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Merchants stay hopeful amid pandemic “It has been tough for every business, so we’re trying to drive more traffic to the store,” Li Amid intense competition said. “We send out emails and from online services like Ama- texts to our customers, and we zon and many challeng es also do Zoom and FaceTime brought on by the coronavirus sales sessions.” pandemic, local business owners Li has owned the store, at 3173 said they were optiLong Beach Road, mistic yet wary of for five years, but it how the holiday has been a fixture shopping season in Oceanside for will turn out for more than four them. decades. The busiSherri Li, owner ness sells house of Protass Gifts, in gifts, bracelets and Oceanside, said jewelry, handbags that while many and other accessore t a i l e r s s aw ries. Li said that mixed results in the store offered Black Friday sales, ShERRi li many Black Friday her store was as sales, both in-perbusy as in previous Owner, Protass Gifts son and online, and years, which she recently started said she hoped was a sign of promoting curbside pickup to things to come. She added, how- help customers feel comfortable ever, that business has been during the pandemic. tough to generate overall since the pandemic began. Continued on page 11

By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

Courtesy Oceanside School District

Strength in numbers The Oceanside High School Math Honor Society, known as Mu Alpha Theta, hosted a food drive the week before Thanksgiving, filling 12 laundry baskets with food and donating them to the Oceanside Community Service food pantry. Taking part in the drive were, standing from left, Meral Eviner, adviser Sherryl Garry, Allison Olazabel and Derek Zheng and, seated from left, Halle Eviner, Madison Graff, Evin Spanier, Courtney Murphy and Wren Allegra.

Holiday events moving forward Some plans remain uncertain as risk lingers By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

With an uptick in coronavirus cases, some plans for holiday celebrations in Oceanside and Island Park are taking on a twist this year, while others remain indefinite. For the Chabad of Oceanside, its annual menorah lighting will be a drive-through event to ensure that attendees stay safe while still taking part in the

Hanukkah celebration. The outing is set for Dec. 13, at 5:30 p.m., in Oceanside Park parking lot 3800, on Mahlon Brower Drive. The celebration will also include a concert by the 8th Day Band, and refreshments will be served to attendees in their cars. The event is part of a slate of socially distant Hanukkah outings the Chabad has planned. On Dec. 6, it will host a canned food drive; from Dec. 10 to 17, it will celebrate “Hanukkah at My

Neighborhood,” in which the congregation will bring Hanukkah treats and games, including latkes, doughnuts and dreidels, to different parts of Oceanside; and on Dec. 15, it will host a virtual latke cook-off. More information on the festivities is available at the Chabad’s website, chabadofoceanside.com, where information on where to register for the drivethrough can also be found. Continued on page 14

or the holidays, we’re trying to get customers to feel more comfortable.

Our COvid-19 traCker With the Covid-19 test positivity rate rising across the country, the Herald is adding a weekly coronavirus tracker to the upper left corner of our front page to help you gauge what’s happening in your area from week to week. the number is an aggregate of the communities that this newspaper covers. data is obtained from the nassau County Covid-19 dashboard, which provides the total number of cases reported in an area since the start of the pandemic, and is updated regularly.

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By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

Sacred Heart Church in Island Park gave back to those in need this Thanksgiving by providing packaged food for curbside pick-up to those looking for a hot meal on the holiday. A group of volunteers sorted through donations of food, which ranged from turkey and other traditional Thanksgiving treats to fruit cups and applesauce. Those participating in the event gathered at thte church and wore masks as they packed food into bags and then handed them to people who lined up to receive a meal. The group also participated in a Thanksgiving prayer session while gathered at the church.

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A group of volunteers participated in a Thanksgiving prayer and gave meals to those in need during the holiday.

SAcred HeArt cHurcH in Island Park gave free meals to community members on Thanksgiving Day. VolunteerS prepAred tHe bags of food. donAtionS included fruit cups and apple sauce. A donAtion Box was set up at the church.

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OHS displays student-built hydroplane in lobby A hydroplane boat with a 70 horsepower mercury outboard motor sits on display in the Oceanside High School lobby where students, staff and visitors can admire its sleek construction and shiny varnished wood. Students in the advanced materials processing course built the watercraft last year but did not get to show off their accomplishment because of the statewide shutdown. Most of the students have since graduated, but Nick Punzone, a senior this year, worked on it under the guidance of teachers John LaCascia and Sean Michel. Michel said that the motor was donated by a man in Iowa who shipped it in pieces that the students later assembled. Michel owned the plans for the hydroplane and had planned to build it himself before deciding to have his students take on the project. Students in the materials

processing and advanced materials processing courses have built furniture, kitchen cabinets and the little lending libraries at each school in Oceanside. The hydroplane is designed to trap air beneath it so that it flies on a pocket of air over the surface of the water. In addition to Puzone, the class of 2020 students who built the boat included Ariella Amir, Charles Borsellino, Niall Duignan, Matthew Furst, Jared Gonzalez, Tyler Lowe, Patrick Madden, Hunter Gross, John Green and Charles Gallati. Puzone said he plans to study education in college and hopes to teach phys-ed. He said his favorite part of building the hydroplane was all the fun he had with his peers and the good memories they now share. Courtesy Oceanside School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

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School No. 4 Principal Joanna Kletter, left, social worker Jacqueline Horcher and students received a No Place for Hate banner in 2019-20. The school was once again recognized, for the fifth year of the campaign. Above, students Celine Bellen, fourth from left, Samuel Thompson, Cooper Reiss, and Zolani Jackson.

School No. 4 recognized as No Place for Hate School For the fifth year, School No. 4 has been recognized as a No Place for Hate school by the Anti-Defamation League. The goal of the No Place for Hate campaign is to promote an inclusive school environment, with fun and educational activities that encourage mutual respect and kindness. School No. 4 students, under the guidance of social worker Jacqueline Horcher, have enjoyed participating in a variety of No Place for Hate activities. In a diversitythemed poster contest, students shared the traits about themselves that make

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oceaNSide high School senior Nick Punzone, right, is the only student remaining from the advanced materials processing class of 2019-20 that built the hydroplane on display in the OHS lobby. Joining him were teachers John LaCascia, left, and Sean Michel. The course is part of a three sequence engineering program..

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MSSN announces rapid testing site in O’side Mount Sinai South Nassau is partnering with the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County to begin offering rapid Covid19 testing to the public at the hospital’s drive-through testing site in Oceanside. The rapid tests will be offered at no charge. The drive-through site, at the hospital’s Washington Avenue entrance, was scheduled to open to the public — by appointment only — on Dec. 1, after the Herald went to press. Testing will be provided between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday from 7 to 11 a.m. To make an appointment for a test, call (516) 390-2888 from Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. or Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Individuals 17 or younger must have written consent or be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to be tested. “Expanding testing is one way to combat the virus,” MSSN President and CEO Richard J. Murphy said, according to a news release. “If you know you are positive, you can stay home and self-isolate, reducing the possibility of spreading the disease. We’re pleased to be teaming up with the Town of Hempstead to help meet demand for more testing in the communities we serve.” The Hempstead Town Board unanimously approved a grant on Nov. 23 to MSSN to expand testing to the public, using nearly $446,000 in federal CARES Act money. To address the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in the Five Towns commu-

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Mount Sinai South Nassau is partnering with the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County to begin offering rapid Covid-19 testing nity, MSSN partnered with Nassau County to establish two rapid testing sites there. The county has secured additional rapid test kits to enable the hospital and the town to further expand testing at the hospital’s Oceanside campus. The CARES funding will help cover any additional

tests kits that are required, staffing costs and infrastructure needed for the drivethrough site. “As coronavirus infection rates rise across Long Island, we want to continue doing our part to expand free Covid-19 testing options for all Town of Hempstead

residents,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said in a news release. “Through this collaboration with Mount Sinai South Nassau, we are now proud to offer free Covid-19 rapid testing to residents. Thank you to Mount Sinai South Nassau’s team of front-line heroes for providing top quality healthcare for our residents and working together as we combat the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.” Mount Sinai South Nassau has already tested more than 10,000 patients at its Oceanside drive-through site, but to date the testing has only been open to patients being admitted to the hospital or coming for a procedure. The two sites in the Five Towns tested over 800 residents from Oct. 20 to Nov. 25. “Robust testing has proven to be a vital tool to help contain the spread of Covid-19 and currently more than 10,000 residents are able to be tested for the virus per day,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said, according to the news release. “But as we see upticks in New York state and in our local communities, I am committed to further expanding testing throughout the county to ensure all residents readily have access to it. Thank you to the team at Mount Sinai South Nassau for opening this drive-through rapid testing site and for the life-saving work they do every day.” Courtesy Mount Sinai South Nassau; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Despite losing its all-time leading scorer, Molloy College’s men’s basketball program is aiming to rebound from a 12-17 season, including a 7-9 mark against East Coast Conference foes. The Lions, who captured their firstever ECC Tournament title in the 2018-19 campaign, aren’t playing any non-conference games this season due to Covid-19 and won’t be in action until traveling to upstate Rochester to face Roberts Wesleyan College in the Jan. 9 opener. “We began working on conditioning around the same time as we usually do and then got into individual skill work and socially distant team-based offense and defense drills,” head coach Charlie Marquardt said. “We have that mandatory week off around the holidays and when we start back up Dec. 28, we’ll have 10 days to get ready for the opener.” Barring any changes, the 18-game ECC schedule and postseason tournament will be played without fans. “I’m expecting games to have the feel of a scrimmage,” Marquardt said. “We will have to generate our own energy. It’ll be intriguing.” The Lions will also need to turn the page on the Nick Corbett era. A threetime All-ECC First Team selection, he averaged 23.7 points per game and finished his career at Molloy with 2,032 points, 379 rebounds and 385 assists and 153 steals. “Not only was Nick our alltime leading scorer, which is an amazing feat considering some of the players we’ve had, but he also had the uncanny ability to step up late in games,” Marquardt said. “Who’ll be getting the ball in crunch time this season will be by committee,” Molloy returns four players who made at least 14 starts a season ago, including former Baldwin High School product Justin Caldwell, a redshirt senior big man, and former Lynbrook High School standout James Montgomery, a sophomore who like Caldwell is 6-foot-7. Calldwell, who averaged a little more than 5 points and 5 rebounds per game last season while making 22 starts, knows what it takes to get the job done inside, Marquardt said, and will be counted on to provide leadership as well. Montgomery started 19 games and led the Lions in field goal percentage (55.7) on the way to chipping in 6.3 points per game. “James improved as the season went on and made steady contributions as a freshman,” Marquardt said. “He got bigger and stronger during the offseason and he can attack the rim as well as post up.” Pano Pavlidis, a 6-8 sophomore, emerged last winter and Marquardt is expecting even more with 17 starts under his belt. Pavlidis led the team in

rebounding (6.8 per game) and scored at a 6.7 ppg clip. Though experienced in the frontcourt, Marquardt also likes his collection of guards and believes it’ll take strong backcourt play for Molloy to be competitive against the likes of Daemen, Bridgeport and St. Thomas Aquinas. Spearheading a deep group of guards is Steven Torre, one of few seniors on the roster. He’s the Lions’ top returning scorer (10.4 ppg) and made 14 starts. Marquardt said the plan is for Torre to be off the ball more and make up for some of the offense lost by Corbett’s departure. Junior guard Frankie Phelan is a breakout candidate following a determined offseason. Another quality option to run the point is Kenny Lazo, a freshman out of Brentwood High School who won two Long Island championships and earned All-State honors. Marquardt describes Lazo as a born leader and tenacious defender. Former Lawrence Woodmere Academy standout Kendall Ogilvie, a junior, transferred from LIU Post prior to last season but didn’t play. He’s in the mix along with a pair of freshmen — former Freeport High School’s Darren Fergus and Mick Browne from Queens. “We like our guards,” Marquardt said. “We have some experience, some guys with bigger roles and some talented newcomers.”

JuNIOr FraNkIE PhELaN is part of a deep backcourt that has Molloy head coach Charlie Marquardt excited.

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JuNIOr PaNO PavLIdIS, a 6-foot-8 forward, averaged 6.7 points and 6.8 rebounds for the Lions last winter and is primed to take his game to another level.

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LincoLn orens MiddLe School students displayed their anti-bullying poster contest entries.

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Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School recently hosted a successful holiday food drive.

Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School students signed a pledge to help prevent bullying.

LincoLn orens MiddLe School also generated donations to give back to those in need.

Island Park schools host successful holiday food drives Bullying Prevention Week in the Island Park Public Schools emphasized kindness, acceptance, respect and other positive qualities. Lincoln Orens Middle School and Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School both participated in the “United Against Bullying” effort with a series of themed days that kicked off on Nov. 16. Students wore attire that brought awareness of the anti-bullying movement, signed anti-bullying pledges and celebrated altruistic behavior and decency. Hegarty students created a video that was shown throughout the school, and Lin-

coln Orens students participated in their annual poster contest. The program also included announcements that focused on the topics of bullying prevention and respect. Character education opportunities are ongoing initiatives in the Island Park Public Schools. Throughout the school year, students are encouraged to demonstrate positive attributes and show compassion toward others. Courtesy Island Park Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Island Park’s Lincoln Orens Middle School and Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School recently hosted food drives that brought meals to local families just in time for the holiday season. Student Council members from Hegarty and Lincoln Orens teamed up with the

middle school’s Builders Club for this initiative. They collected nonperishable items that were safely packaged and distributed. Courtesy Island Park Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Protass Gifts owner Sherri Li said the store has increased its online presence, offers curbside pickup and provides appointments for one-on-one in-person or Zoom meetings with customers to adapt to doing business during the coronavirus pandemic. tomer following, and they have shown their support and they came in, so that’s the only thing which I think about.” In addition to Black Friday, Ritz Jewelry and Protass Gifts each took part in Small Business Saturday, which promotes shopping at and supporting local businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Much like Li, Gandhi said his one-onone customer service gives him an advan-

tage over Amazon. “Jewelry is such a commodity that you want to actually see it before you buy something, so that’s the best thing about us,” he said. “As a small business, we can give one-on-one time to each customer and explain to them what the product is before we sell it. It’s more of a relationship instead of just trying to make a sale.” Calls to several other businesses in

Oceanside and Island Park had not been returned at press time. Oceanside Chamber of Commerce President Ed Scharfberg said the chamber has done a great deal to support local businesses heading into the holidays. The efforts include placing “Shop Local” signs around Oceanside and inside some of its stores, promoting local businesses on social media, working with Nassau County Council of Chambers of Commerce, Town of Hempstead and Nassau County officials to develop promotions, and distributing personal protective equipment to area businesses. “The importance of shopping locally is an essential part of the community fabric,” Scharfberg said. Island Park Chamber of Commerce President Barbra Rubin-Perry said the chamber is also involved in several initiatives to support local businesses, including partnering with the Town of Hempstead to provide PPE to business owners, and continuing to provide exposure to new businesses with grand-opening and ribbon-cutting events, while making sure to keep patrons safe during the pandemic. “Our members will have the opportunity to speak to local doctors and experts on how to keep staff and customers safe in the upcoming months,” she said. “Your local businesses are your friends and neighbors. They will need your support more than ever in these upcoming months.”

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Unlike with Amazon, her customers can come into the shop to see and touch the gift items in person, and there are sales representatives to provide personal service. Li said she was concerned the pandemic could affect sales this holiday season, with many people staying home, but she noted that she is able to sell items online. “Usually it’s the busiest time of the year for us, as we carry gift items,” she said. “So for the holidays, we’re trying to get customers to feel more comfortable.” To do so, she said, she has increased her private appointments with patrons, offering them the ability to come in early before the store opens or late after it closes to view items, or by hosting Zoom and FaceTime sessions. Anmol Gandhi, who has owned Ritz Jewelry at 3574 Long Beach Road in Oceanside for 15 years, said he had a “decent” Black Friday and that he was grateful to the patrons who came out the day after Thanksgiving to support his business. Gandhi said his store has had to adapt in many ways since the pandemic, increasing its online sales presence and offering curbside pick-up of items to help generate sales, all while helping customers feel safe. “There has been an impact on the business,” he said. “People are not so confident to come out, but we have a good cus-

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eporting during the pandemic has been a huge challenge. Not only did I need to be quick and accurate in relaying the Village of Freeport’s response to the pandemic in the initial weeks, but I also had to be mindful to the readers and to myself as I watched the cases soar in the village. As my anxiety rose, I found comfort in telling the stories of the people of Freeport who went above and beyond for their community, from the owners at Halfway Down who donated thousands of meals to first responders to a local graphic designer who put together a poster that became the symbol of Freeport’s unity and strength during these uncertain times. The work of Freeport’s first responders is especially admirable as they risked their health and safety for months battling the pandemic. I learned quickly that there were so many amazing people in Freeport, so I made sure to make myself as available as possible and gave everyone a chance to spread their good news. If I got a tip that a family was driving around in Easter outfits, I would contact them right away. If anyone ever called me to include their kid’s birthday parade in the paper, I would make it our Neighbor’s Page for the week. When the Black Lives Matter movement reignited in May, it became a large issue in Freeport as several protests with hundreds of participants took place throughout the village. Although I was still afraid of catching Covid-19, I knew I had to tell the stories of these residents seeking racial justice and equality.

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ince last March, I have been working from home after our office in Garden City was forced to close because of the pandemic. I had only been with Richner Communications since January, but I had already bonded with a number of my colleagues and enjoyed coming in every day and talking and working with them Since I am a self-confessed technophobe, there was always someone willing to take time out of their busy schedule and lend me a hand, sometimes with just logging into what I consider a complicated computer system. I have been working in the newspaper business for over 40 years, and part of the thrill has been engaging with the always bright and interesting people around me. I do not have that now. These days, there are only cell calls, emails, texts and Zoom meetings. I crave the human contact. I realize having to work at home pales in comparison to the sacrifices that doctors, nurses and hospital staffs have made during this terrible time. They are my heroes, as are police, firefighters and all first-responders who have had to confront this virus personally. But when I think of the faces at the Herald I used to see every day, I feel a sense of what so many others are feeling during these dark times: loss.

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hen coronavirus cases started to climb back in March, it was a scary and unpredictable time as our office closed and what we knew about the virus seemed to change day by day. While it was unsettling to be so uncertain about it, what I saw next was nothing short of inspiring. The communities that I cover came together to provide free food to front-line workers and to create masks and donate personal protective equipment for those in need. They also rallied to help local businesses and residents who were struggling. Though it’s been a long nine months and things are starting to get worse again, the strength of our local communities and the willingness of people to go above and beyond to help others in times of crisis is what will stick with me the most when this pandemic finally ends. It was reminiscent of the days after 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy as the communities banded together to get through a dark time. Over the last nine months, I’ve written many stories about people overcoming the illness, people dying from it and an uptick, a downturn and another unfortunate uptick in cases in our local hospitals. I wrote about how events were postponed, canceled or tweaked to adapt to an uncertain time, which will certainly happen again this holiday season. But the communities also gave me the opportunity to highlight some truly amazing people, those who rose to the occasion in a time of crisis and helped others when they needed it most. They helped me find some levity during an uncertain and tragic time.

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With cases rising, holiday outings may change ConTinued from fronT page Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty said the village plans to host a menorah lighting for Hanukkah and a tree lighting for Christmas, but he was uncertain whether it would be an in-person outing, for which attendees would be required to wear masks and practice social distancing, or a virtual event. “The numbers are back up, and it’s not getting better,” McGinty said. “There will be a tree lighting and there will be a Hanukkah celebration, but we are unsure of the details.” McGinty said he planned to speak with South Shore Jewish Center Rabbi Paul Hoffmann and Monsignor John Tutone from Sacred Heart Church before finalizing plans, but noted the events were likely to be in-person. He said he expected the menorah lighting to take place on the first night of Hanukkah, Dec. 10, but he was unsure when the tree-lighting ceremony would be held. Messages for the South Shore Jewish Center were not returned at press time on Monday, and a receptionist at Sacred Heart said the church was awaiting details from the village about its celebration. The events usually take place outside Village Hall. McGinty also said village officials are working with the American Legion to determine if their annual Toys for Tots event is feasible this year with the recent uptick in Covid-19 cases. He said officials

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The oCeanside Chamber of Commerce’s plans for a Christmas celebration were not known at press time. Last year, dozens of families took part in the event. are looking into how best to host such an event while maintaining participants’ safety. “There’s so many things we can’t do right now,” he said. “We’re trying to figure out what we can do.” If the holiday events do happen in person, McGinty said, safety protocols would be followed. “We’ve got to wear masks,” he

said. “We’ve got to socially distance.” The Oceanside Chamber of Commerce hosts a Christmas tree lighting at the Schoolhouse Green on Foxhurst Road each December, which is usually attended by dozens of local families. A request for comment from the chamber on the plan for this year’s celebration was not returned at press time, and the

Chabad of oCeanside Rabbi Levi Gurkov, back right, addressed those gathered at the menorah lighting last year. With Covid-19 cases increasing locally, the Chabad will host a drive-through Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 13. chamber’s website and Facebook page did not have any information promoting holiday festivities. At last year’s event, the Oceanside Middle School chorus performed yuletide favorites, while members of the Kiwanis Club and school administrators handed out coffee and treats to attendees, and Santa Claus stopped by.

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Signs of potential scam activity

■ Threat to disconnect: Scammers may aggressively tell the customer their utility bill is past due and service will be disconnected if a payment is not made — usually within an hour. ■ Request for immediate payment: Scammers may instruct the customer to use cash or purchase a prepaid card, a gift card or even Bitcoin, and then to call them back — supposedly to make a phone payment to the utility company, or to receive instructions for an in-person meeting, supposedly at a utility customer center. Many times after the customer makes the first payment, the scammer will call back to ask for the payment to be resubmitted due to an error with the amount. The scammer refers to a new amount and claims that the original payment will be refunded. Sometimes they will call a third time to say the payment did not go through and to resubmit again. ■ In person-demands: Scammers may arrive at a home or business, flash a fake ID and/or claim to be a utility collection representative. The impostors may wear “uniforms” or affix false company signs

to their vehicles. The scammers generally ask for personal information, which real utility representatives do not do, or offer bogus discounts. ■ Request for card information: If a customer calls back with requested information, the caller asks the customer for the prepaid card’s number or gift-card PIN, which grants the scammer instant access to the card’s funds, and the victim’s money is gone.

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■ Be alert to the telltale sign of a scam — someone asking by telephone or email for payment in pre-paid debit cards or a MoneyGram transfer, or to send money to an out-of-state address.

his year has presented many challenges, and scammers prey on us when we are distracted. More than 5,400 scam calls have been reported to PSEG Long Island this year.

■ Never arrange payment or divulge account or personal information, including Social Security numbers or debit or credit card information, over the telephone unless certain a PSEG Long Island representative in on the phone.

■ Priority meter installs: Recent phone scams reported to PSEG Long Island includes demands for pay■ Customers should also ment for past-due bills or know what PSEG Long requiring a deposit for a priIsland will and won’t disority meter installation. cuss over the phone. A genuPSEG Long Island does not ine PSEG Long Island reprerequire a deposit for meter sentative will ask to speak to installations. Often scamthe Customer of Record. If mers will threaten to disconthat person is available, the nect electric service if pay- Rick Walden representative will explain ment is not made immedi- Vice president why they are calling and ately. These scammers often Customer Services, provide the account name, demand payment through a address and current balPSEG Long Island. pre-paid card (e.g. Green Dot ance. If the person on the Money Pak, Vanilla, Reload phone does not provide the Card) or bitcoin. If the victim takes the correct information, it is likely the cusbait, the scammer provides a telephone tomer is not speaking with a PSEG Long number where a fake representative Island representative. requests additional information that com■ If the Customer of Record is not availpletes the fraudulent transaction. able, the PSEG Long Island representative “Customers need to be on high alert as will not discuss the account at all and ask we continue to see impostor utility scams that a message be left for the Customer of rise across North America,” said UUAS Record to call (800) 490-0025. Executive Director Monica Martinez. ■ If a customer has doubts about the “Scammers demand money or personal legitimacy of a call or an email — espeinformation on the spot — usually with cially one in which payment is requested threatening language — and indicate that — call the company directly at (800) 490service will be disconnected immediately. 0025. Anyone and everyone, from senior households to small business owners, is at risk PSEG Long Island is a member of the of being targeted.” UUAS collaborative. UUAS, a consortium

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News brief Barnum Isle Fire District to host board meeting The Barnum Isle Fire District board of commissioners will meet on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. at district headquarters, 4125 Austin Blvd. in Island Park.

Announcements Engagement,wedding and birth announcements, with or without photographs, are welcome. Photographs should be clear and hi-resolution. A contact name and telephone number must be included. Deadline for submissions is noon Thursday, week prior to publication. Send to execeditor@liherald.com

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PSEG Long Island will join Utilities United Against Scams to recognize the fifth annual Utility Scam Awareness Week. National Scam Awareness Week is an advocacy and awareness campaign focused on educating customers and exposing the tactics used by scammers. “This year has presented many challenges, and scammers prey on us when we are distracted,” said Rick Walden, vice president of Customer Services, PSEG Long Island. “More than 5,400 scam calls have been reported to PSEG Long Island this year. We participate in the UUAS awareness campaign to educate and help decrease the number of customers that fall victim to the scammers.”

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A. Your northern Nassau County town has the particular reputation for this behavior. Many architects won’t even do work there, for the simple reason that they punish honesty instead of promoting ways to improve public safety. The implication of “omissions” at the top of the notice is a legally irresponsible implication that accuses you and your architect of purposely or unprofessionally leaving out important facts, as if you or your architect would have imagined filing for a washing machine or patio. A washing machine application would have been part of a plumbing application anywhere else. Most communities have no such requirement for the architect, and the homeowner expects that a house with a washing machine is as common as a car with four wheels. The inspector who came to your house was probably trying to help you with safety items, looking for the smoke detectors, escape windows and handrails, but the letter was composed by a plans examiner, who doesn’t come to the house but instead goes through the files that you can’t see because of the pandemic. The examiner went looking for anything and everything to reveal that there is much more they previously didn’t enforce. In this age of computers, building departments have a better way to keep records about your home, and they’re trying to update, since illegal additions and amenities like fences, retaining walls, pools and decks — and washing machines, I guess — slipped past their radar over the years. They also assume that plans are made just by pushing a few keyboard buttons, so why not ask for more than they ever did before? Unfortunately, the method of punishing with court hearings, fines and dismantling work isn’t the only way they could handle this. It’s just the way your North Shore town chooses to do it. Good luck! © 2020 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

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n the interior of Washington state, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, there is a tiny city, population about 900, that I have long wanted to visit — Roslyn. There are no vacation amenities in this place — it is a seemingly ordinary American city, with a handful of eateries and shops and one hole-in-the-wall radio station along its single weatherworn main street. From 1990 to 1995, however, Roslyn was the standin for the fictional Cicely, Alaska, in the CBS cult classic “Northern Exposure,” an Emmy Award-winning sCoTT series that, to my BRInTon mind, is the finest comedy-drama ever produced, mixing medicine with literature, history, philosophy, religion, music —oh, so much music — and magic to conjure up an idealized version of small-town America. Yes, the denizens of this very out-of-theway place disagree and argue — and argue some more — but despite their differences, whether they be spiritual, political or socio-economic, folks seek to understand one another on a deep, existential level, and in the end, they do. That’s why, I believe, so many viewers love this show, worship it, really, including my wife and me. We discovered “Northern Exposure” in 1993, when we arrived in the

U.S. after I had served for two years in the Peace Corps in Bulgaria, where Katerina was born and raised, and we instantly fell in love with it. Five years ago, I bought the six-season DVD set of the show for Katerina as an anniversary gift, and we set it aside, thinking we would eventually watch and rewatch the show’s 110 episodes, but we never found the time. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck, and it forced us to slow down. Sequestered at home in the early weeks of the crisis, we started watching the series from its start and found solace in this endearing show, which was best described by one reviewer as “esoteric utopian.” Each Saturday afternoon, feeling pandemic fatigue, we lounged on the couch after chowing on diner food and watched three or so episodes at a clip until, nine months later, we had viewed six years’ worth of shows. It was an entirely escapist exercise in a year when, it appeared, the country was collapsing around us. It brought us back to a happier time, one of relative stability, before the Oklahoma City bombing (which occurred the year “Northern Exposure” ended), 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Great Recession of 2008-09, Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and now the pandemic. The show’s main character, Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow), a Queens native and a graduate of Columbia Univer-

sity’s medical school, must spend four years practicing in Alaska because the state paid for his exorbitantly expensive medical education. He thinks he’ll be stationed in Anchorage, the state’s largest city, or its capital, Juneau. Instead he is sent to Cicely, somewhere in the far northern reaches of Alaska, where paved roads peter out into dense forest and the temperature plummets well below zero in the dead of winter. Fleischman, a citified New Yorker, is appalled, horrified even. In Cicely he must adapt to a decidedly slower rural culture, one that values the natural beauty of the land surrounding the town, and one that places interpersonal relations, rather than economic success, at the forefront of people’s lives. Through the relationships Fleischman develops with the other central characters, he slowly comes to appreciate the place and its people to the point that, one day, toward the end of the show, he ventures upstream by canoe to live off the land with a Native American tribe, fishing and gathering, before finally returning to New York City. Among his small circle of friends are the debutante-turned-bush pilot Maggie O’Connell (Janine Turner), the philosopher D.J. Chris Stevens (John Corbett), the millionaire retired astronaut Maurice Minnifield (Barry Corbin), the trapper-turned-

reaking up Covid fatigue with all six seasons of ‘Northern Exposure.’

barkeep Holling Vincoeur (John Collum) and his live-in girlfriend (and later wife), the former beauty queen-turned-waitress Shelly Marie Tambo (Cynthia Geary), aspiring filmmaker-shaman Ed Chigliak (Darren Burrows), general store owner Ruth-Anne Miller (Peg Phillips) and Fleischman’s quiet and patient receptionist, Marilyn Whirlwind (Elaine Miles). There are a host of minor, but always eccentric, characters who round out the cast. What defines the show are the relations among the characters, the depth of their thoughts and the intelligence of the dialogue. There is no other show quite like it. Many have compared it to “Twin Peaks,” another ’90s cult classic. Yes and no is my answer to that appraisal. There is a persistent darkness to “Twin Peaks,” which is about the murder of a teenage prom queen. “Northern Exposure,” meanwhile, is one long celebration of life and its many traditions and mysteries. Sadly, the show isn’t available on a streaming service, only on DVD, but buy it and watch it if you’re seeking a feel-good story that will stimulate your mind and soul. I’d love to know what show is keeping you going through the pandemic, and why. You can email me at sbrinton@liherald. com. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

We’re on Trump time for another seven weeks

alf of me never wants to write or speak the name Trump again. Half of me wants to finish the work I started nearly four years ago: to use my 750 words in this newspaper to speak to the issue of our time, the ongoing incompetence of the Trump administration. Apparently my second half is Trumping my first half, at least this week. I tried over and over again to stand in others’ shoes, to imagine how readers who clearly are RandI informed and kReIss patriotic could support a leader who freely lies and then lies about lying, who cheats and who is willing to abuse the majesty of the presidency for his personal gain. I understand when a reader praises his peace initiative between Israel and the UAE, or the Warp Speed vaccination program. Well done, Mr. President. But none of this comes close to compensating for all we’ve lost here at home, and across the world.

Responding to a column about Trump’s bad behavior, some readers digress to Cuomo and Clinton, with references to their lapses. But they aren’t in the White House. Does the fact that Hillary Clinton either did or did not use a personal e-mail account have anything to do with Donald Trump’s misogyny and racism? Were Cuomo’s people speaking to Russian operatives before his election? Perhaps you have loved ones and friends who have died of Covid-19. We have, and we are living the same masked and socially distanced life that so many of you are. This is our war, and we pull together to protect one another. Do we just let go the fact that Trump, back in January, was in the singular position to organize a cohesive national response to what he knew was a surging global pandemic? Do we forgive and forget 265,000 dead Americans? Do we let go of the tragedy that thousands died because the president decided to keep the pertinent information about the deadly virus a secret? How can we forgive the delay in

ramping up manufacturing of masks and gloves and ventilators? Even if we accept that which we cannot change, how do we accept his present shenanigans — the comments and behavior of the outgoing president in the face of his clear defeat to Joe Biden? The man is still raving, hurling false accusations and conjuring imaginary frauds perpetrated against his campaign. Dozens of frivolous lawsuits have fizzled to nothing. The courts are upholding the integrity of the election, and yet the sitting president says he won’t concede, and may or may not agree to attend the inauguration or welcome the new president to the White House. We have a leader who fiddles while the pandemic burns across the land. Every single day we are paying the price for electing him to office. This will all go away after the inauguration, I suppose, as Biden takes office. But what to do with the Donald? Reports abound that he is the subject of investigations in D.C. and New York. Trump has been pardoning himself

hen what? I don’t think it serves our country to be in forgive-andforget mode.

since he stepped into the presidency, so more pardoning will not be a surprise. The question is, how aggressive will authorities be in prosecuting him for his alleged misdeeds? Biden should not be asked this question, and certainly he should not answer it. Unlike his predecessor, he knows that executive power stops at the doors to the Justice Department. We teach our children that actions have consequences, and that bad actions may lead to punishment or sanctions. It must be the same for the president. I don’t think it serves our country to be in forgive-andforget mode. We cannot let Trump slide into his next incarnation with impunity. We cannot give him a pass if he has actually broken laws that he swore to uphold. He may be unsavory and duplicitous and, frankly, incapable of being president, but none of that is illegal. Let the investigations run their course. If we are a country of laws, then so be it, for everyone. If the legal eagles find no cause to pursue prosecution, then so be it. Should charges be brought, let Trump have his day in court. This is not to humble the man, but to heal the country. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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resident-elect Joseph Biden recently committed to re-entering the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit carbon dioxide emissions worldwide, which President Trump pulled the U.S. out of in June 2017. Re-joining the climate treaty, which 194 countries have agreed to — including every industrialized nation except the U.S. — will surely be good for Long Island. Why? Because any effort that we make to limit CO2 and mitigate the global-warming crisis is good for the Island. Leading scientists from the United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change and other agencies around the world tell us that we have limited time —

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They spoke of our shared humanity at a time of collective tragedy. Last week, we wound down the series, publishing our final set of 16 Heroes in our Thanksgiving Day issue, a fitting way to end it. We are so grateful to so many people who have kept our society and our economy moving during this crisis. We began the series focusing primarily on health care workers, but we expanded it over time to include teachers and principals, custodians and business owners, and many, many people who formed ad hoc organizations and small nonprofits to address the needs of their neighbors during the pandemic. This week, we feature our stories — those of editors and reporters who, at

the beginning of the crisis, were deemed essential workers by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and since then have provided readers with the vital, fact-based information necessary to keep them and their families safe. We have often risked our own health to report not only on the pandemic, but also on the massive social and political protests that have erupted across Nassau County this year. Yes, we wore masks in the field. Yes, we maintained social distancing — or tried our best to do so. Still, in the backs of our minds, we had to live with the persistent thought that any time we were in the field reporting, we could have been infected. No doubt, 2020 has been a year like no other, for journalists, too.

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Thank goodness the election wasn’t in February To the Editor: Re John O’Connell’s column, “Give thanks the election is over, and put the knives away,” last week: I was deeply saddened that a person such as O’Connell bought into President Trump’s madness. O’Connell wrote that Trump ignited national pride among his followers, but that’s not at all what I saw. I saw an explosion of hate and intolerance. I saw people voting against their own best interests by supporting him. He is anti-union. He is anti-labor. He has declared bankruptcy six times, each time forcing his vendors to sue him to recover pennies on the dollar. His vindictiveness carries into his political decisions. His intent of destroying the states that didn’t

havoc here in early August, downing trees and power lines, causing widespread outages for a week or more. There were so many hurricanes in the Atlantic this year that forecasters ran out of names — the last named storm was Wilfred, in late September — so they switched to letters of the Greek alphabet. 2020 was the seventh most costly hurricane season on record, with more than $40 billion in damage in the U.S. Now, not later, is the time to address the climate crisis. We are pleased to see the president-elect taking it seriously, appointing former Secretary of State John Kerry, who signed the Paris Agreement for the U.S. five years ago, as his climate czar.

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or over a century, American higher education has been viewed as a public good as well as a vehicle for personal growth. It has been a source of scientific and technological advances as well as a means for individual intellectual and social development. According to such polls as Gallup and Pew, Americans believe that higher education is nearly essential in helping young people and adults succeed personally and professionally. We can see this on Long Island, where 15 public roBert a. and independent colleges and unisCott versities prepare the region’s students for productive and satisfying lives in a range of careers, from attorneys to artists to military officers, who contribute to the common good. These institutions enroll over 160,000 students, many the first in their families to attend college; employ over 30,000 people, from groundskeepers to faculty and administrators; have operating budgets of over $5 billion, yielding tax revenues and retail sales for the local and state economies; and hold over $1.5 billion in invested funds. If a community started an economic development initiative seeking an employer whose workforce included highly educated people who would be

active locally, whose “products” and services added to the economic and cultural well-being of the community, whose operations were respectful of the local ecology and whose economic impact would be significant, it wouldn’t have to look much further than its closest college or university. Nationally, however, there are an increasing number of critics of higher education, some of whom even question the value of a college degree. According to recent reports by Pew and Gallup, those surveyed said they were deeply concerned about higher education because of increases in tuition and student debt, and questions about the relevance of academic programs. Survey respondents’ dissatisfaction with colleges correlated closely to their political affiliation, with more Republican-leaning respondents saying higher education is going in the wrong direction. Those respondents were also much more likely to mention allegations that college faculty bring their political and social views into the classroom, and that colleges spend too much time protecting students from views they might find offensive. While we in higher education may question the design of the surveys, the vagueness of the questions and the definition of “college” they use, the results are the work of established polling orga-

mong the increasing number of critics are those who question the value of a degree.

Letters vote for him was and is clear. He appointed unqualified cronies to cabinet positions who proceeded to gut the public school system and make decisions based on increasing big-business profits. Lastly, the last four years of “good economy” is a balloon that is due to burst in a few years. The national debt will have to be paid at some point, and people like O’Connell will conveniently forget that a big chunk of it is the fault of Donald Trump. LIz AMbROSINO West Hempstead

Reminded what Thanksgiving is about To the Editor: Sitting at breakfast this morning, I was feeling sorry for myself because tomorrow, Thanksgiving, I will be home alone (for the first time) celebrating the holiday. This was not the original plan. I was to visit my son and his family and enjoy Thanksgiving with them.

nizations, and help perpetuate public views. Therefore, we should take these findings, and the resulting news stories, seriously and try to understand not only why these views exist, but also what we can do to regain public trust and confidence in our institutions. In many public discussions and news articles, higher education is overrepresented by wealthy institutions like Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford. Institutions on Long Island are not comparable in terms of students’ family income. Nearly 30 percent of students at Adelphi and over 21 percent of those at Hofstra come from families in the bottom 60 percent of family income (under $65,000), with fewer than 4 percent of families in the top 1 percent ($630,000 or more). In comparison, 15 percent of Harvard students are from families in the top 1 percent; Yale, 18.7 percent; Princeton, 17 percent; and Stanford, 17.5 percent. Long Island institutions are more accessible and offer opportunity to a wider swath of society. The role of higher education is complex and not easily understood. Not only do colleges and universities challenge what is known through research, scholarship and other creative endeavors, they also act as curators of the past, the archivists of heritage. They bridge the past and the future by preparing graduates for the challenges of careers and com-

merce as well as citizenship. Several Long Island colleges and universities are ranked nationally, but none are exceedingly wealthy, aloof from their communities and principally residential in character. Nor are any as the universities of Georgia, Alabama or Ohio State. Instead, our colleges and universities are primarily commuter institutions that fulfill their missions not only in their classrooms and online, but also in their communities. There are numerous examples of college partnerships with schools, chambers of commerce, nonprofit groups and businesses, not only for the benefit of the partners, but also as part of students’ education. Our research universities contribute to biomedical advances and the understanding of climate physics, among many other contributions. Many of our colleges and universities partner with one another in order to share resources and enhance efficiency. Overall, they are responsive and flexible, and have demonstrated that they can meet societal and student needs with a variety of programs and credentials. With greater efforts to demonstrate commitments to student success on and off campus and renewed initiatives to serve the public, colleges and universities can strengthen their place in society and regain public trust and confidence as essential forces for social mobility and personal fulfillment. Institutions on Long Island can lead the way. Robert A. Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University.

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What happened, however, is that he lives in what is now a yellow zone, and he and his wife and school-age sons are concerned that they might inadvertently expose me to Covid. My initial reaction was disappointment and sadness, despite the fact that every year I have been blessed with being a participant in a great family celebration of extended family, including my two sons and daughter and their families. As I read Randi Kreiss’s column “Dinner for two at our Thanksgiving table” (Nov. 19-25), about the berlin Airlift and the sacrifices of World War II, I recognized that me being alone at Thanksgiving was nothing compared with the many who are currently suffering through this pandemic in such tragic ways. I am fortunate to be in good health, have the love of family and friends, have a roof over my head and food to share with our local pantry each week. When I sit down to Thanksgivings dinner tomorrow, I will remember to be very thankful, and I will look forward to next year and a hopeful return to normal for all of us. MARGE ELLIS Merrick

Another last burst of color — Red Cote Preserve, Oyster Bay Cove

OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD — December 3, 2020

In praise of higher education

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