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Man drives his car into the Sound easily accessible,” McCaffrey said, “and this time of year, not a heavily trafficked area.” An 85-year-old man died on McCaffrey said it was the first Nov. 18 after driving his 2011 time that anything like this has Volkswagen Jetta into the Long happened in Theodore Roosevelt Island Sound in Oyster Bay. The Park. car flipped over as it landed in The man had been in cardiac the sound at 3 p.m. arrest while divers after jumping a curb worked to get him and knocking down out of the car. “Did a portion of the the heart attack hapbl a ck a l u m i nu m pen first or after, fence at the Theowhen he was drowndore Roosevelt Mariing? That’s the quesna. tion,” McCaf frey Nassau County said. police are investigatA police helicoping the cause of the ter circled overhead incident and have while two divers not identified the ROB KNICKMAN from Atlantic Steamman. er Fire Department, A popular kayak Chief, Atlantic a few firefighters launch and fishing Steamer F.D. from Oyster Bay spot, the narrow secFire Company 1, tion of the parking lot where the police and bay constables incident occurred is near an out- worked to rescue the man. door kayak storage area, fish When divers arrived a bay hatchery and bay constable constable and a good Samaratan buildings. were in the water, trying to get “Two bay constables and an the man out of the car. employee from environmental “Our divers were in the resources saw it happen,” said water within a couple of minJustin McCaffrey, the town’s utes,” Atlantic Steamer Chief commissioner for public safety, Rob Knickman said, “and nothadding that police were called ing was wrong with that fence.” immediately. “It’s an awkward spot, not CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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TOWN CLERK RICH LaMarca said that using the augmented-reality app at Raynham Hall Museum offers a unique opportunity to learn about Oyster Bay’s storied past.

Learning about the past, from those who were there Visitors offered an augmented-reality app BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com

High-tech ghosts — polite, articulate, informative and entertaining ghosts — have come to Oyster Bay’s Raynham Hall Museum and its education center. Using an augmented-reality app on a smartphone, visitors can now see and hear members of the

Townsend family, one of their slaves and British Lt. Col. John Graves Simco, who led the occupation of the hamlet during the Revolutionary War. The experience, called “1776AR,” was created by 360XR, a U.S.-based technology company, and brings to life the vision of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to

reinterpret history in a more user-friendly way to appeal to young people as well as seasoned museum-goers. “It’s very hard to get a child whose life revolves around technology to go to a static museum,” said Kathryn M. Curran, executive director of the Gardiner Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE The divers, he added, did everything they could. Frank Barbera, of East Norwich, an Atlantic Steamer firefighter, was among the divers. “This is what I was trained for,” he said. “It’s always challenging because none of these are ever the same.” A diver for the Fire Department for eight years, Barbera said it requires a great deal of training. “There are six qualifications needed in order to be on the dive team,” he said, “and the training takes a year and a half.” Time is of the essence when it comes to a water rescue, Barbera said. After removing the man from the car, he handed him to police and then dove back into the water. He had to be sure that no one else was under the water. An OBFD ambulance rushed the man to Syosset Hospital, where he died at 4:45 p.m. McCaffrey said the car did not cause any environmental damage to the sound. Bay constables evaluated it, he said, and found no fluids leakage. The car was later removed by police tow trucks. “They did everything they possibly could,” Knickman said, referring to the divers. “Frank knows what he is doing. He is very precise with everything. They both put their training to use.”

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Friends of the Bay added two rain gardens in October on the Western Waterfront on the south shore of Oyster Bay Harbor. More than a dozen volunteers from Friends and the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary, with the help of the Town of Oyster Bay, installed the rain gardens, which are in front of the 9/11 Memorial, across from Building J, home of the Ida May Project. Rain gardens are landscapes that capture and treat stormwater runoff. Rainwater travels over roads, roofs, driveways and lawns, before draining into our waterways. Along the way, it erodes and transports soils and degraded plant material, picks up trash, nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, trace metals, oils, bacteria and pesticides. These pollutants and sediments that are carried can degrade groundwater and surface water quality and result in the loss of aquatic habitat. Rain gardens help by reducing the flow rate of runoff, and the soil,

bacteria and plants absorb many of the pollutants before they enter the groundwater and waterways. The best plants for rain gardens are those that thrive in a “drought and drench” environment. Native plants, like the ones used in these rain gardens, require little or no fertilizer, are excellent food sources for pollinators, and provide habitat for birds, insects and butterflies. Once e s t abl i s h e d , t h e i r d e e p ro o t s increase the water-holding capacity of the soil, bind it together and prevent erosion. The Wester n Waterfront Rain Gardens Project was made possible by a $6,000 grant from the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund at the Long Island Community Foundation. Partners on the project are the town, Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center. For more infor mation about Friends of the Bay, visit friendsofthebay.org.

Fight continues for children to take off their masks adurkin@liherald.com

Save Our Schools, or SOS, is a grassroots organization intent on bringing transparency to parents and taxpayers across the town, county, state and country. The organization says they work to protect children by providing resources that ensure each child has an effective, quality education. SOS deems themselves a “tax-payer allegiance that works to secure the liberties of fair representation with a focus on proving accountability for those in charge of hard earned tax-payer dollars.” During public comment at the last meeting of the Town of Oyster Bay Board on Nov. 16, trustees heard from Gina Weinberg, who said the town should not go along with the state regulation that all students must wear masks in the classroom. Weinberg, from Oyster Bay, is one of two founders of Oyster Bay-East Norwich Parents for Choice, which is a part of SOS. Along with co-founder and fellow resident Barbara Curry, Weinberg is a strong advocate for the removal of Covid-era precautions like mandatory masking and vaccination, especially in schools. “We are asking you as a legislative body to uphold your oath to the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, and declare the Town of Oyster Bay a constitutional sanctuary and show your constituents you are willing to stand up and fight for the rights of all of those you represent in the communities under your jurisdiction,” Weinberg said. The state, on Aug. 18, had given school

districts discretion over mask regulations, but after Hochul succeeded former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, she reversed course and directed the state’s Department of Health to mandate masks in all schools, public or private. Many Oyster Bay parents, like Weinberg, believe the state mask mandates put in place this school-year, and the more recent vaccine mandate being considered for school children, not only violate school codes, but also impede on constitutionally protected rights. “Get rid of the mandates completely and leave it up to parents to make the decision for their children,” Kenneth Brown, of Bethpage said on Facebook. “I think others feel the same way and are tired of this.” On Sept. 13, a group of parents sent a letter to the Board of Education informing them of a lawsuit filed by the Massapequa and Locust Valley boards of education regarding their constitutional rights. The legal counsels of those two schools have offered a free consultation to Long Island school boards about their educational rights. Many people in town feel the Oyster BayEach Norwich Board of Education should stand up for the community’s children against these mandates. There are consequences to not following the directives, as state Commissioner of Education Betty Rosa warned in a letter to the Locust Valley School Board. “School officers take an oath to obey all legal requirements, not just those which they deem expedient,” Rosa said. “If the law is not followed, it could result in removal from board positions and a withholding of state aid.”

Hochul said several times in recent days that it's too soon to lift the mandates. She is taking a wait and see approach to see how many families will have their children vaccinated now that children ages 5 to 11 are eligible to receive the vaccine. Some parents from the community and across the remainder of Long Island, have long been vocal about their belief in the unconstitutionality of Covid-era regulations and mandates since the start of the pandemic. “Aside from the political debate about mask wearing, there are several federal and state constitutional issues in play involving the separation of powers between the federal government and the states,” Scott Bomboy wrote for the National Constitution Center. “Power sharing within a state, under its own constitution, between state legislatures, the chief executive and local government agencies such as school boards is unethical.” The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia exists to bring together people of all ages and perspectives across America and around the world, to learn about, debate, and celebrate the U.S. Constitution. It is America’s leading platform for constitutional education and debate. “It’s absolutely unethical for the government to take our choice away,” Pamela Jensen, of Bayville said on Facebook. A federal mask mandate can be ordered under the federal government’s jurisdiction. While no specific federal law exists about mask mandates, public health laws empower the executive branch to make rules to prevent the introduction, transmission, or

spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the states or from one state into another. Congress also has powers under the Spending Clause and Commerce Clause to influence state mask mandates by providing financial incentives or regulating some interstate business activities. “There are no logical explanations for this vaccine, and mandating people is a violation of our rights,” Jensen said. “If vaccinations stop the spread, how and why are vaccinated people getting [Covid] again, and booster shots — does that mean the vaccine isn’t working? I always need facts and common sense to sell me on anything, and I can’t make sense of any of this. It’s very frustrating.” While a large number of North Shore residents are still holding out hope for the removal of Covid masks and vaccine mandates, others are feeling frustrated by their neighbor’s lack of action in defending themselves and the community against the deadly virus. “Most people around the world would die for that vaccine,” Peter TenHaasgen, a former resident of Glen Head said. “It's embarrassing how much resistance there is to protecting our country from this ravage. Shame on all of you who won't take the shot.” “The pandemic is not fake news,” Jim Jones of Bethpage, said. “If people simply remembered that with rights, come responsibilities, then we would all make ourselves available to getting these vaccines that were produced in record time.”

O.B. school district’s $30 million bond vote soon BY LAURA LANE llane@Liherald.com

Residents in the Oyster Bay-East Norwich School District are being asked to vote in favor of a roughly $30 million school bond referendum on Dec. 7. If passed, the money would be used for “21st Century Improvements,” the details of which the district has been sharing with residents since the fall. There would be no additional charge to taxpayers if the bond is passed. “This is a one-time opportunity to replace the expiring bond [$15.5 million], while addressing our facility needs,” Dr. Francesco Ianni said at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. “Our mission is to empower our students to achieve excellence. If we don’t have a successful vote we can’t put this up again.” The interest rate for the new bond would be low, he said, at 1.5 percent and the debt service would be $2.2 million annually, which it is now. “Right now, the interest is so low that financial advisors are saying they have never seen it so low,” Ianni said. “This would be an amazing opportunity for the district to do great work.” If passed, the bond would allow for improvements in all three schools.

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and classrooms would be renovated,” Ianni said. “At the high school we’d renovate the back of the library and a turf field will be added. On the second floor there are three old classrooms which we would renovate.”

Students learn differently today, he added. They no longer sit in rows but work collaboratively with the teacher serving as the facilitator. Ianni said he is looking ahead at the district five years from now. “I know [passing the bond] is the right thing to do,” he said. The bond vote is on Tuesday, Dec. 7, in the Oyster Bay High School chorus room from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m.

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A ‘Harry Potterish’ experience ‘with a mission’ CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE study of Long Island history and its role in the American experience. “We have so many house museums on Long Island that need to rethink how they will engage a new audience.” According to Theresa Skvarla, Raynham’s assistant director, a $300,000 grant from the foundation funded “1776AR,” and Raynham is the first facility to have the 360XR technology. Watching and listening to people from long ago share their experiences and their hopes for the future may be just the ticket for effective engagement. Whether it’s George Washington holding forth on the importance of apples during Colonial times while standing on top of a diorama depicting Oyster Bay in 1780, or Robert Townsend reminding visitors to be quiet so that Simco, in a nearby room, will not hear them, the experience is unique and fun. Arlene Pastore, an educator at the museum and a special-needs teacher at Otsego Elementary in Dix Hills, said the opportunity would be valuable for her students, and children in general. “The museum will come to life for children, and for specialneeds children this will be visual, which is important,” Pastore said. “It will let all children stop and wonder. This is a huge enhancement.” For now, the museum is lending smartphones with the app, and headsets, to visitors. But according to Jack Stephenson, 360XR’s chief technology officer, they will soon be able to use their own phones and iPads to download the app. The journey begins at the education center, in the former Lincoln Market building on Audrey Avenue, adjacent to Raynham Hall. There, 18th-century-style portraits of Samuel Townsend, a prominent merchant who bought Raynham Hall in 1738; his son, Robert, one of George Washington’s Culper spies; Elizabeth, their slave; and Simco serve as an introduction to the characters, who tell their stories inside the house museum. Outside, at the millstone — the grinding stone used to turn grain into flour at a mill owned by the Townsend family — Robert speaks of his family’s involvement in trade in the 1700s. Then visitors are encouraged to enter the house museum, but told first to use the doorknocker to announce their arrival. When they do, they are greeted by

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SAMUEL AND ROBERT Townsend are among the 18th-century-style portraits at the Raynham Hall Education Center that reinterpret history by way of a smartphone app. an image of Samuel Townsend, who reminds them that the front door itself dates to the 18th century. The entire experience, which includes eight stops, lasts 30 to 45 minutes, but visitors can linger as long as they like to see everything else in the education center and the house museum. Former educator Noel Gish, who taught Long Island history at Hauppauge High School, said that using the app will be a valuable learning experience. “It’s Harry Potterish with a mission,” he said. “It gives you something to think about, and an educator can follow up, asking what their students think about what they heard.” Oyster Bay Town Clerk Rich LaMarca was impressed as well. Describing “1776AR” as a new way of learning, LaMarca said it would make the rich history of Oyster Bay easier to grasp. “It’s revolutionary,” he said. “It’s good for adults as well as children. I might bring my 5-year-old twins here.” Veronica Johnson, 11, of Locust Valley,

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said she preferred the experience to a traditional museum visit. “It’s really cool,” she said. “I like how you get to see it at your own pace and how you get to see them. It’s more interesting this way.” Stephenson said he planned to make the experience evolve over time, comparing it to a TV viewer’s desire to watch Season 2 of a Netflix series after enjoying the first. The program at Raynham Hall would be the equivalent of Season 1, and visitors could continue the story of the Revolutionary War on Long Island at museums in Setauket, the Hamptons and Shelter Island. Children might become junior spies after visiting Raynham, and when going to the next muse-

um, earn “a badge.” The possibilities are endless, Stephenson said. “1776AR” is scheduled to open in February at Three Village Historical Society, in Setauket, and at the Southampton African American Museum. “Museums are usually one-dimensional,” said Dr. Georgette Grier-Key, executive director of Eastville Community Historical Society in Sag Harbor. “This is a new era for museums. We can’t go back after this.” “1776AR” will be available for Raynham Hall visitors starting Dec. 2. The museum is at 30 W. Main St. in Oyster Bay. For more information, call (516) 922-6808.

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will also present a simple, yet powerful meditation technique that will be explained and practiced during the session. This can enrich one’s life on many levels and help with seasonal stress. Register at bayvillefreelibrary.org for the Zoom link.

Movie at the Library Gold Coast Public Library Annex, 50 Railroad Ave., Glen Head, 2 to 4 p.m. Watch “Jungle Cruise” (2021) at the library. As an unlikely duo searches for an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, they encounter innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking within the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. As the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher and their fate—and mankind’s—hangs in the balance.

Wednesday, Dec. 1 Glen Cove City School District Board of Education Meeting Beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Glen Cove High School.

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Huma Abedin has spent her entire career in public service and national politics, beginning as an intern in First Lady Hillary Clinton’s office in 1996. BOTH/AND: A Life in Many Worlds is her first book. Copies must be purchased at Theodore’s Books for the signing at 2 p.m., 17 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay.

The world’s greatest entertainers unite for a spell-binding and incredible holiday production: a Magical Cirque Christmas. Experience the enchantment of Christmas as magical hostess Lucy Darling takes you through an evening of dazzling performers and breathtaking cirque artists, accompanied by holiday music performed live. Get into the spirit of the season with this merry treat that’s perfect for the entire family. This performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post 720 Northern Boulevard in Brookville.

NSBN Small Biz Saturday Support North Shore local businesses in Glen Head, Sea Cliff and Glen Cove on Shop Small Business Saturday. Go to any of the participating small businesses, and enter North Shore Business Network’s contest by posting on Facebook showing your shopping trip, using the hashtag #NSBNSmallBizSat (make sure the post public). Prize is $280 in gift cards at participating businesses. Participants receive one entry per store.

Sunday, Nov. 28 Meet the Maker: Glamourous Glass Creations At 3 p.m. at Hive Market and Maker’s Space, 100-102 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, meet nine-year-old Joseph and 11-year-old Ella to learn what inspired them to start their sea glass business during the pandemic. Their work will be on display and available for purchase. Register at hivemarketob.com.

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Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony The Committee for the Beautification of East Norwich will again host the annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony and the blessing of the East Norwich crèche. The ceremony and blessing will take place at 6 p.m. at the northeast corner of Rte. 106 and Rte. 25A. There will be music and caroling. All are invited to attend.

Annual Tree Lighting Celebration The Committee for the Beautification of East Norwich will again host the annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony and the blessing of the East Norwich crèche. The ceremony and blessing will take place at 6 p.m. at the northeast corner of Rte. 106 and Rte. 25A. There will be music and caroling. All are invited to attend.

Menorah Lighting Celebration The annual Menorah Lighting ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Glen Cove’s Village Square. All are invited to attend.

Monday, Nov. 29

fashion equivalent of a Model T Ford. In this illustrated lecture, historian Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., explores the history of this fashion icon. Learn how Chanel helped dissociate black from mourning, how Audrey Hepburn helped establish the LBD; and how it has been reinvented by everyone from Betty Boop to Prada. This lecture is presented by historian, Leslie Goddard via zoom at 7 p.m. Register online at oysterbaylibrary.org.

Last Mondays Film Discussion The Sea Cliff Library, located at 300 Sea Cliff Ave., is hosting a film discussion each month on the last Monday. To register and find out the movie for the event, send an email to seaclifflibrary@hotmail.com.

The Colorful History of the Little Black Dress Versatile, dependable, and affordable, the Little Black Dress, or “LBD,” has become the

Tuesday, Nov. 30 Edible Holistic Wellness Starting at 7 p.m. via Zoom, learn how easy and inexpensive healthy eating can be. Author, chef and curator of organic skincare, Alicia Randolph-Lucchesi, will teach the basics of eating organically and how to shop and prep foods for success. She’ll also discuss what GMOs are, the importance of raw food and how to incorporate more of it into our daily lives, as well as the importance of seasoning with herbs and spices. Alicia will also discuss clever marketing scams and how to read ingredient labels.

Inner Peace This Holiday Season Through Meditation Join Ajili Hodari, Esq, long time meditator, via zoom, as he discusses the extraordinary effect of meditation. He

The Downtown Glen Cove Holiday Festival and Tree Lighting will be on Dec. 4.. The Oyster Bay Town Board will meet on Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. The Sea Cliff Village Board of Trustees will meet on Dec. 9, at 6 p.m. in Village Hall. The North Shore Board of Education will meet next on Dec. 16 at 7:45 p.m. The Locust Valley Board of Education will meet on Dec. 15.

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Isles fans raise the roof on their new ‘Barn’ UBS Arena opening ends a 20-year battle for team’s home base By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

Islanders fans from across Long Island made the pilgrimage on Saturday to the team’s new home at UBS Arena in Elmont. Despite a disappointing game result — the Islanders lost to the Calgary Flames 5-2 — fans were elated to finally have a home for their favorite hockey team after years of uncertainty, recreating the exuberant cheering that so defined games at Nassau Coliseum, known affectionately as “The Barn.” The $1.1 billion arena at Belmont Park already means a great deal to fans who have watched the team through years when the Nassau Coliseum fell into disrepair and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn offered obstructed seating. The fanbase survived rumors of the team’s move to Quebec City or Kansas City in the 1990s and 2000s and has STeven finally been Ferraro rewarded with an Islanders fan arena that pays homage to both them and the players of yesteryear. “I’m 26 years old, and I’ve been waiting my entire life to see this building open,” Steven Ferraro, of Rockville Centre, said. “It was the Lighthouse and then whatever after, but the [new] building [is] absolutely fantastic, just gorgeous.” Ferraro said his favorite aspect of the structure so far is the Heineken Terrace above the main entrance, saying it’s unusual to have clublike atmosphere at a hockey game. The late John Kempf was remembered at the game by his wife and son, Christine and Sean Kempf, who carried around a cardboard cutout of him. A detective in the Suffolk County Police Department, John died in April 2020 after a battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — a rare degenerative brain disorder. During his tough fight, Kempf got to speak to his all-time favorite Islander, John Tonnelli, on the phone. “It means everything to be here,” Sean Kempf said. “[My father] was a lifelong fan, and he passed that down to us.” Sean also said that his father was a huge fan of both Zach Parise and Zdeno Chara and would have been blown away if he had seen them both acquired by the Islanders in the off-season. Mark Martinez, of Levittown, said he became an Islanders fan along with his school friends when the team visited Summit Lane Elementary School when they were children. “When we were little, tickets were cheap and we would go to every game, and now we still go to every game. It’s a part of our friendship now,” Martinez said. In the upper deck, signs with the logos of Islanders fan meetup groups from San

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more Than 17,000 Islanders fans brought the old Nassau Coliseum energy to their new home at UBS Arena in Elmont. The Blue and Orange Army in Section 329 brought soccer-style chanting throughout the game. ISleS FanS goT pumped up before entering UBS Arena for the first time. Donovan Berthoud/Herald

Diego to the United Kingdom were placed above the raucous Section 329 crowd. The section, carried over from the Coliseum, serenades the team with soccer-style chants and drum playing throughout the game. The much-touted low roof of the building traps the noise, giving amazing moments like when the crowd sang along with Nicole Raviv during the national anthem. There were glimpses of what the atmosphere can be like when the team gets going, like when Richard Panik laid the first big hit or when the referees announced Brock Nelson’s first goal. Superfans Jake Basile and Nicholas Constantinidis, from Plainview, came to the game carrying cardboard cutouts of Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech’s face. The two started the “Pelech Posse” a few Continued on neXt page

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UBS Arena opens Nov. 20 to much fanfare years ago, now even selling merchandise to the over 8,000 followers of their Instagram page, “Bathtubjake.” “A lot of guys from the Barn days were kind of concerned about this not being home, but it really felt like it tonight,” Basile said. “This is genuinely a dream come true. It’s so surreal. The atmosphere was great. Not the result we wanted from the game, but the arena was absolutely amazing,” Constantinidis said. “It

felt like this is ours, this is our amazing, 21st-century arena. We finally joined the club.” Co-owner Jon Ledecky, who purchased the team with business partner Scott Malkin in 2016, spoke to and took pictures with fans outside the arena before the game. “You can hear the fans are so excited and they’re saying, ‘Thank you,’ which is great, but we’re saying it back, because without them and their support, this building doesn’t happen,” Ledecky said.

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NiCholas CoNstaNtiNidis aNd Jake Basile of the “Pelech Posse” with cutouts of their favorite Islanders defenseman, Adam Pelech.

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The Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce held its annual promotion of its Veterans’ Discount Program and Shop Locally campaign with County Clerk Maureen O’Connell on Nov. 10 at Evolve Gym in East Meadow. Veterans and families of deceased veterans are eligible to benefit from the program when they bring their discharge papers to the county clerk’s office to be entered into its data base. They receive a county discount card, good year-round, to participate in the discount program, which also benefits local small businesses. Damian Carlino, the owner of Café Al Dente, in Oyster Bay, has been participating in the program for years. Veterans receive 15 percent off their entire dinner check at his eatery, except on Friday and Saturday. Carlino said that granting veterans the discount is an important thing to do. “I always give them a discount if they have the card on them or not,” he said. “It’s always good to take care of our veterans who made sacrifices for our county. We give them the discount to show our appreciation.” Frank Camarano Jr., of East Meadow, president of the Nassau Council of Cham-

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bers, who manages Evolve, said the gym from 5 to 20 percent. Vision Long Island President Eric would take part in the program soon. Many veterans belong to the gym, as do Alexander said veterans are a key demoactive-duty service members who live at graphic for the downtowns because they the nearby Mitchell Field complex, he are often involved in community projects, and small businesses give to the projects. said. “My dad was a World War II veteran “It’s a great program for a business to get involved in and a way for them to who also served his community and downtown,” Alexander thank all veterans while said. “I don’t know a increasing the business group that is more loyal they wouldn’t normally to small businesses than have,” he said. “The our veterans.” chamber is making getFifteen years ago, Julie ting the word out to small Marchesella, of West businesses about the disIslip, a past president of count program a yearthe Council of Chambers, round effort, like we are and owner of Merrick’s doing with Toys for Tots.” Queen of Hearts, worked The Council of Chamwith O’Connell to encourbers works with the age veterans to record clerk’s office to encourage DAMIAN CARLINO their discharge papers at small businesses to take Café Al Dente owner the clerk’s office. part in the veterans disVeterans need their count pro g ram. Last week’s news conference was intended, in discharge papers to be eligible for any part, to raise awareness of a “shop-local” number of programs. Marchesella experiprogram, which more than a hundred enced firsthand their importance. Seeksmall businesses are participating in, ing a full military funeral for her father, a World War II veteran, when he died in many of which are struggling because of 2013, she could not find his discharge the coronavirus pandemic. The list of participating businesses papers, making him ineligible. It broke increases each year, including restau- her heart, she said, that the American rants, retail stores, attorneys and auto “flag could not be raised for” him. O’Connell said it’s common that disbody shops, among others. Discounts vary

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WHAT’S NEWS IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM

Pumpkin-themed learning at Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School special area teachers are initiating crosscurricular connections for their students. Art, music, library, science and physical education teachers often work closely together to integrate themes into their lessons. This fall, the second grade theme was pumpkins. In each of these special area classes,

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STUDENTS TAPPED INTO their artistic talents to create 3-D pumpkins in art class.

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second grade students used pumpkins in a variety of activities. In music, students explored beats by singing “pass the pumpkin,” and in art, they created 3-D pumpkins. In library, students read about pumpkins, in science, they investigated pumpkin properties and in physical education, students played “passing for pumpkins” during a soccer unit.

Students collaborate on clock project Students recently wrapped up the gears unit, as part of the Stony Brook Engineering course at OBHS, where they learned about gear ratios, design and the many variables that go into forming them. The course introduces students to engineering fundamentals and puts a large focus on collaborative projects. As a culminating project, students are creating clocks, or oneminute interval timers. Applying what they learned during the unit, the students create the clocks from start to finish – first by brainstorming, choosing which ideas will work, then designing, 3D printing materials and ultimately assembling the final product. In total, the project takes around two and a half weeks. Students are challenged with not only thinking about functionality and spacing, they also work to make something aesthetically pleasing.

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AS PART OF an advanced engineering class offered at OBHS, students spent a unit learning about gears and what goes into forming them, ultimately leading towards a project that resulted in a hand-made clock.

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he Event,” a 2015 found-footage documentary by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, opens with black-and-white images of mostly men marching in August 1991 through the streets of Leningrad, in the then Soviet Union, overturning a trailer and grabbing all manner of furniture to erect hastily constructed barricades. Worry was etched on the protesters’ faces. People had assembled in Leningrad’s central Palace Square and surrounding streets to stop an attempted coup d’état that, SCOTT they believed, was radiating from MosBRINTON cow, USSR’s capital, across the land. “The Event” is a hopeful but strangely haunting film that I watched last week on Zoom. Hofstra University’s Department of Comparative Literature, Languages and Linguistics and the History Department presented it, with a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Ben Rifkin, a Hofstra professor of Russian. I wanted to see the film because in August 1991 I was a Peace Corps volunteer stationed in Bulgaria, a Soviet satellite nation for 45 years, from the end of World War II through 1990, when it finally gained its freedom and turned to democracy. I cannot express the

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chilling effect the coup attempt had on many Bulgarians, who worried about a sudden return to hardline communism. I wondered what, precisely, had happened in Moscow and other Soviet cities from Aug. 18 to 21, 1991, as the coup unfolded. I had never seen images of it before. The good people of Leningrad were concerned that Soviet Armed Forces tanks might roll against their city, and a sea of tens of thousands of people rallied, placing themselves in mortal danger to preserve the democratic reforms enacted under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The fear of a possible attack on Leningrad was not irrational. Eight communist hardliners calling themselves the Committee on the State of Emergency, and various factions within the Soviet military, were behind the putsch, seeking to halt the impending breakup of the Soviet Union that would give sovereignty to its 15 outlying republics. Soviet tanks, in fact, rolled into Moscow, where tens of thousands of demonstrators stood in their way. Among them was Boris Yeltsin, the man who succeeded Gorbachev as president of Russia when the Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991. I was on a train somewhere outside Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, with my then fiancée, Katerina, who was born and raised in Sofia, when we first heard the news of the coup attempt. Katerina’s face turned sullen. What

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would we do if it succeeded? Most Americans cannot understand the fear of the then Soviet Union that many, if not most, Eastern Europeans carried with them in the backs of their brains. They risked limb and life to secure their freedoms from the USSR in the late 1980s and early ’90s. They stood in solidarity, marching en masse in their capitals’ squares, demanding sovereignty. Then, seemingly in an instant, all their hard-won reforms appeared to be in jeopardy. If Bulgaria lost its newly won democratic freedoms to the communists, would the old-school apparatchiks “cleanse” Bulgaria of any American “sympathizers”? In that case, anyone who had had contact with an American like me would have been in grave danger of just disappearing. These were not wild conspiracy theories. They were valid questions based on nearly five decades of iron-fisted Soviet rule. Katerina and I planned an escape route to the U.S. through Greece if the coup held, which, thankfully, it did not. We were in our mid-20s at the time. We recently celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary, living, peacefully, on Long Island for the past 28 years, returning every few years to Sofia. Bulgaria remains a democracy to this day. The Soviet coup plotters were not especially well organized, according to various

he USSR in 1991 and the U.S. in 2021: similarities I never would’ve imagined.

reports, and most of the SAF military was not a party to the conspiracy. It’s said that the plotters spent most of the three days of the coup drunk. Seven of the eight organizers were imprisoned, and one committed suicide. Ilya Vinitsky, chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University, was among the panelists last week. He was 22 and living in the Soviet Union at the time of the coup. It was a seminal moment in his life, a point of demarcation — there was life before the coup, and after. Now he asks his students, “Have you ever felt you lived through a historical moment?” Yes, I would respond, more than once. Most recently was the disorganized insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, when thousands of pro-Trump rioters besieged our very seat of democracy to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election — that is, to attempt to overthrow our nation’s duly elected president, Joe Biden. Having lived through such a coup attempt while in a foreign land, I never imagined one here, particularly not one as violent as that of last January. Democracy is clearly a fragile thing. It requires an active, engaged citizenry that respects the rule of law. If it is not respected, then it must be enforced. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

Year of wonder, one Thanksgiving to the next

ast Thanksgiving we dined alone. I’m remembering an over-roasted turkey leg with a side of anxiety for me, a wedge of spinach pie for the vegetarian, hold the Thanksgiving cheer. We tried not to make too much of the day. We were veterans of isolation by then, still months away from our first vaccine. To see our kids and grandkids, someone would have had to risk flying, and the infection rates were daunting. Nevertheless, we watched millions RANDI of people choosing KREISS to travel, weaving through airport lines and hoping for the best. Spikes and surges followed. Sorry for the ruminating, but sometimes you must go back to appreciate how far you’ve come. A few months after Thanksgiving, our son and grandson caught Covid. We missed birthdays, anniversaries, proms and graduations. We were lucky; the nightly news featured Covid crises cascading across the country. Who will ever forget the pictures of refrigerator trucks parked outside New York City hospitals?

Today (and I won’t say fast forward, because it wasn’t), all of us have had vaccines and boosters. We’re all back to our jobs. Kids are back in school. As I swayed from despair to hope and back to trepidation, I coped, and that feels like enough. This Thanksgiving we will sit down with our family to start reweaving the ties that have stretched thin over the months of this pandemic. I have often written about gratitude for the small things that charge our days with interest and pleasure. This year my gratitude is singular, profound and unending. I am so thankful to the researchers and scientists and companies and governments and leaders who took on the virus and dug in for the fight. There were missteps and political machinations and failures along the way, but the development of vaccines, 90-plus percent effective, in only 11 months has been the stunning achievement of our lifetime. When we encountered a novel coronavirus transmitted easily through the air by breathing, talking and coughing, the World Health Organization said it did not expect a vaccine to become available in fewer than 18 months. Many virologists have said that the development of a safe and effective vac-

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cine within 11 months was an extraordinary achievement. Please read “A Shot to Save the World,” by Gregory Zuckerman. Zuckerman tells the story of the unlikely heroes who worked together and separately, driven by the mission to find a vaccine. He describes the false starts and missteps, but also all that went right as researchers took on the challenge of their lives. It required unprecedented devotion, selflessness, fierce dedication to the job and a vision of success that transcended any one person’s ambition. It is a thrilling story. One of the salient points Zuckerman addresses is the idea that the new vaccines are too “experimental.” He says these discoveries are not one-day wonders, but blocks of research that came together over many years. They found daylight in the time of the pandemic because of the money and dedication and leadership that supported the effort. The work on AIDS informed this medical moon shot, and the Covid vaccines will inform research going forward. Zuckerman tells the story of Jason Schrum, the Moderna scientist who had worked at the company for only a short time. He came up with the actual modifica-

his year my family will gather again, and my gratitute is profound and unending.

tion to the mRNA molecule that is currently used in Moderna’s vaccine, Zuckerman writes. “That modification is the one that BioNTech uses also. It’s not the one from Katalin Karaka and Drew Weissman at the University of Pennsylvania. They’re really pioneers, and I’m not sure we would have these vaccines without them.” Zuckerman writes that not enough attention has been paid to the Chinese scientist who struggled in the early days of the pandemic to share the genetic sequence of the virus. “The guy’s a hero,” he writes. “He risked so much …” I thank them all, from the doctors and nurses to the supermarket workers to the teachers and parents of young children, to the bench researchers who put in the hours, day after day and month after month. This year at our Thanksgiving, there will be a too-big turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce. Leaves and grains for the vegetarian. We will hug and kiss our kids and grandkids, feeling safe enough with our jabs and boosters. Then we will feast on my apple cranberry crumble with a topping of gratitude for this country and countries everywhere where scientists are educated, supported and honored for their work. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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he social media posts generated by Long Islanders at the very first Islanders game at the new UBS Arena, the linchpin in a $1.3 billion transformation of Belmont Park, came fast and furious on Saturday, showing an excitement not seen since the Islanders’ four straight Stanley Cup wins in the early ’80s. The state-of-the-art arena is indeed a crown jewel of the New York metropolitan area sports scene. “Today is a monumental day for New York and the Islanders as we cut the ribbon on the world-class new UBS Arena,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said last week. “This is the first step in the newly redeveloped Belmont Park, which will serve as an internationally recognized destination for sports, entertainment, retail and hospitality.” It was only a few years ago that the

home of the Islanders was a real question mark. The team had moved out of the Nassau Coliseum in the Hub for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and Long Island fans largely hated the venue, not only because of the distance they had to travel for games — it could be a four-hour round trip from points out East to Brooklyn and back — but also because the venue was made not for hockey, but for basketball. The new UBS Arena, finished on time and on budget, was constructed specifically for the Islanders, in Elmont, on Nassau County’s border with Queens, making it convenient for hockey fans from both Long Island and New York City. At the same time, the revitalization of Belmont Park is, no doubt, a boon for Long Island. The project, which will also include a 350,000-square-foot entertain-

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he Long Island Rail Road and Nassau Inter-County Express Bus are making significant strides to reduce their carbon footprints, with the LIRR testing battery-powered trains on its Oyster Bay branch to replace the diesel locomotives that have rumbled across the North Shore in the past, and NICE planning to bring six electric buses online to replace compressed-natural-gas models. While on the electrified portion of the Oyster Bay branch, the LIRR trains run on the third rail. When they reach the non-electrified portion, they switch to battery power. At the same time that NICE adds the

electric buses, it will switch all 150 vehicles in its paratransit fleet to electric. Excellent! All of this was discussed last Friday during an hour-long talk on public transportation at Vision Long Island’s annual Smart Growth Summit, at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. We can only say bravo to Phil Eng, the LIRR president, and Jack Khouz, CEO of NICE Bus, for demonstrating a commitment to the environment by moving away from dirty fossil-fuel transportation to electric rail and bus lines. Diesel trains are especially awful for the environment, using one of the dirtiest of fuels. Diesel is also among the most car-

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ment and retail complex, a 250-room hotel and a community center in the future, is expected to create 10,000 jobs and generate $2.7 billion in economic activity when all is said and done. By 2024, the project is projected to sustain 3,200 full-time jobs, produce $858 million in annual economic activity and generate tens of millions of dollars in new yearly tax revenue for the region. We recognize that not everyone in Elmont is happy. Local residents have said they worry about increased traffic caused by the arena. Planners, however, have worked to mitigate traffic, building a new Long Island Rail Road station in Elmont, the first new full-time station in 50 years. Overall, the UBS Arena is a win-win for Long Islanders, whether or not you’re an Islanders fan.

LETTERS Clams, oysters can come back To the Editor: The answer to the Nov. 12-18 story, “Can clams and oysters make a comeback in Oyster Bay?” is yes. Oysters, clams and our local marine environment can make a comeback if given the chance. Over the last five years, the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee and scores of residents (over 150-plus this year alone) have been taking action and making this a reality. Since 2017, residents have signed up to be oyster gardeners, raising tens of thousands of oysters each year to be seeded in the Cold Spring Harbor spawner sanctuary. To date nearly a half million oysters have been seeded in this area, which is free from recreational and commercial harvest pressure. Currently it is the only sustainable shellfish seeding program in our local waters. These efforts are already showing results. Surveys of the spawner sanctuary conducted over the last two years by researchers from Adelphi University and Cornell Coopera-

cinogenic substances on the planet, according to numerous federal agencies. Diesel trains simply shouldn’t exist in the 21st century. The LIRR began testing battery-powered trains on the Oyster Bay branch in April. Let’s hope the eight-month test period is successful, so the other three diesel branches — Montauk, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma — can become fully electrified as well. Of course, we must ask ourselves how the electricity to power our trains and buses is being generated — from fossilfuel power plants or renewable resources such as solar, wind and geothermal? Renewable is the way forward.

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fter watching a boring sci-fi movie, I stared at the blinking orange hand signal outside the Lynbrook movie theater, waiting to cross heavily trafficked, four-lane Peninsula Boulevard. The white stick figure flashed, the seconds counted down to zero, and I found myself halfway across the road, wondering if this would be how I would die. I had just undergone my fourth knee surgery a few weeks before, and a fullleg brace and crutches were docCRISTINA ARROYO tor’s orders. The first time I had my RODRIGUEZ ACL swapped for a cadaver ligament, I was a first-year doctoral student in industrial and organizational psychology, more than happy to return to class in person two weeks post-surgery, against doctor’s orders. “At least it’s your leg that’s the problem, and not your brain,” my program chair said by way of welcoming me back. Not only was this statement ableist in that it dismissed the worth of neurodivergent people, but also it showed a lack

of understanding in our leadership and institutions of what it means to live with or be a person with a disability. “I no longer want the disabled population to be an afterthought,” Nadia Holubnyczyj, the first person in a wheelchair to run for the Nassau County Legislature, said during this fall’s campaign. With the founding of the county’s new disability-awareness advisory group, she called for government “to shift their entire mindset, their language, planning and execution.” Indeed, my temporary mobility disability didn’t only affect my leg, but also changed my relationship with the world, and vice versa. First, I was following a pain management schedule that included prescription opioids, which affect memory, focus and cognitive speed. When you’re hugging a toilet bowl between fits of vomiting or falling asleep from chemically induced fatigue three times a day, it’s difficult to decide whether Edward Lawler or John Stacey Adams best explains reactions to pay inequity. Second, the cognitive labor of navigating a world not built for you, and even

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temporary mobility issue changed my relationship with the world, and vice versa.

LETTERS tive Extension have shown positive results. In areas previously devoid of shellfish, oysters are not only surviving with little predation but also growing to the size of an adult hand and attracting other marine life. Furthermore, signs of natural recruitment in Cold Spring Harbor mean that Mother Nature will add to the oyster gardener’s efforts — a key ingredient to successful restoration. The Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee is comprised of 11 municipal governments in the watershed who work cooperatively to protect our local waters. The North Shore Oyster Gardening Program is an outreach program to connect and educate residents about our local waters. The overwhelming success of this program is shared by all who have worked together, including the Town of Oyster Bay, the villages of Laurel Hollow and Bayville, Friends of the Bay, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Adelphi University, St. John’s Church, Three Harbors Garden Club, Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor high schools, Boy, Girl and Sea scout groups, Rotary and Lions clubs, private

built against you, is taxing. Where are the elevators in this Long Island Rail Road station? Are they currently in service? Will my crutches slip on the sidewalk? Where can I elevate my leg when at work? How much earlier do I need to leave? What detours should I take to avoid tripping and falling? Even though Holubnyczyj said she believes “there is no specific area of need that the county should be focusing on that would benefit the disabled,” she makes an exception for inequities in public transportation, which is one of the “hot spots” that need to be addressed. Besides planning the logistics of navigation, there is also the emotional strain of being treated as an inconvenience, a burden. “If it’s important to you, you’d attend,” an elected official said of whether to allow public meetings to be held on Zoom. “If you loved your children, you would make time,” said the president of a school club who holds monthly meetings exclusively in the evening. According to the 2018 American Community Survey, about 2 million New Yorkers, roughly 11 percent of the state’s

yacht and bath clubs, waterfront homeowners, the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association and Frank M. Flower and Sons. With this cooperation, the question is not can oysters make a comeback but when. Thank you to the Oyster Bay Herald for shining the light on this important issue. For more information about the North Shore Oyster Gardening Program visit www.oysterbaycoldspringharbor.org. ROB CRAFA Oyster Bay Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee

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of the Bay wrote in their letter that they would like to see any company receiving a town license be required to provide clam and or oyster seeds annually.

Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez is editor of the Baldwin Herald and has been a nonprofit organizational consultant in the areas of pay equity and diversity, equity and inclusion. She has lectured in psychology at Baruch College, Bronx Community College and the City University of New York, and has taught Master Executive classes for NYPD leadership at John Jay College.

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CORRECTION In “Can clams and oyster make a comeback in Oyster Bay?” [Nov. 12-18], Heather Johnson said that Friends of the Bay doesn’t know whether or not there is a predator problem. Additionally, Friends

population, have a visible or invisible disability. And even after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, over 30 percent of reports filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission were claims of disability discrimination. In the past five years, Nassau County has spent almost $1 million in ADA settlements, even though only about one in five report this kind of discrimination. My Ph.D. program chair accurately recognized that there was a problem, but it wasn’t my leg. My leg wouldn’t have been a problem if public transportation had reliable access, if workplaces provided proper accommodations, if public meetings offered remote participation and if that pedestrian crossing signal lasted a few seconds longer. The disability doesn’t lie within me, Nadia, or within the community of people with disabilities, but within our institutions.

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