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by LBFD “The fire service isn’t just a brotherhood now,” Pinto said.

“It’s more like a brotherhood Actress and talk show host and sisterhood now.”

Drew Barrymore welcomed the The department, he said, Long Beach Fire Department to never prevented women from the “Drew Barryjoining, but Lewis more Show” last “scored exceptionalmonth. Barrymore ly well and did great recognized the on the physical,” setentire department, ting her apart. highlighting fireAlong with recogfighter Catherine nizing Lewis, BarryLewis. more also redecoratLewis, who is ed the lounge at known as Cat to her department headfellow firefighters, quarters during the was sworn in as the segment “Designed first paid female fire- CathERiNE

by Drew.” She collabfighter in the departo r at e d w i t h t h e ment’s 111-year his- (Cat) lEwiS show’s interior t o r y i n M a r c h , Long Beach d e s i g n e r, M i k e l which Barrymore firefighter Welch, to reimagine noted. the area.

“It was a really “We really wantcool experience,” Lewis said of ed to have an awesome recreappearing on the show. “It was ational space,” Welch said while really nice to have all of us rec- unveiling the renovation during ognized, not just myself.” the show, “a space where you The segment also featured could just chill and relax.” other Long Beach firefighters The redesign included new speaking about Lewis. Sam chairs, couches, a dining area, a Pinto, who is also a paramedic coffee bar with an air fryer from and school board trustee, said Barrymore’s appliance line and that having Lewis in the depart- a wall to display firefighters’ helment makes it more like a family, mets. Barrymore said she wantand that she helps move the ed to “incorporate the helmets in department forward.

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By BRENDaN CaRpENtER bcarpenter@liherald.com

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luiS REMaChE, hiS wife, Cynthia, and their children, Katherine, 5, and Benjamin, 2 months. The couple met while Luis was recovering in the hospital from injuries sustained in combat, including the loss of both of his legs. The Long Beach Waterfront Warriors are now honoring them.

A Marine family’s love story to be retold in Long Beach

By JaMES BERNStEiN jbernstein@liherald.com

In the summer of 2011, with the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan growing, Luis Remache was a young Marine whose unit came under attack in the war-torn country. When several improvised explosive devices were tossed over a wall, Remache lost both his legs above the knee, two fingers on his right hand and one on his left, and suffered lacerations to his chest.

He was immediately shipped to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., where he was in a coma.

Remache, now 36, not only survived, but also met the woman he would marry two years later. Then also a Marine, the now Cynthia Remache was serving in an administrative capacity at the hospital.

The Remaches and their two children, Katherine, 5, and Benjamin, 2 months, will

be among 38 people — 12 of them wounded veterans — who will be hosted this weekend by the Long Beach Waterfront Warriors, Jerry Snell, the organization’s president, said.

They are to arrive Thursday and be taken to the Allegria Hotel. At 11 a.m. Friday, the veterans and their families will receive a Long Beach police and fire department escort to the Long Continued on page 14

t was really nice to have all of us recognized, not just myself.

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LONG BEACH HERALD — December 2, 2021 Photos courtesy Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association

Oceanside sOccer club alumni played in their 32nd Annual Turkey Bowl at the Rudy Lamonica Field at the Merle Avenue School on Thanksgiving morning.

Long Island soccer clubs host alumni games

By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association Ask any adult who played youth soccer what they enjoyed about it and one of the answers will almost always be about thelifelong friendships that started on soccer fields. Three Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) clubs certainly recognize this and hosted Alumni Games last weekend.

Thanksgiving is utilized as people are home for the holiday and the weather is still conducive for outdoor soccer on Long Island. It’s a time to relive memories while kicking around a ball.

The Oceanside United Soccer Club, founde in 1962, kicked off the fun on Thanksgiving morning, November 25 when they played their 32nd Annual Turkey Bowl.The venue was the Rudy Lamonica Memorial Field at the Merle.

Avenue School, named after the teenager who played on that original tea in’ 62 and who scored more than half of Oceanside High School’s goals in the 1968 and ’69 seasons in leading the Sailors to consecutive Long Islandchampionships before his tragic death from bone cancer in 1970. Nearly three dozen Oceanside United coaches, administrators plus former players had fun in the Turkey Bowl.

“The Turkey Bowl is a beautiful celebration of the camaraderie of guys who get together every year to play soccer,” explained Oceanside United’s Rich Eisenberg, who organizes this annual event.

Meanwhile, inside the school’s gym, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Associat i o n ( E N Y Y S A ) Re g i s t r a r M i k e D’Ambrosio and his many friendsfrom the Oceanside Interfaith Council and Oceanside Community Service gave away 1,200 Thanksgiving meals to those facing food insecurities.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year as the club was founded in 1971, the Rockville Centre Soccer Club is the youngest of these three clubs but has the oldest Alumni Games as they started in the mid-1960s when the graduates fromn South Side High School boys varsity team got together. The games have evolved into a club-run event with women playing too on Saturday, November 27 at Stephen Tighe Field, named after the beloved Rockville Centre coach who per-

rOckville centre sOccer Club hosted their annual alumni game at Tighe Field to celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday. ished on 9/11. First the women played, then the older guys with the younger guys up last. Severalb dozen former and current players and coaches had fun. There was also a rededication of Tighe Field with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Approximately $1 million in public funds was utilized in transforming a so-so grass field into a state-of-the-art turf soccer field.

Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray stated, “Your club’s dedication to athletic excellence continues year-afteryear. Just look at how the South Side (High School) girls team did this fall.”

The celebration continued that evening with the club’s 50th Anniversary Dinner at the St. Agnes Parish Center.

With approximately 100,000 youth soccer players––both boys and girls––and more than 25,000 volunteers, the non-profit Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) stretches from Montauk Point, Long Island to the Canadian border. Members are affiliated with nine leagues throughout bthe association, which covers the entire state of New York east of Route 81. ENYYSA exists to promote and enhance the game of soccer for children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 19 years old, and to encourage the healthy development of youth players, coaches, referees and administrators. All levels of soccer are offered––from intramural, travel team and premier players as well as Children With Special Needs. No child who wants to play soccer is turned away. ENYYSA is a proud member of the United States Soccer Federation and United States Youth Soccer Association. For more information, please log on to http:// www.enysoccer.com/_

News brief Long Beach celebrates the holidays with a tree lighting and home decorations The City of Long Beach and the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce are inviting residents to join in the 2nd Annual Holiday House Decorating Event. This is a community wide project to promote holiday spirit and a perfect way to provide a fun, safe event for the entire family to enjoy!

So pull out your lights, reindeer, wreaths, Santa’s, nativities, menorahs, kinaras and creativity! Let’s see who will win bragging rights for the best decorated house. We want to know who will be the Clark Griswold of Long Beach!

Registration to participate opens Wednesday, December 1. Simply fill out the online application, decorate your home and be sure to “light it up” during the judging period. See rules and important dates below.

We encourage all our residents to drive around town starting December 13th using the digital map, which will post on the 13th at 5:00pm.

Be sure to vote for the “People’s Choice” decorated house online at www.facebook.com/LongBeachNewYork .

In addition, the Long Beach Chamber Annual Business Window Decorating contest will also be taking place

and runs through December 24th.

Another fun activity to celebrate the Holiday Season.

Whether you are decorating your house as a family or riding through town to see the decorated homes and storefront window, we hope you will find the spirit and glee of the holiday season here in our “city by the sea”.

The Christmas Tree has also been delivered to Kennedy Plaza, courtesy of Skudin Surf ! Please join City Officials as we celebrate the season at the Annual Kennedy Plaza Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on Friday, December 3, 2021.

The tree lighting ceremony will take place beginning at 5:00 pm on the bandwagon in front of City Hall. The Long Beach High School Jazz Ensemble will play holiday favorites. We will announce the resident chosen to light this years tree from “Nominate Someone Great”.

There will even be a visit from Santa with assistance from the Long Beach Fire Department. He may even stick around to meet with good boys and girls.

We hope you will join us at this wonderful city tradition.

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L.B. ED reopens after week of worry By james Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

The Long Beach Emergency Department, closed for four days last week because of a nursing shortage, is back in business, receiving 132 patients this past week, said the ER’s owner, Mount Sinai South Shore hospital in Oceanside.

MSSN said in a statement that 12 patients were transpor ted to the Long Beach Emergency Department by ambulance. The todd 132 patients were KaminsKy seen on Friday, Nov. 26 through State Senator Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 30.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, Nov. 25 that Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Emergency Department in Long Beach would reopen at 7 a.m. Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, after shutting down Monday because the hospital was short of nurses.

The announcement came after a week of bitter protests by Long Beach and state officials, who were furious at the abrupt shutdown of the only Emergency Room on the barrier island. City and state officials had flooded Hochul’s office with messages demanding that the ER be reopened.

In an announcement, Hochul’s office said, “The New York State Department of Health quickly responded and worked closely with hospital officials and local community leaders to reopen the Emergency Department to 24/7 services.”

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said to everybody there has to be a way to work this out.

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the Long Beach Emergency Department re-opened after a week of back-and-forth between the state and the ER’s owner, MSSN. The Department of Health, her office said, would “continue to monitor the situation.”

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Long Beach Democrat, said in a statement that 1199 SEIU, which represents nurses and hospital personnel, played a role in the reopening. Kaminsky said Thursday night that the parties to the negotiations agreed unionized 1199 workers at Mount Sinai’s New York City medical centers would be able to work at the hospital network’s Long Island facilities, which are not unionized.

“I said to everybody there has to be a way to work this out,” Kaminsky said in an interview. “Everybody got it.”

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Hochul said, “As your governor, I will ensure the state does everything we can to alleviate the stress on hospitals and emergency-care facilities, so health-care facilities, please continue to alert us when you are struggling.”

“I want to thank Mount Sinai South Nassau and local community partners for working with us to restore ER services and continue providing high-quality care to the residents of Nassau County. The Department of Health will keep working closely with hospital and local officials to monitor and troubleshoot any future potential staff shortage issues,” Hochul said.

MSSN President Dr. Adhi Sharma said the reopening “is the result of an extraordinary effort from Governor Hochul, New York State Department of Health, our elected officials and our incredible team of front-line providers and staff. We are grateful for the support we received from so many individuals to make this happen and reopen for our community.”

Earlier in the week, MSSN officials said the facility would be closed temporarily, but that it was likely the facility would not reopen for a month. MSSN had stationed an ambulance at the Long Beach ER to assist residents arriving at the facility, but local elected leaders said that wasn’t good enough.

Long Beach officials held a protest Tuesday night outside the ER, calling on the governor to act.

Kristin Proud, the state Department of Health acting executive deputy commissioner, said, “Ensuring convenient access to critical emergency care is a top priority of Gover nor Hochul. I thank the Mount Sinai leadership and staff and local leaders for coming together and working closely with the Department of Health to quickly restore emergency department access to the res-

idents of the Long Beach Barrier Island.

The department will continue to monitor the [MSSN] Long Beach facility to ensure ongoing access to emergency care for the residents of Long Beach.”

State Assemblywoman Missy Miller, a Republican from Atlantic Beach, said, “The closure had the potential to put patients at risk, and I’m grateful that Mount Sinai, the New York State Health Department and Gover nor Hochul heard our pleas and worked to find a solution to reopen this very much needed facility.”

Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said, “Thank you to Governor Hochul for listening to our concerns and working with Mount Sinai and the community to reopen the Long Beach Emergency Department that serves the entire bar rier island, which also includes the Town of Hempstead communities of Point Lookout, Lido Beach, East Atlantic Beach and the Village of Atlantic Beach.”

Long Beach City Council President John Bendo said, “We thank Governor Hochul and all our other elected officials for recognizing the urgency of the moment and the absolute need to have adequate emergency medical services on the barrier island. Our productive and collaborative efforts, along with the strong advocacy of our citizenry, resulted in the full restoration of these services. Today, we have much to be thankful for.”

Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford said, “I want to extend on behalf of my communities a heartfelt thank you to Governor Hochul. Our governor clearly understands the importance of the [MSSN] Emergency Department on our barrier island, as she took decisive action in getting it reopened. This is a true example of when we work together, we can accomplish positive outcomes.”

L.B. again asks U.S for help with groins be every 4-5 years in partnership with local and state partners.” The corps said it planned to continue to monitor the situaThe City of Long Beach is again wag- tion.

The Corps said much the same in an ing a battle against nature, once more asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for email Monday: “The rehabilitate groins at Long Beach are functioning help securing some of the as designed and have been groins on the beach it says are turned over to the New York creating “serious safety Department of Environmenissues” that “put the pubic at tal Conservation and City of risk.

Long Beach. We will continue In a letter earlier this to work with our partners as month to Col. Thomas Asbery, required.” commander and district engiFebrizio said in his letter, neer of the New York District however, that while beach eroU.S. Army Corps of Engi- Joseph sion has been “significantly neers, Joseph Febrizio, Long FeBrizio reduced” for 60 percent of the Beach’s public works commisCommissioner, beach, the other 40 percent, sioner, said, “The City also where eight groins were not remains concerned about the Long Beach reconstructed have shown sigongoing structural stability Public Works nificant beach erosion. of the groins.”

He said the eight non-rehaIn 2018, the Corps completed work on replenishing sand on the bilitated groins “have created a serious beach and rehabilitating 18 jetties, or safety issue and public hazard resulting groins, from Point Lookout to the City’s from sand placement over portions of the existing structures.” The landward end of West End. The Corps had said previously that it these groins, the letter said, “were covered at the end of the” Crop’s project “but are has “conducted site visits and surveys of the groins in Long Beach. They are func- now starting to break through as the tioning successfully to hold the sand as beach in these areas erodes.”

Febrizio wrote that while beach goers designed. The appearance of the groins now have some indication where the may shift over time, which is expected.”

The agency said also at the time that it groins are when high tide arrives, the did not plan to repair the groins. “The re- groins are not see on either land or in the nourishment cycle for sand is estimated to ocean.

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By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

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he general public is still at risk.

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Long Beach is seeing help from the Army Corps of Engineers to repair eight groins to make beaches safer.

“The general public is still at risk…by unknowingly coming into contact with the boulders while swimming, wading, surfing, etc.,” Febrizio wrote.

He wrote that the city understood that over $240 million had been allocated for the Corp’s beach project and that the total cost when completed was less than $170 million.

Febrizio said Long Beach is asking the Corp’s help in securing the funds not spent to reconstruct the eight groins “thereby preventing further beach erosion

by reducing those areas of beach where there is greater distance between completed groins.”

The public works commissioner had been joined in asking for the Corp’s help

by Paul Gillespie, Long Beach’s Chief of Lifeguards,. “We are losing beaches,” Gillespie had told the City Council.

Over the course if several years, the Corps built four new jetties in addition to rehabilitating others, after nearly 300,000 cubic yards of sand were lost to Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

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events and activities

Ongoing Library Board Meeting The Long Beach Public Library Board of Trustees typically meets on the third Monday of every month. Check the website for specific dates and times, www.longbeachlibrary.org.

Long Beach Soup Kitchen The Long Beach Soup Kitchen, 140 West Pine Street, is open 6 days a week 11:15 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. They offer Hot and Cold Meals TO GO. They offer a full pantry with canned goods and fresh produce. Mondays and Thursdays. All are welcome.

Meet The City Manager City Manager Donna M. Gayden will be holding “Meet The City Manager” virtual chat sessions. These meetings are an opportunity for residents to engage in a one-to-one dialogue with the City Manager; ask questions, share concerns, or express ideas on how to enhance the quality of life in our community. The virtual meetings will take place on Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m.

Appointments are needed and are given on a first-come, first-served basis. Please call the City Manger’s Office to make an appointment at (516) 431-7202 or email citymanager@longbeachny.gov.

Information on how to meet will be provided after the appointment is confirmed.

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Jingle Bell 5K to support Toys For Tots The City of Long Beach will be hosting a Jingle Bell 5K, as a part of the Long Beach Race series, to support Toys For Tots on Saturday, Dec. 4. The race will be the seventh annual running on the boardwalk.

Christmas Tree Lighting The City Christmas tree lighting will be held at 5 pm in Kennedy Plaza.

Friday, Dec. 3 Friday Film The public library will be showing Here Today in the auditorium from 1 to 3 pm.

Chair Yoga The public library will be hosting a chair yoga class in the auditorium and on zoom from 9 to 10 am.

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Saturday, Dec. 4

Earth Arts will be hosting a storytime featuring ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas at 11 am.

Defensive Driving Course

Chanukah on Ice

The public library will be hosting a one-day, six-hour defensive driving course in the auditorium from 10 am to 4 pm.

Farmers’ Market The Kennedy Plaza Farmers’ Market will be held at Kennedy Plaza in front of Long Beach City Hall every Saturday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

For additional information, visit ligreenmarket.org

Sunday, Dec. 5

Chabad of the Beachs, Chabad of West Hempstead and Chabad of Oceanside will be hosting Chanukah on Ice at the Long Beach Ice Arena from 3 to 6 pm.

Jingle Bell 5K There will be a Jingle Bell 5K race for Toys For Tots as a part of the Long Beach Race Series.

Art Show The Long Beach Art League will be hosting their December show on the public library’s second floor from 2 to 4 pm.

Monday, Dec. 6 Writers’ Circle The public library will host a writers’ circle on zoom from 11 am to 1 pm.

Gentle Yoga

Meatball Contest

The public library will host a gentle yoga class in the program room and on zoom from 10 to 11 am.

The Jetty will be hosting their 8th annual meatball contest from 3 to 6 pm. A $20 entry free includes all-youcan-eat meatballs and beverages.

Tuesday, Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor Commemoration The City and the Joint Veterans

Organization will be holding a Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration on the 6th floor of City Hall starting at 11 am

City Council Meeting There will be a city council meeting on the 6th floor of city hall and on youtube starting at 7 pm.

Wednesday, Dec. 8 Ask The Tech Guy The public library will host time for people to ask their Tech Guy any technology questions they may have in the 2nd floor lobby from 2 to 3 pm.

Dementia Warning Signs The public library and the Long Island Chapter of the Alzheimers Association will host a presentation discussing the 10 warning signs of Dementia on zoom from 11 am to noon.

Thursday, Dec. 9 Preschool Yoga The public library will host a beginner yoga class for children aged 3 to 5 in

the auditorium from 1:30 to 2 pm.

Meditation The public library will host a meditation class on zoom from 2 to 2:45 pm.

HAvInG An evenT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number.

Submissions can be emailed to jbernstein@liherald.com

Keep an eye out for upcoming holiday events.

The lighting of the City Menorah will begin Sunday, Nov. 28 at 5 pm.

The boardwalk will be lit up with nautical-themed holiday lights starting Friday, Dec. 3.

The L.B. Arts Council, in collaboration with Arts In The Plaza, is looking for Performance Artists.

The City is seeking photos of Long Beach to be featured in the 2022 city calendar.

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Holy Name of Mary helps feed village families

By Juan LaSSo

Holy name of mary St. Vincent de Paul

jlasso@liherald.com

Thanksgiving may be over, but with the wintry festivities in full swing, families will once again gather for hearty platefuls of turkey and holiday trimmings. While the scene of loved ones enjoying a hearty meal together is deeply ingrained in the lore of the holidays, for many food-insecure families, this pictureperfect vision is a distant dream too costly to make real. At least, not on their own.

At a time when residents brave an unstable food supply and increased food prices, a growing number of families have turned to local pantries to help put food on their plates. Pantries and distribution centers throughout Valley Stream— like the Saint Vincent de Paul food pantry program at Holy Name of Mary Church— have been critical in ensuring that the most vulnerable residents are fed.

The church-based pantry has relied on the support of community donations from schools and residents as well as regional food bank organizations like Long Island Cares and Long Island Harvest to stock its inventory. “We anticipated a shortfall of food and turkeys, but we’ve been pleasantly surprised that people really have come through and remembered that people are still in need . . .,” said Sister Margie Kelly, the director of the outreach program at the church, who coordinates the efforts of dozens of volunteers to collect, sanitize, store, and distribute meat and canned items to feed a range of families.

“Anybody can come to receive food as long as they live within our parish boundaries, but if they don’t, we can easily refer them to one of our neighboring parishes,” Kelly said.

It first starts with an intake process, for which clients are asked a series of questions about their situations. In a nor-

Phone: (516) 825-0177 fax: (516) 825-5092 65 East Jamaica Ave., Valley Stream, 11580 Distribution hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

You can call Parish Outreach to make an appointment to access the food pantry or to donate food, gift cards and money at (516) 825-0177 Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

HoLy name of Mary accepts meat and non-perishable food donations. Local pantries have seen an increasing number of people seeking food assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. Above, volunteers at Holy Name of Mary in 2019. mal year, volunteers would enter the homes of families where they attempt to “get to know” them and understand the full extent of their hardship. Now, the pandemic has forced volunteers to change how they operate, pivoting away from inperson home visits and limiting their interactions to over-the-phone conversations with fewer intake questions and nocontact food drop-offs.

According to Rose Ann Maloney, a church member who has volunteered at the food pantry program with her husband, Mike Maloney, for decades, the volunteer aid extends well beyond handing out food. Volunteers who understand a family’s specific situation become a lifeline of additional support, providing critical guidance on available resources, and

linking them to the institutions best suited to help them navigate through their particular troubles.

“We might end up sending them to social services. We might end up sending them to somebody that can help them with finances,” Rose Ann said. “If they have trouble with their electric bill, we would be able to encourage them to contact somebody over at the company to work out a budget plan.”

At the height of the pandemic, the outreach program saw a jump in the number of vulnerable families requesting food assistance. “Of the roughly 90 families we usually handled, we had about 160 additional families,” Mike said.

“A few of them have left the outreach program, but many are still with us, and

we are expecting that that will continue for quite a while,” Rose Ann added.

The pandemic’s residual effects are also beginning to challenge the resource capacity of food pantries themselves.

According to Jessica Rosati, chief programs officer at Long Island Cares, a major donor for food pantries like that at Holy Name of Mary, contends that while the generosity of food donations has surpassed previous years’ rates, many pantries are starting to feel the effects of food supply chain woes.

“Foods that we never had an issue procuring like mixed fruit, canned chicken or canned tuna, we’ve had to source and purchase overseas to restock. A lot of vendors that we deal with are telling us they are having a hard time sourcing product,” Rosati said. Still, she is confident that there is enough food supply on Long Island to ensure that no one goes hungry this holiday season.

Tom Suozzi, former county exec, running for governor

By Laura Lane llane@liherald.com

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, 59, is throwing his hat in the ring for governor, the Glen Cove resident said Monday.

“I’m running for governor because I believe this is the job I am made for,” Suozzi said in a news conference.

“Everything I’ve done has prepared me for this particular job at this particular time.”

Suozzi referred to himself as “a common-sense Democrat.” He said he would work with anyone to solve problems to benefit the people he serves.

“I’ve had a proven record in my career of doing that,” he said. “It’s about doing the correct thing to help people.”

Then he added, “I feel like this whole left-right extremist thing is killing our country and our state.”

The Democrat, who represents the

Suo zzi, a lawyer and accoun3rd District on the North Shore, has worked over the past four years to rein- tant, first ran unsuccessfully for goverstate homeowners’ ability to deduct nor at age 43 in 2006, losing a primary bid to Elliot Spitzer, a twostate and local taxes from term attorney general often their federal income tax called “the sheriff of Wall bills. The SALT deduction, Street” for his efforts to which was capped at p ro s e c u t e wh i t e - c o l l a r $10,000 in 2017 under Presicrime. Spitzer was later dent Trump, has cost many forced to resign in 2008 Long Island residents thouamid a sex scandal. sands of dollars annually.

Suozzi had formed Fix M o s t r e c e n t l y, S u o z z i Albany in 2004, publicly pledged that he would not criticizing longtime Assemvote for infrastructure and bly Speaker Sheldon Silver, social spending bills prowho resigned in 2015 amid posed by President Biden if Tom Suozzi a corruption scandal.

SALT refor m were not Suozzi’s goal, he said, included in the legislation.

The House approved a provision in was to expose corruption in New York Biden’s expenditure bill on Nov. 19 to state politics with his grassroots moveraise the SALT cap to $80,000. The bill ment.

Although his efforts were popular, now goes to the Democratically led the Democratic Par ty suppor ted Senate, where it is expected to pass.

Spitzer. Suozzi lost by a large margin across the state, failing to carry even Nassau County.

It was a tough blow for an elected leader who had beat the odds in the past. In 2001, Suozzi, after serving four terms as Glen Cove mayor, became Nassau County executive, the first Democrat in three decades to hold the position. During his tenure from 2002 to 2009, he eliminated a $45 million deficit, stopping the county from falling into bankruptcy.

But after winning twice as county executive by wide margins, Suozzi lost in 2009 to Edward Mangano, who won by 386 votes and was later brought up on corruption charges in 2017.

Suozzi took a break from politics but returned in 2017, when he won against Republican Jack Martins to represent the 3rd Congressional District.

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In response to the march, a gathering was planned to denounce hate on the steps of Central Synagogue-Beth Emeth on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., after the Herald went to press. Attendees were encouraged to bring flashlights to symbolize shining a light together.

The Proud Boys march sparked outrage from many residents and elected officials.

In an email to the Herald, the Rockville Centre Democratic Club said that hate has no place in the village, and urged elected officials, regardless of their party, to “denounce this despicable action and ensure that it never happens again.”

“We are appalled by the march by neofascists last Saturday in Rockville Centre,” club members wrote. “We question why the march was allowed to proceed without a permit, and why our village was selected as a site for the Proud Boys to spew their Thanksgiving: CLOSED • Black Friday: 10 AM - 7 PM message of hate including white supremaChristmas Eve: 10 AM - 6 PM • Christmas Day: CLOSED cy hand signals.”

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“Rockville Centre police were able to ensure that this small protest, whose organizers never sought a permit, was mostly orderly,” Mayor Francis X. Murray said in a statement released on Sunday morning.

“The entirety of the protest was less than an hour. Our village is made up of decent, law-abiding residents that denounce groups that spread hate and seek to divide us. I’m confident and grateful that extremist groups like the Proud Boys won’t find support from me or our community.”

“It is extremely concerning that the farright, neo-fascist Proud Boys held a march through Rockville Centre this afternoon,” State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, a Democrat from Rockville Centre, said.

“Organized groups that espouse violence and hate should not be welcome in our communities.”

Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé, a Democrat from Freeport, called the march a “brazen display of hatred,” and called it “disturbing.”

“Now is the time to condemn vile bigotry wherever it emerges and come together to declare loudly and clearly that hate has no place in Rockville Centre or anywhere else in our county,” Mulé said.

“I am disgusted that this took place in our district,” U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat from Garden City, tweeted on Saturday. “I will continue to fight against racism, hatred and white nationalism while serving as your representative.”

The Proud Boys are designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for their self-described “western chauvinism.”

The group took part in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017, when chants of “white power” and “Jews will not replace us” were heard throughout the weekend. Several members and supporters of the New York and national chapters were indicted for allegedly storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

Many of the group’s members marched through Bay Shore in October.

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Sorrento’S, the ItalIan eatery that has been a staple in Long Beach for about 20 years, reopened with a new West End shop.

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The restaurant opened at a new location at 768 West Beech St., Nov. 21, the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

Sorrento’s owner Steve Cianciotto said the decision to open the new location was made with employees in mind. He said he wanted to “keep the employees working and able to work.”

The shop hasn’t done any great amount of advertising strictly relying on word-of-mouth to get the news out. Business has been great anyway, though, Cianciotto said.

“Long Beach has the greatest residents and customers on Long Island,” Cianciotto said about the success of their new shop. “We have done all this with no advertising.”

A fire ravaged through Sorrento’s and Abyss Tattoo Studio at about 4:30 am on May 26. The four-alarm fire ripped through the businesses, destroying them both.

They were forced to close with no reopening in sight.

The day of the fire, crowds gathered around, including television stations, to see the damage to both shops.

Both shops were forced to move if they wanted business to continue.

Abyss has now relocated to the center of Long Beach at 54 West Park Ave., second floor.

Sorrento’s, the Italian eatery offering pizza, meats, cheeses and other meals, has been a staple in the city for about 20 years. It was featured on Barstool Sports’ pizza review show on August 28, 2019. The pizza scored an 8.7 out of 10, which is high by the show’s standards.

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The Long Beach Waterfront Warriors gathered for their Winter Christmas celebration with spouses and children.

Survivor’s story turned love story for two Marines continued from front page

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Island Regional Catholic School. Children at the school and veterans and their families will have a chance to meet one another.

On Saturday, the group will be bused to New York City to check out the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center and later be escorted to a firehouse, Engine 54, Ladder 4 on West 48th Street. There will be lunch at the firehouse and a welcome by Ken Cerreta, the Fire Department of New York’s retired citywide tour commander.

On Sunday, they will visit the main Point Lookout-Lido Fire Department station and receive a welcome by Chief James Guerin, who said the department has hosted a Christmas party for veterans and their families for the last 10 years.

“We have a blast doing it,” he said. He began honoring veterans when he was a lifeguard in Long Beach.

Veterans and their families will receive a ride through the community and a party at the firehouse.

The Long Beach Waterfront Warriors host wounded veterans during the summer and the winter, Snell said.

Today, Luis Remache is working toward his master’s degree in security computer information, and he and his family live in Manorville, in eastern Suffolk County. Cynthia Remache is a stay-athome mother. Remache was not immediately available for comment.

Remache’s recovery was a long and difficult one. He had served in Iraq twice and once in Afghanistan, where he was wounded by the IED on June 29, 2011. He lost one leg in Afghanistan and the other at a military hospital in Germany.

When he was shipped to Walter Reed with the rank of sergeant, his future wife was working there as an administrative liaison, helping the wounded and their families with the documents needed for their treatment and what they were entitled to. She was a Marine corporal.

“He was the first person I ever saw in that shape,” she said earlier this week.

“The medevac team tells you what you

can expect so you don’t freak out, but when I first saw him, I was still shocked.”

“He was unconscious,” Cynthia said.

“There were just the sucking sounds of a machine that was pumping blood into him.”

She was overseeing the documents for his parents and his brother, also a Marine.

But the two had little contact until Remache became an outpatient in September 2011. Remache needed assistance with retrieving his clothes and other items from a Marine base in California, where he had been stationed before he headed out to Afghanistan. He was born in Ecuador and came to Manhattan with his family when he was 9. His wife is from Kentucky.

“He was a big clown,” Cynthia said, adding that he liked to joke around with her and the administrative staff. “I think my personality came through,” Cynthia said, explaining how the two conversed.

“I saw a lot of Marines with prosthetics,” she said. “I said to him, ‘You’re still in a wheelchair.’ His supervisor said, ‘Keep after him.’”

Not long after, Cynthia said, she was walking outside the hospital when she felt a tug on her dress. She turned around and saw Remache in a pair of shorts, talking about prosthetics and eventually using them to help him walk.

“I said, ‘I’m proud of you.’ I was choked up. I couldn’t hug him because I was in uniform,” she said.

They became close friends, but the friendship turned deeper in November 2011, when they met, by accident, at a U.S. Marine ball in Bethesda. They had each come alone.

“He looked kind of down and out,” Cynthia said. “He was in his wheelchair. I got him out on the dance floor. He used to like to dance. He had so much fun. He danced with everybody.”

Their wedding was in Bethesda, on July 30, 2013, the day after Luis retired from the Marines. In 2018, the couple married again in Queens. Jerry Snell and his wife, Collen, were godparents.

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The Long Beach Fire Department was treated to a renovated lounge area at headquarters by Drew Barrymore and the “Drew Barrymore Show” last month.

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Fire Department gets new HQ lounge continued from front page an artistic way to honor the history of where they’ve been and where they’re going.”

“We had no clue about the renovation, and it was a nice surprise,” Lewis said. “The den is so nice, but it’s also functional. The [helmet] wall is also a great way to pay homage to those before us.”

Lewis told Mikel Welch that the den is “better than what could’ve been asked for.” She added “I know I speak on behalf of the entire [department] when I say we are very thankful and appreciative, and we couldn’t be happier.”

Pinto said the new den meant a great deal to the firefighters and “expressed a moving forward of the department,” noting, “We work 24 hours, 365 days, and in between emergencies and helping people, we need a space to decompress.”

Lewis, Pinto and the rest of the department gifted Barrymore a Long Beach custom firefighter’s helmet with her name on it as a ‘thank you’ for the den renovation. The helmet featured her name and the traditional red and black shield with the LBFD inscription. Barrymore was moved by the gesture, thanking the department as they thanked her.

FireFighTers Tried ouT the furniture in their newly appointed lounge with the show’s designer, Mikel Welch. drew Barrymore and Cat Lewis, the first paid female firefighter in the city’s history.

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axes, property assessments, crime and schools were top concerns for Long Island politicians in the Nov. 2 elections. Both Democrats and Republicans tried to persuade voters that they would do a better job of keeping us safe and financially secure.

In 2021, however, these standard suburban issues motivated more Republicans than Democrats to show up and vote, resulting in a change in party leadership in Nassau County’s executive branch and the Suffolk County MArTine Legislature. For suburban resiHAckeTT dents, the added expectation and understanding is that our high tax dollars show up to maintain our quality of life in the services that the government provides. We are paying for safety from crime, but also the safety of the air we breathe and the water we drink, and protection during a pandemic.

But in campaign materials, and apparently on most voters’ minds, one major

issue seemed to be missing: the ongoing public health crisis that is the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 750,000 Americans. If Covid was mentioned by candidates during campaigning, it was with promises of what the government would not do — no mask mandates in schools, no employee-mandated vaccines.

While political parties focus on the topics that they believe will get people to the polls, some issues, like public health, need to be supported no matter who is in power.

Public health is by its nature political. It must be.

In the earliest days of the United States, protecting citizens from infectious diseases like yellow fever fell to local municipalities, which enacted quarantine regulations for ships that arrived at coastal cities. The first public health agency was created in 1866 in New York City, and reduced deaths from a cholera epidemic that year through inspections, investigations and disinfection. Cities that did not have a public system to monitor and combat the epidemic experienced many more deaths.

Government action is necessary to

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n their 2020 campaigns, candidates promised what the government would not do.

LeTTers nation is based on three separate branches — the executive, legislative and judicial. As a lawyer for 45 years, I can assure you that all was well outside, as well as inside, the D.C. “Beltway” on Jan. 6.

If there really was a coup attempt, what disruptive aftermath did it cause?

The fact is, there was no disruption, and, mercifully, life goes on. I only wish Brinton had more faith.

God Bless America.

WILLIAM J. A. SPARkS, ESq. Merrick

Who’s doing the censoring, Randi?

To the Editor: I was reading Randi kreiss’s column “Sticks and stones — words can never harm me” (Nov. 18-24), about censorship and book burning, anticipating with relish the words she would use to describe the censorship exercised by the major social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) against voices on the right that they oppose.

Instead kreiss turned it around, and accused Trump supporters and associated people on the right of seeking to impose censorship! I was astounded. Where are the examples? Her examples, “flames rising from places like Virginia” and Texas ordering school officials to look in schoolbooks for pornography, were weak and

carry out the work of public health. How else do you get sewers across jurisdictions? Who else would pay for the clean water and the pipes to bring it into your home? Would restaurants regulate themselves to keep food preparation safe? The work to ensure public health must be carried out no matter what ideology is popular or which party has been elected to lead. The needs of public health continue no matter who is in power.

Meanwhile, there are other pressing public health issues in Nassau and Suffolk counties that require political support: the increase in substance use and overdose deaths; the significant mental health strain of anxiety and depression among young people; and high rates of maternal and infant mortality.

Collective and coordinated political action worked on Long Island to manage the spread of Covid-19 by deploying wideranging techniques similar to those used more than 150 years ago to combat cholera.

Modern approaches to public health now also recognize that social factors play

a key role in people’s health. We saw this when the coronavirus pandemic devastated communities of color in Nassau and Suffolk counties, and recognize that the people in these communities were not solely to blame. Rather, it was the underlying conditions that existed before the pandemic — food insecurity, crowded housing, lack of internet access — that made outcomes so much worse for some than for others. Political forces need to address these public health priorities as well.

At a time when party lines are dividing those who are vaccinated and those who are not, when mandating mask wearing to protect the health of everyone is framed as a matter of individual choice, we have lost the nonpartisan thread of public health.

Whoever is in power in Nassau and Suffolk needs to address the longstanding issues of public health by doing what works and acknowledging the vital role that government action has on health outcomes. Red and blue waves come and go on Long Island every few years, but political public health action must remain constant.

Dr. Martine Hackett is an associate professor in the Master of Public Health and Community Health Programs at Hofstra University.

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non-specific. She certainly did not cite the fact that many books that were traditionally read in high school, like “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” are now banned — yes, censored — by schools.

LEoN SUTToN, PH.D. Long Beach

Paying for those D.C. spending bills To the Editor: President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and their respective Democratic House and Senate caucus members claim that both the $1.2 trillion infrastructure and $1.75 trillion Build Back America bills are fully paid for. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget office found that the first bill would add $228 billion, and the second bill $367 billion, to our $29 trillion-and-growing national debt over the next 10 years.

If they are so confident of this financing scheme, let them all put up their respective future pensions, 401(k) retirement plans, stocks, bonds, cars, homes, Social Security earnings and other assets as collateral. Place all of them in a blind trust on behalf of taxpayers. This could serve as a small down payment to cover the inevitable multi-billion-dollar shortfall in anticipated revenues to pay for both bills over the coming years. Ask

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their spouses or significant others to do the same.

Biden, Schumer, Pelosi and company remind me of J. Wellington Wimpy, who famously said, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” Tuesday

may never come for taxpayers who must pay for all the goodies promised by them within their lifetimes.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck

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n recent months, we have seen a growing number of parents crowding school board meetings across Long Island, protesting the state mandate requiring students to mask up in schools.

In public spaces, from the mall to your local coffee shop and grocery store, many people no longer wear masks, believing they aren’t necessary anymore.

Last week, we were hit by a harsh dose of reality: Seemingly out of nowhere, a new strain of the coronavirus, which scientists called the Omicron variant, reared its ugly head, first in South Africa and then Israel, several Western European countries, Hong Kong and Australia. Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said over the weekend that the strain had not yet been detected in the U.S., but it could very well be here.

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South Africa discovered the strain first because health officials there were investigating why the country went from 200 coronavirus cases a day only recently to some 2,465 cases on Nov. 25, according to the Associate Press.

What does this tell us?

One, we must not think we have vanquished the coronavirus. It is still lurking worldwide, and anywhere and any time an infectious strain of the virus arises, there is the potential for it to spread to us here, on Long Island. So we must continue masking and social-distancing protocols to limit its transmission.

This new strain is potentially more insidious than the Delta variant, which has ravaged the world, because the vaccines may be less effective in providing immunity against it. Scientists are study-

This holiday season for sure, shop locally

ach year, we encourage our readers to shop locally, in your community’s downtown, during the holidays. With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, we’re doubling down on that advice.

We know Covid-19 spreads among dense populations. That only makes sense. It’s an airborne disease, so when people are tightly packed into small or confined spaces, there’s a greater chance that the virus will be transmitted from one person to the next.

Shopping in your downtown, with its smaller stores, where customer density can be better controlled than at the malls and superstores, would thus seem like a

smart move, particularly now, with the rise around the world of the Omicron variant, against which the vaccines may be less effective.

Beyond that, shopping locally is just good for your community. Keeping local shops and eateries in business supports the tax base, and bolsters homeowners’ property values. By contrast, downtowns full of boarded-up shops lead to rising property taxes for homeowners and plummeting house values.

That is, shopping locally is in your self-interest.

Moreover, it is a way to give back to the people who give so much to their communities. Local shop and restaurant

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ing whether that is the case, and it could be weeks before we know the answer for sure. You should be vaccinated just in case — and to fight the many other Covid-19 variants.

And we should vaccinate ourselves ASAP. That includes teenagers and children. New strains of the virus emerge in the unvaccinated population. It’s there where the virus can continue to spread, and any time it is transmitted from one person to the next, it has the potential to mutate. Mutation — the ability of the virus to re-engineer itself — is its survival mechanism. If it does not spread, it cannot continue to mutate.

We are in the battle of our lives here.

Like it or not, we must remember that this holiday season.

letters Jan. 6 was ‘just a protest’ To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Recalling two failed coups that will live in infamy” (Nov. 25-Dec. 1): I agree that what happened in 1991 in the Soviet Union was important, and should be memorialized, as it was in the 2015 documentary “The Event.” I wish I had seen it. But I recall a hapless Boris Yeltsin, soon to be succeeded by Vladimir Putin. And Bulgaria found its rightful destiny.

Above all, I would appreciate no extrapolations of that or other similar coup attempts to what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. As a first-generation immigrant, I could not be prouder of our America. I am thrilled to be here, and that includes all our presidents. On Jan. 6, all our institutions held firm and did not budge — no insurrection, no riot, just a protest.

To become a proud citizen, I learned that our

owners are the folks who sponsor Little League teams and donate to the Girl and Boy Scouts. They are the ones who organize fundraisers for children stricken by deadly diseases, and who advocate for better roads and schools in their communities.

The owners of the small businesses that line the streets of our communities are us. That’s why you are more likely to receive competent service and a friendly smile when you shop locally.

The coming month has the potential to challenge us in unforeseen ways. Now is the time to be safe — and that means being smart. Start by shopping locally.

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he towns, cities and villages of Long Island have their own recorded and unrecorded histories. Their stories are told by local historians, librarians and historical societies. In many cases, lacking those resources, the history of those communities disappears year by year with the passing of the people who were blessed with those long-term memories.

Long Beach, one of South Shore residents’ most popular coastal escapes, is one of those placJERRY es whose colorful history has filled KREMER numerous books, and is lucky enough to have residents who make it their mission to keep its history enshrined in books and fading photographs. One of the keepers of Long Beach history, Paul Jackson, died recently, leaving behind a number of hard-to-find books and other cherished notes that will fade in time.

Jackson was a prolific writer, and published a number of books that gained the attention of history critics across the country. His first, “Our Town, Our Time: Long Beach, L.I. in the 1930s and WWII,”

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was a nostalgic look at the seaside city, with recollections of the schools, stores, movie theaters, the boardwalk and hotels.

Orphan’s Day, the big bank robbery of 1939 and the murder of the mayor by a cop were its highlights. Jackson chronicled the experiences of 250 returning GI’s and wrote about the 30 Long Beach men who were killed in the war.

His second book “Scoundrels by the Sea: The Sullied Past of Long Beach Politicians, Swindlers, Bootleggers — and Worse,” wasn’t published until 2013, long after Jackson left his chosen profession. In that book he took on dozens of deceased politicians, such as District Attorney William Cahn, State Assembly Speaker Joe Carlino, Democratic Leader Phil Kohut and Tammany Hall Leader Jimmy Hines, and described at length the lesser-known events and personalities that made Long Beach unique, compared with its many neighboring communities.

While not a colorful celebrity, Jackson’ primary job was as editor and publisher of the weekly Long Beach Independent, which dated back to the late 1930s but ceased publishing in 1976. I got to know him when I was 12 years old, and had the temerity to walk into the paper’s office on

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Park Place and offer my services as a writer. I didn’t ask for money, but just the opportunity to write for free, which had become a childhood passion.

Jackson was impressed with my nerve, and I was assigned to read the dozens of press releases that came in each week and try to boil each one down to a simple paragraph. In my early days at the Independent, I didn’t understand much about Long Beach politics, but I learned in a short time that it was brutal. There was no real Republican Party, but the city boasted the presence of the Assembly speaker, Carlino. The two factions were the group headed by the Democratic Party leader, Kohut, and his adversary, former Mayor Theodore Ornstein.

Working for a weekly newspaper while at the same time trying to launch my own political career was a great challenge.

Jackson didn’t believe in political correctness, and one by one, he challenged the people in power with blistering commentary. During those tumultuous years, I tried to walk a straight line between the factions, but sooner or later I would be forced to choose a side to survive.

In those years, the most valuable asset that any weekly could have was the des-

met him when I was 12, and offered my services as a writer for the Independent.

ignation as the city’s official newspaper.

That meant that all of the city’s legal notices were published in that paper.

Survival depended on whether the political bosses favored your paper over its local rival. Eventually Jackson’s political commentary got under Kohut’s skin, and the Independent lost that coveted designation.

Jackson’s career as an editor and publisher lasted only a few years, and without that valuable patronage, the Independent ceased publication. I continued to work part-time for weekly papers until I graduated from law school, worked as a city prosecutor and was elected to the Assembly. I had a brief encounter with Jackson when my book “Winning Albany” was published. Jackson was upset with my friendly relationship with “Boss Kohut.”

The people who work hard to preserve Long Beach history owe a special debt of gratitude to Jackson for his dedicated work in chronicling so many key moments of local history. A side note: “Scoundrels by the Sea” lists for $122 on Amazon.

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 strategy firm. Comments about this column?

JKremer@liherald.com.

How did you get through? In 50 words or less.

ell me your story. If you’re reading this, you are living through a deadly pandemic that has killed more than five million people worldwide. So far.

If you’re reading this, you are just coming off Thanksgiving and zooming toward peak holiday season. Expectations for joy abound, lights dazzle and music bombards us with its slightly out-ofsync cheer. Some of us gather strength and purpose from the festive spirit. Some of us feel that the RANDI gifting and shopKREISS ping, and the stuffing of turkeys and ourselves, are just too much.

Post-vaccine, we are resuming, life but not exactly. We are moving toward normal but watching the new variant coming from South Africa. Flights are canceled again. Holiday parties are on again, off again, depending on where you live and what the rules are.

The one absolute commonality we share: We are alive in this moment, during the worst epidemic of our genera-

tion. Each of us has a story to tell, and I would like to offer this space for you to share yours.

Some years ago, my son-in-law, Josh, said he wanted to interview my parents for StoryCorps.org, an online website where anyone can post a story about themselves.

Once posted, it lives on in perpetuity.

More recently, Storyworth has taken off.

Another venue, it sends the person of your choice weekly questions and, at the end of a year, compiles the answers into a book, which becomes a keepsake of their thoughts or history or memories. Moth Radio features first-person human-interest stories.

We have been telling one another stories ever since men and women were able to scrawl drawings on caves. We share common memories, but we see those bygone events through varying prisms. The truth of any one person’s stories is always on a sliding scale.

When Josh called me and asked if it was OK for him to record my parents and post their stories to StoryCorps. org, it was the worst possible time. My folks were 97 and 92 years old. They

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lived in south Florida. Josh lived in California, way north of San Francisco and far away from any reasonable international airport. He said he had only two days he could travel to my folks’, including flying time.

I told Josh it wasn’t a good time. I knew it wasn’t a good time. I suggested we leave it to my mother. She said yes. Josh flew on a Thursday, arriving at their house at 1 a.m. on Friday.

That day he interviewed each of my parents for four to five hours, on and off, between their meals and physical therapy sessions and looking for my dad’s cane, hat, shoes, eating glasses, reading glasses and walking glasses. Josh was on the ground in Florida for about 24 hours.

The stories are now part of StoryCorps history, and they’re even more precious now. Dad died in 2017. Mom died two years later.

We all want to be known, to say in words that we have walked the earth and lived and loved. In this pandemic, we want to get out of our own heads, where we’ve been living alone for so long, and tell the world how we’re getting through. How has our work

he need to tell stories is etched into our souls. Why not try it in this space?

changed? What happened in school and out of school? What was it like to care for young children day after day and month after month with little relief aside from outdoor gatherings?

As a longtime married woman, I feel like the subject of an experiment on human behavior. The question: How do isolation and stress affect marriage? In March 2020, most of us thought the virus might knock us off our routines for a few weeks. Now I have a 50-page folder of Covid Cuisine, quick meals for when we want to eat but I don’t want to cook.

The need to tell stories is etched into our souls, part of our DNA. Why not try it in this space? Please, tell me your pandemic story in 50 words or fewer, and I’ll use my column to post the most compelling ones. You can be anonymous if you wish. We did this before, in less dramatic times, and it was enlightening.

So, take a few minutes and put together a few words. Send them to the email below. I’ve been telling you my story every week since the pandemic fractured our sense of well-being. I want to know yours.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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