Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald 08-25-2022

_______ Lynbrook/east rockaway ______

HERALD Also serving Bay Park

Take a ride on the carousel

Page 3

Page 6 AUGUST 25 - 31, 2022

Where do you call hom e?

I’ll help find you the right policy.

Melliissa Matassa

516-881-3210 | ¡Hab lamos Español!

475 Sunrise Hwy | Lynb rook

$1.00

Some discounts, payment plans, and features are not available in all states, in all GEICO companies, or in all situations. GEICO Washington, DC 20076; a Berkshire Hathaway is a registered service mark of Governmen Inc. subsidiary. © 2022 GEICO t Employees Insurance Company,

1181308

Vol. 29 No. 35

Hitting the green for charity

Your strength and resiliency inspires

I

Tim Baker/Herald

THe GrAN cAffe gelateria was named in the U.S. attorney’s indictment as an alleged base of operation for a mafia-run gambling ring.

Gelato shop was front for mob, attorneys say

By DANIel offNer doffner@liherald.com

Business in Lynbrook continues to thrive despite recent reports of a mafia-run illegal gambling ring operating out of the Gran Caffe Gelateria.

The U.S. Attorney’s office charged nine associates of the Genovese and Bonnano crime families with racketeering, illegal gambling, money laundering, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and other related offenses.

Primary triumph

U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said that seven of the nine men named in the indictment had been taken into custody in connection with the allegations, including Mark Feuer, of Oceanside; Joseph Macario, of West Islip; Carmelo Polito, of Whitestone; Salvatore Rubino of Bethpage; Agostino Gabriele, of Glendale; Anthony Pipitone, of Deer Park; and Vito Pipitone, of Wellington, Florida.

One of the nine men named, Joseph Rutigliano, of Commack, remains at large, investiContinued on page 4

former Hempstead town supervisor laura Gillen claims victory race to represent Democrats in the 4th congressional District.

Page 14

find out what’s happening. t has been over two years Even though the pandemic since the spread of the corostretched us to new limits, it is navirus upended our everyour pledge to match the resilienday way of life, and as we start to slowly transition back to cy that you, as a community, have some semblance of normal, it is shown through it all. Producing important to stop and acknowlthe news, however, is a costly edge the resiliency and strength endeavor. We must pay the salaof the Lynbrook and East Rockaries of reporters, editors, photogway communities through it all. raphers, graphic artists, advertisBetween the looming threat of ing account executives, press a public health operators, drivers crisis, continued and managers. legal battles over Now, more than LYNBROOK & the mistreatment ever, we are relyEAST ROCKAWAY Eat • Play • Shop of animals, and ing on our readers parents protesting to support us, as the school diswe have supported trict’s mask manyou through this dates, it certainly crisis. hasn’t been easy.

Please consider But we remain taking an annual focused on giving subscription to the our readers what Herald. See our matters most to subscription ad on them, whether it’s Page 9. If you’re our coverage of already a subscribthe annual Hucker, thank you for leberry Frolic, the your support. We long-awaited hope you are demolition of the Mangrove pleased with our coverage, and Feather factory, local elections, or we encourage you to take a twothe Lynbrook High School Owls or three-year subscription. sports teams.

Please let me know about All of us at the Herald strive to upcoming events and interesting report the news of the day swiftly people in Lynbrook and East and accurately. We have adapted Rockaway who you’d like to see in to give readers even more, going the Herald. You can reach me at above and beyond your traditiondoffner@liherald.com, or at (516) al weekly newspaper to give you 569-4000, Ext. 234 I look forward to the latest scoop online, at LIHerhearing from you. ald.com, and in our newsletter.

Hundreds of thousands of people Daniel Offner a month click on our website to Senior Editor LYNBROOK / EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

2022-2023

www.liherald.com

HERE FOR EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY LIFE

At Catholic Health, exceptional medical care and personalized support is inspired by every one of you.

Our faith puts all your needs and comfort above all else. So, our innovative medical care is always delivered with unmatched compassion. It’s because we understand that we’re not treating just patients, we’re treating someone’s family, best friend, and neighbors to us all.

Learn more at chsli.org

1182862

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

2

Golf outing raises money for Lynbrook families

By DANIEL OFFNER doffner@liherald.com

Lynbrook’s movers and shakers hit the links at the Inwood Country Club on Monday, Aug. 15, for the Mayor’s annual Golf Outing.

The annual event, co-sponsored by the Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce, helps by raising money for the Lynbrook Community Chest—a charitable nonprofit organization that helps raise money to provide financial assistance to struggling families in the community.

This year’s out honored Barry Kornblum of C&L Plumbing Supply and David Orwasher and Ken Breslin for their redevelopment plans for The Langdon, a joint venture which aims to c o n s t r u c t n ew luxury apartments on Broadway.

“I started C&L Mayor Alan Beach with my parents right out of college and through the years we’ve merged with small parts supply to full-service plumbing and heating, wholesale supplying the entire metropolitan area,” Kornblum said. “I want to thank all my past and present employees because you just can’t do it yourself and I really appreciate all they’ve done. A good number of my employees have been with us for many years and their commitment and hard work continue to contribute to our success.”

C&L Plumbing Supply is a familyowned and operated luxury kitchen and bath showroom, as well as a commercial plumbing and heating supply house. It has maintained its operation in Lynbrook for over 40 years, and in 2001, moved to its current location on Merrick Road.

David Orwasher re-joined the Brelin Realty organization in 2017 as its chief development officer.

For the past 20-plus years, he has developed a robust number of properties and consumer-facing brands. In particular, he helped take two companies public—Cosi, a casual dinning chain that specializes in salads and sandwiches, and The Joint, a chiropractic company that operates on a private pay “retail” medical model. He also served as vice president of development and asset management for Starbucks Coffee, where he was instrumental in the opening of over 1,000 stores in 17 new markets.

“It has been an honor to be able to participate in this village,” Orwasher said.

“We’re strong and getting stronger every day.”

Ken Breslin, president of Breslin Realty, has been associated with the development corporation in Garden City for 30 years. During his tenure, the firm has focused on retail growth across the Tristate area, representing and developing properties for over 100 national and regional retail clients including The

Daniel Offner/Herald

ThE ANNuAL LyNBROOk Mayor’s golf outing was held at the Inwood Country Club on Monday, Aug. 15.

Home Dept, Stop ‘n’ Shop, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Walmart, TJ Maxx, Trader Joe’s, Car Max, Orange Theory Fitness, Starbucks, and more.

The golf outing began early in the morning with a 7 a.m. registration time.

After a busy afternoon on the course, attendees filed into the clubhouse for a buffet-style dinner and cocktail party.

During the reception, Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach presented each of the three honorees with citations for their “tireless service to our community,” after which he announced that representatives from Central Savings Bank would return next year as the event’s special guest honorees.

Golf committee chairman Jeff Greenfield said that this year’s outing was “immensely successful.” Although he could not provide the exact amount of money raised for the Community Chest as of press time, Greenfield said that he intends to make a presentation of the proceeds at the next Lynbrook Village Board of Trustees meeting in September.

“It was clearly our most successful outing to date,” Greenfield said, “thanks to the attendance and generosity of the friends of the honorees.”

Photos Tim Baker/Herald

BARRy kORNBLuM AND his wife receive a citation from Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach in recognition of their contributions to the village.

ATTENDEEs AT ThIs year’s golf outing bid on different prizes during the silent auction.

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

The annual charity event helps draw a major crowd to the Inwood Country Club

3

Nine men charged with operating local gambling ring

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

4

1175311

continued from front page

Visit www.insideLIHome.com Follow us on Instagram @insideLIHome

1183330

YOUR GO-TO FOR • REAL ESTATE • LIFESTYLE • DESIGN • • DECOR • DINING • AND MORE •

gators said.

Prosecutors have also alleged that Hector Rosario of Mineola, a detective with the Nassau County Police Department, accepted money from the Bonanno crime family in exchange for offering to arrange police raids of competing gambling locations.

Detective Rosario is charged with obstructing a grand jury investigation, and lying to the FBI. According to prosecutors, the alleged started its operations in 2012 in Lynbrook, working out of the Gran Caffe. The profits earned through this and other gambling locations generated substantial revenue, they allege, which was then laundered through cash transfers to the families, and through “kicking up” to the crime families’ leaders.

The Gran Caffe, according to its website, was first established in 1979 and was later renovated into a gelateria in 2019, following the June 2018 grand opening of the state-of-the-art Regal movie theater on Merrick Road.

According to the indictment, the illegal activities alleged to have taken place at the coffee shop stopped in January 2022.

“I’m a little surprised,” Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach said. “They never caused any issues in the village and people go there frequently from the movie theater.”

Steve Wangel, owner of The Kitchen Loft on Union Avenue, said he too was surprised after hearing about the case on the news.

“How could this go on in Lynbrook?”

Wangel said. “We’re a very vibrant community that despite all the challenges with Covid-19 is still very prosperous.”

He said the recent allegations against the local storefront operation are unfortunate, but are not indicative of businesses in the community.

“I don’t think anybody was aware that anything was going on there,” Wangel said. “These are hard-working businesses who are not trying to do anything wrong.”

Since the Village of Lynbrook is currently working closely with builders of new luxury apartments on the site of the former Feather factory, a community eye_______

sore for more than a decade, there is a possibility the population could increase over the next few years.

Wangel added having more people moving into the village will help feed the initial demand by bringing in even more customers. “However good things are now, it’s only going to get better.”

Besides the Gran Caffe, members of the Genovese crime family were accused of operating illegal gambling parlors at establishments called Sal’s Shoe Repair in Merrick and Centro Calcio Italiano Club in West Babylon. The Bonanno crime family, prosecutors said, also operated illegal parlors at establishments called the Soccer Club in Valley Stream, and the La Nazionale Soccer Club, and Glendale Sports Club, both in Glendale, Queens.

“The defendants tried to hide their criminal activity by operating from behind the cover of a coffee bar, a soccer club, and a shoe repair shop, but our Office and our law enforcement partners exposed their illegal operations,” Peace said in a statement.

“Even more disturbing is the shameful conduct of a detective who betrayed his oath of office and the honest men and women of the Nassau County Police Department when he allegedly aligned himself with criminals.”

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder told Newsday that the officers in his department have been helping the FBI with the investigation. Rosario was assigned to a restrictive assignment where he had no interaction with the public.

“Furthermore, he has been suspended without pay pending an administrative hearing,” Ryder said. “The Nassau County Police Department continues to have a zero tolerance approach toward any member of the department who is involved in criminal activity.”

Polito has also been charged with operating an illegal online gambling scheme where bets were placed on sporting events through a website called “PGWLines.” In connection with his operation of PGWLines, Polito was charged with attempting to extort an individual who lost several thousand dollars in bets he placed through the website.

lynbrook/east rockaway ______

HERALD HOW TO REACH US

Our offices are located at 2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530 and are open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Brittany DeVarso

MAIN PHONE: (516) 569-4000 ■ WEB SITE: www.liherald.com/lynbrook or www.liherald.com/eastrockaway

■ E-MAIl: Letters and other submissions: lyn-ereditor@liherald.com ■ EDITORIAl DEPARTMENT: Ext. 265 E-mail: lyn-ereditor@liherald.com ■ SUBSCRIPTIONS: Press ”7” E-mail: circ@liherald.com Fax: (516) 569-4942 ■ ClASSIFIED ADVERTISING: Ext. 286 E-mail: ereynolds@liherald.com Fax: (516) 622-7460 ■ DISPlAY ADVERTISING: Ext. 249 E-mail: rglickman@liherald.com Fax: (516) 569-4643

1180688

The lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald USPS 323040, is published every Thursday by Richner Communications, Inc., 2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530. Periodicals postage paid at Garden City, NY 11530 and additional mailing offices. Postmaster send address changes to Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald, 2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530. Newsstand Price: $1. Subscription rates: $60 for 1 year. Annual Subscription Rates, $9.75 per quarter auto-pay or $50 one-time payment within Nassau County or $60 outside of Nassau County.

Copyright © 2022 Richner Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

Holistic Health Spa!

Upscale

Heated

services & accommodations at incredible prices!

massage tables

Fluent english, spanish, italian and chinese spoken.

with all premium services.

Fall Specials

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

Tranquility & Relaxation Awaits You At Calmer U

5

60 Minute Anti‑Stress Body Work $

35 Reg $40

Valid Monday to thursday only EXP. 9/22/22. this offer can not be combined with any other offer. one per customer. By appointment only.

lyn

60 Minute Foot & Back Combo $

35 Reg $45

Valid Monday to thursday only EXP. 9/22/22. this offer can not be combined with any other offer. one per customer. By appointment only.

lyn

60 Minute Essential Oil Body Work

Highest covid 19 precautions and standards

services

Hipaa compliant professional private rooms. no curtain dividers or half walls

New at Calmer U

PiezoWave Therapy

Calmer U, East Rockaway’s dynamic Holistic Health Center & Spa, provides a wide range of the latest massage therapy services to enhance your wellbeing. A new offering, PiezoWave ThTerapy, focusets on sound waves for the treatment of acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Myofascial Acoustic Compression Therapy (MyACT®™) is widely used to treat acute and chronic pain in muscles, tendons and joints. Acoustic waves target tissue to compress and manipulate, resulting in a focused, precise deep tissue massage – where your hands can’t go. The results of the mechanical stimulus can lead to increased circulation, increased range of motion and pain relief – key components in the healing process.

What can PiezoWave Therapy treat?

PiezoWave can treat many conditions: arthritis, tennis elbow/golfer’s elbow, knee/shoulder/wrist/ ankle/neck/hip pain,

rotator cuff injury, tendonitis, sprains and strains, plantar fasciitis, turf/sand toe, track and field injuries, disc herniations, headaches.

Is PiezoWave therapy safe?

A PiezoWave therapist will do a complete evaluation of your medical history and current complaint to ensure that the therapy session is completely safe and without risk. PiezoWave Therapy is a much safer alternative to surgery and injections. There is no anesthesia involved and you can immediately return to your daily activities after your session, with no downtime, no pain and no discomfort. If you suffer from acute or chronic pain in your muscles, tendons, and/or joints, then PiezoWave Therapy may be the perfect solution for your condition.

Our team is committed to providing the best treatments to ensure long-term results. By coming in regularly for treatment sessions, following recommended guidelines, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and exercise, you can count on long-term success. Contact us today to set up an appointment with a PiezoWave Therapy Specialist.

$

40 Reg $50

Valid Monday to thursday only EXP. 9/22/22. this offer can not be combined with any other offer. one per customer. By appointment only.

lyn

Anti‑Stress Body Work Packages 5 Sessions

175

$

Reg $200 / 60 min each Valid Monday to thursday only EXP. 9/22/22. this offer can not be combined with any other offer. one per customer. By appointment only.

lyn

131 Main Street, Unit 8 East Rockaway 516-758-7029 Directly across from East Rockaway Library

1183408

Body Work • Acupuncture • Sauna • ESWT • PEMF • Facials • Infra-Red Therapy • Red Light Therapy Free Hot stones • Negative Ion Therapy • Detox and More with all

East Rockaway schools detail five-year plan The East Rockaway School District released a new strategic plan to help identify its key goals for the next five years.

The updated plan was forged over a series of meetings by a strategic planning committee comprised of parents, students, administrators, faculty, staff, school board trustees, and outside members of the community, to help determine the district’s priorities and guide future decision-making.

“The process, once again, was a success and we are looking forward to presenting the formal plan to the board and all members of the school community in September,” East Rockaway Schools Superintendent James DeTommaso said in a statement.

DeTommaso said that in the past, goals for the district were set on an annual basis. But by taking a more expansive five-year approach, items such as sustainability and accountability can now be pushed to the forefront.

He indicated that through these brainstorming sessions, the district came up with a plan to help steer the district on a path for success.

Based on the updated plan, the committee targeted four key areas including achievement, opportunities, connection, and innovation to help guide the district to achieve its overall vision.

According to a spokesperson with the district, a newsletter will be mailed out to the school community over the next few weeks explaining the plan.

—Gary Simeone

Courtesy East Rockaway School District

The easT Rockaway School District’s strategic planning committee recently completed its task of preparing the blueprint for the next five years. > edwardjones.com | Member SIPC > edwardjones.com | Member SIPC

Compare our our CD CD Rates Rates Compare Bank-issued, FDIC-insured FDIC-insured Bank-issued, 3-month 3-month

2.50

% %

APY* APY*

Minimum deposit $1,000 Minimum deposit $1,000

6-month 6-month

2.75

% %

APY* APY*

Minimum deposit $1,000 Minimum deposit $1,000

1-year 1-year

3.00

% %

APY* APY*

Minimum deposit $1,000 Minimum deposit $1,000

Call or visit your local financial advisor today.

Call or visit your local financial advisor today.

Charles A Silecchia Charles Silecchia Financial A Advisor Financial Advisor

84a N Village Ave 84a N Village AveNY 11570 Rockville Centre, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 516-855-0709 516-855-0709 * Annual Percentage Yield (APY) effective 08/23/2022. CDs offered by Edward Jones are bank-issued and FDIC-insured up to $250,000 (principal and interest accrued but not yet paid) per depositor, per insured depository *institution, Annual Percentage Yield (APY) effective 08/23/2022.

CDswww.fdic.gov offered by Edward Jonesyour are bank-issued and FDIC-insured to $250,000 (principal and interest accrued but not paid)are persubject depositor, per insured depository for each account ownership category.

Please visit or contact financial advisor for additional up information.

Subject to availability and price change.

CDyet values to interest rate risk such that institution, for rates each account ownership category.

Please visit www.fdic.gov orto contact yourthe financial advisor forprincipal additional information.

Subject does to availability price CD values subject tomay interest rate risk suchYields that when interest rise, the prices of CDs can decrease.

If CDs are sold prior maturity, investor can lose value.

FDIC insurance not coverand losses in change. market value.

Earlyare withdrawal not be permitted. when the prices CDs of CDs can decrease.

If CDs of areinterest sold prior the investor lose principal value. FDIC insurance not losses in market value. nationwide.

Early withdrawal may notby beEdward permitted.

Yields quotedinterest are netrates of allrise, commissions. require the distribution andtodomaturity, not allow interest to can compound.

CDs offered through Edwarddoes Jones arecover issued by banks and thrifts All CDs sold Jones are quoted arewith net of allDepository commissions.

CDs require the distribution of interest and do not allow interest to compound. CDs offered through Edward Jones are issued by banks and thrifts nationwide. All CDs sold by Edward Jones are registered the Trust Corp.

(DTC). registered with the Depository Trust Corp. (DTC).

FDI-1867K-A © 2022 EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FDI-1867K-A © 2022 EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

1183502

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

6

$

14

99

mix or match Tie-Dye, Lo Carb, MuLTigrain anD FLageLs noT inCLuDeD. With Coupon. Hewlett location only.

Expires 9/2/22 H

With Coupon. Hewlett location only.

Expires 9/2/22 H PT

With Coupon. Hewlett location only.

Tie-Dye, Lo Carb, Multigrain and Flagels H Not Included. Expires 9/2/22 HH H

+ tax

H H

We Deliver orDer online

1352 Peninsula Blvd, Hewlett (Located in the Penmill Shopping Center)

Bagelbosshewlett.com

516-569-8600 • fax 516-569-0059

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

1182752

Long IsLand’s PremIere Kosher Caterer

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

Come Join Us On Saturday Sept 10, 9pm-Midnight For A Musical Evening Playing The Classic Songs From Woodstock

Lynbrook

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

First Central Savings Bank opens its doors

F Shop, Dine and Play Local!

By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com

irst Central Savings Bank opened its ninth location at 303 Merrivk Road last week, aiming to bring back “banking the way it used to be, only better” in Lynbrook.

Dozens packed into the entrance area of the Pistilli Corporate Building, to celebrate the occasion with local officials like Mayor Alan Beach showing up for the ribbon cutting.

“We are a true community bank, so for us to serve a community such as Lynbrook really aligns to the mission is here at First Central Bank,” executive vice president and chief administrative officer Michael Serao said.

In the first week of business, the bank saw 50 accounts opened and over $14 million put into it. Part of their mission of community-based banking has seen them bring back account opening gifts for those starting their first account with the bank.

Joseph Pistilli, the chairman of the bank’s board of directors, helped build the building which now bears his name back in the 1970s when it became home to Jamaica Savings Bank. Pistilli now owns the building and the main conference room in the bank’s first floor residence is dedicated to him.

“It’s a great feeling to bring a good thing to an area that truly needs the spirit and services of a true community savings bank,” Pistilli said. “And I think that our competition, which is very close by, needs to open their eyes and see what moved onto the block.”

As a gesture to new neighbors, First Central presented several Lynbrook organizations with $1,000 checks, including Wounded Warriors, the Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce, the Lynbrook Fire Department, school PTA, the Police Benevolent Association, the Kiwanis Club, and Brittany’s Baskets of Hope.

Tom Carrozza/Herald

FiRsT CenTRAl sAvings Bank board chair Joseph Pistilli, center, cuts the ribbon opening the Lynbrook location with Mayor Alan Beach, chief financial officer Raymond Ciccone and chief operating officer Paul Hagan.

lynbrookusa.com INFO@LYNBROOKUSA.COM

516-242-4649

1180535

12

acai bOwls or chOpped salads

99

Nova • White Fish • Baked Salmon • Sable Your Choice on a Bagel with a 12oz Coffee

One dOzen bagels Or bialys

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

Summer is almost over and so is our

SUMMER SALE

75

save up to

off

Suits • Sport Jackets • Sport Shirts • Casual Pants • Shirts • Swimwear • Shoes •

24 ATLANTIC AVE. LYNBROOK, NY 11563

(516) 599-7777 | MURLE E S C LOT H I N G .CO M | M - F : 1 0 TO 5 : 3 0 | SAT: 1 0 TO 5 | S U N : 1 2 TO 4

1182276

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

1 OFF

$

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

OUTDOOR & INDOOR SEATING AVAILABLE

any Fish yOu wish!

$

of Hewlett

OPEN 24 HOURS

Curbside Pickup Available

•

boss

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

bagel W IN NER

7

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

BAGELBOsshEwLEtt.cOm

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

8

Courtesy Charlie Campbell

WHILE CAmPBELL’s fIgHt in Vegas didn’t go his way, he is determined to comeback and show that he belongs among the best

He’s down, but don’t count him out

East Rockaway’s Charlie Campbell looks to the future after UFC fight ends in upset

By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

It was a whirlwind of emotions for East Rockaway MMA fighter, Charlie Campbell after traveling to Vegas to achieve his long-time dream of becoming a UFC fighter.

Through Campbell’s successful MMA career he was able to make enough noise in the fight scene to be invited to UFC President Dana White’s “Contender Series,” in Las Vegas a show that affords up-and-coming fighters the chance to showcase their talents in hope of earning a UFC contract.

Campbell went up against Scottish MMA fighter Chris Duncan as a part of White’s “Contender Series” on Aug. 2. While Duncan was repeatedly hurt by Campbell in the opening portion of the main event fight, Duncan was able to defeat Campbell via knockout 1:43 into Round 1 and was immediately granted a contract with UFC by White. Campbell,27, had a 6-1 pro MMA record going into the fight and was a slight betting favorite.

“A lot of emotions,” Campbell said about the result of the Contender Series bout. “ There are so many ways to look at it but ultimately, the mature thing is to point the finger at me.” Campbell was in control of the fight at the beginning but Duncan was able to come back to capture the knockout victory. Campbell praised the coaching he received going into the fight and cited the cause of the result as little mistakes on his part.

“I was eager to win because I felt like I was so close to it. It seemed like the end was near for him. It’s just a lot for me to digest.” Campbell was able to enjoy the sights of Vegas in the days after the fight but now that he is back home, he admits the loss is even tougher to digest.

“I feel like my mind was in denial when I was still out there in Vegas for a few extra days afterward, but I’ve been home now. It hits me more and more,” he said.

Since Campbell returned he has also taken to Instagram to promote a venture that he began a few years ago, Suplex Soap, a soap using primarily essential oils. “The soap is made here on Long Island out of a legitimately certified lab manufacturing company in Copiague. “A lot of everyday people are loving it for quality ingredients and it’s great for athletes that are exposed to harmful bacteria during training,” Campbell said. “It’s come a long way and the products are high quality so it’s easy to stand behind them and sell them.”

Campbell, 26, is a lifelong East Rockaway resident and began competing when he joined the Lynbrook Titans wrestling program at age 8. His dream had always been to compete in combat sports at the highest level and he says that although the loss was a bump in the road, he still has the aim of getting to the UFC, but admits the road will be a lot tougher now.

Campbell plans to get back to the Northeast regional MMA fighting scene to build back momentum and hopefully compile an impressive record and regain attention.

“When I’m healthy, I’m going to be promoting my comeback,” he said. “I proved I belong. It may come down to me having to go get wins at the regional scene, build up some sort of win streak, and then just stay ready.”

Campbell knows the road will be tougher now but he still has his eyes on his ultimate goal “Life throws curveballs. It’s the only way to look at this as a positive. I’m going to show people what I’m made of and show I’m not a quitter.” he said. “It’s surely not as great as it would have been if I won, but if people think I’m down and out, they’re wrong.”

WHILE HE AWAIts medical clearance to begin fighting again, Campbell has been promoting his suplex soap brand

9

LYNBROOK AND EAST ROCKAWAY

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

I

Subscribe today to stay up-to-date on all the important news you need to know: • Local schools • High school sports • Town, village and county government • Shopping, dining and more!

real local, real news.

Sign up today and get 3 months FREE! Use promo code: GUIDE22.

Select the LYNBROOK / EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD from the list and enter promo code: GUIDE22 to get 3 months FREE! - Questions? Call us at 516-569-4000 x7 Hurry, this limited time offer ends on 9/30/22 Note: Offer good on our auto pay option only.

Your credit card will be automatically charged $9.75 after the 3 FREE months and every quarter after that.

000000

Go to liherald.com/subscribe

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

10

Nunley’s Carousel returns to awe next generation Part of indoor attraction at Long Island Children’s Museum

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

T

hey were large mechanical carousels, populated by gorgeous woodcarved representations of horses with strong and aggressive manes, open mouths and batwing saddles.

Named after the Brooklyn landmark that inspired them — Coney Island — Solomon Stein and Harry Goldstein shipped out a number of these carousels across New York more than a century ago.

Few of them still exist, but one particular carousel that would start its journey in Brooklyn’s Canarsie neighborhood before moving to Baldwin in 1940, not only remains, but is now part of a permanent attraction at Long Island Children’s Museum at Uniondale’s Museum Row. Nunley’s Carousel returned to service last week, and spins once again on select days — and indoors — for $4 a ride. It gets is moniker from Nunley’s Amusement Park, where it was a fixture on Sunrise Highway until that park’s closure in 1995.

Relocating it to the children’s museum took years in the making, having been previously part of the Cradle of Aviation operations next door. The carousel continued the Long Island tradition until Covid19 flared up a couple years ago, and had been closed ever since.

That is until last week, when the museum officially re-opened Nunley’s Carousel, and its fleet of more than 40 horses, a lion and two chariots. It is now one of only three Stein & Goldstein-manufactured carousels still intact, and in 2020, was awarded the National Carousel Association’s Historic Carousel Award.

Gary Grasso represented that very association during the grand re-opening, finally able to bequeath the plaque for the award over to the children’s museum inperson. Established to promote, preserve and appreciate the classic wooden carousel, Grasso said Nunley’s is one of 50 classic carousels still operating. And even more impressive with its original band’s organ, ticket booth, Wurlitzer calliope, and ring machine.

Transitioning operational control of Nunley’s Carousel from Cradle of Aviation on Charles Lindbergh Boulevard was a smooth one, said Suzanne LeBlanc, the children’s museum director.

Fitting into the museum’s mission of connecting children to a lifetime of wonder, imagination and exploration, the carousel is an excellent exercise in analyzing options and exploring sensations as children choose the perfect horse to ride on their magical adventure.

“The colors and lights and music and motion create an unforgettable multi-sensory experience that will become part of the memories passed down through the generations,” LeBlanc said.

Susan Harlin was one of the first people in line last week to ride Nunley’s Carousel once again. But it’s hardly her first time.

“Oh, my goodness, I was probably about 10 — 57 years ago — the last time I rode the carousel,” she said. “I grew up in

Tim Baker/Herald photos

NuNley’s CAROusel Is a treasured memory for many in Nassau County and beyond, and is expected to continue influencing generations, now that it’s under operation by the Long Island Children’s Museum at Uniondale’s Museum Row.

Roosevelt and we’d go to Nunley’s all the time. We’d lean out and get that golden ring so we could ride it again.”

Harlin’s adult daughter, Elizabeth Bock, said seeing it reopening reminded her of her mother, and she decided to take her two children, Evelyn and Thomas, for a ride the whole family could enjoy.

Even Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman has own fond memories of driving with the family to Nunley’s. He joined Harlin and others last week to celebrate its reopening with the children’s museum.

“I was one of those kids that grew up at Nunley’s,” he said. “On a Sunday, if we were really good, me and my three sisters and brother would be treated to going to Nunley’s,” Back then, the Baldwin attraction featured roller coasters, games and, of course, the carousel.

“The highlight was always the carousel,” Blakeman said. “It brings back so many childhood memories.”

Saving the carousel was pushed by

Take a spin The carousel is open from Thursday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tickets can be bought in advance online at the museum’s website at LICM.org/nunleys for $4. then-Nassau County Legislator Joseph Scannell, who redirected $420,000 through county funds and through money raised by nonprofit Pennies for Ponies in 2008.

The restoration process started a year beforehand by Carousel Works in Ohio, that largest manufacturer of wooden merry-go-rounds in the world. It then opened in 2009, spending the next 11 years run Cradle of Aviation.

While Nunley’s Carousel may have spent more time in Baldwin than anywhere else, Gary Farkash — president of the Baldwin Historical Society — says the

lONg IslANd ChIldReN’s Museum president Suzanne LeBlanc addressed the eager children and adults alike waiting to ride the historic Nunley’s Carousel on its opening day on Charles Lindbergh Boulevard with Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman.

ThIRd-geNeRATION CAROusel RIdeR Mary Friel, 2, from Malverne excitedly boarded the hand-carved horse alongside grandmother Maureen Clark. ride was too big for just any one single community to claim.

“It was more than just Baldwin iconic, this was something that people from all over Nassau County came to enjoy,” he said. “It’s a very proud moment for us, especially Baldwin. It was a labor of love, and having this day for us, is priceless.

That’s the only thing I could say: Priceless.”

Lynbrook schools consider armed security

11

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

Board approves additional security guards at each of the seven schools in the district

By DANIEL OFFNER doffner@liherald.com

Herald File Photo

LyNBROOk UNION FREE School District approved plans to hire a districtwide security supervisor and voted to add an additional security guard at each of the schools in the district. ideal to help ensure that the campus is secure.

At its meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 10, the Lynbrook school board discussed that there had been only two unarmed securi-

ty guards stationed at the high school, which is an open campus.

“My view is that the two are not mutually exclusive. Having an unarmed guard does create a visible presence. I think it

can be a deterrent. They can do a lot to make sure doors are locked to make sure that we have eyes on all exits, etc.,” Trustee Andrew Lewner replied. “It’s also Continued on page 22

Your Neighbor, Your Realtor The Long Island Housing Market continues to thrive.

If you have questions about your home’s current value, please contact me for a complimentary market analysis.

As your neighbor, I know the worth of our wonderful area, as your realtor I have the expertise to guide you through your next move.

Christine Nappi

Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

O 516.307.9406 | M 917.751.0261 christine.nappi@elliman.com

Leading EdgeAward AwardRecipient* Recipient 2020 & 2021 Leading Edge Top 21% of Agents Nationwide elliman.com

110 WALT WHITMAN ROAD, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746. 631.549.7401. © 2021 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE. ALL MATERIAL PRESENTED HEREIN IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. WHILE THIS INFORMATION IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT, IT IS REPRESENTED SUBJECT TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, CHANGES OR WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL PROPERTY INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SQUARE FOOTAGE, ROOM COUNT, NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PROPERTY LISTINGS SHOULD BE VERIFIED BY YOUR OWN ATTORNEY, ARCHITECT OR ZONING EXPERT. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY. *AT DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE, 2020.

1182754

The concern for student safety has become paramount in the wake of the tragedy that transpired back in May at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, when a gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers.

“My greatest concern is an active shooter,” School Board President William Belmont said, “and the only response to an active shooter is someone else who has equal force to slow that down and to curtail those activities.”

As a preventative measure, to try and ensure the well-being of students, teachers, and staff the Lynbrook Union Free School District is considering the addition of an armed security guard who could be stationed outside one of the schools should such an incident ever take place close to home.

“I think that we have to start somewhere,” Trustee Lesli Deninno said. “I’m not opposed to possibly doing that at some point. But I think that we should definitely start with an unarmed guard at each building.”

She said that following what took place in Uvalde, where the gunman gained access to the school through an unlocked door, having a constant presence would be

Dr. Helene H. Agatstein Educational Consultant, Inc. “Your school district has a multitude of resources to which your child may be entitled. I can partner with you to design an effective, long-term plan to ensure that your child gets all that he or she requires to achieve academic success.”

Banishing the backache

We attend CSE, CPSE, Team Meetings and Disciplinary Hearings. We also do Counseling and Parent Training

1182932

Office: (516)791-1324 Cell: (516)445-1705 Helene@Agatstein.com Website: schoolingadvocate.com

How much should a backpack weigh?

1181572

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

12

Backpacks are handy tools that carry an array of gear. Students rely on them to hold books, while hikers and campers utilize backpacks to carry items such as food and beverages that keep them safe on trails. Even office workers may turn to backpacks to carry laptops or other tools of the trade.

Backpacks are handy resources, especially for students, but overstuffed backpacks may cause injury.

Hauling full backpacks to and from school each day can be a real pain in the neck — and back and shoulders. Yet backpacks are a school staple — and a $2.7 billion industry — for a reason. Toting books and notepads and folders and other supplies is necessary to excel in school. So how can parents and students balance the need for backpacks with the potential for injury?

Step one is to stop over-worrying about long-term damage. “A lot of parents come in to my office thinking that their child might have scoliosis because of a heavy backpack,” says Dr. Lori Karol. Though back, shoulder and neck pain are all possible results from using a too-heavy or poorly worn backpack, scoliosis and other back deformities aren’t a danger.

Weighty Considerations Learning how backpacks affect our bodies helps explain why parents worry. According to registered nurse Anja Hammega, “when a heavy weight, such as a backpack filled with books, is incorrectly placed on the shoulders, the weight’s force can pull a child backward. To compensate for this unnatural posture, he or she may bend forward at the hips or arch the back.” Similarly, kids who sling their backpacks only on one shoulder might lean to one side to balance the weight, compressing the spine or putting unnatural stress on the shoulders. The effect of this unbalanced stance can be mistaken for scoliosis.

Beyond back pain, kids are also at risk of falling from the weight of their packs. Keep your kid’s load light by making sure his or her backpack weighs between 10 and 15 percent of his or her body weight. For example, if your son weighs 80 pounds, his backpack should only be 8 to 12 pounds. Younger children and girls are at even greater risk of toppling over because their packs can be heavier in proportion to their body weight. When carrying too-heavy backpacks, students can accidentally hit other kids with their sizable bags, causing injury or loss of bal-

ance in tight spaces such as hallways or bus aisles, too.

The weight of a backpack depends on the age of the person using it. Generally speaking, adults should not exceed 20 percent of total body mass when loading backpacks. That means a healthy person weighing 200 pounds should not carry more than 40 pounds in his or her backpack.

In regard to children, researchers indicate that a child’s backpack should weigh no more than 10 percent of what the student weighs.

Those findings are based on a Spanish study involving 49 primary school-aged children.

Therefore, if a child weighs 70 pounds, he or she should only carry up to 7 pounds in the backpack.

Choose Wisely Start the year off right by purchasing a backpack that fits your child well and by teaching him or her the right way to wear it. Avoid backpacks with careless stitching, fraying fabric edges and exposed zippers without fabric flaps. These are signs of poor manufacturing, and no kid wants to be dealing with a stuck zipper or a broken bag in the middle of the school hallway.

Instead, find a lightweight one with two padded shoulder straps. If the straps are too narrow, they can cut into your child’s shoulders, potentially interfering with circulation and causing pain or numbness. A padded back can provide comfort and protect your kid from sharp edges of textbooks, rulers, notebooks and more. The backpack should rest evenly in the middle of the back, close to the body. And those wide shoulder straps should allow your child to freely move his or her arms to easily take the backpack off.

Pockets on backpacks are both fun and functional. Having multiple compartments will better distribute the weight of the school supplies, and they can help your son or daughter stay organized. Bigger books should always be placed in the center of the back, and items such as cell phones and other devices can be easily moved from smaller pockets to lockers during breaks.

Another option is a backpack on wheels.

They can be dragged, alleviating the need to carry heavy loads.

Above photo: Backpacks are here to stay, so make sure your kid knows how to stay organized and safe.

Raising literate kids

13

Back-to-school — it’s a hectic time full of shopping, preparation and new routines.

But just because children are headed back to school doesn’t mean that parents should stop teaching their children. And just because life is hectic doesn’t mean you can’t make time to improve their literacy skills.

You may feel that there isn’t enough time to add more activities to an already packed 24 hours. But these ideas, courtesy of the of National Center for Family Literacy, take just a minute!

Choose a letter of the day. Look for the chosen letter in any printed materials you see — the newspaper, labels at the grocery store, street signs, billboards or advertisements on TV. Make up a silly sentence using only words beginning with the letter of the day. (For example, cats can cuddle. Dogs don’t drive. Amy always acts awake.)

Singing songs is certainly a literacy activity. Try this twist: Sing short songs like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” several times, leaving off the last word each time until there are no words left. This activity always produces giggles from children and parents alike.

Do a letter search. While you’re waiting for the bagel to toast, have your child look for the letter B on any items on your kitchen counter or table. Count as many as possible before the toaster pops.

Play “Guess Who.” Describe a cartoon character, celebrity or historical figure.

Allow a guess after each detail is disclosed.

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

It’s a family affair Expand your child’s vocabulary by using unusual words, and then explain their meaning.Take turns. Listen carefully to your child’s descriptions, especially his choice of vocabulary. Encourage him to paint a picture of the character with his words. At the end of the game, compliment him on any unusual or new words used.

Do word-based activities while in the car. While stuck in traffic, describe the view from the car by taking “word turns.”

The activity is as easy as the name suggests.

Parent and child each add a word until the scene is described. (A… yellow… convertible… with… a… golden… retriever… in… the… back… seat… is… next… to… our… car.) This activity works well on a walk around the block or while waiting in line too.

Talk to your child about her day.

Pretend to be a television reporter. Try questions like “what was the most surprising (curious, funny, eventful) thing that happened today?” Or gather news for the paper.“If your day’s activities were an article in the newspaper, what would the headline be?” You are giving your child opportunities to increase vocabulary, recall and reflect, and you are receiving a more detailed version of the time you spent apart. Be prepared to answer the same questions.

Photo: Family involvement is the number one predictor of early literacy success and future academic achievement.

Steps Alive Inc.

A Studio for Dance Not a

REGISTRATION BEGINS SEPT. 6- SEPT. 13 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

All ages - All levels Special care With children!

Ballet Tap Lyrical/Contemporary Jazz Kickline

Creative Movement Pre-Ballet Ballet-Tap Jazz-Hip-Hop Jazz/Tap

For info please call 516-483-3567

www.stepsalivedance.com 446 Dogwood Ave. Franklin Square, NY 11010

1181641

It’s Laura Gillen vs.

Anthony D’Esposito for U.S. House seat

PRE-FALL SAVINGS

ANTON’S

Former Hempstead town supervisor wins primary

C A R C A R E C E n T E R, LT d.

By KYLE CHIN kchin@liherald.com

345 Sunrise Hwy. • Rockville Centre • 678-2064 COMPLETE LINE OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS FOREIGN & DOMESTIC

Body Work • Detailing Window Tinting • Auto Glass Painted Pin Striping 10%

7

Senior Discounts

MOTORCYCLE And

(Excludes tires.

Not to be

combined.)

MECHANIC TRAiLER inSPECTiOnS BAYS Gas and Snack Shop REPAIR SHOP OPEN 6 DAYS

(Monday-Saturday) 8:00AM to 5:20PM

Open 24 Hrs - 7 Days

WE WILL MEET OR BEAT ANY ADVERTISED PRICE OR WRITTEN STATEMENT!

Oil Change

®

Mobil Clean 5w-30 Bulk Motor Oil • Up To 4 Quarts Mobil Oil • Plus 9 pt. Car Check • Replace Oil Filter • Foreign Add $7.00

$

• Up To 4 Quarts • Replace Oil Filter • Lube Vehicle • Plus 9 pt. Car Check • Foreign Add $8.00

49

95

reg. $86.95

95

WitHOut COupON $29.95

Cartridge Filters Additional Different Oil Grades "extra" Additional Oil "extra" Exp.11/30/22

super synthetic oil change

12

$

oil change • Up To 4 Quarts Mobil 1 Oil • Replace Oil Filter • Check All Fluids, Front End, Belts & Hoses

$6395

Cartridge Filter Additional.

With Coupon. Expires 11/30/22

Cartridge Filter Additional.

Foreign add $10 With Coupon. Expires 11/30/22

3 part fuel inJection serVice

saVe $50 to get that new car look and feel & be completely sanitized

Originally $174.90 nOw

$

119

full car detail inside & out

STarTing aT

75

49

275.95

transmission system fluid flush nOw

the air you are breathing in when your ac is on

$

$

95

With Coupon. Expires 11/30/22

cabin air filter replacement special throughout this pandemic this will sanitize nOw

225

Originally

With Coupon. Expires 11/30/22

breathe CLeaN air

$

95

Originally

Filter & Installation included in most cars. Some cars additional. With Coupon Expires 11/30/22

$

149.95

$

79

95

Labor only. Filter and Fluid Additional.

With Coupon. Expires 11/30/22

2000 Sq. Foot Convenience Store w/Over 4000 Diferent Items

ICe, SODa, Beer, CharCOal, lIghter FluID, Suntan lOtIOn, The ColDeST DrinkS in ToWn

all YOur Summer eSSentIalS

ATM 1183414

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

14

Laura Gillen is a step closer to claiming the open U.S. House seat left vacant

by Kathleen Rice.

The former Hempstead town supervisor was projected to win the Democratic primary for the 4th Congressional District on Tuesday, with nearly 67 percent of the vote in early returns.

“Tonight, voters spoke loud and clear that they want a representative who will fight tooth and nail against GOP politicians in Washington,” Gillen said in a statement following the win. She also decried Republicans “who want to pass a national abortion ban without exceptions to rape, incest, or even if the woman’s life is in danger.”

“Health care decisions — including basic birth control — are between a woman and her doctor, not by Washington politicians trying to score political points with their extremist base. We cannot allow women to be stripped of their civil liberties and autonomy over their health care decisions.”

The 52-year-old Rockville Centre resident had been a favorite to win, endorsed by Rice as well as a number of major Democratic Party figures, including House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and House Democratic Caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries.

She now faces Hempstead town councilman Anthony D’Esposito in the Nov. 8 general election. He ran unopposed on the Republican ticket.

D’Esposito took Gillen to task on social media soon after she declared victory, calling her “Joe Biden’s choice to support his inflation boosting tax plan.”

“Laura Gillen tried to hike your taxes as town supervisor,” D’Esposito said on Twitter. “She would do it again in Congress.”

Gillen has stated that repealing restrictions to state and local tax deductions passed in 2017 is one of her immediate priorities. She also voiced support for universal background checks on gun purchases to help curb crime and violence, while calling for expanded voting rights.

Early results showed Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages in second with 16 percent of votes. wSolages advocated for an aggressive foreign policy, tax incentives for small businesses, and expanding protections for women.

Keith Corbett had 14 percent of the vote. The Malverne mayor called for expansions to reproductive and voting rights while touting his experience in village planning and infrastructure.

Finally, physician Muzib Huq from

Laura GILLEN woN the Democratic primary for the 4th Congressional District.

aNtHoNY D’EsposIto DID not have a primary challenger for the Republican nod, and automatically faces off with Gillen.

Elmont captured a little more than 1 percent of the vote.

He had campaigned on improving the American health care system, championing racial and religious tolerance, and investing in anemic local and national infrastructure.

While the fourth district is forecasted to safely lean Democrat by some, other pollsters — like McLaughlin & Associates — say D’Esposito had the best chance of claiming the seat if Gillen was his opponent.

15

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

For more information, please call (516) 485-5000, ext. 1181 Visit our website: www.HempsteadWorks.com

Supervisor

Don

Clavin

invites you to a

TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Freeport Recreation Center • 130 East Merrick Road • Freeport 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.- Open to Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. - General Admission

Employers at the event include:

United States Postal Service • NYS Dept. of Corrections • MTA - LIRR • Mount Sinai South Nassau Orlin & Cohen • New York State Police • A1 Roofing & Siding • UPS • Amazon FlexStaff • New York Community Bank • Catholic Health • Hyatt Place and Hampton Inn Council for Airport Opportunity • SUNY Old Westbury • Frito Lay • Manpower Antech Diagnostics • Altice USA • Richner Communications • FedEx Home Delivery Ametek Aerospace and Defense • Cold Spring Harbor Lab • NICE Bus Cox & Company • Schivo Medical • Mavis Discount Tire • And Many More!!!

TO ATTEND, REGISTER AT: www.hempsteadworks.com/job-fair

BRING SEVERAL COPIES OF YOUR RESUME

Don

Clavin Supervisor

Robert T. Kennedy, Mayor Freeport Village

Council Members

Dorothy L. Goosby • Anthony P. D’Esposito • Dennis Dunne, Sr. Thomas E. Muscarella • Christopher Carini • Melissa Miller

Town of Hempstead Department of Occupational Resources

Kate Murray

Jeanine C. Driscoll

Town Clerk Receiver of Taxes Rev. Dr. Eric C. Mallette

Commissioner, Dept. of Occupational Resources

1183213

When you attend:

Hosted by:

Mount Sinai South Nassau brings back soirée fundraiser

16

NASSAU COUNTY EXECUTIVE

STAFF REPORT

PRESENTS FREE SUMMER CONCERT

Supporters of Mount Sinai South Nassau are set to gather once again at The Seawane Club on Saturday, Sept. 17, to help raise funds for hospital projects that are expected to expand services along the South Shore.

For the first time after a two-year hiatus, “Soirée Under the Stars” returns with an outdoor gala event that honors Peter Cannuscio, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Axis Construction Corp. Cannuscio’s company has been an instrumental part of an array of capital improvement projects at Mount Sinai South Nassau, including plans to convert a vacant 60,000-square-foot building in Wantagh into a multi-specialty medical office center.

Axis also has built a dedicated bi-plane imaging suite in the hospital’s emergency department for stroke patients, and expanded the modernized Mount Sinai’s pharmacy department.

Other notable projects from Axis include the urgent care center in Long Beach, the expansion of Long Island’s first free-standing emergency department, and the restoration of the hospital’s outpatient dialysis center after suffering significant damage through Hurricane Sandy.

Rita Regan and Felix Nazario also will be honored at the soirée. Regan, a regis-

NASSAU IS BACK AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

Before the show, be sure to check out Nassau’s top notch

Beaches, Restaurants, Golf Courses, and Shopping.

For more information visit:

NassauCountyNY.gov/visitnassau

FREE ADMISSION

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27TH 8:00PM

EISENHOWER PARK PARKING FIELD 6 | BRING CHAIRS

Rain or Shine. Call 516-572-0201 for up to date information.

OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT EISENHOWER PARK

1182098

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

BRUCE A. BLAKEMAN

tered nurse who is the patient experience and care coordination vice president for the hospital, will receive the Mary Pearson Award. Nazario, the administrative director of environmental services, will receive the Cupola Award.

Regan and Nazario were among the leadership team who helped guide Mount Sinai South Nassau’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Regan has spent 50 years in health care, joining Mount Sinai in 2012 as a performance management director. Nazario has spent 25 years in the industry, taking over environmental services at the hospital in 2018. During the pandemic, Nazario and his team of housekeeping and environmental services staffers overcame daily challenges in their relentless effort to keep patients and employees safe from the virus.

Funds raised at the soirée will support the hospital’s $400 million long-term strategic growth initiative, designed to improve services for patients across the South Shore. That includes a new four-story patient pavilion — the J Wing — as well as the $35 million medical arts pavilion in Long Beach, and the new Wantagh medical arts building.

An outdoor reception begins at 6:30 p.m., at The Seawane Club, 1300 Club Drive, in Hewlett.

To purchase tickets, or to buy a sponsorship, call (516) 377-5360.

STEPPING OUT

17

at the

‘Natural Woman’ Broadway’s Carter Calvert captures Carole King’s musical styling pitch-perfectly in ‘A Carole King Experience: Natural Woman,’ the premier tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter. Backed by the dynamic Roge Cohen Band, Calvert performs the iconic songs that defined a generation. These are all the classic favorites you’ve loved since the ’60s and ’70s, like the groundbreaking ‘Brill Building’ chart-topping pop mega hits conceived in a tiny Times Square cubicle. The timeless tunes you know by heart but possibly never knew King created. And, of course, the masterpieces from the record-shattering phenomenon ‘Tapestry,’ the emblem of the singer-songwriter era that solidified King’s position as a trailblazing woman to watch.

By Karen Bloom

ld Westbury Gardens’ lush grounds will once again fill with the sounds of bagpipers and Scottish revelry as it welcomes the Scottish Festival and Highland Games. The popular spectacle — now in its 60th year — returns from its pandemic-imposed hiatus on Saturday, Aug. 27. And that’s all to the delight of Clan MacDuff, which created and oversees the event.

“We are so looking forward to bringing it back again,” says Clan MacDuff member Peter Burnside. petting zoo and plenty of kids “We’ve missed it, and so have all activities, a British car parade, and those who come out and join us for Scottish cuisine to sample — it’s the day.” those traditional elements that With those bagpipes, traditional continue to be the main attraction strength competitions and — especially the caber toss and pipe highland dancing — along with bands. varied entertainment and assorted The caber is a activities for lads long, tapered 20and lasses — there’s When: foot pine pole or plenty of end-ofSaturday, Aug. 27, log, ranging from summer revelry for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

90 to 120 pounds. all ages. According Where: The “tosser” to Scottish lore, the Old Westbury Gardens, balances it games were begun 71 Old Westbury Road, vertically, by the ancient Old Westbury holding the highland chieftains smaller end, to help them select Info: running forward the strongest men (516) 333-0048 or and tossing so for their armies.

OldWestburyGardens.org or that it turns in the Those ancient LIScots.org. air with the larger traditions continue end striking the today in the form ground first. Ideally, of caber tossing, the pole strikes in a strictly vertical Putting the Stone, Putting the position. Scoring is based on how Sheaf, arm-wrestling competitions, closely the throw lands at a 12 piping and drumming. o’clock position.

Long Island had once been “The caber toss is always a big home to five Scottish clans. Today draw,” Burnside says. “It’s a true only Clan MacDuff remains. test of strength and skill.”

This clan considers its festival to Open to both men and women, be similar to a traditional gathering. there’s even a kids’ version, using a “We wanted to emulate what cardboard “caber.” was done in Scotland,” Burnside While the games are going on, says. “So we started out in 1959 a lively lineup of bands and dance with what was essentially like a big ensembles — including assorted family reunion.” bagpipers — provide a musical From that humble beginning backdrop throughout the day. with 200 people, it’s evolved into a “The opening ceremony at day that’s both a family fair as much 12:30 is especially impressive” with as a cultural event, with more than a grand march down the North 6,000 participating.

Lawn, Burnside adds, “with those While it’s now a broad-based bagpipers marching together.” event — with birds of prey, a

Sunday, Aug. 28, 2:30 p.m. $40, $35 seniors. Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaBroadwayLongIsland.com.

Maria Bamford Get ready for fall with some laughs when Maria Bamford visits the area. She is revered for her deeply personal and experimental comedy about mental illness.

She starred in the surreal, semiautobiographical Netflix comedy series ‘Lady Dynamite,’ about a comedian who suffers a nervous breakdown, and is the star of three unconventional hour-long stand-up specials: ‘Weakness is the Brand,’ ‘Old Baby’ and ‘Maria Bamford, the Special, Special, Special!’

Photos courtesy Clan MacDuff/Old Westbury Gardens

Top photo: Pipers and drummers step proudly around the grounds of Old Westbury Gardens to celebrate the Scottish Festival and Highland Games.

Middle photo: Kids enjoy an old favorite: a tug-of-war competition. It’s all at the annual games, held in Old Westbury Gardens.

Bottom photo: The iconic sounds of the bagpipers honor a cherished heritage.

Saturday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m. $39. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

Ready for a HIGHLAND FLING

Your Neighborhood

THE

SCENE

AUG. 30 East Rockaway Board of Education The East Rockaway School District Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m., at the Centre Avenue Elementary School Library located at 55 Centre Ave. in East Rockaway.

AUG. 31

Make No Bones About It

Young scientists will dig into learning all about owls, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1 p.m.

Find bones and dissect an owl pellet. Get to the root of how owls eat, hunt and ingest food.

Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City.

(516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Calling all Cancers

AUG. 27

Rock on with the Gin Blossoms

The alt rockers bring their explosive sound to the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Saturday, Aug. 27, at 8 p.m., to close out Eisenhower Park’s summer concert season.

Hear their many gems, “Until I Fall Away,” “Found Out About You,” “Hey Jealousy” and “Allison Road.” The Grammy-nominated band’s fusion of melodic rock, pop, folk and country continues as strong as ever. As always, bring seating. For information, visit NassauCountyNY.gov/parks.

Oulala Cafe and Lounge, at 428 in Lynbrook, hosts a latenight party, Aug. 26, featuring music by Power 105.1’s DJ Will and DJ Chris Jr. Doors open at 10 p.m. and admission is free before midnight with an RSVP. Registration for the event is available via Eventbrite.

Thrift shop just for veterans VFW Post 3350 in East Rockaway continues its veterans thrift shop at 164 Main St. The store’s schedule remains variable in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but attempts to be open daily, including Sundays.

For thrift shop information or hall rentals, call (516) 887-8170, or visit VFWPost3350.org.

MORE UNBUBBLIEVABLE THAN EVER!

Use Code ELLA and save!

First Lady of Song A N E W M US I C A L

S TA R R I N G

F R E DA PAY N E

“ IT WILL BLOW YOUR-OPMRAHIND!”

August 18 – september 10, 2022

1183300

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

18

GET TICKETS FOR TICKETS CALL 516.323.4444

OR VISIT WWW.MADISONTHEATRENY.ORG

1000 HEMPSTEAD AVE | ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY 1182481

Let reading take flight Read and explore true stories women in the fields of air and space with the In-Flight Book Club when it meets again on Saturday, Aug. 27, 10:30 a.m., at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Charles Lindbergh Boulevard in Garden City. The book under discussion is “Catch Me If You Can” by Frank W. Abagnale.

For more information, visit LynbrookLibrary. org.

Come out to Mr. Beery’s Village Pub at 33 Main St. in East Rockaway, every Wednesday for open mic night. Performers can sign up at 8 p.m. with showtime starting promptly at 9 p.m. For more information visit MrBeerys. com.

This year marks the 21st anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.

In tribute to all the victims and first responders who lost their lives, the Village of Lynbrook holsds a ceremony at Memorial Garden outside Village Hall, Sunday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m.

Operation Splash Join Buoy 4 and the East Rockaway Kiwanis for a cleanup, beginning at the boat ramp in Bay Park, Saturday, Aug. 27, at 8 a.m. All ages are welcome to join. Be sure to bring your boots or waders.

Art talk Having an event?

Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.

Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Sept. 15, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program. Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Also Oct. 13. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 4849337 or NassauMuseum.org.

1182787

Rock out to the best of the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s rock with VHS, Saturday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m., at the Lazy Lobster, 10 Front Street in East Rockaway.

Showcase your talent

9-11 Memorial Ceremony

Kids can make, view and talk about art, through Sunday, Sept. 4, with four Indigenous artists at Long Island Children’s Museum.

Toyuskanash, the Algonquin word for bridges, brings together artists from the Shinnecock Nation to explore their traditional and contemporary culture and how they bridge gaps in history and knowledge with surrounding communities. The exhibit highlights the artwork of fine art photographer Jeremy Dennis, painter and tradition bearer Denise Silva-Dennis, beadwork appliqué and ribbon work artist Tohanash Tarrant and painter David Bunn Martine. Each artist’s creative process is featured during residencies; including artist-led workshops during each residency and daily activities for visitors led by museum staff that draw inspiration from their artwork, process and media. Visit the museum on Museum Row, Garden City. For more information, call (516) 224-5800 or go to LICM.org.

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

Enjoy the inspiring story of Ella Fitzgerald’s remarkable journey from homeless teenager to the world’s first lady of song, Thursday, Aug. 25, through Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Madison Theatre, on the Molloy University campus.

Virtuosa Freda Payne brings Fitzgerald to life with an elegance, resonant beauty and transcendent voice that captures the immortal songstress. 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. For tickets and information visit MadisonTheatreny.org or call (516) 323-4444.

Rewind through rock history with VHS

19

Toyuskanash: Bridges exhibit

Ella: First Lady of Song

Lynbrook Elks go bowling for a cause

Elks Lodge topples some pins to help raise money in the fight against cerebral palsy Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook gathered at Maple Lanes in Rockville Centre on Sunday, Aug. 21, to help raise money for the United Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State.

Each year the New York States Elks Association awards grants of up to $5,000 to support special projects that are difficult to fund through the normal budgeting process. These grants are voted on by the Major Projects Board in the spring and then approved by the full Board at the Elks Fall Convention in September.

Over the weekend, Elks members from all over the greater New York-Metropolitan area came out to bowl, mingle, and show support in their fight against Cerebral Palsy.

The Lynbrook Elks gave special thanks to members with New York Lodge No. 1, Staten Island Lodge No. 841, Brooklyn-Queensborough Lodge No. 878, North Shore-New Hyde Park Lodge No. 2107, and guest Richard Milhaven of Massapequa Lodge No. 2162, for coming out in support.

Participants each chipped in $30 for three hours of bowling. There were also prizes given to the winners of the 50/50 raffle, and free pizza and refreshments provided by Maple Lanes.

All of the proceeds raised will go towards the New York State Elks Major Projects committee in support of the State Home Service Program.

Courtesy Elks Lodge No. 1

MeMbers of elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook bowl to raise money for the United Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State.

1183401

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

20

21

PLUMB PRO LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

PLUMBING & HEATING CORP

WE DO IT ALL! SEWER / WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS

GAS METER UPGRADE

NEW WATER FILTER INSTALL

NEW BOILER INSTALL

Photo credit Courtesy Steve Grogan

Lynbrook Juniors Take First Place

• All Leaks Fixed • New Installations • Repair Work • Plumbing Permits • Gas Permits • Water Lines • Waste Lines • Heating Lines • Gas Lines • Boilers • Water Heaters • Oil To Gas Conversions • Generators • Whole House Filtration Systems • Backflow Installation & Certified Testing • TV/Video Inspections • High Pressure Sewer Jetting

Lynbrook Junior Fire Department poses with the trophies they won during the parade during a recent training session. They’re joined by LFD Chief Chris Kelly, left, and Assistant Chiefs Scott Bien and Clayton Murphy.

PLUMB PRO 516-405-5490 844-PLUMB-911 plumbpro911.com LICENSED & INSURED

1183404

PLUMBING & HEATING CORP

IRRIGATION & LANDSCAPING IRRIGATION & LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPING LIGHTING SPECIALISTS LIGHTING SPECIALISTS

END OF SUMMER SPECIAL

10 0

OFF

ANY NEW INSTALLATION INSTALLATION ANY $ NEW 00 WITH THIS AD AD WITH THIS

A L L NE W I NS TA L L AT I O NS

SERVING ISLAND SERVINGLONG LONG ISLAND

SERVING LONG ISLAND

FOR YEARS! FOR OVER 50 YEARS! FOROVER OVER5050 YEARS!

We sprinkler We can caninstall installaacustom customdesigned designed sprinkler We canfor install custom designed system your without any damage system for youra home home without anysprinkler damage system for yourlawn home without any damage to your shrubs. your existing existing lawnand and shrubs.

to your existing lawn and shrubs.

• Certified Backflow Testers

THE SERVICE THEMOST MOSTRECOGNIZABLE RECOGNIZABLE SERVICE

VAN SPRINKLER INDUSTRY...

VANIN INTHE THE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY...

THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE SERVICE AND 2525 ONON THETHE ROAD EACH DAY TO SERVE YOU! YOU! ANDWE WEHAVE HAVE ROAD EACH DAY TO SERVE VAN IN THE SPRINKLER INDUSTRY...

AND WE HAVE 25 ON THE ROAD EACH DAY TO SERVE YOU!

w w w. L a w n S p r i n k l e r s . c o m

COUNTY SUFFOLK COUNTY 516-486-7500 // 333 Baldwin Road Hempstead, SUFFOLK NY 11550

NASSAU NASSAUCOUNTY COUNTY LICENSE LICENSE HI815700000 HI815700000

LICENSE LICENSE 1629-RP/3462-RE

NASSAU COUNTY LICENSE HI815700000

SUFFOLK COUNTY LICENSE 1629-RP/3462-RE

860186

ww l el resr.sc .ocm ww. w.LLaawwnnSSppr irni nk k om

516-486-7500 NYNY 11550 516-486-7500 // // 333 333 Baldwin BaldwinRoad RoadHempstead, Hempstead, 11550

1182527

•• New NewInstallations Installations New Installations ••• Revamping ofofExisting Systems Revamping Existing Systems Revamping of Existing Systems •• Winterize &&Summerize Winterize Summerize •• Rain Sensors Winterize & Summerize Rain Sensors •• Landscape Lighting Specialists Landscape Lighting Specialists Rain Sensors •• Certified Backflow Testers Certified Backflow Testers Landscape Lighting Specialists

1181788

Board discusses school security protocol M important to have an armed guard at each building, because the reality is no matter what we do in terms of mental health screening, security, locked doors, bulletproof glass, single entryway, there’s always a possibility of somebody getting through.”

He said the number one issue is the response time of police should an incident occur, which could take anywhere from six to 14 minutes for them to arrive on the scene.

“Most shootings are over in two to three minutes,” Nassau County Police Department Commissioner Patrick Ryder told the Herald during a school safety seminar in May. “The active shooter kills who they have to kill, and usually they kill themselves after.”

Lewner suggested they first address the addition of an unarmed guard at every building first and then discuss potentially having an armed presence stationed at each school.

“I don’t disagree,” Trustee Tara Aragona said. “I definitely think we should start with the unarmed guards.

It’s August. School is going to start in a month and I think parents in the community would love to see security present at each building.”

She suggested that they discuss

potentially having armed security officers at a future meeting, but focus on starting with the school year off with the district norms.

“I think that that’s a decision that needs to be carefully thought out, have the full board present and do it at a meeting when it’s not the summer in the community and everybody could be there,” Vice President Ellen Marcus suggested.

However not everyone in the audience was so keen with the idea of having an armed security officer presence.

Robert Faskoff, a former board trustee, said that based on a study from a Rutgers University professor, he found there was no evidence that having an armed security guard reduces shootings or violence.

“Armed guards create more fear in kids than actually feeling safer,” Faskoff said. “There’s a lot more information out there that does not support armed guards in school. I’m very happy that you guys are looking at security, but there’s really no research that talks about the benefit of having armed guards in school.”

Faskoff said the most common ending to school shootings happen when unarmed staff restrained the gunmen, adding that the events are rare and dif-

ost shootings are over in two to three minutes.

The active shooter kills who they have to kill, and usually they kill themselves after.

Patrick ryder

Nassau County Police Department Commissioner ficult to anticipate.

He said that while it is unusual for bystanders or police to be in the right place at the right time, several school shooting incidents occurred in locations where an armed guard was present, including Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, Great Mills High School in Maryland, Santa Fe High School in Texas and Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.

“I disagree with your conclusion that there’s no evidence out there,” Belmont replied. “Like everyone who makes an argument, we always find the evidence that supports our position.”

Belmont refuted his claim stating that the schools he mentioned just happened to have armed guards present, but were not targeted because of the fact.

“The only thing I will tell you is that at no time has this district ever considered putting armed guards inside the buildings,” Belmont said.

Board members continued to explain that they were specifically discussing the potential of placing an armed guard outside one of the schools with the specific purpose of preventing one specific and terrifying situation from unfolding.

Schools Superintendent Melissa Burak said that the resolution on the table that night was only to replicate their existing security plan and that they would have to continue to discuss the possible addition of an armed security guard at their next meeting on September 14.

Finding it pertinent to begin the screening process for additional personnel, the board reconvened on Aug. 15 for a special meeting, where they voted to establish a total of three security aide positions at the high school and six additional unarmed, uniformed security aide positions to be placed at each of the buildings in the district.

BEGINNERS AND ALL LEVELS WELCOME 32 ChurCh Street, Malverne (516) 984 -96 44 w w w. pe ac e f u lyoga . n e t

1181337

continued froM Page 11

1183407

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

22

23

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

You don't have to surf the net to save money!

Call Carol Mueller today for a free no obligation quote.

(516) 599-1100 ext.161 CarolM@NGLGroup.com NGL Insurance Group - Where we've been "bundling" insurance since 1966 Courtesy Town of Hempstead

Sons of Italy visited by a suprise guest

1182518 1180711

Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito recently stopped by the Judge Frank Gulotta Lodge in East Rockaway for the Sons of Italy meeting on Aug. 10.

Also in attendance were President Pasquale Scida, Vice President Alberta Ippolito, Treasurer Ronnie DiRienzo, Recording Secretary Gaetana DiRienzo and other members.

The Market Is Still Hot…

®

If you’re looking to sell your home, buy a new home or just need a friendly expert opinion on pricing the market, I am here to help you in whatever your Real Estate needs might be. Let me be a Mover & Shaker for you!

NCJW Peninsula Section has been providing services to our community and Israel for over 85 years.

As advocates, we impact policy and strive for social justice.

Your voice has never been more essential, and our voices together make a meaningful difference in the world.

Join us today and help us continue to ensure dignity for all.

Your Neighborhood Realtor

We are happy to be back in person at our first Program Meeting on Thursday, September 29th at Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre at Noon.

Our speaker will be noted author, Talia Carner.

Cost: $18 for Non members or you may join our section at the door.

Masks are required.

Angela Cinque Alaimo Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

c 516.319.2534

angela.alaimo@elliman.com

Visit us at www.ncjwpeninsula.org.

Call us at 516-569-3660 to get involved.

2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

1182097

Visit our Thrift Shop at 342 Central Avenue, Lawrence 1181191

Top 10 Agent Award Top Producer Award #1 Team on Long Island Diamond Team Award

The largest media, event and communications company on Long Island.

Come Join Our Team!

We are looking for Multimedia Advertising/ Marketing Salespeople to sell:

Digital Print Premiums Events and Sponsorships

Tim Baker/Herald photos

FOLLOwiNg thE wEEkEND’s drill festivities, fire departments from across New York took part in a parade, that made its way down Bedford Avenue in Bellmore. thE NORth BELLmORE Fire Department had the honor of hosting the parade and drill.

Marshal Honorary Chief Charles Lotten drove an antique truck.

1182350

The Market Is Still Strong If You Are Thinking Of Buying Or Selling Now Is A Good Time!

V I LLAG E PLAZA REALTY Serving Our Community With Honesty and Integrity For Over 42 Years.

Phillip Greenblatt, Licensed Real Estate Broker/Owner And Experienced Staff • Patricia Murphy • Theresa Maresca • Amy Kott • Doreen Romano • Gina Iannarelli • Susan LaConti • Stephanie Teear • Catherine Berardi • William Scazzero • Ellen Presser • Simon Mihalache

Call Today For A Fr ee M arke t A naly si s A nd A sk A bout Special Ra te s For Our Firs t Re sponders.

V I LLAG E

PLAZA REALTY

516-593-5455 info@villageplaza.com 141 Broadway, Malverne, NY 11565

w w w.villageplaza.com

R E SIDENTI A L AND COM MERC I A L SA L E S & R EN TA L S I N V E S T M E N T S

1181044

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

24

A grand weekend for a fire department parade and drill Engine and ladder companies from near and far compete for NYS Championship

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

Fire departments from across New York State came down to the Four Towns Fireman Training Center in Merrick this past weekend, to take place in the 2022 New York State Championship Drill, hosted this year by the North Bellmore Fire Department. The motorized drill competition took place on Saturday, followed by a parade on Sunday through the Bellmore Village.

Arthur White, chief of the North Bellmore department, explained that departments who wish to host the championship can volunteer to do so, and the Firefighting Drill Association of New York votes for who gets the honor. The location its hosted alternates between upstate and downstate departments, and when it’s hosted on Long Island, between Nassau and Suffolk County.

The championship had been a few years in the making, amid complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

White said North Bellmore learned it would host the tournament two years ago, but everything was postponed. The department had been planning last week-

end’s event for about 10-months he said, after it received word that the tournament would be taking place.

Though sometimes an old-fashioned drill competition will also take place at certain competitions, this weekend’s event was only motorized drill. A small fee of $10 was charged to enter the drill on Saturday, in addition to refreshments and souvenirs being sold.

The parade, which started at the intersection of Bellmore Road and Bellmore Avenue, and ended on Pettit Avenue by the Long Island Rail Road station, was free to attend.

The winning team was the Islip Wolves and in second through fifth place was the West Sayville Flying Dutchmen, the Central Islip Hoboes, the North Lindenhurst Piston Knockers and the Hagerman Gamblers.

White said he felt that North Bellmore hosting the event was good for both the department members, and the community.

“I think it’s a good inspiration — it brings life to (drill),” he said. “It’s good for the community. It brings the world back together. Post-Covid, things are going back to normal, and this is helpful.”

25

MEET THE 2022 AWARD WINNERS*

BANKING & FINANCE

HEALTHCARE

ZONING & LAND USE

Associate Jaspan Schlesinger LLP

Member and General Counsel Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.

Managing Member Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Donna-Marie Korth

TUESDAY GALA SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 09.25.19 6:00PM The Heritage Club at Bethpage 99 Quaker Meeting Rd. RICHNER Farmingdale NY Join Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLIVE for an exciting evening of CONNECTING, COLLABORATING and CELEBRATING Long Island’s top legal professionals.

PURCHASE TICKETS

richnerlive.com/toplawyerawards

Member Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP

Andrew S. Lewner

Partner Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein, LLP

COMPLIANCE LAW/ HEALTHCARE Roy W. Breitenbach

Partner Leader of Health Care Industry Team, Harris Beach PLLC

DIVORCE & FAMILY LAW

Rondiene E. Novitz

Managing Partner Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP

Joseph A. Quatela

Managing Partner Quatela Chimeri PLLC Partner Nixon Peabody LLP Member Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC

Erika L. Conti

MATRIMONIAL & FAMILY LAW

Alissa L. Van Horn

Managing Attorney The Law Offices of John J. Fellin, PLLC

David Mejias

Owner The Law Offices of Gilbert L. Balanoff, P.C.

Partner Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC Founder & Managing Partner Van Horn & Friedman, P.C. Founder & Managing Partner Mejias, Milgrim, Alvarado and Lindo, P.C.

ELDER LAW

Jennifer B. Cona

Founder & Managing Partner Cona Elder Law PLLC

Owner and Principal Attorney Ali Law Group

Connect. Collaborate. Celebrate!

John McEntee

Co-managing Shareholder Greenberg Traurig Long Island Office

Jon A. Ward

Sima Ali

RICHNER

LITIGATION

Managing Founder Townsend, Mottola & Uris Law

Adam Uris

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT

are needed to see this picture.

Partner Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.

Timothy Sini

Founding Partner Ettinger Law Firm

To sponsor or purchase ads, Contact Amy Amato, Corporate Relations and Events Director at aamato@liherald.com or 516.569.4000 x224

Jay Silverman

CRIMINAL LAW

Michael Ettinger

A portion of ticket sales will be donated to a local charity.

A. Thomas Levin

Tara Daub

Partner and Practice Group Leader, Labor & Employment Nixon Peabody LLP

Ruth B. Kraft

Partner Vigorito, Barker, Patterson, Nichols and Porter, LLP

John J. Fellin

Gilbert L. Balanoff

Michael H. Sahn

Ronald J. Rosenberg

Senior Partner Rosenberg Calica & Birney LLP

SPECIAL AWARDS

LAWYERS FOR THE 9/11 COMMUNITY Sara Director

Partner Barasch & McGarry

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bernard McGovern

Partner Vishnick MCGovern Milizio, LLP

PHILANTHROPY FIRM OF THE YEAR Attorneys and Staff

Jaspan Schlesinger LLP

PRO BONO PROJECT OF THE YEAR Joseph G. Milizio

Managing Partner Vishnick McGovern Milizio, LLP

NOT-FOR-PROFIT

ONES TO WATCH

Partner Vishnick McGovern Milizio, LLP

Principal Law Clerk, Supreme Court, Nassau County President, Long Island Hispanic Bar Association Board Member, Nassau County Women’s Bar Association

Morris Sabbagh

PERSONAL INJURY Philip J. Rizzuto

Owner The Rizzuto Law Firm

Veronica Renta Irwin

Natascia Ayers

RISING STARS

Jason Greenberg

Associate Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro, LLP

REAL ESTATE

Managing Attorney Law Office of Chad J. LaVeglia PLLC

Real Estate Attorney The Law Office of Asaf German, PC

Partner Lamb & Barnosky, LLP

Founder The Law Office of Natascia Ayers Founder Law Offices of Jason A. Greenberg, PC

Asaf German

TRUST AND ESTATES

Jared S. Behr

Chad J. LaVeglia

Alyssa L. Zuckerman

Andrew M. Cohen

TOP FIRMS

ENVIRONMENTAL

Ilana F. Davidov

Vishnick McGovern Milizio, LLP

Partner Nixon Peabody LLP

Candace Dellacona

Sami Groff

FORECLOSURES Bruce J. Berkman

Partner Berkman Henoch Peterson & Peddy P.C.

Principal Law Offices of Andrew M. Cohen

Founding Partner Davidov Law Group

Principal Offit Kurman Attorneys at Law

Brian A. Tully

Founder Tully Law Group, PC

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS

TOP LAW FIRM (11-50 EMPLOYEES) TOP LAW FIRM (50-74 EMPLOYEES)

Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC

TOP LAW FIRM (75+ EMPLOYEES) Nixon Peabody LLP

*List In Formation

1183163

Maria Girardi

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

Celebrating legal professionals and firms who embody excellence in their specific areas of legal practice.

SAVE THE DATE: 10.26.22

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

The Heritage Club at Bethpage 6PM-9PM

SUCCESS RUNS IN THE FAMILY (BUSINESS).

If You Know A Successful Family Business, Share It With Us! Family businesses are the beating heart of the business community and play a vital role in the Long Island economy. From small businesses to large multi-generational firms, these entrepreneurial families are building business legacies that will last for generations to come. After the number of challenges the past few years presented us, these family businesses overcame obstacles and continue to persevere.

RichnerLIVE and Herald Community Newspapers will celebrate family-owned businesses that are successful, giving back and moving Long Island forward.

Honorees will be announced in the Herald and celebrated at the 2022 Family Business Awards Gala. Nominations close September 16.

NOMINATE TODAY richnerlive.com/nominate or scan QR code below

Produced by:

A portion of ticket proceeds will be donated to a local charity.

RICHNER Connect. Collaborate. Celebrate!

For more information or to sponsor, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or (516) 569-4000 x224.

1183140

26

Students prepare for the start of a new year

27

By DANIEL OFFNER doffner@liherald.com

In an effort to provide young students with the necessary supplies to start the 2022-23 academic year off on the right foot, Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe joined forces with the local business community to host the annual backto-school backpack giveaway event at the Tanglewood Preserve in Rockville Centre.

More than 200 students of all ages gathered outside the Center for Science, Teaching, and Learning on Sunday, Aug. 14, to receive some much needed school supplies donated by Bethpage Federal Credit Union.

Children also received books provided by the West Hempstead-based group, Moms Who Care as part of their ongoing literacy-promoting initiatives.

The Center for Science, Teaching, and Learning also provided kids with a special presentation about reptiles, including snakes and lizards.

They also provided youngsters with a free tour of the center’s dinosaur and live animal exhibits.

The NAACP and St. Paul AME Church of Lakeview helped to provide snacks and drinks, and EZ Time Rental donated the use of a bouncy castle, which young guests enjoyed throughout the event.

“It is tremendously fulfilling to collaborate with so many community partners that are deeply committed to the success and well-being of our youth,” Legislator Bynoe said.

“We are gratified to Bethpage Federal Credit Union for their generous school supply donation, appreciative of the volunteer support from the Iota Theta Zeta Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, and thankful to Ray Ann Havasy and the Center for Science Teaching & Learning for again graciously hosting what has become an empowering back-to-school tradition in our community.”

Joe Abate/Herald photos

StEwzO thE CLOwN gives out free balloons to kids attending the back-to-school event.

Public Notices

LLYN1 0825

INgA SEAmON OF Lakeview and Renee Peart of Malverne hand out school supplies to local students at the event.

DEBORAh JEAN AND Emma Pean of Moms Who Cares, Inc. offer free books as part of their ongoing literacy-promoting intiative.

NASSAu COuNty LEgISLAtOR Shiela Bynoe joins students and families at the dinosaur exhibit at the Center for Science, Teaching, and Learning in Rockville Centre.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 8/31/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 609/22. - 612/22. NR EAST ROCKAWAY Dominick Rossello, Variances, lot area occupied, side yard, side yards aggregate, rear yard, maintain addition & sunroom both attached to dwelling; Variances, lot area occupied, front yard average setback, maintain front portico attached to dwelling; Variances, lot area occupied, side yard, side yards aggregate, rear yard, maintain decks attached to dwelling; Variance, side yard, maintain a/c unit attached to dwelling., E/s West Blvd., 287’ S/o Evans St. West, a/k/a 115 West Blvd.

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

This notice is only for new cases in East Rockaway within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction.

There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar.

The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals

The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

133627

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST MARY LYNNE MIRVILLE, GENEVIEVE MIRVILLE, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered May 16, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on September 12, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 11 WILSON AVENUE, LYNBROOK, NY 11563.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Lynbrook, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 37 Block: 280 Lot: 349. Approximate amount of judgment $309,573.16 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #005156/2013.

The aforementioned auction

will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protoco ls and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”.

George P. Esernio, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 00-295927 72778 133312

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF THE NEW RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2020-NPL2, Plaintiff, vs. RICHARD MORRISON, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on June 13, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on September 27, 2022 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 60 Denton Avenue, East Rockaway, NY 11518. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of East Rockaway, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 38, Block 509 and Lot 16. Approximate amount of judgment is $800,913.24 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #601633/2018.

This foreclosure sale will be held on the North Side Steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19

safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Irene Frances Parrino, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 201302-1 133639

To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF EAST ROCKAWAY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 7:00 PM at 376 Atlantic Avenue, East Rockaway, New York, to introduce the following proposed local laws: Proposed Local Law #13 of 2022 amending Section 275-72 of the Code of the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway in regard to prohibited parking.

The above proposed local laws may be inspected in the office of the Village Clerk at Village Hall, 376 Atlantic Avenue, East Rockaway, New York, seven (7) days before the hearing, during regular office hours, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

All interested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard at the time and place aforesaid.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, New York.

Patricia Renner Village Clerk-Treasurer August 17, 2022 133646

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

Kids get free supplies before school starts

H1 08/25

HERALD

Employment

CLASSIFIED

Fax your ad to: 516-622-7460 E-mail you ad to: ereynolds@liherald.com E-mail Finds Under $100 to: sales@liherald.com DEADLINE: Monday, 11:00 am for all classified ads.

To pLACE your AD CALL 516-569-4000 - press 5

Every effort is made to insure the accuracy of your ad. Please check your ad at the first insertion. Credit will be made only for the first insertion. Credit given for errors in ads is limited to the printed space involved. Publisher reserves right to reject, cancel or correctly classify and ad.

LYNBROOK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

RECRUITING A GREAT TEAM IS REALLY SIMPLE.

111 Atlantic Avenue, Lynbrook, New York 11563

POSITIONS AVAILABLE Teaching Assistants Full-time positions Must possess New York State Teaching Certification

Security Aides (Civil Service)

10-month positions

Daytime and evening hours Prior law enforcement experience is required.

WE HIRE THE BEST

SUBSTITUTE POSITIONS AVAILABLE Teaching Assistants Clerical Staff Custodial Staff Monitors Nurses Permanent and Per Diem Teachers Teacher Aides

A Growing Multi Media Company Based in Garden City Is Hiring: • Receptionist • Human Resource Director • Reporter/Editor • Sales • Multi Media Coordinator • Drivers • Pressman/Press Helper

Interested candidates send a cover letter and resume to Employment@lynbrookschools.org on or before September 14, 2022.

Please include position in email subject.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper group has several administrative job openings: Receptionist (F/T), Accounts Receivable/Billing Collections Clerk Multi-Media Coordinator (Hours Flexible) Qualified candidates are fast learners with good organizational and people skills - entry level ok.

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

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

CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE Full Time/Part Time Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department.

Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.

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

COMPANIONS

P/T and F/T With Elderly Experience Required All Hours Available CALL AGENCY 516-328-7126

COOK: EXPERIENCED Wanted For Food Truck Parked In Oceanside Great Pay And Hours Wednesday - Sunday 516-385-7141 COUNTER HELP/ ASSEMBLY FT/ PT For Busy Dry Cleaner In Long Beach. Call Breanna 516-431-6863

Court Messenger/ Part Time

Seeking P/T Court Messenger To Deliver Documents To NYC. Travel Via LIRR From Our Office To Manhattan And Return.

Monday-Thursday 8AM-12PM. $20 Hourly. Retirees Welcomed Much Walking Involved.

Mark 516-679-6702 x 101

DELI COUNTER AND PREP PERSON Full Time And Part Time. Weekends A Must. Experienced. Long Beach. Call 516-431-5515 DELIVERY DRIVER: P/T, Short Hours.

Excellent Pay/Tips. Delivery Charge Goes To Driver. IMMEDIATE! 516-295-5421, Veronica/ Mark/ Glen

1128595

Help Wanted

CLERK FULL TIME

Needed For Garden City Law Firm. Responsibilities Include Filing, Ordering And Stocking Office Supplies, Mail Distribution, Photocopying, Scanning, And Errands To Banks, Post Office And Courts.

Must Have A Vehicle And Valid N.Y. Driver License.

Please Email Resume To mjagnandan@albaneselegal.com Or Call 516-248-7000 Ext.2212

1181223

EMPLOYMENT

To join our team, please email your resume to careers@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 Ext #235

Franklin Square UFSD

DRIVERS WANTED

Full Time and Part Time Positions Available!

Busy Print Shop in Garden City is Hiring Immediately for Full Time and Part Time Drivers.

Must Have a Clean License and BoxTruck Driving Experience.

Hours Vary, Night Availability is a Must.

Please Email Resume to ehecker@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239

EDITOR/REPORTER

The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team!

This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry.

To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@riverdalepress.com

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

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

Must Have B License With PS Endorsement And NYS Fingerprints Required. Guaranteed 6 Hours/Day. 10 Month Position. Offering Benefits, Retirement Fund And Holiday Pay. $25.35/Hour With Contractual Increases.

If interested, please email resume to our Personnel Office at

jcentrella@franklinsquare.k12.ny.us MANAGER- BAYA BAR, OCEANSIDE Hard-Working And High Energy To Join Our Staff, Delivering Superior Service To Maximize Customer Satisfaction, Regularly Review Inventory, Oraganize/Supervise Shifts, Ensure Safety Compliance, Train New/Current Employees, New York Food Protection Certificate Highly Desired Matthew 646-533-6615.

OFFICE ASSISTANT P/T

We Are In Search Of A Dependable Assistant For Answering Phones, Scheduling Appointments, Copying, Data Entry, And Various Other Office Duties. Will Train The Right Candidate.

E mail Resume To: jwpersonal@ wilsoncollegeconsulting.com OFFICE HELP PT: Computer Literate.

Answer Phones, Packing, Process Orders.

B a l d w i n D e n t a l S u p p l y C o m p a n y.

516-783-7800

1181982

Dr. Maureen T. Berman Assistant Superintendent for Personnel, Transportation and Student Support Services

1183362

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

28

OUTSIDE SALES

Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships.

Salary, Commission, Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and Paid Time Off. Will Consider Part Time.

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

PART TIME ASSISTANTS

Garden City Childcare Center

Monday through Friday $15 per hour HS Diploma Required Call 516-572-7614

29

H2 08/25

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

ROCKVILLE CENTRE UFSD

viscardicenter 2.crtr - Page 1 - Composite

viscardicenter 2.crtr - Page 1Job - Composite 20+ Part-Time Coach viscardicenter 2.crtr - Page 1 - Composite Positions Available 20+ Part-Time Job Coach 20+ Part-Time Job Coach Positions in yourAvailable Area!

LAWRENCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: PART TIME LUNCH MONITORS 2-4 HOURS PER DAY Salary: $15.00 per hour

Positions Available in Nassau yourCounty: Area!

Albertson • Floral Park Freeport • County: Hempstead • Mineola • Levittown in•Nassau your Area!

SCHOOL NURSE 2 POSTIONS

TEACHER AIDE AND MONITOR POSITIONS

NYSED Fingerprint Clearance required.

(HS diploma required for teachers aide)

1181905

Fingerprint Clearance Required For All Positions

Albertson • Floral Park • Nassau Freeport • County: Hempstead • Mineola • Levittown Suffolk County: Albertson • Floral Park • Suffolk Freeport •County: Hempstead • Mineola • Levittown Deer •• Elwood Floater Deer Park Park •• Kings Kings Park ParkSuffolk Elwood ••County: Floater Positions Positions Also Also Available!

Available!

DeerPart-time Park • Kings Park • Elwood • Floater Positions Also Available!

Part-time opportunities opportunities available available in in local local areas areas assisting School students with Part-timeHigh opportunities available in disabilities local areas at job teach job and skills. atassisting job sites, sites,High teach job skills skills and socialization socialization skills.

School students with disabilities Follows school hours and calendar. skills. at job sites, teach job skills and socialization Follows school hours and calendar.

Follows school465-1432 hours andorcalendar.

Call (516) email humanresources@viscardicenter.org Call Call (516) (516) 465-1432 465-1432 or or email email for more information. humanresources@viscardicenter.org humanresources@viscardicenter.org for more information.

PLEASE CONTACT HUMAN RESOURCES

AT 516 295-7037

Franklin Square UFSD

Malverne UFSD Long Island, New York

one of the leading school districts on Long Island, is seeking talented and dedicated professionals to be part of our team.

We are accepting applications for the following positions:

has the following position available:

PART TIME SUBSTITUTE CLEANERS NEEDED

Bus Dispatcher

Clericals

(will need to take and pass Civil Service Exam) Salary range - $41,245 - $45,994

Various Shifts As Needed $18.75/Hour

Part Time

Experience A Plus Good Work Ethic Required

$17.78/hourly

Applications may be picked up at:

Substitute Cleaners, Clerical, Teacher Aides, RN’s, LPN’s and Security Aides

If interested, please email resume to our Personnel Office at jcentrella@franklinsquare.k12.ny.us

Malverne UFSD Office of Human Resources 301 Wicks Lane, Malverne, NY 11565 or Call 516-887-6419 dlawlor@malverneschools.org

Teaching Assistants

Interested candidates must apply on-line at www.hewlett-woodmere.net click on career opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer

1183385

Teacher/Lunch Aides

Malverne Union Free School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

IVERS BUS DR TED WAN NEW

Franklin Square UFSD

DoN’T MISS The Bus!

Has tHe following positions available:

STARTING SAlARIES Big Bus Van

$26.18/hr.

1181626

Starting Immediately!

Salary $30,186

F/T BUS ATTenDAnTS neeDeD

$23.41/hr.

HERALD

Homes

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5 REAL ESTATE Open Houses

Our Kids Place is Looking for a UPK Teacher with Early Childhood Degree and a Minimum of One Year Experience in a Licensed Center. You Must be CPR/First Aid Certified, Have High Energy and a Passion for Teaching. We Offer a Warm and Comforting Environment to Encourage our Children to Grow Both Emotionally and Intellectually. Please Send a Cover Letter and Resume to contact@ourkidsplacecares.com or FAX to 516-706-4935. For Questions, Please Call 516-569-5999

PRIVATE DRIVER NEEDED

Weekly Hours Vary. Occasional Overnight Stay. Use Of Company Car. Background Check And DMV Check.

Call For Details. Barbara 516-705-4804 RECEPTIONIST FULL TIME: Busy OBGYN Office Rockville Centre. Call Maureen 516-764-1095

UP TO $19.09 NYC, $18 L.I., $14.50 Upstate NY! If you need care from your relative, friend/ neighbor and you have Medicaid, they may be eligible to start taking care of you as personal assistant under NYS Medicaid CDPA Program. No Certificates needed. 347-713-3553

If interested, please email resume to our Personnel Office at

jcentrella@franklinsquare.k12.ny.us Health Care/Opportunities

1183192

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

Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com

Non-Benefit Rate

1182218

• 6 Hours per day EAST ROCKAWAY BA, 25 Thompson • Benefits and Pension Sign On Bonus $2,500.00 for CDL driver bus and van Dr, NEW! 6 BR, 4.5 Bth Renovated & Ex$500.00 for non CDL drivers. Will train qualified applicants *Some restrictions may apply. panded 4500 Sq Ft Home with Open Lay• 10 month position out. 2 Story EF, Huge Gran/Wood Chefs EDUcATIoNAl BUS TRANSpoRTATIoN Kitchen w/2 Islands, LR/Fpl & Fam Rm. be compassionate and patient Primary Ste Boasts Rad Htd Bath, 2 WICs. 516.454.2300 5th_floor • Clients•• Must m-Clients • Malverne • 44897 Malverne Richner Communications SD#20 in Waverly Park Area. MUST 3.125x 3" Richner Communications • Experience with special needs children a plus, SEE!...$1,139,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299 Help Wanted but not required TEACHER FT OR PT Non-Benefit Rate

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

WE HAVE THE HELP YOU NEED!!!

HHA's, LPN's, Nurse's Aides Childcare. Housekeeping Day Workers No Fee To Employers

Evon's Svces: 516-505-5510

EAST ROCKAWAY BA, 8 Howland Rd, FIRST TIME ON MARKET! 4 BR, 2.5 Bth on Beautiful St in SD#20 (Lynbrook) LR, FDR, EIK, Den & Fin Bsmt. Att Gar. HW Flr, CAC, Gas Ht...$699,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

Situations Wanted

Needs A Job For FT/PT Position. RVC Vicinity. Available Immediately. Experienced. Call 516-536-6994

HOME HEALTH AIDE Available Nights And Weekends. 25 Years Experience. Excellent References. Call Monica 516-325-5774

1182404

Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools,

1181686

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 1183380

Candidates should email a letter of interest and resume to: Mr. John Murphy Asst. to the Superintendent for Human Resources jmurphy@rvcschools.org

• To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5 • To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

H EW L ET T 1 53 4 B ROA DWAY # 103 , OPEN HOUSE BY APPT, REDUCED! Magnificent New Renovation! One of a Kind Ranch Style Living in Luxurious Jonathan Hall Condominium with Doorman & Elevator. Just Move into This Gut Renovated, Spacious 2 BR, 2 Bath Apt with Open Layout.Large Designer Eat in Kitchen with Sep Pantry & Laundry Rm.Master BR Boasts Gorgeous Bth & Walk in Closet.

Terrace Faces into Cour tyard. Garage Parking Incl...$799,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

Open Houses H EW L ET T 1 53 4 B ROA DWAY # 205 , Open House By Appt, NEW TO MARKET! Extra Large 2000 Sq Ft, 2 Bedroom(Originally 3 BR), 2 Bath Condo in Prestigious Jonathan Hall with Doorman & Elevator.

Updtd Wood/Quartz Kit, LR & DR. Washer/Dryer in Unit. Underground Pkg. Loads of Closets. Terrace Faces Back. Easy Ranch Style Living...$799,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299 HEWLETT HARBOR BA 1299 Seawane Dr Beautiful 4 BR, 3 Bath Exp Ranch with Open Layout in Prime Location.Updtd Wood/Marble Kitchen & Great Room Overlooking Magnificently Landscaped 3/4 Acre Parklike Prop. Main Floor Primary Ste. SD#14...$1,799,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4

House For Sale EAST ROCKAWAY: 2 Family. Finished Basement, 4/Car Driveway, Near All/ LIRR. $ 7 9 9 K . O w n e r. 5 1 6 - 9 4 6 - 9 2 4 4 ; 718-570-2526

Houses For Rent HEWLETT BA 220 Jackson Pl,,NEW FULL HOUSE RENTAL in SD#20. Immaculate/Furnished Colonial at the End of Private Dead End St. Mstr BR/Bth Plus 3 Addl BRs & Bath on Second Level.

LR,FDR,Sunken Den w/ Fpl & Spacious E I K . 2 C a r A t t G a r. F i n B s m t . O / s Prop...$5,250 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

Employment

HERALD

H3 08/25

Homes

HERALD

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

HOME Of tHE WEEK

The problems water causes

Q. Our attic air conditioning leaked into our ceiling. The ceiling is so wet we need to replace it. We now understand we’ll need to have the pipe that drains water out of our A.C. drain pan blown out every spring, and now have a service contract for that. The insulation is also wet. We were told to let it dry out and it will be fine. Is this true? Also, the ceiling joists over our 12-foot-wide master bedroom are only 2 x 6, which might cause the ceiling to sag and isn’t enough for the insulation, we’re told, which we understand has to be 10 inches thick. When we asked our contractor about this, he told us we can push the insulation down and then replace the plywood floor in our attic. What do you think?

• To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

North Woodmere

Spacious Raised Ranch

T

his spacious Raised Ranch home has 3 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms and plenty of room for everyone.

The living area is perfect to host your next family gathering while the eat-in kitchen with skylight will make cooking easy! You'll love having this den as additional sleeping quarters or use it just how it was meant…as extra space that can be used when needed without worrying about taking up valuable real estate inside! $1,150,000

A. When it rains, it pours. The leaking was a wakeup call that A.C. unit condensation occurs every summer season, and even though you have a drain pan, if it doesn’t have a working sensor to shut off before the drain pan overflows and you never clean the drain pan pipe to the outdoors, the water overflows. You should, by law (code), onte eeper have a floor in the attic around the unit, also, which can dry out, since it remains structural, and will be minimally affected by the water.

The insulation and the sheetrock are another story. If the sheetrock hasn’t loosened and isn’t sagging, then it can just be left to dry out. Make certain, even using a moisture meter, that the sheetrock is completely dry before repainting to avoid potential mildew and discoloration. The insulation, if it is either fiberglass or closed-cell foam, can be dried out also, but only if it can be exposed. This means removing the plywood flooring above so that air can get to the insulation.

In addition, the insulation should be inspected to see that it isn’t compressed by the saturation weight of the water, since compressing insulation, contrary to what you were told, actually takes away the ability for it to work properly. The principle behind insulation technology isn’t just the use of thermally resistant material but, most critically, the insulation forms tiny air pockets within the material that form the resistance to air passing through. Each trapped air bubble slows the transfer of cold or heat by first conducting or resisting the temperature change within the air molecules.

Heat moves by one of three mechanical principles, convection, conduction and radiation. If the air bubbles or pockets in the insulation are pressed closer together and the material made denser by this, the conduction or transfer of temperature is easier, so the insulation has less likelihood of resisting, and resisting is what you want insulation to do. It would be great to rebuild the floor with deeper joists or have closed-cell foam sprayed in, since it also resists water saturation to solve the problem. Good luck!

Ask The Architect

M

1208 Broadway Hewlett, NY 11557 516-791-1313 vipropertiesny.com

OPEN HOUSES SUNday, 8/28/22

EaST ROCKaWay 8 Howland Rd, BA, FIRST TIME ON MARKET! 4 BR, 2.5 Bth on Beautiful St in SD#20(Lynbrook)LR,FDR EIK, Den & Fin Bsmt. Att Gar. HW Flr, CAC, Gas Ht... $699,000 25 Thompson Dr, BA, NEW! 6 BR, 4.5 Bth Renovated & Expanded 4500 Sq Ft Home with Open Layout. 2 Story EF, Huge Gran/Wood Chefs Kitchen w/2 Islands, LR/Fpl & Fam Rm. Primary Ste Boasts Rad Htd Bath, 2 WICs. SD#20 in Waverly Park Area. MUST SEE! ......................................................................................................................$1,139,000 42 Cathay Rd, BA, Spectacular Custom 5000 Sq Ft CH Colonial with 5/6 BR, 4.5 Bths.

Soaring 10' Ceilings, Spacious Open Flow. Huge Designer EIK, Butler Pantry, LR,Fam Rm w/ Fpl, FDR & Possible Guest Quarters.Resortlike Yard w/ Saltwater IG Pool w/ Waterfall, Out Door Kitchen. Every Amenity! SD#20 ........................................ $1,799,000 8 Acorn Rd, BA, 5 BR, 3 Bth Front to Back Split on Beautiful Quiet St in Lynbrook SD#20. Fin Bsmt, Att Gar. CAC, Gas Ht, HW Flr ............................... REDUCED! $799,000 HEWLETT 220 Jackson Pl, BA, NEW FULL HOUSE RENTAL in SD#20. Immaculate/Furnished Colonial at the End of Private Dead End St. Mstr BR/Bth Plus 3 Addl BRs & Bath on Second Level. LR, FDR, Sunken Den w/ Fpl & Spacious EIK. 2 Car Att Gar. Fin Bsmt. O/s Prop.............................................................................................................................$5,250 1534 Broadway #103, BA, Magnificent New Renovation! One of a Kind Ranch Style Living in Luxurious Jonathan Hall Condominium with Doorman & Elevator. Just Move into This Gut Renovated, Spacious 2 BR, 2 Bath Apt with Open Layout. Large Designer Eat in Kitchen with Sep Pantry & Laundry Rm.Master BR Boasts Gorgeous Bth & Walk in Closet. Terrace Faces into Courtyard. Garage Parking Incl... ...... REDUCED! $799,000 1534 Broadway #205, BA, Extra Large 2000 Sq Ft, 2 Bedroom(Originally 3 BR), 2 Bath Condo in Prestigious Jonathan Hall with Doorman & Elevator. Updtd Wood/Quartz Kit, LR & DR. Washer/Dryer in Unit. Underground Pkg. Loads of Closets. Terrace Faces Back. Easy Ranch Style Living ..........................................................REDUCED! $799,000 HEWLETT HaRBOR 1299 Seawane Dr, BA, Beautiful 4 BR, 3 Bath Exp Ranch with Open Layout in Prime Location.Updtd Wood/Marble Kitchen & Great Room Overlooking Magnificently Landscaped 3/4 Acre Parklike Prop. Main Floor Primary Ste. SD#14... ........... $1,799,000 ROCKVILLE CENTRE 133 S. Centre Ave, BA, Move Right Into This Renovated 4/5 BR, 3 Bth Colonial w/ LR, DR & Gran/Wood EIK with Stainless Steel Appl. Full Bsmt, 2 Car Gar. RVC Schools ............................................................................................... REDUCED! $949,000 299 Princeton Rd, BA, Move Right Into This 3 BR, 2.5 Bth Colonial on Lovely Street. LR w/ Fpl, FDR, Sun Room & Updated Gran/Wood EIK. Master Ste Has Updtd Bth. Walk Up Attic with Cedar Closet. Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Det Gar. Rockville Centre SD........ REDUCED! $799,000 CEdaRHURST 332B Peninsula Blvd, BA, FIRST TIME ON MARKET! Move Right Into This Updated Townhouse Featuring 3 Spacious Bedroom, 2.5 Bths, Living Room, Dining Room & Gran/Wood Kit w/ Stainless Steel Appl. Attached Garage Plus 1 additional Pkg Space.

Washer/Dryer. Pull Down Attic Has Lots of storage. Trex Deck off LR. CAC 2 Zones, Gas Ht. Convenient to Shops, Trans & Houses of Worship, SD#15.. .......................... $449,000

Apartments For Rent CEDARHURST NO FEE Pr ivate Entrance, Modern 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, CAC, W/D, Storage, Wall To Wall Carpeting, Indoor Parking Space. Starting At $1450 For O n e B e d r o o m W h e n Ava i l a bl e.

(516)860-6889/ (516)852-5135/ (516)582-9978

Offices For Rent OFFICE FOR RENT

1220 Wantagh Ave. (Off Jerusalem Ave) 370 Square Feet, Parking, Central A/C. Heat, & Electric Included 917 217-9794

“Going Above & Beyond to find your Dream Home”

Rhonda Healy

M: (516) 236-7269

Real Estate Salesperson, abR, SRS E: Rhonda@RhondaHealy.com Verdeschi & Walsh Realty 1025 W. Beech St. | Long Beach, NY Offices For Rent

ROCKVILLE CENTRE

Part-time Office Available Main Floor, In Large Medical Building. About 120 sq. ft.

Furnished With Waiting Room Cleaning Service, Parking, Near Public Transportation Wheelchair Accessible

Call David Ilson 516-317-4590

OneKey Multiple Listing Service

Timeshares ST. MAARTEN TIMESHARE: One BR, Sleeps 6, On The Beach. July Week. $7000. Call 516-680-4246

MoneyTo Lend ARE YOU BEHIND $10k OR MORE ON YOUR TAXES? Stop wage & bank levies, liens & audits, unfiled tax returns, payroll issues, & resolve tax debt FAST. Call 888-869-5361 (Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-5pm PST)

Helping you find a HOME or sell a HOME … a place to call your own.

Suburb or country, house, condo, townhouse or apartment, our Classifieds can help you find a HOME that fits your style, your budget and Real Estate needs... it’s a MUST SEE!

Call us today!

1181778

Ronnie Gerber 516-238-4299

1182931

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

30

Your Hometown Newspaper

To Place an Ad Call: 516-569-4000 • Press 5

L

© 2022 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

31

H4 08/25

Market Place • • To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

tree removal

tree pruning stump grinding lot clearing

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

FREE WATER

WATER WELLS INSTALLED FOR YOUR LAWN SPRINKLER

2-3 YEAR PAYBACK FROM YOUR WATER BILL SAvINGS

ExPENSIvE WATER

QUALITY FENCE INSTALLATION AT A GREAT PRICE OWA_Calm_7_27

Sunday, July 26, 2020 11:32:38 PM

WATER

GARY CAPARELLI InC.

mention this ad and get $25 off

FOR AN ESTIMATE TEXT:

greenleaftreenY@gmail.com www.greenleaftreeremovalnY.com

fully licensed & insured

Long Island's Premier Painting & Remodeling Specialist!

FREE ESTIMATES LICENSED INSURED 1182695

1166345

Dave marlOWe Plumbing, inC.

County Irrigation Services Lawn Sprinkler Specialist

DBA BOB PHILLIPS PLUMBING

SERVICES: INSTALLATIONS • REPAIRS/ SERVICES PROFESSIONAL DESIGN • SPRING START-UP & WINTER CLOSING SERVICE CONTRACTS • ATHLETIC FIELDS

When You Buy From Us, You Get

If Your Plumbing STInkS

1182121

1181931

Free estImates • Licensed & Insured

631-532-5617 • Cell: 516-996-3036

LIC: #42194-H

Just call 516-569-4000 www.tikalhomeimprovement.com press 5, then 2

LIC: #H3711000000

To Place Your Card in the Here’s My Card Directory Just call our Classified Department at

516-569-4000 press 5, then 2

1175149

ALFREDO’S CONSTRUCTION

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE TREE SERVICE

Home Improvement Corp.

OffiCe: 516-766-4583 Call/TeXT: 516-840-9432 Specializing

at

FREE ESTIMATES

SUMMER IS HERE AND IT'S SURELY HEATING UP ...

CALL US WHEN YOUR TREES NEED TO BE CUT

CERTIFIED ARBORIST ON STAFF TREE REMOVAL • LAND CLEARING • PRUNING STUMP GRINDING • ELEVATING • STORM PREVENTION OWNER OPERATED • RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL

WWW.WECARETREESERVICE.COM

Suff. Lic# HI-65621

(516) 766-1666 (631) 225-2600

FREE • Chimneys Repaired, Rebuilt & Tuckpointing ESTIMATES • Stainless Steel Liners Installed Fully licensed and insured Nassau • Suffolk • NYC

BLACKTOP

senior Citizen Discounts

Call For Summer SpecialS

• ConCrete • BriCk Patios • stooPs • stuCCo • Belgium BloCks • sidewalks • drainage ProBlems • Cellar entranCe • waterProofing • driveway sealing demolition • dumPster serviCe • Powerwashing • handyman rePairs

516-424-3598 516-807-3852

Free estimates

CENTRAL A/C. DUCTLESS, SERVICE & INSTALLATION

CARRIER & BRYANT AUTHORIZED DEALER 516-792-0454 SAME DAY SERVICE WWW.DEEPFREEZEHVAC.COM *Power washing sPecialist*

Chimney King, Ent. Inc. Chimney Cleaning & Masonry Services Done By Firefighters That Care chimneykinginc.com

Licensed & insured

in

BeSt priceS in town

DEEP FREEZE HVAC/R

516-216-2617

Nass. Lic. # 185081

Se Habla Español

the

1180111

Wenk PIPING & HEATING CORP.

516-255-9595

#1181259

All Plumbing & Heating Work • Lic. /Ins.

FREE ESTIMATES • 24/7 Emergency Service Available wenkpipingandheating.com

LICENSED & INSURED LIC. # H351118000

1175607

Oil to Gas Conversions • Hot Water Heaters Boilers • Radiant Heat • Whole House Water Filters

Masonry • Steps • Driveways Water Proofing • Pointing • Siding Kitchen Remodeling To Place Your Card in the • Roofing Basements • Windows • Sheetrock & More Here’s My Card Directory

on labor only

• Permits & Legalizations • Certified NYS Backflows • Licensed Master Plumber • Insured • FREE Estimates

FAST • RELIABLE • REASONABLE RATES www.CountyIrrigation.Com

516-889-3200

Exp. 10/15/22

10% Off

ORDER NOW & WE WILL UPGRADE YOUR HEAD CONNECTION WITH BLAZING SADDLES & SWING JOINTS!

Call The WenkS!

For New Customers

Mention this ad and get

FREE 5 Year Guarantee!

Rain Sensor, Spring Start up, Fall Winterize, Valve Containment System, Dura Manifold System For Easy On/Off Service, Backflow Test, Extra Wiring For Future Use, Hose Bib.

1109488

25 OFF Any Service Call

Over 100 Years Of familY Plumbing Oil to Gas • Toilets • Faucets • Repairs & Replacements Waste Piping • Water Piping

1153496

516-860-9555

1181596

Experienced Quality Services:

• Interior/ Exterior Painting (all Kinds) • Kitchen Cabinet Painting • Kitchen & Bathroom Remodeling • Interior/ Exterior 10% ANY EXTERIOR Home OFF PAINTING JOB Remodeling

jdpaintremodeling.com

CALL todAy And sAve

www.garycap.com

AURA PAINTING

CALL NOW! 516-297-1885

$

917-642-4308

1180994

DG FENCE

FREE

Residential and Commercial - All Surfaces Call Anthony Romeo “The Local Guy” “Anthony & J Home Improvement, Inc.” Also specializes in ★ Deck Renovation ★ Driveways ★ Siding ★ Masonry ★ Fences ★ Roofing ★ Interior/Exterior Painting.

(516) 678-6641 - Licensed & Insured

1180536

VINYL FENCE CHAIN LINK FENCE ALUMINUM FENCE WOOD FENCE PVC RAILINGS

NASSAU: 516-962-0646 SUFFOLK: 631-288-8733 (631-CUT-TREE)

1178396

1181046

call today for a free estimate

1171766

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

Free estimates...Best Price For High Quality service

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

HERALD

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

32

HERALD

Stuff

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5 MERCHANDISE MART

Finds Under $100

Antiques/Collectibles

S I L K L A M P S H A D E : G O L D, n ew, wrapped 8" Top, 18" bottom, 13" from top to bottom, $40. 516-537-3941

We Buy Antiques, Fine Art & Jewelry Same Day Service, Free In-Home Evaluations, 45 Year Family Business. Licensed and Bonded, Immediate Cash Paid.

SYL-LEE ANTIQUES www.syl-leeantiques.com 516-671-6464

Wanted To Buy

TUB TRANSPORT BENCH $40, tub chair $10, Scooter knee walker $40, 516-428-3261 WHEELCHAIR: EXCELLENT CONDITION. $50.00 516-561-1076

FREON WANTED

Certified Buyer looking to pay CA$H R11, R12, R500 & more. Call Clarissa at 312-535-8384

SERVICES

FINDS UNDER $100

Brick/Block/Concrete/Masonry

Finds Under $100

*MICHAEL LO BAIDO CONSTRUCTION*

20" HIGH CYLINDER glass vase, crystal beads, silk flowers. originally $75.00 asking $35.00 516-579-9089 ANN KLEIN PATENT Leather pumps, Black, Size 7.5, 3.5 inch heels. $40.

516-537-3941 BEDSIDE TOILET SEAT $30, Hayward pool pump $25 516-428-3261 GOLDTONE LIGHTER BY Colibri, brand new with butane fuel refill, vintage $25.00 take all (516)579-9089 GOLF BAG CART: Folding, 3 Wheels, Excellent Condition. $25. 516-561-1076.

POOL SOLAR COVER: 21' Round, $99.00; Charlie 516-510-4703.

H5 08/25

Cement Specialist, Brickwork, Interlock Bricks, Belgium Blocks, Stoops, Patios, Basement Entrances, Pavers, Waterproofing. Quality Work, Lic./ Ins. Owner Always Onsite Free Estimates 516-354-5578

Decks DECKS DECKS Our Only Business COMPOSITES/WOOD Excellent References & Many Photos Lic./Ins. Free Estimates C & S DECKS 516-729-5859

• To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5 • To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5 Electricians

Home Improvement

E-Z ELECTRIC SERVICES, INC. All Types Residential/Commercial Wiring, Generators, Telephone/Data, Home Entertainment, Service Upgrades, Pools, Spas.

Services/Repairs. Violations Removed.

Free Estimates Low Rates.

516-785-0646 Lic/Ins.

HANDY DANDY HOME IMPROVEMENTS * Full Or Partial Kitchens/ Baths *Painting *Sheetrock *Taping/ Spackling *Installations Ceramic/ Vinyl Tile *Carpentry *Alterations *Repairs/ More. FREE ESTIMATES. Dan 516-342-0761

Fences QUALITY FENCE INSTALLATION AT A GREAT PRICE. Vinyl Fence, Aluminum Fence, Chain Link Fence, Wood Fence, PVC Railings. Free Est. Licensed/Insured.

DG Fence. 516-860-9555.

Handyman HANDYMAN Repairs and Installations for the Household. Careful and Reliable and Vaccinated.

Licensed and Insured. 30-Year Nassau County Resident. Friendly Frank Phone/Text 516-238-2112 E-mail-Frankcav@optonline.net

Home Improvement BATH & SHOWER UPDATES in as little as ONE DAY! Affordable prices - No payments for 18 months! Lifetime warranty & professional installs. Senior & Military Discounts available. Call: 866-393-3636 ELIMINATE GUTTER CLEANING forever! LeafFilter, the most advanced debrisblocking gutter protection. Schedule a FREE LeafFilter estimate today. 15% off and 0% financing for those who qualify.

PLUS Senior & Military Discounts. Call 1-877-763-2379

HErald

Crossword Puzzle

NEVER PAY FOR Covered Home Repairs Again! Complete Care Home Warranty COVERS ALL MAJOR SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCES. 30 DAY RISK FREE. $200.00 OFF + 2 FREE Months!

866-440-6501 W I R E M A N / C A B L E M A N F L AT T V s mounted, Phone, TVs&Computer wiring installed & serviced, camera &stereos , HDTV – Antennas- FREE TV www.davewireman.com Call Dave 516-433-WIRE (9473) 631-667-WIRE (9473) or Text 516-353-1118

Miscellaneous BEST SATELLITE TV with 2 Year Price Guarantee! $59.99/mo with 190 channels and 3 months free premium movie channels! Free next day installation! Call 888-508-5313 DIRECTV FOR $79.99/MO for 12 months with CHOICE Package. Watch your favorite live sports, news & entertainment anywhere. First 3 months of HBO Max, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz and Epix included!

Directv is #1 in Customer Satisfaction (JD Power & Assoc.) Some restrictions apply.

Call 1-888-534-6918

Pet Services

Health & Fitness ATTENTION VIAGRA USERS: Generic 100mg blue pills or generic 20mg yellow pills. Get 45 plus 5 free $99 + S/H. Call Today. 877-707-5523 WE HAVE THE HELP YOU NEED HHA, LPN, Nurse's Aide, Childcare, Housekeeping & Day Workers. No Fees to Employers. Call Evons Ser vices 516-505-5510

Autos Wanted WHEELS FOR WISHES benefiting MakeA-Wish® Northeast New York. Your Car Donations Matter NOW More Than Ever!

Free Vehicle Pick Up ANYWHERE. We Accept Most Vehicles Running or Not. 100% Tax Deductible. Minimal To No Human Contact. Call: (877) 798-9474. Car Donation Foundation d/b/a Wheels For Wishes. www.wheelsforwishes.org.

AUTOMOBILE & MARINE Autos Wanted ***AAA*** AUTO BUYERS $Highest$ Ca$h Paid$. All Years/ Conditions! WE VISIT YOU! Or Donate, Tax Deduct + Ca$h. DMV ID#1303199. Call LUKE 516VAN-CARS. 516-297-2277 DRIVE OUT BREAST Cancer: Donate a car today! The benefits of donating your car or boat: Fast Free Pickup - 24hr Response Tax Deduction - Easy To Do! Call 24/7: 855-905-4755

Junk Cars Wanted

HIGHEST CA$H PAID All Cars Bought 24/7 FREE Pickup

Serving Nassau County 41 Years No Title, No Keys=No Problem ID Required. CALL US LAST!

Call us at 516-766-0000

Deals on Wheels

GRACIE'S DOG WALKING & SITTING: Looking To Have Your Dog Walked Or Watched While At Work Or Away? You Found Me. Please Call Kim 516-554-1847

Plumbing PLUMBER! PLUMBER! PLUMBER! FREE ESTIMATES! Heating, Repairs, Installations. $25 OFF New Customers.

24 Hour Emergency Response.

516-599-1011

Power Washing POWERWASHING ALL SURFACES: H o u s e s , Fe n c e s , C o n c r e t e / B r i ck , Decks/Sealing. . ANTHONY & J HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC. 516-678-6641

Want to sell your car, motorcycle or boat?

Have we got a deal for you! You can advertise your vehicle in the

Tree Services

Classifieds

T&M GREENCARE TREE SERVICE *Tree Removal *Stump Grinding *Pruning *Roof Line Clearing. Residential and Commercial. "We Beat All Competitors' Rates."

Lowest Rates. *Senior Discount. Free Estimates. *516-223-4525, 631-586-3800 www.tmgreencare.com

All for an amazing price! Your add will run until you sell your vehicle. Just call one of our expert classified account executives today and you will be on your way to making a great deal on your set of wheels!

TREE REMOVAL: Tree Pruning, Stump Grinding, Lot Cleaning. FREE Estimate. Licensed/ Insured. Nassau 516-962-0646.

Suffolk 631-cut-tree (631-288-8733). greenleaftreeny@gmail.com

Satellite/TV Equipment DISH TV $64.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. Promo Expires 1/21/23. 1-866-595-6967

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Education COMPUTER & IT TRAINING PROGRAM! Train ONLINE to get the skills to become a Computer & Help Desk Professional now!

Grants and Scholarships available for certain programs for qualified applicants. Call CTI for details! (844) 947-0192 (M-F 8am-6pm ET) TRAIN AT HOME TO DO MEDICAL BILLING! Become a Medical Office Professional online at CTI! Get Trained, Certified & ready to work in months! Call 855-543-6440. The Mission, Program Information and Tuition is located at CareerTechnical.edu/consumer-information. (M-F 8am-6pm ET)

516-569-4000 press 5, then 2

Answers

to todAy’s puzzle

33

opinions

eing a college trustee for 30 years, I have kept a close eye on trends in the field of higher education. I’m happy to see that many of our institutions are introducing new courses that reflect the changes that are happening. There are plenty of jobs for engineers and many schools, like Hofstra, have created comprehensive programs to attract engineering students. But I never anticipated that there would be a critical shortage of teachers, and many colleges no longer have programs to train new JERRY ones.

Why do we have KREMER such a national shortage? Sadly, there are too many reasons. If you follow the news, you’ll learn that the state of Florida needs 8,000 teachers, but no one is rushing to work in the Sunshine State. The politicians, not the colleges, caused Florida’s dilemma.

Florida has passed multiple laws governing what can be taught in the classroom, and numerous school boards are asking residents which books they want removed from library shelves. Those conditions alone would discourage a teacher or any

i

student thinking about getting an education degree.

Fearing for their personal safety, teachers and education students are also shunning states such as Texas. Since the recent tragedy in Uvalde, in which 19 students and two teachers were killed, some state officials have been suggesting that schoolteachers bring a gun to class. Why would a college-bound student consider teaching as a profession if they had to take firearm training to qualify for a job?

In addition, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is in the process of suggesting revisions to the school curriculum.

Perhaps the biggest disincentive for potential new teachers is salary levels around the country. If you live in New York, Massachusetts, California or Alaska, starting salaries are attractive enough for possible candidates. But Missouri, as an example, has an average starting salary of $33,200, and the legislature has failed to appropriate any fresh dollars to increase it. Because salaries in some 14 states are so low, teachers are forced to take second jobs in order to survive. A National Education Association 2021 survey found that the national average for entry-level teacher pay is $41,000, and experienced teachers on aver-

p

age earn $64,000.

An article by Emily Tate in the March issue of Mother Jones magazine outlined the expanding number of teachers holding second jobs. The reporter interviewed 30 people, all of whom worked in such gigs as bartenders, delivery services, tutoring, Lyft or Uber drivers, retail clerks and real estate agents. Many of those interviewed found their work interesting and challenging, but admitted that having to work after hours and nights detracted from their mission to be prepared for classroom challenges. Some observers would say that there’s nothing wrong with teachers looking to supplement their income, but others would say that teachers shouldn’t be forced to grade papers at 2 a.m.

Many years ago I was asked to represent a Long Island school board in its negotiations with the district teachers union.

While some current-day negotiation tactics may have changed, the discussions I had soured me on doing such work in the future. The school board asked for an extra 30 minutes a day to help students who were falling behind and needed extra help. In addition, it proposed that the start-

erhaps the biggest disincentive is salary levels around the country.

ing salaries for entry-level teachers be boosted by 10 percent. Those requests were rebuffed, and the only salary discussion was about how much to pay teachers with 10 or more years of service.

Unable to find teachers, a number of school boards in Indiana and Ohio recently advertised that they would accept anyone with a college degree to teach in their schools. The deeper you dive into the national teacher crisis, the more you learn about why high school graduates are turning their backs on studying education in college and one of the most important jobs in our society, and why experienced teachers are retiring in large numbers.

America has its priorities messed up when it comes to the teaching profession.

A young baseball player called up to the major leagues makes hundreds of thousands of dollars, and may be further richly rewarded with bonuses and long-term contracts. Is it asking too much to pay new teachers a decent wage? I don’t think so, but apparently many governments around the country have failed not only the teaching profession, but children as well.

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.

School bells toll for students and parents

n 1957, 10-year-old me started sixth grade at the Number Three School in Cedarhurst, in Mrs. Haggerty’s class.

No one in that snapshot is still standing but me. The Number Three School is now a yeshiva, Mrs. Haggerty presumably is in teacher heaven, and 1957 is now 2022.

I was the new kid in class. We had just moved “out to the Island” from Queens.

It wasn’t an easy transition for a super-sensitive pipsqueak of a girl. By the end of the first week, I had cried twice in class, and in Week Two the mean girls gave me the “black spot,” which everyRAnDi one who’s read KREiss “Treasure Island” knows is fatal: You’ll be dead by the end of the day.

I didn’t die, but that’s only a technicality.

This all comes back to me as we begin the new school year after over two years of home schooling, Zoom classes and dysfunctional education amid the coronavirus pandemic. Our kids and grandkids are survivors of a massively destabilizing season of social distancing and quarantining and mask wearing. Parents, too, have gone

through their own version of hell.

Therefore, two things are going on at the same time. On one level, nothing has changed, and on every other level, everything has changed.

I asked my grandkids how they’re feeling about going back to school, the pluses and the minuses, and they all said the same thing.

They’re looking forward to seeing other kids, and they’re worried about doing well after this disruptive hiatus.

In 1957 that was what I wanted, too. I wanted the kids to like me, and I hoped to find some friends. So are we all good? The schools will open, the children will get to see one another, and learning will take place. But that is only if we ignore the ripple effects of these years of deprivation and isolation.

Look around. Smell the air. Feel the vibe. Check in with your stress-o-meter.

This back-to-school year is different from other years. In the same way that the pandemic changed our way of living for over two years, it will change our path forward, too.

Like most other Americans, I am so relieved that our kids and grandkids are going back to the classroom, in person,

o

with real teachers for a full day. But normalcy is a relative thing.

There are children suffering from school anxiety. We have a mental health crisis among our teenagers. For good reason, children are afraid of getting sick, getting shot, or failing at their schoolwork.

Some friends report that their elementary school grandkids don’t want to go back to school. Their bedroom has become their safe place.

We need parents and teachers to be monitoring the re-entry process. And parents, too, need support and the comfort of realizing they have survived an unprecedented national and global catastrophe. Parents haven’t ever had to home-school and work from home while trying to stay alive.

We are returning to school at a time when ad hoc groups in communities across America are deciding what books school libraries can purchase. They are banning material they deem unsuitable, with references to gender or sexuality or race. Many teachers are demoralized by this random oversight, and we need to pay attention to the political tides in our school districts.

Who’s going to pay for all the school

ur kids and grandkids are survivors of a massively destabilizing experience.

supplies and technology that is now part of public education? In 1957, my black and white composition book cost 20 cents.

Today the average family spends $800 or more per child on back-to-school shopping. Amazon is selling the composition book for $11.99.

How will individual schools navigate this nearly post-pandemic time? There are the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and then there’s real life. We don’t know yet how treatment of Covid surges will be handled.

During their isolation and down time, our kids have become increasingly connected to their phones. Many mental health professionals see this as an addiction, and the connection to social media as an impediment to interpersonal communication and relationships. How will schools deal with the phone issue? The devices have become a kind of secondary umbilical cord during the school day.

We need to take a step back and let our children resume the level of personal responsibility they had before the restrictions of the pandemic. They can do it, and we can, too.

We cheer our kids as they return to the classroom. We are mindful that they have been through something, and that they carry more than books in their backpacks.

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

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

B

Help Wanted: teachers needed badly

34

Herald editorial

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

HERALD Established 1994 Incorporating East Rockaway Observer Lynbrook News, Lynbrook USA Daniel Offner Senior Editor rhOnDa Glickman Vice President - Sales Glenn GOlD Multi Media Marketing Consultant Office 2 Endo Boulevard Garden City, NY 11530 Phone: (516) 569-4000 Fax: (516) 569-4942 Web: www.liherald.com E-mail: lyneditor@liherald.com Official neWSPaPer: Village of East Rockaway Village of Lynbrook

Copyright © 2022 Richner Communications, Inc.

HERALD COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS

Cliff Richner Publisher, 1982-2018 Robert Richner Edith Richner Publishers, 1964-1987 ■ STUarT richner Publisher ■ michael hinman

Executive Editor Jeffrey BeSSen

Deputy Editor Jim harmOn

Copy Editor karen BlOOm

Features / Special Sections Editor TOny BelliSSimO

Sports Editor Tim Baker

Photo Editor ■ rhOnDa Glickman Vice President - Sales amy amaTO Executive Director of Corporate Relations and Events lOri BerGer Sales Director ellen reynOlDS Classified / Inside Sales Director

■

Jeffrey neGrin Creative Director craiG WhiTe Art Director craiG carDOne Production Coordinator ■

heralD cOmmUniTy neWSPaPerS Baldwin Herald Bellmore Herald East Meadow Herald Franklin Square/Elmont Herald Freeport Herald Glen Cove Herald Hempstead Beacon Long Beach Herald Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald Malverne/West Hempstead Herald Merrick Herald Nassau Herald Oceanside/Island Park Herald Oyster Bay Herald Rockaway Journal Rockville Centre Herald South Shore Record Valley Stream Herald Wantagh Herald Sea Cliff/Glen Head Herald Seaford Herald Uniondale Beacon

memBer: Americas Newspapers Local Media Association New York Press Association Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce

Published by richner communications, inc.

2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530 LIHerald.com (516) 569-4000

Covid-19 is still here, so what does that mean?

W

e don’t know much about him, except that he was 61 years old and he had visited a live animal market in Wuhan, China.

But his death was the first of nearly 6.5 million worldwide who would die from complications of what would come to be known as Covid-19. And just 10 days later, on Jan. 21, 2020, the first confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States would be found in Washington state.

We are just months away from Covid’s third anniversary, and while the pandemic itself has changed so much of what we call “normal,” it does feel like life is ever so slowly returning to what it was before the ball dropped in Times Square on Jan. 1, 2020.

Social distancing is gone. Masks, while still seen — and even worn — are nowhere near as prominent as they once were. And getting the sniffles doesn’t evoke the same kind of panic it once did.

If we look hard enough, there are still signs of those troubling times around us: worn stickers on floors of businesses calling for six feet of separation. Signs on shop entrances requiring face coverings.

And even the occasional Covid-19 mobile testing site on the street.

Hospitals aren’t overwhelmed. The death toll is no longer prevalent. And far more of us are vaccinated against the virus than those who aren’t.

There are many who say the coronavirus is now an endemic rather than a pandemic, meaning it’s here, we’ll see season-

al surges and maybe even some variations, but it’s not the threat it once was. Yet those variants remain unpredictable, and it’s not clear whether current vaccination levels will stave off future mass hospitalizations and death.

And yes, people are still dying from the virus, at a clip of more than 600 per day in the United States, according to some estimates. That’s one person every two minutes.

But how scared should we be? What numbers should we pay attention to? And what should we do if we fear exposure to the virus, or develop symptoms that closely resemble Covid-19?

First and foremost, we must stop focusing on who is getting the virus, and how many, but instead on what impact it’s having on hospitals and mortality. Those numbers were important before there was a vaccine, but not today, when a vast majority of those inoculated recover with no major complications, or even the need to visit a hospital.

The virus and its many variants will continue to infect people, just as the flu does, and even the common cold. Yes, Covid-19 remains far deadlier than either of those ailments — and thus more serious — but for those of us not working in public health, spending so much time tracking every case accomplishes very little, except to raise anxiety.

If you find out you were in the same room as someone who tested positive, you can’t ignore it. But you don’t need to rush to quarantine, either. The Centers for Dis-

ease Control and Prevention recommends continuing with your life as normal. Just wear a mask for the next 10 days while indoors, or while in close proximity to others.

If you start showing symptoms, get tested right away. If you don’t, wait at least five days.

If you do test positive, only then should you isolate. And then just for five days, as long as your fever breaks before the start of the fourth day without the help of medication, and your other symptoms are improving. Still, even if you can end isolation, you should still wear a mask through the 10th day.

While it’s nice to focus on other things in life — and in the news — rather than the coronavirus, we can’t forget about it.

More than a dozen people are dying of the disease in New York each day, on average, and even if you survive, there are still a number of other complications that can be outright debilitating long after you recover from the initial infection, like long Covid.

And many people we interact with are considered “vulnerable,” meaning they may not be able to fight the virus like the rest of us. So wear a mask when you’re around someone who might be more at risk. Wear one in large groups, especially indoors. And if someone starts showing symptoms, know exactly how you can help stop the spread without disrupting your life.

Each day brings us closer to our normal lives, so long as we don’t forget what upended all of them in the first place.

letters A road plan to nowhere?

To the Editor: Thank you for Kyle Chin’s “Could toll lanes fix parkway’s ‘Blood Alley’?” (Aug. 11-17). This story reports on a critical local issue that readers should be aware of.

The Long Island Contractors Association and State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, a Democrat and the Assembly’s deputy majority leader, are promoting a plan to add High Occupancy Toll lanes to the Southern State Parkway, ostensibly to reduce the number of accidents and deaths on the thoroughfare. The proposal does not explain precisely how the addition of HOTs would do so, though, except perhaps for those traveling in the lanes, which would be open only to single-occupancy drivers who could afford the tolls or those in high-occu-

pancy vehicles (carpoolers).

Among the greatest causes of accidents on the SSP are excessive speed and drunken driving. How would HOTs reduce either?

Additionally, would the plan involve destroying sections of the Southern State’s forests and grassy medians — among the South Shore’s few uninterrupted green spaces — to make way for the HOTs?

35

opinions

G

ov. Kathy Hochul recently stood in front of the Long Island Rail Road’s New Hyde Park station to celebrate the arrival of the first train on the LIRR’s much-needed Third Track. In truth, she had little to do with this multi-billion-dollar project. It was the creation of her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo, who used political threats and economic incentives to have his way with the various village mayors along the right-of-way who opposed modernization of Long Island’s “iron horse.” ronaLD J. But if I were Hochul, would rosenBerG probablyI look for any photo opportunity that takes the focus off the issue that may decide whether I will stays in office after November: crime.

The headlines are unrelenting. Almost daily we hear of repeat felons being let loose thanks to legislation that essentially scrapped the ability of judges to hold dangerous repeat felons behind bars until their trials. The painful impact on our communities is incalculable. Still, there is another metric that tells you something about the impact that legislation has had

on those who have taken a solemn oath to protect our society.

According to published reports, more than 1,500 New York City police officers have either resigned or retired so far this year. If this trend continues, it may well be the biggest loss of officers since these kinds of statistics began to be recorded by the department. Some 524 police officers had resigned, and 1,072 had retired as of the beginning of the summer — a 38 percent increase over the same period last year. We should be more than frightened, because these law enforcement professionals see the true nature of the threat on every patrol, and they have decided that our society isn’t prepared to back them up.

There are serious questions we need to ask our public officials this Election Day. We could ask State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. She led the crusade to dismantle the bail laws, and her progressive agenda remains unchanged as police blotters are filled with repeat felons attacking law-abiding citizens.

If asked, police officers handing in their badges will say they are done with the job because of anti-cop hostility that is a central philosophy of the progressives,

W

e’re releasing 87 percent of arrestees in Nassau County without bail.

Letters And would the road have to be straightened to construct them, thus removing one of the SSP’s natural “traffic-calming” measures — its bends?

The State Department of Transportation proposed a plan 20 years ago to widen and add bus lanes to the Southern State.

The agency quietly dropped it, however, in the face of strong opposition by environmentally conscious civic groups like the Massapequa-based Long Island Progressive Coalition, which was concerned about the destruction of green spaces.

We also must ask how the Southern State’s accident statistics compare with other thoroughfares throughout the region, like the Northern State Parkway or the Long Island Expressway. The LIE is about as wide and straight as a road can be, with High Occupancy Vehicle lanes, and yet it remains plagued by accidents — and congestion. History tells us that adding lanes only increases traffic — and crashes.

Finally, who authored and funded the report on HOTs for the Southern State — LICA, the state, a third party or a combination thereof ? It’s unclear in Chin’s story, but it’s an important question.

LICA represents the interests of builders, not the hundreds of thousands of South Shore residents who would be affected for years by a costly and terrain-

and the obviously destructive nature of “bail reform” to the very idea of law enforcement.

This crisis isn’t just a New York City problem. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has issued a report stating that more than 87 percent of criminal suspects arrested in Nassau County in April and June were released back on the streets without bail.

This number includes 282 who were facing violent assault charges.

Standing with Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, Blakeman revealed that in the second quarter of 2022, 2,641 of 3,019 people arrested — 87.5 percent — were released without bail.

Some 282 of them faced assault charges, and 103 were arrested on weapons chargers. And then there’s the defendant some have described as a poster child of this crisis. Tejinder Singh was arrested for allegedly throwing bricks through the windows or windshields of 27 cars parked in East Meadow during a three-day vandalism spree. He was released without bail just hours after his arrest.

Hochul is no political neophyte. While she has a massive political war chest and solid poll numbers, all of that can go south quickly if the summer of crime becomes the autumn of anger, especially on voter-

rich Long Island.

When the governor spoke before the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police’s annual conference, she told her audience she would support and fully fund law enforcement. But what does that mean when the destruction of bail laws by Albany has led to an explosion of street crime?

Another seasoned politician, New York City mayor Eric Adams, has actually joined Republican lawmakers in demanding that the State Legislature address the crisis. Not surprisingly, the progressivedominated Legislature declined Adams’s call for an emergency session. He told reporters, “We’re not talking about someone that steals an apple. We’re talking about someone that has repeatedly used violence in our city: robberies, grand larcenies, burglaries, shootings, carrying a gun.”

Hochul will not be alone on the ballot this November. Long Island state senators who voted with their progressive colleagues are going to be asked by voters why they “went along” on progressive legislation that is now destroying a fundamental principle of American life: freedom from fear.

Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

FrameWork by Tim Baker

altering undertaking such as this. Where are the voices of local residents?

SCOTT BRINTON Merrick

Randi got it right again To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Florida Gov. DeSantis: teachers need to be educated (Aug. 11-17): Thank you, Randi! I am in a family with teachers, as are a number of friends. I am an art therapist (also licensed by New York state) and teach on a graduate level. I resent it when people say, “Those who can do, do, and those who can’t do, teach.”

I, like most of us who have gone through a lot of schooling, have had the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to teachers. I’ve had teachers who phone it in, and those whose every word I’ve hung onto, savored and quoted throughout my life. To be so naive as to think that all you need is a mentor (and I am sure veterans have lots of spare time) to be able to manage a classroom and teach a subject that you don’t know is sheer idiocy.

I have seen “professionals” practice outside their scope of expertise more times than I would like to. I know that there are other types of therapists who

At the George Sumner Kellogg House — Baldwin

believe that all you need is a box of Crayolas and you’re good to go. One of the problems with being ignorant is that you don’t have the knowledge or insight to know that you’re ignorant.

But that being said, Randi did make a very valid point. With an uneducated constituency, Florida’s governor Ron DeSan-

tis has a better chance of being re-elected.

As, my son, a police officer, would say, “felony stupidity.” And unlike Covid, there is still no cure for stupid.

Keep on calling it as you see it, Randi.

VIVIEN ABRAMS Freeport

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — August 25, 2022

Leading up to Election Day, we’ll be talking about crime

First Central Savings Bank

Back to School

Spectacular CD Rates 2.63% APY* 18-Months $500 Minimum Balance.

3-Month

6-Month

7-Month

9-Month

10-Month

12-Month

*APY

*APY

*APY

*APY

*APY

*APY

1.01%

14-Month

2.43% *APY

1.26%

17-Month

2.33% *APY

1.66%

30-Month

36-Month

*APY

*APY

*APY

*APY

2.63%

84-Month

*APY

*APY

*APY

If you’re 26 or under and looking for a better way to help your money grow, check out the Student Savings Account at FCSB!

8

2.12%

24-Month

60-Month

2.69%

1.82%

18-Month

48-Month

1.97%

1.77%

2.69%

2.69%

1.87%

myfcsb.com

2.69%

Savings Account 1.51% APY with a $100,000 minimum balance. myfcsb.com/cds. eCDs are available online.

• • •

Competitive Interest Digital Banking Automatic Renewals

Lock in these great rates!

• • • • • • • • •

ASTORIA BAYSIDE DITMARS FLUSHING FOREST HILLS GLEN COVE LYNBROOK RIDGEWOOD WHITESTONE

(718) 204-7444 (718) 225-2650 (718) 932-6484 (718) 261-6360 (718) 261-5095 (516) 609-3500 (516) 620-8440 (718) 366-8008 (718) 352-7100

*Certificate of Deposit (CD): The Annual Percentage Yields (APYs) are effective as of 08/08/2022 and subject to change at any time. To earn the APY, the account must be opened with and maintain a minimum balance of $500. Stated APY assumes principal and interest remains on deposit for the term of the CD. Early withdrawal penalties apply. Fees may reduce earnings. Terms and conditions apply. No brokered deposits accepted.

1183091

August 25, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

36