Nassau Herald 10-20-2022

Succos Fair and fun in the park

the news of the Five Towns

Chris Stefan

Take part in a beach

Come to the country fair

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

The two-day Rock Hall Country Fair is on schedule for the second consecutive year, after being canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Conceived 37 years ago by longtime Rock Hall Museum director Linda Bar riera, the fair celebrates early America, and connects the past with the present through crafts, historical educators and entertainment.

Amy Vacchio, who became the director of the museum after Barriera died in April, described the fair as a “big deal.” “It’s a wonderful place for the community to go,” Vacchio said, referring to the muse um, which is owned and operated by the Town of Hempstead and where she has worked for 23 years. “It represents our his tory on Long Island and in New York. It predates the Revolutionary War and is a wonderful asset. It’s an example of surviv ing Georgian architecture, and the fair is a

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Focusing on Holocaust education in the public schools

By KEPHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com

There is a renewed emphasis on Holocaust education thanks to a new state law signed in August by Gov. Kathy Hochul, requiring public school district superintendents to attest in a survey that their schools are making the Holocaust part of classroom instruction.

Survey responses must be submitted by Nov. 10. The survey asks whether elementary, middle and high schools are providing instruction related to the Holo caust, how they are doing so and what type of training educators

have received in the subject.

The American Jewish Com mittee praised the new law. “As the number of Holocaust survi vors dwindles, Holocaust educa tion becomes more challenging,” said AJC Regional Director Eric Post. “Expanding Holocaust edu cation is the biggest challenge this generation of Jews will have in the future, and increasing education levels in New York State schools is imperative.”

While information from the State Education Department will detail what compliance with the law will look like, Holocaust edu cation is already a requirement in the Lawrence School District,

from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Using resources provided by the state, which include funda

mentals of teaching the Holo caust from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and lesson plans from the Anti-Defamation League and the Museum of Jew ish Heritage, Lawrence has implemented an extensive Holo caust curriculum.

“We have so many families in our district that have oral histo

ries of having lost family mem bers to the horrors of the Holo caust,” Superintendent Ann Ped ersen said. “We join with one of our local yeshivas, HAFTR, to participate at the middle school level in Names, Not Numbers.” HAFTR is the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway.

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Monica Rzewski/Herald file

VIVIANA, lEFT, RoBIN and Frank Sita with a new friend at last year’s Rock Hall Country Fair, which is set for this weekend at 199 Broadway in Lawrence.

We don’t want to traumatize 6-yearold kids, but we do want to start teaching them.

ANDREA BolENDER Board chair, Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County

A pair of fun fair days in Cedarhurst Park

Family-friendly entertainment from Benny Friedman, Eli Mar cus and DJ Gary Wallin, games, kosher food, a petting zoo and rides filled Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park for the two-day Succos Fair on Oct. 15 and 16.

A partnership between Community Chest South Shore and the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC, along with several sponsors including the Herald, the fair

celebrates the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Succos — or Sukkot, depending on whether you use the Sephardic or the Ashkenazi word — marks the 40 years that the Jewish people spent in the desert as they made their way to the Promised Land after being freed from slavery in ancient Egypt.

— Jeffrey Bessen

NASSAU HERALD —

Joe Abate/Herald photos

Families head down the giant slide on the first day of the two-day Succos Fair in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park.

The schniTzel BroThers brought their unique form of entertainment to the fair.

raBBi mordechai Benhaim and family, Ayraham, Ayala and Sharona Benhaim at the Succos Fair.

What do you notice? What do you pay attention to? What do you give credence to?

When I asked Sean these questions, he responded, “I don’t know. Life just feels like one long, dark pas sage to nowhere.”

“Well then,” I said, “it’s time for you to become aware of what you’re notic ing.” Much to his surprise, Sean noticed that his moods had a pattern to them; they were far from random.

■ He noticed his depression began when he wasn’t doing something he considered valuable. Wasting time or hanging with friends seemed okay but at the end of the day, it made him feel worthless. What did I do today? Noth ing worthwhile, he concluded. Yes, he was his toughest critic and simply didn’t do enough to earn his own approval!

■ He noticed how often he listened to the news, feeling overwhelmed, unable to have any influence on the terrible events he heard about. He’d then con

The art of noticing

clude that he couldn’t do anything meaningful in life. Feeling shamed, he’d have a few drinks, curl up in bed, and view himself as a “poor pathetic excuse of a man.”

a nap or even go on vacation.

Person to Person

■ He noticed how often he interpreted events in a selfcritical, harsh manner. Like when his friend Mike didn’t return his call, his immediate interpretation was that I must have done something wrong. It never occurred to him that Mike might be busy, negligent, or forgetful. No indeed. Sean always noticed some thing that made him the culprit. No wonder he was depressed!

Once Sean noticed the origins of his depressive thoughts, he was hoping he could correct them. Though he knew he felt better when he had something to do, he needed to reassure himself that it was okay, at times, to do nothing. He didn’t have to continually justify his existence. He could have a day off, take

Sean noticed how much smarter it was to think about alternative interpre tations before immediately accepting his first one. Thus, when his friend Mike didn’t return his call, he asked himself, is Mike telling me that he doesn’t give a damn about me, or is this Mike’s style? Aha! The answer was right in front of his eyes when Sean remembered that Mike was so laid back with his friends that they called him “Mike Manana.”

Sean noticed that it’s not a good time to problemsolve when he’s feeling agitated or depressed. That was the time to calm down. To help him do so, he noticed courses on meditation and stress reduc tion techniques that he could sign up for. After taking the courses, he learned how to calm himself before trying to resolve any thorny issues. He now notices that he feels far less depressed

Pithy, witty and wise

While some may not think so, anyone can write a column of 800 words, especially when describing what should only require 500 words!!

What’s really tricky is reducing a com plex concept or sophisticated observation or timely life lesson to one concise, suc cinct, incisive, penetrating and appropri ate line or phrase.

Below are several such offerings pre sented by readers who, as my Aunt Zoey points out, would rather write this col umn, than read it!

■ The guy who always claims to be “right behind you” is, indeed, very rarely up front.

■ “Watch the gap” should also apply to

understanding.

■ A gift publicly given is often a token of affecta tion.

■ Some folks are “harp ists” because they harp on every little thing.

■ Just because you’ve shoved it down someone’s throat doesn’t mean they’ve swallowed it.

■ Better to suggest, “you might” than to announce, “you should have.”

■ Ever notice that pitcher can rarely hit? So, to, the guy with the thousand

Unreserved Judgment

questions never seems to provide as single answer.

■ Folks with hands too big will often criticize their gloves for being too small.

■ No one would keep a Waze that directed them to stand still, hold on, remain in place or wait and see; yet, often, that’s the advice we give ourselves.

and far more effective.

Now, I ask you, what do you notice? What thoughts do you pay attention to? What ideas do you give credence to? And how do they affect your moods, thoughts, actions and non-actions?

As a fun exercise, see if you can increase noticing enjoyable ideas and interesting events while you decrease noticing worrisome ideas and terrible events. And if noticing what’s in the news every day gets you down, sub scribe to Nice News.com for a change of pace. Yes, there are wonderful things happening in the world today. The more you notice them the more headway you’ll make in becoming the person you want to be!

©2022

Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives and overcome pro crastination and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

Ron GoLdman

■ It’s not an accident that he who attaches too much “I’m “ to what he deems pertinent, eventually becomes impertinent.

■ Never say you’re no place. You’re always someplace, just not always in the right place, though from there you can always find your place.

■ Those who promise you they can pull

strings, are usually just stringing you along.

■ Misery does not love company; the miserable do!

■ Ingrates bite the hand that feeds them, but fools feed that hand that bites them.

■ Some have been born too soon; some have been born too late; but the saddest are those who have borne too much.

■ For all too many, “going green” means with envy.

And Zoey’s favorite: Many words can fill a page, but one fine line can complete a thought.

© 2022 Ron Goldman

Crime WatCh

Larceny from Auto

■ On Oct. 8 at 4:24 a.m., it was reported that an unidentified person stole $10 from an unlocked parked vehicle in North Woodmere.

Petit Larceny

■ An unidentified woman removed assorted merchandise from the 7- Eleven in Hewlett at 9:14 a.m. on Oct. 12.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

Linda Sapadin

Lawrence florist Chris Stefan dies at 92

Longtime business district staple considered customers like family

By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

For more than two-thirds of his life –66 years to be exact – Chris Stefan, owner of Stefan’s Florist at the intersec tion of Central Avenue and Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence, was a wellknown Five Towns florists. He died on Oct. 14. Stefan was 92.

Born on June 8, 1930, Stefan grew up in Manhat tan on the east side after his parents emigrated from Sparta, Greece. He gradu ated from Seward Park High School and moved to Lawrence in 1956.

He opened his first store on Central Avenue near Gino’s Pizza in Lawrence. As his business grew, so did the size of the store. He had to change location multiple times. He moved in 1965 and 1987 to its current location at 301 Central Ave., never leaving Law rence.

“He’s moved multiple times,” said Danae Stefan, Stefan’s daughter. “He’s always been right there.”

Stefan was accepted with open arms when he opened his business in Law rence, by the majority Jewish communi ty. He grew up Greek Orthodox but took the time to become acquainted with the people in the Five Towns. Most impor tantly, learn their traditions.

“He took his time to learn both the Reform and Orthodox communities tradi tions,” said his son Steven. “I grew up with the United Nations of people. From all of his employees, they represented every sin gle ethnicity. People were people.”

Friends and current and former employees of Stefan are remembering

the longtime florist through Facebook, emails and text messages to the family. Though she was aware of her father’s relationships with his customers, Dane’s amazed by the volume of remem brance messages.

“I have hundreds of emails and text messages we are trying to keep up with,” she said. “You’re talking about somebody that knew so many people. He loved people, and they loved him.”

When asked if their father had any hobbies the siblings answered simulta neously, his work. “It was his life, Danae said. “It was all of his contacts.”

The family remembers Stefan as a family man. Not only to his own relatives but also to people he knew as well. “His family wasn’t just us,” Steven said. “His family was all of his customers.”

Services will be held at Perry Funer al Home in Lynbrook on Oct. 18 and Oct. 19. He will be buried at St. Paul Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Hempstead on Oct. 20.

Stefan was pre-decreased by his wife Vickie of 60 years, and three sisters, Georgia, Helen, and Mary. He is sur vived by his children, Danae, Jimmy and Steven, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

“Chris was a very good, kind man with a heart of gold who supported charitable institutions of every reli gious denomination, including many in the Orthodox Jewish community,” Law rence resident Ben Brafman wrote in an email. “We will miss him and we extend our sincere condolences to his entire family.”

Courtesy Stefan family FLORiST CHRiS STEFAN, at the Woodbury Jewish Center roughly 30 years ago, was beloved by his customers.

H is family wasn’t just us. His family was all of his customers.

STEvEN STEFAN son

spotlight athlete

Herald sports

Hewlett looks to make statement

By ViNCeNt MatUla sports@liherald.com

The long-term possibilities that can come from a strong start to the season are endless. This holds true with the Hewlett boys’ volleyball team, which is looking to make a strong case of becoming one of the top teams in Conference 2C as the season winds down.

saMaNtha KolB Long Beach Senior Soccer

CoMMitteD to plaY D-1 soccer at Providence College, Kolb is considered the frontrunner to earn a second Conference Player of the Year award in three seasons. The soon-to-be four-time All-County forward/midfielder has the Marines on the verge of the A3 title with a record of 10-1. She leads all of Nassau County in goals this fall with 24, including at least one in all 11 games, and has more than 50 in her career.

soCCeR plaYoFFs

BoYs soCCeR Friday, oct. 21

Class A first round at higher seed 2:30 p.m. tuesday, oct. 25

Class A quarterfinals at higher seed 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, oct. 26 Class AA quarterfinals at higher seed 2:30 p.m. thursday, oct. 27 Class B championship at Plainedge 7:30 p.m. Friday, oct. 28

Class A semifinals at Mitchel Complex 5:30 and 8 p.m. sunday, oct. 30

Class AA semifinals at Mitchel Complex 12:30 and 3 p.m.

giRls soCCeR saturday, oct. 22

Class A quarterfinals at higher seed TBA Wednesday, oct. 26 Class A semifinals at C.S. Harbor TBA

A six-match winning streak set the tone for the Bulldogs to begin their sea son, and the success has continued. With an overall record of 9-2, they’ve already surpassed their win total from last fall (eight) and still have over a week left to play.

“We’re meshing and collaborating much better than last year,” coach Monique Ciccarelli said. “Their defense is much better.”

First-year varsity player Benjamin Rubinoff is one to thank in particular for Hewlett’s defensive effort. Rubinoff cur rently averages just over eight digs per match, and his 93 digs in 11 matches are second most on the team.

“He’s great at defense,” Ciccarelli said. “He’s my utility player, I can put him any where.”

Along with Rubinoff making the jump from JV to varsity, setter Dylan Avdoo has done the same and is doing his part offen sively. Avdoo leads the club in assists (179) and is tied for second in the conference with 36 aces. “He has great hands,” Cicca relli said. “He can kill the ball and has a great serve.”

Also helping guide these newly appointed players is four-year varsity player Kemani Booker. He’s one of three senior captains for Hewlett and has been leading the way with his play. His 197 kills are second most in 2C and fifth-most in Nassau, an average just under 18 per match.

“He plays all the way around,” Cicca relli said. “He can pass, hit, set and can block. He is an outstanding player.”

Setter Jaycen Ng is one of two other senior captains and has been able to keep his head in the game at all times with his constant determination.

“He (Ng) is a focused player,” Ciccarelli

said. “When he’s on the court, he is focused on everything that is happening on that court. He is not worried about any thing else but that moment in that game.”

The other senior captain is libero Yuval Paz, whose 109 digs lead the club and is good for sixth most in 2C.

Unlike other teams in its conference and the entire county, Hewlett has a more team style approach to its matches as the majority of its roster is playing in every contest. “Every game, at least 11 of my 13

players are playing,” Ciccarelli said. “Without a doubt, they’re always working off each other.”

A big test for the Bulldogs begins this week as two crucial matchups with West Hempstead and Manhasset headline their remaining schedule and will be good indi cators to see if Hewlett can make a run.

“We have to be consistent,” Ciccarelli said. “We have to serve aggressively, but consistently.” “We have to be scrappy giv ing everything up.”

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DYlaN aVDoo is Hewlett’s leader in assists and also a key from the service line as his 36 aces suggests.

Bruce Blakeman Nassau County Executive

Don Clavin Town of Hempstead Supervisor

Alex Edelman Mayor, Lawrence

Ed Ra Assemblyman

Ed Fare Mayor, Valley Stream

Webinar

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

“Are you going deaf?”

As annoying as they might be, those four words could very well be signs of hearing loss. And it’s not a bad idea to get it checked out.

Protecting your hearing is exactly what those who tuned in to the recent AARP Long Island webinar series found out, thanks to the expertise of Dr. Lawrence Cardano and Dr. Esther Fogel.

“Out of all the health problems known to the United States, hearing loss is the third-most common health problem amongst adults,” Fogel told those attend ing the recent webinar from Herald Inside LI. That makes hearing loss “even more common than diabetes or some other health problems.”

Nearly 30 percent of adults older than 65 have some degree of hearing loss, the audiologist said, and as many as half of adults older than 75 have hearing loss to some degree.

The free webinar was part of the Octo ber series “Health+Wealth+Self,” which concludes Thursday, Oct. 20 with a focus on protecting older Americans from cyber crime.

Sponsored by AARP Long Island, Ber nard Macias — it’s associate state director — stressed the importance of AARP empowering people older than 50.

“We strengthen communities,” Macias

said. “We advocate for what matters most, with a special focus on health, security, financial stability and personal fulfillment. So, if you’re going to remember anything about AARP, remember we’re all about health, wealth and self.”

Fogel is from Comprehensive Audiolo gy in Lynbrook, while Cardano sees patients at the Hearing Center of Long Island in Valley Stream. Both say getting

health, wealth,

hissing sounds in your ears.

“There are a lot of things that can con tribute to hearing loss and put you more at risk for hearing loss,” Cardano said. “Any thing that affects your health, overall, can affect your hearing.”

Common risks, Cardano mentioned, include high blood pressure, obesity, inac tivity, high cholesterol, smoking and diabe tes.

Hearing loss can have even larger impli cations, the doctors said — like dementia.

“In order for the brain to function prop erly, it needs to receive all the sensory input from our surroundings,” Fogel said. “So, when we’re not hearing all the sounds that we should, the brain is not receiving all the signals that it should be hearing. And that can lead to cognitive decline.”

Don’t panic if you think your hearing might be diminishing, however. There are steps you can take to protect your hearing, such as having your hearing tested, limit ing your exposure to loud noises, eating healthy, and exercising.

your hearing checked out can improve your quality of life. And there are signs anyone can look for when it comes to hear ing loss. Like if people around you seem like they’re mumbling, or you find your self asking people to repeat themselves.

Other signs include struggling to under stand people talking in noisy locations, missing words or phrases on the tele phone, or even hearing ringing, buzzing,

And, if you are diagnosed with hearing loss, Cardano stressed, treat it early.

“All the research is telling us that if you have any hearing loss — even a mild hear ing loss — the easiest way to preserve your hearing clarity is to have it treated and have properly fitted and maintained hear ing aids,” Cardano said.

Register for the final webinar in the series set for Thursday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m., by visiting LIHerald.com/self.

Courtesy Herald Inside LI

DRS. LAWReNce cARDANO and Esther Fogel from Comprehensive Audiology in Lynbrook, joined Herald Inside LI recently for October’s ‘Health+Wealth+Self’ webinar series with Bernard Macias, the associate state director for AARP Long Island, and Michael Hinman, executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers.

Rock Hall’s country fair offers a slice of history

wonderful community event.”

Rock Hall, in Lawrence, was an 18th-century sugar plantation that belonged to Josiah Martin. Born and raised on the Caribbean island of Antigua, Martin decided, at age 68, to move to the South Shore of Long Island, drawn by its proximity to the ocean and New York Harbor. While still managing his plantation in Antigua, he bought 600 acres and built Rock Hall in 1767. During the American Revolution, American patri ots occupied the home.

In the 1820s, the estate began to decline, and the Hewlett family took over the land from 1824 to 1948. Rock Hall was a busy farm home, with wealthy guests using it as a summer guesthouse and then the Hewletts using it as a summer home. By the 1930s, however, the historic home was no longer occupied.

The Hewletts gave the house and the land to the town, and it became a town museum in 1953. The now 3-acre site, at 199 Broadway, hosts programs and events, and the grounds are the site of archaeological digs conducted by Hofstra University, and occasionally the backdrop for movies and televisions shows.

“This is a big event, where over 1,000 people come to Rock Hall and are exposed to this house built in 1767, and hopefully come back to one of the classes that are offered,” Doug Sheer said of the fair. Sheer is president of the Friends of Rock Hall, a 50-year-old organization that supports the museum through fundraising, buying need ed items that “fill in the gaps,” he added.

This year, the fair, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., will feature performances by the National Circus Project and offer workshops for children. The Bob Stump Band will perform bluegrass and other American music. The Five Towns Early Childhood Cen

ter will help visitors make scarecrows, and there will be a pumpkin patch, antique cars, craft vendors and pony rides.

“The Rock Hall Country Fair offers attendees an opportunity to travel back in time and see how Town of Hempstead residents lived back in the colonial era,” Town Supervisor Don Clavin wrote in an email. “This historical fair is also mixed with a traditional fall festi val that includes pumpkin patches and fall-themed arts

and crafts. We’re proud to partner with the Friends of Rock Hall in hosting this beloved event at the Town of Hempstead’s most historical home.”

Craft vendor Mindy Druw travels across the country, from upstate New York to West Virginia and Ohio, and brings the minerals and rocks she finds to the country fair and sells them. “I’ve come to the fair for several years and it’s really, really nice,” Druw said. “The chil dren are really interested in the rocks and minerals.”

Monica Rzewski/Herald file AlyssA, left, IsAbellA and Rocio Valentine painted pumpkins at the 2021 Rock Hall Country Fair.

Surveying Holocaust education in public schools

As part of the international documen tary film project Names, Not Numbers, eighth-graders from both schools interview Holocaust survivors, and the interviews are videotaped.

“It’s important for all people to be educated on the Holocaust,” Pedersen added. “When we speak to our children, we realize how little they know about this tragic part of history. The symbols of hate and the magnitude of the Holo caust must be understood by all. In Lawrence, we feel it more personally.

“At the elementary level, we focus a lot on the social-emotional learning aspects, even for the youngest learn ers,” she said. “What we’ve found is that we really had to educate on what the swastika meant, because kids just didn’t get it. We explain that there are certain symbols and words that are tied to horrific events in history, and that they have an impact. It’s embedded in that global perspective that everything that we say and do impacts other peo ple.”

While Lawrence has designed an extensive curriculum focused on the Holocaust, Andrea Bolender, chair woman of the board of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nas sau County, said that many schools are falling short of what should be required. State Sen. Anna Kaplan and

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic proposed the original bill for the education sur vey in the center’s garden.

“There are many New York schools that do have complete curriculums, but we don’t know which ones,” Bolender said, “and we want to make sure there is some sort of minimum standards that are met.”

Bolender, the daughter of a Holo caust survivor, said that the State Edu cation Department should enforce a minimum standard of Holocaust edu cation for every school, public and pri vate. With education more digitized and conspiracy theories rife on the internet, she said that it is even more important today to begin that education at an early age. While it is difficult to pin down the age at which teaching about the Holocaust should begin, officials say there are age-appropriate methods for teaching younger students.

“We don’t want to traumatize 6-yearold kids, but we do want to start teach ing them,” Bolender said. “We have educators who were raised with survi vors who work with K-through-5 kids on what it means to be kind. Then you can start comparing what it means to be unkind. It makes it easier in fourth or fifth grade to say these unkind actions happened to the Armenians, happened to the Jews, and you can start introducing the idea that words relate to hatred.”

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Courtesy Lawrence Schools

Marc HecHt presented his family’s story of the Holocaust to Lawrence Elementary School students last spring.

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Two arrested for loaded gun in Inwood

After seeing a vehicle failing to remain in its lane heading east on Burnside Avenue in Inwood, police pulled over a 2018 Nissan Rogue at 10:50 p.m., on Oct. 16.

The officers found a semi-automatic loaded gun inside the sport utility vehicle. The driver, Cameron Rasheed, 21, of Lincoln Road, Medford, and Courtney Palmer, 18, of Intervale Avenue, Bronx, were arrested.

Rasheed and Palmer were both charged with second-degree crimi nal possession of a weapon. Rasheed was also issued a summons for a vehicle and traffic law violation. The pair was arraigned at First Dis trict in Hempstead on Oct. 17.

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Everything from loud concerts and sports stadium crowds to chemicals in cigarette smoke and cleaning agents can kill the thousands of tiny hair cells in your inner ear. Learn how to protect your hearing and understand what are the 10 signs of hearing loss you should not ignore.

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Plan now for your future. Being financially secure in retirement is not just about money. It requires planning and a realistic understanding of your needs and wants.

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STEPPING OUT

Anoteworthy milestone

South Shore Symphony celebrates an expressive 40 years

By Karen Bloom

rom their roots in the Five Towns back in 1983, the Rockville Centrebased South Shore Symphony has grown and flourished as a regional orchestra that commands attention. For much of that time — since 1991 — principal cellist Wayne Lipton, the orchestra’s president, has been instrumental in guiding the many phases of its

growth.

“We started to really blossom, added more musicians, when the Rockville Centre Guild for the Arts took us under their umbrella” in 1991, Lipton recalls. And he and his group have never looked back. The orchestra — which performed at South Side Middle School until its move to the then newly-opened Madison Theatre on the Molloy University campus in 2011 — soon become known for their fascinating, challenging repertoire.

WHERE WHEN

• Saturday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.

• Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre

• For tickets, visit MadisonTheatreNY.org or call the box office at (516) 323-4444

“We put everything into it,” Lipton says. “We attracted more musicians and a larger audience. Soon soloists were added into the mix of the all-volunteer orchestra. We kept adding new things.”

conductor Scott Jackson Wiley.

“Wiley is extraordinary,” Lipton says. “He’s done a wonderful job teaching us and moving us forward. His dedication and commitment to the highest musical standards has led us to deliver consistently powerful and moving performances of some of the greatest symphonic works. It takes a special person to commit to an orchestra for that span, and he’s truly deserving of recognition.”

As he will be on Nov. 12, when the orchestra celebrates their beloved conductor’s 25th season with a special concert in his honor. Fen Hsin returns as featured soloist to perform Brahms Violin Concerto. The program also includes ‘Brahms Variations on a Theme” by Haydn and Brahms Symphony No. 4.

Pink Talking Fish

The fusion supergroup has enthralled audience with their special blend of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish since their inception some 10 years ago. What began as a lark for the four jam band musicians has turned into something much more. The band — with Eric Gould on bass, Richard James on keyboards, Zack Burwick on drums, and Cal Kehoe on guitar — has garnered a major following for their inventive combination of tunes from the namesake bands that inspired PTF. Although the music from each act is different, PTF has discovered that fusing the material together creates what the band describes as an ‘amazing story.’

Friday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m. $44.

Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444, or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

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That included collaborating with the local dance company, Leggz Ltd. Dance, performing outdoors each summer in Rockville Centre, and concerts at St. Agnes Cathedral.

The real turning point occurred with the construction of the Madison Theatre.

“We were ecstatic to be offered a real home,” Lipton enthuses.

“We were ecstatic to be offered a real home,” Lipton enthuses.

The feeling is mutual.

The feeling is mutual. partner artistic throughout

“The Madison Theatre is proud to partner with the South Shore Symphony,” says artistic director Angelo Fraboni. “We feature them in a variety of shows throughout the year. They’re always consistently excellent.”

“These are all pieces chosen by Scott as a statement of his classical background,” Wiley says. “It’s a strong classic repertoire. As an accessible Romantic composer with a big sound, Brahms is (a) tremendous showpiece for Ming. The Symphony is a tough one, a nice challenge for the orchestra, as is Variations on Hayden.”

Blazin’ pumpkins

While the orchestra may have “South Shore” in its name, Lipton is quick to point out that this is a group of dedicated, highly skilled musicians representative of all of Long Island.

Also theatre

This relationship has challenged and opened up new ventures for the orchestra. Its members now perform in opera and musical productions. Also Broadwaystyle revues, which include the University’s CAP21 theatre arts students. And, of course, Leggz Ltd Dance’s holiday confection “The Nutcracker,” among their many versatile performances.

“We’ve had an opportunity to play with some amazing people,” Lipton says, including Keith Emerson, Neil Sedaka and Jimmy Webb.

“It’s a very special group,” he says.

That “special group” has committed to a special season. One of “the most ambitious yet,” according to Wiley.

Fraboni

“Tosca”

“Marriage

Collaboration with Fraboni has blossomed into highly-praised full productions of operatic standards such as “Carmen,” “Marriage of Figaro,” “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madame Butterfly.” A sustained cooperation with musical director Michael Bower and the Cathedral of Saint Agnes has led to memorable performances of major choral works such as Mahler’s Second and Third Symphonies, Beethoven’s Choral Symphony and many others, as well as most of the major concertos for organ and orchestra.

cooperation with musical director Michael Bower and the Cathedral of Saint Agnes has led to memorable performances of major choral well and relationship

Of special note is the orchestra’s relationship with virtuoso violinist Ming Fen Hsin — the orchestra’s music director in the ‘90s — who connected the South Shore Symphony with music director and

“I hope everyone takes advantage of all that we’ve pulled together this season to entertain you.”

Courtesy South Shore Symphony

Above photos: Whether playing the classical repertoire or joining Molloy’s CAP21 theatre arts conservatory students and Broadway performers in a Salute to Broadway, most recently on Oct. 9.

The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze is back for a third year at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. The Halloween-themed event, which had its start in the Hudson Valley at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-onHudson, features more than 7,000 illuminated, individually hand-crafted jack o’ lanterns displayed throughout the restored village. The pumpkins are carved into elaborate sculptural displays that light up the night, creating an family-friendly experience all ages will enjoy. Visitors stroll the pumpkin trail, past 19th-century buildings, and through historic barns to find themselves immersed in a fall wonderland.

Now through Nov. 6. Tickets must be purchased in advance, none available on-site. Tickets start at $32 for adults; $24 ages 3-17. Children 2 and younger are free. Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road, Old Bethpage. For tickets and information, visit PumpkinBlaze.org.

THE SCENE

Art exhibit

The art of Linda Louis will be on exhibit through Nov. 3 in the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library gallery, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. Louis’s work has been handled by three New York City galleries, hangs in many private and public collections and been featured in the New York Times. She was chosen as a featured artist by the National Endowment for the Arts 50th.

Author talk

Linda Eder

The versatile songstress-musical theater star brings her powerful voice to NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, for her latest cabaret turn, Friday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. A best-selling recording artist with 14 solo albums to her credit, Eder brings a diverse repertoire spanning Broadway, standards, pop, country, and jazz. When Eder performs live in concert, audiences are awed by the ease of her transitions between genres, effortlessly displaying the full range of her incredible vocal gifts. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

On exhibit

Art has access to worlds beyond the one we know. Explore the next dimension as seen through eyes of artists throughout the centuries, at Nassau County Museum of Art’s current exhibition,“Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art,” now through Nov. 6. The exhibit summons a celestial realm of demons, ghosts and extrasensory phenomena as conjured by such Surrealists as Dalí, photographers who specialize in the occult, Old Masters including Goya, contemporary talents including Betye Saar, Luc Tuymans, Michaël Borremans and many others. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Meet journalist Joe Calderone, author of “Don’t Look Back,” a thriller that takes readers into the hearts and minds of a FDNY family who lost their son during 9/11, and set out on a mission to find out what really happened to him and the other 342 firefighters who perished, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 6-9 p.m. Hosted by Tony Cancellieri and Mike Sapralcone, at the Coral House, 70 Milburn Ave., Baldwin. For information, call (516) 672-3205.

Village meeting

The board of trustees for the Village of Hewlett Bay Park will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, Oct. 24 , at 6 p.m., in Village Hall, 30 Piermont Ave., Hewlett.

Afterschool Program Register now for the afterschool program at the Five Towns Community Center, 270 Lawrence Ave., Lawrence. Program is ongoinng, from 3 to 5:45 p.m., with homework help, enrichment activities, STEAM learning. Call Sasha Young at (516) 239-6244 ext.265, email SYoung@Fivetownsmail.org.

Mobile Market

Shop for locally produced food delivered through Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau at the Five Towns Community Center, 270 Lawrence Ave., Lawrence, every Tuesday though October from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Cash, debit/credit, SNAP/ EBT and FMNP accepted. For Updates and cancellation, call (516) 832-2591 ext. 22.

Rock Hall Country Fair

Visit the 36th annual Rock Hall Country Fair at Rock Hall Museum, 199 Broadway, Lawrence, on Saturday, Sunday, Oct. 22 and 23, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Nov. 1

Art talk Join Nassau County Museum Director Charles A.

Riley II, PhD, for a Director’s Seminar, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 4 p.m. He’ll discuss “The Persistence of Surrealism,” which highlights the drama and poetry of the Surrealist movement, along with masterworks of painting and sculpture. Participation is limited; registration required.

Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Defensive Driving

On Halloween do not be cared to drive. Sign up for the defensive driving course with Morris Wargon, Monday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m., at the Gural JCC, 207 Grove Ave., Cedarhurst. Earn 10 percent of liability, PIP and collision insurance on all your vehicles for up to three and have up to four points removed from driving record. $65 fee. To register, email rachayle.deutsch@ guraljcc.org or call (516) 5696733 Ext. 222.

The Bob Stump Band will perform American and bluegrass music, colonial historians will take you back in time, children can roam through a pumpkin patch and make their own scarecrow, and there will be an animal farm, pony rides, crafts and food vendors.

Pinkalicious

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Bring the family to see the popular musical based Victoria and Elizabeth Kann’s beloved book about the girl who can’t stop eating pink cupcakes, presented by Plaza Theatrical Productions, Saturday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor’s office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe. $15. The Show Place at the Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. For tickets and information, call (516) 599-6870 or PlazaTheatrical.com.

Class of 1970 reunion

The Lawrence High School class of 1970 holds its 50th anniversary reunion, Saturday, Oct. 29, 7 to 11 p.m., in the Atrium of Sunny Atlantic Beach Club in Atlantic Beach. Dinner and open bar is $95 per person. Checks can be sent to Richard Nasoff, 591 W Merrick Road, Valley Stream, NY 11580. Venmo @Mark-Caruso-25, security code is 5415. Zelle is (917) 6995415, also to Caruso. RSVP to LawrenceHS1970@gmail.com.

Fanny Brice

In celebration of its 75th year, the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett, will have award-winning signer Josephine Sanges perform the songs of Fanny Brice on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. Free tickets available at HWPL.org.

Fall Fair

Roam in the pumpkin patch, taste the food and take part in the festivities of the fair, Sunday, Oct. 23, beginning after the noon service through 3 p.m. on the grounds of Trinity-St. John’s Church, 1142 Broadway, Hewlett.

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Temple Israel to clean up beach

Temple Israel of Lawrence mem bers and anyone else who wants to join are taking part in another beach cleanup day at Town Park at Point Lookout, 1300 Lido Blvd., Point Look out, on Sunday, Oct. 30 beginning at 11 a.m.

According to Judaism, water is the symbol of life. In an effort to make that part of their lives Temple Israel religious students launched the Tikkun HaYan (repairing the sea) initiative in 2017. The mission is

to raise awareness of the impor tance of cleaning the beaches and environment.

Join the religious and Hebrew High School students and their fami lies to help maintain a healthy eco system and perform a vital mitzvah to care for the planet.

Meet at the town park’s parking lot. RSVP to cantor Galina Maka veyev at CantorGalina@tilny.org.

–Jeffrey Bessen

Car allegedly stolen after fight in Lawrence

A red Honda was allegedly stolen by two men after a verbal argument morphed into a physical clash at 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 16 in Lawrence, according to police.

A light green sedan with three men and the Honda driven by a man, 54, were involved in a car accident near the inter section of Rockaway Turnpike and Rugby Road, police said.

The trio got out of the sedan and insti gated the argument that turned physical,

police said. The man was then taken out of the Honda, two of the men got in and another got back into the green sedan and all left the scene last seen headed north on Rockaway Turnpike, police said. No inju ries were reported.

Police ask anyone with information about the incident to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 244-8477. All calls are confidential.

— Jeffrey Bessen

Fall Ya’ll at Ogden

It was Fall Y’all at Ogden Elementary School in the HewlettWoodmere School Dis trict on Oct. 6 with more than 650 students and family member taking part in games, eating food, listening to music and winning prizes.

— Jeffrey Bessen

IT was fun for everyone at Ogden Elementary School’s Fall Y’all.

Courtesy Temple Israel Temple Israel relIgIous students showed their enthusiasm at a 2017 beach cleanup.

Courtesy Hewlett-Woodmere schools

Final stretch of LIRR’s $2.5B ‘third track’ done

By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com

It’s finally completed. The Long Island Rail Road line connecting New York City with Nassau County’s governmental seat and other points east now has a third track. And that could mean not only more trains along a nearly 10-stretch between Floral Park and Hicksville, but added ben efits to neighboring lines and traffic.

The Third Track Project, completed Oct. 3, is the latest addition to the LIRR’s rail network, giving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority the ability to carry more trains on the track, as well as better flexibility moving trains in both directions during peak hours.

For commuters, this could mean fewer service disruptions and delays along the busy line that connects to Ronkonkoma, Huntington, Port Jefferson, Hempstead and Oyster Bay, meaning potentially fewer riders on those lines passengers might choose as alternatives. For those choosing to drive, it eliminates grade-crossing at seven different intersections, meaning fewer delays whenever trains roll through.

Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the com pletion of the third rail alongside MTA executives at a garage next to the LIRR’s Westbury station.

“The completion of the historic third track project connects commuters with a more resilient and flexible railroad with frequent service, modern stations, ADA

accessibility, and more travel opportuni ties for Long Islanders and visitors,” said Hochul of the $2.5 billion construction project that finished $100 million under budget.

The project kicked off in 2019 after decades of battles over how such a track would be constructed. Many living around the affected areas — along with the local officials who represented them — bristled at the idea of having the new set of rails potentially cut through private property.

The current design began in 2016 under the backing of Hochul’s predecessor, Andrew Cuomo. This time, the plan didn’t involve taking residential property while adding other infrastructural perks includ ing landscape improvement, retaining walls, parking garages, improvements to rail bridges, and the removal of eight street-level grade crossings.

The plan also refurbished stations in Mineola, New Hyde Park, Carle Place, Merillon Avenue and Westbury.

The project was carried out in three phases with the first leg of track through New Hyde Park and Merillon Avenue fin ishing last August. The second stretch of track to Mineola completed weeks later, with the last section crossing the finish line at Hicksville.

There is still, however, minor station work left to complete.

Catherine Rinaldi, LIRR’s interim pres ident, says the rail system expansion couldn’t come at a better time as the new

Manhattan East Side terminal Grand Cen tral Madison — a heavyweight project in itself — comes into operation in the com ing weeks.

“When combined with the new termi nal at Grand Central Madison and the newly renovated LIRR concourse at Penn Station, LIRR customers will have more frequent service, upgraded stations with a host of modern amenities, and easier reverse peak trips,” Rinaldi said.

Courtesy Marc A. Hermann/MTA

GOv. KAthy hOchUL joined Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief executive Janno Lieber to announce the completion of the Long Island Rail Road’s 9.8-mile piece of track stretching from Floral Park to Hicksville that is expected to allow more trains, and ease congestion.

The third track’s ability will allow the two-way flow of trains on the mainline during the railroad’s busiest hours.

This, MTA chief executive Janno Lieber said, will be “a huge boon for Long Island businesses, since it will increase access to the region’s talent pool by enabling not only a 40 percent overall increase in LIRR service, but a huge uptick in reverse peak train frequency.

“It’s a win-win-win.”

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Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR PUBLIC NOTICE TO BIDDERS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

THAT sealed proposals will be received by the Village Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor on October 25, 2022, at 11AM prevailing time at the Village Hall, 449 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York, at which time they will be publicly opened and read, and the contract awarded as soon thereafter as practicable for: 2022 Road Improvement Project consisting of milling, paving, curbing and all other appurtenances and incidentals necessary for the satisfactory completion of the work on “ Schenck Lane:

From East Rockaway Road to Everit Avenue

“ Schenck Circle

North “ Schenck Circle South “ Schenck Circle

West

The Contract Documents and Specifications can be examined at the Office of the Village Clerk at the Village Hall, 449 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York on or after October 17, 2022, between the hours of 10AM and 2PM prevailing time, Monday through Friday, except on holidays. Bid proposal sheets may be obtained upon payment of $50.00 payable to the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor, which will be refunded if Contract and Specifications are returned in good condition within thirty (30) days after the award of the contract. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check, bank check or bid bond payable to the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor in the amount of five (5%) percent of the gross amount of the bid. All proposals must be upon forms furnished by the undersigned and any other will be rejected. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

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

Michael Ryder Village Clerk 134656

LEGAL 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, New York 11509

Date:October 27, 2022

Time:7:00 PM

Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Subject:Case#22-09-6090

, Joan Kaufman, 1860 Bay Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Applicant proposes to construct a cabana with a trellis structure. The applicant is seeking relief from the following sections of the Zoning Code: Section 250-84

Conditions for installation and maintenance (A)(6) Cabana (a)(1) Such cabana does not exceed nine feet in height and 200 square feet in total size. Proposed 594 square feet. (a)(2) Such cabana is no closer to a side or rear property line than five feet, and for each foot the height of such building exceeds nine feet, the offset from the rear and side property line shall be increased by one foot for each foot of height for a maximum height of 12 feet, and its entrance is located within the required fencing surrounding the swimming pool. No cabana shall be closer than five feet from a dwelling. Proposed height 17’-8” and location front yard setback. Section 250-84(A)(6)(a)(3) cabana shall only be used for the purposes of showering, dressing, or toilet and sink, in conjunction with the use of the swimming pool, proposed kitchen.

Section 250-16.2 Accessory structures. (C) Trellis, not exceeding 80 square feet of ground area and eight feet in height maximum and two feet from the side and rear property line and located in the rear yard, shall not have the yard area occupied calculated in lot coverage. The yard area occupied by such accessory structure shall, however, be included in computing the maximum percentage of the lot area which may be built upon, when exceeding 80 square feet. Proposed lot coverage .021%, proposed height 11’, proposed 443.3 square feet and proposed location in the side yard.

Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 80, Lots 17-26 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.

All the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matter.

All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza during normal business hours.

Dated: October 14, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

Josie Ficeto, Building Clerk 134808

LEGAL 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, New York 11509

Date: October 27, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM

Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Subject:Case#22-09-6091

, Joan Kaufman, 1860 Bay Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Applicant proposes to construct a two-story single-family dwelling.

The applicant is seeking relief from the following sections of the Zoning Code: 250-18.1 Grading.

For all lots upon which any proposed grade change is in excess of two feet, where the total area of the lot containing the proposed work is in excess of 100 square feet and where the grade is permitted to be increased up to two feet, the grade shall not be permitted to be increased to within 10 feet of the front, side, and rear property lines.

Proposed grade change for the Northwest corner of property 2.3-3.1 feet.

Section 250-20 Height(A). In the case of a singlefamily dwelling, no building shall be greater in height than 2 1/2 stories, with a maximum height of 28 feet to peak for properties east of the street center line southbound of the west side of The Plaza and the east side of Acapulco Street north of Atlantic Boulevard. Proposed height 31 feet. 250-24 Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least 25 feet. Proposed 20 feet from the house and 10.3 feet to rear deck. Section 250-25 Permitted encroachments (A)(9).

Stairs no greater than four feet in width and secondary landings no greater than four feet by four feet projecting into the front yard setback shall be permitted, shall not count towards lot coverage. Proposed stairs and landing 7’. Section 250-108 Prohibited and Restricted Uses: (J) Buildings within the Village of Atlantic Beach shall be constructed with a peak or gable roof.

Proposed flat section at the ridge for solar panels. (K) Attics: (2) No attic or portion of an attic may be dormered. Section 250-129 Maximum building area and minimum side yards for certain oversized lots.

Permitted lot coverage 21%, proposed 29.2%.

Minimum side yard setback 20 feet and aggregate of two sides 40 feet, proposed side yard setback 13.3’.

Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 80, Lots 17-26 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.

All the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matter.

All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza during normal business hours.

Dated: October 14, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

Josie Ficeto, Building Clerk 134809

LEGAL 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, New York 11509

Date:October 27, 2022

Time:7:00 PM

Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Subject:Case#22-09-6092 , Joan Kaufman, 1860 Bay Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Applicant proposes to construct a 20’ X 40’ inground swimming pool, pool equipment and generator. The applicant is seeking relief from the following sections of the Zoning Code: Section 250-84 Conditions for installation and maintenance. (A)(1) Such pool is installed wholly in the rear yard of the premises. Proposed pool is partially in the side yard (45%). (A)(8) Pool equipment, such as filtration systems and heaters, shall not be placed closer than five feet to the rear or side property lines of the premises. Proposed pool equipment is in the front yard setback. Section 250-25 Permitted encroachments. (8) Generators. permanent or portable) shall be permitted in one of the required side yards or rear yard, provided that said side yard shall not be diminished thereby to a width of less than five feet and the rear yard shall not be diminished thereby to a distance less than five feet from the rear property line in Residence A Districts.

Proposed generator is in the front yard setback.

Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 80, Lots 17-26 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.

All the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matter.

All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza during normal business hours.

Dated: October 14, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

Josie Ficeto, Building Clerk 134810

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Appeals Village of Woodsburgh Date:November 3, 2022 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place:30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, NY 11557

Subject:Application of Shimon and Naomi Fishman, 110 Wood Lane, Woodsburgh, to construct two pergolas and install fire bowls along the poolside, which construction requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 150-11, to permit the pergola at the rear of the house to be 11 feet from the side property line, where a minimum setback of 20 feet is required, (b) 150-39(A)(1), to permit a lot coverage of 4,879 square feet, where the maximum permitted lot coverage is 3,422.55 square feet. Premises are also known as Section 41, Block 68, Lot 275 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.

The Board of Appeals, as lead agency, has determined that these applications are Type II matters under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which require no environmental review.

At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.

Any person having a disability which would inhibit attendance at or participation in the hearing 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.

Plans and other materials associated with the application may be reviewed and downloaded at www.woodsburghny.com or inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York, during regular business hours.

Dated: October 14, 2022 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 134806

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor will hold a public hearing via ZOOM on October 27, 2022 at 7:00pm. All residents and professionals wishing to attend are directed to contact Village Hall at 516-374-3806 for further ZOOM information/instruction or

visit our website at www.hewlettharbor.org.

All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard on the following application for variance relief:

Continuation…Mr. Igor Kanfer 1298 Auerbach Avenue Hewlett harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to maintain rear yard pavers. Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning Code 145-19. Village zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted building lot coverage in a residential “B” district is 30%. Applicant is requesting a 59.2% lot coverage.

Mr. Stanley Aronov 207 Everit Avenue Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to build a new one family home, inground pool, pool cabana, terrace and detached 3 car garage.

Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning Code 145-19 and Village zoning code 145-19. Village zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted building lot coverage in a residential “A” district is 25%. Applicant is requesting a 30.5% lot coverage. Village zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted front yard surface coverage in a residential “A” district is 18%. Applicant is requesting a 29.5% front yard surface coverage.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS STEVEN GOLD, CHAIRMAN ZONING BOARD MICHAEL RYDER Village Clerk

Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York October 5, 2022 134652

Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 50, Lots 62-66 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.

All the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matter. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza during normal business hours.

Dated: October 14, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS Josie Ficeto, Building Clerk 134807

LEGAL NOTICE

REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-15, Plaintiff - against - STEVEN HITTELMAN, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 1, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 3rd day of November, 2022 at 4:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Woodmere, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 181 Combs Ave, Woodmere, NY 11598-1455.

Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.

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LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL 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, New York 11509

Date:October 27, 2022

Time:7:00 PM

Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Subject:Case#22-09-6080 , Eric and Miriam Feldstein, 86 Jefferson Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Applicant proposes to construct an 18’ X 35’ inground swimming pool with a 7’ X 7’ hot tub partially in the side yard setback. The applicant is seeking relief from the following section of the Zoning Code: Section 250-84 Conditions for installation and maintenance (A) Such pool is installed wholly in the rear yard of the premises. Proposed pool is 38.85% in the south side yard setback.

(Section: 41, Block: 14, Lot: 159)

Approximate amount of lien $705,005.49 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 005941/2012.

Matthew R. Gorman, Esq., Referee. Stein, Wiener & Roth LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 315 Westbury, NY 11590 Tel. 516-742-1212

HITTELMAN-69398

Dated: September 7, 2022

During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V. SHARON PELEG, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated October 8, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is the Plaintiff and SHARON PELEG, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on November 16, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 345 GRAND CENTRAL PLACE, INWOOD, NY 11096: Section 40, Block 157, Lot 11: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 608087/2018. Melvin Roth, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 134664

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff -againstCHARLES STERLIN, YANNICK STERLIN, JOSEPHINE VALMYR and ANDY STERLIN, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated November 15, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction

Queens man resists arrest after vehicle stop

After being tased, Queens resident William Milton was subdued by Nas sau police following a car stop in the Inwood and North Lawrence area at 4:44 p.m., on Oct. 11.

Officers said they saw a gray 2007 Lexus with a Georgia registration on the Nassau Expressway that then made a right turn onto Wanser Ave nue in Inwood at what the police said was “a high rate speed” and allegedly committing several vehicle and traf fic violations driving through a school zone.

The police stopped the car only to have Milton, 31, get out carrying a red and white tote bag and take off on foot. He headed south on Law rence Avenue in Inwood. He was found by police at 10 Bayview Ave., in North Lawrence.

According to police, Milton repeat edly failed to comply with the offi

cers orders and was then hit with a taser. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment and evaluation. Offi cers found four pills believed to be oxycodone, a substance thought to be marijuana and fireworks.

Milton, of 76th avenue, Flushing, is charged with two counts of sev enth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, unlawfully pos sessing fireworks, unlawful posses sion of cannabis, second-degree obstructing governmental adminis tration and multiple vehicle and traf fic violations.

Arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Oct. 12, he was released with non-monetary restric tions. His next court sate is Oct. 25.

The Legal Aid Society of Nassau County represents Milton.

–Jeffrey Bessen

Car crashes into Inwood CVS

There was damage to the building but no injuries were reported after a car crashed into the CVS at the intersection of Burnside and Wahl avenues in Inwood at 7:18 p.m. on Oct.12.

Inwood Fire Department firefighters and emergency medical service personnel

responded. The firefighters searched the debris and stabilized the area, Inwood officials said. The Town of Hempstead building department assessed the damage to the building.

–Jeffrey Bessen

Public Notices

at (CCP) Calendar Control Part Court Room of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on November 22, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the present southerly side of Peninsula Boulevard, distant 305.55 feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersections of the present southerly side of Peninsula Boulevard with the easterly side of Church Avenue, being a plot 45.51 feet by 119.30 feet by 45 feet by 112.53 feet.

All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.

Said premises known as 675 PENINSULA BOULEVARD, WOODMERE, NY

Approximate amount of lien $697,756.57 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 010096/2014.

KEITH LAVALLEE, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030 File# 4722.1314 {* NASSAU HER*} 134614

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FX1, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, Plaintiffagainst- TAGEWATTIE

NANDALALL, SEWNARINE SAWH, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated December 11, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 2, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being at Lawrence, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Lawrence Avenue, distant 161.52 feet northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of Lawrence Avenue with the northerly side of Spring Street; being a plot 128.71 feet by 50 feet by 108.75 feet by 53.84 feet. Section 40 Block 32 Lot 113.

All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face

mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.

Said premises known as 280 LAWRENCE AVENUE, LAWRENCE, NY

Approximate amount of lien $629,669.70 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 10770/2014.

RALPH MADALENA, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030 File# 5025.1027 {* NASSAU HER*} 134158

PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES

To place a notice here call us us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

Hewlett’s Keith Pooler sentenced in stabbing

More than two years after Hewlett res ident Keith Pooler stabbed Andre Garry at a Hempstead intersection, Pooler, who was convicted of murder during an eight-day trial in May, was sentenced to 25 years to life on Oct. 7.

At the intersection of Terrance and Fulton avenues on June 28, 2020 at 9 p.m., Pooler, 56, and Garry, then 49, argued. During the argument, Pooler pulled out a 5-inch steak knife and stabbed Garry in the heart, according to the facts present ed at trial.

Garry collapsed and was taken to NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola, where he was pronounced dead.

Pooler dropped the knife and fled the scene. Police found the knife and arrest ed Pooler on July 11 of that year.

“Keith Pooler senselessly took Andre Garry’s life during a street corner fight, driving a steak knife into the victim’s heart,” Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said in a news release. ‘With today’s jail sentence, Pooler will pay for this terrible crime and his violence will no longer be a threat to the Hemp

NCPD keiTh Pooler waS sentenced to 25 years to life for killing Andre Garry in 2020.

stead community.”

— Jeffrey Bessen

Courtesy Inwood F.D.

The CVS CheCkouT area after a car crashed into the pharmacy in Inwood on Oct. 12.

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EMPLOYMENT

Help Wanted

ADMINISTRATIVE

Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper grouphas several administrative job openings: Receptionist (F/T), Accounts Receivable/Billing Collections Clerk

Multi-Media Coordinator (Hours Flexible) Qualified candidates are fast learners with good organizational and people skills - entry level ok.

Role requires working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn custom software programs.

If you would like to join a communitydriven, fast-paced environment, please send your resume to: careers@liherald.com.

ASSISTANT TEACHER/ PRESCHOOL: Monday- Friday. H.S. Diploma. Salary Commensurate With Experience. Far Rockaway. Contact Lynn 718-327-1141 Or Email Resume rhccclynn@hotmail.com

CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE

Full Time/Part Time Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department. Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.

STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail orientated and able to work well under deadlines. For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com

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CSC Holdings, LLC seeks a Manager Process Engineering to lead and execute assigned initiatives impacting Altice USA enterprise processes and customer experiences (CX), focusing on designing, viewing and improving the interactions with our customers. Utilize Business Process Management (BPM), Project Management (PM), and Six Sigma sub-methodologies: DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) and LEAN principles to evaluate the quality of relevant operational procedures, institute and document standard around business processes. Lead high visibility engagements with key business stakeholders, addressing complex interdepartmental challenges from inception to implementation with relevant controls and an after action review to measure business change impact. Communicate with technical experts, 3rd party vendors, and top-level executive leaders. Implement customer centric solutions, institute rigor and consistency around implementation, as well as drive success-based metrics KPIs including First Call Resolution (FCR), Repeat call and Repeat Service Visits, Average Handle Time (AHT) for assigned projects. Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, and 3 years of experience in customer experience (CX) roles. Experience must include a minimum of: 3 years of experience performing business analysis, identifying business requirements, designing and developing journey maps/process flows to enhance the customer experience; 3 years of experience working with business process re-engineering and process improvement tools and techniques; 3 years of experience with e-Business Process Management (BPM), Project Management (PM); 3 years of experience with internal audits to improve risk management, governance, and effectiveness of operations; and 3 years of experience with MS Project, Visio, Iserver, JIRA, Dbeaver, Adobe XD, Dreamweaver and Photoshop Requirements for this position include demonstration of either full vaccinations status against COVID-19 or company-provided weekly COVID-19 testing. Job location: Bethpage, NY. To apply, submit resume online at https://www.alticeusacareers.com/ and search by job title or enter job ID number 2022-35082.

CUSTODIAN FT/ PT Needed For Preschool in Far Rockaway. Salary/ $15 Hr. Call Lynn 718-327-1141 Or Email Resume rhccclynn@hotmail.com

CUSTOMER SERVICE FT-PT

Kevin Dignam State Farm Insurance Agency

Customer Service And Sales

Must Obtain Required License Great Growth Potential! email resume to: kevin@kevindignam.com

DRIVERS WANTED

Full Time and Part Time Positions Available!

Busy Print Shop in Garden City is Hiring Immediately for Full Time and Part Time Drivers. Must Have a Clean License and BoxTruck Driving Experience. Hours Vary, Night Availability is a Must. Please Email Resume to ehecker@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS WANTED Will Certify And Train HS Diploma

NYS License Clean 3 Years Call 516-731-3000

Help Wanted

EDITOR/REPORTER

The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team! This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry. To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@riverdalepress.com

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR Richner Communications is looking for a hands-on Human Resources professional to oversee all HR functions on a strategic and tactical level. Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding Garden City, Long Island media company. This position has a flexible schedule, part-time job share would be considered.

Responsibilities: Talent acquisition: Source, screen, and interview potential candidates and manage new employee onboarding Benefits administration: Liaise with brokers, providers and facilitate enrollment and updating of coverage. Manage annual open enrollment and employee benefits review. Administration of 401(k) plan. Employee relations: Provide day- today support and problem resolution in regards to employee concerns, questions and policy issues. Performance management: Coach, counsel and recommend disciplinary actions Compliance: Maintain indepth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance Payroll: Process biweekly payroll through payroll vendor for population of 150 employees Requirements: Bachelor's degree, preferably in business or HR, or equivalent experience Minimum 5 years HR generalist experience Knowledge of Federal, State & Local regulations governing employment Experience with payroll processing Self-motivated, ability to prioritize and work well under pressure Customer-focused attitude, with high level of professionalism and discretion Excellent oral and written communication and quantitative skills Proficiency with Microsoft Office Qualified candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to: careers@liherald.com.

LEAD CARPENTER FT For Growing Home Improvement Company. Experienced. Must Have Own Transportation And Be Legal To Work. Call 516-849-7411

MEDICAL ASSISTANT FT Pulmonary Office. Lawrence And Rockville Centre. Experienced Preferred. Vital Signs, Patient Care, Phone Work, File And Prepare Charts. Pulmonary Function Studies A Plus. Email Resume To: southshore360@gmail.com Or Call 516-569-6966

OUTSIDE SALES

Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships. Salary, Commission, Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and Paid Time Off.

Will Consider Part Time. Please Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X286

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PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP

Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key.

Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com

RECEPTIONIST - FULL TIME

Receptionist (full-time) needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City. The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer service skills, be professional, dependable and have reliable transportation. Candidate should have computer knowledge and working knowledge of MS Office. Candidate MUST be reliable, punctual and be able to work a CONSISTENT schedule: Monday and Wednesday 8am to 4pm Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 6pm Friday 8am to 5pm

Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Answering phones and greeting customers, assisting new customers by showing storage facility options and pricing, collecting payments from customers, contacting customers for late payments, applying payments and updating the customer files /data base and other general administrative responsibilities on an as needed basis. Hourly pay, plus eligible for Holiday Pay, PTO, Medical, Dental, 401k with company matching, plus other benefits. Qualified candidates should email their resume, cover letter and salary requirements. No phone calls please. Job Type: Full-time. Salary: $15.00 /hour Email your resume to: careers@liherald.com

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Centre SD REDUCED! $799,000

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1534 Broadway #103, BA, Magnificent New Renovation! One of a Kind Ranch Style Living in Luxurious Jonathan Hall Condominium with Doorman & Elevator. Just Move into This Gut Renovated, Spacious 2 BR, 2 Bath Apt with Open Layout.Large Designer Eat in Kitchen with Sep Pantry & Laundry Rm.Master BR Boasts Gorgeous Bth & Walk in Closet. Terrace Faces into Courtyard. Garage Parking Incl REDUCED $769,000

1534 Broadway #205, BA, Extra Large 2000 Sq Ft, 2 Bedroom(Originally 3 BR), 2 Bath Condo in Prestigious Jonathan Hall with Doorman & Elevator. Updtd Wood/ Quartz Kit, LR & DR. Washer/Dryer in Unit. Underground Pkg. Loads of Closets. Terrace Faces Back. Easy Ranch Style Living BIG REDUCTION!! $699,000

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33-47 Bay Ct, BA, FIRST TIME ON MARKET! Enjoy The Waterviews in This Bayswater 4 BR, 1.5 Bth Split Tucked Away in Cul de Sac. Fin Bsmt. Att Gar. O/S Resortlike Yard on the Bay. Opportunity to Make This Your Dream Home! $719,000

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HEWLETT HARBOR BA 1299 Seawane Dr Beautiful 4 BR, 3 Bath Exp Ranch with Open Layout in Prime Location.Updtd Wood/Marble Kitchen & Great Room Overlooking Magnificently Landscaped 3/4 Acre Parklike Prop. Main Floor Primary Ste. SD#14...$1,799,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

HEWLETT HARBOR BA, 206 Albon Rd, FIRST TIME ON MARKET! Grand & Elegant 6200 Sq Ft Col Tucked Away on over an Acre of Parklike Prop w/ IG Pool. 7 BR, 7.5 Bth, All Spacious Rms. Elevator. 4 Car Att Gar. Opportunity to Make This Your Dream Home...$2,399,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

ROCKVILLE CENTRE BA 133 S. Centre Ave, REDUCED! Move Right Into This Renovated 4/5 BR, 3 Bth Colonial w/ LR, DR & Gran/Wood EIK with Stainless Steel Appl. Full Bsmt, 2 Car Gar. RVC Schools..$899,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

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New construction, waterfront property and low taxes! This hidden gem tucked away in East Rockaway is pure luxury through and through. The marble white kitchen with high end appliances, lead to a spacious living room with custom white paneled wood and decorative fireplace. The beautiful beachy wood floors add to the ambiance and lead to two bedrooms. Sliding glass doors bring you out to your own breathtaking waterfront sanctuary. Imagine yourself on one of the three tiered decks doing yoga; barbecuing or simply relaxing as you watch the boats go by. Perhaps you'd like to tie up your Jet Ski or boat to your own dock and bulkhead! Doesn't get better than this! A must see!!!

An architect fora sunroom?

Q. I’m buying a sunroom for my breakfast room on the back of my split-level house, about 8 feet off the ground. I’m being told by the contractor that I need an architect and sealed plans. Since it’s basically a kit of parts that will go on my existing deck, why do I need this? It seems like a lot of extra expense the sunroom people didn’t tell me about. If I already have a permit for the deck, it should be allowed, right? I haven’t bought the sunroom yet. I’m just trying to be sure I know the whole story before I do this, probably by spring, when the weather is better for construction. Any advice would be helpful.

A. Do things once, the best way. A deck isn’t hab itable, but a sunroom is, and a permit is required. Plans have to show struc tural support, energy and building code compliance. Rain, moisture and ice are your primary concerns.

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Douglas Elliman Real Estate 304 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre NY 11570 Direct: 212-360-8622 Mobile: 561-901-9232 Office: 516-669-3700 joeyfrankel@elliman.com

You need the whole story without the sales part. Just like any pur chase, issues you might not expect are still impor tant, like finding out what kind of oil to add to your snow blower before the engine seizes or that windows without factory tint ing can allow ultra-violet sunlight rays to fade your carpet. As an architect for a largely popular sun room manufacturer in the 1980s and ’90s, I experi enced many issues with their construction.

Pre-engineered panel systems are designed by the company, hopefully by engineers, and should come with plans, from the manufacturer, that can be sealed and signed by their in-house engineer. If not, plans may need to be drawn from scratch by an architect or engineer that you hire so those plans can be integrated with your house. Integrated means that the company generally just sells you a product and doesn’t necessarily give any indication of how to support the unit or how to attach the unit system to your house so that it won’t leak or move.

Retail Space For Rent

GREENPORT: NORTH FORK commercial/retail. Prime main street village location. Captain’s house. Original floors and architectural details. Excellent exposure. Owner, 516-241-8135.

Houses For Rent

LYNBROOK: 3 BRs, 2 Bths, EIK, LR, DR, Family Room/ Fireplace, IGP, Parking, SD#20. 516-581-1404

Apartments For Rent

CEDARHURST: 1 BEDROOM, Private Entrance, Ground Floor. Full Kitchen, Full Bath, $1,950 + Electric. 631-662-4181

CEDARHURST NO FEE Private Entrance, Modern 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, CAC, W/D, Storage, Wall To Wall Carpeting, Indoor Parking Space. Starting At $1450 For One Bedroom When Available. (516)860-6889/ (516)852-5135/ (516)582-9978

888-869-5361 (Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-5pm PST)

This is the general failing of the system, since, as I experienced with most of the installations, the part I could detail was free of leaking or movement, but the units themselves leaked nearly every time. We could detail how the edges of the unit could be sealed and redundantly weather-stripped and flashed, but the frames around the glass and wall edges would unseal and leak. I even met with the corporate president/owner and identified the spe cific problems. Promises to correct leak issues were made but not kept, and eventually I gave up.

I looked at a two-year-old system while discuss ing other work for a home recently. The owner described the back-and-forth misery he and his family were experiencing with their sunroom and the company. Even 25 years after I gave up, the same company is still doing things the same way. You need a detail-oriented architect and installer, even if you think you don’t. The cost of doing things twice is much greater. Good luck.

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STATIONARY FITNESS BIKE Horizon/ Comfort R. Lightly Used, Adjustable With Read Out. $450 Negotiable 516-285-7422

FINDS UNDER $100

Finds Under $100

CRYSTAL STEMWARE, WATER, wine, champagne. Brand New in Boxes $99. 516-225-9191.

ELECTROLUX 30' HOSE for Power Nozzle. $80. 516-798-2098.

ELECTROLUX CENTRAL VACUUM Canister w/New Motor. Some attachments, Sidekick. $99. 516-798-2098.

FREESTANDING BATHTUB WITH faucet. L-67", W-33", H-24". $99. (516) 965-0983

HIGH CHAIR IN excellent condition. Removable tray for easy cleaning. $20 or best offer. 516-851-2222

MEN'S HUNTING OUTFIT red and orange $12.00 each 516-221-9380

Finds Under $100

PLAYSTATION 2 GAME Console. Very good condition. Includes original box, cables (no controller). $60, 516-596-1538

PRINTER - CANON MX360, copy, scan and fax capability. Very good, $35. 516-776-7713.

TRANSPORT WHEELCHAIR: EXCELLENT condition, folds easily, has complete set of removable leg braces. $75.00. 516-835-4453.

TWO TWIN METAL headboards. One black one grey. Very good. $15- each best offer. 516-851-2222

WALKER-WHEEL CHAIR: (DRIVE) Foldable New $90.00 (516)371-1793

WIRE STEEL STORAGE shelves assembled with wheels and 5 shelves. Excellent condition $40.00 (516)-371-1793

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We bumped a meteor off course, so is the danger over?

one of the most popular movies about the apocalyptic notion of a giant meteor striking Earth and destroying civilization was “Deep Impact,” a 1998 disaster film in which a high school student and a scien tist discover that a huge rock from outer space is headed right toward our world.

A space crew is sent to destroy it with nuclear weapons, but succeeds only in blasting it in half, and winds up sacrificing their lives to destroy the larger half with their remaining bombs, saving Earth and its inhabitants.

JAMEs BERnsTEin

In the real world, of course, nothing so dramat ic has ever hap pened. But on Sept. 26, NASA successfully gave an asteroid a punch in the nose, knocking it off course. The asteroid posed no threat to Earth. NASA just wanted to test its capability to send an unmanned spacecraft, in a mission called DART, for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, to

make contact with a rock in space and set it off course.

Just in case the real thing ever hap pens, and we are faced with the possibility of extinction from beyond.

The asteroid Dimorphos was about 7 million miles from Earth. DART was launched last November, tasked with fly ing out to the asteroid, which has a diameter of about 560 feet, and crashing into it at about 14,000 miles per hour. The purpose of the test was to see if DART’s impact could push Dimor phos a bit off its orbit.

It worked. The test suc ceeded beyond NASA’s expectations.

“For the first time ever, humanity has changed the orbit of a plan etary body,” Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, said in a statement after the test.

NASA administrator Bill Nelson added, “This mission shows that NASA is trying to be ready for whatever the uni verse throws at us. “NASA has proven we are serious as a defender of the planet.”

And there is no question the planet

needs defense. In December 2019, Con gress established the U.S. Space Force, the newest branch of the armed forces in 73 years. The members of Congress believed the defense of space was a national secu rity imperative, not only because of the possibility of hostile missile attacks, but also the chances of the planet being struck by a massive space boulder. We now have the capabil ity to see deeper into space than ever before, with the launch in 2021 of the James Webb Space Telescope, which conducts infrared astronomy. The Webb is the largest optical telescope in space, and its high resolu tion and sensitivity give it the ability to see objects too old, distant or faint to be detected by the older Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched in 1990.

While NASA is to be congratulated for its success with DART, we here on Earth should not become complacent that all such dangers from space objects can be handled so easily. No one is talking about Armageddon from space, and the notion of a manned space vehicle smashing into

a meteor remains the stuff of Hollywood. But some experts are cautiously hopeful that NASA and the Space Force continue to seek ways of looking out for dangerous objects out there. The sooner they are seen, the better our chances of destroying them.

“We do now track a majority of the larger ones,” said Andy Parton, president of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Gar den City. “We have the capability of using bigger space vehicles than DART” to do battle with meteors. “But we must also remember this was a small test, and just a test at that.”

No one should forget the 66-foot Chely abinsk meteor that exploded in the atmo sphere over the southern Ural region of Russia in 2013, causing a bright flash and a hot cloud of dust and gas. The meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere undetected because its radiant, or source direction, was close to the sun. The blast caused extensive ground damage, and about 1,000 people sought medical attention.

As Parton said, “Somebody should always be watching.”

James Bernstein is editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments? Jbernstein@ liherald.com.

America’s mayhem is playing on the world stage

‘The whole world is watching. The whole world is watching.”

If you know American his tory, or you remember it, “The whole world is watching!” is the unforget table chant shouted by thousands of young Vietnam War protesters as they were tear-gassed and beaten with clubs by the Chicago police during the 1968 Demo cratic National Convention that August.

A quick recount: The stodgy Vice Presi dent Hubert Hum phrey was about to be named the Democrats’ presi dential candidate, to run against Republican Rich ard Nixon.

The back ground: President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated five years earlier. His younger brother, Bobby, running against Humphrey for the Democratic nomina tion, had been assassinated two months before the Chicago convention. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in April, four months earlier.

I was 21, and I remember the despair of losing the leaders who inspired us to find our best selves. They championed civil rights, opposed the Vietnam War, and then they were gone. Shot and killed.

The weekend before the convention, some 2,000 young people gathered in Chi cago’s Grant Park to protest. By the time the convention began, the crowd had swelled to 10,000. The police came to break up the protest, and they were brutal.

The fallout: According to the Guardian newspaper, “After four days and nights of violence, 668 people had been arrested, 425 demon strators were treated at tem porary medical facilities, 200 were treated on the spot, 400 given first aid for tear gas exposure and 110 went to hospital. A total of 192 police officers were injured

“… Images of police fir ing teargas and beating demonstrators with their nightsticks played on network television news. It looked like an oppressive fascist state and offered a view of a nation appar ently tearing itself apart.”

The kids never stopped shouting, “The whole world is watching,” even as police tore into them. It has been said that the extensive media coverage of the violence, beamed into American homes, helped propel a reckoning over the savage police overreaction. It seems that reckoning is still playing out in our politics and in our communities, 54 years later.

In the ’68 presidential election, Nixon appealed to a “silent majority.” He prom

ised a nation of voters freaked out by the demonstrations that he would impose law and order. He won. Six years later, about to be impeached, he resigned in disgrace. The North Vietnamese had driven Ameri ca out of their country.

The echoes: Last week, as I watched the Jan. 6 commit tee hearing, I thought about how vital the media has been in investigating and reporting the alleged crimes committed by our 45th pres ident and his enablers. Without an intense commit ment by reporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, we would not know what hap pened that day. This time the protesters carried the weapons, and erected a por table gallows. This time the protesters wanted to overthrow a righ teous election. These American citizens storming the Capitol were attacking the police.

The videos taken inside the Capitol’s hiding place during the insurrection reveal the chaos and the fright of the moment, with legally elected members of Congress fearing for their lives not far from a crowd gone berserk. As we go to press, we hear promises of further vio lence from Trump supporters who refuse to accept the peaceful transfer of power, the holy grail of our democracy. Various groups threaten ongoing disorder if the

Department of Justice and Congress try to hold Trump accountable for alleged crimes.

The lines connecting 1968 and 2022 are unsettling. For me, the connection is my gut. It feels all wrong all over again. Kids were on the march then, demanding peace. Extremists today are threatening war. We lived then, and we live now, in a time of civil unrest.

After ’68, we edged into a relatively calmer passage of political life. But then along came Trump, who found common ground with a segment of angry and vio lent Americans. The new twist in the MAGA community, and from Trump him self, is the increasingly overt racism and antisemitism. What was never OK to say is slowly becoming OK in certain radical groups. The swastika and the Nazi salute are useful again, on the fringe.

In 1968 we were deeply hurt and disil lusioned by the successive assassinations of our leaders. We dreamt of peace and equality. As young idealists, we couldn’t bear that this was how our dreams would die.

Today, the dynamic is more toxic. The protesters are the ones with weapons. Their dream is absolute power. Their leader has debased the office of the presi dency and he just won’t go.

We are suspended in time, and the whole world is watching.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

W e must also remember that this was a small test, and just a test at that.’

RAnDi KREiss

T he lines connecting 1968 and 2022 are unsettling. It feels all wrong all over again.

HERALD

editorial

Thank a crossing guard near you

they work outside in rain, sleet and snow, keeping our most precious commodity — our children — safe.

School crossing guards are unsung heroes. Underappreciated — and sometimes ignored by motorists — they put their lives on the line every day. And they are at constant risk of injury or even death caused by drivers who disregard them.

How does a crossing guard get hit? Maybe someone is late getting some where. Or they have others in the car dis tracting them. Or maybe they’re simply impatient. The reasons matter little when the outcome is devastating.

Most people would say they’ve never heard of a crossing guard getting hurt on the job. But that’s what happened two weeks ago in Glen Cove, when a guard, attempting to stop traffic to allow chil dren to cross a street near an elementary school, was hit by an SUV.

He remains in critical condition. And he’s not alone.

It’s difficult to find statistics on how many crossing guards are injured on the job each year, because most data focuses more on the children and pedestrians they protect. But one of the most common causes of injury, according to the New York State School Boards Association, is being hit by vehicles’ side mirrors. And those can be significant injuries.

Crossing guards have been killed — even on Long Island. One in Hempstead died in 2016 when he was hit by a truck.

And there were two separate incidents in California last year when crossing guards were struck by SUVs and died.

A child was hit, too, in one of the Cali fornia tragedies, but survived. In the other, the crossing guard pushed a group of children away from the pathway of an oncoming vehicle.

In February, a crossing guard in Mary land was struck by an SUV and killed after pushing a child out of the way.

All of these guards were nothing less than heroes. But why does this even hap pen? Are people on their cellphones, talk ing or texting? Are they changing the channel on their car radio? Arguing with another passenger? How are they so dis tracted that they fail to see a human being wearing reflective clothing in the middle of the street with an arm outstretched, directing them to stop?

It remains unclear why the 82-year-old Bayville driver hit the Glen Cove crossing guard on Oct. 6. He remained at the scene after the accident, and he had yet to be charged criminally this week, as police continued to investigate.

It isn’t hard to become a crossing guard. In Nassau County, anyone who’s at least 18 and doesn’t have a criminal record can apply. No experience is required. But as one police officer said, a crossing guard needs to be someone who likes children.

A city police department, like Glen Cove, handles the hiring. In the villages, it’s the purview of the Nassau County

letters

Now they’re booing Aaron Judge?

To the Editor:

Subject: on booing the Yankees’ Aaron Judge after his 62-home-run, MVP season. Yankees (and too many other sports) fans are rude, crude, cruel and ignorant fairweather friends, booing a player they pro fess to like, admire, respect and even “love” — as if he strikes out on purpose.

Players don’t make errors, drop passes, miss shots or throw interceptions on pur pose. Do these same “fans” boo their own Little Leaguers when they strike out?

Music lovers don’t boo the conductor if he drops his baton; nor do they boo the violinist if she drops her bow.

Grow up, fans, or stay home and boo to your hearts’ content in your own living rooms, where the objects of your unde served anger will not have to hear you.

RICHARD SIEGELMAN

Police Department.

In some parts of the country, school crossing guards receive health insurance, but not in Nassau County. Their working schedule is 90 minutes in the morning and again in the afternoon, when chil dren are on their way to, and then dis missed from, school. The unusual hours set this job apart from typical part-time work, and it’s hard to hold down another job at the same time.

Police say that while many guards are retirees, college students also take on the work. They take the job seriously, no mat ter their background.

Crossing guards obviously are impor tant — our schoolchildren need to be kept safe — and there is a shortage. Where they are needed but not available, police officers, or members of the auxiliary police, take their place.

Guards do more than help children safely cross the street. They remind driv ers of the presence of pedestrians, and just as important, they help children develop the skills to cross streets safely on their own in the future.

So the next time you see a school cross ing guard, give them a wave of gratitude — after you stop, without anger or impa tience, reminding yourself that you’ll get where you need to go eventually. That extra minute or two can save the lives of not only our children, but also the heroes standing in the middle of the street each weekday morning and afternoon, doing their utmost to keep those kids safe.

opInIons

Of course 2024 will be on this year’s ballot

In case you haven’t heard, there is an election on Nov. 8. Most elections are about the current candidates, who are seeking a variety of offices all over America. This one, however, will be the equivalent of two elections, because its results may determine whether the 2024 election will be the end of democracy as we know it. Some of you may think this is overdramat ic, but there are good reasons to view this one as a political twofer.

tions will decide whether democracy lives or dies in 2024. As of now, there are almost 300 Republican candidates nation wide who maintain that Joe Biden was never legitimately elected president. They believe the lie about the stolen 2020 elec tion, but there is much more happening that we should all worry about.

are planning to or have lost their jobs in primary contests, won by the election cra zies. If the deniers win in six of the key states, they will have the power to poten tially reverse the national election tally two years from now.

Republican Senate candidate in Arizona, scrubbed his website to remove mentions of a national abortion ban and references to Christian themes.

JerrY kremer

Many of us New Yorkers are oblivious to what is taking place all over the country. One sage veteran of the partisan wars once told me that “America begins west of the Hudson River.” Nothing could be more accurate. Our local contests for Congress are dominated by such issues as abortion, inflation and crime, with scant mention of stolen elections and threats to the Con stitution, even though a few of the Repub lican candidates are election deniers or members of the Trump cult.

But if you lived in Michigan or Arizo na, you would understand why their elec

There are two positions in a state that have the power to throw out a public vote. One is governor, and the other is secretary of state. There are a number of Republicans running for governor who also deny Biden’s election. They have publicly stated that if elect ed they will “fix” the system by taking power away from local election boards. Doug Mastriano, the GOP candidate for governor of Pennsyl vania, has pledged flat out that if former President Donald Trump runs again and loses Pennsylvania, Mastriano will reverse the final results.

It is widely accepted that most of the incumbent secretaries of state around the country are independent and fair-minded. Not one of them has challenged the 2020 results, and they have staunchly defended their process from partisan attacks. But sadly, many of them have either retired,

Letters

Vote ‘yes’ for clean water, clean air and green jobs

To the Editor:

For 20 years, the North Shore Land Alliance has worked to pro tect nearly 1,300 acres of natural areas. The primary reason we pro tect land is to safeguard drinking water. Long Island’s sole-source aquifer requires pervious surfaces (like fields and forests) for rain and snow to seep through the ground to recharge our drinking water source. But a study by the Rauch Foundation found that nearly 70 percent of Nassau Coun ty’s surface is impervious (pave ment and buildings). We need open space to protect our ground and surface water.

On Nov. 8, New York state vot ers will have an opportunity to vote on Proposition 1, the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act. This

historic legislation would protect open space, safeguard clean drink ing water, and update our aging water and sewer infrastructure while supporting nearly 100,000 good jobs.

In our community, we have 8,000-plus acres of natural areas left to protect. With passage of the Bond Act, we would have access to critical funding to conserve land in perpetuity and maintain our quality of life. Plus, with the wors ening effects of climate change, protecting open spaces, replenish ing our aquifers, and restoring bays and harbors is more impor tant than ever.

I hope 2022 will be the year that we truly value our natural resources and take urgently need ed action to protect our environ ment. On Election Day, please flip your ballot and vote “yes” on Prop 1. Let’s act now to ensure a healthy future for those who come after us.

LISA OTT President and CEO North Shore Land Alliance

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Another factor that bodes ill for America is the quality of the roster of Republicans running for the U.S. Senate. It is hard to imagine that Georgia’s Her schel Walker could be sit ting in a body that once boasted the likes of Everett Dirksen, Lyndon Johnson and Pat Moynihan. Can you envision Sen. Mitch McCon nell walking over to Senator Walker and saying, “Her schel, how do you feel about nuclear disarmament?”

Walker’s race, in which he has his par ty’s full support, is about power, and not about electing qualified candidates.

The platforms of a number of Republi cans in key races around the country are scary. Many, such as Mastriano, pledge to restore “Christian values” to governing. He has used veiled antisemitic themes against Josh Shapiro, his opponent. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republi can, states that the church should be run ning the government. Blake Masters, a

Framework by Tim Baker

The use of crime as an issue by Repub licans around the country is more than just a statement about criminals. It is a return to the dominant theme of the 1988 presidential election, when the party ran an ad campaign featuring a photo of con victed murderer Willie Horton that helped Vice President George H.W. Bush defeat the Democratic nominee, Michael Dukakis, who was portrayed as soft on crime. And in many Republican cam paigns, there are frequent references to billionaire George Soros, a major Demo cratic contributor, his very name serving as antisemitic code words.

Some political observers say that the tone of the Republican campaigns is just what a normal campaign should be like. But if the candidates who promise to over turn election results win and remake the fabric of our nation, the 2024 election will have been decided two years in advance.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strat egy firm. Comments about this column?

JKremer@liherald.com.

I magine a Sen. Herschel Walker in a chamber where Pat Moynihan once sat.

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