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Cleaning up the duckweed Village overcomes decade-long problem on Willow Pond duckweed dies and falls to the bottom of the pond, creating layers of mucky decaying matter. After over a decade of trial The muck adds more nitrogen, and error, Hewlett Harbor has phosphorus and carbon to the succeeded in keeping Willow water, which feeds har mful Pond clear by targeting early- algae. Layers of the sediment summer blooms of duckweed build up, causing water displacewith herbicide treatment. ment and dissolving It’s natural for a most of the resultpond to fill in over ing dead matter with time, but the village bacterial, muck-eathas been proactive ing pellets. to keep that from The 4½-acre Wilhappening. In the low Pond, on Everit summer of 2011, the Avenue, has had north end of Willow many cosmetic and Pond, called environmental probSchenks Circle, was lems. Since 2010, the dredged — cleared pond has been rich leoNArd of sediment and in nutrients due to e b r i s — wh i ch oppeNHeIMer dincreased stormwater runoff the depth but low in oxygen, Deputy mayor, of oxygenated water resulting in dense Hewlett Harbor and the chance that g rowth of pesky aquatic life could plants like ducksurvive. Pond aeraweed as well as algae, which tors were also installed to break caused fish in the pond to die. down pollutants and the nutrient In spring and summer, duck- load that caused the plant weed multiplies especially fast. growth. “You can start with the size of a After Hurricane Sandy in quarter and in a matter of two 2012, sewage and stormwater weeks it’s going to cover the runoff from Nassau County and entire pond,” said Hewlett Har- Town of Hempstead drains bor Deputy Mayor Leonard made the pond overflow, which, Oppenheimer. During the cold months, the Continued on page 18

by lISA MArGArIA lmargaria@liherald.com

Courtesy Jeff Weiss

ForMer lAwreNce woodMere Academy basketball coach Jeff Weiss was inducted into the Nassau County Athletics Hall of Fame last month. From left were Long Beach Athletic Director Arnie Epstein and his wife, Randi, Andrea and Jeff Weiss, John Schandler, and Ryan and Riley Weiss.

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Former LWA basketball coach Jeff Weiss is inducted into Nassau Athletics Hall of Fame by JeFFreY beSSeN jbessen@liherald.com

If you listed all of Jeff Weiss’s achievements in the 32 years he coached boys’ varsity basketball at Lawrence Woodmere Academy, it would read exactly like the resume you would expect from someone inducted into the Nassau

County High School Athletics Hall of Fame, as Weiss was on Sept. 29. The accomplishments are staggering (see box, Page 3). But the true measure of Weiss’s success are the enduring relationships he formed with players and the positive impact he had on their young lives.

“He’s always a Coach with a capital C,” said Keith Cacciola, who was a senior co-captain and the starting point guard on Weiss’s first league championship team in 199495. “To this day, his opinion of me matters. Every single day I try to lead a life that Coach would be proud of. What he Continued on page 3

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Jeff Weiss inducted into Athletics Hall of Fame taught me had a major impact on me, and I can’t overstate that. I’m one of dozens or hundreds of players who had a similar experience.” Cacciola, who grew up in Rockville Centre, noted LWA’s no-cut policy and said that he might not have made or been a starter on his hometown’s public high school team, but Weiss gave him an opportunity to develop and as a player and a person. “I’m 5-8 and I played college basketball,” Cacciola said. “I have heart and I don’t back down. That is a recipe for success.” He was named All-Conference as an LWA senior, and played Division III basketball at Bates College in Maine. Weiss, 60, a lifelong Five Towns resident, graduated from Hewlett High School and coached there, guiding the 1988 boys’ soccer team to a state title and coaching junior varsity basketball as well. “You could never predict 30-plus years, never know how long it will last,” he said, reflecting on his coaching career. “It was a great ride. I didn’t ever foresee 30-plus years. I was so fortunate. Had great kids and great teams.” He was also LWA’s athletic director during those years. For two-thirds of Weiss’s career at LWA — it was Woodmere Academy until 1990, when the school merged with Lawrence Country Day School to form Lawrence Woodmere Academy — John Schandler, who nominated Weiss for the Hall of Fame, was his assistant coach. From 2003 to 2012 it was a paid gig for Schandler, but at that point he left LWA, and from then until Weiss retired at the end of the Covid-truncated 2019-20 season, Schandler volunteered. He was also a player on the 1991-92 and 1992-93 teams, which he said gives him a unique perspective on Weiss. “He pushed us to work really hard,” Schandler said. “I was not an elite athlete.” His seasons coincided with years when

LWA was not yet what Schandler called “an athletic destination.” “It was the way he won, the relationships he formed,” he said of Weiss. “He scheduled very tough games. He pushed, searching for the best team from the city, Long Island, public school, Catholic schools, never afraid of a challenge. He’s been to countless weddings, knows his former players’ children.” “Remember, if you have your health, life is what you make it,” and “There are escalator people and there are stairs people,” are two Weiss maxims that Cacciola said stick with him to this day as a 44-year-old father of twin girls. “There are no shortcuts, and if your best player isn’t the hardest worker, your team won’t be successful,” he said, recalling Weiss’s coaching style and his approach to life, in which he aims to break a sweat every day. A nearly 46-minute video put together by Cacciola and other members of what is called the LWA Hoop Squad Fraternity paid homage to Weiss’s influence on his former players. Karim Shabazz, a 7-foot-2 center, was LWA’s first big-time recruit, and subsequently taught kindergarten through fourth grade as well as middle school at LWA from 2014 to 2020, and coached the girls’ basketball team for a few seasons. “Coming into your office was a safe space where we could laugh and joke,” Shabazz said in the video, talking to Weiss by way of the camera. “You would teach us about life, to be successful and how to do things the right way.” Francis Jonathan Han, class of 2004, recalled the multiple league championships and a state title. “You’re one of the best coaches I ever had,” Han said in the video. “People know you for a reason. You’re a winner, and you changed a lot of people’s lives, and Lawrence Woodmere is on the map forever, because of what you’ve done for school.” Han is a point guard who most recently played for Mets de Guaynbo in Puerto Rico.

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Courtesy Jeff Weiss

Jeff Weiss after his 600th career win in February 2019, on the court at Lawrence Woodmere Academy that bears his name. Taped separately, Cacciola and Weiss recounted the LWA squad’s first league championship in 1994-95. Weiss remembered that during the regular season, the Lake Grove School (now closed) “killed” LWA. Cacciola quoted Weiss’s pre-game speech before the rematch in the playoffs. “We’re the better team. Don’t make them out to be better than they are, and don’t underestimate yourselves. I mean that sincerely. I know that I’m the better coach than their coach, and I know that you’re better players than their players. I know that. We don’t win today it’s an injustice.” LWA won 76-70. That was the victory,

Weiss said, that “pole-vaulted” LWA to another level and established the school as a consistent winner. “It was my honor and privilege to coach, teach and mentor student athletes for 30-plus years,” said Weiss, whose name graces LWA’s basketball court. “So many of those young people I have close relationships with today. It’s those relationships that matter most. Special thanks to my wife, Andrea, my twins, Ryan and Riley, and coach John Schandler for their support along the journey.”

Coach Jeff Weiss’s achievements Career record at LWA: 620-180 Nassau County Athletics Hall of Fame, 2021 New York Basketball Hall of Fame, 2010 LWA court named for him, 2010 19 league championships Independent Private and Parochial Schools Athletic League and Private Schools Athletic Association Eight New York State Association of Independent Schools titles Two state federation championships Courtesy Jeff Weiss

Being induCted into the Nassau County Athletics Hall of Fame was just icing on the cake baked by Weiss’s wife, Andrea.

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The Nassau County Police Department congregated in the parking lot of Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence in an effort to bond with the community at the law enforcement agency’s their second annual Faith & Blue event. Even as rain drizzled from cloudy skies, community members still gathered during the two-hour morning event to support the police. Officer Luis Serrano enthusiastically opened the event, quoting from the Bible and making a point that “rain is symbolic of blessing.” Faith & Blue is a nationwide event hosted by police that aims to unify law enforcement with local communities of faith. VIPs spoke in support of the police, including County Executive Laura Curran and Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman, who are running against each other for the top county post. Rambam Mesivta High School Dean Rabbi Zev Friedman recited Sim Shalom, the blessing of peace. Lawrence Mayor Alex Edelman spoke and First Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Smith encouraged residents to mingle with the officers and discover the commonalities between one and other. Young children, students, Lawrence Village Administrator Ronald Goldman, and other Lawrence residents also attended. Avi, Tuchman, a Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Middle School student, appeared to enjoy the event. “I came here because I go to all of

the police events,” he said. Cookies and chips were distributed by the police. A local Starbucks provided free coffee, tea and snacks. “We’re trying to be more involved with our community, especially with law enforcement,” said Roger Keith, a Starbucks employee. Free frisbees, bracelets, balls and drawstring bags were given out. Police units including the Bomb Squad, Bureau of Special Operations, Emergency Services Unit and Community Affairs, along with the department’s furry helpers: two horses and its friendliest canine were there Officers had real emergency equipment for residents to explore. Kids took turns climbing into the bulletproof BSO truck, playing tug-of-war with the bomb robot, using spreaders, and the door opening rescue tool known as the “Jaws of Life.” Officer Steve Churchill helped explain equipment in the BSO trucks. Churchill said he enjoys these community events, as he thinks it is important for the police to get out and interact with residents. “Humanizing the badge is a very important part of policing these days,” he said, “people shouldn’t fear cops.” The event, “shows the personality behind the uniform,” Churchill added. Attendee Fran Perelstein agreed that some people might dehumanize police: “It’s not right what is going on,” she said. Perelstein recognized the stress and traumatic work that police may go through on the job, adding “We have to be nice to the police.”

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

Thursday, Oct. 14 Canasta, Mah Jongg At Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere, mah jongg from 10 am to noon. Canasta classes from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game and play all day. $8 per game- donation. Free coffee and cake. Call Naomi Rivlin for information at (516) 791-8329.

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To celebrate their newly-expanded storefront at 501A Central Ave. in Cedarhurst, Blue Door Books will host author Ellen Feldman on Oct. 10:30 a.m. to discuss her latest novel, “The Living and the Lost.” Books will be available for purchase and signing. The event is free, but reservations are required. To register, call Blue Door at (516) 837-0040. For more information contact Janet Schneider at janet.schneider126@ gmail.com.

Thursday, Oct. 21

At 8 p.m., the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Educations holds a regular meeting at the Woodmere Education Center, 1 Johnson Place, Woodmere.

Canasta, Mah Jongg At Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere, mah jongg from 10 am to noon. Canasta classes from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game and play all day. $8 per game- donation. Free coffee and cake. Call Naomi Rivlin for information at (516) 791-8329.

NYC Art History At 3 p.m., Kevin Draper presents an illustrated Zoom lecture on the works of Edward Hopper, Norman Rockwell, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Florine Stettheimer, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and others. To join, go to Zoom, https://bit.ly/3ax8EAE.

Yoga and Meditation At 2 p.m., Lisa Zimmerman leads a session on seated yoga and meditation. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Join Zoom at https://bit.ly/3ETjhvP.

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Sunday, Oct. 17 Sunday Funday Beginning Oct. 17, a 14-week session Sunday Funday for girls K to 5 that will have arts and crafts, games, science, special day, pizza, snacks and more through the Gural JCC at its HarrisonKerr Family Campus, 140 Central Ave., Lawrence. $450, half-year, $850 full year. To register, go to guraljcc.org/sunday-funday/. For more information, call (516) 569-6733 ext. 201 or lisa.stein@ guraljcc.org.

The Great Give Back On Sunday, Oct. 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. outside of Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence, The Great Give Back, collecting non-perishable good, pet food, school supplies and gently used clothing for families in need this winter. On the library’s front lawn there will paints for children to create inspi-

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At 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 18, the Lawrence Board of Education will meet virtually. For link go to lawrence.org.

At Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Road, North Woodmere, mah jongg from 10 am to noon. Canasta classes from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Bring your game and play all day. $8 per game- donation. Free coffee and cake. Call Naomi Rivlin for information at (516) 791-8329.

On Saturday, Oct. 23, the Lawrence High School class of 1976 will have its 45-year reunion at the Sherwood Diner, 311 Rockaway Tpke., Lawrence. Dinner at 7 p.m., for $45, alcohol not included that does included the diner’s menu choices. Party at 8:30 p.m. for $19.76, alcohol not included, appetizers, soft drinks. Everyone can stay until midnight. Venmo @Jay-Gissen and email (required) jay.gissen@gmail.com for confirmation email.

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Mah Jongg At 1 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 18, in this Zoom series, Ann Seligson explains the basics of mah jongg and how to play by the rules of the National Mah Jongg League. After taking the class you will be able to play online. Please have a Mah Jongg set and a 2021 Mah Jongg card on hand. The two other sessions are Oct. 25 and Nov. 1. Registration required. An email with the Zoom login will be sent before each session.

Inwood resident Blanca Bran was named a “Woman of Distinction” by State Assemblywoman Melissa Miller (R-Atlantic Beach) and was honored with several other women on Oct. 10. Alan Kalter, Lawrence High School class of 1960, the former announcer for “The Late Show

At 11 a.m., an in-person lecture on he 19th century French composer Hector Berlioz considered an original and an innovator as a practical musician. The Symphonie Fantastique is an avantgarde autobiographical work that examines the gamut of emotions. In the Boehm Room at Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett.

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At 1 p.m., Joyce Poupko discusses the ABCs and Ds of Medicare on Zoom. Through Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. To join, go to Zoom https://bit. ly/3FCD82x.

Self Portraits At 2 p.m., art historian Vivian Gordon presents an illustrated Zoom lecture on major artists’ self portraits. Through Peninsula Public Library. To join, go to Zoom, https://bit.ly/3FDphJm.

with David Letterman,” died on Oct. 4. He was 78. Ruthie Freilich, of Lawrence and a New York City school teacher, ran in the Chicago Marathon, her first 26.2-mile race on Oct. 10. She finished in 3: 49.25 battling the humidity and 77° heat.

On Sunday, Oct. 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. the second annual Fall Festival Trunk or Treat at the Five Towns Community Center, 270 Lawrence Ave, Lawrence. Children in costumes are welcome. Arts and crafts, tasty treats, information booths, games, prizes and much more. Masks must be worn. Social distancing rules are in effect.

Atlantic Beach village holds a board meeting on Oct. 18 at 7:45 p.m. in Village Hall, 65 The Plaza in Atlantic Beach. The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners meets on Oct. 19 at 5 p.m., at 2150 Bay Blvd. in Atlantic Beach.

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lion from the supervisor’s staff budget on my first day, and I eliminated “takehome cars” for top managers. I don’t drive a town car; I drive my personal car with over 200,000 miles on it. Our town’s fiscal strength under my administration has been recognized with credit rating upgrades from two top Wall Street credit agencies – Moody’s and Standard & Poors. I will continue to work hard to demonstrate the highest regard for taxpayers, while providing top-notch services, enhancing roadways and facility upgrades.

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Jason Abelove is challenging Don Clavin for Town of Hempstead supervisor. Clavin was the town’s receiver of taxes for nearly two decades before defeating Laura Gillen to become supervisor in 2019. Abelove, an attorney, is running for office for the first time. Ahead of Election Day on Nov. 2, the Herald asked the candidates questions about their goals and issues facing the community.

Abelove: The town has a $400 million

Herald: What would some of your top priorities be if elected? Clavin: Tax relief is at the top of my priorities. I worked alongside a bipartisan Town Board to freeze taxes for 202, and I have proposed a tax cut for 2022. On my first day in office, I slashed the supervisor’s staff spending by half, saving taxpayers $1 million annually. Keeping my word on improving roadways and facilities, I am dedicating $75 million to road repaving and infrastructure upgrades. In addition, I am spending $10 million on parks improvements, and look forward to implementing an array of enhancements to community parks across America’s largest township. I am committed to providing tax relief, while providing top-notch services and doing more for residents. I will also continue to work with my colleagues on the board to lead our township during the pandemic. Using millions of dollars in federal CARES funds, we provided over 7,000 free Covid-19 vaccines, thousands of no-cost Covid-19 tests, personal protective equipment kits for businesses, millions of meals to residents in need, aid to front line entities, air filters for seniors and more. Modernizing town government continues to be a priority, as we took a step by creating an online portal for Building Department services, streamlining the application process. Abelove: My top priorities are to lower

taxes and bring equity to the delivery of town services. For too long, the town has wasted money on high salary patronage jobs, bloated budgets, expensive mailers and inflated no bid contracts to Republican donors. It’s time we relocated our budget away from sweetheart contracts for campaign contributors to critical services and road repair. When I eliminate wasteful spending, we will improve our downtowns while investing in our local infrastructure.

Herald: Many local businesses took a financial hit during the coronavirus pandemic and have suffered from staffing shortages. What more can be done to help local businesses? Clavin: From the beginning of the pandemic, we worked to help business own-

Don Clavin Incumbent

Jason Abelove Challenger

Age: 52

Age: 51

Hometown: Garden City

Hometown: Oceanside

Career: Elected official, attorney

Career: Discrimination attorney since 1994

Political experience: Hempstead town supervisor (2019 to present); receiver of taxes (2001-2019)

ers struggling to cope with the health and financial impacts of it. For example, I worked with the board to establish our region’s first outdoor dining initiative in the spring of 2020, which waived all permit fees and expedited the process for restaurant owners to establish or expand outdoor dining options. This initiative potentially saved restaurant owners thousands of dollars in permit fees and provided them with the opportunity to offer additional dining options for customers as they returned to restaurants following the Covid-19 shutdowns. Hundreds of restaurants are participating in the program, which we are extending through the fall of 2022. We also assisted small businesses as they sought to reopen safely and successfully — through millions of dollars allocated in CARES funds, we distributed thousands of PPE kits to small businesses. I instituted an Economic Advisory Council, comprising a group of leaders in business, industries, higher education and community organizations to work on strategies to navigate businesses, residents and the local economy during the pandemic. In addition, through a partnership with Northwell Health, we provided free Covid-19 testing for essential workers, an effort to support the dedicated employees who were working throughout the heights of the pandemic to provide essential services to residents. We recognize the importance of our downtowns for the success of local businesses and the economy. Through Operation Clean Sweep, we have crews making their way through downtowns across Hempstead to keep these areas clean and pristine. In addition, we are revital-

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izing downtowns with brick-paved walkways, Victorian streetlights and more. Finally, I have worked in support of mixed-used development and other smart growth priorities, and will continue to work to support initiatives, projects and programs that spur our local economy and support local businesses as they recover from the pandemic.

Abelove: The town received $133 million

in federal CARES money, three-quarters of which was used for raises and promotions to political insiders, and renovating the supervisor’s bathroom in Town Hall. The town also promoted a $40 million stimulus plan, but did not fund the plan. We will use the CARES money to provide direct support to small businesses. We will streamline permitting, promote job fairs and lower taxes to make business thrive in the town. Small businesses are the cornerstone of our community, and we must do everything we can to ensure the success of our small businesses throughout our Covid19 recovery. As a small business owner myself, I know the stress of making payroll every week. Under my administration, Hempstead will distribute the federal relief money following the Boost Nassau model.

Herald: What more can be done to provide tax relief to Town of Hempstead residents? Clavin: Tax relief is my top priority as I froze town taxes for 2021, and I have proposed a tax cut for 2022. Slashing unnecessary spending has been my commitment since I entered office. I cut $1 mil-

budget and is not responsible for police or other first responder services. With this bloated budget, I truly believe that we can provide more services for less money. Taxes are high because of the number of political appointees making six-figure salaries, no bid contracts and waste such as $5 million in needless mailings and placing elected officials’ names on every town sign. Having the political will to end the waste, putting taxpayer’s priorities over the politicians and running the town with an eye toward service rather than re-election will save our residents millions of dollars.

Herald: Given the number of infrastructure issues within the town, how can necessary projects be completed while still keeping taxes low and keeping the work within the proposed budget? Clavin: We have significantly increased

our investment in capital improvements for roadways over the previous administration. Working with a bipartisan board, we are dedicating $75 million in capital funds for roadway and infrastructure improvements. In addition, I recently introduced the “pothole patrol,” an effort to expedite roadway repairs using state-of-the-art pothole repair vehicles and promoting a hotline for residents to report potholes in their neighborhood. Our efforts to improve town infrastructure is critical for the safety and quality of life of our residents, while still freezing town taxes for 2021 and cutting town taxes in 2022.

Abelove: Our town’s primary responsi-

bility is local infrastructure, and as everyone can see, the current administration is failing. Our roads are crumbling before our eyes and the town is not being adequately cared for. The top priority should be infrastructure in every corner of the town, not just Republican strongholds. We will place our resources on infrastructure based upon need and place our focus on infrastructure issues over mailings, signage and photo opportunities. There is more than enough budgeted for the needed repairs. All we need is a change in leadership. When elected, I plan to trim the town’s bloated budget, while allocating additional resources to road paving.

Hewlett’s Never Forgotten is growing, in a good way

Margi Stamile, a teacher’s aide in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District, read names on bench three, recalled her husband, Martin who died (class of 1966) and expressed an optimistic outlook on the future. Propped termed the past 19 months “gut wrenching” along with knowing that people have lost loved ones not only to Covid and other illnesses but to drug overdoses and suicide. “Friends of mine have lost husbands, children, other friends have lost their sisters, I lost my cousin Mary,” she said. “For me I’ve prayed every day that we would wake up from this nightmare that continues on. We’ll get through it all. We’re Hewlett High School how could we not.” She credited Ivana Artusa Butler, Annette Sarro Clayton, Friedman, Francine Glenning, Lani Arnold Sambuca, Stamile and Diane Super for their efforts. Proppe, a survivor of uterine then ovarian cancer, who takes the three-hour, 145-mile trip from her home in Pennsylvania to coordinate the memorial ceremony, found a bittersweet silver lining. “What I’m seeing now is a lot of friendships and bonds forming, and its escalating each year,” she said. “So, for me it’s a good thing because some of these families need support that they weren’t getting and now they have friends they met here that they can relate to the same thing.”

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People, some with bouquets of families, gathered around and near the three benches with more than 600 memorial nameplates on the campus of Hewlett High School as 1970s rock music from the Allman Brothers to Steve Miller poured out of a single speaker. The Never Forgotten R.I.P. group begun by Patty Proppe remembers alumni who died. After not having an in-person event last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, a memorial gathering was held on Oct. 9. To those who attend it seems akin to a second gravesite for their loved ones. Proppe, a Woodmere native, established the Hewlett High School Lost Alumni group in 2013, and the related Facebook page Hewlett High School.. Never Forgotten..R.I.P. She said previously that classmates had died during her high school year and were not being properly recognized. This is a way to do that. The bench memorial began in 2017. Before the reading of names of those who died in the past year-plus, Proppe addressed Covid’s impact. “We’ve had a lot of loss over the past 18 months,” she said noting Hewlett alumni as well as those lost to the pandemic worldwide. “It has been a difficult time for so many. Living in a world where for many, many

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HEwlEtt HigH ScHool memorial ceremony coordinator Patty Proppe spoke about the losses endured in the past 19 months. months we could not see people, hug people, be with our families and friends when they needed us the most.” David Friedman, president of the Hewlett-Woodmere Business Association, who lost his sister, Joan, a Hewlett alum, this year, said: “We’ve all had a lot of losses and this last year has not been great.” A moment of silence was observed before the reading of names began. Rose Brous, who lost her husband, Charlie (class of 1972), read names on what was

designated bench one. Married 47 years, Brous said she knew Charlie since she was 17. “The life we lived together was wonderful,” she said. On bench two, Debbie Ellsmore, who lost her best friend Mary Ristano (class of 1972), Proppe’s cousin, read several names and then remembered her BFF. “She was a good friend of mine, I went to all of her shows, we did everything together, I love her and I miss her,” Ellsmore said. Calling herself an “adopted alum”

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Boys Soccer: North Shore at Lawrence .................4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer: Garden City at MacArthur.................4:45 p.m. Girls Soccer: Hewlett at Clarke ..............................4:45 p.m. Football: West Hempstead at Locust Valley ................ 5 p.m. Girls Volleyball: Kennedy at Long Beach .................... 5 p.m. Girls Soccer: Manhasset at South Side ..................... 5 p.m. Football: Bethpage at Hewlett .................................... 6 p.m. Football: Glen Cove at Long Beach ............................ 7 p.m. Football: Elmont at MacArthur ................................... 7 p.m. Football: Carle Place at Malverne .............................. 7 p.m.

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In the blink of an eye — 21 seconds to be exact — Malverne took control of last Saturday’s Nassau Conference IV football game at Lawrence after the teams battled toe-to-toe for the first 23 minutes. The Mules broke a tie with touchdowns on back-to-back plays in the final 50 seconds of the opening half and scored 28 unanswered points on the way to a 34-6 victory. Junior tailback Norman Brown rushed for 100 yards, including the go-ahead score and two-point conversion late in the second quarter, and junior quarterback Farvens Ulysse threw for a touchdown in each half as Malverne (3-2) moved over the .500 mark while dropping the Golden Tornadoes to 1-4. “Offense sells tickets and defense wins championships,” Malverne head coach Kito Lockwood said. “We needed to improve our tackling and spent a lot of time on it this week. Lawrence has some kids we knew we had to

stop.” Malverne’s defense not only tackled well, but it also came up with the biggest play of the afternoon. On Lawrence’s first snap after Brown put the visitors ahead 14-6, junior Michael Williams and sophomore Hugh Wilkerson III pressured quarterback Kayne Robinson and forced a fumble. Wilkerson scooped it up at the 6 and rolled into the end zone with 29 seconds remaining in the half. It was 21-6 after Javier Fuentes’ extra point. “I never gave up on the tackle and got my hand on the ball and stripped it,” Williams said. “When I got up, I saw the ball on the ground and tried to run to it. Then Hugh picked it up and it was all good.” Wilkerson added 7 tackles and fellow sophomore Jedidiah Aidelogie recorded a pair of sacks. “It got us rejuvenated,” Wilkerson said of his touchdown. “I’m never going to forget it.” Lawrence’s lone score came with 3:53 left in the half when senior Kody Kirchner capped a 70-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown. Kirch-

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In a municipality of more than 750,000 people, the Town of Hempstead’s clerk’s office relies on efficiency and transparency to provide various services to its patrons, which includes everything from parking permits to Freedom of Information Law requests. Incumbent Town Clerk Kate Murray will face challenger and first-time candidate Olena Nicks. In a Herald question-and-answer, both candidates provided remarks as to what can be done to improve the clerk’s office in order to best serve an increasingly large and diverse community.

Herald: How can the clerk’s office be further modernized? Murray: I have been focused on present-

ing cost-effective and efficient operations in the town clerk’s office, launching a paperless [Long Island Rail Road] parking pass program. It’s reducing printing costs and conserving natural resources. I have also increased the number of online services in my office, making it more convenient for the public to do business with the clerk’s office. I served the public throughout the Covid pandemic and kept all services open during the pandemic. I initiated innovations such as curbside wedding licenses, Zoom wed-

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Nicks: The clerk’s office can be modernized by creating a FOIL queue system that monitors when requests come in, deadline to answer and whether the request has been responded to. The office also needs an agenda and meeting management system such as board docs that digitizes board meetings and agendas. We need to remove the typewriters, move to scanning all records and having applications electronically. Herald: Do you support outreach to nonEnglish speakers? How can the office be more inclusive? Murray: I value all residents who come to my office and work to ensure that they

are served — no matter what language they speak. The staff in my office is multilingual. Every day we serve residents of many different nationalities, and we are able to assist them in their own language. Earlier this year I even performed a FaceTime wedding with a sign language interpreter. In addition, we have several applications, application instructions and signs in our office in Spanish, the most common non-English language spoken in my office. I have also advocated to have translation services included on the town’s new website.

Nicks: Currently the office can be intimi-

dating to those who are non-English speaking. Truly, it is intimidating to those who speak English. My plan is to ensure that we get around to each community and educate them on the services we offer. Instead of leaving our residents

in the dark, outreach is a number one priority. I want to make sure we have the staff who can support individuals whose English may not be their first language and ensure we have applications in multiple languages. The clerk’s office can also work with an online translation program that will allow a resident to select their desired language when viewing the Town website.

Herald: How would you improve the clerk’s office, aside from further modernization? Murray: Providing tax relief is a key pri-

ority for me — assisting Supervisor [Donald] Clavin in crafting a tax freeze budget for 2021 and a tax cut budget for 2022. I am also controlling costs by implementing online and paperless services in the Clerk’s Office.

Nicks: I would look to streamline servic-

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by the board and upon filing the law with New York Secretary of State: “no person shall be eligible to be appointed as Village Clerk, Deputy Village Clerk, Village Treasurer, Deputy Village Treasurer, and Associate Village Justice, who is not a resident of Nassau County,” the new law reads. Michelle Blandino, who serves as the village clerk for Hewlett Neck and Woodsburgh wrote in an email that, considering their local laws, “those villages adopted provisions relating to residency for appointed positions in 1989.” All three villages share the same Village Hall in Hewlett. Cedarhurst Village Clerk-Treasurer Administrator Sal Evola confirmed that the village’s residency rules are different. Elected Cedarhurst officials, such as mayor, trustees and judge, must live in the village, but his position as village clerk-treasurer and the associate village justice position, “must be a resident of Nassau County,” he said. Hewlett Harbor Deputy Mayor Len Oppenheimer is not aware of any written residency requirements for Hewlett Harbor officials. Oppenheimer said: “Hewlett Harbor looks for the highest quality people for the roles.”

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continued from front page as it receded, brought more foreign substances and nutrients to the pond, which led in turn to the growth of more unwanted, oxygen-robbing algae. As the pond continued to fill with muck and was blanketed with duckweed, wildlife in and around it struggled. The village hired an environmental engineer, who formerly worked for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, to help with a pond management plan. Dredging a pond is expensive and destructive. “It’s quick and effective, but it’s a multimillion-dollar project,” Oppenheimer said. “We decided to go about it in a more natural, respectful way for the environment.” In 2013, the village joined forces with Dru Associates — a waste management company— and the DEC to devise a variety of methods to reduce or eliminate duckweed and excess nutrients as part of an ever-changing pond management plan. That same year, muck pellets were introduced to the pond. The pellets release enzymes and bacteria that help dissolve dead matter, making room for more pond water. When there is more sediment than water, the water heats up faster, producing gases and nutrients that disrupt wildlife in and around the pond. “We have a saying,” Oppenheimer said. “The solution to pollution is dilution.” An herbicide called Clipper SC was used for the first time in 2018. This, according to Oppenheimer, is an extreme measure, requiring permits and licensing from the DEC. Because duckweed grows atop still water, the village began installing fountains and circulators in 2019. These, according to the December 2020 Management Plan, have made it easier to prevent the growth of duckweed and the accumulation of nutrients that cause algae, resulting

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in increasing pond oxygen levels and improving ecology below the surface. “We have movement — we have less muck,” Village Clerk Michael Ryder said. The management plan will continue to evolve as it is assessed annually, village officials said. According to Oppenheimer, keeping the pond clear of duckweed alone costs nearly $30,000 a year. Since 2018, the $6,000-per-treatment Clipper herbicide has been used at least four times, most recently in July 2020. This, along with the fountains and circulators, has killed significant duckweed covering on the pond and eliminated the need for any herbicide treatments this summer, which saved about $12,000.

With less dead-duckweed muck on the bottom and the consistent application of muck pellets, the pond’s water quality should continue to improve. This summer’s rains created a better natural water-to-muck ratio, allowing inpond oxygen flow and diluting foreign nutrients to prevent algae growth. “I’ll tell you, we had a great year,” Ryder said. Hewlett Bay Park Village Trustee Antonio Olivero, who lives by Willow Pond, was involved in the maintenance process for a long time. Reflecting on all that has been done to clean it up, Olivero said simply, “We can enjoy the pond now.”

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to the provisions of Section 202-a of the Town Law of the State of New York, as amended, the Commissioners of the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District, formerly known as the West Long Beach Sewer District, have filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, where they may be inspected by any interested person during Town office hours, 9:00am to 4:45pm, Monday through Friday, the Estimates and Proposed Assessment Roll for the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District, in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, for the fiscal year beginning January l, 2022. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that public hearings upon the adoption of the aforesaid Assessment Roll will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, pursuant to the provisions of Section 239 of the Town Law of the State of New York, in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, l Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on October 20th, 2021, at 2:30 p. m. of that day, and on October 20th, 2021, at 7:00 p. m. of that day, at which hearings any person may be heard in favor of or against the adoption of said Assessment Roll. Dated: Hempstead, New York October 2021. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127858 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF LAWRENCE Sealed Bids for CONTRACT 2116C 2021 CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT (ESTIMATED COST $75,000.00 TO $125,000.00) VILLAGE ENGINEER: SHL ENGINEERING, P.C. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT SEALED PROPOSALS must be received by the Village Board of Trustees at their offices at 196 Central Avenue, Lawrence, New York 11559 on: Thursday October 21, 2021 at 10:00 AM at which time they will be publicly opened and read with the Contract to be awarded as soon thereafter as practicable. All bids shall be in accordance with the specifications, drawings and terms of the proposed contracts.

No bids shall be received unless made in writing on forms furnished by the Village and unless accompanied by a certified check or bid bond made payable to the Village of Lawrence in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the base bid. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality therein. The Village will not accept bids from, or award contracts to, anyone who cannot prove to the complete satisfaction of the Board of Trustees that he has sufficient experience in this type of work and is financially able and organized to successfully carry out the work required in the specified time. Plans and specifications will be available and may be obtained at the Village Hall, 196 Central Avenue, Lawrence, New York, 11559, starting at 10:00 AM, Thursday, October 14, 2021, and thereafter, during normal Village business hours. A nonrefundable fee of $50.00 is required for each USB Flash Drive containing the contract documents. The authorized contact for any questions regarding this proposal should be directed to: Stephen Lawniczak, P.E. SHL Engineering, P.C. P.O. Box 1759 Huntington, New York 11743 Phone: 631-786-0190 email: slawniczak@shlengineeri ngpc.com Dated: Lawrence, New York 11559 October 5, 2021 For the BOARD OF TRUSTEES By: RONALD GOLDMAN, VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR 127887

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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 Old Town Hall, 350 Front St., Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 10/20/21 at 9:30 A.M. & 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals in Hewlett, Inwood and Woodmere: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.

561/21. HEWLETT - Harry Itzkovitz, Variances, lot area occupied, rear yard, maintain deck attached to dwelling., W/s Hereford Rd., 420’ N/o Lakeview Dr., a/k/a 1602 Hereford Rd. N.C.P.C. Local determination. 563/21. 564/21. INWOOD Chumie Becher, Variance, front yard setback on Westcott St., construct 2nd story addition & 2-story additions all attached to dwelling; Maintain 4’ high solid fence forward of dwelling on Spaulding La. without clear site triangles on owner’s driveway & neighbor’s driveway., N/w cor. Westcott St. & Spaulding La. a/k/a 25 Westcott St. N.C.P.C. Local determination. 565/21. WOODMERE Jeremy Scott Boczko & Arielle H. Lilker, Variances, front yard average setback, lot area occupied, construct 1-story addition & open front porch to dwelling., N/s Pine St., 117.8’ E/o Cedar La., a/k/a 139 Pine St. N.C.P.C. Local determination. THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 PM 584/21. INWOOD - NBP II Inwood LLC, Special exception to park in front yards on Craft St., Roger Ave. & Cherry St.; Special exception to park in Res. “B” District (proposed loading dock to existing warehouse)., N/W cor. Bayview Ave. & Craft St. running thru to Roger Ave. & Cherry St., a/k/a 500 Bayview Ave. S.E.Q.R. determination not made. 585/21. INWOOD Yeshiva Ketana Of Long Island, Special exception for expansion of educational use with insufficient outdoor activity area & exceeding number of allowable students; variances, height in a residence “B” district, height, exceeds number of stories in a business district; variance in off-street parking & parking in the front yard setback on Doughty Blvd. with insufficient maneuvering aisle, construct 3-story addition & 3rd story addition both with roof top recreation area & 10’ high fence attached to existing building on a larger lot., W/s Doughty Blvd., 316.88’ N/o Mott Ave., a/k/a 321 Doughty Blvd. S.E.Q.R. determination not made. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Hewlett, Inwood and Woodmere within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar on

10/20/21. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ hearings/105-hearing-1020-2021 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ board-of-appeals/livestreaming-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. By order of the Board of Appeals, David P. Weiss, Chairman Albert Jaegers, Secretary 127849

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the LAWRENCE NORTH FIRE DISTRICT, Nassau County, New York at the Sherwood, 311 Rockaway Turnpike Lawrence, New York on the 19th day of October, 2021 at 6:00 P.M. for the purpose of considering the proposed Fire District Budget for the 2022 fiscal year. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED in the matter will be heard at such time and place. Dated:Lawrence, New York September 21, 2021. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS LAWRENCE NORTH FIRE DISTRICT. MICHELLE BOCCI Secretary 127885 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Preliminary Budget for the Town of Hempstead for the fiscal year beginning January l, 2022, has been adopted by the Town Board and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, at Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, where it may be inspected by any interested person during Town office hours, 9:00am to 4:45pm, Monday through Friday. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Town Board shall hold public hearings on the Preliminary Budget, showing such changes, alterations and revisions as may have been made therein by the Town Board pursuant to Subdivision 3 of Section l06 of the Town Law of the State of New York, in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, l Washington Street, Village and Town

of Hempstead, New York, on October 20th, 2021, at 2:30 p. m. of that day, and October 20th, 2021, at 7:00 p. m. of that day. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section l08 of the Town Law that the proposed salaries of the following chief officers of this Town are specified as follows: Supervisor- $160,000.00 Town Councilmembers $426,000.00 (Six at $71,000.00) Town Clerk $106,500.00 Receiver of Taxes $130,000.00 Dated: Hempstead, New York October , 2021. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127857 LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date: October 21, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-03-5603 , Debbie M. Magids as Trustee of the Debbie M. Magids Living Trust, 134 Bermuda Street, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. Applicant proposes to construct a two story FEMA compliant single family dwelling and is seeking relief for a variance of the Village Codes Section 250-20 Height, permitted height 26 feet, proposed height 27.9 feet. Section 250-21 Lot coverage, permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 30% of the area, proposed lot coverage 39.88%. Section 250-23A Side yards, permitted side yard setback 4 feet, proposed 3.8 feet. Section 250-25 Permitted encroachments A (2) One-story open porches and terraces not exceeding freeboard elevation and projecting not more than six feet into a front yard, proposed front porch projecting 8 feet into the front yard setback. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 10, Lot 46 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours

Dated: October 2, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 127888 LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency: Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date: October 21, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#20-10-5479 , Bernice Safrin, 2010 Bay Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. Applicant proposes to construct a two story single family dwelling with rear balconies and a raised rear deck and is seeking relief for a variance of the Village Codes Section 250-20 Height, B. Roof slopes less than four feet vertically for every 12 feet horizontally shall have a maximum height of 24 feet to peak, including parapet walls for properties east of the street center line southbound of the west side of The Plaza and the east side of Acapulco Street, north of Atlantic Boulevard, proposed height 24.6 feet. Section 250-21 Lot coverage, permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 30% of the area, proposed lot coverage 42.52%. Section 250-24 Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least 25 feet, proposed rear yard to raised balconies 22 feet and 10 feet to raised rear deck. Section 250-108 Prohibited and restricted uses (J) (flat roof), Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 78, Lots 4-6 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated:October 2, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 127889 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Align Concierge Moving and Organizing Specialists LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 09/14/2021. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has

been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 1010 Northern Blvd. Suite 320, Great Neck, NY 11021 USA Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. 127761 LEGAL NOTICE Formation of FREEPORT DEV, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/2021. Office loc.: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail process to Ashish Parikh, The Meadows Office Complex, 301 Rte. 17 N., Ste. 802, Rutherford, NJ 07070. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 127721 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 60-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held September 23, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 60-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 60-2021, amending Section 202-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at various locations. Dated: September 23, 2021 Hempstead, New Yor BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127860 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 61-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held September 23, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 61-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 61-2021, amending

Section 197-5 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include “ARTERIAL STOPS” at various locations. Dated: September 23, 2021 Hempstead, New Y BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127861 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that public hearings will be held as to the following subjects: Agency:Board of Trustees, Village of Woodsburgh Date:November 15, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place:Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York Subject:WDS 2102. A local law to amend the Code of the Village of Woodsburgh in relation to special permits and special use permits. WDS 2104. A local law to amend Chapter 150 of the Code of the Village of Woodsburgh in relation to the definition of impervious site coverage. WDS 2105. A local law to amend Chapter 150 of the Code of the Village of Woodsburgh in relation to prohibition of chain link fencing in certain circumstances. WDS 2106. A local law to amend Chapter 150 of the Code of the Village of Woodsburgh in relation to requirements for plantings. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. The proposed laws are Unlisted Actions pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, as to which no environmental determinations have been made. Any person having a disability which would inhibit attendance at or participation in any of the hearings should notify the Village Clerk at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to facilitate such attendance and participation. All relevant documents may be inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York, during regular business hours. Dated: October 6, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 127886

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Q. We leased a store that used to be a personal trainer and are putting in a retail space to sell health supplements and goods. We were told that we need a permit when we called to ask the building department, but as we are meeting our neighboring storeowners, they tell us they didn’t need permits, and that the stores are “grandfathered.” We’re only painting and not even changing the flooring, so I’m wondering, do we really need floor plans and a permit, and what is the permit for? needs a permit, although many shop owners are either told by landlords that it’s up to the tenant, even though the landlord is actually the responsible party, or both tenant and landlord just don’t get a permit. Because obtaining a building permit is often not a simple task, takes time and costs money, most people want to avoid it.

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I remember the surprised reaction I got from a building department when I was working with a landlord with 20 tenants to make sure each occupancy was documented and up to code. The official told me he wished every landlord were so honest and concerned. I wondered why enforcement and cooperation aren’t consistent. Some get away with things for years without question, and others are strictly scrutinized. There are basic reasons for getting a permit and regulations that created that need for good intentions. Safety for occupants, the community, emergency rescuers and the environment are one layer of why the requirement is in place, along with preventing traffic and parking congestion as well as public nuisances like noise and other types of pollution. Permits aren’t passed from one use or occupancy to another. A nail salon can’t just transition to a computer store. Believe it or not, if you open a restaurant that used to be a bar, and/or if the number of seats and layout is changed, the aisle width between seats and the number of restrooms must meet disability and plumbing codes. Different types of food and beverage sales must be safety regulated by building and health department review. The key word is safety, and most people take it for granted, but it doesn’t just happen. The reason for having accurate plans is so there is documentation of what you plan to do, how and where equipment and fixed-in-place furnishings will be placed, and notes reflecting the law and building codes so that everyone involved — from designers to builders to the operators of the establishment and the landlord — is on the same page, no exceptions. Your landlord is the end-all responsible party, even if he or she leaves the permit process up to you. Don’t be misled by the false statement that it’s your responsibility. If anything, your landlord should be accommodating you with surveys of the property and information to get you through the process. Good luck! © 2021 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

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ong Island recently lost its last Sears, that once ubiquitous powerhouse retailer that sold a range of goods, from sturdy jeans to solidly built power tools and refrigerators. Started in 1893 as a mail-order catalog to peddle watches to farmers, Sears built a favorable reputation through much of the 20th century as a mainstay of America’s burgeoning middle class. By the time I was born in 1967, Sears was the world’s largest retailer, serving as an anchor tenant at malls across the land. Construction on Sears Tower in SCoTT Chicago — which became the world’s BRINToN tallest skyscraper, at 1,450 feet — began in 1969 and was completed four years later. Called Willis Tower these days, it’s now the world’s 12th tallest building. Sears once boasted locations throughout Long Island, including in Valley Stream, New Hyde Park, Garden City and Hicksville. The final holdout was at the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa, where about a third of the storefronts are vacant, Newsday recently reported. My childhood is inextricably linked to Sears. Every year in August, my parents, both teachers, brought my brother and me to

Sears at the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, in Suffolk County, to buy school clothes. I knew then that summer’s carefree days were fading, and classes would soon begin. It was always a big deal to make the trip from our home in then rural Yaphank to the mall, which, growing up in farm country, seemed to me like the epitome of modernity. At Sears, clothes were always purchased first. Then my mom and dad would spend time in the tools section. They were also artists with a two-story stone studio behind our house, where they kept all their carving instruments, always bought from Sears. After Sears, it was on to next-door Friendly’s for lunch or dinner. I ordered the same meal every time — the fried clams platter, followed by mint chocolate chip ice cream. Then we’d stop at the camping goods store to buy scouting equipment, the bookstore for art and children’s books, and the pet store for dog’s toys and treats. We followed nearly the same routine every trip to the mall. It was a family outing. More than that, it was a cultural experience shared by so many millions of middle-class Americans. To a kid growing up surrounded by forest and field, the mall — Sears in particular — represented the height of civilization. It seems strange to write this all these

years later, as we watch the slow death of the once mighty Sears. At its peak in the early 1970s, the company employed 350,000 people. When Kmart purchased Sears in 2004, Wall Street hedge fund manager Edward Lampert was appointed CEO of the new Sears Holdings Corporation. Over the next decade, the company’s revenue dropped precipitously, and 175,000 workers lost their jobs. Fewer than 50 Sears stores remain today. Sears gave us a number of iconic American brands, including Kenmore Appliances, Craftsman Tools, Allstate Insurance and the Discover Card. From 1908 to 1940, Sears even sold kits enabling people to construct their own homes. Today some 70,000 to 75,000 of these houses, most in the Northeast and Midwest, dot the land, according to a 2016 Popular Mechanics article. Kits started at $450. Today many of these homes sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In so many ways, through so many decades, Sears was an innovator, a paragon of American capitalism that helped define the American landscape, even the American psyche. Sears was the go-to store for our everaspirational middle class. What the heck happened? Apparently, Walmart happened, then Amazon. Sam Walton founded Wal-Mart Stores in 1962 as a discount chain. By 1990 it had become the world’s largest retailer.

hat the heck happened to the legendary retailer? Walmart and Amazon.

Walmart has never been about the shopping experience, about shared cultural identity, the way Sears and other such retailers once were. It has always been about selling goods at the lowest prices. With middle-class wages starting to stagnate in the early 1970s, shopping was no longer a pleasure-seeking experience for many, but an existential crisis. From 1973 to 2013, the typical American worker’s productivity rose 74.4 percent, but that same worker’s hourly compensation increased a paltry 9.2 percent, or a quarter percent per year — hardly enough to keep pace with inflation, which was out of control in the 1970s and early ’80s, peaking at 12 to 13 percent per year before starting to decline in the mid-1980s and averaging 2 to 3 percent per year since 1993. If you’re wondering why Americans abandoned Sears and other mall mainstays in favor of Walmart and, later, Amazon, it can all be summed up in a single word — price. No doubt, Sears executives made their blunders. At some point, the retailer stopped innovating. The Sears that I first strolled through as a child was pretty much the same Sears that my wife and I shopped in for appliances when we bought our Merrick home in 2002. Economic forces beyond the company’s control, though, were largely to blame. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

Into the abyss, and discovering a new world

ome octopuses probably could score better than I did on an SAT. It’s hard to figure, though, since they can’t hold a pen or read the questions, but that’s just me being humancentric. Scientists have discovered that cephalopods, octopuses in particular, are super smart and seemingly capable of what we humans call feelings. If you saw the Netflix documentary “My Octopus Friend,” you get it. A diver forms a relationship with an octopus that swims to him whenever he scuba dives and RANDI actually cuddles her KREISS body against him. It is a powerful account of crossspecies attachment. In one memorable study, hidden cameras in a marine lab caught an octopus climbing out of his tank at night to crawl into a neighboring tank where he could dine on starfish. The big brains couldn’t figure out why the starfish were disappearing until they checked out the lab’s videotape. Today is World Octopus Day, which coincided with me turning the last page on a love-

ly read, “The Brilliant Abyss,” by Helen Scales. (And yes, her last name is also a happy coincidence.) She studies life in the vast deep oceans around the world, focusing on creatures that live 3,000 to 7,000 feet below, in the freezing, murky darkness that has been a mystery up until recent years. Her book and World Octopus Day remind us of yet another natural resource we are about to squander. Scales mentions the deep-sea fish known as orange roughy, which has become quite popular in recent years. The real name of the fish is slimehead, which was a no-go. So the name was changed, and the fish, which live at extreme depths, are now being caught by the mega-tons with new technology. Scales agrees that orange roughy is delicious, but she points out that the fish live to some 200 years. They have thrived in the black world 5,000 feet below unharmed until now. The entree on your dinner plate could have hatched 50 years before the Civil War. According to Scales, the trawlers have nets and weights that crash into the underwater mountain ranges that are loaded with coral and destroy the outcroppings in the process. Some of those corals have been alive for millennia. She says that submersibles

have collected samples from the deepest parts of the oceans that reveal new life forms, even new bacteria, which may hold revolutionary cancer-fighting properties. We need to find out before it’s gone. Swimming through the abyss are giant octopi, some growing to 20 feet across. They have been found as deep as 5,000 feet. At the same depths, whale carcasses have been found, covered in blankets of red, furry worms. The oddities and miraculous discoveries abound. Naturally, human beings are about to sink the ship. Scales talks about the emergence of underwater mining. Technology has permitted mining for metals at ever-greater depths. Giant ocean-going machines have begun to dig up the bottom of our seabeds, disturbing animals and coral and minerals that have lain there for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. Only now are environmental groups beginning to take action against these mining operations. The first day that the first human dropped a line into the ocean was a bad day for marine wildlife. Nearly every species is under pressure from overfishing, even as fishing technology is improving, making it possible to kill tons of fish at a time. Giant

espite our degradation of its home, an octopus cuddles with a familiar scuba diver.

net fishing creates collateral damage for tons of innocent victims, the turtles and dolphins and other species that are caught up in the nets. In the 1900s, humans killed more than twice the number of sperm whales that remain alive today. We used up what was within reach and now we are digging at increasing depths. Swimming below, a mile under the surface, are creatures like zombie worms and vampire squid, nine-foot tube worms, phosphorescent jellyfish, and awesome red feather worms without guts of any kind that carry their own harem of dwarf males waiting to fertilize their eggs. Some of the deepsea gossamer jellies disintegrate as soon as they hit the air; they have only been seen through the tiny viewing windows of submersibles. These precious life forms swim among singular geological formations like hydrothermal vents in the bottom of the oceans. We’ve gone a long way toward fouling up outer space with junk, and we are equally irresponsible in the trashing of our oceans. One of the groups that are trying to preserve the seas around us is oceanconservancy.org. The deep deep is still somewhat pristine, but the giant mining rigs are on their way. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Recalling Long Island’s Indigenous peoples

olumbus Day has been celebrated in the United States since 1971, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation proclaiming it a federal holiday. For years, the holiday has been controversial. It is a source of pride for many ItalianAmericans who commemorate the global reach of Italy’s most celebrated explorer. At the same time, for many others, particularly Native Americans, Columbus’s arrival in the New World in 1492 represents the beginning of centuries of enslavement and war. On Oct. 8, President Biden became the first U.S. president to also proclaim Columbus Day, on Oct. 11 this year, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which began in 1992 as a celebration of native cultures — and a counter-narrative to Columbus’s legendary exploits. For years, American schoolchildren have been taught the Christopher Columbus poem, which begins: In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.

crew of about 90 enslaved six natives of the island, according to history.com. They went on to enslave many others, and to force untold numbers of natives to convert to Christianity through extreme cruelty. The Columbus poem mentions none of this, leaving schoolchildren with only a partial image of the explorer. Long Island was no different than the rest of what became the United States. Native Americans had inhabited the Island for millennia, whaling and fishing for subsistence and sharing a common Algonquian language. Once there were 13 Algonquin tribes spread across the 118-mile-long island, according to the Matinecock Tribal Nation of Long Island. From west to east, they were the: ■ Canarsies ■ Rockaways ■ Matinecocks ■ Merricks ■ Nissequogues ■ Massapeques ■ Secatogues ■ Setaukets ■ Unkechaugs

He sailed by night; he sailed by day; He used the stars to find his way.

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A compass also helped him know How to find the way to go.

■ Manhasetts (which were actually on the very east end of the North Fork, not on Nassau County’s North Shore)

Columbus, as is widely taught, had originally sailed west from Spain, thinking he could arrive in India to trade in spices. He could have, except North America was in the way. He first landed on an unknown island in the Caribbean. The Columbus poem states: Indians, Indians!” Columbus cried; His heart was filled with joyful pride.”

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■ Montauketts Dutch and British colonialists settled on Long Island in the 17th and 18th centuries, chasing most of the Native American tribes from the lands they believed they would peacefully share with the Europeans. Many of the natives were brutalized

If only that were true. On his very first day in the New World, Columbus and his

letters Remembering our fallen heroes To the Editor: On the 20th anniversary of troops first being deployed to Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency and local veterans gathered to break ground on a new war memorial to commemorate the members of the military who bravely served our country in Afghanistan and Iraq. The new monument will be located at Veterans Memorial Park in Eisenhower Park, and will be the first on Long Island, and one of the first in New York state, dedicated to these wars, honoring the 7,000 service members who perished in those

and placed in indentured servitude, spending the rest of their lives enslaved. By 1670, most area Native Americans were gone, according to Newsday’s history project, Long Island Our Story. Today Native Americans remain here in small numbers, primarily concentrated on the Shinnecock Indian Nation reservation, in the Town of Southampton, and the Posspatuck reservation, in the Town of Brookhaven. The Posspatuck reservation has yet to receive federal recognition. The Shinnecock Nation didn’t receive that recognition until 2010, after a 32-year battle to obtain it. Federal recognition allows the nation to operate independently from state and local governments and to build a casino on its reservation. In February this year, it proposed doing just that. About 600 Native Americans live on the 1,200-acre Shinnecock reservation, while another roughly 600 tribal members live off it, and 200 call the 55-acre Posspatuck reservation home. When the Dutch arrived here, there were several thousand Native Americans in the Island’s 13 tribes. Before Europeans’ arrival on Long Island, Native Americans had inhabited it for 11,000 years — more than 550 generations — primarily living in peace. It was a largely unspoiled wilderness; the native peoples had long lived lightly on the land. This is the history that has so rarely been taught in Long Island schools. The decimation of Indigenous peoples has so often been thought of in terms of westward expansion of the United States — the battles for lands across the Midwest and West. How easily we forget that Native Americans were exploited here as early as two centuries before territorial expansion under manifest destiny in the 19th century. This, however, is the history that should be taught, so we might, as Long Islanders, understand why we must fully support the Native Americans who remain here today.

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he race to the progressive left is under way in New York state, with word that New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is forming an “exploratory committee” and may launch a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Kathy Hochul. No serious politician launches an exploratory committee to ponder whether to run. Williams is running. In case you’ve lost track of his political pedigree, he is a founding member of the Progressive CoalironALD J. tion. One revealsnapshot of rosenBerG ing his ideology dates from last year, when he told NY1 that he would seek to block the city’s budget because it didn’t go far enough to defund the New York City Police Department. As a progressive, Williams practices what he preaches. His decision to run a primary against Hochul has enormous implications. It not only means he is making a move on

the governor’s mansion, but it also triggers a series of decisions and events that could crater New York’s future. Hochul will feel the need to move even further left, Attorney General Letitia James will now consider whether she will enter the primary contest, and moderate New Yorkers are going to look far more closely at what the Republican Party has to offer. While James is keeping her own counsel regarding a primary move on Hochul, she has dropped hints at public speaking opportunities in Manhattan that she is seriously considering the race. More insightful, however, is her sudden uptick in appearances on Long Island, a voter-rich target, where she has recently been a keynoter at the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage and County Executive Laura Curran’s gunbuyback news conference. If James were to become governor, even more New York City progressives would emerge in Albany’s version of musical chairs, as former gubernatorial primary candidate Zephyr Teachout has now signaled her intent to run for attor-

oters may end up looking far more closely at what Republicans have to offer.

LeTTers conflicts. Over the past two decades, 2.5 million men and women have volunteered to serve our great nation and protect our freedoms — many of whom did not make it home. All those Americans deserve our deepest gratitude and recognition for their service to our country, and with this memorial, we finally honor the next generation of Americans who have chosen to serve. Thank you to the Nassau County Council Veterans of Foreign Wars, Heroes Among Us and other organizations for partnering with the county to make this monument a reality. The monument will honor those who served and those who perished in battle, but it will also be a tribute to the 30,000 post-9/11 veterans who have died by suicide. The Council Veterans of Foreign Wars will raise funds for the monument, design it and install it. A rendering of the monument was created by 23-year-old Maia Fernandez, of Franklin Square. LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive

Re-elevaluating our transit needs To the Editor: David defeated Goliath when Gov. Kathy Hochul recently put on hold the

ney general if a vacancy were to open. To put things in context, the Progressive Change Committee proclaims Teachout as “one of us” on its website, and back in 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Teachout’s failed run for attorney general. In a state where the population north of the Harlem River is relatively small and New York City teeters on de facto de Blasio socialism, no candidate can take Long Island’s massive voting bloc for granted, which could very well make the difference in whether Hochul, Williams or James is able to defeat the Republican gubernatorial candidate. For the moment, that GOP standard bearer is Long Island’s own Lee Zeldin. Yet much could happen to the current frontrunner between now and his party’s nominating convention. His recent announcement that he is currently in remission from leukemia is a dramatic reminder that life can intrude on candidacies. This much is clear: The state’s business community, which depends on a stable, safe and rational environment in

which to employ tens of millions of people, would develop the dry heaves if a progressive candidate were to become New York’s next governor. Progressives’ unequivocal anti-business manifesto, which ran Amazon’s proposed headquarters out of Queens, was a clear message to every CEO, entrepreneur and employer. It is no longer a question of Republican or Democrat. Williams’s potential decision to run for governor defines a very clear ideological abyss that will have moderates, and the business community as a whole, contemplating their future as New Yorkers. One can hope that there is truth to the axiom that American politics has always been about pendulum swings, but with a statewide political party that made the closing of Rikers Island and defunding the police stated policy, it might be time for Long Island to consider that aspirational dream of becoming the 51st state. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

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LaGuardia Air Train project, to the dismay of all the pay-to-play special interests, such as construction contractors and unions, that made political contributions in recent years to then Gov. Andrew Cuomo, hoping for a piece of the $2 billion initiative. Since Cuomo failed to deliver, will they now ask him for refunds from the $18 million campaign re-election fund that he no longer needs? In our new Covid-19 world, the Port Authority, New York City Transit subway and bus, and Long Island and Metro North Rail Roads all have had to re-evaluate anticipated future ridership growth projections. Who has seen the updated anticipated ridership figures for the Air Train? Were there really going to be 9,000 daily riders? Is there an independent cost-benefit analysis to justify the cost of this project? Who would go to an LIRR Station, wait for a train, change at Jamaica, then Woodside for a Port Washington train to Mets Willets Point to reach the Air Train? Most would drive, take a car service, Uber or taxi, which would be faster and more convenient. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

Egrets in Oak Neck Break — Bayville

CorreCTions Due to an editing error, Jerry Kremer’s column in the Sept. 23-29 issue, “What’s next for two sharp, young county executives?” mistakenly stated that the combined population of Nassau and Suffolk counties is larger than that of 37 states. The two counties’ combined population of just over 2.83 million is larger than that of only 15 states, according to census.gov.

In the Five Towns Guide that was included in last week’s newspaper Peninsula Public Library is not closed on Thursdays. Currently, the hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s Rockville Centre office phone number is (516) 766-8383.

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