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In light of reports of antisemitic propagan da popping up across South Shore communi ties, the Village of Rockville Centre passed a resolution pledging to combat antisemitism and to educate residents on ways to identify and report such acts when they occur.

Incidents of antisemitism prompt a resolution

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RABBI MICHAEl CoHEN of Central Synagogue of Nassau County, far left, and Rabbi David Lerner, of B’nai Sholom-Beth David, join Mayor Francis Murray, center, to pass a resolution aimed at combating antisemitism in the community.

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“Antisemitism, including harassment on the basis of actual or perceived Jewish origin, ancestry, ethnicity, identity, affiliation or fate, remains a persistent, pervasive, and disturbing problem in American society,” Mayor Francis Murray read from the resolution during the board meeting on Sept. 7. “Government offi

Continued on page 4 P lease stop and pay attention to our passguardscrossingasyouschools.

Speedsters zipping through stop signs and red lights in the Village of Rockville Centre have become a major concern, espe cially for parents of schoolchil dren, as they send their kids back to school after two years of remote learning and mask mandates necessitat ed by the coronavi rus“Paypandemic.attention to stopped school buses,” Mayor Fran cis Murray said at the Sept. 7 village board meeting. “We have an aggressive program where we are watching these buses with our Police Department. So please stop and pay attention to our crossing guards as you pass schools in September and all through the currentAccordingyear.” to the Police Department’s website, there are three times as many fatalities among pedestrians boarding and exiting buses nationwide as there are of bus occupants.

In the hope of improving both driver and student safety, the vil lage school district has taken measures designed to deter motorists from violating traffic laws and endangering students as they get on and off buses.

Village law combats hate

cials and institutions have a responsibility to protect citizens from acts of hate and bigotry, including antisemitism, and must be given the tools to do so.”

The announcement comes after numerous reports from residents of antisemitic literature that was distributed around the community.

School buses set to activate side cameras

By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com

on,” Gaven said at the Board of Education meeting on Sept. 8. “We’re thankful to the Town of Hempstead for working with us to make bus safety an issue and a priority.”Amotorist who violates the law will receive a ticket in the mail. Based on the terms set by

The resolution also comes just six months after resident Michelle Zangari made national headlines for a series of antisemitic remarks directed at a neighbor, claiming that a large menorah on their front lawn was an indication of plans to convert the home into a house of worship.Thehome is actually the Chabad of Rock

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Spinelli said it was from this gesture made more than two decades ago—a sim ple morning announcement—that inspired her and Courtney Schuh, a fellow teacher at Wilson, to create the Spirit Day ceremony at the school.

In an effort to help teach kids who are too young to have witnessed the events that took place on 9/11, teachers at Wilson Elementary are educating students about that day with lessons focused on the com munity and those who helped, what their roles are, and why it is that we come together to honor those we lost on that day.

“9/11 was the worst attack on Ameri can soil,” Mayor Murray said, addressing

“We remember the men and women lost their lives and the many sacrifices that were made that day,” Duffy said. “We honor the heroes for their service, their dedication and willingness to sacrifice their lives to protect others and to keep us safe.”Those honored at this year’s Spirit Day ceremony included Mayor Francis Mur ray, School Superintendent Matthew Gaven, the Wilson Elementary School Nurse Weber, and members of the Rock ville Centre Police Department, the RVC Department of Public Works, the South Hempstead Fire Department, and the Rockville Centre Fire Department, each of which received a plaque for their service to the community which were designed by the Wilson elementary students.

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mEmBERs OF thE Rockville Centre Fire Department receive a plaque, provided by Wilson Elementary students, honoring them for their service.

By DANIEL OFFNER doffner@liherald.com

Wilson students gathered outside on the front lawn of the school, early on Fri day morning, for the start of this year’s Spirit Day ceremony.

Spirit Day has since become an annual tradition, bringing students together out side to honor local heroes in the communi ty for their bravery, hard work, and dedi cation.Wilson elementary teachers, as part of the curriculum, also teach students about the events of 9/11 throughout the year with a series of picture books. These include such titles as “Keeping the City Going” by Brian Floca, “The Man Who Walked Between The Towers” by Mordicai Gerstein, “Fire Boat Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of John J. Harvey,” “This Very Tree” by Sean Rubin, and “30,000 Stitches: The Inspiring Story of the National 9/11 Flag” by Amanda Davis.

Wilson school Principal Jim Duffy kicked things off with a few words to the students, where he expressed the impor tance of why we continue to remember the attacks from 21 years ago.

the crowd of youngsters too young to remember the events of 9/11. “Over 2,900 people lost their lives that day. Our broth ers and sisters, aunts and uncles, our parents, our friends. We still mourn them and more importantly we vow never ever to forget them. And I’m so glad that this school, in this village, will keep that memory of those people in our heartsFollowingforever.”the ceremony, stu dents in Spinelli’s class were given a sneak peek at the fire engine, and the many names displayed all across it, which include the many brave FDNY firefighters who rushed into danger on that fateful morning 21 years ago.

OFFIcERs WIth thE Rockville Centre Police Department receive a plaque, made by Wilson Elementary students, honoring their service to the community.

“It started as an announcement over the loudspeaker a year after it happened, so 20 years ago, and it has grown and grown, and now it’s a part of our curricu lum. It includes reading books, writing about it, reaching out to community mem bers, and things like that,” Wilson teacher Kara Spinelli said. “In the beginning, nobody wanted us to do this. They thought it was too scary for the kids to think about, but we insisted that we do at least an announcement on the day.”

Students honor hometown heroes for their service to the community

WILsON ELEmENtARy schOOL teachers, faculty, administrators, and members of the Board of Education join Superintendent Matthew Gaven, at center with plaque, during Spirit Day.

WILsON ELEmENtARy tEAchER Kara Spinelli leads her class in a discussion about the names written around the fire truck.

Wilson Elementary hosts 9/11 Spirit Day

how the rest of the board feels about it, but I feel like the more information we can have — especially in an unstructured environment, where we do tend to see more bullying take place — I think the better off we would be.”

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The school board voted unanimously, at last week’s meeting, to finalize the agreement with the town, after which the cameras were activated on buses through out the Trusteedistrict.Erica

District approves plan for bus stop-arm cameras

A similar project was approved by Nas sau County legislators in 2018, under then County Executive Laura Curran, but after Curran lost her bid for re-election in 2021, the legislation stalled.

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Katherine Grogan, a concerned Rock ville Centre parent, told the Herald that she is far more interested in having cam eras operating inside buses than outside.

The National Center for Education Sta tistics has reported that almost 10 percent of students ages 12 to 18 reported being bullied on the way to and from school dur ing the 2018-19 school year.

the town, there will be a $250 fine for the first offense, which will increase to $275 for a second offense if it occurs within 18 months of the first violation. The fine will increase by $25 increments for each addi tional offense within that same window of time.Theschool district’s agreement with the town also requires that the town pro vide an annual report based on its results to the governor as well as the State Senate andTheAssembly.program will incur no expenses for the school district, with the town cov ering the cost of camera installation and maintenance. A percentage of the fees collected will help offset that cost.

“So much bullying goes on on the bus,” Grogan said. “It would be nice to have the kids feel Gavinsafe.”said that while activating cam eras aboard buses is a topic the board would have to take up, it is something the district could easily facilitate once they have a thorough discussion and a vote of approval. The trustees agreed to continue that discussion at a future meeting.

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Messier asked her col leagues if the district also had access to cameras aboard the buses, which they should consider activating as well. “I do personally think it would be a good idea to have those cameras turned on, if we are able to,” Messier said. “I don’t know

Rockville Centre Police Commissioner James Vafeades said that in addition to the stop-arm camera program, the Police Department has identified areas around the village where officials believe there is a need for increased traffic enforcement. They include Long Beach Road and Lin coln Avenue, where, Vafeades said, the department plans to conduct a speed sur vey in the coming weeks.

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Trade Center, and a wall with names of county residents who died. A 6,500-pound red granite monument was erected to honor first responders who have died from illnesses since rushing to help at the site of the attacks in Manhattan.

Katrina O’Brien/Herald photos Nassau CouNty ExECutivE Bruce Blakeman spoke at the county’s recitation ceremony and musical tribute dedicated to victims of 9/11.

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A permanent memorial to the victims was dedicat ed at the park in 2017, fea turing the names of more than 3,000 people, etched on granite plaques. It also includes a rusted 30-foot long steel beam from the twinManytowers.first responders to the attacks have battled and died from 9-11-related illnesses, and their names have been added to the memorial since its erection — and will continue to be added in the future.

Town Supervisor Don Clavin thanked those who attended on social media.

Visitors came from all over to remember loved ones who lost their lives 21 years ago. Tears were shed and people embraced as more than 300 names were read aloud so that they will never be forgotten. County Executive Bruce Blakeman also heard a name he recognized — Thomas Jurgens, a New York state court officer, and his nephew.

Just last year, a new monument was added to the memorial that already has salvaged beams from the former World

Town of Hempstead honors Sept. 11 victims

It was part of Nassau County’s commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks during a Sunday evening gathering at Eisenhower Park.

thE mEmorial at Eisenhower Park remembering those lost during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks features salvaged beams from the World Trade Center, a wall filled with names, and a red granite monument that honors first responders who have died from illnesses related to their rescue and recovery efforts on Sept. 11, and beyond.

Nassau County remembers those we lost

Year after year, visitors take part in the town’s ceremony, tossing hundreds of white carnations into the ocean as a symbol of the many lives lost. Loved ones of those deceased also have the opportunity to make rubbings of the

names etched on the memorial, with pencils and paper provided by the town.

t’s been just over two decades since the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was attacked, and a plane full of heroes stopped even more attacks over Pennsylvania. More than 3,000 lives were lost that day, including 200 from the Town of Hemp stead.Hundreds gathered at Point Lookout Park at Lido Beach last weekend for the town’s 9-11 Sunrise Memo rial service. Point Look out’s beach is remembered as a location where people assembled to watch the World Trade Center as it burned, sending high clouds of smoke up in the air — visible despite its great distance.

ach name was read, one-byone. Shared. Remembered.

sunrise memorial to remember and pray for the ones we lost — their fami lies, and our heroic first responders,” he wrote. “God bless America.”

Bob Beckwith, a Long Beach resi dent who stood next to President George W. Bush when he spoke at the ruins of the World Trade Center in the days following the attacks, led with the Pledge of Allegiance. After that, Chris Macchio performed “Ave Maria.”After the ceremony, roses were placed by loved ones near the names of those lost on the memorial located near the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre.

–Mallory Wilson

hEmpstEad towN board members joined Supervisor Don Clavin to pay homage to the 200 town residents who perished in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, during a sunrise memorial service at Point Lookout Park at Lido Beach.

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With the repeal of Roe v. Wade still fresh in many minds, restrictions on abor tions found in local municipal codes are being rediscovered again across several Long Island municipalities — laws some fear could create blueprints for future restrictions.Thelaws — written before the famous 1973 decision that rendered them moot — have turned up in the towns of Hemp stead, Oyster Bay and Huntington, as well as the villages of Freeport and Wil liston Park. The laws restrict abortion access of any kind — including medica tion-based, non-surgical procedures — and require abortions to occur only in a hospitalThosesetting.foundviolating these laws could have been subject to jail time and fines. While state law is in place protecting pro cedures to end pregnancies, some local officials say these old restrictions would have effectively outlawed abortion clinics like those run by Planned Parenthood while adding barriers to women accessing specific kinds of health care.

Drury, a mother to two young boys, says she refuses to raise her children where access to reproductive health care is restricted.“Nowwith abortion rights under attack, we need to keep New York a safe place for reproductive care and get rid of these draconian laws.”

Abortion laws uncovered in town codes

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“It’s shocking that over a million people on Long Island currently live in a community where there are still abortion restrictions on the books,” Kaplan said. “We know that these laws were enacted with the sole purpose of getting between women and their right to choose.”Thestate senator also believes officials in affected communities should follow the lead of the Town of North Hempstead.

Yet, there are many who believe over turning Roe was the right decision. Some, like anti-abortion advocate Marie Coyle of Glen Cove believed abortion simply dis missed the potential and value for human life.“I think we’re tampering in areas that we should not,” Coyle said. “You can con trol your body before, but once you have a child within you, you can’t control that, it’s left to God.”

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Ashna Mehra, a resident physician from North Hemp stead, stressed that reproduc tive health care is a major aspect of health care.

Coyle believes children not wanted by their mothers should be placed in adoptive care so their potential for life isn’t squan dered.There are also others who, believe it or not, don’t have a strong opinion one way or the other on the controversial topic.

these draconian restrictions to the dust bin of history where they belong.”

Williams believes for and against abortion have been very harsh to women, and refuse to provide an adequate sup port system for mothers and children after birth.

Officials urge local leaders to remove them

Deanna Drury Oyster Bay resident

At a news conference in front of the Nassau County Courthouse last week, local officials joined pro-abortion activists to condemn these laws. State Sen. Anna Kaplan and Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti were joined by Sen. John Brooks, Assem blywomen Judy Griffin and Taylor Dar ling, as well as some council members

Some are urging lawmakers repeal of restrictive abortion statutes found in five Long Island municipalities. They suggest these restrictive laws set a precedent for future restrictions to abortion access. Those who violate these laws could face jail time and fines.

“The reassurance of access cultivates a relationship of honesty between health care professionals and the public,” she added.Abortion restrictions in the Town of North Hempstead were adopted in late 1971, a year after the state senate legalized abortion up to the 24th week of pregnancy, and two years before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade.

“Restricting access affects overall safety, as well as men tal and physical health,” she said.Mehra believes access to abortion is crucial to the overall wellbeing of a woman’s health.

Stilliti did reassure the crowd, however, the state legislature has ensured a wom an’s right to choose was protected, and encouraged local municipalities to pass similar

“Thererules.are those running for office right now trying to repeal these efforts,” Stilliti said. “As a proud pro-choice elected official, we have to make sure every loop hole is closed, and closed tight.”Kaplan expressed her con cerns over what she described as the U.S. Supreme Court’s reckless decision to hinder constitutional rights. She believes it’s the responsibility of legislators like her to fight for rights at every level of gov ernment, stressing that there are people who will use politi cal discourse to restrict the rights of women.

“We should stand up for women by repealing these unjust barriers to abor tion care,” Kaplan said, “and finally send

The Rev. Roger Williams of First Bap tist Church of Glen Cove believes in the sanctity of life, but is politically proabortion. Williams is not in favor of the atmosphere surrounding Roe, however, believing the movement too politically motivated.“Idon’t want to sound like I’m making a judgment against individuals who are pro-life and anti-abortion, but I don’t see that movement being completely con cerned with life all together,” he said.

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“I was disgusted to know that these abortion restrictions were still on the books,” said Deanna Drury, who lives in Oyster Bay. “Laws cannot exist criminaliz ing reproductive health care.”

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Football: Uniondale at Baldwin 2 p.m.

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CoMiNg oFF aN All-County campaign that saw him post six shutouts and allow more than one goal just once in 15 games while helping the Bruins to a first-place regular-season finish, Ascencio Cueva was the Nassau Conference AA Goalkeeper of the Year. He’s a third-year starter with eight career shutouts and Baldwin’s biggest asset and director of traffic in the defensive zone.

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Five juniors also return with starting experience, including goalkeeper Avery Testa. She posted six shutouts and earned All-Conference honors as a sopho more. “Avery anchors the defense and is really good in traffic,” Croutier said. “She’s not afraid of contact.”

and team spirit, the coach noted. “Nora is quick and very skilled,” Croutier said. “She was tied for the team lead in goals last season and we’re looking for her to be a go-to player again.”

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Football: MacArthur at Mepham 2 p.m.

n South Side girls’ soccer’s rich his tory, never before had it reached the Nassau County championship stage with as young a roster as it did last fall.And with six sophomores in their starting lineup, the Cyclones made it back-to-back Class A titles with a 2-0 vic tory over Manhasset. Since-graduated Emma Madden scored the eventual gamewinning goal with 10 minutes remaining in regulation as South Side won its 28th Nassau crown and advanced to defeat East Islip, 2-1, behind then-senior Anna Pennecke’s winning goal for its first Long Island championship since 2014.

The Cyclones graduated four award winners but return seven starters, Croutier said. “We’re pretty young,” she added. “We’re going to miss the seniors we had but we do have a nice group com ing back. I feel like we’re so far ahead of where we were last September. As a coaching staff, we didn’t even know our ownThat’steam.”not the case this fall and South Side is expected to battle the usual sus pects — Garden City, MacArthur, Manhasset and Mepham — for Nassau Class A Returningsupremacy.tolead the offense are senior Maggie Colvin and junior Nora Basile. Both will spend time at forward and midfield. Colvin, a senior, earned AllConference honors after scoring 8 goals and adding 4 assists. Basile, a junior, enjoyed an All-County campaign with 8 goals, including the insurance tally in the county final, and 11 assists.

Boys Soccer: Mepham at MacArthur 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Hewlett at Calhoun 5 p.m.

Football: Seaford at V.S. South 2 p.m.

Football: Roosevelt at Hewlett 6 p.m.

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Girls Soccer: Sewanhaka at Elmont 4:30 p.m.

“We’re looking to Maggie for a lot of leadership,” Croutier said. “It’s her fourth year on the team and she’s a great motivator. She sees the field really well.”

Girls Soccer: Hewlett at V.S. North 4:45 p.m.

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missing some time with injury. “She has a strong leg and communicates really well,” Croutier said. “She plays with an edge and is a leader.”

Both Doreste and Kayla Hubler will handle free kicks. Hubler is an aggressive tackler. Morgan Harloff contributed all over the field but could primarily play in the back along with seniors Allison Zach er and Adira Wilson. Reese Hailey is a strong marking midfielder who makes things happen in the air. Up front, junior Annie Madden and Charlotte Rathjen could see increased roles after serving as varsity reserves last fall.

Boys Soccer: Freeport at Oceanside 5 p.m.

“It’s a brand new year, but we’re look ing to build off last season,” said Judi Croutier, who returned as South Side’s coach right before last season kicked off. “Last year was a wild ride,” she added. “The girls were able to keep improving and jelling, and they showed how much they wanted it.”

At least one of three safeguards are currently in the MTA’s control: ventilation. It’s by no means a cure-all for stopping the spread of Covid-19, but high-quality ventila tion reduces the concentration of coronavirus particles in the air.

After more than two years, Long Island Rail Road com muters can now decide for themselves when — and where — to mask up while riding the rails. At least, officially.

instituting their own mask mandate, but as of early this week, haven’t taken any such steps. Instead, they pointed to a 2020 study conducted for the American Public Trans portation Association that found no inflated risk of virus

Gov. Kathy Hochul lifted the state-imposed mask man date last week, which was put in place by her predeces sor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, at the height of the coronavi rus pandemic in early 2020. The move affects not only the LIRR, but also the rest of the Metropolitan Transporta tion Authority, including New York City buses and sub ways, as well as the Metro-North Railroad.

It’s a health provision that, according to spokesman Tim Minton, the MTA has fortified.

“I’m imploring people to remember that there are friends, neighbors and loved ones in our immediate vicinity who may be older, who may have a weakened immune system, who may be required to take medica tions that diminish their immune response,” he said.

Where health officials once considered mask-wearing a must for those traveling in densely ridden, close-con tact spaces like trains, buses and subways to curb the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19, Hochul argued her policy shift keeps in step with the latest health data, and high vaccination rates.

“Please wear a mask, out of courtesy and in solidarity with those people whose health is immune-compro mised.”

Masks now encouraged, but not required

Despite Hochul’s change, free masks will continue to be available to anyone who requests one, Minton said. The MTA says it’s distributed 56 million free masks since the beginning of the pandemic — more than 60,000 per day on Hirschaverage.says

GOv. KAthy hOchUL announced last week the end of the mask mandate on public transportation — including busses and subways in New York City, as well as the Long Island Rail Road — shedding a requirement first instituted at the height of the coronavirus pandemic more than two years ago, which has been largely ignored over the last several months anyway.

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it’s important, however, for riders to remember they aren’t the only ones traveling.

“We’re in a far different place than we had been,” Hochul said. “We are seeing major declines in hospital izations. We have to restore some normalcy to our lives.”

MTA officials wouldn’t say if they would consider

“Fresh air replaces the air in LIRR train cars once every five minutes,” Minton said, in a statement. “Air fil ters are in the process of being upgraded,” said Minton in aRoughlystatement.athird of the air traveling through the car is fresh air pulled from above the roof of each car where two units of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems are mounted. A key advantage of the LIRR is its many stations — 124 in total — that allows for cars to reg ularly slide open doors and let in fresh air.

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But some public health experts — like Dr. Bruce Hirsch of the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra and Northwell — are concerned the call to make masks optional may have come too soon. Especially as winter approaches.Whilethe spread of the virus has stabilized, one omi cron subvariant considered the virus’ most contagious strain to date, “is pretty good at sidestepping from immu nity and causing infection, even in people who have been infected before and vaccinated,” Hirsch said. “And I think that this will increase the amount of transmission and increase the amount of Covid infection in our area if large numbers of us are going without a mask.”

transmission on public transportation, “especially where specific safeguards are in place — such as face coverings, well-functioning ventilation systems, and minimal talking by riders.”

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The patient pavilion’s construction is part of a Federal Emergency Manage ment Agency project as a result of the

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Dr. Adhi Sharma, president Mount Sinai South Nassau, said planning for the J Wing Patient Pavilion began in 2018 after learning neighbors in and around Oceanside were seeking cardiac proce dures over the river in Manhattan.

Mount Sinai’s operating rooms are fully functional and viable facilities, the spokesman added, but open-heart surgery and other cardiac procedures require larger rooms to accommodate all neces sary equipment — which the new patient pavilion will provide. Standard operating rooms of this scale require 250 square feet, but the J Wing Pavilion will provide operating rooms of up to 600 square feet.

CoNstRuCtIoN woRkERs saL Gustella and Curran Digney sign their names onto the final beam steel beam of the J Wing Patient Pavilion as part of its topping out ceremony last week at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside. The pavilion will open in 2024.

flooding and damage that occurred at the Long Beach Medical Center following Hurricane Sandy. In all, FEMA is provid ing $113 million to the project — part of an overall $158 million in funding that also includes the Long Beach Medical Center.“We used some of the FEMA money in the Long Beach Medical Center, and some of it here to strengthen our campus,” Calderone said.

It’s a tradition dating back to some of the earliest days of modern construction. When a building is almost completed, the builders celebrate its construction by placing the last steel beam at the highest point in what’s known as a “topping out” ceremony.Mount Sinai South Nassau upheld this custom with its own topping out ceremo ny last week, celebrating the completion of the four-story J Wing Patient Pavilion at Oceanside’s One Healthy Way. More than 40 people — including board mem bers, construction workers and other staff members — gathered for photos with the final steel beam of the building’s construction.Attendees — clad with white hard hats — signed their names onto the beam, and cheered when it was hooked to a crane and hoisted up to the top of the building, where it was placed securely.

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The patient pavilion will feature an extended emergency department, add 40 new beds for critical care patients, and nine modern surgical suites under one roof. Joe Calderone, a spokesman for Mount Sinai, said the operating rooms would be large enough to potentially pro

“The challenge for us as board mem bers was to figure out how we’d be rele vant in the new world of health care,” Fennessy said. “We realized we need to be an institution that performs more tertia ry-type work — like open-heart surgery — things that are more complex, to meet the needs of South Shore residents.”

vide open-heart surgery and other cardi ac services — if approved.

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New patient pavilion includes 40 beds for critical care

The steel beam was adorned with an American flag on one end, a small tree on the other, and a large Mount Sinai banner draped in the middle. Damian Becker, Mount Sinai South Nassau’s public rela tions manager, said the tree represents the fact there were no injuries or acci dents on the job site, and traditionally, is supposed to stay in place.

“When we partnered with Mount Sinai in 2018, we shared our goal to grow our cardiac program at this hospital,” Shar ma said. “In supporting that goal, they’ve worked with us toward expanding cardiac services at the hospital including — openheart surgery, expanded structural heart programs and electrophysiology.”

Mount Sinai places one last steel beam

“Currently we need a certificate of need from the New York State Depart ment of Health,” Calderone said. “But providing open-heart surgery to our patients is the goal.”

This building would make Mount Sinai the only hospital on the South Shore to offer cardiac services, Sharma added, assuming it’s approved by the health department. The pavilion would also be a boon for the hospital if another global pandemic were to occur in the future.

It was a celebration at the new J Wing Patient Pavilion at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside last week as hospital and construction leaders gathered to celebrate the raising of the final steel beam. The $113 million facility is expected to welcome its first patients in 2024.

The beam was placed up past the fourth floor and toward the back, said Mark Brundage, a sales and operations worker for JC Steel, who created the beam. Even so, its tree was still visible from Nassau Road.

Joseph Fennessy, immediate past chair of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s board of directors, says the medical group needed to consider where the health care industry was going. A lot of what hospitals traditionally provided was becoming part of services now taking place in the offices of physicians and ambulatory surgery centers.

The hospital has learned many new techniques to optimize exposure and infection prevention within the hospital following the pandemic, Sharma said. For example, all emergency treatment areas are now built as single rooms with hard walls — instead of curtains — to prevent the spread of disease. The air filtration system is designed such that each patient has clean air coming in from the outside in their rooms, while hospital air is fil teredTheout.pandemic did slow the pavilion’s construction, however, thanks to both ill ness and supply chain issues. What was supposed to have been opened by now is now expected to start serving South Shore patients in 2024.

• 1/2 cup (57g) diced pecans or walnuts,

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Also consider newer varieties such as RubyFrost, SnapDragon and SweeTango. The RubyFrost’s blend of sweet and tart flavors and its crisp texture make it a great choice for eating as-is, and for use in baking salads and sauces. The sweet juicy SnapDragon is characterized by a “monster crunch.” One of its parents is the Honeycrisp, and you’ll love the spicy/sweet flavor. Honeycrisp has also given us SweeTango, characterized by its crunchy sweet flavor.

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The Nassau County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians once again welcomes fall with its annual AOH Feis & Festival. You don’t need to be Irish to enjoy this most traditional celebration of Irish dance, music, piping, drumming, language and athletics. The 18th century tradition lives on in Nassau County, with competitions of dance and piping, Gaelic games for children, and much more, including a performance by Harpers Ferry. Bring a picnic lunch and settle in for the day, ready to experience the age-old traditions that are showcased at this fascinating event.

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Sunday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. $10 per person; children younder than 16 free. Nickerson Beach, Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach. For more information, visit NassauAOH Feis.com.

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oven to 350° F. Grease a 9-by9-inch square cake pan, or similar-size casserole pan.

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Spread the topping over the apples in the Setpan.the pan on a parchment or foillined cookie sheet, to catch any potential drips. Bake for about 60 minutes, until bubbling and top is golden brown.

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• 1/2 cup (45g) quick-cooking oats

• 2 tablespoons (43g) boiled cider, optional but good

Note: To make individual crisps, grease eight 8-ounce capacity baking dishes, and proceed with the recipe accordingly

Once you get home with your bounty, make some delicious apple treats.

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• 1 1/2 teaspoons apple pie spice, or 1 teaspoon cinnamon + 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg + 1/4 teaspoon ginger

Preheat oven to 425° F. Prepare pastry. In large bowl, combine sugars, ﬂour and cinnamon.Addapples and cranberries. Mix to coat well. Turn into prepared pie pan. Dot with butter. Cover with second crust and seal to bottom crust edge by pressing edges together, then ﬂute. Cut slits in top crust. Bake 40 to 45 minutes until crust is lightly browned. Cover edge quickly.

Those short-lived delights of the season have arrived: juicy, crisp apples, sweet cider, harvest fairs — and, of course, some pumpkins along the way. Apple picking awaits, and is well underway at Long Island’s “u-pick” orchards.

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the smaller crisps for 45 to 55 minutes.

Apple season is peaking now, but there’s still time to pick through mid October, according to area growers. Growers are producing more of the varieties that everyone loves — including the classics McIntosh and Empire, returning favorites Gala and Honeycrisp, and other popular choices: Zestar, Jonamac and Macoun. Zestar is an early-season apple that’s juicy, with a light and crisp texture.

To make the topping, whisk together the ﬂour, oats, salt, sugar, cinnamon and bakingAddpowder.thecold butter, working it in to make an unevenly crumbly mixture. Stir in the nuts, if you’re using them.

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Remove to cool for at least 20 minutes before serving. If you serve the crisp hot/ warm, it may be quite soft; you wait till it’s completely cool, it’ll ﬁrm up nicely.

Step back to the ‘60s at NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, with the energetic band who bring you their Sixties Show, Saturday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m.

The Old Fashioned Drill

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Fresh food at the farmers market

Fire Departments with the 4th Battalion Fire District, which includes the East Rockaway, Lakeview, Lynbrook, Malverne and Rockville Centre Fire Departments, will compete in the Old Fashioned Drill at the track in Rockville Centre on Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. Come out and support your local firefighters.

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It’s karaoke night in Rockville Centre. Show your stuff at the Taqueria and Tequila Bar, 19 N. Park Ave., every Wednesday, 7 p.m.-11 p.m. featuring Dave G.

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Join Giving Back To Community at a fundraising dinner to support community efforts to assist the food insecure, Thursday, Sept. 29, 6-10:30 p.m. Proceeds from the event, at The Inn at New Hyde Park, 214 Jericho Tpke., New Hyde Park, will be used to support the opening of a food pantry in Elmont. $100 ticket includes dinner, entertainment, raffles and giveaways. For information, contact Emilian or Marlene at (516) 612-4000 or

Visit the Rockville Centre Farmers Market each Sunday through Dec. 18, from 7 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot across from Bigelow’s Clam Bar on Sunrise Highway and Long Beach Road. Operated by the Long Island Growers Market, vendors include Norman’s Best Pickles, Orwashers Baked Goods, Natural Hounds Wet Dog Food, and Lithology Brewing Co. For more information, call (631) 323-3653.

These dynamic musicians are known for re-creating spot on, note for note re-creations of the hits, B-sides and deep album cuts from the greatest songs of the era that defined a generation. The concert experience includes a full multi-media production with time travel special effects, narration, 60s archival audio and newsreel footage and a light show. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

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South Side High School Class of 2002 alum are invited to the 20-year reunion, Saturday, Sept. 17, 7-10 p.m., at Kasey’s Kitchen and Cocktails, 23 N. Park Ave. $60. To attend, contact sshsclass2002@gmail.com.

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Brought to you by the Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce, awesome local musicians and the following Porch Patrons: Lost Dog Art & Frame, Polka Dot Pound Cake, Energy Fitness, Simple Fine Food, Valenti Pharmacy, Champion Elevator Corp., Jillian’s Circus, Donna MelegaNew York Life Insurance, Liz Byrne - Harms Real Estate, Rockville Centre Herald, Michael Rechter - Long Island Dental Excellence, GM Burger Bar, George Mar tin the Original, Tim Daniels Plumbing & Heating, Coach Realtors, Christine Ferramosca - Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Jill DellUnto - Douglas Elliman Real Estate, CORE + CO, Paul Marquardt - Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, Gloria Grande Romanowski - Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, Eileen O’Hara - Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, Monica Murray - Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, Mary Beth Darcy - Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

Art has access to worlds beyond the one we know. Explore the next dimension as seen through eyes of artists throughout the centuries, at Nassau County Museum of Art’s current exhibition,“Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art,” now through Nov. 6. The exhibit summons a celestial realm of demons, ghosts and extra-sensory phenomena as conjured by such Surrealists as Dalí, photographers who specialize in the occult, Old Masters including Goya, contemporary talents including Betye Saar, Luc Tuymans, Michaël Borremans and many others. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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Miss EliteColleen’sDancentre an afternoon of live music on porches, driveways and front lawns throughout the village. Dozens of bands. Scores of musicians.

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Enjoy “A League of Their Own,” the 1992 comedy drama starring Geena Davis, Madonna and Tom Hanks, about the World War II-era All-American professional women’s baseball league, Friday, Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m.; movie 7 p.m. The fundraising event, at Adelphi University’s parking lot 5, 1 South Ave., Garden City, supports Adelphi’s Breast Cancer Hotline. Admission is $45 per car; advance purchase required. Light refreshments are included with the ticket. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit baseballmovie-night-fundraiser-Cancer.Adelphi.edu/au_event/Breast-orbit.ly/3zOlDu5.

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Support the fourth annual bake sale in memory of Jamison Novello, Saturday, Sept. 17 at 9:30 a.m., at 35 Burtis Ave., in Rockville Centre. All funds raised will go to benefit the Jamison Novello Scholarship Fund at Broadway Dance Center and the AFSP. A rain date is set for Sunday, Sept. 18 at 9:30 a.m.

The 4 Ways from Sunday Band performs music from the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s as part of the Sunday Afternoon Performance Series, at Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 2 p.m. Join them as they make each song their own through a combination of unique vocal styles and harmonies. The band includes Mike Pangalos, Steve Tannenbaum, Vic Fusco and Trisha Fekete. To learn more, visit RVCPL.org.

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The groovy Woodstock era comes alive when Retro69 performs their Woodstock Revival show, Sunday, 18, noon-3 p.m., at Crossroads Farm at Grossmans, 480 Hempstead Ave., Malverne. A tribute to the 53rd anniversary of the famed festival, the band covers all the music, including, Richie Havens, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Joe McDonald, John Sebastian, Keef Hartley Band, Santana, Canned Heat, Grateful Dead, Mountain, CCR, Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Ten Years After, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and so much more. The free event will be under a tent, rain or shine. For information, contact (516) 881-7900.

Take a stroll or ride a bike through the streets of Rockville Centre for an afternoon of live music on porches, driveways and front lawns throughout the village. Dozens of bands. Scores of musicians.

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Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Oct. 13, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program. Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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County Legislator Tom McKevitt said it was only fair that Nassau seniors and those with disabilities get the same relief as those in New York City. “We found that especially with the cost of liv ing in Nassau County, especially with higher property taxes in Nassau as com pared to New York City, “ McKevitt said, “it would only be fair if there was equity between the taxpayers in Nassau and those in New York City. Especially for those seniors trying to get relief in order to keep theirMcKevitthomes.”said that he had some constit uents who benefited from the maximum exemptions.“Iamproud to sign these bills to put money back in the pockets of New York homeowners and help seniors and families stay in their homes,” Hochul said in a statement on Aug. 8. “With inflation and rising costs putting a strain on families nationwide, this legislation will help to ensure that New Yorkers — from seniors to first-time homebuyers — get some muchneeded relief. I thank the bill sponsors for getting this legislation over the finish line, and for their partnership in our mission to keep New York affordable.”

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Legislature votes to expand tax exemptions

ON Sept. 7, the County Legislature’s minority leader, Democrat Kevan Abrahams, urged his Republican colleagues to expand the income caps for seniors and the disabled that would allow them to be partially exempt from their property tax assessments. Later that day, the Legislature voted to approve the increased income caps.

highest-taxing counties in the nation,” Abrahams said. “And we thought this would be the perfect time to be able to pro videLaterrelief.”that day, during a legislative meet ing, the two pieces of legislation got the votes they needed.

There are two bills that allow the exemptions, one for those who are disabled and earn up to $58,400, and one for seniors who meet the income requirements.

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At a news conference on Sept. 7, the Legislature’s minority leader, Democrat Kevan Abrahams, urged his Republican colleagues to expand the income caps, say ing that the legislation was more impor tant than ever, with people still struggling and still recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. “Nassau County is one of the

Under the current income require ments, 9,000 households are benefiting from exemptions, according to Abrahams, who added that that number could double once the new income caps are put in place.

State Legislature voted for the new income eligibility, Democratic Sen. Kevin Thomas said at the news conference. “This is some thing that both sides agree on,” he said. “Failing to adopt these measures in Nas sau County will leave vulnerable residents without the crucial relief they are entitled to andRepublicandeserve.”

According to tax-rates.org, the median property tax bill in Nassau County is $8,711 per year, for a home with the coun ty’s median value of $487,900. Nassau col lects, on average, 1.79 percent of a proper ty’s assessed fair market value as property tax.The website also states that the average yearly property tax paid by Nassau resi dents is just over 8 percent of their annual income.Both Republicans and Democrats in the

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The unanimous vote, on Sept. 7, raised the income cap from $34,000 to $58,400 for the lowest percentage of exemption, and from $20,000 to $50,000 for the 50 percent exemption.Aspokesman for County Executive Bruce Blakeman said that he would sign theThebill. change in the law came after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed state legislation on Aug. 8 authorizing counties like Nassau to opt into the new, higher-income eligibility levels. The county legislation would give Nassau County the same income caps as New York City.

After a vote in the County Legislature, Nassau seniors and disabled people who earn up to $58,400 can expect to be exempt from at least 5 percent of their property tax assessments. Those who earn less, a maximum of $50,000 annually, can antici pate being 50 percent exempt.

Village resolution takes on antisemitism

ples and for taking a united stand against hate. “We will preserve our common val ues and protect our neighbors, because we are all one,” he said. “I want to again thank Mayor Murray, Deputy Mayor [Kathleen] Baxley and the village trust ees, and to all my neighbors and friends in Rockville Centre for the strong rela tionships we have built, all of the mean ingful conversations we have had, and this important step in fighting against hate. We stand strongest together and will continue to be united in this fight.”

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“Freedom to practice religion and free dom to live where one chooses are right guaranteed by the Constitution,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said in a statement following the April meet ing “The remarks made by the resident at a recent Rockville Centre village board meeting were offensive and un-American. It is the duty of the responsive public offi cials to condemn the type of antisemitic hate speech that was in evidence at the Rockville Centre village board meeting.”

Since then, Murray and the board have been working to codify a community stance against antisemitism. “We’ve been working very hard to get it done,” Murray said. It includes the International Holo caust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, “a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred towards Jews.” That hatred can be mani fested in “rhetorical and physical mani festations of antisemitism directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals or their property,” including Jewish com

ville Centre, a Hasidic organization known for its outreach. The Chabad’s rabbi, Men del Gurkov, and his wife, Rivka, moved to Rockville Centre last October.

Rabbi DaviD LeRneR, of B’nai Sholom-Beth David, and Rabbi Michael Cohen, of Central Synagogue of Nassau County, met with members of the RVC village board.

added that according to a study by the American Jewish Committee, 25 percent of Jewish-Americans reported

Zangari, the owner of MZ Interior Design, said that she had lived in the Five Towns for almost 20 years, and at a village board meeting on April 4, she voiced her fear that the Orthodox Jewish community was moving into the village.

“I personally appreciate the mayor’s statement and the village trustees adopt ing this strong position with regards to antisemitism,” Greenfield said. “I think it’s groundbreaking that this village, who has been in the press and taken the brunt of issues, is amongst the first villages in the area to make a strong statement. It’s unfortunate that antisemitism has been on the rise in the New York metropolitan area.”After the resolution was passed last week, Murray said he would attend ser vices and speak to the congregations of both synagogues during the High Holy Days.

“We are better than this,” Lerner said. “And I see it in Rockville Centre. We are a village of neighbors greeting each other on the street, and planning block parties and barbecues. Our children, playing together and growing together. We’re a community of love. And because of that fundamental value, we stand up against hate when it creeps into our neighbor hoods.”Lerner said he was grateful to the vil lage leadership for reflecting these princi

David Lerner, of B’nai SholomBeth David, and Rabbi Michael Cohen, of Central Synagogue of Nassau County, said that they appreciated the efforts of the village to identify and combat hate speech. “It is unfortunate that such a proclamation is needed,” Lerner said, “but hate and divisiveness have, tragical ly, been a growing trend in the world today, as the mayor mentioned, with regard to the effects on the Jewish com munity.”Lerner

Rockville Centre resident and Vice Chairman of the Nassau County Plan ning Commission Jeff Greenfield, said he was grateful for the board’s response and for its willingness to work collaboratively with the rabbis in the community to com bat the spread of antisemitism.

being the target of antisemitism in 2021. “That’s one in four people of the Jewish faith, who personally experienced direct hate in a public setting,” he said. “This is shameful, and it must be confronted.

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“It’s just tragic,” Rockville Centre Police Benevolent Association President James Carty said. “Ernie was a good guy.”Carty worked closely with Ziegler while on midnight patrols around the village.After the accident, Ziegler and his wife, Teresa, moved to their 12-acre property in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, where they spent their summers for the last six years. In the winter, they trav eled south to their special getaway in Juno Beach, Florida.

“We jumped out of airplanes, went scuba diving at night with sharks, and rode motorcycles together. He was a great guy,” Packer said. “Ernie was one of those folks you could call at two or even four o’clock in the morning.”

“She was the light of his life,” Teresa said.He was a loving husband, father, brother, uncle and friend who will be greatly missed by those who knew him.

“I have many memories of us grow ing up together as teens,” Roni Alicia Kaufman said via Facebook. “He was extremely sweet, always smiling, hard working, so helpful, a great provider, extremely caring and giving.”

Ziegler grew up in East Meadow, and is remembered by those who knew him best as a dedicated cop and a loyal friend. Before joining the Rockville Cen tre police force, he worked as a United States Border Patrol agent and an NYPD officer.Hewas severely injured in a horrific car accident in 2008 when a burglary suspect hit him on the side of the road. As a result, Ziegler needed a plate surgi cally placed in his neck and suffered from multiple herniated discs. Due to the severity of the injuries, he was unable to continue his duties as an offi cer and took an early retirement.

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Kaufman said Ziegler was a true hero and served as a positive role model to those who came in contact with him, because he was able to overcome many obstacles and accomplished a great many things during his lifetime.

Retired Rockville Center Police ser geant Ernest Otto Ziegler Jr., a highly respected officer who served the resi dents of the Village for many years, died AugustZiegler,16. 52, died after suffering from multiple pulmonary embolisms while in the care of the Geisinger Wyoming Val ley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.“SergeantErnest Ziegler was a dedi cated member of our Rockville Centre Police Department who went above and beyond during his tenure to ensure the safety of our residents and visitors,” Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Mur ray said in a statement. “On behalf of the Rockville Centre Police Department and everyone at the Village, I would like to extend our deepest condolences to the Ziegler family and friends as they mourn their loss.”

His other great joy was spending time playing and training his service dog, Zoey, who he taught to get his sneakers and turn on the lights.

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Teresa said that they had just bought a trailer and had planned to see the countryside when the Covid-19 pandem ic struck.“Hewas a friend to everyone,” she said. “He had hands of gold and could do just about anything from changing the fender on a car to planting his vege tables in the farm.”

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Teresa said that he also had a pump kin patch that he took great pride in, and once a year, invited all of their niec

“He loved his family and friends very much,” Kaufman said. “Forever in Our Hearts Ernie, he will be missed so very much.”Services were held in his memory on Sunday, Aug. 21 at the Krauss Funeral Home, 1097 Hempstead Turnpike in Franklin Square, followed by the funer al on Monday, Aug. 22. He was laid to rest at St. Charles Cemetary in Farming dale.Anyone wishing to honor his life, flowers may be sent to his family. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to pay respect can also plant a tree in his memory via the Krauss Funeral Home’s tribute store. For more information visit TinyURL.com/Ernest-ziegler.

His greatest joy in life was spending time with his two children, Michelle and Christopher, who he was very proud of. His daughter currently works as a guid ance counselor in Chicago and his son is a Doctor of Pharmacy at New York-Pres byterian Hospital. They graduated Villa nova and Brown University, respectively.

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Apart from his work in law enforce ment, Ernie Ziegler loved his many hob bies. He was a beekeeper who produced and sold his own honey. He was also a moonshine-maker, a fisherman, a boat er, a motorcycle enthusiast, and a gener al thrill-seeker.Hislong-time friend and scuba instructor, Bill Packer, said Ziegler always lived his life to the fullest and that together they shared exciting mem ories and adventures.

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Most of the time, people complain about taxa tion but rarely, if ever, do they collectively attempt to do anything about it. The methods for deciding value, or even using value as a gauge for tax increases, are questionable, especially because we used to be taxed based on square feet. As we transi tion into not leaving our homes, communicating digitally, the tax system perpetuates without chal lenge.Inmany villages and towns, garages are required, and hard surfaces for any kind of paving are considered “impervious,” not replenishing groundwater. There are limits on how much of your total property you can cover. You will need to investigate your specific jurisdiction’s require ments. Sidewalks, patios and driveways are all impervious, but pools and decks generally are not.

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You’ll need your property survey, which is a map of your lot, house size and location, but you’ll also discover that surveyors generally don’t provide the dimensions of porches, sidewalks, driveways or steps. Get out a tape measure and accurately docu ment the property’s hard surfaces if you’re in a community that requires impervious-area informa tion. When you hire an architect or engineer, that’s what we have to do.

A. It’s hard for me not to feel as old as your house when you put it that way, but after writing this column for 33 years, I’m often doing work for children of former cli ents, and have gotten your question thousands of times. First, almost any thing you do that adds space to your home also adds value, and value increases taxes. Cosmetic changes like siding, win dows or an asphalt or con crete driveway generally don’t affect the value, but luxury materials, such as stone facing or interlocking pavers, will.

The only way to answer questions about remov ing walls is to assess the whole house: where to dis perse loads, how to brace exterior walls against wind shear, how to handle snow loads and wind uplift, where pipes and wires would be relocated, how the spaces function and will be finished. Package all this to be reviewed by building officials and receive permission to build — sounds simpler than it is, especially when workers leave details out or change something and we start adjusting all over again, only after much discussion, time and money. That’s also part of the age-old process. Avoid chang es once you decide, save money doing so and your old house will be like new again.

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Q. Our new home is pretty old, from 1920. We want to update it and have a lot of concerns, with taxes if we enlarge it, cost if we get rid of walls, widen ing our driveway to park more cars and what you think about getting rid of our garage for more room instead of building up. It’s a one-story with low ceil ings on the second floor that are really too small for bedrooms. My parents have been reading your column for many years and suggested you could help. What can you tell us?

Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

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From my point of view, for what it’s worth, we have been ahead of Europe in many ways since the American Revolu tion.Let’s not begin following the continent now.

“I’m troubled too by the role the (for mer) president plays in contributing to this atmosphere,” Silber said.

Robert Reich, the U.S. labor secretary under President Bill Clinton, has said he believes a second Civil War has already begun, but less of a “war” than “a kind of benign separation analogous to unhappily married people who don’t want to go through the trauma of a for mal divorce.” Reich sees a situation in America similar to Europe’s Brexit, “a lumbering, mutual decision to go sepa rate ways on most things but remain con nected on a few big things.”

work for the FBI or the CIA. No living human being was threatened by her slip shod record-keeping. She lived alone, and could be as messy as she wanted to be with absolutely no consequences. There are lots of people like her, who don’t much like detail work and abhor filing systems of any kind — virtual, real-time or digital.Again, live and let live. If your mind is

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loosey-goosey and you don’t want to pro tect your private documents, it’s all good — as long as you don’t hold the highest office in the land.

Why all this history?

hen I learned that Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago desk looks a lot like my Aunt Maddie’s, I wasn’t surprised. Auntie M, the unfortunate product of a disordered mind, compounded by an instinct to hoard, further complicated by a sweeping disregard for others’ opinions, dumped all her paperwork, from utility bills to MRIs of her brain, in her “junk” drawer. That was the generic term for all of her drawers and closets, which were stuffed tight with papers and States.ofwasn’tAuntfolders.Fortunately,MaddiepresidenttheUnitedShedidn’t

“stolen” election were, and are, B.S.

When I thought about Aunt Maddie, I realized what makes Trump tick. Nothing. Nothing is ticking. I see him as 100 percent reactive and zero percent con templative. I believe that he indiscrimi nately grabbed whatever paperwork looked of possible interest at the White House and later shoved it in the drawers at his golf club.

You can see proof of this in his law yers’ rolling defense of keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. It went from calling the dis covery of top-secret papers a hoax, to saying the FBI planted the papers, to claim ing he “declassified” them before he snatched them, to insisting he was in the pro cess of giving them back. There wasn’t one moment of concern for the yearslong work that might be undone. Not a single gesture of contrition for possibly endangering our assets overseas. I think even Aunt Maddie would have grasped the sobering consequences of such careless handling of top secrets.

a “mistress . . . I mean the harlot, slavery.” Sumner staggered around the Senate floor, so badly beaten that his recovery took months. Brooks simply walked out of the chambers without being stopped. He was eventually censured by the House andTheresigned.country seemed to be splitting in half, as it eventually did with the advent of the Civil War.

A number of prominent historians are now asking whether we are close to Civil War 2. “Civil War” is now a rallying cry by some Americans who wear the slogan on T-shirts. Others train in rural areas with assault weapons. Since the Mar-a-Lago search, media sites including Gab and Telegram use phrases such as “lock and load” and “civil war.”

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But when you take the oath of office as president, and swear: “I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, pro tect and defend the Consti tution of the United States,” you need to follow all the rules for keeping state secrets secure. When you leave office, you don’t get to take classified souvenirs.

I don’t think he had a plan. I don’t think there was some nefarious plot in the works. Like you and the rest of Amer ica, I have observed Trump moving through his days and weeks and years in a reckless and reactive mode in which he does and says stuff and then sees what

Will there be more canings in the Senate chamber?

Does it seem likely that Trump pored over these documents, achieving a sophis ticated level of comprehension? No. Nah. Never. He just grabbed the stuff like a hyped-up teen robber sweeping the money out of the till at a 7-Eleven on his way out. He didn’t stop to count the bills.

In the two years since President Biden’s election, the divisions have become wider, and more violent. There was Jan. 6; Charlottesville, Virginia; and now the threats against FBI agents after the court-backed raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, where he had stashed clas sified documents.

o ne was the living, essencebreathingof duty to country. The other? Well . . .

Just last month, Sen. Lindsey Gra ham, a Republican from South Carolina, said there would be “riots in the street” if Trump were prosecuted for taking the classified documents from the White House.And only months ago, Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a North Carolina Republican, insisted that the U.S. elections system is “rigged,” and, he added, that would “lead to one place, and that’s bloodshed.”

James Bernstein is editor of the Long Beach Herald.

It isn’t even Democrats and Republi cans who are so completely at odds, as it is MAGA supporters and the rest of the country. The supporters of Donald Trump continue to deny the results of the 2020 election, despite any number of recounts, decisions by judges tossing out claims of fraud, and the public pro nouncements of Trump’s former attor ney general, Bill Barr, that the clams of a

n the mid-1800s, there were scorch ing debates taking place in the U.S. Congress between politicians in the North, who opposed slavery, and those in the South, who favored the insti tution.In1856, things got so heated that one U.S. senator, Charles Sumner, an antislavery Massachusetts Republican, was brutally beaten with a cane PrestonCongressmanbyBrooks, a South Butlerremoved,cousinBrooks’sAndrewCarolinainsultedSumnerbeforeDemocrat.CarolinaJusttheattack,hadSouthSen.Butler,firstoncesayinghadtaken

He is not a thinker. I don’t believe he ever worried that unfriendly eyes might fall on these protected documents, or that someone in the crowds of Mar-a-Lago

Nina Silber, an American history pro fessor and the president of the Society of Civil War Historians, who has written several books on the subject, said in a Boston University interview that she saw similarities between the Civil War era and now, particularly in “the tendency toward heated and extreme political rhetoric” and “the inability to find politi cal middle ground.”

We, on the other hand, have been blighted in recent years by a showboating president without a moral center, a man who holds nothing sacred aside from his own endless push for power. A jester who never leaves the stage.

T he leadingperiodup to the Civil War has parallels.present-daynumerous

guests might be that nefarious person who looks for breaks in security and seiz es the moment to do harm to the United States.Ignorance, though, is not a defense. We still don’t know if Trump will be held legally accountable for flouting the laws of the country that apply to every other citizen. We don’t know how this will end, but the entire affair speaks to the man’s fantasy that he is somehow above thoseI’mlaws.thinking about this as our friends the Brits mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned for 72 years and died last week at her summer home at Balmoral. She ascended the throne when she was 25 and stayed for seven decades. She was the living, breathing essence of duty to country and service to her citi zens. Propriety was the guiding principle of her reign, and she won the loyalty and love of her people by elevating civility and democracy and stepping back from any personal fanfare or glory.

From the queen to the U.S. jester-in-chief

But the bumbling president at the time, James Buchanan, did little to cool tensions. In his inaugural address in 1957, Buchanan described the sectional ism between North and South as “happi ly a matter of but little practical impor tance.” The U.S. Supreme Court, he said, would settle the matter “speedily and finally.”Thehigh court did, with the Dred Scott decision, which held that Congress had no constitutional power to deprive slavehold ers of their property rights. And Black slaves were property.Theseeds of the Civil War were sprouting.

Because the period leading up to the War Between the States has numerous paral lels to what is taking place today.

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sticks, and then does the next thing. He deals with an issue in the moment and deals with any consequences later.

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ting all the students logged back in effectively, when many are simply out of practice doing so.

But as part of the “new normal” cre ated by the coronavirus pandemic, it seemed the snow day was becoming a relic of the past. Lockdowns closed schools, forcing millions of students across the country — and around the world — to turn to technology. Thanks to computers, web cams and the inter net, lessons could continue without the need to step inside a classroom.

That meant no more snow days — a concept that, at least for several school districts in Nassau County, was shortlived. While not ignoring the benefits of remote learning, these districts decided to keep at least some snow days in place, believing that there’s a benefit to pro viding that unexpected day off for their students and teachers.

In today’s climate, that is very rare. It is clear she has searched much for answers concerning the science and the exploration of the age-old question of when life begins, and I hope she continues to do so.

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I found Ilana Greenberg’s op-ed, “Scientists grapple with meaning of life. Why should judges?” (Aug. 18-24) extremely thoughtful and well written. She showed her willingness to research all sides of an issue.

It’s not that education isn’t important — it is. But a snow day isn’t a lost day. It’s a delayed day. Any class missed because of snow in the winter months is made up in the spring. And if Mother Nature is kind and doesn’t interfere with classes, those spring days become time off for students and teachers any way.All of us deserve a pleasant surprise, like a snow day, once in a while. And all of us deserve a chance to enjoy the world around us, even if it’s just for a day here and there.

We live in a world in which we are too quick to make deci sions, and then remain totally closed to discussion or writ ings that may differ, even as new research continues. Sadly,

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As the pandemic subsided and schools reopened, many school adminis trations wondered aloud why newfound resources like Zoom had to go. And somewhere, the idea was born to use the remote classrooms set up during the pandemic to keep schools operating on days where weather made it impossible to step onto campus.

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ournalist and bestselling author Susan Orlean once described a snow day as “literally and figura tively” something that “falls from the sky — unbidden — and seems like a thing of Unlesswonder.”yougrew up somewhere snow didn’t exist, you likely woke up many a winter morning as a child, excited to see nothing but glistening white outside your window that wasn’t there the night before. That almost guaranteed the one thing nearly all schoolkids hope for dur ing the coldest months: a snow day.

It’s difficult to determine how — and when — the modern snow day came into being, except that it likely required the means to communicate a delay or can cellation — telephones or radios. Today, such alerts are spread through more direct means, like text messages and email.But the excitement those alerts gen erate is almost certainly no different in 2022 than it was in 1922.

And what other severe weather event could kids enjoy more than freshly fall en snow — and a lot of it? Sledding, for example, is a pastime no one young or old should be denied. Or building snow men. Or constructing snow forts. Or cre ating snow angels.

Sorry, but those are things kids sim ply can’t do if they are required to sit in front of their computers all day. And let’s not forget that virtual classrooms are no longer the norm — imagine all the wasted time that will be spent get

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New York City has completely done away with snow days, but the city should follow Long Island’s lead. Sure, there are fewer snow days than there were before the pandemic, but our dis tricts are working hard to balance the need to educate with their students’ need to just live sometimes. And they are doing the right thing with a hybrid model that essentially splits the differ ence.Keep the snow days. At least some of them. They’re not just a thing of won der, but a chance to create lasting mem ories, and a fresh appreciation of the value of an unexpected breather.

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While there was a brief time in which it seemed that it would indeed be Trump

ty’s nomination of Clinton for president, however, played right into Trump’s cam paign message: As the anti-establish ment candidate, who was a better repre sentation of the establishment — and the perfect villain — than Hillary Clinton?

Outside of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Biden was the only candidate who never aligned with Sanders. So, in nomi nating Biden, Democrats went against Trump’s wish es.

John O’Connell for his op-ed in the Sept. 1-7 issue, “Where has all the competence gone?” He precisely voiced my sentiments and, I’m sure, those of many Americans around us. It is indeed very sad that we are amazed when we witness something being done competently, on time and without fuss. It is even more distressing that the pros pects of any improvement are quite dim.

both major parties for some time. That was what allowed him to blitz through a field of respected Republican politicians like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio.

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Essentially, Trump was always running against “crooked” Hillary Clinton and the pre-Trump estab lishment — even when Clinton wasn’t in the race and the establishment was Trump’s own.

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I hope Greeberg continues to research and look for answers on the Roe v. Wade ruling. I would also suggest that she Google “A lifelong connection that starts in the womb.” It was written on Aug. 7, 2017, and adds a whole new dimension to what we know about cells in utero. Our technology, showing how life begins and grows from conception, gets better every day. She might want to read “Unplanned,” by Abby Johnson, about what she came to know, and how.

this is true in all areas of science and philosophy, and prevents better under standing and clarification of many “truths” that no longer stand up in our ever-changing world.

he likelihood that former presi dent Donald Trump will run again in 2024 seems to increase by the day. Unless the Mar-a-Lago raid turns up something that leads to a criminal indictment, it would be some what anticlimactic for Trump to have hyped up the imagined grand announce ment, only to conclude with, “I’m not acrossbeentimentestablishmentizedOne.2016HillarySecretaryagainstrunis,running.”So,thequestionwhowouldheagainst?TrumpranformerofStateClintoninfromDayHecapitalonananti-senthathadpercolatingAmericain

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But how will the former president present his message? Biden isn’t exactly a great president, but he’s not a failed one, either. If Trump gets past his legal troubles to make another run for the Oval Office, his only chance to come out on top could very well require changing his playbook completely.

Answers may not be found, but at the right time and in the right place, the truth will find the person who is looking for them. And please don’t leave out Gen esis 1:27 and Isaiah 49. It’s my hope that Greenberg will be rewarded with the continued gifts in the goodness and kind ness that she has shown in her writing.

Trump repeatedly singled out Bush — the one-time frontrunner who counts both a father and a brother as one-time occupants of the Oval Office — in a move that signified that Trump was going against the Republican Party of old. Sen. Bernie Sanders had similar suc cess against Clinton in 2016, albeit not quite as successful. The Democratic Par

So how will Trump frame 2024? Can he recapture any of his 2016 anti-estab lishment magic? That’s doubtful, because he and many of his acolytes are the establishment.Maybethistime he can get Biden-as-asocialist to stick. Biden is hardly the poster child of anything too hard left. And even his more progressive, Sandersesque agenda items have been torn apart in Congress — with little argument from Biden himself. The late President Lyn don Johnson is rolling in his grave at how passive-aggressive Biden is with the

The possibilities are endless, and will enrich her life.

How about Biden as a failed presi dent? Inflation has skyrocketed, but so has job growth. The economy screams recession, but if it’s out there, no one has quite found it.

Trump apparently feared the idea of Clinton even considering the Ver mont senator as her run ning mate, calling Sanders “the only one I didn’t want her to pick” — perhaps aware of how much Sand ers could have disrupted Trump’s campaign mes sage.But everything changed in 2020. How could Trump run against the establish ment when he was now the establishment? So he tried a different approach. The entrenched elite wasn’t the boogeyman this time around; it was socialism. And as far as Trump and his supporters were concerned, “Democrat” and “socialist” were interchangeable terms.Trump was almost gleeful when Sand ers — a self-described “democratic socialist” — was winning the early pri maries in 2020. Trump strategist Michael Caputo even said that “the only thing better for Trump than Bernie getting screwed out of the nomination (is) if Bernie wins the nomination.”

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Former President Trump will have to run against President Biden, and run ning against an incumbent president ain’t easy: Only 10 presidents in Ameri can history have lost re-election — and one of them was Trump.

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And Biden has been on a bit of a roll lately. Some key measures he has cham pioned, tackling inflation and the envi ronment, have been signed into law, and he just took out a key terrorist in the MiddleBidenEast.may have led a disastrous pullout from Afghanistan last year, but now he has finessed the war in Ukraine to make Russian dictator Vladimir Putin look like the monster he is without put ting a single pair of American boots on the ground there.

vs. Sanders, Democrats ultimately went a different route. The anti-Bernie route. The Joe Biden route.

likes of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin.

That didn’t stop the then president from trying to link Biden with socialism anyway, but no one was buying it. At least not enough to swing the gener al election in Trump’s favor.

Who and what would Trump run against in 2024?

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