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Shops suffer from staff shortages viewed have asked for more base pay. “We can’t afford that,” she said simply. “In general, Throughout Rockville Cen- those who are collecting unemtre, many windows of local ployment don’t want to leave it.” shops sport “Help Wanted” Her boutique pays more than signs, making it clear that busi- most local retailers, she said, ness owners are but it’s still difficult working their way to compete with past the economic unemployment bendevastation of the efits. And her rent coronavirus panrecently increased, demic. further complicatElizabeth Douge ing her situation. has owned Presava “It’s been tough, Boutique, on Merbut I would say we rick Road, for eight have been surviving years, and there has on the enor mous been a sign in the local support,” window for the past Douge said. “We’re three months. At picking up a new clithe same time, the ELIZABETH entele base that is dramatic dropoff in DOUGE finding us on Facesocial and holiday book, Instag ram, Owner, gatherings has and previous clienslowed her business, Presava Boutique tele.”

Douge said, adding She said she also that one of the bigbelieves the store’s gest challenges of the pandemic “city-like” aesthetic appeals to has been finding financial assis- Rockville Centre residents, tance. She applied for federal because many work in Manhatloans to help pay the rent, elec- tan and appreciate her sophistitricity and phone bills as well as cated fashions. Douge worked in her payroll, she said. the fashion industry for 17 According to Douge, the big- years, for well-known brands gest obstacle when it comes to including Echo and Converse, finding new employees has been and strives to offer the latest that many people she has interCONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Courtesy Rockville Centre Little League

Now that’s a triple play!

All three age groups in Rockville Centre Little League won the District 30 title this summer, including the 10-year-olds, above, who were led by head coach Eddie Whalen, far left. Story, more photos, Page 3.

BOE will not revote on coaches Trustees host meeting after vocal backlash

By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com

The Rockville Centre Board of Education held an emergency meeting Monday night to respond to the protests that followed the trustees’ decision not to rehire South Side High School’s county-championshipwinning girls’ varsity soccer coach, Jennifer Abgarian, and her assistant, Chris Aloisi — but a revote is not in the works.

Dozens of people gathered in

the school’s auditorium, including most of the girls’ soccer team, and the tension was palpable when the board made its way out shortly after 8 p.m. The decision that has generated so many complaints is believed to be the first in district history in which a coach was not rehired despite receiving approval from the superintendent and athletic director.

Before the meeting was opened to comments from the public, the board’s attorney, John

Gross, explained that the trustees — who had discussed the matter at a closed executive meeting on Monday morning — could not speak publicly about an employee. (Abgarian is a fulltime teacher in the special-education department, while Aloisi is a volunteer.) That didn’t stop many soccer players, parents and coaches of other SSHS teams from voicing their opinions.

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Triple championship for RVC Little League

ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD — August 5, 2021

By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

For the first time in history, all three age groups in Rockville Centre Little League won the District 30 championship, all while not losing a single game in the title tournament.

The 10, 11 and 12 year old teams each notched championship victories last month before falling in a sectional tournament. District 30 comprises teams from Rockville Centre, Lynbrook/East Rockaway, Oceanside, Baldwin and Long Beach.

“This group started as a team, played through as a team,” said Eddie Whalen, the coach of the 10-year-old team, “and everybody contributed, even the kid who is just getting one at-bat and sitting on the bench for six innings, he was an instrumental part of it. We made this a team mentality with the boys and we didn’t do anything separate. We did everything together as a team.”

Whalen guided his age group to victory, while Jack Bradley coached the 11-year-old team to the district title and John Hyland helped lead the 12-year-olds to the top of their district.

Whalen said he didn’t have high hopes going into the year because Little League enrollment was down in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and due to the growing popularity of lacrosse. He said there were only 42 kids who signed up to play in the league, so they put together four RVC teams of 10 or 11, which played each other throughout the regular season, and only took 14 of 17 Little Leaguers who tried out for the district tournament squad, while other towns had more than 30 kids vying for a spot.

In the District 30 tour nament, Whalen’s team defeated Long Beach via the mercy rule, 15-0, in three innings and then toppled Oceanside, 8-0, before defeating Lynbrook/East Rockaway, 14-2, to capture the crown. It played all its games at Hickey Field in Rockville Centre, while

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THE 11-YEAR-OLD SQUAD from Rockville Centre Little League celebrated its District 30 championship. the 11-year-olds played in Oceanside and the 12-year-olds played in Lynbrook. The 10-year-olds went on to fall to Massapequa, 10-0, and Floral Park, 7-6. in the sectional tournament, missing a chance to compete for the state championship in Rochester. The 11-year-old and 12-year-old squads also were unable to get past sectionals.

Whalen said a lot of the success at all age levels stems from some Rockville Centre dads starting a program called the Rockville Centre Tigers, which is a travel baseball team that enabled kids to continue to play even after the coronavirus pandemic paused the Little League season last year. It also offers them an opportunity to practice in a warehouse during the winter months to stay game-ready. It was formed in 2018, and Whalen said 13 out of the 14 members of his tournament team

were a part of the Tigers program, so they have been on the same team for about two years, adding to their chances of success this past season. Whalen said he was also impressed with announcer Liam Beck, who was in the booth for all of his team’s games. He said he could be the “next Joe Buck,” referencing the Fox baseball and football announcer.

Bradley said his 11-year-old team was galvanized by the ability to play Little League again with their friends and teammates for the first time in more than a year.

“The kids hadn’t played in 15, 16 months, and I think they were just so

Man arrested for allegedly groping RVC shop employee the business. T he next day, he returned to the coffee shop and the employee recognized him and called A Freeport man was arrested on the police. Rockville Centre police Aug. 1 at 8:53 a.m. in Rockville Cen- responded and placed him under tre for allegedly inapproarrest without incident. priately touching a cofTo m o w a s c h a r g e d fee shop employee. with two counts of forcAccording to a release ible touching, one count by the the Nassau Counof third-de g ree sexual ty Police De par tment, abuse and one count of Robert Tomo, 35, entered fourth-degree stalking. a coffee shop in the vilHe was arraigned Monlage at noon on July 30. d ay at F i r s t D i s t r i c t Shor tly thereafter, he Court in Hempstead. allegedly approached a D e t e c t ive s r e q u e s t 21-year-old female from that anyone who feels behind and touched her they may have been a Robert Tomo inappropriately. victim of a similar inciPolice said Tomo, who dent contact Nassau is a regular patron at the establish- County Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) ment, was told by the employee that 244-8477. All callers will remain his behavior was not OK and he left anonymous.

By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

THE 12-YEAR-OLDS ALSO won the District 30 crown this season, making it a three-peat as a trio of Rockville Centre Little League teams won titles this summer.

happy to get out there and see their friends and play with their friends,” he said. “It was a great thing to see the joy on their faces.”

Whalen said he was excited that all three teams won their respective district titles. “Our goal is to always win the district and this was the first time RVC swept, which was great,” he said. “We’re the teams to beat. We were never the teams to beat before, but we’re the teams to beat now, and I’d like to see more people catch on and sign up.”

To learn more or sign up for RVC Little League, visit Facebook.com/RVCLL.

POLICE ARE SEARCHING for two men in connection with a shooting that took place in Rockville Centre on July 29.

CRIME WATCH Criminal mischief ■■ A■motorist■reported■that■her■vehicle’s■ mirror■ was■ damaged■ while■ her■ car■ was■ parked■ in■ a■ lot■ near■ S.■ Centre■ Avenue■ overnight■on■July■24■at■10■a.m.

Graffiti ■■ At■ 12:08■ p.m.■ on■ July■ 26,■ graffiti■ was■ found■ on■ the■ Demott■ Avenue■ walk■ bridge.

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Police searching for two men after shooting in RVC

By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

A■ man■ was■ shot■ at■ a■ Rockville■ Centre■ motel■ in■ the■ early■ morning■ of ■ July■ 29■and■police■are■searching■for■two■men■ believed■to■be■connected■to■the■crime.

According■ to■ police,■ just■ before■ 2■ a.m.,■two■men■arrived■at■the■Ramada■by■ Wyndham■ Rockville■ Centre■ on■ Sunrise■ Highway■ while■ a■ party■ was■ taking■ place.■ When■ the■ door■ opened,■ one■ of ■

■■ On■ July■ 15■ at■ 9:45■ a.m.,■ a■ Merrick■ Road■resident■reported■that■the■air■conditioning■unit■outside■of ■her■apartment■ was■stolen.

■■ A■ trailer■ was■ reported■ stolen■ from■ a■ lot■ on■ Maple■ Avenue■ on■ July■ 30■ at■ 4:29■p.m.

the■ men■ fired■ shots■ into■ the■ crowded■ room,■striking■a■20-year-old■man■in■the■ leg.

The■ men■ left■ the■ scene■ and■ traveled■ westbound■ on■ Sunrise■ Highway.■ Police■ said■ they■ believed■ the■ suspects■ left■ the■ scene■in■a■black■four-door■Honda.

The■ victim■ was■ taken■ to■ a■ local■ hospital■in■stable■condition.

Police■ have■ requested■ anyone■ with■ information■ about■ the■ incident■ to■ call■ 1-800-244-8477.

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Leaving the scene ■■ At■ 12:53■ p.m.■ on■ July■ 14,■ a■ motorist■ reported■ that■ her■ vehicle■ was■ struck■ by■ a■ car■ that■ left■ the■ scene■ while■ it■ was■ parked■on■Lakeview■Avenue.■ ■■ A■ motorist■ reported■ that■ his■ vehicle■ was■hit■by■a■car■that■left■the■scene■while■ parked■in■a■lot■near■Front■Street■on■July■

15■at■8:49■p.m.

■■ On■ July■ 15■ at■ 9:03■ a.m.,■ a■ driver■ reported■ that■ his■ vehicle■ was■ struck■ by■ a■ car■ that■ left■ the■ scene■ while■ it■ was■ parked■on■Merrick■Road.■ ■■ At■4:45■p.m.■on■July■16,■a■bicyclist■was■ hit■ by■ a■ car■ that■ left■ the■ scene■ while■ he■ was■ riding■ on■ Merrick■ Road.■ He■ was■ transported■to■a■local■hospital■for■treatment■of ■minor■injuries.■ ■■ A■ motorist■ reported■ that■ her■ vehicle■ was■ struck■ by■ a■ car■ that■ left■ the■ scene■ while■she■was■driving■on■Sunrise■Highway■on■July■16■at■6:17■p.m.

■■ On■July■19■at■9:12■a.m.,■a■vehicle■operator■ reported■ that■ his■ car■ was■ hit■ by■ a■ truck■ that■ left■ the■ scene■ while■ he■ was■ driving■on■Peninsula■Boulevard.

■■ At■ 7:42■ p.m.■ on■ July■ 20,■ a■ driver■ reported■ that■ her■ car■ was■ struck■ by■ a■ vehicle■ that■ left■ the■ scene■ while■ it■ was■ parked■in■a■lot■near■Front■Street.

■■ A■ motorist■ reported■ that■ his■ car■ was■ hit■by■a■vehicle■that■left■the■scene■while■ it■was■parked■in■a■lot■near■Merrick■Road■ on■July■23■at■2:13■p.m.

■■ On■ July■ 27■ at■ 2:22■ p.m.,■ a■ motorist■ reported■ that■ her■ car■ was■ struck■ by■ a■ vehicle■that■left■the■scene■while■she■was■ driving■on■Lincoln■Avenue.

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY UPDATE Thursday, August 5 Village Board of Trustees Special Meeting The Village of RVC Board of Trustees will meet at Village Hall at 10:30 a.m.

Outdoor Restore the Sea Craft Learn how you can help sharks, and the oceans they live in, with a Girl Scout Gold Award. Register online for this inperson event at the Rockville Centre Library. Starts at 11 a.m.

Relaxing at Vines & Branches

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.

Emerson and Aiden Sudan chomped down on some treats at Vines & Branches in Rockville Centre.

Wednesday, Aug. 11 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 a.m. start time.

Thursday Yoga with Joe Certified yoga instructor Joe Climi leads the class designed to accommodate the needs of people who may have difficulty with more traditional approaches. Event starts at 2:45 p.m.

Outdoor Storytime

Join others from grades five and six at the RVC library as you are led through coding projects using different programming languages. Register at the library website. Event starts at 7 p.m.

For ages 18 months to five years. Join others on the front lawn of the RVC library and enjoy this special librarianled storytime as they read stories and sing songs. Bring a towel and a blanket.

Register online at the RVC library website. Event starts at 11:30 a.m.

Video Game Meetup (Live on Zoom)

Evening Yoga with MaryClare

Coding Club (Live on Zoom)

For tweens and teens. Join others on Zoom through the RVC library for some multiplayer gaming fun in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Among Us. Register at the library website. Event starts at 7 p.m.

Friday, August 6 Community Service: Book Buddies Readers Pair up with young children at the RVC library to share some great books outside on their front lawn. For grades seven to 12. Register online at the library website. Event starts at 10:50 a.m.

Outdoor Book Buddies For ages three to six. Join others at the RVC library front lawn and pair up with teen volunteers to share some great books. Bring a towel or blanket to sit on. Register at the library website.

Event starts at 11 a.m.

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Poetry Workshop with Mindy Mangot

Monday, August 9

Facilitator Mindy Mangot leads this interactive poetry workshop, which includes a study of poetic works and composing original works. Register online for this Zoom event through the RVC library website. Event starts at 1 p.m.

Book Chats with Anna Katsavos

Tricia’s Flick: Notorious (PG-13) The RVC Library hosts this screening in the Helen Kraus Room. Masks required and seating is limited. Starts at 2 p.m.

Family Night in the Park Come to the Village Green at 6 p.m. for food trucks and a concert from members of the South Shore Symphony Orchestra.

Join Anna Katsavos via Zoom through the RVC library to read and discuss Outlawed by Anna North. Register at the RVC library website. Starts at 1 p.m.

Chef Rob: Cooking and Baking Camp Join Chef Rob for a virtual guide for making half brownie, half cookie “brookies”. Register at the link on the RVC library website. Event starts at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, August 10 Chi Gong with Marianna Farina Farina’s exercise class returns for a

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Lord of the Rings Role-Playing Game (Live on Zoom) Venture to Middle Earth, get immersed in the story, and emerge a hero. Register online at the RVC library website.

Event starts at 4 p.m.

Evening Books with Edna Ritzenberg Read and discuss Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Register online at the RVC library website. Event starts at 7 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,

MaryClare Chiofalo leads this meditation class designed to help you destress, relax, and focus. Zoom registration available through the RVC Library. Starts at 7 p.m.

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All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to rvceditor@liherald.com

Pick up STEM Take & Make kits at the RVC Library all day on Aug. 5.

The Village of RVC hosts Family Night on the Village Green Aug. 6 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Center for Science Teaching and Learning hosts Summer Program session D on Aug. 9.

The RVC Library’s prerecorded Page Turner Puppy Pals Comedy Show goes online on August 10.

The RVC Library hosts Marilyn Bunger’s exercise class Simply Stronger on Aug. 11 at 9:30 a.m.

School board will not revote on coach issue sity soccer team, I have not felt very supported by our school board and other community members,” rising senior Brenna Haynes said, adding that since the controversy over the coaches began in 2019, she and many of her teammates had been cyberbullied by other students and parents in the district.

Two years ago, there were claims that the coaches were choosing South Side team members that they coached as part of a travel team in East Meadow.

Chris Webster, a South Side teacher and cross-country coach for 22 years, expressed his opposition to the trustees’ decision, citing the precedent he believed it would set.

“You could be listening to me right now, and when I finish you could simply push me out with a vote,” Webster said.

“It won’t matter what the parents think, my athletes think, the community thinks or what the athletic director recommends.”

The vast majority of those who spoke favored keeping Abgarian and Aloisi. Eventually, however, resident Kieran Conlon stepped up to the microphone and expressed his support for the board’s decision. In 2019, Conlon noted, Aloisi was accused by some soccer players’ parents of having a conflict of interest and of favoring some team members over others, but a district investigation found no grounds for the claims. Still, Conlon said he was pleased with the trustees’ action.

“This has nothing to do with these special girls,” he said. “They should be very proud of their accomplishments. But this has to do with the ethical standards and integrity demanded of those who are given the privilege to teach and coach in this district.”

Though he didn’t explain either claim, Conlon has been vocal on the issue since he brought it to the board’s attention in 2019 and again last year, urging the trustees to take action against a “cancer” in the Athletic Department.

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AMID COMMUNITY OUTCRY, the Rockville Centre Board of Education hosted an emergency public meeting on Monday, at which trustees spoke publicly for the first time since they voted not to rehire two soccer coaches.

Conlon claimed that many students were hesitant to come forward out of “fear of retaliation.”

Karen Parker, a member of the Athletic Advisory Committee that was formed in 2019 to address the controversy surrounding the soccer coaches, noted that the board approved a policy on conflicts of interest created by the committee, 4-1.

“I think the board has the right to vote the way they deem to vote,” Superintendent June Chang said.

Trustee Tara Hackett, who voted in favor of keeping the coaches, spoke directly to the attendees. “I don’t take any of it back,” she said. “I’m sorry this happened. And I hope we can move forward, because we are going backward.”

Trustee Christine Ferazani defended her decision to

vote against rehiring the coaches. Ferazani was mentioned in a letter obtained by the Herald from 12 parents of soccer players, who made allegations of her “clear partiality and obvious conflict of interest” in the wake of the vote. She said she had good reason to vote the way she did.

“I made this decision based solely on what is in the best interest of all of the children of Rockville Centre,” Ferazani said. “Not a select few, but all.”

Board President John O’Shea said there would not be another vote, and that the decision stood. In the moments before and after the final bang of the gavel, some attendees wondered out loud why the meeting had even been called, prompting O’Shea to respond, “The public asked for this. That’s why we did it.”

Abgarian and Aloisi, who attended the meeting, said they could not comment on the decision, but encouraged the Cyclones to embrace the new season, which is only a month away. Many team members fought back tears outside the auditorium after the meeting as they told the Herald what the board’s decision, and their coaches, meant to them.

“We are all so disheveled over this terrible decision that’s not in the best interest of the students at all,” captain Christina LiCalzi said. “I don’t even understand why this board meeting even happened if they weren’t going to listen to us.”

With a month to go before the season starts, a new coach and assistant have yet to be appointed.

Frank Van Zant, president of the Rockville Centre Teachers Association, said that the union planned to challenge the decision with a grievance, and added that he hoped the board heard the message of the coaches’ supporters. “A well-intentioned person can’t help but hear the voices of the student-athletes, the parents, community members, and teachers who recognize an injustice,” Van Zant said, “and called out the injustice publicly.”

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The Gold Award Girl Scouts each tackThe Gold Award program recognizes the power and dedication shared by an led a project that held a deep significance to them. elite group of young women Verga’s Gold Award project, who earn the highest honor a “Get Ready with Me: InterGirl Scout can achieve. Isabelview Edition,” saw her collect la Verga, a member of the donations of work appropriate Rockville Centre Service Unit, clothing for low-income adults was among the g roup going on job interviews. She acknowledged for the accomworked alongside the RVC Recplishment. reational Center to create a Girls in ninth through 12th room where adults could pick grade commence their Gold out clothing and accessories Award journey by selecting a and learn more about intercivic or social issue they feel view skills through her brodeeply about. Next, a scout Isabella Verga chure. She also built a website builds a team to support her and YouTube channel to furproject with the mission to create a positive impact in her community ther spread the work about her project and by addressing an issue she feels passionate interview tips. The South Side High School about. Gold Award Girl Scouts build Business Club will continue her project.

A recent graduate of SSHS, Verga was a invaluable problem-solving, organizational, and leadership skills while educating member of the National Honor Society, on the cheerleading team for four years and and inspiring others through the process.

“The skills the girls gained by complet- danced for 15 years. She said her fondest ing their Gold Award projects will last Girl Scout memory is going camping To volunteer, reconnect, donate or join, them a lifetime,” said Rande Bynum, chief executive officer, Girl Scouts of Nassau visit gsnc.org.

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Two weeks after Governor Cuomo issued a first-in-the-nation executive order declaring gun violence a disaster emergency, on July 21 he announced the state would invest $16 million to fund workforce training and job placement programs for at-risk youth in 20 cities most impacted by gun violence.

Nassau County will receive $900,000 to serve 180 at-risk unemployed, underemployed and out-of-school 18- to 24-year olds, and Hempstead, $500,000 for 100, as the state identified Hempstead and Uniondale as gun violence hotspots earlier this month. This brings the state’s total commitment to reducing gun violence to $154.7 million.

County Executive Laura Curran said she fully suppor ts the initiative.

“The county intends to support State Executive Order 211 on Gun Violence with additional American Rescue Plan funds for community violence intervention, such as summer youth employment opportunities in gun violence hotspots.”

The Nassau County Police ANDREW D e p a r t m e n t r e c e n t l y CUOMO announced that while major crime are down across the Governor board, gunshot incident numbers countywide are up. In 2020, with most people staying indoors because of the coronavirus pandemic, there were 68 shots fired. This year so far, however, there have been 95 shots fired, a 39 percent increase.

From 2009 to 2019, NCPD had reported a reduction of 36.5 percent in firearmrelated violent crimes, as well as a decrease of 27.5 percent in shooting incidents involving injury and of 14.3 percent of shooting victims from 2014 to 2019.

The NCPD assembled a gun-suppression team last year, taking 40 guns off the street. In 2021, the team has surpassed that number. Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said during a July 1 news conference that the department had been working with federal partners on the issue of guns arriving in the county from areas down South, which he said was due to Covid-19.

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Dr. Chethan Sathya, director of the Northwell Health Gun Violence Prevention Center, called gun violence a public health crisis. “Looking at this issue as a public health crisis does two things: It helps us depolarize and depoliticize this issue…and it also helps us apply a public health model to combat this, just like we did for substance abuse, HIV, tobacco use and automotive collisions in the past.”

The Northwell Health Gun Violence Prevention Center is working to identify programs and strategies that may be effective. “Right now, no one knows what works and what d o e s n ’ t , ” S a t hy a s a i d , “because gun violence preve n t i o n re c e ive d l e s s research funding than any other leading cause of death in the past decades.”

He also emphasized there are many reasons for gun violence, and solving the crisis should be multi-faceted. “Gun violence disproportionally affects African-American youth, so by elevating racial equity and reducing disparities, then we can have an impact at curbing gun violence, as well as a multitude of other issues such as food insecurity and go on,” he said.

County Legislator Kevan Abrahams, a Democrat from Freeport whose district includes large portions of communities affected by gun violence, said, “Because I have seen firsthand how internships, mentoring and professional development programs can place young people on the path toward a brighter and more successful future, I’m especially excited to work with my colleagues at every level to ensure that we maximize the positive impact of this initiative.”

Laura Burns, of Rockville Centre, who is running for the County Legislature in the 6th District, and who has been a longtime advocate for gun-violence prevention with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, said, “Communities faced with the daily threat of gun violence require immediate and locally driven interventions — initiatives such as violence interruption programs, green spaces and youth programming help reduce gun violence.”

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Chants of “Why were the coaches let go? We don’t know” could be heard throughout Shepherd Street and Long Beach Road in Rockville Centre on July 28 as nearly 100 residents took part in a vocal rally in support of two girls’ soccer coaches who were not brought back for the 2021-22 season.

Their vocal and impassioned chants were in protest of the Board of Education voting not to rehire girls’ soccer coach Jennifer Abgarian and assistant coach Chris Aloisi at its July 21 meeting. The pair led the Cyclones to their first Nassau County Class A championship since 2014 last season and Abgarian is the county’s reigning Girls’ Soccer Coach of the Year.

The protesters circled around the area just outside the school entrance on Shepherd Street at 2 p.m. before they marched down to Long Beach Road, wielding signs and chanting. The crowd comprised student-athletes from several of both the boys’ and girls’ programs, parents, teachers, students and coaches. Many held signs with messages of support for Abgarian and Aloisi, while other signs implored the school to put students first.

“These coaches are a part of our family,” rising senior co-captain Emma Madden said. “So hearing this news was so heartbreaking and devastating, especially going into our senior year as captains.”

Fellow rising senior and co-captain Cristina LiCalzi talked about how the timing of the decision will affect the team next season. “It’s up to the captains to settle the team and it’s a lot of pressure,” she said. “It would help if our school supported us . . . We don’t really know who to talk to or who to ask questions, so it’s really up to us at this point,” Both girls said they were heartened by the turnout for the rally. “Seeing all these

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STUDENT-ATHLETES, TEACHERS, COACHES, students, parents and community members gathered just outside of South Side High School on July 28 to protest the Board of Education’s decision not to rehire girls’ soccer coach Jennifer Abgarian and assistant coach Chris Aloisi. teachers and their signs, it’s just so nice to know that so many people do support us,” Madden said.

Jaime Madden, Emma’s mother, spoke about the shock the community felt when they heard the news. “The girls have so many questions, and part of the frustration is that there are no answers,” she said.

One of those teachers in attendance was Chris Webster, who teaches English and coaches cross-country and winter track and field at the school. Webster characterized his initial reaction as “disbelief and shock.” He continued: “Something like this has never happened before and honestly I thought someone was telling me a joke when I first heard it,” he said.

Webster added that the decision to not rehire the coaches “scared and frightened” him. “A school district has to work

on trust and relationships between the Board of Education, the community, the teachers, the staff and the coaches,” he said.

Webster, who has taught and coached at the school for 22 years, said conversations between teachers and coaches in the days after the decision have revolved around the fear of being the next ones not brought back.

Frank Van Zant, the president of the Rockville Centre Teachers’ Association attended and helped to organize the rally.

“It doesn’t add up and doesn’t make

sense,” he said after citing the awards and accolades Abgarian and Aloisi had earned, “and what it points to is grudges on the part of individuals.”

In separate 3-2 votes at the July 21 meeting, the board decided not to rehire the coaches weeks after they were honored for their banner season. Van Zant said he hopes that the board will reconsider the decision at an emergency board meeting, but that did not happen Monday.

Coaching positions are one-year terms, and must be applied for each year.

When the superintendent and athletic director approve an applicant, the final step is a school board vote. Board President John O’Shea, Vice President Christine Ferazani and Trustee Erica Messier voted against rehiring Abgarian and Aloisi, while Secretary Kelly Barry and Trustee Tara Hackett voted in favor.

Superintendent June Chang and Carol Roseto, the school district’s director of physical education, health and athletics, each approved the rehiring of Abgarian and Aloisi before the board voted it down.

O’Shea told the Herald last week that none of the board members would speak on the matter, citing advice from an attorney representing the school board.

The decisions have been met with widespread opposition, including claims that at least one school board member voted “no” because of a personal issue related to the soccer program dating back several years.

Tony Bellissimo and Mike Smollins contributed to this story.

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If you need care from your relative, friend/ neighbor and you have Medicaid, they may be eligible to start taking care of you as a personal assistant under NYS Medicaid CDPA Program. No Certificates needed.

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House For Sale CEDARHURST WATERFRONT LAND for sale! Great Opportunity to Build Multiple Homes on One Acre Including 5 Lots. Permits & Bulkhead Required. SD#15. Call for Details....$599,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299 HEWLETT 1610 Hilary Ct, , REDUCED! Beautifully Gut Renovated 4600 Sq Ft Colonial in Cul de Sac.5 BR,3.5 Bth with Full Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Att Gar. SD#20. Tax Grivance Filed.....$1,279,999 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299 LONG BEACH: LEGAL 2. Old World Charm, 2 Over 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Attic, Unfinished Basement, Driveway, 1 Car Garage. $780,000. 516-710-3608, 516-710-3652 WOODMERE NEW EXCLUSIVE! Expanded 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Colonial on Oversized Lot in Old Woodmere. Bsmt & 2 Car Det Gar. SD#14...$899,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

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395 Serena Rd, NEW! 5 BR, 2 Bth Col on O/S Property. Updtd EIKs. 3 BR Main Level, 2 Upstairs with OSE. SD#14. Possible M/D with Proper Permits. Near All .. $799,000 1610 Hilary Ct, BA, Beautifully Gut Renovated 4600 Sq Ft Colonial in Cul de Sac. 5 BR, 3.5 Bth with Full FBsmt, 2 Car Att Gar. SD#20.

Tax Grievance Filed ............................................................ REDUCED! $1,279,999, 1390 Broadway #102, BA, 2 BR, 2 Bth Coop in Luxurious Hewlett Townhouse.

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A. Mold is a living organism that, just like you and me, must eat and drink to stay alive. You’re looking for the source of moisture that keeps your mold alive, but it may be hidden in plain sight.

As I have often onte eeper explained, when looking for the moisture source, follow gravity and look to the highest points above the area where the mold occurs. Even the most well kept exterior can have the tiniest of openings where trickles of water get in. If you’re satisfied that the roof, siding, gutters and window-to-wall connections aren’t the problem, then look at the places where wires, pipes and chimneys penetrate or join the house. You may find that a cable coming through the wall wasn’t sealed, an electric meter has a conduit hole behind it, etc.

After having explored and sealed any of those areas, if the problem still persists, it may not be in plain sight after all, and you may have to do some digging. Before that, however, look for internal issues, such as the humidity level in the basement.

Determine how much of the time the dehumidifier has to run, and how much moisture the equipment is pulling out of the room. Are all of the basement windows closed?

Are cold-water pipes creating condensation, and do any of the joints of the pipes look corroded from a possible leak? I’ve even seen where the wrong kind of pipe hangers were used, causing a trade-off of electrons in dissimilar metals, called electrolytic action, which corrodes the side wall of the pipe, eventually opening up the pipe to leaking.

Then we come to the most extreme culprit, the hidden one that probably will take the most effort to resolve: the outside of the basement walls. Your home was built at a time when the masonry block industry was evolving from using real cinders from burned wood in manufacturing to becoming completely made of concrete, mainly because the consistency and strength were greater, and there was more control of the way the block was being made.

Unfortunately, almost nothing lasts forever, and the coating on the exterior of the foundation walls was a tar-like product that has probably turned to dust.

By digging in the area of the mold, you can confirm this, and then the exterior foundation walls would need to be “scarified” (cleaned) and re-coated. Good luck!

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Q. I have a home that was built in the 1920s, and I moved some shelves in my basement recently only to discover black mold on the wall. My basement is a little musty most of the time and I run a dehumidifier, so I was surprised to see such a buildup of mold. I keep the house in excellent condition, and there are no leaks anywhere that I know of. Can you tell me what to look for, since this mold is on the cinder block near Ask The the boiler, even though it’s Architect dry around the boiler?

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ack in the old days when people used to tell jokes, one of my favorite one-liners was, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.” It always elicited a few laughs, but I made it clear that the role of government, dating back to 1776, is exactly that. In times of crisis, no private organization is going to step forward to help us weather a health scare or any other challenge. It’s the job of government to be there for us in times of need.

The more I think about it, the JERRY current attacks on the nation’s effort KREMER to battle the coronavirus pandemic and the persistent undermining of public health measures are a national disgrace, and history will record them as such. And the people who are the fomenters of “health hate” should be treated in the same way as the hundreds of people who were arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The arrival of Covid-19 in January 2020 wasn’t the first time in the coun-

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try’s history that we asked our health professionals to provide relief and assurance. In 1918, the nation was decimated by the flu pandemic. In 2002, we had the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, scare. In 2004, America learned of the H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, which necessitated the destruction of millions of chickens to keep us safe.

In all of those cases, America turned to agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We followed the media reports, looking for assurances that no serious illness would invade our homes and upset our daily life. During those times, people like Dr. Anthony Fauci and others stood behind lecterns with charts and graphs. They assured the country in measured words that the government was trying its best to protect us.

When the Covid-19 plague hit our shores last year, the two federal agencies were the first to alert us of a possible new virus that had developed in China.

Did they get it right from the beginning?

Not knowing how serious it was, they

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made a few miscalculations on the issue of masks and how quickly the virus might spread, but their job was made even harder by a president who didn’t want to talk about the coronavirus because it would interfere with his reelection plans. It was at that point until that a lifeor-death challenge became a political football, and it remains one today.

Instead of one nation united, we have red and blue states fighting over mask requirements. We have so-called elected officials discouraging their constituents from getting vaccinated. We have media personalities such as Fox’s Tucker Carlson, who rails against vaccines even though, according to media reports, he has been vaccinated, as has most of the staff at Fox News.

And then we have a variety of public officials mocking the doctors and the vaccine.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who sees himself as a possible president, is selling T-shirts making fun of Doctor Fauci.

In the meantime, Florida is now one of the states with the largest number of new reported Covid cases. To add to his arrogance, DeSantis is fighting with the

t’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid’s ravages.

cruise ship industry over its insistence on checking boarding passengers for symptoms of the virus.

Political stupidity when it comes to protecting the public isn’t confined to any party. It is hard to imagine that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of a great political legend, is traveling around the nation, discouraging people from getting vaccinated. For many in the anti-vaccination movement, Kennedy is considered their No. 1 hero. His poor dad must be turning over in his grave.

It’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid from ravaging our country. Innocent people will continue to die as a result of raw politics. Families will continue to lose cherished members of all ages. There’s a lesson to be learned about politicizing disease, but it seems that no one who needs to hear it is willing to listen. The coronavirus scourge isn’t over, and there will be many more losers thanks to a handful of political losers.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years.

He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Where have all the human beings gone?

t’s been a long time since I took a pregnancy test, but it was the perfect application of what passed for high tech in its day: private, accurate and consequential. Today, as technology advances, we are pushed beyond our skill sets without the benefit of human helpers.

Self-sufficiency is fine, but I miss having real human beings to answer questions or tell me that the bathing suit I’m checking out is going on sale next week. I miss having people who RANDI know more than I KREISS do about a problem.

When I go online to return an item, I must engage with a chat bot who has programmed answers. Round and round we go, with me having no way to tell Chat that my new shoe had a dead roach in the heel.

I had a foreshadowing of our new doit-yourself world some 25 years ago, when my snazzy Dell desktop ran amok.

One call led to another, until I reached a supervisor who said he would talk me

through the fix. “First,” he said, “get a screwdriver.” This did not sound cool.

“Now, take off the back of the tower,” he said. I really didn’t want to open the back of the tower, but I did, and moved the wires he told me to move, and it fixed the problem. The house-call service industry was in its death throes.

Last week I saw an ad for a cardio phone app that can alert you if your heart rate is too fast or too slow. How is that helpful? Will it tell you you’re having a heart attack? If you have chest pain and an erratic heartbeat and your phone tells you you’re OK, what do you do? This is the perfect scenario for a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing. I wonder if cardiologists are getting false alarms from patients who get false alarms from their wristwatches.

One cardiac patient offered this testimonial to his heart monitor: “This is an amazing little monitor! I recently began having heart palpitations in the middle of the night, and it’s very easy to just check my heart rhythm with my device to make sure I’m not having any serious arrhythmias. It has given me so much

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peace of mind!”

How is this OK? What if the dude is reading his gizmo wrong? What if the gizmo isn’t accurate? Why not just call your doctor? Actually, I know the answer to that. Answering services are understaffed. It’s hard to reach your doctor in the middle of the night. A trip to the ER is a drag.

One cardio app offers a “premium” subscription, which raises the question of what makes it premium?

Does it monitor you less rigorously if you don’t upgrade? Do you get a refurbished monitor if you look for a bargain?

Now we can also buy portable ECG monitors for under $100 that you can carry in your pocket and glance at from time to time to see if your heart is behaving. The proliferation of these medical devices, available to the public, makes my own heart race.

During Covid we all learned to do some things we had relied on experts to do before the pandemic. I’d never heard about an oximeter before 2020, but when my husband got the sniffles, I regularly checked his O2 levels to be sure it wasn’t

n airports, subways and stores, kiosks and registers go unmanned and unwomaned.

the virus. I cut our hair and figured out how to fix our TV because we couldn’t let a service person in. The problem is that now, even though we’re drifting back to normal, some do-it-yourself chores are here to stay.

I check out my own groceries because no one is at the registers. I check out my own purchases at the big stores, and I read my own lab reports on the patient portals because I want my results sooner rather than later. I book my own flights and make all changes online because I can’t get a human being to pick up.

All the work I’ve done in my life, aside from writing, which is a solitary endeavor, bonded me with other people in real time. I taught, I tutored, I lectured, and it was a way to nurture human connections.

In airports, subways and stores, kiosks go unmanned and unwomaned.

We are increasingly on our own, without micro-connections to humanize our days.

I see a time when virtual schooling could be universal. We will educate ourselves, order our food online, repair our own equipment and, heaven forbid, maybe operate on ourselves if the lesion is small and the instructions are good.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Law enforcement officials say that getting guns off the streets enhances public safety, and that reducing the number of guns generally leads to a decline not only in shootings, but also in other crimes.

The Nassau County Police Department recently noted that while major crimes like arson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping and rape were down across the board, gunshot incident numbers are ticking upward.

In 2020, when a majority of people remained at home as the coronavirus pandemic raged, there were 68 shots fired across Nassau. This year, with the county opening up again, there were 95 shots fired from January through the end of July, a 39 percent increase thus far.

From 2009 to 2019, the NCPD reported a reduction of 36.5 percent in gun-related violent crimes, and a 27.5 percent decrease in shooting incidents that resulted in injury. From 2014 to 2019, there was a 14.3 percent decline in the number of people shot.

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LETTERS Village needs to weed out big RVC problem To the Editor: We are now in the middle of summer.

The days are hazy, hot and humid, and often referred to as the “dog days of summer.”

In September 2017, I stood in front of Mayor Francis Murray and the village board to discuss what an eyesore overgrown grass and weeds are in and around the village, especially on village property.

At the time, I showed pictures of various locations and pointed out that many of the weeds were 12 to 18 inches high. I suggested that the village pull them by hand and apply a chemical spray going forward to prevent future weeds from growing.

From what I can see, few if any of these suggestions were carried out.

I took a photo of one particular eyesore at the corner of North Park Avenue and College Place, opposite Village Hall. I was hard pressed to find any weeds growing like this across the street at Village Hall, so I’m not sure why the village can’t take

number this year, officials said.

To enhance the work being done by the police, the county has embraced the state gun violence initiative announced in July

by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called gun violence a public health crisis. In making the announcement, Cuomo noted that there had been 26 shootings across the state over the Fourth of July weekend, including three on Long Island.

As part of the state’s new initiative, Nassau will receive $900,000 of a total of $16 million to help 180 18- to 24-year-olds who are unemployed, out of school and considered at risk of potentially becoming involved in crime. Another $500,000 will go to the Village of Hempstead to help 100 people in the same age group. Uniondale was also identified as a gun violence hot spot.

County Executive Laura Curran has said she supports Cuomo’s executive order. We endorse it as well. We believe the problem of gun violence should be seen more as a public health issue than as a recurring problem in only one portion of the community. As Dr. Chethan Sathya, the director of Northwell Health’s Gun Violence Prevention Center, noted, viewing the issue of gun violence through the lens of public health helps to depolarize and depoliticize it, and encourages the use of a public health model similar to the efforts to reduce traffic accidents, cigarette smoking, the transmission of HIV/

AIDS and substance abuse.

The more money and research that can be dedicated to gun violence prevention, the more likely officials will be to determine what works and what doesn’t, Sathya said.

“We can’t afford not to commit ourselves 100 percent to this effort,” the advocacy group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence group tweeted of the state initiative.

We agree. But it also needs the support of other organizations — groups that support guns, respect their responsible use and understand their power as a destructive force — every day, more than a hundred Americans are killed by guns, and 230 are shot and wounded, according to the nonprofit Every Town for Gun Safety.

To help make the state initiative work, the Department of Labor will join forces with local workforce development boards and their networks of community partners to provide job training, certification and career placement services. In addition, gun violence intervention and prevention strategies will be coordinated by the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Office of Victim Services.

We also call on the National Rifle Association and all other legitimate regional and local gun organizations to join the battle against gun violence by using their influence to help ensure that that violence can be reduced to the point where the state’s program is no longer needed.

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here has been a fixation on comparison throughout the coronavirus pandemic. First came the comparison of cases, the seismic shock of northern Italian coronavirus news that woke up the world to the severity of the virus. Inevitably came the comparison of death rates, from China to the United Kingdom to the U.S. and, slowly, everywhere in between. As we have watched countless graphs of data ebb and flow over the past 16 months, only one measure has shed light on a JEMIMA potential end: vaccination rates.

DENHAM Having experienced the entirety of the pandemic as a college student at Georgetown University, I have been surrounded by variations on the question, “When will this end?” I have not had an in-person class since early March 2020, when my peers and I all assumed that Covid could not possibly last longer than a few weeks. How naive we all were.

Naivety aside, however, I soon began to acclimatize to the world of virtual education in a different time zone, in my hometown of London. Amid the “Zoom

fatigue,” shaky Wi-Fi and the irony of feeling detached from friends but claustrophobic with family, reminding myself that all these would hopefully bring this bizarre way of life to an end seemed like a good enough incentive. Cue the coronavirus vaccine.

I first heard of the inoculations early this spring.

Finally, thoughts of socializing with my friends on campus, meeting my professors to continue conversations outside lecture halls and being late to class because I had to run down a hallway, not because my Wi-Fi was intermittent, began to piece together as a realistic future. Six months after the vaccine rollout worldwide, however, this phase of the pandemic has caused, as much as quelled, a general feeling of anxiety. Hesitancy about the vaccine has perhaps provided a more interesting point of comparison than numbers and charts. It is certainly a topic that has produced an unprecedented emotional response on both ends of the spectrum.

While I can only speak from the experience of being predominantly surrounded

by American and British college-age students, the viewpoints I have heard on the vaccine very quickly offer insightful indicators of people’s political and cultural standpoints. Nonetheless, they present

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couldn’t wait to be late for class because I had to run down an actual hallway.

LETTERS the same attitude throughout the rest of the area, especially the downtown business district and the village parking lots.

For me this is an eyesore, but I realize some folks might not care.

The village has subcontracted out to KIG Landscapes Inc. at a cost of about $164,960 ($151,560 for lawns and $13,400 for tree beds) for “ground and tree bed maintenance.”

One would think, between the village’s Department of Public Works and KIG Landscapes, they would be able to pull the existing weeds and maintain all village properties as we expect them to be maintained. If necessary, amend the current contract with KIG for the additional work if the DPW can’t handle it. The only positive thing I can say is that in the extreme heat, the weeds turn brown and die, but they still need to be pulled from the cracks in the sidewalks, lampposts and parking lots.

Many of us take pride in maintaining our properties by either doing the work ourselves or hiring a landscaper, so I’m not sure why the village can’t do the same. The downtown area is a source of pride for RVC residents, enjoyed by many locals and nonlocals, but it’s certainly lacking the tender loving care you’d expect from a village of this size.

As I walk my dog through town each night, I’m going to make it a point to pull at

something deeper, and more interesting, than a political affiliation: whether individuals believe their singular actions can help reduce the global devastation of the virus. Moreover, they have highlighted for me where my generation perceives it stands among all this mess.

Like many of my contemporaries at Georgetown, I was eager to get the shots.

While I was double-vaccinated by late May, life remained fairly similar for the vaccinated and unvaccinated in the Washington area during the early vaccine rollout. But it became clear that there were tangible benefits for vaccinated people early this summer.

From less social distancing to optional mask wearing, it allowed experiences that resembled a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy.

On the other side of the pond, the U.K. saw a hasty vaccine rollout in late winter that eclipsed any American efforts. Unfortunately, this initial success has crumbled amid our confusing “traffic light” travel rules, spiraling virus cases and declining trust in the government’s handling of the situation as we edge into a possible fourth wave. While the root of these issues can be pinned on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reluctance to ban travel from places where the Delta variant originated until it

was deemed too late, there is something to be said about the link between vaccine rates and incentives.

Unlike the U.S., the U.K. did not employ an incentive scheme for vaccines. This promoted the realistic message that a vaccine wasn’t a quick fix to the complexity of the pandemic, but provided an important step in a return to normalcy. However, I have seen an unprecedented and surprising hesitancy toward the vaccine among younger people over the summer in the U.K. “I won’t get that sick, I don’t need it,” “It’s too much of an effort” and “It’s too new to trust” are some of the sentiments I’ve heard repeatedly. While I sympathize with these concerns, the general lack of motivation is disturbing.

Vaccine hesitancy is a direct comparison that can be made across generations, political affiliations and nationalities.

However, almost everyone offered the vaccine has also had to question whether they want to take accountability for the trajectory of the virus. Undoubtedly, the short-term consequences and potential side effects must not be underestimated.

But this stage of the pandemic also presents a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: become a key stakeholder in the global fight against the coronavirus by being vaccinated.

Jemima Denham is an intern at the Heralds this summer, working remotely from her home in London.

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least one weed. At the end of the growing season, I’m going to send the mayor a bill for every weed I pull, charging $5. It takes a few seconds to pull a weed, but the optics are amazing when you no longer see them.

KARL H. GARRETT Rockville Centre

Opioid settlement is a big win To the Editor: State Attorney General Letitia James recently announced settlements with three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors related to their culpability in accelerating the ongoing opioid drug crisis on Long Island.

At a news conference announcing the settlements with McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said that the county’s total share of the settlements paid by the “big three” could reach as much as $86.8 million.

This announcement represents another giant step forward in our quest to end the devastating opioid drug crisis that continues to plague our society. The County Legislature’s Democratic minority is committed to working closely with Curran’s administration, public health experts and

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other key stakeholders to devise a strategic plan for applying these funds to amplifying and delivering the treatment, education and prevention services that will save lives and help residents free themselves from

the grips of addiction.

KEVAN ABRAHAMS Minority leader, Nassau County Legislature

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