_______ Malverne/West HeMpstead ______
HERALD $1.00
Cornwell students honor MlK
Mount Sinai’s new CMo
Charged with gun possession
Page 11
Page 15
Page 15
Vol. 29 No. 4
JANUARY 20 - 26, 2022
It’s ‘Go big or go home’ at Maude Boards watching a movie. “I love playing with my kids, but once bedtime rolls around, In 2018, Steph Ciantro left her I’d finally come downstairs like, job as an insurance broker and, all right, it’s adult time, let’s having working for other people break out the charcuterie comsince she was a teenager, decided ponents,” Jablonsky said. “It’s she wanted to work for herself. funny, because she puts it togethThis month marks the first anni- er like she’s putting together a versary of Maude Boards, a presentation for somebody else, small snack and and I’m looking at charcuterie business her like, it’s just the f o u n d e d by t h e two of us. You could 35-year Malver ne pile a stack of meat, resident. cheese and crackers “I just was like, in front of me and why am I working so I’ll eat it. But that’s hard to make other just her — it’s go big p e o p l e s o m u ch or go home.” money and getting Presenting food is treated not really important to Ciangreat?” Ciantro said. tro. “I like to have all So she started a my senses involved,” business called Dun- StepH CIANtRo she said, recalling can Miles Treat Co., the time she spent Maude Boards making and selling working at a café, dog treats and jerky, where the head chef which has grown would highlight the and expanded steadily over the importance of garnishing food past three-plus years. because “you eat first with your When she wasn’t working on eyes,” Ciantro said. business projects, Ciantro spent She would photograph her time with her husband, Joe snack boards and post them on Jablonsky, and their children, her social media. A friend sugDashiell, 4, and Ilona, 2. When gested that she start selling the kids were asleep, Ciantro them. At first Ciantro thought made colorful food plates to the idea was silly, but when she share with Jablonsky while Continued on page 12
By lISA MARGARIA lmargaria@liherald.com
I
Courtesy West Hempstead Union Free School District
Happy birthday, Chestnut! Students at the Chestnut Street School, in West Hempstead, celebrated the school’s 109th anniversary last Friday. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Malverne S.D. honors 2 staffers Humanitarians will be recognized at MLK event By lISA MARGARIA lmargaria@liherald.com
The Malverne Union Free School District selected two staff members, Meredyth Martini, the director of special education, and Martine Laventure, the social worker at Davison Avenue Intermediate School, in Lynbrook, to receive a Humanitarian Award at the district’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Jan. 27.
The event will take place at Howard T. Herbert Middle School, and be livestreamed on the district website, with attendance restricted because of coronavirus precautions. “Every year, we honor a member of the community who best represents the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King,” said Stephen Benfante, assistant principal at Davison Avenue, who was coordinating the event. “Our two honorees, Martine
Laventure and Meredyth Martini, were well chosen,” Dr. Lorna L ew i s, s u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f schools, wrote in an email. “Their work mirrors the efforts of Dr. King as they tirelessly engage to unlock possibilities for the children they serve.” Martini earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from St. John’s University, along with a degree in educational leaderContinued on page 9
was just like, why am I working so hard to make other people so much money?