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Lynbrook says ‘Prost!’ to Oktoberfest Trustee Laura Ryder helped her immensely. DeFrank said she hoped the The Lynbrook community will event would be “bigger and betgather for a cause on Saturday as ter” than the 2019 outing, and to Oktoberfest returns to the village help realize that goal, she is planafter being canceled last year ning a Bavarian chocolate pie-eatbecause of the coronavirus pan- ing contest. Local businesses are demic. sponsoring the competition, and About 3,000 people attended the judges will be Hempstead the inaugural event Town Councilman in 2019 — many Anthony D’Esposito, decked in the tradiMayor Alan Beach, tional German lederDe puty Mayor hosen — to enjoy Michael Hawxhurst, German delicacies, Ly n b ro o k Po l i c e beer and other beverChief Brian Paladino ages, as well as the and resident Cathy Johnny Sinatra Ryder-Bien. Thirty Band. contestants will vie This year, several for $100; all entrants vendors will have will win prizes. booths around the ALAN BEACH Beach and the vilpark’s perimeter, and Mayor lage board created there will be fun for the inaugural event the whole family, as because the mayor, well as beer, brats and bands. who is German-American, has an Event proceeds will go to the Lyn- Oktoberfest at his home around brook Community Chest, which his birthday each October. Addiprovides financial help to village tionally, he said, he thought it residents who have fallen on hard would be a fun event and a good times. way to raise money for the Com“The Lynbrook Community munity Chest. Lynbrook CoumChest is a charity very near and munity Chest Chairman Brian dear to so many in the communi- Curran, a former assemblyman, ty,” said Lynbrook Chamber of said he was grateful for the event, Commerce Vice President Nazia DeFrank, who added that Village CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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Supporting veterans The Run for Heroes event took place on Sunday, and part of the proceeds went toward Lynbrook’s Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts and other vets, as seen above. Story, more photos, Page 12.

LHS gets a major upgrade

Herald tours the building’s new extension

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After passage of a $28.9 million bond in 2017, Lynbrook High School’s new wing was recently completed after a year and a half of construction. “It has been a collective effort to complete this project and expand the opportunities of Lynbrook High School’s students,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Melissa Burak said in a state-

ment. “It was our dream and our vision to get to where we are today. With the setbacks due to Covid and the delays in materials, it was truly a climb, but we are excited to welcome our students to the new spaces.” The two-story, 33,274-squarefoot extension stretches from the front of the high school, where the security vestibule is, to the fields. A ribbon cutting for the new wing took place Sept. 1, and later this month, a ceremony

will be held to dedicate it to late longtime Board of Education Trustee Alicemarie Bresnihan, who died on May 11, 2020, after 45 years of service on the school board. The total cost of the 20-year bond that voters approved in 2017 was $33.9 million, $5 million of which was covered by reserve funds. Approval of the bond raised property taxes by $168 per CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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LHS ushers in new chapter with extension year for the average Lynbrook homeowner. The extension comes after school officials sought upgrades for many years for several reasons, including cramped classrooms, outdated science equipment and lab stations, and the chorus, orchestra and band being forced to practice in the aging, outdated auditorium because they did not have a proper space. Ideas for improvements that the bond covered came from a group of administrators, faculty members and architects after gathering feedback from students and parents. On Sept. 23, James Saitta, the Lynbrook Public Schools’ director of facilities, took the Herald on a tour of the new wing along with a school district photographer. The first floor of the new addition houses a school store; three music rooms for the school’s band, chorus and orchestra; three art rooms; and an innovation lab for 21st-century learning. The second floor comprises five new classrooms, including two for family and consumer science classes and one for the career development program. In addition to an updated facade and brickwork at the LHS entrance, there are also extra security features, with visitors having to be buzzed in twice before entering the facility. The cafeteria was also upgraded, with repainted walls, new floors decked out in the green and gold school colors, new windows to provide natural lighting and a courtyard outside where students can congregate during their lunch periods. Class of 2020 graduates buried a time capsule in the courtyard, which will be opened in 2040. The new edition also houses a nurses’ office closer to the high school entrance, which will provide easier access in the event of an emergency. Plans for the first-floor school store are still being finalized, but it has a microwave, a refrigerator and will soon house Owls merchandise that students will sell, giving them knowledge about how to run a business. “It’ll teach kids skills that they can take when they leave the schools,” Saitta said. The first floor also houses a spacious innovation lab that will soon serve as a highly advanced room for technology classes. The room is equipped with cameras that can follow teachers while they instruct, and can project what they are doing onto two large screens. “The room is really designed to be like a think tank,” Saitta said. “Different teachers throughout the day can come in here and sign out for it.” Outside the lab in the hallway, a large display case will soon be home to a stained-glass window from the original high school in the 1920s to showcase LHS’s history. The three new large music rooms feature modern lighting and acoustics to support the various programs, as well as places to store instruments when they are not in use. “It’s really a step in the right direction, I mean a huge step,” Saitta said, “and it gives the teachers the proper space to edu-

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LYNBROOK HIGH SCHOOL recently opened its new 33,274-square-foot extension, which was funded as part of a $28.9 million bond that voters approved in 2017. Above, the school’s new band room. cate the kids.” The wing also houses a program for students with special needs, where they can learn life skills and assist in running the school store, and a family consumer science class with six different kitchens that are equipped with updated stoves and materials. Additionally, there are three art rooms, one of which has a 3-D industrial design class, and there will soon be a kiln installed. In addition to the new wing, the bond also covered a full-scale renovation to the school’s science wing, where walls were knocked down, rooms were rebuilt, and new research labs were installed with tables that are equipped with gas and water. The classrooms range from 922 to 1,633 square feet, and will provide space for more science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, courses. The 2017 bond’s approval came after a $46 million proposal was voted down by 314 votes in March 2016. After that failure, school officials scaled back projects, distributed a voter survey to gather feedback and restructured another proposal that fit the district’s needs. The bond also covered updates of the middle school locker rooms; installation of air conditioning in the elementary and middle school gyms; an upgrade of the wrestling room at the Lynbrook Kindergarten Center, across from the high school; and renovations to the auditorium. “When you see the space and how much it enhances the educational process for our students, it really is a very exciting time,” Board of Education President William Belmont said in a statement. Lynbrook officials plan to host an open house for residents to tour the new facility in the future. For more information and updates, visit lynbrookschools.org.

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THE LYNBROOK HIGH School Concert Choir was recognized in the 2021 Long Island Music Hall of Fame’s Recognition Program for its video performance of “The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again.”

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Music teachers and directors from across Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties were encouraged to submit video files from a performing group that best represented their school’s finest musical accomplishment. The videos were reviewed by the LIMHoF Education Committee and a panel of music educators. Lynbrook’s video featured members of the high school concert choir singing the song around the high school building and in the studio. Video and photo flashbacks pop up throughout the video as the students reminisce on pre-Covid times, while the song’s positive lyrics aim to inspire others to look at tomorrow as a better day. The high school students were accom-

panied by a select few Lynbrook North and South middle school students and the video was directed by choir Director Barry Wyner. It was produced by LHS student Max Cordes, with audio production by Lynbrook High School alumnus and two-time Grammy award-winner Danny Weinkauf. Members of the concert choir had the

opportunity to record the song outdoors at Weinkauf ’s home recording studio. Lynbrook’s video, along with the other top entries, were featured on the Long Island Music Hall of Fame’s website and social media pages. Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Lynbrook recently received a $50,000 grant to improve the baseball field and roller hockey rinks at Greis Park. The funds will be used to purchase a scoreboard for the hockey rink and to fix the roof of the dugout of the Lynbrook Little League field and install fencing there. The funds were revealed by Mayor Alan Beach and officials from the hockey and baseball leagues, as well as State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, both of whom helped secure the funding. Beach said he “appreciated” the efforts to upgrade the facilities. Dave Smollet, an official for Lynbrook Little League, said the funds “will allow us to enhance our flagship field while providing continued safety and playing conditions for all of our 600-plus players that participate in our spring, summer and fall leagues.”

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New York has the highest Jewish population outside of Israel. With that in mind, many young New Yorkers are misinformed about the Holocaust at the same time that the state is seeing a rise in anti-Semitic attacks. A recent, first-of-its-kind survey, conducted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Ger many, found high levels of inadequate Holocaust education among young people in all 50 states. In New York, 58 percent of Millennials and Gen Zers — those born between 1981 and 1996 and 1997 and 2010, respectively — could not name a single World War II concentration camp, death camp or ghetto, according to the survey. Sixty percent of New York young people also did not know that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust, and 57 percent reported seeing Holocaust denial or distortion on social media and elsewhere online. Dr. Stacie Locascio, a certified BrainCore Neurofeedback provider and mother of two from Glen Cove, said, “It’s absolutely shocking, and that just shows you how much anti-Semitism there is out there. I think [young people] are probably getting it from social media, which they probably believe more than they believe their teachers.” Social media has become a politically charged platform to spread misinformation, and the extent of that misinformation is cause for concern to Holo-

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andRea BolendeR, acTing executive director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove. caust educators like Andrea Bolender, who is acting executive director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove. “Education has changed over the years. I remember when I was in high school — you know, a hundred years ago — that you could take a Holocaust elective for a whole semester, and I think education has changed,” Bolender said. Elected leaders like State Sen. Todd

Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, are working to ensure New York schools provide adequate Holocaust education. Kaminsky said he believes there are schools on Long Island that are doing a good job of educating students about the horrors of the Holocaust, but he stressed the need for schools to undergo audits to see how students are being educated, and whether school curricula need to be amended. “It’s not just enough to mandate it in the law that Holocaust education should be taught. We actually have to make sure it’s being taught, and it’s clearly not, or not well,” Kaminsky said in an interview with The Long Island Advocate. “And so, something has to be done, and we need to know where the problems are and direct our resources there.” A bill proposed by Kaminsky to authorize the state education commissioner to undertake a study of which school districts are teaching about the Holocaust and which are not is currently under review in committee in the State Legislature. Kaminsky is now running for Nassau County district attorney. Bolender said that without in-depth education about the past behaviors that led to the Holocaust, history could repeat itself. Bolender said young people must understand the context behind the history. “That’s what we do here at the Holocaust [Memorial and Tolerance Center]. We identify the period of hate, which

behaviors will lead up to a genocide, but also examine the roots of anti-Semitism. A lot of people think it started with World War II,” she said. In 2019, anti-Semitic hate crimes rose by 14 percent across the United States, according to the FBI. New York was among the states where they were on the rise. On Long Island, swastikas have been etched into sidewalks in Oceanside, Ku Klux Klan stickers placed on poles in Bay Shore and swastikas spraypainted at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center. Bolender shared that most youths who have vandalized the Holocaust museum have not been Glen Cove locals. As a consequence, most must perform community service and take part in Holocaust education, including the meaning of Nazi symbols. “We have to spend a little more time developing their emotional intelligence, not just their mathematical and science intelligence,” Bolender said of today’s students. “Emotional intelligence will get you much further in life and make you a better human being. Isn’t that what we all want for our kids, for someone to say they were a good person Locascio said parents play a key role in their children’s emotional development, especially regarding current events in the Middle East. “I think their parents just need to pay a little bit more attention to what their kids are doing, thinking and who they’re hanging out with,” she said.

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

Eighth-graders from Lynbrook South Middle School are helping sixth-graders adjust to their new school through South’s L.I.N.K. (Lynbrook Students Independently Networking Kids) program.

Friday, October 1 Animal Show The Lynbrook Public Library hosts an animal show for those in kindergarten through third grade, as well as their siblings and caregivers. Presented by educators from the Tanglewood Preserve and The Center for Science Teaching and Learning. the class is scheduled to be outdoors on the lawn, or indoors with masks if there is bad weather. In order to accomadate for audience size limitations, registration is very limited. If the class is full, register for the wait list. Visit lynbrooklibrary.org for more infofmation.

Saturday, October 2 Oktoberfest in Lynbrook Lynbrook’s Oktoberfest event is scheduled from 3 to 8 p.m. at Greis Park. Children will have the opportunity to take part in games and crafts, and there will also be a magician, a bounce house, a Ferris wheel and a balloon artist. For adults, there will be a beer stein-holding contest at 7 p.m. There will be beer, bands and brats, and for the first time, a pie-eating contest, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children, which will cover expensive and go to the Lynbrook Community Chest. For more information, visit lynbrookvillage.net.

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Monday, October 4 Lynbrook Village Board Meeting The Lynbrook mayor and village board of trustees will host its next meeting at Village Hall, 1 Columbus Drive, at 7 p.m. It will also be streamed virtually. Visit lynbrookvillage.net or call (516) 599-8300 for more information.

Wednesday, Oct. 13 Lynbrook Board of Education The Lynbrook Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Ave., Lynbrook. Virtual meetings can be found at lynbrookschools.org.

Sunday, October 17 Elks Drug Takeback Program New York Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook is hosting a drug take back program between noon and 3 p.m. Attendees

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Monday, Oct. 18 East Rockaway Village Board Meeting The East Rockaway mayor and village board will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at 376 Atlantic Ave., preceded by a work session. Vist villageofeastrockaway.net or call (516) 887-6300 for more information.

Tuesday, Oct. 19 East Rockaway Board of Education The East Rockaway Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School, 443 Ocean Ave. Live stream recordings will be posted at eastrockawayschools.org.

The East Rockaway VFW’s thrift shop is open for business. Lynbrook’s Oktoberfest is Oct. 2. The Lynbrook village board meets on Oct. 4. The Lynbrook school board meets Oct. 13. The Elks host a drug takeback day on Oct. 17.

Thursday, Oct. 28 Health Fair Lynbrook Restorative Therapy and Nursing is hosting a Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (with a rain date for Oct. 29). There is something for everyone! Including a flu shot clinic, Covanta medication disposal, a presentation from the Nassau County Police Department with information on scam prevention and much more! Lynbrook Restorative is also featuring its new Diabetic Management and Education Program with a cooking demonstration and sampling recipes from Iavarone Brothers. There will be vendors, things for kids to do and you are welcome to stay for lunch.

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Mepham Junior Football ON SEPT. 18, LaSpina made national headlines when she became the first female football player in Long Island history to score a touchdown. She caught a 4-yard scoring toss from quarterback Peter Mayo to put the finishing touch on Mepham’s 49-21 victory over Roslyn. She had two other receptions in the game and totaled 45 yards. LaSpina, also a key member of the school’s Long Island champion softball team, began playing football as a seventh grader at Grand Ave.

GAMES TO WATCH Friday, Oct. 1

Girls Soccer: Massapequa at East Meadow .........4:15 p.m. Girls Tennis: Lynbrook at Oceanside......................4:30 p.m. Girls Tennis: South Side at Long Beach.................4:30 p.m. Girls Volleyball: East Rockaway at Mepham ..........4:30 p.m. Field Hockey: Sewanhaka at East Meadow...........4:30 p.m. Boys Soccer: Hewlett at V.S. North ........................4:45 p.m. Boys Soccer: Kennedy at South Side....................4:45 p.m. Football: East Meadow at Farmingdale .....................6:30 p.m. Football: South Side at Manhasset ...........................6:30 p.m. Football: Lawrence at Island Trees .............................6:30 p.m.

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Girls Soccer: South Side at Garden City ................... 1 p.m. Football: Garden City at Long Beach......................... 2 p.m. Football: Sewanhaka at Baldwin ............................... 2 p.m. Football: Carey at Elmont ............................................... 2 p.m. Football: East Rockaway at Clarke .................................. 2 p.m. Girls Volleyball: Long Beach at South Side................ 2 p.m. Girls Soccer: Clarke at Carey..................................... 2 p.m. Football: Massapequa at Oceanside .............................. 3 p.m. Football: Hempstead at Freeport .................................... 3 p.m.

Football: New Hyde Park at V.S. Central .......................... 3 p.m. Football: Hewlett at V.S, South ........................................ 3 p.m. Football: Seaford at North Shore .................................... 3 p.m. Football: Herricks at Calhoun ......................................... 3 p.m.

Casual fans can trace Lynbrook’s turnaround to the midpoint of last season, when the winless Owls went on a 4-0 stretch-run to seal a share of the conference crown in Nassau A6 boys’ soccer, going 5-3-2 overall on the season, which ended with a first-round overtime loss to Mineola in the Class A playoffs. But longtime Lynbrook coach Josh Berlin – whose team, at 4-1-1, is a game and half behind first-place Mineola in Nassau A4 – believes the Owls in fact turned the page two years ago, when Lynbrook, coming off a stretch of sub-.500 seasons, beat reigning Nassau champion Mepham, 3-2, in an out-bracket game in overtime, having “snuck into” the playoffs with a .500 record. “We knocked off the defending county champs,” Berlin said. “For a number of years in a row we struggled. But winning and losing in soccer is cyclical, and over the last few years we’ve had the right pieces. Winning and success breeds more.” Two of those key pieces – All-Conference senior striker Connor Lynch, and Honorable Mention All-County midfielder Sebi Cuenca, a junior – share the team lead and rank second in the conference in goals with six apiece, and have each notched a hat trick this autumn. “Connor has been a strong force,” Berlin said. “We’ve actually taught him to be more selfish and opportunistic instead of always looking for his teammates. Sebi’s our playmaker in the midfield. He’s dominant on the ball.” All-Conference midfielders John Schachinger (senior) and Riley Fowler (junior) have helped catalyze an Owls offense that is second in A4 with 14 goals. “John is very good with the ball and has excellent vision,” Berlin said. “He finds his way behind the defensive line often. Riley is our general; he sets the tone in the middle of the field. I think we have a talented group of midfielders who do a good job possessing the ball.” Defenseman Carlo Pantano, an All-Conference junior, and senior goalkeeper Haris Cekic lead Lynbrook’s top-ranked defense (0.75 goals per game). With opportunities to showcase curtailed by his teammates’ defensive dominance, Cekic’s 26 saves (fourth in A4) only partly tell the

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LYNBROOK’S CONOR LYNCH, left, who scored the game’s only goal, battled with Wantagh’s Justin Catanzaro during the Owls’ Conference A4 victory last Friday. story of the six-foot-three goalie’s contributions, which include two shutouts in six full outings. “Haris has done an admirable job,” Berlin said. “Having his height and his very big wingspan is a great asset. He can get up off his line and win a lot of balls in the air and keep opposing teams from converting. He also has a big punt, about 70 yards, which becomes a weapon for us, big-time.” Lynbrook looks to avenge its lone loss

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ERHS senior is a scholar artist East Rockaway High School senior Matthew Pollackov was recently selected as a Long Island Scholar Artist in the area of media arts for the 2021-22 school year by the Long Island Art Alliance. For his accomplishment, Pollackov was recognized by the district’s Fine and Performing Arts Chairman Peter Ceglio

and the East Rockaway Board of Education at its meeting on Sept. 14. Pollackov is one of 20 selected scholar artists from across Long Island to earn the achievement. Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

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LYNBROOK HIGH SCHOOL senior Emma Ward is a semifinalist in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. teers her time at a Hebrew school for children with special needs, interns for a state senator and co-founded a branch of Talenthood, a nationwide tutoring service, in Lynbrook and Hewlett with her sister. Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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EAST ROCKAWAY JUNIOR-SENIOR High School senior Matthew Pollackov was honored by members of the Board of Education and administrators after being selected as a Long Island Scholar Artist through the Long Island Arts Alliance.

Lynbrook High School senior Emma Ward was recently recognized as a semifinalist in the prestigious 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. She is among 16,000 high school seniors to earn the title based on her high score on the 2020 preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship qualifying test. The semifinalists represent less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors and includes the highest scoring entrants in each state. Ward is now in the running to continue on in the National Merit Scholarship Program for one of about 7,500 scholarship awards, which will be offered in the spring. She will find out in February if she has advanced to the finalist level, making her one step closer to being a possible scholarship winner. Along with her dedication to academics, Ward is a leader at LHS. She co-founded a SCOPE club with her twin sister, Sophie, which raises money to send underprivileged children with special needs to sleep away camp. Furthermore, Ward is co-president of the Key Club with her sister, the vice president of the Student Government Association, the managing editor of the school’s student-run newspaper, Horizon, a member of the Mathletes Club and is on the tennis team. Outside of school, Ward is also actively involved in the community. She volun-

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Run for Heroes supports veterans organizations Nearly 200 residents, veterans, Boys and Girl Scouts troop members and residents gathered at Baldwin Park on Sunday for the Run for Heroes event, which benefitted Lynbrook American Legion Post 335 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2307, as well as other groups. In all, the event raised more than $55,000, which will be shared by six local veterans’ organizations. The outing was organized by Assemblywoman Judy Griffin. “The brave men and women who fought for our country deserve to have their voices heard,” Griffin said, according to a news release. “I was proud to host today’s event to honor our veterans and raise money for those VFWs and American Legion Posts who need it. Thank you to all of our sponsors and runners who made this event possible.” In addition to the Lynbrook posts, the event will benefit Baldwin American Legion Post 246, Freeport American Legion -William Clinton Story Post 342, Malverne American Legion Post 44 and American Legion Post 303 in Rockville Centre. For race stats, visit events.elitefeats.com/runforheroes21.

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SEVERAL VETERANS GROUPS took part in Run for Heroes on Sunday. NEARLY 200 PEOPLE participated in the event, which raised money for six local veterans organizations.

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FORMER LONGTIME ROCKVILLE Centre resident James Dixon died on Sept. 9 at 92.

Longtime f o r m e r Rockville Centre resident James Dixon died on Sept. 9 in Burlington, N. C . a f t e r battling a short illness. He

was 92. Dixon was born in 1928 in Queens, and later lived in Lynbrook and Bellmore before settling in Rockville Centre in 1958. Heand his wife, Barbara, were married in October 1953 at the Church of the Ascension in RVC. They lived in Rockville Centre for 35 years and were married for 67 years. A former Hofstra University student, Dixon was a comptroller for 32 years for Gray Cadillac in Freeport (a family

business) and an accountant for 15 years with the Town of Hempstead’s Parks and Recreation department. In 1993, Jim and Barbara retired to North Carolina. Dixon was active during his 35 years of residency in Rockville Centre. Aside from raising two children, David and Suzanne, he was a devoted and dedicated village volunteer and member of St Marks UMC (lay leader, usher, handbell choir member, Music Committee chair, board of trustees and treasurer) as well

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Broadway comes to Nassau County Live theatre returns to New York as Nassau County is set to host Broadway shows. Located at the Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, a new division of the Plaza Organization, Plaza AEA Productions, is under contract with the American Equity Association and will be equipped to bring Broadway quality shows to Nassau County. “The curtain is about to rise on Plaza’s Broadway on Long Island,” said Kevin Harrington, executive producer of the Plaza Organization, which operates the Plaza Theatrical Productions Performing Arts Academy in Lynbrook, and is the director of this year’s season. Harrington started his company, the Plaza Organization, while in college and now, almost 40 years later, he has been able to achieve this milestone of creating Nassau County’s only professional equity theatre. The theatre will open with the musical, “South Pacific” on Oct. 2 to kick off the season. Harrington said he finds the musical to be incredibly relevant to the current cultural issues dominating today’s world. “‘South Pacific’ is a classic piece of musical theatre, but it is also timeless,” he said. “It has to do with the issues of prejudice, accepting all people [and] war.” Created in 1949, “South Pacific ‘’ centers on an American nurse stationed on a south pacific island during World War II who falls in love with an expatriate French plantation owner, but struggles to accept his mixed-race children. “It was actually pretty revolutionary for the time that it came out,” said Tierney Rose Bent, a member of the ensemble and French dialect coach. “It has some very strong anti-war sentiments and anti-racism sentiments, which were pretty shocking for the time.

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THE ELMONT LIBRARY Theatre will now host Broadway-quality shows from the Plaza Organization, run by Kevin Harrington. However, Bent said that she believes the ideologies are still relevant and important in today’s era. “It does talk about how racism isn’t something that you’re born with or that is a part of humanity,” she said. “It’s not a human thing at all. We are taught how to behave this way and I think the flip side of that is the hope that we can be

taught to erase that behavior as well. We can be taught how to actively work toward accepting and supporting people who came from different backgrounds and experiences as us.” Following “South Pacific,” the theatre will continue the season with the musicals, “Man of Lamancha,” “The Color Purple” and “Something Rotten!” Members of the cast and the creative team said they were excited to be performing again after a year and a half hiatus from live theatre. “There was such joy and comradery in the rehearsal room,” Harrington said. “[It was] something I have never seen before. There’s no other art form like it, with the synergy between the actors, the musicians and the audience.” Harrington said he hoped to build a musical theatre community on Long Island and urged citizens to volunteer and engage with different opportunities the theatre offers. During this season, a “behind the scenes series” will be offered to the community. Marc Courtade, the executive director of the Huntington Arts Council, and other creative team members will be discussing the social context and history of the shows. Harrington said he also plans to produce an original musical theatre festival to support emerging writers and composers on Long Island. “I’m really looking to build a musical theatre community here,” Harrington said. Cast and audience members alike are excited for the new caliber of theatre that will be brought to Nassau County, according to Harrington. He added that he thinks that communities have recognized why live theatre is so impactful and that Plaza AEA Productions will have a positive impact on Nassau County. “Come for the fun dance numbers and the comedy in the show,” Bent said, “stay for the critical messages about how to be more tolerant in this world today.”

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Oktoberbest to support Community Chest CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE and that it would aid “Lynbrook residents and families that may be experiencing difficult times and are truly in need of assistance.” This year’s event is scheduled for 3 to 8 p.m. at Greis Park. Children can take part in games and crafts, and there will be a magician, a bouncy house, a Ferris wheel and a balloon artist. For adults, there will be a beer stein-holding contest at 7 p.m. “I’m very excited that we’re able to pull this off again, and it seems like we’re getting a great response from the merchants,” Beach said. “We’re getting donations to help it, so it’s no cost to the residents.” The outing will also feature many volunteers, with Civil Service Employees Association members pouring the beer and members of the Knights of Columbus-St. Mary’s Maris/Stella Council selling food and tickets. The event costs $10 for adults and $5 for children, and tickets can be purchased at the entrance. To learn more, vist lynbrookvillage.net. “It’s food and fun,” Beach said.

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LEGAL NOTICE AVISO SOBRE LA REUNIÓN EXTRAORDINARIA DEL DISTRITO SOBRE EL DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE UNION LIBRE EAST ROCKAWAY, EN EL CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR EL PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar de Union Libre de East Rockaway, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York, ha adoptado una resolución el 14 de septiembre de 2021, que autoriza una reunión extraordinaria del Distrito de los votantes calificados de dicho Distrito Escolar que se celebrará el Lunes, 15 de Noviembre de 2021, de 6:30 a. m. a 9:30 p. m. (hora vigente) en la escuela secundaria East Rockaway Jr./Sr., 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, Nueva York, con el propósito de votar sobre la siguiente propuesta: PROPUESTA: CONSIDERANDO que los votantes del Distrito Escolar de Union Libre de East Rockaway, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”) han aprobado hasta ahora, el 14 de noviembre de 2019, el gasto de no exceder los $27,708,336 para varias mejoras de los edificios y los espacios; y posteriormente la Junta de Educación (la “Junta”) autorizó la emisión de bonos que no excedan los $21,508,336 y la recaudación de un gravamen en cuotas para pagar dichos bonos y los intereses de estos para pagar una parte de dicho costo; y CONSIDERANDO que la Junta ha determinado ahora que el costo de dichas mejoras se realizará a un costo reducido, lo que resulta en un saldo innecesario de $4,000,000 de los bonos autorizados hasta ahora; y CONSIDERANDO, además, que la Junta ha determinado que es necesario y conveniente llevar a cabo mejoras en los sistemas de calefacción y ventilación de los edificios de la escuela primaria de Rhame Avenue y de la escuela primaria de Centre Avenue, por un costo máximo estimado que no debe exceder los $6,000,000 y asignar dicha cantidad de los ingresos de los bonos antes mencionados de $4,000,000 y de los $2,000,000 de fondos disponibles. Por esa misma razón, SE RESUELVE: (a) Que, por el presente, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar de Union Libre de East Rockaway, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”), a realizar mejoras en los sistemas

de calefacción y ventilación de los edificios de la escuela primaria de Rhame Avenue y de la escuela primaria de Centre Avenue (el “Proyecto”) sustancialmente como se describe en un informe/plan preparado para el Distrito por John A. Grillo, Arquitectos (el “Informe”), el cual está archivado y disponible para su inspección pública en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito e incluye mobiliario, equipamiento, maquinaria, los aparatos y el sitio auxiliar o relacionado, la demolición u otro trabajo requerido en conexión con esto; y gastar para este propósito, incluidos los costos preliminares e incidentales a ello y para su financiación, un monto que no excederá el costo total estimado de $6,000,000, siempre y cuando los costos de los componentes del Proyecto establecidos en el Informe puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que tal reasignación obrará a favor de los intereses del Distrito; (b) que, por el presente, se autoriza a gastar $2,000,000 del saldo del fondo disponible del año fiscal 2020-2021 del Distrito para pagar una parte del costo del Proyecto y, por el presente, se aprueba dicho gasto, y (c) que el saldo del costo del Proyecto se financiará mediante la emisión de bonos por $4,000,000 autorizados por el presente y el gravamen votado por el presente, y dicho gravamen se exigirá y cobrará en cuotas en la cantidad de años y en las sumas que determine dicha Junta de Educación para pagar el capital y el interés sobre dichos bonos en el momento de su vencimiento y exigibilidad. Dicha propuesta deberá figurar en las boletas electorales usadas para votar en la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito antes mencionada sustancialmente de la forma resumida a continuación: PROPUESTA: SÍ NO SE RESUELVE: (a)Que, por el presente, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del Distrito de Union Libre de Escolar East Rockaway, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York a realizar mejoras en los sistemas de calefacción y ventilación de los edificios de la escuela primaria de Rhame Avenue y de la escuela primaria de Centre Avenue, sustancialmente como se describe en un informe/plan preparado por John A. Grillo, Architects, y a gastar una cantidad que no exceda los $6,000,000; (b) que,

por el presente, se autoriza a gastar $2,000,000 del saldo del fondo disponible del año fiscal 2020-2021 del Distrito para pagar una parte de dicho costo y, por el presente, se aprueba dicho gasto, y (c) que el saldo del costo se financiará mediante la emisión de bonos por $4,000,000 autorizados por el presente y el gravamen votado por el presente, y dicho gravamen se exigirá y cobrará en cuotas en la cantidad de años y en las sumas que determine dicha Junta de Educación para pagar el capital y el interés sobre dichos bonos en el momento de su vencimiento y exigibilidad. La votación se realizará mediante boleta electoral en máquinas de votación o mediante boletas electorales físicas, según lo estipulado en la Ley de Educación, y la votación estará abierta desde las 6:30 a. m. hasta las 9:30 p. m. (hora vigente) y durante el tiempo que sea necesario para que los votantes presentes puedan emitir sus votos. SE NOTIFICA, además, que la votación se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la Organización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación. SE NOTIFICA, además, que, de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, se requiere el registro personal de los votantes para la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito, y aquellas personas cuyos nombres no aparezcan en el registro del Distrito no podrán votar en la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito. Se permite el registro de los votantes calificados del Distrito para dicha reunión extraordinaria del Distrito en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 3:30 p. m. (hora vigente), de lunes a viernes, hasta el miércoles 10 de noviembre de 2021 inclusive. El registro para la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito se preparará y se archivará en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito y permanecerá abierto para su inspección por parte de cualquier votante calificado desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 3:30 p. m. (hora vigente) cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al día de la votación, excepto el domingo 14 de noviembre de 2021, y desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 11:00 p. m. (hora vigente) el sábado 13 de noviembre de 2021, sólo con cita previa; y en cada lugar de votación el día de la votación. SE NOTIFICA, además, que el registro de los votantes calificados de dicho Distrito preparado para la elección y reunión anual del Distrito del 18

de mayo de 2021 se usará por dicha Junta de Registro como base para la preparación del registro para dicha reunión extraordinaria del Distrito que se celebrará el 15 de noviembre de 2021. SE NOTIFICA, además, que el registro incluirá: (1) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito que se hayan presentado personalmente para registrarse; (2) a todos los votantes calificados previamente del Distrito que se hayan registrado anteriormente para cualquier elección o reunión anual o extraordinaria del Distrito y que hayan votado en alguno de estos eventos realizados o llevados a cabo en cualquier momento durante los cuatro años calendario (2018-2021) previos a la preparación de dicho registro, y (3) a los votantes que estén registrados de manera permanente en la Junta Electoral del condado de Nassau. SE NOTIFICA, además, que las solicitudes de boleta electoral por ausencia se deben completar en un formulario elaborado por la Junta Electoral del estado, el cual puede obtenerse en el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del estado de Nueva York en (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fil es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), o comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito por correo electrónico a namayamoran@ersd.org o por teléfono al (516) 887-8300 Ext. 1-433 desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 3:30 p. m. (hora vigente), de lunes a viernes, excepto feriados. Si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al votante, la secretaria del Distrito debe recibir la solicitud completa, a más tardar, el miércoles 8 de noviembre de 2021. Si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al votante en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, dicha secretaria debe recibir la solicitud completa, a más tardar, el martes 12 de noviembre de 2021. Habrá una lista de todas las personas para las que se emitieron estas boletas electorales por ausencia disponible en la secretaria del Distrito desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 3:30 p. m. (hora vigente) cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores al día de la votación, excepto el domingo 14 de noviembre de 2021, y desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 11:00 p. m. el sábado 13 de noviembre de 2021, solo con cita previa. SE NOTIFICA, además,

que, de conformidad con la Sección 2018-d de la Ley de Educación, cualquier persona que preste servicio en el Ejército, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, puede registrarse para votar en la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito que se celebrará el 15 de noviembre de 2021. Los votantes militares que califiquen como votantes del Distrito pueden obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito por teléfono (516-887-8300, ext. 1-433), fax (516-887-1802), correo electrónico (namayamoran@ersd.org. ), correo postal (443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, NY 11518) o en persona (en el horario de atención habitual de la oficina o entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 3:00 p. m.). Los votantes militares que estén debidamente registrados pueden solicitar una boleta electoral militar comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito para pedir una solicitud del Distrito. Las solicitudes completadas deben entregarse en persona o por correo postal a la secretaria del Distrito, y deben recibirse antes del 20 de octubre de 2021 a las 5:00 p. m. Las boletas electorales militares deben recibirse antes del 15 de noviembre de 2021 a las 5:00 p. m. si están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo, con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito, o antes del cierre de la votación el 15 de noviembre de 2021 si están selladas o endosadas por una agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Los votantes militares pueden decidir si prefieren recibir un Formulario de registro para los votantes militares, una Solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico en su solicitud para dicho registro, solicitud de boleta electoral o boleta electoral. SE NOTIFICA, además, que la Junta convocará una reunión especial dentro de las 24 horas siguientes a la presentación ante la secretaria del Distrito de un informe escrito con los resultados de la votación, en la escuela secundaria East Rockaway Jr./Sr. con el fin de examinar y tabular estos informes del resultado de la votación y declarar su resultado; que, por el presente y de conformidad con la Sección 2019-a, subdivisión 2b de la Ley de Educación, la Junta se designa como un grupo de secretarios de mesa para emitir y escrutar los votos durante esta reunión especial de la

Junta. Solo podrán votar los votantes calificados que estén debidamente registrados. POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN Fecha: 14 de Septiembre de 2021 Nereyda Amaya-Moran Secretaria del Distrito 127638 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 PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES To place a notice here call us us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the East Rockaway Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York, has adopted a resolution on September 14, 2021, authorizing a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of said School District to be held on Monday, November 15, 2021, from 6:30 o’clock A.M. to 9:30 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School, 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, New York, for the purpose of voting upon the following Proposition: PROPOSITION: WHEREAS, the voters of East Rockaway Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”) have heretofore on November 14, 2019, approved the expenditure of not to exceed $27,708,336 for various building and site improvements; and thereafter the Board of Education (the “Board”) authorized the issuance of not to exceed $21,508,336 bonds and the levy of a tax in installments to pay said bonds and the interest thereon to pay a portion of such cost; and WHEREAS, the Board has now determined that the cost of such improvements will be accomplished at a reduced cost, resulting in an unneeded balance of $4,000,000 of the bonds heretofore authorized; and WHEREAS, the Board has now further determined that it is necessary and desirable to undertake building heating and ventilation system improvements at the Rhame Avenue Elementary School and Centre Avenue Elementary School, at the estimated maximum cost

of not to exceed $6,000,000, and to appropriate said amount from the proceeds of the aforesaid $4,000,000 bonds and $2,000,000 of funds on hand. Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED: (a) That the Board of Education of the East Rockaway Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to undertake building heating and ventilation system improvements at the Rhame Avenue Elementary School and Centre Avenue Elementary School (the “Project”) substantially as described in a report/plan prepared for the District by John A. Grillo, Architects (the “Report”), which Report is on file and available for public inspection at the office of the District Clerk, including the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $6,000,000; provided that the costs of the components of the Project as set forth in the Report may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District; (b) that $2,000,000 of available fund balance from the District’s 2020-2021 fiscal year is hereby authorized to be expended to pay a portion of the cost of the Project, and such expenditure is hereby approved, and (c) that the balance of the cost of the Project shall be financed by the issuance of $4,000,000 bonds heretofore authorized and the tax heretofore voted, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable. Such Proposition shall appear on the ballots used for voting at said Special District Meeting in substantially the following condensed form: PROPOSITION: YES NO RESOLVED: (a) That the Board of Education of the East Rockaway Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York is hereby authorized to undertake building heating and ventilation

system improvements at the Rhame Avenue Elementary School and Centre Avenue Elementary School, substantially as described in a report/plan by John A. Grillo, Architects, and to expend therefor an amount not to exceed $6,000,000; (b) that $2,000,000 of available fund balance from the District’s 2020-2021 fiscal year is hereby authorized to be expended to pay a portion of such cost, and such expenditure is hereby approved, and (c) that the balance of the cost shall be financed by the issuance of $4,000,000 bonds heretofore authorized and the tax heretofore voted, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable. The voting will be conducted by ballot on voting machines or paper ballot as provided in the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 6:30 o’clock A.M. to 9:30 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the vote shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Education Law §2014, personal registration of voters is required for the Special District Meeting, and no person shall be entitled to vote at the Special District Meeting whose name does not appear on the register of the District. Registration of the qualified voters of the District for said Special District Meeting is permitted in the District Clerk’s Office, from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 3:30 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time), Monday through Friday, up to and including Wednesday, November 10, 2021. The register for the Special District Meeting will be prepared and filed in the District Clerk’s Office and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 3:30 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on each of the five days prior to the day of the vote, except Sunday, November 14, 2021 and from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 11:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time) on Saturday, November 13, 2021, by advance appointment only; and at each polling place on the day of the vote. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE the register of the qualified voters of said

District prepared for the Annual District Meeting and Election held on May 18, 2021 shall be used by said Board of Registration as the basis for the preparation of the register for said Special District Meeting to be held on November 15, 2021. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register shall include: (l) all qualified voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four calendar years (2018-2021) prior to preparation of said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Elections of Nassau County. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that applications for absentee ballots are to be completed on a form prescribed by the state board of elections and may be obtained by visiting the New York State Education Department’s Website at (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fil es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), or by contacting the District Clerk by email at namayamoran@ersd.org or telephone at (516) 887-8300 Ext. 1-433 from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 3:30 P.M. o’clock (Prevailing Time), Monday through Friday, except holidays. If the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than November 8, 2021. If the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter at the office of the District Clerk, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than November 12, 2021. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 3:30 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on each of the five (5) days prior to the day of the vote, except Sunday, November 14, 2021, and from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 11:00 o’clock A.M. on Saturday, November 13, 2021, by advance appointment only. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, any person serving in the

military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote at the Special District Meeting to be held on November 15, 2021. A military voter who is a qualified voter of the District may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516-887-8300, Ext. 1-433), facsimile (516-887-1802), email (namayamoran@ersd.org. ) mail (443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, NY 11518), or in person (during regular office hours or between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 3:00 o’clock P.M.). A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District by also contacting the District Clerk. Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 o’clock P.M. on October 20, 2021. Military ballots must be received by 5:00 o’clock P.M. on November 15, 2021 if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the Special District Meeting, or not later than the close of the polls on November 15, 2021 if postmarked or endorsed by an agency of the United States government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot, in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law, §2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board. Only qualified voters who are duly registered will be permitted to vote. BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Dated:September 14,2021 Nereyda Amaya-Moran District Clerk 127636

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LEGAL NOTICE CASE NO. 21527 RESOLUTION NO. 1016-2021 Adopted: September 9, 2021 Councilman Blakeman offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SOLE USE OF HOLDERS OF SPECIAL PARKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF NASSAU TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN OTHER LOCATIONS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY, SET ASIDE AS PARKING SPACES FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 998-2021, adopted August 3, 2021, a public hearing was duly held on the 9th day of September, 2021, at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the proposed establishment and setting aside of certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons, in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, all as set forth in said resolution; and WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Town Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish and set aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, the following parking spaces be and the same hereby is set aside for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons: ATLANTIC BEACH MARK LANE - west side, starting at a point 42 feet south of the south curbline of Park Street, south for a distance of 18 feet. (TH-220/21) EAST ATLANTIC BEACH ROCHESTER AVENUE starting at a point 223 feet of the south of the south curbline of Park Street, south for a distance of 14 feet. TH-279/21) BETHPAGE BOONE STREET - south side, starting at a point 161 feet west of the west

curbline of North Wantagh Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-235/21) BOONE STREET - north side, starting at a point 367 feet east of the east curbline of Farmedge Road, east for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-280/21) EAST ROCKAWAY WILLIAMSON STREET south side, starting at a point 74 feet opposite the northeast curbline of 8th Avenue, east for a distance of 18 feet. (TH-255/21) ELMONT HEATHCOTE ROAD - west side, starting at a point 35 feet north of the north curbline of 109th Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-187/21) EMPORIA AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 410 feet south of the south curbline of Atherton Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-202/21) KELLER AVENUE - west, starting at a point 356 feet north of the curbline of L Street, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-230/21) FRANKLIN SQUARE JAMES STREET - west side, starting at a point 212 feet south of the south curbline of Fenworth Boulevard, south for 20 feet. (TH-246/21) ADMONT AVENUE - north side, starting at a point 130 feet east of the east curbline of Roosevelt Avenue, east for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-258/21) LEVITTOWN RESTFUL LANE - east side, starting at a point 120 feet south of the south curbline of Swirl Lane, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-272/21) MERRICK GRUNCLY PLACE - north side, starting at a point 254 feet east of the east curbline of Merrick Avenue, east for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-204/21) UNIONDALE SOUTHERN PARKWAY south side, starting at a point 330 feet west of the west curbline of Nostrand Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-196/21) VAN BUREN STREET west side, starting at a point opposite the northeast curbline of Knull Street at the utility pole, north for a distance of 101 feet, then north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-244/21) LENOX AVENUE - west side, starting at a pont 605 feet north of the north curbline of Braxton Street, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-251/21) WEST HEMPSTEAD BEDELL TERRACE - north side, starting at a point 153 feet east of the east curbline of Hempstead Gardens Drive, east for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-191/21)

Lenox Hill Radiology comes to Lynbrook

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — September 30, 2021

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By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

On Aug. 1, Lenox Hill Radiology opened its doors at 443 Sunrise Highway, where Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology operated for several years. Lenox Hill offers a variety of services, including MRIs, PET/CT scans, Ultrasounds, 3-D mammography and walk-in X-rays. Lenox Hill is part of RadNet, a national leader in medical imaging operations and software pertaining to radiology. Additionally, it conducts critical prostate and breast screenings, which can detect cancer. “Locally, we are Lenox Hill Radiology, which has a lot of expertise and is something that I would put up, in terms of our expertise clinically, really with any academic hospital in the area,” said Sage Cummings, vice president of sales for RadNet. “We’re very proud of that.” Lenox Hill has 82 locations in New York, 53 of which are full-service, including Lynbrook. They have also opened locations in areas that don’t have easy access to imaging, including Ridgewood, Queens, and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Lenox Hill also owns its software and information technology infrastructure, which keeps patients’ medical records on one common platform, no matter which location they go to for a screening, and there are teams designated to specific strengths. “We look at New York uniquely because of the ebbs and flows of the city,” Cummings said. “What we’ve been able to build from a patient and physician perspective is the same quality no matter where our patients go.” Lenox Hill has 69 magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, machines in the New York area, of which 52 were replaced with late-generation systems within the last seven years. Additionally, it brought the first 3-D machines to replace digital mammography units nearly a decade ago. RadNet also has an artificial intelligence division and through its subsidiary, DeepHealth, it received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to launch Saige-Q, a screening worklist prioritization tool that enables radiologists to more

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LENOX HILL RADIOLOGY opened in Lynbrook on Aug. 1, taking the place of Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology. effectively manage their mammography cases with the use of AI. The technology identifies suspicious screening exams that may need prioritized attention, enabling radiologists to optimize their workflow for efficiency and effectiveness. Cummings said Lenox Hill offers many services and that the company and RadNet were pleased to enter the Lynbrook community. “We’re not a hospital and not hospitalowned,” he said. “It’s pretty important in that hospital-based radiology operations tend to be anywhere from two to three times more expensive to the consumer. We are probably facing more challenges than we ever have with the economic impacts of Covid, but we do pride ourselves in terms of all those clinical benefits, and the quality of the locations. Every location is unique in that sense.”

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and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons: ELMONT HILLSBORO AVENUE east side, starting at a point 307 feet south of the south curbline of Atherton Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-490/15 - 11/24/15)

(TH-273/21) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall enter this resolution in the minutes of the Town Board and shall publish a copy of this resolution once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Hempstead, and shall post a copy hereof on the signboard maintained by her, and

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Baldwin $677,000 Charing Cross Road. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Finished basement. Updated kitchen. Formal dining room with French doors to patio. Den/family room and office. Attached garage. Large rooms. Near LIRR and Loft Pond. Taxes: $13,903.83 Bellmore $760,000 Karen Street. Splanch. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Gourmet chef’s eat-in kitchen with custom cabinetry, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances with induction cooktop. Open floor plan with vaulted ceiling. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Entertaining backyard with pool and deck. Central air conditioning. Taxes: $16773.45 East Rockaway $565,000 Riverside Road. Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Living room with fireplace. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Deck, pergola and patio. Many updates. Taxes: $6,705

Freeport $510,000 Wilshire Court. Splanch. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Eatin kitchen. Spacious living room/dining room with vaulted ceiling. Master bedroom with sitting room. Den/family room. Gunite inground swimming pool with brick patio and built-in barbecue. Close to Nautical Mile. Taxes: $8,744 Island Park $800,000 Redfield Road. 2 Story. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Updated eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Living room/dining room with vaulted ceilings. First floor master bedroom with skylights in master bathroom. Radiant flooring throughout. Ceiling fans in every room. Water and NYC skyline views throughout. New bulkhead and floating dock. FEMA compliant. Security system and central air conditioning. Taxes: $10,087.92 Lawrence $1,770,000 Auerbach Lane. Colonial. 6, bedrooms, 5 bathrooms. Finished basement. Chef’s gourmet eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, 2 dishwashers, 2 sinks, double oven, Sub-Zero refrigerator, warming drawer and work station. Formal living room with fireplace. Formal dining room. Den with fireplace. Ensuite spacious master bedroom with luxe bathroom and balcony. Inground swimming pool. Central air conditioning and security system. Taxes: $13,474.54 Source: The Multiple Listing Service of Long Island Inc,, a computerized network of real estate offices serving Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, and Brooklyn.

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was mowing my backyard lawn in Merrick last Saturday when I was suddenly struck by the strange sensation that I had missed the bus to my race — that I should, at the moment, have been running a 5K or a 10K at a frantic pace instead of plodding along, mower in hand. The temperature was a perfect 72 degrees, with no wind. Sunshine streamed down. The leaves on the trees were halfbrown and turning crisp. Fall was clearly in the air. Year after year, from my early adolescence to my SCOTT young adulthood, I ran cross-country BRINTON every fall, from middle school through college, missing only two seasons in high school. I was conditioned to gear up for the racing season as September neared an end. When the fall air and the angle of the sun in the sky turned just so, I had to be ready to run — hard. The nervous anticipation I felt as the racing season approached was embedded in my brain, and every now and again it pops up, even now, more than three decades later. Such was the case on Saturday. That got me thinking about how screwy the past 18 months must have been for our

young athletes, how all of the coronavirus delays and cancellations in their sports seasons must have messed with their heads, whether they were elementary-age kids a few years into athletics or college competitors. When you’ve participated for years in a sport, there is an intuitive sense you feel for its up-anddown rhythms and welltimed rituals. As a cross-country runner, I knew I had from midSeptember to late October to qualify for season-ending championships in early November, a narrow window within which to achieve that year’s goals, for sure. It was six straight weeks of focused energy, of exacting routines and, potentially, of great disappointment or glory on the field of play. I was never a star runner, though in college I did eventually achieve my goal of breaking 17 minutes in the 5K, running it in 16:40, and 5 minutes in the mile, finishing it in 4:31. What cross-country, and track in college, gave me was a sense of belonging, camaraderie, place. That’s important for a young person. Athletics also gave me a routine — I knew where I had to be after school and on Saturday. My schedule revolved around sports. I thought about how disruptive the pandemic must have been over the past year and a half to the routines of tens of thousands of young athletes, and the joy they

must be feeling as they return this fall for their regularly appointed seasons. Then I thought about Bulgaria. From 1991 to 1993, I served in the Peace Corps there, teaching English at the Vasil Drumev High School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Veliko Tarnovo, an ancient city in central Bulgaria. There were no after-school athletics in Bulgarian schools. If you wanted to play sports, you attended a specialized high school, open only to those displaying natural athletic ability. At Vasil Drumev, there wasn’t even much of a gym program. The students, in grades seven to 12, hung out in the school courtyard during a free period when the weather permitted, playing basketball or volleyball. Boys did most of the playing. Girls often sat on the sidelines, chatting. There were no grass fields, no bleachers or scoreboards, only two basketball hoops set on one downwardsloping asphalt court, which, in the U.S., would no doubt have been a lawsuit waiting to happen. One day, I asked my students what they did after school without sports or even clubs. Mostly, they said, they walked around town with friends, stopping for coffee at a café, where they would sit for an hour or two before heading home to finish homework and eat dinner with their fami-

’d never suggest that we do away with them, but they do have a downside.

lies. Afterward, they might watch TV on the handful of channels that were available then, and they were usually in bed by 10 p.m. It all sounded shockingly stress-free. High school and college athletics in the U.S. can be wonderful, but the competitions are frequently high-stress events. The emphasis is too often on winning, on beating the competition, on rising to the top. Even youth athletics can be anxiety-provoking, which I found as a volunteer soccer and track coach when my kids were younger. I hope the pandemic might give us pause to think more deeply about our high school and college athletic programs. I would never suggest that we do away with them and adopt a Bulgarian-like system. As a former interscholastic athlete, I see the intrinsic value in sports. I also see the downside — the over-programming of students’ schedules, the often intense rivalries that can develop between teams and lead to divisions among young people, and the prioritization of victory over young athletes’ health, including their mental health. Pushing young people beyond their limits to the point of a physical or mental breakdown in order to win a trophy is never worth the cost. Never. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.

It’s fall 2021. Can summer 2022 be far behind?

y earliest memory of a family vacation adventure ended with my mother and father falling into each other’s arms and sobbing. I was 7 years old. They were 31. We traveled 11 hours in our black Oldsmobile to a rental my dad had found in the newspaper known as Stony Hill Farm. It was in the armpit of New Hampshire, and we had dreamt of it, talked about it, and planned for it over an entire grim New York winter. I can still see the scene where we drove onto the property. I was sweating RANDI in the back seat KREISS with my 3-year-old sister and my Grandma Annie. We had turned off the main road, and when we saw the sign for Stony Hill, we were thrilled that all the days of our two-week vacation lay ahead. Then we saw the “cottages” — tiny, shabby huts that were more than chicken coops but not acceptable dwellings for humans who could walk upright. We moved in, but not really. At 4 a.m. my parents woke us up, and we jumped into the car and fled, presumably skipping out on

our reservation and any financial commitments to the scamming “resort” owner. The story came back to me this week as I started fantasizing about finding a rental for a few weeks in Maine next summer. I know it’s crazy early for planning anything, but I’m dreaming. I need to buy into a future when we can travel again without risking our lives. In case you’re wondering, everyone is going to Maine; it’s become the “it” place for summer. Ogunquit is the new East Hampton. Part of Maine’s popularity has been its shabby chic, inexpensive cachet. No more. Long gone are the days when early colonists fed lobsters, considered trash food, to their prisoners. Since my early trauma in New Hampshire, the renting of vacation properties has become big business on Vrbo, Airbnb, HomeToGo and other platforms that bring owners and renters together — not without issues. The companies have gotten so big, and so many people are looking to escape, that the fees have soared and the potential for scams is always present. That said, we’ve found reasonably good vacation apartments and houses over the past 30 years, and I was looking to Maine for our

getaway. Maine may still be shabby, but the prices are for the rich and famous. For the uninitiated, when you rent on the platforms, for any time from one night to several months, you get to see photos and a list of amenities and house rules and availability. I am now the world’s expert on deciphering what the house descriptions and photos actually reveal. Wherever you wander, I offer this as a pubic service: When reading about a property, look no further if you see the words “cozy” or “adorable.” This is online speak for cramped. You may have to crawl into the dormer bedroom. If the list of amenities includes “washing machine available,” it may be coin-operated. You don’t want to play your washer like a slot machine. “Basic” kitchen supplies is a red flag. Expect only salt and pepper. “Evolving” neighborhood also not a positive. Study, study, study the photos. The angles can make a 6-by-8 room look like a football field. We nearly booked one appealing place until we looked at a photo of a bedroom and spotted what turned out to be a toilet right next to the bed. Another place had beautiful

s you search for a future vacation rental, pay very close attention to details.

wood floors, white walls and spiffy-looking appliances, but no other furniture aside from beds in otherwise empty bedrooms and living areas. “Waterfront” can mean anything from waves crashing on a beach in front of the house to a glimpse of a canal from an attic window. You must read all — every one — of the house reviews posted by renters. People will write on and on about how perfect the house is and then, perhaps prompted by conscience, add something like, “Just one little thing. There were mice in the walls. But, really, the owner took care of it immediately.” One house looked very promising until I read a review that said, “This was a spectacular house with a beautiful view of the bay. I would definitely go back again except for the man living in the basement.” Now I’m pursuing non-Maine properties, slightly off the grid, with more acceptable prices. Canada is a possibility if it stays open to travelers from the U.S. I did see a nice house in South Dakota. It boasted “stunning mountain views” and a “chef ’s kitchen.” But one reviewer complained of bears breaking into cars, more than once. There’s always something. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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We need storm-hardening projects now, not later

ere we are, nine years after Superstorm Sandy pummeled Nassau County’s South and North Shores, still waiting for the federal and state governments to take meaningful action to harden our coastal infrastructure to withstand the likes of such a storm in the future. For sure, strides have been made. The City of Long Beach has a new, much sturdier boardwalk, constructed of hardwood rather than pine. Smart move. It also has new dunes, with cord-grass plantings, to hold back the ocean. And here and there, small flood-mitigation projects have been undertaken in various communities. We have yet to see the types of largescale hardening projects that were promised in Sandy’s wake, however. Check valves, for example, were supposed to be installed on storm drains that let out into the bays in any number of communities, but they are yet to materialize. Check valves prevent the tide from flowing backward into storm drains and flooding streets. During Sandy, backflow caused by the storm’s rush of seawater flooded hundreds of blocks nowhere near the bays.

Our communities need check valves. Where are they? Our new governor, Kathy Hochul, needs to answer us on this one. For that matter, where are the streetraising projects? Is there any word on a $300 million proposal by Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy to construct tidal floodgates across Jones Inlet? He first proposed the idea five years ago. So far we’ve had nothing but studies. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently released a draft report of its Nassau County Storm Risk Management Study, which suggests elevating more than 14,000 homes across the South Shore, at a cost of $3.8 billion, to mitigate the risk of flood damage during big storms, which are only expected to grow more powerful in the coming decades because of climate change. Global warming not only heats up the atmosphere, but also increases sea surface temperatures. Warmer oceans provide greater energy for hurricanes to feed off. So, yes, we need to act, as the study asserts. At what point, though, do we stop studying and start taking decisive action? The risk management study began in

2016. It is not expected to be complete until 2023 — more than a decade after Sandy ravaged our shorelines. Beyond that, it’s unclear where the billions of dollars in funding to elevate thousands of homes would come from. This isn’t right. People deserve answers from our elected leaders. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach who heads the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and is running for county district attorney, recently expressed frustration with the lack of action on the storm-hardening front. Speaking of the Army Corps study, he said, “This study, while welcome, needs to become more than just paper and evolve into funding and real deliverables as soon as possible. This must go from concepts to actual, physical storm hardening — and that’s what matters as sea levels rise and storms intensify. Time is of the essence.” We agree. So we are pleading with Hochul and local elected leaders across Nassau to take definitive action and push for more than studies. We need projects now, before it’s too late.

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air and festivals season is upon us again. Last weekend, the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores staged its famed Family Street Festival, touted as the largest such fair in Nassau County, annually attracting as many as 100,000 people. This year, the crowds were back, despite the coronavirus, thronging Bedford Avenue. It was, on one hand, a much-welcome relief to see people back together, laughing, smiling, chowing on roasted corn and zeppole. On the other, it was more than a little concerning that so many people were elbow to elbow in relatively close quarters. Social distancing — and masking — were out. In no way are we suggesting canceling such festivals. We need them now to help rebuild our tattered spirits. We would like to see more people wearing masks during such events, however. Yes, folks are outdoors, so ventilation isn’t a problem. Yes, many Nassau adults are vaccinated. We should make every attempt, however, to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in all ways possible, and masking helps. By the way, the Bellmore chamber wasn’t the only organization holding a

festival over the weekend. Huntington Mobilization for Sustainability did as well. The Huntington Environmental Festival brought together conservation groups from across Long Island to teach about subjects ranging from electric cars to geothermal energy, composting and more. What a wonderful idea! We suggest

that other groups, like our chambers of commerce, incorporate their own environmental corners into their festivals and fairs in the coming years. Long Island juts into the Atlantic Ocean, so it’s vulnerable to the effects of climate change (see editorial above). We need all the environmental education we can get.

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friend was lamenting the antivaccine movement and those who advocate their freedom from mandates, government or otherwise, to become vaccinated against Covid-19. After commenting on the irony of “pro-life” advocates wanting freedom from life-saving vaccines, my friend said, “What’s up with them?” Fortunately, about 75 percent of the adult population in the U.S. has been vaccinated at least once. Vaccination coverage, however, varies widely across ROBERT the country and among different SCOTT racial and ethnic groups. Black and Hispanic people are less likely than whites to have received vaccines, leaving them at high risk, especially with the Delta variant. As of September, nearly 60 percent of white people had received at least one dose of the vaccine, compared with only 10 percent of Black people, 17 percent of Hispanics, 6 percent of Asians, 1 percent of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives, and under 1 percent of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. The low rate of vaccination among Blacks may be explained in part by their history with American health care. From

the time of slavery through the Jim Crow era, the Flexner reforms of medical education and medical care that disenfranchised Black citizens, through the syphilis “experiments” and segregation, Black people have been discriminated against, and have good reasons to be skeptical of government and corporate health care. In recent months, however, owing in large part to citizen and community advocacy, vaccinations are reaching larger numbers of Black and Hispanics. Nevertheless, there are elected officials and activist groups who argue against sensible public health measures such as vaccinations and mask-wearing. Unfortunately, these zealots brook no questions about their assertions and assumptions. Their responses to questions like “Why not?” often is, “You just don’t get it.” Perhaps one of the major challenges in our country is that we hesitate to engage those with other views. We have conservatives who think in terms of conserving privilege instead of promoting policies for the common good, and liberals whose lifestyles or attitudes at times belie their principles of equality and inclusion. A former state senator in New Jersey was known for his familiar refrain: “We can disagree without being disagreeable.” I sometimes wish this phrase were posted on every street corner in America.

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LETTERS Support the Climate Act To the Editor: Regarding the story “U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reveals findings of Back Bays Study” (Sept. 16-22): It is astonishing that an article about the high risk of flood damage faced by South Shore residents does not mention climate change. Why are our local elected officials supporting a plan to spend $3.8 billion in taxpayer money on resiliency measures such as “elevating more than 14,000 homes”? We know from the science that without addressing the source of the problem — climate change caused by fossil-fuel emissions — resiliency measures will ultimately fail. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky must realize that the real solution is a transformation to a renewable economy. The State Legislature must pass the Climate and Community Investment Act, which will create jobs and revenue by making corporate polluters pay their fair share to mitigate the damage they have done to our communities. If our leaders truly want to combat the disastrous effects of climate change on the South Shore, and benefit every

Those who object to vaccinations not only put themselves in harm’s way, as many have learned, but also put the health of others in jeopardy. They must acknowledge responsibility for illness and death when not following the guidance of science-based public health protocols. How ironic it is that many who argue for the rights of the unborn act against the rights of the living to be protected from disease. The anti-vaxxers might think they are making a political or perhaps theological choice, but in fact they are making a moral choice. They are asserting a set of values that can harm and kill others. We are taught to love one another, even the meekest among us, but anti-vaxxers often prefer antipathy to empathy. A defense offered by some is that mandates violate their freedom. Yes, a democracy honors freedom and provides that its citizens are free to question orthodoxy, to express opinions without fear of consequence, within the boundaries of law. Consequently, members of a democracy must exercise freedom with responsibility, not freedom unfettered from concern for others. Those who refuse to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle may cite their freedom to feel the air flow through their hair, but to do so is to ignore the societal

costs incurred when they crash. Society pays for their irresponsible behavior. The same is true for anti-vaxxers. Freedom isn’t a simple concept. We can be free “from” bondage and free to exercise our will, but as members of a society, whether it be a family, a community or a nation, we are free, with responsibilities. Freedom “with” derives from our founding principle expressed as “We the people.” “We,” not “I.” To flout this freedom is to fail to understand the different ways of knowing what we think of as truth. Public-health policy depends on truth as established by science, through rigorous experimentation and replication. Those opposed to vaccine mandates cling to a truth based on faith, which cannot be replicated, or a truth based on fear of authority and suspicion of government, which may at times be justified. These forms of truth generally focus on “I” instead of “we.” As American citizens with equal voices and residents of the world community, we must bear witness to the health and safety of others as well as ourselves. We must engage in boundary-spanning discussions and promote education about public health. We must honor the humanity of our neighbors and fellow citizens if we are to have a viable democracy. Dr. Robert A. Scott is president emeritus and university professor emeritus of Adelphi University and author of “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Awardee, 2019).

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Lead by example on the climate crisis To the Editor: Those attending the United Nations General Assembly could lead by example when it comes to global warming. Hundreds of heads of state, ambassadors, military attachés and security personnel can give up limousines taking them to and from their embassies, hotels or residences to the U.N. These motorcades contribute to gridlock and increase air pollution. Join several million New Yorkers by riding the subway or bus. Enjoy some fresh air and walk several blocks from any nearby subway or bus stop. Mingle with ordinary people to develop a better understanding of America and its people. LARRY PENNER Great Neck

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*Prices, taxes and availability subject to change without notice. The complete terms are in offering plans available from the Sponsors File No. CD16-0218, CD16-0219, CD16-0342, CD16-0343, CD16-0348 and CD17-0106. *Actual onsite photos. Equal housing opportunity.

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