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So how many days are left? Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School kindergartners, from left, Karim Farid, Piper Varjas, Ryan Ringgold, Kylie Joannon and teacher’s aide Mrs. Alison Lingen pretended to be centenarians to mark the 100th day of school. Story, Page 4.
Mimi Mernis Food Pantry, in Bayville, serves the North Shore By MARY SOTIRYADIS newsroom@liherald.com
The Mimi Mernis Food Pantry, at the Village Church of Bayville, has served the North Shore community for nearly 20 years, and has been especially active during the coronavirus pandemic. Its essential service has recently been recognized by Rising Tide Natural Market in Glen Cove, which named the pantry its February 2021 Charity of the Month. Jerry Farrell, the owner of
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Rising Tide chips in 10 cents per bag for the charity. The money helps the charity keep serving those in need, Farrell said. Ann Albro, the Villa g e Church’s outreach coordinator and trustee, said she and the other pantry volunteers were honored by Rising Tide’s recognition. Acknowledgments like this, she said, has helped the pantry succeed over the years.
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Preserving the past, one antique at a time
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It’s been an unsteady few years for antiques. Furniture, artwork, jewelry and finely crafted household items from the past, long considered pricey but good investments, have seen dramatic decreases in demand and a depression in appraised value. The abundance of retail antique shops, which once lined major city thoroughfares, small towns and country barns, have largely disappeared. People looking for high-style antiques to buy or sell, are looking online. Buyers, sellers, investors — and auctioneers or other businesses that act as intermediary in the antiques trade — are operating in a world at variance with their dearly held expectations. Some say the situation’s driven by overall migration or retail trade to the internet. Others suggest there’s been a fundamental generational shift in consumer tastes in 21st century America. While industry experts grapple with these questions, a select few — like Roland Auctions of Glen Cove — is remaking itself to meet the changing conditions in a business environment that has sustained their family for decades, while helping to preserve the fine objects of the past. “Prices are down, kids today are not as interested in antiques, and those who have collected objects that I sold my whole life are finding their investments are bringing a fraction of what they paid for them,” said Billy Roland, a principal in the company along with his brother Robert. “Meanwhile for buyers, many of the serious antique retailers, from Atlantic Avenue to Cold Spring Harbor, have just closed their doors. It used to be in my neighborhood in Brooklyn where I grew up, people would drive up with antiques in tractor trailers, empty them out or fill them up. All that’s gone.” But Roland Auctions, which opened in Glen Cove in 2018, are tough veterans of the competitive and fashionable New York City antiques world. With four decades under its belt working out of the historic St. Denis building, just south of Union Square, the company established a reputation, representing the estates of the rich and famous — major Manhattan collectors, celebrities and important Long Island estates. And seeing the handwriting on the wall, this is one family owned and operated company that has taken action. First, by moving to the Piano Exchange on School Street in Glen Cove. “We had a really sweet deal at the St. Denis,” Roland recalled. “It was a labyrinth of galleries, but increasingly, we ran antique lots online. We knew [Glen Cove] area. There was a period when we were active in the local community. With changing conditions in the market, we wanted to re-establish our roots here.” Now from its new location, Roland Auction continues to handle estates for Manhattan clients, a great deal of Long Island’s great estate owners and offers charity auctions for many organizations. If thinking of high end, high stakes auctioneering, there’s some of that –
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roBert roland, co-oWns Roland Auctions of Glen Cove with his brother Billy. Roland has represented estates with art by Larry Rivers, Warhol, Renoir, Christo, Tiffany and fine furniture appraised in the tens of thousands of dollars. One client with a home on the Upper East Side was enamored with Napoléon. He slept in one of the emperor’s beds and owned a circa-1803 writing desk, which ended up on loan to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. But as much as 65% of the objects in an auction are appraised for under $300. For sellers, that means an initial sticker shock when appraisers come around. Meanwhile, for buyers, there are amazing and inexpensive opportunities. Either way, key to operating in the antiques market is understanding how it works today. At its Glen Cove location, Roland Auctions is only open for auctions. That means browsing antiques means going online and looking for items that are of interest and appraised at prices within range that is affordable. “We’ve worked hard to make it possible for buyers to see what will be auctioned online, with high quality photography and written descriptions,” Roland said. “The idea is to see what’s listed, then go to the auction 2 to 3 days ahead of time, view items in the exhibition circle and decide how much you are willing to pay for them. It’s a little bit of an intimidating process, but auctioneers don’t want to rob you. They want you to have a good experience and come back.” That makes Glen Cove a good location for an operation like Roland Auctions. Buyers no longer have to travel far or go to NYC or Connecticut to view antiques. Meanwhile, sellers have the comfort of knowing that their treasured items are being offered on the internet to buyers worldwide, maximizing the purchase price. In fact, the strategy may be paying off. The last four auctions have been record-
roland auctions of Glen Cove offers much in the way of interesting items for people with a variety of tastes.
setting for the Roland Auctions, according to company president Sal Trupiano. “More and more people are buying,” he said. “People are becoming comfortable with being online, we have more pictures, better descriptions.” In Trupiano’s view, the internet may be how the antique industry will move forward into the future. “It’s a doubleedged sword,” he said. “If you’re in New York City and have expensive space, a guy from Ohio can be competing with you. But in Glen Cove, we’re able to get good prices and not only sell to a local audience because we’re online. Some of our expensive items go to Europe, Asia, to the western U.S. That’s great. We never had that access before.” As for the overall demand for antiques, while it may be cause for worry to some in the short-run, people like Peter James, an Oyster Bay interior designer, are reserving judgment over the long haul. “There will always be someone interested in antiques,” he explained. “The
trend right now is modern, simple, but there’s a niche for antiques in stately homes and they can be effective accent pieces. We are in a modern trend, no question about that, but these things tend to be cyclical.” That’s good news to Roland, who with his family and staff at Roland Auctions is trying to navigate his way through present conditions. “The truth is, right now there’s more money in cleaning out a home than there is in going through it for auctionable antiques,” he said. “But we’re not just in this for the money. We are also in the business of preserving heritage. I’d like to think that one day the market will all come back.” And that, said Roland, is a kind of mission for his family auctioneer operation in Glen Cove. “In a sense, by preserving precious items from the past, we are a keeper of the future,” he explained. “We’re one of the few people left doing that.”
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Virtual workshop for high schoolers from the Glen Cove Public Library at 7 p.m. Debbie Gershow Lindell will present a 90-minute workshop about college application essays and the application process. To register, visit www.glencovelibrary.org or call (516) 676-2130.
Virtual program from the Glen Cove Senior Center at 2 p.m. There will be a Q&A with New York Mets world champion Ed Hearn, who has remained one of the more memorable Mets in the franchise. Hearn also operates a charity called Botton of the Ninth, a mentorship program for children, and he has written an autobiography entitled ‘Conquering Life’s Curves - Baseball, Battles & Beyond.” He resides in Kansas with his wife and son. To tune in, visit www. facebook.com/GCSeniorCenter/. To learn more, call (516) 759-9610.
Friday, March 5 ‘The Parallax View’ showing Gold Coast Public Library, 50 Railroad Ave., Glen Head at 2 p.m. “The Parallex View,” 1974, follows reporter Joseph Frady (Warren Beatty), who begins digging into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder of a senator and stumbles into a labyrinthine conspiracy far more sinister then he could have imagined. This movie is 102 munutes long and will be shown in the Library Annex Room A. All Covid-19 guidelines are followed. Register in advance. For more information, call (516) 759-8300.
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Healthy eating and lifestyle management Virtual seminar hosted by the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library on March 8 at 7 p.m. Registered dietition nutritionist Alexandra Cerone of Northwell Health will discuss how to maintain healthy eating habits and lifestyle management during the pandemic. Residents can register online at www.oysterbaylibrary.org. Non-residents can register by calling (516) 922-1212.
Virtual program from the Glen Cove Public Library at 7 p.m. During a time when most people are limiting their travel, let Ted Reinstein, a reporter and author of three books about New England, be the tour guide. Participants will go from Maine to Rhode Island, Mt. Washington to Mt. Mansfield and Berkshire foliage to Fenway Park, all in one hour. There will be a Q&A at the end. For more information, visit www.glencovelibrary.org or (516) 676-2130.
Indoor Winter Farmers Market Village Square, 100 Village Square at Bridge Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Sea Cliff/Glen Cove Winter Market offers a selection of locally grown vegetables, eggs along with fresh baked bread and sweets, honey, maple syrup and other local goods. All products are grown or produced on Long Island or by Long Islanders. Market is operating safely under state guidelines. For more information, call (516) 318-5487.
Pizza making and beer tasting Virtual gathering from the Sea Cliff Wine, Beer and Food Social Club at 7 p.m. Support local businesses Old Tappan Brewing Company and Potter’s Peel Pizza, makie an artisan pizza and tasting craft beer from the comfort of home. Register at www.meetup.com/Sea-Cliff-Wine-BeerFood-Social-Club/. For more informa-
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Monday, March 8 Free, live virtual bingo Virtual bingo for all from the Glen Cove Senior Center from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday night is bingo night. Join the Glen Cove Senior Center for a free and live bingo session and help local seniors. Win prizes and no sign-up is needed. To join, visit www.glencoveathome.com. For more information, call (516) 759-9610.
Tuesday, March 9 ‘Sweet Lorraine’ virtual screening Virtual movie screening from the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance center of
Nassau County from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. This is the second of three programs in HMTC’s “The Catskills on the Big and small Screen,” which explores film depictions of the Catskills when it served as a summer retreat for Yiddishspeaking and Jewish residents in the New York City area. “Sweet Lorraine” depicts the fictional Lorraine Hotel at the end of the Catskill’s heyday in a slice-of-life comedy. This is a free event. For more information, visit www.hmtcli.org or call (516) 571-8040.
Wednesday, March 10 Virtual ‘Curator’s Corner’ Virtual lecture from the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County from noon to 1 p.m. In this
“Curator’s Corner,” Dr. Thorin Tritter, HMTC museum and programming director, will talk about a pre-war photograph that shows Charlotte Gillman, who survived the Holocaust after being hidden in a series of Catholic convents and was able to reunite with her family. Gillman recently died, but her photo remains a central part of the gallery. This is a free event. For more information, visit www.hmtcli.org or call (516) 571-8040.
QPR training Virtual training hosted by the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library at 7 p.m. QPR stands for question, persuade and refer, three steps anyone could learn to prevent suicide. Learn the signs and how to help. To register, visit www.oysterbaylibrary.org. For more information, call (516) 922-1212.
Nassau County taxes extended to March 12. Town of Oyster Bay to offer pilates and yoga classes during spring 2021. O.B. recreational basketball, badminton and volleyball registration begins March 9. Bayville Planning Board to meet March 9 at 7:30 p.m., Village Hall, 34 School St. Sea Cliff Board of Trustees meeting to be held March 8 at 6 p.m.
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The Town of Oyster Bay has launched a program inviting residents to help recognize health care heroes by writing “Thank You” letters that will be distributed during National Public Health Week, which runs from April 5 to April 11. During that week thousands of thank you letters will be distributed from residents to frontline healthcare workers who have bravely battled the Covid-19 pandemic at hospitals, healthcare centers and nursing
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TOWN OF OYSTER Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino delivered Valentine’s Day cards made by local children to the U.S. Marines in Garden City.
‘Valentine’s for Veterans’ for U.S. Marines On behalf of school children from throughout the Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino delivered thousands of “Valentine’s for Veterans” to the U.S. Marines in Garden City. Thousands of students prepared Valentine’s Day cards, which were distributed to veteran organizations including the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign War and AMVETS, as well as hospitals and nursing homes. The initiative serves as reminder to these hometown heroes that their service and sacrifice will never be forgotten.
homes over the past year. To participate in this rewarding experience, residents are asked to either create thank you cards or use the form found at www.oysterbaytown.com/healthcarehero. Letters should be returned by March 19 to ensure their proper distribution. For more information and additional details, contact Esther Alter at (516) 6246380 or at ealter@oysterbay-ny.gov.
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The 2021 Jovia Long Island Marathon will return to Eisenhower Park in East Meadow this Sept. 17 and 18.
L.I. Marathon to be held in person in September By BRiaN STieGLiTZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
Long Island’s most anticipated running event will return this year with a new course — again. The 2021 Jovia Long Island Marathon and all its accompanying racing events will return to Eisenhower Park in East Meadow this Sept. 17 and 18. While the event is typically held in May, Nassau County officials decided to host it five months later to allow more time to combat the coronavirus pandemic. “As we continue to make significant progress in the fight against Covid-19, we’ve been able to allow some smaller races — with up to 300 participants — to come to our parks through the fall and winter,” said County Executive Laura Curran at a Feb. 25 news conference, at which she made the announcement. Curran explained that the county has been able to host races by following safety and social-distancing protocols like introducing staggered start times and contactless check-ins, checking athletes’ temperatures and limiting the number of spectators. Because the Long Island Marathon draws a much bigger crowd than the typical 5K and 10K races, attracting 5,000 people in 2019, county officials decided to hold the event in September “because we expect to have more vaccines . . . and that will mean more immunity in our community so we could get more participation,” Curran said. For the second year, the race will be directed by Baldwin-based company Race Awesome, which is run by Corey Roberts and his wife, Stacey. “At the end of the day, the realization is that it’s not just about producing a race,” Roberts said at the news conference. “There are so many services that Nassau County provides to the race to make it happen, especially from our health department.” Past events have had roughly 12 medical tents along the route, all of which the county health department provided. “The health department right now really needs to focus on vaccinations,” Roberts noted. “With that, we really took the time to think about how we can do this and do it safely with Nassau County.” When Race Awesome took the reins to direct the 2019 marathon, it unveiled a new course that shut down parts of Merrick Avenue and Wantagh Parkway. With the event in September, Roberts said he was reluctant to follow the same route and risk impacting the
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NaSSau CouNTy exeCuTive Laura Curran announced the changes to the marathon during a Feb. 25 news conference, at which she was joined by Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and Health Commissioner Larry Eisenstein. crowds heading to and from Jones Beach for their last beach trips of the summer. The 47th marathon will feature a two-lap course that keeps runners in Eisenhower Park for more of the event and then send them through Mitchell Field, Museum Row and along the some of the pedestrian and bike lanes that the county installed in 2020. “It will have less an impact on communities and downtown areas than previous years, while delivering athletes a full-distance marathon with a two-lap course,” Curran said. Roberts added that having a more condensed course could allow runners more opportunities to compete alongside one another and give spectators a better chance to see runners. The marathon will remain a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon. Everyone who registered for the 2020 event, which was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be automatically registered again for the 2021 event in September. Those who haven’t registered yet will be able to do so starting March 15 at www.runlongislandmarathon.com.
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am a small business owner, and I employ three people in my agency whose lives depend on work. I think the biggest thing I did last year was keep them employed and keep serving my community. I didn’t close a single day when all the other insurance agencies around me closed, even after I gave birth to twins in April. My team and I also put about 100 people on special payment plans so they could skip payments. I also do a lot of food drives, mostly for women and babies. I was the nominee in 2019 for MOMMAS House for the charity work I did for them. The fundraising I did for them in 2020 was kind of tough because I had my business, my staff and my new family. Separately, I did a huge grocery shopping spree for my clients who got sick with Covid-19 and couldn’t go
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eing a successful woman in business means different things to each successful woman. For me, it means there are always possibilities — the possibility of finding new paths to success. Even when there are blockages along the journey, we somehow innately know and believe that doors will open if we have foresight and perseverance. We must keep within ourselves the natural essence of our inner strengths and look forward with compassion and understanding and embrace our future endeavors. We also have a responsibility to lift other women along the way and provide good and positive examples of loyalty and trust, which will hopefully open new passages of opportunity that were once held closed. As the executive director of the Glen Cove Downtown Business Improvement District,
out. I did a food drive in January, and I’m doing another starting March 1. I’m also going to offer to pick up food from people’s houses in Glen Cove so they don’t have to come out of their house to donate. Life is short and fragile. You have to just do what you love every day and don’t waste a minute of time. The pandemic has shown me what I’m capable of. Honestly, I did not ever think I could be the mom of twins on top of going to work every day. I was filling out my [Paycheck Protection Program] loan application while I was in labor! I’ve risen to these challenges of 2020, and that’s really what it’s all about for me.
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because we wanted to be able to sail for recreation and sanity. By the summer, we had 27 people, including our high school students, living at Oakcliff. The students who flew here from California had to stay on one of our boats for five days. This was after they had already quarantined for 14 days before leaving. We would deliver food down to them. We were so ahead of the curve. When you race around the world, you plan. You think of every possible eventuality and have a solution. This was all exhausting for me. But I always saw this as a challenge we would overcome. This was supposed to be our 10th anniversary. Covid allowed for us to have more time to evaluate what we are doing so we can do better in future.
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time and ask others to wait outside in the garden center. We remind everyone to stay six feet apart and wear their masks, and we haven’t had a problem with that. We’re always outside when we can be, so we didn’t have to do much differently when it comes to social-distancing safety precautions. Now we’re getting ready for Easter and the warmer weather, so we’re hoping to see more people and will have our florist open with spring flowers. We didn’t get to do our annual Easter egg hunt last year, but we’re going to host it again this year at a limited capacity with social distancing and mask wearing. That was always a really fun event for the community, and we’re excited to bring it back.
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GOV. ANDREW CUOMO has been accused by three women of sexual harassment. On Wednesday he apologized, but said he would not resign.
Suozzi seeks investigation into accusations Obama administration and on President Biden’s 2020 camharassment against the governor must be taken serious- paign, was not employed by New York state at the time. ly. I have full trust in the attorney general’s ongoing inde- Cuomo’s previous two accusers had worked for him. Rice has been a vocal critic of Cuomo’s alleged behavior pendent investigation into these accusations and await since the accusations against him first surfaced last week. her findings.” Republican State Assemblyman Michael Montesano has On Saturday, she tweeted, “This is no joke. There must be been calling for Cuomo’s resignation for over a week and a an independent investigation into these allegations. The half. He said he had sent Cuomo a letter, but had yet to accused CANNOT appoint the investigator. PERIOD.” The next day, Rice followed up receive a reply. “We have three women now with, “Enough is enough. The accusing the governor,” Montesano said. “You accused is still trying to control could see the fear in one of the woman’s eyes.” this process. Make the referral to He added that Cuomo’s own words were the [state attorney general] with coming back to haunt him. “In the Kavanasubpoena power ASAP.” ugh case,” Montesano said, referring to the Montesano has said that the 2018 confirmation of Supreme Court Justice accusations are affecting the state Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual budget process. On Tuesday, he misconduct, “Cuomo said the woman should released this statement: “I am be believed.” utterly appalled at the Assembly State Assemblyman Charles Lavine, a Majority’s continual avoidance [of] Democrat, said, “My suggestion to the goverMichael Montesano doing their job as legislators and Charles nor is to do the right thing. The state attorney holding Governor Cuomo accountgeneral has full responsibility to investigate able for his actions. Last week we these troubling allegations against the governor. She were barely in session for three hours over the course of alone is in the best position to do so.” three days, and yesterday they canceled session last minRice, a Democrat, tweeted, “The time has come. The Governor must resign.” Below her tweet, she posted a ute after we attached an amendment to all Assembly bills New York Times story detailing the third woman’s accusa- to remove the governor’s emergency powers before he tions that Cuomo had inappropriately approached her at a does any more damage to the State of New York.” Montesano also signed on to a bill proposed by Assemwedding in 2019, put his hands on her cheeks, as seen in a photograph, and asked to kiss her. The incident, according blyman Ron Kim, a Democrat from Queens — who alleged to The Times, was recorded contemporaneously in text that Cuomo threatened him — to repeal Executive Law amendments passed by the Legislature a year ago grantmessages. “I was so confused and shocked and embarrassed,” ing Cuomo emergency powers during state emergencies. Anna Ruch, 33, told The Times. Ruch, who worked for the Cuomo’s emergency powers were set to expire at the end
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of April. The State Senate and Assembly were expected to vote on whether to strip him of those powers on Friday. Cuomo is also the subject of three federal investigations into his handling of nursing home deaths at the height of the pandemic. Lavine said that the state government has traditionally not addressed the workings of nursing homes and adult-care facilities, but he was confident that the Legislature would now. “It was a terrible error on the way deaths were calculated, but the governor’s performance otherwise was extraordinary during the pandemic,” Lavine said. He added that demands for Cuomo to step down are not new. “I know the other side of the aisle has called for impeachment long before the mistake with the nursing homes,” Lavine said. “That’s political.” Montesano said that the state budget needs to be finalized by April 1, and that he did not have faith in Cuomo’s leadership. “Cuomo has Lavine lost his effectiveness and credibility,” Montesano said. “There are too many distractions going on. We need a leader during the budget process. Cuomo’s ability to negotiate has been compromised.” State Attorney General Letitia James will oversee the investigation into Cuomo’s alleged sexual harassment. Cuomo, who had called for an independent counsel to look into the accusations, has said that his actions “have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation.” “To the extent anyone felt that way,” a statement from his office read, “I am truly sorry about that.” On Wednesday he offered another apology, but said he would not resign.
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Mimi Mernis Food Pantry honored by Rising Tide CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE food pantry became apparent shortly after her aunt Mimi Mernis started working at the church’s thrift shop 25 years ago. As the shop drew more visitors over the years, Albro said, it became clear that their customers were also in need of a pantry. Eventually, Village Church volunteers set up a pantry in the corner of the thrift shop. Mernis, who died three years ago, had always wanted a proper pantry, Albro said. To honor her legacy and her love of service, Albro and other church volunteers decided to expand the pantry under Mernis’s name. The Rev. Lydia Han, the church’s pastor, said that what started out within the church grew to include other people in the community who were willing to help. “It’s like the church became a place where instead of just doing our own ministry, we started having everybody join together,” Han said. Early in the coronavirus pandemic, the pantry teamed up with Amy Watson and Cyndy Ergan, teachers in the Locust Valley School District, and Tim and Kim Charon of Bayville Cares, a local outreach organization. At the time, Watson and Ergan were distributing food at Centre Island Beach. Eventually, Albro said, they brought their supply to the pantry. In August, it began receiving donations from the Island Harvest Food bank. While this has helped feed the community, Albro noted that private donations are also essential to the pantry. Although food comes on a weekly basis from Island Harvest, the pantry never knows what it is going to get. Since the end of last summer, the pantry has grown into something bigger than the church ever imagined. At the beginning of August, it was supplying some 60 families — about 275 people — with food.
The volunteers who keep the pantry going A group of 10 volunteers is responsible for the success of each drivethrough donation session. They each have different tasks, ranging from picking up food and supplies to advertising the pantry on social media. Those volunteers include Ann Albro, Heide Leuthner Decker, Tim and Kim Charon, Amy Watson, Cyndy Ergen, Barbara and Fred Garriel, Lainie Bloom and Maureen Albro. Courtesy Heide Leuthner Decker
THE MIMI MERNIS Food Pantry collects and distributes food to families in need across the North Shore. Heide Leuthner Decker, a volunteer at the pantry and a longtime friend of Albro, said she was amazed at how much the facility has grown. She, Albro and Tim Charon do food pickups at least once or twice a week. “When Ann got Island Harvest to recognize us as a pantry, that’s when we grew exponentially,” Leuthner Decker said. “That’s when I really stepped up and started helping out on a regular basis.”
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Twice monthly, on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers distribute goods at a contactless drive-through behind the church. On Fridays, bags of food are assembled to be distributed the next morning. On Saturday morning, the bags are placed on tables outside. When vehicles pull up, they pop their trunks and vol-
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unteers put food inside them. While most families receive the same items — meat, dairy, produce and non-perishables — more specific items are also available, depending on the circumstances. “Let’s say we see two babies in the car,” Albro said. “We’ll ask, ‘Would you like some baby formula and diapers?’ If we see four kids in the back seat who are school age, we’ll say, ‘Hey, we have a bunch of great snacks you could use for the kids.’ So, we try to cater it to the people we see.” Watson and Ergen speak fluent Span-
ish, which Albro said has been helpful in communicating with some families. Albro and Leuthner Decker said they were proud to volunteer at a pantry where people don’t have to prove their need for food. “We don’t turn anyone away, and there’s no forms or applications or any of that nonsense,” Albro said. “If you drive up and you say you need food, we will put food in your car.” “It makes me feel wonderful that we are providing without judgment,” Leuthner Decker said. “A lot of people who used to be on the giving end of community outreach are now on the receiving end.”
North Shore Land Alliance awarded grant for Historic Tavern House The North Shore Land Alliance has awarded a grant through the Preservation League of New York State’s Technical Assistance Grant Program that will help fund an engineering and structural analysis of the Tavern House. The historic structure is located on the Humes preserve in Mill Neck and will become the NSLA’s new headquarters in the near future. The building will also provide universal access to the adjacent John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden, as well as public programming and meeting space. The Tavern House was likely constructed in the mid-1700s. Over the course of several centuries, this quaint, shingled home with a traditional gable roof passed through multiple owners and was likely used as a tavern or inn, farmhand quarters, guest cottage and summer home. Inns and taverns were quite prevalent during the 19th century on Long Island and were crucial to the settlement of New York state. In 2015, the NSLA acquired 28 acres of the Humes estate including the Tavern House for con-
servation purposes. The NSLA’s grant was one of 26 representing 18 counties across New York selected during this grant cycle by an independent panel of preservation professionals. This is the third grant award the NSLA received in support of its projects at the Humes preserve. The Technical Assistance Grant program is a partnership between the New York State Council on the Arts and the Preservation League. These programs are made possible with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support for this program in 2020 has been provided by the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation for nonprofit projects in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area for projects occurring in the National Heritage Area. For more information about the Preservation League of New York State and the Technical Assistance Grant program, visit www.preservenys.org.
PSEG LI cleans osprey nests, ready for raptors’ return PSEG Long Island has installed dozens of new osprey nesting platforms to deter the returning birds from nesting on electrical equipment, which puts both the raptors and the electrical system in danger. Maintaining the nesting platforms helps PSEG Long Island maintain strong electric service reliability. As part of its annual inspections of the transmission and distribution system across Long Island and the Rockaways, electric service workers take notice of any dangerous nesting activity near electrical equipment. Ospreys instinctively seek lofty places for its nests, often choosing utility poles and transmission structures. When ospreys build a nest on electrical equipment, it puts the nest in danger of catching fire, which can cause significant damage and outages to customers, as well has harm to the ospreys. The birds are at high risk of electrocution, as their large wingspan can complete the circuit between closely spaced energized equipment or between an energized wire and a neutral ground wire. PSEG Long Island has installed 24-hour webcams at two of the nests safely relocated by line workers. Since the resurgence of the osprey population, PSEG Long Island and its dedicated team have identified best practices for when to move a nest and when to create alternative safer nests for the ospreys. To view the work at the nest, visit https://youtu.be/zFbNipM6ne0. For more information about osprey and to view live feed of the nests, visit https:// www.psegliny.com/wildlife/ospreycam.
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March 3 is World Wildlife Day and PSEG Long Island is preparing for the upcoming osprey breeding season by inspecting known nesting areas, performing maintenance on the osprey cams it installed last year and cleaning out debris and garbage in the nests located near the cameras in Oyster Bay and Patchogue. Long Island is home to more than 400 species of birds, including the majestic osprey. Ospreys are large birds and a popular sight on Long Island. From the 1950s through the 1970s, Long Island’s osprey population decreased and became endangered. The effort to build safe nesting sites on or near waterways has contributed to the rise in the population of osprey. “On a recent cold, wintery day, crews visited the two osprey nests viewable via the PSEG Long Island osprey cam to clean and reinforce the cameras and remove debris from the nests,” said John O’Connell, vice president of Transmission and Distribution, PSEG Long Island. “We look forward to the return of the osprey pairs so we can all enjoy a glimpse of these majestic birds in their natural environment.” Human garbage is hazardous to the birds. Many times, the osprey will gather garbage, such as plastic bags, fishing wire — and in this case, even a bungee cord with a large metal hook — to build their nests. Fishing lines and strings may wrap around the birds’ feet, preventing them from leaving the nest. Plastic litter is very easy to find and since the birds live close to humans, plastics often are found in nests.
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Section 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or Special District meeting within the last four years, such voter is eligible to vote at this election/vote; if a voter is eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this vote. All other persons who desire to vote must register. A voter may register within the offices of the Cold Spring Harbor Central School District, 75 Goose Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:00 PM on school days provided that such registration is effective not later than five days prior to the Election of April 6, 2021; pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law the Register of voters will be filed in the office of the District Clerk of the School District immediately upon its completion and not less than five days prior to the time set for the Election at which it is to be utilized. Such register shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:00 PM on each of the five days prior to the day set for the Election, except Saturdays and Sundays and between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:00 PM on the day set for the Election. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in accordance with Education Law § 2018-a absentee ballots for the election of Trustees of the Library and said Library Budget Vote may be obtained from the Election Clerk of the Cold Spring Harbor Library, 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor, between the hours of 9:30 AM and 5:00 PM during those hours and days of operation of the office of Election Clerk. Such application must be received by the Election
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he coronavirus pandemic has tipped over the world as we know it, harming most New Yorkers in profound ways while laying bare societal inequities that have plagued New Yorkers for generations, like the disparities in access to child care. It has also strained government budgets to the breaking point, at a time when we rely on the government for help. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, and we are inching our way to recovery. On our way there, we can — and TODD should — focus on issues KAMINSKY specific that Covid-19 magnified. That’s why I’m pushing to pass two major initiatives over the next few months. My first initiative for Long Islanders is Universal Pre-K. UPK would provide 4-year-old children throughout Nassau County with free public preschool education. This would be a game-changer. New York City already has a robust universal
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ocusing on universal pre-K, and on making big companies fund recycling.
LETTERS remain for post Covid-19, East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal and increased reverse-peak service starting in December 2022. This assumes that the current project recovery schedule is met. When it comes to purchasing new rail cars, the line of the “Dashing Dan” moves at a snail’s pace. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.
Brinton needs to move on To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Finding peace, post-Trump” (Feb. 18-24): Brinton can’t get Trump off his mind. The 45th president captivates him even though is no longer the POTUS. We were never on the brink of nuclear war with North Korea. This is pure speculation. Many children were sent to the Mexican border alone or with non-relatives to be admitted and later request that their parents be admitted. Brinton is ignorant about the chicanery pulled by desperate people wanting to come to the United States to escape the misery of their Central and South American countries. Immigration detention centers were built under President Obama.
we deal with our trash. We have a waste problem in America. Trash is literally piling up; and it will drown our kids. According to a recent study, the U.S. produced more plastic waste than any other country in the world in 2016, about 92.6 billion pounds. If we don’t act soon, we will run out of places to put it. That’s why I have introduced legislation that would shift the responsibility, and the cost, of recycling from taxpayers to big companies. Extended Producer Responsibility (also known as EPR) would boost recycling, curb waste and save tax dollars by shifting the end-of-life responsibility for packaging and paper products from local governments and taxpayers to corporate brand owners and producers. Right now, many products you put in the recycling bin aren’t actually recycled; there’s no market for them. This costs our municipalities millions of dollars, and keeps them on an unsustainable course. Under EPR, producers, like big companies, would cover the cost of recycling paper products and packages. This would moti-
vate them to produce fewer and more eco-friendly materials, all while funding our municipal governments. So what would happen to the packaging from all those deliveries you’ve ordered while you’ve been stuck at home? My bill would require companies to pay our cities for their recycling while also incentivizing them to use less packaging. And the best part? EPR would create thousands of new jobs on Long Island while saving taxpayers money. As we head toward recovery, it is crucial that we provide economic relief for local governments while generating good, wellpaying jobs. The bill, if passed, would be a win-win. We are on the cusp of recovery from the pandemic. More of us are getting vaccinated every day. Now is the time for lawmakers to look beyond Covid-19, learn from what we have gone through, be bold and enact policies that not only help Long Islanders get back to work, but also secure a better future for our children. Why just get back to normal when we can get back to better? State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, of Long Beach, represents the 9th District.
FRAMEWORK by Allison Tiberio
Trump did not wear a mask initially, and catered to mass rallies that may have increased Covid-19 infections. He should have listened to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of his tweets were factually incorrect and insulting. He has a potty mouth. Witnesses were not per mitted at Trump’s second impeachment trial in the Senate, only the lawyers. It was a rushed trial. Witnesses should have been allowed. The chief justice of the Supreme Court did not preside over the trial, because, in my opinion, he saw it as a farce. Brinton may never feel normal again because Trump exposed a raw nerve in the body politic and the “deep state,” which consists of federal employees and civil servants who believe they know best about which policies benefit the United States, rather than the president. Most of Trump’s tweets were stupid and incorrect. The media’s job was to identify them and show precisely why they were ill-informed or stupid. Trump did accomplish a lot through legislation and executive orders, but Brinton cannot bear to read about his accomplishments on the internet, so he is fixated on Trump. Why doesn’t Brinton address the real problems facing President Biden going forward, instead of looking backward? SID KRIMSKY West Hempstead
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t’s been over 27 years since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. Six were killed, including Dennis McCarthy, of Mineola, and 19 were wounded. Dennis’s son, Kevin, then 26 and a broker with Prudential Securities in New York City, took a bullet to the head, but survived. His left arm remains partially paralyzed. That attack propelled Carolyn McCarthy, Dennis’s wife and Kevin’s mother, to run for Congress. McCarthy, then a nurse, was assailed as a political neophyte and a single-issue candidate, with her laser focus on gun control. Despite the odds against her, she won, and served in the House of Representatives from 1997 to 2015, retiring because of a cancer diagnosis. Throughout her time in Congress, McCarthy ably represented her district, becoming a respected member of the House and a strong-willed politician. She was frustrated often by the lack of movement on common-sense gun-control legislation, such as an assault weapons ban, because of big-money special-interest groups like the National Rifle Association. Still, she endured. It boggles the mind, but in the 243-year history of this nation, only two women have represented Long Island in the House of Representatives. McCarthy, who was elected in the 4th Congressional District, on Nassau’s South Shore, was the first, according to the Congressional Archives. The second is her successor, Kathleen Rice, who was previously the Nassau County district attorney, and whom
McCarthy strongly endorsed in the 2014 election against Republican Bruce Blakeman, the County Legislature’s former presiding officer and a current Town of Hempstead councilman. There has never been a woman from Long Island elected to the U.S. Senate. In fact, only two New York women — Hillary Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand — have ever served in the Senate since the election of the state’s first two senators, Philip Schuyler and Rufus King, in 1789. Yes, only two. All other New York senators have been white men. That is a sad statement, given that women comprise more than half of our population, and that New York is a racially diverse state. In March, Women’s History Month, we should take a moment to reflect on these facts — and understand that we really could use more women representing us in Washington, and at all levels of government. There is no doubt that women often see the world differently than men. They understand, with far greater depth, the travails that they have faced in this country because of their gender — the implicit bias and outright discrimination. Most often, women are the primary caretakers of our children, so they better understand the lack of government resources available to young mothers with babies and school-age children. They can see how frayed our social safety net is, particularly when compared with Western European nations and Canada. Women elected leaders more often focus on domestic social issues — education, the environment, social equity — compared with their male counterparts in
LETTERS LIRR procurement at a ‘snail’s pace’ To the Editor: Reports of more delays associated with the Long Island Rail Road’s $734 million procurement of 202 new M9 electric replacement cars in 2013 is nothing new. MTA LIRR, Metro North or NYC Transit Federal Transit Administration or locally funded commuter rail or subway car procurement is seldom completed on time, within budget and without contract change orders. There are clearly even more problems with this purchase. The MTA’s own independent engineering consultant forecasts an October 2022 completion date. There is no guarantee that this date will hold. Eight years later, completion of the delivery of all new M9 and M9A cars is several years behind schedule. The oldest M3 cars will have to stay around longer than planned before all new cars arrive and are ready for commuters to board. Instead of retirement, many M3 cars will
Congress, many of whom are often more concerned with international monetary policy and U.S. military intervention than funding school lunch programs and drugtreatment centers. In fact, in the long history of the House of Representatives, only one woman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, has chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee, and for only two years, from 2011 to 2013, according to the Congressional Archives. The Foreign Affairs Committee is considered among the premier assignments in the House, a center of international power and prestige. Yes, we need our representatives to keep a watchful eye on global affairs — and a number of women in Congress do. Of the 48 current members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, 12 are women — eight Democrats and four Republicans. None are from New York. At the same time, we need to balance international and domestic affairs, and women elected leaders play a key role in ensuring that we do. A record 144 women now hold seats in the House and Senate — but Congress remains a male-dominated institution, with men holding 73 percent of the seats. That statistic needs to change, on both of the Democratic and Republican sides of the aisle. We need greater balance in order to work toward a more perfect union, one in which our daughters, and their daughters, are given the respect they deserve. This month, though, we can reflect on pioneering women elected leaders like Carolyn McCarthy, Kathleen Rice, Hillary Clinton, Kirsten Gillibrand, and now Vice President Kamala Harris.
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he coronavirus pandemic has tipped over the world as we know it, harming most New Yorkers in profound ways while laying bare societal inequities that have plagued New Yorkers for generations, like the disparities in access to child care. It has also strained government budgets to the breaking point, at a time when we rely on the government for help. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, and we are inching our way to recovery. On our way there, we can — and TODD should — focus on issues KAMINSKY specific that Covid-19 magnified. That’s why I’m pushing to pass two major initiatives over the next few months. My first initiative for Long Islanders is Universal Pre-K. UPK would provide 4-year-old children throughout Nassau County with free public preschool education. This would be a game-changer. New York City already has a robust universal
pre-K program. It’s about time Long Island children — and parents — received the same support. The science is clear: Investing in children before they start kindergarten has profound effects on their pre-literacy and pre-math skills. Children in Tennessee’s state-funded pre-K program, for example, saw a 75 percent improvement in letter-word identification, a 152 percent improvement in oral comprehension, a 176 percent improvement in picture vocabulary and a 63 percent improvement in quantitative concepts, compared to children who were not in pre-K. Simply put, pre-K sets children up to succeed. Universal pre-K would also be critical for parents and the economy. The pandemic highlighted how challenging — and stressful — full-time parenting with full-time work can be for families. UPK would speed up New York’s recovery by letting parents get back to work. I am pushing hard for UPK to be done in this year’s budget, which is due April 1. Second, I want to revolutionize how
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ocusing on universal pre-K, and on making big companies fund recycling.
LETTERS remain for post Covid-19, East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal and increased reverse-peak service starting in December 2022. This assumes that the current project recovery schedule is met. When it comes to purchasing new rail cars, the line of the “Dashing Dan” moves at a snail’s pace. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.
Brinton needs to move on To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Finding peace, post-Trump” (Feb. 18-24): Brinton can’t get Trump off his mind. The 45th president captivates him even though is no longer the POTUS. We were never on the brink of nuclear war with North Korea. This is pure speculation. Many children were sent to the Mexican border alone or with non-relatives to be admitted and later request that their parents be admitted. Brinton is ignorant about the chicanery pulled by desperate people wanting to come to the United States to escape the misery of their Central and South American countries. Immigration detention centers were built under President Obama.
we deal with our trash. We have a waste problem in America. Trash is literally piling up; and it will drown our kids. According to a recent study, the U.S. produced more plastic waste than any other country in the world in 2016, about 92.6 billion pounds. If we don’t act soon, we will run out of places to put it. That’s why I have introduced legislation that would shift the responsibility, and the cost, of recycling from taxpayers to big companies. Extended Producer Responsibility (also known as EPR) would boost recycling, curb waste and save tax dollars by shifting the end-of-life responsibility for packaging and paper products from local governments and taxpayers to corporate brand owners and producers. Right now, many products you put in the recycling bin aren’t actually recycled; there’s no market for them. This costs our municipalities millions of dollars, and keeps them on an unsustainable course. Under EPR, producers, like big companies, would cover the cost of recycling paper products and packages. This would moti-
vate them to produce fewer and more eco-friendly materials, all while funding our municipal governments. So what would happen to the packaging from all those deliveries you’ve ordered while you’ve been stuck at home? My bill would require companies to pay our cities for their recycling while also incentivizing them to use less packaging. And the best part? EPR would create thousands of new jobs on Long Island while saving taxpayers money. As we head toward recovery, it is crucial that we provide economic relief for local governments while generating good, wellpaying jobs. The bill, if passed, would be a win-win. We are on the cusp of recovery from the pandemic. More of us are getting vaccinated every day. Now is the time for lawmakers to look beyond Covid-19, learn from what we have gone through, be bold and enact policies that not only help Long Islanders get back to work, but also secure a better future for our children. Why just get back to normal when we can get back to better? State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, of Long Beach, represents the 9th District.
FRAMEWORK by Allison Tiberio
Trump did not wear a mask initially, and catered to mass rallies that may have increased Covid-19 infections. He should have listened to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of his tweets were factually incorrect and insulting. He has a potty mouth. Witnesses were not per mitted at Trump’s second impeachment trial in the Senate, only the lawyers. It was a rushed trial. Witnesses should have been allowed. The chief justice of the Supreme Court did not preside over the trial, because, in my opinion, he saw it as a farce. Brinton may never feel normal again because Trump exposed a raw nerve in the body politic and the “deep state,” which consists of federal employees and civil servants who believe they know best about which policies benefit the United States, rather than the president. Most of Trump’s tweets were stupid and incorrect. The media’s job was to identify them and show precisely why they were ill-informed or stupid. Trump did accomplish a lot through legislation and executive orders, but Brinton cannot bear to read about his accomplishments on the internet, so he is fixated on Trump. Why doesn’t Brinton address the real problems facing President Biden going forward, instead of looking backward? SID KRIMSKY West Hempstead
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