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By MIkE SMollINS msmollins@liherald.com

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lyNBRook RESIDENt AND former Owls varsity baseball coach Don Roth died Feb. 28, at age 80.

He coached at LHS for nearly three decades.

Community loses ‘an icon’

Legendary Lynbrook coach Don Roth dies at 80

By MIkE SMollINS msmollins@liherald.com

In the days since their father, Don Roth, died, Jane Roth Sloan and Tim Roth have received hundreds of positive messages and been told dozens of stories about the influence he had on so many people as a teacher, mentor, coach and friend. The texts, emails and social media messages now line the walls of Jane’s home, a reminder of the type of man her father was and the

impact he had on the village he loved.

“I get to read them,” Jane said, noting that she had printed the messages and pasted them on green and gold paper — Owls colors — before hanging them throughout the house she shared with her father, who coached Lynbrook varsity baseball for 27 years.

“My brother and I, and our kids — his grandkids — we all get to read them to remind us of just how loved he is in the community.”

Don Roth died on Feb. 28 after a battle with cancer. He was 80. Hundreds of members of the community shared stories about and memories of him with his family, many affectionately referring to him as “Coach Roth” or “Coachie.”

The messages came from people he coached on the baseball diamond, others he taught health or driver’s education at Lynbrook High School, and still others from friends or acquaintances whom he had Continued on page 3

Three candidates will vie for two seats on the Lynbrook village board of trustees in next Tuesday’s election.

Deputy Mayor Michael Hawxhurst seeks to retain his seat, while Trustee Hilary Becker is not running for re-election.

Challengers Laura Ledwith Ryder, a paralegal and realty business owner, and local business owner David O’Neill are also looking to join the board. Ryder will be on the same ballot as Hawxhurst as part of the New Vision Party, while O’Neill is running on the People’s Trustee line. Ryder is running for the first time, while O’Neill is vying again after losing his 2019 bid for trustee. Both have been active in the community and regular attendees at village board meetings for years.

Also, incumbent William

McLaughlin will vie against challenger Josh Marguiles for village justice (see Page 23). East Rockaway is holding an uncontested village election, as Tim O’Hagan and Jack Felbinger are running unopposed for two trustee seats and Richard Braverman is running for judge (check liherald.com for candidate profiles). Polls will be open at Greis Park’s Recreation Cent e r, i n Ly n brook, and at t h e C h a rl e s F o r m o n t Senior Center in East Rockaway, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Ahead of the election, the Herald asked each Lynbrook candidate about issues pressing the village and what their goals would be if elected.

on March 16, polls will be open at greis park, in Lynbrook, and at the Charles H. Formont Senior Center in east Rockaway from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Herald: Why are you running for office, and what would your top priorities be if elected?

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Community mourns the iconic Don Roth helped.

Roth was born on March 7, 1940, to Dorothea Knoop and Henry Roth, and was their second son after his brother Robert.

He grew up on Whittier Street in Lynbrook, attended public schools in the village and developed an affinity for baseball at a young age. He grew up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan and idolized Gil Hodges. After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, Roth eventually adopted the Mets as his favorite team upon their expansion into Major League Baseball in 1962. After growing up embroiled in the Dodgers-Yankees rivalry, Roth developed a strong dislike for the pinstriped team from the Bronx.

“He had two favorite teams: the Mets and anybody who played against the Yankees,” Tim said with a laugh.

Roth graduated from LHS in 1958 after a successful high school baseball career.

He went on to pitch at Wake Forest University on a baseball scholarship, where he won the ACC championship in 1962. He earned his bachelor’s degree in education there, and in the decades following, Tim said, his father often donned school apparel out of pride for his alma mater. He went on to earn his master’s from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he also served as the varsity baseball coach for the Tar Heel’s freshman team in 1964.

After college, Roth enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he became a lieutenant and served in Korea. While there, he coached the 7th Infantry’s baseball team, leading the squad to the 8th Army Command baseball championship in 1965 and ’66, and he was named Coach of the Year by Stars and Stripes newspaper both seasons.

After returning to the U.S., Roth accepted a position to teach health and driver’s ed. at LHS. He went on to coach the Owls varsity baseball team for nearly three decades, all while becoming a beloved figure in the community and amassing more than 300 victories.

Stuart Acker, 60, played for Roth from 1976 to ’78, and said his former coach helped him in many ways as a teenager, but he said it wasn’t until he was in his 40s that he realized how much Roth had helped shape him as a person and they reconnected.

“He wasn’t just a baseball coach,” Acker said. “He was a mentor in life, not just sports. He was a mentor and a friend.”

When Acker visited Roth when he was gravely ill, his former coach gave him a present. When he returned home and opened it, he became emotional upon seeing a crystal baseball with “Love Coach Roth” inscribed on it. The final gift from his coach now hangs in Acker’s office.

“For him to say that after all those years was special,” Acker said of the message.

Remy Grossi, 57, who played for Roth at LHS before graduating in 1981, described his high school coach’s knowledge of the game as unparalleled, and said his careful attention to detail helped his team feel prepared for every challenge. Grossi’s sons, Remy and Dan, went on to play for Roth as well. Grossi said he looked forward to receiving periodic emails from his former coach with the subject “WOO,” standing

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the late Don Roth coached varsity baseball at Lynbrook High School for 27 years.

Upper right: In the Army, Roth coached the 7th Infantry’s baseball team, leading the squad to the 8th Army Command baseball championships in 1965 and ’66, and was named Coach of the Year by the Stars and Stripes newspaper both seasons.

Remembering Don Roth “He was the most reliable, trustworthy person that I think I ever knew in my life. I could consult with him and talk to him about anything and you couldn’t get any better advice from anyone.”

—Joe Papa, lifelong friend

“I’ve been coaching a long time and when I first started coaching, he was an immediate mentor and friend for over 30 years. He was the real deal. This guy didn’t coach for a paycheck, this guy coached because he enjoyed the kids, he enjoyed baseball and he was a big life lesson guy. He was always there for those kids.”

—Rich Hess, high school baseball coach

“Don Roth has been a true green and gold Owl and proud member of the Lynbrook school community. The loss of a former teacher, coach and friend of so many has been truly felt by all. His unending support of the athletic program is unparalleled. No baseball field, basketball court, football field or sporting venue of any kind will ever be the same without Don Roth standing on the sidelines cheering our athletes on.”

—Dr. Melissa Burak, Lynbrook Public Schools superintendent

“The village remembers ‘Coach’ Don Roth, who passed away at his home in Lynbrook.

Coach was a lifelong Lynbrook resident and beloved teacher and coach at Lynbrook High School.”

—Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach and the village board

for “Wise Old Owl,” in which Roth shared advice and old stories and photos from past years in Lynbrook.

“His love and passion for Lynbrook, I think, is what he’ll be most known for,” Grossi said. “WOO was a testament to Coach Roth because of his love for Lynbrook. His love for Lynbrook was just tremendous.”

During his time coaching the Owls, Roth planned yearly trips to various Major League Baseball stadiums for his players.

Following in their father’s footsteps, Jane-

and Tim also got into the sport. Jane fondly recalled spending many days in her youth on the diamond on Marion Street, chasing groundballs and keeping the statistics book for the Owls. Tim was a star baseball player at LHS and earned the Diamond Award as the top player in Nassau County in 1990 while playing for his father.

“It was harder for him to coach me than it was for me to play for him,” Tim recalled. “I think just the nerves of knowing it’s your son out there, you have that personal feeling, but you’re also the

coach.”

Tim went on to play baseball at Georgia Southern University, and was coached by Jack Stallings, who was at the helm at Wake Forest when his father was there.

Don Roth was on the mound when Stallings notched his first career win as a coach, and years later, Tim toed the rubber when Stallings earned his 1,000th victory.

When it came to baseball or anything else in life, Tim and Jane described their father as humble. Though he helped many people in the community in different ways, he didn’t speak about it often. That trait was evident during his coaching career, they said.

Roth’s impact was far-reaching, even in the little things he did that no one knew about. One day, his son asked him why he constantly had dozens of new baseballs in his car. Tim discovered that his father often encountered people having a catch while he was driving, and he would pull his car over and give the unsuspecting participants a new baseball to play with.

When a child came to Roth’s door to trickor-treat on Halloween dressed as a baseball player, they too became the proud owner of a new baseball.

“It’s not just about baseball,” Jane said.

“It’s not just about one specific thing. It’s about being a good person. He didn’t just do things for the baseball teams, he did them for everyone.”

Because of Covid-19 restrictions, there were no memorial services for Roth, but a celebration of life will be scheduled as soon as possible, Tim and Jane said. In addition to his children, Roth is survived by his son-in-law, Prentice Sloan, his daughter-in-law, Annmarie Roth, and his grandchildren, Parker, Lily, Ashley and Kelsey. Ashley is the LHS class of 2021 valedictorian, an accomplishment that made her grandfather proud, Tim and Jane said.

In lieu of flowers, the Roth family requests a donation be made in Don’s name to St. John Incarnation Lutheran Church, 13 Blake Ave., Lynbrook, 11563, because their father was heavily involved there and passionate about it.

“Both of us, for most of our lives, have been known as Don Roth’s son or Don Roth’s daughter,” Tim said, “but I’ve been Don Roth’s son for 48 years, and there’s no greater gift than to be known as Don Roth’s son or Don Roth’s daughter. We lost an icon, and there will be nobody like him again.”

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Covid-19 cases climbing in Lynbrook schools

By Julia Swerdin lyneditor@liherald.com

The once-bustling halls of Lynbrook High School thin each day as coronavirus cases rise, and dozens of students — contact-traced or merely avoiding exposure — stay home from school.

As of press time, there were at least 17 known Covid-positive students, in addition to several staff members. The rise in numbers coincided with the commencement of high-risk sports, preparation for the annual Class Night event and the return of seniors to full in-person instruction, which began March 1.

Principal Joseph Rainis, however, attributes the outbreak to non-school related activities, weekend parties and hangouts where students socialize without taking appropriate precaution.

“Gatherings that are taking place outside of school are the main culprit for this spread,” Rainis said. “We’re confident that the measures we’re taking have made it so that Covid is not spreading inside the building.

Lynbrook Public Schools has maintained its state-mandated safety measures since the beginning of the academic year, including plexi-glass screens on desks, one-way hallways and mandatory mask-wearing. Any student within six feet of a Covid-positive classmate for 10 minutes or longer must quarantine for two weeks, so in-person attendance continues to dwindle. Out of the 243 students in the senior class, 109 registered to come to school every day.

On March 3, there should have been 150 seniors in the LHS building, but only 107 came.

“People are making decisions about whether or not they are going to come to school,” Rainis said. “They weren’t all quarantining.”

The task force responsible for organizing students’ full return comprises administrators, teachers, students and parents. The group reached a consensus several weeks ago to bring students back to school in phases: seniors on March 1, juniors on April 12 and sophomores and freshmen on May 10. Rainis expressed that he hoped to reconvene the task force upon the juniors’ return, to reevaluate the circumstances and

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with coronaviruS caSeS climbing in Lynbrook Schools, Class Night was still set for March 12 as the Herald went to press. In 2019, seniors Daniel Schneider, left, played Fozzie Bear and Richie Wiate was Kermit during a performance of “The Muppet Show.” attempt to get the underclassmen back on an even sooner date.

Meanwhile, questions and concerns arise from the community over the safety of school-run events. The Powderpuff football game was originally scheduled to take place on Feb. 27, but was moved to March 6 due to bad weather. The new game date, however, was also cancelled in response to the coronavirus outbreak. A final date for the game was not determined at press time.

Rainis and administrators do not plan on rescheduling other school events, including Class Night on March 12, because, they said, they worry that the future holds no guarantees.

“No matter when we schedule these events, there will be a group of students who cannot attend because of Covid,” Rainis said. “I want to hold Class Night.

I’m looking forward to it.”

Senior Maeve Mooney, chairperson of the senior Class Night, said that

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more than half of the students participating in dances and the skit are in quarantine, and will not be back in school until the day before the event.

“This year especially, our grade has put in so much work to prepare for Class Night,” Mooney said. “While I was originally hoping the event would be postponed to a later date, so we could have a fair chance to prepare, I was also concerned with moving it because we have no clue what will happen in the upcoming months ... I am certain our grade will be able to pull off an amazing last Class Night together.”

The junior class has experienced similar challenges the past few weeks, according to Class Night chairperson Jaden Harvin.

“Having most of our participants in quarantine has taken a big toll on our preparation for dances and the skit,” Harvin said. He explained that he and Emma Leighley, his co-chair, reached

out to the administration in hopes of postponing the event, but were told there was nothing they could do.

With school athletic seasons on such a tight, condensed schedule this year, there is also worry that postponing dates might create overlap among sports games and other school events. Both junior varsity and varsity football, cross country and soccer teams have games scheduled over the upcoming weeks.

Rainis urged students to keep being safe and wearing masks. He said he feels that the schools have done everything they can to preserve the safety of their students and staff, and the rise in numbers can be attributed primarily to irresponsible behavior outside the LHS building.

“Covid hasn’t gone away, and right now is a time more critical than ever,” Rainis said. “It’s up to the students whether we can keep our schools open and continue to hold school events.”

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Are you ready for some Nassau County high school football?

A six-week regular season kicks off Friday night with three games, including Glen Cove at Hewlett, and 46 more teams will be in action this Saturday for the first time since the fall of 2019. Only the top four finishers in each of the four conferences will advance to the playoffs. Here’s a rundown of the 27 south shore teams in the Herald’s coverage area. For schedules, visit www.secviii.org.

Baldwin Bruins

Coached by Steve Carroll, the Bruins’ biggest weapon is senior All-Conference running back/linebacker Trey Parkins.

Seniors Kenny Ojeikere (wideout/cornerback) and Keyon Wingate (running back/ linebacker) are also returning two-way starters. Baldwin is seeded No. 10 in Conference I and opens at Port Washington.

Calhoun Colts

The Colts, coached by Brian Moeller, attempt to rebound from a difficult 2019 behind MVP Ryan Baci, a senior captain and starting defensive end/receiver, senior running back/linebacker Timmy Mack, and senior running back/cornerback Markus Bautista. Calhoun, the No. 11 seed in Conference II, opens at rival Mepham.

Carey Seahawks

The Seahawks are perennial contenders hoping to dethrone four-time defending Conference II champion Garden City, which happens to be their first opponent.

Leading the way for coach Mike Stanley is All-County senior linebacker/running back Anthony DeNicola, senior defensive end/tight end Joseph Todaro, and senior wideout/safety Nick Cowen.

Clarke Rams

Seeded sixth in Conference IV, the Rams and coach Tim O’Malley will lean on the senior leadership and work ethics of linebacker/fullback John Kern, lineman Kevin Henning and running back/linebacker Joe Dieppa to make a playoff push.

They host East Rockaway in the opener.

East Meadow Jets

Back in Conference I as the No. 7 seed, the Jets, coached by Doug Bange, host Herricks in the opener. They feature twoway senior standout Chris Barry, who has 12 touchdowns in his past 12 games, senior running back/defensive end Marc Giraud and senior O-lineman/linebacker Alvaro Lopez-Salinas.

East Rockaway Rocks

The Rocks have their work cut out in Conference IV as the No. 10 seed but have experience at quarterback with senior Jordan Palmer and senior rushers Franklin Infante and Robert Welch. Junior line-

backer Jack Mistretta sparks coach Russ Pajer’s defense. They open at Clarke.

Elmont Spartans

Senior All-County lineman Jason Richardson is the heart and soul of the Spartans, the No. 8 seed in Conference II. They open against Kennedy and return senior Jonathan Maldonado at quarterback.

Coach Jay Hegi is high on senior wideout Ted Phebe and junior running back/linebacker Tyler Myers.

Freeport Red Devils

Coach Russ Cellan’s Red Devils haven’t lost a game since 2017. The two-time defending Nassau and Long Island champs lack experience but not talent.

The Red Devils, who open against Massapequa, will lean on senior cornerback/ wideout Christian Quinn, senior two-way l i n e m a n Wi l dy B a e z a n d s e n i o r linebacker/O-lineman Tyrek Rawls.

Hempstead Tigers

The Tigers, coached by Sylas Pratt, are seeded No. 8 in Conference I. They’re led in the trenches by two-way starting lineman Kevin Garcia and feature a dynamic offensive weapon in senior Donovan Levenir. They hit the road for the opener at Hicksville.

Hewlett Bulldogs

Junior nose guard Jacob Maiorano will set the tone for the coach John Palladino’s Bulldogs, the No. 8 seed in Conference III. The offense will look to establish balance with senior wideout Manny Richards and junior signal-caller Mark Winkler. They host Glen Cove in the opener on Friday night.

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BaLDwIN SENIOR KENNY Ojeikere is a weapon in the passing game.

Kennedy Cougars

Coach John McGuire’s defense will look to set the tone. The Cougars are the No. 12 seed in Conference II and open at Elmont. Senior safety Ryan Draude was their defensive MVP in 2019. Senior twoway lineman John Leone and senior running back/linebacker Zaid Kaileh also play vital roles.

Lawrence Golden Tornadoes

Part of Conference IV for the first time, coach Jason Supple’s squad is aiming for a playoff berth behind senior twoway starters Luke Kirchner (center/linebacker), Mikell Henry (wideout/safety) and Yuri Martinez (lineman.) The fifthseeded Golden Tornadoes open at home against Cold Spring Harbor.

Long Beach Marines

The Marines are rebuilding but coach Scott Martin returns senior safety Izzy Maldonado, who led them in tackles in 2019, as well as senior running back/safety Ryan Buonocore, and senior running back/linebacker Jahmeke Primer. The Continued on next page

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continued from previous page No. 10 seed in Conference II opens against Valley Stream Central.

Lynbrook Owls

Senior tailback Ethan Hoyte totaled 834 yards and 9 touchdowns in four wins in 2019 and leads their Conference III playoff hopes. Coach Steve LoCicero is also counting on senior quarterback Dante Quilca and senior linebacker/O-lineman Jonathan Rivas.

The Owls open against defending champion Plainedge.

MacArthur Generals

The Generals, who open at South Side, reached the Conference II title game and won 10 straight games in 2019. Senior Andrew Calderon is an All-County lineman, and senior Greg Milau is his partner in crime. Senior Ryan Isom gives coach Bob Fehrenbach a dynamic running back/linebacker.

Malverne Mules

The Mules, who visit Island Trees in their Conference IV opener, feature senior Michael Warren Jr., who had 9 touchdown receptions in 2019. Senior Gerardo Delligatti is a strong two-way lineman, and junior DeAndre Blagrove is a talented running back/linebacker for coach Kito Lockwood.

Mepham Pirates

The production of senior quarterback Billy Kender (13 touchdowns in 2019) will go a long way in determining the success of coach Anthony Cracco’s team. The fifth-seeded Pirates open against rival Calhoun. Additional keys are senior lineman Jack Savalli and senior wideout/cornerback William Molloy.

Oceanside Sailors

The Sailors are the favorites on paper in Conference I and kick off the campaign at Farmingdale. Coach Rob Blount boasts an exciting set of skill position talent led by junior quarterback Charlie McKee, senior tailback/slot receiver Thomas Flavin, and senior running back/linebacker Andres Duran.

Seaford Vikings

The defending Conference IV champs open at North Shore. They’re led by senior All-County linebacker Craig Ackerman, who had 97 tackles and 5 sacks in 2019. Coach Rob Perpall is also counting on senior tight end/defensive end Brendan O’Hagan and senior two-way lineman Nick Luciano.

Sewanhaka Indians

Defensive end/wide receiver Frantz Compere is a leader on and off the field for the Indians, the No. 7 seed in Conference II hosting New Hyde Park in the opener. Coach George Kasimatis has

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South Side Cyclones

The Cyclones are returning to Conference II after going 16-5 the past two seasons in III. They open against MacArthur.

Coach Phil Onesto has emerging senior quarterback JohnJude Considine, who’ll work behind a line led by senior two-way starters Nick Tesar and Jack Temple.

Uniondale Knights

The Knights bring back their leading tackler, senior linebacker Isaiah Lee, and he’ll set the tone on defense along with senior safety/wideout Nathaniel Moorer.

Coach Phil Coppola’s front lines will be led by junior Deomiee Scales-Melvin.

Seeded ninth in Conference I, they open at Syosset.

V.S. Central Eagles

The Eagles, who open at Long Beach, come off a memorable 2019 season that saw them reach the Conference II semifinals. They’re seeded sixth. Coach Mike Rubino has seniors Dawin Fanor (cornerback), Reese Kaufman (lineman) and Wakeem Jackson (wideout/safety) to keep the momentum going.

V.S. North Spartans

New coach Mike Paolillo looks to get the sixth-seeded Spartans to the Conference III playoffs behind seniors Noah Etame (running back/linebacker) and Peter Mura (lineman), as well as junior wideout/cornerback Andrew Lusterino.

North kicks off the campaign with a trip to Mineola.

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SENIOR THOMAS FLAVIN is part of a dangerous Oceanside offense.

V.S. South Falcons

The Falcons, who visit Bethpage in the opener, are rebuilding. Coach Joe Guastafeste has senior running back/cornerback Yasir Shabazz-Allah, who had 7 touchdowns in 2019, to spearhead the effort along with two-way senior lineman Tyler Van Etten and senior tight end/linebacker Malik Rowe.

Wantagh Warriors

Coach Keith Sachs’s team slides into Conference IV where its seeded No. 2 and opens at Locust Valley. The Warriors will try to overcome their inexperience behind the efforts of senior Joseph Fontana (tight end/defensive tackle) and junior linebackers Liam Casey (over 100 tackles in 2019) and Tyler Martini.

West Hempstead Rams

The Rams, coached by Dom Carre, are seeded No. 8 in Conference IV and open at Friends Academy They return starting quarterback Peter Theodoratos, who’ll lead an offense that includes two-way starters Zadrian Budhoo, a junior running back/safety, and senior Ak Kargbo, a linebacker/fullback.

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LyNbROOK’S ETHAN HOyTE is among Nassau’s most talented rushers.

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community update Ongoing

Copies available to download on ebook and audiobook on the Libby app. Email reference@eastrockawaylibrary.org or stop by and give the library your email address to get the link to the online discussion.

Covid-19 Testing Lynbrook residents are eligible to get tested for Covid-19 at the Valley Stream Pool parking lot, 123 W. Merrick Road in Valley Stream from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. Rapid testing is available and no appointments are needed. Stay in your car and wait for directioins, and bring your identification and insurance card.

Tuesday, April 13 Lynbrook Library Board Meeting The Lynbrook Library will host its monthly board meeting at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, call (516) 5998630.

VFW Thrift Shop in East Rockaway Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3350 in East Rockaway has launched its Veterans’ Thrift Shop. The post is at 164 Main St. Due to the pandemic, the store’s schedule varies, but members are trying to open daily, including Sundays. For thrift shop information and hall rentals, call the post at (516) 887-8170, and ask for Pat, Gary, Tony or Gene.

Tuesday, April 20 Lynbrook Board of Education The Lynbrook Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Ave., Lynbrook. Virtual meetings can be found at lynbrookschools.org.

Tuesday, March 16 East Rockaway Board of Education The East Rockaway Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School, 443 Ocean Ave. Live stream recordings will be posted at eastrockawayschols.org. It will also host a budget work session on Jan. 12 at 6 p.m., preceded by a regular work session.

Village Elections Polls will be open at Greis Park from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. as three candidates vie for two trustee seats on the village board and two others vie for the village justice position. For absentee ballot information, visit lynbrookvillage.net to learn more. East Rockaway is also hosting an uncontested election.

Friday, March 19 Krafty Kids Pick up a craft kit and a book when you register at the East Rockaway Pub-

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Kids show kindess All last month, members of West End Elementary School’s Student Council raised $367 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities through their sale of $1 kindness grams. Fourth-graders Ryan Wulff, left, and Karen Benitez in front of the kindness gram mural. lic Library. Join Miss Donna for a prerecorded virtual story and a craft demonstration that you’ll be nuts (& bolts!) about. visit eastrockawaylibrary.org for more information.

Saturday, March 20 EREF Race The East Rockaway Education Foundation will go virtual for its annual fundraiser this year as it hosts a 5K, 10K

and half marathon between March 20 and 28. To register via Elite Feats, visit bit.ly/3b3WGQg

8300 for more information. It will also be Grievance Night.

Monday, March 22

Friday, March 29

Lynbrook Village Board Meeting

Virtual Book Discussion

The Lynbrook mayor and village board of trustees will host its next meeting at Village Hall, 1 Columbus Drive, at 7 p.m. It will also be streamed virtually. Visit lynbrookvillage.net or call (516) 599-

The East Rockaway Public Library hosts a book discussion at 7 p.m. The book being discussed is “Long Bright River”

by Liz Moore. Copies are available in regular and large print at the front desk.

The East Rockaway VFW’s thrift shop is open for business.

The East Rockaway school board meets March 16.

Village elections are set for March 16.

A virtual fundraiser race is set for March 20-28.

The Lynbrook village board meets on March 22.

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On warm summer nights, moviegoers sat on bleachers and were treated to the latest silent movies.

Breezes kept them cool in an era before air conditioning. Canvas awnings overhead and mosquito netting along the sides protected customers from the elements and the bugs. Admission was 10 cents for adults and five cents for children.

Drive-in movies did not ar rive on Long Island until 1938, but decades earlier, in 1915, Lynbrook had one of the first “open air theatres” anywhere in America.

It was the Lynbrook Mattson is the official Airdrome, at the “V” Lynbrook village historiformed by Atlantic and Mattson an and a director of the Union avenues. The locaHistorical Society of East tion was the former site Rockaway and Lynbrook. of the Lynbrook Lyceum that burned down two years before, and Additionally, he is the author of “The History of Lynbrook,” which is available which had also shown movies.

The Lynbrook Airdrome claimed to on Amazon.com and at local libraries. have seats for more than 1,000 people.

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Recently my colleagues and I in the Legislative Majority joined the growing number of public officials across New York state calling for the establishment of a vaccine pre-registration system to help ease the nightmarish sign-up conditions that hundreds of thousands of residents are currently experiencing.

The creation of a new registry is particularly important for seniors who are among the most susceptible to the dangers posed by the deadly virus.

It’s become increasingly clear that the state’s current registration system is failing and it’s time to make a change. I support a universal pre-registration program, similar to one that is being used in other states, such as New Jersey, Illinois, California and Florida, which enables eligible applicants to fill out the necessary paperwork in advance and then get notified when an appointment is available.

However, I also believe such a program should go even further and collect enough information in the data base to identify and prioritize those most at risk, like seniors, so that they can get a speedy appointment as more doses arrive. To that end, I have been calling on Nassau County to create a dedicat-

ed phone number that seniors can call to make vaccine appointments since many of them either don’t have computers or the necessary know-how to register online.

Additional recommendations have been made to the administration as well that more sites be established in Nassau to treat our older population, including the creation of mobile units that can visit senior housing communities and administer vaccines on-site or open pop-up locations closer to where seniors live or can easily travel to.

While the numbers continue to improve, Long Island’s Covid-19 positivity rate remains among the highest in the state. Demographically, Nassau has a higher percentage of seniors than in most regions statewide and throughout the country as well.

I have also created a petition calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to open a mass vaccination site at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, similar to the ones he has opened at Yankee Stadium, Citi Field and other New York City locations, which was recently

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Editors note: Lynbrook historical odds and ends is a column that takes a look back at some interesting facts and events in the village from over the years.

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this advertiseMent for the Lynbrook Airdrome is from the New Era newspaper, published in Lynbrook in 1915.

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Party: New Vision Party

Party: New Vision Party

Age: 53

Age: 52

Years living in Lynbrook: 26

Years living in Lynbrook: 52

Family: Fiancée, Shannon Kelly; daughters, Sarah, 24, and Hannah, 20

Family: Husband of 27 years, Mike; children, Shannon, 26, and Aidan, 20

Education: Bachelor’s in accounting from Michael Hawxhurst SUNY Albany; master’s in business administration (taxation) from St. John’s University

Education: Degree in paralegal studies from Briarcliffe College; real estate license from

Career: 33 years as an internal audit executive with major financial institutions Political experience: Ran for village trustee in 2007 and lost; elected as trustee in 2009; re-elected in 2013 and 2017; appointed deputy mayor by Mayor Alan Beach in 2019

Laura Ledwith Ryder New York Real Estate Institute

Career: Paralegal at Ledwith & Atkinson Law Firm for 25 years; founding member of Pearsall Partners Realty LLC in 2020 Political experience: None

Party: The People’s Trustee Age: 53 Years living in Lynbrook: 49 Family: Wife, Claudine; children, Tiffany, 33, Thomas, 32, Rocco, 31, Alexandra, 26, and Anthony, 25; granddaughter, Nicoletta, 2 David O’Neill Education: Lynbrook High School graduate Career: Owner of several businesses since 1988; now works as a real estate broker with Novus Realty Group, a mortgage loan originator at Washington Equities and vice president of sales with Ram Abstract.

Political experience: Ran unsuccessfully for village trustee in 2019

Three candidates vie for Lynbrook trustee seats continued from front page village board is both an honor and privilege. I am running this year to continue the work that I have been involved in during my time on the board. As a team, we have accomplished much, but we have much more to go.

We have seen improvements to our parks, roads and services provided to the residents. Improvements to the equipment we provide to our first responders to ensure they can respond to any emergency in the village. Also, we have been able to stay under the tax cap the past four years.

During the past year, we have had to pivot in so many services the village provides due to the pandemic. We had changes to our recreation programs, library programs and events. All our first responders were stretched to the max in their work this year. Most importantly, we understood the problems the pandemic presented to our residents and adjusted the budget twice to reduce the tax rate charged to the residents.

Going forward, my top priority is to continue to find opportunities to provide the best services to our residents at the lowest cost possible. Managing our budget to provide the most cost-effective services is my top priority if re-elected.

Ryder: When Mayor Alan Beach asked me to join his team as Lynbrook trustee, I was both humbled and honored. I have dedicated the last 20 years serving our residents through the Lynbrook Community Chest, Lynbrook Cares Committee, as chairwoman of the 9/11 Memorial Committee, the Lynbrook Oktoberfest Committee cochair, as a member of the Architectural Review Board, among others. Service has been has been a tremendous honor and an incredibly rewarding experience for me.

Because I believe so strongly in service to the community where one lives, I view the position of trustee as an opportunity to serve our residents in new ways. My top priority, if elected, is to continue to move Lynbrook forward with sensible growth while maintaining financial via-

bility and to keep Lynbrook an affordable place to live while not sacrificing any of our top-notch services.

O’Neill: I decided to run for public office because I believe I can bring change to how Lynbrook is governed and our village’s overall outlook, with both being a part of my platform also in the last election. More so now than the past election, I believe Lynbrook needs new businesses to open that are the right fit for our village, and this includes the need for a total overhaul of the downtown area. This will bring in residents, which, in turn, will help our existing businesses thrive in today’s challenging economy.

We need to stop the bleeding, lower taxes and cut spending. We need to make Lynbrook affordable for residents so they can retire and stay in the village. An immediate priority is helping our residents get through this pandemic safely and working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead to keep our residents safe. We need to help our seniors get vaccinated and help get them to doctors’ appointments, either via transportation or telehealth. We need to get personal protective equipment to our residents who need it, along the lines of how when I owned Village Car Service in Lynbrook, I frequently helped out our senior citizens and other village residents.

Herald: What other major goals do you hope to accomplish?

Hawxhurst: During 2020, we saw the impor-

tance of family and togetherness. As we look ahead, some of the major goals I would like to see accomplished include the continued upgrade of our park facilities.

From installing an artificial-turf field, lighting, resodding fields, upgrading playground equipment, and expanding our swim program, so much has been done.

The Master Park Plan outlines future opportunities to grow and continue to provide new opportunities in the most costeffective way possible.

Ryder: First and foremost, I intend to work

together with the board to maintain Lynbrook’s AA+ financial rating. This top rating, which is the highest the village has ever had, enables it to obtain the lowest interest rate possible, quite an incredible accomplishment. In addition, as an active member of the Lynbrook Beautiful Committee for well over a decade, I strongly believe that living in an aesthetically beautiful community instills pride, increases the interest of new businesses and contributes to an increased value of our biggest asset — our homes. While our Department of Public Works is, without question, second to none, I would love to see residents again actively participating in beautifying our village by rolling up their sleeves and getting to work.

O’Neill: Lowering taxes, bringing in new

businesses, overhauling the downtown area, cutting unnecessary spending and helping our residents get through the pandemic are top priorities of mine. In addition, we need to help fill the offices in Lynbrook and bring business to Lynbrook.

People would feel more comfortable working locally, rather than taking the train and subway. We should be reaching out to businesses to rent office space in Lynbrook and have an office in New York City, so the workers can work in both offices.

I would sit down with our [Department of Public Works] and ask their advice and suggestions on how we can start dealing with these issues. Lynbrook has been my home for 45 years and counting. I grew up here. I honestly care about the issues that our village is faced with. I always have and always will have the best interest of Lynbrook at heart.

Herald: The coronavirus has impacted many village businesses, what can be done to help them recover during such a difficult time?

Hawxhurst: The past year has been a challenge to every individual and every business in the village. The struggles each

have faced have been incredible and have been different for each one. Addressing what can be done to help them recover is not a simple answer, but requires the village to continue to be open to the needs of each one. Since the early stage of the pandemic, the board has met with different businesses to see how best we could assist them. From closing Atlantic Avenue for dining, allowing sidewalk dining and tents in parking lots, the board worked to find the best solution for each business.

Ryder: We have all seen first-hand the suffering the coronavirus pandemic has caused each of us, whether it be the tragic loss of a loved one, illness, job loss or school uncertainty, among other things.

But we have also seen the very best through service and support of our family, friends and neighbors, which includes our local businesses. To help them, the current board has come up with creative ideas, including permitting outside dinning and closing Atlantic Avenue for dining. These initiatives were very well received and immensely popular. I would work to continue these initiatives in the warmer months, even when the pandemic is over.

O’Neill: We must encourage shopping local to keep our economy thriving. One idea I had, based on the work of other towns and villages, is to create a “Lynbrook USA” app. The app would connect shoppers to local businesses and offer points that lead to discounts. In addition, the app would list every business and type of business that’s in Lynbrook — every pizzeria, accountant, etc. The village can reach out to app developers to come up with this plan (or even work with our young minds in technology/business/virtual enterprise classes at Lynbrook schools to sculpt an app), maybe even creating a contest or project along the way.

For additional questions about infrastructure and why the candidates feel they are best suited for this position, visit liherald. com/lynbrook.

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earing is the gatekeeper to human communication — it is one of the primary ways in which we connect with other people. Those of us who hear clearly probably cannot appreciate how difficult hearing loss can be. It can even lead to isolation and withdrawal from many pleasurable activities.

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Manage your blood pressure and cardiac health High blood pressure and heart disease can damage the fragile mechanisms that help you hear.

If you have high cholesterol or blood pressure, follow your doctor’s treatment orders to get it under control.

Stop smoking and vaping, and limit drinking Studies definitively show that cigarette smoke — whether directly, secondhand, or even in utero — can have a big impact on a person’s hearing health. Likewise with heavy alcohol use, which can create a toxic environment in the ear. Vaping and hearing loss isn’t as well-studied, but there are anecdotal reports linking it to sudden hearing loss.

Keep diabetes under control Research has shown that people with diabetes are twice as likely to have hearing loss. Just as with high blood pressure, diabetes can damage the cells in your inner ears. Keep your blood sugar under control and follow your doctor’s orders for managing diabetes.

Exercise and practice stress reduction What isn’t exercise helpful for? Exercise improves blood flow and helps your body — and your ear health — in countless ways. Just be careful about loud music while working out and incorrect

weightlifting; both are linked to hearing damage. And because chronic high levels of stress aren’t good for your hearing (or the rest of you), do what you can to keep stress levels under control.

Eat foods high in certain vitamins and minerals Did you know that certain vitamins, especially B12, are vital to good hearing? The same is true of minerals including potassium and magnesium.

Iron-deficiency anemia is also linked to losing your hearing.

Know your family history While knowing your family history won’t directly prevent hearing loss, it will help you know if you’re at elevated risk. Catching it early can reduce your risk of the negative impacts of hearing loss, such as cognitive decline, depression and social isolation.

Be aware of drugs that cause hearing loss Hundreds of over-the-counter and prescription drugs are linked to hearing loss. These ototoxic drugs range from ordinary, over-the-counter medications like aspirin to chemotherapy drugs and IV antibiotics. In some cases, you may be able to take an alternative drug to reduce your risk of drugrelated hearing loss.

Lower your risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) Even if you’re as healthy as an Olympian, you still risk hearing damage if you don’t protect your hearing in noisy environments. Regardless of your age or your hearing status, it’s always a good idea to protect your hearing when you’re going to be exposed to loud sounds.

Noise-induced hearing loss can have many sources. Blasts, like gunfire or fireworks, can cause immediate hearing loss. Less explosive sounds, such as airplane engines, rock concerts, or even high-pitched dentist drills, still cause damage, just more slowly. Either way, the damage is almost always irreversible and cumulative.

One common source of hearing damage you might not even realize? Your earbuds and headphones, especially if you don’t take the right precautions when you listen to music.

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Living with hearing loss No need to fear communications breakdowns Hearing loss can seem daunting, with its ability to affect relationships, selfconfidence, physical health, and more. Taking charge of it, however, can go a long way toward keeping you feeling empowered and engaged.

There are many different cues that we receive that help us to understand speech and language. People with normal hearing don’t always receive all the cues, but the English language has enough redundancies that they often get enough cues to correctly identify the message. However some cues are unheard due to the hearing loss.

Increased reliance is then placed on the remaining cues to understand conversation. This becomes more difficult when hearing is compromised and frustration often occurs between family members as everyone struggles to understand the rules of communication.

Instead of getting frustrated, use the following tips to help you communicate more effectively and take your hearing loss in your own hands.

Be an advocate for yourself Others cannot guess what you need.

By hiding a hearing loss you will miss conversation and may respond inappropriately and cause further miscommunication.

Ways to be an advocate: √ Tell others if you are having difficulty understanding. √ If you don’t understand what someone has said ask him or her to rephrase the message, not just repeat it. √ Educate others regarding hearing loss.

Many do not understand why you can hear that they are talking but cannot understand what they are saying. They also don’t know what they can do to help. Ask others to talk more slowly and clearly and not to obstruct their mouths.

Manipulate your environment to your advantage.

Hearing clearly when there is background noise is probably the biggest challenge for people with hearing loss. When

you can, choose quiet listening environments. In a restaurant, request to be seated in a quiet area away from the door and the kitchen. Partitions and low ceilings may be helpful to reduce noise. Also carpet and upholstery may help to reduce echo, which may help you to understand speech more clearly. Good lighting may also be helpful so that you can see the speaker’s face and gestures. √ If you have a good ear, place yourself so that it is facing the speaker. √ Different environments pose unique challenges. Get creative and make each environment work to your strengths. √ When attending a meeting, get an agenda so that you know the topics that will be discussed. This will give you a few key words to work from when listening. √ In a lecture, record the speaker so that you can review the details later if you missed something.

Investigate assistive listening devices.

These devices often allow the listener to receive the sound directly from the source, thereby eliminating background noise. They are often available at many theaters, churches and other public venues and are free to use.

You may also purchase personal assistive listening devices for use at home or elsewhere. These may include amplified telephones, smoke detectors and alarm clocks, as well as personal devices to listen to the TV. Your audiologist may be able to help you investigate these devices.

You may need plenty of hands-on experience with these devices to become comfortable using them outside of home, but once you are comfortable with them, they offer dramatic results in terms of improved communication, increased selfesteem, and reduced negative feelings surrounding communication.

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Five reasons to make better hearing a priority

id you know? An estimated 466 million children and adults live with a disabling hearing impairment, according to the World Health Organization. As one of the top chronic public health challenges facing families and communities on a global scale, it’s much more common than people realize.

Many also may not realize how far-reaching hearing loss can be, with its links to physical, mental, social, and even financial issues that could affect quality of life. Consider these five examples of problems associated with hearing loss, showing the importance of staying atop your hearing health.

Cognitive Decline: A growing body of research connects hearing loss to reduced brain function. Older adults with hearing loss, for example, are up to five times more likely than their normal-hearing peers to develop dementia, per a study by Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging. Another study finds that seniors with a hearing condition may experience faster-than-usual brain shrinkage.

The good news? Proper use of hearing aids may slow down cognitive decline as much as 75 percent, per a study published in 2018.

Social Isolation: Hearing plays a big role in everyday interactions with friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues, so it’s no wonder

that hearing loss can impact your sense of engagement. Those with untreated hearing loss are less likely to participate in social activities, per a study commissioned by the National Council on Aging. This can help lead to social isolation and other problems. Conversely, seniors treated for hearing loss report significant improvements in their social life, relationships, sense of independence, and more.

Depression: Multiple studies support a connection between hearing loss and depression. Seniors with hearing loss, for example, may have a 57 percent greater risk of experiencing deep depression, according to a

Johns Hopkins and National Institute on Aging analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data. Researchers have also found, however, that the odds of depression may be lower with hearing aid use.

Falls: Ears not only help with hearing but also contribute to your balancing ability.

Research points to the increased likelihood of falls among middle-aged and older adults with hearing loss. Even mild hearing impairment can triple the risk of falling, and every 10-decibel increase in hearing impairment might mean a 1.4-fold increase in the odds of sustaining a fall.

Mortality: Hearing loss goes hand in hand with higher mortality. One study published in the Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences found a 20 percent greater risk of mortality among adults 70 years and older with hearing impairment.

Other research has estimated the increased risk at an adjusted 21 percent or even an adjusted 39 percent, depending on the severity of hearing loss.

As you can see, hearing loss isn’t an isolated concern. It affects your communication and, potentially, your overall health and well being.

So don’t wait. Just as you would for your eyes and teeth, schedule regular checkups to help keep your ears and hearing health in optimal shape.

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As you know, when a student participates in aggressive sports, an opponent’s fingers, hands, and elbows suddenly become a threat to a student’s visual safety. Baseballs, racquets, hockey pucks, and especially soccer balls and the feet kicking them are a potential danger to the unprotected eye.

The good news is that you can help prevent a young person from being sidelined because of a serious eye injury. You can make the decision to help protect their eyes by adding protective sport goggles to their equipment bag. Remember, while protective sports eyewear can provide significant protection; they cannot guarantee to be unbreakable or guard against all foreseeable impacts. However, a quality pair of RecSpecs equipped with 3mm thick polycarbonate lenses and transition lenses, which change from sunglasses to clear in minutes, can be sight savers since they help keep the eyes and surrounding ocular region protected.

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Eating healthy is good for your whole body — especially your eyes!

There’s so much more to eye nutrition than just the carrots that mom always told you to eat.

Everybody knows that eating right is the way to keep your heart healthy. The good news is that the same diet that helps your heart is probably also good for your eyes. A diet low in fat and rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains can pay benefits not only to your heart but to your eyes. The connection isn’t surprising: your eyes rely on tiny arteries for oxygen and nutrients, just as the heart relies on much larger arteries.

Include an abundance of these foods in your diet and help protect against sight-threatening diseases.

Fish Cold-water fish such as salmon, tuna, sardines and mackerel are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which may help protect against dry eyes, macular degeneration and even cataracts. If you don’t eat seafood, you can get a good supply of omega-3s by using fish oil supplements or taking vegetarian supplements that contain black currant seed oil or flaxseed oil.

Leafy Greens Spinach, kale and collard greens, to name just a few, are packed full of lutein and zeaxanthin, important plant pigments that can help stem the development of macular degeneration and cataracts. Broccoli, peas and avocados are also good sources of this powerful antioxidant duo.

index (GI) can help reduce your risk for agerelated macular degeneration. Swap refined carbohydrates for quinoa, brown rice, whole oats and whole-wheat breads and pasta. The vitamin E, zinc and niacin found in whole grains also help promote overall eye health.

strawberries, pumpkin, corn and cantaloupe are excellent sources of vitamins A and C. And carotenoids — the compounds that give these fruits and vegetables their yellow, orange and red pigments — are thought to help decrease the risk of many eye diseases.

Citrus Fruits and Berries Oranges, grapefruits, lemons and berries are high in vitamin C, which may reduce the risk of cataracts and macular degeneration.

Legumes Kidney beans, black-eyed peas and lentils are good sources of bioflavonoids and zinc — and can help protect the retina and lower the risk for developing macular degeneration and cataracts.

Eggs The vitamins and nutrients in eggs, including lutein and vitamin A (which may protect against night blindness and dry eyes), promote eye health and function.

Nuts Pistachios, walnuts, almonds — whichever type tickles your fancy — are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E that boost your eye health.

Whole Grains A diet containing foods with a low glycemic

Colorful Fruits and Vegetables Foods such as carrots, tomatoes, bell peppers,

Sunflower Seeds Help keep your eyes healthy and disease-free by snacking on sunflowers seeds, which are excellent sources of vitamin E and zinc.

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welve of the 28 physicians associated with NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery have been named to the latest edition of Top Doctors: New York Metro Area, an annual reference guide published by Castle Connolly, a New York City research and information company.

They are: Jeffrey A. Brown, M.D. (Neuropathic Facial Pain Surgery), Jonathan L. Brisman, M.D. (Neurovascular and Brain Surgery), Benjamin R. Cohen, M.D (Spine Surgery), Vladimir Y. Dadashev, M.D. (Spine Surgery), Zachariah M. George, M.D (Spine Surgery), John A. Grant, M.D. (Pediatric Neurosurgery), Sundeep Mangla, M.D. (Endovascular Neuroradiology), Stephen T. Onesti, M.D. (Spine Surgery), Sachin N. Shah, M.D. (Spine Surgery), John Pile-Spellman, M.D. (Endovascular Neuroradiology), Brian J. Snyder, M.D. (Pain and Parkinson’s Surgery), and Alexandros D. Zouzias, M.D (Spine Surgery).

“It’s a pleasure to congratulate our colleagues and partners for receiving this honor,” said Michael H. Brisman, M.D., the chief executive officer of Rockville Centre-based NSPC. “Our practice has provided patients from Long Island, and elsewhere, with the most compassionate and comprehensive brain, back, and neck care available for over 60 years. The selection of these twelve physicians to the 2021 Top Doctors: New York Metro Area listing confirms a tradition of clinical, and patient-centered excellence, at NSPC.” For decades, Castle Connolly has been conducting a peerreview survey to select the region’s top doctors based on the

Connolly was acquired by the Everyday Health Group, a division of J2 Global Inc. The Top Doctors: New York Metro Area guide lists those whom Castle Connolly has determined to be in the top ten percent of the region’s physicians — approximately 6,000 in all.

theory that medical professionals are best qualified to assess the qualifications of other practitioners. Licensed physicians vote online for those doctors they consider outstanding. A Castle Connolly doctor-led research team then counts the nominations and vets the nominee pool with the aid of a number of screens, including confirming board certifications and investigating disciplinary histories. Last year, Castle

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Don’t skip eyecare checkups

Blindness caused by glaucoma is insidious. In most cases, there is no pain, and the loss of vision occurs slowly from peripheral to central. Many people do not even realize it’s happening until they have lost a substantial amount of peripheral vision. But there is a way to prevent the devastating effects of glaucoma: Don’t skip your eyecare visits.

Glaucoma is a disease of the eye characterized by three components: 1. Damage and loss of the retinal ganglions cells and optic nerve described as cupping 2. Loss of visual field 3. Usually increased eye pressure (the mean normal eye pressure is 15mmHG) People at risk for glaucoma include the elderly, Blacks, people with elevated eye pressure, primary relatives with glaucoma, persons with high myopia, high hyperopia, history of eye trauma and diabetes.

The elevated intraocular pressure from glaucoma damages the optic nerve mechanically and creates decreased blood flow to the eye. The most identifiable cause of glaucoma is the enlarged lens or cataract in the eye. Early cataract surgery and trabecular bypass has become the best option to stop vision loss in patients with glaucoma. The current use of eye drops and laser help to lower intraocular pressure but do not address the causative mechanism of the glaucoma being the enlarged lens. Incisional cataract surgery and glaucoma surgery is often needed to truly stabilize glaucoma.

Screenings are essential All people should be screened regularly for glaucoma as part of a medical eye exam. Screening should consist of an eye examination consisting of gonioscopy (examination of the drainage angle), intraocular pressure measurement with Goldmann applanation tonometry and a dilated optic nerve examination. If there appears to be any damage to the optic nerve or abnormal pressure, then a visual field test should be performed, and optic nerve photos taken. Persons with thin corneas should be more aggressively monitored and treated for glaucoma as the disease tends to be worse in these patients.

If you have eye pressure or glaucoma and feel that you may be losing vision, seek the care of a glaucoma specialist for a second opinion.

People with conditions such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy that could lead to blindness if left unchecked need to stay particularly vigilant with their checkups. The pandemic shouldn’t keep you from visiting your doctor, but for patients over 60, you might want to begin with a telehealth visit, if you’re high-risk and remained concerned about venturing into medical offices.

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Two candidates will vie for Lynbrook village justice in the March 16 election.

Incumbent William McLaughlin will be challenged by Josh Margulies when polls open at Greis Park from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Election Day. Ahead of the election, the Herald asked the candidates questions that are pertinent to the position.

Herald: Why do you think the public should vote for you?

Herald: Why are you running for village justice?

Margulies: Believe it or not, I’m running

because of a parking ticket. My wife Elizabeth and I walked out of a PTA meeting last year, and accompanied a friend to her car. She found a ticket for having blocked a driveway, but she hadn’t; in fact, she was parked several feet away from that driveway. But what was our friend to do? Hire a lawyer, and spend more money fighting the ticket than paying it? Waste several hours attending one of the few, crowded sessions at which parking ticket objections are heard? One way or another, she would be paying — and that’s just not acceptable. Neither is favoritism. Over and over, I’ve heard complaints from people who received tickets because their cars extended an inch or two into the sidewalk, while, simultaneously, a neighbor who is a village employee or a powerful politician has parked his car with impunity, even as it extends almost into the street. We can’t have that. Our rules need to be clear, and enforced fairly.

Herald: What are the goals and responsibilities you have for your position?

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Mclaughlin: Having lived in Lynbrook for so long, I know every neighborhood, every street, every school and every organization. This helps me deal with all types of cases which come before the court and to be able to adjudicate those cases fairly and in the best interest of our village and it’s residents. These are the reasons I think the public should vote for me. As a trial attorney and judge, I have been involved in hundreds of trials that have gone to verdict.

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available, may benefit attorneys, but they leave the average citizen out in the cold.

There is still no policy about the coronavirus, and the court needs one. Additionally, justices are supposed to be oncall 24 hours a day, which sounds reasonable to me. We have terrific court personnel, but the system itself impedes true progress, and fixing that will be my primary goal.

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Lynbrook couple hold 10th annual food drive

By RONNY REYES rreyes@liherald.com

For the past decade, Rob and Mary Hallam, congregants of the Community Presbyterian Church in Malverne, have collected thousands of food items for their annual People’s Food Drive to benefit the Long Island Council of Churches’ food pantry, in Freeport.

Last year, the Hallams, who live in Lynbrook, were fortunate enough to collect donations before the coronavirus pandemic all but shut down the county, but, as Rob, 59, put it, they “never stopped helping after the food drive was over.”

As the pandemic devastated people’s finances and food insecurity spread across Long Island, the LICC pantry saw demand grow every day, and the Hallams were there to help in any way they could, raising funds and securing a new refrigerator for the facility.

This year, they have had to adapt to a new normal as they stage their 10th annual People’s Food Drive through the end of March. “The need has never been greater, and we need to do what we can to help,” Rob said. “But we’re facing some new challenges that have changed everything.”

The biggest setback has been the lack of access to crowds and gatherings. Rob explained that the biggest strength of the food drive was the community’s involvement by way of collection boxes in front of businesses, restaurants, schools and recreation centers across the South Shore.

But many businesses are working remotely, and restaurants and schools can no longer accommodate the collection boxes. The only exceptions are Hallam’s office, Nassau Shades & Blinds, at 211 Sunrise Highway in Lynbrook; his employer’s office, Nassau Door & Window, at 487 W. John St. in Hicksville; and Jeremey’s Ale House, at 239 Woodcleft Ave. in Freeport.

While this poses a monumental challenge, the Hallams have looked to the Internet for help. Once again, Rob Maeurer, of Elmont, has helped create a GoFundMe page for the People’s Food Drive. The goal is to raise $5,000, with all proceeds going to purchase food to donate to the LICC pantry.

“I figured that there would be people who wanted to give but may not be able to go out to the drop-off locations,” Maeurer

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MaRY aNd ROB Hallam, shown above in 2019, are continuing their annual food drive despite the challenges of the pandemic. said, “so now they can donate money for us to purchase food with.”

The Hallams also created a wish list on Amazon, where people can find items to buy for the pantry.

The couple found willing donors at Community Presbyterian Church, where they spend time after every weekly service discussing the drive with their fellow congregants. “We always get a great response from the parish,” Rob said. “We pick up food or money donations and go shopping for more food.”

Yolanda Murray, 59, the LICC pantry manager, said the People’s Food Drive serves as a necessary lifeline to help the pantry get through the spring and summer. It is one of the largest pantries on the South Shore, serving more than 2,500 people a month from across Nassau Coun-

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ty. It saw more than 210 families a day at the peak of the pandemic, but the volume remains high, at nearly 100 families a day.

Murray added that while the pantry previously limited the number of weekly visits an individual could make, those restrictions have been eased to help those truly in need.

“People are still hurting from the effects of Covid,” Murray said. “They’ve lost income, are struggling to pay their rent and mortgages, so they need help.”

The Hallams, she said, have continued to support the pantry beyond the food drive, donating vegetables in the spring and holding raffles throughout the year to raise money for food. One of the raffles helped secure a new deep freezer for the facility.

Although the food drive has started slowly, the Hallams are optimistic that they will not only be able to deliver thousands of food items to the pantry, but they will also be able to hold their traditional “moving day” in April. That is when hundreds of volunteers gather to help move the food from the Hallams’ home to the pantry. Last year’s moving day was canceled due to coronavirus restrictions, but with the number of positive cases continuing to decline, the couple hope to celebrate the day in one form or another.

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A. As with most wood maintenance, follow two basic rules: 1) consult experts to confirm the best practice and 2) don’t do anything you have doubts about. Water causes wood to react by swelling, mainly because the nature of exposed wood is to draw in water.

Remember, the flooring used to be the center of a tree, and is composed of onte eeper millions of straw-like fibers that drew water from the roots of the tree high up to the leaves in order for the tree to survive.

Ask any tree, and it wood sway toward telling you it couldn’t imagine giving up its innards to be a floor, but it happens every day.

Because the fibers have such a strong tendency to pull moisture in, any moisture beyond the stabilized room humidity level is going to make the planks swell. Coating the fiber of the wood is a good start, but I often see the edges begin to turn color because the seal coating urethane or other materials can develop gaps. For this reason, it’s best not to saturate the finished planks with water.

If you’re able to use liquid cleaners that combine less water with other ingredients that increase evaporation, such as alcohol, and damp mop with furniture-grade cleaners more, it will help to avoid some of the swelling.

I recently came to a conclusion, thinking about the current pandemic, about the last pandemic, the influenza of 100 years ago. It was around that time that the modern architecture movement began, and I realize that part of the influence was a reaction to the need to create healthier living environments in our homes and workplaces. Even though most of us remember all the knickknacks and tchotchkes our grandparents had on their shelves, window sills and mantels, not to mention the coveted corner glass cabinets containing show pieces of crystal and figurines, the stark departure to the modern architecture movement was slowly taking hold.

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ow strange the past 12 months have been, for us all. Personally, I’ve been holed up for most of it at my desk in my bedroom, papers stacked up around me, my cellphone always at the ready, resting against my computer.

I’m not complaining. I know how fortunate I am during this coronavirus pandemic to be able to work as a newspaper editor from home most of the time.

My two adult children, both in college, Zoom in to their classes from their bedrooms one floor below. My wife, a teacher, SCOTT works at her school, but on occasion has BRINTON been called to teach virtually from home.

I can’t help but feel cloistered, hemmed in by my bedroom walls. There’s a world outside, waiting for me, but I can’t venture far very often. So few of us can these days, our lives dictated by the ebbs and flows of an insidious viral invader.

I leave my house in Merrick only for short, well-planned errands — no more browsing in stores — to teach three hours a week at Hofstra University, to take walks around the neighborhood or at a local park

with my family, or to report a story.

I’ve realized that I’ve never before spent so much time by myself. I had grown accustomed to the nervous energy of a newsroom on deadline, the constant tapping of fingers on keyboards, the chatter of reporters speaking at breakneck pace with sources on the phone, the sound of footsteps moving hurriedly across a carpeted floor.

Then, suddenly, seated at my home desk, there was only quiet whenever I stopped to listen. I could hear nothing but the faint sound of cars on the Meadowbrook Parkway nearby or, here and there, the howling wind. There was no movement, only stillness.

At first, I felt alone. Then, as the months passed, a funny thing happened: I started to embrace the aloneness.

My mind was less cluttered. I found I could think faster, write faster. I became a more efficient editor.

As still more time passed, my mind started to wander during the precious moments of free time between editing and writing stories or teaching classes. Often it turned to the woods of my childhood in Yaphank, in Suffolk County — the hundreds of acres of oaks and pines behind my family’s home where I trekked off for hours, learning, by trial and error, to differentiate between poi-

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son ivy and Virginia creeper or to navigate by paying close attention to unusual landmarks. It was the only other time when I was as alone as I am now. It was also when I was most at peace — when I could think freely.

As a child, I spent more time than most in the woods. Not only did I grow up surrounded by forest, but also, as a Boy Scout, I ventured into many an upstate park, from the Catskills to the Adirondacks, always feeling a sense of oneness with the earth in the woods. That was, in part, why I spent four summers as a Fresh Air Fund counselor in Fishkill. I could do good for the world — the camp was for underprivileged children from the inner city — while living entirely outdoors. It was also why, the week I finished my master’s degree, I headed off to northern Maine to climb Mt. Katahdin — alone.

The early days of the pandemic are a blur to me, a rapid-fire succession of hard-news stories that I had to write or edit. Over the summer, I marched alongside the Black Lives Matter protesters for miles to document that history-making movement, never stopping to think whether I might become infected with Covid-19 while walking among so many thousands of people.

Then, during the fall, I began to settle into my lonesome routine, sending my mind

’ve grown used to the the quiet of my bedroom, in stark contrast to a newsroom.

in search of my past. I wondered why I thought so often about the woods. The answer, I believe, is simple: In the forest, I was without fear.

We are all, I think, searching for some modicum of peace now. We must cling to some form of past happiness, because in it, we find hope, which we so desperately need to give us the inner strength to endure these final months of the pandemic before we reach herd immunity — we hope, sometime over the summer.

In the future, I determined, I must return to the woods more often — to live, as Henry David Thoreau implored us, deliberately. In the woods, as Thoreau wrote, I can “front the essential facts of life.”

I decided to buy a pair of Vasque Sundowner hiking boots — beautiful, brownleather, Italian-made hiking boots — the same pair that I purchased before I drove off to Maine, but somehow lost as a Peace Corps volunteer.

I hope to climb Bear Mountain, Mount Marcy and Mount Katahdin again, and perhaps others as well. I hope. I hope. I hope. We must keep hope alive to remember why we should do all we can to survive these terrible and terrifying times.

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.

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merica has been fertile ground for conspiracy theories. Some social scientists say that the conspiracy world began to flourish with the Kennedy assassination in 1963. A succession of violent events shocked a public that demanded an explanation.

Before our eyes, our young president was shot down, and days later the shooter, Lee Harvey Oswald, was killed on live TV by Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner.

Who was Oswald, the strange guy in the Texas Book Depository who took out JFK as he RANDI rode in a motorcade KREISS through Dallas?

Dozens of books and movies fed the “real” stories.

Enter the internet in the 1990s, and suddenly strange ideas, random sightings and pseudo explanations for phenomena of all kinds proliferated, striking roots in dark places, where they thrived.

Who said men ever walked on the moon?

How many humans have actually been snatched by aliens for visits to outer space?

Elvis is really alive, and Paul McCartney is really dead.

Apparently, the earth is flat. Or possibly

hollow. Or probably inhabited by beings who live in the netherworld below.

You can’t even begin to count the vampires in the royal family, and some believe that a footman found human remains in the queen’s family freezer. Snack food?

Most conspiracy propaganda is ridiculous and not particularly threatening, but what happens when a lunatic fringe goes more mainstream? What happens when a dangerous conspiracy theory gains traction with hundreds of thousands of people and more? What is the consequence of a conspiracy group getting one of theirs elected to the United States Congress?

Well, here we are, folks, with Marjorie Taylor Greene, late of QAnon, in the House of Representatives. Early on, she allied herself with the group that believes that prominent elected officials and Hollywood celebrities are devil worshippers and child molesters. Greene expressed her support for threats of violence against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

How do you counter a new, popular, destructive belief system? The solutions are neither quick nor easy.

The only antidote to the proliferation of conspiracy theories and hate groups is universal, robust education. It’s no coincidence

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that QAnon has surged during a pandemic when everyone is trapped inside with little to do but weave webs of deception online.

Do you love America? Help make our education system the best in the world, not just in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, but also in civics. We have to teach constitutional democracy, and make it come alive for kids as a living, breathing way of life.

Please read “America must embrace civics and history instruction for the sake of our democracy,” an editorial in the Washington Post on March 2. As adults, we have a lot to learn about how to support our freedoms and recognize authoritarianism when it emerges.

We can all help our children become sharper, more critical thinkers instead of classroom sponges.

As a former teacher, a parent and a grandparent, I have both experienced and witnessed the droning boredom of rote learning and “teaching to the test,” and lifetime jobs for teachers who long ago cashed in their chips. When we send our kids to school, we are entrusting their minds and futures to teachers who must inspire and sow creativity.

A child who learns from their parents to be curious about the world, to ask questions,

niveral, robust education will help our children become critical thinkers.

to pursue proof in the face of dogma is someone who can resist conspiracy theories with intellect and moral courage. Actively curious children become intellectually healthy adults. We can all learn better to question assumptions, be aware of our own biases and evaluate evidence.

According to the Foundation for Critical Thinking website, “Critical thinking is just deliberately and systematically processing information so that you can make better decisions and generally understand things better.”

I don’t know how we get there from here, but I am absolutely sure that quality education blows the cobwebs out of the corners and engenders creative thinking and questioning in the face of false information and demagoguery.

Did you know that Finland doesn’t exist?

That Meghan Markle is a robot? That 5G causes Covid-19? That 9/11 was an inside job by the U.S. government? And so on. People believe this stuff, and generally their flights of fantasy do no harm. But today QAnon has emerged, raising a big tent for haters and fear-mongers from every corner of America.

Many of our fellow Americans are buying what Q is selling.

We must do better than this as a nation.

Change begins with teaching our children how to learn.

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

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year ago, the coronavirus pandemic arrived in New York, and fear and confusion ensued. People had no real idea what this terrible disease was — how deadly it could be or how, precisely, it spread. We needed a calming voice to talk us through the crisis.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was that voice.

Day after day, week after week, he spoke directly to New Yorkers at daily televised news conferences, which quickly became popular not only here, but also across the country. He told us hard truths and offered credible solutions that brought calm — and results. By summer, New York’s Covid-19 infection rate, once the highest in the nation, had plummeted to 1 percent.

That is, in part, why it has been so disturbing and disheartening to hear a series of accusations against the gover-

nor — first, that his administration may not only have under-reported nursing home deaths, but also altered the reports, and second, that he may have sexually harassed four women.

If the growing number of accusations against Cuomo and his administration are proven true in the independent investigations now taking place, then he should resign, so as not to put the state through the long agony of an impeachment proceeding.

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat from Garden City who represents the 4th Congressional District, has already called on Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, to step down. Rice made the announcement on Twitter March 1. Meanwhile, her House colleague Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove who represents the 3rd District, is taking more of a wait-and-see approach, allowing the investigations to

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hey rip roofs off houses under repair, wash dishes in restaurants and pick fruit and vegetables, among countless other jobs, working 12- and 16-hour shifts for poverty-level wages with no benefits. They often live in tiny illegal basement apartments, or in multi-family houses that are stretched beyond capacity, or, in some cases, in the woods along our parkways.

They are undocumented immigrants, existing in America’s shadows, afraid to speak up for themselves for fear that they might be deported to their home countries. Many pay taxes — the IRS estimates that 6 million undocumented immigrants file individual income tax returns — but they receive little in the way of services or

benefits.

That has been the case even during the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated New York and the nation. Undocumented immigrant workers were excluded last year from the $2.2 trillion federal CARES Act, which provided aid to struggling businesses and most American workers.

States could offer pandemic aid to these workers — and California did, setting aside $75 million for disaster relief aid for them. The California Department of Social Service selected 12 nonprofit groups to help undocumented immigrants apply for disaster funds, amounting to $500 per adult, or a total of $1,000 per household.

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According to a Quinnipiac poll last week, 55 percent of New Yorkers said they believe Cuomo should not resign, though the results were released the day before revelations that his aides may have changed death reports to reflect more favorably on the governor, so we may see that number drop. At the same time, 59 percent of New Yorkers said they do not want to see him run again.

Cuomo is a fighter who doesn’t back down, so we don’t expect him to resign, though the allegations against him are mounting daily, so he may have no choice. New York has been through hell over the past year, and we don’t expect the coming year to be much easier. We will recover, but it will take time. What we need now is a strong leader at the helm, not one so damaged by scandal as to become ineffectual.

Three have my vote To the Editor: This letter is not only an endorsement of our candidates Bill McLaughlin, Mike Hawxhurst and Laura Ryder, but also of the entire group of volunteers and community stewards who make our village a premier place to live, work and play.

Great communities don’t happen by accident. They are the product of hard work, collaboration and, most important, leaders who serve their neighbors and the larger community. Justice Bill McLaughlin, Deputy Mayor Michael Hawxhurst and Trustee candidate Laura Ryder have proven themselves not just as capable individuals who get things done, but also as leaders who mobilize others to achieve big things.

similar aid package to undocumented immigrants. The statewide campaign #FundExcludedWorkers is calling on lawmakers in Albany to do just that. A measure now sits in the State Senate Labor Committee, but it has gone nowhere.

We’re calling on New York lawmakers — in particular, our Long Island Democratic senators — to push for and pass this legislation as part of the state budget, due April 1.

Providing aid to the people most in need, who so often labor in the jobs that put them most at risk for contracting Covid-19, would be the right thing to do.

Our lawmakers should set politics aside and summon their better angels to ensure that this measure passes.

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n case you haven’t noticed it, there are all kinds of battles going on between legislators and governors all over the country. As far south as Texas and as far north as Albany, elected officials are fighting over electrical power and political power. Unlike a boxing match, when the dust has settled and the fighters retreat to their corners, there will be no winners.

The most horrible case of government malpractice has occurred in Texas. It’s hard to believe that the most energy-rich JerrY state in the nation can go into a deep kremer freeze impacting the lives of 28 million people. Wherever you travel in Texas, you’ll find oil rigs, natural gas facilities and ancient coal plants. With all those sources of power, a major cold wave hit the state in mid-February and froze much of the energy-generating equipment.

When the temperature dropped, the state’s public utility corporation was totally unprepared to stop its generators from freezing. This is especially discon-

certing considering that in 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the federal agency in charge of America’s energy resources, told Texas energy officials that they had to winterize their power facilities to prevent them from freezing over if hit by a major storm.

Texas has always taken the position that its power plants shouldn’t be regulated by the federal government. They have gone as far as to decline to be tied into any power system in a neighboring state. New York, for example, is connected to a national grid, and when the state suffers a power loss, it can buy excess power from our surrounding states. During a typical summer heat wave, utilities such as Con Edison and PSE&G buy out-of-state power.

When the cold descended on Texas, the first thing the Republican governor and lieutenant governor did was to blame the freeze on the wind and solar industry, claiming those energy sectors had caused the shutdown. They even attacked the so-called Green New Deal, which is a proposal and not a law. After a few days of ducking and weaving from Democratic assaults, Lt. Governor Dan

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f it’s not electrical power, there’s always Covid restrictions to battle over.

Letters Hawxhurst and Ryder have been an integral part of planning some of Lynbrook’s most memorable events in recent memory, such as the Oktoberfest and the drive-in movie at Greis Park. They also have established reputations deploying their own strengths.

Hawxhurst has shown tremendous leadership with budgeting and financial analysis, which has helped maintain Lynbrook’s stellar bond rating and hold the line on taxes, even during record revenue shortfalls amid Covid-19. He has also advocated for many village programs and events that make Lynbrook a great place to raise a family.

Ryder is a known as a community advocate who was voted Humanitarian of the Year, leading the Community Chest and founding the group Lynbrook Cares to benefit residents when they are struggling and in need.

With spring on our doorstep and the pandemic hopefully soon to be in the rearview mirror, we need Hawxhurst and Ryder on the board to help us continue to make Lynbrook a standout community, develop with even bigger and better events to celebrate our village, and inspire others to get involved.

Election Day is March 16. I encourage you to join me in voting for Hawxhurst, Ryder and McLaughlin.

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Patrick conceded that the state-owned system needed to be winterized. In the interim, some homeowners are getting energy bills in the thousands of dollars due to the breakdowns in the system.

Back here in New York, there’s a fistfight going on between the Long Island Power Authority and PSE&G, which has a contract to run the power system. Their battle is focused on Tropical Storm Isaias last August, which left record numbers of homeowners without power for almost two weeks. LIPA is suing PSE&G, and the politicians are talking about creating a publicly owned power system. If I had a choice between PSE&G or Con Edison and a publicly run system, I’d stick with private enterprise.

The other battle for power is going on between numerous governors and their state legislatures over Covid restrictions.

It seems that a number of legislatures, including New York’s, are tired of their governors dictating to the states on mask wearing, business openings and a variety of other restrictions. It has gotten so bad in some states that Republican legislators are battling Republican governors,

calling them “dictators.”

The New York legislative battle between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the leaders of the Legislature has been temporarily resolved with an agreement that Cuomo’s executive powers will be suspended by the end of April and the Legislature will play a greater role. Much of what will happen is linked to the fate of Cuomo, who is under fire amid allegations of sexual harassment.

There is more to this power struggle than just a tug of war for control. Individual legislators have claimed that Cuomo has threatened them personally, and they are looking to restrict his powers. It’s no secret in Albany that Cuomo has a reputation for being a tough boss, and he never hides his feelings, but new laws will not settle this brawl.

I’m not an expert on health issues, but it seems that the Covid-19 has another side effect. It causes politicians to go into fits of rage and attack each other for weeks on end with little to show for it.

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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Support the New Vision Party To the Editor: Of all my duties as a Lynbrook trustee, writing a letter of endorsement on behalf of Bill McLaughlin, Mike Hawxhurst and Laura Ryder is truly one of the most rewarding.

I have had the pleasure of working closely with each of these tremendous individuals and know that if Hawxhurst and McLaughlin are re-elected, they will continue their dedication and hard work on behalf of our great community.

McLaughlin has served as Village Court justice for 24 years. He has been married to his wife, Marianne, for 44 years, and has four children and three grandchildren. He is a lifelong village resident. Under McLaughlin’s guidance and tutelage, the Village Court is viewed as a model of efficiency and fairness across the state. He is tough when required, but compassionate when appropriate. It is important to note that our court is one of the busiest village courts in the state, and McLauglin has done a tremendous job.

Hawxhurst and I have worked closely for the last six years. He is a finance and accounting professional who prides himself on knowing the budget forward and backward. It is amazing to see that he

It seems like just last week — Bayville Creek Beach knows where every cent of our tax dollars go. He is the perfect example of a fiscally responsible public servant. In his 12 years on the village board, he has saved Lynbrook thousands of tax dollars.

Mike is the father of two beautiful daughters and has recently become engaged to his longtime girlfriend.

What else could possibly be said about Laura Ryder? Anyone who lives in Lynbrook has surely benefitted from this tireless and dedicated woman. Ryder’s involvement in Lynbrook is longer than could ever be spelled out in a letter. She chairs the Lynbrook Community Chest and Lynbrook Community Cares, and

was a driving force behind the 9/11 Monument Committee and Beautification Committee, and she now sits on the Architectural Review Board. She has been married to her husband, Mike Ryder, for 27 years. They have two wonderful children. Laura is absolutely tireless in her work for Lynbrook.

Election Day is March 16. Voting will take place at the Recreation Center at Greis Park from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. I will vote for McLaughlin, Hawxhurst and Ryder.

ANN MARIE REARDON Lynbrook village trustee

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