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O’side High junior starts kids’ art charity School District, and Superintendent Phyllis Harrington, earlier this month. Since then, Oliver Art seems to run in the Oliver has made trips to local art stores family of Oceanside. Painting, with her parents and packed the drawing, playing music and even 75 boxes herself. She put togethwriting are something to soothe er an assembly line of colored the soul and be shared. The coro- pencils, crayons, markers, scisnavirus pandemic gave 17-year- sors and sharpeners, and packed old Lauren Oliver, a junior at all the boxes in one day.

Oceanside High “I think it’s wonSchool, an opportuderful that Lauren nity to share her love recognized that not of the arts: She startall families can ed her own charity, afford art supplies called Kids Love Art outside of school,” NY. said Rose, who has On April 6, Olicoordinated district ver’s one-woman efforts to work with charity made its first the brotherhood for donation, when she over a decade. met Marguerite Keller said the Grasing, executive donated boxes would director of the Hisget much use in the panic Brotherhood brotherhood’s afterof Nassau County, school child care and the organiza- lAuReN olIVeR program and sumtion’s co-director, Founder, mer programs for Marguerite Keller, in Kids Love Art NY children ages 5 to 12 the lobby of Oceansand 13 to 17. Oliver ide High. Oliver gave plans to teach an art the brotherhood 75 art boxes class at the brotherhood headfilled to the brim with art sup- quarters in Rockville Centre this plies for the children they work summer. with.

“People who volunteer and do Oliver contacted the Hispanic things on their own and someBrotherhood, with the help of times come up with ideas we Dr. David Rose, director of world could never even fathom are languages for the Oceanside Continued on page 15

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MAxwell AND MARk Greenberg delivered food to families in Oceanside for Passover.

Annual food drive helps 70 families in need at Passover By kePHeRD DANIel kdaniel@liherald.com

Nassau County Shomrim Society and the Hatzilu Rescue Organization teamed up once again last Sunday to deliver meals to more than 70 needy families celebrating Passover.

This year, volunteers from both organizations met at a food warehouse in Holtsville to gather food for distribution.

Food lists are made based on the food that is donated. For the Passover food drive, the Shomrim Society collects the food for delivery,

and any extra food is sent to the Hatzilu food warehouse in Baldwin.

Each volunteer held a list of all the items and walked around the food warehouse to fill the boxes for families in need of food for the holiday, with each list personalized to best meet each family’s preferences.

Nassau County Shomrim Vice President Alan Hirsch discussed the partnership with Hatzilu Rescue. “We team up with Hatzilu and use a lot of their client list that they take care of all year long,” Hirsch said. “There’s a lot of Continued on page 9

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Island Park prepares for gardening season kdaniel@liherald.com

With flowers blooming and birds chirping, the spring season is in full bloom, which means passionate gardeners will be heading back into their gardens.

The Island Park Public Library helped out local gardeners on Tuesday, April 5, hosting a presentation by Anthony Marinello, founder of Dropseed Native Landscapers, Nassau County’s only native plant nursery.

With a biology background from Nassau Community College and a permaculture design certificate through the Center for Bioregional Living, Marinello, 29, told Island Park residents what plants they should be growing in their gardens.

Marinello’s recommendation for people who want to get the most out of their gardens this spring is to plant in moist soil and focus on plants that would do well in hot, dry, sandy soil because they are low maintenance and does not require any sort of extra irrigation fertilizer.

Some of those plants include serviceberries, switchgrass and butterfly weed.

Many residents wondered which plants would be best for attracting songbirds this spring and why certain plants not native to the island should not be planted. Marinello also discussed what an invasive species is, and why characteristics that make a plant worth growing in a garden can also make that plant invasive

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Carol Burnett, left, and Tina Gonzalez, middle, received the native plants which do well in sandy soil from Anthony Marinello. to the point where it will start displacing native plants.

“Long Island has the most invasive species out of any other area of the state just because of our proximity to New York City,” said Marinello. “Native species help make Long Island more resilient for the future, and the invasive species are an issue and need to be remediated and prevented from being on the market and removed from people’s properties if they’re growing them.

“The public is not aware of this issue,

they’re not aware of the alternative plants that they should be planting,” he added.

Invasive species have been an issue on the island for hundreds of years, since Europeans began to settle, and while they were coming over, they were bringing their plants with them. “A lot of long weeds were actually brought here for either a food source or medicinal herbs back by colonizers,” said Marinello.

With invasive species being a centuryold problem, any resolutions won’t be

quick and educating people is the way to go, which is what Marinello has been attempting to do.

“National parks, state parks, and the county park are all used to plant Japanese Rugosa Rose all over the coastline and shoreline instead of using native Virginia Rose,” Marinello said. “Now, they’re realizing that the plant is invasive. We’re starting to wake up and realize we shouldn’t be planting these plants.”

He added, “A lot of younger generations tend to be plant blind. If you grow up with a tree in your front yard, like a Japanese Maple tree, you don’t think anything is wrong with it. It doesn’t just affect our yards, it probably also affects the animals in the area as well. When you start replacing entire areas of land with foreign species of plants, you’re cutting off the food chain at the source. Then there are no insects and then there’s no food for songbirds to feed their chicks,” he said.

At the end of Marinello’s presentation, native plants that are great for gardens on the island were sold, including Goldenrod, Oat Grass, Evening Primrose, Beebalm and Ox-eye Sunflower.

With educational presentations such as the one at Island Park Public Library and others around the island, Marinello can help educate the community on the proper plants to be grown in gardens and what doesn’t belong, which will help solve an age-old problem on the island.

Chabads celebrate 120th birthday of rebbe

By Jordan Vallone jvallone@liherald.com

They gathered to commemorate what would have been an influential rebbe’s 120th birthday.

Town of Hempstead officials and rabbis from across Nassau County got together at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Merrick last week to honor the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

He was a leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, becoming its seventh rebbe in 1951. Schneerson transformed the Chabad into one of the most widespread Jewish movements, establishing a large network of institutions across the world to serve religious, social and humanitarian needs in the community. In fact, many of these Chabad centers can be found throughout Nassau.

Hempstead town officials proclaimed April 12, the rebbe’s birthday this year on the Jewish calendar, as “Education and Sharing Day.” Officials were joined by several Chabad rabbis including Shimon Kramer of MerrickBellmore-Wantagh, Anchelle Perl of Mineola, Zalman Wolowik and Meir Geisinsky of the Five Towns, Yossi Leiberman of West Hempstead, Eli Goodman of Long Beach, Zevi Baumgarten of Oceanside, Mendel Gerkov of Rockville Centre, Nochem Tenenboim of Hewlett, and Shmuel Lieberman at Hofstra University.

Congress has recognized Education and Sharing Day every year since 1978 to honor the late rebbe. Because the date it falls can vary on the Gregorian calendar, it usually occurs between late March and late April.

“The rebbe’s legacy — for anybody that is standing beside me — is tremendous,” Town Supervisor Don Clavin said. “At a time when we’re seeing people’s faith attacked for who they are — or just for being of the Jewish faith — it’s important that we remember the rebbe’s teaching.”

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raBBi Shimon Kramer of the Chabad of MerrickBellmore-Wantagh shared what he learned from Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson on the rebbe’s birthday.

The Town of Hempstead has one of the largest Jewish populations in the United States, Clavin noted, comparable to the size of Jewish communities in New York City.

“His work was essential to the expansion of the Chabad dynasty throughout the world,” Clavin added.

There are now more than 5,000 Chabad centers worldwide.

“They are carrying on the legacy of the rebbe’s teaching and education to the next generation,” Clavin said.

Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, who’s district represents parts of the Five Towns where there is a particularly large Jewish population, said Chabads welcome people regardless of their religion to see the world through different glasses.

“Here in the Town of Hempstead, we have Chabads.

We have community organizations that open their doors each and ever day to celebrate the diversity of this great town,” he said. “It’s an honor to be here to celebrate the great work the rabbis and their staff, and (what) all of the Chabads in the Town of Hempstead do.”

Kramer, whose Chabad center hosted the ceremony, recounted some of the lessons he had learned from Schneerson. In fact, Kramer said, 40 years ago, he received a Tanya — a holy book that teaches human selflessness — from the rabbi.

“That’s what the rebbe was,” Kramer said. “Always selfless. He was always there for everybody else. I am honored to stand here, with my colleagues — and all of the officials of the town council — to honor the rebbe with what he stood for: education.”

Perl further emphasized Schneerson’s belief in education.

“The rebbe taught that education in general should not be limited to the acquisition of knowledge,” Pearl said. “Instead, the education system must pay more attention to the building of character, with emphasis on moral and ethical values.”

Each Chabad in Hempstead, Clavin said, would receive a commemorative sign in honor of the rebbe and his legacy.

“It really is something about education,” the town supervisor said. “That is why we are so honored to join with you, in honor of the rebbe’s 120th birthday. We want to thank you for the work that you do for the children, the adults, and for everybody in all of your communities.”

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Passover message

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St. Anthony’s Father Stockdale Temple Avodah’s Rabbi sends Easter message Goren gives Passover message

By RABBI URI GOREN As I write these words the world is in chaos! Russia has invaded Ukraine, and once again, a nation has undermined another nation the right to exist, the freedom to be. Freedom is the intrinsic right we all have to live without fear.

Today the world leaves in fear.

We fear that our freedom will be taken away by a nuclear war. The people from Ukraine are experiencing the hor ror of aggression as their freedom is lost. There is little we can individually do to help other than donating money. I hope and pray that the leaders of the so call “free world” will know what to do. We need to tell them not to be indifferent.

We need to tell them we abbi are willing to do ur part to stop the aggression even if it affects our pockets.

The final decision rests on our leaders. I do not envy them. Knowing what to do and then do it is not easy. Every Passover is a rejection to oppression.

Traditionally, we worry about the menu for the Seder, how many pounds of brisket we need. The extra pounds we will gain after two Seders and a week of eating leftovers! We immerse ourselves in the fun aspect of Passover forgetting the most important message in our celebration. To have a Seder, to celebrate Passover is to remind ourselves that freedom is the right of any human being.

Physical, mental and spiritual slavery bring the human condition to levels of pain and anguish that destroy the opportunity to experience life in its fullness.

Freedom is not something we have in our DNA. It is a value, a feeling, an attitude that makes us have a choice in life. Freedom

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is to be able to walk the path of our destiny with the conviction that for the most part we will be happy, satisfied with life.

I know, as well as you do, that when we look back at our journey of our life and we can say: “I made the choice,” right or wrong, but it was my free choice then, with true freedom, even the wrong choice can be changed, improved.

Freedom is about being able to do what we want. It is also to be able to be who we are! This Passover we must remind ourselves that freedom is never to be indifferent to who we are and what we want to be.

Freedom is essential to a life with meaning. Freedom is to remain committed to our own identity, to our values and believes.

Trues freedom is never to think that we own the truth. Freedom is to allow Ri oRen everyone to be who they are. That’s what Russia needs to learn and accept.

For freedom to exist, tolerance, acceptance and respect are fundamental behaviors we must have and practice. We always think that we know best, that we are always right. Freedom cannot exist when we think others are wrong. How to change this attitude? How to say maybe I am not right? It’s not difficult. We have to remember to listen, to think and to be humble.

This Passover, this Seder is an opportunity to ask ourselves how we can have free world.

If we grant everyone what we claim for ourselves, then we will all live in freedom, without fear.

May this Passover not just be about food, family and friends but a reaffirmation that liberty and peace are the fundamental elements of freedom.

From our house to your house we wish you a free Passover!

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truly saddened by the death of their friend Jesus, and were horrified to On behalf of St. Anthony’s Roman find that the stone from the tomb was Catholic Church, I want to wish my rolled away. brothers and sisters of the Christian But Luke tells us that two angelfaith a holy and happy Easter, and our like figures appear to the women and Jewish neighbors a blessed Passover. said, “Why do you seek the living one Many are greeting this Easter sea- among the dead? He is not here, but son with a sense of renewed hope. I he has been raised.” am reminded of our last Easter seaThis experience moves them from son still amidst the Covid being people performing restrictions, with worburial rites for the dead shipers masked and disto apostles who bear wittanced, or choosing to ness to the living Lord. participate in the Easter They change from liturgies online or on being bent down in fear television. to those who stand up In the Roman Catholic and go forth and boldly tradition, Holy Week conproclaim that God’s life is tains within it the Sacred stronger than death. That Triduum — one liturgy God’s love is stronger atheR Ret over three days that than hate and despair. tockdale mark Jesus’ last supper That God’s peace is more with his disciples on powerful than human Holy Thursday, his sufviolence and frailty. And that Jesus fering and death on the cross on Good has been raised from the dead and is Friday, and his resurrection from the alive! dead at the Easter Vigil on Holy SaturI can remember several years ago day. being on retreat at the Jesuit Retreat The Easter fire that begins the House in Gloucester, Massachusetts Holy Saturday liturgy is a powerful early in the morning reflecting on the symbol of how Christ’s light breaks resurrection and waiting for the sun into the darkness of our world. How to come up. As the sun began to peak many of us, regardless of religious on the horizon and a new dawn began, tradition, have experienced those I could not help but feel that Easter moments of darkness, death, and sac- joy of God truly doing something new rifice over the last two years in in my life and in our world. response to the Covid pandemic.

Our God is truly a God who wishes How many of us have been search- to surprise us each day: The God of ing for a greater sense of meaning surprises. while facing a global health crisis, This is because he is a living God war in Europe, and financial hard- who abides in and among us, and ships at home. what could be a bigger surprise than The good news of the Easter mes- Jesus rising from the dead, a comsage comes to us today just as it was pletely unexpected sign of God’s abidfirst proclaimed to the women on ing love. their way to Jesus’ tomb. They were God Bless, and Happy Easter!

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Ari Brown defeats David Lobl in special election

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bail’ law, I will push to suspend the state’s gas tax, and I will tirelessly labor to preserve our suburban quality-of-life.”

Brown, 54, has served at least two decades on local govIn the special election to succeed former Assemblywom- ernment boards as a Cedarhurst village official. He grew an Melissa “Missy” Miller, Republican Ari Brown defeated up in Franklin Square before moving to Cedarhurst with fellow Cedarhurst resident David Lobl. his family in 1991.

The Democrat picked up 2,413 votes compared to Between 1998 and 2001, he served on the village’s zoning Brown’s 4,667, which included more than a board — a position that seemingly fit his qualiweek of early voting. fications with his background in construction.

Brown, the current deputy mayor for CedarHe eventually became a trustee in 2001, and hurst, said he would run again in the general was appointed as deputy mayor in 2019. election in November. He told the Herald that He also served on the architectural review he wants to continue to serve the village as well board. as represent the state, adding that he does not “Eric ‘Ari’ Brown’s victory in the special want to give up his work with Cedarhurst’s election for the New York state Assembly is Business Improvement District. also a victory for the residents of the 20th disWhether he can actually do that is still being trict,” Nassau County Republican Committee questioned, yet he cited legal precedent — that chai Joseph Cairo Jr., stated in an email. “Ari material now under review by the Cedarhurst will be a powerful voice for public safety and village attorney, according to Mayor Benjamin tax relief in Albany.”

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Previously, Brown said he would advocate “I have seven kids, and at times I helped for more parental choice in the education syswith four homeworks,” Brown said, explaining ARi BRowN tem and review what he called former Gov. his ability to multitask.

Cuomo’s 2021 Covid-19 nursing home Assemblyman-elect Andrew As of press time, Lobl did not respond to scandal. whether he would run again. Miller, of Atlantic He also aims to help return the state’s econoBeach, is now a Town of Hempstead councilwoman repre- my to pre-Covid standards. This includes reversing the $1 senting the 3rd Council District. billion commuter tax — better known as congestion pric“I want to thank the residents of the 20th Assembly Dis- ing, which impacts all vehicular traffic entering and leavtrict for the confidence that they have placed in me,” ing Manhattan south of 60th Street.

Brown, wrote in an email on election night. “I am eager (to) The 20th Assembly District consists of Atlantic Beach, be an effective force for the residents of the 20th district Cedarhurst, East Rockaway, Hewlett, Inwood, Island Park, when I join the state Assembly. What’s more, I am commit- Lawrence, Lido Beach, Long Beach, Oceanside, parts of ted to working against the corrosive effects of the ‘cashless Valley Stream and Woodmere.

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ARi BRowN dEFEAtEd fellow Cedarhurst resident David Lobl in the April 7 special election for the 20th Assembly District seat.

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Virtual Lecture: A Look Back at the Early Days of television advertising

Hosted by the Oceanside Library.

This talk will look at how advertising changed during television’s first two decades and the important role it played in convincing viewers that the key to happiness lay in quite literally buying their way into the American dream.

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This is an In-Person program at the Oceanside Library. Registration Required - Fee $30 cash or check written to Empire Safety Council. Starts at 6 p.m.

Island Park Recognizes Students of the Month Island Park K-8 February students of the month with Francis X. Hegarty School Principal Cynthia Cameron and Lincoln Orens Middle School Principal Bruce Hoffman.

Saturday, April 16

Special Needs Vinyasa Yoga

Join Dorothy Scott for a session of Vinyasa Yoga. Starts at 7 p.m

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Island Park Easter Egg Hunt

The Easter Bunny comes to Island Park as Mayor Michael McGinty and the Village Board of Trustees host a day of fun at Masone Beach. Starts at 11 a.m.

Monday, April 17 Virtual Family Disney Trivia Night

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Oceanside Library with trivia questions on Kahoot. Start at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 18 Chair Yoga with Sandye

At the Island Park Library. This class provides instruction and practice for people who may not be flexible enough for standard yoga. Starts at 12:30 p.m

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Making Passover happier for needy families needy people out there, more than we can take care of, but we try.”

Shomrim also supplies families with supermarket gift certificates.

Hatzilu board member Dona Schwab discussed the seasonal partnership. “A lot of people show up. We have a lot of people from Shomrim and we have a lot of our own people,” said Schwab. “Shomrim does all the organization and we supply the names and the addresses and we contact the people to make sure they want the food.”

While the Passover food drive helps those celebrating the Jewish holiday, Hatzilu offers such help year-round across Nassau County regardless of religion or ethnicity.

“This is the one event that we do for just Jewish families, but we have Hispanic families, black families, white families and Chinese families,” said Schwab. “Anyone who asks, we help. It makes a big difference for a lot of families.”

All volunteers packed up to four boxes of food in their own cars to deliver to assigned families. Most volunteers delivered to two families with some delivering to as many as three families.

Oceanside chamber member Mark Greenberg, who has been a member of both Hatzilu and Shomrim Society, once again volunteered, alongside his son, Maxwell, to deliver food to two Oceanside families.

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Hatzilu Rescue and Nassau County Shomrim gathered for their annual Passover food drive.

Greenberg, who creates websites for small businesses in Oceanside, has been a part of both organizations for nearly a decade; his son, who is in eighth grade, has been assisting since he was in kindergarten.

As Hatzilu helps families year-round,

Greenberg, who regularly delivers to a family in Freeport throughout the year, remains dedicated to helping families.

“Every week a driver is delivering food to somebody,” said Greenberg. “I’m happy to do it.”

The Oceanside families he delivered

food to are thankful for the help of Hatzilu and the seasonal food drive with Shomrim. “They’re the best,” said one food recipient in Oceanside, who has been receiving assistance from Hatzilu for more than a year. “I couldn’t make it without them.”

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The school’s annual Shamrocks for Shamus fundraiser was also a success. In memory of Shamus Ward, art club and student council students made and distributed shamrock pins that students wore throughout the month. With a goal of $2,022, School No. 4 collected $2,375 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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Under the guidance of advisor Donna Gales, School No. 2’s student council organized a school-wide book drive.

The students collected and distributed more than 1,100 books.

Student council members, with the help of librarian Stephanie Ognibene, helped their peers choose books to keep, and every single student ultimately received their own book.

Choice awards celebrate those who ‘power’ community

By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com

After months of waiting, winner after winner stepped up to receive their firstever Herald Long Island Choice award during a gala event with Oscars-like proportions, but without any of the unnecessary drama.

The first-ever event — hosted by RichnerLive, presented by PSEG Long Island, and sponsored by TenantBase — took place April 5 at Heritage Club in Bethpage.

Voting had been underway since last July where readers and customers shared who they believed were Long Island’s best businesses in more than 260 categories covering everything from breweries to motorcycle dealers to chiropractor.

More than 100,000 votes were cast over five months, and both the top three finalists and the eventual winners were recognized at last week’s awards event.

Instead of leaving these decisions by a faceless group of judges, these awards are determined by the very people who make these businesses thrive — the customers.

That, at least, is according to Amy Amato, corporate relations and events executive director at RichnerLive. Herald Long Island Choice Awards is a way to show businesses how much their work is appreciated.

“We decided to do it because we understand the challenges that small businesses

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More than 100 businesses turn out for gala event Congratulate all the winners!

See who was the best of the best at the Herald Long Island Choice Awards. Find all the winners now at LIChoiceAwards.com. faced during the pandemic,” Amato said.

“These types of events and contests helps local businesses increase their revenue.”

Heritage Club hosted a cocktail hour with an open bar and hors d’oeuvres, giving many of the finalists and their supporters a chance to mingle.

“It’s definitely nice to actually see people again,” said Joe Floria of Flo Fitness of Lynbrook. “After the last few years, I think we needed this. Plus, the cheese is great.”

Each table featured an ice sculpture centerpiece celebrating the event, while on the main stage, an acrobat contorted herself in fantastical ways.

Stuart Richner, chief executive of Richner Communications Inc., commented on how important local businesses contribution is to Long Island, and how happy he was to get the chance to celebrate them.

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ANNA tHE AErIALISt entertained the crowd at the Herald Long Island Choice Awards. ties,” Richner said. “We thank each and every one of you for being here tonight, and for all of the hard work that you do each and every day.”

The awards themselves were presented

by Sidney Wallace Park recent winner of the Miss New York competition. In a marathon performance, Park read off the winners of the 266 categories in rapid fire.

In the ensuing hour, business after business was named winner in a whirlwind of emotional highs. Some were so excited, they jumped up on chairs and tables in celebration. Others chose to celebrate with screams and applause.

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Peggy Keane, PSEG’s interim president and chief operating officer, said she was pleased to partner with Herald Community Newspapers to celebrate businesses across Long Island.

“This event recognizes all types of businesses that are dedicated to their communities,” she added, in a statement.

Those were sentiments also shared by Bennett Washabaugh, chief executive and co-founder of TenantBase.

“It was fantastic to see so many small businesses getting out, and the people that power our community,” he said. “It’s just amazing.”

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south shore rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Freeport, above, is Long Island’s choice for nursing homes.

Dr. Matthew S. Cohen and his team from Long Beach, at top right, is the area’s best pediatrician. are you hungry? Long Island’s best breakfast comes from IHOP in Oceanside, at left.

Customers have spoken, choosing Thai Table Restaurant in Rockville Centre as the area best Thai food.

raagini is the home for Long Island’s favorite Indian food, found at their Atlantic Avenue restaurant in Baldwin. for anyone seeking that perfect place to worship, check out Temple Avodah in Oceanside, chosen by its neighbors as the best place to go on Long Island.

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Long isLand’s best rehabilitation center can be found at South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Freeport. check out the fantastic Greek Town in Rockville Centre, at top right, which neighbors voted as the best in Greek food. charity spa, at left, is the best spa and medical spa, located in Long Beach. the best fish market can be found at Artie’s South Shore Fish Market and Grill, below, located on Austin Boulevard in Island Park.

it was two wins for good eating as Backyard Barbeque in Freeport took best BBQ, above, while Prime 39 in Lynbrook was named the best new restaurant. moLLoy coLLege, soon to be Molloy University, was the best in adult education and continuing education, as it continues to do great work from its Rockville Centre campus.

Bringing local sports home every week

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Oceanside banking on more experience By gaRRett d. URiBe sports@liherald.com

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Long Beach Junior Lacrosse CoMiNg oFF aN All-American season that saw her register 24 goals and 58 assists in only 15 games to rank among Nassau County’s leading scorers, Radin is looking to help lead the Marines to their first-ever county title. Long Beach is seeded No. 2 in Class B and gave defending champion Garden City all it could handle in the March 29 opener, falling 7-6. Radin, who is planning to play at the next level at the University of Florida, had a hat trick in the defeat.

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Softball: Island Trees at South Side ......................9:30 a.m.

Baseball: Calhoun at Kennedy ................................. 10 a.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Seaford at Long Beach ...................... 4 p.m.

Baseball: Baldwin at V.S. Central...........................4:30 p.m.

Baseball: South Side at Lynbrook .........................4:30 p.m.

Softball: Bethpage at V.S. North ............................4:30 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Freeport at Elmont ........................4:30 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Malverne/East Rock at Sewanhaka ... 5 p.m.

Girls Flag Football: Long Beach at Hempstead .......... 5 p.m.

Girls Flag Football: Plainview at West Hemp............... 5 p.m.

Girls Flag Football: Massapequa at Bellmore-Merrick 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Locust Valley at Long Beach............... 7 p.m.

Monday, april 18 Softball: V.S. South at Malverne .................................... 10 a.m.

Softball: Long Beach at MacArthur..........................10 a.m.

Baseball: V.S. South at Malverne ............................10 a.m.

Baseball: Freeport at Oceanside..........................4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Plainview at East Meadow ....................4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Floral Park at South Side............................4:45 p.m.

Baseball: Clarke at Plainedge ....................................4:45 p.m.

Baseball: G.N. South at Long Beach ..........................4:45 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: L.I. Lutheran at Carey .............................. 5 p.m.

The 2020 spring sports hiatus was like a tire-spike strip strewn in the path of many a team with momentum - a description the Oceanside softball team certainly answered in 2019, when the Sailors made it to the Nassau Class AA finals for the second time in four seasons, their previous trip yielding 2015’s county Class AA title.

Its 2019 junior-led core lost to graduation, Oceanside took a moment to get its bearings returning to the diamond last season – going 3-11 in Conference 1 (4-12 overall) – but managed to coalesce in time to snap a four-game skid and beat Syosset, 8-0, in Class AA quarterfinals, before falling 4-3 to East Meadow in the semis.

Receipt in hand for last year’s duespaying, Oceanside looks to leaders like two-time All-County shortstop Samantha Reyer and Honorable Mention All-County outfielder Ashlee Martinez to set the pace for a young but ripened roster, as the Sailors seek to consolidate gains heading back into Conference 1 action.

“Last year we started four freshmen, who missed their eighth-grade seasons and so didn’t play school ball for two years,” said sixth-year Oceanside coach Carlo Quagliata. “This year the girls are more experienced, more comfortable.

They’ve grown into their roles. We did wind up in the final four of the county last season. And this year our seniors bring lots of experience to help the younger girls feel even more confident, even more relaxed at the plate.”

Reyer, a senior, led the Sailors with a pair of homers and slugged a team-leading .472. Martinez, a junior, led Oceanside with 8 RBIs and was second on the club batting .318. “Samantha can hit and gets to every ball in the field,” Quagliata said of the fourth-year starter named one of Newsday’s Top 100 softball players on Long Island for 2022. “Basically, she can play anywhere in the field, and we like her at the top of the lineup. Ashlee can also play anywhere. She covers a lot of ground in the outfield and gets on base.”

Middle infielder Samantha Chaisson

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oCeeaNside seNioR skYlaR LoPiccolo relies on a wide arsenal of pitches to keep hitters off balance. led the Sailors with five doubles and had a team-second-leading .810 OPS, while fellow sophomore Sophie Nesturrick drew a team-high eight walks and will begin moonlighting as both ends of a battery for Oceanside, starting a second season at catcher and slated to throw third in the Sailors’ all-righthanded rotation. All-Conference senior Skylar LoPiccolo (2-2) and first-year-starting sophomore Olivia Ikes are Oceanside’s first and second hurlers, respectively.

“Our pitchers each have four or five different pitches,” Quagliata said. “They

all can keep hitters guessing.”

Logan Denman and Nicole LaRosa become second-year Sailors starters at first and third base, respectively, while sisters Alex (senior) and Christina Vlahakis (freshman) round out Oceanside’s outfield.

“We’re one of the largest schools, with a ton of talent, and we expect to win,” Quagliata said. “There are some very good programs in our class, and we’re right up there with them. We expect to be there in the end, to be in the finals this year.”

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really helpful,” Keller said. “They’re the backbone of what goes on.”

Oliver said the pandemic gave her a chance to more deeply delve into art to express herself. It became a “spiritual” release that she wanted to share with the community. She found out that her neighbor, a teacher, had to buy all of the art supplies for her classes herself. Oliver was frustrated that art tends to be one of the first things cut in school budgets around the country, but that gave her the idea for the charity.

She started it last summer, but waited until things were nearly back to normal at school to embark on her first project. “I just want to help every little child, every little artist, and keep giving back and doing what I can,” she said after her donation last week.

Though her creativity came in a different form from that of her father, Jay, a former DJ, and her brother, Collin, who followed in their father’s footsteps, Lauren said she was excited about finding her own way to express herself and helping others do the same.

“We’d only recently found out that she even loved art or even could draw,” her mother, Debbie, said.

Lauren is now a member of the arts honor program at the high school, and is hoping to major in art or education in college after she graduates from OHS next spring. Her parents have encouraged her daughter to share her gifts and generosity with the community.

Kids Love Art NY is on Facebook and Instagram, where Lauren hopes to keep spreading the word to help provide even more Long Island students with the supplies to express themselves.

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Hispanic BrotHerHood’s Marguerite Keller, far left, and Marguerite Grasing received 75 boxes of art supplies from Oceanside High School junior Lauren Oliver on April 6 with Dr. David Rose, who connected Oliver with the organization.

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Oceanside High School Robotics Team wins award Oceanside High School Team 1554 took home the Gracious Professionalism Award from the Stony Brook Long Island Regional No. 2 FIRST Robotics competition. Gracious Professionalism is one of the FIRST core values and is defined as a way of doing things that encourages highquality work, emphasizes the value of others and respects individuals in the

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“Fierce competition and mutual gain are not separate notions,” said Oceanside High School’s FIRST Robotics team advisor Matthew Sheinkopf. “Gracious professionals learn and compete like crazy but treat one another with respect and kindness. Knowledge, competition and empathy are comfortably blended.”

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StudentS put a unique spin on March Madness using their favorite books.

Island Park middle school hosts Tournament of Books To wrap up March is Reading Month, members of the Lincoln Orens Middle School Student Council hosted a March Madness Tournament of Books.

“March Madness” usually conjures up the frenzy associated with the college basketball tournament, but the middle school students put a unique spin on the phrase

and created their own brackets of favorite books they have read.

Fifth and sixth-graders deemed the book “Home of the Brave” by Katherine Applegate as the champion, while students in seventh and eighth grade crowned “Crossover” by Kwame Alexander as the winner.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 29-2022 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held April 5, 2022, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 29-2022, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 29-2022, amending Section 197-13 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS” at various locations.

Dated: April 5, 2022 Hempstead, New York

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Dated: April 5, 2022 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 130643 LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA SOBRE EL PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR Y VOTACIÓN DEL PRESUPUESTO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR OCEANSIDE UNION FREE, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK

POR LA PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la elección anual de votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Oceanside Union Free, pueblo de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, Nueva York, se realizará el 17 de mayo de 2022, desde las 7:00 a. m. hasta las 9:00 p. m. en el gimnasio de la escuela n.º 6 de Oceanside, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, Nueva York, con los siguientes propósitos: a) Votar sobre la asignación de los fondos necesarios para cubrir los gastos necesarios del distrito escolar para el año escolar 2022-2023 (Propuesta n.º 1). b) Elegir a un miembro de la Junta para que cubra la vacante después de la finalización del mandato de Michael D’Ambrosio para un nuevo mandato que comienza el 1 de julio de 2022 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2025. c) Elegir a un miembro de la Junta para que cubra la vacante después de la finalización del mandato de Robert Transom para un nuevo mandato que comienza el 1 de julio de 2022 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2025. d) Votar sobre la siguiente propuesta para autorizar el gasto de los fondos de reserva de capitales: PROPUESTA N.º 2: Propuesta sobre el proyecto de capital del distrito escolar SE RESUELVE que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Oceanside Union Free (“Distrito”), por medio del presente, tenga autorización para asignar y gastar del fondo de reserva de capitales, aprobado por los votantes y establecido el 15 de mayo de 2018, una cantidad que no exceda los $1,989,775 con el fin de realizar un proyecto de mejora del edificio de la escuela (“Proyecto”) que comenzará durante el año escolar 2022-2023 y comprenderá las siguientes mejoras y modificaciones en la propiedad de Oceanside High School: renovación completa de tres (3) salones de clases y un (1) salón de preparación de Oceanside High School.

Estas renovaciones incluirán dos (2) salones de Física, un (1) salón de Biología y un (1) salón de preparación. El alcance del proyecto incluirá la eliminación de la pared existente entre los dos salones de Ciencias (S-127 A y S-127 B) y su reemplazo con dos (2) paredes para crear dos salones iguales de Ciencias con un salón de preparación central en el medio. La ubicación de las paredes se determinará según la ubicación de las ventanas existentes, por lo que los salones quizás no sean del mismo tamaño exacto. Se renovarán los salones para incluir un

módulo de trabajo con perímetro nuevo que incluye algunos lavabos con perímetro y mesas de laboratorio movibles, y otro trabajo necesario que corresponda, incluidos los costos preliminares y costos secundarios, y su financiamiento; además de transferir dicha suma al Fondo de Capital del Distrito según sea necesario para usarla e implementarla en el costo del Proyecto; siempre que todos los costos detallados de los componentes del Proyecto puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes en caso de que la Junta de Educación determine que la reasignación es en favor del Distrito y no se realicen cambios sustanciales al alcance del Proyecto. (e) Votar sobre las siguientes propuestas: PROPUESTA N.º 3: Enmienda del fondo de reserva de capitales SE RESUELVE que el fondo de reserva de capitales existente de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Oceanside Union Free (“Distrito”), hasta ahora establecido mediante la autorización de los votantes el 15 de mayo de 2018, SE ENMIENDA POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE, mediante el aumento del monto capitalizado definitivo del Fondo a cuarenta millones de dólares ($40,000,000), más los intereses acumulados, sin ningún cambio ni alteración al propósito del fondo, la asignación anual máxima de financiamiento ni las fuentes de financiamiento, que permanecerán tal como habían sido autorizadas por los votantes del Distrito.

PROPUESTA N.º 4: Propuesta sobre la biblioteca de Oceanside para 2022-2023 SE RESUELVE: Por el presente, se aumenta la asignación anual de $6,904,192 hasta ahora autorizada por los votantes para los servicios de la biblioteca en $131,777, por una asignación anual total de $7,035,969 para cada año que comience el 1 de julio de 2022, lo que representa la cantidad necesaria para los servicios de la biblioteca conforme al contrato por escrito celebrado entre la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Oceanside Union Free y la biblioteca Oceanside.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la votación se realizará mediante máquinas de votación, y las urnas estarán abiertas desde las 7:00 a. m. hasta las 9:00 p. m. La elección se realizará de acuerdo con las Normas Electorales adoptadas por la Junta de Educación.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA

que la audiencia sobre el presupuesto se realizará en el auditorio de la escuela n.º 6 de Oceanside, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, Nueva York, el miércoles 4 de mayo de 2022 a las 7:30 p. m., para la resolución de dichos asuntos según lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación. La reunión se realizará públicamente, y estará disponible la opción de una transmisión en vivo.

Estará preparada la versión resumida de la propuesta sobre el presupuesto y el texto de todas las demás propuestas que aparecerán en las máquinas de votación como así también una declaración detallada por escrito de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año escolar 2022-2023 para fines escolares, que especifica los fines y la cantidad para cada fin, y habrá copias disponibles, a pedido, para cualquier residente del Distrito en cada escuela del Distrito donde se encuentra la escuela desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m. los catorce días previos a la elección del 17 de mayo de 2022, excepto sábados, domingos y feriados, y también en la elección anual.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que, conforme a la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, se requiere que el Distrito adjunte un informe de exención al presupuesto sugerido. En este informe de exenciones, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, se mostrará cómo el valor total estimado de la lista de tasación final que se utilice en el proceso presupuestario queda libre de impuestos, se enumerarán todos los tipos de exenciones que otorgue la autoridad legal y se expondrá el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se prevé recibir como pago en lugar de impuestos y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que las nominaciones de los miembros de la Junta de Educación, a menos que la ley estipule lo contrario, se deberán realizar mediante solicitud firmada por al menos 34 votantes calificados del Distrito, deberán indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato, así como también el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante, deberán describir la vacante específica para la que se nomina al candidato, que incluye la duración del cargo y el nombre del último titular, y deberán presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, en el edificio de

la Administración, 145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, Nueva York, desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m. a más tardar 30 días antes de la elección, este año, el 18 de abril de 2022, y el 18 de abril de 2022 desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 5:00 p. m. La Junta de Educación puede rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara su poca disposición para desempeñar las funciones.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que cualquier propuesta que se colocará en las máquinas de votación se deberá realizar por escrito mediante solicitud firmada por al menos 78 votantes calificados y presentar en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m., a más tardar 30 días antes de la elección en la que se votará la cuestión o propuesta, este año, el 18 de abril de 2022, y el 18 de abril de 2022 desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 5:00 p. m. Esta norma no se aplicará a las propuestas que deban publicarse ni a aquellas propuestas o cuestiones sobre las que la Junta de Educación tenga la autoridad por ley para presentar en cualquier elección anual o especial del Distrito.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que se permite el registro de los votantes calificados de este Distrito para la elección anual del Distrito en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m., de lunes a viernes, hasta el jueves 12 de mayo de 2022 inclusive.

Se preparará y presentará un registro en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, que estará abierto para que cualquier votante calificado pueda inspeccionarlo desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m. los cinco días antes de la elección, excepto el domingo, y el sábado con cita desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 12:00 p. m., y en el lugar de votación el día de la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que el registro incluirá (1) todos los votantes calificados del Distrito que se hayan presentado personalmente para el registro; (2) todos los votantes previamente calificados del Distrito que se hayan registrado para cualquier elección anual o especial del Distrito y que hayan votado en cualquier elección anual o especial del Distrito realizada durante los cuatro años calendario (2018-2021) previos a la preparación de este registro, y (3) los votantes que estén registrados de manera permanente en la Junta Electoral del condado de Nassau.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA

que las solicitudes de voto por ausencia para la elección de los miembros de la Junta Escolar y la votación del presupuesto escolar se deben completar en un formulario elaborado por la Junta Electoral del estado, que puede obtenerse en el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del Estado de Nueva York: http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf, o comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito por correo electrónico a mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org o por teléfono (516-678-1215).

Las solicitudes completas deben recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al solicitante o hasta el día anterior a la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al solicitante o a la persona que designe. La secretaria del Distrito no aceptará solicitudes de boleta electoral por ausencia antes del 18 de abril de 2022. Habrá una lista de todas las personas para las que se emitieron boletas electorales por ausencia disponible en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito durante los cinco días previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, y únicamente con cita entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 12:00 del mediodía del sábado anterior a la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación 2018-d, cualquier persona que preste servicio en el Ejército, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, puede registrarse para votar en la próxima elección del distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que califican como votantes del distrito escolar pueden obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito por teléfono (516-678-1215), fax (516-678-7503), correo electrónico (mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org), correo postal (145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572) o en persona entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. Los votantes militares que estén debidamente registrados pueden solicitar la boleta electoral militar mediante un formulario de solicitud proporcionado por la secretaria del Distrito. Las solicitudes completadas se deben entregar en persona o por correo postal en la secretaría del Distrito, y se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 21 de abril de 2022.

Las boletas electorales militares completadas se

deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 17 de mayo de 2022 si están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección o no más tarde del cierre de las urnas el 17 de mayo de 2022 si muestran una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o si muestran un endoso fechado de recepción por otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Los votantes militares pueden decidir si prefieren recibir un formulario de registro para votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico en su solicitud para dicho registro, solicitud de boleta electoral o boleta electoral.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la Junta convocará a una reunión especial en un plazo de veinticuatro horas después de la presentación de un informe por escrito ante la secretaria del Distrito de los resultados de la elección a fin de analizar y clasificar los informes y declarar el resultado de la elección; que la Junta, por el presente, se designa fiscal para emitir y escrutar los votos conforme a la Ley de Educación, 2019-a(2b), en esta reunión especial de la Junta.

Fecha:15 de marzo de 2022 POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN Oceanside, Nueva York DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE OCEANSIDE, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK Marie Barbella Secretaria del distrito 130459

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION & BUDGET VOTE OF OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that vote by the qualified voters of Oceanside Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, at an annual election will be held on May 17, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Merle Avenue School No. 6, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY, for the following purposes: a) to vote upon the appropriation of

necessary funds to meet the necessary school district expenditures for the 2022-2023 school year (Proposition No. 1); b) to elect one Board member to fill the vacancy due to expiration of the term of Michael D’Ambrosio for a new term commencing July 1, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2025; c) to elect one Board member to fill the vacancy due to expiration of the term of Robert Transom for a new term commencing July 1, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2025; d) to vote upon the following proposition for the authorization to expend capital reserve funds: PROPOSITION NO. 2 School District Capital Project Proposition RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Oceanside Union Free School District (“District”), is hereby authorized to appropriate and expend from the Capital Reserve Fund, approved by the voters and established on May 15, 2018, an amount not to exceed $1,989,775 for the purpose of undertaking a school building improvement Project (“Project”) to commence during the 2022-2023 school year and to consist of the construction of improvements and alterations to Oceanside High School property as follows: a complete renovation of three (3) classrooms and one (1) preparation room of Oceanside High School.

These renovations will include two (2) Physics rooms, one (1) Biology room, and one (1) preparation room. The scope of the project will include the removal of the existing wall between the two science rooms (S-127 A and S-127 B) and replaced with two (2) walls to create two equal science rooms with a central prep room in the center of both rooms. The location of the walls will be determined by the location of the existing windows so rooms may not be exactly equal in size. The rooms will be renovated to include new perimeter casework with some perimeter sinks and moveable lab tables, and other work required in connection therewith, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof; and to transfer such sum into the District’s Capital Fund as needed to be expended and applied toward the cost of said Project; provided that the detailed costs of the components of the Project may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District

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and no material change shall be made in the scope of the Project. (e) to vote upon the following propositions: PROPOSITION NO. 3 Capital Reserve Fund Amendment RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Oceanside Union Free School District’s (“District”) existing Capital Reserve Fund, heretofore established by voter authorization on May 15, 2018; IS HEREBY AMENDED by increasing the Fund’s ultimate capitalized amount to forty-million dollars ($40,000,000), plus any accrued interest; without any change or alteration to the fund’s purpose, maximum annual funding allocation, or sources of funding, which shall remain as previously authorized by District voters.

PROPOSITION NO. 4 Oceanside Library Proposition 2022-2023 RESOLVED: The annual appropriation for Library services of $6,904,192, heretofore authorized by the voters, is hereby increased by the amount of $131,777, for a total annual appropriation of $7,035,969 for each year commencing July 1, 2022, representing the amount necessary for Library services pursuant to the written contract between the Board of Education of the Oceanside Union Free School District and the Oceanside Library.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the voting shall be on voting machines and the polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The election shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Elections adopted by the Board of Education.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Budget Hearing will be held in the auditorium of Oceanside School #6, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 7:30 p.m., for the transaction of such business as is authorized by the Education Law. This meeting will be held in public with a live streaming option available. The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the 2022-2023 school year for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies will be made available, upon request, to any District resident at each school in the District in which school is maintained from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. during the fourteen days preceding said May 17, 2022 election, excluding Saturday, Sunday and

holidays, and at such annual election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by the statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that nominations for the office of Board of Education member, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 34 qualified voters of the District, shall state the name and residence of the candidate and the name and residence of each signer, must describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including length of term of office and name of last incumbent, and must be filed in the District Clerk’s Office, Administration Building, 145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. not later than the 30th day preceding the election, this year, April 18, 2022, and on April 18, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his/her unwillingness to serve.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 78 qualified voters of the District and filed in the District Clerk’s Office from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., not later than the 30th day preceding the election at which such question or proposition is to be voted upon, this year, April 18, 2022, and on April 18, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except that this rule shall not apply to those propositions which are required to be published or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special District election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that registration of the qualified voters of this District for said annual District election is permitted in the District Clerk’s Office, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, up to and including Thursday, May 12, 2022.

A register will be prepared and will be filed in the District Clerk’s Office, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on each of the five days before the election, except Sunday, and by appointment from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday; and at the polling place on Election Day. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register shall include: (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who have registered for any annual or special District election and who have voted at any annual or special District election held within the four calendar years (2018-2021) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Elections of Nassau County.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for election of school board members and for voting on the school budget are to be completed on a form prescribed by the State Board of Elections and may be obtained by visiting the New York State Education Department’s website http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf, or by contacting the District Clerk by email mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org or phone (516-678-1215).

Completed applications must be received at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the applicant, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the applicant or to his or her designated agent.

Absentee ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 18, 2022. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s office on each of the five days prior to the election except Sunday, and by appointment only between the hours 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on the Saturday prior to the election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, any person serving in the military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote in the upcoming school

district election.

A military voter who is a qualified voter of the school district may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516-678-1215), facsimile (516-678-7503), email mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org, mail (145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572), or in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application form from the District Clerk.

Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 21, 2022.

Completed military allots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 17, 2022 if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of the polls on May 17, 2022 if showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board will convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the election for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports and declaring the result of the election; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law, §2019-a(2b) at said special meeting of the Board.

Dated:March 15, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Oceanside, New York OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK Marie Barbella District Clerk 1302014

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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-AR7, MORTGAGE

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-AR7 V. JENNIFER IADEVAIO, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 2, 2017, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-AR7, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-AR7 is the Plaintiff and JENNIFER IADEVAIO, ET AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 2, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 61 MONTGOMERY AVE, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572: Section 43, Block 332, Lot 349: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATED, LYING AND BEING AT OCEANSIDE, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 019258/2009.

Barton Slavin, Esq. - Referee.

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 130364 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MFRA TRUST 2015-1, Plaintiff, vs. CARLOS FERNANDEZ; PABLO FERNANDEZ; LENICE RABELO FERNANDEZ, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 27, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 17, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 121 Kingston Boulevard, Island Park, NY 11558.

All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 43, Block 087 and Lots 43, 44 & 45.

Approximate amount of judgment is $645,562.27 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 8309-2012. This foreclosure sale will be held on the North Side Steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Scott F. Guardino, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 171030-8 130650 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home

Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 26th day of April, 2022, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations: (NR) ISLAND PARK SARATOGA BOULEVARD (TH 99/22) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on New York Avenue shall come to a full stop.

SARATOGA BOULEVARD (TH 99/22) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on New York Avenue shall come to a full stop.

NORTH BELLMORE HARVEY DRIVE (TH 89/22) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Greta Place shall come to a full stop.

NORTH MERRICK CLIFF ROAD (TH 103/22) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Ash Place shall come to a full stop.

SEAFORD ARLINGTON DRIVE (TH 96/22) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on Berrywood Drive shall come to a full stop.

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

Dated: April 5, 2022 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 130640 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 202-48 of the code of the Town of Hempstead entitled, “Handicapped Parking on Public Streets,” a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on

the 26th day of April, 2022, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, to consider the adoption of a resolution setting aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons at the following locations: ELMONT EUREKA AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 26 feet south of a point opposite the northeast curbline of New York Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-90/22) FRANKLIN SQUARE MADISON STREET - east side, startingat a point 70 feet north of the north curbline of Benris Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-117/22) MERRICK STUYVESANT AVENUE south side, starting at a point 50 feet west of the west curbline of Jefferson Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-73/22) UNIONDALE GILROY AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 115 feet north of the north curbline of Lindy Place, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-93/22) and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside a parking spaces for physically handicapped persons: OCEANSIDE FIFTH STREET - east side, starting at a point 126 feet north of the north curbline of Cortland Avenue, north for for a distance of 18 feet.

(TH-106/22) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: April 5, 2022 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 130642 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

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

Responsibilities: Talent acquisition: Source, screen, and interview potential candidates and manage new employee onboarding Benefits administration: Liaise with brokers, providers and facilitate enrollment and updating of coverage. Manage annual open enrollment and employee Malverne Union Free School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer. benefits review. Administration of 401(k) plan. Employee relations: Provide day- today support and problem resolution in regards to employee concerns, questions and policy issues. Performance management: Coach, counsel and recommend disciplinary actions Compliance: Maintain inDoN’T MISS The Bus! depth knowledge of legal requirements reNEW lated to day-to-day management of emSTARTING SAlARIES ployees, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance Payroll: Process biBig Bus Van weekly payroll through payroll vendor for population of 150 employees Requirements: Bachelor's degree, preferably in Non-Benefit Rate Non-Benefit Rate business or HR, or equivalent experience Minimum 5 years HR generalist experience Sign On Bonus $2,500.00 for CDL driver bus and van Knowledge of Federal, State & Local regu$500.00 for non CDL drivers. Will train qualified applicants *Some restrictions may apply. lations governing employment Experience with payroll processing Self-motivated, EDUcATIoNAl BUS TRANSpoRTATIoN ability to prioritize 5th_floor and work well •under Clients • m-Clients • Malverne • 44188 Malverne Richner Communica 516.454.2300 pressure Customer-focused attitude, with 3.125x 3" Richner Communications high level of professionalism and discretion Excellent oral and written communication RECEPTIONIST/ P/T: SEASONAL, PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP and quantitative skills Proficiency with MiWarm, Friendly, Excellent People Skills, Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE opencrosoft Office Qualified candidates should Office Work/ Customer Service, Beach ings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/waresubmit a resume and cover letter to: Club. 516-239-2150 house helper in Garden City. We are a careers@liherald.com. busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duSALES FT: Monday- Friday 9am-4:30pm. ties in the shop. Forklift experience is a Saturday Optional. Experienced With plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours Sales Of Tiles/ Kitchen Tops. Oceanside. vary, so flexibility is key.

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Do we need a permit if it’s all minor work? Again, some contractors told us we don’t need one, and one said he wouldn’t do the work without one. I’m a developer in the city, but Long Island is so different.

In the city, the architect self-certifies the drawings, and a couple of days after the contractor files the job, we have a permit. I’m being told that it can take weeks for our new house to pull a permit, and there is no self-certifying. Is that true?

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A. There are regulations for the bedroom ceiling height and insulation you must follow, or you will someday be like the several retirees I have dealt with who discovered the expensive truth: Their second-floor bedrooms fail the code requirements of an average ceiling height of 7 feet. New York state building code, which every community, includonte eeper ing New York City, follows (New York City has added restrictions), requires that the minimum height is 5 feet, and the average height is 7 feet. If you take the space width, only from the 5-foot height location and the height at the center, you can calculate average height.

I present a cross-section diagram to demonstrate compliance. Many older sellers trying to move to lower-taxed homes discover that they need to do up to $35,000 in alterations to raise roofs and add legal windows for light, ventilation and fire escape requirements as well. A few gave up, passing the problem and a price reduction on to their buyer, causing frustration.

You absolutely need permits for the “small” changes, which will end up not being so small when you realize that the wrong beams may be installed by an unqualified person who can tell you they do the same thing “all the time,” without correctly calculated and drawn plans. Most beams they install work for carrying the floor load upstairs, but don’t take into consideration the other factors, such as snow, wind and uplift loads transferred from the roof a story above. All too often I see sagging, barely detectable, wrong-sized beams when I’m meeting with potential clients. Unless there is work to be done in the area of that beam or it looks extremely undersized, I generally remain silent, because most people don’t want to hear about it, never noticed it and really do believe that any old beam will do the job, and the person with power tools knew what they were doing. Only when ceiling cracking appears do they notice. Good luck!

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HEWLETT BA 1554 Moffitt Ave, BA, NEW FULL HOUSE RENTAL! Renovated 4 BR, 2 Bth Colonial in SD#14.Living Room W/Fpl, Dining Room, Family Rm & Kitchen. Updtd Baths. 2 Car Det Gar. Enclosed Yard.Just Move In!...$4,250 Monthl y, R o n n i e G e r b e r, D o u g l a s E l l i m a n 516-238-4299

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ussia’s brutal attack on Ukraine is being felt around the world — and now, even above it.

Russia’s top space official, Dmitry Rogozin, has tweeted that the sanctions imposed on his country by the U.S and Europe are “unacceptable.” He said that cooperation with the U.S. and it allies on the International Space Station may no longer be possible.

Rogozin added that the sanctions are intended “to kill the Russian economy, plunge JAmES our people into and bring BERNStEIN despair our country to its knees.” Normal relations with the U.S. and Europe, he said, would only be possible with the lifting of the “illegal” sanctions — something that is highly unlikely to happen in the near future.

Rogozin, space experts have said, has a habit of popping off. But Andrew Parton, president of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, said that the notion of Americans, Europeans and Russians working together in space — which they were doing only a few weeks ago — now “seems awkward.”

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“We’re almost at war with them,” Parton said.

The Russians were pioneer partners, along with the U.S., the Europeans Space Agency, Canada and Japan, in building the ISS, the largest man-made structure ever constructed and put into space. It had to be assembled in parts, which took place between 1998 and 2000. The first section of the structure was launched in November 1998, aboard a Russian Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodome.

The ISS has been circling the Earth for so long now — it became fully operational in May 2009 with a six-member crew that required two Russian Soyuz “lifeboats” to be docked there at all times — that many Earthlings have pretty much forgotten about it, or don’t think of it much. But it remains a phenomenal vehicle, traveling an eye-popping 17,500 mph at an altitude of some 248 miles above Earth.

Many have argued that the many billions of dollars spent on the ISS could have been better used on Earth. Others say that man was born to explore, and who knows what we’ll find out there one day?

And the ISS has proved valuable. To name a few of its contributions:

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■ The ability to view Earth from different perspectives has given scientists a better way to find new sources of water and places to grow food.

■ Protein crystal growth experiments done aboard the station have given medical science better understanding of diseases such as cancer and muscular dystrophy.

he biggest loss is that yet another tie between major world powers will have been severed.

■ Astronauts have learned to work in a microgravity environment.

Human bodies change under such circumstances, and we are now better able to understand how to cope with the challenges we will face as we further explore the cosmos.

■ And students the world over have been given a view of life in space and the possibilities of a world outside our own.

But what if Russia quits?

The ISS could survive. Just last week, SpaceX, a private company, launched a NASA astronaut and three paying customers to the ISS. Since NASA’s space shuttle program ended in 2011, the agency has relied on Russian Soyuz spacecraft to take our astronauts to the station.

But with commercial space companies revving up, we may be able to elimi-

nate our dependence on the Russians to get us up there.

Russians help guide the ISS, and use their country’s space vehicles to boost the station to its target orbit when it tends to drift lower. These tasks can be taken over, but it will take effort by the rest of the ISS team, and more funding.

The bigger loss, of course, is that yet another tie between major world powers will have been severed. Russian and U.S. diplomats around the world have already been called home. To be sure, Russia must be punished, and punished severely, for its actions in Ukraine. But astronauts and cosmonauts are scientists, and have held themselves above the fray of politics and fraught relationships between their countries. They were able to do so on the most recent return to Earth, in March.

Astronaut Mark Vande Hei worried that he might be left behind because of U.S-Russia tensions, after spending 355 days in space. But the Russians ferried him home safely. Joe Montalbano, NASA’s program manager for the ISS, said that those aboard the station last month were “aware of what’s going on, but they still worked as a team.”

The question is, how long can we remain teammates?

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

Family stories help the healing

f you don’t have a sister, I urge you to get one, preferably a younger one, so you can boss her around. But in a pinch, any age will do, and life is all about pinches.

My husband recently had surgery to replace a pacemaker, an easy, relatively pain-free event, unless it’s your pacemaker, and your body being altered. My guy is stoic, but he came out of surgery with a corneal abrasion, which was inexplicable on many levels, since the procedure was for his heart. The pain RANDI was extreme and, KREISS although I’m good in a crisis, I found his distress and my helplessness terribly unsettling.

Lots of people offered to help in any way they could. The calls and notes and get-well gifts all lifted us up. But only my sister called and said she was on her way.

She had booked her flight, she was coming for five days, and that was that.

She isn’t the take-over type; that’s my job as the older sister. Once she got here, I still cooked for the three of us and

walked the dog and fetched the meds for the patient. Really, she didn’t do much, unless you count saving my sanity. We discussed important world events, like our hair, and exchanged meaningful gifts: I gave her my Dry Bar brush and she gave me her hot rollers.

Like most sibs our age, we’re the only people on Earth who shared childhood with the same parents.

Ours died in old age, at 95 and 97, so until the last few years, we took care of them together. This shared experience doesn’t imply shared memories, because we have wildly different accounts of our childhood in Cedarhurst with Mom and Dad. What we do when we’re together is mostly nothing, aside from talking or sharing companionable silence while we read or do stuff on our devices. She paints. I write. We agree on most things in the world except her dog, Moe, a.k.a.

Cujo, who is the love of her life, and the only Chihuahua who could take down a cheetah.

We tell stories when we sit around, share the news of our kids and grandkids, and realize that memory is unreliable but that it doesn’t matter. The stories

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we tell weave the cloth that holds us together.

I remember the Thanksgiving her 3-year-old daughter decided she hated the tiny bows on her pink velvet pants and jacket. My brother-in-law, who died many years ago, called a timeout, got a scissors and snipped off every one of the dozens of tiny bows. My sister doesn’t remember this at all. I thought it was a remarkable demonstration of parental forbearance.

She also doesn’t remember that our mother assigned me to walk her to her kindergarten when I was in third grade. Every single awful day, my sister would throw herself on the ground, grab my feet and beg me not to leave her there. It didn’t take more than seven or eight years of therapy to deal with that.

One story we both remember was our mother’s “talk” with us about sex. She told us an elaborate story about what the male chicken does with the female chicken.

When I offered intelligent feedback, starting with, “So you mean when you wanted to make a baby, Dad and you…?”

“No!” she screamed. “That’s just with

love kale, but my sister says she would rather chew on her lawn.

chickens.”

My sister and I tend to like the same things: We are political allies, and support folks who are trying to keep our democracy from running aground. Of course, there are exceptions to our harmony. I love kale, and she says she would rather chew on her lawn. I suspect she eats pot pie, which to me is dead chicken in a watery grave.

She asked me if I remembered the time I was being bullied in sixth grade. I walked her to school and told her I would kiss her goodbye before we got to school so the other kids wouldn’t see. She remembered that I didn’t skip the kiss.

I don’t remember that, but I do remember that when I was making out with my boyfriend (now my husband), in the family den back in high school, she would come clomping down the stairs in her rollers and slippers and would accept a quarter to clomp back up. She says she wouldn’t have scrammed for less than 50 cents.

So, you see, while my husband healed, my sister and I passed the time with stories. She didn’t do much, unless you count just showing up. Which was everything.

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

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free and diverse press is the backbone of a healthy and vibrant democracy. Yet social media and search engine giants like Facebook and Google are taking content from local newspapers — like this one — with little, if any, benefit to those newspapers.

But it is readers who are truly harmed

by Big Tech’s content-filtering and datacollection motives, which ultimately reduce the output of quality journalism.

All of it is simply unfair — to readers, and especially to the newspapers who serve them. Congress must take action to fix this by approving an equitable revenue model similar to what the music industry fought hard for — one that pays royalties to content owners, which ensures that more of that content can be produced in the future.

Let’s not forget the important tenets of local newspapers: ■ Quality journalism is key to sustaining civic society, and we must ensure that those who create journalistic content are compensated for their work.

■ With freedom of the press enshrined in the Constitution, it is imperative to take reasonable and meaningful steps to protect this important institution.

■ Local journalism strengthens communal ties, and provides communities with critical information.

■ The public rightfully trusts its local newspapers. One recent survey showed that nearly 75 percent of Americans have confidence in their local newspaper, compared with just over half for national net-

work and cable news. Just 17 percent trusted social media.

A bipartisan bill known as the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act is making its way through Congress. It’s sponsored by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, and John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, as well as two congressmen from both sides of the aisle, David Cicilline of Rhode Island and Ken Buck of Colorado.

The bill would enable news publishers to collectively negotiate with Big Tech, driving billions of dollars of subscription and ad dollars back to the publishers who produce good journalism in the first place.

It would include an enforcement mechanism to ensure that negotiations result in payments, that such payments be evenly distributed to small local papers, and that payments reflect investments in reporters and newsrooms. It would allow market forces — not just two companies or even the government — to determine how, and for what price, news content is offered.

American news publications reach more than 135 million people each week.

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Social media might claim that the redistribution of content actually helps newspapers expand their audiences. But in reality, newspapers provide must-have content for these tech platforms that help them capture visitors. Publishers deserve fair compensation for the value of that content, and it’s just not happening from this so-called audience expansion.

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letters Sharing age and perspective To the Editor: Randi Kreiss’s column “Where am I at 75?

Reflections from the Edge” resonated with me. I, too, am 75 and can’t believe that number. I stopped working in December 2013, and in January 2014 I launched into the next phase of my life — I went back to school. I enrolled at Nassau Community College for what was supposed to be no more than a four-year stint, planning to take one course per semester. I had the time, and wanted to enjoy the classes, unlike my undergrad and graduate days.

Due to a few hiccups along the way — my husband’s back operations, my lymphoma, selling our house and moving during the pandemic — four years turned into 8½. I kept going back, learning computer programs that really challenged me, especially the courses I survived last year in which I created my own portfolio website

Individual news publishers cannot challenge the basic terms offered by Big Tech because these platforms are too big, and smaller newspapers can’t even get a seat at the table. Because of that, Big Tech can grab as much as 70 percent of every ad dollar from news publishers while hiring zero reporters. Newspapers bear all the expense, while social media giants get all the benefit.

Facebook and Google exert their dominance over the digital marketplace by setting the rules for news publishers and determining how their work is displayed, prioritized and monetized. More than 65 percent of users don’t even click the links offered by Google that would take them to the outlets that are spending the money to create the content they’re reading.

One study showed that 57 percent of New York residents get their news from Facebook. Nearly half use Google as their primary source of news.

If Washington doesn’t intervene soon, we will continue to lose hundreds of newspapers — like this one — across the country, and right here in your hometowns. But Congress needs to know it has your support in order to act.

Reach out to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer at (212) 486-4430, or U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand at (212) 688-6262. Call U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice at (516) 739-3008, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi at (631) 923-4100, or U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino at (516) 541-6602.

Our democracy depends on local media like the newspaper you hold in your hands. The idea is so important that it’s part of the First Amendment, enshrined in the Bill of Rights. But local media also depends on you.

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ecently I joined the Nassau County Legislature’s majority caucus, numerous veterans groups and County Executive Bruce Blakeman to announce the creation of a program using American Rescue and Recovery Act funds to provide grants of up to $10,000 to every eligible veterans hall in the county.

At the height of the pandemic, many Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and American Legions were facing major difficulties paying rent, property taxes and mainteBiLL nance on their venues. Veterans GayLoR halls were forced by lockdowns to cancel catered events and other functions, and that took away necessary income these halls need to survive. At the time, veterans groups weren’t eligible for ARPA funds under guidance issued by the federal government. After advocating for making those organizations eligible for that federal assistance, we received notification earli-

er this year from the U.S. Treasury Department that ARPA guidelines were being expanded to encompass 501(c)(19) entities, which includes veterans facilities. The new rule took effect on April 1.

Veterans and fraternal halls are part of the very fabric of our community, and there are approximately 100 of them in Nassau County. As a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who will always be a strong supporter of the brave men and women who have admirably served this county, I know firsthand the important role these facilities serve. With all that veterans have done and are continuing to do for our nation and communities, there never should have been a question of eligibility. I am pleased to know that our efforts proved successful, and that this program will help these veterans groups as part of their ongoing recovery from the pandemic.

I also wanted to mention a couple of other matters of significance. First, residents are reminded that the property tax grievance filing deadline that was extended by the County Legislature to give peo-

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eterans of Foreign Wars posts and American Legions are still reeling from the pandemic.

LetteRs — I learned to code! It’s been an amazing and rewarding journey, which I completed despite the comments from friends and family: “What do you need this for?”

“Are you going to get a job?” (No.) “Why are you making yourself crazy?”

I learned that I could access parts of my brain that I didn’t know existed. I learned that I really am an artist — what a relief to finally own this part of myself.

I did have people on my side — a very supportive husband and the professors who took me seriously at Nassau.

Our two kids are doing well, and our grandkids are getting poised to launch.

And yes, we, too, are “drifting to the wings of the family stage.” Despite that, or because of it, I’ve decided to “walk” at NCC’s graduation in May. My two grandsons said they would come.

Thanks, Randi, for the years of introspective columns, many of which resonated with this 75-year-old.

BARBARA KAPLAN Rockville Centre

We're in a good place To the Editor: Randi Kreiss’s column spoke to me so completely. At 73 years old, I have become very content with who I am. I’m more reflective and understanding. Simple pleasures satisfy me. And most important, I’m in the present.

Thanks, Randi, for articulating what

ple more time to challenge their assessments will expire on May 2. I’ve posted a video on my website on how to file a grievance. You can visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/ld6 and watch it by clicking the link to the video.

Remember, you don’t need to pay a law firm or agency to file a tax grievance. To get information on your specific property, go to https://lrv.nassaucountyny. gov. Forms and applications can also be found at www. nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/ARC/forms.html.

Second, earlier this month, the Legislature’s majority caucus and the Town of Oyster Bay initiated a collection drive to assist the people of Ukraine, and opened drop-off locations at various county and town facilities. Recently I helped load the last boxes filled with donations from generous residents to be shipped overseas.

Overall, more than 45,000 pounds of much-needed supplies, including medical items and personal hygiene products, were sent to the Port of New York and New Jersey, where they will be shipped to Poland and ultimately distributed to

Ukrainian refugees.

Finally, the State Legislature is considering legislation that would give the state control of the Nassau University Medical Center, and ultimately lead to partial or complete closure of the facility. NUMC is the only county-owned hospital in Nassau County, and has the only state-of-the-art burn center for miles around, as well as one of the best trauma centers on Long Island. The hospital serves not just residents of the East Meadow area, but also many from across the county who are under-insured, as well as students from the local colleges and many members of nearby minority communities.

This effort is nothing more than a political move by Albany that would hurt Nassau County. NUMC should be run by county residents, for county residents. It should not be a pawn in a political tug of war, and I will continue to fight to ensure that the hospital remains under the county’s control, and not bureaucrats in Albany.

Bill Gaylor is a Nassau County legislator representing the 6th District, which comprises Malverne, Lynbrook, North Lynbrook, Valley Stream, North Valley Stream and portions of Franklin Square, Hewlett, Rockville Centre and Woodmere.

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it feels like to be a 70-something woman.

Aren’t we lucky to be in the moment, appreciating our past and looking forward to our future?

JOANNE SICA North Merrick

They'll all wear No. 42 To the Editor: Friday marks the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson playing his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was a milestone for integrating the sport. It was a time when working- and middle-class men and woman of all ages, classes, races and religions commingled, rooting for Robinson and his teammates regardless of ethnic origin.

Brooklynites could ride the bus, trolley or subway to Ebbets Field to see their beloved Dodgers. Everyone could afford a bleacher or general admission seat. Hot dogs, beer and souvenirs were reasonably priced.

Just as Jackie Robinson fought racism in the 1950s, the Detroit Tigers’ Hank Greenberg had to do the same with antisemitism in his time. Robinson and Greenberg both document the long-lasting relationship between African-Americans and Jewish sports fans standing together for decades in support of one another.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck

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