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Reflections on motherhood

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Vol. 98 No. 19

MAY 6 - 12, 2021

Seven running for school trustee in H-W have something unique to offer to the district,” Sheinin said.

“We’re five active members of Hewlett-Woodmere School the community only looking for District residents can choose the best for the district. It’s so from seven candidates running important that’s how the board to fill five seats on the Board of remains.”

Education in next She added that the Tuesday’s election. way the district and Cur rent Board board were able to Voting for President Debra come up with a HewlettSheinin, T r ustee reopening plan Woodmere Judy Menashe, forshows the efficiency mer Trustee Dr. Jon trustees and of the board. “We Altus, Shari Amitrawere one of the first the budget is no, Francois Tenendistricts to have our from 7 a.m. to baum, Dr. Tatyana elementary schools 10 p.m. on May Kopp and Ramsha full-time,” Sheinin 11 at the Ansari are on the said. “I think a lot of Woodmere ballot. that has to do with Education Those with the how our board works Center, 1 three highest vote with our superintenJohnson Place, totals will earn full dent. Nothing is just Woodmere. three-year terms that one person; this is a begin on July 1. The team collaboration.” next two will serve a Menashe, 49, also two-year term and a one-year a trustee since 2018, is a lifelong term, to complete the terms of Woodmere resident and a 1989 former Trustees Paul Critti and g raduate of Hewlett High Daniella Simon, respectively. School. With five seats open, she Both moved out of the district said, it’s important to maintain earlier in the school year. consistency on the board.

Sheinin, 46, has been a trustee “I feel that I’m a good candisince 2018. She was named board date for re-election because of president last July, and she is my knowledge and experience running alongside Menashe, I’ve had with our district over Altus, Amitrano and Tenenbaum as a bloc. “All five of us Continued on page 12

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

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looks like he’s on target The Chabad of the Five Towns hosted a Lag B’Omer party in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park on April 30. Noam Ross, 4, showed off his archer’s form as his older brother Eian, 6, second from left, watched. Story, more photos, Page 9.

State lawmakers stump for bill focusing on Holocaust education

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Supported by a 2020 study that shows a shocking lack of knowledge about the Holocaust among New York state residents ages 18 to 39, several state lawmakers, including State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, are backing legislation that aims to ensure that schools are teaching students about the historical event as

required by an existing state law.

New York had the worst numbers nationwide in three categories of knowledge, based on findings by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The nonprofit organization represents Jews across the globe in negotiating for compensation and restitution for victims of Nazi persecution and their heirs.

Some 58 percent of 18- to 39-year-old New Yorkers could not name at least one concentration camp; 28 percent said they believed the Holocaust is a myth or has been exaggerated; and 19 percent said they believed Jews caused the Holocaust.

“By ensuring our children are taught about one of the most horrific events in history, we can Continued on page 13

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In Lawrence it is Blachorsky vs. Matathias jbessen@liherald.com

Residents in the Lawrence School District could party like it is 2018. Three years ago the ballot for the Board of Education was identical to this year’s with incumbent Trustee Heshy Blachorsky being challenged by Asher Matathias and Trustee Abel Feldhamer running unopposed. All terms are three years.

Blachorsky, 45, running for his third term, touted how the school district, which had already distributed Chromebooks to many of its students previously, expanded the distribution to all the grades when the coronavirus pandemic struck, along with getting Wi-Fi hotspots to the students who needed it, and turned to remote learning “as seamlessly as it could be.”

He also highlighted that the district saw an increase in reading levels at the elementary level during the pandemic, which Blachorsky credits to the educational decision-making of Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen that the board supports wholeheartedly, he said.

“I’m a proponent of every child in the district and try to make sure that all the students have the best opportunity and tools to succeed,” said Blachorsky, a Cedarhurst resident who is a bank quality control supervisor.

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HESHY BlacHoRSkY, lEFt, is being challenged by Asher Matathias the Lawrence Board of Education. Abel Feldhamer is running unopposed.

In the past few years, Blachorsky has organized a basketball game between Lawrence High School students and police officers from the 4th Precinct.

“Misconceptions are borne out of ignorance,” he said, noting that Lawrence High has also hosted the Model Congress competition for yeshivas as well as assemblies for the private schools.

Running for the eighth consecutive year, Matathias, a Woodmere resident, prioritizes negotiating a new teachers contract (the stalemate between the Lawrence School District and the Lawrence Teachers Association is going on 10 years)

and wants at-large elections for trustee instead of the current specific seat voting, where candidates challenge an incumbent.

Matathias, 77, also wants attention directed to what he called “our lessachieving youth,” with special attention paid to “to immigrants and refugees as they acclimate to a new country.” He also wants to see more diversity on the board, opposes the school budget but supports the Peninsula Public Library budget.

A lawyer and a businessman Feldhamer, 43, a Cedarhurst resident, is running for his fifth term. He also pointed to how

the district was in a better position than others to transition to distance learning during the pandemic because of the previous Chromebook distribution and how Lawrence was planning for a 1:1 Chromebook to student ratio.

“Looking back at the past year is representative of our accomplishments,” he said. “The past year was extremely challenging. Our objective is to stay ahead of the curve. No one saw the pandemic coming, but the fact that we got the Wi-Fi hotspots to all the students and the Chromebooks is representative of the district and this incredible administration from Dr. Pedersen down.”

Noting the teamwork that it takes to get things accomplished, Feldhamer views himself as a conduit of the services the district should provide to its residents. “As a board member, I aspire to be responsive and I’ve done that to reach out and constantly speak to people. We’re always looking for ways to expand and enhance services.”

Voting is on May 11 from 7 am. to 10 p.m. at these locations: Primary School at the Number Two School, 1 Donahue Ave., Inwood; Lawrence Middle School, 195 Broadway, Lawrence; Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst and Atlantic Beach Village Hall, 65 The Plaza.

Lawrence schools budget remains flat

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

While the proposed Lawrence School District budget for the 2021-22 school year is identical to the current operating budget – $102,490,053 with 0 percent tax-cap increase – one thing has changed since Assistant superintendent for Business and Operations Jeremy Feder unveiled the preliminary fiscal plan in March: Lawrence will not lost nearly $60,000 in state aid.

Thanks to money coming to New York state through the most recent federal stimulus plan known as the American Rescue Plan, the school district is now expected to receive $13,535,067 in state aid, a $1,476,273 bump or 12.24 percent more than previously thought.

“We are grateful for the additional state aid,” Feder said, “it will ensure Lawrence School District’s continued ability for programmatic enhancements.”

The proposed fiscal plan includes money for the health, safety and security of the district’s students staff with continued upgrades to building security, including a security booth on the main floor of the Broadway Campus that houses the elementary school and the middle school, along with improvements to inside and outside doors and locks.

Capital projects entail renovation and enhancements of the Broadway Campus’s corridor and sports complex, including the heating, ventilation and air condition-

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tHE lawRENcE ScHool District needs public approval to buy this house at 287 Mott Ave. in Inwood for an expanded play area for Lawrence Primary School. ing system. Renovations and upgrades of the building’s cafeteria, along with HVAC and the same for classrooms. There will also be roof repair, Federal Emergency Management Agency projects and network infrastructure upgrades.

On the May 11 ballot, the budget is Proposition No. 1. Proposition No. 2 is the Peninsula Public Library budget – $3,108.250 – also remaining flat. Propositions Nos. 3 and 4 are referendums for approval to establish building capital

reserve funds for $5 million each for the projects that range from classroom renovations to heating ventilation air conditioning system installations. The typical term for a reserve fund is 10 years, however both funds will exist until the money has been totally spent, the proposition reads.

Proposition No. 5 concerns the purchase of a residential property at 287 Mott Ave., Inwood, roughly 5,562-square feet for an amount not to exceed $400,000. There is

a two-story, 1,072-square-foot house, built in 1920 on the property that will be demolished.

The district originally planned to acquire the property to create 14 parking spaces and “reconfigure” the recreation area. The revised plan calls for a multisport area on the acquired space for the Lawrence Primary School at the Number Two School. No parking would be added to the already existing 94 spaces. The play area would be geared to children aged 5 to 12 and could be used by children 2 to 12.

Lawrence Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen said previously the school houses younger children than it did a few years.

It has an enrollment of 500 students in kindergarten, first and second grade, ranging from ages 5 to 7, she said.

Highlighting the benefit of play, Pedersen said it translates into better classroom performance and increased social skills among children, pointing to a 2018 Harvard report that showed children are not likely to be reading at grade level in eighth grade if they are not at level in third grade. “By improving play, we are going to help build a better brain,” she said at a February 2020 Board of Education meeting.

Voting is on May 11 from 7 am. to 10 p.m. at these locations: Primary School at the Number Two School, 1 Donahue Ave., Inwood; Lawrence Middle School, 195 Broadway, Lawrence; Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst and Atlantic Beach Village Hall, 65 The Plaza.

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Budget, board vote May 11 Hedge maple trees take root in Woodmere

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

In addition to voting for five seats on the Hewlett-Woodmere School board of education and one on the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library board, district residents can vote on May 11 for two propositions that include the budget that is a near 2 percent increase from the current fiscal plan.

Proposition one is the 2021-22 budget proposal of $129,358,256, a $2,475,624 and 1.95 increase from the current budget.

The tax levy also increased by 1.95 percent. The proposal was approved by the board at a March 25 work meeting. Assistant Superintendent for Business Marie Donnelly said the proposed budget was reduced by $840,000 from the preliminary plan discussed at the Jan. 28 meeting.

“We have a number of goals we seek to achieve when creating a budget,” she said. “This includes creating a balanced budget that maintains programs for students while also staying within the tax cap.” Donnelly added that the district is expected to receive $12,452,898 in state aid, a $47,265 increase from the current budget.

Board President Debra Sheinin described the proposal as being “well-balanced.” “Educating the future for the future is part of our Hewlett Woodmere schools’ mission statement which certainly drives us to a commitment to provide

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Courtesy Hewlett-Woodmere School District

THE pRopoSEd HEWlETT-WoodMERE budget for the 2021-22 school year. the most comprehensive school budget,” Sheinin said. “I believe that the 2021-2022 budget strikes the appropriate balance between maintaining our excellent high level of services and programs all the while being sensitive to our taxpayers.”

Proposition two is the proposed HWPL budget of $6,595,312. It is a $25,649 increase from the current budget of $6,492,606. The proposed tax levy is $6,423,103.

Voting on Tuesday, May 11 will be from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Woodmere Education Center, 1 Johnson Place, Woodmere.

More information on the budget and election can be found at https://bit. ly/3cyJsKH.

The 39 hedge maple trees that were planted between Linden Street and Woodmere Boulevard along Broadway in Woodmere last month are part of Nassau County’s initiative to plant at least 500 new trees this year.

“These particular trees are replacing trees that came down due to storm damage,” county spokesman Michael Fricchione wrote in an email. “The campaign is identifying areas throughout Nassau where new trees can thrive.”

County Executive Laura Curran kicked off the countywide tree-planting campaign on the last day of April, which is National Arbor Day that was established in 1872 to encourage people to plant trees. Many states observe Arbor Day on different dates to coincide with the best times to plant trees in their area.

Curran, horticulturists, local residents and officials planted a southern magnolia tree in Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Park in Uniondale. The tree is native to King’s home state of Geor-

gia and was placed behind a bust of MLK. “The Nassau County Tree Advisory Board is currently evaluating other locations that can be suitable areas for trees to grow,” Fricchione stated in an email. “In an urban setting, space is one of the criteria that we look closely at. Not enough space and the tree won’t grow. Too much space and its roots will uplift streets and sidewalks.”

In 2014, the county cut down and removed roughly 75 trees along Peninsula Boulevard in Woodmere that were damaged in Hurricane Sandy.

Trees and shrubs improve soil and water conservation, store carbon, moderate local climate by providing shade, regulate temperature extremes, increase wildlife habitat and improve the land's capacity to adapt to climate change, according to multiple sciencerelated sources.

“Wow, so great to see this done in our community,” Lawrence resident Ed Gottlieb wrote in an email alerting the Herald to the Woodmere tree plantings. “They will grow big and strong and make our community feel lush.”

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Those that knew Hewlett Bay Park native Joan Harris will remember her as a caring mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend.

Harris died in her Nyack, NY home on April 21. She was 62.

Born to Sheldon and Francine Friedman on May 21, 1958, Harris grew up in Hewlett Bay Park and graduated from Hewlett High School in 1976. After high school, Harris began chasing her dreams of helping others by studying psychology at Kenyon College in Ohio and obtaining her masters in social work from New York University Graduate School.

She was an accomplished social worker, and spent many years as the student assistance counselor at Pearl River High School in Rockland County and also went on to teach graduate students at her alma mater, NYU. Harris’ mission was to live an exuberant and adventurous life full of music (the Foo Fighters were her favorite band), travel, passion, family and friends, her family said.

She married Bruce Harris, and they raised two daughters together, Samantha and Alexandra. She was a nurturing grandmother to Braylen and Kai, who loved their “ninya” dearly.

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JoAn HARRIs WAs graduated Hewlett High School in 1976.

Joan was an everyday rock star, and her friends and family will remember her as a force to be reckoned with, family members said. She was also an advocate for human rights and was passionate about integrity and equality.

Harris is survived by her parents Sheldon and Francine, brother David Friedman, children Sam and AJ, son-in-law Ben, grandchildren Braylen and Kai, childhood best friends Debra Falk and Alice Bye, and many loved ones from New York to Norway.

“Our family appreciates the love, thoughts and prayers,” David Friedman said. “We are heartbroken, but know that Joan passed peacefully at home.”

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VOTE IN PERSON TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 7:00 AM — 10:00 PM Woodmere Education Center One Johnson Place, Woodmere

(The District will follow all COVID-19 health and safety protocols as required by the NYSDOH and the CDC.)

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he proposed 2021–2022 school budget allows the District to maintain all programs and services while remaining fiscally responsible to the community during the current pandemic. The District will remain in a solid financial position and prepared for any unknown expenditures that may arise due to COVID-19 during the upcoming school year.

PROPOSITION ONE 2021–2022 School Budget $129,358,256

• PROPOSITION TWO

2021–2022 Library Budget $6,595,312 More information can be found on the District Website at www.hewlett-woodmere.net

BUDGET-TO-BUDGET INCREASE: 1.95% PROJECTED TAX LEVY INCREASE: 1.95%* * Complies with New York State limit.

For 2021–2022, the District’s maximum allowable tax levy limit is 2.63%.

WHAT’S MAINTAINED?

• Elementary class sizes at current ranges • Adult education, recreation, and summer programs • Academic, art, music, and athletics programs • Continuation of Behavioral Health Center partnership with Northwell Health for all resident students • Expanded access to digital resources and devices • Team concept and exploratory subjects at Woodmere Middle School • Expansive course offerings at Hewlett High School

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ABSENTEE BALLOT INFORMATION

Budget Q & A Session (In Person Only) May 10, 2021, 11:00 AM, Woodmere Education Center

Absentee ballots are available for pick-up, upon completion of the application, until May 10 at the Office of the District Clerk, Woodmere Education Center.

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Linking the generations through motherhood

By SASHA YOUNG nassaueditor@liherald.com

With Mother’s Day approaching (May 9) I have been reflecting on awesome women over the years that have helped me to become who I am today. Throughout my life they have taught me so many values, which have influenced me personally and as a mother in many different ways. I have learned so much about people, relationships and the value of family and friendship.

One of the most influential people in my life is my grandmother Gammy, Betty Young. Gammy taught me a lot about nature and how to be a caretaker of the earth and to the beautiful flowers as well as to the animals that often entertained her outside her window. Gammy taught me the importance of compassion how to enjoy the little things, how to be a friend and how important it is to help each and every one when presented the opportunity. She was sweet, honest and kind, and always made sure I had everything I needed. I miss her smile and our upbeat morning conversations.

My grandmother Karen (Mimi) Waldo was also a strong force of influence in my life early on growing up in West Virginia.

Mimi had her doctorate in education and was a school principal. She stressed the value of education and the obligation and

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INwOOd reSIdeNt SASHA Young reflected on the women who had a bearing on her life.

From left were Miguelina Acosta, Alexandra Costa, Alexis Costa, Young, Valerie Hooper and Genesis Acosta. responsibility to help with social injustice.

My mother, Valerie Hooper, has been a big influence on my life as well. She is very energetic and has taught me through example to live each day to the fullest. She has taught me to be independent, and has

always instilled the value of proper etiquette as well as the importance of responsibility.

She has also taught me what it is to be strong. A little over a year ago my mother lost her husband of 30 years after a swift battle with cancer, which was an

unimaginable loss to our family. I wondered how she would get through it. My mother has shown so much strength as well as grace as she has fearlessly begun to establish her “new normal.” For these and so many other reasons my mother has been a big influence in my life.

I am fortunate to be the mother of twin 15-year-old girls as well as a 25-yearold lady. I can honestly say that all three of these young ladies embody each of the characteristics and values described above and make me so proud to be their mom.

From twins Alexis and Alexandra helping to form Gammy Pantry, the Community Garden Pepa’s Pages and helping to form and being members our youth advocacy group in Gammy’s Pantry and the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, it is easy to see that they too have inherited these values passed down through generations. They are kind, hardworking, dedicated and focused on education as well as their community.

Being their mom means experiencing unconditional love at its finest. I never knew one could love something so much until becoming a mother.

Being their mom means that I have evolved into an expert multitasker.

Being a mom means I am their biggest cheerleader and biggest fan and most importantly they are my heroes.

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

Friend or fowl? Ducklings hatch at elementary schools Hewlett and Ogden elementary schools’ administrators, students, teachers and other staff got to see the end result of a second grade project as the Pekin duck eggs that had been developing in classroom incubators hatched on April 27.

Dr. Brian Terry, P-12 chairman of science, and science lead teachers at both elementary schools, Alison Ingwer for Hewlett and AnnMarie Castrogiovanni at Ogden brought this districtwide science experiment to life. As part of the project, all the second-graders learned about animal development and caretaking.

Photos courtesy Hewlett-Woodmere schools

seCond-grader meil bargig and teacher aide Chris Socci with a new young friend.

–Jeffrey Bessen

The haTChed PeKin ducklings waddled through their first few hours of life.

Photos by Sue Grieco/Herald

The abramson Family played tug-of-war at the Chabad Lag B’Omer party in the park on April 30.

Chabad celebrates Lag B’Omer in the park The Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer was happily celebrated outside this year as the Chabad of the Five Towns held an event in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park in the village on April 30.

Lag B’Omer marks the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar. According to kabbalistic tradition, this day marks the hillula (celebration, interpreted by some as anniversary of the death) of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, “the Rashbi,” a Mishnaic sage and leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva in the second century, and the day on which he revealed the deepest secrets of kabbalah in the form of the Zohar (Book of Splendor, literally translated to “radiance”), a landmark text of Jewish mysticism.

There was Entertainment, facsimile archery, family tug-of-war, kite flying, music, other attractions, prizes, raffles and swag bags.

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Friends Chana Konisberg, left, and Malky Edelman, both 9, at the Lag B’Omer event in Cedarhurst, enjoyed Mister Softee shakes.

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events and activities

community update Accessing Programs

for certain device apps, display options, and much more. Bring your device and your questions. Prerequisites: Introduction to the iPad and iPhone or equivalent/comfort with your device. Bring Apple ID and password. At 3 p.m. Peninsula Public Library.

Peninsula Public Library The listed online programs are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Register by calling (516) 239-3262, or go to the Eventkeeper calendar on the PPL’s website: https:// www.peninsulapublic.org/ An email with login details will be sent before each program. For more information email Janet Schneider at jschneider@ peninsulapublic.org.

Reclamation District At 5 p.m., the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District meets via a telephone conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Civil Rights & Music

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Civil rights historian and former Motown executive Leon Burnette discusses how the African-American spirituals, gospel, folk music and the blues inspired and shaped the civil rights movement. At 7 p.m. Peninsula Public Library.

Throughout May, Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has an all-day program dedicated to the learning and loving or animals. Jason will teach the audience about Princess the toad, Tickles the hedgehog and lots of other fun creatures including mice, lizards, bunnies, crabs, and baby animals.

Thursday, May 6 Gidon Lev At noon, Julie Gray and Gidon Lev, authors of “The True Adventures of Gidon Lev,” will discuss the memoir and Lev’s life, a rare child survivor of the Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt. Peninsula Public Library.

Zumba Gold At 4 p.m. Andrea Wool leads this lowintensity Zumba workout with easy to follow steps. Peninsula Public Library.

Lawrence Village The Lawrence village board of trustees meets at 8 p.m. at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club, 101 Causeway, Lawrence. Go to http://www.villageoflawrence.org/ for virtual meeting information.

Friday, May 7 Warren Beatty Humanities lecturer Marc Courtade examines the life and career of Warren Beatty, the only person to have been nominated for acting, directing, writing, and producing the same film twice, for

Wednesday, May 12 Courtesy Five Towns Kiwanis

Another happy toy story Richard and Billy Monchik and Barry Ringelheim from the Kiwanis of the Five Towns presented a plaque to thank the Hicksville-based Shepher Distributors, a toy distribution company, for its help to make the 2020 Christmas and Hanukkah holidays enjoyable for more than 1,000 children. Toys were given to the Five Towns Community Center, the Five Towns Early Learning Center, Rock and Wrap It Up! and the Town of Hempstead. ized, seated version of 18 Form Qigong focusing on breathing and combining Tai Chi with the healing effect of Qigong and Meditation. At 6 p.m. Peninsula Public Library.

“Heaven Can Wait,” and again with “Reds.” At 11 a.m. Peninsula Public Library.

Monday, May 10

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Mah Jongg Donna Miller-Small will review and discuss the card, paying close attention to the new hands for mah jongg. New and seasoned players could benefit. At 11 a.m. Peninsula Public Library.

French Horiculture Garden writer Jessica Damiano gives a virtual tour of the Versailles gardens and Monet’s garden at Giverny. At 3 p.m. Peninsula Public Library.

Gentle Qigong Paulette Silber presents a personal-

Woodmere resident Ann DeMichael is being honored by the Yeshiva of South Shore on May 9.

The HAFTR Middle School girls’ Torah Bowl team swept the field that included four other schools to win the April competition.

Lawrence native Gabriel Leifer was named a D3hoops All-American. The Yeshiva University.

The village of Atlantic Beach board of trustees meets at 7:45 p.m. Go to https://www.villageofatlanticbeach. com/ for virtual meeting information.

Tuesday, May 11 Covid Support The Gural JCC’s a weekly Zoom support group offers coping strategies. 9 a.m.

Pre-registration required. Contact Lisa Barnett, (516) 569-6733 x 210, lisa. barnett@guraljcc.org.

Diego Rivera Professor Thomas Germano presents an illustrated art lecture on Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity. At 11 a.m. HewlettWoodmere Public Library. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8 3233911398?pwd=VDY3NC96NUd1R0 lkQ0M2RkRXQm9OUT09.

Tai Chi Linda Cafiero leads a sessions at 11 a.m. on Tai Chi to improve posture, balance and focus. Peninsula Public Library.

Parkinson Support At noon with Cathy Byrne, coping strategies, education and support. Contact Byrne at cathy.byrne@guraljcc.org or (516) 569-6733 x220 for details.

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forward ranked fifth in the nation in assists per game (6.9) and had five double-doubles, including two triple-doubles in an abbreviated season.

Elisheva Monczyk, of Cedarhurst, a health care management major at SUNY Canton, earned the highest grade-point average as a second semester freshman.

Gentle Yoga Paulette Silber will focus on therapeutic stretches which do not involve holding postures or sitting on mats in this Zoom program. Use of a chair is optional. At 11 a.m. Peninsula Public Library.

Great Decisions Stanislao Pugliese presents the Great Decisions series at noon. HewlettWoodmere Public Library. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8 4391298385?pwd=MFEwQkxZb2RSd1 VqdDNWa3hYSEZOUT09.

Carol Channing Theater historian John Kenrick looks at the life and career of Carol Channing, the Broadway icon remembered for the gold-digging Lorelei Lee in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” At 3 p.m., Peninsula Public Library.

Thursday, May 13 Yoga For Memory Miriam Abrahams offers gentle poses to increase concentration and memory power. At 11 a.m. Peninsula Public Library.

Lawrence native Steve Madden famous for his shoes and infamous for the role he played in the Stratton Oakmont stock fraud will be played by Michael Rappaport in an upcoming series based on Madden’s memoir “The Cobbler: How I Disrupted an Industry, Fell From Grace & Came Back Stronger Than Ever.”

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The family and friends of Hewlett native Dr. David A. Genn say that he always stood out with his honesty, humility, humbleness and above all else, his tremendous kindness and generosity.

Genn, a resident of upstate Beacon died at New York-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt Manor on April 21 from prolonged medical issues.

He was 56.

Born on Sept. 9, 1964 in Hewlett, Genn was the son of Brenda (née Slepp) Genn and Cole Genn. He graduated from Hewlett High School in 1982. Dave was also a graduate of Boston University’s College of Medicine Class of 1988.

During this time, he would marry Coleen Moore.

Genn completed his internship and residency at Montefiore Medical Center and he completed his gastroenterology fellowship at New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center. He then spent his entire 20-year career doing what he loved with the people and the patients that he loved.

His family said that Genn was incredibly proud and honored to be affiliated with Hudson Valley Hospital and to be a gastrointestinal partner at Mid-Hudson Gastroenterology, LLP. In 2013, Genn became disabled and was unable to actively practice medicine. Despite being physically unable to practice, Genn remained educated and hopeful that one day he would again be able to serve others via his profession.

He enjoyed listening to his favorite music, which included The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton.

According to family, Genn was his household’s unofficial nightly Jeopardy! champion, as he often answered the clues before they were read. In addition, Genn enjoyed art, traveling and reading.

Stepson Brenden Moore, said that his family is thankful for the physicians, nurses and all of the staff who helped take care of Genn at New York-Presbyterian / Hudson Valley Hospital and Emerald Peak Rehabilitation Center.

“Above all else, Dave enjoyed and was truly thankful for all the love and support that he received from all of his friends and family during the nearly decade long struggle he endured while fighting heroically with numerous complicated medical issues,” Moore said.

“On behalf of Dave and his family, we’d like all of you to know that we are incredibly grateful for the friendship, love and support that you all shared with Dave throughout his entire life.”

Predeceased by his father Cole, Genn is survived by his mother Brenda Genn of Hewlett; his wife, Coleen Moore Genn of Beacon; his step-son Brenden Moore of Chicago; his sister, Shari Shapiro and her husband David of Lawrence; his nephews and nieces, Jacob Decter, Ashe-

ly Prawer, Gabby Decter, Emma Strulowitz, Craig Shapiro, Jeremy Shapiro, Evan Shapiro, and Kerri Wasserman.

Several aunts, uncles, cousins, greatnephews and great-nieces also survive him.

A wake was held on April 25 at the McHoul Funeral Home of Fishkill. A funeral service was held on April 26 at the same funeral home, followed by a burial at St. Joachim Cemetery in Bea-

con.

In lieu of flowers, Genn’s family said memorial donations can be made to The Heather Abbott Foundation which provides services to amputees. Go to www. heatherabbottfoundation.org.

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DR. DAvID A. Genn of upstate Beacon was a 1982 Hewlett High School graduate.

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Shari Amitrano

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Judy Menashe

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Seven running for trustee in Hewlett-Woodmere continued from front page the past 18 years,” Menashe said. “I am in constant communication with the parents of the district, and I understand what their desires are for the future of our district.”

Altus, 61, a pulmonary and critical care doctor at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, served on the board from 2012 to 2018. He said that his previous experience as a trustee would be valuable to the board going forward. “I treated many patients in the thick of the Covid-19 pandemic,” Altus said. “I hope my experience in leading teams of professionals during the crisis will be of value to the school district as we navigate through dealing with the pandemic and its aftermath.”

Amitrano, 48, is a 1990 Hewlett High graduate and has two children attending district schools. She has worked in the financial services industry for over 25 years, and noted that the skills she has used in her career can help her be an effective board member.

“My career has allowed me to gain the knowledge and expertise needed to be able to serve this community,” Amitrano said. “I’m fiscally responsible, and my inquisitive line of thinking will help support the need to ask challenging and thought-provoking questions. As a business coach to those I serve, I’m also a great listener, which is another skill that’s

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imperative when understanding the needs of the community and allowing people to be heard.”

Tenenbaum, 47, an entrepreneur who has served in the PTA for nearly six years, said he believed he would bring a “fresh perspective” to the board. “When my kids started going to school, I started getting involved to help shape the school district my kids will grow up in,” Tenenbaum said. “I believe I can bring an outside-thebox mentality to the board by coming with different ideas and perspective.”

Kopp, 35, is a neonatologist — a doctor who treats newborns with birth defects,

breathing disorders and infections — and an active PTA member. Serving on the board has been on her mind for “quite some time,” she said. “Although I may be younger than most who have run for the position or who have been elected, I have accomplished a lot throughout my years,” Kopp said. “I now would love the opportunity to bring my skills and experiences to District 14 as a board member, not to make everything ‘new,’ but to contribute to the continued growth both academically and socially/emotionally that our district has had so far.”

Ansari, 28, a 2011 Hewlett High gradu-

ate, is an attorney. “I will be able to review the budget and all proposals with fresh eyes and offer ideas and methods that may not have been considered before,” she said. “As a lawyer, it is my job to carefully listen to my client’s needs, listen to the other side’s arguments, read and analyze the law, and passionately advocate for my clients within the confines of the law.”

Ansari said she would focus on mental health and school safety. “If I were to be elected, I will take a look at how we allocate our resources towards mental health,” she said. “I think being vocal and having an open conversation about it will help take the stigma away from it. I would be more than happy to talk about my own experiences with mental health.”

Along with the school board, the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has one trustee candidate. North Woodmere resident Ellen Vaknine is running unopposed for a five-year term, and would replace Trustee Frank Zaret, who is stepping down.

Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Woodmere Education Center, at 1 Johnson Place. For more on the election, go to https://bit.ly/3cyJsKH or contact the district clerk on school days between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., at (516) 7924883.

Episcopal Health Services names health center for Lawrence resident

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

Longtime Lawrence resident Margaret O. Carpenter will be honored by Episcopal Health Services, Inc., the corporate entity of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, by having her name attached to the soon to be opened St. John’s Medical Group’s women’s health center.

The Margaret O. Carpenter Women’s Health Center is scheduled to open in winter 2022. It will be the first health center of its kind on the Rockaway Peninsula. Carpenter is the second vice chair on the Episcopal Health Services board of trustees. She has been an active volunteer across many organizations in the communities of the Rockaways and Five Towns, Her connection to St. John’s began in

the late 1970s when she would bring her father to the hospital while he was battling emphysema.

“It dawned on me that we must build the hospital into something better, because when people in the area call 911, this is where they are going to come,” Carpenter said in a statement. “That’s when I really began in earnest to try to help the hospital.”

Carpenter noted that she is proud of how the hospital has grown over the years and gave credit to the work of others for the growth.

“It’s not my style to have my name on anything, but what I like to do is to help people, and that in itself makes me happy,” she said. “Throughout the years, the community and hospital personnel all worked together to raise funds for critical care. It has been a joy to see equipment come in and see the hospital thriving. It makes me really happy.”

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State legislators push for Holocaust education foster a more tolerant society and stamp out the spate of anti-Semitism that has infested our state and nation,” said Kaminsky, a co-sponsor of the state legislation, adding that the study’s results are “deeply troubling and [call] for immediate action.”

The proposed law, which is currently in committee, authorizes the state commissioner of education to conduct a study to determine which school districts are offering instruction on the Holocaust that complies with Section 801 of state education law. As part of the Dignity for All Students Act, the law mandates education in civility, citizenship and character education. The new legislation would require a report on the study’s findings by the first January after the bill becomes law, and would direct the education commissioner to publicize the rules to ensure that school districts are offering the proper Holocaust instruction.

“Anti-Semitism is a serious threat to our communities, and we must tackle it head-on with bold solutions,” Kaminsky said. “It is imperative for us to ensure our students learn the dangers of hatred, bigotry and anti-Semitism. Our collective future demands nothing less.”

According to a nationwide 2020 study by the American Jewish Committee, 90 percent of those surveyed considered Holocaust education “important or somewhat important.”

Courtesy State Senate office

Several State legiSlatorS are supporting a bill that would require the State Education Department to ensure that the Holocaust is being taught in school districts statewide. With State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, at lectern, were Sen. Anna Kaplan, left, and State Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, right.

For more than 25 years, the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC in the Five Towns has offered Holocaust education to more than 100 public and private schools, colleges, synagogues, libraries, churches and other institutions, said Cathy Byrne, the Gural JCC’s associate executive director for older adults and special needs, adding that in 2001, four of the center’s Holocaust survivors traveled to Whitwell, Tenn., a town where there were no Jewish residents. The town’s middle school became

famous for its Paper Clips Project, which used paper clips to symbolize the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust.

“It is our moral obligation to teach these lessons to the younger generation so that history will never repeat itself,” Byrne wrote in an email. “Personal accounts from a Holocaust survivor brings a human dimension to the study of the Holocaust, seeing events from the victims’ point of view. Survivors’ testimonies are used in the classroom to human-

ize individuals. Holocaust studies in the schools promotes understanding of the Holocaust as a complex historical event but also invites us to understand the negative impacts of racism and antidiscrimination in contemporary times. It promotes the need to reflect on the moral responsibilities of individuals, groups and nations when confronted with the abuse of power, civil and human rights, violence and genocidal acts.”

Cedarhurst resident Carola Schiff, a native of France, was born in 1941, shortly after her father escaped from one prison camp and her mother was released from another. “[The Holocaust] should be taught, as it would show to the younger generation what evil can do and hopefully, if they knew about it, they could stop the evil,” said Schiff, who underscored her point by offering one version of a famous quotation by the German theologian and Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller (who was known to vary it depending on his audience): “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.”

“I don’t think anyone could say it better than he did,” Schiff said.

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How to get back on track!

Many of us have been vaccinated.

Springtime has arrived. After a year of quarantine, we’re ready to move forward. Get back on track. Get outside with others. Make positive changes in our lives.

With so much optimism, they’ll be days when you feel that whatever you want to do, you’ll do! You’ll get to the gym, you’ll see friends, you’ll work on that new project, you’ ll eat healthy, you’ll get organized. Yay! Then there are the other days.

On those days, you don’t take baby steps toward your goals. You’re too tired to get to the gym; you don’t feel like calling friends; you lack the desire to work on your new project; the hell with eating healthy, and the clutter in your space will just have to wait!

Laziness, listlessness and lethargy rule the roost. Attempts at get-upand-go have gotten-up-and-gone. You a re, o r s o yo u b e l i eve, b e yo n d redemption. The prior year has made it easy to give up working toward your goals. Why even try?

You shrug your shoulders. You tell yourself that it’s a losing battle to fight the fickle finger of fate. Just

admit that in the DNA lottery, you won the idle and inertia genes. So wouldn’t it be a good idea to stop tort u r i n g yo u r s e l f a n d accept yourself as you are – warts and all?

I agree. Stop torturing yourself is a great idea.

Acce pting yourself is also. But, if you’ve lapsed into old habits, do not despair. You can still take steps to reach your goals.

Indeed, when people start a change program, the nor m is to fall off inda track. Only a few very well-disciplined folks are so consistent that they never falter, vacillate or backslide.

The rest of us are more inconsistent.

We don’t feel motivated every day.

We don’t respond to self-imposed schedules. We dawdle with tasks we know we should do.

We go for immediate gratification rather than long-term goals. We have days when it feels too difficult to do anything constructive. Such days challenge our confidence and belief in ourselves.

B u t r e m e m b e r, w e ’ r e n o t machines. We’re human beings. And human beings are imperfect. When we’ve gone through a challenging year, we may not want to do anything that feels burdensome.

The key to getting back on track, however, is not to be perfect but to view your setback as temporary.

O n e m o r n i n g yo u w a ke u p a n d re m i n d yourself why you want to change. You picture how apadin proud you’ll be when you achieve your goal. You begin by focusing on little steps, easy stuff you know you can d o .

Accomplish a simple task … organize your desk … send that text … make that call. Take care of these things and you’ll get renewed energy and determination. Then, more significant steps become less challenging.

You might dream of having an understanding, energ etic coach alongside you, motivating you every

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step of the way. Good idea. But if you don’t have one, consider becoming your very own coach.

• Start by giving yourself a pep talk. You’re good! You’ve got the energy, you’ ve got the smarts! Now, get going!

• Psych yourself up to do what needs to be done. You can do it! You know you can do it, so get started now!

• Reward yourself for taking action. You did it! I’m proud of you!

What matters is not how fast you reach your goals, but maintaining the energy and fortitude to work toward them day by day. ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people overcome procrastination and debilitating anxiety and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her websites www.BeatProcrastinationCoach.com and www.PsychWisdom.com.

Filling the (Covid) gap year I guess I blinked twice and in that instant our told oldest granddaughters morphed from cuties in strollers to elegant young women spending the gap year between high school and college attending seminary in Israel.

Our Temima, besides studying a wide range of subjects, is busy coordinating plays, events and publications, while our Sima, occupied with a similar academic schedule, is busy writing and composing.

Sima was recently asked to record her reaction to the unique circumstance of a pandemic encountered far away from home and family, and I’ve taken the liberty of sharing portions of her narrative with my readers: The Covid Seminary Symphony, by Sima Goldman: I never fully understood the power of music until this past month, living through an experience whose tune has never been heard before. Seminary in Israel during Covid-19 is a song that makes you laugh, a song that makes you cry. It is a song that makes your heart long to be home while your soul soars because it realizes you are home. It is a song of overcoming fears, creating new

friendships, living through untouched history. The more time I spend living the “Covid seminary” song, the more I realize that the music that accompanies this experience comes from within that there is a song for every great moment and every challenging moment, and that, in Israel, music is created everywhere.

Coming to Israel for seminary during the coronavirus, we had some questions that no other incoming class had to face: Would world pandemic be the central theme of our year or just a harmonious accompaon niment? Would we have a 20 version of a typical year or a completely different year altogether?

Now having been in seminary for a bit of time, I see the pandemic playing two counterpoint melodies: One that unfortunately muffles certain aspects of adventure and exploration and a sec-

ond that simultaneously amplifies the sounds of seminary and the melody of Israel in ways no other year has experienced.

In previous years, a main portion of the seminary experience was marching to the beat of a new tune, whether it was through jumping on a bus to explore our Homeland and find adventure, or reaching out of comfort zone to build new friendships. This year, corona has limited both of these aspects tremendously.

There are also the struggles brought by Covid everywhere: oLdman Masks concealing smiles, plastic partitions separating students from students and students from teachers, ultimately creating a heightened feeling of loneliness. These aspects of the coronavirus have silenced many expectations as well as the typically loud volume of adventure, experience and

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Yet, this pandemic has simultaneously heightened the beauty of seminary and the song that land sings beneath the everyday rush of Israeli life.

Truly, the quarantine experience is just the opening act before the concert of friendship and growth that is released within a capsule, teaching us that God has clearly chosen a specific section of an orchestra for our musical voice to emerge.

Though this year we don’t hear the songs of crowds in the streets or the tunes of taxis and buses, we do have the ability to create a personal melody within the ancient roads, Jerusalemstone walls and holy air. The song this year is a song that comes from within.

It is the singing of our souls absorbing the holiness of the land without any distracting noise.

Our song-my song- is the song of seminary in Israel during Covid-19: the sweetest melody of friendship, of growth, of returning home, and of trust in our Father above. ©2021 Ron Goldman

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My amazing sister, Eva Jones, RN, is the exemplary model of a nurse who is compassionate, caring and expertly skilled. With 35 years of dialysis experience, working for both major national dialysis companies, Davita and Fresinius, Eva offers the ultimate level of competence, bringing heart and kindness to ensure her patients’ smoothest and most comfortable sessions three times per week.

They feel her love and confidence and are glad Eva’s in charge.

Through pandemic Eva worked in a Covid-only outpatient dialysis clinic every day, sometimes up to 105 hours in a twoweek period, perpetually short staffed because other staff called out. She opened the clinic at 4 a.m., leaving at 10 or 11 p.m.

Think about that. When a situation lands in your lap and you step up to the plate to do what is necessary, that’s an extraordinary person with a conscience. Thank God for nurse angels like Eva Jones!

Kayla Rein is my hero, my nurse, You may consider me biased because Kayla is my granddaughter. She worked tirelessly, 12 hour overnight ER shifts throughout the height of the pandemic and continues to do so today! I was there for her offering moral support along the way.

Little did I know I, myself, would become an ER admittance in mid-January — due to a DVT. I witnessed first-hand the arduous, hard-working nursing staff. Needless to say, I was the “lucky” one, having granddaughter to attend to my unexpected needs.

Thank God for our outstanding nurses and all other health care workers who routinely go above and beyond — day in and day out!

— Virginia Rein-Biehl, Oceanside

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Phyllis Imbriano was honored by Tiegerman Schools at their gala on March 25.

Phyllis has worked with Tiegerman for 21 years; as the school Nurse at Tiegerman Preschool, Elementary School, UPK and A.L.L. for Kids, also serving as the full-time nurse at Glen Cove Preschool/ Elementary School.

Among the many tributes to Phyllis: “When my daughter Grace was younger, she attended Tiegerman Elementary School.

Nurse Phyllis took great care of her and the other students. As a parent of a special needs child, you are always anxious when you get a call from the school! The first thing Nurse Phyllis would say is,“Grace is fine. I am calling about...”. I loved how aware she was and I can imagine she had the same sensitivity for the other students. I never worried about my child in school because I knew how supportive Nurse Phyllis and the staff were.”

Healthcare heroes don’t just touch the lives of their patients, but also the lives of their loved ones. From the perspective of a family member and also a future wife, we are amazed at the dedication, commitment and sacrifice Ross Rieman has devoted to saving lives, not only in the emergency room as a nurse practitioner at both Northwell LIJ and Northwell Forest Hills, but also as a volunteer (Second Assistant Chief) in the Woodmere Fire Department.

In a hospital located at the epicenter of the pandemic, Ross tirelessly attended to Covid-19 patients in an overflowing emergency room without regard to his own welfare. He took extra shifts when his dedicated colleagues were ill with Covid-19. When not treating patients, Ross served his community through the fire department, ensuring that people who experienced Covid-19 symptoms received the care they needed.

Ross is the epitome of what a true healthcare hero represents.

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NYU Langone Winthrop Hospital Jennifer Ryan, my wife, was a true a beacon of selflessness and compassion throughout the grimmest days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Jennifer provided outstanding to patients afflicted with Covid-19 in a homecare setting.

The courageous, compassionate care delivered by Jennifer and her homecare colleagues was instrumental in reserving local hospital capacity and resources for the most critically ill patients at the apex of the pandemic.

I salute and commend these true American heroes!

— Brendan Ryan, North Merrick

My mother, Mary Stillwagon (BSN-BC, MS, Lac.), retired from a 40+-year tenure at Glen Cove Hospital Northwell Health in May 2020.

She started her healthcare journey in the ICU at Glen Cove Hospital and continued her career there up until last year, amidst the pandemic. Mary also went on to receive her Masters in Science and became a Licensed Acupuncturist in 2005, all while working full time at the hospital.

What nurses do for the world is truly amazing. Mom worked hard and sacrificed to ensure the comfort, care and treatment of each patient she oversaw. She treated countless patients, worked alongside hundreds of other healthcare professionals and always did it with grace, relentless dedication, and love in her heart.

On behalf of our family, her friends, and associates, Thank You, Mary. Your retirement is well deserved! Now it’s time for us to take care of you.

— Laura Stillwagon, Glen Cove

Priti Chohan

South Shore University Hospital I am so proud of the selflessness and dedication my daughter, Priti Chohan, BSN, MBA, RN, Patient Care Services Manager at South Shore University Hospital, has shown throughout the pandemic. She has stepped in countless times to assist her team on the front-line, maintaining order in such a hectic environment, and sacrificing time on the personal and familial front to give to caring for those affected.

Most importantly, she has given her time to support her team, who were exposed to the virus and on the front-line daily.

Healthcare is truly a special calling, deeply rooted in compassion and empathy Therefore, I would like to extend my gratitude to all the courageous essential workers who have helped to support our community throughout this tumultuous time.

— Sudesh Chohan, Huntington

Susan Atwell

Mount Sinai Hospital Susan Atwell is a special person in my life.

She is a registered nurse, RN BsN, who works in the PACU (Recovery) Department of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She has been the most dedicated and determined nurse for her patients for the past 11 years at Mount Sinai Hospital. She began her nursing career 36 years ago with that same determination to help others in need, and it has only grown stronger through the years.

In addition, Susan, who lives in Woodmere, is a devoted mother of three incredible children, Robert, Christine and Matthew. She raised them by herself while holding a fulltime nursing job. She is the happy grandmother of an adorable 1-year-old little guy, Daniel, too! Susan is my real hometown hero. I am very privileged to be her friend.

— Donna Shulman, Hewlett

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s a nurse in the Population Health Department of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Kerinth Afflick follows up with patients after they are discharged from the hospital and helps to make sure they are getting and taking their medications and they are making and getting to their follow up visits to doctors.

“When you first become a nurse you are so young, and a little ignorant,” said Afflick, who will admit to being in her early 50s. She has been a nurse for 28 years. “You learn. You learn patience, learn to listen, listen to problems and follow up. You become a psychiatrist as the patients need someone to speak with and you become a great listener.”

There was one patient, she said who was undocumented that Afflick assisted to ensure they were aware and used all the resources available to them for more than two years.

There are some other patients who, because of the coronavirus pandemic, are alone.

“One patient didn’t use our pharmacy (St. John’s has an in-house pharmacy), they were isolated because of Covid,” she said. “They tried to rely on CVS and we called CVS and asked them to please deliver the meds.” Which was done.

Afflick said for her being a nurse is about giving back. “It’s not about the thank you so much as making sure that [the patients] are OK."

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’ve been a registered nurse for just over a year, I entered the field after many years as a short story writer, translator, teacher, even a bartender. Originally from Louisville Ky., I met my girlfriend and moved to Manhattan about 10 years ago. I entered an accelerated nursing program at Mount Sinai about 18 months ago — before Covid happened — but recognized this capacity for being a nurse about 10 years ago by caring for my dying father.

So, I got my license in February 2020, Covid happened, and we moved out here. My girlfriend has a home in Locust Valley. That means I’m new to nursing and at 45, working in what has essentially become a Covid ward, keeping up with younger nurses. I don't know if that’s good luck or bad, however, with the experience and expectations of someone at my stage in life, it wasn’t a shock. Anyhow we

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JEANINE CAPPELLO

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital

Operations Manager, Mercy Hospital Family Care Center

eing an emergency room nurse Sarah Avis said is like “trying to thrive in controlled chaos.

You have zero patient info, teamwork is critical and you trying to find the missing piece of a puzzle.”

When Avis, 34, was young her mother was very ill. “I like how there was people to help in my mother’s time of need,” she said, explaining why when she went to college she chose nursing as her profession.

Now eight years in, Avis views the role of nurse as multifaceted. “It means just being there through an extreme time and making someone as comfortable as possible and being someone they can trust,” she said, “especially during Covid. Families are limited. We play the role of caregiver, friend, family member. It can be hard. As a nurse you are supposed to have an emotional barrier. We see so much certain

trauma and a lot of grief, it’s emotional. As a nurse you also want to be there. It is very challenging.”

Recently, Avis witnessed “a young life lose. “It was extremely emotional,” she said, describing how a family member sank to the floor. There was hugging to console this person and more family handholding and hugging. Sometimes just being a presence is very challenging for a very busy ER.” St. John’s emergency department serves nearly 49,000 patients annually.

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As a Covid ward there are peaks and troughs. It’s busy, it's chaotic, but we make our way through it. Now that there are protocols and we've been vaccinated, the world’s gotten used to a new normal. But people are sick, hundreds are dying, every day.

Becoming a nurse, I’ve learned we're all human. Our time on earth is precious and finite. And I’ve learned that it’s possible to be removed, dispassionate, but remain passionate about treating people with humanity.

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always wanted to be a nurse. My uncle was a physician, so growing up I used to go into work with him and see him taking care of all the patients. At 14-years-old I was a candy striper, later I volunteered in a local hospital feeding babies, and then I went and started as a PCA. And through that, I put myself through nursing school.

My first job was at an Ob-Gyn office and there were a lot of young women there with teen pregnancies in the community I was working in, and I just really took a passion to it.

So, I grew in it and became a part of the Nassau County Perinatal Service Network, where we focus on the underserved communities to make sure they have easy access to prenatal care.

Covid hit our population very hard. A lot of our patients are living in multi-family

households, and Covid just ran rampant. A lot of them don’t have access to healthcare, so we really made sure we advocated for them.

Through a grant, we were able to provide our patients with PPE. We were also able to provide our patients with food. A lot of patients were out of work because of Covid, so there was no food for their families.

Not only do we treat the patient, but we treat the family. We watch the children grow and then they have kids again and they trust us and want to come back to us.

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e had always known that nurses were heroes; the women and men who offered us a modicum of comfort at our darkest hours while quietly monitoring our heart rate, blood pressure and medications prescribed by our doctors. They watched over us, soothed our pain with a smile.

We never really knew, however, what heroes they were until the coronavirus pandemic struck Long Island in March last year, sending already tired hospital staffs into overdrive. Nurses were at the very front lines of the crisis, and the physical and mental toll that they endured was unimaginable to most.

Nurses were, of course, accustomed to death. It is part of medicine. No amount of training, however, could have prepared them for the onslaught of Covid-19 cases that they would see between March and June 2020 — or the rapidly rising death toll.

With family and friends barred from entering hospitals during this grave period, nurses were often the very last people that the dying saw before they took their last breaths. 2020 and 2021 have very much been a battle for survival, and our nurses have fought it valiantly.

Many of them have been infected with Covid-19 themselves. Some have died.

We cannot thank our nurses enough for all that they did for us last year, but we should try. In this photo essay by Herald Photo Editor Christina Daly, we make the attempt, showing you, our readers, some of the faces who carried on through all the confusion and fear and heartache to protect and preserve life.

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1: Nurse Danielle Frantino, front, is in the Emergency Services Unit at Northwell Health Glen Cove Hospita Nurse Cel Christian Lumbera is her left.

2: Nurses Jaya Roy and Maria Cardone, of the Rehabilitation Unit at Northwell Health Glen Cove Hospital.

3: At Northwell Health LIJ Hospital in Valley Stream, nu educator Savita Amin reviewed notes with nurses De Pellitteri, Christine Luongo and Emily John, of the Pa Services Unit.

4: Taking in a lighter moment outside Northwell Health Hospital were Patient Services nurses Villaflor Andre Pascual, Ivana Klanac-Stern, Ann Marie Distanislao, Sheleema Harinandan, Benyanoot Rodthong, Emily Jessica Ruggierro, Debra Pellitteri, Saige Amoruso an Catherine Naranjo.

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shortly after, with her family still in the parking lot. Asha said the experience made her cherish her time with her family.

10: Chris Frasco, left, and, Frank Masi, nurses at NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola.

7: Curtis King, a transporter, at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside.

8: Nurse April Dones, of the Maternity Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mount Sinai South Nasau, was all smiles behind her mask recently.

9: Nurse Asha Ali, of NYU Langone Hospital, spoke of a 40-year-old patient who arrived at her unit struggling to breathe. The patient grasped her hand and told her, “You are you my angel.” The patient died of Covid-19

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TRUE In HEROES: IN THEIR OWN WORDS TheIr own words ANN MARIE DISTANISLAO

CARMEN COX Lynbrook Restorative Therapy & Nursing

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started off in banking, but switched to nursing because I love taking care of people.

Today, nursing is very challenging due to the pandemic. At the beginning, during spring 2020, we nurses were in-service constantly, getting educated by our supervisors about Covid-19. That’s what pulled us through.

On the job, we wear a mask, goggles, surgical headwear, and a disposable gown.

Every time we leave a patient’s room, we discard the mask and gown, and wash the goggles. It’s uncomfortable, but to fight the virus, we have to start with our first-line workers for the protection of the residents.

Our staff members are all tested for Covid-19 twice a week, in a little unit that does the nasal swabbing here on site.

Not having family members of patients visiting the facility makes our job a lot easier,

Emergency Nurse, Long Island Jewish Valley Stream because we have to control interaction from the outside. But we do help our patients communicate with loved ones virtually.

The virtual chats are scheduled with our recreation person. A nurse or aide can hold a cell phone so a patient can speak using FaceTime. We can also have the family members visit on-site, but not inside the facility. They stand in the entrance foyer between the double glass doors. The inner glass door is locked and the resident is brought down to sit on the inside. Then they talk with their loved ones on cell phones while smiling at them through the glass.

We are trained to let our residents know what’s going on, but to keep them comfortable, and to give them respect and dignity at all times. Remember, this is their home.

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have a brother with Down syndrome so I was kind of a nurse even in my childhood, and I kind of grew up with him, favoring caring for people with a personal touch.

I went to nursing school and graduated in 1987, during the AIDs epidemic. I graduated from St. Vincent’s School of Nursing, and worked in the East Village where the AIDs epidemic was really fired up, so I had seen a lot of death and dying back in the 1980s. I thought I’d never see it again. And then Covid came.

The first wave was very heavy in our Emergency Department, but we pulled through. The Northwell Health system quickly got it together, and we were very organized.

We have a tiny Emergency Department, and as the volume increased we transferred out to the North Shore facilities.

The wisdom that I brought having had been

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MEGHAN EVANS

JOEMELLE KHAN

Emergency Department, Mount Sinai South Nassau

Nassau University Medical Center

chose to become a nurse because I wanted to work in the medical field and be at the bedside caring for patients. Growing up, I was inspired by the nurses I met and saw first-hand how they took care of people, not only physically, but also emotionally.

The nursing profession means teamwork. I am beyond lucky to work in an area that has incredible teamwork. I would not be able to provide the best care without the help of our amazing patient care technicians and unit clerks, also amazing doctors and physician assistants who have taught me so much over the years.

I have been an Emergency Department nurse at MSSN for nearly 10 years, also a member of the ED’s Unit Based Council and ED Trauma Committee for more than five years. We are always working on creating new ways to provide excellent nursing care for our patients.

The nursing profession has taught me a

lot about life. I enjoy helping people and find myself helping others inside and outside of the hospital. I see first-hand how fragile life can be, so I try to keep a positive mindset and take care of myself physically and emotionally.

We never know what is going to come through those ED doors and we must be prepared for anything and everything. We laugh together and we cry together. We lift each other up when we are feeling down or scared and celebrate the happy moments with each other.

Nursing has always been a profession that is challenging yet rewarding. Emergency nursing is typically fast-paced and can be stressful.

When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in March 2020, we were challenged in ways we had never imagined. Our team came together — we cared for our patients, we cared for their family members and we cared for each other.

through something terrible like this before was that I knew I had to dress in the full PPE, the personal protective gear. Back in the 1980s we didn’t know it was sexually transmitted so we were wearing all sorts of hats and gowns and face masks. So I guess that was the little bit of wisdom there that I had. I also gave a little support to the newer nurses, letting them know that we’re going to get through this.

But it was also very overwhelming for myself. People were coming into triage and they could barely say their name, and then they would just drop dead in front of you. It was very scary. We did the best we could with what we had.

But even when it got overwhelming you still had to stop and give that extra personal touch, whether it was giving my phone charger to them so they could try and call a family member.

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’m from Harlem and lived in Queens near Valley Stream. My first degree was in finance, but when my father went into a hospital with a stroke it struck me that hospital workers had good intentions, but there was not enough help, and I was drawn to nursing.

It helps that I come from a family with a lot of doctors and nurses in it, so I asked a lot of questions, did some research, and seven years ago became a licensed nurse. For me nursing is a great field if you are the kind of person who cares. The money’s good, you can go anywhere in the country and you can help a person just by holding their hand.

I worked at the Nassau County Correctional facility, and then two years ago I came to work at the Emergency Room at Nassau University Medical Center. We get it all. Helicopters come in and out, drownings, stabbings, shootings,

car accidents.

In the last year Covid took over. That was challenging in part because I took the pandemic personally. My cousin, Marilyn Howard, a mentor to me, was the first school nurse in New York City to die of Covid.

Emergency room work has made me an even more compassionate person. You need a tough exterior, but still care. But I have plenty of support for that at home. My wife is also a nurse. We talk to each other about all these issues.

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MITCH MARAVILLA

Director of Nursing, Lynbrook Restorative Therapy & Nursing

Medical/Surgical/ Oncology Unit, Mount Sinai South Nassau

’ve been in long-term care nursing for 28 years, and Director of Nursing for 15 years. I consider being a nurse as a calling. It requires dedication and compassion because, while we take care of patients' and residents’ physical needs, we must also address their emotional and spiritual needs.

During this pandemic, our dedication to our profession was put to the test. We could not stay home from work to avoid the deadly virus.

Some of us isolated ourselves from our families for fear of exposing them. Many of us got Covid and some died.

As the Director of Nursing, I had to care for my staff. They feared catching Covid and infecting their own families. I ensured that they were educated and had enough PPE, encouraged them, cried with them when they were emotionally drained, and sometimes bought them food or sewed masks for them.

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For our residents, I crocheted hats and scarves during the winter, which made them smile.

When nursing homes were closed to visitation, nurses brought phones and tablets to Covid-positive patients so that their families could say goodbye to them. I once held a patients’ hand as she took her last breath and told her son who lived in another state that she died peacefully. One day I had to “sneak in” a priest to administer a patient’s last rites.

Now our facility is Covid-free. We have passed several inspections and continue to follow all infection control guidelines from the CDC and the New York State Department of Health. We have vaccinated most of our employees and residents, and hope the public will do the same so this pandemic will end soon.

hen I was in high school, my dad was sick and in and out of the hospital. I had to help my mom take care of him, and that’s when I decided to take up nursing in college.

The nursing profession is a calling. It is indeed a tough and stressful job. You need to have a certain virtue to become a good nurse.

We call those virtues “TLC,” tender, loving care.

It requires a lot of patience and dedication.

Even if you are an experienced nurse, you don’t assume that you know everything. Every day is a continuous learning process.

I’ve learned a lot in two decades of being a nurse. It’s made me stronger, resilient and appreciative of those people around me, such as my friends, family and co-workers, as well as my patients and their families.

When the pandemic started, our floor was turned into one of the Covid-19 units. I was so scared. I’ve never been in this kind of

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I was physically, mentally and emotionally drained. There was a time when one of my patients could barely breathe, and I remember him saying, “Help me. Help me. I feel like I’m drowning.” As I waited for the rapid response team, I held his hand and encouraged him. I felt hopeless and prayed for him. I was his only support. It was also devastating when some of my co-workers got sick with Covid, including my husband, who is also an employee at the hospital.

Our unit has remained the Covid floor for the hospital, but this year has been more manageable. I’m proud and privileged that I am a part of the process. Nursing is tough, but when you think of the lives you have touched, the lives you saved, it’s such a wonderful feeling. It’s priceless.

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TRUE In HEROES: IN THEIR OWN WORDS TheIr own words DIANE PAEZ

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’ve been a nurse for 33 years, first at St. Vincent in Manhasset on a ventilator floor, labor and delivery, post-partum care and in the emergency room at Glen Cove the last decade.

I know it’s a cliché, but I think nursing found me. I was an average student in high school and didn’t have a lot of confidence. That all changed in nursing school. I felt like this was where I needed to be. The book part’s a large component, but taking care of people is not something you learn in a book. It comes from having empathy for others, understanding that it’s not just people, it’s somebody else’s mother, somebody’s child.

This whole last year has been difficult. It’s the first time I felt I don’t know if I can make it.

I have another eight years and I hope I can get through it.

We’re not a trauma hospital, but an emergency room sees everything, and beginning

last March Covid is all we saw. It was scary at first — new information every day about PPE, about treatment. But we got better at it. And the community support was really special, like a parade. Maybe the parade’s moved on, but we’re still here doing the work.

Still, nursing is an excellent career, so many kinds of jobs. It doesn’t have to be all high drama. Financially it’s great, you can’t be outsourced. There will always be a place for nurses.

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y job as a Certified Nursing Assistant is really a story about my dad. After my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, my sister took him in, but he would do unpredictable things like leaving the house unannounced.

Within a short time after we put him in a nursing home, he was totally different. When I visited him, he would say, “I ain’t givin’ no trouble,” and I could tell he was getting good care.

About a year after he entered the nursing home, I decided to help others like the home helped my father, and I became a CNA. My job is hands-on. I bathe the patients, feed them, take them to the bathroom, talk to them, and learn the little things that help them feel calm.

My work takes dedication because, when people can’t do self-care anymore, they go through a kind of depression. They miss their families. They may have underlying medical

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BARBARA SIMMS Nurse Practitioner, Mercy Hospital

Nassau University Medical Center

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was a medical assistant for 20 years in a family practice office in Seaford. When my daughter went to college I decided to go back to school to be a nurse. Everyone thought I was a nurse, anyhow. I managed to get my degree and 15 years ago, became a regular staff nurse at NUMC’s pediatric unit. I just got this position as assistant nurse manager at the end of January.

I love going to work. It's a job that I wouldn’t mind being at forever.

In a pediatric unit, we get a little bit of everything. I also float to the nursery, neo-natal.

So, I’ve gotten to see a variety of patients, newborn to age 21. When I was a medical assistant I dealt with adults, but in pediatrics you’re dealing with the parents too, making sure they’re knowledgeable ofwhat’s going on with their child.

When Covid hit there was so much we didn’t

conditions. We have to be very patient and sensitive. We approach each one individually and build bonds, step by step.

When the pandemic began, everyone’s heart was bleeding for our patients. Families couldn’t visit in person anymore. Patients coming back from the hospital had to be isolated for Covid testing.

But the patients understood because they watched the news, and they respected our explanations. They wanted their families to be safe, so they accepted window-side visits, video chats, and phone calls. These protocols are still in effect at this time.

The nurses and CNAs have had to work extra hard to give the patients what they need.

It’s been trying, but because we know our patients so well, everyone has adapted.

know. I took out my sewing machine and made caps and masks for whoever needed them. The load was so heavy, we were stressed out, but we had to put that aside.

But the pandemic also put us in the public eye in an incredible way. Recently I pulled into a gas station in my scrubs and a man at another pump, a total stranger, shouted out, “Thank you!” That’s the kind of thing that makes you feel appreciated as a nurse.

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worked in the airline industry in human resource management and I had a sister that worked here (Mercy Hospital) as a nurses’ aide.

My sister was diagnosed with cancer while she was an employee here, and she had a tough battle for seven years.

She was an employee here, a patient here, and she passed away here.

After she passed away, I made the decision to become a nurse. And going to nursing school, I knew that I only wanted to work at Mercy because I felt that it was paying back for what I felt they did really well for my sister.

I started nursing school in 2005 when I was 39, and I came straight here in 2008 and I’ve been here ever since. My mother went into nursing at the age of 40, so I think that let me know that no matter what the age, if you want to change, you can change.

When Covid hit, my patient was the first

patient on the floor to get it. For me I think it was just trying to do the best that you can to keep your patients OK. And Covid was an eyeopener as far as seeing how fast a patient can decline, unfortunately.

I think for most nurses, when you go into nursing you don’t go into it looking for someone to praise you for what you do or sacrifice. You do it because it’s something in your heart.

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BEHIND EVERY LIFE WE SAVED, THERE WAS A TEAM OF DEDICATED NURSES. THANK YOU.

We are pleased that the Year of the Nurse has been extended from 2020 through 2021 in recognition of your hard work, bravery, and commitment to save lives. Thank you. This Nurses Week, we thank you for showing up, stepping up, and putting our patients before yourselves during this pandemic.

Behind every life we saved, there was an extraordinary team of dedicated nurses.

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Tree Advisory Board Chairman Lawrence Fernandez further explained the planting campaign: “We’re studying and putting together recommendations for trees that will grow in narrow sidewalk areas.” Trees die, he said, “because they’re living in a space that’s too small, or if they happen to do well, they break the sidewalk.” As part of the campaign, tree experts are inspecting locations around Nassau to deter mine which types of trees will best fit different surroundings.

For sunny MLK Jr. Peace Park, the board chose a Southern magnolia, native to King’s home state of Georgia. “This is a hardy Southern tree,” Curran said, “and I think it will carry forward that spirit of perseverance that is embodied by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Paul Gibson, president of the Uniondale Community Land Trust, was asked

by Curran to add a few words. The UCLT rehabilitates blighted homes to create affordable housing, and said Gibson, “We preserve the trees that we can, and if we can’t, we plant new ones.”

The day’s ceremony concluded with Curran, Thomas and Catanese shoveling dirt into the prepared pit where the magnolia sat, its buds full with the promise of blossoms to come.

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On April 30 — Arbor Day — a 93-yearold Uniondale resident named Ernest Catanese joined Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and New York State Sen. Kevin Thomas to kick off the new Nassau County Tree-Planting Campaign.

The location was the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Park in Uniondale. Curran started the day’s ceremony by thanking Catanese, saying, “Ernest Catanese and his wife are really the reason this park is here.”

In 2009, Catanese and his wife, Marie, won a five-year fight to turn the trashy northwest corner of Uniondale Avenue and Nassau Road into the flowering little park. The pretty, well-maintained space is only one of many civic projects that the couple had taken part in since moving to Uniondale in 1955. Marie died in 2019.

On Arbor Day, after thanking Catanese, Curran outlined the campaign, which aims to plant 500 trees in Nassau County during 2021. “As we speak right now,” she said, “of those 500 trees, we already have 207 in the ground. We expect to have 233 in the ground by the end of today, and by the end of Tuesday, 270.”

Evergreens will be planted in the fall.

Each new tree, Curran said, will yield “three to five times their initial cost in benefit to the community, so it’s not just

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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR PUBLIC NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT sealed proposals will be received by the Village Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor on May 17, 2021 at 11AM prevailing time at the Village Hall, 449 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York, at which time they will be publicly opened and read, and the contract awarded as soon thereafter as practicable for: 2021 Road Improvement Project consisting of milling, paving, curbing and all other appurtenances and incidentals necessary for the satisfactory completion of the work on Auerbach Avenue: From Bayberry Drive North to Pepperidge Road Bayberry Drive Bayberry Drive North Bayberry Drive South Everit Avenue: From Auerbach Avenue to Adams Road Everit Place: From Everit Avenue to Heather Lane Heather Lane: From Auerbach Avenue to Everit Avenue Mallow Beach Bridge Pepperidge Road: From Harbor Road to Azure Place The Contract Documents and Specifications can be examined at the Office of the Village Clerk at the Village Hall, 449 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York on or after May 6, 2021 between the hours of 10AM and 2PM prevailing time, Monday through Friday, except on holidays. Bid proposal sheets may be obtained upon payment of $50.00 payable to the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor, which will be refunded if Contract and Specifications are returned in good condition within thirty (30) days after the award of the contract. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check, bank check or bid bond payable to the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor in the amount of five (5%) percent of the gross amount of the bid. All proposals must be upon forms furnished by the undersigned and any other will be rejected.

The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor, New York.

Michael Ryder Village Clerk 125838

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, ANNUAL BUDGET VOTE AND DISTRICT ELECTION OF LAWRENCE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (NO. 15), TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof for the 2021-2022 school year on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 commencing at 8:00 p.m., in the auditorium of the Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, New York, followed by the Board of Education Special Meeting at which the Board of Education shall conduct such other and additional business as may come before it.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, there will be a vote and election by the qualified voters of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, on May 11, 2021, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. at the four (4) school election districts indicated below, for the purpose of voting upon the appropriation of necessary expenditures of the 2021-2022 school year, to elect two (2) members of the Board of Education and one (1) member of the Board of Trustees of the Peninsula Public Library at which business will be transacted as required by law, including a vote on the following propositions as well as any other propositions, which may properly come before the electorate: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL BUDGET RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, be authorized to expend the sum of One Hundred Two Million Four Hundred Forty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Eighty One Dollars ($102,449,281.00) for the fiscal year 2021-2022, and is further authorized to levy the necessary tax for the above purpose upon the taxable property of the School District, after first deducting the monies available from State aid and other sources.

PROPOSITION NO. 2 LIBRARY BUDGET RESOLVED, that the sum of Three Million One Hundred Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($3,111,750.00) be appropriated for the Peninsula Public Library for the fiscal year 2021-2022 and that said amount be raised by tax upon the taxable property

of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, pursuant to § 259 of the Education Law, and be levied and collected in the same manner as are other general taxes, after first deducting the monies available from State aid and other sources.

PROPOSITION NO. 3 2021 BUILDING CAPITAL RESERVE FUND CREATION AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATION RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District 15 is hereby authorized to establish a Building Capital Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law (to be known as the “2021 Building Capital Reserve Fund”) and expend funds from such Reserve for the purpose of financing reconstruction, renovation and equipping of: 1) Lawrence High School, including Classroom Renovations, Athletic Wing Renovations, Library Renovations, Air Conditioning Installation and HVAC Improvements, Site improvements; 2) Lawrence Middle School, including Classroom Renovations, Cafeteria Renovations, Locker Replacements, Gymnasium Renovations, Air Conditioning Installation and HVAC Improvements, Site improvements; 3) Lawrence Primary School, including site Improvements; and 4) District wide technology, telephone and security upgrades. The ultimate amount of such Reserve is not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), plus interest and earnings thereon. The probable term of such Reserve is to be ten (10) years, but such Reserve shall continue in existence until liquidated in accordance with the Education Law or until the funds are exhausted. The sources from which the funds shall be obtained for such Reserve are unappropriated fund balances made available by the Board of Education from the 2021-2022 budget.

PROPOSITION NO. 4 2022 BUILDING CAPITAL RESERVE FUND CREATION AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATION RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District 15 is hereby authorized to establish a Building Capital Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law (to be known as the “2022 Building Capital Reserve Fund”) and expend funds from such Reserve for the purpose of financing reconstruction, renovation and equipping of: 1) Lawrence High

School, including Classroom Renovations, Athletic Wing Renovations, Library Renovations, Air Conditioning Installation and HVAC Improvements, Site improvements; 2) Lawrence Middle School, including Classroom Renovations, Cafeteria Renovations, Locker Replacements, Gymnasium Renovations, Air Conditioning Installation and HVAC Improvements, Site improvements; 3) Lawrence Primary School, including site Improvements; and 4) District wide technology, telephone and security upgrades. The ultimate amount of such Reserve is not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), plus interest and earnings thereon. The probable term of such Reserve is to be ten (10) years, but such Reserve shall continue in existence until liquidated in accordance with the Education Law or until the funds are exhausted. The sources from which the funds shall be obtained for such Reserve are unappropriated fund balances made available by the Board of Education from the 2022-2023 budget.

PROPOSITION NO. 5 PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY Shall the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York (the “Board”), be authorized to purchase, via eminent domain, approximately 5,562 square feet of land located at 287 Mott Avenue, Inwood, New York, also known as Nassau County Tax Map Section 40, Block 164, Lot 215, together with the buildings and improvements thereon and any appurtenances thereto, and to expend for the acquisition of clear title thereto, an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00), as may be amended by a court of competent jurisdiction, from unappropriated, unassigned fund balance in the general fund as of May 11, 2021, for the purpose of enlarging the Lawrence Primary School playground area, adding playground equipment, and constructing a multisport asphalt court with fencing and gates, as set forth in the Determination and Findings of Fact adopted by the Board on August 10, 2020, pursuant to Eminent Domain Procedure Law § 204.

SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES- To elect two (2) trustees of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2024.

LIBRARY BOARD TRUSTEE- To elect one (1) trustee of the Peninsula Public Library for a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2021, and ending on June 30, 2026.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the Annual Meeting and Election Policy and Candidate and Campaigning Policy adopted by the Board of Education.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that nominations for the office of trustee of the Board of Education and office of trustee of the Library Board, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 25 qualified voters of the district, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District located in Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM not later than the 30th day preceding the election at which the trustees shall be voted upon.

Such petition shall state the residence of each signer and shall state the name and residence of the candidate and the specific vacancy on the Board for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of the term of office and the name of the last incumbent, if any. Each vacancy shall be considered a separate office, and a separate petition shall be required to nominate a candidate to each separate office.

No person shall be nominated for more than one separate office on the Board of Education.

However, a nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his/her unwillingness to serve.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 250 qualified voters of the district and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. not later than the 30th day preceding the election at which such question or proposition shall be voted upon, except that this rule shall not apply to those questions or propositions which are required to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the District.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the condensed form of the budget proposition and

the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement of the proposed budget, in writing, of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2021-2022 for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available upon request, to any resident in the district at each schoolhouse in the district, during the period of fourteen days immediately preceding the Annual Budget Vote and District Election of May 11, 2021 (excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays) between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on the district website Lawrence.org and at polling locations on the day of the election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the accurate description of the boundaries of the election districts is available for inspection by any qualified voter together with a map of the district in the Office of the District Clerk at Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, New York, during regular school days. The four (4) sites designated for voting in each election district are as follows: Primary School @ Number Two School, 1 Donahue Avenue, Inwood; Lawrence Middle School, 195 Broadway, Lawrence; Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst and Atlantic Beach Village Hall.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that registration of voters shall take place at the office of the District Clerk located at, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, New York, on school days between September 3, 2020 and May 4, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., during which times any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register provided that he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the District Clerk to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the Annual Budget Vote and District Election for which such register is prepared.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote will take place between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on May 4, 2021 at the Office of the District Clerk.

Such persons must present himself or herself personally for registration during the time and place set forth, in order to be entitled to vote.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the final date to register for the 2021-2022 Annual Budget Vote and District Election is May 5, 2021,

from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. in the office of the District Clerk, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register, provided that he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the District Clerk, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the Annual Budget Vote and District Election for which such register is prepared.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the district who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special district meeting or election held or conducted at any time within the four calendar years (2018-2021) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, the register shall be filed in the office of the District Clerk where it shall be open for inspection by appointment only, by any qualified voter between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each of the five days prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots may be obtained at the Office of the District Clerk and are also available on the district websiteLawrence.org.

Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk in the District Clerk’s office by May 4, 2021 if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter. If the ballot is to be hand delivered, it must be received by the District Clerk in the District Clerk’s office by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election. If the ballot is to be hand delivered, the application must be received by the District Clerk in the District Clerk’s office the day before the election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Office of the District Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election except Sunday.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting in the Lawrence High School within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board

hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law, §2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board.

Dated: April 26, 2021

By Order of the Board of Education, Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, New York MS. MOHINDER BHARAJ, DISTRICT CLERK 125742 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA, VOTO ANUAL DE PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN DE DISTRITO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR GRATUITO DE LAWRENCE UNION (NO. 15), CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Educación deberá realizar una audiencia pública con el propósito de la discusión de los gastos de fondos y el presupuesto del mismo para la 2021 -2022 año escolar el Martes, de mayo de 4, 2021 que comienza a las 8:00 p.m., en la cafetería de Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, Nueva York, seguida de la reunión especial de la Junta de Educación en la que la Junta de Educación llevará a cabo otros asuntos adicionales que puedan surgir antes.

TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que habrá una votación y elección por parte de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lawrence Union No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, el 11 de mayo del 2021, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 10:00 p.m. en los distritos electorales de la escuela se indican a continuación, con el fin de someterlas a votación la apropiación de los gastos necesarios de la 2021-2022 de año escolar, para elegir dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación y un (1) miembro de la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de la Península en la que se tramitarán los negocios según lo exige la ley, incluida una votación sobre las siguientes propuestas, así como cualquier otra propuesta, que pueda presentarse debidamente ante el electorado: PROPUESTA NO. 1 PRESUPUESTO ESCOLAR RESUELTO, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre Lawrence Union No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, esté autorizada a gastar la suma de Ciento Dos Millones Cuatrocientos

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Noventa Mil Cincuenta y Tres Dólares ($102,490,053.00) para el año fiscal 2021-2022, y además está autorizado a recaudar el impuesto necesario para el propósito anterior sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito Escolar, después de deducir primero el dinero disponible de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes.

PROPUESTA NO. 2 PRESUPUESTO DE LA BIBLIOTECA - RESUELTO, que la suma de Tres Millones Ciento Once Mil Setecientos Cincuenta Dólares ($3,111,750.00) se apropia de la biblioteca pública de la península para el año fiscal 2021-2022 y que dicha cantidad ser recaudados por impuestos sobre la propiedad sujeta a impuestos de Lawrence Uni en el Distrito Escolar Libre No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, de conformidad con § 259 de la Ley de Educación, y ser gravados y cobrados de la misma manera que otros impuestos generales, después de deducir primero el dinero disponible de las ayudas estatales y otras fuentes.

PROPUESTA NO. 3 CREACIÓN DE FONDOS DE RESERVA DE CAPITAL PARA EDIFICIOS Y AUTORIZACIÓN DE GASTOS 2021 - SE RESUELVE, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Lawrence Distrito No. 15 queda autorizada a establecer un Fondo de Reserva de Capital para Edificios de conformidad con la § 3651 de la Ley de Educación (que se conocerá como el “Fondo de Reserva de Capital para Edificios 2021”) y fondos de dicha reserva con el propósito de financiar la reconstrucción, renovación y equipamiento de : 1) Escuela Secundaria de Lawrence incluidas las renovaciones de los salones de clases, la renovaciones de ala atlética, las renovaciones de la biblioteca, la instalación de aire acondicionado y las mejoras de HVAC, las mejoras del sitio; 2)Escuela Intermedia de Lawrence, incluye renovaciones de salones de clases, renovaciones de cafeterías, reemplazo de casilleros, renovaciones de gimnasios, instalación de aire acondicionado y mejoras de HVAC, mejoras del sitio; 3)Escuela Primaria de Lawrence, Incluidas las mejoras del sitio; y 4) Actualizaciones de tecnología, teléfono y seguridad en todo el distrito. El monto final de dicha Reserva no debe exceder los Cinco Millones Dólares ($5,000,000.00), más los intereses y las ganancias correspondientes. El plazo

probable de dicha reserva será de diez (10) anos, pero dicha reserva continuara existiendo hasta que se liquide de acuerdo con la Ley de Educación o hasta que se agoten los fondos. Las fuentes de las cuales se obtendrán los fondos para dicha reserva son los saldos de fondos no asignados puestos a disposición por la Junta de Educación del presupuesto 2021-2022.

PROPUESTA NO. 4 CREACIÓN DE FONDOS DE RESERVA DE CAPITAL PARA EDIFICIOS Y AUTORIZACIÓN DE GASTOS 2022 - SE RESUELVE, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Lawrence Distrito 15 queda autorizada a establecer un Fondo de Reserva de Capital para Edificios de conformidad con la § 3651 de la Ley de Educación (que se conocerá como el “Fondo de Reserva de Capital para Edificios 2022”) y gastar fondos Reserva con el propósito de financiar la reconstrucción, renovación y equipamiento de: 1) Escuela Secundaria de Lawrence, incluidas renovaciones de aulas, renovaciones de ala atlética, las renovaciones de la biblioteca, la instalación de aire acondicionado y las mejoras de HVAC, las mejoras del sitio; 2) Escuela Intermedia de Lawrence, que incluye renovaciones de salones de clases, renovaciones de cafeterías, reemplazo de casilleros, renovaciones de gimnasios, instalación de aire acondicionado y mejoras de HVAC, mejoras de sitio; 3) Escuela primaria de Lawrence, incluidas las mejorad del sitio y 4) actualizaciones de tecnología, teléfono y seguridad en todo el distrito. El monto final de dicha reserva no debe exceder los Cinco Millones Dólares ($5,000,000.00), más los intereses y las ganancias correspondientes. El plazo probable de dicha reserva será de diez (10) anos, pero dicha reserva continuara existiendo hasta que se liquide de acuerdo con la Ley de Educación o hasta que se agoten los fondos. Las fuentes de las cuales se obtendrán los fondos para dicha reserva son los saldos de fondos no asignados puestos a disposición por la Junta de Educación del Presupuesto 2022-2023.

PROPUESTA NO. 5COMPRA DE BIENES INMUEBLES - Deberá la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lawrence Unión Distrito No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York (la “Junta”), estar autorizada para comprar, a través de dominio

eminente, aproximadamente 5,562 pies cuadrados de terreno ubicado en 287 Mott Avenue, Inwood, New York, también conocida como Nassau County Mapa de Impuestos Sección 40, Block 164, Lot 215, junto con los edificios y mejoras en los mismos y cualquier accesorio a los mismos, y para gastar en la adquisición de un título claro del mismo, una cantidad que no exceder los Cuatrocientos Mil Dólares ($400,000.00), según puede ser enmendado por un tribunal de jurisdicción, del saldo de fondos no asignados y no asignados en el fondo general al 11 de mayo de 2021, con el propósito de ampliar la área de juegos de la Escuela Primaria de Lawrence agregar equipos de juegos y construir una cancha de asfalto multideportiva con cercas y portones como se establece en las determinación y Hallazgos de Hecho adoptada por la Junta el 10 de agosto de 2020, de conformidad con la § 204 de la Ley de Procedimiento Domino Eminente.

JUNTA ESCOLAR FIDEICOMISARIOS - Elegir dos (2) fiduciarios de la Junta de Educación para un término de tres (3) años del 1 de julio, 2021, y que termina el 30 de junio, 2024.

BIBLIOTECA TARJETA DE FIDUCIARIO - Elegir a uno (1) administrador de la biblioteca pública de la Península por un término de cinco (5) años del 1 de julio, 2021, y terminando el 30 de junio, 2026.

TENGA MÁS AVISO de que la elección se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con la Reunión Anual y la Política de Elección y la Política de Candidatos y Campañas adoptada por la Junta de Educación.

POR FAVOR TOMAR NUEVO AVISO que las candidaturas para el cargo de administrador de la Junta de Educación y la oficina del administrador de la Junta de la Biblioteca, se tomarán por suscrita petición de al menos 25 votantes calificados de la distrito, y archivadas en la Oficina de la Secretario del Distrito ubicado en Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., a más tardar el día 30 anterior a la elección en la que se votarán los fideicomisarios.

Dicha petición deberá indicar la residencia de cada firmante y deberá indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato y la vacante específica en la Junta para la cual el candidato está nominado, cuya descripción incluirá al menos la duración del mandato y el nombre de el último titular, si lo hubiera. Cada vacante se considerará una oficina

separada, y se requerirá una petición separada para nominar un candidato para cada oficina separada.

Ninguna persona podrá ser nominada para más de un cargo separado en la Junta de Educación. Sin embargo, una nominación puede ser rechazada por la Mesa Directiva de Educación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara su falta de voluntad para servir.

POR FAVOR TOMAR nuevo aviso de que cualquier proposición o cuestión que se instalen en las máquinas de votación deberán ser presentadas por escrito por la petición suscrita por al menos 250 votantes calificados de la distrito y archivada en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito de la clase nuestro de 9:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m. No más tarde del trigésimo día anterior a la elección en la que se votará sobre dicha pregunta o proposición, excepto que esta regla no se aplicará a aquellas preguntas o proposiciones que se requieran que se establezcan en el o aviso publicado de la reunión o de aquellas propuestas o preguntas que la Junta de Educación tiene autoridad por ley para presentar en cualquier reunión anual o especial del Distrito.

TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que la forma condensada de la propuesta de presupuesto y el texto de todas las demás propuestas aparecerán en la máquina de votación y una declaración detallada del presupuesto propuesto, por escrito, de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año escolar 2021-2022 para fines escolares, especificando los propósitos y la cantidad para cada uno, se prepararán y copias de los mismos se harán disponibles a petición, a cualquier residente en el distrito en cada escuela en el distrito, durante el período de catorce días inmediatamente anterior al Presupuesto anual y votación de la elección del Distrito de mayo, 11, 2021 (excepto sábado, domingo y días festivos) entre los nuestra de las 9:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m., en el d página web Lawrence.org y en los lugares de votación el día de la elección.

POR FAVOR TOMAR NUEVO AVISO que la descripción precisa de los límites de los distritos electorales se encuentra disponible para su inspección por cualquier votante calificado junto con un mapa del distrito en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito en el Lawrence de alta escuela, 2 Reilly Carretera , Cedarhurst , Nueva York, durante los días escolares regulares. Los cuatro (4) zonas

designadas para la votación en cada distrito electoral son los siguientes: Primary School @ Número Dos School , 1 Donahue Avenue, Inwood ; Escuela Intermedia Lawrence , 195 Broadway, Lawrence; Lawrence High School , 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst y Atlantic Beach Village Hall.

TENGA MÁS AVISO que el registro de votantes se llevará a cabo en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito ubicada en, 2 Reilly Road , Cedarhurst , Nueva York 11516 , en cualquier día escolar antes del 6 de mayo del 2021 , entre las 9:00 a.m. y 3:00 p.m., tiempo durante el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho registro siempre que sea conocido, o se demuestre a satisfacción del Secretario del Distrito que tiene derecho en ese momento o en el futuro a votación en la a nual votación del Presupuesto y del Distrito e lección para el cual se elabore el registro.

TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que el registro de votantes que no se hayan registrado previamente y que sean elegibles para votar se llevará a cabo entre las 4:00 p.m. y las 8:00 p.m. el 4, 2021 de mayo en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito. Dichas personas deberán presentarse personalmente a la inscripción en el horario y lugar señalados, para tener derecho a voto.

TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que la fecha final para registrarse para la votación del presupuesto anual y la elección de distrito 2021-2022 es el 5 de mayo, 2021, de 8:00 a.m. hasta las 11:00 a.m. en la oficina del secretario de distrito, en la cual Cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho registro, siempre que se sepa, o se demuestre a satisfacción del secretario de distrito , que tiene derecho a votar en la votación del presupuesto anual y en el futuro.

Elección para la que se prepara dicho registro.

POR FAVOR TOMAR NUEVO AVISO que el registro deberá incluir (1) todos los votantes calificados de la distrito que lo presentará personalmente a sí mismos para el registro; y (2) todos los votantes previamente calificados del Distrito que se hayan registrado previamente para cualquier reunión de Distrito anual o especial o elección y que hayan votado en cualquier anual o especial reunión o elección celebrada o llevado a cabo en cualquier momento dentro de los cuatro años naturales (2018-2021) antes de la preparación de dicho registro; y (3) votantes registrados permanentemente en la

Junta Electoral del Condado de Nassau.

POR FAVOR TOMAR nuevo aviso de que, el registro deberá ser presentada en la oficina del Secretario de Distrito donde será abierta para su inspección por cualquier votante calificado entre las horas de 9:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m. de cada uno de los cinco días de antelación a el día fijado para las elecciones, excepto el domingo.

TENGA MÁS AVISO, que los votantes militares que no están registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del distrito escolar. Se puede solicitar una solicitud de registro como votante militar en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito y debe devolverse a dicha oficina a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 15 de abril de 2021. En la solicitud de solicitud de registro, el votante militar tiene permitido designar su preferencia para recibir la solicitud de registro por correo, transmisión por fax o correo electrónico.

TENGA MÁS AVISO, que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados del distrito pueden enviar una solicitud para una boleta militar por correo de la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito. La solicitud de voto militar original debe ser devuelto por correo o en persona al Distrito Clerk, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, Nueva York 11516, durante el horario de la escuela, antes de las 5:00 p.m. el 15 de abril de 2021. En la solicitud Para una solicitud de boleta militar, el votante militar puede designar su preferencia para recibir la solicitud de boleta militar y la boleta militar, por correo, transmisión por fax o correo electrónico. Todas las solicitudes de boletas electorales militares calificadas y las boletas militares deben devolverse por correo o en persona. Las boletas para votantes militares se distribuirán a los votantes militares calificados a más tardar el 16 de abril de 2021. El secretario de distrito (1) debe recibir las boletas militares antes del cierre de las urnas, el martes 11 de mayo de 2021, y debe mostrar un marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o debe mostrar un endoso fechado del recibo de otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o (2) a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del día de la elección y estar firmada y fechada por el votante militar y un testigo, con una fecha que se determine que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección.

POR FAVOR TOMAR nuevo aviso de que las solicitudes de papeletas de voto ausente pueden obtenerse en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito

están también disponibles en el página web Lawrence.org.

Las solicitudes completas deben ser recibidas por el secretario de distrito en la oficina del secretario de distrito antes del 4 de mayo de 2021 si la boleta debe enviarse por correo al votante. Si la votación se va a entregar parte, que debe ser recibida por el Secretario de Distrito en el Distrito de la Secretaria de oficina antes de las 5:00 p.m. del día de la elección. Si la boleta debe entregarse en mano, el secretario de distrito debe recibir la solicitud en la oficina del secretario de distrito el día antes de la elección.

Una lista de todas las personas a las que se les habrá emitido boletas de voto ausente estará disponible en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito en cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al día de la elección, excepto el domingo.

TENGA ADEMÁS AVISO de que esta Junta convocará una reunión especial en la Escuela Secundaria Lawrence dentro de las veinticuatro horas posteriores a la presentación ante el Secretario del Distrito de un informe escrito de los resultados de la boleta con el propósito de examinar y tabular dichos informes de la resultado de la votación y declarar el resultado de la votación ; que la Junta se designa a sí misma como un grupo de secretarios electorales para emitir y escrutar los votos de conformidad con la Ley de Educación, §2019-a, subdivisión 2b en dicha reunión especial de la Junta.

Fecha: el 26 de abril de 2021 Por Orden de la Junta de Educación, Distrito Escolar Libre de Lawrence Union No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York SRA. MOHINDER BHARAJ, SECRETARIO DE DISTRITO 125744 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor will hold a public hearing via ZOOM on May 18, 2021 at 4:00pm. All residents and professionals wishing to attend are directed to contact Village Hall at 516-374-3806 for further Z O O M information/instruction or visit our website at www.hewlettharbor.org.

All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard on the following application for variance relief: Continuation…Mr. and Mrs. Larry and Diana Tetstosi 287 Heather Lane Hewlett Harbor, Ny 11557, is requesting to install and inground pool and patio. Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning code ordinance 145-19. Village Zoning ordinance 145-19 states: A lot 20,787 square feet in a residential “B” district shall not exceed 30% of the building lot coverage.

Applicant is requesting a 45.6% building lot coverage.

Mr. Leonard Fliegel 1335 Hewlett Lane Hewlett Harbor , NY 11557, is requesting to maintain a rear yard pool shed.

Applicant requires relief from Village Zoning Code ordinance 145-25.A. Village Zoning Code 145-25.A states: An accessory structure in a residential “A” district shall maintain a rear and side yard setback of 20’.

Applicant is proposing a 6.3’ side yard setback.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS STEVEN GOLD, CHAIRMAN ZONING BOARD MICHAEL RYDER Village Clerk Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York April 23, 2021 125831 PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES To place a notice here call us us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency: Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date: May 20, 2021 Time: 8:20 p.m.

Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-04-5626 , Joseph Matthews, 88 Acapulco Street, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509.

Applicant proposes to construct a 46 S.F. second story rear deck and is seeking relief for a variance of the Village Codes section 250-21 Lot coverage.

The lot coverage shall not exceed 30% of the lot area, existing lot coverage 38.5%, and proposed lot coverage 40.3%.

Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 21, Lots 153 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.

All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 125847

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date: May 20, 2021 Time: 8:30 p.m.

Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-04-5654 Stephen and Mary Collins, 89 Acapulco Street, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509.

Applicant proposes to construct a one story open roof front porch and is seeking relief for a variance of the Village Codes section 250-21 Lot coverage.

The lot coverage shall not exceed 30% of the lot area, existing lot coverage 33.8%, and proposed lot coverage 39.65%.

Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 20, Lots 65 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.

All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated: May 3, 2021

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 125846 LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date: May 20, 2021 Time: 7:45 p.m.

Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-02-5581 , Richard and Sara Oberman, 41 Rensselaer Avenue, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509.

Applicant proposes to construct (2) two story additions with interior and exterior alterations and is seeking relief for a variance of the Village Codes sections 250-22.

Front yards. (A). The required front yard depth shall be the same as the average front yard depth of the existing buildings within 200 feet on each side of the lot and within the same block in the same use district.

Average front yard setback 14 feet, proposed front yard setback 11.1 feet. Section 250-23 B. In case of a single-family dwelling with 51 feet or more of frontage where the existing aggregate

widths of which are 15 feet and the existing side yard is 5 feet, any additions shall be permitted to maintain the same aggregate width and side yard setback, proposed side yard setback four feet.

Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 43, Lot 30-33 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.

All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated: May 3, 2021

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 125845

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date:May 20, 2021 Time: 8:00 p.m.

Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-03-5584 , Joshua and Helene Peyser, Trustees of the Joshua Peyser 2017 Family Trust, 1580 Bay Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509.

Applicant proposes to construct a new two story addition with interior alterations and new exterior finishes and is seeking relief for a variance of the Village Codes section 250-20.

Height. A. In the case of a single-family dwelling, no building shall be greater in height than 2 1/2 stories, with a maximum height of 28 feet to peak for properties east of the street centerline southbound of the west side of The Plaza and the east side of Acapulco Street north of Atlantic Boulevard, proposed height 30 feet.

Section 250-21 Lot coverage.

The lot coverage shall not exceed 30% of the lot area, proposed lot coverage 31.1%.

Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 58, Lots 6-13 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.

All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated: May 3, 2021

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 125844

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF TAXES TAKE NOTICE that I the undersigned Clerk of the Village of Hewlett Neck have received the tax roll and Warrant for the collection of taxes for the forthcoming fiscal year, June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022 and that I will attend to my office from June 1st to July 1st, from 9 o’clock in the morning until 4 o’clock in the afternoon, excepting Saturdays, Sundays and holidays for the purpose of receiving such taxes; during which period taxes may be paid to me without additional charge.

Checks for the payment of taxes will be received at the Village Office, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York 11557.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that on all such taxes remaining unpaid after July 1, 2021 five per centum (5%) will be added for the first month, Thereafter, the rate will be that percentage determined by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance of the State of New York and will be added for each month or fraction thereof thereafter until paid.

MICHELLE BLANDINO VILLAGE CLERK Inc. Village of Hewlett Neck Dated: May 6, 2021 125724

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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF TAXES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT I the undersigned Deputy Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor, has received the Tax Roll and Warrant for the collection of taxes for the forthcoming fiscal year, June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022 and that I will attend at my office from 10:00 o’clock in the morning until 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon, from June 1, 2021 to July 1, 2021 except Saturday, Sundays, and holidays for the purpose of receiving such taxes, during which period taxes may be paid to me without additional charge. Checks for the payment of taxes will be received at the Village Office, 449 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that all such taxes remaining unpaid after July 1, 2021, five percent (5%) will be added for the first month.

Thereafter, the rate will be that percentage determined by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance of the State of New York, and will be added for each month or fraction thereof thereafter until paid.

Nicole Giacopelli

Deputy Village Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor Dated: May 1, 2021 125835

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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Board of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor will convene and hold a public hearing via ZOOM Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 5:00pm. All residents and professionals wishing to attend are directed to contact Village Hall at 516-374-3806 for further Z O O M information/instruction or visit our website at www.hewlettharbor.org.

All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard on the following applications for relief: 1) Mr. Nighat Akram of 1035 Seawane Drive Avenue, Hewlett Harbor, New York has applied to the Planning Board for site plan, elevation plan and landscape design review of proposed one and two story additions.

2) Mr. Anthony Gascot of 245 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York has applied to the planning Board for site plan, elevation plan and landscape design review of his addition and alteration proposal.

3) Mr. & Mrs. Tanya and Alek Heisman of 272 Heather Lane, Hewlett Harbor, New York has applied to the Planning Board for site plan, elevation plan and landscape design review of proposed new one story cabana, pavers and inground pool.

4) Mr. Frank Gotilbovsky of 1111 Harbor Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York has applied to the Planning Board for site plan, elevation plan and landscape design review of proposed new additions and alterations.

5) Igor Noble of 1141 Harbor Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York has applied to the Planning Board for site plan, elevation plan and landscape design review of proposed new additions and alterations.

At said hearing, all interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard. Copies of the proposed application will be available at the Village Hall at least five (5) days before the public hearing and may be seen during the regular business hours.

Those persons planning to attend the meeting and who require special accommodations because of a disability are requested to notify the Village Clerk no less than 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Dated: Hewett Harbor, New York

Thank you PTA, school staff for student activities As the school year comes to a close, Upon arrival, students must show ensuring that all Hewlett High School proof of a negative Covid-19 test or a seniors feel loved and appreciated has completed vaccination series by May been the main focus of the Parent 31. Seniors cannot bring an outside guest or any student that Teachers Association and is not in the class of 2021. staff.

Prom will start at 7 p.m.

The first event of the and conclude at 11 p.m. second semester was a Class of 2021 Prom DirecSenior Bowling Night at tor Monique Ciccarelli Woodmere Lanes on has worked tirelessly to April 16. The PTA served secure seniors with a water and Oreo cookies to lovely venue and give stuthe students who came, dents a night to rememall of the goodies individber, and us seniors are ually bagged. Students nothing but grateful. paid $25 to take part.

Graduation is set for On April 23, the PTA June 23 and 24 on the organized a Senior SunHewlett High School footrise that was different ball field. Seniors will be than past years. Tradiabrielle limited to two guest ticktionally, all seniors would akkab ets, however, families gather on the football could enjoy the ceremony field, laying down blanfrom the comfort of their kets on the green and bleachers, and enjoy bagels together. home as each ceremony will be live This year, the PTA put together break- streamed. The ceremonies will be fast bags containing orange juice, a organized by guidance counselor.

Although disappointed that our cookie and a bagel for students to pick events cannot be the same as past up from 7 to 9 a.m.

The most exciting news for seniors years, students are endlessly thankful came shortly after in an email from to the adults who have made their Hewlett High Principal Dr. William year memorable. To show our love for our teachers, students used sidewalk Galati on April 30. After weeks of uncertainty concerning prom and chalk to decorate the school entrances graduation, our questions were with appreciative messages on May 4 for Teacher Appreciation Week. answered.

In such unprecedented times, it is The senior prom will take place Monday, June 14. Held at Gatsby on vital we all work as one to make this the Ocean, our prom will have strin- year unforgettable, and thanks to the gent rules to guarantee our staff and PTA and Hewlett-Woodmere staff, this students remain safe and healthy. year has been just that.

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BY ORDER OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR TED MAY Planning Board Chairman MICHAEL RYDER Village Clerk 125832 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF LAWRENCE LEGAL NOTICE SEALED BIDS will be received by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Lawrence, 196 Central Avenue, Lawrence, New York 11559 up to 11:00 A.M., on Thursday, May 13, 2021, at which time they will be publicly opened for the following:

Proposal for security cameras within the Village of Lawrence.

Specifications can be obtained from this office by sending an email to gcastro@villageoflawrenc e.org as of the date of this notice. Sealed bids must be returned to this office by 11 a.m., May 13th, at which time they will be publicly opened.

All bid specifications may be obtained at the Lawrence Village Hall, 196 Central Avenue, Lawrence, New York 11559 (516-239-4600 x1015) Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., beginning Thursday, May 6, 2021.

Proposals must be in writing, signed by the party making the bid, contained in a securely sealed, post paid wrapper, addressed to the Village Administrator, Inc. Village of Lawrence, 196 Central Avenue, Lawrence, New York 11559, marked with the applicable bid name.

Bids are to actually be received at the said place on or before the day and hour stated.

A non-collusive bidding certificate (included in the specification package) as required by Section 103-d of the General Municipal Law must accompany each bid submitted.

Proposals will be publicly opened and read at the

time stated by the Village Administrator and the contract awarded by the Board of Trustees within thirty (30) days thereafter.

The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids and subject to the foregoing will award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.

BY: Ronald Goldman Village Administrator Dated: April 30, 2021 125817

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The editor will seek out and initiate story ideas, assign and write articles, edit staff and freelance submissions, and work with the Publisher on planning print and digital products. The Jewish Star covers Jewish news on Long Island and in New York City, with supplemental coverage of Israel and Jewish America.

While The Jewish Star's circulation has primarily been on Long Island, it is about to embark on a major expansion into New York City.

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A. As I often must say, you need permits, but I also know that it’s a licensed professional’s job to provide a legal service.

As people who are not enforcers, we professionals walk a fine line, trying onte eeper to prepare what can be filed for doing work legally, with you, the property owner, the responsible party to follow the law. It’s always a concern when clients are pricing out the penalties for getting caught instead of intending to do things the prescribed way, but because government has placed a remedy for the problem that isn’t as extreme as the loss for being patient, you’re opting to follow the penalty route instead. You would rather ask for forgiveness instead of permission.

That being said, the system of getting government approvals leaves most people wondering why they ever tried to do the “right thing.” Yes, there are multitudes of requirements, and to do the project correctly requires at least five or six lengthy stages — planning, plan review, plumbing review, electrical, plumbing and building inspections, and often the need for resubmitting documents or reinspection. The system of approval is arduous enough, but then it gets even more complicated when you don’t phrase questions properly after waiting 40 minutes on your third phone attempt.

The permit fees vary from $100 for smaller projects, like decks or sheds, to a few thousand for second-story additions where the first floor is nearly gutted. In your county there are over 70 building departments, and all require plans to be given full review and inspection, whereas New York City has one department in each borough, and “self-certification” to prevent the logjam of waiting months to get a permit. With self-certification, the architect or engineer submits documents, taking responsibility instead of the building department, a system I have always questioned because it means that you, the consumer, are completely in the hands of the same person who prepared plans, kind of like the fox guarding the henhouse. The second-party independent government review is reduced in that system.

Fines are usually a few hundred dollars to $1,000 for the offense in your community, while New York City charges $1,000 per day or more for offenses, as a comparison. I see work done without permits every day, and too often see missing components, like connectors or reduced insulation, etc. That penalty is worse than a court can assess. Good luck!

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covered the Bellmore-JFK High School Homecoming parade in the fall of 2004, photographing the revelers and floats as they headed from the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station off Sunrise Highway to the Bellmore Avenue school. It was a sunny day, full of carefree teenagers.

I could never have imagined then that day would haunt me still.

All journalists who’ve been in the profession a while have stories they can’t shake. You might think you SCoTT had locked them away at the back BRINToN of your brain, but they reappear without warning, leaving you in a state of disbelief or sadness or anger. Thinking back on that Homecoming parade leaves me feeling all three.

Covering the recent West Hempstead Stop & Shop shooting, in which 49-yearold Ray Wishropp, a father of seven from Valley Stream, was killed and two others were injured, sent the memories of that parade streaming back.

That day, I snapped photos of Carol Kestenbaum, a 17-year-old JFK senior, as she drove the Homecoming king and queen in her white convertible. A little

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more than two years later, Kestenbaum was shot dead while studying education at the University of Arizona. She had warned a friend that the young man she was dating seemed unhinged.

The 22-year-old found out about the warning, killed Kestenbaum and her best friend, Nicole Schiffman, another Kennedy High graduate who was studying journalism at the University of Maryland, and then took his own life. Schiffman had come for the weekend to celebrate Kestenbaum’s 20th birthday.

They were among the tens of thousands of Americans who have died in a perpetual cycle of gun violence in this nation. I held back tears when I covered their funerals on a cold winter day in 2007. They were buried side by side at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon.

I knew Carol’s mother, Rita Kestenbaum. In 1999, she won a seat on the Hempstead Town Board. She lost it in the next election, but remained active in local politics for years after that. At the JFK Homecoming parade, she walked behind her daughter’s car from the train station to the school, beaming with pride.

Her daughter was the first person I knew to die of gun violence. Her death leaves me feeling unsettled to this day, understanding how suddenly and sense-

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lessly a life can be taken in this country.

Wishropp was a Stop & Shop manager.

Nassau County police said his alleged killer, a 31-year-old Hempstead man, had sought a transfer to another supermarket.

When he didn’t get it, he left the store, but returned 40 minutes later and started shooting.

I’m a runner. Last Saturday, I ran to the top of the giant hill at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, where there’s a human sun clock dedicated to Carol Kestenbaum. You stand in the middle of the circle, where a rectangular stone block forms the centerpiece of this hallowed ground. The 12 months are marked on it. On a sunny day, if you stand on the month you’re in and raise your hand straight to the sky, your shadow will point to a number from one to 12, giving you the approximate time of day.

“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time,” reads the plaque in honor of Kestenbaum.

I sat enjoying the 63-degree weather on a sunny, windless day. The azure sky stretched out before me, with wispy cirrus clouds high above. I could hear the creaky windmill to my left spinning, its moving blades forming a frenetic shadow on the seashell-coated path before me. In a grassy patch to my right, a family — a mother and father, their children and the

he deadly Stop & Shop shooting took me back to a Bellmore Homecoming.

kids’ grandparents — had spread out a blanket to sit and talk and laugh.

It all felt so normal, peaceful, a world away from the chaos of gun violence that had erupted at the West Hempstead Stop & Shop April 20 and in Arizona all those years ago. Kestenbaum, who wanted to become a teacher, would have loved the sound of children at play, I imagined.

Then a loud shot rang out, I believe from the gun range just across the Meadowbrook Parkway in Freeport, piercing the quietude, an eerie reminder that guns are never far away in America.

As I ran down the hill to head home, I heard three more pops of a gun in rapidfire succession. Then again, and again.

The shots continued as I ran out of the park. I had heard them many times before while at the preserve, but had never paid much attention to them. Now I wanted them to just go away, never to be heard again.

I only wish our elected leaders at the federal and state levels might sit in Carol Kestenbaum’s circle, soaking up the normalcy of everyday life and imagining this young light of the world extinguished in a heartbeat.

How would they vote on gun-control legislation then?

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.

Why are young girls mean to one another?

ime-travel with me. The year was 1957. We had just moved to Cedarhurst from Queens, and it was the first day of class at Number Three School on Broadway. I slid into my chair in Mrs. Haggerty’s sixth-grade classroom, and knew I would fall out of the same chair, dead, in a minute if I couldn’t get away from the stares and whispers of the other girls.

After a few minutes of mounting distress, I burst into tears, thus condemning myself to an entire school year of teasRANDI ing and ostracism KREISS and bullying. You can’t cry. It just feeds the frenzy. In 1957 there was no counseling, no help, just day after day of preteen hell.

I was actually one of the few, possibly the only, sixth-grader in America to get the “black spot” from a clique of girls in the class. Do you know your “Treasure Island”? The pirates passed a piece of paper with a black spot on it to someone about to be killed. So, did It make it better that I was the target of a literary group of

mean girls? When I opened the folded-up note left on my desk and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed.

I wasn’t your regulation kid. I couldn’t help that. The other girls were consumed with “American Bandstand,” a daily live TV dance show out of Philly.

They followed that program, and the real-life teens who appeared on the show, with a devotion I could neither fathom nor fake. I just wanted to come home after school, cut up a few oranges and retreat to my room with a book.

Reading “Gone With the Wind,” I consumed a small grove.

Eventually I made friends and kept friends and got married and had children and then grandchildren. What is a troubling issue in my granddaughters’ lives?

Mean girl power plays, cliques and the popularity drama humming beneath the radar of most parents and teachers. Girls are still forming exclusive groups in elementary and junior and senior high school; they are still finding someone to be “it”; they are still causing other girls enormous emotional stress and anxiety.

And it is mostly girls. Boys interact in entirely different ways. Of course, there

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are bullies and guys’ cliques, but girls seem to deploy meanness in more creative and devastating ways.

I asked a few of my friends if they remember if they were mean girls in school, and every one of us recalled whether we were in the cool, mean group or with the uncool outsiders. And everyone who copped to being mean acknowledged that they knew it was wrong, but they were afraid that if they didn’t join the power clique, they would become a target. Pretty savage equation, isn’t it? Meanness equals survival.

In the decades since I survived the black spot, psychologists, educators and parents have studied the relationships among young girls and defined the behaviors and the interactions. But the meanness still exists in the whispers and the pacts to leave someone out and the comments on someone’s unacceptable clothes or habits or affect. There are attempts at discussion groups and sensitization groups and psychological services in the schools, but the toxic comments have leapt to the internet, where it is so much easier to target a classmate, anonymously and persistently.

hen I opened the note and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed.

“Mean Girls,” the show and the movie, was hilarious, intuitive and sharp in its send-up of the popular girls who reigned supreme at a typical American high school. The production, which was, first of all, entertainment, glossed over the real pain young girls feel as victims of a meangirl power surge.

Rosalind Wiseman, author of “Queen Bees and Wannabes,” urges parents to look at their own behavior, how they talk about neighbors or friends and the capacity they model for accepting people into their circle.

Other suggestions she offers: Stay engaged with your child. Realize it isn’t only other kids who are the mean girls.

Contact the school and calmly convey your concerns. Band together with other parents to discuss the issues.

I’m not sure what to say to my own granddaughters. Perhaps remind them to keep talking to the trusted adults in their lives. Perhaps remind them that they are surviving a once-in-a-generation pandemic with courage and grace, and they can survive this, too. Look at me. I got the black spot 64 years ago and I’m still here. I don’t even remember the names of the girls who tried to ruin my sixth-grade life.

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Herald endorsments Yes for H-W budget, vote for the bloc five Having seven community members run for school board — people who are willing to be intimately involved in running the Hewlett-Woodmere School District — makes us smile. It also makes endorsing five of those seven more difficult, because they all articulated their ideas and opinions so well.

Previous board member Dr. Jonathan Altus, Dr. Tatyana Kopp, Shari Amitrano, Ramsha Ansari, incumbent Trustees Judy Menashe and Debi Sheinin (the current board president) and Francois Tenenbaum all share a love of the school district and a passion to enhance the programs and services it offers students.

Sheinin, Menashe, Altus, Amitrano and Tenenbaum are running as a bloc, describing themselves as “champions” of the district. While Kopp, a Franklin Early Childhood Center PTA stalwart, and Ansari, a 2011 Hewlett High School graduate, campaigned individually.

Sheinin and Menashe clearly deserve another three-year term on the board.

Both helped the district devise a reopening plan during the coronavirus pandemic. They also helped with a budget proposal with a spending increase of

under 2 percent, despite the unprecedented circumstances of the past year.

Altus was a trustee from 2012 to 2018.

His previous experience with budgets that not only maintained, but increased programs, all without exceeding tax caps, will be imperative as the district makes its way past the pandemic.

Amitrano is a lifelong resident and a 1990 graduate of Hewlett High who has been active in the PTA. With more than 25 years of experience in financial services, she obviously understands money matters, but also says she will listen and ask pertinent questions when needed on non-budget topics.

Tenenbaum has been involved with the PTA for six years and has been a constant presence at Board of Education meetings as well. He wants what’s best for district children, and with his ability to think outside the box, he will be a positive addition to the board.

We appreciate Kopp’s and Ansari’s candidacies. They are both intelligent and detail-oriented candidates who offered fresh perspectives on district issues. We encourage them to stay involved and run for the board in the

future.

Proposition One on Tuesday’s ballot is the 2021-22 budget proposal — just under $129.36 million, a 1.95 percent increase over current spending. Despite the increase, the proposal is worthy of being approved. It maintains the programs and services that make the district great in the eyes of its students and residents. The district and board have kept spending under control even through the pandemic.

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Proposition Two is the proposed Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library budget of just under $6.6 million. Amid the pandemic, the library has continued to offer remote programs and services, and its plan is a responsible use of taxpayers’ money. We encourage voters to support it.

Ellen Vaknine, of North Woodmere, is running unopposed for a five-year term on the library board. She too, deserves votes of approval.

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letters Keep up the vaccinations To the Editor: Last week Nassau County reached a vital milestone in our quest to defeat the pandemic: Half of the county population had received at least one shot, including twothirds of adult residents.

I am proud of the collective effort being made by the Nassau Department of Health, hospitals and community partners to get shots into the arms of residents. If we keep up our vaccination progress, we will save more lives, get our economy fully reopened sooner rather than later and enjoy a normal summer. We can

undertaken at the high school and middle school, from classroom restoration to air conditioning and other ventilation improvements. And despite Covid-19 protocols nudging expenses upward, the district continues to address security issues.

Lawrence will receive a boost in state aid thanks to the stimulus money that New York state will get from the federal American Rescue Plan. In addition, the district could receive at least $5.9 million in direct stimulus funding.

We are confident that the trustees and other district officials will continue to keep a sharp eye on expenses and use the money wisely. We encourage community members to approve the budget on Tuesday.

Blachorsky, Feldhamer for trustee

Incumbent Trustee Heshy Blachorsky, running for a third three-year term, is being challenged by Asher Matathias.

In nearly six years as a board member, Blachorsky has demonstrated an understanding of the challenges the district faces and a passion for supporting all of its children. He has, for example, helped

enhance community relations by organizing a basketball game between Lawrence High students and officers from the Nassau County Police Department’s 4th Precinct.

Matathias is running for the eighth consecutive year. The district gadfly attends every school board meeting, and has a solid grasp of the issues. He supports breaking the contract negotiation stalemate between the district and the Lawrence Teachers Association, and wants to see more diversity on the board.

Both are admirable notions, but his boorish behavior at meetings, and his verbal attacks on officials and others, compel us to dismiss his candidacy.

Feldhamer, who is running for a fifth term on the board, has said he values the collaboration with his fellow trustees and administrators to accomplish what needs to be done. We trust he will continue to help the district stay ahead of the curve, and we urge voters to support him, and Blachorsky, in next week’s vote.

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t was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded.

The district superintendent, without referring to the specific incident, wrote to parents, “Lessons and activities that create divisiveness or that marginalize anyone have no place in our schools.”

The teacher did not attack police officers or call for police departments to be defunded. To aLan engage students in a discussion sinGer about police actions after the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, she shared statistics about police killings of Black men.

The superintendent is right that no lessons should marginalize a racial, ethnic or religious group, but it had better be OK to “marginalize” neo-Nazis and white nationalism. If the superintendent’s policy were implemented, that would mean eliminating from discussion any controversial issue that might challenge students to think, like women’s reproductive rights, racism in American society, climate change denial or citizenship opportunities for Deferred Action

for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients. It would allow a small group of parents to censor the curriculum, intimidate teachers into silence and cripple students’ education.

The irony is that the Rockville Centre teacher was following guidelines outlined in the New York state social studies framework. An essential component of social studies education is teaching students to “respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims and evidence made on all sides of an issue, and resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the task.”

The Rev. Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at South Side High School in March 1968. Would he be banned today because his ideas on racism, militarism and poverty would make certain parents uncomfortable?

Other cases involving teachers’ rights and responsibilities have recently been in the news. In San Clemente, Calif., a fourth-grade teacher was investigated after she took part in the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol in Washington. She was temporarily suspended, and then reinstated after an investigation found no evidence that she acted illegally in Washington or

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that she brought her political views into the classroom. I think her conspiracytheory politics are crazy, but she has the right to be a teacher. The same principles that protect her also protect the teacher in Rockville Centre.

The Oneonta City School District upstate has a somewhat different issue that officials there are trying to sort out. Former students reported that a middle school social studies teacher gave them the finger and screamed obscenities when he drove by residents protesting the police shooting of a young African-American man. This case is difficult, because the teacher was acting, no matter how reprehensibly, as a private citizen. The district is now investigating him to determine whether there is evidence that his political views creep into his teaching, with students reporting that in lessons on the Civil War, he denied slavery played any role.

If the accusations about his teaching are substantiated, he is directly contradicting the state framework that reads, “Westward expansion, the industrialization of the North and the increase of slavery in the South contributed to the growth of sectionalism. Constitutional conflicts between advocates of states’ rights and supporters of federal power increased tensions in the nation;

Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.

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New York is making Seeking justice progress on infections for George Floyd To the Editor: Last week, the statewide Covid19 positivity rate dropped to 1.49 percent, falling below 1.5 percent for the first time since Oct. 28.

Every single day, New York state is moving forward in the race between the infection rate and the vaccination rate. More New Yorkers are getting vaccinated and hospitalizations are declining, which is good news, but we need New Yorkers to stay vigilant to ensure that we don’t lose any of the progress that we have made.

Washing hands, wearing masks and staying socially distant are critical behaviors that each of us can practice, individually and in our communities, to slow the spread. In the meantime, New York is continuing to make the vaccine more accessible, and opening more

attempts to compromise ultimately failed to keep the nation together, leading to the Civil War.” In a joint statement, the president of the local chapter of the NAACP and a school board vice president said, “We are disheartened to hear of the allegations that an Oneonta City School District teacher drove by the demonstration in Muller Plaza on Sunday, yelling obscenities and flipping off the crowd . . . While people have the right to disagree with the demonstrators, it is important that those who work for the OCSD remember that while they are entitled to their opinions, they represent the district, and their actions reflect on their competency in the classroom.”

The teacher is entitled to due process, but it appears he should have been investigated a long time ago. School administrators need to examine his lesson plans and monitor his teaching. If the district finds that racism not only shapes his politics, which is his right, but also affects how he teaches, he should be removed from the classroom, and the state should suspend his teaching certification.

To the Editor: For almost a year, we had been told that conscienceless former police officer Derek Chauvin mercilessly kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.

Now the trial has taught us that the actual time was 9 minutes and 29 seconds — an additional 43 seconds of torture. Just think about the most painful or frightening 43 seconds of your life, and how agonizingly and excruciatingly long 43 extra seconds of that would have felt and seemed.

I suggest that to whatever prison time Chauvin is sentenced to, we add an extra 43 months, or, for greater justice, an extra 43 years.

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The Bristal Assisted Living has been serving seniors and their families in the tri-state area since 2000, offering independent and assisted living, as well as state-of-the-art memory care programs. We are committed to helping residents remain independent, while providing peace of mind that expert care is available, if needed. On-site services and amenities include daily housekeeping, gourmet meals, a cinema, salon, plus so much more. Discover a vibrant community, countless social events with new friends, and a luxurious lifestyle that you will only find at The Bristal.

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