Long Beach Herald 10-20-2022

Society

Shop owner is paying bills that aren’t hers

By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Long Beach has always helped children with school work, and offered games and other activities, and even camp ing experiences.

Seniors win state scholarships

Eight Long Beach High School seniors have been awarded scholarships to help them pay for college at a state school. The eight are Rio Arengo, Aidan Cardo, Isabella Eustate, Samantha Fiallos, Brendan Hellman, Ava Ligouri, Rose Parlakian and Chloe Silverberg.

City cites progress in talks to build North Park flood barriers

By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

Long Beach’s corporation council told a City Council meeting Tuesday night that significant progress had been made in a seven-year-long dis pute with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that has halted construction of bulk heads to prevent serious flooding in the city’s largely Black North Park section.

But North Park residents said they remain unsatisfied with the progress of the talks, and demanded that the council host a special meeting on the issue, allowing questions to be raised about the environmental impact of the project, among other matters.

After an exchange of views with some North Park residents, Corporation Council Rich Berrios said he believed city and MTA attorneys had got ten “past” a key impediment: the amount of insur ance coverage the state agency is seeking to protect Long Island Rail Road employees who will be work ing near construction of the bulkheads.

“We’ve reached agreement on that,” Berrios said. The insurance costs to the city “are less pro hibitive.” He did not offer any specific numbers.

Hector Garcia, a senior director of external affairs at the MTA, said earlier this week that the agency was working diligently to resolve the issues with Long Beach. He declined to comment on spe cifics.

Seniors, too, get help with food. Now the center offers some thing else: help with paying bills, thanks to an unlikely donor, the owner of an auto body shop in Island Park.

In September, Gia Puma, of Puma’s Auto Body, was asked by one of her longtime customers for a donation to the MLK Center to help families with their bills. But she didn’t want to make a cash dona tion, because she wanted to see for herself where the money would be going.

She connected with the center last month.

Puma, 57, ran the body shop with her late husband, Tony, before he passed away from can cer in 2014. Puma now has prop erty in Long Beach and Oceans ide, had never met any of the

center’s board members or employees. But she struck up an acquaintance with its chairman, Cedrick Coad, and its executive director, Melissa Spleen.

Puma is planning to join the center’s board, and said she wanted to help the organization in any way she could.

“She started help ing with one bill per family,” Spleen said. “She started with the families of kids that the MLK center serves.”

Puma has helped more than twenty North Park families since Sept. 26, when she paid her first bill for one of them. They have been emailing her and the center about their needs — help with car insurance or energy bills. There is no limit on what she will help pay.

“I haven’t put a limit on it,” Puma said. “I have paid some bills for $1,400 and I have paid some bills for $70. Whatever they submit to me is what I have helped pay.”

So far, according to the MLK center, Puma has paid $11,098 in Continued on page 5

Courtesy Long Beach Public Schools

S he started helping with one bill per family.

MElISSA SPlEEN Executive director, MLK Center

Historical Society Gala celebrates centennial

By JAMes BeRnstein jbernstein@liherald.com

The Moorish-style Long Beach Histori cal and Preservation Society building at 226 West Penn St. may be badly in need of repairs, but for one night at least _ Saturday, Oct. 15 – the Society lived it up 1920s and ‘30s style with a Gala marked by guests attired in suits and dresses of the Swing and Jazz era.

More than 100 people packed Temple Ema nu-El of Long Beach for the Gala, which hon ored the Long Beach Historical Society’s Roberta Fiore and Ed Eaton, a past Long Beach City Manager. They were joined by current city officials including City Manager Donna Gayden, councilwoman Tina Posterli, councilmen John Bendo and Roy Lester.

There was dancing to a live band and a buffet dinner and prizes. But the needs of the building were much on the minds of the guests.

The society says the floors of the building are cracking, the chimney needs work and the majority of the windows need to be replaced.

“It’s a 113-year-old building,” said Karen Adamo, president of the society, said of the structure, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. “We’ve main tained it pretty well over the years, but now we have issues with the windowsills rotting out, the exhibit room doors on the outside are all rotted and the stucco needs work. It’s a major restoration.”

Adamo said that the organization has been trying to get cost estimates for the building’s restoration, and was told by one restorer that it would cost about $150,000.

The red tile roof was replaced 15 years ago, costing the society about $90,000.

Attendees show off their Jazz era gowns as the Gala gets into high swing.

Long BeAch city Manager

Donna Gayden and Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft of Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach joined in the celebration of the Long Beach Historical & Preservation Society’s Centennial Gala at the temple Oct. 15.

guests dAnced the night away to live band music playing many of the hits of the Swing and Jazz era.

Bob Arkow/Herald photos

PeoPLe donned theiR finest as the calendar rolled back through the decades to a time in America when money spirits poured freely.

foRMeR Long BeAch City Manage Ed Eaton received cheers for his years of service to the city at the Centennial Gala, whose theme was the 1902s and ‘30s. Guests came attired in the dress of the time, making for some interesting outfits.

OBITUARY

Scott Abramson, former school board member, 70

By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

Scott Abramson, a long-time Long Beach resident and member of the city’s school board, died Oct. 10 in Delray Beach, Fla., where he has been living for the last few years. He was 70.

Earlier this month, Abramson posted on Facebook that he had tested positive for covid and was in intensive care at Delray Medical Center in Florida. His son, Ricky, of Los Angles, said his father had been battling some health issues in recent years.

He had served on the Long Beach school board for a total of 15 years. At one point, he took a break from school board service but ran again in 1995 and won. He left the board in 1997, according to city councilman Roy Lester, who had known Abramson for decades. Abramson worked in the food and beverage indus try, his son said.

Abramson was graduated from Long Beach High School in 1970 and later served on the school district’s board. He believed in bringing together often-war ring factions on the board, said Lester, who was also a member of the school board, but did not serve along with Abramson.

Harvey Weisenberg, one of Long Beach’s best-known residents who had been a member of the New York State Assembly and was a Long Beach school teacher and police officer, remembered Abramson well.

“He was actively involved with the community,” Weisen berg said last week. “He was very well-liked and person able. He was very much a Long Beach person.”

Scott Abramson

“He was one of these people who never left Long Beach in spirit,” Lester said. He said more than 600 people posted get-well wishes for Abramson on Facebook.

One of those was Long Beach City Councilwoman Tina Posterli, who wrote, “He was such a big part of Long Beach, serving many years on our school board, and he always had this community’s best interests at heart. I will dearly miss his friendship and support and send prayers to his family, whom he loved so much.”

Aside from his son, Abramson is sur vived by a six-month-old grandson, York.

Because of his activism with the school board snd the Little League, Abramson had a large influence with the Long Beach City Council, his son said.

“He wanted Long Beach to be better,” his son said. “He devoted 52 years of his life to Long Beach.”

He was born and raised in Long Beach and had lived on Chester Street.

He also coached Little League, his son said. “I got over 1,500 messages on Face book from people who said he was their first coach,” Ricky said.

Ricky said he is planning a Memorial service for his father in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 121 pm at Pacific Beach.

Those wishing for more information should email rickyabramsom@gmail.com.

Long Beach Theater Guild to present Wizard of Oz

By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

The Long Beach Theater Guild, which will son be observing its 50th anniversary, is planning to celebrate with an oldie but goodie – a performance of the Wizard of Oz.

But one of the performances – the one on Sunday Nov. 13 at 2 PM- will be a senso ry performance.

A Sensory Production is designed for those bothered by bright lights or loud noises. Some people on the autism spec trum experience such issues. The Guild will provide a sensory friendly kit to aid people in their viewing and lighting expe rience. The kits may include “figits,” spin ners, an earplugs.

Volunteers will be on hand to assist any one who may need to leave the auditorium and spend some time in a quiet room.

“We encourage individuals who are Sensory Sensitive to enjoy this perfor mance,” the Guild said in a staement. Thanks to grant funding from The Hun

tington Arts Council and The Theresa Foundation we will be presenting a Senso ry Friendly Production at the Sun Nov 13 matinee.

All performances will be at the Lindell School in Long Beach. They will be Satur day, November 12 at 7:30pm and Sunday, November 13 at 2:00pm. The sensory per formance; Saturday, November 19 at 7:30pm and Sunday, November 20 at 2:00pm.

The sensory performance is thanks to a donation from the Huntington Arts Coun cil and the Theresa Foundation.

The Guild said that anyone intererested in obtaining sensory kits should email the organization a LBTheatreGuild@opton line.net.

Regular tickets can be purchased at our website www.LBTheatreGuild.org or by calling 516-432-2600.

Long Beach Theatre Guild is celebrat ing our 50th year as a community theater (unheard of in local theater!)

Lindell School Auditorium 601 Lindell Blvd. Long Beach NY.

Herald File Photo

LINdELL SchooL wILL be he location for the Long Beach Theater Guild’s November pro duction of the Wizard of Oz.

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She’s helping others by paying their bills

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car insurance, PSE&G and National Grid bills for a number of families, and she’s still going.

Obviously, paying other people’s bills can’t go on forever, but Puma has helped the community in other ways, and plans to do more in the future. She has collected the wish lists of 55 North Park chil dren, and will buy gifts for each of them. She has also purchased, and will give out, 10 new coats for participants in the center’s seniors program.

“My next step is to help people help themselves,” she said.

Puma wants to meet the children of the families she has helped, and wants them to “understand that they are wor thy and they don’t have to continue this pattern of difficulty in their lives.” She wants to speak with them about opportu nities they have in the world, and tell them that “they are entitled to it just as much as anybody else.”

Courtesy Melissa Spleen

Gia Puma, second from right in back row, joined MLK board members, from left, Cedrick Coad, Andrea Gauto and Melissa Spleen when she met some of the center’s kids on Tuesday.

y next step is to help people help themselves.

Gia Puma owner, Puma’s Auto Body

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Webinar series explores health, wealth, self

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

“Are you going deaf?”

As annoying as they might be, those four words could very well be signs of hearing loss. And it’s not a bad idea to get it checked out.

Protecting your hearing is exactly what those who tuned in to the recent AARP Long Island webinar series found out, thanks to the expertise of Dr. Lawrence Cardano and Dr. Esther Fogel.

“Out of all the health problems known to the United States, hearing loss is the third-most common health problem amongst adults,” Fogel told those attend ing the recent webinar from Herald Inside LI. That makes hearing loss “even more common than diabetes or some other health problems.”

Nearly 30 percent of adults older than 65 have some degree of hearing loss, the audiologist said, and as many as half of adults older than 75 have hearing loss to some degree.

The free webinar was part of the Octo ber series “Health+Wealth+Self,” which concludes Thursday, Oct. 20 with a focus on protecting older Americans from cyber crime.

Sponsored by AARP Long Island, Ber nard Macias — it’s associate state director — stressed the importance of AARP empowering people older than 50.

“We strengthen communities,” Macias

said. “We advocate for what matters most, with a special focus on health, security, financial stability and personal fulfillment. So, if you’re going to remember anything about AARP, remember we’re all about health, wealth and self.”

Fogel is from Comprehensive Audiolo gy in Lynbrook, while Cardano sees patients at the Hearing Center of Long Island in Valley Stream. Both say getting

your hearing checked out can improve your quality of life. And there are signs anyone can look for when it comes to hear ing loss. Like if people around you seem like they’re mumbling, or you find your self asking people to repeat themselves.

Other signs include struggling to under stand people talking in noisy locations, missing words or phrases on the tele phone, or even hearing ringing, buzzing,

hissing sounds in your ears.

“There are a lot of things that can con tribute to hearing loss and put you more at risk for hearing loss,” Cardano said. “Any thing that affects your health, overall, can affect your hearing.”

Common risks, Cardano mentioned, include high blood pressure, obesity, inac tivity, high cholesterol, smoking and diabe tes.

Hearing loss can have even larger impli cations, the doctors said — like dementia.

“In order for the brain to function prop erly, it needs to receive all the sensory input from our surroundings,” Fogel said. “So, when we’re not hearing all the sounds that we should, the brain is not receiving all the signals that it should be hearing. And that can lead to cognitive decline.”

Don’t panic if you think your hearing might be diminishing, however. There are steps you can take to protect your hearing, such as having your hearing tested, limit ing your exposure to loud noises, eating healthy, and exercising.

And, if you are diagnosed with hearing loss, Cardano stressed, treat it early.

“All the research is telling us that if you have any hearing loss — even a mild hear ing loss — the easiest way to preserve your hearing clarity is to have it treated and have properly fitted and maintained hear ing aids,” Cardano said.

Register for the final webinar in the series set for Thursday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m., by visiting LIHerald.com/self.

Courtesy Herald Inside LI

DRS. LAWReNce cARDANO and Esther Fogel from Comprehensive Audiology in Lynbrook, joined Herald Inside LI recently for October’s ‘Health+Wealth+Self’ webinar series with Bernard Macias, the associate state director for AARP Long Island, and Michael Hinman, executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers.

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spotlight athlete

Herald sports

Unbeaten Long Beach nets crown

By BRiaN KaChaRaBa sports@liherald.com

Long Beach girls’ tennis coach Tony Stricklin is retiring in style.

Thanks to the stellar play of the three top singles players and clutch perfor mances by the doubles pairs, the Marines made their return to Confer ence III a successful one by capturing their first division title in four years with a perfect 14-0 regular-season record.

saMaNtha KolB Long Beach Senior Soccer

CoMMitteD to plaY D-1 soccer at Providence College, Kolb is considered the frontrunner to earn a second Conference Player of the Year award in three seasons. The soon-to-be four-time All-County forward/midfielder has the Marines on the verge of the A3 title with a record of 10-1. She leads all of Nassau County in goals this fall with 24, including at least one in all 11 games, and has more than 50 in her career.

soCCeR plaYoFFs

BoYs soCCeR Friday, oct. 21

Class A first round at higher seed 2:30 p.m. tuesday, oct. 25

Class A quarterfinals at higher seed 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, oct. 26

Class AA quarterfinals at higher seed 2:30 p.m. thursday, oct. 27

Class B championship at Plainedge 7:30 p.m. Friday, oct. 28

Class A semifinals at Mitchel Complex 5:30 and 8 p.m. sunday, oct. 30

Class AA semifinals at Mitchel Complex 12:30 and 3 p.m.

giRls soCCeR saturday, oct. 22

Class A quarterfinals at higher seed TBA Wednesday, oct. 26

Class A semifinals at C.S. Harbor TBA

The run culminated with a 7-0 victo ry over Valley Stream Central on Mon day, Long Beach’s sixth shutout of the fall and second in as many meetings with the Eagles. The playoffs started Wednesday against an opponent that had yet to be determined at press time.

Stricklin captured two conference titles during his tenure that lasted over a decade, the other coming in 2018 when the team last played in III. The team struggled mightily in Conference II-B the previous three seasons and were rel egated back to III because of their lastplace finish in 2021.

“[I’m] very proud of their accom plishment,” Stricklin said after Mon day’s match. “[Going] undefeated was a bonus, but it wasn’t my goal. Improving, doing your best, respecting the game, and having fun is what I emphasized.”

The closest Long Beach came to los ing was during its first meeting with Wantagh on Sept. 16. Playing without top singles player Shaianne Fischer, the Marines went 2-1 in singles competition and the Warriors defeated two doubles pairs before the fourth doubles team of seniors Molly Zec and Chloe Silverberg rallied for the exciting victory.

“It put some pressure on us,” Strick lin said of playing without Fischer.

Fischer went 13-0 in the top spot after going 8-6 in the same role as a freshman. Stricklin lauded her for her off-season training regimen and used her as an example on how hard work can lead to success.

“Shaianne has really made quite a difference on the team,” Stricklin said. “It’s nice to have someone that’s been trained at the level she’s been trained at

because you can always point to her and say, ‘this is what we’re trying to do and accomplish in terms of our skill devel opment.’”

Seniors Hailey Brandt and Jordan Collinson swapped the second and third spots this season and the move paid div idends after both went 14-0. Brandt split time on third singles and first doubles last year, but her “unconventional” play ing style made her hard to beat in her second singles role this year.

“I said, “I’ve seen players like you and you continue to work at what you do, there’s going to come a time where you’re going to be extremely difficult to

beat,” Stricklin recalled telling Brandt earlier in her varsity career.

Sophomores Isabella Alley and Ava Mosey impressed with a 12-1 mark when playing together as the third doubles team while showing incredible chemis try on the court, according to Stricklin. Zec and Silverberg lost just once in 11 matches this fall.

Freshman lefty Winter Collinson and sophomore righty Lilan Garfinkel used their contrasting handiness to their advantage and finished 10-2. Sophomore Abigail Smucker and freshman Annie Wachs went 7-4 when teamed together in second doubles.

Eric Dunetz/Herald shaiaNNe FisCheR helD down the No. 1 singles spot for the Marines and helped them capture the Conference III title in unbeaten fashion.

Final stretch of LIRR’s $2.5B ‘third track’ done

By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com

It’s finally completed. The Long Island Rail Road line connecting New York City with Nassau County’s governmental seat and other points east now has a third track. And that could mean not only more trains along a nearly 10-stretch between Floral Park and Hicksville, but added ben efits to neighboring lines and traffic.

The Third Track Project, completed Oct. 3, is the latest addition to the LIRR’s rail network, giving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority the ability to carry more trains on the track, as well as better flexibility moving trains in both directions during peak hours.

For commuters, this could mean fewer service disruptions and delays along the busy line that connects to Ronkonkoma, Huntington, Port Jefferson, Hempstead and Oyster Bay, meaning potentially fewer riders on those lines passengers might choose as alternatives. For those choosing to drive, it eliminates grade-crossing at seven different intersections, meaning fewer delays whenever trains roll through.

Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the com pletion of the third rail alongside MTA executives at a garage next to the LIRR’s Westbury station.

“The completion of the historic third track project connects commuters with a more resilient and flexible railroad with frequent service, modern stations, ADA

accessibility, and more travel opportuni ties for Long Islanders and visitors,” said Hochul of the $2.5 billion construction project that finished $100 million under budget.

The project kicked off in 2019 after decades of battles over how such a track would be constructed. Many living around the affected areas — along with the local officials who represented them — bristled at the idea of having the new set of rails potentially cut through private property.

The current design began in 2016 under the backing of Hochul’s predecessor, Andrew Cuomo. This time, the plan didn’t involve taking residential property while adding other infrastructural perks includ ing landscape improvement, retaining walls, parking garages, improvements to rail bridges, and the removal of eight street-level grade crossings.

The plan also refurbished stations in Mineola, New Hyde Park, Carle Place, Merillon Avenue and Westbury.

The project was carried out in three phases with the first leg of track through New Hyde Park and Merillon Avenue fin ishing last August. The second stretch of track to Mineola completed weeks later, with the last section crossing the finish line at Hicksville.

There is still, however, minor station work left to complete.

Catherine Rinaldi, LIRR’s interim pres ident, says the rail system expansion couldn’t come at a better time as the new

Manhattan East Side terminal Grand Cen tral Madison — a heavyweight project in itself — comes into operation in the com ing weeks.

“When combined with the new termi nal at Grand Central Madison and the newly renovated LIRR concourse at Penn Station, LIRR customers will have more frequent service, upgraded stations with a host of modern amenities, and easier reverse peak trips,” Rinaldi said.

Courtesy Marc A. Hermann/MTA

GOv. KAthy hOchUL joined Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief executive Janno Lieber to announce the completion of the Long Island Rail Road’s 9.8-mile piece of track stretching from Floral Park to Hicksville that is expected to allow more trains, and ease congestion.

The third track’s ability will allow the two-way flow of trains on the mainline during the railroad’s busiest hours.

This, MTA chief executive Janno Lieber said, will be “a huge boon for Long Island businesses, since it will increase access to the region’s talent pool by enabling not only a 40 percent overall increase in LIRR service, but a huge uptick in reverse peak train frequency.

“It’s a win-win-win.”

North Park residents demand special meeting

“We have to get reimbursed” for insur ance costs, Garcia said. “We are working to help the city minimize their exposure” to higher costs.

“At this point, it’s down to the attor neys” to come up with a complete negoti ation document, he added.

Tuesday’s meeting began with Berrios saying he had “not much else to report” on the bulkhead issue. “We have exchanged letters,” he said of the city and the MTA. “We’re trying to get this deal done.”

But after some comments from James Hodge, a former board chairman of the Mar tin Luther King Center in North Park, Crystal Lake, a community leader, and a res ident, Wanda Brooks, Berri os said that progress has been made on the insurance issue.

Both Hodge and Lake called for a city wide forum on the barricade issue. “This should involve the whole city of Long Beach,” Hodge said. “The lower-interest part of the city should not always have to fight for what’s right. The city should have a meeting with all of the parties.

“I’m calling for this,” Hodge added, his voice growing louder. “We’ve been waiting for this for years and years.”

“There is a crucial need for such a hearing,” Lake said. “Both sides need to see the pain and suffering” North Park residents endure during heavy rain storms, when many streets are flooded.

“There are so many unanswered ques tions,” she added, including the environ mental impact of the project, and wheth er the bulkheads will prevent street flooding.

Lake said that she recalled, as a child, a particu larly bad storm. “I was one of those children sitting in a rowboat,” she said.

Berrios said he “could understand the need” for such a meeting, but added, “What the attorneys need to do is reach an agreement. I don’t think the city is opposed to a meeting.” But he emphasized that there needed to be an agreement between the attorneys before any such meeting could take place.

The dispute has caught the attention of others in Long Beach, including Bish op Isaac Melton Jr. of the Christian Light Missionary Baptist Church. “I cer tainly agree that this matter requires immediate attention,” Melton wrote in an email, “and I, as well as others, look forward to open dialogue.”

City officials want to install about

A resident demonstrAted how high floodwaters can rise during rainstorms in the city’s North Park section.

2,700 linear feet of bulkhead, demolish an abandoned gun range on Water Street, replace all utilities on Water Street, including sewers and other infrastruc ture, and repave the street.

At the end of the meeting, Lake said she remained dissatisfied. “There’s no

resolution to move forward,” she said, adding that she said she understood the need for lawyers to negotiate, but that that should not preclude a general meet ing.

“There are some concerns that can be answered,” she said.

Herald file photo

t here are so many unanswered questions. CrystAl lAke leader, North Park community

STEPPING OUT

Anoteworthy milestone

South Shore Symphony celebrates an expressive 40 years

By Karen Bloom

rom their roots in the Five Towns back in 1983, the Rockville Centrebased South Shore Symphony has grown and flourished as a regional orchestra that commands attention. For much of that time — since 1991 — principal cellist Wayne Lipton, the orchestra’s president, has been instrumental in guiding the many phases of its

growth.

“We started to really blossom, added more musicians, when the Rockville Centre Guild for the Arts took us under their umbrella” in 1991, Lipton recalls. And he and his group have never looked back. The orchestra — which performed at South Side Middle School until its move to the then newly-opened Madison Theatre on the Molloy University campus in 2011 — soon become known for their fascinating, challenging repertoire.

WHERE WHEN

• Saturday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.

• Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre

• For tickets, visit MadisonTheatreNY.org or call the box office at (516) 323-4444

“We put everything into it,” Lipton says. “We attracted more musicians and a larger audience. Soon soloists were added into the mix of the all-volunteer orchestra. We kept adding new things.”

conductor Scott Jackson Wiley.

“Wiley is extraordinary,” Lipton says. “He’s done a wonderful job teaching us and moving us forward. His dedication and commitment to the highest musical standards has led us to deliver consistently powerful and moving performances of some of the greatest symphonic works. It takes a special person to commit to an orchestra for that span, and he’s truly deserving of recognition.”

As he will be on Nov. 12, when the orchestra celebrates their beloved conductor’s 25th season with a special concert in his honor. Fen Hsin returns as featured soloist to perform Brahms Violin Concerto. The program also includes ‘Brahms Variations on a Theme” by Haydn and Brahms Symphony No. 4.

Pink Talking Fish

The fusion supergroup has enthralled audience with their special blend of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish since their inception some 10 years ago. What began as a lark for the four jam band musicians has turned into something much more. The band — with Eric Gould on bass, Richard James on keyboards, Zack Burwick on drums, and Cal Kehoe on guitar — has garnered a major following for their inventive combination of tunes from the namesake bands that inspired PTF. Although the music from each act is different, PTF has discovered that fusing the material together creates what the band describes as an ‘amazing story.’

Friday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m. $44.

Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444, or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

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That included collaborating with the local dance company, Leggz Ltd. Dance, performing outdoors each summer in Rockville Centre, and concerts at St. Agnes Cathedral.

The real turning point occurred with the construction of the Madison Theatre.

“We were ecstatic to be offered a real home,” Lipton enthuses.

“We were ecstatic to be offered a real home,” Lipton enthuses.

The feeling is mutual.

The feeling is mutual. partner artistic throughout

“The Madison Theatre is proud to partner with the South Shore Symphony,” says artistic director Angelo Fraboni. “We feature them in a variety of shows throughout the year. They’re always consistently excellent.”

“These are all pieces chosen by Scott as a statement of his classical background,” Wiley says. “It’s a strong classic repertoire. As an accessible Romantic composer with a big sound, Brahms is (a) tremendous showpiece for Ming. The Symphony is a tough one, a nice challenge for the orchestra, as is Variations on Hayden.”

Blazin’ pumpkins

While the orchestra may have “South Shore” in its name, Lipton is quick to point out that this is a group of dedicated, highly skilled musicians representative of all of Long Island.

Also theatre

This relationship has challenged and opened up new ventures for the orchestra. Its members now perform in opera and musical productions. Also Broadwaystyle revues, which include the University’s CAP21 theatre arts students. And, of course, Leggz Ltd Dance’s holiday confection “The Nutcracker,” among their many versatile performances.

“We’ve had an opportunity to play with some amazing people,” Lipton says, including Keith Emerson, Neil Sedaka and Jimmy Webb.

“It’s a very special group,” he says.

That “special group” has committed to a special season. One of “the most ambitious yet,” according to Wiley.

Fraboni

“Tosca”

“Marriage

Collaboration with Fraboni has blossomed into highly-praised full productions of operatic standards such as “Carmen,” “Marriage of Figaro,” “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madame Butterfly.” A sustained cooperation with musical director Michael Bower and the Cathedral of Saint Agnes has led to memorable performances of major choral works such as Mahler’s Second and Third Symphonies, Beethoven’s Choral Symphony and many others, as well as most of the major concertos for organ and orchestra.

cooperation with musical director Michael Bower and the Cathedral of Saint Agnes has led to memorable performances of major choral well and relationship

Of special note is the orchestra’s relationship with virtuoso violinist Ming Fen Hsin — the orchestra’s music director in the ‘90s — who connected the South Shore Symphony with music director and

“I hope everyone takes advantage of all that we’ve pulled together this season to entertain you.”

Courtesy South Shore Symphony

Above photos: Whether playing the classical repertoire or joining Molloy’s CAP21 theatre arts conservatory students and Broadway performers in a Salute to Broadway, most recently on Oct. 9.

The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze is back for a third year at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. The Halloween-themed event, which had its start in the Hudson Valley at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-onHudson, features more than 7,000 illuminated, individually hand-crafted jack o’ lanterns displayed throughout the restored village. The pumpkins are carved into elaborate sculptural displays that light up the night, creating an family-friendly experience all ages will enjoy. Visitors stroll the pumpkin trail, past 19th-century buildings, and through historic barns to find themselves immersed in a fall wonderland.

Now through Nov. 6. Tickets must be purchased in advance, none available on-site. Tickets start at $32 for adults; $24 ages 3-17. Children 2 and younger are free. Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road, Old Bethpage. For tickets and information, visit PumpkinBlaze.org.

Linda Eder

The versatile songstress-musical theater star brings her powerful voice to NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, for her latest cabaret turn, Friday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. A best-selling recording artist with 14 solo albums to her credit, Eder brings a diverse repertoire spanning Broadway, standards, pop, country, and jazz. When Eder performs live in concert, audiences are awed by the ease of her transitions between genres, effortlessly displaying the full range of her incredible vocal gifts. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

Art talk

Join Nassau County Museum Director Charles A. Riley II, PhD, for a Director’s Seminar, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 4 p.m. He’ll discuss “The Persistence of Surrealism,” which highlights the drama and poetry of the Surrealist movement, along with masterworks of painting and sculpture. Participation is limited; registration required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Author talk

Meet journalist Joe Calderone, author of “Don’t Look Back,” a thriller that takes readers into the hearts and minds of a FDNY family who lost their son during 9/11, and set out on a mission to find out what really happened to him and the other 342 firefighters who perished, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 6-9 p.m. Hosted by Tony Cancellieri and Mike Sapralcone, at the Coral House, 70 Milburn Ave., Baldwin. For information, call (516) 672-3205.

Point Lookout Beach Cleanup

The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Town of Hempstead and All Our Energy will host a beach clean-up at Town Park at Point Lookout, 1300 Lido Blvd., on Sunday, Oct. 30, beginning at 9 a.m. People can sign up for a onehour time slot, with a cap of 50 people per hour. Supplies will be provided but it is asked that each person brings their own gloves. For more information, tinyurl.com/PLcleanup.

Murder Mystery

Help solve a murder when the Long Beach Historical Society hosts a murder mystery play, “Opening Night,” Saturday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 23, 2 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28-29, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m. $35, $30 members. See the show at 226 West Penn St. To purchase tickets or for more information, call (516) 432-1192 or visit LongBeachHistoricalSociety.org.

Oct. 22

He’Brew October Fest

Bright Eye Beer Co. will have a He’Brew October Fest, sponsored by Temple EmanuEl, on Monday, Oct. 24. The event will be from 7 to 9 pm. Admission is free and there will be live music and Nosh provided. Pints will cost $6. To RSVP or for more information, call Temple Emanu-El at (516) 431-4060.

Writers’ Circle

The Long Beach Public Library will have its weekly writers’ circle meeting on Monday, Oct. 24

The meeting is open to people of all ages and writing skills and styles. It will only be offered on zoom from 11 am to 1 pm. For more information, visit LongBeachPL.librarycalendar.com.

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?

Property Tax Exemption Workshop

Legislator Denise Ford will host a property tax exemption workshop on Monday, Oct. 31, 1 to 2:30 pm. The workshop will be held at the Long Beach Public Library, 111 W. Park Ave. For more information, call Legislator Denise Ford’s office at (516) 571-6204.

Oct. 28

Halloween movie night

Grab the family and enjoy a screening of the classic Halloween film,”Hocus Pocus,” Friday, Oct. 28, 6:30 p.m., at Long Beach Public Library. Pizza and light refreshments served. Come dressed to impress in your Halloween costumes.The party is in the library’s auditorium, 111 W. Park Ave. Space is limited and registration required. For more information or to register for the event, visit LongBeachPL. LibraryCalendar.com.

Pinkalicious

Bring the family to see the popular musical based Victoria and Elizabeth Kann’s beloved book about the girl who can’t stop eating pink cupcakes, presented by Plaza Theatrical Productions, Saturday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor’s office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe. $15. At he Show Place at the Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. For tickets and information, call (516) 5996870 or PlazaTheatrical.com.

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Halloween in the Plaza

The City of Long Beach and Arts in the Plaza will have a special Halloween in the Plaza,Saturday, Oct. 29, beginning at 10 a.m. With special handcrafted art, jewelry and gifts from local artists. The event will bn Kennedy Plaza. For more information, visit ArtsInThePlaza. com or Facebook.com/artsintheplaza1.

Officer assists in arrest of suspected bank robber

By JAMeS BeRNSteiN jbernstein@liherald.com

Lt. Brett Curtis has made a number of arrests since he joined the Long Beach Police Department 17 years ago. But one of the biggest collars he has ever made came when he was off-duty and had assisted Nassau County Police in the arrest of a suspected bank robber in Oceanside.

Last Sunday, On Oct. 9, Curtis was

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driving on Waukena Avenue in Oceans ide shortly before 2 pm. He was notified by the city police department that a rob bery had taken place. He spotted a man walking on Waukena who matched the description of the suspect – a beard, heavy-set man.

Curtis followed the man in his car. He called the Nassau County Police Depart ment and asked if a suspect had been arrested.

“I told them I had seen an individual walking in Waukena Avenue” who fit the description.

“I kept watching him for three or four blocks,” Curtis said. “Then the Nassau County police came and I let them make the first contact” with the suspect.

The man was handcuffed and arrested without resistance. Later, a rifle was found in the man’s Long Beach home.

He was identified Joseph Dahmen, 38. Nassau County Police said Dahmen entered a TD Bank branch at 247 Long Beach Rd., and went up to a teller and handed her a note demanding an unde termined amount of cash, according to police. Dahmen then reportedly ran away after getting about $600.

Dahmen was charged with thirddegree robbery.

Curtis had worked for the New York City Police Department for three years before joining the Long Beach force.

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Courtesy Long Beach Police Department L.B. PoLice Lt. Brett Curtis assisted in the arrest of a suspected bank robber.

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A LoNg BeAch man was arrested on October 9 after robbing a TD Bank in Oceanside.

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Long Beach high School students traveled last Saturday to take part in numerous workshops to prepare for life after high school.

MLK Center brings 18 students to college workshop

High school offers young students the opportunity to get prepared for college, or what lie ahead for them. Students sometimes do workshops as well, to get more intimate learning experiences.

The Long Beach Martin Luther King Jr. Center took 18 students to a college workshop this past Saturday, paying for each student to participate and have free transportation there and back.

The students “signed up on a first come, first serve basis,” said Melissa Spleen, the executive director of the MLK center. “It was open to all Long

beach High School students too, not just North Park residents.”

The program, called “Collegeology: The Study of Getting into College,” is a full-day event with numerous different workshops for students. There were workshops for dealing with senior year, trade and technical school opportunities, scholarships and college. The event was at the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center at Hofstra University.

“This was our first time doing it and funding it all ourselves,” Spleen said of the MLK center.

Public Notices

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 10/26/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 664/22. LIDO BEACHAlex Hamaty, Install 6’ high fence forward of the dwelling on Fairway Rd. which may substantially obstruct line of sight & within the clear sight triangle (Rehearing of case #244/22)., N/W cor. Fairway Rd. & Hazzard Rd., a/k/a 143 Fairway Rd.

RE-ADVERTISEMENT: 9:30 A.M. 630/22. POINT LOOKOUT - Kori Anne Bagrowski & Edward Reines, Variances, height, exceeds number of stories, lot area occupied, front yard average setback, side yard, rear yard, construct 3-story dwelling (demolish existing dwelling)., E/s Mineola Ave., 320’ S/o Lido Blvd., a/k/a 64 Mineola Ave.

ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550.

This notice is only for new cases in Lido Beach & Point Lookout within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals

The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/Live-Streaming-Video 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. 134772

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE BOARDWALK CONDOMINIUM II, Plaintiff, Against

ASHANTI RANDOLPH In Her Individual Capacity And As Executor Of The Last Will And Testament Of JAMES A RANDOLPH, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 03/03/2021, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 11/7/2022 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 545B West Broadway, Unit 205, Long Beach, NY 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 and State of New York. Section 59 Block 28 Lot 184. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $65,474.60 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 005590/2015. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

John L. Juliano, Esq., Referee.

SHERWOOD & TRUITT LLC, 300 GARDEN CITY PLAZA, SUITE 136, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530. Dated: 9-6-2022 File Number: RANDOLPH PCO 134548

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPTION MORTGAGE COMPANY

Plaintiff, Against JUANITA SLADE, CLIFTON SLADE, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 12/22/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine, on 11/16/2022 at 2:30 PM, premises known as 28 East Hudson Street, Long Beach, NY 11561, A.K.A. 28 Hudson Street, Long Beach, NY 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 94 Lot 17, 18, And 19. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $495,395.75 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 13-014225. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Scott H Siller, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Suite 205, 10 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573

Dated: 9-20-2022 File Number: 548-0119 CJL 134691

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK

NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2006-6 NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-6 Plaintiff,

Against ANITA DANIELS, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 03/12/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 10/27/2022 at 2:00pm, premises known as 536 East Fulton Street, 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, State of New York. Section 59 Block 166 Lot 20. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $582,852.00 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 15-003896. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Suite 205, 10 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 9-13-2022 File Number: 14-309644 PCO 134368

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

Office 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

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The Long Beach MLK Center took 18 students to Hofstra University last Saturday to learn about all their options to continue education after high school.

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We have openings for teacher aides for the 2022/23 school year. 10-month positions available immediately, starting at $15.00/hr.

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We have an opening for a P/T school nurse, 2 days/wk mostly Wed & Thurs. Pro-rated salary, approx. $240.00/day. RN cert. required.

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VALLEY STREAM UFSD 30

Seeking Candidates for the Following Positions starting Immediately:

Clerk Typist - (12-Month Position)

Technology O ce - 7:45 am- 4:15 pm

Salary: $39,633-$46,087

This position is a provisional position and will require the selected candidate to take and receive a reachable score on the next scheduled Clerk Typist I exam given by the Nassau County Civil Service.

Teacher Aide -10 Months

8 am to 3 pm | 5 days a week $19,776-$24,894

*Proof of HS Required or Equivalent*

Those interested will be required to comply with Nassau County Civil Service & NYS ngerprinting requirements.

Part-Time School Monitor -10 Months 11 am to 1 pm | 5 days a week $15.45 per hour

Those interested will be required to comply with Nassau County Civil Service & NYS ngerprinting requirements.

Interested candidates should email, fax, or send a letter of interest and resume to the VS 30 Human Resources Department, 150 Washington Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580 or email: HumanResources@vs30.org 1187761

EMPLOYMENT

Help Wanted

ADMINISTRATIVE

Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper grouphas several administrative job openings: Receptionist (F/T), Accounts Receivable/Billing Collections Clerk

Multi-Media Coordinator (Hours Flexible) Qualified candidates are fast learners with good organizational and people skills - entry level ok.

Role requires working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn custom software programs.

If you would like to join a communitydriven, fast-paced environment, please send your resume to: careers@liherald.com.

ASSISTANT TEACHER/ PRESCHOOL: Monday- Friday. H.S. Diploma. Salary Commensurate With Experience. Far Rockaway. Contact Lynn 718-327-1141 Or Email Resume rhccclynn@hotmail.com

CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE

Full Time/Part Time Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department. Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.

STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail orientated and able to work well under deadlines. For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com

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CSC Holdings, LLC seeks a Manager Process Engineering to lead and execute assigned initiatives impacting Altice USA enterprise processes and customer experiences (CX), focusing on designing, viewing and improving the interactions with our customers. Utilize Business Process Management (BPM), Project Management (PM), and Six Sigma sub-methodologies: DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) and LEAN principles to evaluate the quality of relevant operational procedures, institute and document standard around business processes. Lead high visibility engagements with key business stakeholders, addressing complex interdepartmental challenges from inception to implementation with relevant controls and an after action review to measure business change impact. Communicate with technical experts, 3rd party vendors, and top-level executive leaders. Implement customer centric solutions, institute rigor and consistency around implementation, as well as drive success-based metrics KPIs including First Call Resolution (FCR), Repeat call and Repeat Service Visits, Average Handle Time (AHT) for assigned projects. Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, and 3 years of experience in customer experience (CX) roles. Experience must include a minimum of: 3 years of experience performing business analysis, identifying business requirements, designing and developing journey maps/process flows to enhance the customer experience; 3 years of experience working with business process re-engineering and process improvement tools and techniques; 3 years of experience with e-Business Process Management (BPM), Project Management (PM); 3 years of experience with internal audits to improve risk management, governance, and effectiveness of operations; and 3 years of experience with MS Project, Visio, Iserver, JIRA, Dbeaver, Adobe XD, Dreamweaver and Photoshop Requirements for this position include demonstration of either full vaccinations status against COVID-19 or company-provided weekly COVID-19 testing. Job location: Bethpage, NY. To apply, submit resume online at https://www.alticeusacareers.com/ and search by job title or enter job ID number 2022-35082.

CUSTODIAN FT/ PT Needed For Preschool in Far Rockaway. Salary/ $15 Hr. Call Lynn 718-327-1141 Or Email Resume rhccclynn@hotmail.com

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Must Obtain Required License Great Growth Potential! email resume to: kevin@kevindignam.com

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Full Time and Part Time Positions Available!

Busy Print Shop in Garden City is Hiring Immediately for Full Time and Part Time Drivers. Must Have a Clean License and BoxTruck Driving Experience. Hours Vary, Night Availability is a Must. Please Email Resume to ehecker@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS WANTED Will Certify And Train HS Diploma

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EDITOR/REPORTER

The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team! This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry. To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@riverdalepress.com

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR Richner Communications is looking for a hands-on Human Resources professional to oversee all HR functions on a strategic and tactical level. Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding Garden City, Long Island media company. This position has a flexible schedule, part-time job share would be considered.

Responsibilities: Talent acquisition: Source, screen, and interview potential candidates and manage new employee onboarding Benefits administration: Liaise with brokers, providers and facilitate enrollment and updating of coverage. Manage annual open enrollment and employee benefits review. Administration of 401(k) plan. Employee relations: Provide day- today support and problem resolution in regards to employee concerns, questions and policy issues. Performance management: Coach, counsel and recommend disciplinary actions Compliance: Maintain indepth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance Payroll: Process biweekly payroll through payroll vendor for population of 150 employees Requirements: Bachelor's degree, preferably in business or HR, or equivalent experience Minimum 5 years HR generalist experience Knowledge of Federal, State & Local regulations governing employment Experience with payroll processing Self-motivated, ability to prioritize and work well under pressure Customer-focused attitude, with high level of professionalism and discretion Excellent oral and written communication and quantitative skills Proficiency with Microsoft Office Qualified candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to: careers@liherald.com.

LEAD CARPENTER FT For Growing Home Improvement Company. Experienced. Must Have Own Transportation And Be Legal To Work. Call 516-849-7411

MEDICAL ASSISTANT FT Pulmonary Office. Lawrence And Rockville Centre. Experienced Preferred. Vital Signs, Patient Care, Phone Work, File And Prepare Charts. Pulmonary Function Studies A Plus. Email Resume To: southshore360@gmail.com Or Call 516-569-6966

OUTSIDE SALES

Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships. Salary, Commission, Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and Paid Time Off.

Will Consider Part Time. Please Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X286

Help Wanted

PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP

Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key.

Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com

RECEPTIONIST - FULL TIME

Receptionist (full-time) needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City. The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer service skills, be professional, dependable and have reliable transportation. Candidate should have computer knowledge and working knowledge of MS Office. Candidate MUST be reliable, punctual and be able to work a CONSISTENT schedule: Monday and Wednesday 8am to 4pm Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 6pm Friday 8am to 5pm

Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Answering phones and greeting customers, assisting new customers by showing storage facility options and pricing, collecting payments from customers, contacting customers for late payments, applying payments and updating the customer files /data base and other general administrative responsibilities on an as needed basis. Hourly pay, plus eligible for Holiday Pay, PTO, Medical, Dental, 401k with company matching, plus other benefits. Qualified candidates should email their resume, cover letter and salary requirements. No phone calls please. Job Type: Full-time. Salary: $15.00 /hour Email your resume to: careers@liherald.com

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UP TO $21.09 NYC, $20.22 L.I., $15.20 Upstate NY! If you need care from your relative, friend/ neighbor and you have Medicaid, they may be eligible to start taking care of you as personal assistant under NYS Medicaid CDPA Program. No Certificates needed. 347-713-3553

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An architect fora sunroom?

Q. I’m buying a sunroom for my breakfast room on the back of my split-level house, about 8 feet off the ground. I’m being told by the contractor that I need an architect and sealed plans. Since it’s basically a kit of parts that will go on my existing deck, why do I need this? It seems like a lot of extra expense the sunroom people didn’t tell me about. If I already have a permit for the deck, it should be allowed, right? I haven’t bought the sunroom yet. I’m just trying to be sure I know the whole story before I do this, probably by spring, when the weather is better for construction. Any advice would be helpful.

A. Do things once, the best way. A deck isn’t hab itable, but a sunroom is, and a permit is required. Plans have to show struc tural support, energy and building code compliance. Rain, moisture and ice are your primary concerns.

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You need the whole story without the sales part. Just like any pur chase, issues you might not expect are still impor tant, like finding out what kind of oil to add to your snow blower before the engine seizes or that windows without factory tint ing can allow ultra-violet sunlight rays to fade your carpet. As an architect for a largely popular sun room manufacturer in the 1980s and ’90s, I experi enced many issues with their construction.

Pre-engineered panel systems are designed by the company, hopefully by engineers, and should come with plans, from the manufacturer, that can be sealed and signed by their in-house engineer. If not, plans may need to be drawn from scratch by an architect or engineer that you hire so those plans can be integrated with your house. Integrated means that the company generally just sells you a product and doesn’t necessarily give any indication of how to support the unit or how to attach the unit system to your house so that it won’t leak or move.

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This is the general failing of the system, since, as I experienced with most of the installations, the part I could detail was free of leaking or movement, but the units themselves leaked nearly every time. We could detail how the edges of the unit could be sealed and redundantly weather-stripped and flashed, but the frames around the glass and wall edges would unseal and leak. I even met with the corporate president/owner and identified the spe cific problems. Promises to correct leak issues were made but not kept, and eventually I gave up.

I looked at a two-year-old system while discuss ing other work for a home recently. The owner described the back-and-forth misery he and his family were experiencing with their sunroom and the company. Even 25 years after I gave up, the same company is still doing things the same way. You need a detail-oriented architect and installer, even if you think you don’t. The cost of doing things twice is much greater. Good luck.

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We bumped a meteor off course, so is the danger over?

one of the most popular movies about the apocalyptic notion of a giant meteor striking Earth and destroying civilization was “Deep Impact,” a 1998 disaster film in which a high school student and a scien tist discover that a huge rock from outer space is headed right toward our world.

A space crew is sent to destroy it with nuclear weapons, but succeeds only in blasting it in half, and winds up sacrificing their lives to destroy the larger half with their remaining bombs, saving Earth and its inhabitants.

JAMEs BERnsTEin

In the real world, of course, nothing so dramat ic has ever hap pened. But on Sept. 26, NASA successfully gave an asteroid a punch in the nose, knocking it off course. The asteroid posed no threat to Earth. NASA just wanted to test its capability to send an unmanned spacecraft, in a mission called DART, for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, to

make contact with a rock in space and set it off course.

Just in case the real thing ever hap pens, and we are faced with the possibility of extinction from beyond.

The asteroid Dimorphos was about 7 million miles from Earth. DART was launched last November, tasked with fly ing out to the asteroid, which has a diameter of about 560 feet, and crashing into it at about 14,000 miles per hour. The purpose of the test was to see if DART’s impact could push Dimor phos a bit off its orbit.

It worked. The test suc ceeded beyond NASA’s expectations.

“For the first time ever, humanity has changed the orbit of a plan etary body,” Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, said in a statement after the test.

NASA administrator Bill Nelson added, “This mission shows that NASA is trying to be ready for whatever the uni verse throws at us. “NASA has proven we are serious as a defender of the planet.”

And there is no question the planet

needs defense. In December 2019, Con gress established the U.S. Space Force, the newest branch of the armed forces in 73 years. The members of Congress believed the defense of space was a national secu rity imperative, not only because of the possibility of hostile missile attacks, but also the chances of the planet being struck by a massive space boulder. We now have the capabil ity to see deeper into space than ever before, with the launch in 2021 of the James Webb Space Telescope, which conducts infrared astronomy. The Webb is the largest optical telescope in space, and its high resolu tion and sensitivity give it the ability to see objects too old, distant or faint to be detected by the older Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched in 1990.

While NASA is to be congratulated for its success with DART, we here on Earth should not become complacent that all such dangers from space objects can be handled so easily. No one is talking about Armageddon from space, and the notion of a manned space vehicle smashing into

a meteor remains the stuff of Hollywood. But some experts are cautiously hopeful that NASA and the Space Force continue to seek ways of looking out for dangerous objects out there. The sooner they are seen, the better our chances of destroying them.

“We do now track a majority of the larger ones,” said Andy Parton, president of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Gar den City. “We have the capability of using bigger space vehicles than DART” to do battle with meteors. “But we must also remember this was a small test, and just a test at that.”

No one should forget the 66-foot Chely abinsk meteor that exploded in the atmo sphere over the southern Ural region of Russia in 2013, causing a bright flash and a hot cloud of dust and gas. The meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere undetected because its radiant, or source direction, was close to the sun. The blast caused extensive ground damage, and about 1,000 people sought medical attention.

As Parton said, “Somebody should always be watching.”

James Bernstein is editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments? Jbernstein@ liherald.com.

America’s mayhem is playing on the world stage

‘The whole world is watching. The whole world is watching.”

If you know American his tory, or you remember it, “The whole world is watching!” is the unforget table chant shouted by thousands of young Vietnam War protesters as they were tear-gassed and beaten with clubs by the Chicago police during the 1968 Demo cratic National Convention that August.

A quick recount: The stodgy Vice Presi dent Hubert Hum phrey was about to be named the Democrats’ presi dential candidate, to run against Republican Rich ard Nixon.

The back ground: President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated five years earlier. His younger brother, Bobby, running against Humphrey for the Democratic nomina tion, had been assassinated two months before the Chicago convention. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in April, four months earlier.

I was 21, and I remember the despair of losing the leaders who inspired us to find our best selves. They championed civil rights, opposed the Vietnam War, and then they were gone. Shot and killed.

The weekend before the convention, some 2,000 young people gathered in Chi cago’s Grant Park to protest. By the time the convention began, the crowd had swelled to 10,000. The police came to break up the protest, and they were brutal.

The fallout: According to the Guardian newspaper, “After four days and nights of violence, 668 people had been arrested, 425 demon strators were treated at tem porary medical facilities, 200 were treated on the spot, 400 given first aid for tear gas exposure and 110 went to hospital. A total of 192 police officers were injured

“… Images of police fir ing teargas and beating demonstrators with their nightsticks played on network television news. It looked like an oppressive fascist state and offered a view of a nation appar ently tearing itself apart.”

The kids never stopped shouting, “The whole world is watching,” even as police tore into them. It has been said that the extensive media coverage of the violence, beamed into American homes, helped propel a reckoning over the savage police overreaction. It seems that reckoning is still playing out in our politics and in our communities, 54 years later.

In the ’68 presidential election, Nixon appealed to a “silent majority.” He prom

ised a nation of voters freaked out by the demonstrations that he would impose law and order. He won. Six years later, about to be impeached, he resigned in disgrace. The North Vietnamese had driven Ameri ca out of their country.

The echoes: Last week, as I watched the Jan. 6 commit tee hearing, I thought about how vital the media has been in investigating and reporting the alleged crimes committed by our 45th pres ident and his enablers. Without an intense commit ment by reporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, we would not know what hap pened that day. This time the protesters carried the weapons, and erected a por table gallows. This time the protesters wanted to overthrow a righ teous election. These American citizens storming the Capitol were attacking the police.

The videos taken inside the Capitol’s hiding place during the insurrection reveal the chaos and the fright of the moment, with legally elected members of Congress fearing for their lives not far from a crowd gone berserk. As we go to press, we hear promises of further vio lence from Trump supporters who refuse to accept the peaceful transfer of power, the holy grail of our democracy. Various groups threaten ongoing disorder if the

Department of Justice and Congress try to hold Trump accountable for alleged crimes.

The lines connecting 1968 and 2022 are unsettling. For me, the connection is my gut. It feels all wrong all over again. Kids were on the march then, demanding peace. Extremists today are threatening war. We lived then, and we live now, in a time of civil unrest.

After ’68, we edged into a relatively calmer passage of political life. But then along came Trump, who found common ground with a segment of angry and vio lent Americans. The new twist in the MAGA community, and from Trump him self, is the increasingly overt racism and antisemitism. What was never OK to say is slowly becoming OK in certain radical groups. The swastika and the Nazi salute are useful again, on the fringe.

In 1968 we were deeply hurt and disil lusioned by the successive assassinations of our leaders. We dreamt of peace and equality. As young idealists, we couldn’t bear that this was how our dreams would die.

Today, the dynamic is more toxic. The protesters are the ones with weapons. Their dream is absolute power. Their leader has debased the office of the presi dency and he just won’t go.

We are suspended in time, and the whole world is watching.

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

W e must also remember that this was a small test, and just a test at that.’

RAnDi KREiss

T he lines connecting 1968 and 2022 are unsettling. It feels all wrong all over again.

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Thank a crossing guard near you

they work outside in rain, sleet and snow, keeping our most precious commodity — our children — safe.

School crossing guards are unsung heroes. Underappreciated — and sometimes ignored by motorists — they put their lives on the line every day. And they are at constant risk of injury or even death caused by drivers who disregard them.

How does a crossing guard get hit? Maybe someone is late getting some where. Or they have others in the car dis tracting them. Or maybe they’re simply impatient. The reasons matter little when the outcome is devastating.

Most people would say they’ve never heard of a crossing guard getting hurt on the job. But that’s what happened two weeks ago in Glen Cove, when a guard, attempting to stop traffic to allow chil dren to cross a street near an elementary school, was hit by an SUV.

He remains in critical condition. And he’s not alone.

It’s difficult to find statistics on how many crossing guards are injured on the job each year, because most data focuses more on the children and pedestrians they protect. But one of the most common causes of injury, according to the New York State School Boards Association, is being hit by vehicles’ side mirrors. And those can be significant injuries.

Crossing guards have been killed — even on Long Island. One in Hempstead died in 2016 when he was hit by a truck.

And there were two separate incidents in California last year when crossing guards were struck by SUVs and died.

A child was hit, too, in one of the Cali fornia tragedies, but survived. In the other, the crossing guard pushed a group of children away from the pathway of an oncoming vehicle.

In February, a crossing guard in Mary land was struck by an SUV and killed after pushing a child out of the way.

All of these guards were nothing less than heroes. But why does this even hap pen? Are people on their cellphones, talk ing or texting? Are they changing the channel on their car radio? Arguing with another passenger? How are they so dis tracted that they fail to see a human being wearing reflective clothing in the middle of the street with an arm outstretched, directing them to stop?

It remains unclear why the 82-year-old Bayville driver hit the Glen Cove crossing guard on Oct. 6. He remained at the scene after the accident, and he had yet to be charged criminally this week, as police continued to investigate.

It isn’t hard to become a crossing guard. In Nassau County, anyone who’s at least 18 and doesn’t have a criminal record can apply. No experience is required. But as one police officer said, a crossing guard needs to be someone who likes children.

A city police department, like Glen Cove, handles the hiring. In the villages, it’s the purview of the Nassau County

letters

Now they’re booing Aaron Judge?

To the Editor:

Subject: on booing the Yankees’ Aaron Judge after his 62-home-run, MVP season. Yankees (and too many other sports) fans are rude, crude, cruel and ignorant fairweather friends, booing a player they pro fess to like, admire, respect and even “love” — as if he strikes out on purpose.

Players don’t make errors, drop passes, miss shots or throw interceptions on pur pose. Do these same “fans” boo their own Little Leaguers when they strike out?

Music lovers don’t boo the conductor if he drops his baton; nor do they boo the violinist if she drops her bow.

Grow up, fans, or stay home and boo to your hearts’ content in your own living rooms, where the objects of your unde served anger will not have to hear you.

RICHARD SIEGELMAN Plainview

Police Department.

In some parts of the country, school crossing guards receive health insurance, but not in Nassau County. Their working schedule is 90 minutes in the morning and again in the afternoon, when chil dren are on their way to, and then dis missed from, school. The unusual hours set this job apart from typical part-time work, and it’s hard to hold down another job at the same time.

Police say that while many guards are retirees, college students also take on the work. They take the job seriously, no mat ter their background.

Crossing guards obviously are impor tant — our schoolchildren need to be kept safe — and there is a shortage. Where they are needed but not available, police officers, or members of the auxiliary police, take their place.

Guards do more than help children safely cross the street. They remind driv ers of the presence of pedestrians, and just as important, they help children develop the skills to cross streets safely on their own in the future.

So the next time you see a school cross ing guard, give them a wave of gratitude — after you stop, without anger or impa tience, reminding yourself that you’ll get where you need to go eventually. That extra minute or two can save the lives of not only our children, but also the heroes standing in the middle of the street each weekday morning and afternoon, doing their utmost to keep those kids safe.

opInIons

Of course 2024 will be on this year’s ballot

In case you haven’t heard, there is an election on Nov. 8. Most elections are about the current candidates, who are seeking a variety of offices all over America. This one, however, will be the equivalent of two elections, because its results may determine whether the 2024 election will be the end of democracy as we know it. Some of you may think this is overdramat ic, but there are good reasons to view this one as a political twofer.

tions will decide whether democracy lives or dies in 2024. As of now, there are almost 300 Republican candidates nation wide who maintain that Joe Biden was never legitimately elected president. They believe the lie about the stolen 2020 elec tion, but there is much more happening that we should all worry about.

are planning to or have lost their jobs in primary contests, won by the election cra zies. If the deniers win in six of the key states, they will have the power to poten tially reverse the national election tally two years from now.

Republican Senate candidate in Arizona, scrubbed his website to remove mentions of a national abortion ban and references to Christian themes.

JerrY kremer

Many of us New Yorkers are oblivious to what is taking place all over the country. One sage veteran of the partisan wars once told me that “America begins west of the Hudson River.” Nothing could be more accurate. Our local contests for Congress are dominated by such issues as abortion, inflation and crime, with scant mention of stolen elections and threats to the Con stitution, even though a few of the Repub lican candidates are election deniers or members of the Trump cult.

But if you lived in Michigan or Arizo na, you would understand why their elec

There are two positions in a state that have the power to throw out a public vote. One is governor, and the other is secretary of state. There are a number of Republicans running for governor who also deny Biden’s election. They have publicly stated that if elect ed they will “fix” the system by taking power away from local election boards. Doug Mastriano, the GOP candidate for governor of Pennsyl vania, has pledged flat out that if former President Donald Trump runs again and loses Pennsylvania, Mastriano will reverse the final results.

It is widely accepted that most of the incumbent secretaries of state around the country are independent and fair-minded. Not one of them has challenged the 2020 results, and they have staunchly defended their process from partisan attacks. But sadly, many of them have either retired,

Letters

Vote ‘yes’ for clean water, clean air and green jobs

To the Editor:

For 20 years, the North Shore Land Alliance has worked to pro tect nearly 1,300 acres of natural areas. The primary reason we pro tect land is to safeguard drinking water. Long Island’s sole-source aquifer requires pervious surfaces (like fields and forests) for rain and snow to seep through the ground to recharge our drinking water source. But a study by the Rauch Foundation found that nearly 70 percent of Nassau Coun ty’s surface is impervious (pave ment and buildings). We need open space to protect our ground and surface water.

On Nov. 8, New York state vot ers will have an opportunity to vote on Proposition 1, the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act. This

historic legislation would protect open space, safeguard clean drink ing water, and update our aging water and sewer infrastructure while supporting nearly 100,000 good jobs.

In our community, we have 8,000-plus acres of natural areas left to protect. With passage of the Bond Act, we would have access to critical funding to conserve land in perpetuity and maintain our quality of life. Plus, with the wors ening effects of climate change, protecting open spaces, replenish ing our aquifers, and restoring bays and harbors is more impor tant than ever.

I hope 2022 will be the year that we truly value our natural resources and take urgently need ed action to protect our environ ment. On Election Day, please flip your ballot and vote “yes” on Prop 1. Let’s act now to ensure a healthy future for those who come after us.

LISA OTT President and CEO North Shore Land Alliance

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Another factor that bodes ill for America is the quality of the roster of Republicans running for the U.S. Senate. It is hard to imagine that Georgia’s Her schel Walker could be sit ting in a body that once boasted the likes of Everett Dirksen, Lyndon Johnson and Pat Moynihan. Can you envision Sen. Mitch McCon nell walking over to Senator Walker and saying, “Her schel, how do you feel about nuclear disarmament?”

Walker’s race, in which he has his par ty’s full support, is about power, and not about electing qualified candidates.

The platforms of a number of Republi cans in key races around the country are scary. Many, such as Mastriano, pledge to restore “Christian values” to governing. He has used veiled antisemitic themes against Josh Shapiro, his opponent. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republi can, states that the church should be run ning the government. Blake Masters, a

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The use of crime as an issue by Repub licans around the country is more than just a statement about criminals. It is a return to the dominant theme of the 1988 presidential election, when the party ran an ad campaign featuring a photo of con victed murderer Willie Horton that helped Vice President George H.W. Bush defeat the Democratic nominee, Michael Dukakis, who was portrayed as soft on crime. And in many Republican cam paigns, there are frequent references to billionaire George Soros, a major Demo cratic contributor, his very name serving as antisemitic code words.

Some political observers say that the tone of the Republican campaigns is just what a normal campaign should be like. But if the candidates who promise to over turn election results win and remake the fabric of our nation, the 2024 election will have been decided two years in advance.

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.

I magine a Sen. Herschel Walker in a chamber where Pat Moynihan once sat.

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