1950 and the Maple Boulevard Fire House was built in 1955.

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THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT’S 100th anniversary parade included over 1,000 firefighters from across Nassau County and New York, and drew record crowds. "Today, you have to practically be a technician to be a fireman, there are a million courses that they take, along with weekly training, it's part of their life," said former chief and commissioner Ely Altarac, the parade's Grand Marshal and a 52-year member of the department. Altarac said that in the late '60s early '70s, Long Beach firefighters battled numerous high-rise fires, including the Tower Baths fire on Shore Road. "We had a real challenge then," Altarac said. "At one time, we were practically the only department in the county that had highrise fires; we had the tallest buidlings for a while and we were very unique in our firefighting practices. Now, primarily, the responses are mostly for emergency medical calls." First Assistant Chief Richard Corbett recalled two massive fires, one at 666 Shore Road in 1979 and another at 522 Shore Road 10 years later. "At 666 Shore Road, we were there for two days," Corbett said. "We we dealing with bad

weather. We have had every type of call imaginable, and we've had several high-rise fires that we've had to deal with." Altarac recalled fighting fires as a mostly "bare-knuckles" approach back then. "The Jackson Hotel was another big fire — you had to just get in there to fight them, and when you couldn't do anything, you just drowned it," he said. "We didn't have aerial platforms then — we had two 100-foot hook and ladders, but no tower ladders. And the pumpers were 1,000 gallons, now they're up to 1,250 1,500 per minute. We didn't have airpacks then." A far cry, Altarac and others said, from the advanced technology that Long Beach firefighters use today, including thermal imaging equipment. Kemins said such technology was utilized during a house fire on Olive Street on July 26, in which firefighters rescued an

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unconscious woman and her 6-yearold son. The woman who was rescued, Glenna King, and her son, Maxwell, visited Long Beach Fire Department’s headquarters last Friday to thank firefighter Anthony Fallon for his role in the rescue effort that day. "It was a good feeling to know that two lives were saved that day," Kemins said. "We do it because we love it," added Mike Ornauer, a captain and chairman of the parade committee. "We love our community and love helping the people in our community."

FIREFIGHTERS were honored During the Long Beach Fire Department’s 100th anniversary parade on Aug. 14

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LBPD marks its centennial

Former and current officers honored during 100th anniversary celebration Former and current officers honored during 100th anniversary celebration By ANTHONY RIFILATO By ANTHONY RIFILATO

The Long Beach Police Department celThe Long Beach Police Department celebrated its 100th anniversary on Memorial ebrated its 100th anniversary on Memorial Day, during a ceremony where more than Day,retired duringmembers a ceremony more than 30 of where the department 30 retired members the department were honored for their of service to the city. were honored their service to the city. “This was for very nice because I haven’t “This was very nice because I haven’t seen some of these guys in more than 20 seen some theseLong guys Beach in more thanoffi20 years,” saidofretired police years,” retired Beach police officer Jimsaid Fiore, whoLong served in the departcer Jim Fiore, served in the ment from 1964who to 1984. “Some of departthem I ment from 1964 to 1984. “Some of them I didn’t even recognize.” didn’t even Many of recognize.” his former colleagues, like Bill Many ofmoved his former colleagues, Bill McKenny, to Atlanta uponlike retireMcKenny, moved to Atlanta retirement. For Fiore, a Long Beach upon resident, the ment. For Fiore, Long resident, ceremony was a away with the old to Beach reconnect ceremony was waythe to reconnect withwas old friends, and heasaid sense of pride and he said the sense of pride was friends, palpable. palpable. “We had this to bring us together,” he “We hadcelebration, this to bring us together,” he said of the where they shared said of the celebration, where they shared stories of the past. “There are no events stories of the past. “Therelike are no thisevents that like this that force you to go force you to go back.” back.” More than 2 5 0More p e othan ple 2 5 0 p e o pthe le attended cattended e r e m o nthe y, cerem o n y, where retirees wherepresented retirees were were presented with cer tifiwith ofcer tificates recogcates of recognition. The nition . Tfeahe event also event the alsodedifeatured tured the BRUCE MEYER cation of dedithe BRUCE MEYER cation of the department’s LBPD Deputy department’s LBPD Deputy 100th anniverInspector 100thmemorial anniverInspector sary sary memorial plaque. Guest plaque.LegislaGuest speakers included Nassau County speakers included Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford and Assemblyman Harvey tor Denise Ford Assemblyman Weisenberg, a and former member Harvey of the Weisenberg, a former member of the LBPD. LBPD. Deputy Inspector Bruce Meyer — who Deputy the Inspector Bruce Meyer — with who organized centennial celebration organized thethat centennial celebration with a committee included retired police a committee that included retired officers, city officials, residents and police memofficers, city officials, residents bers of the Historical Society —and saidmemthat bers of the Society — asaid that planning forHistorical the celebration was year in planning for the celebration was a year in the making. the“We making. wanted to acknowledge the contri“We to acknowledge contributionswanted they made in the pastthe and give butions they made in the past and give them something tangible to bring back themthem something tangible to of bring with as a remembrance the back wonwith as a it remembrance theofwonderfulthem day that was,” Meyer of said the derful day that it was,” Meyer said the retirees. “We had people come fromofCaliretirees. “We had people come from California, Nevada, Vermont … they all came fornia, Nevada, … be they allofcame back and they allVermont wanted to part this back and they wanted be part of this special day andall it was justto great.” special daysaid andthat it was Meyer hejust andgreat.” other members Meyer said that he and other members of the committee reached out to more than of committee reached to moresome than 40 the retirees, and said that out contacting 40 retirees, said that contacting some of the older and members was challenging. of the older members was challenging.

‘‘W ee wanted W wanted to acknowledge to acknowledge the the contribucontributions tions they they made made in in ’ the past. the past. ’

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ACTIVE AND RETIRED OFFICERS of the LBPD said the 100th anniversary ceremony was a way to reconnect Arthur with Findlay/Herald members. ACTIVE AND RETIRED OFFICERS of the LBPD said the 100th anniversary ceremony was a way to reconnect with members.

DET. MICHAEL BULIK was presented DET.award MICHAEL BULIK presented an from Det. Lt. was James Canner an award from Det. Lt. James Canner for his work in solving a robbery. for his work in solving a robbery.

RETIRED POLICE LIEUTENANTS MICKEY NUGENT (who joined the LBPD in RETIRED POLICE LIEUTENANTS MICKEY NUGENT LBPD in 1949), Joseph Kearns (1963), Jack Condon (1958)(who andjoined Andrewthe Donaghy 1949), Joseph Kearns (1963), Jack Condon (1958) and Andrew Donaghy (1963). Donaghy traveled from Vermont for the 100th anniversary celebration. (1963). Donaghy traveled from Vermont for the 100th anniversary celebration. DEPUTY DEPUTY INSPECTOR INSPECTOR Bruce Meyer Brucethat Meyer said an said that an anniversary anniversary committee committee reached out to reached out40to more than more than 40 retired memretiredof members the bers of the LBPD. LBPD.

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As a Long Beach resident for 53 years, Hannah Komanoff was at the forefront of volunteer civic work and progressive political activities, serving as an elected member of the Board of Education from 1957 to 1973 and as the Supervisor of Long Beach on the Nassau County Board of Supervisors from 1974 to 1985. Her ability to put the well-being of others before herself was exemplified through her charm and kindness in her community, especially within the Long Beach hospital and the nursing home that bears her name. Komanoff was born in the Bronx on July 28, 1910, and graduated from New York University in 1931. She moved to Long Beach in the 1940s, where she created a lasting impression on the community. She died at 89.

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HannaH Komanoff Joseph F. Carlino, a leading Republican for 20 years and the speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1959 to 1964, died on August 16, 2006, at his home in Syosset, New York. Carlino was born on the lower East Side of Manhattan on June 23, 1917. After his father, a Republican leader of Long Beach, died, Carlino was chosen to fill his shoes. At age 27, he was elected as a member of the Assembly. In January 1955, he became the majority leader and later in July 1955 he became the speaker. During Mr. Carlino’s five years as speaker, the state embarked on or planned major improvements to the New York State Thruway and much of the state university system. Mr. Carlino also argued for and won votes to support increased state aid to public schools and a ban on racial bias in housing. Carlino was a great asset to the political scene in Long Beach and New York.

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Pearl Weill, the ‘First Lady of Long Beach,’ died at age 91 in 2009. Weill was active in Long Beach and New York state politics for decades, including as a member of the Long Beach City Council, and gained a reputation as an energetic woman-abouttown who volunteered her time to improve the community in which she lived for more than 60 years. An active Democrat and a devout Jew, Weill was loved by people of varying political affiliations, religions and ethnic backgrounds. Weill was a Long Beach councilwoman for a total of 20 years, from 1974 to 1976 and again from 1981 to 1999, and served as council vice president. According to her son, she would often give her home phone number to constituents, and as a result got numerous calls on any given day about everything from posting new stop signs to fixing potholes. Weill served as New York State chairwoman of the 20th Assembly District from 1988 to 2008, and president of the Long Beach Harry S. Truman Democratic Club. She was a

Edmund Buscemi served the city of Long Beach for more than 50 years. The former police commissioner and city councilman died on February 13, 2003, of heart failure at Long Beach Medical Center. Buscemi was 74. Mr. Buscemi moved to Long Beach from the Bronx with his mother in 1945. He had already come to love Long Beach after spending many summers in the family’s home on Ocean View. From 1947 to 1951, he starred in soccer and baseball at Siena College. Although he earned tryouts with both the Yankees and New York Giants, he joined the U.S. Marines, where he was assigned the task of teaching Marine Corps history to new recruits. In 1956, Mr. Buscemi joined the Long Beach Police Department. Over the next 16 years, he rose through the ranks from patrolman to detective sergeant, detective lieutenant, and finally captain. In 1972, Mr. Buscemi was appointed police commissioner. After retiring, Buscemi took on a position on the Zoning Board of Appeals where he served as executive director for 17

John Scaduto was most noted for putting the Republican Party “on the map” in Long Beach in November 1971 when he created the first all-Republican City Council, breaking the 50-year Democratic rule in the community. He served as chairman of the Long Beach Republican Committee from 1962 until he retired in February 2001. He also served as county treasurer for 21 years, working under three county executives, before retiring from that post in 1992. Mr. Scaduto was influential in launching the careers of many government officials. From former city councilman and Republican Committee chairman Jim Moriarty, to Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, Scaduto had introduced them to politics at an early age. After 40 years as Long Beach Republican leader, John Scaduto passed away on December 5, 2008.

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Larry Elovich, a wellknown local attorney, a former Long Beach Democratic Committee chairman and a past president of the Chamber of Commerce, died at age 77 on Sept. 21, 2012, at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, after battling kidney cancer. He was buried in Wellwood Cemetery in Farmingdale. Roughly a thousand people attended his funeral at Temple Emanu-el, at which Elovich’s family and close friends — including U.S. Rep. Peter King and New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli — recalled a man who fought to transform Long Beach into the vibrant city it is today. Elovich was remembered for his ability to reach out to Republicans and Democrats alike, bridging not only political divides, but ethnic ones as well. “Republicans, Jews, Democrats, blacks, whites, Italians … people from every origin — they came to him because they knew they could count on him,” said his close friend, former U.S. Sen. Al D’Amato. “And when he fought for them, he knew that he was going

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Hundreds pack church to bid farewell to ‘Smiling Katie Flynn’ Hours before 7-year-old Katie Flynn was killed in a drunk driving accident, she had told her father that it was the best day of her life. She had been the flower girl at her aunt’s wedding, and she and her family were riding home to Lido Beach on the Meadowbrook Parkway when a wrong-way driver collided with their limousine early on the morning of July 2, 2005. Video from a camera on the limousine dashboard shows the lights of a pickup truck, driven at high speed in the wrong direction on the parkway by Martin Heidgen of Valley Stream, veering toward the limo. Heidgen's blood-alcohol content was three times the legal limit. Katie and limousine driver Stanley Rabinowitz, 59, of Farmingdale, were killed. The accident would inspire a major push back against drunk driving in the months and years that followed. Katie’s own parents, Neil and Jennifer Flynn, appeared in a series of anti-drinking public service announcements produced by the Department of Motor Vehicles. In 2006, newly elected Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice pledged to crack down on drunk driving. In 2007, a bill sponsored by State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg was approved by the State Legislature and the governor that significantly increased the penalties for individuals who cause accidents under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The legislation was put forward in response to the death of Katie Flynn and added the crimes of aggravated vehicular assault and aggravated vehicular homicide to the felony crimes of driving while intoxicated.

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Jennifer and neil flynn followed Katie’s casket out of St. Ignatius Martyr Roman Catholic Church. The funeral was packed beyond capacity for the 7-yearold, who was killed by a drunk driver on July 2, 2005. Ron Manfredi/Herald

in her fist policy initiative after taking office as Nassau County District Attorney in 2006, Kathleen Rice pledged to crack down on drunk driving and pursued legislation to toughen penalties for first time offenders.

Potts charged with manslaughter blocked by a car, he accelerOn May 15, 2009, Evan ated forward, knocked SharPotts, of Oceanside, ran over rin to the ground and ran and killed 34-year-old engineer him over. and Long Beach resident Ian Sharrin in what was described He then headed south on as a road rage incident. National Boulevard, but Though he was indicted and only made it a block before charged with second-degree he was pulled from his vehimanslaughter and criminally cle by two pedestrians who negligent homicide, Potts was had witnessed the incident. ultimately sentenced to five He was arrested by Long years of probation by Judge Beach police and charged Susan Grieco/Herald Phillip Grella. He pleaded notwith manslaughter. Evan Potts, center, of guilty to the charges. Sharrin’s family mainFor nearly two miles, police Oceanside, at his 2010 tained he was a well-liked said, Potts and Sharrin were arraignment for his role in and well-respected member driving aggressively near each the death of Long Beach of the community and that other on West Park Avenue in resident Ian Sharrin in 2009. they believe he was merely Long Beach. Then Potts, who trying to get Potts’s license was at the wheel of a black 2008 Nissan Alti- plate number when he confronted him. ma, abruptly turned south on National BouleThe defense argued that Potts was intimivard, made a U-turn and headed back toward dated by Sharrin and had merely attempted West Park. Sharrin, police said, ran a red to escape the conflict, saying that Potts feared light in his yellow 1978 Porsche on West Park for his safety and that he had called 911. in order to block Potts’s car. In 2010, Potts was convicted of criminally Witnesses said that an irate Sharrin got out negligent homicide but was acquitted of the of his vehicle, walked in front of the Nissan, top charge of second-degree manslaughter. pounded on the hood of the car and screamed He faced a maximum sentence of one-andprofanities at Potts. At that point, police said, one-third- to four years in prison, but was Potts attempted to back up, but when he was sentenced to probation.

Community mourns the loss of Bobby Calabrese The 2004 murder of Bobby Calabrese shocked his friends and family in Long Beach and the surrounding communities, who described him as an amiable, handsome young man. Calabrese grew up in a tight-knit Italian family, his relatives said, and always looked out for his siblings and friends. Calabrese was a champion wrestler at Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale in the 1990s, and graduated from Long Beach High School in 1998. He was working as a mortgage broker in 2004, and was hoping to become a police officer, like his father. He was killed the day before he was scheduled to take the Long Beach Police Department test. “Bobby was a first-class guy and very outgoing,” his younger brother, Chris, told the Herald in 2010. “His strongest quality was his family values, and he looked out for me and my little brother, Nicky. That’s what got us through this trial. I don’t know if there’s ever been a case where a family has had to sit through five murder trials.” On Dec. 3, 2004, Herve Jeannot, a resident of Deer Park, and a coworker, Mark Orlando, of Bayshore, arranged to meet with Calabrese in Island Park so that Orlando could pay Calabrese $17,000 that he owed, according to then-Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice. Instead, Orlando had paid Jeannot, a former U.S. Marine, $4,000 to kill Calabrese. Jeannot and Orlando were arrested six days later. Though Orlando was convicted of seconddegree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in 2005, Jeannot was tried sev-

eral times after his first two ended in hung juries. In 2010 he was convicted during his fourth trial and faced life in prison. Hours after the jury reached its verdict, he was found hanging from a bed sheet in his cell in the Nassau County Correctional Center in what police said was an apparent suicide.

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robert calabrese sr., Bobby Calabrese’s father, holding a picture of his son in 2011.

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The Park Avenue fire

the sheRwood house fire in 1995 on the cover of the Long Beach Herald.

Sherwood House

On Dec. 22, 1995, as many residents were preparing for the upcoming holiday weekend, a devastating fire tore through the Sherwood House apartment complex, leaving 150 Long Beach families from the co-op homeless. In total, the fire destroyed 17 apartments in the seven-story building located at 410 E Broadway. According to fire officials, it burned throughout the afternoon as first responders utilized internal waterlines and several ladder trucks on the north side of the building to battle the blaze. Sherwood House has since been rebuilt and remains an apartment complex today. Firefighters had to contend with biting December winds and leftover snow and ice from a storm the previous week as they worked to put out the flames. Sixteen fire departments responded to the call including n hungIsland Park, Oceanside, Rockville Centre and ing hisPoint Lookout-Lido. Miraculously, there were Hoursno reported injuries among the building’s he wastenants or the 250 first-responders. s cell in The cause of the fire was not deemed susnter in ide.

picious, and fire officials said it appeared to originate between the sixth and seventh floors of the building and burned up the cockloft — an empty crawlspace about two and a half feet wide between the seventh floor and the roof. The Herald reported that some residents claimed to have smelt smoke for two days before the fire and that during the building’s evacuation many did not hear a fire alarm but instead responded to growing commotion in the halls. Residents from the Long Beach Terrace co-ops at 430-50 Shore Road stepped in to help their neighbors and held a donation drive on December 24 to help those left homeless by the fire. Temporary shelter was also set up by the Red Cross in East Elementary School’s gymnasium. One tenant, Ann Siegel, told the Herald that her place of employment — the Golden Goose in Hewlett — had also recently burned down as well.

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Eight storefronts on East Park Avenue burned to the ground in an early-morning blaze on May 16, 2009. The businesses — located between Long Beach and Riverside boulevards — suffered extensive damage in a four-alarm fire that required over 200 firefighters from 14 departments to extinguish. Paulina’s Hair Salon, Chase Bank, Ooh la la boutique, Sally’s Discount Center, Santos Floral Design, San Shoe Repair, Edward Jones Investment and the office of optometrist Dr. Leland Barry were among the businesses affected. The Long Beach Fire Department received a call from police at 3:11 a.m. reporting the fire. As the blaze intensified, more south shore fire departments arrived on the scene including Point Lookout-Lido, Island Park, Oceanside and Woodmere. The building, built in 1947, lacked firewalls between the units, which Fire Commissioner Scott Kemins said allowed the blaze to move quickly through the businesses. The fire was reportedly stopped by a firewall between Chase Bank and Steven’s Pasta. Steven’s suffered smoke and water damage. According to investigators, the fire began in the vicinity of Edward Jones — a financial company — and Santos Design — a wedding and event planner. Nassau County fire officials deemed the cause of the fire undetermined and unsuspicious. Long Beach fire officials said that the fire was contained and mostly extinguished by 6 a.m. No one at the scene was seriously injured and a family that lived in an apartment above 136 E. Park Avenue managed to make it out of their home in time.

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the exaCt Cause of a fire that swept through eight storefronts on Park Avenue in 2009 was never determined, but ruled unsuspicious by fire officials.

Kemins — acting as both the fire and building commissioner — gave the order to have the buildings demolished. The new storefronts were completed in the spring of 2010. Edward Jones has since moved to an office space in Mineola. Ooh la la owner Jennifer Montiglio moved her business down the block into the old Edward Jones storefront. The Mexican restaurant, Don Juan, now occupies the old Chase Bank at 124 E Park Ave.

anthony Fallon, leFt, Glenna King and Hadrick Ray together at LBFD headquarters on Monday, July 13, 2015. Donovan Berthoud/Herald

Long Beach firefighters rescue woman and autistic son The lives of Glenna King and her 6-yearold son, Maxwell, were changed forever the night their home caught fire and three firefighters pulled off a daring rescue to save the family from their smoke-filled apartment. The three firefighters — Assistant Chief Antonio Cuevas, firefighter Anthony Fallon, and Captain Hadrick Ray — were honored with the prestigious Medal of Valor award at the Nassau County Fire Commission Awards Ceremony in 2011 for their heroic efforts. In the early morning hours of July 26, 2010, King awoke to find her home filling with acrid, black smoke. Her upstairs apartment of a two-family home at 322 E. Olive Street was on fire, later determined to have been started by a faulty power strip. Fallon, a professional firefighter, charged into the home and donned his breathing

apparatus. He crawled on his hands and knees through pitch-black rooms with only a flashlight to guide him. He eventually made it to Maxwell’s room and managed to get him to safety. But, figuring a parent wouldn’t leave their child alone in a burning building, he reasoned there was still someone else inside and rushed back in with Cuevas. They managed to successfully rescue her after finding her unconscious in her bedroom on the other side of the smoke-filled living room. Fallon became tangled in a hose line at one point, but Ray entered the home and helped free him. Over the years, the three men have formed a special bond with the King family, who eventually moved into another house in Long Beach.

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Return of the ‘Summer White House’ Sagamore Hill reopening reveals a ‘bully’ restoration By Laura Lane llane@oysterbayguardian.com

The doors of Theodore Roosevelt’s summer home, Sagamore Hill, considered to be a Long Island treasure in nearby Oyster Bay Cove, were reopened July 12, after undergoing over three years of a nearly $10 million restoration. Nearly 4000 people stopped by to participate in the momentous occasion, including Teddy Roosevelt himself, portrayed by James Foote. “I’m delighted to see everyone here,” TR said, with a wave of his hat. “There isn’t anyplace like home … my Sagamore Hill.” Then he joined Sagamore Hill Superintendent Kelly Fuhrmann and curator Susan Sarna to officially cut the red, white and blue ribbon that stretched across the entrance of the house. A group of about 50 people clapped before Sarna, who had been instrumental in the success of the house’s restoration said, “Mr. Roosevelt, welcome back.” And thus the long awaited celebratory day began. People waited all day on lines in hot humid weather but no one appeared to mind, intent on viewing the first floor of our 26th president’s summer home, a place that also served as the Summer White House. On opening day only the first floor was available for viewing, but now visitors can see all three floors and the word “see” is key to the experience. The house is much brighter now after undergoing a new electrical system, which Sarna said was time consuming and tedious, but also worth every inconvenience. The North Room, fondly known as the Trophy Room, is perhaps the room that has benefitted most, now lit in areas that were previously lost in the shadows. “The visitor has no idea how long it took to get the electrical in place,” Sarna said. “We had all the lamps rewired. Before most of them didn’t plug in anyway because we didn’t have outlets. And we took out all of the old wiring [in the house].” All day long Sarna helped ensure that the public enjoyed their first look at the restored mansion. The biggest change people seemed to be talking about was the improved lighting as

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The ImpressIve trophy-filled North Room reflects Roosevelt’s passion for hunting. TR received guests and held meetings there. well as the personal touches like the flowers. “It is so satisfying to hear people say how bright and fresh the house is but they don’t really know why,” Sarna said. “It’s all the behind the scene changes we made. They seem all be working together to enhance the visitor experience.” Beverly Aulman arrived at Sagamore Hill at 8 a.m. For her, the visit was a trip down memory lane. “I had my wedding photos taken here in 1970 so Sagamore Hill holds a very special place in my heart,” said Aulman, standing in the entrance of the house near the old grandfather clock. “My husband Edward used to say when we went to school together…that one day he was going to be president. So when we decided to get married I told him we had to get our wedding photos taken at Sagamore Hill.” Landon Ray, 3, couldn’t stop pointing at all of the animal mounts. He wasn’t frightened

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the Roosevelt Songbirds, an equestrian reenactment by First United States Volunteer Cavalry by the “Rough Riders,” a call for cavalry recruits that several children got a kick out of, and a petting zoo in the historic pastures where the Roosevelt family kept their own livestock. Tweed Roosevelt spoke at the official ceremony, joining public officials, Harvard professor Mike Canfield and other Roosevelts. “I’m never flattered when asked if I knew TR,” he joked, adding that it has been 95 years since TR’s death. “As a young child I spent time with my grandfather at Cold Spring Harbor and we often came here on Sunday for lunch. And occasionally I spent the night here staying in my grandfather’s [Archie Roosevelt] room.” As a young boy Tweed was fascinated by where he could not go — Edith’s sitting room. “The bear skin rug was a great attraction,” he said. “My great grandmother believed that children are to be seen and not heard. She was a firm lady who loved this house as I do.” Theodore Roosevelt IV remembered Edith pretty much the same way. “I said three words when I visited my great grandmother — hello, yes, and please. I remember her saying as I was leaving, ‘What a nice quiet boy.’”

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Tweed RoosevelT, great-grandson of TR, left, Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt, who marthat we have added to the house,” Sarna said. Out on the porch — a favorite spot for people regardless of whether or not they actually tour the house — a group of people rocked back and forth on large rocking chairs. A tour guide, Adrian T. Bogart Jr., shared stories of the Roosevelt family’s years in Sagamore Hill, an addition to the tours that was not available before. The house tours will be standard, 45 minutes at a clip, unlike before where questions could redirect the substance and timeframe of the tours dramatically. When people leave the house now they can relax on the rocking chairs and ask their tour guide as many questions as they wish, and of course the guides have their favorite stories they will want to share too. “Ninety percent of the people who come to Sagamore Hill come here because they are truly interested in it,” said Bogart, who has been a guide at Sagamore Hill for the past 29

years. “Each room has a story. I own 65 books about TR — he really is my idol.” Quincy Brigham, 9, jumped off the porch, another tradition for children and some adults who visit Sagamore Hill. Anxious to share all he knew about TR, which was a great deal, he admitted that he’d studied TR since he was four. In fact, Brigham was one of the last visitors to enter the house before it was closed for the restoration. “I wasn’t interested in him until I came here but once I did I found out all the cool things Teddy did as president,” said Brigham, clutching a tote bag with TR’s image on it, a replica TR walking stick and, of course, his TR Pez dispenser. “I come here three to four times a year. The house looks much different today because you can see everything much better.” The National Parks Service provided a family day for visitors, with period music by

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at all, although other much older children appeared to be. There are many of Roosevelt’s hunting trophies at Sagamore Hill, and several are in the entranceway of the house. Patricia Evans, carrying Ray, answered all of his questions. She said she has been to Sagamore Hill more times than she can remember. “I was Dr. Trousdell’s caregiver,” she explained, referring to Dr. James Nixon Trousdell, who died in 2012. He owned Hillside, the Oyster Bay home rented by TR’s uncle, James, in the 1800s. “The doctor and I came here all the time.” The night before the official opening 40 members of the Roosevelt family came to Sagamore Hill to see it for the first time after the restoration. Great grandsons Theodore Roosevelt IV, and Tweed Roosevelt; Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s granddaughter; Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt, who married TR’s grandson Archie and also served as chief of protocol for President Ronald Regan; and other Roosevelt descendents were anxious to see how Sagamore Hill appeared after all of the work. “Theodore Roosevelt IV mentioned that the house is so much brighter,” said Sarna, adding that the family also asked if the wallpaper in the North Room was new. “It is not, but because of all of the light in the room they can see it now. I think the house also looks better lit because it is now shining leading people to think changes were made, which were not.” She was sure to thank the Roosevelt descendents for their continued support. “Over the years they have given us objects

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Deep Purple The iconic British rockers in concert, Sunday, July 26, 8 p.m. $139.50 and $69.50. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. (800) 7453000 or www.livenation.com.

BA Djibril Ngawa A solo exhibit by the West African artist of photographs and paintings inspired by the shapes, colors, traditions and nature that surrounded Ngawa during his childhood in Mauritania. Through July 30. Frank and Gertrude Kaiser Gallery, Molloy College Public Square, Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 323-3196 or www. molloy.edu/artgallery. Enduring Images An exhibition, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s permanent collections, that focuses on the lasting record created by an artist’s visual responses to critical moments in time. Yonia Fain, a Holocaust survivor considered a “witness to history,” is represented, along with artists such as George Grosz, Käthe Kollwitz, and Jacob Lawrence. Through Jan. 31. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.

Scenes of Horror: A Photo-History of the Armenian Genocide A multi-media exhibit detailing the political and personal through film, text, and photos. It includes a miniexhibit on the American Near East Relief Organization and the 1919 silent film “Auction of Souls.” Through Sept. 30. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org. Afternoon Movie See “The Longest Ride,” the romantic drama based on the Nicholas Sparks novel about love affair between a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback and a college student about to embark on her dream job, Friday, July 4, 2:30 p.m.; also “5 Flights Up,” a drama about longtime married Brooklyn couple who ponder the sale of the apartment they’ve shared for more than 40 years, Tuesday, July 28, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280. Friday Flick See “Annie,” a contemporary adaptation of the popular musical Friday, July 24, 1 p.m. Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, 60 Verona Place, Valley Stream. 825-6422. Art Talk Examine “Facing Rome Through Portraits, with former Metropolitan Museum of Art Educator Michael Norris, Monday, July 27, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262. Movie Matinee See “Mr. Turner,” a biopic that examines the last quarter century of the life and career of eccentric British

Walking the Line The band performs a tribute to Johnny Cash, Tuesday, July 28, 8 p.m. Forest City Park, Wantagh. 292- 9000 ex. 382 or www.toh.li.

Next Level A concert of Caribbean and reggae tunes, Wednesday, July 29, 8 p.m. Dutch Broadway Park, Elmont. 2929000 ex. 382 or www.toh.li. Othello Shakespeare’s gripping play about the destructive power of jealousy, Wednesday, July 29, 8 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m. $15. Arena Players, Vanderbilt Mansion, Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Rd., Centerport. 293-0674 or www. arenaplayers.org.

A Tribute to Al Jolson Fans of The World’s Greatest Entertainer, as he is known, can enjoy Al Jolson’s music and memories when the Al Jolson Festival returns to Oceanside, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., for the annual celebration of the entertainer and his life. Tony Babino (pictured) brings the Jolson songs alive with his award-winning show, “The Heart of Al Jolson.” Brian Gari, grandson of Jolson’s friend and showbiz contemporary Eddie Cantor, also participates, along with special guests. Admission is $43.95, $23 show only; available at (516) 678-3524. Oceanside Knights of Columbus, 2985 Kenneth Place., Oceanside. painter J.M.W. Turner, Monday, July 27, 2 p.m. Malverne Public Library, 61 St. Thomas Place, Malverne. 599-0750.

Theater/ Music

Movie Showcase See “Still Alice,” the drama about a linguistics professor grappling with a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Monday, July 27, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.

Beach Comedy Laugh the night away with some of New York City’s hottest comedians, Thursday, July 23, 7 p.m. dinner/ drinks, 8:30 p.m. showtime. $50 dinner show package ($55 cash at door), $30 show only ($35 cash at door). The Shores at Atlantic Beach, 1845 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 983-7654 or www.TheShoresAB. com.

Film Time See “Still Alice,” the drama about a linguistics professor grappling with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Tuesday, July 28, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228. Summer Screen See the sci fi epic “Interstellar,” Tuesday, July 28, 2:30 p.m. Lynbrook Public Library, 56 Eldert St., Lynbrook. 599-8630.

Screen Time See “Into the Woods,” a film version of the Broadway musical, Wednesday, July 29, 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967. Film Showing Watch “The Imitation Game,” the historical World War II thiller based on the life of British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, Thursday, July 30, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.

The Cottage A rollicking farce inspired by the works of Noel Coward set in the English countryside in 1923, Thursday and Friday, July 23-24, 8 p.m.; Saturday, July 25, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, July 26, 2 p.m. $69. John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport. (631) 261-2900 or www.engemantheater.com.

Barefoot in the Park Neil Simon’s classic romantic comedy, Friday and Saturday, July 24-25, 8 p.m.; Sunday, July 26, 3 p.m. $21, $18 students and seniors Friday and Sunday. Merrick Theatre & Center for the Arts, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick. 868-6400. Dr. K’s Motown Revue The popular band in concert, Friday, July 24, 8 p.m. Rath Park, East Meadow. 292-9000 ext. 382 or www.toh.li.

The New York Exceptions The group performs the best of the the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s, Friday, June 24, 2:30 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280. Oldies Night The Encounters and Stan Zizka in concert, Friday, July 24, 7 p.m. Harry Chaplin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. Contact 572-0200 or concertline, 572-0223. Twelfth Night Shakespeare’s beloved comedy about love and mistaken identities, Friday, July 24, 7 p.m.; Sunday, July, 26, 7 p.m. $15. Arena Players, Vanderbilt Mansion, Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Rd., Centerport. 293-0674 or www. arenaplayers.org. Fresh In The Park Fresh 102.7 FM hosts a concert with American Authors, Echosmith and Greg Holden, Saturday, July 25, 7 p.m. Eisenhower Park, Lakeside Theatre, East Meadow. 572-0200 or concertline, 572-0223. The Rainmaker Richard Nash’s romantic drama that tells the story of a pivotal summer day in the life of a spinsterish woman in Depression-era America, Saturday, July 25, 8 p.m.; Sunday, July 26, 2:30 p.m. $23, $21 seniors, $18 students, $14 youth. BroadHollow Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke.,

The Art of Swinging Reed player-vocalist Adrian Cunningham and his quintet perform, Thursday, July 30, 7:30 p.m. Program includes early jazz and swing classics. Tickets required. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.

Family Erik’s Reptile Adventure An interactive show for all ages, Friday, July 24, 10:30 a.m. Averill Boulevard Park, Elmont. 292-9000 ext. 382. Shrek Everyone’s favorite ogre comes to life on stage, presented by Plaza Theatrical Productions, Sunday, July 26, 4 p.m. Eisenhower Park, Lakeside Theatre, East Meadow. 572-0200. Aladdin The beloved musical adventure filled with magic carpet rides, Monday, July 27, 10:30 a.m. $10, $12 at door. BroadHollow Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. (631) 5812700 or www.broadhollow.org.

Film Showing See “McFarland, USA,” the sports drama based on the true story of a 1987 cross country team from a predominantly Mexican-American high school in California, Monday, July 27, 6:45 p.m.; also Wednesday, July 29, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228. Movie Fun See “The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” the animated live action comedy, Monday, July 27, 6:30 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.

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legal notice notice oF PUBlic HeaRing BY tHe BoaRD oF aPPealS Pursuant to new York State town law article 16, new York State Public officers law article 7, and the town of Hempstead Building Zone ordinance, notice is hereby given that the BoaRD oF aPPealS of the town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the town Meeting Pavilion, town Hall Plaza, one Washington Street, Hempstead, new York on 7/29/15 at

yards aggregate, construct addition & garage both attached to dwelling; Maintain 2nd accessory structure (shed) not permitted; Maintain 3rd accessory structure (shed) not permitted & exceeds horizontal maximum., S/s timber la., 95’ W/o Hamlet Rd., a/k/a 3 timber la. 638/15. nR eaSt RocKaWaY - colleen M. o’Donnell & David Queripel, Variance, rear yard, maintain deck with stairs attached to dwelling., e/s east Blvd., 100’ n/o Sampson St. east., a/k/a 45 east Blvd. 639/15. nR eaSt RocKaWaY - nancy J. Butler, Variance, lot area occupied, construct deck with stairs attached to dwelling., n/s Williamson St., 80’ e/o eighth ave., a/k/a 132 Williamson St. tHe FolloWing caSeS Will Be calleD StaRting at 11:00 a.M. 640/15. BellMoRe - Barbara & Vito amella, Maintain 4’ high fence forward of the dwelling which may substantially obstruct line of sight., S/s Herkimer St., 201.98’ e/o little neck Rd., a/k/a 105 Herkimer St. tHe FolloWing caSeS Will Be calleD StaRting at 2:00 P.M. 612/15. - 613/15. WeSt HeMPSteaD - Robert covelli & Joanne Papasodero, Mother/Daughter Res. (2nd Kitchen); Variance, lot area occupied, construct 2nd story deck attached to dwelling., W/s theresa ave., 98.39’ n/o edward terrace, a/k/a 628 theresa ave. 641/15. - 642/15. liDo BeacH - Judith Rabinor, Variances, lot area occupied, rear yard, maintain bi-level wood deck attached to dwelling; Variance, lot area occupied, reconstruct shed., W/s Biarritz St., 80’ n/o ocean ave., a/k/a 36 Biarritz St. 643/15. FRanKlin SQUaRe - affordable Homes of long island, llc, Variances, subdivision of lot, lot area, front width from and on street line to front setback line, front yard setback on garfield St., construct 1-family dwelling with garage., n/e cor. Daffodil ave. & garfield St. 644/15. FRanKlin SQUaRe - affordable Homes of long island, llc, Variances, subdivision of lot, lot area, front width from and on street line to front setback line, construct 1-family dwelling with garage., e/s Daffodil ave. 40’ n/o garfield St. 648/15. - 651/15. inWooD Woodruff con llc, 1253 Franklin llc & Red Rock equities, llc, Special exception for proposed synagogue & special exception for accessory use to proposed synagogue (proposed catering hall) on a larger lot (new c/o required); Special exception to exceed floor area ratio with variances for front yard average setback, rear yard, construct 2-story and 2nd story additions for proposed synagogue and catering hall on a larger lot (new c/o required); Special exception to use proposed building for place of public assembly & catering hall on a larger lot; Variance in offstreet parking & special exception to park in front yard setback (proposed synagogue & catering hall)., S/s Redfern ave., 155.7’ W/o Doughty Blvd. (S.e.Q.R. determination not made) 652/15. BellMoRe - Beechwood Bellmore, llc., Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 119.14’ n/o Maple ave.,

a/k/a 1496 Horseshoe Dr. 653/15. BellMoRe - Beechwood Bellmore, llc., Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 179.14’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1494 Horseshoe Dr. 654/15. BellMoRe - Beechwood Bellmore, llc., Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 599.14’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1480 Horseshoe Dr. 655/15. BellMoRe - Beechwood Bellmore, llc., Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 169.02’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1419 Horseshoe Dr. 656/15. BellMoRe - Beechwood Bellmore, llc., Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 229.02’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1421 Horseshoe Dr. 657/15. BellMoRe Michael & Frances Beyers, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 479.14’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1484 Horseshoe Dr. 658/15. BellMoRe - Daniel & Melissa n. gwyther, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 539.14’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1482 Horseshoe Dr. 659/15. BellMoRe - John S. & lori Fornaro, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 659.14’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1478 Horseshoe Dr. 660/15. BellMoRe - Matthew & Stephanie arnell, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 719.14’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1476 Horseshoe Dr. 661/15. BellMoRe - eric R. & gina F. Molinet, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 779.14’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1474 Horseshoe Dr. 662/15. BellMoRe - Morris Stephen & Janice M. essen, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 839.14’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1472 Horseshoe Dr. 663/15. BellMoRe - Steven l. & Sharon licht & Marissa Zimmerman, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 959.14’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1468 Horseshoe Dr. 664/15. BellMoRe - Patrick & toni a. Wren, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 1079.14’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1464 Horseshoe Dr. 665/15. BellMoRe - Steven & lisa glicker, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 921.55’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1469 Horseshoe Dr. 666/15. BellMoRe - Joseph P. & Deborah a. Rizzo, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 801.55’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1473 Horseshoe Dr. 667/15. BellMoRe - Bart a. troiano, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 741.55’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1475 Horseshoe Dr. 668/15. BellMoRe - John & Jamie Macko, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 681.55’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1477

Horseshoe Dr. 669/15. BellMoRe - Kevin M. & Monica V. Farraher, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 621.55’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1479 Horseshoe Dr. 670/15. BellMoRe - Joseph g. napoli & geeta alphonso-napoli, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 561.55’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1481 Horseshoe Dr. 671/15. BellMoRe - anthony elenterio, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 441.55’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1485 Horseshoe Dr. 672/15. BellMoRe - John & Yvonne Francolini, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 381.55’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1487 Horseshoe Dr 673/15. BellMoRe - Jason W. & antonietta Fischetti, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 321.55’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1489 Horseshoe Dr. 674/15. BellMoRe - Sandeep & ashima Sandhu, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 289.02’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1423 Horseshoe Dr. 675/15. BellMoRe - ernesto a. Jr., & Divina cosme, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 409.02’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1427 Horseshoe Dr. 676/15. BellMoRe - Robert trefcer & Juliane Kowalski, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 529.02’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1431 Horseshoe Dr. 677/15. BellMoRe - todd e. & Michelle e. Knowles, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 649.02’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1435 Horseshoe Dr. 678/15. BellMoRe - greg e. & Melissa c. Zehner, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 709.02’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1437 Horseshoe Dr. 679/15. BellMoRe - Roy anderson, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 769.02’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1439 Horseshoe Dr. 680/15. BellMoRe - ashish & Kalpita Shah, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., W/s Horseshoe Dr., 829.02’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1441 Horseshoe Dr. 681/15. BellMoRe - James Drakakis & Stacy M. Slaven, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., S/s Horseshoe Dr., 1141.62’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1455 Horseshoe Dr. 682/15. BellMoRe - Karl & Brigette greven, Variance,

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legal notice SUPReMe coURt – coUntY oF naSSaU BanK oF aMeRica, n.a., Plaintiff against JoSePH JoHn eYe, JR., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 21, 2015. i, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the calendar control Part (ccP) courtroom of the Supreme court, 100 Supreme court Drive, Mineola, n.Y. on the 18 th day of august, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. Said premises known as 310 Riverside Boulevard, apartment 5i, long Beach, n.Y. 11561. tax account number: SBl # : 59-110-141U. approximate amount of lien $ 320,245.40 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. i n d e x n o. 0 0 7 6 4 2 - 1 4 . george P. esernio, esq., Referee. Fein Such & crane, llP attorney(s) for Plaintiff 1400 old country Road – Suite c103 Westbury, n.Y. 11590 “if the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. the Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s attorney.” 781154

9:30 a.M. & 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: tHe FolloWing caSeS Will Be calleD StaRting at 9:30 a.M. 621/15. WooDMeRe - evan & Jill leibowitz, Renewal of grant to maintain 6’ high fence larger than pool installation area and pool equipment with less than required rear & side yard setbacks., n/e cor. Moore St. & island ave., a/k/a 812 Moore St. 622/15. WeSt HeMPSteaD anthony J. & Jean Bonfiglio, Renewal of grant to maintain 5’ & 6’ high fence with attached 7’ high arbor, larger than pool installation area, 6’ high living fence & pool not permitted in front yard setback., S/e cor. Plymouth St. & lindbergh St., a/k/a 297 Plymouth St. 623/15. oceanSiDe Michael B. & Deborah a. McMahon, Renewal of grant t o m a i n t a i n 2-family dwelling., S/s Madison ave., 194’ e/o Brower ave., a/k/a 22 Madison ave. 624/15. UnionDale - glenston Bucknor & alexandrina Ducreay Bucknor, Renewal of grant to maintain 2-family dwelling., S/s elm Pl., 65’ e/o Paff ave., a/k/a 440 elm Pl. 625/15. eaSt MeaDoW Karen cammeyer, Renewal and Modification of grant to maintain 6’ high fence., n/e cor. First St. & Roosevelt ave., a/k/a 2227 First St. 626/15. eaSt MeaDoW Karen cammeyer, Maintain 3’ high fence forward of dwelling on both streets & within clear-sight triangle which may substantially obstruct line of sight., S/e cor. First St. & Roosevelt ave., a/k/a 2227 First St. 627/15. FRanKlin SQUaRe - courtney lande, Variance, lot area occupied, maintain detached garage., n/e cor. Kruze St. & Fenworth Blvd., a/k/a 189 Kruze St. 628/15. inWooD - carl Roberts, Variances, side yard, rear yard, maintain 1-story addition & 2nd story addition attached to rear dwelling., S/s Bayview ave., 773.26’ W/o lawrence ave., a/k/a 77 Bayview ave. 629/15. WantagH - Rebecca Hanley, Variance, front yard average setback, maintain roofed over open porch attached to dwelling., S/s Bernard St., 265’ e/o Howard la., a/k/a 3622 Bernard St. 630/15. WeSt HeMPSteaD oscar Montes & Jessica Reyes, Variance, front yard average setback, construct 2-story addition & 2nd story to dwelling., n/s Birch St., 251.61’ W/o Mulberry la., a/k/a 437 Birch St. 6 3 1 / 1 5 . W a n ta g H Michael amodio, Maintain pool equipment not permitted in side yard., W/s adams Pl., 125’ S/o edgerton ave., a/k/a 1486 adams Pl. 632/15. elMont - Swarnalatha Paka, Variance, lot area, convert 1-family dwelling to 2-family dwelling., e/s Doherty ave., 394.44’ S/o Hempstead tpke., a/k/a 41 Doherty ave. 633/15. - 634/15. n. BellMoRe - Stephen J. & Donna a. Polimeni, Variance, lot area occupied, construct roof over patio attached to dwelling; Special exception to maintain accessory structure (shed) higher than permitted & exceeding horizontal maximum, with lot area occupied variance., S/s Decatur ave., 460’ e/o Washington ave., a/k/a 2054 Decatur ave. 635/15. - 637/15. leVittoWn - John neuendorf, Variances, side yard, side

side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., n/s Horseshoe Dr., 1225.47’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1456 Horseshoe Dr. 683/15. BellMoRe - Patrick & Justine Mcnamee, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., n/s Horseshoe Dr., 1165.47’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1454 Horseshoe Dr. 684/15. BellMoRe andrew P. & Heidi S. innvar, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., n/s Horseshoe Dr., 1105.47’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1452 Horseshoe Dr. 685/15. BellMoRe - Mark J. & lydia a. levine, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 914.54’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1444 Horseshoe Dr. 686/15. BellMoRe - gregory J. eckl & lorin t. Wirtheckl, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 854.54’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1442 Horseshoe Dr. 687/15. BellMoRe - Paul gray, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 794.54’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1440 Horseshoe Dr. 688/15. BellMoRe - Miukie & Veronica W. Mei, Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., e/s Horseshoe Dr., 674.54’ n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1436 Horseshoe Dr. 689/15. BellMoRe - Beechwood Bellmore, llc., Variance, side yard, install two (2) a/c units each for three (3) single-family dwellings., east & West sides of Horseshoe Dr. & n/o Maple ave., a/k/a 1413, 1425 & 1446 Horseshoe Dr. 1454/15. FRanKlin SQUaRe - Michael & Margaret gangi, Variance, lot area occupied, construct 2-story additions, 2nd story addition & roofed over portico all attached to dwelling., S/s Woodcliff Dr., 234.87’ e/o Sherman Dr., a/k/a 1027 Woodcliff Dr. 1455/15. WooDMeRe David Friend & Wendy Kaplan-Friend, Variances, height, exceed number of stories, front yard average setback, lot area occupied, construct 1-story & 2-story additions, 2nd story addition, 3rd story attic extension & front & rear roof over porticos all attached to dwelling., S/s central ave., 100’ e/o Pine St., a/k/a 787 central ave. all PaPeRS PeRtaining to tHe aBoVe HeaRing aRe aVailaBle FoR inSPection at tHe BoaRD oF aPPealS, toWn Hall, 1 W a S H i n g to n S t R e e t, HeMPSteaD, nY 11550. interested parties may appear at the above time and place. at the call of the chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it By order of the Board of appeals,

David P. Weiss, chairman Richard M. a. Regina, Secretary 781786 legal notice notice oF Sale SUPReMe coURt coUntY oF naSSaU Bank of new York Mellon, f/k/a the Bank of new York, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the alternative loan trust 2006-oa19, Mortgage Pass through certificates Series 2006-oa19, Plaintiff, against Frank J. odery, Susan e. odery, et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 4/7/2015 i, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the calendar control Part (ccP) courtroom of the Supreme court, 100 Supreme court Drive, Mineola, nY 11501 on 08/25/2015 at 11:30aM, premises known as 666 Shore Road Unit 3B a/k/a 666 Shore Road, Unit 302, long Beach, nY 11561 all that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the town of Hempstead, county of nassau and State of new York, SBl #: 59- 191- 46U ca 0004 Unit 302. approximate amount of judgment $613,405.18 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment index# 6753/2014. ethan irwin, esq., Referee FRenKel laMBeRt WeiSS WeiSMan & goRDon, llP attorney for Plaintiff, 53 gibson Street, B a y S h o r e, n Y 1 1 7 0 6 01-043120-F01 1145033 782003 legal notice notice oF Sale SUPReMe coURt: naSSaU coUntY JPMorgan chase Bank, national association; Plaintiff(s) vs. eileen toellneR; JaMeS toellneR; et al; Defendant(s) attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): RoSicKi, RoSicKi & aSSociateS, P.c., 2 Summit court, Suite 301, Fishkill, n e w Yo r k , 1 2 5 2 4 , 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about September 22, 2014, i will sell at Public auction to the highest bidder at calendar control Part (ccP) courtroom of the Supreme court, 100 Supreme court Drive, Mineola, nY 11501. on august 25, 2015 at 11:30 am. Premises known as 547 e HaRRiSon StReet, long BeacH, nY 11561 District: 028 Section: 59 Block: 163 lot: 62-63 all that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the city of long Beach, county of nassau and State of new York, known and designated as and by the lot numbers 62 and 63 in Block 163 on a certain map entitled, “estates of long Beach, long island, William F. Reynolds, President, Map #1, chas W. leavitt Jr., landscape engineer, 220 Broad-

way, new York city dated March 1907” and filed in the nassau county clerk`s office on april 20, 1911 as Map #31. as more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. approximate amount of judgment $186,090.01 plus interest and costs. inDeX no. 4434/13 louis Devito, esq., ReFeRee 782080 legal notice the Komanoff center for geriatric and Rehabilitative Medicine does not discriminate in admission or retention or care of residents because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin or sponsor, sex, disability, blindness, age, source of payment, marital status, or sexual orientation. age is considered for all admissions in compliance with 10 nYcRR415.26i Viii.a the Komanoff center for geriatric and Rehabilitative Medicine 375 e. Bay Drive long Beach, new York 11561 782100 legal notice FoR iMMeDiate PUBlication: this notice is being sent to the news media pursuant to the provisions of § 94 of the Public officers law of the State of new York. PleaSe taKe notice: there will be a Special Meeting of the lido and Point lookout Fire District, town of Hempstead, county of nassau, State of new York, scheduled on Monday, July 27, 2015 at 7:30 pm at Headquarters, 102 lido Boulevard, commissioners’ Room, Point lookout, new York. agenda: the Board will be meeting to discuss the length of Serv i c e a wa r d s P r o g r a m (loSaP). By order of the Board of Fire commissioners of the lido and Point lookout Fire District. terri Ryan, District Secretary lido and Point lookout Fire District 782401 legal notice notice is hereby given that an order granted by the Supreme court, nassau county, on the 30th day of June, 2015, bearing index number 15-004876, 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 avery Simon Brogan. My present address is 447 east Park ave. long Beach, nY 11561.the date of my birth is July 14, 1997; the place of birth is South nassau community Hospital, oceanside, nY the present name is amanda Savannah Brogan. 782697

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legal notice notice oF Sale SUPReMe coURt, naSSaU coUntY inDeX no.: 6696/13 Bonita WeSt llc v. JoHn a. cURRY, JR., Sole DeViSee anD aDMinStRatoR cta oF tHe eState oF aManDa SHUleR a/k/a aManDa M. cURRY, et al, Defendants. Pursuant to Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, dated December 17, 2014 and entered on February 23, 2015, i, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the calendar control Part (ccP) courtroom of the Supreme court, 100 Supreme court Drive, Mineola, new York 11501 on the 11th day of august, 2015 at 11:30 a.M., the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold, being in Section 59, Block 93, lots 95-97 on the tax Map of the city of long Beach, county of nassau, State of new York and known by the street number 79 east Hudson Street, long Beach, new York. approximate amount of Judgment is $19,409.55 plus interest, costs, attorneys’ fees and advances. Said premises will be sold subject to the provisions of the filed Judgment and the terms of Sale. MicHael J. SePe, eSQ., Referee. SanDeRS, gUtMan & BRoDie, P.c., attorneys for Plaintiff, 26 court Street, Suite 409, Brooklyn, new York 11242 (718) 5220666 780482

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A. Sandy isn’t the only one that will have damaged you, unfortunately. If you received the letter that says you need to lift to a minimum of 2 feet above the Federal Emergency Management Agency-proscribed height, you will, and I mean must, lift your home. It’s mandatory, no ifs, ands or buts. You can resist for an undetermined amount of time, but discussions with flood plain officials and building departments revealed that they’re audited by FEMA for every recorded property to monitor the status of work being done to prevent life and property loss. FEMA isn’t only a onte eeper part of the federal government, it’s an insurance company, to put it plainly, and doesn’t want to keep paying out after every disaster. If you remember when people around the country were grumbling about the huge payouts, several years in a row, to people who kept rebuilding along the Mississippi, you’ll understand that the agency wants to avoid repeated payouts to people who do not remedy. This mandate is intended to keep us all from paying even more taxes than we do. The federal government, as a point of fact, is the sole owner of every inch of land in this country. You can pay off your mortgage and receive clear title, which is purposely called a title, granted by the nation, but you will never own property outright. So, under those circumstances, your strong will to fight the government mandate to lift will ultimately be fruitless. Along the way, each agency, from your local government to the county to the state, will exercise its responsibility to enforce the requirements of the federal government. The money you received is part of a grant through the Department of Housing and Urban Development. So, what would happen, if you don’t proceed with having plans made, permits applied for and documents filed, is that your local government could revoke your certificate of occupancy, cite you, start court proceedings, and ultimately condemn your home for abandonment. It could then be seized, sold or removed. I doubt most people would want that to happen, but it could. Having your C of O taken away would mean you couldn’t sell, even for cash, because the agencies that record title, the tax and building departments would start the process of prosecuting you anyway. Yes, it has proven to be quite a hassle to lift a home, but the alternative isn’t any better. There’s much to be done, so get started!

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Q. I got a letter from my village that says my house needs to be lifted, and that it’s mandatory because I was lucky enough to be 50 percent damaged by Sandy. Trouble is, we fixed the house right away after the storm and have gotten money from NY Rising already. I don’t want to lift it — it’s too much hassle, and we’re done with this whole thing! Seriously, what can they do to me if I refuse to lift?

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Keep your teens — and yourself — safe on our crowded roads

ummer driving season is in full swing, and we’re out on the roads in large numbers. The absence of winter’s dangers can make it seem like a safer time to drive, but according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are roughly twice as many automotive deaths in the summer as there are in the other three seasons combined. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adds that the average number of teen driving fatalities doubles in June, July and August. Drivers ages 16 to 19 are three times as likely as those 20 or older to be involved in fatal accidents. The death rate for males in that age group is twice that of females, according to the CDC, and the risk of a crash increases with the number of passengers. Technology is a major contributor to distracted driving, and given the ubiquity of mobile devices, we live in an era of great risk for such behavior. Add to that statistics showing that teens are more likely than older drivers to underestimate dangerous situations or hazardous conditions, more likely to speed and to tailgate, and have the lowest rate of seat belt use, according to the CDC. As well, about a quarter of fatal accidents among teens involve alcohol, and they are more susceptible to crashing at all levels of blood alcohol concentration than older drivers. And according to a study by the AAA Foundation, about one-third of the people killed in crashes involving drivers ages 15 to 17 between 1998 and 2007 were not in the teens’ vehicles. Unsafe teen driving presents a serious risk to those in other vehicles as

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Your help Is needed To the Editor: Family & Children’s Association, Long Island’s leading human care agency, is seeking volunteers for its program devoted to safeguarding senior citizens. Beginning this month, they are accepting individuals who wish to become a member of their Ombudservice. FCA’s Ombudservice Program is part of a statewide network of certified volunteers who visit nursing homes, adult homes and assisted living facilities in Nassau County. Ombudspersons serve as advocates for residents and their families. If you are looking for a meaningful way to improve the quality of life for our frail, sick and

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Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are roughly twice as many automotive deaths in the summer as there are in the other three seasons combined. The statistics for teenage drivers are equally sobering. well as cyclists and pedestrians. The Community Parent Center, in Merrick, urges parents to review safe driving practices with their teens, and to monitor what they do behind the wheel. Parents play a critical role in reducing their kids’ risky behavior, even if they aren’t riding along when they drive. Limiting the number of passengers in a vehicle driven by a teenager is another important step. The risk of a crash doubles with one passenger, and increases five times with two or more. Carloads of friends are unsafe, and parents should be aware of who’s riding along with their teens and do their best to enforce rules about it. The CDC lists other dangers to be aware of, for those of all ages: nighttime driving, not wearing seat belts, distracted driving, drowsy driving, reckless driving and impaired driving. It’s hard to imagine how anyone could still

not be aware of how important seat belts are. The ability of these simple devices to save lives is proven year after year. A cell phone or other mobile electronic device should be set aside by the driver and not touched until the trip is over. In a car occupied by teens, all should reduce the distraction temptation by stashing phones in the glove compartment or the back-of-the-seat pockets — after having turned them off or silenced their ringtones. This can save not only ticket fees and insurance costs, but lives. It’s driving’s most basic rule, but drivers young and old must focus on the road in this busiest season. They need to be aware of everything that’s happening — and to anticipate what may happen — in their field of vision. Zoning out or simply staring straight ahead leaves drivers open to risks from other sides, and puts the motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians who share the road with them at greater risk, too. Take a defensive driving course, and encourage your teens to. Insurance companies offer that 10 percent discount for good reason: Fatality rates for drivers under 21 drop sharply — by as much as 50 percent in some states — among those who take the course. And, of course, no matter their age, drivers must be aware of their physical and cognitive condition before they decide to get behind the wheel. Impaired driving is simply unacceptable, and at the end of a long day filled with activities, drowsy driving can be just as dangerous as impaired driving. Let’s all exercise some common sense, and get where we’re going safely this summer.

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experience as a prosecutor is unquestioned, but her lack of skill and experience as a politician may cost her the race. Murray, meanwhile, is one of the most popular politicians in Nassau County, but she has little experience as a lawyer, much less as a prosecutor. Her ability to work a crowd, make a speech and get her message across in the newspapers and in a campaign is unquestioned, but her lack of prosecutorial experience may cost her the race. Don’t get me wrong: Murray did serve as an attorney for several years, doing civil (not criminal) litigation, but she hasn’t been in a courtroom for over 15 years, and she has never been involved in any criminal proceedings. Singas serves in a high-profile job and has received some favorable press for some very important prosecutorial efforts that are also politically popular, but much of what she has done for 20 years has received little press, and she’s done little to promote her accomplishments. If they simply had to choose between the skilled politician and the skilled prosecutor for district attorney, voters would probably choose the prosecutor, because those skills are much more appealing. The problem is that in any political campaign, you need to get the message out. That requires political skill and fundraising to pay to get that message in front of people through mailings and TV. Singas out-raised Murray in the first fundraising filings by tapping into her deep ties in the Greek community, her friends in the legal community and Democrats looking

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Singas has been a prosecutor for more than 20 years, but she’s a complete newcomer to politics. Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, meanwhile, is one of the most popular politicians in Nassau County, but she has little experience as a lawyer, much less as a prosecutor. to stop the Republicans from controlling every countywide office. Can she keep it up? Murray is just getting started. The GOP wants this seat. More and more elected officials are being targeted for public corruption, and Republicans would much rather have one of their own looking over their shoulders than a prosecutor who doesn’t seek any higher office and who owes no one. Both Murray and Singas are successful, hardworking women who have achieved great success. Will the experienced politician or the experienced prosecutor carry the day? Tom Suozzi, an attorney with the law firm Harris Beach, was Nassau County executive from 2002 to 2009 and mayor of Glen Cove from 1994 to 2001. Comments about this column? TSuozzi@liherald.com.

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Car drivers share the blame To the Editor: After reading your editorial about motorcycle safety (“Let’s focus on motorcycle safety,” July 9-15) it seems you put a lot of the problem on the motorcyclist and you want to impose more training and more fines. I’m 72. I ride and have had extensive training but that’s not going to help me when a driver not paying attention runs me off the road. I’ve had my share of those incidents. I know there are a lot of bikers out there that don’t ride safely. On the other side of the equation, which you did not mention, are motorists that are speeding, texting, talk-

Before the rush — Long Beach ing, drinking, reading books and not paying attention to the road. On several occasions, I have witnessed this myself with my wife on the back. Motorcycling is a great sport. There is plenty of blame

to go around and it’s not just bikers. Why don’t you write an article about the non enforcement of the laws that we already have on the books. As a biker, I think all car manufactures should Install “lane occupied devic-

es” on mirrors. This warning device should be standard equipment instead of an option. aLfred Kaiser Wantagh

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he race for Nassau County district attorney is one of the most important contests in this election cycle. Vying for the top prosecutor’s job are two talented women whose greatest strengths could prove to be their greatest weaknesses. Kate Murray is a smart, likable and very popular politician who has served as Town of Hempstead supervisor for over 12 years. She is unanimously backed by one of the state’s, if not the country’s, most effective political organizations. Her approval rating as supervisor is high, she’s an experienced campaigner, and she can tap into the deep coffers of the town’s and county’s GOP fundraising operations. Not to be overlooked is the fact that half of the county’s voters — those in the Town of Hempstead — are all too familiar with town newsletters and local press releases filled with photos of Murray snuggling and smiling with dogs and children. She is popular, and she and her team have worked hard to build that popularity. Madeline Singas is also very smart. She has toiled away relatively anonymously for decades as a prosecutor, earning high praise as honest, hardworking, tough but fair and dedicated to justice. She was selected as acting district attorney because of her colleagues’ near-universal respect for her ability as a prosecutor, a professional, and someone dedicated to fighting crime and rooting out abuse of the public trust. Those are the candidates’ strengths — and therein lies their weaknesses. Singas has been a prosecutor for more than 20 years, but she’s a complete newcomer to politics. Despite serving as acting D.A. since the beginning of the year, she isn’t that well known, and her face — and the details of her successful prosecutions and new initiatives — should be in the paper much more often than they are. Her strength and

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Nuclear deal rewards Iran, puts U.S. at risk

or years, the U.S. and other nations have been negotiating with Iran, with the goal of reaching a nuclear arms deal. If the goal was to reward Iran, Mission Accomplished. These were the most concentrated negotiations between Washington and Iran since diplomatic relations ruptured after Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution. Now we have produced a landmark nuclear agreement that aims to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons in exchange for relief of economic sanctions. When it comes to treaties, President Reagan, referring to the Soviet Union and arms-control agreements during the Cold War, famously said, “Trust but verify.” Now my good friend Joe Lieberman, the former Democrat turned independent U.S. senator from Connecticut, a staunch critic of the deal with Iran, summed it up quite succinctly when he said, “There is much more risk for America and reward for Iran than should be in this agreement.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of our greatest allies, has called the deal a historic mistake. “Wide-ranging concessions were made in all of the areas which should have prevented Iran from getting the ability to arm itself with a nuclear weapon,” Netanyahu said. “The desire to sign an agreement was stronger than everything else.” He’s absolutely right. This deal does nothing but preserve Iran’s nuclear system. At the heart of the agreement is Iran’s acceptance of strict limits on its nuclear activities for 10 years, a condition aimed at keeping the country at least 12 months away from creating a nuclear bomb over that time span. At this time in our history, despite the sanctions that

have been imposed by the United Nations and the U.S., Iran has been creating incredible mayhem in Syria, Libya and Iraq, to the consternation of our allies. It has been crippled by the sanctions, yet it still manages to wreak havoc. Now, with the sanctions lifted, Iran will have an economic infusion, and hundreds of billions of extra dollars to build its military. The proposed agreement will allow the Iranians to begin exporting oil again, permitting their economy to expand by 7 to 8 percent annually for years to come. At the same time, Iran will receive more than $100 billion in assets locked overseas under U.S. sanctions. Imagine the destructive force the country will be when the economic and military embargoes are lifted. The Iranians will be laughing at us, straight to the bank! In the proposed agreement, we have left the door open for them to proceed with their nuclear development, as the inspectors do little to stop them. In order for an inspection to be made at an Iranian military base, the country must be given 24 days’ notice before the inspectors are permitted into the facility. That’s preposterous! Twenty-four days is a lifetime — ample time to move, hide and destroy evidence before the inspectors arrive. In the meantime, other Arabic states, namely Saudi

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Arabia and Egypt, which view the Iranians as a major threat, will, fearing for their own safety, attempt to acquire nuclear weapons themselves. Additionally, Israel faces an avowed enemy that has sworn to annihilate it. We shouldn’t stand by while President Obama and his administration try desperately to save their legacy, which right now consists of nothing more than foreign policy failures. Democrats and Republicans alike have severe reservations about this deal. Even Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat and an ally of the president, said he would go through it with a fine-tooth comb. Long Island Congressman Peter King said that the deal “institutionalizes Iran’s nuclear program, and in the meantime Iran gets tens of billions of dollars to spread terrorism.” Congress may vote within 60 days to nullify the deal, and pass a resolution to block its implementation. Even if lawmakers succeed, the Senate will need 67 votes to overturn a presidential veto, which is a lot, even with Republican leadership. My guess is that the deal will stand, and only briefly delay Iran from getting its hands on a nuclear weapon. And if that happens, do you really think China or Russia will vote to reimpose the sanctions? Not a chance. Simply put, this is a deal that imperils our national security, as well as that of Israel. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

The things we hold close to our hearts

otem: a spirit being, sacred object or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage or tribe. The totemic symbol may serve as a reminder of the kin group’s ancestry or mythic past. I will venture to guess that I’m the first person to ascribe totemic significance to what seems to be an ordinary Croc sandal. (More about that later.) Lately I’ve noticed that certain objects speak to me, and it isn’t heat stroke or imagination run amok. And I don’t mean “speak” literally, of course, but figuratively. If we think about it, we all have totems in our lives. (Remember Rosebud?) Some are truly powerful, like the Star of David or a cross, not necessarily because of any intrinsic value, but because of a spiritual overlay, which creates a kind of aura. Most often, totems are ordinary, banal things glazed with memory and meaning by events in our lives. The Croc in question belongs to my grandson. We were on vacation together when he misplaced one of his green Crocs. We were out on a sandbar, traveling by kayak, and suddenly, when we were ready to pack up and leave, the shoe was gone. I have a very soft spot for this boy, and

when his parents landed on him hard for losing the shoe, I felt bad. The kid is only 8 years old. I know they’re trying to teach him personal responsibility, but there’s time for that after he graduates from med school, right? I picked up the remaining Croc and took it with me, figuring I’d buy him a new pair. Couldn’t find his size anywhere, and believe me, I looked. So I took it home with me and tossed it into the front seat of my car, planning to shop until I found what I needed. But get this: Kids grow. By the time I found Crocs in his size, his mother, the enforcer, said his feet were bigger, and he already had a new pair of sandals, so thanks anyway, but never mind. There was the green Croc, on the floor of my car. I didn’t remove it. Every time I get into the car it reminds me of my boy, and I get a feel-good jolt of grandma joy. I don’t get to see this grandchild or his sister very often because they live on the West Coast, so the Croc, which carries his littleboy essence, offers a sweet connection. See Elijah run. See Elijah jump. See Elijah. This started me thinking about collecting one shoe from all the people I love and making a standing shoe tree in my house, a kind of family art installation. But when I looked at my nephew’s offering, a size 12

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hiking boot, caked with what I hoped was mud, it wasn’t screaming “totem.” It was screaming, “Throw me away ASAP!” So I drive on, with Elijah’s Croc riding shotgun. When he came to New York to visit in June, he asked me why I had his shoe in my car. I told him it made me feel good to see it there every day, and I think he got it. Maybe we’ve got a theme going, because another cherished totem is a stone foot I bought from a street vendor in Mozambique. Actually, I bought two. They’re made from some kind of mottled natural stone, each one carved into a thin, bony foot that can hold paper clips, or something else, or nothing. I just had to have them. As soon as I got home, I put them on my nightstand. The stone feels cool and smooth, and the foot makes me think of warriors stepping barefoot through the bush. When my daughter visited, she said she really wanted one of them, and I gave it to her, so now the feet are separated by 3,000 miles, but they’re still a pair. My other special totems include a heart-shaped rock pulled from the Ruby River in Montana, a piece of brain coral from St. Maarten, which reminds me how close I came to dying when I was young and careless about fast incoming tides, and a dog collar, worn and faded, from my sweet old friend Sheba. Anyone else might look at these things and see something, but not what I see, and not what I feel when I pick up the rock from

the Paradise Valley and remember the summer that changed all our lives. We four suburbanites got a glimpse of the West, and it made us into hikers and wanderers and fisherman and wilderness guides. I think of that every day when I pick up the rock that sits on my windowsill. Literature makes abundant good use of totems. Last year everyone was reading “Euphoria,” by Lily King, which tells the story of an ancient, carved wooden totem that was stolen by a rogue anthropologist. That totem carried bad medicine for the thief. But the author makes use of the totem concept at the end of the book, when a good-guy anthropologist spots a blue button in a museum display and recognizes it as one that was worn by his former lover when she was working in Papua New Guinea. It was a button he had undone. Elijah, the boy with the missing green Croc, is on his way to summer camp for the first time. I checked with his mom; he’s traveling with Georgie the monkey and Chimmi the squirrel. At night, when it gets real quiet in the bunk and all he can see out the window is nothing, don’t let anybody try to tell him that Georgie is just a stuffy made of brown fake fur and button eyes. Georgie is a totem, carrying the scent of home with him for a little boy away for the first time. Copyright © 2015 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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