Nassau Herald 11-10-2022

By KYlE CHIN kchin@liherald.com

Anthony D’Esposito says he’s going to Washington. But as the clock struck midnight, turning Election Day into Wednesday, his Democratic opponent, Laura Gil len, wasn’t quite ready to con cede the 4th Congressional Dis trict race.

“We’re going to wait until every vote is counted,” Gillen told supporters in Freeport late Tuesday night. “It’s an extreme ly close race. There’s still a lot of ballots out there.”

As Gillen spoke, however, unofficial election returns from Nassau County showed D’Esposito leading her by 8,000 votes, with 87 percent of pre cincts reporting. A half-hour later, the county Board of Elec tions completed the counting, increasing D’Esposito’s lead to 10,000 votes. It was 51.9 percent for D’Eposito out of the more than 266,000 votes counted, com pared with Gillen’s 48.1 percent.

D’Esposito, a former New York City police detective from

Island Park, appeared to have eked out a victory, and in the process flipped a seat from Democratic to Republican control.

“I want to thank each and every one of you in this room,” D’Esposito told supporters in Baldwin. “You’ve worked hard

and you’ve knocked on doors. You’ve made the phone calls. You’ve dug into your pockets to get us across this finish line. We took a seat that’s been in Democratic hands for 25 years.”

D’Esposito will succeed Kath-

Schools battle the lingering effects of Covid

By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

The coronavirus pandemic interrupted and upended traditional education, with schools pivoting as quickly as they could from in-person instruction to remote learning, and then devising hybrid models.

Two and a half years later, the pandemic’s effects still linger. Data from tests given to fourth- and eighthgraders across the country by the National Assessment of Educational Progress show a decline in math and reading comprehension skills.

To blunt the impact, schools across the Five Towns have been monitoring students to shore up their skills and fill in the learning gaps created by online learning.

Lawrence School District Superintendent Ann Pedersen said that the pandemic’s effects on students’ academic, social and emotional development

varied with each grade level. The district’s testing data for children in third through eighth grade follow state trends, with higher scores in English Language Arts than in math.

“We match or exceed state averages for the third to eighth cohort in ELA,” Pedersen said. “In math, our econom ically disadvan taged students performed slightly higher that state wide data. There’s so many ways to look at numbers — we focus on look ing at the skills.”

Lawrence teachers, Pedersen said, have adapted their instructional methods to meet students’ needs. By analyzing patterns of wrong answers on standardized tests, teachers have come to under stand what they need to focus on, she added.

“We are strongly focusing on wildly important goals for our students,” Pedersen said, using

Hewlett Harbor builds a virtual gated community

By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

Despite not being a gated community, Hewlett Harbor might be on its way to being one digitally. The village has a history of incor porating technology to protect residents, and have continually added to its mission.

“The goal in the last two years is to create a digital gated community,” said Mayor Mark Weiss. It began in May 2019 when Hewlett Har bor became the first village in the Five Towns to work with Ring, a home security company founded in 2013. By working with Ring, it allowed residents to purchase doorbell camer as at a discounted rate. Weiss noted that it was optional to purchase the equipment. From 20202021, Hewlett Harbor installed license plate readers and cameras throughout the village.

The next progression was how to help the village’s security officers. Weiss went to “tech savvy” Trustee Gil Bruh and asked, “What about our security vehicle?” Bruh is the found er and president of Modern Age Technology, an information technology provider.

Hewlett Harbor employs three patrol offi cers who work on rotating shifts. “It takes approximately 40 minutes to travel through every block to get a good run around the com munity,” patrol officer Mike Schmitt said.

With one patrol officer patrolling the village, it is almost impossible to be everywhere at once. In came the iPad. The addition to the iPad allows the officer on duty to flip through the various cameras across the village and see

when motion activity is happening, all from the driver’s seat of the patrol car.

“The idea is that it’s giving them that expan sion that they didn’t have before, and their finding out areas in the village that are having an activity that wouldn’t at an hour,” Bruh said.

In the past few years, portions of Nassau County including the Five Towns has seen a rash of vehicles being stolen and home bur glaries and lately catalytic converter thefts. Hewlett Harbor is sending the message to crim inals that thee village should be the last place they try to commit any crime.

“If you develop a reputation that this is not the kind of place you want to come into,” Weiss said. “Why would you do it as a criminal?”

When asked if crimes have gone down since the installment of cameras last year, he said, “we did not have a break-in or a car theft for about three months. It was a combination of cameras installed and license plate readers.”

The iPad showed its effectiveness when Schmitt was on patrol in one part of the village and was notified of activity in another portion by seeing a camera. He thought it was “unusu al,” so he proceeded to respond. Schmitt arrived at the scene and greeted a person try ing to break into a home. The person took off and with the help of the iPad and camera a crime was thwarted.

The iPad is the first extension of more extensive plans to further enhance security in Hewlett Harbor, Weiss said. One plan includes having multiple cameras on the iPad screen.

Hewlett’s Cory Sider conquers NYC marathon

By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com

Hewlett resident Corey Sider’s rigorous train ing led him to complete the New York City Mara thon last Sunday.

After months of preparation, Sider, 27, was able to check off a bucket list item to compete in a marathon. He pushed himself further during his training sessions by running an extra mile. He eventually was able to run 20 miles in one session a few weeks before the marathon.

It was Sider’s first marathon, but he isn’t new to running races. “I’ve run a 5K, eight- mile, a half marathon, a couple Spartan races, and a tough mudder,” he said. “The half marathon was in Central Park, both Spartan races were at Citi Field, and the tough mudder was at the Old Beth page Village Restoration.”

With the Spartan races, Sider had to climb over obstacles, balance on a balance beam, walk over a slack line and carry heavy weight. These races require participants to be cardiovascular fit, strong and mobile. Sider was able to stockpile those attributes to complete the Spartan races the several mudder races.

Races like the tough mudder involves a fastpaced, team-oriented challenge, which is much different than what Sider experienced on Nov. 7. The tough mudder has a variety of obstacles such as an ice bath, a nearly three-story tall climbing obstacle, an electricity pit where com petitors run through thousands of volts of elec tricity, and a mud mile where participants have to climb slippery hills and crawl through muddy trenches. Being able to do the tough mudder a few

times already, Sider built up the mental tough ness to finish a 26.2-mile race with no mud as an obstacle.

He trained for 18 weeks to prepare for the city marathon. “I used Hal Higdon’s Novice One Mar athon training plan,” Sider said. “It gives two light runs, a moderate distance run, and one long run per week.”

The Novice One Marathon training plan calls for running at least three miles, three to four times a week. For the first week, Sider would run three miles Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Every other week, on Wednesdays he would add a mile. Then eventually on Tuesdays and Wednes days Sider would increase the distance until reaching 20 miles on week 15.

He ran on weeks 16 to 18, but paced himself for the marathon. Sider implemented the program while running through Central Park. This gave him the confidence he needed in completing the run.

Although this was his first marathon, he did not let other runners intimidate him. “I just stayed to my pace and what I practiced,” he said. “I didn’t worry about how fast anyone else was going.”

Finishing at a good time was not Sider’s goal and he was just happy to finish it at all. His time was 5:36:47. “My time was not what I was hoping for, but all that matter is that I finished,” he said, adding that it was a huge feat that he is relieved to have done.

When asked if he run another marathon, Sider said “definitely not.” However, he would be willing to do shorter races like the 5K or eightmile ones he did previously.

Hernesto Galdamez/Herald HEwLETT HARBOR’S pATROL officers have the aid of an iPad to monitor pos sible criminal activity in the village.

Courtesy Leah Sider

HEwLETT RESIDENT COREy Sider ran in the 2022 New York City Marathon.

The football team did not win, however that didn’t curb the fun at Lawrence High School’s Homecoming on Oct. 29 that included a parade from Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park to the high school cam pus, where the traditional class banners

were displayed and the Homecoming king and queen, along with a ceremonial open ing provided by the U.S. Army.

— Jeffrey Bessen

lawrence hiGh school cheer leaders showed their school spirit at Homecoming 2022.

warminG up before the Homecoming parade were the younger cheer leaders.

The Golden Tornadoes were welcomed with great fanfare at the Homecoming game.

Rolling over the fun at LWA Homecoming

Lawrence Woodmere Academy’s Homecoming had something for everyone from face painting, an inflatable slide and rock climbing for the younger set to crafts, vendors and raffles for the more mature crowd, and food, beverages and especially ice cream for everyone.

Set for two days before Halloween, it was a beautiful day to celebrate the non sectarian private school in Woodmere that dates to 1891 with the founding of Lawrence Country Day School and Wood mere Academy in 1912. The two schools merged to become LWA in 1990.

— Jeffrey Bessen

Joe Ababte/Herald photos

The X Run slide was one of several attractions at the Lawrence Woodmere Academy Homecoming on Oct. 29.

CaTheRine hoCkley, in charge of admissions and administration, welcomed guests to Lawrence Woodmere Academy’s Homecoming.

lawRenCe woodmeRe aCademy stu dent Cayla Carrion showed off her face painted visage.

spotlight athlete

NoRMaN BRoWN Malverne Senior Football

BRoWN Was a key factor in Malverne’s 34-7 victory over Mineola last Friday night in a Conference IV first-round play off game. He rushed for 204 yards and found the end zone three times as the Mules punched their ticket to the semi finals at Hofstra University where they will face defending county champion North Shore. Brown had touchdown runs of 62, 1 and 74 yards against Mineola, which entered the postseason riding a six-game win streak.

FootBall plaYoFFs

First Round scores

CoNFeReNCe i

Farmingdale 35, Port Washington 0

Massapequa 21, Oceanside 16

Syosset 21, Hempstead 20 Baldwin 20, Freeport 8

CoNFeReNCe ii

Garden City 56, Calhoun 7

Mepham 14, MacArthur 7

Long Beach 27, New Hyde Park 14

South Side 27, Elmont 21

CoNFeReNCe iii

Plainedge 45, Roosevelt 21

Wantagh 28, Lynbrook 7

Bethpage 48, Floral Park 14 Carey 26, Manhasset 18

CoNFeReNCe iV

North Shore 51, Clarke 14

Seaford 21. Cold Spring Harbor 14

West Hempstead 27, Island Trees 13

Malverne 34, Mineola 7

sports

Hewlett volleyball trends upward

By BRiaN KaChaRaBa sports@liherald.com

The struggles of the Hewlett girls’ vol leyball team in recent years appear to be over.

Despite just missing the playoffs, the Bulldogs finished the 2022 campaign with a respectable 8-7 record (7-7 in Conference AC-3 play) after finishing strong with four wins in six tries. Their overall win total was one more than the previous three sea sons combined.

First-year coach Cristian Velasco said it took a little time for him to learn his players’ skill sets and vice-versa, but when they did, the team began to perform at a high level.

“They did great,” said Velasco, a for mer graduate assistant at Hofstra. “I think it was just the dedication of want ing to go out with a fight for the seniors and be really prideful about what you’re going to put out there. They had a 1-14 sea son and another 3-9 season so, for them, we just wanted to go out and [make] a statement.”

The Bulldogs strung together two three-game winning streaks that season, the first culminating with an impressive straight sets win over 14-win New Hyde Park in a non-league battle. But the match that stood out the most for Velasco was a hard-fought 3-2 victory at Glen Cove on Oct. 11, where Hewlett had to win the fifth set after allowing the Big Red to win the previous two to tie the match.

“You’re playing a good team with a great libero and you’re really just trying to strategize on how you can get a little bit better,” Velasco said. “That game, we were making so many adjustments then how we normally play and to see the girls just buy in more and more, that was really cool.”

Outside hitter Jamie Ng enjoyed a strong senior season and led the team in most categories, including kills (117), digs (241) and aces (49). She had an astounding 37 digs in the Bulldogs’ win at Roslyn on Oct. 18 and had three games of at least 11 kills, including a season-high 14 in the first meeting with Glen Cove on Sept. 13.

“Jamie had a great year,” Velasco said. “She was a huge help on our defense. She

the

was always sacrificing the body for the ball and really put her body on the line to make some incredible digs on some hard hitters.”

Also shining on defense was libero Alice Shvartsberg, who was just behind Ng with 226 digs, including a season-high 32 against MacArthur on Oct. 20. She is also one of five girls to surpass the 30-ace mark.

Hewlett boasted a solid setter combina tion in junior Melanie Shvartsberg (217

assists) and Melanie Poley (129) and the pair were instrumental in setting up Ng, junior Daniella Nickerson Zorilla (92 kills) and Tal Fayer (91).

Ng, Alice Shvartsberg, Poley, Faher and right-side hitter Clariss Duhaney (30 kills) will all graduate next spring, but Velasco feels the experience gained by the underclassmen, which also includes mid dle blockers Brianna Ruta (20 blocks) and sophomore Noelle Nelson (16 blocks, 43 aces), will help the team progress.

Courtesy Brianna Liao-Greene

Bulldogs Made serious strides this fall with a .500 record, including wins in four of their last six matches.

obituaries

dies at 91

Michael Jacovides was considered a Renaissance man by the many people that knew the 36-year resident of Valley Stream who taught social studies at Law rence High School for three decades.

Jacovides died peacefully in his sleep, his family said on Oct. 20. He was 91. Jaco vides was in memory care and had bat tled advanced dementia due to vascular disease with Lewy body syndrome. He was living in Belmont, Mass.

A graduate of Stuyvesant High School, an academically rigorous public school in New York City, Jacovides attained a bach elor’s degree from New York University and a master’s degree from NYU in histo ry and another from Columbia University Teachers’ College.

He served in the military during the Korean War and played a role in history. Stationed in Pusan when the three-year war ended, Jacovides was assigned to the dock from which he signed the paperwork that sent the U.S. troops home.

A history scholar, he was well read and had a “wide-ranging knowledge and a keen sense of humor,” family members said. Born to Greek immigrants in Man hattan, Jacovides spoke three languages. He learned Greek at home.

“No one understands me,” he com plained to his mother after his first day of kindergarten, his family recalled. He learned English quickly and fluently, and later Spanish.

After his retirement from teaching in 1988, Jacovides enjoyed traveling the world with his wife, Martha, whom he consistently entertained with his exten sive historical knowledge.

“And over there,” he would point out, “was the battle of whatever,” his family recounted. Then he would re-enact the

battle and similarly add his vast reservoir of information with the stories behind the paintings hanging in museums and the sculptures on exhibit.

Jacovides is survived by Martha with whom he was married 61 years. Two daughters, Melina Jacovides and her hus band, Mark Wagner, of Belmont, Mass.; Mary Beth Jacovides of Cambridge, Mass.; and three grandchildren, Justin, Evan and Adeline Wagner.

There was a memorial service at Brown and Hickey Funeral Home in Bel mont on Nov. 5.

— Jeffrey Bessen

By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

Far Rockaway High School alumnus and Woodmere resident Josephine Fusco died on Oct. 21, from kidney disease. She was 88.

Fusco was a bus driver for more than 30 years for the locally owned Indepen dent Coach Corporation. A Facebook post from the company noted her death. “Our long-time valued, retired bus driver and friend Josephine Fusco has passed away. She should be remembered for her smile and friendliness to all. She was dedicated to the safety of her students.”

Fusco drove until she was 85. She mostly operated the large school bus filled with middle school students. Her daugh ter, Janis Fusco, said her mother had great relationships with all her student passengers, and they never gave her a hard time doing what she loved. “She never had a complaint from the children,” McDonnell said. “They loved her, and she loved them.”

Work was not only her job, but it was her hobby. Rain or snow, Fusco found a way to go. Janis can recall when she told her mom that she would not shovel her driveway for her to get to work, which did not stop Fusco as she drove over the snow. Fusco didn’t stop until her family forced the octogenarian to retire. “She was very upset,” Janice said. After she hung up the keys, Fusco spent more time caring for her sister and grandchildren.

Fusco’s son, Peter Fusco, remembers his mom as, “The most incredible mother and human being. She always cared for others in their time of need.” Friend Cheryl Wilson, who shared a memory of her friend on legacy.com, wrote, “She was always cracking jokes and making the people around her have a warm sense of well-being.”

The family had a private service with immediate family. Fusco was predeceased by her husband, Anthony Fusco, and is survived by her children Nancy Frontino, Janis Fusco, and Peter Fusco.

Courtesy Jacovides family

VALLEy STREAM RESiDENT Michael Jacovides, who taught at Lawrence High School, was considered a Renaissance man who spoke three languages and had a comprehensive knowledge of history.

Top businesspeople make a difference

Nassau Council of Chamber of Commerce honors annual slate

By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@liherald.com

Want to really get involved with the community? That’s easy — join your local cham ber of commerce.

“Chambers,” said Fran Camarano Jr. “We get involved in a nonprofit organiza tion, support our communities and busi nesses. Why do we do this? Well, we’re part of the community, right?’

Camarano is quite active in the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce. But at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Wood bury on Oct. 28, Camarano was filling a different role — president of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce. The group — which represents more than 40 chambers from across the county — gath ered once again to honor its businessper sons of the year.

Those winners included Manny Alva rez, president of Kolstein’s in Baldwin, who continues to open the world of stringed instruments to so many musi cians. And Sharon Davis-Edwards, found er and chief executive of S.J. Edwards Inc., in Merrick, who has provided finan cial and employee benefits services to businesses for more than 30 years. And Iyna Bort Caruso, who leads Sweet Lime Ink Content Studio, bringing her Emmy Award-winning writing and content cre ation work to Rockville Centre and beyond.

But it’s more than simply running a business, Camarano said. True success comes with being active in the communi ty. Like Nicole Eliopoulos. She fulfilled her dream to run her own State Farm Insurance Agency in Valley Stream, yet she still finds time to not only raise four children with her husband, but stay active in their lives — from their school PTAs, to even coaching some of their sport teams.

“The idea of grassroots efforts from the ground up being the best way to sup port communities — and businesses sup porting their communities — is the way to go,” Camarano said. “But the truth is, the commitment we make is not just to the chamber. What you want to do to sup port the businesses is to support each other.”

Other winners include Lauren Maslov, the third-generation owner of Pietro’s restaurant in East Meadow. Dale Davids, a home solar dealer — and Afghanistan vet eran — in Elmont. Patricia McColley, a program manager for the community and population health team at Northwell Health out of Franklin Square. And Jorge Martinez, vice president of the J&A Group — which provides commercial maintenance out of Freeport.

Then there’s Luis Lopez, an immigrant from El Salvador who now runs Morgan Delicatessen in Glen Cove with his wife. Steve Adler, who came out of retirement to take on marketing and sales for Servpro of Garden City and Hempstead. And Christine Sweeney, branch manager and director for Webster Bank Levittown Banking Center.

Mike govinda & david silva

Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Mike Govinda owns Arista Careers, which provides information technolo gy and health care training for peo ple and corporations, as well as career development.

In fact, Arista has a simple motto, Govinda tells the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce: quo non ascendam. That is, “To what heights can we not ascend?”

And it’s those heights Govinda con tinues to shoot for in his community.

David Silva joined Janney a decade ago, attracted to the firm’s full-service investment options, certi fied financial planning, strength and reputation.

Silva also stays busy with his community — not only with the Long Island Hispanic chamber, but also working with children and charities.

He’s an active donor for Little Flower Children and Family Services, a youth basketball coach for his church and community programs, and a high school contributor to business education programs.

Leah Tozer might be known for her appearances on HGTV’s “Island Life,” but she remains one of Long Beach’s top real estate practitioners. Mike Govinda has

helped companies grow their IT and health care services through his company, Arista Careers, while David Silva spends his day as a financial advisor for Janney, but then goes home and does everything from coach youth basketball, to helping shape young minds.

Denise Sclafani Daniels continues her family’s successful jewelry business in Lynbrook, while Dr. Evelyn Heredia has changed lives as the owner of Phoenix Family Chiropractic in Malverne. Victo ria Van De Ven runs her own State Farm Insurance Agency in Seaford, while Margo Cargill focuses on corporate and government strategy through her Union dale-based Titanium Linx Consulting, and Rosemarie DeMaio makes Wantagh

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smile as chief custom cookie designer at Mama’s Custom Cookies.

And businesses were winners as well — like Stellina Ristorante, run by renowned chef Fabrizio Facchini and the Milana family in Oyster Bay.

“Nassau County is back, and we’re open for business,” County Executive Bruce Blakeman told the crowd at Crest Hollow. “Nassau County is committed to partnering with each and every one of the chambers so that every community can thrive, and every downtown business dis trict can do well with no community left behind.”

To learn more about the Nassau Coun cil of Chambers of Commerce, visit NCChambers.org.

HuNdrEds gAtHErEd At Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury Oct. 28 to honor the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce Businesspersons of the Year.

CAMArANo

president of the Nassau Council, says community service starts with the local chamber of commerce. And he practices what he preaches as a longtime leader of the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce.

Tim Baker/Herald photos

Monitoring students keeps them on track

a phrase that is popular in the business world as well as education. “This starts with attendance and then moves to aca demics. Getting students and families to be able to know what skills they’re working on and having them see them selves moving toward that goal creates the partnership that yields success.”

Brian O’Connell, head of school at Lawrence Woodmere Academy, pre pared the school’s teachers for online instruction, and monitored that instruc tion as well. The cameras on students’ home computers were required to be on at all times.

“As a private school, we made certain that they had their cameras on,” O’Connell said.

“A key piece was to have that face-toface teacher looking a student in the eye. Or a Zoom eye.”

Now, as the school has moved past the Zoom era and back to in-person learn ing, LWA is focusing more on coopera tive learning than ever before.

The school has created a performance-based assessment that it admin isters twice during the school year. Stu dents are required to make a presenta tion on a topic they have covered in class, chosen by their teacher. “The best way to prevent slippage,” O’Connell said, “is good old-fashioned student engagement — rigorous tasks that they engage with.”

Peer mediation

Richard Altabe, lower school principal at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, said that with the help of data provided by the Northwest Evaluation Association — a nonprofit that creates academic assessments that help determine students’ needs — HALB can track its students and know their strengths and weaknesses. The school tests students three times a year, in the fall, winter and spring.

“Students start at a certain level, (and) if they get a question right, they get a harder question,” David Marks, HALB’s director of blended learning and education analytics, explained. “If they get ones wrong, they get easier questions, enabling us to get a feel for where the stu-

dent is.”

The school tested students in the winter of 2020, before in-person teaching was shut down, but did not resume testing until that fall. At that point, Marks did not notice any significant setbacks in third- through eighth-graders’ math or reading scores. But when it came to the kindergartners of 201920 who moved on to first grade the following school year, teachers were “shocked,” Marks said, by the students’ lower-thanexpected skill levels.

“Our students in kindergarten during the pandemic were basically where they left off in March when they went into first grade,” Marks said. Asked how the school responded to the problem, he said that the curriculum was adjusted to focus on small-

er groups in order to determine what skills the students needed to improve. “Some were unable to say their vowel sounds or put words together,” Marks recalled.

Another problem was the development of their social skills. “The problem we see today is more (on) the social-emotional level, and the anxiety in kids today,” Altabe said. “Much worse than ever before.”

To address those issues, HALB created a peer mediation program that launched on Oct. 31, using pandemic relief funding made available through the Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools program. Following the model of Creative Response to Conflict, a nonprofit that helps those dealing with conflicts turn them into positive experiences, 22 specially trained HALB fifth-graders now help younger schoolmates develop relationships and communication skills.

“Those who wished to volunteer had to apply,” Altabe said. “As part of the application process, they had to receive parental permission, and needed recommendations from teachers and peers.”

Creative Response to Conflict staff members Pricilla Prutzman and Tara Fishler trained the students for the program. The first day, Altabe recalled, he was almost in tears.

“They train these peer mediators over 18 hours, and they’re unbelievable — they’re like mini social workers,” he said describing the fifth-grade trainees. “I was practi cally crying, that’s how good it was.”

Courtesy HALB

StudentS in SeSSion during the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach’s Oct. 31 peer mediation program, with mediator Talya Mandel, a fifth-grader, at far left.

Exit & Succession Planning for Business Owners

By AlexA AnderwkAvich

On Thursday, Nov. 3, law firm Vish nick McGovern Milizio LLP and The NYBB Group held a free live webinar fea turing Joseph G. Milizio, managing part ner at Vishnick, McGovern and Milizio and Anthony Citrolo, founder of NYBB Group — a premium service merger and acquisition business sales firm — with Herald Inside LI host Michael Hinman, executive editor at Herald Community Newspapers.

“No one likes to think too much about the future, especially about their busi ness,” Hinman said. “But in the next hour we will find out why planning ahead is crucial!”

Citrolo’s clients include privately held companies and family owned businesses and is CPA and a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA). Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP has been named Best Law Firms in America by US News and World Report for 2022 and 2023.

Hinman jumped right into their exper tise with a few questions, starting with the basics: when is the best time to start planning?

“The best time to start planning is the moment a client walks into my office and says I have a concept I would like to start a new business,” Milizio said.

He explained that if you plan from the

very start, then you will have a headstart on yourself as you have planned ahead and set the guidelines for the business to thrive efficiently.

Determining the value of your busi ness is an important part of the planning and succession process. There are also a number of steps that a business owner

can do to increase the value of their com pany.

Citrolo went on to define “value accel eration” and how it plays into the process of exit planning.

“If you are really planning your busi ness properly and want to make sure your business has a value of x and you’re willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen,” Citrolo said. “You can do things to essentially grow that business and accelerate the value.”

For example when you need manage ment and hire a team that increases your value, as well as spreading the customer base and even customer contracts which increase value because the customer has staying power. This plus a number of HR and legal issues that need to be dealt with all in time, increase the value of your business.

“Your business is evaluated by value drivers which either increase or decrease the value and you can see what you can do to enhance the value,” Citrolo said.

The webinar included vital informa tion for business owners that could make a difference in the future. Making sure you are building your business efficient ly can be done when you have the proper tools and guidance. If you missed out on this informative webinar, visit the Her ald Inside LI YouTube Channel at www. youtube.com.

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Pictured executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers, Michael Hinman (top left), Joseph G. Milizio, managing partner at Vishnick, McGovern and Milizio (top right), and Anthony Citrolo, founder of NYBB Group (bottom middle) on Zoom Thursday Nov. 3.

NOVEMBER SPECIALS

Police crack down on unsafe cars on the road

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

The last thing any driver wants is an obstructed view out of their car windows. But it’s the same for the Nassau County Police Department as well — except it’s not looking out, but instead looking in.

The department has launched Opera tion Safe Streets, targeting illegal license plates — those that are obstructed or defaced — along with improperly tinted windows and passengers not wearing seat belts.

The initiative continues through the end of the year, and includes both educa tion and enforcement. But it’s not just about safety, according to Nassau police commissioner Patrick Ryder — these vio lations typically lead to other criminal activity.

Safe Streets uses officers from a num ber of police units targeting drivers who are misusing their license plates or have tinted windows that don’t allow officers to see inside. Many will be singled out through various checkpoints set up around the county.

“We know that distracted driving is still the number one cause for accidents and death on our roads,” Ryder told reporters during a news conference last week in Eisenhower Park. “But there is a criminal element that is out there defraud ing and taking advantage of the system, committing crimes by using different

types of plates.”

This initiative comes at a time where more people are out and about preparing for the holidays.

“As we are approaching the time of year when people are going out there spending money, they’re shopping. They have gifts. There will be a lot of cars on the road,” Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman said. “We are going to fight as hard as we can to make sure that all of our communities are safe. That our residen tial communities are safe. That our busi

ness districts are safe.”

Paper license plates are a much bigger problem than many might realize, Ryder said. Although typically given to a new car buyer at the dealership before they can get their more permanent plates from the state, there are those who try to copy the plates, change the expiration date, and then sell them online.

“So, until our officers stop that car, we don’t know it’s a fake plate,” Ryder said. “In the meantime, they’re running red lights. They’re going through (license

plate readers) after they’ve committed crimes, and we can’t detect it because it doesn’t come back to the right vehicle.”

Nassau police made more than 1,000 arrests last year for fraudulent license plates, more than triple from 2020. Traffic tickets are on the rise, too. There were 73,000 summonses written in 2021. So far this year, that number is already at 123,000.

“I think that we should be concentrat ing on all the people who are going around with out-of-state plates, with stolen license plates, with tinted windows that make everybody feel unsafe — especially our police officers,” Blakeman said. “And I really want to crack down because when we’ve done this in the past, we’ve been able to confiscate a lot of illegal license plates, we’ve gotten illegal weapons and con trolled substances that we’ve confiscated.”

Nassau police also say they’ve taken nearly 800 guns off the road in the past two years.

“Those car stops are vital,” Ryder said, when it comes to “doing the investigation, asking the right questions when they interview the driver, and allowing us to get into that car.”

The commissioner also mentioned cracking down on uninspected an unregis tered vehicles, which he added “90 percent of the time, they are also uninsured.”

Depending on the violation, a warning or a summons could be issued, and fines may be increased during the Operation Safe Streets initiative.

Mallory Wilson/Herald

NASSAu COuNtY pOLICe ran a safety checkpoint on Merrick Avenue near Eisenhower Park last week as part of its new Operation Safe Streets program. The initiative aims to crack down on illegal license plates, tinted windows, and expired registrations.

STEPPING OUT

with The

Rascals

Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers are always in style

By Mary Malloy

ock legends The Rascals are back on stage for the first time in four years. Their Time Peace Tour 2022 rolls on — with a stop at NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Nov. 13 — featuring two of the group’s legendary original members: Felix Cavaliere and Gene Cornish.

The group (formerly The Young Rascals) is best known for their string of smash hits during the mid-to-late 1960s, including “Groovin,” “Good Lovin’,” “A Beautiful Morning” and “People Got to Be Free.” (The tour is named after their 1968 Greatest Hits album.)

WHERE WHEN

• Sunday, Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m.

• NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury

• For tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com, LiveNation.com, or call (516) 247-5200

The Rascals were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been in New York because of Covid, but I travel here a lot to see friends and family,” says Cavaliere, the group’s keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter. “We’ve been in the area doing some private shows. Westbury is one of the last few places with a theater in the round. I’m happy that our music appeals to more than one generation. It’s a real treat seeing the some of the younger faces out there in the audience.”

Trained as a classical pianist at a young age — and fully intending to go into the medical field — Cavaliere formed a band called The Escorts during his college years at Syracuse University. That led him to play with Joey Dee & The Starliters (“The Peppermint Twist”) where he met Cornish and Eddie Brigati. The threesome eventually left to form The Young Rascals with jazz drummer Dino Danelli.

After a few months doing the New York club scene, Cavaliere and his bandmates caught the attention of promoter/manager Sid Bernstein with their high-energy set at Long Island’s elite club, The Barge on Shinnecock Bay in East Quogue. They soon signed a contract with Atlantic Records.

After topping the charts with hit after hit — and selling more than 30 million records worldwide — The Young Rascals disbanded in 1972, and the members went on to have successful solo careers. Cavaliere now calls Nashville, Tennessee, home, where he is collaborating and prolifically writing new material.

“This (tour) gives us another chance to play together,” Cornish adds, “and do it for the fans.”

A treat: Special guests Vanilla Fudge

Vanilla Fudge, best known for their extended heavy rock arrangements including “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” and “Season of the Witch,” join The Rascals as special musical guests.

Vanilla Fudge has been cited as “one of the few American links between psychedelia and what soon became heavy metal.” The group is also known to have influenced other major bands such as The Nice, Deep Purple, Yes, Styx and Led Zeppelin.

“We’re excited to come back to Westbury,” says the band’s award-winning drummer, vocalist and songwriter Carmine Appice, who now resides in Florida. “It’s one of my favorite venues. We’ll include a lot of our popular hits, and I’ll probably do a drum solo. The Rascals were like our mentors, and we’ve been friends for many years.”

The band is currently touring with three of its four original members: Appice, Mark Stein, Vince Martell, and Pete Bremy (who took over for Tim Bogert, who retired in 2009 and died 2021.)

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Rascals greatest hits.

Bottom photo: Original Rascals Gene Cornish, left, and Felix Cavaliere first met in the mid ‘60s playing with Joey Dee & The Starliters.

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Bartlett Sher and the team behind ‘South Pacific,’ ‘The King and I’ and 2017 Tony-winning Best Play ‘Oslo,’ bring a fresh and authentic vision to this beloved theatrical masterpiece. Featuring a talented cast, lavish orchestra, and stunning movement and dance from Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter, based on the original staging by Jerome Robbins, this production is an uplifting celebration that raises its cup to joy — to love — to life. Rich with musical hits everyone knows and loves, including ‘Tradition,’ ‘Sunrise, Sunset’ and ‘To Life (L’Chaim!),’ this heartwarming story never goes out of style.

Friday, Nov. 11, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, 2 and 8 p.m. $89, $69, $59, $49. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Route 25A, Brookville. (516) 299-3100 or TillesCenter.org.

Toubab Krewe

Some music defies categorization. Such is the case with Toubab Krewe, the vibrant North Carolinabased instrumental powerhouse that lustily swirls together rock, African traditions, jam sensibilities, international folk strains and more. This is a band that actively draws inspiration from whatever source floats into their purview, something they’ve exhibited in their half decade of heavy gigging — including regular appearances at major U.S. festivals like Bonnaroo, High Sierra, Rothbury and Wakarusa — and abroad at such legendary gatherings as Festival In The Desert in Mali. Their globe-hopping propensity has made them an emerging headliner at their hometown’s famous Orange Peel, and a familiar face at similar venues nationwide. Whether on their own or collaborating with luminaries like the Last Poets’ Umar Bin Hassan or Uncle Earl’s Rayna Gellert, Toubab Krewe has already earned the attention and respect of a broad musical community.

Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m. $38, $33, $28. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

photo: Felix Cavaliere is ready to wow the NYCB Theatre at Westbury audience with The

Vanilla Fudge, special guest, is known for their extended rock versions of contemporary hit songs. Pictured from left are Carmine Appice (drums), Mark Stein (keyboard), Vinny Martell (guitar), and Pete Bremy (bass).

THE SCENE

YES: Close to the Edge Tour

The pioneering progressive rock band visits NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, touring in celebration the 50th anniversary of their famed album, “Close To The Edge,” Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. With an ever growing fan base, YES continues to electrify audiences with daunting virtuosity, complex musical textures and powerful lead vocals. Experience an unforgettable evening of YES at its best, featuring its existential prog masterworks and instrumental pyrotechnics. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

Afterschool activities

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

Mount Sinai Vaxmobile flu/ Covid vaccines

The Mount Sinai South Nassau

Wreath Fundraiser

Get your Christmas wreaths and support Boy Scout Troop 20. 24inch, $25; 30-inch, $35. Pre-order through Venmo @Eugene-Corless. Please state which size (s). Email fbsatroop20ny@gmail.com for more information. Physical pickup is Sunday, Nov. 20 from 9 a.m. to noon at Trinity-St. John’s Cutch, 1142 Broadway, Hewlett.

Vaxmobile, in partnership with the Town of Hempstead, expands outreach to seniors to provide no-cost flu and Covid-19 booster vaccines. The remaing schedule includes: Thursday, Nov. 10, Uniondale Hempstead Senior Center; Tuesday, Nov. 15, Bellmore Senior Center; Friday, Nov. 17, Uniondale Merrick Senior Center. The Vaxmobile offers the PfizerBioNTech bivalent vaccine to individuals 12 and older. Current CDC guidance says that it is safe to get both the Covid and flu vaccines together, even during the same visit to doctor or pharmacy. All vaccine recipients must show proof of age; ages six months to 17 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. For information, visit SouthNassau. org or Facebook @ MountSinaiSouthNassau. To schedule an appointment, go to SouthNassau.org/sn/ vaxmobile, call Mount Sinai South Nassau Community Education at (516) 377-5333 or emailvaxmobile@snch.org.

Oh Baby!

Mercy Hospital invites moms-tobe to a community baby shower, Saturday, Nov. 19, noon-2 p.m. Meet with physicians, lactation specialist, mother/baby nurses, and other hospital personnel with raffles, giveaways for mom and baby(s), games and more. The free event takes place in Mercy’s employee cafeteria, lower level, 1000 North Village Avenue, Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org or call (516) 626-3729.

Having an event?

Break for Art

Kids and parents/caregivers are invited to join Nassau County Museum of Art staff to create and innovate during “Break for Art,” Friday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or 1-2:30 p.m. Find inspiration in the art on view and in the sculpture garden. Later explore the outdoors and Sculpture Garden with the nuseum’s Fall Scavenger Hunt as your guide to discovery and adventure. $10, $5 members free. Registration required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.

Board Breaking & Books

Hindi’s Libraries and Warren Levi Martial Arts is partnering on a free family-friendly event, Board Breaking & Books, Sunday, Nov. 13, 10:45 a.m. to 112:15 p.m. at Levi’s studio, 136 Washington Ave., Cedarhurst. Children’s author readings, inflatables, raffle prizes, vendors and nonprofit showcases.

Brandeis Parade

Commemorate the military service men and women at The Brandeis Academy’s second annual Veterans Day Parade, Friday, Nov. 11, 10 to 11 a.m. The parade steps off on Frost Lane in Lawrence outside the school proceeds to Central and Washington avenues and then onto Broadway ending on Frost Lane.

In-person Game Time

Play canasta, mah jongg and Scrabble in the Bentley Room of Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence, Monday, Nov. 14, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Seating is limited and is first come, first seated. Masks recommended.

Art Exhibit

The “Best Practices” art exhibit will be on display through Jan. 9 in the Boehm Room of the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett.

Let’s Skate

Celebrate the opening of Long Island Children’s Museum’s latest exhibit, “Snowflake Sock Skating,” featuring an indoor “skating rink,” Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 12-13, 1-3 p.m. Make a winter wonderland scene complete with a moving skater, at the drop-in session. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Veterans Day ceremony

Cedarhurst village, in conjunction with the Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339, will hold a Veterans Day ceremony Friday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m., in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park, 257 Summit Ave., Cedarhurst.

Andy Lockwood talks college costs

By AlexA AnderwkAvich

On Wednesday, Nov. 2, Lockwood Col lege Prep and Inside Herald LI presented an hour-long webinar for the community entitled “How to Cut College Costs by 52.2% or More” — produced by Richner LIVE — which aids college-parents on the rollercoaster ride of putting their children through upper education and its costs.

Host, Judy Goss, host of AWE’s luxury real estate show ‘Behind the Gates,’ former NBC and Fox contributor and QVC host, gave her opening remarks as a collegemom of twins, “My kids just graduated high school in June and started college; so I’ve been through all the ups and downs and the stress and the financial issues — all of the roller coaster moves that we had to get to college finally this year,” she said. “And I’m happy to say that I’m here with someone today that will make that process a lot easier and less complicated and that is Andy Lockwood.”

Andy Lockwood is a college admissions counselor along with his wife Pearl, as well as best-selling author of ‘How to Negotiate Your Crappy Financial Aid’ and ‘Merit Aid Offer’ as well as three other books in the works. Together, the duo are the master minds behind Lockwood College Prep which provides you with the tools you may need to get into your dream school, and for less.

The two have four children themselves. However Lockwood saw the need for better college advisors and prep from his own

experiences going through law school.

“I didn’t choose my career,” the top col lege advisor said. “It’s almost like it found me. I went to law school and ended with over a hundred thousand dollars of debt. Because of this horrible experience of high fees and debt, which is actually noth ing compared to today, I went into this career.”

Goss introduced Lockwood, who had just finished up a busy time of early appli cations and deadlines, and jumped right into questions which yielded helpful tips and vital information from Lockwood.

“If you have a younger kid, early deci sion and early action deadlines are some thing to look forward to.” owner of Lock wood College prep said and kicked off the webinar with a piece of advice. “Here’s a pro tip: get everything done over the sum mer. That is my first valuable tip tonight”

Having guidance during the intricate process of the application process can make all the difference. As parents send their oldest children to college for the first time, oftentimes they are both figuring out what to do as you go along and the reality is that many things have changed over the years and you might not know everything that is involved.

“If you feel overwhelmed, it’s not your fault.” Lockwood said regarding the com plicated financial formulas that are often hard to decipher, with pages upon pages of regulations. “The good news is that there are ways to level the playing field.”

Goss also asked questions such as get

ting into and what it takes to be accepted into a top college as well as the rundown on how financial aid and scholarships work.

“I thought you just fill out the FAFSA form and pay as much as you can,” Goss remarked towards the end of the webinar. “I’m happy to hear that there are actually ways you can strategize this.”

It was a highly informative session which ended with a live Q&A from the audience via chat. Followed by an end screen with information on how to book sessions with Lockwood College Prep.

“Our approach isn’t for everyone,” Lockwood said. “The child needs to be coachable and the parents need to be will ing to take advice.”

If you would like to find out more infor mation visit www.lockwoodcollegeprep. com, email vip@lockwoodcollegeprep. com or call (516) 882-5464. The Lockwoods go live on Tuesdays via Facebook at www. CollegeTalkTuesday.live

RichnerLIVE hosts a number of events including galas, webinars and expos. Be on the lookout for upcoming happenings at www.RichnerLIVE.com

Andy lockwood, owner of Lockwood College Prep (pictured), and host Judy Goss, lead an informative discussion for college parents on how they can cut costs, even if they think they don’t qualify.

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Brown, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick claim victories

leen Rice in representing most of south ern Nassau County at the federal level, the first Republican to do so since Daniel Frisa lost re-election to Carolyn McCar thy in 1996. McCarthy served nine terms before retiring in 2015, and Rice has rep resented the district ever since.

Gillen had hoped to keep the streak of Democratic women representing the dis trict alive. D’Esposito’s win was one of several benefit ing Republicans across the area.

Also claiming victory were Patricia CanzoneriFitzpatrick, who easily defeated her Democratic opponent Kenneth Moore for the State Senate by more than 13,000 votes.

“It’s amazing that we were able to get our message out that our state is on the wrong direction,” Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick told supporters. “It is not taking care of us. It is putting criminal first instead of law-abiding, hard-working citizens.”

And Assemblyman Ari Brown barely broke a sweat against his Democratic challenger, Michael Delury, beating him with more than 61 percent of the vote.

“We’re here to save America for our children and our grandchildren,” Brown told the Herald after his victory. “That’s it.

Throughout his race for Congress, D’Esposito stressed the importance of a limited, fiscally responsible government. He said numerous times that he would cut wasteful spending in Washington, and that a small-government approach would help tame inflation.

The campaign trail was not free of jabs back and forth. Democratic campaign literature portrayed D’Esposito as an extremist on issues like abortion and guns, claiming he might support a nationwide ban on abortion and allow weapons on New York streets.

D’Esposito denied to the Herald that he would ever support a national abortion ban, but he did attack New York laws that he claimed allow free access to late-term abortion. On guns, he asserted that the focus of government should not be writing new laws, but cracking down on illegally possessed weapons.

Republicans, meanwhile, linked Gillen to a number of national issues on which they portrayed Democrats as weak. Mailers from the New York Republican State Committee declared that President Biden and Gillen were raising taxes, responsible for the recent national rise in crime, and allowed fentanyl to flood into Nassau

County.

Gillen countered by citing her record as town supervisor, during which time she claimed to have cut taxes. Gillen has also insisted that a tough-on-guns approach can help to curb crime.

While Rice endorsed Gillen, D’Esposito

boasted of his own support from a long list of law enforcement groups and police unions.

Additional reporting by Jim Bernstein, Brendan Carpenter, Karina Kovac, Andre Silva, Mallory Wilson and Jordan Vallone.

LIJ Medical Center is in the top 10% of hospitals nationally for oncology, according to U.S.News&WorldReport.

Our doctors are raising health by pioneering innovative approaches to cancer from novel chemotherapy techniques to first in the nation robotic mastectomies with minimal scarring. Because when it comes to cancer, there’s no status quo. There’s only “how far can we go?”

We’re all doing our part.”

Sue Grieco/Herald

Former Town oF Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen did not concede the Congressional District 4 race against Anthony D’Esposito.

Ari Brown

Public Notices

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

LEGALNOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE FOR FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION AND PREPARATION OF REGISTRATION ROLLS

Annual Election of Meadowmere Fire District December 13, 2022

PLEASE BE ADVISED that the Board of Elections of the Meadowmere Fire District shall meet on the 22nd day of November, 2022 between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. at the Meadowmere Fire House, 14 Meyer Avenue, Lawrence, New York for the purpose of preparing the rolls of registered voters of the Meadowmere Fire District.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Annual Election of the Meadowmere Fire District will take place on December 13, 2022 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Meadowmere Firehouse located at 14 Meyer Avenue, Lawrence, New York, for the purpose of electing one commissioner for a fiveyear term, commencing January 1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2027. All residents of the Meadowmere Fire District duly registered to vote on or before November 21, 2022 shall be eligible to vote.

Candidates for District Office shall file their names with Susan Lund, the Secretary of the Meadowmere Fire District at 14 Meyer Avenue, Lawrence, New York 11559 no later than November 23, 2022. By order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Meadowmere Fire District.

Susan M. Lund Fire District Secretary Meadowmere Fire District 135374

NOTICE, that candidates for said office of Commissioner shall file their name with the Secretary of the Fire District at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of such election, and that in addition, such nomination shall be submitted in legal petition form, subscribed by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the Fire District. Only resident electors are eligible to hold the Office of Fire Commissioner.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS

Dated: November 8, 2022 Inwood, New York

By Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Inwood Fire District in the Hamlet of Inwood, Nassau County, New York

By: Melissa Rivelli Fire District Secretary 135372

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF ELECTION: ATLANTIC BEACH FIRE DISTRICT

Candidates for the office shall file with the secretary of the Fire District no later than November 22, 2022

By order of the Fire Commissioners East End Atlantic Beach.

DAVID FIKELSTEIN 1298 Park Street Atlantic Beach, NY 11509 516-239-0839 135378

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ELECTION

HEWLETT BAY FIRE DISTRICT

HEWLETT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Town Law, the Annual Election of the Hewlett Bay Fire District will take place on December 13, 2022, from 6:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. at the firehouse located at 25 Franklin Avenue, Hewlett, NY, for the purpose of:

Electing one Commissioner for a five (5)-year term, commencing on January 1, 2023.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that to vote at this Fire District Election, a person must be a registered voter in the Town under permanent, personal registration, and must have resided in the Hewlett Bay Fire District for thirty (30) days next preceding the date of said election.

Joseph

Ruvolo DISTRICT SECRETARY

Dated: October 21, 2022 135373

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ELECTION Inwood Fire District in the Hamlet of Inwood, County of Nassau, New York

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual election of the qualified voters of the Inwood Fire District will be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Fire District Commissioner for a 5 year term commencing on first day of January, 2023 and ending on the last day of December, 2027, and also that pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Fire Commissioners, an election of the qualified voters of the Inwood Fire District in the Hamlet of Inwood, County of Nassau, State of New York, will be held on the following resolution, with both elections held at the firehouse located at 188 Doughty Blvd, Inwood, NY 11096 on the 13th day of December, 2022, between the hours of 6 p.m. and 9 pm on the following questions: Shall the Resolutions of the Board of Fire Commissioners be adopted:

RESOLUTION NO. 1: RESOLUTION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A RADIO, TECHNOLOGY AND REQUIPMENT RESERVE ACCOUNT: RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE INWOOD FIRE DISTRICT, HAMLET OF INWOOD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK (THE “DISTRICT”), AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RESERVE FUND FOR THE PURCHASE, REPAIR, AND REPLACEMENT OF RADIOS, TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT AND TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM A RESERVE NO LONGER NEEDED INTO SUCH FUND.

each duly adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners of said Fire District on the 13 day of October, 2022, be approved?

All persons registered to vote in the district and residing in the district for at least thirty days prior to the day of the vote may vote in such election.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Fire District election of the Atlantic Beach Fire District will be held on the 13TH day of December 2022 between the hours of 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Atlantic Beach Fire Rescue Headquarters, located at Bridge Access Road a/k/a One Rescue Road, Atlantic Beach, New York for the purpose of electing one (1) Fire Commissioner for a term of five (5) years from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2027.

The polls shall be open for voting from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. and for such additional time as shall be necessary to permit the electors present at the time of closing to cast their votes.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that in order to vote at this Fire District election, a person must be a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections on or before November 21, 2022 and must have resided in the Fire District for 30 days preceding the date of said election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that candidates for District office shall file their names with the Secretary of the District, Commissioner Arnold M. Geller and in addition a petition subscribed to by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District nominating such candidates for District office at least twenty (20) days prior to December 13, 2022.

Dated: Atlantic Beach, New York Date: October 3, 2022

By Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners ARNOLD M. GELLER, Commissioner-District Secretary 135375

LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION

Please take notice that a fire district election of the East End of Atlantic Beach District will be held on Tuesday December 13, 2022 at the Administration Bldg located at Troy Avenue and the Beach in East Atlantic Beach to elect: (1) Fire Commissioner to serve for a term of five (5) years beginning January 1, 2022.

Please note all duly registered residents of EAB Fire District shall be eligible to vote:

ANNUAL FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION OF THE WOODMERE FIRE DISTRICT

December 13, 2022

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Annual Election of the Woodmere Fire District will take place on December 13, 2022, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Woodmere Fire District Headquarters Building, located at 20 Irving Place, Woodmere, New York, for the purpose of electing one (1) commissioner for a five (5) year term commencing on January 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2027 and voting upon the proposition stated herein.

All duly registered voters residing in the Woodmere Fire District for a period of thirty days prior to the date of the election shall be eligible to vote, but residents must be registered to vote by November 21, 2022 with the Nassau County Board of Elections.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that Candidates for District Office shall file their names with the Secretary of the Woodmere Fire District at the Woodmere Fire District Headquarters Building, located at 20 Irving Place, Woodmere, New York, no later than twenty (20) days before the date of the election. Said filing shall be submitted in the form of a petition subscribed by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the Fire District to the Fire District Secretary. Candidates must select one office to run for and use the petition form that pertains to that office. Petition forms shall be made available by the Fire District Secretary.

Dated: Woodmere, New York October 20, 2022

DAVID HALLER Fire District Secretary WOODMERE FIRE DISTRICT 135377

LEGAL NOTICE

A nonprofit organization in Lawrence is seeking sealed bids for the sale and installation of security related enhancements. The project includes: Contracted security guards and providing security training. The selection criteria will be based on knowledge of surveillance and security, adherence to projected work schedule, prior experience, references,

and cost. Specifications and bid requirements can be obtained by contacting us at BMHarborview@gmail.co m . All interested firms will be required to sign for the proposal documents and provide a primary contact, telephone, and email address. Bids will be accepted until November 30, 2022 and work is to commence by December 2022 and be completed by July 31, 2023 135380

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 11/16/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 748/22. EAST ATLANTIC BEACH - Stefanie Turcic, Variance, front yard average setback, maintain 2nd story addition & remove portion of third story addition attached to dwelling., E/s Oswego Ave., 392.07’ S/o Beech Blvd., a/k/a 32 Oswego Ave.

ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in East Atlantic Beach within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals

The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it. 135348

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Harbor will meet in both public and via Zoom on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 7:00PM, Eastern Standard Time, for the purpose of holding the Village’s regular monthly meeting. An agenda for the meeting will be made available to the public on the Village Website.

All residents wishing to attend via Zoom can visit www.hewlettharbor.org for instructions. Residents wishing to speak via Zoom or in person must notify the Village Clerk in advance.

Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York October 28, 2022 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR MICHAEL RYDER VILLAGE CLERK 135115

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on Monday, November14, 2022, at 8:00 pm in Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York, for the purpose of Amending Section 250-62 Schedule VIII: Stop Intersections. To add a Stop Sign on Pearsall Avenue, Traveling West at the Intersection of Rockaway Turnpike.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing.

Dated: Cedarhurst, New York November 9, 2022 By Order of the Mayor, Benjamin Weinstock Board of Trustees Salvatore Evola Village Administrator 135379

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:November 17, 2022 Time: 7:00 PM

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

Subject:Case # 22-06-6007, Harry and Rosalie Kleinhaus, 29 Putnam Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

on the rear lot line and those linear portions of the side lines enclosing a rear yard and side yard; provided, however, that the six-foot fencing and its relationship to the street fronting upon the premises shall not exceed a greater distance frontward to the street than the average front building line of adjacent dwellings on either side. For purposes of interpretation, a front building line shall refer only to the principal structure and shall not include patios, porches, or other extensions thereto. Fencing for all other lot lines shall not exceed five feet in height.

Section 250-118 Clearsite triangle. Clear site triangle. No wall, fence or other structure shall be erected or altered greater than 30 inches within 20 feet of the intersecting property lines adjacent to roads.

Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 45, Lots 74 & 76 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: November 4, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

Josie Ficeto, Building Clerk 135369

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

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INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR NOTICE OF MONTHLY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Applicant proposes replace an existing 6’ high fence with a new vinyl 6’ high fence. The applicant is seeking relief from the following sections of the Zoning Code: Section 250-119 Fences and planting screens (A)(1). A fence not exceeding six feet in height shall be permitted

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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 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.

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NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MASTR ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006-WMC4, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-WMC4

Plaintiff, Against LUCRECIO AQUINO, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 12/24/2018, 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. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 11/29/2022 at 2:30 PM, premises known as 46 Saint George Place, Inwood, New York 11096 and described as follows; ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 40 Block 57 Lot 48. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $466,857.24 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 16-008698. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or

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there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Bradley Marks, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Suite 205, 10 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573

Dated: 10/10/2022 File Number: 560-3388 PCO 134941

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SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU ARGOLICA, LLC, Plaintiff, AGAINST HENRY DE LOS RIOS, MURIEL DE LOS RIOS, et al. Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on March 16, 2020.

I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on December 5, 2022 at 2:00 PM premises known as 333 Peninsula Blvd, Cedarhurst, NY 11516.

Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Cedarhurst, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Section 39, Block 336 and Lot 91.

Approximate amount of judgment $727,533.82 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #003232/2015.

Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLPAttorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 135018

Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on December 6, 2022 at 2:30 PM.

Premises known as 16 Washington Avenue, Lawrence, NY 11559-2405. Sec 41 Block 086 Lot 152. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Incorporated Village of Lawrence, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $658,966.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 000030/2014. For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.

During the COVID-19 health emergency, Bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of the 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. Should a bidder fail to comply, the Referee may refuse to accept any bid, cancel the closing and hold the bidder in default. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee NY201800000501-1 135157

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cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the sale.

JEFFREY W. HALBREICH, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #99861 135318

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SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff against CHAYA GROSZ, et al Defendant(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff(s)

Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., Woodbridge Corporation Plaza, 485B Route 1 South, Suite 330, Iselin, NJ 08830.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered April 13, 2018, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme

NASSAU COUNTY. ELM LIMITED, LLC., Pltf. vs. ITZHAK HERSHKO, et al, Defts. Index #608671/2019. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered March 23, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on December 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. prem. k/a Section 39, Block 344, Lot 222. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST MARIE DURANE-BOLIVARD; ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 28, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on December 8, 2022 at 2:00PM, premises known as 1106 Rosedale Rd, North Woodmere (Town of Hempstead), NY 11581. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being near Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 39, Block 511, Lot 33. Approximate amount of judgment $804,010.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #006017/2014. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. John O’Grady, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-005649 73570 135235

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Artaxe Construction, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 03/15/2022. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 156 Carolina Avenue Hempstead, NY 11550. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. 135117

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 22nd day of November, 2022, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations:

ELMONT

NORTH ASCAN STREET (TH 442/22) STOP - All traffic traveling eastbound on Home Street shall come to a full stop.

(NR)LAWRENCE

UNION STREET (TH 469/22) STOP - All traffic traveling westbound on Pacific Avenue shall Come to a full stop.

UNION STREET (TH 469/22) STOP - All traffic Westbound on Pacific Avenue shall come to a Full stop.

(NR)ROCKVILLE CENTRE LONG BEACH ROAD (TH 458/22) STOP - All traffic traveling westbound on Maude Street shall come to a full stop.

WOODMERE LEFFERTS ROAD (TH 413/22) STOP - All traffic traveling northbound on Links Road shall come to a full stop.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: October 3, 2022 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 135340

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NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF REGISTRATION ROLLS FOR ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE WOODMERE FIRE DISTRICT

PLEASE BE ADVISED, that the Board of Elections of the Woodmere Fire District shall meet on the 28th day of November, 2022 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Woodmere Fire District Headquarters Building, located at 20 Irving Place, Woodmere, New York for the purpose of preparing the rolls of registered voters of the Woodmere Fire District. The annual election of the Woodmere Fire District will be held on the 13th day of December, 2022, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Happy 50th Lawrence reunion, two years later

They waited two years to hold their 50th anniversary reunion because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but when the Law rence High School Class of 1970 finally came together again the moments and memories will be unforgettable.

A dinner and an open bar created a warm, friendly atmosphere in the Atrium of Sunny Atlantic Beach Club in Atlantic Beach on Oct. 29.

— Jeffrey Bessen

The

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at the Woodmere Fire District Headquarters Building, located at 20 Irving Place, Woodmere, New York.

PLEASE BE ADVISED that only those persons who have registered with the County Board of Elections on or before the 21st day of November, 2022, and have resided in the fire

district for thirty days prior to said date of election shall be eligible to vote.

PLEASE BE ADVISED that candidates for District Office shall file their names with the Secretary of the Woodmere Fire District at the Woodmere Fire District Headquarters Building, located at 20

Irving Place, Woodmere, New York no later than twenty (20) days before the date of the election.

Said filing shall be submitted in the form of petition subscribed by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the Fire District to the Fire District Secretary. Petition forms shall be made available

by the Fire District Secretary.

Dated: Woodmere, New York October 20, 2022

DAVID HALLER

Fire District Secretary WOODMERE FIRE DISTRICT 135376

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Lawrence high Class of 1970 reunion brought together Morgan Hepern, left, Barry Felder and Michelle Grunder.

SchooLmaTeS andrea KeTover Ciampi and Rickie Livingston at the Lawrence High School Class of 1970 reunion.

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Lawrence high’S reunion reunited Leonard Brenner, left, Richard Nasof, Alice Johnson Fornori, Jon Fisher and Mallory Brenner.

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

Needed For Early Childhood Education And Care Center

In Rockville Centre

Full Time Position High School Diploma Needed E-mail Resume: rlychildhoodctr@aol.com Call 516-536-5674

CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE

Help Wanted

CSC HOLDINGS, LLC seeks a Wireless Engineer to detect and analyze inconsistencies in internal mobile systems that affect customers and work to resolve the issues. Analyze the recurrence of similar reported incidents in order to identify patterns and the possibility of emergency situations that might affect the services of mobile subscribers. Provide first-level support in the resolution of assigned claims. Follow up with the specialized technical areas for coordination of solutions to opened cases and for complete and successful closing of such cases under a defined SLA. Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related STEM field, and 3 years of experience working in customer care within the telecommunications industry. Experience must include a minimum of: 1 year of experience synthesizing data and developing mathematical models to resolve business problems; 1 year of experience working with mobile network architecture and platforms, including HLR, HSS, MME, PGW, PCRF, GGSN, OCS, OTA, and IMS; 1 year of experience with product implementation of 3G, 4G, LTE, voice and data services, SIM Cards, WIFI, WLC, TWAG, and provisioning systems; 1 year of experience monitoring and providing support for mobile network nodes related to customer service; 1 year of experience with Excel, GUI-based systems, Office Package, Linux/Unix, and SQL. Requirements of this position include demonstration of either full vaccination 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 requisition number 2022-35658.

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.

requirements to: careers@liherald.com

Process Orders. Baldwin Dental Supply Company. 516-783-7800

OUTSIDE SALES

RECEPTIONIST

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PART/FULL TIME AVAILABLE. Flexible Hours in a Busy Women's Hosiery & Accessories Retail Store in Cedarhurst NY. Some Experience- Will Train to help customers and promote sales & restocking merchandise. 516-395-5408. Ask for Chuck

TEACHERS F/T & P/T AND SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS PER DIEM & PERMANENT Needed To Work With Infants, Toddlers, Or Preschoolers At The Gural JCC Early Childhood Center In Lawrence. Interested And Qualified Candidates, Over 18 Years Old Call 516-239-1354 Or Email JCC.Nursery@GuralJCC.org

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

RECEPTIONIST. ANIMAL HOSPITAL Oceanside. F/T-P/T. Weekdays/Weekends 516-766-6060. info@oceansidevet.net.

RECEPTIONIST MEDICAL OFFICE: 2pm- 7pm. Flexible Days. Valley Stream. Computer Literate. Fax Resume To 516-295-0017

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TEACHERS: SPANISH SPEAKING A+. BA/ Associate Degree In Early Childhood Education. Teacher's Salary $32K. EMAIL RESUME: kgreene@fivetownsmail.org 516-239-6244 Ext. 237

A Hidden Treasure

Health Care/Opportunities

This beautiful Garden Town Co-op apartment is located on the 2nd Floor. It is an updated beauty that has 2 bedrooms and 2 full baths. There is one full bath in the master bedroom and hardwood floors throughout the hallway, living room, dining room and kitchen. You will find beautiful crown molding in every room. Miraculously, there is a pull down ladder for good attic storage. The terrace overlooks the expanse of the development; nice view! The Co-op comes with 1 parking spot in garage and there is a washer/ dryer in the unit. The apartment is very close to the municipal lot for free unlimited parking which is a very big bonus. The Grounds are meticulously maintained.

Ronnie Gerber 516-238-4299

OPEN HOUSES SUNday, 11/13/22

HEWLETT

1608 Ridgeway Dr, 12-1:30, FIRST SHOW! Move Right Into This Completely Gut Renovated 4 BR, 3.5 Bth Col on 1/4 Acre Prop. New Kosher EIK, FDR, LR /Fpl, Den & Enclosed Porch. Full Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Att Gar. SD#20 $1,599,000 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 $699,000 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

HEWLETT H a RBOR 1299 Seawane Dr, BA, 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 $1,799,000 206 Albon Rd, BA, FIRST TIME ON MARKET! Grand & Elegant 6200 Sq Ft Col

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A sampling of recent sales in the area

Baldwin $550,000

Kenneth Avenue. Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Finished basement. Large updated eat-in kitchen. Formal living room with custom gas fireplace. Formal dining room. Three season room with built-in bar. Large master bedroom with walk-in closet. Many updates, including built-ins throughout and ample storage.

Taxes: $11,431.40

Bellmore $445,000

Shore Road. Cape. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Formal dining room. Family room with French doors leading to deck with water views. Many updates including cathedral/vaulted ceiling. Oversized grounds. Deeded beach rights.

Taxes: $14,139.02

East Meadow $550,000

Falcon Street. Expanded Cape. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Finished basement with wet bar. Updated eat-in kitchen with pantry. Open floor plan. Den/family room. All large rooms. Convenient location near parkways, LIRR, shopping, dining.

Taxes: $12,165

Franklin Square $730,000

Lincoln Road. Split Level. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Updated eat-in kitchen with sliders to deck. Open layout. Formal dining room. Den/family room and home office. Master bedroom suite on its own floor. Central air conditioning. Convenient location near schools. Taxes: $11,795.32

Long Beach $715,000

W. Penn Street. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Oversized eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Spacious living room. Home office. First floor master bedroom. Multi-deck backyard. Great location near boardwalk, beach, shopping, dining, LIRR, and more.

Taxes: $6,619

Lynbrook $575,000

Olive Place. Tudor. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Partial finished basement with outside entrance. Updated eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Living room with fireplace. Formal dining room. Central location near heart of village, pool, LIRR, shopping, dining, and more.

Taxes: $10,723

Malverne $625,000

West Avenue. Cape. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Formal dining room. Den/family room. First floor master bedroom. Security system.

Taxes: $14,338.26

Merrick $945,000

Frankel Boulevard. Mediterranean-style Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Finished basement. Large gourmet eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Living room with fireplace. Formal dining room with French doors to yard. Den/family room. Large ensuite master bedroom with huge walk-in closet and spa-like bathroom with his and hers sinks and Jacuzzi tub. Security system. Convenient location in walking distance to LIRR.

Taxes: $19,307

Source: The Multiple Listing Service of Long Island Inc,, a computerized network of real estate offices serving Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, and Brooklyn.

One more postSandy permit

Q. A building inspector noticed our air condition ing units while inspecting our deck, and said we need to file for a permit for it. He said it’s a simple permit, and an architect would know what to do. Our house was damaged by Hurricane Sandy. We have been through a lot, so we just want to get this last thing done. Can you explain what is needed?

A. After you started with permits for Sandy repair, which led to a per mit for your deck, then electrical and plumbing permits, I suspect you thought you were done, but noooo! This has been a common issue in your municipality. They require a design professional, and the average person imme diately sees dollar signs and gets nervous.

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Monte Leeper

Your building inspector made it sound simple, and from an inspector’s point of view, at the end of the process, it is simple, but getting there is a little more complicated. While doing second floors and rear additions, one stum bling block to final sign-off includes things as minor as an air conditioning unit. The drawing of plans, retrieving the specification manual from the manu facturer to show energy use, sound output and safety testing make the task not so simple. Most people lose or throw away their manuals. Then, because you’re in a flood zone, you must have an elevation certifi cate and survey from a surveyor (another expense). So it really isn’t so simple.

Then there are the construction drawings for the raised A.C. units to be above potential floodwaters. I’ve seen many truly inventive ways to elevate the condenser unit, from stacked wooden crate towers to mini-deck platforms to concrete pedestals covered in decorative stone. We actually have to document the way they were constructed, which isn’t always so easy because the building code addresses only con ventional construction, not artistic sculptures that look like someone has set up an air conditioning altar. The construction, no matter what it’s made of, has to have conventional anchorage, some kind of realistic foundation that the architect or engineer has to state is strong enough to resist being carried away in a flood, and that won’t accelerate the flood waters to neighboring properties when water smacks up against it.

Another problem has been the progression of information, over time, about what design profes sionals have to note on the plans. Because the com munication, shared with the property owner, is on an internet portal, when the examiner sends back a message about “demonstrating compliance with Section X” of the building codes, the client is left to wonder whether their professional really knows what they’re doing, since they apparently can’t even draw an air conditioning unit. Belittling the profes sional has made many architects and engineers choose not to do these A.C. unit plans. It would be much more helpful if communications included spe cifics, like an information sheet on standardized required notes, an explanation like the one I just gave, and acceptable anchorage and design heights to simplify the process. Good luck!

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The Federal Aviation Administra tion has just closed the comment period for the flying public regard ing the size of airline passenger seats.

They were focused on the wrong seats. The FAA should have been looking at air plane loos. In-flight restrooms have become so small and cramped that they should be equipped with shoehorns.

far smaller economic penalty by giving up several seats in order to make room for the wider restrooms. Single-aisle aircraft that carried fewer passengers and flew shorter routes were exempted from the regulation.

means not being able to go while going overseas. The issue has not gone unno ticed. One cabin-design firm called AirGo has proposed a unique triangular-shaped airline lavatory. The company claims that it gives passengers who have reduced mobility the ability to wheel in and safely shift from wheelchair to toilet.

dations comfortable. They only wanted to hear about safety factors. “The FAA is not requesting comments regarding matters … such as how the dimensions of passen ger seats might relate to passenger com fort or convenience,” the agency stated. We can assume they believe the free mar ket will define “comfort.”

In 1986, Con gress passed legis lation requiring the Department of Transportation to create and enforce regulations ensur ing that people with disabilities were treated with out discrimination in a manner con sistent with the safe operation of aircraft and trains. A key part of that task was to make sure airliners had restrooms that were large enough to accommodate dis abled passengers.

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And now, in an era when jumbo jets like the 747 are being retired and smaller, more fuel-efficient, narrowbody jets are making a comeback, those restrooms can still be smaller than a phone booth. (Does anyone remember phone booths?) One airline industry survey reported that narrow-body lavatories are often as much as 10 inches narrower than they were a decade ago.

There was a significant caveat, howev er. The rules focused only on wide-body aircraft. There was an assumption that the larger the aircraft, the longer the flights, the more pressing the need for facilities. This sly “carve-out” in aircraft standards meant that airlines suffered a

The current generation of non-jumbos is so aerodynamically effi cient that they can fly the same long-dis tance routes as 747s. These narrow-body aircraft are capable of international flights of thousands of miles. In the pur suit of efficiency, even many cockpit crews have been reduced, from three to two. Everything is now designed to be far more cost-effective for airlines facing woes ranging from staff shortages to soar ing energy costs. That means using every inch of aircraft real estate. And that in turn has meant removing precious inches from the restrooms.

For those with special needs, this often

Refusing to accept the status quo, disabled passen gers filed suit several years ago, demanding that nar row-body aircraft be man dated to have restrooms they could access, and new federal rules will require at least one larger restroom per aircraft to accommodate them. The airlines aren’t happy, because in this era of Covid recovery, they claim the mandate has the potential to cost them billions of dollars in revenue as they remove seats to make room for the wider privy. In the meantime, fewer than 5 percent of U.S. commercial carriers’ narrow-body pas senger aircraft have restrooms large enough to be accessible to people who need to use wheelchairs on board, accord ing to Washington’s Government Accountability Office.

While the FAA requested public input on airline seats, the agency made it a point to say they’re not interested in whether you find current cabin accommo

An industry expert, Sebastien Weber, chief executive of Safran Aerosystems, told the Wall Street Journal several years ago, “On airplanes, it is all about how you use the real estate.” He should know. His California company builds toilets for air craft.

It is a now cliché to lament the longlost golden days of aviation, when men arrived planeside in suits and fedoras and women were dressed to the nines. Today it’s cargo shorts and muscle shirts, and passengers who wear jackets and ties are viewed with smirks as flight attendants remind us that there is an extra charge for barely edible snacks. So we shouldn’t be surprised that airline restrooms are shrinking, our seats and amenities are considered commodities, and we are left to wonder if there will be room to go when we have to go.

Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosen berg Calica & Birney in 1999.

Need a boost? Celebrate your micro-joys

Last week I wrote about the mid term elections, which may or may not be resolved by the time you read this. I acknowledged the stress many of us are feeling as democra cy-as-we-know-it seems to be faltering. I suggested taking a galactic approach, find ing comfort in our relative insignificance in the universe. After all, we are so small, and on the grand scales of time and space, politics is inconsequential.

■ Climate change is close to becoming irremediable.

■ A recession is looming.

■ Covid may surge this winter.

■ Former President Donald Trump may run again, or may be indict ed. Or he may run and be indicted.

had baked earlier in the week, toasted it, and found some raspberry preserves for a micro-boost.

I did not turn on the news.

Some days it is challenging to fine the joy, but there is no acceptable option.

Like everyone else I know, I do Wordle and Spelling Bee every day in The New York Times. It has become a ritual and a micro-obsession as well as a joy. I think it’s the fun of chalking up a small win and feeling the ping of success, even though it’s just a word game. Wins are hard to come by.

Maybe you have a card game or a board game that can pull your time and attention into focus for an hour or two.

There are just so many times we can hear these messages and maintain our equilibrium.

RANDI KREISS

How did that work for you? It worked for me for a while, along with deep breathing, and stepping up a self-care routine to battle the political blues. I stopped watching TV news. I turned off news notifications on my phone, and I chose not to read the new dystopian novel by Celeste Ng, which I am sure is fine and literary, but not for me, not right now.

This is the drumbeat we hear:

■ Facts don’t matter to many Americans.

■ Racism is on the rise.

■ Unqualified candidates enjoy wide spread support.

So this week I’m moving from the galactic view to the micro view, and urging all of us to find the tiny moments and joys that lift the spirit and give meaning to our lives. The bad stuff looms large and threatens to block out the sun, but the micro-joys are here, and there was never a greater need.

Just this morning, before sitting down to write, I took a walk. I took in the smell of the air and the ripple of leaves. I con tinued listening to Jon Meacham’s “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,” because it reminds me that democracy has always been fragile and precious.

I savored my coffee, a robust Cuban blend that tastes delicious and is a terrific eye-opener. I sliced a piece of cornbread I

I call my grandkids every few days. Sometimes they have time to talk and it’s a good moment. Sometimes they reach out to me with a video of themselves skate boarding or a good grade alert or a bit of gossip about their friends. It all counts in the plus column.

I started watching “White Lotus,” a new series on HBO Max. It’s funny — horribly, darkly funny. It may not work for you, but the charac ters, especially the teenagers, are so exag gerated (I hope) that it is a fine distraction.

I watched President Obama’s stump speech in Arizona — twice, because his intelligence and humor and passion for democracy are so heartening.

Another day, I called some old friends. We all do our best to keep in touch, but often, too much time goes by. So I called, and we chatted and had a laugh and con soled one another, and it was another micro-joy.

Part of caring for ourselves is finding like-minded friends to enjoy a common experience. A game, a lecture, a bike ride, a meal out — anything to break out of the device-driven isolation zone.

Memories count. One of my best micro-joys this week was looking through some old, and I mean old, photo albums. How dazzling were those family times, especially from this distance!

I rolled on the floor with Lillybee the dog.

We must find these joyful moments. We must do it with intention and focus and limited expectations. Want to share with me what micro-joys you have found to lift you up?

We do this to keep ourselves strong and renewed for whatever these strange times bring our way.

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

I urge all of us to find the tiny moments that lift the spirit and give our lives meaning.

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Honor the men, women of the armed forces

there are just two federal holidays each year acknowledging — and thanking — the brave men and women of the U.S. armed forces for their service to our country. They have endured intensive training, harsh condi tions and treacherous battlefields on which they have fought for our freedom and protected us from foreign dictators and tyrannical empires overseas.

Memorial Day gives us a chance to remember those we lost. But Veterans Day — which we observe on Friday — honors those who are still with us.

Veterans Day traces its roots back more than 100 years, to the conclusion of World War I. Considered the deadliest and most violent conflict in history to that point, it resulted in nearly 40 million military and civilian casualties.

In the 11th hour of Nov. 11, 1918, a cease fire accord brought an end to four years of bloodshed. Armistice Day — as it is still known in other parts of the globe — was celebrated in honor of those who fought in the trenches on the Western Front.

Unfortunately, by the time it was acknowledged as an official U.S. holiday in 1938, the world was once again on the brink of a global conflict. World War II’s ferocity far exceeded that of its predeces sor, including millions of innocent lives lost in the Holocaust, and culminated with the first — and only — use of the atomic bomb during wartime on the Japanese cit ies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The very first Veterans Day is said to

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To the Editor:

I, for one, am glad that this election season is over. The vitriol, accusations and character assassination by both parties became unbearable. Common ground and common decency were in short supply. I am almost certain that political discourse in our country will continue to take the low road even after all the votes have been tallied.

One of the things I noticed was how the political ads that peppered the evening newscasts left out one crucial segment of our society. In the months leading up to the election, I never saw, or heard, a single ad, by either party, that mentioned the poor and margin alized. There were lots of ads aimed at those of us in the middle class. One could surmise from these ads that we

have taken place in Birmingham, Ala bama, in 1947, when World War II veteran Raymond Weeks organized a celebration to honor all those who served in the Atlan tic and Pacific theaters of the war. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law proclaiming that Armistice Day would henceforth be known as Veterans Day.

Today the holiday celebrates all who have served. But despite government assis tance through the U.S. Department of Vet erans Affairs and programs like the GI Bill, many veterans continue to struggle to readjust to civilian life, facing the chal lenges of securing education, employ ment, food and housing.

While many returned home to celebra tions and commendations, Americans became more cynical during and after the war in Vietnam. More and more returning veterans were met with hatred and disgust or, at best, were simply ignored, which posed a new set of hurdles, with many suf fering from drug addiction, PTSD, suicidal urges and other mental health issues, as well as the lasting effects of exposure to Agent Orange.

Many of those problems remain preva lent among military personnel coming back from more recent conflicts, like those in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This is why Veterans Day is more important than it has ever been. And it necessitates more from us than simply thanking and helping a veteran, though any effort — no matter how small — is appreciated.

Volunteer at a VA hospital. You don’t have to have any medical expertise to help. You can even give a lift to those without the means to get around. Visit Volunteer. va.gov to learn more. Volunteer for the American Red Cross, which has been lend ing a hand to those returning from war since World War I.

Help veterans find work. Hire Heroes USA is a nonprofit organization assisting veterans, active-duty military and their spouses obtain employment with career counseling and advice. Go to HireHeroesU SA.org.

Send a letter, or help veterans write home. This is probably the simplest of all ways to show your support. Operation Gratitude — at OperationGratitude.com — delivers letters, cards and care packages to veterans and military personnel, letting them know they are appreciated. And Operation Write Home provides blank handmade greeting cards to active-duty service members to send messages back to their loved ones. Visit them at SandyAll nock.com/OperationWriteHome.

Give back at the grass-roots level. You can show your support for local veterans in your community by donating to, and volunteering for, the American Legion or Veterans of Foreign War post nearest you.

Veterans deserve our appreciation for protecting and ensuring our cherished way of life. They deserve our thanks not just one day a year, but every day— and on Friday we should be especially united in that gratitude.

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Our kids can’t do the math

when I was in high school in the Bronx in the 1960s, they didn’t let us use calculators on tests. They hadn’t invented them yet.

I actually learned math in middle school, when my friends and I calculated baseball batting averages and pitchers’ earned run averages. In those days, newspapers only published the stats for the league leaders, so we did the calcula tions for everyone else on the Yan kees and Mets.

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Today, when you watch a game on TV, all sorts of sta tistics that I never heard of as a kid are recalculated instantaneously.

Likewise, kids today have devices with unimaginable computational power and speed. They just punch in the num bers. As an aging dinosaur, I like to bal ance my checkbook without help to keep my mind sharp, but some days I don’t bother, and I let Excel work the numbers. I’ve used algebra and geometry for dif ferent projects, but I probably could have gotten by in life with very rudimentary math skills. I haven’t used trigonometry or calculus since I left high school.

So why do kids need to study math?

This is an important question, because the latest report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress shows that as a result of pandemic-relat ed school interruptions, fourth- and eight-graders’ math scores in standard ized tests fell in nearly every state and demograph ic group, and in some states they fell precipitously. Only 36 percent of fourth-grad ers and 26 percent of eighth-graders were rated proficient in math. In New York, the scores were sig nificantly worse for fourthgraders, with only 28 per cent of students rated pro ficient, and slightly better than the national average for eighth-graders. These were the lowest percentages for New York students since the federal testing started in 1998.

More vulnerable students dropped even further behind their peers. A sur vey included with the test found that only half of low-performing fourth-grad ers had regular access to computers dur ing the 2020-21 school year, and a third reported that they didn’t have a quiet place to do school work. Black and Lati no students, who already scored lower than white and Asian students on previ ous exams, experienced the sharpest Covid-related declines. The test results and survey hint that in the near future,

we may see a sharp increase in high school dropouts and a greater opportuni ty gap.

Reading scores also declined, but it’s easier for students to bounce back when it comes to reading performance. Math is sequential, so if students don’t learn the basics, they can’t perform increasingly complex operations. Dur ing the 2021-22 school year, the federal government provided over $120 billion, about $2,400 per student, to address the Covid decline, but federal funding for remediation expires in 2024, and a highly partisan Congress may not allocate the billions more dollars that are still needed.

But again, why do kids need to study math if technology can do the calcula tions for us?

In New York state, Mathematics Learning Standards stress that the goal is for students to be able to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them; to reason abstractly and quantita tively; to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others; and to model with mathematics. Compu tational skills, also called numeracy, are important because to do these things, students have to be comfortable with numbers and be able to “read” math. But broader “thinking skills” that

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are over-taxed pawns of the wealthy, or in danger of losing our freedoms. I suppose all of these could be true to some extent. But by ignoring those who strug gle most in our society, we have shown the futility that many of us feel with our current political climate.

As a pastor, I am called to minister to those whom Jesus called “the least of his brothers and sisters.” This can be exhilarating, but at the same time frustrating, work. I am also treasurer of the Long Island Council of Churches, which maintains the Freeport Food Pantry. More than once in the past year, we have nearly had to shut our doors for a few days because of a lack of food — that’s the frustrating part. The exhilaration comes when I see hungry families leave the pantry with full shopping carts to sustain them for a few days. There shouldn’t be food pantries in a nation as wealthy as ours, but that’s the reality that we live with in this time. My other exhilaration is that I serve in a missionoriented church. We also support local Head Start pro grams and migrant farm workers and their families on the east end of Long Island. Yes, our efforts are only stopgap measures. But when our politicians have failed us, they are a necessity.

I never ask any of my congregants, or the folks who bring food to our food drives, if they are Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal. I just give thanks to God that amid all the hostility of our current politi cal climate, there are folks who remember those who are often forgotten, or whom we might wish to forget.

THE REV. RON GARNER Pastor,

transfer to other areas of school and life are most important. Studying math, besides learning how to calculate, stu dents learn to think logically, how to identify and state a problem clearly, how to plan, how to decide on appropriate strategies to find solutions to a problem, and how to reach conclusions based on evidence — in this case, numbers. And math helps us keep score even when cal culators are unavailable. With math we measure money, time and distance. We use it when cooking, balancing a check book, determining whether a bill is cor rect or planning home improvements. Some people are probably better off when kids can’t do math. It’s easier to cheat them. You can pay them less and bill them more. They can’t understand why climate change and rising sea levels are such a threat, or why Republican claims that the 2020 election was stolen are ridiculous. That only makes it clear er that, if the problem persists, the lives of those kids, and our society as a whole, will be much worse off.

Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teach er and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Stud ies. Follow him on Twitter at Twitter. com/AlanJSinger1.

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