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Island Park mourns loss of ‘Doc’ McGann

Kerrie and Jacqueline.

An Island Park native, McGann was the son of John The Island Park community and Phyliss McGann. His bade a heartfelt farewell earli- father served as mayor of er this month to beloved Fire Highland Park. In his later Department member and com- years, Edward became a politimunity leader cal leader, and Edward J. “Doc” was the executive McGann, who leader of the died peacefully on Island Park Lido Nov. 8. He was 92.

P o i n t L o o ko u t Born on March Republican Com30, 1931, McGann mittee. had a lifelong “People trustjour ney of sered him dearly, and vice, and was a he helped people pillar of the in all kinds of sitIsland Park comuations,” Kevin munity. He served McGann said.

Courtesy Kevin McGann in the Fire “He was basically Department for edward ‘Doc’ McGann a rock in the comover 70 years as and his wife, Geraldine. munity. After all firefighter, chief these years, peoand commissioner, and was ple looked up to him, trusted described by many as a self- him and gave a lot of credibililess and upstanding mentor ty to anything that he was who always spoke from the associated with.” heart. Edward was an active His son said that McGann’s member of the Island Park sense of duty to the communicommunity, a Eucharistic min- ty and family values were his ister and a member of the greatest legacies, inspiring his Knights of Columbus and the children and grandchildren to Ancient Order of Hibernians. prioritize family above all else.

He was retired from his “He always kept us humble, career as a firefighter. He no matter how successful,” loved Sacred Heart Church Kevin said. “He always kept us and the village, and was devot- grounded, and wanted the best ed to his wife, Geraldine, and for us. It’s the same thing that COntinueD On PAGe 9 their children, Daniel, Kevin,

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At the Oceanside Circle of Pride induction ceremony last week, Dianne Lloyd, a member of A. Hugh Jack’s family, far left, joined the other inductees, Christopher Paggi, Caitlyn Collins Siniscalchi, Mike Delibero, Jim Volpe, Gary Statham and Lynn Miller.

Oceanside High School honors its sports legends

By JANET PRETE Correspondent

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Oceanside High School rolled out the red carpet for a total of 10 inductees into its Sports Hall of Fame last week, including seven individuals, a baseball and soccer team and an entire family.

The school’s Hall of Fame resembles a mini-museum of Sailors’ sports history.

Inside glass display cases are plaques honoring past hall members, and sports equipment commemorating past championship seasons, while photos of the winning teams hang above. Every two years, a ceremony is

held to induct new members into sports history, known in Oceanside as the Circle of Pride.

This year’s ceremony was held at the Oceanside Knights of Columbus Hall on Nov. 13, and a common theme in the acceptance speeches was how thankful the inductees were to get their start at Oceanside High School.

Frank Januszewski, a longtime coach in the school district, established the Hall of Fame in 1962, and the Circle of Pride began in 2003 to honor former athletes and coaches who not only had successful high school COntinueD On PAGe 7 November 23, 2023

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I.P. elementary students remember local veterans

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Fifth graders at Lincoln Orens Middle School enjoyed The Reaction Game focused on listening skills.

Island Park students learn team building Fifth graders at Lincoln Orens Middle School participated in a day of team building and cooperative learning activities.

The games called for students to divide into teams as well as partner up to enjoy some fast-paced fun that emphasized teamwork and fair play.

The better students know and understand each other, the better prepared they will be to take risks and learn from one another.

— Kepherd Daniel

Island Park students at Francis X. Hegarty enjoyed celebrating at a Veterans Day assembly on Nov. 13 for local veterans. The tribute started with the “Pledge of Allegiance” and singing of “God Bless America.”

Third graders presented handmade cards to the veteran guests. First graders showed their appreciation with a poem presentation. A highlight of the program was the student performance of “Veterans, We Love You.” — Kepherd Daniel

Local vets enjoyed the Veterans Day activities.

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Students had a fun morning working together on team-building games.

Elementary School students enjoyed honoring local veterans.

Students presented cards to local veterans.

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Appreciating the sacrifices made by vets

OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD — November 23, 2023

By NICOLE FORMISANO nformisano@liherald.com

Veterans spend years of their lives serving their communities and the country — how can we follow their example?

More than 100 people who gathered in the auditorium of Malverne High School on Sunday pondered that question as, one by one, 23 veterans from Long Island were honored with citations and applause.

The event, organized by State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, recognized the contributions made by local heroes that too often go unsung. Some honorees were in their 40s; others were senior citizens who were escorted to the podium. Still others had died years ago, and family members accepted their certificates on their behalf.

“We need to stop and remember those veterans who have given so much to our country,” Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said. “It’s important so we can learn their stories, learn about their sacrifice, and learn about how they have given so much to serve our country.”

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick herself is from a family of veterans. Her grandfather saw combat in World War I. Her father was on active duty during the Korean War. The ceremony, she said, gave her a new level of appreciation for her family’s service.

The crowd manifested pride in the veterans in their lives — spouses beamed tearfully when their husband’s or wife’s name was called; adult children stood to take pictures of their parent being recognized; toddlers in American flag sweaters giggled and entertained delighted families.

And the attendees’ pride wasn’t limited to the loved ones they came to celebrate.

Every honoree was greeted with enthusiastic applause. There was a shared understanding that each one had served and sacrificed.

Malverne Mayor Tim Sullivan and other elected officials expressed their gratitude to the local heroes. “The unbelievable experiences, both in and out of service to our country, both abroad and locally, really touched my heart,” Sullivan said. “The small ceremony here today is the least that we can do for you.”

He implored the attendees to get involved in local American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, to raise money for service dogs, to participate in local food drives — to serve, in one way or another, and be proud of it.

“Fly your flag with pride,” Sullivan said. “Because you can serve the people that we are honoring today, in honor of their service to us.”

Luke Magliaro Harbor Isle resident Luke Magliaro participated in combat flight operations while assigned to Carrier Air Wing-21, aboard the Attack Carrier USS Hancock CVA-19 in the Gulf of Tunkin, known as Yankee Station, off the coast of Vietnam.

While on active duty in 1974, he became a member of the Pfc. John J. Oliveri, Post 1582 VFW of Inwood. Commander Magliaro was released from active duty in

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State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick organized the ceremony to ensure that the veterans’ stories were heard and they received the recognition they deserved.

List of honorees • Joseph Canzoneri, Malverne • J.W. Cortes, Brooklyn • Alfred F. DeGrace, Valley Stream • John W. Donald, Lynbrook • Matthew P. Frangos, Oceanside • Mark H. Getman, Cedarhurst • Stephen Gormley, Woodmere • Howard Kalachman, Lynbrook • Vincent “Jimmy” Lijoi, North Woodmere • Chloe Mack, Brookhaven • Luke A. Magliaro, Harbor Isle • William P. Marinaccio, Lynbrook • Joseph Mazzitelli, Five Towns • Dr. Allan Mirkin, Long Beach • Thomas Nasta, Malverne • Michael O’Rourke, Woodmere • Dominic Roggio, East Meadow • Loeb Rubenstein, Woodmere • Anthony Samuel, Lynbrook • Frank E. Seipp, Rockville Centre • David Smith, Forest Hills • Michael A. Valente, Long Beach • Dr. Phyllis Zagano, Lido Beach

1977 and continued his naval career in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He retired in 2001 after attaining the rank of Commander.

During his U.S. Naval career, Magliaro was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, The Navy Efficiency “E” award; Navy Unit Citation with 3 stars; the Navy Meritorious Unit Citation with 2 stars; and the Navy Sea Service Deployment award with 2 stars.

Magliaro was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected Post Commander of the Inwood VFW Post 1582. In addition to serving the VFW, Magliaro is the Presi-

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State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick honored 23 veterans at a ceremony on Sunday. The honorees all had different backgrounds, but shared a dedication to service and sacrifice. dent of the Inwood Veterans Association, a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America, the Military Order of the Cootie of the United States, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

Commander Magliaro serves his community as a member of the Inwood Fire Department and is a Senior Counselor of the Nassau County Critical Incident Stress Management team, serving the fire departments throughout Nassau County.

and went to military police school in Alabama. After boot camp, he was first deployed for a year in Korea. Upon his return, he settled in Hinesville, Georgia and married Dawn Kruger on Aug. 7, 1999.

After his wedding, he was deployed to Egypt for three months. Shortly after his return, his wife became pregnant with their first son, Anthony, who was born in an Army hospital in Hinesville, Georgia on Sept. 11, 2000.

Anthony’s first birthMatthew Frangos day was, of course, Sept.

11, 2001, and just a few Oceanside resident days later Frangos was Matthew P. Frangos was StAtE SEN. PAtRICIA born on June 25, 1975 to CANzONERI-FItzPAtRICk deployed to the Pentagon until Dec. 2001. Frangos Patricia and George Frangos. Frangos grew up in a military house- was deployed once again, this time to hold; his grandfather was in the Army, Afghanistan.

He eventually returned in May 2004 and his father joined the military right after getting married. Frangos and his and was awarded the Bronze Star, which brother, Stephen, followed their forefa- is the fourth highest-ranking award that a ther’s footsteps and pursued military service member can receive in the U.S. careers. Frangos joined the Army in 1996 Military.

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t’s important so we can learn their stories, learn about their sacrifice, and learn about how they have given so much to serve our country.

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Oceanside Athletic Pride clubs charity flag football had over 140 participants.

Pearsall Powder Puff game remembers Ava Salonia Students in the Oceanside Athletic Pride club organized a charity flag football game for girls currently in grades 9 to 12 at Oceanside High

School.

The game was founded by high school student Debbie Pearsall in the 2006-07 academic year after she died

while in college.

The game was revived as a charity event in Pearsall’s honor.

This year, the athletic club remem-

bered Ava Saloni.

A donation in memory of Pearsall and Salonia was made by Oceanside Community Service.

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Family Bonds takes us. Yes, traditions, be they shared with family or friends is the glue that Family traditions can help create connects and strengthens relationships strong bonds between family members. be it from our past, present, or future.

They give us a sense of belonging and People all over the world celebrate in help us feel connected to our loved ones. their own way, but what is most com2.

Traditions Can Help mon are celebrations that Us Connect with Our Culare traditional to their culture ture. Traditional celebrations are one of the most Traditions can also help significant parts of human us connect with our culture. history and they have been They can give us a better shown to reduce stress, understanding of our histoincrease mental well-being, ry and where we come from. and increase physical And they can help us apprehealth. ciate the diverse cultures Life is constantly changDonna Pisacano- that make up our world. ing. Sometimes it feels like 3.

Traditions Can Proright when you catch up Brown vide a Sense of Stability and get in the swing of things, something else In a world that can often comes out of nowhere and throws you feel chaotic and unpredictable, tradioff balance again. One thing family trations can provide a much-needed sense ditions provide is consistency. When of stability. They remind us of what’s you’re feeling lost, traditions can proimportant to us and help us stay vide stability and make you feel ground- grounded in our values. ed again.

4. Traditions Can Help Us Teach Our Children Important Values The Benefits of Traditions 1. Traditions Can Help Strengthen

Family traditions are a great way to

Last but not least, traditions can be a lot of fun! From holiday celebrations to birthday traditions, there are endless opportunities to create lasting memories with your loved ones.

On a personal note: Even though life and holiday traditions may have changed to some degree in today’s everevolving world, it doesn’t mean we can’t create new traditions of our own. After all, sharing traditions be they old or new is about bringing people together and giving thanks. So, here’s to Thanksgiving, both the holiday and what I like to affectionately refer to as “everyday thanks-giving.”

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Memories traveling back in time to the days when Sundays and holidays meant going to church in the morning, to be followed by a large afternoon meal with generations of family, which always included a “kid’s table”, one, where I would sometimes find myself sitting as an adult. Traditions and core values that, till this very day, continue to live within my heart with so much love and gratitude, as well as the hearts of countless others.

Traditional memories are shared, weaving the ties that bind us, always to be a part of us all no matter where life

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By Danielle Schwab & Tim Baker

Michael Guida

Taylor Scott

age 5, North Bellmore

age 4, Inwood

You have to try to hunt it down! But, we buy our turkey from Stop & Shop. We put it in a drawer where you can open it — an oven! It gets hot and makes it so it’s yummy. Then you take it out and put it in a big bowl and eat it for Thanksgiving! My dad slices it in big pieces and gives it to everyone. (While waiting for the turkey,) I watch TV and play Spider-Man outside. I eat the turkey with mashed potatoes, and I wanna say pasta? We can’t leave the leftovers for next Thanksgiving so we have to throw it out. We can’t leave it in the fridge forever.

We make cookie turkeys in the oven. We roll the dough out and make turkey shapes. It tastes like turkey, not a cookie — but it’s a turkey cookie! Me and my mommy eat the turkey. We put it in milk and we eat it. I put (the leftovers) on a tray outside. Then, the raccoons get the turkey cookies so they can have Thanksgiving, too!

Miles Leoniuk & Benjamin Leoniuk age 6, Glen Head

Catrina Lakharam

Lucy Ghiuro

age 4, Inwood

age 4, Oceanside

We flip it! I put sprinkles and toppings and hearts for my daddy’s birthday. It’s on Thanksgiving! We put candy on when it’s my dad’s birthday. He has two birthdays left!

Sometimes he has more birthdays, and sometimes he has no birthdays.

We have pasta with the turkey. I make it by myself. I love to cook. I flip it like this (jumps) and then I say ‘I catched it, Mommy!’ I catch the meat in my hands! It gets cooked with the pan. The turkey goes to a secret place: the oven. Then I flip it again and say ‘hoop loop.’ It’s magic! I have a secret: I was making a pancake. I just pretended that I could make a sprinkle pancake. Me and my mommy and daddy and sister eat turkey on Thanksgiving. I flip the leftovers and they disappear. It’s crazy!

You put it in the oven. You put the stuffing in. It changes color because it gets cooked. Then you put a stick in it. It takes five hours. I watch the Thanksgiving Day parade. Then, we cut the turkey. Mom takes it out of the oven. I take the whole thing out and eat it. It’s just for me (laughs). I eat it with mashed potatoes and seasoning. I don’t even like turkey that much. We make turkey soup the next day.

Miles: You put it in the oven and put pepper on it. And put veggies inside his body because it’s tasty. Nonna cooks the turkey. Then you bake it again so it gets crispy! You put it on a dish, cut it up, and eat it. Daddy usually cuts it. Luna, the dog, eats the most turkey. I feed her the turkey.

Benjamin: You go to the store to get the turkey. They get it from the people who kill it. Then you put your face in it! (laughs). Then, I go to Nonna’s house and eat turkey and artichokes.

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sity lacrosse, boys’ soccer, boys’ basketlowing year.

Their sons graduated between 1994 ball and girls’ basketball, maintaining a and 2002, excelling in track and field, winning record with multiple undefeatfootball and lacrosse, and have worked ed seasons. She works as a Spanish teacher at South Side Middle School in for various professional sports teams.

Their father also coached them in Rockville Centre.

“When you play sports with people youth baseball, football and lacrosse, you end up making lifelong and served as a scoutmaster friends because of all the as all four boys ear ned sacrifices you go through, Eagle Scout status. Rose and being able to communiCaracciolo was involved in cate on and off the field is Oceanside High School’s another g reat aspect of Drill Team and the Student team sport,” Siniscalchi Service Squad, and was said. recruited by Coach JanuszeShe added that she’s wski to help revamp the Hall teaching her students they of Fame. should always show up and Another of this year’s give their best effort. inductees was Caitlyn ColJIm Volpe Other inductees were lins Siniscalchi, a threeInductee Christopher Paggi, who sport athlete in soccer, basearned Nassau County Allketball and lacrosse, and 2007 Female Athlete of the Year. She League, All-Division, and All-County managed to complete her acceptance awards during high school, as well as speech right before the power went out multiple individual honors in college and beyond. He remains an active memin the hall.

Only six days before the ceremony, ber of the Long Island soccer communiSiniscalchi gave birth to her third child. ty.

Inductee Gary Statham, a standout in Her remarkable g rit, timing and strength is partly what inspired Coach soccer, also competed for three years in Kevin Sheehan to nickname her “dirty” varsity gymnastics and in track and as a sophomore lacrosse player. Siniscal- field for Oceanside High School, and his chi said the name refers to her ability to relay team won the New York State get the ball back and make seemingly Track and Field Championship in 1969.

A. Hugh Jack Sr., another inductee, impossible moves on the lacrosse field.

Siniscalchi has coached girls’ varsity was captain of the high school’s varsity basketball, girls’ JV lacrosse, girls’ var- basketball, baseball and football teams.

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t was a great night, more than I ever could have anticipated.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was a tail gunner on a B-17 bomber but was shot down over Belgium and became a prisoner in a Nazi POW camp for 16 months. A devout Catholic, he is remembered for his activism and care for his family and neighbors.

Inductee Jim Volpe, a soccer player at Oceanside High School who graduated in 1968, also coached soccer for decades in Oceanside. He has raised more than $300,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the North Shore Long Island Jewish Monter Cancer Center in honor of his wife, Marianne, who died of acute lymphocytic leukemia.

“It was a great night, more than I ever could have anticipated,” Volpe explained in a press release. “Players who I played with in high school, players who I coached on my first boys travel team and players who I coached on my first girls travel team were all there.

I took it to heart to receive an award and was with the people I grew up with.”

Other Oceanside inductees included Lynn Miller, a highly accomplished tennis player and acclaimed tennis coach, who was previously inducted into the U.S. Tennis Association New England Hall of Fame; and Mike Delibero, an athlete who excelled in football, wrestling and track and field, and was only prevented from playing basketball because it took place in the same season as wrestling.

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sporting careers but also carried that success beyond graduation.

This year’s honors went to the baseball team of 1968 to 1970.

Also inducted were the boys’ Long Island champion soccer teams of 1968, 1969 and 1970. The soccer teams’ members benefited from playing together from a young age, and were able to improve their skills and develop teamwork. Coach Artie Wright led the school’s varsity soccer program from 1953 to 1980, with his teams dominating Long Island soccer in the 1960s and 1970s resulting in the three consecutive titles. Coach Wright was known as a great motivator, enabling his players to achieve their fullest potential.

The 1969 soccer team finished 17-0-1, with a 0-0 draw against Berner High School in mid-season, representing the only game that kept the Sailors from attaining a perfect record. Unfortunately, teammate Rudy Lamonica died after an illness the following year. Although more than 50 years has passed since that tragedy, the team’s members still spoke of the love and the bond they had formed with Lamonica in high school.

Also inducted into the hall this year was the Caracciolo family. Peter and Rose Caracciolo moved to Oceanside in 1949 and became parents of four boys, Peter, Matthew, Michael and Thomas.

The father graduated from Oceanside High School in 1968, and his wife the fol-

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Are you ready to shop? Be sure to shop local

November 23, 2023 — OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD

By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com

There’s Black Friday. And then there’s Small Business … Saturday? No, Eric Alexander says: Small Business Season.

“We call it ‘Small Business Season’ for a reason,” said Alexander, founder of the Long Island Main Street Alliance, and director of Vision Long Island. “It’s not just ‘Small Business Saturday.’ It’s much bigger than that.”

Alexander joined several chambers of commerce and other local leaders to push the “Shop Local” message that can sometimes be overlooked in a world filled with box box stores and online shopping. Yet, it’s focusing on mom-andpop stores that keep jobs — and money — right here in the community.

“All of your small business owners need your support year-round,” said Julie Marchesella, president of the Elmont Chamber of Commerce. “It’s not just at holiday time.”

“The more of that money that we spend locally at local retailers, (the more that) stays here in our economy and allows us to grow,” added Joseph Garcia, president of the Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce, which hosted the news conference.

A number of chambers — if not all of them — have been hard at work for weeks getting ready for the holiday shopping season, which officially starts the

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Polly Talbott, president of the Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce, says she is thrilled with the collaborative efforts across Long Island to support small businesses. She shared her sentiment with reporters Monday in Farmingdale. day after Thanksgiving on Friday. Lisa DelliPizzi says her organization — the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce — is ready.

“Franklin Square is definitely open for business,” she said.

For anyone looking for that great, unique gift — it’s important to not just visit tried-and-true local stores, but also

to venture out and try some of local businesses that they may not have considered in the past, or always wanted to go through.

“There’s a lot of diversity,” said Lawrence Lin, president of the Long Island Chinese Business Owners Association.

“A lot of different ways to celebrate and different flavors, different apparels and

different experiences. That’s very much embodied” in each community’s business district.

For every $100 spent at local businesses, $68 remain in the community, according to data compiled by Capital One Shopping Research. And local businesses are able to keep three times the money spent locally than chain stores.

Making sure that happens, Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce president Polly Talbott says, opens so many doors for new ideas and fresh activities to come to neighborhoods.

“I think it’s really great how we all are able to share what we do,” she said, “so that we can actually create more things for our own communities.”

But getting people to shop locally is not as easy as many would hope. In fact, 1-in-5 Americans say they shop at local businesses often, according to a September study conducted by IPX1031.

However, while 90 percent of those surveyed say they would like to see more stores open up locally, 81 percent say they want to shop locally, but still can’t pass up deals offered by larger chain retailers.

Ivan Sayles, representing the Nautical Mile Merchants Association, likely summarized the message his fellow chamber leaders wanted to convey the most: “Remember to make small business your business, because small business means big business for Long Island.”

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I.P.’s Edward ‘Doc’ McGann dies at 92 I instill in my children. I want the best for them.”

“I’ve known Doc my entire life, because we lived right across the street from one another,” U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito said. “I knew Doc from the day that I came home from the hospital.

He is without a doubt part of the cornerstone of the Island Park community.

A piece of Island Park died when Doc McGann passed away, and that’s the truth.”

D’Esposito said that McGann was actively involved in Sacred Heart Church, where he and Geraldine, née Essex, were married on April 7, 1956.

McGann also spearheaded countless community fundraisers and gatherings at local beaches and sports games as a basketball coach.

D’Esposito also said that McGann inspired him to join the Fire Department, and to follow in his footsteps as chief, and as head of the Republican Committee. He noted that McGann played an integral part in his campaign for, and election to, Congress.

“He taught me to always try to leave the world a little bit better than how you found it, and to continue doing the right thing, even if no one is looking,” D’Esposito said. “There is no question that the Island Park community and beyond was left a way better place because of Doc.”

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A street in Island Park was renamed after Edward’s father, John, who was the mayor of Highland Park.

“His legacy is that he was a kind, gentle person,” Kevin McGann said.

“People could rely on him in the morning, noon and night. He was always there for people, and I think they will always appreciate everything that he has done for the community.”

In addition to his wife and children, McGann is survived by his brother Frances McGann and sister Rosemary Loos; grandchildren Sarah, Alessandro, Caroline, Sean, Lauren, Kira, Ryan, Nicole, Nick, Michelle, Charles and Brittany; and great- grandchildren Giana, Banx, Melania, Emma and Henry.

Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart on Nov. 13.

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Francis ‘Red’ McGann, far left, U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito and Edward ‘Doc’ McGann at this year’s Memorial Day Parade in Island Park.

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Authority seeks path forward with Liberty Water Liberty pursues possible public takeover David Denenberg, since Liberty Water customers have, in part, already paid for the maintenance of the assets and should The South Nassau Water Authority is not have to pay again for the acquisition making progress on a potential public of those assets. Both are co-directors of takeo-ver of Liberty Water. Yet, even as Long Island Clean Air Water & Soil, who progress is made, one question lingers: Is have pushed to make the utility public.

“The information about assets being a public takeover of the utility even paid for by the ratepayers has been heard worth it?

It was on the mind of a number of cus- dozens of times by the courts,” Reinhardt tomers who voiced concerns at the water said. “And the courts, every time, have au-thority’s second-ever public meeting found that the ratepayers did not own the assets of any utility.” last week at the Lynbrook Public Library.

That’s not a decision Reinhardt says he Liberty customers pay significantly more for water than Town of Hempstead agrees with, but one that only the courts cus-tomers for the same service, advo- have the power to make. Still, the board would “look deeper into cates for a public takeover other decisions” made by claim, as well as mil-lions in courts to see if a different property taxes a year. But, if case could be made. the cost of taking over LiberA public takeover would ty is steeper, Lyn-brook Depusave ratepayers more than ty Mayor Michael Hawxhurst just the millions in propersaid, the South Shore may ty taxes, Denenberg said, need a new plan. but also the money from “At what point does the franchise taxes, sales taxes, valuation become not an and future rate increases effective and efficient way to from Liberty. do this?” Hawxhurst asked Liberty Water proposed the board. a rate hike earlier this year Taking over Liberty is MIChAEL that averages more than 34 about more than the acquisi- hAwxhuRSt tion, he added. It costs money Deputy mayor, Lynbrook percent across Nassau County, with Lynbrook facto maintain, as well.

“What does it cost to hire all these ing a proposed 39 percent in-crease. The extra people?” Hawxhurst asked. “What state Public Service Commission has yet about customer service people? What to approve the rate hike, which would about everything else in the community?” affect some 120,000 customers.

Not only would a public takeover save John Reinhardt, the water authority’s temporary president, said that feasibility Liberty customers money from property studies and valuations of assets are mov- taxes, Borecky claimed, but that it would ing targets that must be continually also save ratepayers the extra money that a private company charges for profit. updat-ed to remain accurate.

“We wouldn’t have to pay for the corpo“Right now, we need to come up with a value agreed upon by both parties to get a rate tax that the shareholders make on value to be able to say to ratepayers, ‘This the profits,” she said. “We wouldn’t have is the number, here is the feasibility,’” he to pay for that expense anymore.”

The property taxes Liberty charges is a said.

And the cost to acquire the utility popular talking point among proponents should be cheaper, according to Claudia of a public takeover, but Hawxhurst Borecky and former county legislator warned that money would still have to

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Dave Denenberg, co-director of Long Island Clean Water Air & Soil, says the cost of acquiring the Liberty Water utility should be mitigated by the money customers have already paid to maintain its services. Yet, that’s not possible, temporary presi-dent of the South Nassau Water Authority John Reinhart said, as courts have al-ready ruled against such an approach. come from somewhere.

“The $35 million in taxes is not going away,” he said. “You’re still going to have to pay those taxes. It’s moving from your right pocket to your left.”

Barbara Hafner, former president of the West Hempstead Education Association, said Liberty’s rates pose some serious ethical concerns. People should not

have to pay exorbitant fees so a private company can make profit on a service people can’t live without.

“We pay taxes for a lot of things — for my sanitation, my police officers, and that’s important to me,” Hafner said. “But I should not be paying the amount of money I’m paying for water, which is a human right.”

The South Nassau Water Authority board members — including, from left, Mark Plumer, John Conroy, Robert Gizzi and temporary president John Reinhardt — are working with others like chair Robert York and treasurer Michelle Bocci in what they say is making progress on the valuation of Liberty Water’s assets. But some customers of the utility wonder whether it will simply be too expensive to make public.

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‘Sail Away’ with Arthur Dove and Helen Torr through their use of organic shapes and captivating movement. The exhibit reminds us that art is all around us, waiting to be observed and captured, as in Dove’s ‘Untitled Sketch,’ 1940-43, wax-based paint on paper. Courtesy Amon Carter Art Museum. Also Helen Torr’s ‘Oyster Stakes.’ Courtesy Heckscher Museum of Art.

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ome aboard! The life and times of artist pair Arthur Dove and Helen Torr are the focus of Heckscher Museum’s newest exhibit,“Salt Life: Arthur Dove and Helen Torr.”

Before setting down in their Centerport cottage, the couple lived on a sailboat — the Mona — in and around the North Shore during the 1920s and 1930s. Captivated by the nature around them, Torr and Dove channeled their fascination into their modernist style.

When Dove and Torr sailed into Huntington Harbor in July 1924 aboard their 42-foot yawl, they could not have anticipated the extent to which Long Island’s North Shore would inspire some of their greatest paintings. Dove, a native of Geneva — and a Cornell graduate — had achieved early recognition among avant-garde artists for the abstract paintings he had created 14 years earlier, the first by an American artist.

By Karen Bloom WHERE An accomplished illustrator, Dove had spent several years farming in Westport, Connecticut, fi nding little Can art change the world? It’s a question WHEN opportunity to paint.

••Now through March noon-4 Born inat Philadelphia and trained Drexel Institute and hat’s been the focus of atour collective Saturday and Sunday, • Open Thursday through at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Torr met Dove p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, Sunday, noon-5 p.m. culturein Connecticut for centuries.

Now as society around 1919.

Recognizing kindred spirits 11suggested a.m.-4 p.m.admission • $5 in each other, the two artists eventually left their unhappy •non-members; Emily Lowe Hallmembers Gallery, and navigates the complexities of modern life, marriages to sail the waters of Long Island Sound together.

South Campus, Hempstead. children under 13 free years, they lived and painted on their boat before For information andof toArt, RSVP, • Heckscher Museum art as settling a For path for social change is at the 2call Prime Huntington at what is now the Dove/Torr Cottage in 1938.

(516)Ave., 463-5672, or visit • (631) 380-3230 or Hofstra.edu/museum Located the banks of picturesque Titus Mill Pond, their orefront ofonartistic expression.

Heckscher.org 500-square-foot home’s surroundings provided the subject matter — light, wind, water and sand — for some of “Whencouple’s We All Stand,” Hofstraworks.

University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines most inspired he collective power the artswere in society.

Dove of and Torr avid visitors to the Heckscher throughout the years. The exhibit also Curatedmarks

by Alexandra — of thethe museum’s assistant director exhibition and the 25thGiordano anniversary museum’s acquisition of of their property, a mere three miles ollection — the exhibit underscores artists’Register civic responsibility infland uence. away.

It’s listed on the National of Historicand Places is a member of Historic Artists’ “It highlights role that artistsof have activating democratic values that Homesthe andvital Studios program theinNational Trust.

“It’s a unique show, because civic whileengagement, museums across the country showcase the works romise equality and freedom, encouraging and cultivating unity,” of Dove andoften Torr, no one can and do itexpose in the place inspired Giordano says.

“Artists lead theelse charge truthsthat that lived may and otherwise be their art,” Karli Wurzelbacher, museum’s curator, says. want through to continue gnored. The artists in this the exhibition takechief a stand and call out“We injustices theirtoartchampion their work.” nd activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, The couple’s to Long Island’s natural environment, their with oting rights, racial bias, gunconnection violence, and promises unfulfi lled. They all combine theexperimentation making and that techniques, and the impact of in Dove’s declining health on their art, is explored. Of f art with materials public service has a grassroots approach the hope of mobilizing their theand more 80to pieces halfcreate are new to the museum through partnership with the ommunities thethan nation igniteincluded, movement, awareness, and inspire othersa to Amon Carter Museum of American Art (in Texas). tand with them.” these are Arthur Dove’s watercolorswith that Hofstra’s have never been on view in this area, This exhibit,“Many which of runs through July 28, is in conjunction or haven’t been here for Barack decadesObama and won’t be back againup soon,“ Wurzelbacher says. Archival 3th presidential conference on the presidency coming in April. materials such as paints, paintbrushes and art books that the artists “We were interested in the idea that the artist has a civic responsibility,” saysused are also on display.

Additionally, the exhibit’s digital component offers visitors another glimpse of the artists. museum director Karen Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition was inspired by An outdoor soundwalk around the cottage property (accessed by downloading the Bloomberg n Obama Administration White House briefing that took place on May 12, 2009, Connects app) connects everyone to Torr and her artistic inspiration — part of a larger where more than 60 artists and creative organizers met with administration officials to community project. iscuss the collective power of the arts to build community, create change, and chart “When people go on the soundwalk, you hear students reading excerpts from Helen Torr’s pathway letters for national recovery in the justice, civicwind participation and ducks quacking, and and diaries.

You alsoareas hear of thesocial sound like the blowing and ctivism.”

To that end, unlike other recent exhibits that showcased the museum’s ermanent collection, Giordano reached out to contemporary artists who loaned

Friday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m. Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. For tickets and information, visit MadisonTheatreNY.org, or call (516) 323-4444.

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Observations ofOUT a life on the water STEPPING Creative advocacy C An artist’s touch

Laugh the night away on Black Friday when the Long Island Comedy Festival returns to the Madison Theatre. This entertaining evening, hosted by Paul Anthony, features a lineup of creative talent who have appeared at the top venues in Manhattan and elsewhere.

According to Anthony, ‘this is going to be a hilarious night of non-stop laughter and fun.’ Bryan McKenna, Helen Angley, Jeff Norris and Mick Thomas will keep the party going all evening long. McKenna has been touring with Jim Breuer the past few years, and is now a headliner himself.

Angley, known as ‘that tall blonde comic,’ brings honesty to the stage that helps everyone relax, and laugh at the joy and pain of aging. Norris, a regular on the stand-up circuit, has performing credits that include HBO’s ‘Oz’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ as well 13 as ‘Anger Management.’

water running,” Wurzelbacher explains.“We’ve never done this before.”

The soundwalk came about through a summer Pat McGann learning program in which local middle school girls Pat McGann is quickly rising as one participted in a week-long “camp” with artist Susan of the sharpest stand-ups on the Buroker. comedy scene. A relative latecomer “I did projects with them every day,” Buroker says. he began doing standto comedy, “We drew, did model printing, sculpture, collage, up atwe 31 after realizing he was not used native fish to do fish printing.” very good at selling packaging.

With assistance from sound engineer Evangeline He hustled his way to become the Knell, the participating students were also involved house emcee at Zanies Chicago, in capturing the natural environment with sound where he distinguished himself as technology equipment. especially adept atLong workingIsland the “What’s interesting is to think, historically,crowd. why A husband and father of Ballet Theatre’s Arthur Dove has been celebrated and recognized, threeand young children, McGann’s why Helen Torr was less celebrated and recognized,” appeal stems from‘The his quick wit Nutcracker’ Wurzelbacher adds.“Some of these reasons have and relatable take The on family life holiday treat returns to Long and to do with challenges that women artists faced in marriage. In 2017, Island.McGann Audiences will once again began opening actby the Sugar Plum the 20th century, and some of it had to do with the touring as the be transported for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving circumstances of their (Dove/Torr’s) life.”

Fairy to The Land of Sweets in this to theater, classic, set to the For Buroker — who was inspired to createwith a him from clubs family-friendly arenas, including fourof soldsculpture symbolizing Helen Torr, on display intofront music Tchaikovsky. Long Island out shows at Madison BalletSquare Theatre’s production opens of the cottage — her involvement offers an important Garden. relatively short, season’ here, on the message: “If you’re inspired by art, it’s important to McGann’s‘Nutcracker impressive resume, includes Landmark stage, sparkling with learn history. The girls became so empoweredbut with Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs beautiful costumes, dazzling sets, and themselves about how important it is to be educated Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The a cast that features adult professionals and to have your own path.”

Great American Comedy Festival, as well as aspiring young student and more. McGann still calls dancers.

Designed to appeal to Chicago home. younger kids as well as older children and adults, this ‘Nutcracker’ is both Saturday, Feb. 11, narrated 8 p.m. $40, and$35, abridged, so you can $30, $25. The Paramount, enjoy the370 story of Clara, her magical New York Ave., Huntington. (800) nutcracker, and 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or her enchanting winter adventure as a family. Throughout ParamountNY.com. its history, the LIBT has welcomed acclaimed dancers from both the New York Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre for this production, as the first of the holiday season on Long Island.

Saturday, Nov. 25, noon and 4 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 26, 2 p.m.

All tickets $35. Purchase tickets at LandmarkOnMainStreet.org Courtesy Susan Buroker or call (855) 222-2849. Jeanne Susan Buroker with her stainless-steel sculpture, ‘A Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Vision Against Context,’ is a testament to Helen Torr’s Main Street, 232 Main St., Port dedication and her sacrifices.

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Now in its 18th year, Adelphi University’s ‘new music’ series welcomes Yarn/Wire.

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Parsons Dance brings its innovative performance to Tilles Center, Friday, dec. 1, at 8 p.m. As one of the world’s premier contemporary dance companies, this talented troupe showcases a dynamic fusion of styles that combines athleticism, grace and unparalleled innovation.

Through endless creativity and self-expression, striking choreography and powerful music, Parsons Dance creates unforgettable performances that push the boundaries of dance and bring life-affirming artistry to audiences across the globe. Guided by founder David Parsons, artistic director, the company performs works selected from the vast and varied repertory of more than 75 works he created. This program includes the dance “The Road,” with music by Cat Stevens, commissioned by Tilles Center.

In addition to Parsons’ dances, established choreographers like Trey McIntyre and Monica Bill Barnes are invited to re-stage works from the American canon. And, through its newly launched GenerationNOW Fellowship, the company offers commissions to young American choreographers whom Parsons mentors through the creative process. Heralded by The New York Times as “one of the great movers of modern dance,” Parsons has received many accolades throughout his 30-year career, combining his choreographic gifts and talent for training highly skilled dancers with a real passion for the art form. The company remains committed to providing enriching experiences beyond its performances as it seeks to engage audiences of all ages through education and outreach programs; through post-show discussions, open rehearsals, studio showcases, video workshops, open company classes, summer workshops for pre-professional dancers; and in-school workshops for public school students. LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. Tickets start at $34.50; available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

Holiday Art Fest

Find the perfect gift for the art and craft lover on your holiday shopping list, at Oceanside Lutheran Church’s Holiday Art Fest, Saturday, dec. 2, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Browse among works by local artists, including paintings, photography, woodworking, handmade crafts. With refreshments. Free admission.

Funds raised will help support the church’s various ministries, programs and community service initiatives. 55 Fairview Ave., Oceanside. Call (516) 2979647 for information.

Emotional Trauma Workshop Oceanside Chamber of Commerce President Paul Engel and Queens Long Island Community Services staff present a workshop on healing from emotional anger and relational trauma, beginning Wednesday, Nov. 29, 7:30-8:45 p.m., on Zoom. The workshop will focus on healing, discussing grief patterns, forgiveness, and releasing yourself of pain from our emotional trauma and anger, before, during and after separation or divorce. Cost is $40 for the 4-week series. Link sent after registration. Scholarships are available based on financial need. Call (516) 547-4318 for more information.

Winter FUNderland Epilepsy Foundation Long Island hosts a holiday event for children with epilepsy and their families, Saturday, dec. 9, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. It’s open to children with epilepsy, their siblings and their parents. Pediatric neurologist Dr. Robin Varughese, with Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center, presents an educational lecture for parents. Kids can enjoy activities and meet others with epilepsy. Pizza and snacks will be served. The event is held at EPIC Long Island, 1500 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow. Preregistration is required. Contact Janet Romeo at (516) 739-7733, option 1, Ext. 145, or email jromeo@epicli.org.

Breastfeeding Support Group Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required.

Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 7052434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre.

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Volunteer mentors needed The R.E.E.F. program is looking for volunteers 18 years or older to work alongside adults with diverse abilities.

The program is hosted at the Oceanside Library bi-weekly and will focus on diving into life skills in a fun way. There is a Google Form on the Oceanside Library website to fill out if interested.

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

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

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

In concert Get in the groove with Jazz Funk Soul, at the Madison Theatre, Saturday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m. The smooth jazz supergroup formed in the mid-2010s as a collaborative trio featuring Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, and Everette Harp. They released two albums with 2014’s Grammynominated Jazz Funk Soul and 2016’s More Serious Business. After Loeb’s death in 2017, guitarist Paul Jackson, Jr. joined for 2019’s Life and Times and 2022’s Forecast, both of which honored Loeb and continued to showcase the trio’s hooky, grooveoriented sound. Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. For tickets and information, visit MadisonTheatreNY.org or call (516) 323-4444.

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On exhibit Nassau County Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, “Our Gilded Age,” examines the appearances and the realities of an era that mirrors our own in many ways. Like the nation’s economy, American art and literature flourished during the Gilded Age. It was an exuberant age of excess with its own secret flaws, including widespread fraud.

The art of John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Louis Comfort Tiffany and others adorned palatial residences designed by Stanford White and Ogden Codman Jr., architect of the museum’s own quintessential Gilded Age mansion. Drawing heavily upon the local literary history of Long Island, including William Cullen Bryant, Mark Twain (who named the Gilded Age), Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton and others, the exhibition will include paintings, fashion, decorative arts including period silver and china, photographs, manuscripts, first editions and other historic memorabilia. The “Upstairs, Downstairs” approach to the life of a country house brings to life not only the storied conspicuous consumption for which the Gilded Age was infamous, but also the real lives of these many individuals who maintained the palatial estates where that lifestyle was enjoyed. On view through March 10. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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

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

Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. For information and to register visit NassauMuseum.org or call (516) 484-9338.

Bird walk

Westbury House, decorated for the season, welcomes visitors to celebrate the season, Saturday, Dec. 2, 6:30-9 p.m. Take a self-guided tour through the illuminated and decorated period rooms with their enchanting floral decorations, have cookies and cider on the West Porch, and meet and take pictures with Santa. A Christmas-themed concert performed by the Bethel Concert Choir, at 7:30 p.m., is followed by an outdoor tree-lighting ceremony. Limited ticket availability; advance purchase required. $25, $18 ages 7-17. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.

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With the unveiling of its new building dedicated to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Nassau Community College has taken another step toward solidifying itself as one of the premier schools in the SUNY system.

Its $31 million transformation of “Cluster C” was celebrated last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by nearly 100 people in the courtyard in front of the remodeled structure.

“What you have done in this particular building was transformative,” Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker, a former member of the college’s board of trustees, told attendees. “It’s enduring. It’s going to last a lifetime.”

The new facility includes laboratories, a planetarium, outdoor classrooms, and an observatory with telescopes. The high-tech building also features climatefriendly green roofs, solar panels, and a mini-wind turbine for environmental and climate studies.

“This momentous occasion not only represents the physical expansion of our institutions,” said Genette AlvarezOrtiz, acting academic affairs vice president at NCC, “but also stands as a testament for our commitment to nurturing

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Nassau Community College administration and supporters — including Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker, chief administrative officer Maria Conzatti, board of trustees chair Jorgé Gardyn, and acting academic affairs vice president Genette Alvarez-Ortiz, celebrated the transformation of Cluster C into a high-tech academic STEM building. The project has been in the works since 2018. the brilliant minds of our students, fostering a culture of excellence and scientific exploration and discovery.”

The transformed building serves to replicate the modern workforce that students will graduate into — a workforce that is hybrid, technology-driven, and focused on solving modern-day problems.

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“To have a STEM building that has state-of-the-art technology, the students are experiencing firsthand what they’re going to expect when they leave here,” Alvarez-Ortiz said. “And that’s what I’m so excited about. They can see it for themselves. They experience it for themselves. They can apply. They can practice.

“It’s just changing that environment.”

Nearly all students will find themselves in the three-story Cluster C at some point or another — and some seemed impressed with the changes.

“There’s a big difference,” said Harvey Weiner, who takes a physics class in Cluster C. “It’s just more modernized.”

Originally constructed in the 1970s, renovations of Cluster C began in 2018 before being interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Construction resumed later on, and the facility officially celebrated its opening this month.

“Many of the most pressing global challenges — such as public health crises, climate change and energy sustainability — require solutions rooted in STEM disciplines,” said Jorgé Gardyn, chair of the college’s board of trustees.

“This state-of-the-art facility will provide our college students with invaluable hands-on experience.”

Half of the $31 million that funded Cluster C’s construction was provided by the college, with the other half being supplied by the state.

It’s expected to serve as a prototype for the other projects across campus also in the works.

“You are witnessing,” Gardyn said, “the first in the transformation of Nassau Community College.”

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Showtime at Oceanside High Oceanside’s High School students rolled out the red carpet for its muchanticipated performance of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]” — on Nov. 17 and Nov. 18.

Featured are all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, meant to be performed in less than two hours with a fast-paced, witty, and comical touch.

Theatre teacher Michelle Taplin has been directing school shows since 2018 and said the production was full of laughs since the students started rehearsing the play at the end of September.

“It’s always a joy,” Taplin said. “They work so incredibly hard. Every rehearsal, (the students) bring new excitement and they learn about their characters.

They try new things.

“They take risks. We have a lot of fun, we laugh, and we have a blast. It’s always challenging putting on a show.

There are a lot of props in the show. Getting all those pieces together as one is always a challenge but not one that we can’t handle.”

For Taplin, juggling many roles can be tricky, but theater has been her passion for many years, which she shares with her students and production team.

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Dylan Campbell, a junior at Oceanside High School, has been performing in plays since the fifth grade but last week was his first Shakespeare performance.

“It’s a very different experience and the fact that it’s not strictly Shakespeare there’s a twist of funny so it’s very different than any other show,” he said.

Travis Youssef is a freelance choreographer who has been helping in play production at Oceanside since 2017 and said it’s been great to be able to share Shakespeare in a different fashion.

“This form is so much fun and there are so many jokes and it doesn’t have to be so serious,” Youssef said.

“It hopefully will make a lot of the audience appreciate Shakespeare and maybe give them education about it. I love being able to come here and give back. I remember being a high school theatre kid, we didn’t have a choreographer come in, or bringing in profession-

Photos courtesy Oceanside School District

Oceanside students were thrilled to put on a show full of laughs on Nov. 17 and 18. als from outside so kids can see and hear their stories.”

— Kepherd Daniel

The comedic Shakespeare show had it all, from action to laughs.

Oceanside student’s performance of Shakespeare was the best show in town this weekend.

Oceanside students gave a spirited performance of Shakespeare.

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A. Probably. I just returned from Europe, and was amazed by the response from each tour guide that “nobody gets permits,” it seems. All the code violations I saw, like no handrails on cliff edges, missing hotel fire safety devices, no handicapped access, and no bathrooms, were the kinds of accommodations we take for granted in the onte eeper U.S. Walking half a mile to the only public (pay) restroom in a sprawling village was, sadly, typical, but acceptable.

That, coupled with the first statement a woman made to me at a party we were invited to on a ship, made me think of how “freedom isn’t free.” In her Australian accent, she introduced herself and asked me what I do back in the States. As soon as I uttered the words, “I’m an architect,” she jumped right in with, “Oh, we hate architects,” as she described the construction company she is an “administrator” for. She told how they design their own construction. I wonder how well that works, considering the levels of legalities there are, like building codes, fire codes, plumbing codes, electrical codes, and multiple levels of engineering required. Who’s protecting the unsuspecting consumer from the service provider?

So you may ask yourself if codes even matter.

Your neighbor, like that construction company, is apparently enabled by a lack of enforcement or action on anybody’s part. Unless there really are no rules to follow, the unknowing are left vulnerable to fall off a cliff, wet themselves or pee in a corner before they reach a sanitary, accessible facility, or become trapped in a burning building.

In your case, you’re actually worried about how you might have the tables turned on you because you thought to do the right thing by reclaiming your property. When those who are violated against become thought of as the violators, which seems to be a trend, will the people who were supposed to protect you really help? It’s sad to think you could be the guilty party for speaking up.

You’ll need to pay for a consult and have a knowledgeable in-person code review, to pick up any of the numerous items you may be remiss in.

The list of code requirements is much longer than you may anticipate. Good luck!

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his year’s election results on Long Island, particularly in Nassau County, were indeed historic, when Republicans were unsuccessful in other parts of the country. I say this not just as a proud Nassau Republican, but as someone who has been a practitioner of government and politics at the town, county, state and federal levels for over a half century.

I have been a local committeeman, executive leader, councilman, county comptroller, congressman, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee and a pETER Nassau County Republican vice KinG chairman, and have participated in successful and unsuccessful presidential campaigns by John McCain, George W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump. I ran for state attorney general against Bob Abrams in 1986, losing by 1.2 million votes and having my own mother tell me how much Abrams helped senior citizens!

In recent years, it is remarkable how much the Nassau County Republican Party has achieved under Joe Cairo’s leadership, and how far the party has come.

Nassau Republicans had fallen on hard times in 2017 and 2018. The county was no longer the Republican stronghold it had been. Indeed, there were 100,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans.

Democrats held the county executive’s, district attorney’s and comptroller’s offices. For the first time ever, there was a Democratic Town of Hempstead supervisor, and Democrats controlled the Town of North Hempstead, the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach. Two of three congressional seats in Nassau were held by Democrats, and Republicans had lost three State Senate seats.

The reasons for this downswing included a shift in demographics — ethnic groups that had no prior allegiance to Republicans moved into the county — and a backlash against the Trump administration, abetted by a liberal media. But those were only excuses. Politics and government aren’t supposed to be easy. That’s the challenge of democracy. A political organization can’t afford to be satisfied with the status quo, and can’t continue to rely on yesterday’s methods and tactics.

When he became the Republican chairman, Cairo made a point of meeting with Republican clubs and councils throughout the county. He sought out quality candidates like Anne Donnelly, a career prosecutor who would become district attorney in 2021. Cairo also reached out to newcomers, seeking the best and brightest and persuading them they were welcome to play lead roles in the party. In 2021, Mazi Filip, an Ethiopian refugee who had served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces before moving to Long Island, a mother

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of seven married to a Ukrainian-born cardiologist, became the first Republican Great Neck resident ever elected to the County Legislature.

Cairo went into the business community to recruit Jen DeSena, who became the first Republican to be elected North Hempstead supervisor since 1989, and was re-elected this year.

The Democratic City of Glen Cove elected Pamela Panzenbeck mayor in 2021, and reversed the makeup of the City Council from 6-1 Democrat to 6-1 Republican, which it remained this year.

And in Long Beach, which has an overwhelming Democrat registration edge, Republicans swept three contested City Council seats and the County Legislature seat.

For the major, defining races, Cairo turned to veterans. Don Clavin, Hempstead’s longtime receiver of taxes, won back the supervisor’s office for Republicans in 2019, and then Bruce Blakeman defeated the very capable Laura Curran in 2021 to become county executive, where he has done an outstanding job. In 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin overcame the county’s Democratic registration advantage of 100,000 and received 50,000 more votes in Nassau than Gov. Kathy Hochul, while Republicans were victorious in all three congressional races and won back three State Senate seats.

None of this happened by chance or just by selecting the best candidates.

Cairo combined the best of the old with

he party owes a debt of gratitude to Democrats for lurching so far leftward.

the best of the new to get the Republican message to the voters. To accurately gauge existing issues and to spot others before they arose, he relied on expert pollster and consultant John McLoughlin.

(Full disclosure: McLoughlin was my consultant for all 28 years I was in Congress.)

While he was analyzing the issues, Cairo was re-energizing local Republican committees and clubs, making sure they were in touch with their communities and prepared to work hard from Labor Day through Election Day, making calls and distributing brochures door to door.

Only the Nassau GOP could turn out more than a thousand campaign workers for a candidate on short notice.

And Republicans owe a debt of gratitude to Democrats for lurching so far leftward and providing us issues such as bail reform, defunding the police, unchecked illegal migration and proposals to impose city-like housing in suburban Nassau. These were political gifts, but serious issues that affected county residents and threatened their way of life. Confronting these issues head on was consistent with Republican values and principles.

Cairo made sure that all Republican candidates, officeholders and party volunteers spoke with one voice. They did, and the results have been repeated Republican victories, and what I believe are victories for Nassau County residents. Good job, Joe! Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Comments? pking@ liherald.com.

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

No matter which title you like, the subject matter boils down to the fact that there is essentially no Democratic Party in Long Beach or Nassau County, and the Republicans are feasting on the bones of a moribund entity. There is no doubt that the GOP’s success JERRY on Election Day KREMER was attributable to the efforts of Joe Cairo, the county Republican Party chair.

In the contests for the County Legislature, Democrats managed to keep their seats and prevented the Republicans from gaining a super-majority. There was a contest in Glen Cove between incumbent Mayor Pamela Panzenbeck, a

Republican, and the former Republican county comptroller, George Maragos, who’s now a Democrat. In a city that changes mayors frequently, Maragos lost.

Which brings us to the election for the control of the Long Beach City Council.

In the past, even with Republicans scoring great successes in the county, the Long Beach Democratic Party would have been able to fend off a political tidal wave. Instead, the Democrats wound up losing control of the council to three Republican challengers.

If you’re interested in some local political history lesson, the last time Republicans controlled Long Beach City Hall was in 1970. How do I know that? Because I took over the Democratic Party leadership at the same time I was serving in the Assembly. I took the job of party chair to help the party regain control of the City Council. We ran an aggressive campaign, and in November 1972, five Democrats were elected in Long Beach, ousting the Republican incumbents. Having

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regained my senses, I then resigned as chair. Being both an assemblyman and a party leader was a mistake.

It’s worth noting that as far back as the 1940s, Long Beach was one of only two area communities with a strong Democratic Party. It was often described as “a Democratic oasis in a Republican desert.” In my early teens, national Democratic figures such as Gov. Averell Harriman, Vice President Alben Barkley and presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson came to Long Beach to get the blessing of the local party leader.

A few readers may remember the late Phil Kohut, the party boss for many years.

Each year he hosted a summer cocktail event that was attended by Democrats seeking his favor, as well as every major Republican elected official on Long Island. Sadly, the local party operation has faded away over the years, as the latest City Council election results proved.

Another example of the weakness of the Democratic Party is the fact that

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

Long Beach is now represented by Republican Assemblyman Ari Brown, who lives in the Five Towns. From 1966 to 2016, Long Beach had three Democrats representing its interests in Albany.

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

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

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

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he turkey’s in the oven, the pumpkin pie is ready to be sliced, and the television in the living room is ready for some football.

Thanksgiving is here once again — a time when we can celebrate all that we’ve achieved over the past year, and the importance of family and close friends.

It’s commonly believed that our modern holiday traces back to 1621, when Plymouth pilgrims gathered with members of the Wampanoag tribe to celebrate the autumn harvest. But in reality, Thanksgiving celebrations of some sort date back much further than that.

In fact, the Smithsonian Institution pinpoints the first true Thanksgiving here led by non-natives on May 27, 1578, in what is now Newfoundland. That’s obviously not what is now the United States, but the Smithsonian also says that many historians believe there was a Thanksgiving feast in what is now Phippsburg, Maine, in 1607.

Although it was informally celebrated by a number of states and territories in the years after that, Thanksgiving didn’t officially become a holiday until the Civil War, when President Abraham Lincoln heeded the long advocacy of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale and declared the fourth Thursday of every November to be a national Thanksgiving

Day. And with that, a tradition was born.

Sure, it would take a number of forms through the years. But the spirit of what Thanksgiving is all about — bringing us together, despite our differences — remained intact.

Those, indeed, were the sentiments shared by President Teddy Roosevelt with his son Kermit, who was away at school, highlighting how the White House observed the holiday in 1902.

“Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and we all went out riding,” Roosevelt wrote.

“We had a three-hours’ scamper, which was really great fun.”

“We dined in the new State Dining Room,” the president continued, “and we drank the health of you and all the rest of both families that were absent.

After dinner, we cleared away the table and danced. Mother looked just as pretty as a picture, and I had a lovely waltz with her.”

Whether it was at the White House or right in our backyard at Sagamore Hill, Thanksgiving meant a lot to Roosevelt, in how it brought not only the country together, but families, too.

“We are thankful for all that has been done for us in the past,” Roosevelt would say in a Thanksgiving proclamation two years later.

“We pray that, in the future, we may

be strengthened in the unending struggle to do our duty fearlessly and honestly. With charity and goodwill. With respect for ourselves. And with love toward our fellow man.”

Thanksgiving isn’t just about turkey, pumpkin pie or football. It’s more than the day before the official start of the holiday shopping season. It’s about unity. It’s about cooperation. It’s truly about love — for ourselves, our family, our neighbors. Whether we all gather in one place or our families are spread across the country — or even around the globe — use this time to be together, and enjoy doing it.

The real trick, however, isn’t succeeding at doing that on Thanksgiving, but continuing it after the holiday. Into the following week. Into December. Into next year.

There may be so many things we disagree on, but believe it or not, disagreement can not only bring us together, but make us stronger.

All it takes is a little bit of respect — and love — for one another. And we have the chance to get it all started when we gather for turkey, pie and football on Thanksgiving.

And who knows — maybe we can clear away the dinner table afterward, and, like the Roosevelts, celebrate with a little bit of waltzing.

associated with wind projects damage human health.

Many opponents of Empire Wind insist that they support renewable energy. They also couch their objections to the project in green rhetoric, suggesting, for example, that they are fighting to

protect the local environment. But these outspoken activists are silent in regard to the proven negative impacts on health and climate of the Barrett fossil-fuel-burning plant on Barnum Island operated by National Grid. And while some refer disparagingly to Empire’s “foreign

letters Let’s not be quick to dismiss offshore wind farms To the Editor: In recent issues of the Herald, State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and Assemblyman Ari Brown have offered several reasons for opposing the Empire Wind project proposed for sites off Long Beach. Their objections include some reasonable, fact-based critiques of the project.

It’s true that Equinor, the Norwegian developer of the wind farm, failed to consult fully and openly with the local communities. It’s also true that this project, like many others worldwide, is proving to be far more expensive than originally anticipated, resulting in pleas for rate increases. Empire’s enormous scale can likewise be legitimately challenged.

Other claims by its opponents, however, are without merit. They contend, for example, that offshore wind turbines are somehow implicated in whale deaths. Federal and independent experts have concluded that there is no basis for such claims. Similarly, a World Health Organization analysis of a range of studies found no evidence that electromagnetic fields

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efforts to establish the United Nations (freedom from fear).

It fell to Rockwell to translate those abstract concepts into four scenes of everyday American life that would capture the minds and hearts of his countrymen (as well as their investments in war bonds), a task he initially thought was beyond his capabilities. History has proven him quite wrong, and those four images are among the most famous of perhaps the most famous illustrator in American history.

“Freedom of Speech” depicts a blue-collar man, wearing a plaid shirt and suede jacket, standing in the crowd at a government meeting to voice his opinion. The others in the painting are well dressed, wearing ties and jackets, but they listen respectfully as this workingman speaks his mind.

“Freedom of Worship,” under the title “each according to the dictates of his own conscience,” shows eight people of different faiths in a moment of prayer.

One of them, his head covered and holding a religious book, is Jewish. A young woman with rosary beads represents Catholics. An older woman, praying devoutly, embodies Protestantism. It’s a tribute to religious diversity.

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he artist’s scenes of everyday American life captured the imagination of his countrymen.

leTTers ownership,” no mention is made of the fact that National Grid is owned by a British multinational corporation.

Barrett’s smokestacks have been belching toxins for more than 60 years. The plant currently emits about one million tons of carbon dioxide and other pollutants annually. Unlike the proposed offshore wind project, Barrett poses a longstanding and existing threat to the health of local residents and to the future sustainability of life on the Long Beach barrier island.

In addition to fouling the air we breathe, National Grid wants to hike Long Islanders’ bills by hundreds of dollars a year — multiples of the increase for ratepayers that might result from building Empire Wind.

It should be possible to conduct a civil discussion on how to safely meet the electricity needs of Long Beach and surrounding communities. A dialogue of this sort would consider the totality of environmental and health effects and proceed on the basis of respect for reputable scientific findings KEVIN J KELLEy Atlantic Beach

In the Middle East, whose side is the press on?

To the Editor: I should be surprised that the news media is saying that Israel should ease up

“Freedom from Want” is a Thanksgiving scene in which an aproned matriarch presents a turkey to her family, three generations breaking bread together at their dining room table. The illustration represents traditional American family values: togetherness, harmony, peace and abundance.

And “Freedom from Fear” shows children nestled safely in their bed, oblivious to the carnage occurring across the ocean.

Their mother tucks them in, and their father holds a newspaper with a headline announcing the Nazi blitz of London, where the scene would be much different and where the lives of everyone, including innocent children, were in jeopardy.

Rockwell’s illustrations, which appeared in four consecutive issues of the Saturday Evening Post, were accompanied by essays by four of the top writers of the era. Booth Tarkington, dubbed the “dean of popular American letters,” authored a piece on freedom of speech. Essayist Will Durant handled freedom of worship. Philippine immigrant Carlos Bulosan wrote about freedom from want. And novelist Stephen Vincent Benét covered freedom from fear (and, ironically, died the day it appeared in print). All are worth revisiting from a historic as well as

on Gaza, but unfortunately, I am not. The news media (in print, on television, on radio and, I suppose, on the various internet sources) is saying that in order to ease the pressure on the average Palestinian in Gaza, Israel should not continue its attack.

I would like to put the situation into a context that might be a little more understandable. Based on the 2023 “World Almanac,” the United States has about 337 million people, while Israel has about 9.3 million. This means there are about 37 times as many people in the U.S. as there are in Israel.

From what I’ve heard, about 1,200 people were killed in the initial attack, most of whom were women and children. Some were beheaded, whether before or after death isn’t known.

Now let’s say that 5,000 drug soldiers, who want the land that was taken from Mexico in the 1840s returned to Mexico, cross the border from Mexico into San Diego, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Houston, and Brownsville and kill 44,000 people, mostly women and children, some of whom get beheaded. They then take another 4,000 to 5,000 people hostage back to Mexico. Do you suppose the United States would allow that to go without a response?

There are several issues that need to be addressed in the Middle East, but when one side refuses to acknowledge the other

a modern viewpoint. But it was Rockwell’s pictures, more than the essays and perhaps more than FDR’s speech, that remain such a poignant part of Americana.

As we approach Thanksgiving, it’s worthwhile to re-examine the four illustrations and ponder their meaning and message, at a time when the nation seems so terribly divided over — let’s be frank — fleeting issues that often don’t amount to a hill of beans. It often seems that half of our country is perpetually mad at the other half. Are we really that different? Are our differences really irreconcilable?

I don’t think so. Actually, I think we’re much more alike than different, and I believe that as a society, we share core values that matter infinitely more than ephemeral political squabbles. Those values, captured by Rockwell, are what bind us as a nation.

Let’s count our blessings, send our prayers to the suffering people of the Middle East and Ukraine, take a deep breath and maybe revisit Rockwell’s Four Freedoms — permanently on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, an easy and scenic day trip from Long Island. And let’s ponder what those 80-year-old illustrations say not only about us as Americans, but also about us as human beings.

A. Gail Prudenti is a partner in the law firm Burner Prudenti.

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side’s right to exist, there is very little wiggle room for discussion.

When Hamas attacks defenseless people, it loses the right to complain when it is attacked, especially when it stores weapons and munitions in schools and hospitals. When Hamas fighters fire missiles into Israel from schools and hospitals, and then act shocked when the return fire hits those targets, they are

playing the poor-innocent-Palestinian card, and going after world sympathy.

Their actions show that they do not care about the average Palestinian — their only goal is the eradication of Israel.

It is a shame that the news media allows itself to be used by animals disguised as human beings.

LAWRENCE F. LEVy Rockville Centre

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Rockwell showed us what we have to be thankful for

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