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A leader in the scouting community By Mike Smollins

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hether it’s doing nearly everything to help shape Boy Scouts members as a youth leader, aiding his elderly neighbor or helping others around the village, Lynbrook resident Nicholas Sincinito has been there for his community time and time again. For his efforts, Sincinito is the Lynbrook/ East Rockaway Herald’s 2021 Person of the Year. Sincinito, who turned 56 on Monday, has been involved with Boy Scout Troop 121 in East Rockaway for more than two decades, mainly serving as scoutmaster, and despite being diagnosed with esophageal cancer more than two years ago, he still remains active in scouting as an assistant scoutmaster and puts on clinics to teach scouts from other troops various skills. “If you call, he comes,” Troop 121 Secretary Pam Makaea said. “If you can’t call, he’ll get to you. Everywhere he goes, it’s like, what doesn’t he do? That’s the type of person he is, whatever he can do to help. When you’re around Nick, and everyone is around Nick, he’s the type of person everyone is happy to be around. He’s comfortable to be with. When you leave Nick, you feel good. You have a smile when you leave him. He says, once you’re here, you’re family.” Sincinito lives in his childhood home in village. He was the youngest of three sons of Frank and Annie Sincinito, and attended Lynbrook District schools with his older brothers, Andrew, who died in 1999, and Frank. His father was a Pearl Harbor survivor, which gave Sincinito a sense of patriotism. After high school, he began a career in publishing, and despite his illness, he still works at Minuteman Press in Rockville Centre. In the late 1980s, Sincinito met his future wife, Sheila, and they wed more than 30 years ago on May 11, 1991. They have two sons, Sean and Colin, who each

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f you need something, he doesn’t know how to say no.’ STEVE ALBERTS graduated from Lynbrook High School and are the fourth generation to live in the Sincinito home in the village. When his sons were young, Sincinito

became a Cub Scout master at his wife’s urging, and quickly found that he enjoyed it, Sheila said. He moved up to Boy Scouts with his sons, and stayed long after they finished scouting because he enjoyed it so much. “He blames me,” Sheila said with a laugh. “It goes back with my brothers being involved in scouting and my father, and when I had boys, I knew the program was good from seeing my brothers go through it . . . He was always very diligent, and he’s always loved it. He loves taking the boys camping and teaching skills to them.” Sincinito worked with other packs and taught them skills like tying knots, working with tools and cooking, and he organized the Pinewood Derby for Nassau County’s Iroquois District. He eventually was inducted into the Order of the Arrow, which is a national camping honor society that recognizes scouts and scouters (adults) who best exemplify the scout oath and law in their daily lives. He also was inducted into the Sagamore Service Council, which is a group of devoted scouters who pass on a lifetime of leadership skills and training to new generations of scouts and scout leaders, among his many accolades. Steve Alberts said he was the Iroquois District commissioner when he first met Sincinito more than 20 years ago when the latter was a Cub Scout master, and they quickly became friends. “He’s the type of guy that if you need something, he doesn’t know how to say no,” said Alberts, who is now a district committee member.“He was always there for the boys in his unit, his co-leaders. Any time we needed something on the district or the council level, you ask Nick, he’d say Continued on page 17 Courtesy Sheila Sincinito

Lynbrook resident Nicholas Sincinito is the Herald’s 2021 Person of the Year, honored for his efforts in the community, including serving as the leader of Troop 121 for many years.

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Dec. 14, 2020, pharmacist Anthony Longo told the Herald last January, was the most important day of his career, as he prepared the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in New York state, and perhaps the country. “To know that we were receiving this vaccine was incredible in and of itself,” Longo said, “because it gave hope for what the future was going to be.” Longo, 51, is the pharmacy director for Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital, a part of the Northwell Health system. He oversees the operations and clinical department for the in-patient pharmacy at the hospital, which provides medication and clinical support. The Lynbrook resident said he was unsure how the hospital

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got the state’s first dose of the vaccine, but he described it as a “surreal experience.” Longo was notified the night of Dec. 13 that the hospital would receive the PfizerBioNTech vaccine the next day, and, he said, he didn’t know what to expect. The package arrived at the hospital from Kennedy Airport, guided by state troopers and a security team. Once there, Longo placed the vaccine in an ultra-lowtemperature freezer that was cooled to –18 degrees Celsius (–0.4 Fahrenheit).

When 12-year-old Kaden Rogers saw that the Covid-19 pandemic had left some local families hungry and in need of household supplies, he collected donations to benefit them as part of his mitzvah project, a community-service deed in preparation for his bar mitzvah. Kaden, of Lynbrook, planned to bring the donations to the Hatzilu Rescue organization, a nonprofit that maintains a large kosher food pantry at the South Baldwin Jewish Center. Hatzilu volunteers deliver food and supplies to residents’ homes. Kaden and his parents organized a drive-by collection that lasted two hours on Jan. 10, at which family

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Lynbrook resident Anthony Longo, the pharmacy director for Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital.

Group raises $85K for businesses Over the winter months, Bryan and Lisa Lanzello and Mike and Kerrie Habert had Lynbrook residents buzzing on social media with their Facebook raffles, which grew in popularity and raised more than $80,000 for local businesses. After the coronavirus pandemic brought with it many obstacles for local business owners, the Lanzellos and Haberts decided to join forces to help. They came up with the idea of creating a raffle drawing on Facebook Live, which cost each participant $10 to reserve one of 100 available spots. The Lanzellos and Haberts bought $1,000 worth of gift cards from four local restaurants, and the winner of each drawing received a $250 gift card to one of the eateries. The Lanzellos live in East Rockaway

with their children, Damon, Ariana, Mason and Gavin, who attend Lynbrook Public Schools. Bryan was named the Herald’s 2020 Person of the Year because of all he has done to help the community in the past. He said that as the owner of a small business, Lanzello Roofing and Remodeling in Hewlett, and as the president of the Lynbrook Titans football and cheerleading programs, he knows the importance of giving back. “Lynbrook has always been there for everyone,” he said.

A fundraiser garnered $45,000 for the Lynbrook Knights of Columbus.

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Lynbrook resident Kaden Rogers collected and donated cleaning supplies and household items as part of his mitzvah project

Lynbrook teen helps seniors get vaccinated When Covid-19 cases began to climb locally, Lynbrook resident Liam Schorr didn’t hesitate to help his community. First, he volunteered to call seniors to check on them and see if they needed anything as part of a volunteer service created by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach. In that role, Liam, who was a sophomore at Lynbrook High School at the time, working with a list of area residents on an Excel spreadsheet, called them, and if they needed anything — such as masks, food or hand sanitizer — he arranged for deliveries. Then, when the vaccine rollout began, he helped seniors and others

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members, friends and neighbors donated cleaning supplies, paper goods and other household items. He created a flier detailing his goal, posted it on social media and contacted his friends to spread the word. “People contributed, actually, all week,” his mother, Allison Rogers, said. “The neighborhood was very generous. Once people saw pictures of Kaden and what he had collected on Facebook, more people wanted to donate.” By the end of the week, Kaden and his parents loaded two pickup trucks with donations.

who had difficulty with technology by scheduling appointments for them online so they could be inoculated. “It was really nice to help some of them, and most of them, they feel weird asking for help,” he said, “but some of them actually needed stuff, and it was nice getting them the stuff that they needed.” Liam first started helping seniors make vaccine appointments when his grandparents asked him for assistance. After that, he helped their friends and then many others after he was referred to them. In all, he helped more than 20 seniors. Courtesy Andi Schorr

Liam Schorr helped in many ways during the pandemic, including volunteering to help seniors register for their Covid vaccinations.

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New Vision Party sweeps Lynbrook elections

Lynbrook mourns loss of ‘an icon’ In the days after their father, Don Roth, died, Jane Roth Sloan and Tim Roth received hundreds of positive messages and were told dozens of stories about the influence he had on so many people as a teacher, mentor, coach and friend. The texts, emails and social media messages lined the walls of Jane’s home, a reminder of the type of man her father was and the impact he had on the village he loved. “I get to read them,” Jane said in March, noting that she had printed the messages and pasted them on green and gold paper — Owls colors — before hanging them throughout the house she shared with her father, who coached Lynbrook varsity baseball for 27 years. “My brother and I, and our kids — his grandkids — we all get to read them to remind us of just how loved he is in the community.” Don Roth died on Feb. 28 after a battle with cancer. He was 80. Hundreds of members of the community shared stories about and memories of him with his family, many affectionately referring to him

as “Coach Roth” or “Coachie.” The messages came from people he coached on the baseball diamond, others he taught health or driver’s education at Lynbrook High School, and still others from friends or acquaintances whom he had helped. Roth was born on March 7, 1940, to Dorothea Knoop and Henry Roth, and was their second son after his brother Robert. He grew up on Whittier Street in Lynbrook, attended public schools in the village and developed an affinity for baseball at a young age. “Both of us, for most of our lives, have been known as Don Roth’s son or Don Roth’s daughter,” Tim said, “but I’ve been Don Roth’s son for 48 years, and there’s no greater gift than to be known as Don Roth’s son or Don Roth’s daughter. We lost an icon, and there will be nobody like him again.”

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Ryder, a paralegal, realtor and community activist, joined the board for the first time. McLaughlin defeated challenger Josh Margulies, 1,072 votes to 269, for village justice, a position that he has held since 2009. He was appointed associate village justice in 1997. E a s t Rockaway held an uncontested election, but the community showed its support for the candidates. Trustees Tim O’Hagan (135 votes) and John Felbinger (148) were elected to the board, while Richard Braverman (133) was elected judge. Courtesy Village of Lynbrook

Michael Hawxhurst was re-elected to the village board in March.

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Lynbrook resident and former Owls varsity baseball coach Don Roth died Feb. 28, at age 80. He coached at LHS for nearly three decades.

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When polls closed in Lynbrook in March, Michael Hawxhurst retained his trustee seat, while Laura Ryder was elected to the board and William McLaughlin was re-elected as village justice. All three candidates ran on the New Vision Party line, and Ryder garnered 1,135 votes for trustee, while Hawxhurst received 1,116. They defeated challenger David O’Neill, who ran i n d e p e n d e n t l y, earned 349 votes. Hawxhurst, who works in finance, was first elected trustee in 2009 and was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. “I will work each and every day to continue to earn the trust of every village resident,” Hawxhurst said.

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Regal theater reopens after Covid shutdown Lynbrook was buzzing in late April better.” The theater reopened in April to as Regal Cinemas 13 reopened, ushering in a bit of a return to normalcy much fanfare, with showings of “Mortal Combat,” “The Unholy” and after the Covid-19 shutdown. “Godzilla vs. Kong.” Mayor Alan Beach said he “Regal is proud to was pleased that the theannounce that ater was able to open Lynbrook [Cinemas 13 again, and that he & RPX theater] hoped it would help IN reopened,” Regal struggling local busispokesman Richard nesses and restauGrover said in a staterants — which, he ment.“ noted, would benefit The Lynbrook facilifrom a return to outty closed in March 2020 door dining once the as coronavirus pandemic weather warmed. cases climbed, and remained “I’m excited,” Beach said of the theater’s reopening.“There were a shuttered for seven months. It eventulot of cars and people in the village. It’s ally opened on a limited basis in moving in the right direction. We’re October, but closed three weeks later. going to continue to do the outdoor Smollinst/Herald dining, because that really helped the Regal Cinemas 13 reopened in lateMike April after closrestaurants. Just doing that gives peo- ing amid the coronavirus pandemic. ple the sense that things are getting

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Rocks unveil new turf field Playing its first home football game on school grounds since 2019, East Rockaway didn’t get the result it was looking for Oct. 30 on its spectacular new turf field but still has the Nassau Conference IV playoffs in its immediate future. The Rocks fell in front of a packed house to Cold Spring Harbor, 28-12, and finished the regular season at .500 and in sixth place. Charles Tauckus rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns and added 13 tackles for the visiting Seahawks, who trailed after the first quarter but scored 21 straight points to take control. “It was a hard-fought game between two good teams,” East Rockaway head coach Russ Pajer said. “We both play strong, disciplined defense and really it came down to them making a couple of more fourthdown plays than we did. “Getting a turf field has been talked about for a long time and it’s awesome to see,” added Pajer, who took over the program in 1995. “This was the only home game for this group of

seniors since they were sophomores, so I’m glad it was able to happen even though it didn’t end the way we wanted.”

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Lynbrook punches playoff ticket Following a disappointing 2020 campaign, the Lynbrook girls’ soccer team has bounce backed in tremendous fashion this fall. It finished with a 7-3-2 record in Conference A3, and clinched a spot in the Nassau Class A playoffs. There was a plethora of ways the season could have gone awry in the early going. The Owls were a little slow coming out of the gates, which was represented by a loss to Friends Academy. Not to mention starting keeper Keziah Job, one of only five seniors on the roster, left that game and missed two weeks with a concussion. Coach Mike Palumbo said he’s proud of the progressions they have made. “They’re playing and working with so much heart,” Palumbo said. “The five seniors I have are constantly talking about the heart that this young group has played with.” Junior Sara Cilinger and sophomore Katie Sharkey have exemplified this mantra, as they both stepped up in tandem to play keeper despite having negligible experience in net. Olivia Vuotto and Isabella Sanchez also made huge strides in leadership.

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Winning a conference has been nothing new for the Lynbrook girls’ tennis team in recent seasons, but this year’s roster is shaping up to be one of the best ones in school history. The Owls finished 15-0 and wrapped up another Conference II title with a few matches to spare. The team shared the title with Oceanside in 2019 after claiming its own crowns

in 2016 and 2018. “We’ve always had deep teams, but not as dominant as this year,” said cohead coach Brian Bowes. “It’s the best we’ve seen in quite a while as far as the overall team.” The singles members have been more competitive this fall, according Sue Grieco/Herald

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Librarian calls it a career after 64 years Whether it was working through the aftermath of a fire that destroyed part of the Lynbrook Public Library, becoming the first employee to have a computer at the facility or creating a tradition of displaying a dollhouse each Christmas, Dorothy Perrich experienced plenty during her more than six decades of service. Perrich retired May 10, after 64 years at the library. “She’s very sweet,” library Director Robyn Gilloon said. “Very lovable, very dedicated and interesting to talk to with all the history she knows about Lynbrook and the library. She saw many things, and was my go-to person as far as Lynbrook or library history.” Perrich grew up in Brooklyn and got her start working in the Brooklyn Public Library. When her family moved to Lynbrook, she eventually got a job at the Lynbrook facility when George

Xydias, a family friend who also moved to Lynbrook from Brooklyn and joined the village board of trustees, told her about an opening. She began working at the library on April 1, 1957. Much has changed in the library since Perrich began. She recalled the days when employees used to handwrite numbers onto the spines of books and label them manually. “You used to type out all the catalog cards,” she said. “We don’t have catalogs. The catalogs aren’t here anymore because they’re all digital. It’s a great place to work, it really is. It contributed a lot to me that I would never have had, not having married or having any children. Being here, you got to be friendly with kids and their parents.”

Villages opt out of pot sales Citing potential danger to the community, the Lynbrook village board unanimously voted to bar marijuana dispensaries and consumption shops from being built or set up in the village during a public hearing in May. “It comes down to morals when you see overdoses have increased over the last 15 years or more, and when I know that marijuana is a gateway drug to other more serious drugs,” Trustee Laura Ryder said. “We can’t prevent anyone coming into our village with drugs, but we can limit it to a certain extent within our borders.” She added that it was the board’s “moral obligation” to opt out of selling marijuana in the village, adding “there

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“I always liked books,” said Longtime Lynbrook librarian Dorothy Perrich, who retired on May 10.

is no tax revenue that justifies the challenge that we’re facing.” Ryder said she spoke with several residents who opposed dispensaries in the village, and she could not vote to allow marijuana sales while thinking about parents who have lost their children to drug overdoses or anyone who has children who struggle with drug addiction. New York state passed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, or MRTA, on March 31, but villages, counties and towns can vote to ban sales within their municipalities. New York became the 18th state to legalize marijuana use, and officials formed new agencies to control it. Mike Smollins/Herald

Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach and the village board unanimously voted to opt out of allowing marijuana sales in the village after a public hearing.

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Parents differ on masking children With coronavirus cases dropping and restrictions easing in June, many parents made a push to allow children to go without face coverings at schools and camps, while others were reluctant to do so. “The masking rules for school must remain as long as children are not vaccinated,” Avram Pilich said. “Just because many adults are vaccinated, that doesn’t mean that unvaccinated kids are safe. Children have died from Covid-19 and spread it to relatives who have died. Nobody likes wearing masks, but this is a matter of life and death.” Ashley Miller expressed a similar sentiment. “Until the kids can be vaccinated, masks stay on, especially indoors,” she said.

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Across the state and in Nassau County, however, there have been rallies at which people have pushed for an end to mask requirements for children. Diane Isopo O’Gara said she was among the people who believe youths should no longer have to wear them. “Kids should be unmasked,” Isopo O’Gara said. “It is hurting their self-esteem and is more detrimental to their health to be breathing in their own breath for hours a day than Covid-19 is a danger. Teachers who are vaccinated should feel protected.”

On June 11, the State Assembly and Senate passed a bill to establish a South Nassau Water Authority and a North Shore Water Authority that would replace New York American Water for ratepayers in the Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay. The bill passed the Senate, 63-0, and the Assembly, 149-0. NYAW President Lynda DiMenna issued this statement in response: “For two years, we have been advocating for the elimination of the unfair and unjust special franchise tax to provide our customers with meaningful rate relief, but the Legislature failed to act. Instead, legislation was passed that provides zero rate relief and condemns our custom-

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County Executive Laura Curran was urged to ease masks.

Lynbrook, E.R. host graduations As she stood in front of her peers, Lynbrook High School Valedictorian Ashley Roth said that even though they may be going on separate journeys, the class of 2021 will always share the same roots back to LHS. “I’m confident that one day we will meet again and we will laugh and smile about these days,” she said assuredly. “I hope when that time comes, you can say you have truly lived. This has been one of my hardest goodbyes, but this is not the end. The memories we have made here in Lynbrook will live forever with each of us as we take on the world. We’re all a piece of Lynbrook, now and forever.” Students, faculty, administrators, members of the Board of Education and families gathered at the Marion Street Elementary School football

field in Lynbrook to celebrate the class of 2021, which overcame many obstacles due to the coronavirus pandemic. On a sun-soaked Saturday afternoon, East Rockaway JuniorSenior High School’s class of 2021 took a step toward the future as they graduated in front of family members, friends, district staff and administrators and the school board at Marion Street Elementary School in Lynbrook . Superintendent of Schools Lisa Ruiz expressed how proud she was of the resilience and strength that the class of 2021 demonstrated throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. East Rockaway graduates threw their mortarboards in the air to celebrate

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A bill to establish a South Nassau Water Authority and a North Shore Water Authority was approved by the Senate and Assembly.

E.R. mourns loss of a community icon Whether Dr. Richard Meagher was involved in East Rockaway village politics, volunteering for a variety of local organizations or serving in the school district, he would do just about anything to help East Rockaway, family members and friends said. “He was a person who, when someone said there was a problem, he asked people to come together to help fix it,” his daughter Heather said.“If there was money needed, he helped to fundraise. If there was an event needed, he helped to run it. My dad very much wanted to be a ‘yes’ person in a ‘no’ world. He never wanted to hear that a bad situation couldn’t be fixed or that you couldn’t even try.”

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ers to paying exorbitant taxes on their water bills for years to come. We will continue to educate our customers about the impact of this lack of action.” The Merrick-based advocacy group Long Island Clean Air, Water and Soil fought for the bill through petitions, phone calls, emails and rallies spreading awareness and support for the bill. “Obviously, there is a long way to go,” said Dave Denenberg, a co-director of LI-CAWS.“I promise that none of us are going to stop until we cross the finish line — clean, affordable public water for all.”

Meagher, a former East Rockaway mayor and school board president, died on June 25. He was 82. His daughter said that nothing rivaled Meagher’s love for his late wife, Gail, his children and their spouses and his grandchildren, but the village came in a close second. In addition to serving on the school and village boards, Meagher was a lifetime member of the Kiwanis Club and founder of many community organizations and initiatives. Heather said she hoped people would follow in her father’s footsteps and get involved in East Rockaway. Courtesy Meagher family

Late former East Rockaway village and school board Trustee Dr. Richard Meagher left his mark on the community in many ways through volunteering.

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E.R. pumpkin patch a Halloween hoot East Rockaway’s Centre Avenue and Rhame Avenue elementary school students ventured to the outdoors to participate in their school’s annual pumpkin patch. They navigated through the field of pumpkins, collected their favorite one and then brought it back to their

Nearly 2,500 people gathered in Greis Park in October — many decked out in the traditional German lederhosen — to celebrate Oktoberfest and raise money for the Lynbrook Community Chest. “It really was great,” Mayor Alan Beach said. “There were so many nice volunteers trying to help out and make it work so well. So many people helped. It was really a great event.” The Community Chest provides financial help to village residents who have fallen on hard times. Beach said that he was grateful for the nearly 50 volunteers, including Larry Swing, who helped in many ways, along with members of the Knights of Columbus; Frank Pignataro,

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classrooms to decorate. The outing was part of Halloween festivities at each school, and students and staff got into the spirit. Courtesy East Rockaway School District

Centre Avenue Elementary School students selected their favorite pumpkin during the school’s pumpkin patch activity.

who owns River Mill and provided German food; Bryan Lanzello, owner of Lanzello Roofing & Remodeling, who provided the Ferris wheel; Pat Alonge, who ran activities for children; police and fire department members, who ensured safety; and Department of Public Works employees, who helped serve beer to attendees. Lynbrook Community Chest Chairman Brian Curran, a former state assemblyman, said he was grateful for the event, and noted that it aided “Lynbrook residents and families that may be experiencing difficult times and are truly in need of assistance.” Sue Grieco/Herald

More than 2,000 people came to Greis Park to celebrate Oktoberfest and raise their glasses, and money, for the Lynbrook Community Chest. The Kelly family got into the spirit.

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After developing and seeing through a five-year strategic plan to make improvements, helping to generate project ideas for a bond that was approved by voters to upgrade facilities and seeing the East Rockaway School District through the Covid-19 pandemic, Superintendent Lisa Ruiz announced at the Nov. 16 Board of Education meeting that she would retire at the end of the school year. “I feel like I’ve spent almost 45 years in education, almost 42 years in public education, and I just felt that for personal reasons, this was a good time to move on to that next phase in my life,” Ruiz said. “. . . I was going to leave at the end of last year, but because of Covid, I wanted to see the district through its difficult time.” Ruiz’s retirement is to take effect June 30 next year. She came to East Rockaway nine years ago after serving as the assistant superintendent for

Mur-Lee’s Men’s and Boys’ Shop in Lynbrook recently celebrated 75 years in business. Started in 1946 by brothers Murray and Lee Levitt, the store has remained a family business, becoming an “institution in the neighborhood,” said Bruce Levitt, who is Murray’s son and co-owned the store with his brother, Harry. until the latter moved to Florida at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. “We just kind of grew up working in the family business as kids,” Bruce Levitt said. “I remember Saturday mornings my father throwing a cold washcloth on me to wake me up to get up and go to work.” The business has been a part of the Lynbrook community since brothers Murray and Lee went into business together after World War II, opening

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the shop on Atlantic Avenue. Murray’s sons, Harry and Bruce, helped him run the business after Lee retired in 1979. Murray, a former president of the Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce, retired in 2000 and left the business to his sons, who helped it reach the more than seven-decade mark. He died in 2006. When he graduated from high school, Bruce Levitt worked as an actor and a model for a few years in California before returning to Long Island to run the family business. Now, years later, the store is celebrating its 75th anniversary. “It’s kind of amazing that we’ve survived so many ups and downs and pitfalls,” Bruce Levitt said. “We’ve always seemed to persevere.” Mike Smollins/Herald

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Lynbrook nearly nine years ago. Following her passion for baking and decorating cakes, she founded Inaecakes LLC, and owns a commercial kitchen in Long Island City, Queens. When her business had to close because of the pandemic, she said, she turned ordinary foods into sweet, edible treats by capturing people’s interests and imaginations and using her creativity to bring it to life.

The Hempstead Town Industrial Development Agency Board voted Nov. 30 to approved a 30-year PILOT, or payment in lieu of taxes, agreement for the $95 million, 201unit apartment complex at the former Mangrove Feather factory in Lynbrook. The project will encompass 7 and 21 Langdon Place, 47 Broadway, and 90 and 96 Station Plaza, which is where the factory once operated and has been dormant since 2008. The IDA approved the 30-year PILOT at the request of Breslin Realty Corp. “I think it’s great, and we’re moving forward with the project,” Mayor Alan Beach said. “I’m really excited about this, and it’s all positive. It’s going for-

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ward, and I’m pleased.” Beach said that though some residents have spoken against the PILOT, under it the annual tax rate will freeze at about $185,000 for three years, then jump to $200,000 in year four and more than $1 million by the 15th year. At the end of 30 years, taxes will rise to $1.8 million. “While it gets knocked down and there is nothing on the property, they could get a reduced tax rate,” Beach said of developers.“They’re not asking for that. They’re going to continue paying the total tax bill for all the properties involved.” Courtesy Breslin Realty Corp.

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Longtime scoutmaster is a community leader scouts because when you see him just talk sure. I can’t say enough about Nick. He’s earned with the youth, young men and young ladies, basically every award that could be achieved too, he doesn’t talk down to them, it’s very by a leader through service to his troop, the inclusive. It’s a gift he has, it really, truly is.” Sincinito also enjoys playing bass guitar, district and the council. I’m pleased to call him working with wood, fishing and being in a friend and a fellow scouter.” Sincinito served as scoutmaster for nine nature. His peers said that in scouting, he years until stepping down in September and keeps things light for the troop, frequently inducting Paul Gish as the new leader while cracking “dad” jokes and bringing levity while teaching important life skills to he stayed on as an assistant. In the scouts. addition to scouting, Sincinito Lori Treglia said she met has remained active in his comSincinito 20 years ago because munity. He is quick with his she was also a scout leader, and snow blower to help his neighher family and his family have OF THE bors after winter storms, he grown close over the years. She helps them with flat tires and added that he is a tremendous dead car batteries, and he aided leader of young people and his neighbor, Ruth Green, who helps them learn important lived in the neighborhood for more than 70 years, by changing batteries in the thermostat, skills. “You come across these people, and Nick is installing and uninstalling her air conditioner one of them, who do it just purely for the joy each year, helping her move items and more, of wanting to shape the youth and watch until she died earlier this year at 102. Despite his diagnosis, Sincinito continues to them grow up and do amazing things,”Treglia said. “He’s one of those people that, when he help his fellow community members. “I think part of what’s good is him being had gotten sick, he’s not like,‘Why me?’ or ‘Why involved,” Sheila said.“Even though I noticed a did this happen to me?’ He kept on doing the change in his energy levels and everything, it’s scouting, and I kept telling him it’s OK to step important to keep living, to keep your face to back a little. He didn’t want to let go. He’s lived the sun, to keep moving in a positive direction. his life by following the 12 points of the Boy I’ve been very supportive of him doing the Scout law, and he’s just . . . he’s a good guy.” Continued from front page

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A. You would think the answer is an easy one, that it would be either yes or no. Unfortunately, the answer is that the decision in these matters is discretionary, left to the plans examiner, who either strictly interprets the code and the federal and state laws based on the Americans with Disabilities Act (which was signed into law by onte eeper President George H.W. Bush in 1990), or determines that the physical upgrade of the restroom isn’t necessary. The law states that businesses with 15 or more employees must comply, but is overridden by the fact that establishments cannot discriminate against people with disabilities, patrons or employees. I once had a meeting at which the attorney for my client was challenging my advice to our mutual client that an upgrade — a renovation — would be necessary. The attorney appropriately pointed out exactly the same argument that you’re making, that nobody else has had to upgrade, and therefore you shouldn’t have to, either. My guess is that your neighbors may have been in that location for many years, and as long as nobody brings their location up to an official, we leave well enough alone, or that the official interpreted that the upgrade wouldn’t be necessary. I’m willing to bet that your neighbors, for the most part, moved in without anyone filing anything formally, with plans and permits, so the proprietors think they have no issue to deal with. You, on the other hand, operating honestly and legitimately, probably feel that even though you can’t discriminate against a person with a disability, you’re being unfairly discriminated against. Although I agree that you are being unfairly judged differently than your neighbors, your architect and any licensed professional, including the attorney, swore to uphold the laws of the state they practice in. If officials choose not to investigate every location, that is the governing bodies’ choice. Your architect is only trying to do what is right under the law. Coincidentally, that very morning, when the attorney was making the case that others were not in compliance, there was an incident in lower Manhattan in which an attorney had his heels slashed by a homeless man on a subway platform, and was instantly debilitated. I pointed out to the attorney that that poor guy was now disabled, and that we humans are all vulnerable, by age or accident, and need to be considered. He answered, “You should have been an attorney.”

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he Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., set off a cascade of worldwide catastrophes over the subsequent two decades — the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and many other terrorist attacks, in multiple countries. September 2001 seems like a lifetime ago, but for those old enough to remember that terrible year, it remains a haunting memory, a fever dream that we try to lock in the backs of our brains but is ever-present. For those of us in Nassau County that day, we could only watch in horror as grayblack smoke plumes spiraled out of the twisted, crumbled remains of the twin towers upward into an otherwise perfect azure sky. The plumes were visible from points across the county. Shortly after the attacks, people started to gather on the beach in Lido and at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick — the highest point on the South Shore — to watch the billowing smoke, staring silently in stunned disbelief. The United States homeland was under attack for the first time since World War II, and at that moment, we had no idea who the invader was, or the future suffering in distant lands that the attacks would bring. It was all incomprehensibly terrifying. In a front-page story in the Heralds’ Sept. 13-19 issue, “Terror at the Towers,” reported by Scott Brinton, Carrie James, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, Larry Maier and Cindy Roth, this is how we described the scene: “A wave of fear and despair raced across [Nassau County] Tuesday morning

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’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really, really scared. Rollen Cajoles after terrorists slammed two hijacked jetliners into the World Trade Center, sending the Twin Towers crumbling into Lower Manhattan. “In the afternoon, surviving victims of the attack filtered into Nassau by Long Island Rail Road, like refugees from a war zone. Many, who were still shaking dusty, white debris from their clothes, were not from the area but had taken the first train they could out of the city and gotten off at the first possible stop.” We sent our reporters to the train stations to meet the survivors of the attacks. Sylvia Melendez, who worked in Lower Manhattan, described the chaos after the towers crashed to the ground. “The rush of clouds of debris forced everyone out into the streets,” she said. “Everyone was running away.” Here in Nassau, people were glued to their TVs and radios, watching and listening, hoping for the best but fearing the worst. “I’ve been listening all morning,” Luisa DeGirolamo, who worked at La Margherita Pastry Shop in Bellmore Village, said. “I’m devasted. I can’t get over it.” Rollen Cagoles, of East Meadow, said, “I’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really,

really scared.” Many parents rushed to their children’s schools to pick them up and take them home, fearful of further attacks. “A lot of people came and pulled their kids out because they didn’t want them to be in a place with a large group of people,” said Pat Brace, PTA president of Bowling Green Elementary School in East Meadow. “They thought they would be a target.” Nassau police doubled patrols around municipal buildings, schools, houses of worship and transportation lines. Police also diverted westbound traffic away from New York City. Motorists who had to travel major throughfares were advised to stay home. The military closed down the airspace over Long Island, with unlighted F-16 fighter jets streaking overhead above John F. Kennedy International Airport into the night of Sept. 11 to 12. Nearly 500 Long Islanders died in the attacks at the World Trade Center or later succumbed to 9/11-related illnesses. Each one was a life extinguished too soon. We must remember all of them — their essential goodness, their essential humanity. In the coming days, there will be solemn ceremonies in remembrance of the dead. Consider attending one to show your support for the victims, or stop and pause for a moment at 8:46 and 9:04 a.m. on Saturday and reflect on or say a prayer for the victims. In this way, you will help to keep their memories alive for generations to come. “Never forget” should never become a trite slogan. It should be a motto by which we live.

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In celebration of teachers

hen talking with my grandkids about returning to school this fall — to the building, with other kids, not the dining room table — I was reminded of a school day of my own years ago. “Bobby.” I heard my name called on the second-floor landing of A. B. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, N.Y. The caller was Mr. Leone, Joseph Leone, my biology teacher and college adviser. “Why haven’t you signed up for ALAn the SATs?” he asked. sinGer Neither of my parents had attended college, my mother had died eight years earlier, and my father, a vacuum cleaner salesman, had his hands full with two active kids. When I think about the controversies surrounding school openings this fall, I think, too, of the critical role of teachers in the lives of their students. That certainly was the case for me. Mr. Leone wasn’t alone in affecting my life for the better. I was going to drop out of college after my first year not only because of the cost, but also because I

questioned why I was there. I entered to be a minister, but had become disillusioned with organized religion. My college adviser, Mildred Martin, helped me sort through the financial and philosophical questions and urged me to appeal my financial aid award, and I continued as her student. Other teachers stand out as well. Miss Calabrese and Miss King, in elementary school, “Pop” Phillips in high school, Mark Ebersole in college, and Kay Moore and Robin Williams in graduate school. The past year of living and learning with Covid in our path and in our shadows revealed the inequalities of access to teachers like the ones I’ve known. When teachers are diverted from their main responsibilities, teaching and advising, they can’t fulfill their roles to the fullest. It is especially difficult for them to be effective when students lack access to broadband and Wi-Fi, a quiet place to study, and supportive adults to help them with difficult assignments. A distinguished psychologist once said that we human beings are the “teaching species.” All species must learn enough to leave the nest, but humans turned teaching into a “calling,” a vocation dedicated to preparing the next generation

was going to drop out of college after my first year. I questioned why I was there.

Letters looming issues need real solutions, not lip service. We need to address the Island’s solid-waste crisis, illegal dumping and the associated increases in disposal costs. Hochul hasn’t been handed the reins of the state at our finest hour. New Yorkers suffer with an unsustainable tax burden that’s accelerating the exodus of high-net-worth people, employers and job creators. The growing disparity in income and wealth, an increasing immigrant population and the associated educational and health care challenges are monumental. And our young workforce and empty-nesters are leaving because of a lack of affordable housing. Leaders in the past have forsaken us in favor of book deals, their own selfish agendas and their next election. Indeed, some are in prison for their bad behavior, but the reality is, the good people of New York have been sold out, and that’s why we require Hochul’s earnest leadership. We have hope in her vision, fortitude and ability to make the really tough decisions. We’re counting on her. Most important, please know that we are here for you, governor. Long Island and the state of New York have immense resources, none greater than their residents. There will be vocal naysayers who attempt to stop Hochul from addressing these vexing challenges. There are people who talk a lot, and there are people who get stuff done. To Hochul, I say this:

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Robert A. Scott, Ph.D., is president emeritus of Adelphi University; the author of, or contributor to, 18 books and monographs; and the author of hundreds of articles on higher education and social issues. His latest book is “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Prize awardee, 2019).

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Letters to the editor

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Cuomo should be impeached To the Editor: Re Robert Rosenberg’s column “History repeats itself in Albany — again and again” (Aug. 26-Sept. 1): I agree with Rosenberg’s opinions, and would add that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo would indeed get the last hurrah and make “the State Legislature and state government look like a ship of fools” if it gave him a free pass on the nursing home deaths scandal and his subsequent cooking of the books to make it appear less egregious than he would have had us believe. Interestingly, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed immediately that these deaths were undercounted by some 12,000. By ordering nursing homes to accept Covid-19 patients, Cuomo, threatening owners with penalty if they did not comply, exposed many more confined elderly to the virus, potentially causing their deaths. With all due respect, I consider manslaughter to be an even more serious

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to the nation. They believed that education should be public; is critical to democracy because it prepares an informed citizenry, able to ask questions; is important because it prevents aristocracy and promotes meritocracy; should be free from religion and ideology; should be equal and equally available to all citizens; and is a public investment that is worth the cost. While the ideals of the Founders foundered on the compromises made to create a republic, they nevertheless created within the Constitution the mechanisms for correcting early mistakes and providing the means for continuing the pursuit of a “more perfect union,” which we have shown the ability to do. As we help our kids and grandkids, or relatives or neighbors’ kids, prepare for a new school year, let us acknowledge the noble profession of teaching, perhaps by remembering our own teachers, and do what we can to fulfill the Founders’ aspirations for true equality of education in America.

Please be the latter. Be bold. We heard you say you’d “fight like hell for New York,” and that’s exactly what Long Island needs.

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with knowledge, skills and values. As a result, teachers have a moral, social, civic and historical responsibility for not only educating each new generation but also, in this way, creating the future. We must remember the vocation, the calling, of teaching. As the historian Jacques Barzun said, “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.” At the beginning of our nation, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson stated that public education was at the heart of democracy. “The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and be willing to bear the expenses of it,” Adams wrote. “There should not be a district of one mile square without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people themselves.” Jefferson expressed similar sentiments. It is unfortunate, therefore, that some local school boards see teachers simply as employees, instead of as those who inspire discovery and awaken students’ imaginations, as Mark Van Doren and Robert Frost said. But while the Founders argued that schooling was a local responsibility, they were adamant about the public benefits

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crime than the sexual harassment charges that forced Cuomo’s resignation. Given the present state of affairs, it is now the State Legislature (and, ultimately, the State Senate) that is on trial, and it remains to be seen whether playing politics will take precedence over what must be done in the name of justice. How can

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anyone trust Cuomo now? He contends that he will not seek future political office, but only impeachment would close the book on that possibility, definitively and conclusively.

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