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Mindy Roman is first female village justice McDonough plans to retire at the end of October, after more than two decades of service Mindy Roman — who has with the village courts. “It was a pleasure working served as the chief prosecutor for the Village of Rockville with you and the other memCentre for more than two bers of the Village Board of decades — will step into her Trustees,” McDonough wrote new role on Nov. 1, as the first in a letter to Mayor Murray. “It woman to serve as was an honor to village justice in the serve alongside Vilcommunity’s 130l a g e Ju s t i c e B i l l year history. Croutier for over 14 “I, along with my years. My time with administration, the villa g e cour t have appointed sevgave me a sense of eral outstanding community and pubwomen to key posilic service for which tions in the village I w i l l a lw ay s b e ove r t h e ye a r s, ” grateful.” Ro ck v i l l e C e n t re He said that had MINDy RoMAN Mayor Francis Murno plans to retire ray announced durbefore the end of his ing his annual Golf and Dinner term, however, since he and his Classic. “I am extremely excit- wife sold their home and plan ed and honored to add to the on moving closer to their list and appoint our first female daughter in New Jersey, he is justice, Mindy Roman. precluded from continuing to “Judge (William) Croutier hold the office. and Judge (Kevin) McDonough McDonough has been elected were both behind it 100 per- to serve four terms, including c e n t , ” t h e m ayo r s a i d o f defeating Roman, the ConRoman’s appointment. “They cerned Citizens candidate, by a feel she is the right choice vote of 2,206 to 1,539, in 2009. He because of her expertise and said that in terms of picking her commitment to the job.” someone qualified enough to Roman’s appointment fol- fill his seat, he could not think lowed the announcement that Continued on page 8

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RVC community honors first responders Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin catches up with Honorary Fire Chief James McCarthy, following the Law and Order Night award presentation hosted by American Legion Post 303. Photos and story, Page 3.

Parents call for additional crossing guard at Hewitt By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com

Concerned parents in the Rockville Centre School District have called for an additional crossing guard outside Hewitt Elementary School, after an incident last week in which a HERALD

student was nearly struck by a car while trying to cross Hempstead Avenue. School officials discussed the matter at the Board of Education meeting on Oct. 5. “Speaking on behalf of the Board of Education, I can say that we are all extremely grateful that our student was safe and unharmed,” district Superintendent Matthew Gaven said. “I have been in contact with the child’s parents and have conveyed our share of relief. I can also Continued on page 11

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By DANIEL OFFNER doffner@liherald.com

Firefighters, police officers and EMTs were recognized for their service to the Rockville Centre community during the annual Law and Order Night awards presentation hosted by American Legion Post 303. “It is one of our post’s pinnacle events of the year,” Vice Commander Paul Casazza said. “Our post takes great pleasure in honoring our law enforcement and emergency personnel this evening for their continued dedication to the Rockville Centre community.” Friends, family, colleagues, elected officials and esteemed guests were in attendance last Friday night as members of the veterans organization presented the honorees with special gifts including plaques, flags, and engraved memorabilia. Rockville Centre Police Officer Michelle Tetonic was the first honoree to be recognized during Law and Order Night for her impeccable record with the force over the last five years. “This achievement is a testament to her dedication, hard work and exemplary service to the Rockville Centre community,” Police Commissioner Randy Dodd said. Tetonic spent three years as an NYPD officer with the 103rd Precinct in Queens and received numerous awards including the Meritorious Police Duty Medal and the Excellent Police Duty Medal. She left the NYPD in 2017, and after a brief stint with the Suffolk County Police Department, joined the Rockville Centre Police Department in 2018. Since then she has consistently led the department in traffic tickets and impounds and in 2020 received recognition as “Cop of the Month” for her role in the arrest of a burglary suspect. “Her commitment to upholding the highest standards of law enforcement and her tireless efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of the Rockville Centre community has not gone unnoticed,” Dodd said. “Her dedication and commitment serve as an inspiration to all of us and we are fortunate to have her in our ranks.” Following the presentation, Officer Tetonic was presented with a custom-engraved pistol donated by Glock. She also received several proclamations from elected officials from the Village of Rockville Centre, the Town of Hempstead, the New York State Assembly and the United States Congress. One of the honorees, James McCarthy, was presented with recognition for his more than six decades of work with the Rockville Centre Fire Department. He was first sworn into the RVC Fire Department on Nov. 20, 1962, and was shortly thereafter, called to serve his country. He served honorably from 1963 to 1965 in the Panama Canal region, and when he returned, resumed his duties with the Fire Department. McCarthy has been a member of Alert Engine Company No. 2 for many years and has served as treasurer and warden of the company for more than a decade. He also co-chaired the company’s 100th-anniversary committee in 1995. Tony Rugolo, first assistant chief of the Fire Department, said that over the course of his 61 years of membership, McCarthy has continued to meet the requirements to be in good standing with the department, and continues to serve as chairman of both the audit and membership committees. “In 2010, the Fire Department Council bestowed the distinguished title of honorary chief to Jim — a rank he wears proudly,” Rugolo said. “It is with deep appreciation and pride that we present James J. McCarthy with this recognition.” Following the presentation, McCarthy was presented with an engraved axe that was mounted and framed in recognition of his years of service to the department and the community. The EMT award was presented as a surprise to Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray for his years of service and dedication as a member of Floodlight Rescue

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Rockville Centre Police Officer Michelle Tetonic is presented a citation in recognition of her exemplary service to the community. Joining her are Police Commissioner Randy Dodd, American Legion Post 303 Commander Frank Colón and New York State Assemblyman Brian Curran.

Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray is presented with the EMT Award for his years of service with Floodlight Rescue Company No. 1.

Honorary Fire Chief James McCarthy is presented with several citations and a mounted axe plaque in recognition of his years of service to the Rockville Centre Fire Department.

Company No. 1. Murray joined the Rockville Centre Fire Department in December 1972, continuing his long-standing family tradition of service to the community. Upon joining, he worked hard to become a New York-certified emergency medical technician and a firefighter. “He became a valued and respected member of Floodlight, maintaining one of the highest call volumes — often several hundred calls per year,” Chief Rugolo said. “For many years, Mayor Murray was one of our most active daytime chauffeurs and continues to be one of our top chauffeurs.” Murray currently holds the position of Mayor of Rockville Centre, a title that he has continued to serve under since he was first elected in 2011. In addition to his dedication to the village and its fire department, he has proudly represented the community as the past president of the New York State Conference of Mayors and past president of the Friends of Mercy. The final award of the evening was also a surprise presented to Congressman Anthony D’Esposito, a for-

mer NYPD Police Detective, volunteer fire chief, and former Hempstead Town Councilman who is currently representing New York’s fourth congressional district on Capitol Hill. For his years of service to the community and work as both a firefighter and police officer, American Legion Post 303 presented him with a special axe-mounted plaque including the Legion seal, Congressional seal, and NY-4 emblem. In addition to the awards ceremony, the post invited Ken Andorfer and Nicolas Vergara Barrios, two students that they recently sponsored to attend the prestigious American Legion Boys State. Following the awards presentations, the members of Post 303 also presented retired Police Commissioner James Vafaedes with an engraved Derringer pistol donated by Bond Arms. And as a special thank you for their years of support to make Law and Order Night the event that it is, members of Post 303 and the RVCPD presented Joey Hedberg of Bond Arms with some apparel and merchandise.

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Ronniesha Highsmith, 34, of Old Mill Court in Rockville Centre was arrested on Sept. 27. She has been charged with assault and criminal trespass following a police investigation.

The owner of Royal Gold Buyers reported on Oct. 3, someone made several alarming phone calls to him, verbally threatening his life.

John Mendoza Martinez, 25, of Ann Street in Valley Stream was arrested on Oct. 1 and has been charged with Driving While Intoxicated following a police investigation into a vehicular accident on Lakeview Avenue. Dayvonne Johnson, 21, of Rose Avenue in Roosevelt was arrested on Oct. 4 and is charged with the unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration, and an open Suffolk County arrest warrant, following an investigation on Sunrise Highway.

burglary The pastor of the Celestial Church of Christ reported on Oct. 4, unknown subjects broke the rear door and made entry into the church. The proceeds were already cashed checks. Police units responded to an alarm at Bargain Liquors on Oct. 5. Upon arrival, officers found a broken door, where unknown subjects made attempted entry.

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A motorist reported on Oct. 4, someone threw a liquid substance on her vehicle while it was parked on Maple Avenue.

larCeNy A resident of Princeton Road reported on Oct. 3, someone stole property from his vehicle while parked in his driveway. An employee of Home Goods reported on Oct. 4, two individuals stole merchandise from the store. A passenger of NICE Bus reported on Oct. 5, someone stole her cell phone after leaving it on the bus in Rockville Centre.

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Interim Deputy Chief Nursing Officer Sheba Thomas, left, Director of Nursing for the Emergency Department Louis Calderon, Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray, Nurse Manager for the Emergency Department Denise Calvi and Vice President of Patient Care Services Christopher Ruppert.

CrimiNal misChief A motorist reported on Oct. 8, someone damaged the window on her vehicle with a BB gun while driving on N. Park Avenue. A motorist reported on Oct. 9, someone damaged the window on his vehicle while parked on Lincoln Avenue.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

RVC celebrates Emergency Nurses Week Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray joined with some of the staff at Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital on Monday morning to kick-off Emergency Nurses Week. “This week, we honor and celebrate

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South Side High School recently brought all the excitement and pageantry of a pep rally to elementary and middle school students throughout the Rockville Centre School District. Senior captains on each of the fall sports teams along with student musicians, school mascots and cheerleaders loaded up the bus on Oct. 22, for a “Pep Tour” across the district. “It was really fun to hype up the kids,” Michael Aiello, a wide re c e ive r fo r t h e S o u t h S i d e Cyclones varsity football team, said. “It was inspiring.” High School students traveled to each of the five elementary schools and the middle school to spread positivity and enthusiasm in preparation for homecoming. Reese Haley and Charley Doreste with the Cyclones girls’ varsity soccer team said they enjoyed getting to travel to each school and be a role model for younger students in the district. “It was so great to see our

senior leaders show their passion for their sport and their school,” Trish Takach and Liz Marshall, coadvisors of the Spirit Club, said. “It was a true win-win for both the athletes and the students. You could really feel the ‘unity in the community.’ We appreciate all the collaboration with the buildings and administration.” South Side High School Principal Patrick Walsh said that the Pep Tour was a way to spread the enthusiasm and excitement of homecoming to the other schools in the district. The event also gave students at each of the five elementary schools and the middle school an opportunity to see what South Side High School is all about. “We are so proud of senior students for representing our building in such a positive way,” Walsh said. “It was a wonderful example of the RVC school community coming together to celebrate school spirit in our community.” –Daniel Offner

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Hewitt Elementary school students embrace the South Side Cyclones’ school mascot during the Pep Tour on Oct. 22.

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WILL TOLLIVER Carey Senior Football WELL ON HIS way to a third straight All-County football season, Tolliver had a career night Sept. 22 while leading the Seahawks to a 41-29 victory at Long Beach. He scored five touchdowns, four rushing and one on special teams as Carey completed the first half of its Conference II schedule undefeated. Tolliver had touchdown runs covering 56, 5, 5 and 2 yards and capped his memorable performance with a 27-yard blocked punt return for a score.

GAMES TO WATCH Thursday, Oct. 12 Girls Volleyball: Lawrence at Clarke ........................... 5 p.m. Football: Calhoun at MacArthur ................................ 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 13 Girls Volleyball: North Shore at Oceanside ................ 5 p.m. Football: Farmingdale at Oceanside ......................... 6 p.m. Football: Lynbrook at South Side .............................. 6 p.m. Football: Kennedy at Hewlett .................................... 6 p.m. Football: North Shore at West Hempstead ...........6:30 p.m. Football: Uniondale at V.S. Central ............................ 7 p.m. Football: C.S. Harbor at Malverne ............................. 7 p.m. Football: New Hyde Park at Long Beach ................... 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14 Boys Volleyball: Mepham at Long Beach............11:45 a.m. Boys Volleyball: South Side at Garden City ........11:45 a.m. Football: Syosset at Freeport..................................... 2 p.m. Football: V.S. South at Seaford.................................. 2 p.m. Football: Mepham at Carey....................................... 2 p.m. Football: Floral Park at Wantagh................................ 3 p.m. Football: East Rockaway at Locust Valley .................. 3 p.m. Football: Mepham at Manhasset .............................. 2 p.m. Football: Wantagh at Lynbrook .................................. 2 p.m. Football: Long Beach at Sewanhaka......................... 2 p.m. Football: Elmont at New Hyde Park ........................... 2 p.m.

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South Side began the second half of the Nassau Conference III football season with its most impressive performance of 2023. And considering the Cyclones outscored their first four opponents by a combined 154-0, that was no easy feat. Senior tailback Jack Lozito and senior quarterback Owen West each rushed for a pair of touchdowns and South Side’s vaunted defense extended its shutout streak to 19 quarters in last Friday night’s 31-7 victory over visiting Wantagh in a showdown of unbeaten teams. Lozito rushed for 114 yards on 24 carries, West passed for 108 yards and rushed for 46, and a defense led by Bobby Galindo and James Beatty registered eight tackles for loss, three sacks and forced four fumbles. “Wantagh’s a tough, hard-hitting team that was flying around on both sides of the ball, but we came ready to play too,” Lozito said. “We saw a lot of predictions on social media this week and everyone picked Wantagh. That lit a fire under us.” The Warriors, who two weeks ago beat two-time defending county champion Plainedge by 17, became the first team to score against the Cyclones this season when junior Dylan Martini (77 yards on 14 carries) found the end zone from 2 yards out with 3:18 remaining. “Coach [Keith] Lessuk has done an amazing job with the defense and it’s playing lights-out,” South Side head coach Phil Onesto said. “We didn’t approach this game any different than the first four. Our kids have handled pressure and expectations well. Tonight was a great win for the program, but the ultimate goal is a county championship.” Wantagh was limited to only two possessions in the opening half and both had potential. One stalled at midfield and the other at the South Side 25. The visitors’ first two possessions of the second half ended with a blocked punt and fumble. “They’re a very good team and are more physical than us right now,” Wantagh head coach Keith Sachs said. “There’s

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Senior quarterback Owen West had a pair of touchdowns last Friday evening as the Cyclones won their fifth straight out of the gate, 31-7 over Wantagh. so much we did that was uncharacteristic. We had so many plays for negative yardage and were chasing the sticks all game.” The Cyclones drove 97 yards on 9 plays late in the first quarter to open the scoring. West’s 39-yard hookup with senior Pat Mullin set up his 1-yard touchdown run and it was 7-0 after senior Nick Papadopulos booted his first of five perfect kicks on the night, capped by a 27-yard field goal. South Side’s second scoring drive covered 75 yards on 17 plays and ate up most of the second quarter. Senior Michael

Aiello had a key fourth-down catch and West connected with sophomore Jack Boyens on a 28-yard dart down the middle. It was 14-0 after West’s 2-yard touchdown with 21 seconds left in the half. Lozito, behind an all-senior offensive line consisting of Billy Gryboski at center, Beatty and Kieran Kenny on the left side, and Galindo and Michael Muscarella on the right, had touchdown runs of 5 and 31 yards in the second half. “If anybody didn’t think so before tonight, I think we showed we’re for real,” Onesto said.

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of a better candidate than Roman. “She has been a great village prosecutor for Rockville Centre, and that is one reason among many that I believe she will also be a great village justice,” McDonough said. “I am thrilled that she was appointed by Mayor Murray and the Board of Trustees. The residents of Rockville Centre will benefit from Ms. Roman’s dedication, experience, intelligence and common sense.” Although McDonough is no longer residing in Rockville Centre, he said

that he would continue his work as a partner at the law fir m Cullen and Dykman in Garden City, where he has counseled universities, colleges, hospitals, religious entities, and not-for-profit institutions in the New York metropolitan area for more than 25 years. Roman will serve the remainder of McDonough’s term, and a special election will be held for the position in June 2024. “I have been a prosecutor for the village for 25 years, working with some incredibly wise, compassionate, fair-

minded judges — Frank Yanelli, Robert Williams, William Croutier, Jr. and Kevin McDonough,” Roman said in a statement. “To have been chosen to continue in their tradition is an honor and a privilege that I don’t take lightly.” She moved to Rockville Centre in 1991, and in the 32 years since she earned her degree from Hofstra Law School, she has been a member of the PTA for Hewitt Elementary, South Side Middle School and South Side High School, and presently serves as counsel

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Art Club hosts a month-long exhibition More than 30 RVC artists display their work at the Barnes Gallery The Village Art Club of Rockville Centre in partnership with the Barnes Gallery in Garden City South, hosted “A September to Remember,” a month-long artist exhibition featuring artwork created by the local artist community. “It was a huge success,” Arleen Rueth Urban, editor of the VAC Palette, an online newsletter published by the artist organization. “We had a lot of guests and artists attend and several paintings were sold.” More than 30 members of the Village Art Club were given the opportunity to display two of their own original oil, acrylic, pastel or watercolor-based paintings in the gallery throughout the month of September, all of which were made available for purchase. The event culminated with a reception on Sept. 23, which featured a live musical performance by Joe Cupani and Company and refreshments. “There was a very good turnout considering the weather,” Urban said. For more information or to find out how to become a member of the Village Art Club of Rockville Centre, visit its online blog at VACPalette.Blogspot.com or contact the organization on Facebook. The Barnes Gallery is a custom picture framing business, open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 2 Nassau Boulevard in Garden City South. The gallery frequently hosts art exhibits and shows throughout the year. For more information on future events visit BarnesGalleryFraming.com or call (516)-538-4503.

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Frank Mcintyre, president of the Village Arts Club of Rockville Centre, discusses two of his original paintings at the Barnes Gallery exhibition.

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Gregory Schnoor, left, the owner of the Barnes Gallery, joins Ilene Smith had two of her paintings on display as part of the VAC art exhibit.

Arleen Rueth Urban had a couple of her paintings on display during the event. Urban said she has many grandchildren to provide her inspiration for her pastel portraits.

Shirley Oliner, a 91-year-old artist with the Village Arts Club of Rockville Centre, showcases her work. Oliner has 29 years of experience as an art teacher who enjoys continuing to create and share her work.

The walls of the Gallery were full of beautiful artwork, including two paintings by Rockville Centre artist Richard Gorman.

Arlene Gomez of the Village Art Club showcases two of her oil paintings, including a scenic view of Lake Wallenpaupack in Pennsylvania and another of two sisters enjoying a beautiful day at Jones Beach.

RVC school district mulls pedestrian safety express our board’s commitment to ensuring the safety and well-being of our students.” Rachel Ferrick, a parent of three children who attend Hewitt Elementary, told the board what she saw as a group of children and adults tried to cross the busy roadway during dismissal. “The car directly in front of me, amazingly, was able to swerve and jam on the brakes,” Ferrick said. “As you’re now aware, the larger issue at hand is that there’s only one crossing guard to cross nearly 475 children safely” at the corner of DeMott and Hempstead avenues. Ferrick added that there are no crosswalks, traffic lights or crossing guards for those who live north of DeMott. “And even if, as suggested, we all walk a quarter of a mile out of the way, often with other children in tow, to cross at that one corner, is it actually safe for that many children and adults to be walking en masse through the intersection?” she asked. “I think we’ve reached a tipping point. So far we’ve been very lucky that no one has been seriously injured or killed. Going back several years, the community has petitioned for a crossing guard, and has been told it’s a budgetary issue from the school district.”

Ferrick also said that the village is discussing changing the timing of the allotted a number of crossing guards traffic light at Hempstead and DeMott, who are spread out across the district, so it would potentially be a red in all and suggested stationing an additional directions upon activating the crosswalk, similar to the intersection of guard on the north side of the school. Gaven said that since the incident Long Beach Road and DeMott, by the occurred, the district has taken several Rockville Links. “We’re also looking to steps to address the issue, add warning lights around and has been working closethe stop signs around the ly with the Rockville Centre school,” Gaven said. “This Police Department to patrol would not just be at Hewitt, the area. The school adminso our approach to safety is istration has also been in comprehensive.” touch with the village govJeffrey Greenfield, a resiernment, he added, to fordent who has advocated for mulate possible solutions to safety measures such as the problem. school bus cameras, said Because Hempstead Avethat the Lynbrook School nue is a county-controlled Kelly Barry District took a similar roadway, Gaven said, he has president, approach, and now has reached out to Mayor Franflashing lights on stop signs cis Murray to request that Board of Education in front of schools. Nassau County conduct Similarly, Valley Stream District 30 another traffic study focusing on Hemprecently partnered with the Town of stead Avenue. “We’re reaching back out to the coun- Hempstead to install new LED stop ty,” Murray said. “They’ve done at least signs at the corner of Forest and Brook one study in the past that determined roads. Greenfield, whose daughter fell into a we cannot put a stop sign or a crosswalk at the intersection of Haddock Lane, coma after she was struck by a car on because it would back up traffic and Hempstead Avenue 23 years ago, said he applauded the board for taking action to make it unsafe.” Gaven said that as a more immediate address this issue. “Nothing was worse than getting that solution, the district and the village are

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phone call and being driven by the police to Nassau University Medical Center,” Greenfield said. “It’s something no parent should ever experience.” As another strategy, the school district has asked police officials to conduct safety assemblies in the coming months at district elementary and middle schools, focusing on traffic safety. “The board is committed to the safety of all our students and families,” school board President Kelly Barry said. “We fully support the continued partnership with the village and the county to examine the ways in which we can continue to provide safer environments for all of our students.” Gaven said that during his recent observational visits to Hewitt Elementary, he spoke with several parents, who agreed that while the county conducts its study and the school district explores different approaches to the issue, they should stick to the “common-sense approach” for the time being and closely monitor the existing crosswalk. Greenfield agreed, though he added that people would still attempt to cross Hempstead Avenue near Haddock Lane to the north. “People aren’t going to go to the corner,” Greenfield said. “Let’s be honest — especially if it’s inclement weather and they’re parked across the way.”

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Friends of the Rockville Centre Public Library hosted a special dinner event at Chat Noir on Oct. 5, featuring special guests Bob Brush, the Emmy Award-winning writer and producer of the hit TV series, “The Wonder Years,” and his wife, actress Mel Harris, who is best known for her role as Hope Murdoch Steadman in the show “Thirtysomething.” During the event, attendees were treated to a four-course dinner and a glass of wine as

Brush shared excerpts from his most recent collection of short stories, “The Piazza: Stories from Piazza Santa Caterina Piccola.” After the meal, guests were welcome to introduce themselves and interact with Brush and Harris about his new book and their work in television. All of the attendees had a wonderful time, and as a bonus, helped raise money for the Rockville Centre Public Library.

Library Director Cathy Overton, left, and Assistant Director Susan Finck join the Friends of the RVC Library at Chat Noir for this special event.

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Bob Brush, signs copies of his latest work during the Friends of the RVC Library fundraiser on Oct. 5.

Mel Harris, left, and Bob Brush visit Chat Noir in Rockville Centre for a special event with the Friends of the RVC Library to promote his latest book, ‘The Piazza: Stories from Piazza Santa Caterina Piccola.’

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A wave of pink will wash over the South Shore this weekend, bringing awareness to breast cancer. Jones beach will see thousands walking for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on Sunday. Hosted by the American Cancer Society and presented by Teachers Federal Credit Union, the walk is anticipated to be one of the biggest in the country, expected to attract more than 60,000 participants, raising more than $2 million. According to Katie Schafer, executive director for the Long Island region of the non-profit organization. “It really just brings together all walks of life here on Long Island,” said Katie Schafer, executive director for the cancer society’s local region. The event, celebrating its 30th anniversary, sees all sorts of participants come together to raise awareness and fund research for breast cancer. Companies, families and cancer survivors all unite to make a difference at Jones Beach, Schafer said, because the disease is all too familiar. “Everyone you talk to knows somebody who has been diagnosed with breast cancer,” she said. Joanne Ameruoso is someone who knows all too well. Her grandmother, aunt and mother all died from breast

cancer. The Merrick resident was angry after her mother’s death in 2013 because her mom refused to seek treatment and did not tell her about the disease until a few days before she died. “My mom passed away from breast cancer because she was afraid of it so much that she chose to ignore it when she discovered it.” Ameruoso said. K n o w i n g h e r f a m i l y h i s t o r y, Ameruoso sought to get genetic testing. She was negative for the BRCA gene, which puts women at a much higher risk. But when her doctor told her she was a ticking time bomb due to her family history, Ameruoso took preventive measures. “I’m not going to be another victim of this breast cancer,” she said. Ameruoso underwent a double mastectomy in 2016. In the process, she learned she had Lynch syndrome, an inherited genetic disorder that increases risk for several cancers, including stomach, colon, liver, brain, skin and endometrial. Acting early showed Ameruoso how important it is to get screened and research family genetics. “We have to stay educated,” she said, “because, God forbid, you find out when it’s too late.” Ameruoso has been an advocate for breast cancer awareness for more than 20 years now. She has participated in breast cancer walks and even wrote a memoir, “Faith Over Fear,” about how

Walkers place tokens on the turning point fence at last year’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. More than $2 million is expected to be raised for this year’s walk, taking place on Jones Beach.

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her mom’s fear of breast cancer became her fight. The book — written while she was coping with her mother’s death — aimed to help women overcome the fear associated with cancer. For Ameruoso, it is important to be proactive in raising awareness. “This is a time for us to come together and really show the people working behind the scenes all year long to continue the fight against breast cancer and all cancers,” she said. Breast cancer walks have made significant monetary contributions to

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mmersive art experiences continue to shake up traditional perceptions of “art.” Now Claude Monet, the beloved transformational Impressionist, gets the Van Gogh treatment (which has enticed visitors in various forms since 2021). “Beyond Monet: The Immersive Experience” gives guests a glimpse into the emotions and perspectives of the leading figure of Impressionism. Created by the same team that brought “Beyond Van Gogh” to Long Island, it’s full of infinite potential for wonder, and sheds new light on what the world thought it knew about Claude Monet. The experience showcases more than 400 of Monet’s iconic classics, including “Water Lilies,” “Impression, Sunrise” and “Poppies at Argenteuil.” “Beyond Monet,” which opened Oct. 7, has settled into the same space at Samanea New York — the By retail/ Karen Bloom WHERE entertainment complex that was formerly the site of the Mall at the Source in Westbury — that just recently housed the Can art change thelatest world? a question WHEN Van Gogh exhibit. This showcaseIt’s was again created by French-Canadian visual designer Mathieu St-Arnaud, ••Now through Jan. 2 noon-4 that’sexecutive beencreative at the focus of our collective Saturday and Sunday, director and founder of Montreal’s Normal • Sundays 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (last p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, Studio, with his team of multimedia specialists and artists, entry 5 p.m.); Wednesday culture for centuries. Now Group. as society 11 a.m.-4 p.m. produced by Pacquin Entertainment Their pairing of and Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. •(last Emilyentry Lowe6 Hall Gallery, digital technology with the artworks enhances light and hues, p.m.); Friday and navigates the complexities of modern life, South Campus, Hempstead. allowing visitors to completely immerse themselves in the Saturday, 11 a.m.9 p.m. (last For information entry 8 p.m.) and to RSVP, accompanied by a livelychange soundtrack. is at the art asimages, a “Through path for social • Tickets available at or visit call (516) 463-5672, cutting edge technology, Beyond BeyondMonet.com Hofstra.edu/museum Monetof is redefi ning what art means to people,” says Justin forefront artistic expression. • Samanea New York, 1500 Old Paquin, Paquin’s exhibitions and theatrical president. “It has Country Road, Westbury elevated artwork to the next level, allowing us to form new “When We All Stand,” Museum Art’sjust new relationships withHofstra notableUniversity masterpieces that of were notexhibition, examines possible in of previous the collective power the artsyears.” in society. InAlexandra the process our relationship to these assistant artists —director in this case, Monet — is forever changed. Curated by Giordano — the museum’s of exhibition and all-encompassing experience combines projection, music and sound effects in a collection The — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility andoriginal influence. re-imagining of role Monet’s including the artist’s “It highlights the vital that treasured artists havecreations, in activating democratic valuesown thatthoughts and words into the narrative and musical score. promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,” “When you stand inside ‘Beyond Monet,’ you truly feel like you are part of Monet’s Giordano passionate says. “Artists often charge and expose that may otherwise be Fanny Curtat, quest forlead thethe effervescent beauty oftruths the world,” says art historian ignored. The artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art perspectives to who consulted on the project.“Experiences like these create fresh and original and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, interact with art in dynamic and fascinating ways.” voting rights, racial bias,atgun violence, combine thefront making It’s a look Monet’s art and freedpromises from itsunfulfi frameslled. thatThey putsallthe observer and center, of art withincorporating public serviceboth that still has and a grassroots in the400 hope of mobilizing theiralive, appear, and moving approach images. Some masterpieces come disappear, ow across multiple surfaces,create the minutia of details enveloping heightened communities and theflnation to ignite movement, awareness, and inspire othersvisitors’ to stand withsenses. them.”The show is projected on every surface around you, making you feel as though you have stepped directly into aJuly painting. This exhibit, which runs through 28, is in conjunction with Hofstra’s Monet’s art appears disappears, guests’upsenses and allowing them to 13th presidential conference on theand Barack Obama heightening presidency coming in April.

“We were interested in the idea that the artist has a civic responsibility,” says museum director Karen Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition was inspired by an Obama Administration White House briefing that took place on May 12, 2009,

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become one with his expressive brush strokes and blurred shapes and colors that capture the natural light and forms of the impressionist style of painting. “You’re immediately immersed in a fantasticalPat McGann Pat McGann is quickly rising as one ephemeral landscape,” Curtat says. We may think we know Monet, but accordingoftothe sharpest stand-ups on the comedy scene. A relative latecomer Curtat, that’s not necessarily so. comedy, he began doing stand“This is an opportunity to go beyond the mythtoand uptoat 31 after realizing he was not the easy beauty of his works,” she adds. “We tend very forget how radical and challenging his painting was at good the at selling packaging. Blazin’ pumpkins hustled his way to become the time. He’s so widely known, but there’s somethingHe almost The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze Chicago, deceptive with that level of notoriety — especially house when emcee at Zanies is back at Old Village an artist is so famous that they are overlooked. This is a he distinguished himselfBethpage where as Restoration. The Halloween-themed unique opportunity for people to not only see more facets adept at especially working the event which of his work, but learn more about just how radicalcrowd. his A husband and— father ofhad its start in the Hudson Valley at Van Cortlandt work was for the period. three young children, McGann’s Manor in Croton-on-Hudson — “Today, we may take for granted these ‘easy’ appeal stems from his quick wit more contemplations, but they were scandalous when they and relatable takefeatures on family lifethan 7,000 illuminated, hand-crafted jack o’ were first unveiled. He went on to open the door to andsomarriage. In individually 2017, McGann displayed much — not just in terms of the progression of artbegan history, touring aslanterns the opening act throughout the restored village. but also in terms of subjective vision and freedom for of Sebastian Maniscalco, movingThe pumpkins are carved into elaborate sculptural expression.” with him from clubs to theater, displays Different elements — scenes — take visitors on to arenas, including four that sold-light up the night, creating a family-friendly experience. Monet’s journey and the themes that comprised his out shows at Madison Square Visitors strollshort, the immersive pumpkin life’s work. After entering the Garden Gallery, the Garden. Prism McGann’s relatively trail, past 19th-century buildings and transports everyone into the exhibit’s biggest feature area. but impressive resume, includes Taking inspiration from Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris — Montreal’s famedthrough Just Forhistoric Laughsbarns, fully enveloped in a fall wonderland, complete the designated home of Monet’s masterpieces —Festival, guests Gilda’s LaughFest, The with an all-original can freely roam the Infinity Room to absorb the artist’s Great American Comedy Festival, soundtrack, synchronized bright and colorful paintings. and more. McGann still calls lighting, and special Monet’s stunning imagery encompasses everyChicago surface home. effects. New this year: Go ‘under the sea’ with a giant pumpkin-octopus. of the room. It is a haven for awakening the senses as by a$35, ‘gourd-geous’ the ebb and flow of the artwork is accompanied by the Feb. 11,Be8 wowed Saturday, p.m. $40, mythical Montauk mermaid. Meet the rhythm of Jean-Sébastien Coté’s original symphonic score. $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 Minions-like (800) friendly Pumpkin Pals. “I’m so excited for people to understand thatNew whatYork Ave., Huntington. or Ticketmaster.com or carving every And watch pumpkin we take for granted (now), was incredibly new at 745-3000 the ParamountNY.com. night. time,” Curtat says. It’s the 19th century meeting up with the 21st century Now through Nov. 5. Tickets start in another compelling artistic journey. at $19 and must purchased in Courtesy Paquin Entertainment advance. Old Bethpage Village Monet’s masterpieces come to life through projection Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp technology that uses over 4 trillion content pixels in the Road, Old Bethpage. For tickets and multi-dimensional projections. information, visit PumpkinBlaze.org.

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On exhibit View the landmark exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait,” at Nassau County Museum of Art. Devoted to the way that Modigliani powerfully re-defined the art of portraiture, the show includes his masterworks along with paintings and drawings by his Parisian contemporaries (Picasso, van Dongen, Laurencin). Modigliani’s enduring influence on artists even in our own time is shown in a selection of Contemporary paintings by such important figures as David Hockney, Eric Fischl, Elizabeth Peyton and others. The exhibition is being curated by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, founder of The Modigliani Project, which authenticates paintings and drawings (two of the works in the show have been recently approved by the committee). Through Nov. 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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Familis are invited to a fangtastic night filled with eerie surprises, gallery trick or treating and a monster-led dance party at the annual Halloween celebration, Saturday, Oct. 21, 6-9 p.m. Arrive at the Museum in your most creative and dazzling costume (adults too) and stop at activity stations throughout museum for themed-craft projects and more. Get ready for some mysterious encounters as you enter the unknown in the “Outta This World Spooky Space,” where guests can explore an imaginary planet. Show off your spooktacular dance moves on our Monster Mash Dance Floor and then pump up your energy by making a gooey snack to sink your teeth into. Stop by the LICM Theater for Uncle Vlad’s Pumpkin Patch. Uncle Vlad returns with more stories and songs to share with his nephew Chad, and his fellow friendly creatures of the night. The theater add-on features puppet artists Kyle Mahoney, Sebastiano Ricci, Carrie Heffernan and Austin M. Costello. Tickets required. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

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House Tour Rosa Lee Young Childhood Center presents House Tour 2023, a showcae of Rockville Centre’s charming homes, Friday, Oct. 20, 5:30-8 p.m. $40, includes goody bag and raffles. Purchase tickets at Rosa Lee Young Childhood Center, 180 N. Village Ave. Call (516) 536-5674 for information.

Masquerade Ball Benefit Gala Enjoy the spirit of the season at a Howloween Masquerade Gala benefiting Freeport-based Bobbi and the Strays animal rescue, Thursday Oct. 26, 7 p.m.-12 a.m., at Russo’s on the Bay. $125 ticket price includes four-course dinner, dancing, entertainment and raffles. All funds raised support sheltering and medical needs of the rescued dogs and cats. 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. For information, call (917) 2139840 or (718) 845-0779.

Farmer’s market Find all sorts of goodies at the Rockville Centre Farmer’s Market, every Sunday, from 7 a.m. to noon. LIRR parking lot between Long Beach Road and Sunrise Highway. Through Dec. 24. Info at LongIslandGrowersMarket. com.

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For many years visitors to Westbury House at Old Westbury Gardens asked what was beyond the first floor corridor. Now beyond the door and discover “secrets of the service wing,” during a 60-minute guided tour, Friday, Oct.13, noon-1 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 15, 1:30-2:30 p.m. and 3-4 p.m.; Monday, Oct. 16, noon-1 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 18-19, noon-1 p.m. Be introduced to the intensive labor required to create the lifestyle experienced by the Phipps family and their guests; tour the many rooms that were “behind the scenes” to create the formal dining experiences of early 20th century. Go along the corridors to the butler’s pantry and silver cleaning room then descend the 17 steps to the kitchen, scullery, and wine storage rooms located on the ground floor. Reservations required. 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.

Spooky Fest is back A Halloween experience not to be missed, Spooky Fest is an outdoor adventure perfect for families who don’t want to be scared — or maybe just a little. Join in the fun at the Center for Science, Teaching and Learning, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday throughout October. Along the way in the updated and beautifully lit up, Enchanted Walk you will see dinosaurs, aliens and friendly witches, costumed characters and more. Get your fortune told, make a craft and danceg with the Halloween DJ, along with face painting and the new Amazing Glow tent. For those who want to get a little scared, venture into the Dino Woods. Be on the lookout for the Zombie Robotic Dinosaurs. 1450 Tanglewood Road, Rockville Centre. Visit CSTL.org for more information.

The Church of the Ascension’s Friendship Fair Shop, dine and celebrate with the Church of the Ascension at the Friendship Fair, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. With raffles, silent auctions, a beer tent, seasonal foods including BBQ sandwiches and cider donuts, and tag sales featuring a variety of books, jewelry, DVDs and vinyl records, artwork and collectibles. There will also be activities for kids on Saturday. 71 N. Village Ave. For more details visit AscensionRVC.org. Quarter page 5.04 x 6.291

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The South Shore Audubon Society welcomes all to join its members for a bird walk, at Point Lookout Town Park and Lido Preserve afterwards, Sunday, Oct. 15, starting at 9 a.m. Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with you. Bring binoculars. The group meets in the southeast corner of the large parking lot on the south side of Point Lookout Town Park, (closest to the private homes of the village of Point Lookout and the beach), then walk east along the beach toward Jones Inlet. After returning to the parking lot, drive west on Lido Boulevard to Lido Beach Passive Nature Preserve on the north side of Lido Boulevard to walk through the bay marsh. To register, text your name and contact information to (516) 467-9498. Also text regarding questionable weather conditions. For more information, visit SSAudubon.org.

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Health care pros honored at Herald By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com

It’s an event that’s not just about recognition, but about celebrating — and giving heartfelt thanks — to those who have been “guardians of Long Islanders’ well-being.” Those were the words of Amy Amato, executive director of RichnerLive, to kick off the second annual Herald Long Island Excellence in Healthcare Awards. It was not only cocktail, dinner and dessert, but a night of awards, handed out by ABC-7 investigative reporter Kristin Thorne at The Heritage Club at Bethpage on Sept. 27. A portion of ticket proceeds — as usual with RichnerLive events — went to a local charity. For this event, that recipient was Mental Health Association of Nassau County. Tara Buonocore-Rut, president and chief executive of CenterLight Healthcare Pace, was among the recipients. “It’s such an honor, it’s really not an honor for me,” she said. “It’s an honor for my team and all the work that we do to care for the elderly.” Edwin Chavez/Herald photos Ann Cella, chief nursing officer at St. Francis From St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center and Catholic Health — bottom row, from left, honorees Ann Cella and Novlet Hospital & Heart Center, was humbled by her Davis with their guests. award. “I feel like I’m almost not in the same league as all of these people,” she said. Carol Gomes, chief executive and operating officer at Stony Brook Hospital, says health care is not an industry of individuals, but rather of the collective. “I’m so glad that health care has prominence in the public eye,” she said. “I don’t really consider this really an honor for me, but rather, it’s health care as a team sport.” Jay Itzkowitz, department chair of emergency medicine for Mount Sinai South Nassau, says his Excellence in Healthcare award is “all about what we can do to help the community and patients,” while Colleen Merlo — chief executive of the Association for Mental Health and Wellness — says awards like this help bring to light issues that might remain in the dark otherwise. “People are really struggling with their menTim Baker/Herald tal health right now,” Merlo said. “To be able to Cristina Cellucci from Mount Sinai South bring attention to the fact that there are services Nassau, with RichnerLive chief executive available is really important to me.” Honoree professor Chad Bouton and his patient Keith Thomas. Stuart Richner. Jeffrey Reynolds, president and chief executive of the Family & Children’s Association, hand. everybody knows what everybody’s doing. We’re sort commended his employees. “I’m so proud of Chad,” Thomas said. “He’s been of like semi-competitors. But not when we all get “While I’m here accepting the award, they’re out in nothing but nice to me and my family, and my friends.” people’s homes helping sick kids, and helping seniors,” together.” Peter Igarashi, dean of Renaissance School of MediThe Herald Long Island Excellence in Healthcare he said. cine at Stony Brook, was also honored in the educaAwards were sponsored by Mount Sinai South Nassau, Kerri Anne Scanlon, executive director of Glen tional category. Northwell Health, New Horizon Counseling Center, Cove Hospital was honored for her leadership. “I think it’s a recognition of all the hard work that Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, The “To be recognized in what you do and love means the faculty and staff at Stony Brook Medicine does,” Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation and Nursing Centhe world,” she said. he said. ter, Catholic Health’s St. Francis Hospital & Heart CenAmy Silva-Magalhaes, chief operating officer of Chad Bouton, vice president of advanced engineerter, CenterLight Healthcare Pace, Stony Brook MediThe Bristal Assisted Living, was celebrated by her coing — and director for bioelectronics in medicine at cine, Mental Health Association of Nassau County, and workers. the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research — was the New York State Nurses Association. “I know I speak for many of us here, we certainly named innovator of the year. Other sponsors included St. Joseph’s University don’t do it alone,” she said. “It takes a great team “I always say we do the work we do for our New York, the New York Institute of Technology’s Colbehind the scenes to be able to support us.” patients,” he said. “Our patients are the pioneers. They lege of Osteopathic Medicine, Theralympic Speech, David Battinelli, the executive vice president and are doing new studies that have never been done Family & Children’s Association, Speech Language physician-in-chief at Northwell Health — and dean before. They’re quite brave.” Place, Options for Community Living Inc., the Nassau and professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at HofOne of Bouton’s patients, Keith Thomas, was in County Medical Society, The Bristal Assisted Living, stra/Northwell — was one of the six educational speattendance. He had been paralyzed from the chest Genesis Fertility & Reproductive Medicine, Cold cial award recipients. down following a diving accident in 2020. Bouton Spring Harbor Laboratory, the Stroke & Brain Aneu“It’s our local community, so it’s one thing to be served as investigator of the clinical trial, which has rysm Center of Long Island, FirstNet Built With AT&T, honored,” Battinelli said. “But it’s really more imporrestored feeling and movement to Thomas’s arm and and Always and Forever Rose Floral Arrangements. tant to be out with everybody else and make sure

To view the full list of honorees and photos, visit RichnerLive.com/2023healthcare/

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The FirstNet Built With AT&T team, from left, Daariat Brooks, Evelisis S. Valentin, Magdalonie Paris-Campbell, and Michael Jones. Tim Baker/Herald photos

Honoree retired Chief Master Sgt. Edward Schloeman, far right, and his guests.

Dr. Mark C. Drakos, Hospital for Special Surgery.

Flora R. Bienstock, center, and the New Horizon Counseling Center team and guests at the photo booth.

Honoree Carol Gomes, of Stony Brook Medicine, saying a few words at the podium.

Dr. Kimon Bekelis, right, from Catholic Health and the Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island.

Event host, WABC-7’s Kristin Thorne.

Dr. Peter Igarashi, far right, from Stony Brook Medicine.

The team from the Mental Health Association of Nassau County.

The team from one of the event’s Platinum Sponsors, New Horizon Counseling Center.

Honoree Dr. David Battinelli, right, from Northwell Health.

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James Raymond Schneider of RockSchneider was a devoted husband, ville Centre died on September 24, 2023. father, grandfather and was blessed with Schneider was born in Brooklyn, on many wonderful friends throughout his life. He will be g reatly September 24, 1946 to the late missed by all who loved him. James and May (Leinbach) He is survived by his wife, Schneider, and later grew up June (Pomona); his sons, in Chatham, New Jersey. Jim and Chris; their wives Schneider served in the Danielle and Emily; his six U.S. Army, and spent his grandchildren, Sam, Gavin, career in banking with SecuMack, Katie, Tucker, and rity Pacific Bank and Bank Claire; his sister Joanne Hillof America in Manhattan efeld; his brother-in-laws and London. After retireReinhard Hillefeld and ment, he loved spending time F r a n k Fe l b i n g e r ; a n d with family and friends while pursuing his passions James schneider beloved nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, for photography, golf and great-grandniece and greatpainting. He enjoyed countless memories at the Atlantic Beach grandnephew. In lieu of flowers, the family requests Club, where he was a longtime member. He also loved to play with his friends at that donations be made to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. the Hempstead Golf and Country Club.

Ray Wagner, a South Side grad, 81 Ray Wagner, a former Rockville Centre resident, died peacefully on September 24, 2023. He was 81. Wagner grew up in RVC and was a graduate of South Side High School with the Class of 1960. He was a loving son to Martin and Dorothy Wagner; a

brother to Warren, Doug and Adele; the adored father to David (Jana), Danielle Gold (Josh), Jesse (Alexia); and a devoted grandfather to Jack and Ivy Gold. He will be missed by all fortunate enough to have called him a friend.

William A. “Tony” Seward died on September 20, 2023 at the age of 81. He was beloved by his family. His wife of 43 years, Maureen; his children, Catie and Will; his grandchildren, Scarlett, Declan, and Teagan; his son-in-law, Chris; his daughter-in-law, Nicole; his two devoted dogs, Tullamore and Libby; and his siblings, Pete, Ginny, and Robert, were always at the forefront of his thoughts and actions. Seward was famous for his good night text messages, his calls “just to check in,” and his ability to pick out the most thoughtful gifts. He was generous to a fault. If anyone had a problem, he was the first to offer assistance. He rendered his advice about whatever issues they brought to him. He also offered his home to anyone who needed to stay. He was an incredible tease. Maureen didn’t even like him when she first met him because he teased her mercilessly. He would yell “cow” out the window every time he’d drive his horse-obsessed daughter past a horse farm. He got a thrill in getting a rise out of people. Seward believed strongly in lifelong learning and he never pigeonholed himself or his interests. He was a proud graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, where he studied physics. He would also start to attend law school to fulfill a promise he made to his father,

but after a year left to work on Wall Street — which he hated. He later worked for a consulting firm, which required him to fly all around the country, and allowed him to provide advise for everyone from the chief executive of Pepsi to small mining companies in Laborador. He was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served as a medic. He would use that knowledge and famously offered advice to anyone with a malady. He finally went back to law school, after he got married and decided to settle down. He knew that his unconventional path had enriched him and those he would help. His greatest dichotomy was his steadfast beliefs in “proper” behavior— his family exposed him to fine dining, weddings at the Waldorf Astoria, and instilled a strong sense of duty and his “live and let live” attitude. Tony did, at times, fancy himself a motorcycle riding Key West pirate. He had the ability to comfortably assimilate into any situation in any company. He embraced adventure. He was the “Captain.” He was our guiding light. He left us after he knew we would be ok, and he left on his own terms. He wouldn’t have had it any other way. Please visit his Book of Memories at www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.

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LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF HSI ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION TRUST 2006-HE2, Plaintiff against - MATTHEW P. ROBERTI A/K/A MATTHEW PAUL ROBERTI, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on June 19, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 2nd day of November, 2023 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated

Village of Rockville Centre, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Premises known as 30 Fonda Road, Rockville Centre, New York 11570. (Section: 36, Block: 363, Lot: 202) Approximate amount of lien $1,060,130.14 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 608735/2018. Julianne Bonomo, Esq., Referee. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409 Dated: September 7, 2023 During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. 142242 LEGAL NOTICE Public Notice to Bidders Sealed Bids will be received by the Purchasing Department of the Village of Rockville Centre One College Place, Room 204, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 for the matter stated below until 11:00am prevailing time on OCTOBER 26, 2023 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The contract will be awarded as soon thereafter as practicable for: PURCHASE (one) 2023 FORD RANGER XL SuperCrew 4x4 - 5’ Box or Equivalent Bid No. 2310W1(1092) The contract documents and specifications can be examined on the Village’s website at www.rvcny.gov. Follow the link to the Purchasing Department. All questions should be directed to the Purchasing Department. Please contact Lisa Strazzeri via email only at Lstrazzeri@rvcny.us. Questions must be submitted no later than October 19, 2023. Award of Contract will be made to the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with applicable provisions of the law. The Village reserves the right to reject all bids, or make such determination as in the

best interests of the Village, as provided by law. Purchasing Department Lisa Strazzeri Purchasing Agent 516-678-9213 142475

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. LOAN FUNDER LLC, SERIES 2827, Pltf. vs. KARISTINA ENTERPRISES LLC AND CHRISTOPHER COLLETTI, Defts. Index #614149/20. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered June 29, 2023, I will sell at public auction on the north side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 16, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. prem. k/a 141 Cedar Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY a/ka Section 38, Block 261, Lot 492 & 493. Approximate amount of judgment is $795,069.41 plus cost and interest Sold subject to terms and conditions of field judgment and terms of sale. NORA C. MARINO, Referee. DEUTSCH & SCHNEIDER LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 79-37 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale, NY. File No. LF-329#100787 142434 LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The name of the LLC is: 225 E. 86TH STREET #302, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) office on: May 15, 2023 The County in which the Office is to be located: NASSAU The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: George Conforti, 97 Brower Avenue, Rockville Center, NY 11570-3037 Purpose: any lawful activity. 141869 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The name of the LLC is: 3852 APPLEGATE LANE, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) office on: May 15, 2023 The County in which the Office is to be located: NASSAU The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: George Conforti, 97 Brower Avenue, Rockville Center, NY 11570-3037 Purpose: any lawful activity. 141865

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The name of the LLC is: 13 YARMOUTH RD LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) office on: February 24, 2020 The County in which the Office is to be located: NASSAU The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: George Conforti, 97 Brower Avenue, Rockville Center, NY 11570-3037 Purpose: any lawful activity 141877

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB, Plaintiff against ALONZA HOPKINS JR., et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered January 11, 2023, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 8, 2023 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as 512 Clinton Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 11570. Sec 38 Block 106 Lot 261-263. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and\ improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $745,874.37 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 602832/2018. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Brian Carmody, Esq., Referee XFLFN017 142324

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South Side High School students with the Aviator Club recently visited the SUNY Farmingdale College Aviation Center. During their field trip, students with the Aviator Club had the chance to jump in the cockpit and try their hand at the flight simulator.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The name of the LLC is: 111 BRINY AVE #2503, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) office on: May 15, 2023 The County in which the Office is to be located: NASSAU The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: George Conforti, 97 Brower Avenue, Rockville Center, NY 11570-3037 Purpose: any lawful activity. 141875 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST MICHAEL A. FEINSTEIN, ALANNA FIGUEIRA, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered August 18, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 1, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 310 PINE STREET, SOUTH HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 36, Block 282, Lot 84. Approximate amount of judgment $368,233.40 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #603380/2019. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure

South Side High School Aviators Club takes flight The South Side High School Aviators Club was created last year by a group of high school students with a passion for flying airplanes. Earlier this month, members of the club had their first field trip to the SUNY Farmingdale College Aviation Center at Republic Airport. Lynette Tiger, the assistant director of the Aviation Center, provided the students with a tour of the facility, while detailing all of the great things that the Farmingdale College program

has to offer. During their visit, students had the opportunity to look around the mechanics hanger, where they perform maintenance and repairs to make sure the planes keep running smoothly. Students also got a chance to test pilot the flight simulator, where students practiced landing and taking off to and from the runway. –Daniel Offner

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A. Continuing from last week, the design of how a building will look is sometimes decided by the building owner, and sometimes the owner lets the architect be artistic in creative and inventive ways. Unfortunately, not all architects are given the opportunity to create as much as they would like to, because either local governments won’t onte eeper allow it or the owner wants something particular. Some communities have special committees, called boards, to look at the architect’s design and then create parameters for what can be done. Sometimes this is a good thing, and sometimes the architect doesn’t have any choice but to change the design to something less daring, challenging or artistic. That’s why people travel away from where they live to see special buildings in places where the buildings are thought of as works of art instead of just average. In some communities, the architect can only use certain materials, so the new building matches the ones around it, and some areas require that the building be raised higher to prevent being flooded. It’s possible to use the same materials in different ways, but some community governments don’t encourage this. The outside appearance is sometimes very fancy and artful, and the materials chosen may have symbolic meaning, such as the opera house that looks like a series of sails on sailboats next to the harbor in Sydney, Australia, or a power plant with a roof that doubles as a ski slope in Copenhagen, Denmark. In some places you can see several buildings that stand in an area like works of art in a gallery. If you walk along the Highline in Manhattan, for example, it’s like walking through an art gallery, where you can see many artful and experimental uses of concrete, wood and steel. Unique buildings, the ones intended to be unusual on purpose, are often much more expensive to build, and that’s another reason why you only see unusual designs in special places, where the cities and towns want to have them. Columbus, Indiana, home to Cummins Engines, is a city that has many unique designs, but only because the local government wants to have their city be a home to special buildings. In some communities, such as Italian towns and cities, the buildings are very old, but are not allowed to be changed on the outside because it would change the character of the places where tourism is their number one means of income.

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Say I want to build a skyscraper, Part 2 Q. I’m doing a report for school on how buildings get designed. If you design a skyscraper, what are the things you have to do, and is it different for different kinds of buildings? Like, what do you have to do for a school or a house or a store to figure out what it will look like and how it gets built? My mom helped me with this question, but then we thought you might have more to say about it.

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he removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House of Representatives, led by perennial malcontent Matt Gaetz, was disgraceful, and will have lasting negative implications for Congress and the nation. A vote to remove a speaker during his or her term of office is virtually unprecedented. The last time it was attempted was in 1910, over a century ago, and that vote was unsuccessful. Speaker Joe Cannon was not removed. In fact, pETER during my 28 years in ConKinG gress, my office was in the Cannon House Office Building, named after Speaker Cannon. History can be its own reward. The speaker of the House is second in line to succeed the president. He or she heads a powerful arm of government, and is elected by a vote of the entire House. Throughout our history, the tradition has been that the majority party votes at a party conference to select its candidate for speaker, and the minority party does the same. Both candidates are then nominated on the floor of the House. When the full

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House votes, no matter how close the inter-party vote is, the candidate of the majority party is elected speaker. This reflects the will of the American people to have the House run by someone the majority party has selected. To remove the speaker — to “vacate the chair” — is such an extraordinary action that it should be based on criminal conduct or serious acts of moral turpitude by the speaker. It should not be a political decision. Yet that’s exactly what happened last week, when eight far-right Republicans allied themselves with 208 Democrats to remove McCarthy, who had the support of 96 percent of Republicans. This was strictly a power play by Gaetz and his gang of hostage-takers. There isn’t one significant issue that these eight outliers have in common with the 208 Democrats and their minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries. This was a defeat for tradition and a victory for Gaetz and his unbridled ambition and lust for national publicity. Gaetz accused McCarthy of conspiring with Democrats because McCarthy forged a bipartisan coalition with them to keep the government open after the Gaetz crowd refused to support Republican legislation to prevent a shut-

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down. This was an obvious ploy by Gaetz to set McCarthy up for failure. If McCarthy hadn’t passed bipartisan legislation to keep the government open, Gaetz would have accused him of poor leadership. When the speaker did the responsible thing, Gaetz virtually accused him of collaborating with the enemy. This is the ultimate hypocrisy, because Gaetz gave congressional Democrats power and influence they would not have had otherwise. I’ve known McCarthy since he was first elected to Congress in 2006. I saw him work his way up through various leadership positions, and have always been impressed by him. Most important, he always kept his word to me. As speaker, he overcame massive political obstacles to get serious legislation through the House. The reality is that Democrats control the White House and the Senate, while Republicans have a small majority in the House. Keeping that majority together required the skills of a juggler and a magician, plus extraordinary patience. The 221 House Republicans constitute a wide variety of philosophical and geographic views and beliefs. For instance, a Republican from rural Mississippi would have a

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very different agenda from a blue-collar conservative Republican representing suburban Long Island. It was McCarthy’s arduous and unenviable task to find common ground while accommodating these disparate agendas. (Let me commend Long Island Representatives Andrew Garbarino, Anthony D’Esposito and Nick LaLota for always taking their jobs seriously by working with McCarthy to get results for their districts and our region, and not grandstanding or taking cheap shots.) McCarthy has decided not to run again for speaker. I certainly can’t blame him, though his talents and abilities will be sorely missed. I don’t in any way envy his successor. Not only will he or she have to work with a razor-thin majority, but now that the unwritten tradition of not removing a speaker for personal political aggrandizement has been shattered, the next speaker will also have to operate under the constant threat that a disgruntled minority of the majority might conspire with the minority party to create chaos. Congress won’t be the same. Thanks for the terrific job, Kevin, and doing what you could to preserve sanity! Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Comments? pking@liherald.com.

Once more, Israel goes to war

ike everyone in our community and all right-minded people in the world, I am horrified by the heinous terrorist attacks that occurred in Israel beginning last weekend. The deliberate, premeditated slaughter of hundreds of civilians, on one of the holy days of the Jewish year, by a genocidal terrorist group is beyond description in words. We know that in wars fought in civilian areas, civilians are, unfortunately, killed. But to specifically plan for the wholesale, deliberate HoWARD murder of famiBREssLER lies in their homes, concertgoers and others, and the kidnapping of old people, children and women to use as bargaining chips or psychological warfare props boggles the civilized mind — and thrills only the diseased one.

This attack was a terrible blow to Israel and Jews worldwide. It is reminiscent to me of the Yom Kippur War. I was too young to understand what was happening when that war began in October 1973, but I remember the sense of fear that hung over the adults around me, and the nervous prayers led by my kindergarten teachers. That same feeling of desperately needing but not being able to access information, because of the holiday, afflicted me last weekend. Everyone was adding bits of information they had picked up from newspapers or messages conveyed by neighbors, and the news just kept getting worse. Our enemies had wounded us, and more pain was likely to come. But unlike the war 50 years ago, I do not truly fear for Israel’s survival. She is strong, and if our enemies were looking to capitalize on the disunity that

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has racked Israel for many months, they may have scored a blow, but they have badly miscalculated, because when the threat comes from without, the core within hardens. This past Shabbat, Shemini Atzeret, we read Kohelet. And Kohelet instructs us that there is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to wail and a time to dance. But what happens when those things need to be done at the same time? Simchat Torah is always a time of rejoicing and dancing, singing and glorifying. But this Simchat Torah was also a time to weep and wail. So our celebrations were tempered and our vigilance heightened, but we did dance. And we did sing. Because to do otherwise would be to allow our enemies to take even more than they already have. And for what they have taken, we will extract a price.

here is a time for war, and a time for peace. One day it will be time for peace.

There is a time to kill, and a time to heal. Unfortunately, we are now forced to do the former, and in the process we are doing the latter. There is a time to wreck, and a time to build. Now we will wreck the infrastructure and, we hope, the leadership of our enemies, and continue to build our homeland. There is a time to rend, and a time to mend. We rent our spiritual clothing these past days, and hopefully we are mending our people. There is a time to love, and a time to hate. We are showing our love to our brothers and sisters, and venting our hatred on those who seek to destroy our brothers and sisters. There is a time for war, and a time for peace. Now is the time for war. One day it will be time for peace. Howard Bressler, an attorney who lives in West Hempstead, is the author of “Wrong Conclusion, No Resolution: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334’s Erroneous Conclusions on the Legality of Israeli Settlements in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.”

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amas’s Saturday-morning assault on Israel was more than just a shocking demonstration of barbarism. The toll of Israeli dead and wounded — not to mention those kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip by these murderers — is sickening. And it should alarm and enrage civilized people everywhere. The full extent of the horror on the southern border — coupled with a barrage of thousands of rockets and missiles fired at Israeli villages, towns and cities — is yet to be determined. Nor can we be sure what will follow after the first day of what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rightly characterized as a “war.” And whether it will spread to include Iran and its Hezbollah terrorist auxiliaries in Lebanon. But we do know this: It is an event that changes the Middle East. All the rules that have governed the way Jerusalem deals with its terrorist foes and their Gaza stronghold since it fell under Hamas control in 2006 — in which the Israeli government and military have always sought to limit the conflict — must now be thrown out. Above all, it must be an end to politics and diplomacy as usual in Israel, the diaspora and the West. Whatever strategies and tactics that the Jewish state adopts as it seeks to reassert control over its border, rescue those held hostage, and punish those responsible for these crimes, some basic principles must govern the response to these events. The first is that the Jewish people, and those who care about Israel, must unite. After a year of political division and a culture war that threaten to tear Israeli society asunder and undermine its economy and security, those arguments must cease — there and elsewhere. The magnitude of this crisis is comparable to that of Israel’s wars in 1948, 1967 and 1973, and so must be the response of those who claim to be Israel’s friends and supporters. It may be difficult to imagine the current politically fractured, more heavily assimilated Jewish community of the United States, that is far more alienated from Israel than it once was, coming together as it did during those days. But nevertheless, that is the model that the Jewish world and sympathetic non-Jews must follow. It must be clear to the world that when Israel is under attack and Jews are being murdered, the solidarity of the Jewish people and decent people everywhere with Israel must be unquestioned. Second, there must be no tolerance or acceptance of the usual narratives and biased media coverage of the conflict, which focus more on Israel’s responses than on Palestinian terrorism itself, and which often seek to demonize the Jewish

state’s justified measures of self-defense. Those who seek to wipe Israel off the map — whether by terrorism or political means — are engaging in a global attack on the Jewish people. The rising tide of antisemitism that is sweeping across the world in recent years is driven in large part by anti-Zionist propaganda. Anything that seeks to legitimize the goals of the terrorists to destroy Israel must be rightly labeled not just as hateful, but as a form of antisemitism that must not be normalized or allowed to be represented as part of mainstream opinion in the West. If Hamas cared about the safety of the Palestinian Arabs languishing under their tyrannical Islamist rule in Gaza, they would not have started this war. They will, no doubt, continue to use the people under their control as human shields. That is a tragedy, but worries about the suffering of Palestinians caused by Hamas’s actions cannot be allowed to color the responses to efforts to save Israeli hostages and take out the terrorists and their military infrastructure. The civilized world must fully support Israel’s counterattack. Any talk of proportionality or the need for restraint on the part of Israel as it copes with this assault on its citizens should be rejected. Such bloody terrorism is not a natural response to Palestinian frustration or an effort — as Hamas falsely asserts — to prevent harm from being done to the mosques on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. When Hamas talks about ending the “occupation,” it is not speaking about pushing Israel back to the 1967 armistice lines, or complaints about Jews living in the heart of their homeland in Judea and Samaria or Jerusalem. As far as Hamas and other Palestinian groups are concerned, “occupation” refers to the existence of Israel within any boundaries. Their goal is not freedom for their people. If that was what they wanted, the Islamists, as well as their supposedly more “moderate” opponents, would have accepted any one of the compromise peace offers extended to them in the past. What they want to do is to kill Jews and eliminate the Jewish state. Sadly, such sentiments are also part of mainstream Palestinian political thought and culture. The shameful scenes in which Palestinians have been shown celebrating terrorism and exulting over the dead bodies of murdered Jews or hostages must not only not be forgotten, conclusions should be drawn about what this means in terms of the future of the conflict and what the goals of diplomacy should be. Any reporting about this war that doesn’t make that clear isn’t merely biased against Israel, but constitutes an adoption of terrorist talking points that legitimize

their wrongful insistence on continuing their century-old war on Zionism that has become inextricably tied up with Palestinian national identity. Third, Hamas and its allies must gain no political or diplomatic benefit from their crimes. The current imperative for American foreign policy, and that of other nations, must be to ensure that this unprovoked and appalling tragedy is not exploited by the forces that have launched this war. Any discussion in the current context of redoubled efforts to resurrect a two-state solution to the conflict — that Palestinians have repeatedly rejected over the past decades — must end. On the contrary, the existence of the terrorist-run independent Palestinian state in all but name in Gaza is proof that such a plan is a guarantee of more suffering and bloodshed. Hamas — no doubt acting with the knowledge and support of Iran — seeks to derail the widening circle of peace in which Arab states have embraced normalized relations with Israel. This war is clearly, at least in part, a response to efforts to involve the Palestinians in negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. The Jewish state’s burgeoning alliance with the desert kingdom is the result of rational assessments of the national interests of both Middle Eastern countries and their mutual fears about Tehran’s quest for regional hegemony and a nuclear weapon. This war is a reminder that the Palestinians must no longer be allowed to hold Arab nations hostage to their intransigent refusal to accept the legitimacy of a Jewish state. There will be time enough in the days and weeks ahead to fully assess how much responsibility those who have sought to appease both the Palestinian terror organizations and Iran must bear for this tragedy. The same is true with respect to assigning blame for what can only be termed a catastrophic failure on the part of Israel’s security establishment. But for now, the priority must be to ensure that Israel’s borders are protected, its people’s safety ensured, and that those responsible for these criminal acts are severely punished and no longer able to launch attacks on the Jewish state with impunity. Any other response from individuals, organizations and their leaders, politicians or governments is unacceptable. May God watch over the people of Israel and those tasked with their defense. May their efforts be victorious. And may the hateful enemies of the Jewish state be made to understand that their crimes and evil intentions will no longer be tolerated by the civilized world. –Jewish News Syndicate

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wenty years ago, I became one of the more than 4 million women in America who are breast cancer survivors. As I reflect on this milestone, my heart is brimming with gratitude and a renewed drive to raise awareness about the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the United States. At age 36, I discovered a lump in my breast as I was traveling with family to St. Kitts for a birthday celebration. As soon as I got home, I scheduled a doctor’s appointment sieLA A. to embark on further exploration. BYnoe Following a mammogram, a sonogram and a needlestick biopsy, my worst fears were realized — it was breast cancer. The discovery added a great deal of uncertainty to a particularly active chapter of my life. At the time I was working full-time as the assistant executive director of the North Hempstead Housing Authority, and studying for a master’s in public administration at LIU Post. Amid this personal adversity, however, my thoughts turned to softening the impact of this news for my friends and

loved ones. When it came time to break the news to my family, I put on my bravest face and told them, “I have a plan in effect, and everything’s going to be all right.” But despite my confident presentation, there were many hurdles. After I started a course of chemotherapy early in treatment, I was treated for a rare allergic reaction that sent me into anaphylactic shock. Later I was hospitalized with neutropenia, a serious condition in which my neutrophils — a type of white blood cell — dropped to dangerously low levels. As my support circle reassured me that I would rebound, my thoughts turned to the Bible, and Jeremiah 29:11. “For I know the plans I have for you,” the Lord declares. “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” I soon learned that those plans included a tremendous groundswell of love and support. One of the examples I will always carry with me is the generosity of my family and friends — and my colleagues at the North Hempstead Housing Authority. As a relatively new employee, I had accrued only a small amount of sick leave, and it was being consumed quickly amid my treatment. But Loreen, Dolly,

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Frann and Susan donated their time off to ensure my continued care and give me some much-needed peace of mind. I will be forever grateful to these women — my friends for life — for their generosity. After completing chemotherapy and radiation, I finished my master’s, continued my advocacy for affordable housing in 15 years at the helm of the Huntington Housing Authority, served on the Westbury Board of Education, and since 2014 have been blessed with the humbling privilege of representing the residents of Nassau County’s 2nd Legislative District. All of this was made possible by the love and support of my friends and family, the expertise of outstanding medical professionals, and the practices that led to prompt detection and treatment. For Black women, that is especially crucial. According to the American Cancer Society, we are more likely than white women to develop breast cancer before age 40, as I did. Furthermore, Black women have the highest death rate from breast cancer among any racial or ethnic group. A large factor in that sobering statistic is the fact that one in five of us develop triple-negative breast cancer, which tends to grow and spread faster, has fewer treatment

options, and usually has a worse prognosis. Given these troubling statistics and the prevalence of this disease on Long Island, advocacy has been a significant part of my life as a survivor. My office will partner with NuHealth to bring the Nassau University Medical Center breast cancer screening van to the Lakeview Public Library, at 1120 Woodfield Road in Rockville Centre, on Oct. 26, and to Magnolia Gardens, at 899 Broadway in Westbury, on Nov. 2. From 8:15 a.m. to noon on both dates, women over age 40 who have not been screened in more than a year can receive services including a breast exam by a nurse, a mammography, and self-examination instructions like the ones that led me to the discovery of my own breast cancer. Appointments are free for uninsured women based on eligibility guidelines, and you can make an appointment by calling my office, at (516) 571-6202, while supplies last. If you have not undergone testing in some time, please heed the lessons of my own experiences and avail yourself of this opportunity. I am living proof that abundant life can be on the horizon after a breast cancer diagnosis — but we must take a courageous first step to begin that journey.

three years ago. To the best of my knowledge, it was never completed and made public. Free will need to meet with and develop a working relationship with the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York office. FTA plays a critical role in funding the LIRR capital program. And he must continue leading the LIRR to a state of good repair for the existing fleet, stations, signals, interlockings, track, power, yards and shops. The FTA, Albany, other funding agen-

cies, commuters, taxpayers, transit advocacy groups and elected officials at the local, county, state and federal levels all wish him success in his new role.

iven its prevalence among Black women, I’m now all about advocacy.

Siela A. Bynoe, of Westbury, represents Nassau County’s 2nd Legislative District.

Letters For LIRR’s new interim president, there are new challenges ahead To the Editor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Janno Lieber’s appointment of Robert Free, the Long Island Rail Road’s senior vice president of operations, as interim LIRR president last month made sense. There was no way Acting LIRR President Catherine Rinaldi could give her full attention to this critical full-time position. There were never enough hours in the day while Rinaldi was also serving as Metro-North Railroad president. Promoting from within the LIRR management team makes sense. Rather than wasting time and money on a national search for a new LIRR president, Lieber should promote from within. Besides Free, there are a number of other very capable senior executives, including Executive Vice President Elisa Picca, Senior Chief Engineer Ed McGoldrick, and several others who could easily step in to fill this position full time. They, like Free, already have a good understanding of the LIRR’s organization, staff, operations, facilities and customers needs. Any of them would be able to hit the ground run-

ning with little need for on-the-job training. There are a number of issues facing management that recent Presidents Phil Eng and Rinaldi did not resolved. They include overtime abuse; out-of-control pensions; fare evasion; periodic cancellation and combining of trains due to signal, power and other problems in the East River tunnels and at Harold Interlocking, Jamaica Station and other locations; and several new union contracts. Some of these have gone on for far too long. Amtrak will begin repairs to the four East River tunnels in 2024. This will result in the removal of one tunnel at a time from service. With access to only three tunnels, Free will need to develop a new Penn Station service plan. It should keep to a minimum the number of combined and canceled trains during this multiyear construction period. Free may need to become more familiar with plans for capital projects and programs in coming years. This should include a briefing by MTA headquarters staff assigned to complete the MTA 20252044 Twenty Year Capital Needs Plan. He should also be briefed on the status of previous promised, but unfulfilled, commitments by Eng and Rinaldi. That should include the critical potential for electrification of all diesel territory branches. This feasibility study began under Eng

LARRY PENNER Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer and a former director of the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management.

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