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Linda Barreira passes at 67 Longtime Rock Hall Museum director created new programs Throughout her life, she held her family and its Italian traditions sacred. Linda Barreira cared for and In 1985, shortly after the birth fussed over Lawrence’s Rock of her first daughter, Erica, BarHall Museum for 37 years, 27 of reira began her career at the them as its director. museum. Within 10 She created new proyears, her attentivegrams, and made an ness, creativity and 18th-century plantacare for Rock Hall tion-turned 20th-cenearned her a promotury museum into a tion to museum lively place that director from an attracted children administrative posiand adults with tion. activities, concerts During her tenand an annual twoure, she created the day Country Fair. Garden Club and the Barreira, a longCountry Fair. She time resident of organized educaLawrence, died on tional lectures, April 27. She was 67. musical performancBarreira was a es, summer concerts daughter, a sister, a and vinta g e car mother, a g randshows, “gathering mother, a friend and the community a pillar of her com- eRICA PARISe around her to share munity. She walked Daughter with them the things onto the grounds of that brought her the museum four joy,” her daughter, decades ago, never imagining who is now Erica Parise, wrote that she would call it home, and in an email. Barreira got to changed it forever. know community members Born in Glen Cove on Feb. 18, young and old through these pro1955, Barreira grew up with her grams. Italian parents, Paul and RoseShe created a “family” at mary Foti, two brothers, Robert Rock Hall, said Interim Director and Rick, and a sister, Carol. Continued on page 16
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lAwReNCe HIGH SCHool’S first-period studio art class, which did the Wellness Room prep work, with art teacher Robert Verone in the finished room.
Students create Wellness Room Lawrence High School debuts new space By lISA MARGARIA lmargaria@liherald.com
Art students at Lawrence High School in Cedarhurst recently turned a cluttered storage closet into a Wellness Room for their peers in the Life Skills special education program. “During Covid, it was very tough for our kids with disabilities, because their regular routine was completely turned upside down,” Lawrence High art teacher Robert Verone said. So studio art and advanced sculpture students decided to create a space for students having difficulties readjusting to in-person school. In the middle of the school year, Verone’s advanced sculpture students were having trouble completing their projects, with clay not taking form as they planned or blowing up in the kiln. The idea of a Wellness Room had already come up, but it was clear to everyone in March that it was time to start working on
it, and take on something new. The art students knew they wanted to help their peers in the Life Skills program, whom they had seen struggling to readjust. “I mean, with the whole culture — the whole fabric of this school knows our kids with special needs,” Verone said. “That’s something that’s very unique about Lawrence.” “They created this room,” Assistant Principal Kathleen Stanley said, “for the Life Skills students to come in when one of the students needs to be changed or students need to just decompress if they’re having a difficult time.” “We did what’s called a site-specific sculpture,” Verone explained. “We actually took this space, which was a closet, and recreated it into a working space.” The first step was a complete “rip-out job,” he said, of the closet, which is near the sculpture room. “The first period of the studio class,” made up of 20 students, “spent about Continued on page 23
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Voters in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District can cast ballots on the proposed budget – $130.58 million – trustees, the library budget – $6.611 million – and one trustee running for re-lection – Shari Braverman. The school budget includes a nearly $1.3 million increase over the current fiscal plan of $129.5 million. The projected tax levy – the money collected through property taxes – is $108.577 million. At a Meet the Candidates Night on May 5, where all five trustee candidates reintroduced themselves to the public and answered nine pre-selected community questions. Two seats are up this year in the at-large election where the two highest vote-getters win the three-year terms. Trustee Mitchell Greebel, 59, who has served for three terms and a total of nine years, is retiring and moving out of the district. Incumbent Trustee Debra Sheinin, 47, who currently serves as board president, is running for re-election. As a district parent of 13 years, Sheinin held many positions within the PTA and the community. Sheinin, on the board since 2018, has been recognized for her efforts, receiving the New York State School Boards Association’s Board of
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Excellence and Board Mastery awards. Sarah Fried, 46, is a longtime Five Towns resident and a 1993 Hewlett High School graduate. She has been involved in community activities and the PTA for at least 12 years — as long as her two children have been attending Hewlett-Woodmere schools. Fried is currently a member of the district’s nine-period day task force and has chaired other committees. Her professional experience included working for corporate banks and insurance companies. Chani Jeter, 37, has lived in the school district with her husband and four children for nearly a decade. Her children attend both Hewlett-Woodmere district schools and private Hebrew school, which gives her a wider understanding, Jeter said, of district-parent feedback.
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She is involved in community synagogues and nonprofits. Jeter also has held leadership roles in the PTA, and was named a Volunteer of the Year by the HAFTR PTA last year. Formerly, Jeter was an assistant teacher and helped her husband found a financial firm. Jack Shafran, 61, has been a Five Towns resident for 33 years. His four daughters all graduated from private Hebrew school, though his nieces and nephews attend Hewlett-Woodmere district schools. Shafran has run several businesses in the past, giving him experience managing organizations with fiscal responsibility, he said. Additionally, “I have the passion to improve the status quo in any area which I am involved,” Shafran said. Ella Zalkind, 48, has been a Hewlett
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Where to vote Voting for the budget, trustees and other propositions is on May 17, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., at the Woodmere Education Center, 1 Johnson Place, Woodmere. — Lisa Margaria
resident since 2016. Her three children attend Hewlett-Woodmere district schools. Zalkind has been serving on school boards outside of the district for at least 11 years, even holding the board President title at a Hebrew private school and a JCC organization, both in Brooklyn.
Fiscal plan $102.49 million, trustees unopposed By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
For the third consecutive year the proposed Lawrence School District budget is $102.490 million. For the fourth straight year the tax levy – the amount of money the district raises through property taxes – is $85.954 million and the tax-cap levy is flat. Voting on the budget, trustees and propositions is May 17. Previously, Jeremy Feder, the school district’s assistant superintendent of business and operations, said that though there are rising costs there are also decreases in some costs which gives the district flexibility when balancing the budget. State aid was also boosted by 1.4 percent for a total of $13.011 million. Feder said that along with financially supporting the contracted portions of the budget such as teachers, administrators and other staff, the fiscal plan includes money for renovations of classrooms, the athletic wing and library, installation of air conditioning, upgrades to the heating and ventilation system and other site improvements. Running for re-election unopposed this year are Trustees Michael Hatten, Tova Plaut and Dr. David Sussman. All terms are three years Hatten, 77, a Cedarhurst resident running for his fourth consecutive term, points to the district renovating and upgrading the school buildings as one of the board’s top accomplishments in the past three years.
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LAWRENCE BoARd oF Education incumbents Michael Hatten, left, Tova Plaut and David Sussman are running unopposed. Fellow Cedarhurst resident Plaut, 52, is running for her fourth straight term as well. She highlighted the board’s success in managing the budget, improving the buildings and playing fields without raising taxes or cutting programs and the food pandemic food program that fed more than 14,000 children weekly. A longtime trustee, Sussman, a Lawrence resident, grew up in the district and is seeking his 11th term. He said his guiding principles are for the board to care for every student in the district and help ensure the district’s educational level. He also spotlighted the building upgrades,
the Covid food program and the administration’s dedication. Also on the ballot are propositions asking voters to approve the creation of a capital reserve fund not to exceed $5 million for financing the renovations at the high school, middle school and districtwide technology upgrades, and one concerning the approval to buy a piece of property at 21 Henry Street in Inwood for $825,000 to expand the playing area and parking lot at the Early Childhood Center at the Number Four School. At the high school, the money targets classroom improvements, athletic wing
and library renovations, and upgrades with heating, ventilation and air conditioning and site upgrades. At the middle school, the money is for renovations to the cafeteria, classroom, gymnasium, the library, HVAC and site improvements. The Peninsula Public Library budget is $3,172 million, just a bit more than $60,000 increase from the current fiscal plan. Incumbent Trustee Sarah Yastrab, 51, is running unchallenged for another five-year term. Voting is from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Lawrence High School, LMS, Number Two School and Atlantic Beach village hall.
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The many community programs at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, a community staple for 115 years, are at risk as the center’s 50-year lease is set to expire in 2024. At least 5,000 South Shore families are registered for food, medical, counseling and after school programs and services at the Community Center. “It's really a vital hub of the community,” Executive Director K. Brent Hill said. The services include food stamp and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), a children’s Head Start program, Gammy’s Pantry, HIV and sexually transmitted infections health and prevention, the Youth Community Action Center, Aid to Foreign Born, a Health Care Navigator and the center’s substance abuse support Committee on Drug Abuse and other programs. The impact of not having the lease extended by Nassau County could cause ripples in the Community Center’s programs, according to County Legislator Carrié Solages, a Democrat, who represents the area. He said that the county’s Economic Opportunity Commission, which administers the Head Start program at the center, “needs to know that the lease of the center will be extended,” Solages said, “because they have to plan their budget at
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At LeASt 5,000 South Shore families are registered for social programs at the Five Towns Community Center — all of which programs are at risk due to the current status of the community centers lease. least two years in advance.” Hill echoed the possible cascade of issues the center could face without a new lease. “We have a number of state and federal contracts for programming, so we need to be able to renew all of those contracts,” he said “we obviously need a space to be in.” Solages and County Executive Bruce Blakeman support renewing the lease, Hill said— yet, “There's been no action. So, I'm a bit of a radical optimist. I like to
take them at their word, but it's getting kind of crucial now, as far as timing. We're just hoping to get some momentum behind this effort to get our lease renewed.” As the Herald went to press, Gwynn Campbell, president of the Five Town Community Center’s board, has not responded about with whom and how she is negotiating the lease renewal. Solages sent two letters — one to Laura Curran, when she was county executive,
and another to Blakeman, after he stepped into the post. But Solages is yet to receive a response on the lease status, he said. At least 2,000 people have signed an online petition in favor of the lease renewal. “Not to have a community center would be a significant blow to the community,” Solages said, and Hill added, “We think it's really important to maintain the social services we have.”
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Arrests Larceny from auto ■ A man reported that $600 was stolen from his vehicle that was parked by the City gas station on Sheridan Boulevard in Inwood at 4 p.m. on April 30, police said. ■ A woman said that her driver’s side rear taillight was damaged between April 11 at 11 a.m. and April 29 at 2 p.m., on Bayview Avenue in Cedarhurst, according to police.
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community update Accessing Programs
will show the movie “Last Night in Soho” in Gold Hall. Rated R, it runs 1 hour, 56 minutes. The film was directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy and Diana Rigg.
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 Roxanne Spodek at programming@ peninsulapublic.org. PPL, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence.
Thursday, May 19 Canasta, Mah Jongg At Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere/Valley Stream, Mah Jongg from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Canasta from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game or we can supply. $8 per session-donation. Free coffee and cake. Canasta and Mah jongg lessons available. Call Temple Hillel office for Information at (516) 791-6344.
Helping Ukraine The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC and its partners at JCC Association of North America are finding ways to help the Ukrainian Jewish community. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has launched an emergency campaign to meet their spiking humanitarian needs. You can donate at: https:// bit.ly/3NzcXxF.
Thursday, May 12 Canasta, Mah Jongg At Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere/Valley Stream, Mah Jongg from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Canasta from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game or we can supply. $8 per session-donation. Free coffee and cake. Canasta and Mah jongg lessons available. Call Temple Hillel office for Information at (516) 791-6344.
Lawrence village At 8 p.m., Lawrence village will hold its monthly meeting in Village Hall, 196 Central Ave., Lawrence.
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Kulanu Fair From 12:30 to 5 p.m., Kulanu Academy holds its fair in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park, right across from Village Hall on Cedarhurst Avenue. There will be a carousel, crafts, turbo tubs, face painting, pony rides, games, raffles, carnival booths and food.
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From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the street festival Arts Below Sunrise that spans Hewlett and Woodmere along Broadway, returns after a two-year hiatus because of Covid. The festival includes a car show, community arts projects, a petting zoo and shows from the Cradle of
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At 11 a.m., a program on how to surf the internet and shop safely online. Peninsula Public Library.
Tuesday, May 17
Hewlett High School was recognized by the state Public High School Athletic Association for exemplary, display of sportsmanship, ethic and integrity. The Lawrence Dance Department is holding its annual performance e on May 19 at 7:30 p.m., in the high school, 2 Reilly Road Cedarhurst. Tickets
At 11 a.m., a discussion on health and wellness discussion and the importance of fiber your diet. Peninsula Public Library.
From 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.,the Gural JCC holds its Cafe Europa program for older adults in-person at Congregation Beth Sholom, 390 Broadway, Lawrence. Email Judy Goldberg at judy.goldberg@ guraljcc.org for more information.
Game Time At 1 p.m., May 17, 24 & 31 in-person game time Peninsula Public Library, 270 Central Ave., Lawrence. In the Bentley Room for this weekly series. Canasta, mah jongg and Scrabble. Games are available. Seating is limited and is first come, first seated.
Reclamation District The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners holds its weekly meeting at 5 p.m., at 2150 Bay Blvd. in Atlantic Beach.
From 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park the Chabad of the Five Towns will hold is 27th annual Lag B’Omer party. Along with archery, bonfire, dancing, music and a petting zoo there will be trampoline show. Food will be available for purchase.
Wednesday, May 18 Upcoming Events Canasta, Mah Jongg At Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere/Valley Stream, Canasta from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mah Jongg from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game or we can supply. $8 per sessiondonation. Free coffee and cake. Canasta and Mah jongg lessons available. Call Temple Hillel office for Information at (516) 791- 6344.
‘Defying the Tide’ At 11 a.m., Five Towns resident Reha Sokolow discusses her novel “Defying the Tide’ as both the author and a young survivor. Peninsula Public Library.
Guatemalan Soccer League The Guatemalan Soccer League of the Five Towns is gearing up for its 2022 season. Games are on the pitch outside the Five Towns Community Center, 270Lawrence Ave., Lawrence. For more information, call (347) 764-2268.
Golf Outing On Monday, June 13, the Rock and Wrap It UP! Nicholas Fabrizio Memorial Golf Outing at the Rockaway Hunting Club, 615 Ocean Ave., Lawrence. 18 holes of golf, lunch and dinner, silent auction, prizes, giveaways and celebrities. Go to, www.rockandwrapitup.org.
‘Lost Night in Soho’ At 2 and 7 p.m., the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett
are $10 general admission, $5 for students. Woodmere resident Rabbi Moshe Bransdorfer is the new head of the Orthodox Union’s Torah Initiatives Department. More then 400 works of art by Hewlett-Woodmere students K through 12 are on exhibit at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway,
Hewlett, through June 1. Lawrence High School class of 1982 will hold a reunion on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Ocean Club, 1565 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. Go to https://bit.ly/3LQdZE5.
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B U D G E T NASSAU HERALD — May 12, 2022
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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PROPOSITION ONE
2022–2023 School Budget $130,586,214
TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2022
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PROPOSITION TWO
2022–2023 Library Budget $6,611,229
7:00 AM — 10:00 PM
More information can be found on the District Website at
Woodmere Education Center, One Johnson Place, Woodmere
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he proposed 2022–2023 school budget maintains the programs and services valued most by our community while keeping both the budget-to-budget increase and projected tax levy increase below one percent.
WHAT’S MAINTAINED?
• Elementary class sizes at current ranges • Team concept and exploratory subjects at Woodmere Middle School • Expansive course offerings at Hewlett High School • Adult education, recreation, and summer programs • Academic, art, music, and athletics programs • Continuation of Behavioral Health Center partnership
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BUDGET-TO-BUDGET INCREASE:
0.95%
PROJECTED TAX LEVY INCREASE:
0.50%*
* Complies with New York State limit.
For 2022–2023, the District’s maximum allowable tax levy limit is 1.02%.
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WHAT’S CHANGED?
• Administrative restructuring resulting in cost savings Staff reductions due to declining enrollment and underenrolled •classes • Supplies, equipment, materials, and travel reductions 4.00%
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COuNtY exeCutIve BRuCe Blakeman seeks to end the Housing Assistance Program that aimed to send one-time $375 checks to lowincome households.
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Blakeman ends pandemic relief program By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com
Bruce Blakeman is ending Nassau County’s Household Assistance Program, intended to offer lower-income residents a one-time direct payment of $375. Signed into law last October when Blakeman’s predecessor, Laura Curran, was still county executive, the program was supposed to allocate up to $100 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act as direct payments for up to 400,000 qualifying Nassau residents. The county overall received $193 million from the act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in March 2021. In a letter to county legislators, Blakeman said he wanted to stop the program because of “extremely low participation” and because the program seems to be “trickling out.” He would pull the plug May 15, allowing any applications submitted by that day to be processed, but nothing more after that. Roughly 70,000 payments were processed amounting to a little over $26 million — just a quarter of the monies budgeted for the program. To get the check, a household would have to submit an application with documentation verifying income, typically in the form of an income tax return, as well as provide proof of residency. The program has had a rather complicated history since Curran, a Democrat, first introduced it a year ago. The program’s first draft would have automatically issued checks to anyone receiving rebates through the state’s school tax relief or enhanced school tax relief programs. Homeowners with household income less than $500,000 and receiving
Verbiage on the county’s website stated the school tax exemptions would qualify. Some county legislators were skeptical the requirements were updated to “conabout the program from the beginning, form to the U.S. Treasury final rule’s especially on the Republican side of the income eligibility thresholds.” Democrats in the legislaaisle. Legislator Tom McKevture wrote their own letter to itt, for example, wanted to see Blakeman on April 28, claimproof from either the U.S. ing the administration failed Treasury Department or to “adequately communicate another counsel saying the a crucial and significant county was allowed to run change in eligibility requirethis program with the desigments.” This change, they nated federal funds — proof said, “drastically” restricted Curran never provided. the number of Nassau CounInstead, Curran revised ty families that can receive the program last August, this the payments, adding it would time with the income requireresult in “economic harm to ment under $169,000. taxpayers at a time when they “The second time she can least afford it.” unveiled the program, we still Rhoads and McKevitt diswanted to see documentation agreed, however, believing the that said we could do this prolow participation was more a gram,” McKevitt said. “It took product of the application months for us to get the docuprocess than changes at the mentation, and when we did federal level. it, wasn’t from the Treasury “A lot of people who called Department. It was from outmy office were either very side counsel.” hesitant to provide their Steve Rhoads said he also income or refused to do it,” questioned whether the McKevitt said. “People just money was being used for the felt that the county shouldn’t right purpose. have that information, or “One of the concerns was whatever it may be. People that the money could have just not very willing to been used in a better way,” the Steve RhOAdS are give up their income tax Republican legislator said. returns.” “We weren’t going to stand in county legislator “You had to go through a the way of providing $375 lot of documentation,” checks to those who wanted to apply for them, but it was an onerous pro- Rhoads said. “You had to provide a lot of cess to be able to do it, and most people critical information to the county just to simply didn’t appear to be interested in it.” qualify for $375.” Democratic legislators blamed the The requirements were lowered last month to those making less than $76,050. slowdown on the “willful decision to
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essentially mothball this program by refusing to adequately promote it.” But Rhoads points out the program was advertised on the county website, and through a direct mailer to eligible households. “It’s tough,” Rhoads said. “Information was also sent out in email blasts, but ultimately that only works if people read and take a look at it.” Blakeman has yet to share his plans for the remaining federal money, but county legislators urge him to get the ball rolling soon. Any funds not used by 2026 must be returned to Washington. “I want to make sure that people are receiving the money they’re entitled to,” McKevitt said. “But the last thing I want to see is the federal government take the money back.” Democrats want Blakeman to keep the program in place at least through the end of the year, especially since the pool of eligible households grew significant with the income requirements dropping to below $76,050. There are restrictions as to what the county can do with the money — 50 pages of rules, in fact, Rhoads said. But Blakeman could use money to offset taxes, essentially giving homeowners a break there. Rhoads also would like to provide tuition assistance for anyone who lost their job, or students of parents who lost their jobs, to go to Nassau Community College either for job training or to simply qualify for scholarships. “I think there are lots of good the government could do with the money,” McKevitt said. “Whether it’s for infrastructure, whether it’s aid to veterans, I just want to make sure the money is used here and not sent back to Washington.”
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Arts Below Sunrise festival returns on May 15 By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
For the first time since 2019, Arts Below Sunrise, a community music and STEAM [science, technology, engineering, arts and math] street festival that also includes crafts, entertainment, food trucks and vendors, will take place on May 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It was canceled in 2020 and last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Along Broadway between the HewlettWoodmere Public Library at 1125 Broadway in Hewlett to Irving Place in Woodmere what is billed as “the largest outdoor festivals in the Five Towns,” by its organizers will feature antique cars, artists, dancers, demonstrations, games, hands-on educational activities geared for children, live music and science fun. The car show will show off classic hot rods, custom trucks and exotic bikes along Broadway from Conklin Avenue to Irving Place in Woodmere. There will be community arts projects, including a giant mural that festivalgoers can help paint, and a booth where you can learn to paint in watercolors, and places to create art you can take home. Janine Torresson, the coach of the Hewlett robotics teams, said the three teams – Bionica, Innovo and Roboboogie – “will be out in full force.” “The teams are so excited to see the whole community and to publicly celebrate their INSPIRE
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IN 2019, thE Hewlett Woodmere Business Association table was staffed by from left, Linda Kreisman, David Friedman, Izzy Diglio, Kailey Kshonz and Mitchell Shemtov. Award win at the 2022 Long Island championship,” Torresson wrote in an email. Team 3540 Roboboogie will be ready to share with everyone all the things they learned and [the] amazing people from 15 different countries whom they met at the world championship in Houston over spring break.” All three teams will hold a full competition field near the intersection of John-
son Place and Broadway in Woodmere. There will be a scrimmage schedule to explain how the robotic matches are played. Everyone attending the festival will have the opportunity to operate one of the teams’ robots. Look for their colorful pink, purple and yellow tents and Torresson added, “Be on the lookout for BioniCat!, she is back.” The Cradle of Aviation Museum will
have what they call Rotor Copter Craft Fun from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 30-minute planetarium shows throughout the day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will also be a live petting zoo, games, raffles arts and crafts and soda bottle rockets. The Hewlett-Woodmere Business Association, the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools Endowment Fund and the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library organize Arts Below Sunrise. There are 128 exhibit spots booked, David Friedman, president of the HWBA, wrote in an email. “The Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools Endowment Fund, District 14, HWBA, HW Public Library and other community organizations have been working together for months, after changing this year’s festival from fall to spring,” Friedman stated. “We are ready for Sunday. I’ve been hearing from dozens of residents, who are so excited to Arts Below Sunrise after such a log wait due to the pandemic.” He noted that there will also be fire department equipment on display, Northwell Health will be on hand to discuss its programs and the Hewlett Lawrence Soccer Club members will put on a demonstration of their skills. “This is our largest annual community event, bringing thousands of residents and visitors together to celebrate our wonderful students, teachers, businesses and community organizations,” Friedman said.
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Seventh g rade students at The Brandeis School in Lawrence, put together a presentation for Yom HaZikaron, reading letters written by fallen Israeli soldiers. The Brandeis’ Yom HaZikaron is normally an annual program, yet this is the first time in two years that the event has been held in person due to Covid. “24,068 people gave their lives so the Holocaust will never happen again,” Head of Brandeis Raz Levin said during the May 3 memorial. “Soldiers and victims of the different wars, operations, terror attacks, bystanders — that declare with their death that: we are here to stay — remember us, because that’s the gift that we gave you.” The 11 students on stage paid tribute to victims of terror by reading real letters written by Israeli soldiers to their families during wartimes. Students also recited songs and poetry. Judaic studies faculty members Hagit Genosar and Shelly Zaltsman helped the students put the program together. “The program is immensely important for both the students and the community so that we can remember the young men and women who gave their life to keep Israel safe,” Zaltsman wrote in an email. “Most years we keep it general, but this year we aimed to make it more personal.”
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Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s memorial day, begins the evening of May 3 and ends the evening of May 4 and serves to remember its fallen soldiers and other victims of terror. Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel’s independence day, is followed by Yom HaZikaron, which begins in the evening of May 4 and ends in the evening of May 5.
Seventh-GRAdeRS At the Brandeis School in Lawrence each read a letter — written by a fallen Israeli soldier to their family during wartime — as part of its Yom HaZikaron ceremony. The students took nearly three weeks to prepare for the program, beginning with choosing the letters that resonated with them most. “They choose whatever they feel they can relate to them or touch them in a way,” Genosar said after the memorial. Once students chose their letters, they learned more about each soldier and saw the corresponding photographs. “I think
once you see a person, it makes it so much more real,” Genosar said. “Otherwise it’s just like, yeah 24,068 — it’s a number. This is how you connect.” “We wanted the soldiers to have ‘faces’ rather than just be numbers on a slideshow,” Zaltsman stated, “overall making the program much more personal than previous years. Even the songs we selected this year were songs that were written
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Softball: Plainedge at Seaford ..............................4:45 p.m. Softball: Long Beach at Clarke..............................4:45 p.m. Softball: Kennedy at Calhoun ...............................4:45 p.m. Softball: West Hempstead at Elmont ......................... 5 p.m. Softball: Port Washington at East Rockaway .............. 5 p.m. Softball: G.N. South at Hewlett .................................. 5 p.m. Girls Flag Football: Plainview at Lynbrook .............5:15 p.m. Boys Lacrosse: South Side at C.S. Harbor.................. 7 p.m.
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A highlight-reel catch in the top of the first inning by West Hempstead’s Emma Shinsato in center field Monday afternoon kept Hewlett’s Molly Williams at 99 hits for her high school softball career. Williams, a senior shortstop, reached the 100-hit milestone in her fourth at-bat, however, smacking a sixth-inning double in the Conference VI matchup, and wasn’t done making her 18th birthday a memorable one. With the Bulldogs trailing by one in the seventh, Williams blasted a leadoff gametying homer and senior Caitlin Maroney later drove in senior Emma Zalcman on a fielder’s choice for the eventual winning run in a 10-9 victory. “I knew I hit it hard, but it was into the wind so I had no idea how far it would go,” Williams said. “In the first inning their center fielder made a great catch on the ball I hit. So it was nice to see the second one work out for me and the team. It was a great win.” After the Rams loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Hewlett pitcher Maralex Polanco recorded a strikeout to end it. Senior leadoff batter Giana Nicolo drove in two runs and nine different Bulldogs touched the plate in what coach Haley Birnbaum described as one of their best wins of the season. “It wasn’t the cleanest game but we battled back all day against the first-place team and I’m definitely proud of the girls,” Birnbaum said. “It was a total team effort.” Hewlett (8-5) avenged a 10-9 loss to the Rams in the first meeting. It was only the second conference loss of the season for West Hempstead (11-2), which can secure at least a share of the conference title by winning its finale. “We’ve had an excellent season, but this loss will keep us out of the playoffs because in our conference you also need to win a certain percentage of games,” West Hempstead coach Chris Van Kovics said. “We can’t make excuses. We had a 5-1 lead after three innings.” The red-hot bat of senior catcher Joey Axel helped the Rams to an early lead. She
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damage. Hewlett didn’t score in the fifth but plated four runs in the sixth for an 8-7 lead. Maroney, Petrosini and Meyers had RBIs. Aggressive baserunning by Shindato and junior shortstop Kayla Pendergast led to a pair of runs for the Rams in the home half of the sixth and a 9-8 lead. But Williams added to an already special birthday with career hit No. 101 and as Birnbaum put it, the Bulldogs “found a way to win.”
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Remembering Rock Hall’s Linda Barreira continued from front page Amy Vacchio, who worked with Barreira for 22 years. Making the most of the museum’s garden and farm-fresh eggs, Barreira served home-cooked breakfasts, battered and fried eggplant flowers (as her grandparents taught her to make) and her famous artichoke quiche and pesto pasta to the office staff. She also gave staffers and guests yarn spun from the wool of her alpacas, Petey and Paulie. “It was just her way,” Parise said. In the mid-1990s, after Barreira gave birth to two more daughters, Katie and Taylor, she moved into the museum’s residency hall. “My relationship to Rock Hall has grown over the years, just like the relationship a mother has to her children,” she wrote in an email just weeks before her death. “Initially it’s as simple as food and water, and then the needs become more sophisticated.” “It wasn’t just a building, it was a home that needed to breathe, that needed heartbeats outside and in,” she added. “It was a garden that needed watering at all times, so that it would look fresh, dynamic, and tended to each day. I found that Rock Hall needed daily love and attention.
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Linda Barreira with her daughters Katherine, left, and Taylor, changed the Rock Hall Museum forever, introducing new programs and events. If I drove away from the museum, it felt like the breath was going out of it, and I had to get back as soon as possible. I cared for it, and I think there was a maternal aspect to my care — very much like a mother who has to walk away from an infant — there [were] never more than a
few moments before the museum needed to be tended to.” Barreira “felt that she dreamt through her work,” Parise wrote, “and cherished the historic colonial the way a mother would her child — for all that it was and all that it could be.”
Each of Barreira’s children had a unique experience growing up on the historic grounds, where they read, gardened and cared for farm animals. From the Rock Hall “I could walk to school,” Parise recalled, “and my mom would hand me my lunch over the fence when I forgot it. I loved forgetting my lunch. I would show my friends the museum and have sleepovers in the main hall.” As she expanded on her vision for the museum — from creating programs to planting trees and flowers — Barreira set the bar high for future directors. While some “may not have known her personally,” Parise wrote, “it is almost certain she has impacted your life in some way for the better.” Barreira’s memorial service was held at Trinity-St. John’s Church in Hewlett on April 30. It was led by the Rev. Chris Ballard, a member of the Friends of Rock Hall and a good friend of Barreira’s as well. Family, friends, co-workers and community members gathered at the memorial to celebrate Barreira’s life. She is survived by her siblings, her daughters and a granddaughter, Lucia Luna Parise-Foster. “Mom, we are all so incredibly proud of you,” Parise wrote, “and we will carry you with us in our hearts forever.”
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All four of the fifth grade classes at Ogden Elementary School and students in the special education class who graduating this year took part in learning about West African culture through music during a five-day residency. The program culminated in a West African percussion performance on May 6, which included some singing and movement, along with traditional percussion instruments such as a Djembe drum. Each class performed a different piece on the drums. — Jeffrey Bessen
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four ways to subdue your negativity, lighten your sorrows. • Everything’s Relative. If you’ve got a choice between spending an after noon with good friends or submitting to a root canal, are you going to want to hightail it to the dentist? I don’t think so! But if you’ve got a choice between a root canal or brain surgery, a root canal might make your whole day sing. Yes, everything’s relative!
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LEGAL NOTICE The annual return of The Zichron Chaya Rochel Foundation for the calendar year ended December 31, 2021 is available at its principal office located at 240 Broadway, Lawrence, NY 11559 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal manager of the Foundation is Frank Berkowitz. 131295
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 5/18/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 376/22. WOODMERE Sara & Elliot Koschitzki, Variances, lot area occupied, front yard setback on Addison St., construct 1-story & 2-story additions, and covered porch with stairs all attached to dwelling., N/W cor. Addison St. & Jordan Ave., a/k/a 828 Addison St. N.C.P.C. Local Determination. 378/22. 381/22. WOODMERE - Harry & Amy Cederbaum, Variance, lot area occupied, construct 2nd story addition attached to dwelling; Maintain 1st & 2nd accessory structures (sheds) with lot area occupied variance; Special exception to maintain 3rd accessory structure (arbor with swing) with lot area occupied variance; Variance, side yard, maintain three (3) a/c units attached to dwelling., E/s Steven Pl., 190.06’ S/o W. Broadway, a/k/a 226 Steven Pl. N.C.P.C. Local Determination. 382/22. NR LAWRENCE Esther & Pinchas Faska, Variance, side yard, construct 1-story, 2-story & 2nd story additions, all attached to dwelling., S/s Pacific Ave., 400’ W/o Rockaway Tpke., a/k/a 263 Pacific Ave. N.C.P.C. Local Determination. 384/22. WOODMERE Arieh & Yael Schulman, Variances, lot area occupied, exceeds number of stories, construct 2nd story addition, attic and
portico, all attached to dwelling., N/s Clubhouse Rd., 751’ W/o Tee Ct., a/k/a 556 Clubhouse Rd. N.C.P.C. Local Determination. This notice is only for new cases in Lawrence and Woodmere within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 886/Hearing---05182022 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it. 131335
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 No. 15 shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof for the 2022-2023 school year on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at Lawrence High School commencing at 8:00 p.m., 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. Public comments may be submitted to BOE@lawrence.k12.ny.us. 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 Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 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 2022-2023 school year to elect three (3) members of the Board of Education and one (1) member of the Board of Trustees of the 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 Ninety Thousand Fifty Three Dollars ($102,490,053.00) for the fiscal year 2022-2023, 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 Seventy Two Thousand Dollars ($3,172,000.00) be appropriated for the Peninsula Public Library for the fiscal year 2022-2023 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 2022 BUILDING CAPITAL RESERVE FUND CREATION AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATION RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15 is hereby authorized to establish a Building Capital Reserve Fund pursuant to §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, Library Renovations, Locker Replacements, Gymnasium Renovations, Air Conditioning Installation and HVAC Improvements, Site Improvements; 3) Lawrence Primary Schools, including Site Improvements; and 4) District wide technology, telephone, safety 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 2023 BUILDING CAPITAL RESERVE FUND CREATION AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATION AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY A) RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15 is hereby authorized to establish a Building Capital Reserve Fund pursuant to §3651 of the Education Law (to be known as the “2023 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, Library Renovations, Gymnasium Renovations, Air Conditioning Installation and HVAC Improvements, Site Improvements; 3) Lawrence Primary Schools, including Site Improvements; and 4) District wide technology, telephone, safety 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. B) RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York (the “Board”), is hereby authorized to purchase approximately .1164 acres of real property located at 21 Henry Street, Inwood, New York 11096, also known Section 40, Block 075, Lot 2 on the Nassau County Tax Map, together with the buildings and improvements thereon
and any appurtenances thereto, and to acquire clear title thereto, for the amount of Eight Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($825,000.00), to be expended from the unappropriated, unassigned fund balance in the general fund as of May 17, 2022, for the purpose of enlarging the Early Childhood Center (School No. 4) grounds and parking area. SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES- To elect three (3) trustees of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2025. LIBRARY BOARD TRUSTEE- To elect one (1) trustee of the Peninsula Public Library for a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2027. 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 29 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 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 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 2022-2023 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 (14) days immediately preceding the Annual Budget Vote and District Election of May 17, 2022 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays 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 by appointment only. 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 2, 2021, and May 3, 2022, 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 3, 2022, 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 2022-2023 Annual Budget Vote and District Election is May 4, 2022, 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 (4) calendar years (2019-2022) 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 (5) days prior to the day set for the election, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays. 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. eted applications must be received by the District Clerk in the District Clerk’s office by May 10, 2022, 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 (5) days prior to the day of the election excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays. 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. 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 130835 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.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 2022-2023 año escolar el Martes, de mayo de 3, 2022 que comienza a las 8:00 p.m., en Escuela Secundaria de Lawrence, 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. Los comentarios públicos pueden eviarse a BOE@lawrence.k12.ny.us. 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 Martes, de mayo de 17, 2022, 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 2022-2023 de año escolar, para elegir tres (3) miembros de la Junta
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de Educación y un (1) miembro de la Junta 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: PROPOSICIÓN NO. 1 PRESUPUESTO ESCOLAR RESUELTO, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Lawrence Distrito No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, esté autorizada a gastar la suma de Ciento Dos Millones Cuatrocientos Noventa Mil Cincuenta y Tres Dólares ($102,490,053.00) para el año fiscal 2022-2023, 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. PROPOSICIÓN NO. 2 PRESUPUESTO DE LA BIBLIOTECA RESUELTO, que la suma de Tres Millones Ciento Setenta y Dos Dólares ($3,172,000.00) se asigne a la Biblioteca Pública de la Península para el año fiscal 2022-2023 y que dicha cantidad se recaude por impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Lawrence Distrito No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, de conformidad con el §259 de la Ley de Educación, y se recaudará de la misma manera que otros impuestos generales, después de deducir primero el dinero disponible de ayuda estatal y otras fuentes. PROPOSICIÓN NO. 3 CREACIÓN DE FONDOS DE RESERVA DE CAPITAL PARA EDIFICIOS Y AUTORIZACIÓN DE GASTOS 2022 RESUELTO, 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 2022”) y fondos de dicha reserva con el propósito de financiar la reconstrucción, renovación y equipamiento de : 1) Escuelas 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, las renovaciones de la biblioteca, renovaciones de gimnasios, instalación de aire acondicionado y mejoras de HVAC, mejoras del sitio; 3) Las Escuelas Primarias de Lawrence, incluidas las mejoras del sitio; y 4) Actualizaciones de tecnología, teléfono, seguridad y protección 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. PROPOSICIÓN NO. 4 CREACIÓN DE FONDOS DE RESERVA DE CAPITAL PARA EDIFICIOS Y AUTORIZACIÓN DE GASTOS 2023 Y COMPRA DE BIENES INMUEBLES A) RESUELTO, 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 2023”) 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, las renovaciones de la biblioteca, renovaciones de gimnasios, instalación de aire acondicionado y mejoras de HVAC, mejoras de sitio; 3) Las Escuelas primarias 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. B) RESUELTO, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Lawrence Distrito No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York (la “Junta”), estar autorizada para comprar, aproximadamente .1164 pies cuadrados de terreno ubicado en 21 Henry Street, Inwood, New York 11096, también conocida como Condado de Nassau Mapa de Impuestos Sección 40, Block 075, Lot 2, junto con los edificios y mejoras en los mismos y cualquier accesorio a los mismos, y para adquirir de un título claro al respecto por la cantidad de Ochocientos Veinticinco Mil Dólares ($825,000.00), se gastara con cargo al saldo del fondo no apropiado y no asignado en el fondo general a partir del 17 de mayo de 2022, con el fin de ampliar los terrenos del Centro de Educación Preescolar (Escuela No. 4) y la zona de aparcamiento y terrenos. JUNTA ESCOLAR FIDEICOMISARIOS - Elegir tres (3) fiduciarios de la Junta de Educación para un término de tres (3) años del 1 de julio, 2022, y que termina el 30 de junio, 2025. 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, 2022, y terminando el 30 de junio, 2027. 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 29 votantes calificados de la distrito, y archivadas en la Oficina de la Secretaria 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 Secretaria 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 2022-2023 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, 17, 2022 (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 Secretaria 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 Esquela, 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 Secretaria del Distrito ubicada en, 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, Nueva York 11516, en cualquier día escolar antes del 3 de mayo del 2022, 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 3, 2022 de mayo en la Oficina del Secretaria 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 2022-2023 es el 4 de mayo, 2022, 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 (2019-2022) 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 Secretaria 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 sábado, domingo y días festivos. POR FAVOR TOMAR nuevo aviso de que las solicitudes de papeletas de voto ausente pueden obtenerse en la Oficina del Secretaria del Distrito stán también disponibles en el página web Lawrence.org. Las solicitudes completas deben ser recibidas por el Secretaria de Distrito en la oficina del Secretaria de Distrito antes del 10 de mayo de 2022 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 Secretaria de Distrito debe recibir la solicitud en la oficina del secretaria 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 Secretaria de Distrito en cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores al día de la elección, excepto sábado, domingo y días festivos. 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 Secretaria 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. Por Orden de la Junta de Educación, Distrito Escolar Libre de Lawrence Union No. 15, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York SRTA. MOHINDER BHARAJ, SECRETARIA DE DISTRITO 130837 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-1, Plaintiff AGAINST ELDAD COHEN, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 14, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on May 31, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 202 SEAGIRT AVENUE, LAWRENCE, NY 11559. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Lawrence, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, 40-131-108. Approximate amount of judgment $676,571.18 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 016977/2009. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Leo Mcginity Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 130981 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com
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FRANKLIN SQUARE ADONIA STREET (TH 163/22) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - from the west curbline of Dogwood Avenue west for a distance of 35 feet. ADONIA STREET (TH 163/22) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - from the west curbline of Dogwood Avenue west for a distance of 25 feet. DOGWOOD AVENUE (TH 163/22) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - from the north curbline of Adonia Street north for a distance of 40 feet. INWOOD BAYS W AT E R BOULEVARD (TH 155/22) North Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Peppe Drive east for a distance of 30 feet. BAYSWATER BOULEVARD (TH 155/22) North Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Peppe Drive west for a distance of 30 feet. PEPPE DRIVE (TH 155/22) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER starting at the north curbline of Bayswater Boulevard north for a distance of 40 feet. PEPPE DRIVE (TH 155/22) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER starting at the north curbline of Bayswater Boulevard north for a distance of 30 feet. (NR) ISLAND PARK AUDUBON BOULEVARD (TH 170/22) South Side NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting at a point 30 feet east of the east curbline of Austin Boulevard then east for a distance of 55 feet. OCEANSIDE LOFTUS AVENUE (TH 108/22) East Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at a point 242 feet south of the south curbline of Nassau Parkway south for a distance of 100 feet. NASSAU PARKWAY (TH 136/22) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the west curbline of Washington Avenue then west for a distance of 40 feet. ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-1 “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” from the following locations: FRANKLIN SQUARE ADONIA STREET - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES - starting at the west curb line of Dogwood Avenue, west for a distance of 25 feet. (Adopted 1/30/62) DOGWOOD AVENUE - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - WEST SIDE from the north curb line of Adonia Street, north for a distance of 25 feet. (Adopted 1/30/62) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard
Life Skills students enjoy new Wellness Room three weeks on it,” Verone said, “and they did all the prep work.” Once overhead lighting was added by workers from outside the school, all 11 advanced sculpture students worked to refinish the space, learning skills such as priming, painting and installing a rug in the process. “It’s great life experience [for] when you get your own place — your first place — and you have to decorate it all and you don’t even know where to start,” Stanley said. “Now you have this experience.” The closet had no windows. “So we’re like, how are we going to make this place inviting?” Verone said. The students took the closet’s heavy door off its hinges and brought it back to the sculpture room to cut a circular window opening at the top of it, repurposed a Plexiglas divider from the pandemic as a window
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pane, and decorated around the window with stained-wood blocks. They used more Plexiglas to cover the new overhead lighting. The girls in the sculpture class chose a pattern — blue skies with white clouds — to print onto translucent paper, making the lights look like three heavenly skylights. The walls, ceilings and some of the furniture were painted in calming colors, and to add to the atmosphere, the students decided that the theme of the room would be nature. The total cost of the work — not including the lighting job — was less than $800, and most of that went toward two new televisions, used for listening to calming music or watching nature programs. The furniture in the room was repurposed or donated. Students painted one of the tables in calming colors to match the walls. There is also a large whiteboard with dry-erase markers, and
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Life SkiLLS Student Sigal Miller, on the beanbag chair, enjoyed Lawrence High School’s new Wellness Room, built by art students for their peers with special needs.
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on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. Dated: May 10, 2022 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. KATE MURRAY Supervisor Town Clerk 131104 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 24th day of May, 2022, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Chapter 202 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE and REPEAL “REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking at the following locations: OCEANSIDE Section 202-13 NASSAU PARKWAY (TH 136/22) South Side - NO PARKING 7 AM TO 1 AM ON MONDAY - SUNDAY EXCEPT WITH PERMIT starting at a point 40 feet west of the west curbline of Washington Avenue then west for a distance of 56 feet. NASSAU PARKWAY (TH 136/22) South Side 15 MINUTE PARKING 6 AM TO 9 AM - starting at a point 28 feet east of the east curbline of Southard Avenue then east for a distance of 110 feet. WOODMERE Section 202-17
STUART DRIVE (TH 157/22) West Side - NO PARKING 9 PM - 9 AM BETWEEN SIGNS starting at a point 43 feet north of the north curbline of Peninsula Boulevard north for a distance of 70 feet. ALSO, to REPEAL from Chapter 202 “REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking from the following locations: OCEANSIDE Section 202-13 NASSAU PARKWAY (TH 299/14) South Side 15 MINUTE PARKING 9 AM - 3 PM EXCEPT SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS starting at a point 20 feet east of the east curbline of Southard Avenue, east to the west curbline of Washington Avenue. (Adopted 9/2/14) NASSAU PARKWAY (TH 600/14) South Side 15 MINUTE PARKING MONDAY - FRIDAY - from the west curbline of Washington Ave., west for a distance of 70 feet. (Adopted 1/13/15) NASSAU PARKWAY (TH 600/14) South Side 15 MINUTE PARKING 6 AM - 9 AM - starting at a point 70 feet west of the west curbline of Washington Ave., west for a distance of 134 feet. (Adopted 1/13/15) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. Dated: May 10, 2022 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. KATE MURRAY Supervisor Town Clerk 131109
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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 5 Section 5-508 Subdivision 3 of the Village Law of
the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing will be held to adopt Tentative Budget of the Village of Cedarhurst on Wednesday, May 17, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. at Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York 11516 . The purpose of such meeting will be to discuss and adopt the tentative budget for the 2022/2023 fiscal year. Dated : Cedarhurst , New York May 6, 2022 Salvatore Evola Village Clerk-Treasurer By Order of Mayor Benjamin Weinstock And the Board of Trustees 131307
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hewlett Bay Fire District in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, at a meeting held on the 9th of May 2022, duly adopted the following Resolution, subject to permissive referendum: A Resolution authorizing the expenditure of monies from the Hewlett Bay Fire District Capital Reserve Building Fund to make necessary remodeling to the following: Hewlett Bay Fire District basement in the main building; not to exceed the cost of $13,000.00. A complete copy of the Resolution summarized herewith is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the office of the Hewlett Bay Fire District Office for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of publication of the Notice. Dated: Hewlett Bay fire District, New York May 9, 2022 /s/Joseph Ruvolo, Secretary 131354
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mendously, and we want to try to be a projector. The students emailed the local Tar- responsive to that. We want to try to get, asking for donations, and the store make sure that students know that we’re donated two beanbag chairs here to create a positive envifor the room. ronment and that there are “That was a big deal — to people here to listen and to get something for nothing,” reach out to. That takes Verone said. “It’s about the place in so many ways — in [Life Skills] kids, and it’s creating a room like [the about creating something for Wellness Room] and creating them that they’re going to relationships.” use every day, and it’s got to Sophomore Marilyn be positive. You can’t just Cifuentes, an advanced say, can I have $200? That’s sculpture student, said that not going to work. You have another room like the one to give the objective of what she helped create could be you’re doing, how you’re helpful to general-education going to do it, how you want students. [the donation] to be used At home, she said, “I don’t [and] how their product is have my own room — I share going to be showcased.” with my brother — and my “The interdisciplinary house is really small. I don’t approach to the room — it’s RobeRt VeRone really get a lot of ‘me’ time.” so great that you had that Art teacher Cifuentes added that when experience,” Stanley told the she is going through somestudents, from working as a team in a thing difficult, “I don’t really reach out small space to approaching the retailer. to anybody. Since the project was completed in “I’m not going to cry in front of my late April, the Life Skills students have family,” she said. “To get a room like made good use of the room, and the Law- that would be nice — to have a room to rence administration is considering cre- yourself.” ating another supervised Wellness Room While the first Wellness Room for all students. “pilots,” Stanley said, “There’s a lot to “I think we’re all aware, as young peo- work out to make sure that [another ple and as educators, that there’s an room] is safe for students — to make increase in suicide,” Stanley said. “Stu- sure that it doesn’t interfere with dents requesting help from mental instruction, but it enhances instruchealth professionals has increased tre- tion.”
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Lawrence’s Life Skills program The Life Skills program serves students from 13 to 21, and its goal is to help them develop the skills they need to be as independent as possible. They receive academic instruction in the morning and vocational training in the afternoon. In partnership with career and educational coaches from the Amityville-based South Oaks Hospital and its Career and Educational Counseling center, upperclassmen are offered internships at local stores like Bagel Boss, Trader Joe’s and Stop & Shop. — Jeffrey Bessen
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ho’s to blame for New York’s increase in crime, its high taxes and the general feeling of dread many of us feel? It would be wrong to hold state Democratic Party elected officials solely responsible. But to the extent that government is accountable for public safety, setting tax rates and public spending priorities, and the overall order of civil society, you’d have to cast the evil eye at the left. Democrats have controlled the governor’s office and the state senate John and Assembly o’Connell since 2019. They’ve had the majority in the Assembly since 1975. There are now 105 Democrats in the Assembly and only 43 Republicans. The Assembly Speaker, Carl Heastie, is a Democrat. In the state senate, there are 42 Democrats and 20 Republicans, and senate Llader Andrea Stewart-Cousins is a Democrat. Democrats serve as governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and comptroller. Both U.S. Senators are Democrats, as are 19 of 27 members of New York’s delegation in the House of Representatives. Given those stats, who else could be
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responsible for failing to effectively deal with such quality-of-life issues as shootouts on city streets and incidents like the fight at the Roosevelt Field Mall on May 1, which reporters described as a “large disturbance” and a Twitter user called a “terrifying event.” It’s indisputable that the people in charge have not done nearly enough to help citizens feel secure in their homes, on their streets or at their kitchen tables at taxpreparation and householdbudgeting time. Happily, violent- and property-crime rates in Nassau County are extremely low, especially the further east you go from the Queens border. But that isn’t the case in New York City. CNN reported that Major crimes in New York City "spiked nearly 60 percent in February compared to the same month in 2021. The city recorded a 41 percent increase in overall major crime through the first months of 2022 compared to the same period last year, including a nearly 54 percent increase in robberies, a 56 percent increase in grand larceny incidents, and a 22 percent increase in rape reports.” The state budget is $216.5 billion. New York City’s budget is $98.5 billion. Next to funding pensions, health plans and civil
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service compensation packages, New Yorkers want safe streets; clean, violencefree and timely public transportation; only enough taxation to meet voters’ priorities; pure water and properly inspected food establishments; non-ideological public-school curriculums taught by competent, background-checked educators; good parks and infrastructure in good repair. But it is unfair, wrong and too easy to simply blame Democrats. There used to be a saying about the state legislature — which applied to Republicans and Democrats — that it was more likely for Albany’s elected officials to leave office by indictment, arrest or resignation under legal pressure than by losing re-election. The problem isn’t in the parties, but in the system — systemic greed for money, power, celebrity or ego satisfaction. Instead of blaming Democrats, I think it’s the corrupt system of elections and governance that most interferes with effectively addressing our public policy problems. Cynically redrawing election-district borders to favor one party, making it therefore more likely that the majority party remains in power — gerrymandering — is one sign of that systemic corrup-
o matter the systemic corruption, we have the power to make changes.
tion, one that the controlling party has no interest in fixing. The system that permits district attorneys, such as Manhattan’s Alvin Bragg, to decide which felonies and violent misdemeanors are prosecuted is destructive of good community order. The system that releases even violent offenders without bail — euphemistically called “bail reform” by liberal politicians — encourages recurring criminal behavior and makes law-abiding citizens more vulnerable. The illegal system of trading campaign contributions for contract awards is another bastardization of political power. No matter what systemic corruptions exist, citizens still have the power to make changes, if only they vote. Far too many elections are decided by far too few voters as a percentage of those eligible to register and cast ballots. Democracy isn’t about the submission of the minority to the majority. Democracy works when the rate of participation exceeds citizens’ penchant for passivity. In spite of the prevalence of a leftleaning press and social media censorship, in spite of largely party-dominated candidate selections and other obstacles to fair elections, we citizens can rise up — and vote. John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments? OConnell11001@yahoo.com.
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hirty years after the fact, I’ve decided to write about a personal time in my life. I’ve been thinking about that: how we tell the stories of our lives, what we include, what we choose to edit out and how powerful it is to share our truths with others. In some ways, that is what I’ve been doing in this space for many years. In addition to commenting on news and community life, I have shared bits and pieces of my family. My kids have grown up and left home and had their own RAnDi kids on this page. I KReiss went through cancer treatment with you. My life has been an open book. Well, perhaps semi-open. After all, I choose what to write about and what to keep to myself. I try to talk about something — an issue, a right of passage, a person in the news — that will resonate with others. Here is today’s story. If you don’t like it, I’m OK with that. Write back if you like. We can have a dialogue. Let’s keep
calm and carry on. In 1992, when my son was 21 and my daughter was 19, I got pregnant, and my husband and I chose to end the pregnancy. I was 45 years old at the time, and for many reasons we decided not to bring another baby into the world. I was able to go to my gynecologist, who performed the procedure in a safe hospital setting. I recovered. No one can presume to know how I felt then or how I feel now about that decision. It was mine and my husband’s to make. We carry the memories and the difficulties of that choice. We have no doubt that we did the right thing for us at that time. The only reason to talk about it now is to support other women’s right to choose. Over the years, in discussions with other people, religious or secular, conservative or liberal, white or Black, it always turns out that many women at the table have had abortions. We keep it private because it’s nobody else’s business. When and if women choose abortion, they should not have to walk by scream-
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ing protesters or people carrying posters of mangled baby parts. The same people who lecture about the sanctity of “life” are busy voting down programs for the poor and the disadvantaged, eviscerating funding for mothers and preschoolers and health services in marginalized communities. The hypocrisy is infuriating. People who have money and connections will always be able to get abortions for themselves or their daughters, and that includes members of Congress and the courts. A ban on abortion falls most heavily on the shoulders of the poor and the powerless. We who support a woman’s right to choose would prefer abortions to be legal and safe and private. The morning-after pill is a good alternative, but the antichoice forces are going after that, too, even though it is an efficient way for a woman to make her own decisions about her body and her future. Today, Roe v. Wade is still the law of the land, but a leaked draft decision from the Supreme Court points to a majority vote that could overturn the law. For 50
t always turns out that many women at the table have had abortions. We keep it private.
years, women and men who care about the right to privacy and choice have felt protected, but not secure, with this freedom. I never believed that the right to an abortion would survive without vigilance. I marched on Washington, D.C., with hundreds of thousands of other prochoice Americans in 1992, when George Herbert Walker Bush was in the White House. Factions in Pennsylvania were trying to pass a restrictive abortion law. The vibe from the Supreme Court was troubling. Roe v. Wade was 20 years old that year. I took a train from New York with my mother and my daughter, and we walked by the White House to raise our voices in defense of ourselves and the women to come after us. I never imagined then, and still can barely believe now, that after a 50-year precedent, a conservative majority may toss Roe in the shredder. I marched for choice with my mother and daughter. Now my daughter is marching with her daughter. It is a never-ending fight for women to claim the right to their own bodies and their own destiny. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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fter a recent “meet the candidates” forum for one of the more than 125 education boards in Nassau County, the very people the candidates were soliciting votes from turned to social media to share their views. Their verdict? Some of the “facts” the candidates shared were not facts at all. And at least a few of them came off as illprepared to answer even the most straightforward questions — all while seemingly lacking knowledge of a proposed budget that would spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars. It’s true, being a board trustee is not a paid position. Yet it is a volunteer post that comes with immense responsibility. First and foremost, it is an elected position — one with a duty to represent the community, and serve as a watchdog to help ensure that those millions of dollars are spent properly to educate every young person who walks through the door of a district school. “A school board member takes on one of the most important citizen responsibilities: overseeing the education of the community’s youth,” the New York State School Boards Association states on its website. A school board is a “uniquely American institution,” the association adds, which is also how we describe our form of
letters Would Walter Cronkite think Randi is fair? To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Where have you gone, Walter Cronkite?” (April 28-May 4): I noticed a touch of bias that Cronkite himself would not have appreciated. I’m a few years younger than Ms. Kreiss, but I remember him well — “the most trusted man in America.” Ms. Kreiss tells us some of the horrific news of the day, but the only names she mentions are Ron DeSantis, Kevin McCarthy and the state of Florida. A few paragraphs later, she tells us of “fake news” and “The nascent Trump brain.” Are we to assume that in all the broadcasts she viewed that night, there was no mention of inflation, the southern border, violence and crime in the
representative democracy. Both systems need educated people to serve as elected representatives, and an informed electorate to vote intelligently. Just read any of the stories here in the Herald, and you can’t miss how politicized a lot of the banter has become. Mask mandates. Critical race theory. Gender. All have become hot topics, and have shifted conversations away from the usual budgets, capital improvements and administrative issues that typically dominate campaign stump speeches. These issues have pushed more candidates into these races than we’ve seen in the past, but more often than not, these candidates are laser-focused on their favorite issues and not knowledgeable at all when it comes to what, exactly, their duties would be as a trustee. The school boards association enumerates nearly a dozen main responsibilities someone elected to a board should focus on. They include creating a shared vision for the future of education while guiding the school district toward the goal of achieving optimum student performance. Boards also must provide rigorous accountability for students’ results, and support a healthy school district culture centered on work and learning, all while maintaining strong ethical standards. They must also develop a budget and present it to the community, which is what
local school districts — yours included — are doing right now. Boards of education should be filled with effective communicators, consensus builders and decision makers who are both community leaders and team players. Nassau County is blessed to have many such people qualified to take on the role of a trustee. They are elected or not elected for myriad reasons. However, voters should not have to consider whether candidates have enough information to articulate the issues and present accurate information. The key is trust. The community is trusting you to point the school district in the right direction. How does a trustee become informed? Being involved in the school community is a good first step. Be part of a school’s parent association. Volunteer. Attend education board meetings. Read — and even question — the information presented. But knowledge isn’t just reserved for those running for office. It’s up to the voter — you — as well. With the school budget, trustee and special propositions on the ballot on May 17, there are still a few days to become informed. Whether you are stumping for or against your district’s budget to be passed, or just voting in the election, before casting your ballot, know the facts.
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ast week, Politico leaked a shocking (but not surprising) draft outlining the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion a constitutionally protected right. The overturning of Roe would be a devastating blow to women’s rights, and underscores the crisis America is facing. We are seeing a rapid backslide of democracy, the steady stripping away of rights and an increasingly besieged working and middle class, aided and abetted by the election of Matthew Donald Trump the full-throatadarichev and ed embrace of authoritarianism by the modern Republican Party. We are living in desperate times, and a resurgent far right can only be defeated by an equally powerful liberal movement. All stops must be pulled out to protect democracy and prevent the creep of fascism. Against the backdrop of these developments, liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently retired, allowing President Biden to nominate the first black woman, the highly qualified Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the court, and
potentially lock in a liberal spot on the bench for another 30 years. It logically follows, then: If we must do everything we can, why not ask fellow liberal Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor to retire as well? The notion is not radical: Both women have enjoyed over a decade of service on the bench. They can retire with dignity, and can be reappointed to other judicial positions. And while Kagan and Sotomayor are relatively young justices, they are, respectively, the fifth- and third-oldest members of the court. Appointing younger justices would ensure that those seats remain liberal, and judges a decade younger could weather another Republican president. The appointment of two new justices could also serve as an opportunity to nominate those with other backgrounds, such as the first Asian-American or openly gay justice, to the bench. Under normal circumstances, I would not make such a suggestion. But the court’s liberal justices are caught in the crosshairs of circumstance, and must decide what matters more: their careers or democracy’s struggle. If Biden intends to push any more Supreme Court justices through, his window of opportunity is quickly closing.
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Letters streets, Afghanistan, Ukraine, shutting down our pipelines, the confusion and misstatements of President Biden or Vice President Harris, the high cost of fuel, or so many other negative issues that this administration is responsible for? My point is that if you’re going complain about the news, you should at least show both sides. My “side” would suggest that the current administration is destroying this country, and that the great America that Ms. Kreiss and I grew up in no longer exists. JOHn L. SULLIVAn Rockville Centre
What’s Randi’s agenda? To the Editor: Re “Where have you gone, Walter Cronkite?”: Currently, the journalism medium is one small step above politicians for honesty, integrity and believability. And Ms. Kreiss is part of all the misinformation. Walter Cronkite did not have an agenda. He just presented the news. The bill passed in Florida and
The midterm elections are coming up, Republicans are poised to retake the Senate, and at that point any judicial aspirations for the Biden administration would be over. Let’s not forget how Republicans stole a Supreme Court pick and more than 100 other judgeships from President Barack Obama. I don’t expect them to be any kinder to Biden. Still on the fence? Ask yourself, what would a Republican do? Read it here, quote me later: If a Republican wins the presidency in 2024, and if the Senate goes Republican, hard-right Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito will retire no later than mid-2026, allowing two fresh, 40-something conservative crusaders to take their place. This is why Republicans win — because Democrats are timid, while Republicans actually care about power. They will use any Machiavellian trick in the book to get their agenda passed. That’s why Republican state houses get to erase transgender individuals and rewrite history, while Biden has to sit and watch the courts undo his every move. Why Democrats won’t fight as hard for Black and brown, LGBT, Indigenous and poor Americans as hard as Republicans fight for white racists is a question for the philosophers.
While another two liberal justices wouldn’t hurt, the Biden administration must continue filling as many judicial vacancies on lower courts as possible. President Donald Trump left an indelible mark on the American judicial system, making more than 230 judicial appointments during his tenure. If Biden and Democrats at large want to bring the federal judiciary back to some semblance of normalcy, they must continue to confirm judges that will protect minority and voting rights post haste. There is a prescient quote that captures the zeitgeist we find ourselves in: “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” The words are commonly attributed to Theodore Roosevelt. This is Biden’s moment of decision. This is his one opportunity to yank the judiciary back to the middle and shape the Supreme Court in his favor, protecting our rights in the process. Whether he will seize this crucial moment in history and beat back the rising tide of authoritarianism and bigotry, or stand back as reactionary forces take over the country, remains to be seen. Matthew Adarichev is a public policy major at Hofstra University, a political activist and an aspiring journalist whose work has appeared in the Hofstra Chronicle and the Anton Media Group.
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signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis is properly called the Parental Rights in Education law. It prohibits classroom instruction in sexual orientation or gender identity from kindergarten to third grade. This is not a “Don’t Say Gay” law that targets LGBT people. Why can’t Ms. Kreiss write about both sides of this issue? Perhaps she believes that parents have no right to review what sexual material is being taught to their children. If that’s her opinion, she should say so. Disney had tax breaks for over 50 years, but she didn’t say that. Disney will now be treated the same as any other corporation licensed in Florida, and it’s about time. Treating Disney differently might lead to corruption charges and the appearance of impropriety. Ms. Kreiss wrote that “Israel and Gaza militants were at war.” This isn’t a war. Ukraine and Russia are at war. Gaza militants fire rockets into Israel, and Israel responds by sending airplanes to bomb the source of the rockets. That isn’t a war. That is periodic aggression and harassment. It’s obvious that Ms. Kreiss has an agenda, but she should at least be accurate with her words. SID KRIMSKy West Hempstead
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