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Chabad, village settle lawsuit Atlantic Beach will pay $400,000 over four years on accepting the settlement terms to resolve the Chabad’s lawsuit.

In addition to the payments, T he Villag e of Atlantic Beach has agreed to pay the the village would also drop the Chabad of the Beaches $400,000 eminent domain proceeding over four years to settle a 2022 now pending in State Supreme Court, and refrain from taking federal lawsuit.

The Chabad of the Beaches, action that would interfere a Long Beach-based religious with the Chabad’s ownership organization that also has and use of 2025 Park St. members in Atlan“As attorneys for tic Beach and Lido the village, it is our Beach, bought the recommendation proper ty at 2025 that the settlement Park St. in Atlantic be approved,” MisBeach, near Village kiewicz said.

Hall, in November The resolution 2021 for $950,000, was unanimously planning to build a STEPHEN MAHLER approved in a 4-0 community center Former Atlantic Beach vote. Trustee Patrif o r J e w i s h p r o - mayor cia Beaumont did gramming, educanot attend. tion and a place of worship.

The village wanted to build Only weeks later, the village its own community center on announced plans to take over the property, which would have the property through eminent included a recreational facility domain, a legal procedure in and village lifeguard operawhich a government takes over tions. private property and converts Both parties were in court in it to public use after compen- July 2022, when the Chabad sating the owner. sued the village, seeking to preAt a village board meeting vent its acquisition of the propon Monday, James Miskiewicz, erty. A temporary restraining an attor ney with the fir m order was issued that preventGreenberg Traurig, which rep- ed the village from proceeding resents the village, gave his with its eminent domain claim. legal recommendation to trustRe p re s e n t i n g R abb i E l i ees, and others in attendance, Continued on page 16

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Saluting the military Veterans Day was commemorated in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park last Saturday. Story, additional photo, Page 3.

Firefighters aid Israel amid conflict LCFD volunteers dispatched to Ashdod, Hadera

By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com

Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department members Jason Stukes and Shoshana Weiner recently spent two weeks working for the Emergency Volunteers Project in Israel in two of the country’s fire departments.

“All of us basically dropped everything to go help our fellow firefighters in Israel,” Weiner, a firefighter, paramedic and former department lieutenant, said.

Stukes, 45, a five-year member of the LCFD, and Weiner, 50, a member for 23 years, signed up to volunteer as the crisis in Israel deepened after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.

“I’m kind of one of those guys to kind of take a shot — like if you guys are doing it, I don’t even know what it entails, but if you guys are doing it, I want to do it,” Stukes said. “Then after I did it, I was kind of like, what did I sign up for?”

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After nearly the entire Veterans Day ceremony in Cedarhurst was over one single sentence stood out above the rest that encapsulates what the day means.

“As we gather here today to honor these heroes it is our duty to go out of our way to show these veterans genuine acts of kindness that is why Assemblyman Ari Brown will be donating a kidney to a veteran in need within the next month,” said Rabbi Mickey Edery, speaking for Brown who attended another Veterans Day ceremony. Brown is also Cedarhurst village’s deputy mayor.

“Wow,” was the response from one person followed by crowd applause in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park last Saturday.

“He feels it’s the least he can do to give back a veteran in need,” Edery reciting Brown’s words. “Today, I ask that you reflect and recognize American values and the sacrifices it takes to keep our country and people safe.”

Veterans Day — commemorated in the 11th month, on the 11th day at the 11th hour — was first called Armistice Day, the day World War I ended. It became Veterans Day, a day to honor all military personnel, in 1954.

T his year’s ceremony took on increased significance in the Five Towns with the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict as the park’s United States and POW/MIA flags fly at half-mast.

“We carry being a veteran in our hearts,” said Syd Mandelbaum, the commander of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339 that is celebrating its centennial this year.

Mandelbaum pointed to one of the plaques on the park’s military veteran memorial and recounted the 1923 encounter between men from the newly formed post and Ku Klux Klan members who wanted to take part in the memorial’s dedication on Nov. 29 of that year.

“We are on hallowed ground,” he said, adding he is the son of Holocaust survivors. “The KKK was very active and wanted to lay a wreath and Cornelius Wickersham (the post’s commander) would not allow it. We beat the something out them.”

“The history of our community doing the right thing goes back 100 years,” Mandelbaum added.

John J. Oliveri Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1582 was also represented as its commander, Miguel Martinez, whose brief words struck a poignant chord as a Long Island Rail Road train chugged into the station.

“Let’s not forget our obligations to other veterans and the family of the fallen,” he said. “On this day we honor all that have served honorably who are still with us. Be proud of your service. All we have is the love and support of other veterans, our family, friends that support us in the time of need.”

Cedarhurst Trustee Daniel Plaut with his wife, Tova, shared his immediate personal connection to Veterans Day. “Our son Samuel, who some of you may know, has chosen to follow the footsteps of the many veterans we honor here today,” Daniel said. “He is currently serving in the United States Marines dedicating himself to the cause of defending our great nation. His decision to serve fills me with immense pride and also reminds me of the responsibilities we all share in supporting our service men and women.”

Town of Hempstead Councilwoman Melissa Miller noted her father and uncle’s Korean War service.

“The freedoms we enjoy here to day are because of you,” she said, looking at the veterans in attendance.

Noting the Oct. 7 attack, Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock said supporting veterans could unite us.

“It’s only proper and fitting that the United States respect its veterans the way Israel respects its veterans,” he said.

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Lawrence High School’s band director, Brian Stabile, played ‘Taps’ at the Veterans Day ceremony in Cedarhurst last Saturday.

Deploying coupon savings for U.S. military ‘Coups for Troops’ program helps soldiers’ families in need of rationing money Cutting up the coupons isn’t necessary as teenage volunteers at the library cut and sort them out in the appropriate cateDon’t throw away those expired cou- gory they belong to.

Coupons vary from food, baby prodpons just yet.

Instead, the Hewlett-Woodmere Public ucts, pet and non-food items such as cleanLibrary will take them to give to United ing products, makeup and vitamins.

At the end of the month, Lynch mails States troops.

“Coups for Troops,” a program led by out the coupons to the organization’s prolibrarian Carolyn Lynch for the last few gram, “Troopons,” which handles the distributions to the troops. years, asks library patrons According to a 2012 surin the communities to vey conducted by Troopons, donate expired coupons to found that military families help soldiers save money. across the world depend on The coupons are still good its services to help make for six months at U.S. miliends meet. Of the coupon tary bases overseas due to users, 95 percent are marthem not receiving papers ried, 72 percent have young and magazines. children and 80 percent of The coupons are then the adults are in their 20s sent to Support Our Troops, and 30s. a charitable organization MAYA RABiN Since January, the volunbased in Florida, its mission Student volunteer teers have cut 27,183 couis in its name, asking for the public’s help, whether it is through local pons, generating a total savings value of groups, companies, schools, colleges, $90,686.12. More than 460 coupon appointchurches, or a local library such as ments have been scheduled, which averages 20 to 30 different teens cutting couHewlett-Woodmere.

The response has been good for this pons a month, Lynch said.

One of them is a frequent volunteer of year, Lynch said. However, they most certhree years, Maya Rabin, a Hewlett High tainly rely on community involvement.

“We get the paper every week,” she School junior who first joined when she said. “Fiddling with the packets of cou- was in the eighth grade to earn communipons in the paper, so we definitely rely on ty service hours.

Now as a young adult, it has a different the community to come and donate their coupons as well so we can get a nice meaning for her, she said.

“I realized that there was more of a amount of coupons out for troops and meaning to Coops for Troops than just for their family.”

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‘Coups for Troops,’ led by Hewlett-Woodmere Public librarian Carolyn Lynch helps troops in U.S. military bases overseas with unexpired coupons, good for an additional six months after expiration. community service,” she explained.

“There’s a reason why I am doing this and it motivated me to keep going because I was helping a bunch of troops around the world.

‘This is for me to help around the world and make a difference,” she added.

In the shadow of Veterans Day, Lynch

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recognizes those who have served in all of the country’s wars past and present.

“Their families go through so much and do a lot for our country to protect us,” Lynch said. “So, if we can do anything to help them and their families, I think that’s so important.”

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Eloise Thomas frequently volunteers to help with food distribution at Gammy’s Pantry in the Five Towns Community Center.

Job coach Stephen Krown, left, and Hillie Horowitz help at Gammy’s Pantry in the Community Center in Lawrence.

Community Center collecting food for the holidays Volunteers are filling Gammy’s Pantry in Lawrence through Christmas Eve

By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com

Gammy’s Pantry volunteers at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence are busy collecting donation of food to continue feeding those in need as the holidays approach.

“It’s the holiday season, many families are missing loved ones and just being able to have that little taste of home and know-

ing there’s going to be a meal on the table might be all that someone needs to be able to pull though into the next day and try again,” Sasha Young, Gammy’s Pantry founder said.

Since Oct. 15, the pantry has been hosting its Thanksgiving and Holiday food drive. Donations are being accepted until Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, to support pantry users through the holiday season. Donors can drop off non-perishable food items at

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the Community Center at 270 Lawrence Ave. The pantry will also accept gift card and monetary donations.

Volunteers are currently filling the pantry, distributing and bagging the food for distribution. Eloise Thomas has been a part of the center since 1982, previously working in the finance department. She loves her role as a volunteer for the opportunities it presents to connect with her community.

“This organization has done a lot for this community and we’d like to see it continue for the next 100 years,” Thomas said. “This was provided so that it can help the community advance themselves.”

A line of people picking up food from the pantry went out the door of the Community Center on Nov. 9 as it does many days for the people who rely on the food.

“The center is like the heart, without the heart you cannot live,” Thomas said.

Stephen Krown and Hillie Horowitz also help distribute food to those in attendance at Gammy’s Pantry.

“Hillie is a person with special needs and I’m his job coach,” Krown said. “We come once a week, we’ve been coming since about May, so over a year.”

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this is an especially important time to give back, however, that feeling should exist at all times.

“It’s a year round important time to do it, there’s tremendous food insecurity in parts of this community and people tend to be more generous during the holidays, so we and the food pantry take advantage of peoples generosity,” Krown said.

Mariarosa Guzzardi began volunteering at Gammy’s Pantry during the Covid pandemic and has not stopped since.

“This is my family, I come everyday to give help to the people that need it,” Guzzardi said.

Ingrid Izaguirre who recently ran for Town of Hempstead council in District 3, regularly volunteers with the pantry to do what she can for the community.

“It’s important, it’s the holidays, were all supposed to be humane to each other,” Izaguirre said. “Even though the elections over, and unfortunately I didn’t win, it doesn’t change the fact that I love being here, serving the community, it’s such a rewarding and great feeling for me to know that I can help them or serve them because whether an elected official or not it’s about serving your community and helping the other people.”

To become involved, call Young at (347) 702-2013.

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the removal of Jewish rights and violent acts of antisemitism to come.

“Kristallnacht is a symbol for the Young Israel of North Woodmere finds Holocaust at large and is also a prelude it more important than ever to teach Jew- to the Holocaust,” Pilnik said. “Someish history. Programming planned before times we forget that a large part of the Oct. 7 has took on new meaning, said Holocaust was actually non-violent. The first measures introduced by the Nazi’s organizer Ron Kastner.

“The lesson today, is, as there’s more were actually legal measures of persefulminating the world again, 85 years cution. Kristallnacht symbolized the later, what can we learn from that and moment when these more legal, you compare and contrast basically?” Kastner may call it benign, they’re not really benign, measures, take was to violence said, referring to antisemitism.

On Nov. 7, the shul’s seats were filled to and turn to actual physical persecution hear a discussion on Kristallnacht, the of Jews.”

He also spoke about how events in hisNov. 9 and 10 attacks on Jews carried out tory, including the Oct. 7 Hamas attack by the German people under the rule of connect in their antisemetic the Nazis in 1938. nature.

Shay Pilnik, director of “When you think about the Emil and Jenny A. Fishthe world reaction on Oct. 8 er Center for Holocaust and and 9 to Jewish suffering, Genocide Studies at Yeshiva for me, it rang a bell, there University spoke. was a reaction, but the reac“We scheduled this event tion was very brief and ultibefore Oct. 7, in the wake of mately, once the reaction is the events, the importance costly for politicians they of it is has only been highstop feeling so sorry for us,” lighted, further,” Pilnik said. he said.

“Judaism is all about educa- RABBI YEHUdA Young Israel of North tion and memory and we are SEPtImUS Woodmere Rabbi Yehuda very proud of the happy times, the glorious chapters in our 3,000 Septimus felt that Pilnik’s presentation was in line with the beliefs of the shul. year history.”

“We believe in spiritual growth, we While reminding the audience of his pride in being Jewish, born in Israel and believe in education,” Septimus said.

In terms of how a discussion like this serving in the Israeli army in the past, can help now, he said it’s imperative to history 85 years ago was more negative.

“Kristallnacht, as I mentioned before continue studying the past.

“It was an important program because was not so much oriented towards Jewish life, Jewish lives, but Jewish institu- the people who are waging the current war against Israel are banking on us not tions,” Pilnik said.

He explained that during this attack studying history,” Septimus said. “If we titled Kristallnacht, a Nazi term, Nazis don’t study history than people like burned and destroyed synagogues before Hamas will take advantage of that.”

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Another way to safety: Just text 911

By RACHELE TERRANOVA rterranova@liherald.com

It’s supposed to always be available in an emergency. But up until now, there was really only one way to call 911, and that was by calling 911.

But not anymore. Calling 911 is still available, but in those times of emergency — especially in a very precarious, and potentially dangerous situation — there is now another option in Nassau County: Text-to-911.

Officials with the Nassau County Police Department’s communications bureau officially rolled out the new program earlier this month, where instead of calling 911, those who need help immediately can also text 911, too.

It’s actually been around since September, and even though the rollout wasn’t public, police and other emergency services already have responded to more than 100 text emergencies.

But still, even with this new option, Nassau County Police Department commissioner Patrick Ryder stressed this should be used only when necessary.

“We want everyone to understand that (the) Text-to-911 program is not to replace the 911 call,” Ryder told reporters during a recent news conference sharing the program. “Iif you have that ability to call, call 911. Always call 911.”

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Nassau County Police Department commissioner Patrick Ryder officially introduced the Text-to-911 program last week, which will allow those reporting an emergency to text for help if they are not able to call.

Suffolk County and New York City. The service is intended for those with a hearing or speech disability, if someone cannot speak because of an injury or medical condition, if someone is in a threatening situation— such as a domestic or active shooter situation —

or if there is simply poor mobile phone reception.

The commissioner emphasized the speed of response is dependent on someone’s phone service. But still, there is no significant delay caused by texting 911 as opposed to calling.

To access the service, simply put “911” as the recipient of the text message, and in the body of the text, detail your emergency.

During the news conference, Ryder had a member of his communications bureau team demonstrate exactly how his department receives and responds to a texted 911 message.

“Our communications operators are the best in the country,” Ryder said.

“They’re trained. They’re very dedicated to the service. They know how to handle a victim. They’ve done it over and over and over.

“We give them a lot of credit. This is just another tool to help the victim, and extra tool to get help.”

The Nassau County Legislature last fall earmarked more than $100,000 to Intergraph Corp., to implement the Text-to-911 interface. At the time, Robert Saccente Jr. — an American Sign Language specialist for the Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf — said such a system was long overdue.

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Jason Stukes and Andy Broom, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, extinguished car fires on Oct. 31 after a Hamas rocket attack. honored Weiner and recognizing their hard work in a speech.

“Honestly, I really appreciate it, but I don’t think it’s something we need to be honored for,” Weiner said, “because I would have done it with or without it.”

Village Trustee Dan Plaut lauded the volunteers’ efforts, and noted the bonds among Lawrence, Cedarhurst and Israeli communities.

“In a remarkable show of solidarity, the brave members of the LawrenceCedarhurst Fire Department ventured to Israel during a critical moment in their country’s history,” Plaut said, “offering their skills, dedication and unwavering support to aid our friends overseas.”

LCFD Deputy Chief Meyer Adler echoed Plaut’s sentiments, saying of Weiner and Stukes, “We are very proud of them for standing up what they feel is right.”

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Stukes, of Elmont, got a call informing him that that he had been selected to serve in an Israeli department, and he flew out of Kennedy Airport on Oct. 22.

“I didn’t think I was going to get the opportunity to go as fast as I did,” he said.

Weiner, of Cedarhurst said she felt as if she had no other option. “The moment the attacks happened Oct. 7, I knew I needed to go,” she said.

Stukes was sent to Ashdod, Israel, and Weiner to Hadera. When the arrived, they underwent Israeli firefighting training, and Weiner recalled working 24 hours a day for two weeks responding to rocket attacks and other emergency calls.

The firefighters had a strong sense of camaraderie, Weiner said, adding, “It was an amazing experience.”

Stukes said the experience was shocking, but extremely rewarding. “I kind of forgot where I was, and then I was like, oh, there’s a bomb, there’s rockets — I’m in Israel,” he said.

When he got home, he said, he had a newfound appreciation for Judaism.

“I’m not Jewish, but that had nothing to do with things,” Stukes said. “To see the real culture of Hebrew and being Jewish and experiencing not just the war part, but to experience the culture, they’re phenomenal individuals, warm, welcoming with open arms.”

Both Stukes and Weiner said they were sad to leave when their two-week stints came to an end. Stukes plans to return in December.

“If I can go as much as my job allows me to, or my time allows me to, I’m going to go until they don’t need me anymore, or this is over with,” he said.

The Emergency Volunteers Project has been recruiting volunteers for emergencies in Israel for 15 years, whether related to conflict or natural disasters.

Volunteers are deployed where there is a need for their skills and experience.

At its meeting on Nov. 6, the Cedarhurst village board at the Nov. 6 meeting

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Sunrise Hwy construction project nears end

By NICOLE FORMISANO nformisano@liherald.com

If your commute on Sunrise Highway has been interrupted by construction, there’s good news: It’s almost finished.

Construction crews are in the final stages of installing over 10 miles of pipe systems along Sunrise to connect two water-treatment facilities. The project, called Bay Park Conveyance, began in the summer of 2021, with the goal of eliminating excessive nitrogen pollution in Nassau County’s Western Bays. The construction is now 77 percent completed, according to the Long Island Regional Planning Council.

“The construction crews have been working on that the last few weeks,” Andrew Fera, the project director from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said of the final phase of construction along Sunrise Highway. “We certainly hope that we can get this complete by the end of November.”

For years, the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility, in East Rockaway — formerly known as the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant — has been pumping 50 million gallons of treated sewage per day into the Western Bays. The resulting nitrogen pollution causes an overgrowth of algae and an increase in harmful toxins and bacteria, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The underground pipes will reroute the effluent from the East Rockaway facility to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh, where it will be pumped out into the Atlantic. Fera detailed the rerouting in a digital presentation on Oct. 26 by the planning council, the DEC and the Nassau County Department of Public Works, which are partners in the project.

Communities near the Western Bays will see better water quality and a revitalized shellfish habitat thanks

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The Bay Park Conveyance project involves the installation of over 10 miles of pipe systems along Sunrise Highway. Residents have complained about the noise and inconvenience of the construction. to the project, Fera said. The reduced nitrogen will also help restore marshland, which plays a key role in protecting the South Shore from flooding during storms.

In the meantime, however, residents who live near the construction have had to endure loud noise, bright lights and strong vibrations during the night as crews have worked on the project from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

“We did all we could to reduce the noise impacts and let everyone know what to expect for those couple of

weeks when we’re in that neighborhood,” Fera said.

“We did our best to be the least impactful we could, albeit with a major civil construction project.

“Unfortunately, there are things that are tough to mitigate,” he added.

The construction has necessitated traffic diversions along Sunrise that have irked some commuters. As well, steel sheets have temporarily replaced sections of the road, which drivers and nearby residents have complained made traffic excessively noisy. As construction comes to an end, these measures are slowly being phased out, and crews are now working on restoring the asphalt.

When possible, the planning council revised the plans to reduce impact on local communities — and in one instance, part of the East Rockaway High School property.

“There was going to be a major impact to that high school, which we were really trying to avoid,” Fera said.

Instead, in a highly complicated rework, a curved section of piping was routed around the high school.

“We have successfully completed that drive,” Fera said, “and avoided the East Rockaway High School property entirely.”

If good weather continues and no unforeseen problems arise, all tunneling construction on the highway is expected to be finished by November, and all asphalt repairs finished by the end of December. If the Bay Park Conveyance remains on its current timeline, the project team will be able to turn the effluent-pumping system on next June, for a testing phase to evaluate how well it functions in extreme weather events.

The project’s Community Information Center is at 265 Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre. Those interested in scheduling an appointment can contact BayParkConveyance@gmail.com, or the 24/7 Project Hotline (516) 252-6121.

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Brandeis honors military veterans, stands by Israel Cedarhurst resident Mark Getman visits the Frost Lane school

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Cedarhurst resident Mark Getman, a captain in the New York State Guard, an ordained rabbi and an army communications specialist, marched into Brandeis Hebrew Academy and presented a Veterans Day program to the students of the school on Frost Lane in Lawrence on Nov. 10.

Veterans Day is Nov. 11, but was observed on the Friday, meant a bit more this year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the continuing conflict in the Middle East.

“What we want the kids to get out of it is to gain a respect for our veterans, to honor and respect the people who serve our country Jeffrey Bessen/Herald photos every day,” said Audrey Bieber, Brandeis Hebrew Academy students in the fifth through the eighth grade guessed answers to questions from Brandeis’s literacy coordinator Capt. and Rabbi Mark Getman to win special coins. who organized the program.

The students also asked ques“We’re mindful and respectful to army?” which he answered with those soldiers in Israel, the IDF, the aplomb of a person who han- tions including what scared him.

“Live grenades are scary,” he and we have to realize where we dles media inquires professionally.

Getman then moved to the said, noting that during training, are and we recognize that in g y m ’s o t h e r s i d e “you have to pull the pin, through America that our solwhere the older stu- the grenade then duck,” noting diers are risking their dents fifth through that some people had the tendency lives every day for our eighth grade awaited to jump up and look and someone safety as well.” a presentation that would pull then down. “A bayonet Beginning in one included him present- on the end of gun, it kicked in and half of the gymnasiing a more in-depth made it real,” Getman added. um, the younger stuA s a r e m i n d e r t o wh a t biography and examdents of a school that ples of answering the Brandeis was commemorating by goes from kindergarcall to duty such as having Getman visit, Head of ten to eighth grade, being assigned to School Raz Levin added another discussed Israel’s hisFar mingdale then dose of reality. tory and Shabbat with “The army is a lifestyle that you Howard Beach postBrandeis Rabbi Hurricane Sandy and serve to protect the country not Reuven Khaskin then during the Covid pan- only during wartime,” he said. A captain in the New York State heard from Getman audREY BIEBER “The army is something that in the Guard, Rabbi Mark Getman demic. who explained what Brandeis’s literacy Joined the Nation- United States you volunteer to do, he does. coordinator explained the meaning of medals al Guard 2006, as an Israel you are forced to do and it’s Then the kids pephe has been awarded to Brandeis pered Getman with questions such enlisted specialist, who became a something that you do with your Hebrew Academy youngsters.

“What does an army base look commissioned officer, — a second heart. You need to sacrifice your fight for our country, but there is a like?”; “Do you have days off ?”; lieutenant — and then several personal life for the national one.”

Eighth-graders Charlotte Isler cloud that also shadows over all of “Have you ever been to war?” and years later a rabbi and an Army and Avishai Greenberg appreciat- us about what’s happening in Isra“It is hard to be Jewish in the chaplain. ed listening to Getman and what el because I have family there,” his service stands for.

Greenberg said. “My grandma can Isler said she was inspired by hear the missiles. It’s also scary. his military journey and aims to Maybe we can say that seeing one give back to her community in of the veterans that may not fight some manner in the future. for Israel, but for America, makes “It’s really bad what is happen- it so much more meaningful.” ing in Israel but listening to him All the students joined together made it sort of like safe, like a safe in serenading Getman with three surrounding that it’ll be OK and patriotic songs, “This Land is that there are people like him who Your Land,” “America the Beautiare fighting for our country,” she ful” and the “Star Spangled Bansaid. ner,” and reciting the Pledge of Greenberg said he was “fasci- Allegiance. nated” to hear the stories from a “It’s very important for us to do person who helps protect the this because we are partners with The Veterans Day program at Brandeis Hebrew Academy included the country.

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Stefans helps women find financial security

By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com

Donna Stefans is preparing women for a financially fruitful future. And last week, she took to Zoom to share some of that expertise as part of the Herald Inside LI roundtable series.

Stefans — the founder and lead attorney at Stefans Law Group — says women should quiz themselves with a number of questions to help them assess where they are financially. Not just now, but in the future.

But in this particular event, Stefans quizzed participants on how long they felt the typical women or man lived, how many women out in the workforce were saving for retirement, and what women’s income was like compared to men.

She shared how the answers to these questions should prompt women to prepare for their own future.

“Truly, knowledge is power,” Stefans said. “In order to start thinking about — if you haven’t already started thinking about — what to do with your own financial plan, what is a financial plan, and ‘what do I look like in my financial plan,’ you have to start from the beginning.”

And no worries — Stefans reassured her audience they should not stress about their past planning, but rather, focus on the future.

“The doubt and the fear are the parts that take us away from the path of getting to our place,” she said.

“Just by being here today, it means you want to educate yourself, and build a great world for yourself.”

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Stefans highlighted the importance of knowledge in household and marriage finances.

“I see it very often in the widow world,” she said.

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And, now, the wife is sitting there without her husband, and doesn’t have any idea how to manage these assets.”

And then there is the “sandwich generation,” responsible for financially supporting their elderly parents and as well as their own children all while paying attention to all factors impacting personal finances before finally finding the time and energy to turn to planning.

Stefans also shared the benefits of credit along with resources for credit security.

“You want to make sure your credit stays clean if you have it, and that you have a good score,” she said.

“Less debt out there that you’re not using would be good, and paying your credit cards on time. Even if you carry balances — which I’m not suggesting you do — but if you have balances, just pay on time, and it will help you with your credit.”

A major talking point of the event was enlisting the help of a financial planner, another hat Stefans wears. That includes making sure you have lined up a will, health care proxy, durable power of attorney, guardianship provisions, and a trust to ensure individual stability in case of illness.

“The biggest secret about this,” Stefans said, “is time, practice and setting goals.”

To learn more about upcoming events, visit RichnerLive.com.

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Thankful for feasting and festivities

By Karen Bloom The big feast is soon to arrive — and with it the spectacle and delights of theByfestive Karen Bloom season ahead. Before we settle in for that Thanksgiving gathering with family and friends, step out and explore some of the holiday-themed events nearby.

Visitors will be immersed in an array of light displays, lanterns, and interactive Can art change the world? It’s a question WHEN art installations that make up LuminoCity’s Wonder ••Garvies Preserve Native that’s been at the focus of our collective Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 Journey. Among the American Festival, Nov. 18p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. highlights? See multiple culture for centuries. Now as society 11 a.m.-4 p.m.5-12 and seniors • $10, $5 ages illuminating sculptures • Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, Barry Drive, Glen Cove in Jocelyn’s Garden navigates the complexities of modern life, •• 50 South Campus, Hempstead.

For information, contact and Chiaozza’s Forest, For information and to RSVP, (516) 571-8010, or designed by internationally art as a path for social change is at the GarviesPointMuseum.com call (516) 463-5672, or visit renowned artists Jocelyn ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hofstra.edu/museum forefront of artistic expression.

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• LuminoCity at Eisenhower “Lantern festivals have Park, now through Jan.7 long been a tradition in • Enter at Field 4, “When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines Asian culture, especially East Meadow the collective power of the arts in society.

• Tickets available at during the holidays,” Luminocityfestival.com Curated by Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and producer Amber Cao says. collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.

“We want to recreate that tradition and share it with “It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that everyone. We’re excited to translate our tradition into promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,” an unforgettable holiday experience.”

Giordano says. “Artists often lead the charge and expose truths that may otherwise creating be Point Museum ignored. The artists in this exhibition take a stand and Courtesy call outGarvies injustices through their artLaster lights, music, and even a smoke machine add to the experience — what Cao describes as a “magical Garvies Point Museum’s annual Native American festival is a seasonal tradition. and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, space.” The beloved story “Alice in Wonderland” adds voting rights, racial bias, gun violence, and promises unfulfilled. They all combine thea making A Native American celebration wondrous component to the light display. Visitors of arthistory, with public that has a grassroots approach in the hope of mobilizing their Early on in our nation’s Nativeservice Americans handed down time-honored practices encounter iconic scenes from the Wonderland Tea Party, involved in rejoicing over nature’s bounty at harvest time — even thoughcreate it certainly wasn’tand inspire others communities and the nation to ignite movement, awareness, to butterfly seat, and a life-sized Queen’s Castle to the Thanksgiving as we know it. Yet, was plenty of feasting and festivities as these early stand withthere them.” where adults and kids can slide down the Queen of Americans gathered to commemorate before July settling in in forconjunction the approaching Heart’s massive slide.

This exhibit, their whichharvest runs through 28, is with Hofstra’s winter.

Cao and her team also partnered with Long 13th presidential conference on the Barack Obama presidency coming up in April.

An annual holiday event — a popular long-standing tradition — honors the spirit and “We were interested in the idea that the artist has a civic responsibility,” says Island Children’s Museum for what’s defined as an traditions of Long Island’s early residents at Garvies Point Museum and Preserve, timed to museum Karen Albert.Nov. “The initialgives idea for this exhibition was inspired by “underwater experience” that showcases displays of coincide with Thanksgiving.

Thisdirector weekend’s festival, 18-19, visitors a deep dive into underwater sea creatures designed by local children. an Americans Obama Administration White House— briefi ng indoors that took place the lifestyle of those early through varied activities both and out.on May 12, 2009, “We seek out community collaborations that offer whereinmore 60 artists and creative organizers met using with administration officials our to visitors unique opportunities to showcase their Everyone can participate tool than and pottery-making, and spear-throwing the atlatl the collective power the pottery arts to build community, change, and chartcreativity as they learn about cultural traditions,” says (a spear-throwing tool).discuss Also experience natural clayofand making.

Primitivecreate fire building (without matches!) andasome on-site campfirerecovery cookinginare other activities pathway for national theamong areas of social justice, always civic participation and Erika Floreska, museum president. enjoyed by all who takeactivism.” part.

The collaboration between LuminoCity and LICM Visitors can sample some nativeother foodsrecent and learn about process ofthe creating includes a concurrent exhibit at LICM detailing the To authentic that end, unlike exhibits thatthe showcased museum’s “dugout” canoes. In addition, see collection, an authentic reproduction a wigwam, always aartists favorite permanent Giordano reachedofout to contemporary who loaned process of turning 2D drawings into the illuminated with kids and parents. lanterns on display and exploring the art of lantern the museum their selected works. Some 36 pieces are on view — representing Families can also learn about the process of creating “dugout” canoes, along with corn making. all(at media — from Emma Amos, Molly Crabapple andofthe Equal Long Justice Initiative, grinding and storytelling 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.) with Chief Redfeather eastern “We’re excited that thousands of families will be ForAlso Freedoms, Miguel Luciano, Michelefrom Pred,the Hank Willis Thomas, andand Sophia Island’s Montaukett tribe. check out displays of artifacts museum collection, able to see our visitors’ ideas realized as 3D lanterns Victor. the authentic reproduction of a wigwam, always a favorite with kids and parents. during the festival,” Floreska says.

“Thepermanent way our climate is now, this exhibit could not Island’s be moreNative timely than While there, the museum’s exhibits — which showcase Long Light sculptures in the Mystical Jellyfish Forest, American culture and archaeology, as well as the geology of Long Island and New York state at this moment,” Albert adds.

Ship and Dolphin Lagoon, Giant Whale Tail, Imaginary — are also worth visiting, as are thethe preserve’s nature trails. The newest the Among highlights, she points to the seriesexhibit, of prints“Art fromofthe Sea Creature and Fiddler Crab were designed by Zuni Fetish,” is a must-see, according to museum director Veronica children who participated in a hands-on workshop at collective For Freedoms.

Their four large scale Natale. photos are based on “These small, hand-carved figurines made of inspired varying stone types, and eachD. the museum. Their 2D artwork was submitted for an Normananimal Rockwell’s 1943 are oil paintings

by President Franklin animal has its own meaning,” she says. “They are adorable in-person.” opportunity to be brought to life in 3D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address that outlined what he Winners range from 5 to 11 years old. considered the essential LuminoCity lights up Eisenhower Park four democratic values freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

For Courtesy LuminoCity The enchanting holiday extravaganza that first arrived here last year returns to Long Island, has interpreted theseseason, iconic works for our era. Monday, 4:30 Photos above: Eisenhower Park sparkles throughout the illuminating EisenhowerFreedoms Park throughout the holiday Thursday through holiday season with the arrival of LuminoCity.

“It’s the same composition,” Albert says. “From 1940s America, to 9:30 p.m. these (works) show what America is today, our diversity and what we look like now.”

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It’s taken the siblings across world —is from Patthe McGann quickly rising as shows in Japan, to at of performances the sharpest stand-ups on th American landmarks like Carnegie comedy scene. A relative lateco Hall and the Grand Ole Opry.he The to comedy, began doing sta Bacon Brothers turn a new page with he was up at 31 after realizing their 11th release, ‘Erato,’ five packaging. very goodwhose at selling songs showcase He thehustled duo’s dynamic his way to become contrasts: quiet moments and big house emcee at Zanies Chicago payoffs, organic where instrumentation and he distinguished himself electronic textures, self-penned especially adeptsongs, at working the and high-profile crowd. collaborations A husband and father o three young children, McGann Saturday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. $45-$80; appeal stems from his quick wi available at TheSpaceAtWestbury. relatable take on family life com. The Space,and 250 Post Ave. and marriage. In 2017, McGan Westbury. began touring as the opening a for Sebastian Maniscalco, movi with him from clubs to theater, to arenas, including four soldout shows at Madison Square Garden. McGann’s relatively sh but impressive resume, include Montreal’s famed Just For Laug Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festiv and more. McGann still calls Chicago home.

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Long Island Ballet Theatre’s ‘The Nutcracker’ The holiday treat returns to Long Island. Audiences will once again be transported by the Sugar Plum Fairy to The Land of Sweets in this familyfriendly classic, set to the music of Tchaikovsky, on the Landmark stage, Saturday, Nov. 25, noon and 4 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 26, 2 p.m. Long Island Ballet Theatre’s production parkles with beautiful costumes, dazzling sets and a talented cast that features adult professionals as well as aspiring young student dancers. Designed to appeal to younger kids as well as older children and adults, this “Nutcracker” is both narrated and abridged, so you can enjoy the story of Clara, her magical nutcracker and her enchanting winter adventure as a family. Throughout its history, the LIBT has welcomed acclaimed dancers from both the New York Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre for their special seasonal extravaganza, as the first production of the holiday season on Long Island. Follow Clara as she embarks on a journey filled with brave soldiers, dancing snowflakes and excitement. All tickets $35. Purchase tickets at LandmarkOnMainStreet. org or call (855) 222-2TIX (2849). Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington.

Enjoy an evening of learning and playing historic games at Old Westbury Gardens’ Westbury House, Friday, Nov. 17, 7-9 p.m. The Long Island Tabletop Gaming Expo takes visitors on journey through 5000 years of board game history, from its roots in ancient times to more familiar examples from the time of the Phipps family. A brief lecture on the history of board games, includes a presentation of each of the featured games.

These historic games are fully playable, and you can try them out yourself. Featured games include: Senet, The Royal Game of Ur, Three Man’s Morris, Six Man’s Morris, Nine Man’s Morris, Twelve Man’s Morris, Mancala, Go, Chess, The Royal and Most Pleasant Game of The Goose, Backgammon. The Landlords Game (transition to the modern Monopoly).

Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.

Hewlett High School students “kick off their Sunday shoes” and perform the high energy musical “Footloose,” on Friday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 18, at 2 and 7 p.m., in the high school auditorium. 60 Everit Ave., Hewlett. Tickets are $15 for students and seniors and $20 for adults. Purchase at VanCoEvents.com/us/CAGJ.

Backgammon and Rummikub Help wounded Israel Defense Forces soldiers through El Ami by taking part in Brandeis Hebrew Academy’s Backgammon and Rummikub Tournament, Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Adults, 18 and older only. $36 per person.

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Village meetings The villages that share 30 Piermont Ave., Hewlett, as a Village Hall — Hewlett Neck, Hewlett Bay Park and Woodsburgh —will hold board meetings on Monday, Nov. 20, at 5, 6 and 7:15 p.m., respectively.

In concert Jerry and the 2nd Street band will perform your favorite rock hits from the 1960s through today as part of the Bagel Boss Music Festival, on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. 1352 Peninsula Blvd., Hewlett.

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Bird walk The South Shore Audubon Society welcomes all to join its members for another in its series of bird walks, at Point Lookout Town Park and Lido Preserve, Sunday, Nov. 26, starting at 9 a.m.

Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with you. Bring binoculars.

Exit from the Meadowbrook at Loop Parkway toward Point Lookout, ending west of Point Lookout at Lido Boulevard. Continue straight across into Point Lookout Park. Park in the southeast corner, closest to the private homes. To register, text name and contact information to (516 ) 467-9498. No walk if it rains. Text regarding questionable weather. For more information, visit SSAudubon.org.

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First Night and Tree Lighting

Long Island Children’s Museum is gearing up to hit another milestone birthday and invites families to celebrate, Sunday, Nov. 19, noon to 4 p.m. Join in the fun at this special party. Make some quintessential ‘90s sand art, create a party hat, send a wish with a bubble wand, decorate (and eat) a tasty mini cupcake and leave a birthday message at the hands-on collaborative installation.

Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Immigration History A special exhibit, “Immigration in New York State,” is on display through November at Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, featuring representations of rare historical records. The New York Digital Collections created the display. 1125 Broadway, Hewlett.

Having an event?

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.

Westbury House, decorated for the season, welcomes visitors to celebrate the season, Saturday, Dec. 2, 6:30-9 p.m. Take a self-guided tour through the illuminated and decorated period rooms with their enchanting floral decorations, have cookies and cider on the West Porch, and meet and take pictures with Santa.

A Christmas-themed concert performed by the Bethel Concert Choir, at 7:30 p.m., is followed by an outdoor tree-lighting ceremony.

Limited ticket availability; advance purchase required. $25, $18 ages 7-17. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.

Cozy Games, Crafts

Lawrence Board

Spend a relaxing afternoon at Peninsula Public Library, Monday, Nov. 20, 2 to 4:30 p.m., joining neighbors in a game or to work on your ongoing craft projects in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Bring your own knitting, crocheting, or other projects and materials. Some games will be provided. 280 Central Ave., Lawrence.

The Lawrence school district Board of Education holds its monthly meeting, Monday, Nov. 20,at 8 p.m., at Lawrence High School. 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst. The meeting agenda can be found at Lawrence.org.

Reclamation District The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners meets on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 5 p.m. 2150 Bay Blvd., Atlantic Beach.

In-person Game Time

Play canasta, mah jongg and Scrabble in the Bentley Room of Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence, Monday, Nov. 20, 2-4:30 p.m.

Seating is limited and is first come, first seated.

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND

The 2023 Gala A BENEFIT FOR NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE DECEMBER 7, 2023 6 PM The Garden City Hotel 45 7th Street Garden City, NY 11530

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Nassau County Museum of Art welcomes those interested in improving their art skills or those who simply want to explore their creativity to participate in one of their many stimulating classes.

The fall schedule includes Figure Drawing with Live Model (adults and teens 16+), Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., through Dec. 14. Attend one day or for entire series. 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor.

For information and to register visit NassauMuseum. org or call (516) 484-9338.

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Chabad needs special permit from village chord” — in this case, one of disagreement.

“We’re the one synagogue in the village,” Heller said. “We do not believe there’s any discrimination or antisemitism that has occurred here. This was really a commercial dispute, and we have a pretty sharp guy,” Heller added of Goodman, “who turned it into a way to extract some value for himself.”

During an open discussion between the village board and village residents at Monday’s meeting, many voiced their views on how the matter should be handled.

Former Mayor Stephen Mahler was critical of the village’s attempt to take over the property, and the legal fees the village paid Greenberg Traurig — a total of nearly $320,000.

“You paid for a worthless lawsuit,” Mahler told the board, “that never should have happened for a negligent mayor and board who did this.”

Steve Watkins, of Atlantic Beach, was left irritated and surprised when the board voted on the resolution on Monday night instead of doing it on a different date. “I think this board should not have voted for this right now, and given us a choice,” Watkins said.

Pappas did not speak to the Herald after the meeting, and as of press time had not responded to a request for comment.

Chabad of the Beaches will be required to apply for a special permit

Goodman, leader of the Chabad, was Jeremy Dys of First Liberty Institute.

As of press time, Dys did not comment.

Goodman told the Herald in July 2022 that antisemitism was a factor in the village’s attempt to take over the property. But Mayor George Pappas dismissed the claim in a letter posted on the village’s website the following month.

U.S. District Court Judge Joanna Seybert issued a preliminary injunction against the village’s claim of eminent domain in September 2022.

The only house of worship in Atlantic Beach is a synagogue — the Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach — and its board president, Jonathan Heller, said that when Goodman began accusing the village of discrimination, it “struck a

Former Atlantic Beach Mayor Stephen Mahler voiced his views on the village’s, and its attorney’s, handling of the federal lawsuit.

Hernesto Galdamez/Herald photos

The Atlantic Beach village board before accepting the settlement agreement with the Chabad of the Beaches. From left were Deputy Mayor Edward Sullivan, Mayor George Pappas and Trustees Nathan Etrog and Linda Baessler. Trustee Patricia Beaumont did not attend. from the village Zoning Board of Appeals to build a community center for religious services on the property.

Anita Guyer, of Atlantic Beach, asked whether, if the zoning board were to deny the permit, the Chabad could once again accuse the village of antisemi-

tism.

“We can’t speak on their behalf,” Pappas said.

Have an opinion on the village’s settlement with the Chabad of the Beaches?

Send a letter to jbessen@liherald.com.

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Last week I was asked by a lawyer friend to serve as a witness to the will of an elderly widower.

Meeting my buddy’s client at his home, we discussed his three children: all happily married with kids of their own. One son is a NYPD detective, another son is a nurse and his daughter is an accountant in Atlanta.

Midst a variety of photo albums, I chanced upon a notebook with a series of quotations and aphorisms printed alongside specific dates. He explained that, like all fathers, he would, over the years, often impart “folk wisdom” to his offspring, only, unlike others; he would record the advice along with the date it was given.

He agreed to allow me to share these insights (sans the dates) with my readers as follows: When considering “change,” don’t confuse mere substitution for improvement.

Cell phones, email, texting, satellites. So many ways to talk, yet so little communication.

Don’t put out the welcome mat, when folks are ready to leave.

Anyone can find a hole. The bet-

asking a million needless questions; ter man avoids it. The best man fills prove you’re smart by providing it. just one needed answer.

A real friend is there even when When urged to “take a position,” she’s not. never presume it means, “lie down.”

If it can’t be repeated, it Why is it that no one is ever too shouldn’t be said. tired to tell you they’re tired?

Sometimes a whisper is louder Just because someone inherits than a shout. the team doesn’t mean Popularity can be they can play the game. taken away, but respect Instead of giving an can only be lost. example, be an example.

More than any mirThough no such word rors, your words and exists, we should all try your actions reflect who to be “ruthful.” you are.

Rarely does anyone Being correct and actually need the shirt being right are not the off your back; instead same. just try giving a ride to You don’t have to the train or help with smile when you’re their groceries or sitting afraid, but never be too down with them and lisafraid to smile.

In God we trust, but Ron Goldman tening.

Steal that “five more we still should have faith minutes” of peace when in people. you first awaken, but Some folks don’t stop remember to return it sometime to smell the roses; they just stop to during the day. pluck them.

There will always be some creep If you know what needs to be done (and you usually do) don’t wait who makes the mean joke; just don’t be the creep who laughs at it. to be asked.

A book is a restaurant that opens Don’t try to show you’re smart by

Unreserved Judgment

when you want, closes when you want, always has a place for you inside and always serves what you order.

Odd as it sounds, in the long run, it’s better to be hated for the right reasons, than liked for the wrong reasons.

How sad to be your own boss and still want out of your job.

There’s never been a kitchen table that couldn’t find room for one more child.

Before you can pack for the trip, you have to know where you’re going.

Some gifts were meant to be returned: smiles, favors and love.

Meanwhile, sometime during our interview, the client expressed regret that he had neither bonds nor stock nor cash to leave to his kids. As I reread his little notebook and noted the frequency with which his sons and daughters called and visited I assured him that, will or no will, he had bequeathed to them (and a whole lot of others) plenty of that which really endured. © Ron Goldman 2023

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Public Notices 2022-2023 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT Board of Education Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York

ANALYSIS OF GENERAL FUND BALANCE Fund Balance - July 1, 2022

Less:

Less:

$ 76,228,409

REVENUES Real Property Taxes $103,588,362 Charges for Services 1,785,658 Use of Money & Property 2,076,505 Sale of Proprty snd Compensation for Losses 76,852 Miscellaneous 1,800,755 Other Local Revenues 7,611,149 Revenues from State Sources 16,640,599 Revenues from Federal Sources 450,727

0

FUND BALANCE - June 30, 2023

$

1,282,329

$

740,956

ANALYSIS OF MISC SPECIAL REVENUE FUND - FUND BALANCE

REVENUES Charges for Services All Other Revenues Sub-total

$185,967 166,370 352,337

EXPENSES:

391,070

Instruction

FUND BALANCE - June 30, 2023

$

702,223

ANALYSIS OF CUSTODIAL FUNDS - FUND BALANCE FUND BALANCE - July 1, 2022

134,030,607

EXPENDITURES Board of Education 128,343 Central Administration 590,370 Central Services 13,757,562 Instruction - Adm. & Improv.

4,483,309 Teaching - Regular School 33,051,048 - Handicapped 16,042,955 - Special Schools 849,405 Instructional Media 4,466,556 Pupil Services 7,862,308 Transportation 8,596,112 Community Services 676,882 Employee Benefits 26,101,999 Debt Service 2,457,865 Interfund Transfers 21,378,827 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenue over Expenditures Encumbrances June 30, 2023 1,392,030 All Reserves 63,022,732

$

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ADDITIONS: Real Prop Tax collected for other Govts - Public Library $ Sub-total

6,511,124 6,511,124

DEDUCTIONS: Real Prop Tax disbursed to other Govts - Public Library $ Sub-total

6,511,124 6,511,124

FUND BALANCE - June 30, 2023

$

0

STATEMENT OF FIXED ASSETS ACCOUNTS - June 30, 2023 (Net of depreciation) Sites Buildings Equipment Construction Work in Process Other Capital Assets 140,443,541 -6,412,934 64,414,762

TOTAL FUND BALANCE - June 30, 2023 Balance Applied to Reduce Taxes

69,815,475 0

Unassigned Fund Balance - June 30, 2023

Interfund Transfers

FUND BALANCE - July 1, 2022

June 30,2023

Add:

EXPENDITURES:

$

5,400,713

$

380,366

$

TOTAL GENERAL FIXED ASSETS - June 30,2023

$

9,406,301 110,178,767 6,917,977 34,361,850 915,926 161,780,821

STATEMENT OF CAPITAL INDEBTEDNESS ACCOUNTS - June 30, 2023 Lease Liability Bonds Payable Energy Performance Contract

$81,695 $ 3,953,810 426,708

TOTAL CAPITAL INDEBTEDNESS - June 30, 2023

$

4,462,213

ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL LUNCH FUND Fund Balance - July 1, 2022 Add:

Less:

Revenue from Sales All Other Revenues State & Fed Aid Interfund Transfer Sub-total

742,541 153,545 633,612 23,500

BOARD OF EDUCATION:

1,553,198 1,933,564

Value of Food Sold

1,457,481

FUND BALANCE - June 30, 2023

$

476,083

ANALYSIS OF SPECIAL AID FUND BALANCE FUND BALANCE - July 1, 2022

$

REVENUES: State Sources Federal Sources Interfund Transfers

814,965 2,474,670 145,872

EXPENSES: Teaching - Regular Teaching - Handicapped Pre-Kindergarten Interfund Transfers

891,051 1,700,317 844,139 0

0

3,435,507 3,435,507

3,435,507

FUND BALANCE - June 30, 2023

$

0

ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL FUNDS - FUND BALANCE FUND BALANCE - July 1, 2022

$ 21,198,222

REVENUES: Interfund Transfer General Fund Interfund Transfer Genl- Capital Resv State Sources Sub-total

4,000,000 17,209,455 72,189 42,479,866

EXPENDITURES-CAPITAL AND CAPITAL RESERVE

3,889,392

FUND BALANCE - June 30, 2023

$

38,590,474

$

1,134,155

ANALYSIS OF DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE FUND BALANCE - July 1, 2022 REVENUES: Interest & Interfund Transfers Sub-total

148,174 1,282,329

Debra Sheinin, President Cheryl May, Vice President Jonathan D. Altus MD Shari L. Amitrano Chana Jeter Judy Menashe Francois Tenenbaum Laurie SanPhillipo, Treasurer Barbara Randazzo, District Clerk

1237028 LEGAL NOTICE Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Nassau Action to Foreclose a Mortgage Index #: 601032/2023 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, Not In Its Individual Capacity, But Solely As Owner Trustee For CSMC 2020-SPT1 Trust, A Delaware Statutory Trust. Plaintiff, vs Adam Amar If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And

All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, People Of The State Of New York, Alef Judaica, Inc., Elan Oved, United States Of America On Behalf Of The IRS Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 142 Combs Avenue Woodmere, NY 11598 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the

Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Nassau.

The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Adam Amar Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. David P. Sullivan of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Twenty-Eighth day of September, 2023 and

filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, in the City of Mineola.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, dated November 8, 2019, executed by Adam Amar if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; to secure the sum of $840,000.00.

The Mortgage was recorded at Book 43941, Page 670 in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk on January 14, 2020. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed August 9, 2022 and recorded on September 7, 2022, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Book 46834, Page 39; The property in question is described as follows: 142 Combs Avenue, Woodmere, NY 11598 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and

non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY IN YOUR HOME DURING THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESS AND UNTIL YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD AT AUCTION PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress.

You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: October 11, 2023 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For

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LEGAL NOTICE The independent audit of the Hewlett-Woodmere U.F.S.D. for school year 2022-2023 has been completed and is available for viewing in the Central Office located at the Woodmere Education Center. If you are interested, please contact the District Clerk.

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Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Limited Partnership.

Name: Nagle Avenue Limited Partnership (“LP”). Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on August 9, 2004. NY office location: Nassau County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LP upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 930 Broadway, Woodmere, NY 11598.

The latest date upon which the LP shall dissolve is December 31, 2103 unless sooner dissolved by mutual consent of the partners or by operation of the law.

Name/address of each general partner available from SSNY. Purpose: any lawful activity.

142686 LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Limited Partnership.

Name: Ogden Avenue Limited Partnership (“LP”). Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on August 9, 2004. NY office location: Nassau County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LP upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 930 Broadway, Woodmere, NY 11598.

The latest date upon which the LP shall dissolve is December 31, 2103 unless sooner dissolved by mutual consent of the partners or by operation of the law.

Name/address of each general partner available from SSNY. Purpose: any lawful activity.

142684 LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Limited Partnership.

Name: Cross Bronx Limited Partnership (“LP”). Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on January 26, 2005. NY office location: Nassau County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LP upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 930 Broadway, Woodmere, NY 11598.

The latest date upon which the LP shall dissolve is December 31,

2104 unless sooner dissolved by mutual consent of the partners or by operation of the law.

Name/address of each general partner available from SSNY. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Limited Partnership.

Name: White Plains Courtyard Limited Partnership (“LP”).

Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on January 12, 2005. NY office location: Nassau County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LP upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 930 Broadway, Woodmere, NY 11598.

The latest date upon which the LP shall dissolve is December 31, 2104 unless sooner dissolved by mutual consent of the partners or by operation of the law.

Name/address of each general partner available from SSNY. Purpose: any lawful activity 142682 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, TRUMAN CAPITAL HOLDINGS, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. DANIEL GREENBERG, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on September 26, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on December 14, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 62 Sealy Drive, Lawrence, NY 11559. 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 Lawrence, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 41, Block 85 and Lot 474. Approximate amount of judgment is $1,655,064.23 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 021560/2009.

This foreclosure sale will be held on the North Side Steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Scott H. Siller, Esq., Referee

Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 211646-1 143189

LEGAL NOTICE Village of Lawrence Legal Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Building Design of the Incorporated Village of Lawrence will hold a work session beginning at 6:30 P.M. followed by a public meeting on November 20, 2023 at the Lawrence Village Hall 196 Central Ave Lawrence, New York 11559 beginning at 7:00 P.M. to conduct the following Public Hearings and to attend to such other matters as may properly come before the Board: Marc Mendelsohn-290 Narragansett AvenueProposed New House Design.

David Brecher-175 Briarwood XingProposed New House Design.

Mr. & Mrs. Beren-23 Martin Lane- Proposed New House Design.

Mr. & Mrs. Reisman-52 Lawrence AvenueProposed New House Design.

Mr. & Mrs. Leb-77 Margaret AvenueFinding of Facts.

Benjamin Laufer-19 Waverly Place- Proposed New Circular Driveway.

Yaakov Badiah-145 Harborview SouthProposed New Addition/Alteration.

Mr. & Mrs. Katz-41 Arrowhead LaneProposed New Addition/Alteration.

The order in which the listed applications are heard shall be determined the night of the meeting.

The applications and accompanying exhibits are on file and may be inspected at the Village Office during normal business hours between 8:00a.m. and 4:00p.m. If anyone needs special accommodations for a disability, such person should contact the Village Clerk at least 5 days before the hearing.

All interested parties will have the opportunity to be heard

By Order of the Board of Building Design Barry Pomerantz Chairman Dated: November 9, 2023 143303 LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST NOTICE TO BIDDERS SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Cedarhurst, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York 11516 until 8:00PM. on Monday December 4, 2023, at which time bids will be publicly opened for the Demolition of the House and clearing of the property located at 68

Washington Ave, Cedarhurst, NY, according to specifications.

Specifications and Bid Sheet are available at the Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:30 PM prevailing time, Monday through Friday.

Proposals must be in writing, signed by the party making the bid, contained in a securely sealed envelope addressed to the Village Administrator, Incorporated Village of Cedarhurst, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York 11516, marked “BID HOUSE DEMOLITION. Sealed bids must be received at said place on or before the day and hour stated.

Proposals will be publicly opened and read at that time by the Village Administrator and the contracts awarded by the Board of Trustees within thirty (30) days thereafter.

A non-collusive certificate as required by Section 103-d of the General Municipal Law must accompany each bid.

The Village reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities and also reserve the right to increase, decrease, or omit any portions of the Specifications. Subject to the foregoing, the Village will award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder qualified by past experience to satisfactorily perform the required work of this contract.

Dated: November 16, 2023 Cedarhurst, NY Salvatore Evola Cedarhurst, NY Village Administrator By order of Mayor Benjamin Weinstock and the Board of Trustees 143318

To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE FOR SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE MEADOWMERE FIRE DISTRICT ON December 12, 2023 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Election of the Meadowmere Fire District will take place on December 12, 2023 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Meadowmere Fire House located at 14 Meyer Avenue, Lawrence, New York, 11559 for the purpose of voting on the following proposition: Shall the following resolution of the Board of Fire Commissioners adopted on the 16th day of October , 2023: “A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MEADOWMERE FIRE DISTRICT (“ FIRE DISTRICT”) TO AMEND THE FIRE DISTRICT’S SERVICE AWARDS PROGRAM, CONSISTING OF A DEFINED BENEFIT PROGRAM, BY

A ‘silkie’ time at Hewlett’s ‘Funtober’ Cotton candy, face painting, fall treats, games, hot chocolate, inflatables, a petting zoo, pony rides, snacks, spirit wear and a DJ playing music were all part of the PTAsponsored fall festival “Funtober” at Hewlett Elementary School on Oct. 19.

Some attendees such as Woodmere Middle School sixth-grader Ashley Apicella made a new friend with a Silkie chicken, known for its fluffy plumage that is said to feel like silk and satin. Apicella was at the fall festival with her sister, Jasmine, a student at HES. — Jeffrey Bessen

Ashley Apicella, sixth-grader at Woodmere Middle School made a new friend holding a Silkie chicken at the fall festival.

Photos courtesy Hewlett-Woodmere schools

Hewlett Elementary School third-graders Violet Goldsmith, left, Drew Findling and Conor Sheflin enjoyed their beverages at ‘Funtober.’

Public Notices

REDUCING THE ENTITLEMENT AGE FROM 65 YEARS OF AGE TO 62 YEARS OF AGE EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1 2024, WITH AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST OF SAID AMENDMENT CLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF $2,200.00,” Be approved?

Only residents of the Meadowmere Fire District registered to vote with the Nassau County Board of Elections on or before November 20, 2023 shall be eligible to vote.

Dated: November 2, 2023 SUSAN LUND, Secretary BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS MEADOWMERE FIRE DISTRICT 14 Meyer Avenue Lawrence, New York 11559 143301

Section 1. That the Board of Trustees designates the following offices as vacant at the end of the current official year, to be filled at the Village Election to be held on March 19, 2024 for the following terms: Village Trustee-4 year term Village Trustee-4 year term Section 2. The Village Clerk is hereby directed to publish this notice in full in the Nassau Herald.

Section 3. This designation shall take effect immediately.

Dated:Cedarhurst, New York November 15, 2023 Salvatore Evola Village Administrator By order of Mayor Benjamin Weinstock and the Board of Trustees 143302

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE WHEREAS: the next General Village Election for offices will be held on March 19,2024 and WHEREAS: the Board of Trustees must designate and publish the offices that are to be filled in such election and terms thereof; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor will hold a public hearing via ZOOM on November 30, 2023 at 7:00PM. All residents and professionals wishing to attend are directed to contact Village Hall at 516-374-3806 for further

ZOOM information/instruction or visit our website at www.hewlettharbor.org.

All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard on the following application for variance relief: Mr. Danny Nicolo - 1322 Everit Avenue Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to build a one family dwelling, inground pool, and pool cabana.

Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning Code 145-19 and 145-10.1: Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 25%.

Applicant is requesting a 34.95% lot coverage.

Applicant additionally requests relief from Village Zoning Code 145-19. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted front yard surface coverage shall not exceed 21%.

Applicant is requesting a 38.29% front yard surface coverage.

Village Zoning Code 145-10.1 states: A height/setback plane is a theoretical inclined plane through which no part of a dwelling shall penetrate. Applicant is requesting relief from this code.

Andrew and Lorie Rudister - 402 Pepperidge Rd. Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to maintain a rear yard pool.

Village Zoning Code 145-19. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: In a residential “B” district, no side yard setback shall have a width that is less than 15.’ Applicant is requesting a 13’6” side yard setback.

Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: In a residential “B” district, no rear yard setback shall have a width that is less than 25.’ Applicant is requesting a 24’6” rear yard setback.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS STEVEN GOLD, CHAIRMAN ZONING BOARD TOMMY MONTEMARANOBuilding Superintendent Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York November 9, 2023 143304

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

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Employment

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long term SuBStitute reading teacher Qualifications: Preferred NYS Literacy Certification, Reading Teacher Certification or K-6 Certification NYS training requirements must be up-to-date Salary: $150 Per Day

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classroom aide – 1:1 Qualifications: High School Diploma Required Salary: $20,346 annually Provisional Position

Salary: $52,122-$62,760 annually Pending Civil Service clearance/approval Reports to: Assistant Superintendent of Business and Human Resources Job Summary: Performs varied clerical tasks processing and maintaining personnel forms and records performs related duties as required.

PerFormance reSPonSiBilitieS: • Maintains current personnel records for employees in accordance with prescribed rules and regulations • Processes new employee applications for completeness and proper form • Prepares and submits required Civil Service forms and reports • Answers routine inquires related to Civil Service rules and regulations, examinations procedures, retirement system, wage and salaries, and related matters • Compiles and prepares statistical reports as required All positions require NYSED fingerprint clearance, Nassau County Civil Service approval.

If interested, forward a copy of your resume

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted

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Please Email Resume to careers@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239

Part Time & Full Time. 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.

H i s t o r i c a l l y, r e p o r t e r s w h o h ave 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. Salary range is from $20K to $45K 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@liherald.com

MAILROOM/ WAREHOUSE HELP Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME & PART-TIME mailroom/warehouse helper in Garden City.

We are a busy print shop looking for 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. Salary Ranges fromo $15 per hour to $20 per hour.

Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com

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Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships.

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Compensation is based on Full Time hours Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and Paid Time Off. Please Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to rglickman@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X250 PRINTING PRESS OPERATORS FT & PT. Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for Printing Press Operators in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop.

Hours vary, so flexibility is key. Salary Ranges from $20 per hour to $30 per hour.

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Receptionist needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City. The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer ser vice 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: 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 $15 to $17 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.

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What to look for when you buy a house, Part 3

Hewlett Harbor

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A. It’s understandable that, when you find that special house, you’re willing to overlook certain problems. This market is limited. People aren’t as eager to sell. I hear from retired friends, whose children and grandchildren live nearby, that anything they could downsize to is just as proportionally expensive, so why move?

And it’s a hassle, in many onte eeper cases, to fix or improve homes, to legalize or safeguard them from longterm elements like flooding, high winds and global warming.

You are enabled to avoid nearly everything by the people you hire to protect your interests and get you through the real estate closing process. As I previously wrote, anyone who steps up and advises you of problems is a gem, of precious importance to you. When your real estate agent is honestly telling you there may be problems or no permits, when your attorney notices the search only covers the outline of the building and not interior improvements, like a bathroom not recorded, or if the home inspector sees that the foundation doesn’t look correctly built, you alone have to choose to accept that there may be more to what they are telling you. If you still choose to move forward because you find yourself desperate to accept what little is out there to buy, at least prioritize and put real numbers to the future expenses for such things as paying for architectural plans, permit fees, repair fees, zoning variances, and possible fines.

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his column could have many titles. One might be, “Is there a Democratic Party in Nassau County?” Another could read, “Whatever Happened to the once proud Democratic machine in Long Beach?”

No matter which title you like, the subject matter boils down to the fact that there is essentially no Democratic Party in Long Beach or Nassau County, and the Republicans are feasting on the bones of a moribund entity.

There is no doubt that the GOP’s success on Election Day was JERRY attributable to the efforts of Joe KREMER Cairo, the county Republican Party chair.

Cairo is a brilliant leader, and he works at his job 24 hours a day. Last week he scored a big victory in the Town of North Hempstead, where he spent an estimated $1.5 million to get Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and a few Town Board members re-elected. Jon Kaiman, the former supervisor, ran a credible campaign, but his efforts were no match for Cairo and the Republican apparatus. Available

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statistics show that the Republicans had a 35 percent turnout at the polls, while the Democrats had a turnout of roughly 25 percent.

In the contests for the County Legislature, Democrats managed to keep their seats and prevented the Republicans from gaining a super-majority. There was a contest in Glen Cove between incumbent Mayor Pamela Panzenbeck, a Republican, and the former Republican county comptroller, George Maragos, who’s now a Democrat. In a city that changes mayors frequently, Maragos lost.

Which brings us to the election for the control of the Long Beach City Council. In the past, even with Republicans scoring great successes in the county, the Long Beach Democratic Party would have been able to fend off any kind of political tidal wave. Instead, the Democrats wound up losing control of the council to three Republican challengers.

If you’re interested in some local political history lesson, the last time Republicans controlled Long Beach City Hall was in 1970. How do I know that?

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serving in the Assembly. I took the job of party chair to help the party regain control of the City Council. We ran an aggressive campaign, and in November 1972, five Democrats were elected in Long Beach, ousting the Republican incumbents. Having regained my senses, I then resigned as chair. Being both an assemblyman and a party leader was a mistake.

It’s worth noting that as far back as the 1940s, Long Beach was one of only two area communities with a strong Democratic Party.

The city was often described as “a Democratic oasis in a Republican desert.” In my early teens, national Democratic figures such as Gov. Averell Harriman, Vice President Alben Barkley and presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson came to Long Beach to get the blessing of the local party leader.

There are still a few readers who will remember the late Phil Kohut, who was the party boss for many years. Each year he would host a summer cocktail event that was attended by Democrats seeking his favor, as well as every major Republican elected official on Long Island. Sadly, the local party operation has faded away

he party is hanging on in Nassau, but not in one of its historic strongholds.

over the years, and the latest City Council election results proved that.

Another example of the weakness of the Democratic Party is the fact that Long Beach is now represented by Republican Assemblyman Ari Brown, who lives in the Five Towns. From 1966 to 2016, Long Beach had three Democrats representing its interests in Albany.

Yours truly and Harvey Weisenberg represented the city for nearly 50 years, followed by Todd Kaminsky.

There is no doubt that Long Beach has undergone major demographic changes, with many new faces moving into the community. But according to the Nassau County Board of Elections, many of those new residents come from Democratic areas, and were accustomed to supporting Democratic candidates. I wish the newly elected Republican City Council members the best of luck, because my heart is still in Long Beach, after living there for 40 years. Their good fortune is in part due to the demise of a once great Democratic Party organization.

Jerry Kremer was an Assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? jkremer@liherald.com.

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ey, I’m trying to strike a positive note here.

We Americans have come of age in a nation that strived toward tolerance and equality, a country that has stood as an exemplar of democracy and excellence. We pulled together when times were tough.

Then, in successive shock waves, a brutal three-year pandemic, rising political extremism and epidemic gun violence knocked us off kilter. We seem to have forgotten who we are. American competence, credibility and RAnDi prestige wobbled KREiss during the Trump presidency. How did we become this country that doesn’t know facts from fake, that raises a raging fraudster to the presidency and then exalts him as a cult figure?

That’s the view from 30,000 feet. We are struggling with big, unprecedented political, social and humanitarian problems. I visualize a tug of war, east, west, north and south, with ropes pulling in all directions, drawing and quartering the country.

Even here at sea level, post-pandemic

life is littered with smaller but devilish provocations that ruffle our daily lives.

All the time I hear people saying that nothing works anymore, people aren’t willing to go to an office, businesses are shuttered because they can’t find employees, booking a flight means dealing with airlines that charge $25 to talk to a real person on a phone.

Attempting to get a ticket, arrange a refund or use a credit card is often is exercise in frustration.

The plumber sends a trainee; floods ensue. The gas pump doesn’t work. The movie theater is filthy. The pint of ice cream has shrunk. The Wi-Fi is down.

The bank has no tellers.

The supermarket forces me to ring up my items while the workers, who are about to be replaced, are forced to help me figure out the system. Teacher shortages plague public education.

If you fall into the medical rabbit hole, you may find caring doctors and efficient offices, but too often the trend toward corporate medical care leaves patients coming and going through frustrating patient portals.

The big pillars in our lives are standing on less stable ground than before the pandemic, and before Donald Trump, with newspapers, public schools, univer-

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sities, social media, medicine, Congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court suffering identity crises.

As we move forward, the critical question is, can we find threads of gold amid the dross? Is anything OK? I’m convinced that at ground level, not 30,000 feet, people are kinder to one another. We all know we’ve been through hell the past few years. But folks aren’t quitting on their friends and families. People are actively searching for more meaningful lives and richer relationships with loved ones. News stories shine a light on loneliness; our surgeon general writes about the life-giving effects of personal connections. People listen and reach out.

In record time, our scientists created vaccines to fight the coronavirus. Amazon has transformed our shopping experience, mostly for the good. People are spending, and figuring out how to negotiate a changing economy.

We are in the midst of an epic battle for our most cherished American values.

At 30,000 feet, the cultish masses supporting Trump seem daunting, willfully embracing lies, slyly encouraging racism and antisemitism.

On the ground, I’m looking at Ohio,

ut the big pillars in our lives are less stable than before the pandemic.

which just voted to support women’s reproductive rights. Candidates supporting inclusion and democracy had a good night on Election Day. I’m looking at the man in the White House, who, with a talented team, is keeping us rolling toward a sounder economy while supporting our unions, wrapping his arms around our allies in Israel and Ukraine and keeping a lid on little fires everywhere.

Yes, Biden is old. But Trump is old, and he’s no Joe Biden. The president flew to Israel in its hour of need, embraced Benjamin Netanyahu, a friend in pain, flew home, flew to Maine after a mass shooting. Trump wouldn’t get out of his limo at Normandy because he didn’t want the rain to mess up his hair.

Biden’s head and heart trump Trump.

Also what works: The MacArthur Foundation announced a $500 million grant to support local newspapers. John Palfrey, the foundation’s president, said, “It’s hard to have a democracy when you don’t have good local news.”

And there’s more: Election 2023 worked. Crazy lost traction and sanity prevailed. I still work, too, but my path is different, as is yours. Our footprints leave deeper grooves these days; we carry all that we’ve learned since Pandemic 2020 and the DJT presidency altered our reality.

Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ire — a human invention that ignited a different way of preparing food nearly 400,000 years ago — is a tool that very much remains in need of control, whether it’s the size of flames in a fire pit or the temperature setting on a kitchen stove.

That same control is needed when handling the latest, fastest-moving new human tool: artificial intelligence.

Known as AI, the computer-oriented system allows people to create words, visual perception, speech recognition, decisionmaking and translation at a speed that outpaces human thought. but like a motor vehicle that needs brakes to bring it to a safe stop, this emerging powerful force, which is revolutionizing industries, improving efficiency, and transforming the way we live and work, needs guardrails so it does not careen off the metaphorical road.

If the past 20-plus years of the internet and social media have taught us anything, it is that as much fun as there is in cyberspace, with games and hilarious memes, and the way people can connect in minutes during emergencies or create civic engagement, there are uses such as deepfakes — when a video of a person has been digitally altered to appear different from the original — that are usually employed maliciously to spread false information.

This calls for caution and standards.

AI holds the potential to shape the future in remarkable ways — from autonomous vehicles to personalized

health care. The systems can analyze massive datasets, identify patterns, and make predictions with unprecedented accuracy.

Yet this transformative technology also carries significant risks and ethical concerns. being trained based on data created by humans, AI can respond just like humans — both the good and the bad. For example, an AI tool can just as easily stereotype and generate content that someone might deem racist.

We need responsible oversight.

The biden administration issued an expansive executive order in october establishing standards for AI safety and security within the federal government in an effort to protect privacy, advance equity and civil rights, stand up for consumers and workers, and promote innovation and competition.

It also aims for the federal government to act responsibly, and accelerate the hiring of AI professionals to train employees across agencies and departments.

The biden blueprint is not required by social media giants, but the Mark zuckerbergs and Elon Musks of the world should take these guidelines to heart so as not to continue creating the chaos that has followed every digital advance. silicon Valley needs to apply the experience and knowledge of the past 20 years of social media and technological advances to this newest tool.

The global community needs to follow the White House’s lead to collaborate and create comprehensive regulations and

Letters King got it right on Israel To the Editor: I’m neither Jew nor Israeli, but a Cuban American citizen, and I wish Peter King’s column last week, “How quickly the world seems ready to turn on Israel,” could be proclaimed from the rooftops. From a very appropriate title to a factfilled and logical article. Thanks!

CrIsTobAl sAnCHEz Freeport

Israel is doing what the U.S. did 80 years ago To the Editor: Peter King’s column brought tears to my eyes.

The tears are from a Democrat, by the way.

I’ve been screaming at the news reports, as well as to anyone who would listen, about how the United states ended and won World War II. Most people don’t have a clue about the fire bombings of Tokyo, which killed 100,000 innocents; Hamburg, 40,000 dead; Dresden, 25,000 dead; and

standards that address the challenges AI poses. Those standards should encompass privacy protection, employment impact assessments, algorithmic transparency, and the development of ethical guidelines for AI research and development.

And we should focus on AI usage much closer to home — like in our schools, where we can teach AI skills while also developing curriculum that incorporates this new tool. And for local government, ensuring their hiring and procurement practices are not using biased AIs. responsible oversight does not mean stifling innovation. It means ensuring that innovation is aligned with the best interests of society. It means promoting AI technologies that are safe, trustworthy and respectful of individual rights and freedoms.

To achieve this, governments should establish regulatory bodies while encouraging industrial self-regulation. regulators should invest in AI education and awareness campaigns, and foster a culture of ethical AI use. The AI community should also adopt a proactive stance, self-policing research and applications to ensure they adhere to these principles. similar to harnessing the power of fire and aiming to ensure that this dangerous tool does not burn us, responsible AI oversight should include safeguards against its potential harms to help ensure that it is a force for good, and not hazardous to our overall welfare.

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t is a commonly held frustration of Long Island residents that our governments seem to always be behind the curve, as opposed to ahead of it.

Quite regularly we hear the phrase uttered that government “must become proactive rather than reactive.” as a lawmaker, I often hear this complaint when someone is describing a dilapidated municipal building, a deteriorating sports field or a poorly maintained road. The major consequences here — almost always extra construction costs for taxpayers JosHUa — add to the affordability crisis LaFaZan we are facing.

But where reactive government is becoming very dangerous relates to the remarkable developments in the world of artificial intelligence. Experts are warning that the consequences of government falling too far behind in terms of rules

and protections here will be nothing short of catastrophic.

Nassau County must heed this warning. That’s why I’m seeking to propose new legislation called the artificial Intelligence Privacy act. researchers are exploring the viability of making it a misdemeanor offense to clone someone’s voice or image using artificial intelligence without their consent. The bill I propose would affirm our residents’ right to privacy from artificial intelligence tools, and allocate new resources to the Nassau County Police Department to train personnel and collaborate with federal officials to enforce that right. as new aI technology continues to proliferate and grow in sophistication even beyond what humans can comprehend, neither laws nor lawmakers’ understanding of this new landscape have kept up — and we’re already beginning to see the consequences.

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Letters Nuremberg. Not to mention the two atomic bombs, which killed an additional 150,000 men, women and children.

These acts in the name of war were terrible acts against humanity, but necessary. Gen. Curtis LeMay, who ordered these fire bombings said, “I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.” The fact is that we see the United States as the good guys in World War II. The U.S. was seen wearing the white hats and riding the white horses and saving the world from Hitler.

The difference in how the U.S. was seen then, and how Israel is seen now, is that the good guys from WWII wore a crucifix around their necks, and now the Israelis wear a Jewish Star. Even when they try to defend themselves, antisemitism rears it ugly head. I believe the U.S. was right in what it did in WWII, and I believe that Israel is right in the way it is trying to defend itself today, 80 years later.

I am extremely proud of my father, my three uncles, my wife’s father and her two uncles, who all fought Hitler in WWII. They were all heroes.

MICHaEL THoMaS Sea Cliff

We cannot remain silent in the face of evil To the Editor: I am not a Jew, but I am an american. I do not have family in Israel, but I have many friends and neighbors who are Jewish, and I cannot remain silent while the evil of antisemitism is not only raising its

clone the voice of a family member so they can fake a hostage situation and extort a ransom. Consider the cyberbully who uses aI to clone the image of an individual and create scenarios that never existed. or, most egregiously, take those bad actors who exploit aI to create and distribute explicit sexual images of women and children.

Data corroborates the cause for concern here. according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, aI tools with malicious intent have created 100,000 computer-generated fake nude images of women without their consent or knowledge. More troubling yet, an aI tool kit was utilized to generate text depicting the sexual exploitation of children.

It is long past time for our government to get serious about protecting the privacy of its citizenry. In my estimation, there is no longer time left to wait.

Let me be clear: This proposal is not birthed of hostility toward aI as a whole,

ugly head again, but is paraded on city streets around the world, including here in New York. I never thought I would see this happen in my lifetime. as a child, when I saw documentaries about the Holocaust, I was horrified and disgusted. The films and the stories were so shocking and disturbing that they were difficult to watch, but I did so in order to know what evil looks like. I wondered how it was possible for something so sick and depraved to have happened.

If there was any consolation, it was the belief that Nazism had been defeated, and that because its lies and perverseness had been exposed, it could never again take hold. Furthermore, the Holocaust had occurred in a far-away country whose economy was in a dismal state, and the citizens had fallen under the spell of a skilled orator who promised prosperity in return for unquestioned obedience. I didn’t think such deception could ever happen again.

But since the oct. 7 massacre in Israel, it has become apparent that the level of hatred toward Jews — not just toward the State of Israel — is more widespread in the United States than I could possibly have imagined, and this is profoundly disturbing.

We must take a lesson from what happened in Germany under Hitler, or else history could be repeated. Before the pogroms and the death camps, Jews were depersonalized in books and speeches.

They were blamed for the country’s economic problems, and their extermination was presented as the solution. anyone who spoke up on behalf of their Jewish neighbors was harassed and attacked. once public opposition was silenced, men

or the tech sector — one that contains the cutting-edge new companies that we must attract to our region so that we can secure our tax base and stop Long Island’s exodus of talented young professionals.

In fact, we as a county would be wise to welcome pioneering tech companies specializing in aI to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. If there are health care firms using aI for preventive detection of disease, or environmental firms using aI to enhance stormdetection systems or to bolster conservation efforts, we should absolutely be aggressively courting those companies to set up shop here.

However, it is unacceptable that our government currently lacks an adequate understanding of aI and the tools that are needed to best protect residents from its abuses. The artificial Intelligence Privacy act I am seeking to propose would represent the first step of many in the right direction, toward a balance between innovation and privacy.

Joshua Lafazan represents Nassau County’s 18th Legislative District.

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and women of conscience could only help by hiding Jews or helping them escape the country.

Based on what we’ve seen in the past few weeks, it is painfully apparent that the spirit of adolf Hitler is alive and well in the minds of many college professors, their students, and even some of our elected officials. only someone who is deluded, brainwashed or possessed can applaud the massacre of more than 1,000 innocent men, women and children and the taking of more than 200 civilians as hostages that took place on oct. 7. I firmly believe that those voicing such malevolence are far outnumbered by the decent people in our

local communities, but we have a moral imperative not to remain silent.

Let’s prove that by turning out for the next pro-Israel rally, by wearing a blue patch (Israel’s flag is blue and white), or by putting a blue light outside our front door. I found information about upcoming rallies, and other ways to support Israel and our Jewish neighbors, at jns.org and jta.org.

There are many issues that divide us, but the right of an individual and his family to exist, free from violence and fear, transcends all others, and it should unite us.

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