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Eleven area scouts earn Eagle rank

By DaNIEl oFFNEr doffner@liherald.com

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TrooP 40 EaglE Scouts, from left, Kieran Cook, Anthony ‘T.J.’ Egan, Ryan Varley, Joseph Napoli, Lucas Sheehan, Michael O’Hare and Matthew Varney were presented with citations by Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray last Friday. The following day, Eagle Scouts Megan Coogan and Cara, Mark and Michael Bo, of Troop 163, were presented with similar accolades for their achievements.

Eleven scouts from Rockville Centre — seven members of Troop 40 and four with Troop 163G — have earned at least 21 merit badges, completed projects to help benefit the community and joined the rarefied company of Boy Scouts across the nation who have reached the coveted rank of Eagle.

Kieran Cook, Anthony “T.J.” Egan, Joseph Napoli, Michael O’Hare, Lucas Sheehan, Ryan Varley and Matthew Varney, of Troop 40, were recognized at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony last Friday at the St. Agnes Parish Center.

“Eagle Scout is the highest honor that can be earned by any Boy Scout,” Eric Ressegger, the troop’s assistant scoutmaster, said during the ceremony. “It reflects many years of hard work, leadership and maturity. Certainly Continued on page 9

RVC police commissioner announces retirement plans

By DaNIEl oFFNEr doffner@liherald.com

Rockville Centre Police Commissioner James Vafeades will step down at the end of the month, after five years as head of the department.

“I am retiring very proud of my career and also very proud of the state of our Police Department and where it’s headed,” Vafeades said at the village meeting on Monday. “Rockville Center has always been a special place. The community is truly one of a kind . . . I certainly could not have been successful without the hard work of the g reat people of the Police

Department. What they do day in and day out is quite something, and I have no doubt that the department will continue to thrive in my absence, and I know that the mayor and board will use their wisdom in selecting my replacement to ensure that the Rockville Centre Police Department remains the best police department in the country.”

Vafeades joined the force in 1990, following in the footsteps of his father, who served as a New York City police officer.

He graduated from St. John’s University with a degree in accounting, and went on to earn a master’s in criminal justice from Molloy University.

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Vafeades said that during the course of his career in the village, he made many lifelong friends. He even met his future wife while in uniform on an assignment in 1994, and together, he and Kristina have raised two daughters.

Vafeades was promoted to sergeant in 2002, and became a lieu-

tenant in 2010. Thanks to his leadership in the field, he earned the 2010 Municipal Police Chief ’s Association Distinguished Service Award. The following year, he attended the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia — an honor reserved for an elite few.

In 2018, he was appointed commissioner of the depart-

ment, and he served throughout the coronavirus pandemic and played a pivotal role in the construction of the new state-of-theart police headquarters on Maple Avenue.

“When it came time for a change of leadership, Jim stood out as a quiet, soft-spoken, efficient manager who, in some Continued on page 18

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he Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee gathered at Kasey’s Kitchen and Cocktails on May 24 to present each of the three charities — one local, one national, and one based in Ireland — with a check for $60,000.

“On behalf of the Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Parade we were delighted to present our 2023 charities … with checks for $60,000 each,” Jackie Kerr, president of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee said in a statement. “This has been our most successful parade since our inception and we give a great deal of thanks to this parade committee and our 2023 Parade Grand Marshal Tommy McNicholas and his family, friends and our local community.”

McNicholas, a second generation Irish immigrant was born and raised in Rockville Centre, where he resides with his wife of 25 years, Denice, and their three children, Alexandria, Ryan and T.J. He is also the owner of Kasey’s Kitchen and CockKeith Rossein/Herald photos tails, which played host to the award cereChARIty ChECks OF $60,000 each are accepted by Peter and Delia Garrity from HELP Uganda, left, Kieran Conlon representing the mony as well as several other charitable St. Laserian School of Carlow in Ireland, and Mary and John O’Shea from The Ryan Patrick O’Shea Foundation. events.

“Each year we help raise money for charity,” Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal Thomas McNicholas told the Herald. “For me, that’s what it’s all about.”

Since 1997, the St. Patrick’s Day committee has helped distribute more than $1.4 million to charities all around the world. This year, three checks were presented to the Ryan Patrick O’Shea Foundation, HELP Uganda, and the St. Laserian’s School in Carlow, Ireland.

During the celebration, awards were presented to participants for their performance, design, and overall participation in the parade festivities.

This year, the award for best marching band was presented to Greg Schaefer from Better Home Healthcare, best appearing pipe band was presented to the FDNY Emerald Society Pipes and Drums, best fire and police departments was presented Yard Players and Friends, Breathe Believe, to the Nassau County Sheriffs’ Department and Pieta House in 2017; the Tommy Brull Honor Guard, and best in parade was presentFoundation, Children’s Tumor Foundation, ed to James McDonald from Lost Dog Art and and the Ballinasloe Eagles Special Olympics Frame Company. The award for best youth Club in 2016, along with countless others in group was a tie between SIBSPlace and School the more than two decades since it started. of Rock RVC. “The night of the awards dinner gave us such pleasure,” Kerr said. “Many of us were BOARD MEMBERs pREsENtED 2023 Grand in tears. My heart was filled with overwhelmMarshal Tommy McNicholas, Jr. with parade ing joy for these three charities.” memorabilia. Parade President Jackie Kerr, Known throughout the community as “The left, joins Loreen McLaughlin, Christine Parade that Shares and Cares,” the St. PatHorrocks, Stephanie Lombardi, and Tommy rick’s Day Parade committee has continued to McNicholas, Jr. during the awards presentation help raise money for charity since its humble at Kasey’s Kitchen and Cocktails. beginnings on March 22, 1997.

Past charities that have benefited from the RVC st. pAtRICk’s Day Parade Board parade include the RVC Breast Cancer Coalimember Kieran Conlon honors the late tion, Army Ranger Lead the Way Fund, and Andrew Healey, former Rockville Centre Parade the Holy Family School for the Deaf in 2022; president emeritus from 2020 to 2022.

The Opening Word, The HEARTest Yard, and The New York Irish Center in 2019; Life’s thE AwARD FOR Best Fire Department/Police WORC Family Center for Autism, Family Department was presented to the Nassau Lives on Foundation, and the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany in 2018; the Back- County Sheriffs’ Department Honor Guard.

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A pair of personal bests extended the seasons of South Side girls’ track and field standouts Claire Bohan and Victoria Daniel at last weekend’s state qualifier at North Shore, following a haul of nine combined All-County and All-Division finishes for the duo, which included Bohan’s two county titles and Daniel’s pair of division championships in May. Bohan’s 7:23.11 second-place finish in the 2000 steeplechase at the qualifier left her a half-second back of winner Isabella Spagnoli of Great Neck South, ending the South Side junior’s bid at a trip to the state championships this week in Middletown – but the personal-best mark qualified Bohan for the New Balance Nationals Outdoor tournament later this month in Philadelphia.

“Claire has been our most consistent runner, very strong in distance for us,” South Side coach Keith Bosch said of the reigning county indoor and now outdoor champion in the 3000-meter run after winning in a season-best 10:36.33 at last month’s Nassau Class AA championships, where Bohan also took the spring county title in the 1500 meters. “And now she’s going to nationals,” Bosch said.

Daniel, meanwhile, was able to use her secondplace finish in the 100-meter dash at the qualifier as a passport to state – the Cyclones sophomore having met a state standard in the 100 dash at the county meet, placing second in a personal-best 12.48 seconds to ensure a state berth contingent on a top-two finish at the qualifier.

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Cook graduated from South Side High School in 2022, and attends Penn State University. His Eagle project consisted of a human sundial, which he constructed in Hempstead Lake State Park. The sundial serves both educational and leisure purposes, allowing users to tell the time in a fun and engaging way while learning about the positions of the sun. On June 4, 2022, Cook’s family members, friends and fellow scouts gathered to help position the sundial’s bricks in the ground.

Egan recently completed his freshman year at North Dakota State University, where he is studying emergency management and hopes to become a member of the New York City Fire Department. He is also a South Side High alumnus, and has been a patrol Leader for Troop 40.

For his project, Egan worked with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Rockville Centre to design and build a reading garden. He primed the soil, planted butterfly bushes and hydrangeas, and added large rocks. A quote from Dr. King is inscribed on a wooden bench that Egan made in woodshop class at the high school: “No person has the right to rain on your dreams.”

Napoli recently completed his freshman year at St. John’s University in Queens.

For his project, he combined his passion for the water with his love of nature by

building 16 swallow boxes and two barn owl boxes that were placed in Town of Hempstead marshland.

O’Hare is a sophomore at South Side who plans to graduate with an International Baccalaureate diploma in 2025. For his Eagle project, he led a group of volunteers in improving the United Church Nursery School playground, which included removing and replacing over 25 cubic yards of mulch, expanding the playground and repairing a shed. In 2011 he attended the nursery school at United Church, which is Troop 40’s chartered organization. As an Eagle Scout, he plans to continue to be involved with Troop 40, and would like to become junior assistant scoutmaster in the future.

Sheehan is a sophomore at Kellenberg Memorial High School, where he is active in the Firebird Chorus and Swing band, as well as the drama, communications and yearbook clubs. His project involved leading a group of volunteers in building three raised planter beds at the Sandel Senior Center. Sheehan decided on the project after visiting the center and learning about its gardening club for seniors. He saw that an old shuffleboard court had been converted into outdoor seating, and decided he would help beautify the area with planter beds, which were raised to allow seniors with mobility issues to participate.

Varley graduated with honors from Kellenberg Memorial High School, and is

studying finance at Providence College.

Seeing a need for families and caregivers to have safe pathways for children, he designed and created a sensory walkway from the John A. Anderson Recreation Center to the adjacent playground.

Varney will be attending the Citadel military college, where he plans to major in mathematics and hopes to be a Navy pilot. His project consisted of the beautification and repair of benches at the Rosa Lee Day Care.

On Saturday, Megan Coogan and Cara Bo, two of the founding members of Troop 163G — one of the first female troops in the Theodore Roosevelt Council — became Eagle Scouts. Mark and Michael Bo were also recognized for reaching the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor ceremony at the Parish Center.

Coogan joined the Boy Scouts after her Malverne Girl Scout Troop 2505 disbanded. She graduated from Lynbrook High School in 2022, and is a sophomore at Johnson and Wales University, where she is working toward a degree in media and communications with a minor in advertising. For her project, Coogan organized a textile drive to keep fabric waste out of landfills. Working with the Green Tree Textile Recycling Company, she held two recycling drives, and collected a total of 3,218 pounds of textiles to be recycled.

Cara Bo began her scouting career in 2019, as a founding member of Troop 163G, along with four other girls. During her

time as a scout she has help leadership positions as senior patrol leader, quartermaster, troop guide and instructor.

Cara is a senior at South Side High, and will attend the University of Richmond in the fall. She played tennis at South Side for four years, and was president of the tennis club as a senior. She was also part of the golf team and co-president of the French club. Her love of animals inspired her to focus her project on building insulated shelters at Tanglewood Preserve for feral cats so they can survive the winter.

Her brother Mark is a senior at South Side who will attend St. John’s University School of Pharmacy in the fall. For his project, Mark helped build and install bat boxes at Tanglewood to help increase the bat population, and in turn curb the mosquito population.

Cara’s and Mark’s brother Michael is a senior at South Side High who will be graduating this year with honors. He is president of the Mock Trial and chess clubs. He will attend the University of Richmond in the fall, where he will major either physics or computer science with a track in pre-law. For his Eagle project, he designed and installed new garden areas at the Tanglewood Preserve. As part of the project, he removed invasive plants in order to allow native plants to thrive.

All 11 Eagle Scouts were also presented with citations recognizing their hard work from local politicians, veterans organizations and community groups.

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Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray said the annual car show has continued to grow each year since it began, thanks to the hard work and dedication of Deputy Mayor Kathy Baxley, who hosts the event every summer.

At the show, people took the opportunity to peruse a variety of different vehicles, from American muscle cars to some more modern custom sports cars.

“It was really well attended,” Baxley said.

“I was really happy. I have to say it’s just a simple community thing to bring people together and it seemed to work out really well.”

Baxley said that this year’s car show was bigger than ever before thanks to Dominick Alesi, a Rockville Centre volunteer firefighter, who approached her with the idea of adding vintage fire trucks to this year’s event.

During the show attendees also got a peak at a number of retired police cruisers and antique fire trucks, including some of the vintage apparatuses belonging to the Rockville Centre Fire Department and other neighboring communities including Oceanside and Baldwin.

“Despite the clouds, the antique fire trucks and antique car brought out lots of laughs and great conversations,” Alesi said.

“Looking forward to next year’s show.”

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Adventures await in local strawberry fields

By Karen Bloom Get outside and get pickin’. Strawberry season has arrived, and those luscious berries beckon. So gather up your gang and venture out to one of the many “u-pick” growers for a day in the berry patch.

Strawberry season reaches its peak here with the transition from spring to summer, as the fruit grows and ripen throughout May and June. Of course, local is always best, so skip the California and Florida fruit from the supermarket and pick your own.

When you return with your bounty, settle in to whip up some yummy strawberry treats. These fresh gems are always terrific on their own, of course. But when used in a recipe? They’ll jazz up any meal.

in strawberry puree until blended.

Pour batter into cooled pan. Bake cheesecake about 1 hour 20 minutes, or until edges are just set and center jiggles slightly. Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack 5 minutes.

Stir together sour cream and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a medium bowl. Spread sour cream mixture on top of cheesecake in an even layer.

Return to oven and bake 5 minutes longer. Turn oven off and prop the door ajar with the handle of a wooden spoon. Let cool in oven 1 hour. Remove from oven and cool completely. Place in refrigerator and chill until cold throughout, 4 to 6 hours, or overnight.

Using the remaining strawberries, halve them and arrange in concentric circles on top of cheesecake to serve.

The Americana singer-songwriter Iris DeMent visits the Landmark stage with her timeless songs blending traditional folk, country and gospel influences. With an inimitable voice as John Prine described, ‘like you’ve heard, but not really,’ and unforgettable melodies rooted in hymns and old country music, Iris DeMent is considered one of the finest singer-songwriters in America today. Praised for her storytelling and songwriting abilities, her career has spanned more than three decades, seven studio albums, and collaborations with Prine, Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle, among others. On her new record, ‘Workin’ On A World,’ DeMent faces the modern world — as it is right now — with its climate catastrophe, pandemic and epidemic of violence and social injustice — and implores us to love each other, despite our very different ways of seeing.

Friday, June 9, 8 p.m. $43, $38, $33. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444, or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

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Double Strawberry Cheesecake A classic cheesecake takes on added flavor with the addition of some luscious berries.

Graham cracker crust • 1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 9-1/2 crackers) • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted Filling and topping • 16 ounces strawberries • 4 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, room temperature • 1-1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract • 4 large eggs • 1 cup sour cream Prepare graham cracker crust: Preheat oven to 350° F. Stir graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and sugar together in a medium bowl. Press into bottom and at least 1-inch up sides of a 9-inch non-stick springform pan (if pan is not nonstick, brush first with melted butter). Bake until crust is golden brown, about 12 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Reduce oven to 300° F. Then prepare filling and topping: Hull 1/2 of the strawberries and puree in a blender or food processor. You should have about 3/4 cup puree. Beat cream cheese and 1-1/4 cups sugar in an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment on low speed until smooth.

Beat in vanilla until well combined. Add eggs, 1 at a time, on low speed, beating well after each addition, and scraping sides of bowl as needed. Beat

• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour • 1-1/2 cups sugar • 1 teaspoon fine sea salt • 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes • 1 cup rolled oats • 2 pounds rhubarb, strings removed, stalks cut diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices • 4 pints strawberries, sliced Preheat an oven to 375°F. In a food processor, pulse together 1-1/2 cups of the flour, 3/4 cup of the sugar and the salt until combined. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs. Add the oats and pulse to combine. Transfer to a bowl.

In another bowl, stir together the rhubarb, strawberries, the remaining 1/4 cup flour, and the remaining 3/4 cup sugar.

Spread the fruit filling in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.

Using your fingers, press the topping into large clumps and scatter it over the fruit.

Bake until the fruit is bubbling and the topping is golden and crisp, about 1 hour.

Alternatively, divide the fruit and topping among eight 1/2-cup ramekins and bake for 30 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. Serves 6 to 8.

Strawberry Smoothie • 1 cup coconut milk (or almond milk or your preferred milk) • 1 cup strawberries (tops removed) • 1 banana • 1 cup frozen pineapple chunks Combine all of your ingredients in your blender in the order that they are listed (liquid on the bottom and frozen on top).

Blend until smooth.

His ‘Bronx Tale’ Chazz Palminteri is back on the Paramount stage with his solo version of ‘A Bronx Tale.’ The powerful one-man stage play depicts his bruising childhood, which included witnessing a gangland killing in the Bronx when he was 9. Palminteri plays 18 characters — friends, enemies and family all come alive on stage.

‘A Bronx Tale’ became a hit after he wrote it in 1989, and the most sought after property since ‘Rocky.’

This is the original show he wrote and performed that made him an in-demand character actor and served as the basis of the acclaimed movie and Broadway musical. In the tradition set forth in the 1970s by such icons as director Martin Scorsese and actors Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, Palminteri has brought grit, muscle and an evocative realism to the sidewalks of his New York neighborhood, violent as they are and were.

Sunday, June 11, 7:30 p.m., $99.50, $89.50, $79.50, $59.50, $49.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Visit Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY. com for tickets/information.

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Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting.

All new moms welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required.

Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 7052434 to secure a spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.

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That ‘Footloose’ feeling comes alive when Kevin Bacon takes to the stage, Friday, June 23, 8 p.m., as one-half of the Bacon Brothers, at The Space at Westbury. Bound by blood and a mutual love of American roots music, Michael and Kevin Bacon have spent the past quarter-century in a creative whirl, funneling their shared DNA into a genre-bending sound.

They call that sound “Forosoco” — a blend of folk, rock, soul, and country influences, delivered by two songwriters who were born to collaborate — and it’s taken the siblings across the world, from shows in Japan to performances at American landmarks like Carnegie Hall and the Grand Ole Opry. The Bacon Brothers turn a new page with their 11th release, “Erato,” whose five songs showcase the duo’s dynamic contrasts: quiet moments and big payoffs, organic instrumentation and electronic textures, self-penned songs and high-profile collaborations.

Ticket are $45-$80; available at TheSpaceAtWestbury.com. The Space, 250 Post Ave. Westbury.

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On exhibit Nassau County Museum of Art’s exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works

by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Relay for Life The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life is one of the largest peer-to-peer fundraising events in the world. Join the effort, Saturday, June 10, 2-11 p.m., South Side High School’s main field. 150 Shepherd St., in Rockville Centre.

Stoosh Summer Fashion Show Stoosh Boutique invites all to an outdoor summer fashion event, Saturday, June 10, 6-9 p.m. With collections from global designers, along with music and good vibes. 89 N. Park Ave. Tickets are $66.23, available on Eventbrite.com.

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A “mocktail” version is also available. To help promote the fundraiser, mixologist Dan Leopold will offer a mixology demonstration and Whalebone tasting at the Museum’s Whales & Ales event on June 3, 2:30-3 p.m. Funds will support the Whaling Museum’s community education programs during its 2023 summer season.

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Celebrate Israel Salute Israel and celebrate the nation’s 75 years of independence, while welcoming Eisenhower Park’s summer concert season, when Sid Jacobson JCC joins the Jewish Community Relations Council of Long Island for IsraelFest, Sunday, June 11.

Enjoy family activities, 4-6 p.m., followed by concert with Israeli pop singer-songwriter Harel Skatt, 6-8 p.m. The Long Island Cantors Ensemble also performs. Bring seating. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow.

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Storytelling competition Enjoy an evening of epic storytelling with finalists of Debra Ehrhardt’s 2nd annual storytelling competition, Saturday, June 10, 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at The New Vibe Lounge. Following the storytelling event, stick around for a Pocketbook Bingo fundraiser. All proceeds benefit the Bathroom Project. 60 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre. Tickets and more information available online at AllEvents.in.

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This musical comedy adventure stars Willems’ beloved character The Pigeon, who is eager to try anything and everything. When a bus driver takes a break from the route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take the driver’s place — a pigeon. The audience is part of the action, in this innovative mix of songs, silliness and feathers. $9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

‘The Beautiful and Damned’ Enjoy a musical interpretation of the classic novel at Westbury House, Friday, June 9, 7-10 p.m. Before there was Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote “The Beautiful and Damned”: a story that delves into the psychological tribulations of, at first, having everything you’ve ever wanted. What first presents itself as a beautiful love story quickly turns harrowing as the characters struggle to keep themselves afloat. As New York City tumbles into the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald’s characters tumble down a financial and psychological spiral they may never recover from. This adaptation by Long Island native Brooke Di Spirito combines Fitzgerald’s meticulously detailed novel with the elements of a stage musical: a brand new script, score, choreography. Reservations required. $40. 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.

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Chris Zappia, a 5th-grade teacher at Covert Elementary School in Rockville Centre, will be joining the school district’s administrative team, as the new principal of Riverside Elementary School next year.

The announcement was made on May 31, during the last regular meeting of the Rockville Centre Board of Education for the 2022 - 2023 school year.

“Throughout his tenure, Chris has consistently demonstrated his leadership abilities and unwavering dedication to Courtesy Rockville Centre school district education and students here in ROCkvILLE CENtRE SupERINtENDENt Matt Gaven, Rockville Centre,” Superintenleft, with Samantha Dias, Chris Zappia, and Board of dent Matt Gaven said.

Zappia joined the district in Education President Kelly Barry during the last 2004. In addition to his respon- meeting of the 2022 – 2023 school year on May 31. sibilities as a teacher he has taken over various roles in the School board Trustee Erica Messier district. said, “I am looking forward to all the amazGaven said that prior to making the ing things you’ll bring to the district.” announcement, he has heard from some Trustee Tara Hackett echoed her very sad parents at Covert as well as some remarks, adding that Zappia will make a very excited parents at Riverside about wonderful addition to the team and that the promotion. she looks forward to working with him in “I am absolutely beyond thrilled to wel- the coming year. come Chris to the leadership team,” “I am so excited for you and your next Gaven said. “He is well deserving and chapter,” Hackett said. “The Riverside both administrators will make a welcome students are in for a treat.” addition to our RVC family.”

In addition, Gaven also appointed a Over the course of his career in the new member of the administrative team. district, he has helped lead the Teacher Samantha Dias helped spearhead technolCenter — a collaborative effort with the ogy integration initiatives, led the bilindistrict and the teachers to provide pro- gual education program, and chaired the fessional development for our faculty.

Instructional Support Team at the CaliZappia has also played an integral role fornia Avenue School in Uniondale. in coordinating the summer regents prep “Her invaluable experience in these and academic enrichment program and areas makes her the perfect fit for the has supervised the summer Pre-K pro- coordinator position,” Gaven said. “In her gram, which focuses on preparing stu- new role, Dr. Dias will work closely with dents for kindergarten.

Dr. Moriarty, our assistant superinten“I’m very excited to work with parents, dent for curriculum and instruction, to teachers and students at Riverside and develop curriculum to coordinate profeshelping them to grow academically, social- sional development opportunity and fosly, and emotionally,” Zappia said. “I’m ter collaboration among our faculty and looking forward to the start of a great administration to ensure instructional thing.” alignment.”

News brief Clare Gehlich joins Rockville Centre Herald Clare Gehlich, student from Stony Brook University, joins the Long Island Herald as an intern.

Gehlich, who is 20 and from Merrick, will be writing stories in the Rockville Centre Herald paper.

She is looking forward to writing profiles and local features. At Stony Brook, Gehlich’s major is journal-

ism and her minor is political science.

Gehlich is also the assistant arts and culture editor at The Statesman, a newspaper at Stony Brook University. She will bring her talent to the Herald as she works here for the next couple of months.

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Police Commissioner James Vafeades to retire continued from front page ways, no one saw coming, and then, slowly, without a lot of fanfare, with almost no drama, a good department became a great one,” Village Trustee Michael Sepe said. “Our residents uniformly tell us how surprised they are about how helpful and professional and polite … our police officers are. That’s not an accident. That’s a reflection of who runs it.”

As commissioner, Vafeades has been responsible for planning, organizing, supervising and directing the activities of all 58 officers and 36 civilian employees in the department. He was also instrumental in researching and providing the equipment the department needed through budgeting and grant programs, working closely with Mayor Francis Murray and the village board.

Throughout his tenure, Vafeades has been involved in all aspects of the department’s activities, from supervising patrols to working with anti-gang, anti-crime, juvenile and traffic units. He has overseen special events, and led local and federal crime investigations. He has also been involved in several community programs, including the RVC Coalition for Youth.

“Commissioner Vafeades has proved that he is a phenomenal ambassador to what it means to be a police officer in Rockville Centre: smart, compassionate and determined to keep our village a community where all people feel safe and

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Rockville centRe Police Commissioner James Vafeades was presented with a plaque after announcing his plans to retire at the end of the month, after 33 years in the department. He was joined by Village Trustee Emilio Grillo, left, Trustee Katie Conlon, his wife, Kristina, Mayor Francis Murray, Deputy Mayor Kathy Baxley, and Trustee MIchael Sepe. are safe,” Murray said. “It is because of his hard work and commitment that Rockville Centre has been cited as one of the safest cities in the United States of America.”

The village board presented Vafeades

with a plaque in recognition of his knowledge, leadership, dedication and selfless service. He leaves behind big shoes for the board to fill as it searches for his replacement.

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Herbert Rosenberg, a World War II veteran, and longtime Rockville Centre resident, died at his home on Cleveland Avenue on May 25, 2023, at the age of 102. He is remembered fondly by his family, friends, and the community including fellow members of American Legion Post 303.

Born Nov. 6, 1921 to the late Gazella and Joseph Rosenberg, he grew up in the Bronx with his older sister, Thelma, and younger sister, Nadine.

Rosenberg was drafted by the US Army in 1942 where he served in the Air Corps for three years, working his way up to the rank of staff sergeant and becoming the right waist gunner on a B-17 bomber.

He served with the 452nd BomBen Strack/Herald bardment Group in 1944, when their ROckvILLE cENtRE REsIDENt Herbert aircraft was shot down by German fighters during a mission over Rosenberg died at the age of 102. He served Poznan, Poland, and made a crash overseas in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World landing in Nazi-occupied Denmark. War II and spent more than a year as a prisoner Rosenberg along with members of of war. the crew were captured as prisoners of war and sent to the Stalag Luft 17 trade school for pharmacology and went prison camp. on to open Herbro Pharmacy in nearby He spent 15 months in the camp before East Rockaway, where he continued to the German guards abandoned all prison- work for 25 years before retiring. ers in a forest nearby, where they were Over the years he received many accoeventually rescued by American soldiers lades for his wartime contributions. In and returned home.

2016, he was presented with a prisoner of He met his future wife, Barbara war medal from the Department of Ulman, while he was on a road trip to Defense, recognizing his survival in the Toronto, when his friend’s car broke camp as a Jewish-American soldier. He down in the Catskills. One of his uncles later received a proclamation from the owned a resort in the area, so he decided Village of Rockville Centre in 2021 in recto go there and that is where he met ognition of his service and was named Ulman, who was staying as a guest.

Grand Marshal of the Rockville Centre The two married in 1949 and settled Memorial Day Parade in 2022. down in the area around the mid-1950s.

His wife Barbara, who died in 2017, Together they had three children, Carol, preceded him in death. He is survived by Joan and Robert. their three kids, 15 grandchildren and 10 After the war, Rosenberg attended a great-grandchildren.

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Fire companies pass annual inspection Prior to the Memorial Day festivities on May 29, each of the Rockville Centre Volunteer Fire companies gathered in the parking field along N. Centre Avenue for their annual inspection.

Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray, Deputy Mayor Kathy Baxley, Village Trustee Emilio Grillo and Village Trustee Katie Conlon joined Fire Chief Scott Mohr, 1st Assistant Chief Tony Rugolo and 2nd Assistant Chief Pat Healey in inspecting each of the fire truck apparatuses.

–Daniel Offner

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Floodlight Company no. 1 honor the 50th anniversary of one of their members, Benjamin ‘Buddy’ Meyer, center, with Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray.

RoCkville CentRe village Trustee Emilio Grillo, left, Village Trustee Katie Conlon, Deputy Mayor Kathy Baxley, Chief of the Fire Department Scott Mohr, 1st Assistant Chief Tony Rugolo, and 2nd Assistant Chief Pat Healey do a walk-through to inspect each of the fire engines.

RoCkville CentRe mayoR Francis Murray inspects Woodland Engine Company No. 4 before the Memorial Day Parade on May 29.

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ALEXIS LIBEROVSKY, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 30, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court

Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 20, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 29 Seaman Avenue, Rockville Center a/k/a Rockville Centre, NY 11570. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Rockville Centre, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 38, Block 274 and Lot 329. Approximate amount of judgment is $342,559.99 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index

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News brief

Rockville Centre receives AAA bond rating Mayor Francis Murray announced that the Village of Rockville Centre has once again received the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings — one of the top credit rating services.

Rockville Centre’s AAA rating for public improvement bonds means that the village can secure a lower interest rate on bonds, reducing the cost to taxpayers.

“I am extremely proud of the village’s S&P rating,” Murray said in a statement.

“My administration has remained diligent in bringing about fiscal discipline to the operation of our village while not impacting services. As S&P noted, conservative budget practices have enabled us to build a track record of positive financial results.

Much of this can be attributed to the professional team we have in place in Rockville Centre, including our department

heads, Comptroller Dennis Morgan, and Village Administrator Nancy Howard.”

The S&P report went on to say that the rating reflects its assessment on good financial management policies and practices, conservative budgeting, recurring surpluses and very strong reserves.

“We are pleased that S&P recognized the importance of our strong financial practices,” Comptroller Dennis Morgan commented. “Rockville Centre’s strong financial position is a direct correlation to the leadership and support in place that starts at the top with the Mayor and Board of Trustees.” S&P Global Ratings is a credit rating agency that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities and provides high-quality market intelligence in the form of credit ratings, research, and thought leadership.

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A. You can see, firsthand, what has happened with the economy and costs. Fortunately, you have an alternative to save money. People who are planning enclosed rooms aren’t as fortunate in the economy we’re now facing.

I have always recommended patios, properly drained, supported and finished, over the other onte eeper choice of decking, where possible, not just because many jurisdictions don’t require a permit for the paving, but also because the maintenance is less for a patio, and it will last much longer than a deck system. Some communities have regulations for a permit to be filed for paving to show the authorities that the paving is “permeable” — that it still allows rain to seep into the ground to recharge the water supply deep in the earth below. Your location is in a town that doesn’t require a permit for anything that’s built less than 8¼ inches above the ground. Incidentally, the magic of 8¼ inches isn’t arbitrary; it’s the maximum height of a step in the building code.

I just returned from a trade fair where I had the opportunity to discuss material pricing with many suppliers, and the consensus is that prices for commodity materials such a raw lumber and cement will begin to fluctuate downward, but many said that they don’t anticipate manufactured items to come down again. Just as real estate has seen a dramatic increase, so now have materials and construction in general.

The biggest concern we should all have, if we care about the next generation and the health of our economy, is whether they will ever be able to afford what their parents had. Currently, only 9 percent of the next generation of American families own or have a mortgage on a home, while the majority of the generation has had to find alternatives, such as multi-generational living arrangements or apartments, trailers or recreational vehicles as permanent living, according to Building magazine, among other building information resources. I hope the existing deck roof already has a correct supporting footing in the ground. If not, good luck!

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ast week I had the opportunity to throw out the first pitch before a Long Island Ducks game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. The game was played at the Ducks’ home field, the Fairfield Properties Ballpark in Central Islip.

The Ducks played well, and won 9-2.

A normal person reading this might say, that’s nice, but no big deal.

Real baseball fans, however, don’t fit the definition of normal.

For one thing, they never really grow up, and being on a profespETER sional baseball field, even just to KING throw one pitch before the game has even begun, is for many a childhood dream.

But living this dream includes living through and overcoming incredible tension and fear of failure. This is especially true if you happen to be a politician who knows that no matter how beloved you think you might be, there are thousands of fans just waiting to see you suffer the ignominious fate of bouncing the

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pitch before it crosses home plate and settles into the catcher’s mitt. I know of several otherwise courageous politicians who will never accept the offer (or challenge) to throw out the first pitch.

Or if they do develop some nerve, they throw the ball from well in front of the rubber, which, of course, is atop the pitcher’s mound, 60 feet, 6 inches from home plate.

To me, that shortened version doesn’t count as a real first pitch, so I always summoned the courage — more than I ever needed to deliver a major speech on the floor of Congress — to pitch from the rubber, and always succeeded, except for the one time, which I will never forget and always regret, when the ball faded away at the last instant and drifted off at the front of the batter’s box, forcing the catcher to make what looked like a hockey goalie’s acrobatic save.

Last week’s first pitch was particularly stressful. I had been successfully operated on for stomach cancer less than five weeks before, during which part of my stomach was removed and I was left with a 9-inch-long incision that

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had to heal. The surgeon, who probably considered referring me to a psychiatrist, consented to my first-pitch antics if I threw it “softly” from in front of the mound. Reluctantly I agreed to those terms and conditions. Walking to the mound, I felt more tension than when I was being wheeled into the operating room.

But both times, my prayers were answered.

The surgery had been successful, the pitch was over the plate, and the incision didn’t reopen.

Separate from my baseball delusions, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate being able to associate with the Ducks organization. The team and its owner, Frank Boulton, have been a Long Island institution for a quarter century. Playing in the Atlantic League, the Ducks bring a solid, high level of baseball to Long Island.

Their roster invariably includes future and past major leaguers, the most current and prominent being their designated hitter, former Mets great Daniel Murphy. Also notable is their manager, Wally Backman, the star second base-

his time I had no choice but to throw from in front of the mound.

man on the Mets’ 1986 World Series champion team. No one, though, has been more beloved in Ducks history than Bud Harrelson, the Mets’ All-Star shortstop when they won the 1969 Series, who was a Ducks coach and team vice president for so many years until he had to step aside because of Alzheimer’s.

The Ducks are an integral part of the Long Island community, being active in charitable and veterans events and making their home games family-friendly and affordable. Being at a Ducks game is like viewing a Norman Rockwell painting depicting real America: kids, parents and grandparents enjoying an afternoon or evening of baseball; members of local organizations singing the pre-game national anthem; veterans, police officers and firefighters being honored on the field. All this and so much more makes me appreciate the Ducks and what they mean to Long Island.

Boulton initially invited me to throw out a first pitch at a game back in 2002, and it has been an honor to be invited back over the years. I’m proud to call Frank my friend and proud to be a loyal Ducks fan. Play ball!

Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

No, I don’t have time to answer your survey

ou don’t have a moment, and neither do I, but what does that matter? Ubiquitous, intrusive and endless surveys are a good idea gone rogue.

Suddenly, all of life’s experiences are followed up with an emailed questionnaire asking you to rate your doctor, car rental, pet groomer, colorist, breakfast cereal, political candidate, wine, motel, coffee or underpants. Have a moment? Have a moment? Have a moment?

The basic idea of soliciting people’s opinions about service and RANDI products and KREISS experiences is sound. But, as with many decent ideas today, folks are beating it to death with overuse. You can’t make simple purchases without the inevitable survey landing in your inbox.

Let’s agree that there are surveys you will consider answering and some you delete immediately for very good reason.

Example: I hurt my wrist last week and went to a local urgent care. The sur-

vey popped up on my phone before I even left the premises. It was pages long and asked my input on everything from the hygiene of the location to the friendliness of staff at all levels and my thoughts about ever returning to that center or recommending it to others.

I was impressed with the place, the efficiency and the kindness of the staff and the thoroughness of the doctor. I was not so happy with one of the medical support people who poked around my wrist with some indifference to my pain level, and there was a place on the form to say so. I gladly filled out the online survey and happily signed my name. I will probably not go back there again, because I have my own doctor.

That’s why I felt safe to relinquish anonymity.

A few days later, I had a follow-up appointment with my physician to check my wrist. I see him twice a year. I chose him as my doctor because I like him and the way he works with patients. By the time I got into my car, swish, the survey popped up.

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brain, I believe my doctor somehow can access the surveys and find out who threw him under the bus. I can imagine him in the evenings, poring over the surveys, tracking the patients who mentioned how freezing the examining rooms are or how frustrating the office phone system can be. He’s the guy with the needles and potions and sharp instruments at his disposal; I would never put anything online that wasn’t in the order of high praise. No. No surveys for me at my doctor’s office.

Open Table, the restaurant reservation website, sends surveys all the time, soliciting consumers’ opinions about everything from food to service to ambience. In one happy exchange, I wrote a seriously negative review of a restaurant we frequent, explaining that our experience seemed to be an anomaly but it was awful, and I wanted the owner to know.

I signed my name.

The owner called me and invited us back for a free dinner. We went. It was great. I said so in a follow-up survey.

Good. Good.

Now, if I had nothing to do in my life

ut we got a free meal when I complained about an eatery we frequent.

but fill out surveys, I would be giving feedback to Chukar Cherries, my food gift outlet of choice; Optum RX, my mail order drug company; Amazon; The Washington Post; BridgeBase, my online game site; UPS; Marriott Hotels; Chewy, my go-to store for pet supplies; American Airlines; and every magazine to which I ever subscribed.

But I have a busy life, and in order to discover how well I’m doing in my own arena, I developed a small survey for my son and daughter to complete. Just five easy-to-answer questions, which I emailed to them last week: 1. Did you have a happy childhood?

2. Do you have any memories of the time I flipped out, took the car and ran away from home when you were 5 and 2?

3. Why don’t you call more often?

4. Have you ever told a therapist any family secrets?

5. What are your feelings about adult children taking in their parents?

No surprise: There has been a complete communication blackout. I guess answering anonymously wasn’t an option.

Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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here were more than a dozen of them — some wearing caps denoting their military service, others in full uniform. They were veterans of various conflicts over the past several decades, many of them members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2736 in East Meadow. They paid a visit to East Meadow High School ahead of Memorial Day to ensure that the true meaning of the annual observance of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedom was not forgotten.

“We wanted to come here and tell the high school students what it was like to serve,” one veteran, Frank Belardo, said.

“We wanted to do this before Memorial Day to teach the students, and honor those who did not come home.”

But that wasn’t the only thing on the minds of the veterans as they met with social studies classes that day.

“It seems like less kids are going down that route of joining the military,” Navy veteran Tom Kelly said. “So you just have to keep reminding them about the commitment to America, and how proud we are. It’s something that should be carried on. It seems like it’s a dying art these days, but I hope not.”

Kelly wasn’t exaggerating. America’s military forces are struggling to recruit new members. The Army, for example, missed its recruiting goal by 25 percent last year, according to the military industry news outlet War on the Rocks. In fact, the Army believes its overall forces will be reduced by 20,000 soldiers by September — part of an overall downward trend across the branches.

Young people just don’t see the military in the same light that previous generations did. They are bombarded by images of war, death and gruesome injuries, as well as many soldiers returning home and dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Yet that’s not the only factor causing a drain of personnel in the armed forces.

The nation’s low unemployment rate means there’s less incentive for many to seek out the military. And the sheer number of people eligible to serve is lower than ever.

A Pentagon study last year determined that 77 percent of America’s 17- to 24-yearold population wouldn’t qualify without some kind of waiver. Many are overweight. Others abuse drugs and alcohol.

And then there’s the growing number of young people who wouldn’t qualify because of mental and physical health issues, especially in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 44 percent, the study concluded, would be disqualified for more than one reason.

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, a ranking Republican member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, shared during a hearing last year that “every single metric tracking the military recruiting environment is going in the wrong direction.”

“To put it bluntly, I am worried we are now in the early days of a long-term threat to the all-volunteer force,” Tillis said, according to Military.com. There is “a small and declining number of Americans who are eligible — and interested — in military service.”

So, what can be done? Many military leaders and lawmakers are trying to figure that out. The branches already offer a number of incentives to new recruits — from signing bonuses to education funding, solid (and free) medical care, room and board allowances, and a month of vacation every year, among other things.

But we must do more — and maybe we can, right here, closer to home. The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps has been a fixture in thousands of high schools — and even some middle schools — across the country since 1916. It gives young people a taste of what it’s like to serve, without leaving home. And it has been instrumental in not only providing stability for many young people over the decades, but recruiting for military service as well, since nearly half of them eventually do that.

The problem? There aren’t enough JROTC programs, especially in New York.

Especially on Long Island. The vast majority are concentrated in the Southeast, according to the Rand Corp. South Caroli-

na and Georgia, for example, boast JROTC programs in far more than half their schools. New York? It’s less than 10 percent.

JROTC has been great at addressing demographic representation by being in many schools with larger ethnic diversity, Rand says. But geographic representation is severely lacking. Just 16 percent of young people live in states with high numbers of JROTC programs, while more than half of the total population of teenagers are in 28 states like New York where such programs are lacking.

More schools need to offer JROTC, but they can’t do it alone. Congress needs to expand JROTC overall — and pay for that expansion, retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David Barno and Johns Hopkins professor Nora Bensahel say. At the same time, members of Congress — on both sides of the aisle — need to stop using the military as a political football.

“Painting the entire U.S. military as either woke or extremist undermines public support for the institution and the people in uniform, and often deflects examination of concrete problems that are affecting military capabilities and readiness,” Barno and Bensahel told War on the Rocks. “Elected officials should stop making broad assertions about the entire force, and instead focus their legitimate oversight role on the senior officials who testify in front of Congress.”

The brave men and women — like those who visited East Meadow High School — should forever be honored by all of us. But let’s not let their service and sacrifice become part of a dying breed.

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ince 2014 I have had the privilege of representing the residents of the 2nd District at the Nassau County Legislature.

Throughout that time, I have contemplated and made decisions on a full spectrum of controversial and consequential issues. Deciding whether or not to execute a lease transfer agreement between the county and Las Vegas Sands was one of the most difficult decisions I have been confronted with to date.

What made it so challenging is the fact that I sIeLa a. don’t have the luxury of analyzing BYnoe this or any other issue that comes before me as a lawmaker through a one-dimensional lens.

Because I am entrusted with overseeing and safeguarding Nassau County’s fiscal future, I had to carefully considering the tax revenue, economic development and job creation opportunities presented by the resort and casino Las Vegas Sands has proposed building at the

Nassau Hub. The last two factors are especially vital for the economically disadvantaged communities that I serve as a legislator.

As a policy maker, I must always be aware of the legislative atmosphere in which I am operating — and in New York state, legal gambling is a growing reality. Online sports betting became legal in January 2022, and in a 2013 statewide referendum, 67 percent of Nassau voters cast ballots in favor of the siting of seven new casinos throughout the Empire State.

As a community advocate, I researched, vetted and deliberated on the heartfelt concerns my constituents expressed about potential impacts of the Hub development on public safety, traffic and behavioral health. One especially important element of advocacy is robust community engagement.

To get the pulse of the communities I represent, I took part in numerous events in Hempstead, Uniondale and Westbury. In Uniondale — the host community for any development at the Hub — I met with leaders of the public

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library, the Fire Department, the Nassau County Land Bank and other key stakeholders to ascertain the community’s concerns and needs. I listened intently to public commentary presented through various media, and read dozens of emails we received from across the county to gain a fuller understanding of public sentiment.

During the Legislature’s May 8 Rules Committee hearing, it became abundantly clear to me that the lease transfer agreement would pass on May 22 with or without my vote. Given that fact, my charge was to ensure that the communities that would be most directly impacted by development at the Hub would not have to wait until its completion to receive the public benefits they were promised.

Following extensive and fruitful negotiations, I was pleased that Las Vegas Sands agreed to enhance its community benefits package by $25 million — $10 million for Uniondale, $10 million for East Meadow and $5 million for Hempstead Village. At least half of these funds would have to be disseminated during the construction of the proposed inte-

wanted to ensure that the communities most impacted would receive promised benefits.

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grated casino resort. Throughout that process, the collaboration with my legislative colleague Tom McKevitt, who represents East Meadow, which directly abuts the Hub, was invaluable in navigating the issues related to securing this funding for our respective constituents.

After balancing the array of public comments, completing a painstaking review of the more laudable elements of the Las Vegas Sands proposal, and factoring in the company’s agreement to invest tens of millions of dollars in bolstering crucial services and activities in the most directly impacted communities, I decided to vote in favor of the lease transfer agreement.

While the Legislature’s action on May 22 represents an important benchmark, there are many steps that must be completed before any construction begins. As this process continues to unfold, make no mistake: I will remain vigilant and focused on the series of actions to follow, and I will hold the entities associated with this project accountable for meeting their contractual obligations and fulfilling the commitments they made to the residents of Nassau County.

Siela A. Bynoe, of Westbury, has represented the 2nd District in the County Legislature since 2014.

Framework by Tim Baker

Give neighbors a chance Clearing the air to manage L.I.’s electricity about marijuana To the Editor: Re Jerry Kremer’s column last week, “The PSEG love affair is over”: Mr. Kremer opposes “giving a group of local neighbors the power to dictate to professionals” operating a Long Island power company.

“Dictate” may be hyperbole, but it identifies the general problem: unaccountable power. The history provided — LILCO, LIPA, PSEG — demonstrates consistently inadequate infrastructure, a focus on shareholders over ratepayers, the interference of friends in high places, and the general disdain for customer concerns characteristic of near-monopolies.

We can agree that “John Q. Citizen” ought not “dictate” to professional operators, but Mr. Citizen is also a ratepayer, dissatisfied by the “professionals’” history of mismanagement, and now seeks greater transparency, accountability and responsiveness.

Dictatorship by professionals is well known, and is what must be curbed. So long as the primary interests remain short-term corporate goals, the future delivery of Long Island’s electrons will replicate its past. Municipalization may not be the answer, but our history of failures suggests we try a new arrangement.

BRIAN KELLY Rockville Centre

To the Editor: Since the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act was enacted in New York in March 2021, confusion remains about marijuana’s legal and medical realities. As part of the North Shore Coalition Against Substance Abuse efforts to reduce the use and abuse of substances by our youth, we offer below some information on marijuana so you can inform yourself and your family.

The law allows those 21 and older to use cannabis wherever smoking tobacco is permitted, except in a motor vehicle or where the Clean Air Act is in effect. Specifically, it allows for adult possession of up to 3 ounces of cannabis and up to 24 grams of cannabis concentrate. An adult may grow up to three marijuana plants at home, and homes with more than one adult may grow up to six plants (three mature, three immature).

So, does that mean that adults can purchase adult-use marijuana locally now?

The answer may surprise you: no. Most Nassau County municipalities have opted out of permitting retail sales of marijuana in their jurisdictions. For a complete review of what is legal and illegal, go to government sites including NewYorkStateCannabis.org.

As important as legality is to the conversation about marijuana, equally critical is the discussion of its impact on teen health. Marijuana potency has steadily

Rocco, Myles and Lily Pad hanging out at the Memorial Day Parade — Wantagh

increased in the past decades, up from about 4 percent THC levels in the 1980s to an average of 15 percent today. More disconcerting is that marijuana extracts, used in dabbing and edibles, contain, on average, 50 percent THC, and can go as high as 90 percent.

Research suggests that kids who use cannabis may face greater mental health risks, such as worsened depression and anxiety, poor attention and memory problems. Specifically, using a cannabis product with a THC potency of over 15 percent

is linked to a three-fold increase in the likelihood of experiencing mental health and other problems. Studies also suggest that 17 percent of those who start using marijuana in their teens will become dependent on it.

Given these risks, it’s important that parents know the facts and talk to their kids. For more info, go to NSCASA.org.

ALISON CAMARDELLA KEVIN McGILLOWAY President and vice president, NS-CASA

ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD — June 8, 2023

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Why I voted for a casino at the Coliseum

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