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Reactions to mask mandate are mixed not to be named for fear of retribution. Long Beach Police CommisAt Shine’s, one of Long sioner Ron Walsh said he had Beach’ most popular bars on the not received any complaints West End, co-owner Brent Wil- about threats. But he said he son said he sensed problems on planned to meet with bar owners the horizon when he read Gov. this week to discuss the regulaKathy Hochul’s new Covid-19 tions and other Covid-related regulations mandate matters. issued last Friday. With the Covid-19 “It’s not great,” infection rate rising Wilson said a few again — it was about days after the man6 percent in Nassau date was released. County, compared to “It’s going to be a 4 percent in midheadache.” August — Hochul But the issue said the state would became more com- BRENt wilsoN require masks to be p l i c a t e d w h e n Co-Owner, worn in all indoor incoming Nassau Shine’s public spaces that do County Executive not require vaccinaBr uce Blakeman tion for entry. announced earlier this week that The mandate took effect Dec. he would not enforce Hochul’s 13. It means that unless employmandates when he takes over ees check for proof of vaccinaJan. 1. But he indicated things tion, offices, shops, restaurants could change, depending on the and other businesses must Covid situation. require that patrons be masked. For a number of bar owners, Those that do not comply could Covid-19 restrictions are already face civil and criminal penalties, a headache. Several said that including fines of up to $1,000 since they advised patrons of per violation, and local health mask requirements and posted departments are responsible for notices about vaccinations, they enforcement. have received telephone threats Many Long Island businesses or been called “Nazis.” Those expressed dismay at the new regwho reported the threats asked Continued on page 11

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lEstER KappEl was honored recently by the Lido-Point Lookout Fire Department for his years of service: A fire truck was named for him.

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At 98, Lester Kappel has earned gratitude for his lifetime of service: a big thankyou from the Long Beach Public Library and the naming of a fire truck in his honor at the Point Lookout-Lido Beach Fire Department. K ap p e l wo rk s at t h e library, often delivering books to people who are unable to leave their homes. He joined

the Point Lookout-Lido Beach Fire Department over six decades ago, and is still a member. Kappel was born in Brooklyn nearly a century ago, and began coming to Long Beach with his family at age 7, spending summers in the City by the Sea until the 1930s, renting bungalows in the West End on Georgia Avenue. He became a full-time resident in 1939 when his family moved to Belmont Avenue.

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He attended Long Beach High School, was involved in the biography club and graduated in 1940. His graduating class was the last before the opening of the new high school and middle school on Lindell Boulevard in 1941, before the two school separated and moved to Lido Beach later on. (The former high school/middle school is now Lindell Elementary.) A love of and fascination Continued on page 12

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Holidays in a beach town, with lights & music By Brendan Carpenter bcarpenter@liherald.con

The City of Long Beach has come back to celebrate the holidays this year in full strength. From the beach to the bay and the East End to the West End, the holidays are in full swing. Kennedy Plaza has been lit up since the end of last month, starting with the lighting of the Menorah on Nov. 29. The city, along with the Beaches Jewish Community, collaborated to bring together the Jewish community for the lighting, the singing of songs and festivities. The Christmas Tree lighting in the plaza took place on Dec. 3, with the High School band performing holiday hits. The boardwalk was also lit-up with nautical holiday lights along its’ entirety to bring the holidays to the beach, literally. Along with the plaza and the boardwalk, the rest of Long Beach has entered the holiday season more drastically over the last few weeks, specifically the West End. The 8th annual Electric Light Parade took place Saturday, donning the West End streets with lights, floats, music and costumes. The event brings tons of residents out of their homes on a winter night to be jolly with their neighbors. Long Beach resident Jack McCarthy goes to the parade every year with his wife Teresa and their two daughters. McCarthy and his family usually participate every year by decorating and driving their own car in the parade. This year, he helped decorate a float for the Westholme and Walk Association to go down the streets.

“The parade was great and it’s my favorite parade of the year,” McCarthy said. “Everyone was completely happy, and all the neighbors were out of their homes.” The Beach House decorated the restaurant back in October for Halloween, collaborating with Blood Manor, the famous New York haunted house. They collaborated with the same people for the holiday season, now bringing the Miracle on Beech Street to Long Beach. The restaurant now has trees, presents, lights and holiday music to bring residents into a new winter wonderland. Employees are dressed up as elves and Mrs. Claus and actors were hired to come

in and play children’s’ movie characters, such as Olaf and Elsa from “Frozen,” and do meet-and-greets with the kids. The one character not played by an actor is Santa, who is played by the father of Beach House co-owner Michael Quinn. Decorations are not restricted to the interior of the restaurant, as the whole outside was dressed to look like a giant gingerbread house, making the restaurant look like the traditional holiday “house.” The menu was even altered to fit the season, with candy cane pancakes and an edible chocolate gift box being offered, among others. With the West End festivities and lit-up houses across the city, the holidays have

a BeaCh house staff member having fun as an elf at work. a City of L.B. bus was decorated with holiday lights for the Electric Light Parade. surely made their way back to Long Beach. Rich Rothberg, a Long Beach resident, said he thinks the city does a great job in keeping the holiday spirits high. “I always like what Long Beach does for the holidays,” Rothberg said. “Kennedy Plaza looks great and the boardwalk is always cool. Anything they can do to bring the community together is great, especially after these last two years.”

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Nassau County executive-elect Bruce Blakeman announced Tuesday that he will not be enforcing the state’s mask mandate when he takes office in January. “We are almost two years into the pandemic. We have learned a lot, there are vaccines now available, booster shots available,” Blakeman said. “...I think we have to make these decisions on a day-today basis and evaluate what is going on.” This comes after Gov. Kathy Hochul mandated on Dec. 10 that masks be worn in all indoor public places unless businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. The temporary measures I am taking today will help accomplish this through the holiday season,” Hochul said in a statement. “We shouldn’t have reached the point where we are confronted with a winter surge, especially with the vaccine at our disposal, and I share many New

Yorkers’ frustration that we are not past this pandemic yet.” A violation of any provision of the measure is subject to a maximum fine of $1,000 for each violation, according to Hochul’s press release. Local health departments are being asked to enforce these requirements. Blakeman cited the county’s 97 percent vaccination rate as one reason why he won’t be enforcing the mandate. “I will instruct our health department and other departments in the county to stand down and not enforce the mandate, not issue fines and tickets,” Blakeman said. When asked what would constitute the county being in crisis mode, he said that the determination would be made based on a conversation with health care officials and the number of hospital and ICU beds that are open. Blakeman said he is leaving it up to the individual business or school districts to make a determination on enforcing mask mandates.

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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, firstserved 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.

Friday, Dec. 17 Youth Drawing Club The public library will have a youth dawing club class with Miss Tanya in the program room from 4 to 4:45 pm.

Film Friday The public library will host a film friday with the movie “Respect” in the auditorium from 1 to 3:15 pm.

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

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Women in the arts honored at Bright Eye Beer Co. Artists in Partnership, Inc. (AIP) celebratrated the 2021 Women in the Arts Honorees with a holiday bash attended by some of Long Beach’s best-known artists and leaders, including City Councilwoman Liz Treston and Chamber of Commerce Vice President Leah Tozer. Live Music and Food

Movie Monday

Afternoon Games

South of Sunshine will be at Anchor Tavern performing classic radio hits starting at 9 pm.

The public library will host a movie Monday with “Everybody’s Fine” in the auditorium from 2 to 4 pm.

The public library will host a game time for children in the auditorium from 1:30 to 4:30 pm.

Holiday Party

Book Discussion Group

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Jetty Bar & Grill will be having a holiday party inspired by Mariah Carey starting at 10 pm.

The public library will have a book discussion group about the book Native Speaker in the program room from 2 to 4 pm.

The public library will host alow-impact cardio class in the auditorium and on zoom from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.

Saturday, Dec. 18

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Wednesday, Dec. 22

Yoga For Health and Peace The public library will have a Hatha yoga class in the auditorium and on zoom from 10 to 11 am.

Monday, Dec. 20

The public library will have a children’s class with puppets, music and books in the auditorium from 10:15 to 10:45 am.

Tuesday, Dec. 21 City Council Meeting

The public library will host a writers’ circle on zoom from 11 am to 1 pm.

There will be a City Council Meeting on the 6th floor of City Hall and on YouTube starting at 7 pm.

Lego Club

Youth Poetry Club

Writers’ Circle

The public library will have a children’s Lego building club in the program room from 6 to 6:45 pm.

The public library will have a youth poetry club on zoom from 5 to 5:30 pm.

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.

Canasta The public library will have a Canasta learning class in the auditorium from 1 to 3 pm.

Strength and Conditioning The public library will have a strength and conditioning class in the auditorium and on zoom from 9 to 10 am.

Friday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve City Hall, the Ice Arena and the Magnolia Center will be closed in observance of Christmas Eve.

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Keep an eye out for upcoming holiday events. Long Beach will hold a blood drive at the Magnolia Center Monday Dec. 27 at 2 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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Speedy Claxton elevated Hofstra to new heights as a player, and now he’s looking to do the same from the bench. The new Hofstra men’s basketball head coach and former NBA guard took over the program this past spring 21 years after he led his alma mater to the 2000 NCAA Tournament as champions of the America East. He will now look to his alma mater back into March Madness two years after Hofstra captured the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) title just before the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the start of the pandemic. “I still have to stop to pinch myself,” said Claxton, who played 10 years in the NBA and was part of the San Antonio Spurs’ 2003 championship run. “I’m blessed and I look forward to leading this program into the future.” Claxton’s coaching debut nearly featured a monumental upset when Hofstra fell at 15th-ranked Houston 83-75 in overtime after holding a 13-point lead with 8:30 left. The game showcased the talents of Pride newcomer Zach Cooks, a graduate student transfer guard from NJIT who scored a game-high 26 points. Junior guard Aaron Estrada, a transfer from Oregon, also shined during his first game in a Hofstra uniform with 15 points. The Houston game was played without fifth-year graduate student guard Jaley Ray, who scored 18 points in Hofstra’s 69-67 loss to then-20th ranked Maryland on Nov. 19. Guards Caleb Burgess and Omar Silverio also return after playing key roles on last year’s 13-10 team that fell to Elon in the CAA semifinals. Sophomore Darlistone Dubar, an Iowa State transfer, adds to the Pride’s guard depth. Red-shirt sophomore forward Kvonn Cramer earned CAA All-Rookie team honors as a freshman last year and Claxton is looking for more of a breakthrough in 2022. Abayomi Iyiola, a 6-10 redshirt senior forward and Arkansas transfer, also provides an inside presence. Hofstra (6-5) was picked fifth in the CAA preseason poll. The Pride open conference play at William & Mary on Dec. 29 with its CAA home opener on tap for Jan. 3 against UNC-Wilmington (UNCW) on Jan. 3 at 8 p.m. “I think we will be in the upper echelon of the conference,” Claxton said. “It’s wide open with a number of teams that can win it.”

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GRADuAtE stuDENt JAlEN Ray, left, entered the season ranked 17th on Hofstra’s all-time scoring list with 1,334 career points.

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Hofstra women’s basketball made strides in Danielle Santos Atkinson’s second season as head coach by nearly tripling its win total last season despite playing 10 fewer games. Santos Atkinson is now hoping to build off last year’s 8-12 season where the Pride went 5-7 in the CAA and reached the conference semifinals. Hofstra improved from a three-win 2019-20 season that featured a number of close losses. “Our goal is to build off of how we finished the season last year,” said Santos Atkinson. “It all came together at the end of the year.”

The Pride returned eight players, including senior JaKayla Bown, a preseason All-CAA selection who averaged 16.3 points per game last season. Brown suffered an injury in last Saturday’s 59-37 loss to Ole Miss and missed the remainder of the game. Junior guard Sorelle Ine za a d d s a s p a rk t o t h e H o f s t r a offense after missing last season due to injury following a freshman season that landed her on the All-CAA Rookie Team. Ineza hit a buzzer beater on a long twopoint jumper in Hofstra’s 55-53 victory against Loyola Maryland on Nov. 20. “Having her on the floor has definitely been a breath of fresh air,” said Santos Atkinson of

Ineza. “She is such a positive and optimistic person and just has a calming spirit about her.” Seniors Jaylen Hines, Jahsni Knight and Jaala Henry also add experience as returning starters. Henry, who transferred to Hofstra from Pittsburgh in 2019, tallied a career high 16 points in a 72-57 win at Kennesaw State on Nov. 26. Hofstra (3-5) closes non-conference play with a weekday matinee against Long Island rival Stony Brook this Tuesday at 1 p.m. and then makes a short trip to Manhattan for a Dec. 28 matchup with Columbia. T he CAA schedule tips off on New Year’s Eve with a home game against UNCW at 2 p.m.

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ulations, saying they find them confusing, since they are unsure how they will be check whether customers are vaccinated, if they adopt a vaccine policy, and how customers already weary of Covid-19 rules will react to more mask requirements. Hochul said the regulations would be re-evaluated Jan. 15. Megan Casey, a co-owner of Shine’s, said the new regulations are vague. “Do I have to OK vaccination cards?” she asked. “If we choose the mask route, does it mean we still have to insist on social distancing? I hope that [the state] will be explaining these things.” Ian Danby, the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce chairman, said he is aware of how frustrated business owners are with Covid-19 regulations, and he was saddened to see how the subject of masks and vaccinations had become politicized. But, as difficult as regulations have become, Danby said, “It’s probably a good thing. We need to get this pandemic over with.” Blakeman said in a statement: “Come Jan. 1, my administration will move Nassau forward with a common-sense approach that acknowledges the facts, science and progress made by our residents while also protecting businesses and jobs from any further damage created by government mandates.” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said she would enforce the regula-

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Businesses throughout Long Beach are struggling with new covid mandates put in place by Gov. Kathy Hochul. tions until the end of her term on Dec. 31. Steve Diamond, owner of two Hollywood gyms, one in Long Beach and a new one in Hewlett, said he was unhappy with the new regulations. “It’s absurd,” he said. “If I have 90 percent of the people here vaccinated, and two are not, it’s unacceptable.” He said he does not want to revert to a previous peri-

od when people were required to wear masks. ”Some people don’t like to wear masks when they work out,” he said. Some said that they have not found regulations hard to enforce. Victoria Pizzimenti, a manager at Reign, a West End clothing shop, said people have cooperated with request to be masked. “We are still asking everyone to wear

masks,” she said. “If they refuse, we will ask to see vaccination cards.” Audi Chang, who said he is the “health guru” at Bob’s Natural Foods on Park Avenue, said masks will continue to be required, and the store will also ask that people be vaccinated. “We have a policy,” Chang said. “We say, No shoes, no shirt, no mask, no service.”

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directly into the e q u i p m e n t water, crashing. throughout World After that, boats War II. were sent out first Kappel served in to create waves in the Navy for 18 the water so pilots months after gradcould clearly see uation before transwhere to land.” ferring to the Kappel returned Army. He was stat o N ew Yo rk i n tioned in CasablanAugust 1946 and ca, Morocco, and married the love of Ankara, Turkey, his life, Gloria, in spending about a 1948. They were year in both. Workmar ried for 58 ing on aircrafts years before she that mainly flew to died in 2006. They Europe during the had two children w a r, h e re m e m to gether, Jef frey bered a specific and Steven, and model, the Flying Courtesy Eileen Pollis Kappel is now the Boat Boeing 314 proud grandfather “Yankee Clipper.” Lester KappeL, a plane mechanic, of two grandsons. Only 12 of them worked on aircraft for the Navy and Army Kappel be gan were built. during World War II. working for Pan The planes American Airways would land on water while delivering equipment, and again after the war, working on a Lockthe still water was sometimes hard to heed Constellation. The plane would be one of the first four-engine aircraft to see. There was a crash. “One Clipper was set to land in Lis- take off from land. He also worked with his father and bon, Portugal,” said Kappel. “It was a moonlit night, and it was extremely brother, after he was discharged from calm. The pilot didn’t know where the the military, in a printing business in surface of the water was, and he flew Manhattan. He did that before settling

down and joining the Lido-Point Lookout Fire Department in 1958. Kappel served three five-year terms as fire commissioner. He’s still an active department member, doing “whatever he can . . . including attending drills.” The department honored Kappel earlier this year by dedicating a new fire truck in his name to honor his more than 60 years of service. Kappel said he felt “pleased to be honored” for his service. “It’s very unusual, however, to see a piece of fire equipment dedicated for someone who is still alive,” he added jokingly. When his involvement with the fire department started to slow, he joined the Long Beach Public Library’s staff in 1983 and still works there today, delivering books to seniors who cannot make the trip to the library. Kappel has kept his passion for repair work alive at the library, fixing VCRs and DVD players and rebinding books. Librarian Eileen Pollis said she “would not know what she and the library would do without him there to help.” “He has been a treasure to me on every single level,” Pollis said. “He loves to help people and he does that every day.”

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Oceanside event provides trees for troops Dozens of Nassau County and NYPD police motorcycles lined Atlantic Avenue in Ocean-side on Dec. 6, leading a motorcade from Dee’s Nursery to John F. Kennedy International Airport, where Christmas trees donated by the community business were loaded onto planes to be distributed to U.S. troops abroad. The event marked the 18th straight year that Dee’s and international courier service DHL sent trees to troops overseas as part of Operation Holiday Cheer. A wide variety of supporters turned out in the Dee’s parking lot, including Gold Star families the Zilinskis and Winchesters, the Chaminade varsity hockey team, the Girl Scouts of Nassau County, Hewlett Elementary School students and several American Legion groups as a few hundred trees were loaded into the back of a DHL truck before embarking for the airport. Students from the Ocean-side School District also sent letters to accompany the trees oversees to the troops. The Chaminade team accompanied DHL, Dee’s staff and the police motorcade to JFK airport to help load the trees onto the shipping company’s plane. Chaminade Athletic Director Donald Scarola’s son Daniel received a tree from Dee’s and DHL when he was stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan two years ago as a member of the U.S. Air Force. “It meant every-

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Joe DiDominiCa, CenTer, who owns the nursery with his father, Tom, with members of Dee’s staff in front of the trees for troops. thing to them,” Scarola said from the stage in the crowded parking lot. “Know that what you’ve been doing, it made their Christmas and holiday memories last a lifetime.” There was some worry of a Christmas tree shortage that could have forced the event to scale down this year, but Dee’s was able to provide plenty of trees from its Maine farm, which will now serve as some measure of normalcy for troops in

Kuwait and Bahrain. “Luckily, we have our partnership with DHL,” Joe DiDominica said of the potential shipping slowdowns seen during the coronavirus pandemic. “When it comes to the U.S. military, it has to get done, so we’re getting this done.” DHL Operation Holiday Cheer started in 2004 when the mother of a soldier stationed in Iraq asked Dee’s owners if the DiDominicas could send her son a tree.

Tom DiDominica, the nursery’s owner, agreed but needed help to ship it. DiDominica’s friend, businessman Jim Adelis, helped reach DHL Express. More than 12,000 trees have been sent over the years, and it’s obvious the impact the operation has had on troops and people from local communities. Adelis put the Dee’s family in touch with Catherine O’Reilly, manager of commercial air and networking routing for DHL, and will always be remembered as an integral part of the partnership. Joe DiDominica said this year especially was in memory of Adelis, who died last April from Covid-19 at 67. Port Authority Police Lt. Danny Carbonaro was also a part of the first effort 18 years ago. A Vietnam veteran, Carbonaro said he was especially thankful for efforts such as this, as, he said, they highlight the difference in treatment toward the troops from when he served to now. “Most of us wouldn’t even admit to being veterans when we came home,” Carbonaro said. “Now we’re so proud of it. We’re wearing our hats here.” DiDominica said his favorite part of the event is meeting with active-duty military and veterans. “They’re the salt of the earth, and they’re the reason we all have freedom,” he said. “We didn’t serve, so we felt this was our way of doing something to support them and the guys and gals who do serve.”

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Hempstead Town opts out of marijuana sales BY Kepherd daniel kdaniel@liherald.com

The Town of Hempstead Board voted Dec. 8 to opt out of a New York state law that will take effect next year allowing the sale of marijuana at local retail shops. The 7-0 vote was much to the relief of local school officials who had called on the Town Board to ban the sale of the drug within Hempstead’s borders. Among the school districts submitting letters to the town in favor of the ban were Baldwin, East Rockaway, Hewlett, Island Park, Long Beach, Lynbrook, Malverne, Oceanside and Seaford. The town recently held a public hearing on the matter. Alison Erickson, of Oceanside, who is project coordinator for the Oceanside Safe Coalition, spoke before the Town Board at the hearing, urging council members to opt out of the state law. “I stand before you today as a resident of Oceanside representing the Oceanside Safe Coalition, but I’m also a mother and a longtime advocate for the safety of the youth in my hometown,” Erickson said. “It’s moments like this that we must recognize the responsibility that we do have as leaders and decision-makers, and our children do deserve to grow up in communities that are designed to protect them.

“With the local commercialization of marijuana,” she continued, “we do need to ask ourselves what message will this send to today’s youth? We have the ability to opt back in at any time. What is the rush to do so now when there are currently no regulations that could potentially keep our community safer or ensure that these products will stay out of the hands of children?” Meanwhile, Jesse Bravo, of Oceanside, expressed support for the retail sale of marijuana. “They’re making this a process that is difficult for dispensary owners,” Bravo said. “If they move the wrong way, they are shut down, and that includes not advertising in front of your kids. We are addressing a market that is already here, whether you put dispensaries in your neighborhood or somewhere else, it’s still going to be brought in. If you opt in, people get to buy what they are already buying right now and in a safe manner. The amount of processing going in from seed to sale is insane.” Ruthanne McCormick, of the Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth, said she was against the of the retail sale of marijuana in Hempstead, noting that the Village of Rockville Centre, under Mayor Francis X. Murray, recently opted out. “As shops had opened in anticipation of being able to get retail licenses,” McCormick said, “they had marijuana flags flying on Sunrise High-

way, and it was attracting our youth. They were going there just to see this flag. We have seen firsthand in Rockville Centre the mental anguish that our youth are suffering, and many of them do turn to marijuana and other substances thinking that they can selfmedicate and improve their health. We have seen it in the opposite direction.” Sean Corbitt, of Island Park, said he supported the town opting in to retail sales. “I’m a medical marijuanna patient,” he told the Town Board. “I’ve been using medical marijuanna for roughly a year. I have friends who have smoked marijunna laced with fentanyl and been hospitalized. It’s something that should be considered not just for the safety of your children but for everybody. If it already exists, it is already being tampered with. We, as marijuana users, are advocating for safe marijuana for everybody.”

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Museum offers comfortable view of past By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

With a new year about to peak through in a few weeks, and Long Beach looking forward to some major building projects in 2022, it is comforting to look back at the city that was, as portrayed by the Historical Museum, on West Penn Street. The Museum is run by a staff of volunteers from the Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society, and the facility they maintain is a house built in 1909, chock-ablock with antique clocks, paintings – a number of them of William H. Reynolds, widely-regarded as Long Beach’s founder – old, yellowing newspapers from decades ago, and a period bedroom and bathroom. Long Beach would pretty much come of age in the following decade, sprouting posh hotels, beach clubs for the wealthy, transit to and from Manhattan, spiffy restaurants and clubs. It was overwhelmingly a white and well-to-do world, and Reynolds, a shrewd land-speculator and later the city’ mayor, planned the homes, the streets and the boardwalk. Along the way, Reynolds was indicted twice, for various lands schemes, and he was even once convicted and sentenced to six month jail term. But the charges were dropped both times, and Reynolds never spent a day behind bars. Yes, the 1920s spawned jazz, a “roaring’ era of new hairstyles, dances, clothes, cars and a stock market that seemed to have no ceiling,. Until it did. But the country was deeply segregated. People of color had little, if any, opportunity. Long Beach was right in step with the rest of America – populated with swells, drunk on the possibilities of the future, and demanding more and more of everything, particularly Prohibition Era gin. Phyllis Ginsberg, a docent at the Museum, provided a Herald reporter and a photographer with a tour of the house with its Mediterranean roof, typical of the early homes, on a well-tended block. Upstairs there is a room filled with old maps and newspapers, maintained there for work by researchers. The Historical Society bought the house in 1997, and the Society has been granted a permanent charter by the New York State Department of Education and U.S. Department of the Interior National Register. The Museum these days is featuring photos of the old Lido Club Hotel, which officially opened in June 1928 as a swanky oceanfront resort adjacent to the

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elephants were used to build Long Beach’s boardwalk as portrayed in one of the Museums’ many photos. Lido Golf Course and was built by Reynolds. What’s to see? The house was once owned by the Barrett Sisters, who played Vaudeville clubs, and there are pictures of them about the rooms. There is an old telephone which required the user to talk to an operator to get someone on the other end of the line. There are books recommended by the New York Times for “summer reading” in 1909. Among them “The Scarlett Letter” and “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” There is a bath tub that sits on the floor and pours fresh water and hot salt. Original lights hang from some ceilings, and there are call buttons to ring for servants. Why, Ginsberg is asked, should people visit the Museum? “I tell them the house will give them a greater appreciation of their community. It provides a strong local spirit of the community.” Joe Miller, a former Long Beach fire chief and a Museum volunteer, offers another answer: “History should not be forgotten,” he said. “Everybody should remember.” The Museum is open Sundays, 1 to 4 pm.

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A. This scenario sounds like you’re headed to a potential disaster, either financially or structurally. First, either the previous architect has to be reached or the plans need to be redrawn by another licensed architect or engineer. The contractor may be well meaning, but because law enforcers don’t hold the contractor responsible for design onte eeper errors or even errors in judgment, you could end up with a structural or code nightmare, where either safety, or your finances, or both, are compromised. For example, the biggest disasters in history, when many people were killed, resulted from either suggested changes that weren’t fully checked or poor assumptions that everyone knew what each party was doing, and allowed the project to move forward without taking all, and I mean all, necessary precautions. The Kansas City Skywalk collapse killed 104 people dancing at a wedding in a hotel because someone made a change to cables holding up the bridges, and it wasn’t completely reengineered. The bridge collapse in Minneapolis showed a blatant disregard for safety, when the materials that were to be used to replace the old structure were piled onto the half of the bridge that was closed to traffic. It was assumed that the asymmetric load wasn’t a problem. The recent collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., was another disaster that could have been prevented. Poor decisions and changes, including not thoroughly or thoughtfully re-checking the structure calculations after the developers added an entire floor and a tremendous extra load to the existing new columns, was just part of the problem. Planters with full-sized trees were added, the pool deck was connected to the base of the building instead of being independent, and the pool deck wasn’t sloped to drains, allowing water to seep into the steel reinforcing for years without proper waterproofing. Now you have a complicated project with an architect missing in action, and a contractor who will bear no responsibility for the design suggesting design changes. I hope you realize that you need to start over, get the scope of work in front of a new professional and avoid the potential problems you’re headed for. Don’t rely on public authorities or a permit to be the answer to your problems. Good communication is your only relief.

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ost members of the current generation have never heard of Sen. Robert Dole. His recent death, at age 98, inspired a series of stories about his bipartisanship and the challenges he faced as a grievously wounded World War II veteran. Many of the profiles noted how Dole worked feverishly to get important legislation passed, and how he got both Democrats and Republicans to have polite discussions on the issues of the day. Beyond the sadJerrY ness of his passing, Dole’s role in KreMer the national Republican Party helped make it appeal to voters of all types. Today’s Republican Party in no way resembles the party of Dole, and a dozen other Republicans that I could single out. It is now a party with no agenda and no real leadership. This is not to imply that Democrats don’t need to do their own housecleaning, but the Republican Party in its current form is an empty shell. Perhaps the worst example of how a party can sink into despair is the House

of Representatives. Over a long period, the House was a leadership incubator. Many young Republicans developed into stars, and were eventually elected to the Senate or became leaders in their home states. These days, however, instead of promoting the party’s longtime philosophies, many Republican House members seem dedicated to blowing up the government and turning it into some type of fraternity house. A typical example of how the party should function is former Rep. Peter King. King is and was a partisan who supported the leadership on all of the key issues. But he also kept himself open to alliances with members of the New York congressional delegation, and was never reluctant to work with the Democrats when it came to benefiting or protecting the state. If you took a poll of the Democratic delegation, almost all would express their respect for King as a hard-working and cooperative colleague. It is amazing that freshman members of Congress such as Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republicans from Colorado and Georgia, respectively, are almost as well known as Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of California.

any GOP House members seem dedicated to blowing up the government.

Letters offers. At the same time, employees of local businesses go out of their way to help find what I need. Customer service is their motto. Our local entrepreneurs have continued the good fight to keep their existing staff and suppliers employed without layoffs and canceled supply orders. They work long hours, pay taxes and keep people employed. Customers patronize other commercial establishments on the block. Foot traffic is essential for the survival of any neighborhood commercial district. The owners of local shops and restaurants are the backbone of our neighborhood commercial districts. Show your support by making a purchase. LARRY PeNNeR Great Neck

Time to rethink teacher training To the editor: I recently joined State Assembly members Phil Ramos, Kimberly JeanPierre and Taylor Darling, as well as State Senators Anna Kaplan and Kevin Thomas, in issuing a joint letter to Long

Not a day goes by without one of them attacking President Biden or a Democratic House member. Lately, they have been attacking fellow Republicans in the ugliest of fashion. There is no doubt that New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets a great deal of attention from the media, but the “mean girls” prize goes to Boebert and Taylor Greene, who show zero respect for the institution. If you did a 100-year study of how the House has functioned, you will find no period of time where the members of one party spent most of their time bludgeoning their fellow party members. Recently, following the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Conservative Caucus demanded that any Republicans who voted for the legislation be stripped of their committee assignments and be expelled from the party conferences. Over in the Senate, things aren’t much better. Biden’s routine nominations for ambassadorships or major staff positions in key federal agencies are in limbo thanks to senators such as Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, Republicans from Texas and Kentucky. Both men would like to run for president, but they play

Island-based institutions of higher education calling on them to apply for and implement the Teacher Opportunity Corps II program as soon as possible to expand diversity in the teaching ranks. The goal of Teacher Opportunity Corps II is to increase the number of students from marginalized communities who choose teaching careers. Colleges and universities that offer this program provide students with tuition support, inter nship opportunities, teacher mentors, access to professional conferences and exam cost reimbursement. Unfortunately, only one Long Island institution has implemented this program to date. Young students from marginalized communities who aspire to be teachers should not have to give up their dream due to a lack of resources. People of color and those who come from lowincome backgrounds are underrepresented in educational careers. Teacher Opportunity Corps II provides resources that will increase the number of teachers who reflect the diverse student bodies that they will be responsible for educating. Senator Kaplan said, “On Long Island, our diversity is our strength, and it’s important that our kids see the diversity of our communities reflected not only among their classmates, but

no role in getting anything positive being done for the country. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, also of Kentucky, pledged during the terms of President Barack Obama and Biden to stop them from accomplishing anything. There is no doubt that the Democratic members of Congress have faults and weaknesses of their own, but both the House and the Senate have many working members who spend their time in Washington proposing new ideas and trying to pass laws that are good for the people. Many Democrats in the Senate are unhappy with their colleagues Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, and Kyrsten Sinema, of Arizona, but no effort has been made to lock them in the Congressional doghouse and throw away the key. In his final days, Bob Dole expressed his sadness over how his party currently functions, and mourned the loss of collegiality and the failure to get things done. The losses that he recounted are, sadly, losses for each one of us. 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.

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their teachers as well. Creating opportunities for more young people in marginalized communities to become educators will ensure our classrooms are as diverse as our communities and provide a pipeline of talented teachers to

do the vital work of educating our next generation.” MICHAeLLe SOLAGeS State assemblywoman, 22nd District

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ast Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul reaffirmed a state mandate requiring mask use in public spaces such as stores and restaurants for the unvaccinated, or, for those who have received their Covid-19 shots, showing proof of vaccination in order to remove their facial coverings through Jan. 15. The move came after months of inaction following Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s rescinding of an order mandating masks for all in public spaces last May and June. It was premature of Cuomo to drop the requirement, given that 30 percent of New Yorkers at the time were not vaccinated — and unless shops and restaurants checked people’s vaccination cards, they could not assess whether paying customers were vac-

ast Friday night and early Saturday morning, a series of powerful tornadoes ripped across Kentucky, one leaving a record-setting 227-mile-long swath of destruction. At last count, nearly 70 people were confirmed dead in the state’s “most devastating tornado event” in history, according to Kentucky’s governor, Andy Beshear. It was one of several wild weather anomalies that also affected people in Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois, where a tornado killed six people at an Amazon warehouse. According to the Associated Press, the line of destructive weather formed when unusually warm, moist air collided with a storm front pushed eastward by a La Nina weather pattern. The U.S. has seen tornadoes in December before, but never on this scale, and never in this number, according to officials. In mid-November, a series of significantly smaller tornadoes touched

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ing person-to-person interaction. Masks have always been a vital tool in the fight against Covid-19, however. That is why the Herald has continued to advocate for their voluntary use in public indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status, even after Cuomo rescinded the state’s mask mandate. Local health departments will be responsible for carrying out Hochul’s order. We trust that the Nassau County Health Department, under the outgoing county executive, Laura Curran, and her incoming successor, Bruce Blakeman, will take the order seriously and carry it out to protect residents’ health — and the health of businesses that might shut down if the pandemic were to rage out of control again.

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cinated or not. The state, however, never required businesses to check proof of vaccination, though New York City did in September — a wise move indeed. The result? For months, we’ve seen a majority of Nassau County residents abandon the use of masks, regardless of vaccination status, even in tightly packed spaces like the Long Island Rail Road, where the mask mandate remained on trains for all, even after Cuomo’s decision. Now we’re seeing the coronavirus infection rate quickly ticking up again. We know masks can be annoying. They can cause chafing and “maskne,” red marks where the mask touches the skin. They can make it a little more difficult to breathe. And they hide our faces, inhibit-

letters Shop locally! To the Editor: Re the editorial “This holiday for sure, shop locally” (Dec. 2-8): People should shop locally every day of the year. Small independent businesses are at the mercy of suppliers, who control the price they must pay for merchandise. As independent mom-and-pop stores, they don’t have the bulk-buying purchasing power that Amazon and other large national chain stores have. That’s why they sometimes charge a little more. It’s worth the prices to avoid the crowds and long lines at larger stores in exchange for the convenience and friendly service that your neighborhood community shop

down across Long Island, including on the South Shore — a rare event for us indeed. Scientists cannot directly link any single weather event like a tornado — or even a short-term pattern of tornadoes — to climate change, the heating of the Earth caused by the release of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. We can, however, make educated guesses. Of late, we’ve seen record or near-record high temperatures. Should we, on Long Island, see temperatures in the 60s in mid-December, just before the start of winter? Certainly not. Warmer temperatures produce erratic, potentially deadly weather. Climate change might not produce a greater number of hurricanes — the bane of Long Island’s existence — but scientists tell us that it could very well produce more powerful storms like Hurricane Sandy, which leveled many parts of the South and

North shores in 2012. That’s why we must do everything we can to reduce or eliminate our dependence on coal, oil and natural gas, and instead turn to renewable resources like solar, wind and geothermal. At the same time, we mustn’t forget the hardship that Sandy caused us here — and the kindness shown to us by people from across the country, who sent donations to help us through one of our darkest hours. Now it’s time to pay it forward, and donate to the good people of Kentucky, who will need years to restore their communities. The State of Kentucky set up the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund over the weekend to provide direct relief to those whose lives have been upended by this natural disaster. If you can, please give. You can do so through this link: https://bit.ly/3pPGtnT.

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have no memory of Beatlemania. The movement, which erupted in the early 1960s and was accompanied in the following years by an outpouring of teenage hysteria not seen since, is history to me, recalled only in books and films. The Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in 1967, the year I was born. I turned 3 shortly after the group dropped its last album, “Let It Be,” the making of which was artfully documented recently in director and producer Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back,” SCoTT an eight-hour, three-part, semiBRINToN voyeuristic look at the Beatles’ final days as they crafted some of rock’s most anthemic tunes, including “Get Back” and “Let It Be.” I have loved the Beatles’ music since I was a child, so I had to watch this Disney+ film, despite the sometimes gnawing tedium of sitting and waiting for John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr to transform ostensibly everyday material into stardust. The Beatles are enshrined in my earliest memories, their songs played on the radio long after the group’s demise. For reasons that aren’t entirely explainable, their music

became part and parcel of our collective psyche, melodies and harmonies that repeat in a continuous loop in our subconscious, readily retrievable at a moment’s notice. My Hofstra students know the Beatles, which is remarkable, given that a half-century has passed since the group famously broke up, and yet their music and mystique remain embedded in our culture, passed down from one generation to the next in films like “The Beatles: Get Back.” The problem with the Fab Four, to my mind, is this: John, Paul, George and Ringo are so often thought of not as human beings, but as icons, symbols of a bygone era that is often romanticized by those who came of age during one of the world’s most tumultuous periods. Gen X — which immediately followed the baby-boom generation that gave birth to the Beatles — grew up hearing stories from those 10 and 20 years older about cutting school to throng Kennedy Airport when the four invaded New York on Feb. 7, 1964, two days before they appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” a moment seared into American music history. For many baby boomers, there can be no greater rock group. “The Beatles: Get Back” brought the Fab Four down to earth, at least for me. That’s why, in part, I loved this film. Finally, I got

the chance to see the quartet not as mediaready perfection, but rather as people — frazzled, even troubled, full of foibles, bad habits and insecurities. The film’s first part, documenting the Beatles’ first seven of 21 days rehearsing for the “Let It Be” album, is dark and unruly, showing a side of the group that I had never seen before — a more disinterested, unseemly side. The Beatles, whom I had long thought of as the best of friends, were plagued, it appeared, by strife. Indeed, Yoko Ono is assigned far too much blame for the group’s breakup. It was clear, based on this film, that the Beatles were in disarray without her, though it was bizarre, and I’m sure distracting for the band, the way she just hung around during these early, chaotic jam sessions — and throughout the project. McCartney was, it seemed, the only glue at this point holding the group together, and the only one capable of managing day-today operations and committed to producing exceptional music. Lennon appeared aloof and erratic, likely high. Harrison acted like a petulant teenager, storming off over creative differences with Lennon and McCartney, whom he reportedly thought of as controlling and suffocating because they often dismissed the “quiet Beatle’s” songwriting. Starr was just there, at times playing the

he Fab Four’s music and mystique remain embedded in our culture.

role of the smiling court jester to lighten the sullen mood. In the second two parts, the Beatles moved out of the cavernous, shadowy Twickenham Studios into their intimate and bright Apple Studio in downtown London, where they met up with the ingenious electric pianist Billy Preston to complete “Let It Be.” The mood changed overnight. The Beatles were mates once again, and the four resumed the productive work that had, the story goes, characterized their earlier, cheerier collaborations. Though “Let It Be” was not the Beatles’ best album, it was nevertheless an extraordinary body of work, producing three of my favorite Fab Four tunes — “Two of Us,” “Let It Be” and “The Long and Winding Road” — despite the collegial challenges that they faced in the beginning. The Beatles’ fabled unannounced concert atop Apple Corps headquarters, filmed on a typically overcast English day on Jan. 30, 1969, was not so much a concert, I learned, as a somewhat impromptu recording session that London police shut down after a handful of numbers because of noise complaints. Thank you, Peter Jackson, for showing us the Beatles behind the veil of their otherwise impenetrable popularity. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

Are we what we watch on TV? Say it ain’t so.

t’s easy to admit watching “The Roosevelts,” “Band of Brothers” or “The Dust Bowl,” all high-minded documentaries featured on PBS. It has felt so satisfying to drop into conversation that I loved Ken Burns’s treatment of Hemingway in his three-part, six-hour TV bio-documentary. “Oh, Hemingway,” folks might say, eyebrows raised. Such mentions might get me a nod of approval, or, one might hope, admiration. She watches “The Planets,” they might think, when she could be watching “HouseRANDI wives of New JerKREISS sey.” Perhaps one friend might say to another behind my back, “She actually watched the two-hour docudrama “Fantastic Fungi.” Imagine. Oh, the hubris of letting it be known that I voluntarily tuned into the 2½-hour story of “The Pilgrims” on PBS. Or the multi-part series on the not-so-thrilling story of American “Reconstruction” following the Civil War. At any time, I might have chosen “Fear of the Walking Dead” or “Pretty Smart,” possibly the worst-reviewed piece of puer-

ile pap on the air. I could have watched “The Sex Lives of College Girls” or “The Tiger King” or “Naked and Afraid,” but no, I trended toward “The Durrells in Corfu” or “The Great British Baking Show.” Not only that, but while I’m slipping into my hair shirt, let me confess to judging others by their TV tastes. What to make of a seemingly intelligent human being who chooses to spend hours watching reruns of “The Jerry Springer Show” or “Toddlers & Tiaras”? Clearly not someone to be taken seriously. Certainly an individual lacking in taste and gravitas. One friend mentioned a Bollywood series, dubbed in English, to which she was addicted. I tuned in, just to educate myself, of course, and I was shocked. Pure banal, unfunny, poorly acted trash. Who was this woman I cherished? That was the old me, the opinionated, haughty critic of others’ entertainment choices. Then I found “Succession.” In biblical terms, I was found and now I am lost. “Succession” is heading toward the last episode of its third season, and defying the rule of diminishing returns, it is getting better.

It is, according to Wikipedia, “The saga of a fictional American global-media family that is rich, powerful and dysfunctional.” Ah, but it is so much more. Let me start with this: There isn’t one redeeming character in the series, not a single decent human being. The family is shredding itself from the inside, with fathers and mothers and children all equally capable of eviscerating one another. The writing is smart and fast and acidic. So, how can I put this? I can’t stop watching, even though the story and the themes speak to lives that are morally corrupt and evil. But it’s laugh-out-loud funny. It’s hard to reconcile the issues, and I don’t feel great about my addiction to the series, but I’m hooked. Most of Sunday I think about the new episode dropping that night. It never disappoints. We have the family patriarch, Logan Roy, his spidery ex-wife, his Lady Macbeth of a new wife, and his kids, three deeply troubled, fractured adults who cringe at their father’s poisonous wrath and yet hover within striking distance. They want his money, and even more, his love. Roy, played by Brian Cox, is the master of this desperate circle of sycophants. It is all a

’m hooked on ‘Succession,’ a show without a single redeeming character.

sicko sideshow; still, it’s the most entertaining series I’ve seen in years, probably since Mr. White left his chemistry classroom for a meth lab in “Breaking Bad.” Kieran Culkan plays Roman, the creepiest of the kids, perhaps the most damaged, given to endless streams and riffs of corrosive commentary and insults. But it’s a close call with Kendall, the would-be rebel squirming under the weight of his father’s leaden shoe. Then there’s Shive, an apt name for the unloved daughter, tormenting her husband with the Roy family brand of love. I grew up with “The Brady Bunch.” I have no excuse at all for loving “Succession.” I surely would not want anyone to judge my integrity or my morality by my devotion to the series. I don’t admire any of the characters, just the devilish fun of miscreants and their misdeeds. I may not be so judgmental in the future when family or friends say they love “Duck Dynasty.” Or I may. Suddenly, good taste in TV is on a sliding scale. My pleasure in watching the wrecked relationships in “Succession” confounds me. It is better written than most TV series, but it sure ain’t Shakespeare. It is a mystery to me, the human heart. Its chambers hide such dark places. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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