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High honor for Malverne H.S. choral students By ANNEMARIE DURKIN adurkin@liherald.com

Courtesy The West Hempstead Historical Society

IN 1955, CONSTRUCTION at the location of the bargain department store known as Klein’s was completed. The site later became a National Wholesale Liquidators. It is now slated for development as residential housing.

Wholesale Liquidators property under development By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

The property in West Hempstead that for merly belonged to National Wholesale Liquidators evolved over and over again for nearly 100 years before closing in 2019. National Wholesale Liquidators officially closed in 2019. Now the property is set to change through rezoning from retail to residential, according to Lesley McAvoy, the West Hempstead Historical Society vice president. The West Hempstead Com-

munity Support Association held several public meetings with developer Heatherwood Luxury Rentals during the summer of 2020, and this fall announced that Heatherwood is set to build 428 assorted units at the location during the next two to three years. “The landscape of West Hempstead is changing quickly, each vista that one looks at seems different,” McAvoy said. “History tells us that though it might not always have happened at such speed, it has always happened.” McAvoy said the known

history of the property began in 1926, when it functioned as a field, with the Long Island Rail Road running diagonally in its eastern corner. The field is thought to be one of many wooded, grassy lands in West Hempstead purchased by Austin Corbin, president of the LIRR during the late 19th century. Corbin hoped to build Hempstead Gardens, a rival community to A.T. Stewart’s Garden City. Corbin’s death in 1896 upended the plan, and the tract remained in the hands of the LIRR. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Four Malverne High School choral students have been accepted into the American Choral Directors Association’s Easter n Division Gospel Honor Choir. Each year students from across the country audition for ACDA regional choirs, hoping to ear n spots in the country’s most prestigious and talented groups of student vocalists. “I was pleasantly surprised. It took me a second to comprehend that I got in,” Lauren Dinglasan, a Malver ne senior, AUSTIN said. “Once it sank Malverne in, I was jumping for senior joy.” Dinglasan, 17, along with fellow seniors Carly Bottitta, 17, and Austin Cange, 17, and junior Niles Wilson, 16, are four of thousands who audition for the prestigious positions each year. “As a musician, I feel very accomplished to get into such a prestigious choir,” Cange, a senior from Lynbrook, said.

“Being a singer for most of my life, and doing other activities in music—it’s amazing to get another opportunity to sing at such a high level.” For young musicians, an accomplishment like an ACDA choir appointment can boost selfconfidence in their talents. “[This] shows that as a musician, I’m good enough to succeed,” Wilson, a junior, said. “It truly is a milestone for me. I haven’t gotten into a choir of this degree before.” To prepare for the intensive audition process, each student worked with CANGE M a l v e r n e H i g h School choral direcHIgh tor Kenneth Zagare to learn an excerpt from a piece in ACDA’s choral repertoire, sing scales and a portion of each of their New York State School Music Association songs from last year. “I was beyond excited to hear that four of our students were accepted into the ACDA honor choir,” Zagare said. “After two

sa musician, I feel very accomplished to get into such a prestigious choir.

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE In 1944, the block where the property is located, at Hempstead Turnpike and Westminster Road, featured a lunch shop, golf range and farmer’s market. The adjoining block had a diner and train plaza that then housed the West Hempstead World War I memorial statue, McAvoy said in the statement. John “Ole” Olson, a vaudev i l l e a c t o r, planned to construct a department store, theater, sports center and restaurant complex at the site in 1941, but the Second LESLEY MCAVOY W o r l d W a r derailed those Vice President, plans. Aerial West Hempstead footage provided Historical Society online by Nassau C o u n t y s h ow s t h a t by 1 9 4 6 , Olson had only built a car wash on the eastern side of the train plaza. The property was then purchased in 1952 by Sam Leider, who built Klein’s, a bargain department store. Completed in 1955, business boomed at the store throughout the 1950s and ’60s. By 1974, losses in profits forced Klein’s out of business. Korvette’s, another discount store, went on to operate at the future NWL property until it went bankrupt in 1980. Next, Woolworth’s, yet another discount chain, took over the property, along with Shopper’s Village. During this era, the West Hempstead Lion’s Club sponsored circuses in the property’s parking lot. The Clyde Beatty-Cole Broth-

he landscape of West Hempstead is changing quickly.

Photos courtesy the West Hempstead Historical Society

THE CLYDE BEATTY-COLE Brothers circus celebrated its 100th anniversary at the site of what became National Wholesale Liquidators. ers Circus celebrated its 100th anniversary at the site, and elephants lined up on Broad Street. By 1995, climbing utility rates and the size of the complex forced the location to close again. Finally, National Wholesale Liquidators, the property’s fifth discount retailer, choose the location to house the retalier’s flagship store and national headquarters. The 2008 economic crisis hurt the location, leading to a temporary closure before a brief reopening, during which the store housed an assortment of vendors.

A 1944 MAP shows that the block housing the property formerly owned by NWL featured a lunch shop, golf range and farmer’s market. THE PROPERTY EXISTED as a field, with the LIRR running diagonally in its eastern corner, in 1926. IN 1980, SHOPPER’S Village, which is fondly remembered in West Hempstead history for the “Pickle Man” and the “Dollhouse Shoppe,” took over the location.

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Students accepted into honor choir CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE long years of no concerts, this means even more than it ever did. I think [the pandemic] has forever changed the way we appreciate making live music together.” Last spring, students created re c o rd i n g s o f themselves that demonstrated their musicianship and skills. Auditions were evaluated in a blind audition process. Adding to the challenge, students were stacked up against auditioners from 11 states along the East KENNETH Coast. ZAGARE From the Choral Director, beginning of the process, Zagare Malverne High was involved in School working with the students on their audition materials. Once audition prep was completed, he set up recording times with the students and submitted their files to ACDA for review. ACDA’s mission is to inspire excellence in choral music through education, perfor-

y hope is that they take in every moment of being surrounded by incredible student musicians.

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mance, composition and advocacy. The organization works to foster and promote the organization and development of choral groups of all types in schools and colleges, promote excellence in choral music through its workshops, symposia, choral program exchanges, international efforts and conferences. Each academic year, ACDA honor choirs are organized to provide enriched singing opportunities for students. Many musicians are auditioned, and selected participants will spend the conference week preparing for performances that typically take place on Saturday during the conference. The four students will be representing Malverne in February at this year’s eastern conference in Boston, where they will be working with Indiana University choral professor Dr. Raymond Wise, the professor of practice in the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department while also instructing courses in African American music. “My hope is that they take in every moment of being surrounded by incredible student musicians representing the very best music programs on the East Coast,” Zagare said. “I’m confident that they will bring back what they learned to our very own Malverne choirs.” Wise also served as the co-director and director of the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference Choir Directors’ and Organists’ Guild and Academy, which pro-

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MICHAEL MESSINA, FAR left, the district supervisor of music, fine arts, and family and consumer science, with students Austin Cange, Carly Bottitta, Lauren Dinglasan and Niles Wilson after they were selected to sing in the ACDA Eastern Division Gospel Honor Choir, with the help of Malverne High School Choral Director Kenneth Zagare, right. vides intensive training in African American sacred music for church musicians. And Wise served as a member of the academic faculty for the Gospel Music Workshop of America for 33 years. He is well known in the industry for helping choirs perform gospel music authentically. “This achievement means so much to me as a student and musician because I not only get to represent my school and family, but I also get to enjoy what I love to do most, singing with others and being a part of a choir,” Dinglasan said. “It will be a great experience.” Looking ahead, all but one of the students do not plan to pursue music beyond high school, but all said music would remain with them for life. “My hope is that they always keep

music close to their heart,” Zagare said. “The four of them have been such an asset to our music program, and I know they will make us proud as they go forward.” For Bottitta, plans to continue pursuing and being involved in music are unwavering. “I want to be a part of all the choirs and shows possible [in college],” Bottitta said. And, while Cange doesn’t necessarily have plans to pursue music professionally, he does hope to continue incorporating music into his extracurriculars, joining music clubs or organizations at college. “This achievement is special to me because it feels like a culmination of my hard work,” Bottitta said. “Reflecting on the past [few] years, all the hard work I put into my chorus classes, NYSSMA and musicals is paying off.”

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Isles fans raise the roof on their new ‘Barn’ UBS Arena opening ends a 20-year battle for team’s home base By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

Islanders fans from across Long Island made the pilgrimage on Saturday to the team’s new home at UBS Arena in Elmont. Despite a disappointing game result — the Islanders lost to the Calgary Flames 5-2 — fans were elated to finally have a home for their favorite hockey team after years of uncertainty, recreating the exuberant cheering that so defined games at Nassau Coliseum, known affectionately as “The Barn.” The $1.1 billion arena at Belmont Park already means a great deal to fans who have watched the team through years when the Nassau Coliseum fell into disrepair and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn offered obstructed seating. The fanbase survived rumors of the team’s move to Quebec City or Kansas City in the 1990s and 2000s and has STeven finally been Ferraro rewarded with an Islanders fan arena that pays homage to both them and the players of yesteryear. “I’m 26 years old, and I’ve been waiting my entire life to see this building open,” Steven Ferraro, of Rockville Centre, said. “It was the Lighthouse and then whatever after, but the [new] building [is] absolutely fantastic, just gorgeous.” Ferraro said his favorite aspect of the structure so far is the Heineken Terrace above the main entrance, saying it’s unusual to have clublike atmosphere at a hockey game. The late John Kempf was remembered at the game by his wife and son, Christine and Sean Kempf, who carried around a cardboard cutout of him. A detective in the Suffolk County Police Department, John died in April 2020 after a battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — a rare degenerative brain disorder. During his tough fight, Kempf got to speak to his all-time favorite Islander, John Tonnelli, on the phone. “It means everything to be here,” Sean Kempf said. “[My father] was a lifelong fan, and he passed that down to us.” Sean also said that his father was a huge fan of both Zach Parise and Zdeno Chara and would have been blown away if he had seen them both acquired by the Islanders in the off-season. Mark Martinez, of Levittown, said he became an Islanders fan along with his school friends when the team visited Summit Lane Elementary School when they were children. “When we were little, tickets were cheap and we would go to every game, and now we still go to every game. It’s a part of our friendship now,” Martinez said. In the upper deck, signs with the logos of Islanders fan meetup groups from San

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more Than 17,000 Islanders fans brought the old Nassau Coliseum energy to their new home at UBS Arena in Elmont. The Blue and Orange Army in Section 329 brought soccer-style chanting throughout the game. ISleS FanS goT pumped up before entering UBS Arena for the first time. Donovan Berthoud/Herald

Diego to the United Kingdom were placed above the raucous Section 329 crowd. The section, carried over from the Coliseum, serenades the team with soccer-style chants and drum playing throughout the game. The much-touted low roof of the building traps the noise, giving amazing moments like when the crowd sang along with Nicole Raviv during the national anthem. There were glimpses of what the atmosphere can be like when the team gets going, like when Richard Panik laid the first big hit or when the referees announced Brock Nelson’s first goal. Superfans Jake Basile and Nicholas Constantinidis, from Plainview, came to the game carrying cardboard cutouts of Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech’s face. The two started the “Pelech Posse” a few Continued on neXt page

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UBS Arena opens Nov. 20 to much fanfare years ago, now even selling merchandise to the over 8,000 followers of their Instagram page, “Bathtubjake.” “A lot of guys from the Barn days were kind of concerned about this not being home, but it really felt like it tonight,” Basile said. “This is genuinely a dream come true. It’s so surreal. The atmosphere was great. Not the result we wanted from the game, but the arena was absolutely amazing,” Constantinidis said. “It

felt like this is ours, this is our amazing, 21st-century arena. We finally joined the club.” Co-owner Jon Ledecky, who purchased the team with business partner Scott Malkin in 2016, spoke to and took pictures with fans outside the arena before the game. “You can hear the fans are so excited and they’re saying, ‘Thank you,’ which is great, but we’re saying it back, because without them and their support, this building doesn’t happen,” Ledecky said.

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NiCholas CoNstaNtiNidis aNd Jake Basile of the “Pelech Posse” with cutouts of their favorite Islanders defenseman, Adam Pelech.

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Friday, Nov. 26

able to WHPL and mail to West Hempstead Public Library Attn: Programs, 500 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead, NY 11552. Include on the check: Your name, address, phone number and the name of the class. Register online at the library’s website, www.whplibrary. org.

Outdoor Stories & Songs for Babies & Toddlers with Miss Victoria Join the West Hempstead Public Library and Miss Victoria between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. outside the library for outdoor stories and songs. Please bring a towel or blanket. Space is limited and the program is weather permitting. Registration begins one week prior to the program. If the class is full, please add your child to the waitlist. If the program has enough children, another class will be added following the first. Register online at the library’s website, www. whplibrary.org.

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Monday, Nov. 29 Spanish Conversation Join the West Hempstead Public Library and Pia Ramirez between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. for a virtual class to practice your Spanish and read along with a bilingual book via Zoom. This class is appropriate for teens who want to practice their Spanish. Contact Pia Ramirez at (516) 481-6591 X 11 or via email canaria@ whplibrary.org for more information.

Starting a Business Join the West Hempstead Public Library and SCORE between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. for an installation of a seven-part virtual series that will address aspects of starting a business. Topics include planning, budgeting, marketing and more. Session one will focus on starting a business with a small budget. Other issues discussed will include: Basics of setting up a business; legal entity structures (sole proprietor, partnerships, LLC and others); paying taxes; keeping financial records; insurance; business Plan introduction; marketing basics; and financing a business. Register online at the library’s website, www.whplibrary.org.

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Learn Spanish at the W.H. Public Library The West Hempstead Public Library and Pia Ramirez are holding a virtual Spanish conversation course between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29. and Marilyn Bunger between 9:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. for another installment of her virtual exercise and strength training class via Zoom. Registration is required. The class is held weekly and gives you access to Marilyn’s recorded videos 24/7 for 13 sessions from October to December and costs $30. Your registration will not be approved until payment is received. Once your payment is received, you will be sent a link to join the class. Please make your check payable to WHPL and mail to West Hempstead Public Library. Register online at the library’s website, www. whplibrary.org.

Wednesday, Dec. 1 Tot Time Join the Malverne Public Library on

Wednesday Dec. 1 and Wednesday Dec. 8 between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. for tot time, an early literacy storytime program featuring songs, rhymes and stories for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Spots are limited to accommodate social distancing and masks must be worn for all indoor programs. Registration is required, and you must register for the two-week session. Register online at the library’s website, www. malvernelibrary.org, or call (516) 5990750 X 303 or email malvernekids@ malvernelibrary.org and ask for Antoinette, the children’s librarian.

Untold Stories v5: The Murder of William Lyman Join the West Hempstead Public Library between 11 a.m. and noon for a virtual screening of “Untold Stories v5: The Murder of William Lyman,” which tells

the true story of Rochester’s first murder and execution in 1837. This program is free, but registration is required. A link will be sent to registrants with a valid email. Register online at the library’s website, www. whplibrary.org.

Virtual Yoga Join the West Hempstead Public Library and Joe Cilmi for a virtual yoga class between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. featuring yoga poses and breathing techniques. This class is weekly and gives you 24/7 access to Joe’s recorded videos sessions (12 sessions). No class is scheduled for Nov. 24. Access to the courses costs $30. Please note: Your registration will NOT be approved until payment is received. Once your payment is received, you will be sent a link to join the class. Please make your check pay-

Join the West Hempstead Public Library and Sandy Hindren for a virtual conversation circle between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Chat with friends and neighbors as those who attend pose questions or topics and give everyone a chance to respond. Attendees learn from each other, share experiences and wisdom, and clarify goals and values. The conversations aim to foster deeper knowledge and understanding as we talk about money, improving society, medical issues, any concerns of the day, and all topics that arise. Have a topic you’d like to discuss? Join the conversation and share it with the group. Registrants will receive a copy of Sandy’s book, “7 Keys to Love.” Registration is required with an email address. A class link will be emailed to participants. Register online at the library’s website, www.whplibrary.org.

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Malverne’s school district has been repeatedly named as a great district for music education. Malverne is named after Malvern, England. The West Hempstead School District currently operates five schools. The annual West Hempstead Street Fair was held on Oct. 24. Mark Mendoza, the bassist for the band Twisted Sister, was born and raised in W.H.

Students accepted to countywide exhibit

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Emily Badette and Matthew Mariani, West Hempstead High School students, had their art accepted into the Nassau County High School Student Juried Exhibit & Competition organized by the Art Guild in Manhasset. This was the first time West Hempstead High Arts ever submitted work to the Art Guild, so the acceptance tur nout was WEST HEMPSTEAD HIGH School senior Emily Badette, right, unexpected to those with Dr. Nichelle Rivers, the district’s director of performing, s t u d e n t s i nvo l ve d . fine and culinary arts. Badette and Mariani were among the 68 stuBadette, a senior, uses art as a pastime dents whose art was accepted out of 148 and a way to bond with others. By createntries from high school artists through- ing her work, “Joy of Pets,” made with out Nassau County. charcoal and colored pencil mediums, she “The committee over there was very was able to combine her love for art and selective on the pieces they accepted,” animals. “I wanted to display their impact Cassie Ross, West Hempstead High art to me because, other than art, I really love teacher, said. animals,” Badette said. Both students have been drawing for Badette worked on the piece for two most of their life and thought it was a weeks last year, and it was the first piece cool opportunity to be accepted into the in her junior year AP portfolio. Ross exhibit, they said. Their pieces are on dis- appreciates the way the piece could make play presently until Nov. 27. its viewers feel—as art should always

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WHHS JUNIOR MATTHEW Mariani was accepted to the Nassau County High School Student Juried Exhibit & Competition organized by the Art Guild in Manhasset. He was joined by Dr. Nichelle Rivers, the district’s director of performing, fine and culinary arts. evoke emotions. “The way she captures the essence of the experience,” is very relatable, Ross said. Animal-loving viewers can relate and “feel a personal warmth towards it.” Mariani, a junior, uses art as a personal outlet, noting that viewing art can be just as entertaining as creating it: “Art gives me a way to express myself and it

gives me a way to provide some kind of entertainment for other people,” Mariani said. His father inspired his AP portfolio piece, “Untitled #2,” which is made with micron pens and shaded with No.2 pencils. The process took Mariani seven hours. “The detail and the intricacy of it,” Ross said, “is beyond belief.”

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Hanukkah: A Moving Target Jews in America are accustomed to nating 29 and 30 days, while the Gregoribeing wished a “Merry Christmas” or an calendar is designed so that a year is perhaps the more religiously neutral 365 days — one revolution around the “Happy Holidays” in December. While Sun. The Jewish calendar also adds an the former does not really “do it” for us, extra month in the spring every two to the latter tends to work better since the three years to keep our holidays in their Jewish holiday of Hanukkah also falls proper seasons. around the same time of year. Except... So, in a year like this one, when there not in 2021. were two normal-length Jewish years in This year, Hanukkah begins the Sun- a row, Hanukkah falls “early.” Next year, day night of Thanksgiving weekend, last- after adding an extra month, it will fall ing its usual eight days, which means it mid-December, overlapping with Christwill be over before everyone gets into the mas. Effectively, Hanukkah, while always full swing of saying “Happy Holidays.” starting on the 25th of Kislev on the JewContrary to common wisish calendar, can begin anydom, Hanukkah is not the where from the last week of “Jewish Christmas.” While November to the last week Christmas is a major Chrisof December on the Gregoritian holiday and a signifian calendar. cant American cultural The bottom line is that it event for many, Hanukkah is certainly should not be actually a minor Jewish holassumed that Hanukkah iday that gets disproportionwill overlap with Christmas ate attention because of its (even though it sometimes proximity on the calendar to happens). If you know someChristmas. There are, in one’s Jewish, but not when fact, more significant JewHanukkah falls, consider ish holidays that get little or asking them before blindly no attention in the media. giving them a holiday greetBecause I wear a kippah ing for something that hapabbi on my head all of the time, I pened weeks ago. After all, it aRon aRsh am pretty readily identifiwould be strange if someone able as Jewish. That doesn’t wished you a “Merry Christseem to stop the occasional mas” in January. “Merry Christmas” from people not payHanukkah’s timing on the Jewish caling attention or who are not particularly endar means that not only does it always sensitive to the fact that most Jews avoid fall close to the winter solstice (the shortcelebrating Christmas — even in secular est day of the year), but because it is tied ways — for religious and cultural rea- to cycles of the moon, its sixth day sons. Occasionally, when I check out at a always falls on the New Moon, which store in December, I do get a “Happy effectively makes it the darkest night of Hanukkah,” and I am very grateful for the year. the recognition of my Jewishness and Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of the familiarity with our holiday. After Lights — when we try to shed some light all, the main reason for our lighting the in the darkness, both literally and metamenorah is to publicize the miracle of phorically. It commemorates the second Hanukkah, and certainly, its existence century BCE Maccabean Revolt of Jews seems to be quite well known now, over their Syrian-Greek oppressors and despite its minor status. Jewish assimilationists. If not for their What is more awkward is that because success, the Jewish people would likely of the equivalence that people make not be here today. Nevertheless, the between Hanukkah and Christmas, I ancient rabbis wisely redirected the often find in years like this one that I am focus of the holiday to the “little” mirabeing wished “Happy Hanukkah” weeks cle of a lamp burning eight days rather after it is over. While Hanukkah’s exis- than dwelling excessively on the violent tence is well known, it seems that its revolt. actual timing is not. People tend to We are truly blessed to live in a counexpect a holiday to fall roughly on the try where religious freedom is a basic same date every year. right, and many religious, cultural, In fact, Hanukkah does fall on the racial and ethnic groups can live togethsame dates every year; just not on the er in har mony. While we may face expected calendar. The Jewish calendar threats to that American ideal in our differs from the “normal” (Gregorian) days, may our seeking to better undercalendar in that the Jewish calendar is stand and support one other shine a based on moon cycles, with months alter- bright light in the darkness.

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Each year, Thanksgiving provides us with an opportunity to give thanks for all of life’s blessings both large and small. Traditionally, the holiday is a time for family and friends to come together to share a festive meal, perhaps watch some football and enjoy each other’s company. Despite that norm all but disappearing in 2020 due to Covid-19, it gave us more reasons than ever to embrace our loved ones, even if it was from a distance. Fortunately, this year, while the pandemic remains a concern and the challenges it has created continue to impact our lives a sense of normalcy has returned, and ill we once again will gather with those near and dear to us to celebrate Thanksgiving along with a newfound appreciation for all the wonderful things that we too often take for granted. As the official kick-off to the holiday season, Thanksgiving also stirs up excitement and anticipation. Parents eagerly await to spend time with their sons and daughters and other family members to

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enjoy the holiday together and school children look forward to their upcoming vacations. Surrounding yourself with loved ones and remembering special moments you’ve shared together exemplifies the season’s true meaning. Personally, I have much to be thankful for, including my family and friends and the wonderful memories I’ve been so fortunate to help create and share with them. I am especially grateful for the opportunity to continue representing the citizens of Nassau County as your legislator in District 6, a hardworking, diverse community that I’m proud to be a member of. aylor My sincerest best wishes to everyone for a Happy Thanksgiving and a joyous and healthy holiday season ahead. May God’s blessings be bestowed on you and your loved ones. Gaylor is a county legislator for Legislative District 6, which comprises Malverne, Lynbrook, North Lynbrook, Valley Stream and portions of Rockville Centre, Hewlett, Franklin Square and Woodmere.

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Women’s group connects through Zoom By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

Zoom meetings transformed the way millions of people communicated during the coronavirus pandemic, and the Oceanside JCC Zoom is still connecting members who wish to enjoy one another’s company virtually. Members of the Barry & Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center have met in person for months, but the JCC’s Women’s Talk group still follows a hybrid meeting model, allowing certain group members join in discussions by Zoom. The women’s group has met at the JCC for nine years, giving older women in the community a time to socialize and share engaging discussions in a morning talk. Lisa Charsc, the JCC’s director of adult services, said the Zoom meetings are invaluable for connecting members, particularly those who are unable to leave their homes during the pandemic. “It’s a sweet group, and what I love about it is that they’ve been consistently meeting and they form these friendships that they didn’t have before,” Charschan said. “They talk about women’s issues and current event topics, and the beautiful thing about it is that since Covid started, they were meeting on Zoom right away . . .People who are still at home can Zoom in and join the discussion so

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THE OCEANSIDE JCC Women’s Talk Group met virtually on Zoom throughout the coronavirus pandemic and continues its discussions in a hybrid model, with members meeting both in person and virtually. nobody is really left home alone. “They feel a part of things if the weather is bad if they’re not feeling like going out,” she continued. “The snowbirds who go down to Florida can now Zoom in and talk as well. So we’re really not losing membership because they are still being active without physically com-

ing into the building.” The discussion for the week fit the holiday theme as the group engaged in a conversation on gratitude. Many group members expressed gratitude for their mothers and fathers. They also discussed acts of kindness that were performed by strangers and fashion trends for adults

ages 50 to 70. And the group delved into the details of the Kyle Rittenhouse case. Gerri Schaffer has served as the group’s moderator for the last nine years. “We have been meeting since 2014, and I develop questions based on all different types of topics, except politics,” Schaffer said. “We have a separate political group that meets on another day. We go for an hour, and we agree to disagree, but Zoom is one positive thing that came out of Covid.” Different members have come and gone throughout the group’s weekly meetings. Mitzie Berger spoke about how the group has influended her life positively. “We have fun here,” Berger said. “My husband died 20 years ago, and I was looking for a place to go, and my friend recommended I come here, and I love it and I can’t live without it. “During the pandemic,” Berger said, “they were gracious enough to supply the Zoom for us, and then it turned into going back to the classes now, and we even had one member Zoom in while she was in Israel.” Berger continued on the positives of the discussion group and the JCC, noting, “I always say that the best place to meet someone is to come here. The JCC is a place to make new friends. I’m 88 years old, and they gave me a place to live and be a part of.”

LIRR station provides service to UBS Arena By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

The new Elmont-UBS Arena Long Island Rail Road station opened on Nov. 16, four days before the New York Islanders’ first home game at the arena and amid concerns about the Belmont Park project raised by area residents. An eastbound train from Jamaica — a 10-minute ride — was the first to arrive, and the first fare-based train from Penn Station rolled in last Friday night. Beginning the following day, eastbound Hemp-

stead-branch trains were to be offered at the station before and after all events at the arena. Only the station’s eastbound platform has been completed. Westbound trains are not expected to be offered at the station until next summer. Until then, LIRR customers from other branches can transfer at Jamaica for connecting service to Elmont-UBS. “Shame on UBS Arena MTA and NICE Bus for failing to provide additional Q2, Q110, N6 bus service for its workers and fans going to and from UBS arena in

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Proposes to maintain and legalize the construction of the existing rear wood deck. Ademir Vargas & Maritza Vargas 37 Linmouth Road: Residential “B” District Fence Permit Application No. 2021-0666 Proposes to maintain and legalize the installation of the existing 6 ft. high rear facing solid PVC fence and 5 ft. high front, left, or right side facing solid PVC fence with two gates. Michael & Elena Grant 151 Linmouth Road: Residential “B” District

Building Permit Application No. 2021-0908 Proposes to construct a 6.0 ft. x 23.3 ft. left side one story addition over slab on grade to expand garage; 15.5 ft. x 10.0 ft. rear covered wood deck; 15.0 ft. x 10.0 ft. one story addition over crawl space for new mud room and pantry; 20.0 ft. x 10.0 ft. front covered porch; and 21.6 ft. x 23.4 ft. second story addition for new master bedroom ensuite. Doni Massey 195 Ocean Avenue: Residential “A” District

Fence Permit Application No. 2021-0763A Proposes to install a 5 ft. high solid PVC fence in front yard on Doris Place. All interested parties should appear at the above time and place. BY ORDER OF THE MALVERE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF MALVERNE Averil Smith, Village Clerk Dated: November 12, 2021 128555 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

Elmont,” said Charlton D’souza, president ed shelters and be moved closer to the of Passengers United, a grass-roots orga- arena along Hempstead Turnpike . . . We nization made up of bus, subare calling on [the] LIRR to way and LIRR customers that run more than two shuttle advocates for public transportrains.” tation reform. D’souza and Passengers Passeng ers United is United held a press conferopposed to the Hempstead ence to voice concerns the train service to the new staday before the Islanders’ Nov. tion, currently offered only 20 home opener, at a bus stop on an hourly basis on event straddling the Queens border days. The organization is also and the Cross Island Expressconcerned about the distance way. Nassau County Legislabetween public bus stops nd tor Carrie Solages highlightthe new arena, and overed concerns raised by area crowding on those buses. residents about the new sta“In addition, there are tion in a statement. only two shuttle trains before Solages said that residents and after the games to the old were disappointed “that the Belmont Park station,” future train station — which D’souza added, calling for was promised for Elmont — additional service. will be located in Bellerose He said that members of Terrace.” He highlighted his organization were conother concerns as well, such cerned about overcrowded as how Elmont residents will public buses and the shuttle be able to reach bus stops buses offered to the Queens along Hempstead Turnpike Village LIRR station follow- CARRIE and the station, which is at ing the Islanders’ first game the north end of the Belmont at the arena. “Residents are SOLAGES project. concer ned buses will be Nassau County “When this project was delayed by traffic running on legislator first presented,” Solages said, 20 minute regular schedules, “I was hopeful that we could which means Queens passenstrike a balance that benefits gers won’t be able to board due to over- local residents, the developer and Nassau crowding,” D’souza wrote in an email. County as a whole.” “We are calling for bus stops to have light-

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he Event,” a 2015 found-footage documentary by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, opens with black-and-white images of mostly men marching in August 1991 through the streets of Leningrad, in the then Soviet Union, overturning a trailer and grabbing all manner of furniture to erect hastily constructed barricades. Worry was etched on the protesters’ faces. People had assembled in Leningrad’s central Palace Square and surrounding streets to stop an attempted coup d’état that, SCOTT they believed, was radiating from MosBRINTON cow, USSR’s capital, across the land. “The Event” is a hopeful but strangely haunting film that I watched last week on Zoom. Hofstra University’s Department of Comparative Literature, Languages and Linguistics and the History Department presented it, with a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Ben Rifkin, a Hofstra professor of Russian. I wanted to see the film because in August 1991 I was a Peace Corps volunteer stationed in Bulgaria, a Soviet satellite nation for 45 years, from the end of World War II through 1990, when it finally gained its freedom and turned to democracy. I cannot express the

chilling effect the coup attempt had on many Bulgarians, who worried about a sudden return to hardline communism. I wondered what, precisely, had happened in Moscow and other Soviet cities from Aug. 18 to 21, 1991, as the coup unfolded. I had never seen images of it before. The good people of Leningrad were concerned that Soviet Armed Forces tanks might roll against their city, and a sea of tens of thousands of people rallied, placing themselves in mortal danger to preserve the democratic reforms enacted under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The fear of a possible attack on Leningrad was not irrational. Eight communist hardliners calling themselves the Committee on the State of Emergency, and various factions within the Soviet military, were behind the putsch, seeking to halt the impending breakup of the Soviet Union that would give sovereignty to its 15 outlying republics. Soviet tanks, in fact, rolled into Moscow, where tens of thousands of demonstrators stood in their way. Among them was Boris Yeltsin, the man who succeeded Gorbachev as president of Russia when the Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991. I was on a train somewhere outside Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, with my then fiancée, Katerina, who was born and raised in Sofia, when we first heard the news of the coup attempt. Katerina’s face turned sullen. What

would we do if it succeeded? Most Americans cannot understand the fear of the then Soviet Union that many, if not most, Eastern Europeans carried with them in the backs of their brains. They risked limb and life to secure their freedoms from the USSR in the late 1980s and early ’90s. They stood in solidarity, marching en masse in their capitals’ squares, demanding sovereignty. Then, seemingly in an instant, all their hard-won reforms appeared to be in jeopardy. If Bulgaria lost its newly won democratic freedoms to the communists, would the old-school apparatchiks “cleanse” Bulgaria of any American “sympathizers”? In that case, anyone who had had contact with an American like me would have been in grave danger of just disappearing. These were not wild conspiracy theories. They were valid questions based on nearly five decades of iron-fisted Soviet rule. Katerina and I planned an escape route to the U.S. through Greece if the coup held, which, thankfully, it did not. We were in our mid-20s at the time. We recently celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary, living, peacefully, on Long Island for the past 28 years, returning every few years to Sofia. Bulgaria remains a democracy to this day. The Soviet coup plotters were not especially well organized, according to various

he USSR in 1991 and the U.S. in 2021: similarities I never would’ve imagined.

reports, and most of the SAF military was not a party to the conspiracy. It’s said that the plotters spent most of the three days of the coup drunk. Seven of the eight organizers were imprisoned, and one committed suicide. Ilya Vinitsky, chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University, was among the panelists last week. He was 22 and living in the Soviet Union at the time of the coup. It was a seminal moment in his life, a point of demarcation — there was life before the coup, and after. Now he asks his students, “Have you ever felt you lived through a historical moment?” Yes, I would respond, more than once. Most recently was the disorganized insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, when thousands of pro-Trump rioters besieged our very seat of democracy to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election — that is, to attempt to overthrow our nation’s duly elected president, Joe Biden. Having lived through such a coup attempt while in a foreign land, I never imagined one here, particularly not one as violent as that of last January. Democracy is clearly a fragile thing. It requires an active, engaged citizenry that respects the rule of law. If it is not respected, then it must be enforced. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

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ast Thanksgiving we dined alone. I’m remembering an over-roasted turkey leg with a side of anxiety for me, a wedge of spinach pie for the vegetarian, hold the Thanksgiving cheer. We tried not to make too much of the day. We were veterans of isolation by then, still months away from our first vaccine. To see our kids and grandkids, someone would have had to risk flying, and the infection rates were daunting. Nevertheless, we watched millions RANDI of people choosing KREISS to travel, weaving through airport lines and hoping for the best. Spikes and surges followed. Sorry for the ruminating, but sometimes you must go back to appreciate how far you’ve come. A few months after Thanksgiving, our son and grandson caught Covid. We missed birthdays, anniversaries, proms and graduations. We were lucky; the nightly news featured Covid crises cascading across the country. Who will ever forget the pictures of refrigerator trucks parked outside New York City hospitals?

Today (and I won’t say fast forward, because it wasn’t), all of us have had vaccines and boosters. We’re all back to our jobs. Kids are back in school. As I swayed from despair to hope and back to trepidation, I coped, and that feels like enough. This Thanksgiving we will sit down with our family to start reweaving the ties that have stretched thin over the months of this pandemic. I have often written about gratitude for the small things that charge our days with interest and pleasure. This year my gratitude is singular, profound and unending. I am so thankful to the researchers and scientists and companies and governments and leaders who took on the virus and dug in for the fight. There were missteps and political machinations and failures along the way, but the development of vaccines, 90-plus percent effective, in only 11 months has been the stunning achievement of our lifetime. When we encountered a novel coronavirus transmitted easily through the air by breathing, talking and coughing, the World Health Organization said it did not expect a vaccine to become available in fewer than 18 months. Many virologists have said that the development of a safe and effective vac-

cine within 11 months was an extraordinary achievement. Please read “A Shot to Save the World,” by Gregory Zuckerman. Zuckerman tells the story of the unlikely heroes who worked together and separately, driven by the mission to find a vaccine. He describes the false starts and missteps, but also all that went right as researchers took on the challenge of their lives. It required unprecedented devotion, selflessness, fierce dedication to the job and a vision of success that transcended any one person’s ambition. It is a thrilling story. One of the salient points Zuckerman addresses is the idea that the new vaccines are too “experimental.” He says these discoveries are not one-day wonders, but blocks of research that came together over many years. They found daylight in the time of the pandemic because of the money and dedication and leadership that supported the effort. The work on AIDS informed this medical moon shot, and the Covid vaccines will inform research going forward. Zuckerman tells the story of Jason Schrum, the Moderna scientist who had worked at the company for only a short time. He came up with the actual modifica-

his year my family will gather again, and my gratitute is profound and unending.

tion to the mRNA molecule that is currently used in Moderna’s vaccine, Zuckerman writes. “That modification is the one that BioNTech uses also. It’s not the one from Katalin Karaka and Drew Weissman at the University of Pennsylvania. They’re really pioneers, and I’m not sure we would have these vaccines without them.” Zuckerman writes that not enough attention has been paid to the Chinese scientist who struggled in the early days of the pandemic to share the genetic sequence of the virus. “The guy’s a hero,” he writes. “He risked so much …” I thank them all, from the doctors and nurses to the supermarket workers to the teachers and parents of young children, to the bench researchers who put in the hours, day after day and month after month. This year at our Thanksgiving, there will be a too-big turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce. Leaves and grains for the vegetarian. We will hug and kiss our kids and grandkids, feeling safe enough with our jabs and boosters. Then we will feast on my apple cranberry crumble with a topping of gratitude for this country and countries everywhere where scientists are educated, supported and honored for their work. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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UBS Arena is a win-win for Long Island

he social media posts generated by Long Islanders at the very first Islanders game at the new UBS Arena, the linchpin in a $1.3 billion transformation of Belmont Park, came fast and furious on Saturday, showing an excitement not seen since the Islanders’ four straight Stanley Cup wins in the early ’80s. The state-of-the-art arena is indeed a crown jewel of the New York metropolitan area sports scene. “Today is a monumental day for New York and the Islanders as we cut the ribbon on the world-class new UBS Arena,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said last week. “This is the first step in the newly redeveloped Belmont Park, which will serve as an internationally recognized destination for sports, entertainment, retail and hospitality.” It was only a few years ago that the

home of the Islanders was a real question mark. The team had moved out of the Nassau Coliseum in the Hub for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and Long Island fans largely hated the venue, not only because of the distance they had to travel for games — it could be a four-hour round trip from points out East to Brooklyn and back — but also because the venue was made not for hockey, but for basketball. The new UBS Arena, finished on time and on budget, was constructed specifically for the Islanders, in Elmont, on Nassau County’s border with Queens, making it convenient for hockey fans from both Long Island and New York City. At the same time, the revitalization of Belmont Park is, no doubt, a boon for Long Island. The project, which will also include a 350,000-square-foot entertain-

LIRR, NICE Bus move toward greener future

he Long Island Rail Road and Nassau Inter-County Express Bus are making significant strides to reduce their carbon footprints, with the LIRR testing battery-powered trains on its Oyster Bay branch to replace the diesel locomotives that have rumbled across the North Shore in the past, and NICE planning to bring six electric buses online to replace compressed-natural-gas models. While on the electrified portion of the Oyster Bay branch, the LIRR trains run on the third rail. When they reach the non-electrified portion, they switch to battery power. At the same time that NICE adds the

electric buses, it will switch all 150 vehicles in its paratransit fleet to electric. Excellent! All of this was discussed last Friday during an hour-long talk on public transportation at Vision Long Island’s annual Smart Growth Summit, at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. We can only say bravo to Phil Eng, the LIRR president, and Jack Khouz, CEO of NICE Bus, for demonstrating a commitment to the environment by moving away from dirty fossil-fuel transportation to electric rail and bus lines. Diesel trains are especially awful for the environment, using one of the dirtiest of fuels. Diesel is also among the most car-

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ment and retail complex, a 250-room hotel and a community center in the future, is expected to create 10,000 jobs and generate $2.7 billion in economic activity when all is said and done. By 2024, the project is projected to sustain 3,200 full-time jobs, produce $858 million in annual economic activity and generate tens of millions of dollars in new yearly tax revenue for the region. We recognize that not everyone in Elmont is happy. Local residents have said they worry about increased traffic caused by the arena. Planners, however, have worked to mitigate traffic, building a new Long Island Rail Road station in Elmont, the first new full-time station in 50 years. Overall, the UBS Arena is a win-win for Long Islanders, whether or not you’re an Islanders fan.

LETTERS Many thanks on Thanksgiving To the Editor: During this season of gratitude, I want to offer my heartfelt thanks to all our neighbors who make helping others a priority in their lives. Whether responding to the devastation caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, offering relief after the destructive home fires that occur nearly every day in Nassau and Suffolk counties or supporting others who need extra aid during Covid-19, our neighbors raise their hands to help in countless ways. Every day I am humbled by our Red Cross volunteers who share their time to help the most vulnerable prepare for and recover from life-changing disasters in their communities. And when needed, these selfless people put their lives on hold for weeks to lend a hand far from home after relentless hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and historic wild-

cinogenic substances on the planet, according to numerous federal agencies. Diesel trains simply shouldn’t exist in the 21st century. The LIRR began testing battery-powered trains on the Oyster Bay branch in April. Let’s hope the eight-month test period is successful, so the other three diesel branches — Montauk, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma — can become fully electrified as well. Of course, we must ask ourselves how the electricity to power our trains and buses is being generated — from fossilfuel power plants or renewable resources such as solar, wind and geothermal? Renewable is the way forward.

OPINIONS

fter watching a boring sci-fi movie, I stared at the blinking orange hand signal outside the Lynbrook movie theater, waiting to cross heavily trafficked, four-lane Peninsula Boulevard. The white stick figure flashed, the seconds counted down to zero, and I found myself halfway across the road, wondering if this would be how I would die. I had just undergone my fourth knee surgery a few weeks before, and a fullleg brace and crutches were docCRISTINA ARROYO tor’s orders. The first time I had my RODRIGUEZ ACL swapped for a cadaver ligament, I was a first-year doctoral student in industrial and organizational psychology, more than happy to return to class in person two weeks post-surgery, against doctor’s orders. “At least it’s your leg that’s the problem, and not your brain,” my program chair said by way of welcoming me back. Not only was this statement ableist in that it dismissed the worth of neurodivergent people, but also it showed a lack

of understanding in our leadership and institutions of what it means to live with or be a person with a disability. “I no longer want the disabled population to be an afterthought,” Nadia Holubnyczyj, the first person in a wheelchair to run for the Nassau County Legislature, said during this fall’s campaign. With the founding of the county’s new disability-awareness advisory group, she called for government “to shift their entire mindset, their language, planning and execution.” Indeed, my temporary mobility disability didn’t only affect my leg, but also changed my relationship with the world, and vice versa. First, I was following a pain management schedule that included prescription opioids, which affect memory, focus and cognitive speed. When you’re hugging a toilet bowl between fits of vomiting or falling asleep from chemically induced fatigue three times a day, it’s difficult to decide whether Edward Lawler or John Stacey Adams best explains reactions to pay inequity. Second, the cognitive labor of navigating a world not built for you, and even

temporary mobility issue changed my relationship with the world, and vice versa.

LETTERS fires out West. I am also grateful for our partners who share a common purpose and community spirit to connect more people with critical humanitarian support. And our financial supporters allow the Red Cross to deliver emergency relief 24/7, 365 days a year. A final word of thanks to our first responders — police, fire and EMS — whom we are proud to support as they protect and assist our communities every day. Wishing you all a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Let’s continue to look out for one another. JOSE DOMINGUEZ CEO, American Red Cross on Long Island

Keep up the cancer reporting To the Editor: Regarding Scott Brinton’s column “A famed journalist enlightens us on cancer reporting” (Nov. 11-17): I want to thank Brinton and commend him for his cancer reporting. Although no cancer clusters have been officially designated on Long Island, I have found that there is a high incidence of cancer in communities here. I was diagnosed with acute myeloge-

built against you, is taxing. Where are the elevators in this Long Island Rail Road station? Are they currently in service? Will my crutches slip on the sidewalk? Where can I elevate my leg when at work? How much earlier do I need to leave? What detours should I take to avoid tripping and falling? Even though Holubnyczyj said she believes “there is no specific area of need that the county should be focusing on that would benefit the disabled,” she makes an exception for inequities in public transportation, which is one of the “hot spots” that need to be addressed. Besides planning the logistics of navigation, there is also the emotional strain of being treated as an inconvenience, a burden. “If it’s important to you, you’d attend,” an elected official said of whether to allow public meetings to be held on Zoom. “If you loved your children, you would make time,” said the president of a school club who holds monthly meetings exclusively in the evening. According to the 2018 American Community Survey, about 2 million New Yorkers, roughly 11 percent of the state’s

population, have a visible or invisible disability. And even after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, over 30 percent of reports filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission were claims of disability discrimination. In the past five years, Nassau County has spent almost $1 million in ADA settlements, even though only about one in five report this kind of discrimination. My Ph.D. program chair accurately recognized that there was a problem, but it wasn’t my leg. My leg wouldn’t have been a problem if public transportation had reliable access, if workplaces provided proper accommodations, if public meetings offered remote participation and if that pedestrian crossing signal lasted a few seconds longer. The disability doesn’t lie within me, Nadia, or within the community of people with disabilities, but within our institutions. Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez is editor of the Baldwin Herald and has been a nonprofit organizational consultant in the areas of pay equity and diversity, equity and inclusion. She has lectured in psychology at Baruch College, Bronx Community College and the City University of New York, and has taught Master Executive classes for NYPD leadership at John Jay College.

FRAMEWORK by Christina Daly

nous leukemia two and a half years ago. In my square-block area in North Merrick, there were four other people diagnosed with cancer. One of them lost her life. In Merrick, I know of five other people with blood cancers besides me. In the office where I worked in Roosevelt Field, there were two others besides me diagnosed with blood cancers. One of them lost her life. We were an office of only about 75 people. This is all anecdotal, but unless responsible reporters like Brinton and Dan Fagin bring this to the public’s attention, dangerous cancer-causing situations will not be addressed. Thank you for the work you do. PATRICIA FIFE North Merrick

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