Long Beach Herald 09-22-2022

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L.B.’s emerging sport: bocce ball

This year’s Barefoot Bocce League champion? The Turkey Eye Balls.

By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

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 play ers 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

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 Environmen tal 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 Coun ty district attorney to the Republican Anne Don nelly.

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 Belle rose, which has a population of about 1,300.

Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, 56, a Republi can, is a trustee of the Village of Malverne — population about 8,000.

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. Demo crats, who hold a majority in the Senate, want to keep the seat “because they may lose some oth ers,” 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 Canzone ri-Fitzpatrick, who has Conservative Party back ing, 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 deci sion 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 previous ly voiced support for reversing Roe v. Wade, but

Joe Abate/Herald

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

T he problem is, neither party has a farm system. There’s no big names to put in there.

JERRY KREMER

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New York Fit Fest returns to Sunday

Classes will only be on the rooftop of the Allegria Hotel in Long Beach

New York Fit Fest is returning to Long Beach for a day of self-care on Sunday, Sept. 25. The one-of-a-kind fitness and wellness experience, for the first time, will now only be on the roof of the Allegria Hotel.

The day will be held entirely on the rooftop of the hotel with several classes kicking off every 20 min utes, starting at 9 am. There will be world renowned athletes, beauty and nutrition experts and celebrity trainer and over 20 classes and dis cussion panels, shopping, music and workshops.

NY Fit Fest vendors, sponsors, and instructors were hand-picked for their reputations of excellence, according to the co-founders. Whether it be yoga, meditation, stand-up pool yoga, booty boot camp, kickboxing, Zumba, soul sculpting, TRX, barre class, or learning the latest Tiktok dance, there is something for all fitness levels.

Co-Founders Ingrid Dodd and Colette Lee Morales say their mis sion is to unite all kinds of people, with all different fitness levels, to discover something new that lights their souls on fire.

The mission of the festival is to help people who may not normally head to a gym or spa to be enlight ened with a memorable experience while creating new and supportive friendships, they said. Uniting peo ple through fitness and wellness is a powerful movement that has become more important than ever for the entire population.

Massages, vitamin drips and oceanfront stretches will also be offered for those looking for some thing to do other than classes.

Many kinds of yoga classes and stretching sessions are offered for fitness fanatics.

co-foundeRs ingRidd dodd and Colette Lee Morales said the classes are there to unite everyone.

theRe aRe classes of all intensities and for all skill levels to take part in at the Allegria Hotel this Sunday.

Photos courtesy Ingrid Dodd Rooftop and beachfRont yoga classes are offered throughout the day at NY Fit Fest.

Long Beach scouts rafted in the mountains

The Long Beach Scouts in Troop 215B made a trip to the Adirondack’s last Friday. They were heading off on “Liam and Mile’s Whitewater Adven ture.”

After arriving well after dark, the troop set up their tents and sleeping gear. In the morning, after a breakfast of pancakes and sausage, the troop drove into the Hudson Gorge wilder ness where they met their rafting guides and were suited up with full wetsuits, PFDs, helmets and splash jackets.

Then it was onto the river, over three miles on the Indian River followed by 13 more on the Hudson River. Under the direction of their guide, the scouts maneuvered through rapids, dodging and sometimes bouncing off rocks that littered the riverbed.

After the 5 hour rafting trip, the scouts returned to camp and spent the afternoon playing and cooking dinner

for themselves and their leaders. A fire was started by the troop, s’mores were passed around and impromptu board games were played on the food boxes.

Next, it was off to Saratoga National Historic Park, where the scouts learned of the Battle of Saratoga on Sunday. They walked a trail that was built on the route of actual roads the American and British Troops used about 245 years prior. After eating lunch at the National Battlefield followed by a quick stop for ice cream, the Scouts were on the way back to Long Beach while plan ning for the next adventure.

ScoutS in Long Beach’s Troop 215B made a trip out to the Adirondack’s last Friday to go rafting.

Photos courtesy BeaverBrook

ScoutS from troop 215B in Long Beach learned some history while having fun over the weekend.

Earth Day comes this Friday at L.B.’s Episcopal Church

By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

Earth Day is far off – April 22 , to be exact. But you can celebrate early this year at an unusual ceremony this Fri day night at St. James of Jerusalem Church in Long Beach.

Pastor Susan Bock has announced “a garden gather ing for our beloved Earth, this Friday night, at the church. 220 West Penn St., from 7-8 pm.

The Episcopal church in Long Beach – the barrier island’s only such religious institution - is known to do off-beat things. It has intro duced a sign-reader to help people who are deaf follow the services.

In her announcement, Bock related the story of Adam and Eve and their fall from the Garden of Eden after eating the forbidden fruit.

“Since then, we have ever-increasingly used and abused the Earth in our unbridled consumption of her gifts, assuming those gifts had no limits or

needs, and were ours not to love and handle with care, but to mine, plow, chop down, pollute, burn up, buy, sell, hoard, and otherwise use however we wanted - to the end that now she is languishing, unable to sustain many forms of life, including our own, and, in fact, reacting to our recklessness in ways that cause terrible human suffering, especially to the poor of the earth,” Bock wrote.

She thinks, she says, we owe an apology to Earth.

“We owe our Creator and this beloved creation much apology. We need to lament our failure as stewards. We need to remember and praise Earth’s wondrous beauty. And we need to commit ourselves, all that we have and are, to her healing.” She wrote.

The church and organized religion, she said, has “become less relvant” and “needs to re-connect” with people.

“We are going to provide a platform for the harm organized religion has done to some people,” Bock said.

Swim Team Captain Attends Leadership Conference

Gianna Horen, girls swim team captain at Oceanside High School, represented OHS, New York State, and Long Island’s Section VIII at a leadership conference in Indianapo lis over the summer. In a note to her coach, John Madden, who is also a school counselor at OHS, Gianna wrote about her thoughts on the conference. “I was one of two repre sentatives for New York state at the 2022 National Student Leadership Summit. At this summit we learned about being more effective and bet ter leaders, planning for further education, good sportsmanship, being a good digital citizen, inclusion, and how to build good and effective relationships. We learned from the expert content speakers. I also met people from around the U.S. and Canada. In addition to the speakers, we also helped with Spe cial Olympics Indiana, which was a great opportunity and a ton of fun. I really wish that the conference had been longer. It was one of the best experiences of my life.”

–Kepherd Daniel

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Courtesy Oceanside School District HoREN lEARNEd ABouT team building, good digital citizenship, sportsmanship, building positive, effective relationships and more. Heart Academy is a recognized All-Girls Catholic High School that empowers girls to challenge themselves in a rigorous academic setting, their leadership skills self-confidence in a safe, peaceful environment the Sisters of St. Joseph,

Pastor Susan Bock

About that apple and the Jewish Near Year News brief

According to the latest agricultural science studies there are over 7,500 varieties of apples in the world, with approximately 2,500 types grown in the United States.

As we approach the start of the High Holidays, most of us can recall one of the most familiar foods associated with the start of the Jewish New Year. When we begin our first meal we initiate the gathering by dipping an apple in honey, “so as to have a sweet year”. The honey of course insures the sweetness, but why an apple?

Explanations abound. Some sages said it’s about the shape--round-ish reminds of the cycle of the year, or per haps the earth itself as legend states that Rosh Hashonah is the birthday of the planet ( same reason we use round chal lahs for this festival ). Others claim it’s really about the color red.

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Guest Column

They trace the utilization of this fruit to the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. All of us know the basics. The Almighty instructs the couple not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. However, the snake convinced Eve to take a bite, and she in turn talked Adam into doing the same. The first transgression of human kind in the Bible was depicted in many illustrations, countless works of reli gious art, and described in numerous translations of Genesis as an apple being consumed as the forbidden fruit. Therefore, for millennia the apple has had an understandably negative conno tation within traditional religious motifs.

Rabbi Jack ZaneRhaft

Of course this color has many claims to fame within Judaic lore. It is associat ed with the blood smeared over the door posts of the enslaved Israelites as the Angel of Death passed over their homes during the Tenth Plague. There is also the Red Heifer, used in an ancient Temple purification process, the red string that wards off evil spirits, and the red wine recalling the first grapes seen by the twelve scouts as they surveyed the Holy Land, just to name a few examples.

However the mystics of the Middle Ages main tained that the origin of the use of the apple during the holiday contains a very deep and meaningful les

So the Kabbalists believed that to model the seasonal theme of redemption and positive change, we ought to employ the apple in a favorable ritualistic way-to demonstrate that an object of sin can be transformed into a good and delight ful act. In this way we are symbolically reminded of the potential and possibili ty that exists within each of us--that we can turn our mistakes into mitzvahs.

This ancient and familiar custom of Rosh Hashon ah so beautifully teaches that we can repair ourselves, that everyone gets a second chance. Even the apple. L’shalom.

Jack Zanerhaft is chief rabbi at Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach.

Students celebrate creativity

Long Beach elementary students throughout the dis trict participated in a global celebration of creativity, courage, and collaboration on September 15.

Throughout the district’s four elementary schools, classes read and discussed “The Dot,” by Peter H. Reyn olds, and other books relat ed to the theme. Students participated in Dot Day dec larations, artwork and other activities, and many incor porated dots into their attire as well.

Students at Lindell

shared their reflections with peers during their morning announcements. “Make your mark one way or another but make it unique!” “There’s no one like you and there’s only one you so do your best always!” and “Be yourself always!” are some of the thoughts and encouraging words they expressed.

East, Lido and West stu dents showcased their abili ties to make their marks through illustrations and paper dots.

Courtesy Long Beach Public Schools

Fall Festival returns to L.B. Oct. and Oct.

If you don’t know fall is in the air in Long Beach, you will know it now: the city will resume its two-day outdoor festival at Kennedy Plaza outside City Hall, after a break because of Covid, the weekend of Oct. 8-9. Hundreds are expected to attended the event, tak ing in the sounds and sights of fall. And there will be so many sights to choose from.

Aside from the giant pumpkin patch, there will be a bounce house, a carou sel, hay wagons, and fire engine rides. The children’s activity tent will be back this year, with craft proj ects.

Vendors will offer fresh produce, breads and pies. Those over 21 are invited to visit the Food & Wine Tent for wine tastings to be pre sented by Beach Liquors.

hay rides are one of the many options for families and people of all ages to take part in at the fall festival.

Christina Daly/Herald photos

There will be a handful of rides for families to enjoy at the festival.

Canals. After considering the relatively crowded residential area of Clark Street and the noise that league play would like ly generate, he chose the former.

“We moved here about two years before Covid,” said Peltz. “I fixed it up, and built this new spot with my own money.”

This year, its fifth season at the Rec Center, the league attracted the largest crowds yet for its championship game this month — about 20 spectators. Three teams, Tur key Eye Balls, Bocce Bros and My Balls Always Touch, played for the championship, and Turkey Eye Balls won it. They were presented with a trophy after the final match.

The league consists of 35 teams, with four to eight players on each. Teams play on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays for 10 weeks, starting in June, leading up to the playoffs. Players can join with a team, or as solo competitors and be added to a team, even if they don’t know how to play. About half of the teams that currently compete have been with the league since the beginning.

“I’ve played since the league’s first year, but joined a new team this year,”

said Shari Riechelson, a member of a team called Let It Roll. “The vibes here are good — there’s music and a great group of people. It’s a hidden secret.”

A game of bocce ball begins when a member of the team that’s throwing first tosses a small ball called the jack, or tar get, down the court. The teams then throw their bocce balls, trying to land as close to the jack as possible with out crossing a fault line. After each team throws one ball, the team whose ball is farthest from the jack throws the rest of its balls, and then the other team follows.

Points are awarded to the team with one ball, or more, that is closer to the jack than the other team’s balls. The Barefoot Bocce League mea sures the distance, when needed, with a can that has a string attached to it. The closest balls get one point, and two if they are touching the jack. Games are played to 12 points.

“Get the can!” can frequently be heard when friendly scoring disputes arise.

Nicole “Nicky” Fader took over as league manager for Peltz last year after playing for several years. “She has the personality to run it,” Peltz said, “and brings a key social media side.”

Fader is known around Long Beach — and apparently Puerto Rico, which she visited this spring — as the “Bocce Lady,” a title she thoroughly enjoys.

“I went to Puerto Rico in May, and ran into people from three different teams in the league,” she said. “I was on vacation, and surrounded by bocce.”

Long Beach’s bocce league has plans to expand in the next few years. Fader and Peltz want to allow more teams to join, and have also considered adding a fourth day of play during the 10-week season.

Joe Abate/Herald The Turkey eye Balls won this year’s championship on Sept 14.

LBHS surfers catch some waves

The Long Beach High School Surf for All Program teaches surfing to students with special needs in conjunction with Skudin’ Surf.

Students took time to catch some

waves, alongside L.B.H.S. principal, Jef frey Myers and Vice Principal, Andy Smith, joining in on the fun. The stu dents thought Mr. Myers should keep practicing.

Cops: more security during Jewish holidays

Long Beach Police Commissioner Ron Walsh has announced “enhanced securi ty” measures for the Jewish High Holy Days - Rosh Hashanah, which begins Sunday night, Sept. 25, and Tom Kippur, which states Tuesday.

‘While there are no intelligence alerts or known threats, the Police Department will increase patrols to ensure all who

worship feel safe in doing so,” Walsh said. He did not say what the enhanced securi ty measures would be. Walsh said he will host a press conference with “a diverse cross-section of Long Beach’s faith lead ers” to announce the security measures. Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft of Temple EmanuEl will be on hand to blow the shofar to start the High Holiday season.

Courtesy Long Beach Public Schools

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Herald sports Big plays propel Long Beach

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

A week after giving six-time defend ing Nassau Conference II champion Gar den City a run for its money, Long Beach forced four Sewanhaka turnovers and got some clutch plays from senior quar terback Jeff Conway to win last Satur day’s home opener, 24-13.

Kennedy Junior Football

cOMINg OFF aN injury-plagued 2021, Torchia got his junior campaign off to quite a healthy start Sept. 10 while helping the Cougars snap a 14-game losing streak. He rushed for three touch downs, including the game-winning score in overtime, as Kennedy defeated Roslyn/Friends Academy, 34-28. Torchia carried only 12 times and racked up 203 yards rushing. He scored on runs of 54, 85 and 8 yards.

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Thursday, Sept. 22

Boys Soccer: Baldwin at East Meadow 4:30 p.m.

Girls Soccer: Long Beach at Lynbrook 4:45 p.m.

Girls Soccer: Kennedy at Calhoun 5 p.m.

Girls Soccer: MacArthur at South Side 5 p.m.

Girls Soccer: Hewlett at Clarke 5 p.m.

Girls Volleyball: South Side at Calhoun 5:45 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 23

Boys Soccer: Sewanhaka at Elmont 4:30 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Long Beach at South Side 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Mepham at Kennedy 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Clarke at Lynbrook 5 p.m.

Football: Massapequa at Freeport 6 p.m.

Football: North Shore at Seaford 6 p.m.

Football: Hewlett at Bethpage 6 p.m.

Football: V.S. North at Glen Cove 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 24

Football: Long Beach at MacArthur 2 p.m.

Football: Sewanhaka at Kennedy 2 p.m.

Football: Locust Valley at Malverne 2 p.m.

Football: Carey at Lynbrook 2 p.m.

Football: Calhoun at Mepham 2 p.m.

Football: Division at Wantagh 2 p.m.

Football: Lawrence at West Hempstead 2 p.m.

Conway threw for 200 yards a pair of touchdowns and also ran for a score to lead the Marines, who managed two huge takeaways in the third quarter to protect a 17-7 halftime lead. Senior Jack Miller recovered a fumble in the end zone and junior Luke Hartman picked off a pass in the red zone to keep the Indians from making it a one-possession game.

Both teams are 1-1.

“The kids couldn’t see beyond last week’s loss for a while, but they got back to work and made some big plays on both sides of the ball today,” said Long Beach head coach Scott Martin, who’s squad was coming off a 21-14 loss at Garden City.

Five plays following Hartman’s inter ception, the Marines faced a fourth-and-5 from the Sewanhaka 13 when Conway was flushed from the pocket by an all-out blitz. He kept the play alive with his legs and made one of the biggest plays of the afternoon with his arm, finding a wideopen Hartman in the end zone for a 24-7 lead with 3:35 remaining in the third quarter.

“All the kids have done a great job picking up an entirely new offense,” Martin said. “It’s a passing offense. Con way does a nice job of buying time with his legs and he has a good arm.”

Long Beach opened the scoring early with a 27-yard field goal by Nico Kanga nis, who starts on the offensive line along with fellow juniors Tucker Bogacki, Julian Mercado and John Sofield, and senior center Mhasyn Rowland.

Conway hooked up with senior tight end Jack Skarren on a 65-yard touch down pass down the middle late in the first quarter and it was 10-0. The Indians answered when a long kickoff return by

senior Michael Staiano set up senior quarterback Dominick Balletta’s 8-yard scoring strike to senior Jermel Heard Jr. early in the second, but the Marines answered with a 2-yard touchdown run by Conway to lead again by double digits.

“It was back and forth most of the game and for the most part I was really happy with how we played,” Sewanhaka head coach George Kasimatis said. “We just had a few mental breakdowns that cost us. Long Beach is a very good team and we hung with them. We’ve got a lot of young kids and we’re hoping we grow and improve each week,”

The Indians, who defeated Herricks 13-9 in the opener, squandered a couple

of golden opportunities in the second half to make Long Beach sweat. A leap ing 30-yard catch by senior Kamari Den hart set up a first-and-goal that went uncashed. Their next possession began at the Marines 24 but lasted just one snap as Hartman stepped in front of a receiver and intercepted Balletta.

“Both teams played hard,” Martin said.

Junior Ihiem Blackwell had an inter ception and fumble recovery and fresh man Hezekiah Faison added a fourthquarter touchdown run for Sewanhaka, which visits Kennedy this Saturday. Long Beach travels to MacArthur. Kick off for both games is 2 p.m.

Tony Bellissimo/Herald LONg BEach quarTErBack Jeff Conway, center, celebrated his second-quarter touchdown run with Julian Mercado, left, and Nico Kanganis.

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Delivering dollars to combat opioid addiction

By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com

Nassau County has nearly $70 million collecting a little dust in a bank account — but not for long. County Executive Bruce Blakeman has earmarked $2.5 mil lion for opioid addiction treatment, and local hospitals, clinics and other commu nity organizations should expect millions more.

“We are committed to make sure that all of the money goes toward the three goals that the money was provided for,” Blakeman told reporters last week. “That is prevention, education and treatment.”

The money was part of a $26 billion national settlement with opioid distribu tors last February — AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson — as well as Johnson & Johnson for what has been alleged as their role in creating the opioid addiction epidemic in the first place.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officially declared it a public health emergency in 2017 — the same year more than 600 people on Long Island died from opioid overdoses, accord ing to a 2019 report from the Fiscal Policy Institute.

The $70 million represents just about 7 percent of the funds allocated to New York intended specifically for Nassau, first hammered out more than a year ago.

The money, Blakeman said, will go a long way to reducing the strain on health

care providers and addiction specialists. The county already is working on spend ing another $15 million — something the county executive says he hopes can be an annual disbursement to help combat the opioid epidemic.

But although there is still a lot of money left, Blakeman says his adminis

tration is working slowly and carefully to ensure all funds go exactly where they’re needed.

Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRig gi-Whitton, representing the county’s minority caucus, emphasizing the histor ic importance of the donations while hop ing Blakeman and Republicans might

move faster to get the $70 million distrib uted to those who need it most.

“I’m so glad that these opioid compa nies are finally being held responsible for what they’ve done to our kids,” DeRiggiWhitton said. “In my opinion, I support (Blakeman) for being careful. But I also really hope we expedite this as quickly as possible.”

Matthew Bruderman, chair of Nassau University Medical Center’s board of directors, made it clear to reporters last week that time alone hasn’t made the cri sis any better in the county, Long Island, or the United States. Without funds like these, hospitals and community health organizations are ill-prepared to deal with the scope of the issue.

“We all know the opioid epidemic and drug addiction is damaging the lives of many people across the country,” Bruder man said. “NUMAC is the only hospital on Long Island that has an in-patient detox facility. (Yet), 90 percent of the time, we are at full capacity.”

Nassau County’s new health commis sioner, Dr. Irina Gelman, praised the county’s commitment to improving pub lic health, making her job much easier.

“I think this funding will be instru mental in really starting to address the issue at hand, and provide necessary ser vices to our community,” Gelman said. “As the county executive said, this is only the beginning. And I’m definitely looking forward to more to come.”

Will Sheeline/Herald

NaSSau CouNty ExECutIvE Bruce Blakeman says he’s directing nearly $2.5 million toward opioid addiction treatment centers. It’s all part of a broader $70 million the county received from the historic $26 billion nationwide settlement with opioid distributors and manufacturers, in an effort to get the opioid addiction crisis under control.

STEPPING OUT

The life of a city:

New York City. By Karen Bloom

The iconic city never ceases to fascinate. It elicites strong opinions from those who simply can’t get enough of the Big Apple, and from the naysayers who prefer to stay away. But one thing’s for certain: NYC surely captures our attention.

And throughout the decades it’s captured the eye and lens of photographers who are enthralled by “the city that never sleeps.”

Hofstra University Museum of Art reaches into its vast collection again to continue the fall exhibit season with “New York, New York: Photographs from the Collection.”

These 45 photographs capture New York City in its infnite complexity and variety, not only celebrating the city’s evocative architecture, but reveling in its everyday streets and signage, authentic faces, and dynamic street scenes. The blackand-white images were made over a span of 75 years from 1932 to 2008 yet are unifed through the use of monochrome, creating connections between disparate decades.

While the photographers including Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Andreas Feininger, Harold Feinstein, Donna Ferrato, Joel Meyerowitz, Dorothy Norman, and Garry Winogrand are not all native New Yorkers, they are inheritors of this miraculous city, dedicated to seeking its intricacies, grandeur, joy and hardships. Their distinct vision chronicles a city that continually reinvents itself.

“We haven’t done an exhibit focusing on photography in some years,” says museum director and curator Karen Albert. “This is another opportunity to showcase one of the strengths of our collection.”

The exhibit guest curated by photographer Susannah Ray, a former adjunct Hofstra faculty member is grouped into four segments. The “Iconic City” examines the skyline and signage, celebrating the city as both a symbol and a place.

“This is the traditional image people have when they think of Manhattan,” notes Albert.

When: Through Dec. 9

Where: Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, Hofstra University’s South Campus For more information, and to RSVP for tour, call (516) 463-5672, or visit Hofstra.edu/museum

“Streetscapes and Signage” is building focused, also including handmade signs and ads that were and still are aimed at grabbing the attention of pedestrians rushing from one block to the next. “New York Portraits” is a look at real life, and real people populate the city streets, clubs and living rooms.

Finally, “Street Scenes” offers images of the city, pulling the entire exhibit together. These are what Ray describes as “a quintessential New York photograph, which combines iconic architecture, everyday streets, and idiosyncratic people into one rapidly observed composition: the street photograph. They describe everything that might happen in a given second in New York, and remind the viewer that there is always more happening just around the next corner. The photographers spent lifetimes to craft their visions, returning again and again to photograph this ‘helluva town.’”

Of note, Albert cites Andreas Feininger’s photo of an elevated trestle. “It’s a classic image of a New York that doesn’t exist anymore, with the lights flling onto the downtown streets below.”

Another by Diane Arbus, of a young man in curlers, “is a good representation of Arbus’ work seeing people in all aspects of society.”

The public is invited to a curator’s gallery tour at the Emily Lowe Gallery, Thursday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. Ray will share insights about what she selected during the tour.

Top left: Diane Arbus, ‘A Young Man in Curlers at Home on West 20th Street, NYC,’ 1966, gelatin silver print. It was a gift of Steven Yager.

Top right: Donna Ferrato, ‘34 Leonard St., formerly Provenzano Garage,’ 2007, pigment on fiber print, from the portfolio ‘Tribeca.’ It was a gift of Susan and Steven Ball.

Bottom: Andreas Feininger, ‘Elevated Trestle, Division Street,’ c. 1941, gelatin silver print, from the portfolio Vintage New York,’ 1987. It, too, was a gift of Susan and Steven Ball.

Gangstagrass

Gangstagrass brings together different kinds of American music and creates a whole new category, greater than the sum of the parts. As their latest album, ‘No Time For Enemies,’ climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard bluegrass chart, Americana Highways magazine proclaimed the Emmy-nominated bluegrasship hop ensemble ‘America’s Band’ because they take so much of what’s amazing about this country ingenuity, creativity, freedom, unity across differences, people’s individual strength and struggles and distill it into a message of common ground in the form of original songs that have everyone up and dancing.

Friday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m. $40, $35, $30. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444, or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

‘Guys and Dolls’

Plaza Theatrical opens its fall season with Broadway at its show-stopping best. Hailed by many as the perfect musical comedy, this Tony-winning favorite follows a rowdy bunch of gamblers, gangsters and sassy showgirls in a wild game of chance then love sneaks in. Set in bustling 1950s Manhattan, the beloved classic features some of Frank Loesser’s most memorable tunes, including the hilarious ‘Adelaide’s Lament,’ and the crowd-pleasing classic ‘Luck Be a Lady,’ along with other favorites, including ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat.’

Saturday, Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 25, 2:30 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 29, 2 p.m. $49, $45 seniors. Elmont

Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. (516) 5996870, or PlazaTheatrical.com.

THE SCENE

Art talk

Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Oct. 13, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program. Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Historical Society Yard Sale

Centennial Gala

The Long Beach Historical Society will hold a Roaring Through the Twenties Centennial Gala on Saturday, Oct. 15 at Temple Emanu-El. The gala will celebrate the city’s 100th anniversary and the museum’s 25th anniversary. There will be music and dancing from the Twenties. It is asked that all in attendance dress in the style of that era. Tickets cost $100 and all checks can be sent to the Long Beach Historical Society, P.O Box 286, Long Beach, New York. For more information, call (516) 432-1192.

Fight Hunger Fundraiser

The Sixties Show

Step back to the ‘60s at NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, with the energetic band who bring you their Sixties Show, Saturday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m. These dynamic musicians are known for re-creating spot on, note for note re-creations of the hits, B-sides and deep album cuts from the greatest songs of the era that defned a generation. The concert experience includes a full multi -media production with time travel special effects, narration, 60s archival audio and newsreel footage and a light show. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

The Long Beach Public Library is calling all poets, songwriters, storytellers and anyone who speaks with a positive voice to an open mic night on Wednesday, Oct. 12. The open mic night starts at 7 pm and is hosted by current Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci and former laureate Peter Dugan. For more information, call the library at (516) 432-7201.

Join Giving Back To Community at a fundraising dinner to support community efforts to assist the food insecure, Thursday, Sept. 29, 6-10:30 p.m. Proceeds from the event, at The Inn at New Hyde Park, 214 Jericho Tpke., New Hyde Park, will be used to support the opening of a food pantry in Elmont. $100 ticket includes dinner, entertainment, raffes and giveaways. For information, contact Emilian or Marlene at (516) 612-4000 or visit GivingBackToCommunity.org.

Fall Festival

The City of Long Beach will hold its annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 8 and Sunday, Oct. 9 at Kennedy Plaza. The festival will start at 10 am both days. There will be a pumpkin patch, food, crafts, rides and music for all ages. The costume parade will begin Saturday at noon. For more information, visit www.LongBeachNY.gov/fall.

Open mic night

The Long Beach Public Library is calling all poets, songwriters, storytellers and anyone who speaks with a positive voice to an open mic night on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m. The event, at 11 W. Park Ave., is hosted by current Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci and former laureate Peter Dugan. For more information, call the library at (516) 4327201.

On exhibit

Art has access to worlds beyond the one we know.

Explore the next dimension as seen through eyes of artists throughout the centuries, at Nassau County Museum of Art’s current exhibition, “Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art,” now through Nov. 6. The exhibit summons a celestial realm of demons, ghosts and extra-sensory phenomena as conjured by such Surrealists as Dalí, photographers who specialize in the occult, Old Masters including Goya, contemporary talents including Betye Saar, Luc Tuymans, Michaël Borremans and many others. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 4849337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Having an event?

Long Beach Movie Night

The City of Long Beach will have its annual Fall Festival at Kennedy Plaza on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8 9, starting at 10 a.m. The festival will feature a pumpkin patch with thousands of pumpkins, a bounce house, a petting zoo, hayrides and arts and crafts for all ages. There will also be many vendors selling produce and crafts and live music. Admission is free and each attraction costs $4. For more information, visit LongBeachNY. gov/Fall.

AOH Irish Day Parade

The City of Long Beach will host the annual Ancient Order of Hibernians Irish Day Parade on Saturday, Oct. 1. The parade will begin at Washington Boulevard and West Beech Street at 11 and there will be food and vendors on West Beech Street until 4 p.m. There will be no parking on West Beech Street between New York and Connecticut Avenues from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. that day. For more information, visit www. LongBeachNY.gov.

Dog Days

Old Westbury Gardens goes to the dogs during its annual fall dog celebration, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24-25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Stroll through the gardens with your furry friend (leashed, of course). There are also activities devoted to man’s best friend. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information visit OldWestburyGardens. org or contact (516) 3330048.

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Benefit concert

Enjoy an evening with the Felice Brothers, with special guest Will Lawrence, Saturday, Saturday, Sept. 24, 7 p.m. admission; 8 p.m. concert, at RJ Daniels, 279A Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre. Presented by the Tommy Brull Foundation’s Shine A Light Music Series, with all proceeds donated to Mr. B’s Inclusive Playground. Tickets are $35, available at Eventbrite.com/e/377774843727.

State Senate candidates diverge on the issues

lately he has shied away from his antiabortion stance.

“This is a race where the top of the ticket will determine the winner,” Kre mer said, referring to Hochul.

Moore has been the mayor of Belle rose for the past three years, and was a village trustee for a decade before that. He is a volunteer firefighter, and five years ago he retired after 40 years as a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 28. He had sometimes worked out of the union’s Washington, D.C., where he focused on international affairs.

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick is an attorney and an accountant. She was appointed a Malverne village trustee in July 2011, shortly after her husband, James Calla han, died, leaving her to raise four chil dren. In March 2012 she ran for the seat and won, and has served on the village board ever since. Her father, Joseph Canzoneri, was the mayor of Malverne in the late 1990s.

Moore and Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick hold divergent views on a number of issues One of Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick’s major focuses is what she sees as ram pant crime across the state, worsened by Democrats’ support for bail reform, which limited judges’ authority to set

bail for certain misdemeanor and nonviolent charges.

“Violent criminals are being released because of cashless bail,” Can zoneri-Fitzpatrick said. “The criminals

know this.” She said she would work to eliminate cashless bail entirely.

Moore said he did not believe bail reform led to a rise in crime, and point ed to Nassau County’s low crime rate.

Nevertheless, Moore said, “We need to look (at the bail) system” and “give judges more discretion” in bail deci sions.

On the hot-button issue of immigra tion, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, said, “We are a country of immigrants, but the border issue has to be dealt with. We can’t expect Florida and Texas to shoul der the whole burden.” Moore said he “feels for the people, but we’ve got to find the right place for them.”

The candidates’ views come closest on another red-hot issue, abortion. Both say they support women’s health rights. “I can tell you that the law in New York state is such that a woman’s right to have an abortion is secure,” Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said.

“I’m totally for a woman’s right to choose,” Moore said.

Both say they are hands-on legisla tors who seek the Senate seat so they can server a broader community on a wider range of issues. Canzoneri-Fitz patrick said she fears “the state is going in the wrong direction” because of liberal Democrats in both chambers of the Legislature. Moore said he believes he has done “a good job” as mayor of Bellerose, keeping down taxes.

Courtesy Ken Moore campaign

Ken Moore, DeMocratic candidate in the 9th Senate District race.

Courtesy Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick campaign Patricia canzoneri-FitzPatricK, Moore’s Republican opponent.

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O’Side front desk receptionist gets a big surprise

Front desk receptionist Donna Grossi got a big surprise when she returned to her duties at Oceans ide’s School 5 after summer break. The lobby was newly redecorated with her personality and taste in mind. It’s a welcoming space for students, families and other School 5 visitors.

“Mrs. Grossi jokingly refers to the School 5 lobby as her living room since she spends so much time here. She’s so welcoming to students and parents, we wanted to do something special for her,” said Michelle Mastrande, School 5’s principal.

Mastrande recruited her hus band and four children to help carry out her vision.

Before retiring, custodian Rob ert Moore painted the space to cre ate a clean canvas.

Mastrande’s sons — two sixth- grad ers and one seventh grader —painted the chairs that are placed against the wall. Her husband built the awning and her ninth- grade daughter fixed up the desk and computer area.

Mastrande scouted local markets for decor items that would suit Grossi’s aes thetic. And of course they made sure that Sailor, the pet hamster that Grossi looks after on behalf of School 5, has a place of honor.

A flat screen monitor will be added to

the lobby to share School 5 pictures with visitors. Funds from the Samsung “Solve for Tomorrow” competition that School 5 won last year will cover the cost.

“I call it my living room, the kids are

my kids - Mrs. Mastrande and her family did a fabulous job and it’s gorgeous,” Grossi.

–Michael Malaszczyk

Donna Grossi anD Sailor appear to enjoy the makeover the School 5 lobby makeover.

Photos courtesy Oceanside School District stuDents poseD in newly painted chairs in the School 5 lobby that was made-over to surprise receptionist Donna Grossi.

LEGAL NOTICE

Long Beach City School District Notice to Bidders

The Board of Education of the Long Beach City School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, 11561 in accordance with section #103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law, hereby invites submission of sealed bids for: Bid #593-2022 Lido Complex Entrance Signage R1

For delivery to schools as indicated. Bids will be received until 11:00am, Wednesday October 12, 2022 at the offce of the Board of Education, Administration Building, 235 Lido Blvd, Lido Beach NY 11561, at which time they will be publicly opened and read. Bid and copies of the general conditions may be obtained at the Board of Education address above or requested by email from Director of Facilities Don Kramer dkramer@lbeach.org or Purchasing Agent Ellen Stewart estewart@lbeach.org.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any, and all bids or to award bids on a total award or item by item basis, whichever, in the opinion of the Board of Education, will be in the best interest of the School District.

Board of Education Long Beach City School District Long Beach, New York 11561 Lori Dolan, District Clerk 134254

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU BANK OF AMERICA, NA, Plaintiff, AGAINST JAMES E MULVANEY, JR., BARBARA FISCHKIN, et al. Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on December 3, 2019.

I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on September 29, 2022 at 2:30 PM premises known as 85 Dalton St, Long Beach, NY 11561.

Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in City of Long Beach, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 59, Block 181 and Lot 25 and 26.

Approximate amount of judgment $371,916.17 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment. Index #611496/2017.

Gerald Chiariello, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLPAttorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 133797

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P., Plaintiff, vs. CARMEN JAQUE, ET AL., Defendant(s).

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST 2004OPT, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-OPT, V. JAY GUSLER, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated November 20, 2019, and entered in the Offce of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST 2004OPT, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-OPT is the Plaintiff and JAY GUSLER, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on September 27, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 50 NEBRASKA STREET, LONG BEACH, NY 11561: Section 59, Block 263, Lot 3:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index # 015703/2008. Steven Keats, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 133794

Pursuant to an Order Confrming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 10, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on October 12, 2022 at 4:30 p.m., premises known as 565 East Olive Street, Long Beach, NY 11561. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Long Beach, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 59, Block 171 and Lots 69 and 70.

Approximate amount of judgment is $669,824.95 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index #9689/2014. Cash will not be accepted. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Thomas R. Scanlon, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 133992

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. U.S. ROF III LEGAL TITLE TRUST 2015-1, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE, Pltf. vs. KEVIN CAGGIANO, et al, Defts. Index #10594/13.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Feb. 13, 2018, I will sell at public auction on October 12, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. on the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY prem. k/a 7 Biarritz Street, Long Beach, NY 11561 a/k/a Section 60, Block 20, Lot 9, 10, 108, 109, 110. Said property beginning at a point on the Easterly side of Biarritz Street, distant 145.18 ft. Southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Lido Boulevard (Park Street) and the Easterly side of Biarritz Street, being a plot 65 ft. x 100 ft. Approx. amt. of judgment is $1,203,855.29 plus costs and interest. Sold

subject to terms and conditions of fled judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “Rain or Shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. HARRY GEORGE, Referee. HILL WALLACK LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 25 W. 39th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY. File No. 20292-1039 - #99716 133990

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. DEBBIE NARDOZZI, et al, Defts. Index #601487/2021.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered April 20, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on October 20, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. prem. k/a District 28, Section 59, Block 166, Lot(s) 11-13. Sold subject to terms and conditions of feld judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If property social distancing cannot be maintained of there are other health of safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the sale. THERESA MCSWEENEY, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #99746 134115

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), Plaintiff, Against

RAMJEET RAMJATTAN, SANIETTA MOHESS, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 11/08/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction rain or shine, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 on 10/26/2022 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 517 Laurelton Boulevard, Long Beach, New York 11561, And Described As Follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Long Beach, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 59 Block 44 Lot 137. The approximate amount of the current

Point Lookout’s Dr. Kevin M. Cahill, dies at age 86

By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

Kevin M. Cahill, traveled to more than 100 countries as one of the world’s bestknown experts on tropical dis eases, but he would also come back to his home in Point Lookout, his son, Brendan, said earlier this week.

Dr. Cahill died at his home in Point Lookout Sept. 14. He was 86.

Cahill was best-known as a doctor who visited remote parts of the world to establish health-related facilities. Early in his career, he worked in Egypt and India, and came back to New York City to establish a center for tropical diseases at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, one of the world’s first such facilities.

He was also among the first physicians to speak out publicly about New York City’s growing AIDS crises in 1983. He

organized a large conference on the issue. He also established and an amputee clinic in Somalia and organized relief work in Nicaragua, He considered human itarian causes to be extremely important to his life and his work, his son said.

The Irish Central newslet ter said in an online article that Cahill’s death “brings to a close the story of one of the most remarkable doctors in the world.” The publication said that he had treated Presi dent Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul 11. It said also that had had worked in the slums with Mother Teresa.

Cahill, The Irish Central said, treated “many Irish undocumented at no charge because they lacked medical insurance.”

He was born in the Bronx and spent many summers at a family home in Point Lookout, eventually locating there perma nently.

Judgment lien is $516,115.18 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 015199/2012. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other healthy or safety concerns, then the Court appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction. Michael Alpert, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Suite 205, 10 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 8-31-2022 File Number: 560-6190 CJL 134256

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU Manufacturers and Traders Trust a/k/a M&T Bank, successor by merger with Hudson City Savings Bank, Plaintiff AGAINST Barry Grama; Mireille Grama; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 3, 2022 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 24, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 400 East Olive Street, 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 City of Long Beach, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 59 Block 157 Lots 1-2 & 71. Approximate amount of judgment $980,927.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index# 003459/2015. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Melvyn Roth, Esq., Referee

LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: August 26, 2022 134258

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: HAIR BY MEGHAN OBRIEN, LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 03/29/22. NY

Offce location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to:16 marina rd island park ny 11558

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. 134117

retention and care of residents and patients. All persons and organizations that have occasion to either refer prospective residents or patients to Mount Sinai South Nassau TCU are advised to follow this nondiscriminatory policy.

133644

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Public Notice

LEGAL NOTICE

Mount Sinai South Nassau Transitional Care Unit (TCU) Notice of Nondiscriminatory Policy

It is the policy of Mount Sinai South Nassau TCU not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, gender, handicap, disability, blindness, source of sponsorship, source of payment, marital status, age, sexual preference, genetic disposition or carrier status in employment or in the admission,

AT&T is proposing to install antennas on the side of an 84-foot building at 700 Shore Road, Long Beach, Nassau County, New York 11561. The new antennas will be installed at a top height of 76.4 feet. AT&T is publishing this notice in accordance with Federal Communications Commission regulations (47 CFR § 1.1307) for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Parties interested in commenting on this Federal undertaking or with questions on the proposed facility should contact, Elizabeth Shule, 2154 Torrance Boulevard, Suite 200, Torrance, CA, 90501, (314)339-3896, eshule@partneresi.com. Please provide comments within 30 days of the publication date. 134222:

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Wishing All A Happy & Sweet New Year

Everybody wants money upfront

Q. We’re in the middle of getting our house reno vated, and we’re talking to three contractors. Each one wants a large amount of money to start the job. Our architect also got more than a third up front, and we were concerned about that, too. Now the contractors want between 25 and 30 percent of the total cost, upfront, and won’t start the job without it. Why does it have to be so much, and how do we protect our selves if they take our money and run away? Our neighbor had that happen to them. What if we hold back money? Do you have any suggestions?

A. Good question! The exchange of money should go hand in hand with a good contract, one that protects both parties. Payment creates good faith, and allows a compa ny to devote its staff and resources.

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It takes time to prepare plans — more than the average person realizes — due to regulations, prob lem-solving and a lot of limitations. Expecting an architect to carry the costs to pay their expens es as a favor to the owner is unrealistic. People often forget that the plans prepared, signed and sealed by an architect or engineer are a part of the contract to the contractor. Plans are a critical com ponent, because they show what is expected to be completed by the contractor. Unfortunately, many people, including owners and contractors, believe that plans are a how-to manual for building. In fact, plans represent what the results are intended to be.

Not paying a down payment, upfront, gives the architect and the contractor very little ability to commit resources, including their time, to carrying out the first steps in their parts of the process to get you a meaningful result. Everyone has bills to pay, and expenses like overhead insurances, license fees and equipment costs, aside from groceries, mortgages and taxes. Expecting anyone to fulfill the tasks you hire them for without the ability to pay their bills is the beginning of misunderstandings and miscommunication.

Most government contracts I’ve seen include major delays in payment, from months to years, where it is expected that companies that will ulti mately get paid far more than what a private proj ect would cost have to wait. This waiting creates a situation in which companies either borrow money or take money from one customer to cover the costs of another customer’s project. In essence, not pay ing in a timely manner but expecting results cre ates a Ponzi scheme that nearly every company has to develop to survive. Small businesses take money from one customer to cover costs while trying to finish and get paid by the one before.

When you delay, underpay or shortchange the people providing a service, you’re part of the whole economic roller coaster that causes many business es in your local community to fail in the first five years. Prevent this instability by looking for reputa ble companies, have a good contract and accept that you are half of a commitment. Good luck! The

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A history of King Charles not worth repeating

The world continues to mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II while welcoming a new sovereign, King Charles III.

Charles waited 70 years to become king since being named the Prince of Wales — the heir apparent to the British throne. That’s longer than any other prince or princess in the direct line. And, at 73, he is the oldest mon arch crowned in British history.

Like his moth er, Charles chose to keep the name given to him at birth. His grandfa ther Albert was the last to change his regnal name, choosing George VI to honor his father.

King Charles III is the first Charles on the throne since Charles II, who reigned for 25 years after the restoration of the British monarchy from Oliver Cromwell in 1660.

The United States, of course, has been officially separated from what was once the British Empire since the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783. But I actually lived under the reign of Elizabeth II for two years when I called the small Caribbe an island of Grenada home. Although

independent from Britain, too, Grenada is part of the Commonwealth of Nations — 56 former territories that still recognize the British monarch as head of state.

Oddly enough, however, my family has a deeper connection to the throne — that is, if longstanding legend is to be believed.

My great-great-greatgreat-great-great-great grandfather, Sgt. Edward Hinman, arrived in Boston from England in late 1649, eventually settling in Fair field County, Connecticut. Although he and many of his descendants would help settle key parts of that colo ny, Sgt. Hinman rarely talk ed about his life before he crossed the Atlantic.

One story was popularized in the late 19th century, however, by Connecticut’s then-secretary of state, Royal R. Hinman. In a book he published in 1856, Royal claimed that his great-grandfather had actually led the guard tasked with protect ing King Charles I, who took the throne in 1624.

If that story is indeed true, my ances tor wasn’t exactly a great kingsguard. The reign of Charles I ended abruptly in 1649 when he found himself on the wrong side of an executioner’s ax during Cromwell’s revolt. But it was that war — and that exe

cution — that forced Edward to flee Eng land and seek refuge in the colonies.

It’s a fascinating story, but one I didn’t even know until the coronavirus pandem ic. While I’ve always been fascinated by genealogy, I usually spent my time researching my mother’s side of the family, which has some of its own interesting history. I shied away from my father’s because no one in the family ever talked much about it.

I suspected we migrated over in the 19th century, and decided it was time to find out. As I worked my way backward through ances tors, I was shocked to dis cover that each passing gen eration was still in America. Where I once thought I was a third- or maybe fourth-generation American, I am actually a part of the 10th generation of Hinmans here.

I also picked up some other fascinating tidbits along the way. My family moved from Connecticut to Vermont, and from there to western New York, about the same time that Royal Hinman was writ ing his books.

My great-great grandfather, Franklin Hinman, owned lots of farmland in Elli cottville, now probably best known as a ski resort community just south of Buffa

lo.

His youngest son — my great-grandfa ther, born when Franklin was 51 years old — was the postmaster in one of the small communities near Ellicottville. My dad was born and raised just south of there, in Salamanca, on reservation land con trolled by the Seneca Nation of New York.

Despite that connection — and the fact that I still have a number of relatives in that part of the state — none of us knew that the land once owned by Franklin is now known as Hinman Valley. Well, more specifically, the Hinman Valley Wetland Complex, a 100-acre marsh and wet mead ow overseen by the state’s environmental conservation and transportation depart ments.

As you’re reading this, I’m back home in that part of the region, and I could very well be making my first-ever visit to these lands so closely connected to my family’s history.

And I certainly hope for a successful reign of Charles III — something leaps and bounds ahead of the previous sover eigns to take his name.

But if I can make one suggestion to the king: Best to make sure your guard isn’t led by a Hinman. There isn’t good history there.

Michael Hinman is executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Com ments? Execeditor@liherald.com.

Work for Donald Trump, wind up in handcuffs

is that the scent of autumn apples in the air? No, I believe that’s the smell of subpoenas, dozens of subpoenas served in recent weeks to Trump employees, former employees, White House staff and basically anyone and everyone whose behavior, emails, texts and experiences might help illuminate the dark corners of the former Trump administration.

Who lurks in those dark cor ners? According to early reports, there are big-time grifters like Steve Bannon, now indicted for fraud, money launder ing, conspiracy and scheming in connection with raising money for We Build the Wall Inc., the former guy’s plan to keep out Mexican immigrants.

Bannon, long associated with Trump, ran a media empire, and now he’s in handcuffs, awaiting trial. Even a degree from the Harvard Business School didn’t make Bannon smart enough to steer clear of Trump.

The Trump curse goes way back. Dur ing his tenure, I wrote, “If the White House calls, just hang up. Put down your

phone, run out of your house, change your number and move to a remote town where you can live off the grid for the rest of your life.”

Sadly the words were prophetic. Many people would be better off today if they had never been drawn into Trump’s orbit.

Ronnie Jackson, the presidential physician from central casting, might have continued to serve presi dents for decades, enjoying the perks and power that access to the White House confers. But Trump decided to promote him to secretary of the Veterans Administra tion. Unvetted, inexperi enced and apparently fatal ly flawed, Jackson rapidly crashed and burned as a prospective secretary.

Rob Porter, Hollywood handsome and popular among his colleagues, was enjoy ing his high-profile job as the president’s top aide. Porter was a rising star until the Trump spotlight revealed his dark side. Two of his wives went public with accu sations of mental and physical abuse. There were photos. Porter took the exit.

Tom Price — do you even remember him? He was the secretary of Health and Human Services for seven months. He might have continued his career else

where without incident, but in the Trump administration, he took 25 private flights in a few months, spent like he was queen for a day and resigned amid charg es of indiscriminately using taxpayer dollars for his personal benefit. Gone. I imagine Paul Manafort has mixed feelings, at best, regarding his association with Trump Inc. Manafort, charged by the feds with various financial crimes, might have continued living the high life, consorting with oligarchs and lining his pockets, if not for Trump’s ascendancy to the presidency. Under the scru tiny that accompanies high office, Manafort proved to be a liability to Trump, and vice versa. He served time in jail and, in 2020, was pardoned by Trump.

Michael Cohen, the former guy’s long time personal lawyer, was known for his fierce loyalty to Trump. For decades he basked in the celebrity surrounding his boss, and ran interference for him. Maybe some people didn’t like his style, but his boss did, and that’s what counted. That was then. Now Cohen is rehabili tating his reputation after serving jail time and losing his law license. Among the other movers and shakers

who got in serious legal trouble are Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s CFO, Mike Flynn, Rick Gates, Ken Kur son, Roger Stone, George Papadopoulos, Corey Lewandowski, Elliot Broidy, Imaad Zuberi, Rep. Chris Collins, and so on.

Space limitations prevent me from list ing all the miscreants associated with Trump. Some went to jail, some got par doned by Trump, and some never got over the trauma of the Trump White House years. I do wonder if the individuals were corrupt, and therefore drawn to the Trump enterprises. Were they rotten apples, or was the barrel corrupt?

What stands out is the number of peo ple who bent and broke the law in the ser vice of Trump, his businesses and his administration.

Who came out unscathed? Richer? Rewarded by a job well done? Only Trump has so far avoided accountability for his alleged misdeeds. He’s still rich, he plays golf, he eats well and he is free. He enjoys all the perks of being a former president. Many of the people who served him are still digging their way out of legal troubles.

As the Department of Justice lets loose its flight of subpoenas, we will see if the Trump curse finally comes home to roost.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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f longstanding legend is to be believed, my family has a connection to the throne.

M any folks would be better off today if they had never been drawn into his orbit.

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Closing one chapter, but preparing for the next

“ the pandemic is over.”

With those words last weekend, President Biden declared an end to the coro navirus pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 6.5 million people, and more than 1 million in the United States.

Of course, the pandemic won’t truly be over until the World Health Organization says so. But even if public health officials do determine that we’re out of this crisis, the virus that causes Covid-19 is still out there. It’s still infecting people. It’s still killing people. It’s still creating long-term health effects for many who contract it.

Still, to feel like life may finally return to normal is a relief. It’s been more than 900 days since New York first shut down as Covid cases exploded. Schools and businesses shuttered. Streets emptied. Many people found themselves isolated from the rest of the world, connecting only through Zoom and depending on television specials like “Haircut Night in America” to help with basic tasks for which we once depended on others.

Now that we can sit in restaurants again, attend classes, and pay for some one else to cut our hair, it’s hard not to be grateful that the worst is behind us. But society has a long road to recovery both economically and socially. Supply chains remain disrupted, fueling infla tion. Many people are still out of work, even as unemployment returns to pre-

pandemic levels.

Polarization — especially the political variety — remains sharper than ever. And it’s only been in the past couple of weeks that we could officially stop wear ing masks on public transportation, although many stopped doing it months ago.

As the pandemic winds down, it’s never too soon to start planning for the next one. Sure, this has felt like a once-ina-lifetime event, but it really isn’t. When we first learned of Covid, the world was already in the grip of another pandemic: HIV/AIDS, which has killed more than 40 million people.

Before that, we had two other smaller flu pandemics, in the late 1950s and late 1960s, each of which killed up to 4 million people. And then there was the 1918 flu, which is believed to have claimed the lives of as many as 100 million people around the globe.

If there’s anything we’ve learned, it’s that Mother Nature has no shortage of infectious diseases. Even in the wake of Covid, we’ve been reminded about the dangers we face by the recent monkeypox epidemic, and the fear that there may be a resurgence of polio.

One thing that should be crystal clear by now, however, is that pandemics and epidemics do not need to be a way of life. Many of them are preventable, or at worst, manageable. But that means better

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Is it all Trump’s fault, Jerry Kremer?

To the Editor:

Jerry Kremer’s column

“Thoughts on saving the two-party system” (Sept. 8-14) expresses a valu able goal, but his analysis — the usual, and now tiresome, “It’s all Trump’s fault” — misses the cause. Of course it would great if, as in past generations, there was ideological room in both parties for a variety of viewpoints. Richard Nixon — anoth er bête noir of Mr. Kremer’s party — warned of this long ago, in 1959, when he said, “I think one of the attributes of our political system has been that we have avoided generally violent swings in administrations from one extreme to the other. And the reason we have avoided that is that in both parties, there has been room for a broad spectrum of opin ion.”

Of course, Mr. Kremer’s party thought that Nixon was the worst

monitoring of hot spots where deadly viruses can jump from animals to humans. Identifying new public health concerns quickly. And then taking them seriously.

With false alarms in the past like Ebola and SARS, it’s no wonder so many of us had become complacent by the time the coronavirus rolled around. We can’t let that happen again. What we have built as a society is too important. We are too important.

There are some scholars who are con vinced that nothing has had a greater impact on our history than pandemics and epidemics. The bubonic plague, for example, cut down half of the global pop ulation, by some accounts.

But what you might not know is that that plague didn’t ravage the planet just once — it turned living into a literal coin flip twice. We’re most familiar with the Black Death of the 14th century, which killed as many as 200 million people. But there was also the Plague of Justinian in the sixth century, which was proportion ately just as deadly.

We can wear masks when needed. We can avoid contact when asked. And we can get vaccines when they’re available. But our true first line of defense is our leaders. And it’s hoped that no men or women who succeed Biden will ever again find themselves needing to declare a devastating pandemic finally over.

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The dilemma of choosing a college

This is a busy time of year for fami lies. Getting the children back to school and focused on homework is a big challenge for any parent. And there’s another group of parents who are physically and emotionally chal lenged. They are the parents of collegebound students, many of whom will be traveling from coast to coast and in between, trying to find a college that is suitable for their son or daughter.

I’ve experi enced the college hunt four times in my life, and I can attest to the fact that it is a daunt ing task. Unless you are fortunate enough to have kids who know exactly where they want to go to college, you either are or will be a road warrior. Most future college students have highereducation wish lists that are pages long. They have some notion about what type of school they want to attend, but after one or two campus visits, their thinking may move dramatically in another direc tion.

My search for the right colleges was easy in the case of three of our daugh ters. All of them had one major choice, and we concentrated on how to please the admissions committees of those chosen schools. The fourth daughter had no idea where she wanted to go, but she had a list of 12 possible schools. Because of her uncertainty, we drove to campuses in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. After all that mile age, she chose a college in New York.

During our exhausting trek around the Northeast, I asked her what criteria she was using in picking poten tial schools. Her two major sources of information were U.S. News & World Report and the Barron’s guide. I mention these resources because of the current news about how U.S. News recently downgraded Columbia Universi ty, based on faulty numbers provided by the school on, for example, the degrees of its professors and the size of its classes. Those reports shined a spotlight on the world of publications that high school juniors and seniors use to select colleges.

There is no doubt that Columbia Uni

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thing that ever happened. But what about the unquestionably moderate John McCain and Mitt Romney, both of whom were falsely denounced as extremists?

Well, the Democrats didn’t want McCain or Romney, so they got Trump, a virtual creation of the left, which is now doing everything possible to keep its creation alive.

TeRRANCe J. NOlAN Lynbrook

Plastic pollution continues to plague us

To the editor:

We’ve all heard the warnings about cleaning up our trash at the beach and recycling, but it’s easy to feel helpless, or that it’s a problem so distant that there’s no point in worrying about it. Well, here on long Island, plastic pollution affects us directly. Not only does it make a mess of our beautiful beaches, but it also threatens wildlife and our vital marine ecosystems. long Island is an extremely important estuary, a breeding ground for fish and other marine wildlife. This means that how we treat our beaches is of utmost importance, and affects fisheries around the world. Historically, however, we lead wasteful lifestyles that lead to plastic pol lution, which threatens our ecosystems.

every plastic bag we use, every pair of plastic sunglasses, every phone case we discard takes thousands of years to break down, and usually ends up in our oceans. Besides ruining the natural beauty of our beaches, plastic pollution can have extremely detrimental effects on wildlife, from small fish and shrimp ingesting deadly microplastics to sea turtles and seals getting caught in plastic fishing nets. The population decreases that plas tic pollution causes also have the poten tial to collapse our marine ecosystems, driving away the marine mammals we are beginning to see on the Island for the first time in years.

Although it’s easy to feel helpless in these situations, there are many ways for long Islanders to prevent plastic pollu tion from getting into our oceans. There are many things you can do in your home, from recycling to reducing your own plas tic use and opting for more sustainable alternatives. The New York Marine Res cue Center, a nonprofit rescue-and-release organization, helps treat the many ani mals that suffer the consequences of plas tic pollution, and hosts beach cleanups, whale and seal-watching events, and even an annual 5K. The center is always accepting donations and new volunteers, so we can work together and prevent plas tic pollution from destroying our beaches.

AvA MeRCeD Shoreham

versity is one of the top schools in the nation. It offers a wide variety of pro grams, and many of its graduates go on to distinguished careers. But Columbia fudged the numbers, and an alert faculty member brought that fudging to wider attention. That created a great deal of negative pub licity for the school that got national attention. The underlying question is, how reliable are such sources as a guide to your child’s selec tion of a college?

According to Dr. Robert Scott, a past president of Adelphi University, U.S. News & World Report is one of the “shakers of salt.” Scott believes that many colleges provide question able data to U.S. News, and that the rank ings that emerge are highly questionable. He goes as far as to say that some schools manipulate their numbers in the hope of rising in the rankings. Once a school on the list gets a higher rating, it will market the news in the hope of attracting stu dents who rely heavily on those ratings.

Reed College a well-regarded college in Oregon, took on U.S. News in the 1990s, refusing to submit any data to the maga zine. It no doubt lost some potential stu

dents, but today its reputation is that of a stellar school.

Scott suggests that there are many other reliable college guides that provide meaningful information for aspiring entrants. He cites the Fiske Guide to Col leges as one example of a publication that shows students how their aspira tions fit with particular schools. If you search the internet, you will find multi ple sources that detail colleges’ course offerings, safety, campus culture and sur rounding communities. Don’t pay too much attention to all the student post ings, because some are sour grapes due to bad test grades.

Choosing a college is a major decision for any family, especially given the cost of higher education. Using as many sources of information as possible may be a little confusing, but relying on one or two of the college guidebooks can prove to be a major mistake. Kudos to Scott for speaking out as an expert on this volatile subject.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strat egy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

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