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This year’s Barefoot Bocce League champion? The Turkey Eye Balls. By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

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PlAYERS IN THE Barefoot Bocce League were extremely focused, and clearly well-hydrated.

Many might not know it, but bocce ball is a serious sport. It involves sweat, tears and, of course, brightly colored balls. The Barefoot Bocce League has been active in Long Beach since 2014, when its founder, Arnie Peltz, 73, built two courts on Riverside Boulevard by the beach, where the Superblock is now being developed. The courts were then part of what was called Barefoot Mini-Golf,

because there was a miniature golf course next to them. Two years before Covid struck, Peltz and the other players began looking for a new place to play, and they found a larger, quieter spot: They can now be found at the Long Beach Recreation Center, next to the dog park and overlooking Reynolds Channel. The city, Peltz said, initially gave him two options for new courts — next to the dog park, or at Clark Street Park, in the Continued on page 8

Kaminsky casts long shadow in area Senate race By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

Todd Kaminsky casts a long shadow in Long Beach and the Five Towns, which make up much of the 9th State Senatorial District. Kaminsky was a state senator for eight years, and chaired the upper chamber’s Environmental Conservation Committee. The 42-year-old Democrat was a familiar face at countless Long Beach and Five Towns events. He lost his bid last year to become Nassau County district attorney to the Republican Anne Donnelly. The two candidates seeking to replace Kaminsky in the November election are hardly household names. Ken Moore, a 61-year-old Democrat, is the mayor of the Village of Bellerose, which has a population of about 1,300. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, 56, a Republican, is a trustee of the Village of Malverne — population about 8,000.

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he problem is, neither party has a farm system. There’s no big names to put in there.

JERRY KREMER

Political analyst and Herald columnist There are various theories as to why a more widely known candidate has not stepped up to campaign to fill Kaminsky’s seat. Jerry Kremer, a former chairman of the State Assembly’s powerful Ways and Means Committee, a veteran political analyst and a Herald columnist, said earlier this week that the cupboard is bare of viable candidates for both parties. “The problem is, neither party has a farm system,” Kremer said. “There’s no big names to

put in there” to run for the Senate seat. But, he added, the race is important nonetheless. Democrats, who hold a majority in the Senate, want to keep the seat “because they may lose some others,” Kremer said. Republicans, meanwhile, are seeking to gain seats. They are in the minority in both chambers of the State Legislature, and Gov. Kathy Hochul is a Democrat as well. Even though Moore, who is running with Working Families Party support, and Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, who has Conservative Party backing, are not well know, the turnout in November is expected to be sizable, Kremer said, in large part because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn Roe v Wade. That month, Hochul signed a bill intended to protect the rights of women seeking abortions and reproductive health care providers. Her Republican challenger, Lee Zeldin, had previously voiced support for reversing Roe v. Wade, but Continued on page 17


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