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South Side wins county title in overtime By ANDREW CoEN sports@liherald.com

After more than 87 minutes of scoreless soccer in the Nassau Class A girls’ final, Mia Delmond took over to deliver South Side its first county crown in six seasons. The junior striker fired a shot into the left corner of the MacArthur net with 2:27 remaining in the first overtime in a 2-0 triumph against topseeded McArthur on April 28. Delmond then added a key insurance tally with 4:07 remaining in the second extra session.

“We all played together and never stopped pushing,” she said. “It was a whole team effort.” D e l m o n d ’s h e r o i c s a t MacArthur’s home field in Levittown gave South Side (7-23), a once dominant state power, its first county title since 2014. It capped an unusual delayed fall season rife with challenges amid the Covid-19 pandemic. There is no traditional Long Island or state championship this year due to logistical challenges posed by the health crisis. The championship match m a rk e d a l o n g - aw a i t e d

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South SIDE CAPtuRED its first county championship since 2014 on April 28 with a 2-0 win over host MacArthur in the Nassau Class A final. rematch of the 2019 Class A semifinals, when MacArthur defeated South Side 3-2 en route to an eventual county title. MacArthur (13-1-2) had beaten South Side 1-0 on March

26, and held the Cyclones to a scoreless tie on April 9 as part of a dominant regular season campaign in which the Generals gave up only one goal heading into the playoffs.

“This is something we’ve been working for and towards for a while, and they wholeheartedly deserved it,” South Continued on page 2

Army veteran discharged after 85-day battle with Covid-19 By toM CARRozzA tcarrozza@liherald.com

Rockville Centre resident Michael Williams is described by his wife, Tracey, as an alpha male who has never been afraid of a battle. Over the course of 85 days at Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital, Williams fought Covid-19 physically and mentally — and beat it. The impression he made on hospital staff members was clear: Dozens of doctors and nurses saw him off when he was discharged on April 26. They, along with family members and friends, lined Mercy’s lobby and cheered as Williams

was wheeled out. The 59-yearold Army veteran was in high spirits, joking with staff all the way down the hallway and posing for pictures. Williams spent 17 years in the Army, in a medical unit. “First and foremost, I want to give thanks to God, of course,” he said. “I was scared, and it was tough, but the love you’ve shown me made me fight harder.” The Williams family gathered near the entrance of the hospital and prayed together, grateful for Michael’s recovery. Tracey and Michael, their children Ashley and Christopher and grandchildren A.J.

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and Ari all tested positive for Covid-19 in late January. Their sons Justin, who was away at medical school, and their eldest, Jonathan, who lives away from home escaped the virus. Tracey described most of their cases as mild, but

Michael’s case was alarming. He struggled to walk, talk and breathe, and Tracey rushed him to Mercy when it was clear that he wasn’t getting better. He was admitted on Feb. 1. His family FaceTimed with him every night at 8 to help keep his spirits up. “He was very withdrawn and very depressed,” Tracey said.

“And even though he wasn’t able to talk and respond in the beginning, he was able to see that we were still there for him.” “Michael has been a true inspiration to not only the staff, but other patients on our unit,” Physical Therapist Michel Dreyzin said. “We’re going to miss him, but he’s going to do Continued on page 3

South Side captures first county title since 2014 continued from front page Side head coach Jenn Abgarian said. “They put in the work that they needed to, and as a unit, as a team, as a program, it was very special.” The Cyclones had several chances to win in regulation, but were thwarted by MacArthur’s stingy defense. Sophomore goalie Lexie Thompson made seven saves, including a key stop on a South Side corner kick early in the second half, knocking the ball away. Generals senior midfielder Alyssa Accordino was also instrumental in keeping the game scoreless during regulation, with some clutch plays that included positioning herself in front of the goal line to clear away a shot on an open net from a South Side corner kick with 18 minutes left. MacArthur, which was playing in its third straight county final, had some solid scoring chances in the first half, including hitting the crossbar with just 35 seconds left before halftime. “We didn’t take advantage of some opportunities we had in the first half,” MacArthur head coach Jamie San Filippo said. “Some of our top goal scorers had some open looks from inside the 18-yard box, and throughout the season those have been goals.” San Filippo said that some tired legs also may have caught up with his team less than

48 hours after the Generals knocked off Garden City, 2-1, in double overtime on a goal from Fiona Killan off an assist by Kaitlyn Tung. MacArthur trailed 1-0 for much of the match before a Madison Hnis goal knotted the score with just under 10 minutes left. “That was the first time at halftime we have been down for the entire season,” San Filippo said. “That is a high-pressure moment, and as the game went on, instead of them getting more and more nervous, it actually looked like they were getting more and more confident.” The South Side title brought a storybook close to the high school careers of five graduating seniors, Kate Sweeney, Ella Delmond, Maddie Roberti, Sydney Rathjen and Maddy Wolfrom. Plenty of talent will return this fall, however, as the Cyclones try for a repeat and a chance to compete for the program’s first state title since 2012. “Winning this title sets the tone, hopefully, for the next couple of years,” said Mia Delmond, who is planning to play lacrosse at Quinnipiac with her sister, Ella. “We’re back on the map.”

South Side’S Nora Basile, near right, soared above MacArthur’s Carly Koprowski during the Nassau Class A title game.

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Veteran released after 85-day Covid battle great.” Dreyzin sent Williams home with a bottle of bubbles to blow to continue rehabilitating his lungs. The timing of his release was convenient, because he was able to be at home with his family to watch his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers make their selections in the NFL draft. Neighbor and family friend Damon Taylor was excited to join Williams to watch the draft. “He’s my favorite Steeler fan,” Taylor said, “and I’m glad to have him back.” Tracey said she was hopeful that her husband’s recovery would continue to go smoothly at home, adding that her husband wants other Covid-19 patients to keep fighting. He cited the help of the critical care, acute care, respiratory and emergency departments, inpatient rehab and those family FaceTime calls as having kept him going even when he lacked energy. “At the beginning, it was hard to fight to get better,” he said. “I almost gave up, but my wife and kids served as encouragement to get better. The staff at Mercy also pushed me every day, and reminded me I have so much to live for.”

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Rockville centRe Resident Michael Williams was sent off after his 85-day hospital stay by Mercy Hospital staff.

Vaxmobile arrives to innoculate residents By tom caRRozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

The Town of Hempstead’s Vaxmobile made its way to the Rockville Centre Recreation Center on April 27 to provide a local vaccination option for residents. The mammoth truck, donned in the blue and purple of its operators, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, stood in the parking lot loaded to administer the Pfizer vaccine. Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray said that village buses have been able to go directly to seniors and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center to invite more residents to get their vaccines. “The more people we get vaccinated and the faster we do it, we’ll get this disease out of here,” Murray said. Ramon Paris, a resident who has done volunteer work with the Rockville Centre Hispanic Brotherhood, came with his son and wife to get their first dose of the vaccine. Each of them fought Covid-19 this past year. He was excited to begin the vaccination process and hopefully travel to Florida and Puerto Rico soon. “We want to get back to normal,” Paris said. “We want to be able to take these masks off.” The Vaxmobile is a joint venture between the Town of Hempstead and Mount Sinai South Nassau. The latter conceived the idea in November, citing its necessity as a local option for those who could not travel far for the Covid vaccine.

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the PaRis family — Ramon, Ramon Jr. and Connie — who have all had Covid-19, got their vaccines from Mount Sinai South Nassau nurse practitioner Amber Vitale, left, Valentino Griffiths, of Community Education, and Luz Otero, of Patient Care Services. Joe Calderone, the senior vice president of communications at MSSN, credited town leadership through Supervisor Don Clavin and Councilman Anthony D’Esposito for helping to turn the idea into reality. “They had the foresight and the leadership to take our proposal seriously and act on it,” Calderone said.

He added that in the month since the Vaxmobile started visiting different locations in Hempstead, it has vaccinated about 1,200 people. The vehicle has helped those who are not technologically savvy or do not have the time to make an appointment at one of the state sites because of their jobs find a quicker, but equally safe option.

“We had people from a deli in Island Park across the street,” Calderone said. “We had guys that didn’t even take their aprons off.” The Vaxmobile started off as a testing center before transitioning to a mobile vaccine site when doses became available. It is the first such vehicle in the state and only the second in the nation, according to Clavin. “This is because of the collaboration of having the funds that we utilized to help people and teaming up with the professionals who know how to use it,” Clavin said. D’Esposito said that when he was contacted about the concept back in November, he was on the phone with Clavin within minutes. The two called the idea “a no-brainer.” “To have that vision in November and December, when we weren’t even sure where vaccines were going to be, it was a great vision,” D’Esposito said. “And while others on the state and county levels were making this cash funding political, we made sure the money went where it needed to be.” The town board voted in favor of using federal grant money awarded through the CARES Act to purchase the vehicle, which was an old police command center vehicle, from a North Carolina car dealer. The Vaxmobile will be in the Five Towns, at 270 Lawrence Road in Lawrence, on May 6 and Freeport, at the recreation center at 130 East Merrick Road, on May 7.

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anThony and mary Lou Cancellieri introduced “Louie” with members of the Mount Sinai South Nassau staff at a news conference on April 30.

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Easing ER nerves for people with autism By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital has partnered with RVC Blue Speaks, a Rockville Centre-based autism awareness organization, to create a machine that provides a calming atmosphere for people with autism in the stressful environment that the Emergency Room can be. “Louie” has a wide array of calming

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ny and Mary Lou Cancellieri had with their grandson, Louis, who the “Louie” machine is named after. A few years ago, Cancellieri, of Rockville Centre, and his daughter had a frustrating experience at a hospital on Long Island. When the family brought Louis in for treatment, they were met by an intake person and informed them that little Louis was on the spectrum. “The person said: ‘Does he bite?’ And my daughter was devastated that someone would ask that question,” Anthony said. As a member of the board at Mount Sinai South Nassau, Anthony said he believed he and RVC Blue Speaks could push for more training to improve care at the hospital for people like Louis. RVC Blue Speaks donated $15,000 to expand the hopsital’s Child Life Program and purchase the Vecta System Sensory Station that was dubbed “Louie.” The machine offers people with ASD multi-sensory options like a rubber ball that controls bubbles in the central water tube, fiber optic strands for people to run their fingers through and noise cancelling headphones. Additionally, “Louie” has a projector, blankets and iPads for those with ASD to use as they wish. Often, they are offered in exchange for the patient’s cooperation

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Friday, May 14

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Come down to the Center for Science Teaching & Learning to create memories as your child does everything from crafting to finger painting ro petting one of the many live animals on site. 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Join historian Max Alvarez in the suspense-driven world of film noir. This program will take place via Zoom thorugh the RVC Library. Starts at 2 p.m.

Family Animal Show Meet the animals at the Center for Science Teaching and Learning at Tanglewood Preserve. Register online at the CSTL’s website. Event starts at 7 p.m.

Book Chats with Anna Katsavos Read and discuss Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam. This program will take place through the RVC Library via Zoom. Registration required, 1 p.m.

Saturday, May 15

Tomatomania Join garden writer Jessica Damiano, creator and 13-year-old host of The Great Long Island Tomato Challenge, for a primer on growing great tomatoes. Program takes place via Zoom through the RVC Library. Registration required 7 p.m.

Eggsperiments Bring your family to the Center for Science Teaching and Learning at Tanglewood Preserve to learn about the scientific method. Event starts at 2 p.m.

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Meditation with MaryClare MaryClare Chiofalo leads a meditation class through the Rockville Centre Public Library that is designed to help participants destress, relax and focus. Registration required, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 11 Yoga with Joe Certified yoga instructor Joe Cilmi leads the class designed to accommodate the needs of people who may have difficulty with more traditional approaches. Registration required. At the Rockville Centre Library, 12:15 p.m.

What to Watch? Join moderator Michael Matuszewski and library staff member Rob Siegel in a discussion about what everyone is currently watching on television, through the Rockville Centre Public Library. The discussion will take place over Zoom and registration is required. The link will be emailed one hour prior to the 7:30 p.m. start time.

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Chef Rob: Panko Crusted Chicken

Enhance strength and flexibility in this popular exercise led by highly motivational, certified instructor Marilyn Bunger through the Rockville Centre Library, 9:30 a.m.

Chi Gong with Marianna Farina Farina’s exercise class returns for a session of ten classes. Registration required through the RVC Library on Zoom. Starts 11 a.m.

Chef Rob prepares panko crusted chicken with fresh mozzarella and spinach. Recipe and video link will be provided through the RVC Library. Registration required, 10 a.m.

Mothers’ Center Circle

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Board of Trustees Meeting

Connect with other moms to discuss the joys and challenges of motherhood. Zoom link available through the RVC Library. Registration required, 10 a.m.

Current Events discussion Stay up-to-date with current affairs and discuss what’s on your mind with facilitator Richard Skolnik, through the Rockville Centre Public Library. The discussion will take place over Zoom and registration is required. The link will be emailed one hour prior to the 10:30

Choose the hike that best suits you with the author of Hiking Long Island, Lee McAllister. Register at the RVC Library website for Zoom link. Starts at 7 p.m.

The RVC village board of trustees meets for a special meeting. Zoom link available at rvcny.gov. Starts at 6 p.m.

Temple B’Nai Sholom Board of Trustees Meeting

Join Jennifer Ryan author of the national bestseller The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, The Spies of Shilling Lane, and her new novel, The Kitchen Front. Registration through the RVC required for this Zoom event. Starts at 7 p.m.

The synagogue’s board of trustees meets from 8:15 to 10 p.m. at the Knesset Room or on Zoom.

Thursday, May 13

Live Author Event

The RVC Breast Cancer Coalition will sponsor their first annual Golf & Tennis Outing on June 21 at the Seawane Golf Club in Hewlett. To register, visit www. rvcbcc.org/events.

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Take & Make Crafts are available for pick up through the RVC Public Library on Tuesday at 9 a.m. My First Online Storytime through the RVC Public Library is at 11:30 a.m. on May 12. St. Francis Hospital is leading stroke awareness month with a Zoom seminar May 12 at 1 p.m. Storm Soccer, NY has a practice soccer session at Tighe Field on May 12 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Annual school board election & budget vote is scheduled for May 18, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. (SSHS Gym)

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Herald sports Cyclones fall in volleyball final By BRIAN KACHARABA sports@liherald.com

The South Side girls’ volleyball team played Wantagh extremely tough during the regular season and hoped to compete at the same level heading into the Nassau Class A championship April 28. But in the end, the top-seeded Warriors proved to be too much for the Cyclones to handle. Shannon Sullivan and Sadie Reich combined for 17 kills and Sarah Rende had 25 assists as the Wantagh claimed its second title in three seasons with a convincing 25-18, 25-9, 25-16 win over visiting South Side. Olivia Pugliese added six kills and Nicolette Piscopo starred on defense with 12 digs for the 12-1 Warriors, who didn’t drop a set in any of their four playoff matchups. Sophia Jackson had four kills, two aces and 10 digs and fellow senior Maddie Gamberg added three blocks for the second-seeded Cyclones, who finished the season with seven wins. “We definitely didn’t bring it,” South Side coach Cheryl Scalice said. “Wantagh played an awesome game. If you don’t, throughout a match, get better and better, this is the end result. That’s pretty much how it turned out today.” The first two meetings between the schools this spring were hotly contested, including a five-set victory by Wantagh on April 13 in which South Side won the fourth set before falling two points short in the fifth. It marked the only time that Wantagh went the distance all season.

But this time, the Warriors made sure the Cyclones wouldn’t make the match close. Wantagh jumped out to a quick 9-3 lead in the first set that started with Sullivan’s pretty loft volley and Rende’s service ace that made it 3-0 and ended with two failed possessions and two long hits out of bounds by South Side. The Cyclones rallied to get within four points at 15-11, but the Warriors put the game out of reach with a 6-1 run, highlighted by two Pugliese kills and her combined block with Rende that scored another point. Wantagh’s strong play carried into the second set with a 10-1 start that starred Sullivan and Reich. Both had two strong kills and Reich added a desperation volley that somehow found space in Cyclone territory before combining with teammate Julia Coppola on another block point. The Warriors recorded the last seven points of the set behind more or Rende’s stellar serving. South Side took an early 3-2 lead in the third set on Sarah Hubschman’s kill and Gamberg and Jackson’s block point, but Wantagh followed with six straight points to regain the lead. The resilient Cyclones answered with four more points of their own and, after yielding the next five to the Warriors, cut the deficit to 13-10 on Jackson’s kill and two aces. But that was the closest South Side could get as Wantagh went on a 5-1 run to pull away for good. South Side’s season ended when its final volley sailed over the end line for the championship point.

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SoutH SIde’S MAddIe Gamberg, left, soared to block a smash attempt by Wantagh’s Sadie Reich during the Nassau Class A final on April 28.

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town celebrates a woman-owned business Monica Rubin, owner of the School of Rock in Rockville Centre, was presented with a Town of Hempstead Certificate of Recognition on March 29 in celebration of Women’s History Month. Town Clerk Kate Murray, left, presented her with the certificate, and School of Rock Marketing Director Dorianna Gross was also in attendance.

RVC library honored during library week Town of Hempstead officials celebrated National Library Week, which lasted from April 4 to 10, at the Rockville Centre Public Library on April 10. Hempstead Town Clerk Kate Murray and Councilman Anthony D’Esposito presented library representatives with a Certificate of Recognition. Rockville Centre Library Director Catherine Overton attended alongside Library Board President Susanne Morahan and Secretary Michael Ludwig; Rockville Centre Village Mayor Fran Murray and Trustee Nancy Howard.

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on a recent Thursday at the Nassau County Police Academy in North Massapequa, recruits practiced arresting a suspect during a felony car stop, in which the vehicle that was pulled over had reportedly been used in a crime.

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An arresting lesson in N.C. police work By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

Part three in a photo series on the Nassau County Police Academy. A Signal 15 comes in over the radio: A stolen vehicle used in a felony — perhaps a bank robbery, maybe a kidnapping — has been pulled over. Officers must quickly assess the situation: Is the vehicle occupant armed? Hostile? Ready to run? With so many unknowns, officers are trained to follow step-by-step procedures to take the suspect into custody without a fight. The objective of this high-stakes, potentially deadly scenario is to “keep everyone safe,” Officer Arthur Zanelli, a Nassau County Police Academy instructor, said on a recent Thursday, just before academy recruits ran through a mock felony car stop. “You want [the suspect] to have his day in court.” De-escalation, talking a suspect through the car stop with specific instructions that leave no room for error, is the key to everyone walking away unharmed, according to Zanelli. The recruits practiced talking suspects through a stop, instructing them precisely how and when to leave their vehicle. There were four recruits in two police cruisers, whose objective was to bring in two suspects in a single vehicle, one of whom ran off, while the other stayed and was captured. It was a mock exercise, but the nervous tension was palpable as of ficers approached the vehicle, their dummy guns drawn. Communications is key in this scenario, Zanelli said, and the recruits called out to one another throughout the exercise. Once a suspect is handcuffed, then the Continued on neXt page

officerS practiced drawing their guns. The objective, police academy instructors said, is to avoid firing a weapon, to ensure that police, the public and the suspect all stay safe. officer arthur Zanelli, above ran recruits through their paces during the mock exercise. officerS muSt give suspects step-by-step instructions on how to proceed when exiting a vehicle during a felony car stop.

Recruits practice to make the perfect arrest detective work begins. Who is this person? Did he or she commit the felony in question? It might very well not be the bad guy, Zanelli noted. It could, for example, be a relative who had nothing to do with the crime in

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question, but that person must be treated as a suspect until proven otherwise. The felony car stop, he noted, is among the most dangerous scenarios that a police officer might encounter in the field.

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the tension of a felony car stop was palpable even during a mock exercise.

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It was a warm, sunny day last Sunday when Congregation B’nai Sholom-Beth David hosted its Lag B’Omer BBQ. It was the synagogue’s first in-person event in more than a year. With tables set up in the parking lot outside the temple, dozens of people gathered for the Covid-friendly fundraiser to celebrate Lag B’Omer and mark the end of a historically sad period of time. Lag B’Omer is the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer according to the Hebrew calendar. Dan Seid, the congregation’s educational director and principal of the religious school, described the holiday as a day to mark the ending of a traditionally sad period in the Jewish religion. It represents a break from tragedy, including plagues that killed many people thousands of years ago. “And we know that that connects with coronavirus,” Seid said, “because we’re hoping that now is like a break in the tragedy that we’ve all had with coronavirus . . . so it’s like a celebration of a ceasing of tragedy and a new beginning — a regrowth.” Hot dogs, hamburgers and other foods were cooked on the grill while children played games, won prizes and tried their hand at an obstacle course. Rabbi David Lerner, Cantor Alexandra Weiser, synagogue board chair Ira Salwen and Seid performed a skit to explain the history behind the holiday to the children and guests. Most communications have been conducted virtually over the last year, but congregants were excited to meet in person again. “The last time we were together was the end of February,” said Nancy Hochhauser, vice president of the temple’s board. “It’s nice to be back.” Salwen echoed the sentiment. “After a year of seeing everybody on Zoom,” he said, “it’s nice to be able to come together and see each other in person.” “It’s always great when we’re with our temple family, and especially in good weather,” said Martin Skolnick, the synagogue’s board president, “but as things have opened up a little bit more we’re becoming a community. Zoom is great but . . .” “It only goes so far,” Salwen said.

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Congregation B’nai sholom-Beth David Cantor Alexandra Weiser, left, Rabbi David Lerner, synagogue board chair Ira Salwen and school Principal Dan Seid performed a skit.

Kids partiCipated in an obstacle course. the Children jumped rope and took part in other activities Congregants enjoyed the barbecue. martin sKolniCK, the synagogue’s board president, far left, was on grill duty.

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News briefs New logo banners to be hung this summer Rockville Centre of ficials announced a new initiative that aims to beautify the village’s business districts. The village is creating banners to display its new hydrangea logo and is offering sponsorship opportunities for each banner. Sponsorship pricing includes the making of the two-sided banner that will be hung on a village light pole for two years. Additionally, the sponsor’s name and one line of infor mation will be displayed on the bottom of the banner. For further details or to order your banner, visit the village website at www.rvcny.gov. Get your orders in by May 14 to

guarantee your banner will be hanging this summer! Additionally, the village will hold its first classic car show on May 15 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. You must be a resident to display your car, but anyone can come and look at them. The Rockville Centre Classic Car Show will be held in parking field 2, north of the Long Island Rail Road station, between North Village and North Centre. Residents are invited to sign up via email by sending a message to Lois at LTinghitella@rvcny.us. Include your name, address, phone number, email address and the year, make and model of your car. The rain date is scheduled for May 16.

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LEGAL NOTICE Public Notice to Bidders Sealed Bids will be received by the Village of Rockville Centre Purchasing Department for the matter stated below. Bids must be received at the Rockville Centre Police Department, 34 Maple Ave., Rockville Centre, New York 11570 until 11:00 am prevailing time on June 3, 2021. Bids will be opened that day and read aloud in the Village Court Room. In accordance with Executive Order of the Governor of New York, the bid opening will be recorded, and the recording will be available on the Village website on June 4, 2021. The contract will be awarded as soon thereafter as practicable for: CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT & TESTING FOR THE POWER PLANT Bid No. 2105E1(1015) The contract documents, specifications and plans can be examined on the Village’s website at www.rvcny.gov. Follow the link to the Purchasing Department. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check, bank check or bid bond payable to the Incorporated Village of Rockville Centre in the amount of five (5%) percent of the gross

amount of the bid. Potential contractors are required to participate in a site walk through to be completed by May 21, 2021. Please contact Eileen Foglietta at efoglietta@rvcny.us to confirm attendance. Please do not forward bid questions to Eileen Foglietta. All questions should be directed to the Purchasing Department. Please contact Debbie Advocate in the Purchasing Department via email only at dadvocate@rvcny.us with any questions you may have. Questions must be received no later than May 24, 2021. Award of Contract will be made in accordance with applicable provisions of the law. The Village reserves the right to split awards between multiple bidders, reject all bids, or make such determination as in the best interests of the Village, as provided by law. Purchasing Department 516-678-9295 125809

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LEGAL NOTICE The resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on March 1, 2021 and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only

if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the Village of Rockville Centre, in the County of Nassau, New York, is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this Notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the publication of this Notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution. DATED:March 1, 2021 Rockville Centre, New York Kathleen Murray Village Clerk REFUNDING BOND RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NEW YORK, ADOPTED MARCH 1, 2021, AUTHORIZING THE REFUNDING OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE, STATING THE PLAN OF REFUNDING, APPROPRIATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,500,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $4,500,000 TO FINANCE

SAID APPROPRIATION, AND MAKING CERTAIN OTHER DETERMINATIONS RELATIVE THERETO The object or purpose is to refund of all or a portion of certain outstanding bonds of the Village issued in 2008, 2009 and 2011 to finance various purposes. The periods of probable usefulness of the objects or purposes for which the bonds to be refunded were issued consist of various periods ranging from 5 years to 40 years, commencing on the date of original issuance of the first bonds or bond anticipation notes issued for the respective objects or purposes for which the outstanding bonds were issued. The amount of obligations to be issued is not to exceed $4,500,000. A complete copy of the Bond Resolution summarized above shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the Village Clerk, Village of Rockville Centre, Village Hall, 1 College Place, Rockville Centre, New York. Dated:March 1, 2021 Rockville Centre, New York 125819

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Pope names RVC rector as Wilmington bishop Koenig was ordained to the priestThe Rev. Msgr. William Koenig, a former rector of the Saint Agnes Parish in hood by the Most Rev. John R. McGann Rockville Centre, was named by Pope at the Cathedral of Saint Agnes on May Francis as the 10th bishop of the Dio- 14, 1983. His first assignment as a priest cese of Wilmington in Delaware. was to the Parish of St. Edward the ConBishop-elect Koenig was introduced fessor in Syosset. After five years at St. to the Diocese of Wilmington at a news Edward’s, he served for a year in the conference at the Cathedral Parish of St. James in of Saint Peter in WilmingSetauket, where he also ton, Delaware on April 30. assisted in the Campus MinHe follows the Most Reveristry Program at the State end W. Francis Malooly, who University of New York at served as bishop since 2008. Stony Brook. In 1989, he was The news conference and appointed the Diocesan the Mass were live streamed Director of Vocations. on the Diocese of Rockville I n 1 9 9 0 , Ko e n i g w a s Centre Facebook page. assigned as Diocesan Direc“I am grateful to our Holy tor of Ministry to Priests Father Pope Francis for while continuing to serve as Rev. Msgr. appointing Bishop-elect WilDirector of Vocations. He William Koenig liam Koenig the bishop of served from 1996 tp 2000 as the Diocese of Wilmington,” Parochial Vicar at the Cathesaid the Most Rev. John dral of Saint Agnes in RockBarres, bishop of the Diocese of Rock- ville Centre. In 2007, he was named Chapville Centre. “Bishop-elect Koenig is a lain to His Holiness by Pope Benedict seasoned and experienced pastor who is XVI. In 2009, he was appointed the rector known for his pastoral charity, his of the Cathedral of Saint Agnes in Rockhumility and his sincerity. He radiates ville Centre. His service as rector conan evangelizing spirit of joy and gentle cluded in 2020 when he was appointed interior peace that is the fruit of a deep the Vicar for Clergy for the Diocese of prayer life and years of serving parish- Rockville Centre. ioners in a wide range of parishes, minIn addition to his Diocesan Assignistries and apostolates on Long Island.” ments, Koenig has served in several roles Koenig was born on Aug. 17, 1956 in and boards in the Diocese of Rockville Queens and grew up in East Meadow, Centre. He has been named the dean of where he and his family were parishio- the Seaford Deanery and the Rockville ners of St. Raphael’s Church. He attend- Centre Deanery. He has been a member ed St. Raphael’s Elementary School, St. of the Diocesan Presbyteral Council and Pius X Preparatory Seminary in Union- the College of Consultors. He has repredale, Cathedral College in Douglaston, sented the Diocese in the Priests Council N.Y. and the Seminary of the Immacu- of New York State. Koenig has been the late Conception in Huntington. After moderator of Catholic Youth Organizaordination, he also attended Fordham tion of Long Island and is a board memUniversity, from which he received a ber of Unitas, an investment corporation Master of Social Work degree. for parishes and diocesan entities.

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SSHS teacher honored for BOCES award Keith Gamache, who has been teaching in Rockville Centre’s South Side High School for more than 25 years, was presented with a proclamation from State Senator Todd Kaminsky and State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin on April 15 upon being given the Nassau BOCES Education Partner Award for his contributions to public education on Long Isalnd. Gamache, pictured with Kaminsky, Griffin and his family, has shared his passion for the arts with his students.

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covered the Bellmore-JFK High School Homecoming parade in the fall of 2004, photographing the revelers and floats as they headed from the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station off Sunrise Highway to the Bellmore Avenue school. It was a sunny day, full of carefree teenagers. I could never have imagined then that day would haunt me still. All journalists who’ve been in the profession a while have stories they can’t shake. You might think you SCoTT had locked them away at the back BRINToN of your brain, but they reappear without warning, leaving you in a state of disbelief or sadness or anger. Thinking back on that Homecoming parade leaves me feeling all three. Covering the recent West Hempstead Stop & Shop shooting, in which 49-yearold Ray Wishropp, a father of seven from Valley Stream, was killed and two others were injured, sent the memories of that parade streaming back. That day, I snapped photos of Carol Kestenbaum, a 17-year-old JFK senior, as she drove the Homecoming king and queen in her white convertible. A little

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more than two years later, Kestenbaum was shot dead while studying education at the University of Arizona. She had warned a friend that the young man she was dating seemed unhinged. The 22-year-old found out about the warning, killed Kestenbaum and her best friend, Nicole Schiffman, another Kennedy High graduate who was studying journalism at the University of Maryland, and then took his own life. Schiffman had come for the weekend to celebrate Kestenbaum’s 20th birthday. They were among the tens of thousands of Americans who have died in a perpetual cycle of gun violence in this nation. I held back tears when I covered their funerals on a cold winter day in 2007. They were buried side by side at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon. I knew Carol’s mother, Rita Kestenbaum. In 1999, she won a seat on the Hempstead Town Board. She lost it in the next election, but remained active in local politics for years after that. At the JFK Homecoming parade, she walked behind her daughter’s car from the train station to the school, beaming with pride. Her daughter was the first person I knew to die of gun violence. Her death leaves me feeling unsettled to this day, understanding how suddenly and sense-

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lessly a life can be taken in this country. Wishropp was a Stop & Shop manager. Nassau County police said his alleged killer, a 31-year-old Hempstead man, had sought a transfer to another supermarket. When he didn’t get it, he left the store, but returned 40 minutes later and started shooting. I’m a runner. Last Saturday, I ran to the top of the giant hill at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, where there’s a human sun clock dedicated to Carol Kestenbaum. You stand in the middle of the circle, where a rectangular stone block forms the centerpiece of this hallowed ground. The 12 months are marked on it. On a sunny day, if you stand on the month you’re in and raise your hand straight to the sky, your shadow will point to a number from one to 12, giving you the approximate time of day. “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time,” reads the plaque in honor of Kestenbaum. I sat enjoying the 63-degree weather on a sunny, windless day. The azure sky stretched out before me, with wispy cirrus clouds high above. I could hear the creaky windmill to my left spinning, its moving blades forming a frenetic shadow on the seashell-coated path before me. In a grassy patch to my right, a family — a mother and father, their children and the

he deadly Stop & Shop shooting took me back to a Bellmore Homecoming.

kids’ grandparents — had spread out a blanket to sit and talk and laugh. It all felt so normal, peaceful, a world away from the chaos of gun violence that had erupted at the West Hempstead Stop & Shop April 20 and in Arizona all those years ago. Kestenbaum, who wanted to become a teacher, would have loved the sound of children at play, I imagined. Then a loud shot rang out, I believe from the gun range just across the Meadowbrook Parkway in Freeport, piercing the quietude, an eerie reminder that guns are never far away in America. As I ran down the hill to head home, I heard three more pops of a gun in rapidfire succession. Then again, and again. The shots continued as I ran out of the park. I had heard them many times before while at the preserve, but had never paid much attention to them. Now I wanted them to just go away, never to be heard again. I only wish our elected leaders at the federal and state levels might sit in Carol Kestenbaum’s circle, soaking up the normalcy of everyday life and imagining this young light of the world extinguished in a heartbeat. How would they vote on gun-control legislation then? 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.

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ime-travel with me. The year was 1957. We had just moved to Cedarhurst from Queens, and it was the first day of class at Number Three School on Broadway. I slid into my chair in Mrs. Haggerty’s sixth-grade classroom, and knew I would fall out of the same chair, dead, in a minute if I couldn’t get away from the stares and whispers of the other girls. After a few minutes of mounting distress, I burst into tears, thus condemning myself to an entire school year of teasRANDI ing and ostracism KREISS and bullying. You can’t cry. It just feeds the frenzy. In 1957 there was no counseling, no help, just day after day of preteen hell. I was actually one of the few, possibly the only, sixth-grader in America to get the “black spot” from a clique of girls in the class. Do you know your “Treasure Island”? The pirates passed a piece of paper with a black spot on it to someone about to be killed. So, did It make it better that I was the target of a literary group of

mean girls? When I opened the folded-up note left on my desk and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed. I wasn’t your regulation kid. I couldn’t help that. The other girls were consumed with “American Bandstand,” a daily live TV dance show out of Philly. They followed that program, and the real-life teens who appeared on the show, with a devotion I could neither fathom nor fake. I just wanted to come home after school, cut up a few oranges and retreat to my room with a book. Reading “Gone With the Wind,” I consumed a small grove. Eventually I made friends and kept friends and got married and had children and then grandchildren. What is a troubling issue in my granddaughters’ lives? Mean girl power plays, cliques and the popularity drama humming beneath the radar of most parents and teachers. Girls are still forming exclusive groups in elementary and junior and senior high school; they are still finding someone to be “it”; they are still causing other girls enormous emotional stress and anxiety. And it is mostly girls. Boys interact in entirely different ways. Of course, there

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are bullies and guys’ cliques, but girls seem to deploy meanness in more creative and devastating ways. I asked a few of my friends if they remember if they were mean girls in school, and every one of us recalled whether we were in the cool, mean group or with the uncool outsiders. And everyone who copped to being mean acknowledged that they knew it was wrong, but they were afraid that if they didn’t join the power clique, they would become a target. Pretty savage equation, isn’t it? Meanness equals survival. In the decades since I survived the black spot, psychologists, educators and parents have studied the relationships among young girls and defined the behaviors and the interactions. But the meanness still exists in the whispers and the pacts to leave someone out and the comments on someone’s unacceptable clothes or habits or affect. There are attempts at discussion groups and sensitization groups and psychological services in the schools, but the toxic comments have leapt to the internet, where it is so much easier to target a classmate, anonymously and persistently.

hen I opened the note and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed.

“Mean Girls,” the show and the movie, was hilarious, intuitive and sharp in its send-up of the popular girls who reigned supreme at a typical American high school. The production, which was, first of all, entertainment, glossed over the real pain young girls feel as victims of a meangirl power surge. Rosalind Wiseman, author of “Queen Bees and Wannabes,” urges parents to look at their own behavior, how they talk about neighbors or friends and the capacity they model for accepting people into their circle. Other suggestions she offers: Stay engaged with your child. Realize it isn’t only other kids who are the mean girls. Contact the school and calmly convey your concerns. Band together with other parents to discuss the issues. I’m not sure what to say to my own granddaughters. Perhaps remind them to keep talking to the trusted adults in their lives. Perhaps remind them that they are surviving a once-in-a-generation pandemic with courage and grace, and they can survive this, too. Look at me. I got the black spot 64 years ago and I’m still here. I don’t even remember the names of the girls who tried to ruin my sixth-grade life. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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e’re steadily getting there — herd immunity, when a minimum of 60 to 70 percent of Americans will be vaccinated against Covid-19. As of press time this week, about 34 percent of New Yorkers had been fully vaccinated, a number roughly equal to the national percentage. That’s good, but not necessarily great. Here’s why: Officials at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the vaccination rate has slowed in recent weeks, and if the percentage of inoculated Americans continues to drop each week, we may be unable to reach herd immunity by summer’s end. That would be bad. So much of what we held dear during pre-pandemic times — the ability to work and earning a living, visit family members and friends, take in a ball game or concert — hangs in the balance. Mercifully, we have seen a major drop in the number of infections across New York state over the past month. That trend, officials said, is due in large part to widespread vaccination of New Yorkers. It also may partly be a function of the slowing spread of the virus as warmer weather sets in. Officials had predicted that winter would bring the highest levels of infection and death, and it certainly did, peaking on Jan. 8, when the U.S. saw 259,564 new Covid-19 cases. Following that peak, health officials said, we would see a decrease in cases, with summer predicted to bring the lowest levels of infection since the pandemic erupted here in March of last year. Already we have seen the overall infection rate across the state fall below 2 percent, with only the Finger Lakes and western New York seeing rates slightly above that figure. The infection rates in the Capital

letters Vote for Liz Dion and Kelly Barry To the Editor: If you moved to Rockville Centre in the last 12 years because of our town’s excellent schools, you did so in part thanks to the hard work of Liz Dion. Liz consistently advocates for excellence for all of our students. She has vital experience and an important perspective, since her own children have gone through RVC public schools. She knows what colleges and careers demand of our kids, and she works to ensure that they are prepared at every stage of their education. Liz has integrity. She understands the complex problems facing public education today,

Walk in or schedule an appointment All New York state mass vaccination sites are now open to eligible New Yorkers ages 16 and over for walk-in vaccinations on a first-come, first-served basis. Walk-in appointments are reserved for first doses only, with second doses to be scheduled automatically after administration of the initial shot. All vaccine providers are encouraged to allow walkin appointments for those eligible. People who would prefer to schedule Region and Southern Tier have already fallen below 1 percent, with Long Island not far behind, at 1.4 percent. All of this, of course, is excellent news. But will it lead to vaccine complacency, with unvaccinated New Yorkers falsely believing that the virus is gone for good, leading them to think they don’t need the shot? To be clear, even if we see the positivity rate drop below 1 percent — as it did last summer — the virus will not be gone unless we reach herd immunity. Unless a substantial majority of the state is vaccinated, we will risk the possibility that the virus will lurk among us and return with a vengeance, as it did this past winter. So, we are pleading with those who are on the fence about whether to be vaccinated to get the shot. This is truly a matter of life and death for thousands of your fellow citizens. Beyond that, all of our livelihoods depend on our ability to earn a living in a thriving economy. Our economy will not be fully rid of the current governmental constraints until the virus is at last vanquished.

an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible app or by calling (833) 6974829. They may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule an appointment where vaccines are available, or visit vaccinefinder.org to find information on vaccine appointments near them. Source: Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo

State vaccinations by the numbers Total doses administered: 15,643,329 Doses administered over the previous 24 hours: 93,940 Doses administered over the previous seven days: 1,208,303 Percentage of New Yorkers with at least one dose: 46.5 Percentage of New Yorkers with completed vaccine series: 34.9 Statistics as of Sunday, May 2. Source: New York State Department of Health

Each of us will play a small but integral part in defeating the coronavirus. Winning the war will depend on whether average New Yorkers cast aside their lingering doubts and political allegiances and get the shot, which is free and accessible to anyone over age 16.

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t was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded. The district superintendent, without referring to the specific incident, wrote to parents, “Lessons and activities that create divisiveness or that marginalize anyone have no place in our schools.” The teacher did not attack police officers or call for police departments to be defunded. To aLan engage students in a discussion sinGer about police actions after the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, she shared statistics about police killings of Black men. The superintendent is right that no lessons should marginalize a racial, ethnic or religious group, but it had better be OK to “marginalize” neo-Nazis and white nationalism. If the superintendent’s policy were implemented, that would mean eliminating from discussion any controversial issue that might challenge students to think, like women’s reproductive rights, racism in American society, climate change denial or citizenship opportunities for Deferred Action

for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients. It would allow a small group of parents to censor the curriculum, intimidate teachers into silence and cripple students’ education. The irony is that the Rockville Centre teacher was following guidelines outlined in the New York state social studies framework. An essential component of social studies education is teaching students to “respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims and evidence made on all sides of an issue, and resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the task.” The Rev. Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at South Side High School in March 1968. Would he be banned today because his ideas on racism, militarism and poverty would make certain parents uncomfortable? Other cases involving teachers’ rights and responsibilities have recently been in the news. In San Clemente, Calif., a fourth-grade teacher was investigated after she took part in the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol in Washington. She was temporarily suspended, and then reinstated after an investigation found no evidence that she acted illegally in Washington or

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Letters from funding to curriculum to inclusion. She consistently raises smart questions, analyzes difficult issues and provides workable solutions. On May 18, you can cast two votes for Board of Ed trustees. Kelly Barry has shown in her first ter m that she approaches her responsibilities on the board with thoughtful collaboration, care and intelligence as she looks toward the future for our students. She understands education: She is currently an IB coordinator, and has been a teacher for 20 years. Kelly is an integral member of our board that brought voters necessary relief with no tax levy increase in the school budget. This budget provides for increases in staff, services, mental health support and essential capital improvements, including new playgrounds at three of our elementary schools. It’s been a tough year, but we have much to be proud of. Elementary schools opened to all students in September and followed state health guidance, keeping our larger community safe. After following a hybrid schedule, middle and high schools reopened to all students in March. Liz and Kelly were part of the board that hired a new superintendent for the first time in over 30 years. Together they navigated the pandemic and reopened our schools safely, preserving

that she brought her political views into the classroom. I think her conspiracytheory politics are crazy, but she has the right to be a teacher. The same principles that protect her also protect the teacher in Rockville Centre. The Oneonta City School District upstate has a somewhat different issue that officials there are trying to sort out. Former students reported that a middle school social studies teacher gave them the finger and screamed obscenities when he drove by residents protesting the police shooting of a young African-American man. This case is difficult, because the teacher was acting, no matter how reprehensibly, as a private citizen. The district is now investigating him to determine whether there is evidence that his political views creep into his teaching, with students reporting that in lessons on the Civil War, he denied slavery played any role. If the accusations about his teaching are substantiated, he is directly contradicting the state framework that reads, “Westward expansion, the industrialization of the North and the increase of slavery in the South contributed to the growth of sectionalism. Constitutional conflicts between advocates of states’ rights and supporters of federal power increased tensions in the nation;

attempts to compromise ultimately failed to keep the nation together, leading to the Civil War.” In a joint statement, the president of the local chapter of the NAACP and a school board vice president said, “We are disheartened to hear of the allegations that an Oneonta City School District teacher drove by the demonstration in Muller Plaza on Sunday, yelling obscenities and flipping off the crowd . . . While people have the right to disagree with the demonstrators, it is important that those who work for the OCSD remember that while they are entitled to their opinions, they represent the district, and their actions reflect on their competency in the classroom.” The teacher is entitled to due process, but it appears he should have been investigated a long time ago. School administrators need to examine his lesson plans and monitor his teaching. If the district finds that racism not only shapes his politics, which is his right, but also affects how he teaches, he should be removed from the classroom, and the state should suspend his teaching certification. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.

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important educational offerings in music, art and other electives. Opportunities for our special education students have grown, with the high school Pathways program and the expansion of the RISE program from elementary to middle school. Much-needed mental health support has increased in our district in the past three years, and a new partnership with Northwell’s Behavioral Health Clinic supports both students and staff. Our schools are secure and strong, consistently improving year after year. We have good reason to be proud of our schools and our students, and to take pride in our town. Join us in casting your votes for Liz Dion and Kelly Barry. They are the voices of reason and the qualified leaders our schools need, and our students deserve. DONNA AND MATT DOWNINg SuE AND MIKE QuILTY Rockville Centre

Keep up the vaccinations To the Editor: Last week Nassau County reached a vital milestone in our quest to defeat the pandemic: Half of the county population

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had received at least one shot, including two-thirds of adult residents. I am proud of the collective effort being made by the Nassau Department of Health, hospitals and community partners to get shots into the arms of residents. If we keep up our vaccination

progress, we will save more lives, get our economy fully reopened sooner rather than later and enjoy a normal summer. We can do it, Nassau! LAuRA CuRRAN Nassau County executive

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