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After nearly a century, a new water xx tank was hoisted in Glen Head. Page 0

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aime Teich, of Sea Cliff, embodies the mantra,“Love thy neighbor.” Through the Love Your Neighbor Project, a nonprofit that she started in May in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Teich, 40, has provided masks and hand sanitizer to Long Island residents in need. She has also partnered with local businesses and other nonprofits to provide many services to people across the North Shore, for nothing else other than her love of the community and the people who live there. For Teich’s tireless work in supporting her community, while asking for nothing in return, the Herald Gazette is proud to names her its 2020 Person of the Year.

Connected to community When the pandemic hit, Teich said, she was desperate to connect with the community on a personal level. Her initial mission, she said, was to create masks for Long Island’s homeless population, which she distributed by partnering with several other local nonprofits. She wanted to ensure that everyone, regardless of income, had access to personal protective equipment. “[I wanted to] create this environment where those who can provide do,” Teich said.“It’s not charity.” One of LYNP’s most consistent nonprofit partners has been the Sea Cliff Mutual Concerns Committee, which serves village residents in need, mostly older adults. Mutual Concerns Director Peggie Como said her relationship with Teich started in May, when LYNP began providing masks and hand sanitizer. Teich provided so many masks, Como said, that Mutual Concerns only just finished handing them out in December. “There are so many different organizations, and I think that the most important thing is that we’re not in competition with each other — we all work together,” Como said. “That’s what’s been so important

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through all of this.” LYNP provided more than 1,700 masks and 1,500 bottles of hand sanitizer in less than three months, Teich said, but she wanted to do more. LYNP set up an activity donation box near the Sea Cliff Elementary School garden and partnered with local businesses to provide products and services to residents, with LYNP paying half of the price. Today, the project has 21 local business partners, which Teich said helps the local economy just as much as LYNP’s beneficiaries. “She just has this desire to connect so deeply with people, and that’s what makes Jaime and Love Your Neighbor Project such a unique thing,” said Aimee Renaud, president of LYNP’s board of directors. “It’s so hyper-focused on our neighbors in this area.” One of LYNP’s most ambitious fundraisers took place in August, after Teich contacted Dan Roth, co-owner of the beloved Sea Cliff bar and restaurant Still Partners, to see if the two could work together in promoting LYNP. Roth said he would do what he could, although he couldn’t say how much help he could give because his business was struggling amid the pandemic. Teich moved forward, despite not knowing Roth personally.“Whether I knew him or not, Still Partners is an integral part of Sea Cliff,” she said. “How do I build out this community organization and not help an entity that brings the community together?” Teich co-organized the fundraiser with fellow Sea Cliff resident Jennifer DeSane, a close friend of Roth’s. She said she had been trying to find a way to help Still Partners, and Teich’s idea presented the perfect way to do it. The three came up with plans for the fundraiser, she said, and Jaime’s marketing expertise played a crucial role in catching the public’s attention to make the fundraiser a success. Continued on page 3 Courtesy Mary Kate Gilroy Photography

Because of her dedication to her community through the Love Your Neighbor Project, Jaime Teich was named the Herald Gazette’s Person of the Year.

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because of how society viewed same-sex They brought together five musical acts partnerships then. She no longer felt apoloto perform in Roth’s living room, all of which getic, which is why, she said, she is passionate were live-streamed on Facebook. They also today about making sure others around her put together a GoFundMe page, which feel accepted for who they are. raised more than $56,000 in less than a week. Teich graduated from Herricks High “Jaime is a marketing maverick,” DeSane School in 1998, after which she attended said. “...She’s a total go-getter. Her tone is Hofstra University before transferring to the conversational and fun, and she is one of Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhatthose people who does what she says she tan a year later. College, however, was not for her at first, she said, because is going to do and delivers in a she wanted to spend her 20s very big way.” discovering who she truly was. Over seven months after At 19, she moved to Queens to its creation, LYNP is still going work for the Times Ledger and strong. Through its recent Give OF THE the Queens Tribune newspaSome Reason to the Season pers before returning to Long project, Teich connected with Island a few years later to work local businesses to provide at the Manhasset-based marfree gifts and services to Mutual Concerns’ beneficiaries, with LYNP and keting firm Marden Kane. There, she came to realize her passion the businesses covering the costs. Teich said she does not see her work for storytelling, prompting her to return to stopping anytime soon, even if the pan- school at SUNY Old Westbury when she was 25. She graduated with demic were to lighten, a bachelor’s in commuas there will always be nications in 2008. people in the communiHow to support the As her career ty who need more than Love Your Neighbor took off, Teich said, so they have. Project did her personal life. She “This doesn’t stop said she met Lee Krinfor me when that vacDonations can be made to the sky, a high school math cine is widely received,” Love Your Neighbor Project at teacher, online in 2010, Teich said. “This, for me, paypal.me/lynpsc or via Venmo and the two were marstops when we don’t by searching @loveyourneighried two years later, alhave to do it anymore.” borproject. For more informathough they legally seption, visit lynp.org, facebook. arated in 2019. Their son, North Shore com/lynpsc or via Instagram @ Cal, was born in 2014. to the core loveyourneighborprojectsc. Teich moved Born on May 6, 1980, with her husband and Teich spent most of her son to Sea Cliff in 2017. childhood in Manhasset She had fallen in love Hills, raised by two leswith the village after bian mothers. Teich said driving through it with growing up with two friends when she was a same-sex parents in the 1980s and ’90s was different than it is today, teenager. She came to love the area more afas she was normally unable to talk about it. ter her parents moved to Glen Head in 1998, However, she said she had a major wakeup after which she recognized how accepting call when she was 18, when she questioned the people in the village were. This, she said, herself about why she should be ashamed showed her that her child could be anything

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he wanted to be and would have the community’s support. “It’s the only place on Long Island that I truly feel that way about,” Teich said, “and so I was only willing to raise him here.”

Jaime Teich, top, second from left, has had a dedicated board of directors helping drive LYNP to be successful throughout 2020, including, from left, Mindy Isateich, Hannah Wizenberg, Aimee Renaud and Colleen Woods. Teich said she wanted to raise her son, Cal, 6, in Sea Cliff so he would feel accepted by his community, no matter who he wanted to become.

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Two NSHS students become Regeneron finalists Glen Head water tower undergoes changes in 2020 The dismantling of the New York American Water-owned water tank on Dumond Place in Glen Head began in January, roughly seven months after the company projected that work would start. NYAW Engineering Manager John Kilpatrick said that permit issues delayed the project. He said several cell service providers had equipment attached to the water tank, and NYAW had to work with the Town of Oyster Bay to receive the permits to take it down. A new tank was hoisted to take its place on July 21. The project cost $6.2 million, which was absorbed in NYAW’s capital investment budget, approved by

the state Public Service Commission in 2017. Kilpatrick said the 500,000-gallon tank would store water for customers in Glen Head, Sea Cliff, Roslyn Harbor, Old Brookville and Glenwood Landing. The water tower, Kilpatrick added, is a critical component of the community’s water infrastructure, as it not only provides storage to help supply water during times of peak demand, but also takes advantage of gravity to pressurize the system, which reduces operating and maintenance costs.

Kyra McCreery and Mary Sotiryadis were not only honored as the North Shore High School Class of 2020 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, but they also both earned finalist spots in Regeneron science competitions. McCreery was announced as a finalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search in January, an honor which her teachers said was a result of intellectual fortitude and her dedication to science. Her project, on the declining speeds of hurricanes as they have made landfall over the past century and a half, and the impact that can have on the environment, was impressive enough for the contest’s judges to name her one of only

40 finalist students nationwide. Sotiryadis became a finalist in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in April. In summer 2019, she took part in a project researching the death of specific cells when exposed to blood plasma. She discovered that thrombin, an enzyme that aids in blood clotting, can cause tissue cell death and result in painful conditions like chronic inflammation and rheumatoid arthritis. Courtesy Mary Sotiryadis

Mary Sotiryadis first presented her findings at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair on Feb. 5, at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Westbury.

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Following the old structure’s dismantling in January, a new water tank was hoisted in Glen Head in July.

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Glen Head water found to be contaminated Potentially harmful contaminants were In December, NYAW announced that found in the Glen Head well’s water, New Glen Head’s well is set to begin this winter, York American Water announced on Jan. 30. after they awarded the construction conThe well contained concentrations of tract for the well’s GAC treatment sysperfluorooctanesulfonic acid — tem to Philip Ross Industries, a PFOS — greater than the Melville-based firm specializstate’s proposed maximum ing in water treatment syslevels. Samplings of the tems. Glen Head well showed a The project, which IN concentration of PFOS includes installation of four compounds that exceedGAC vessels, as well as coned the proposed state limit. struction of a 22-foot-tall John Kilpatrick, NYAW’s steel structure to house the director of engineering, said filters, should cost roughly the company plans to install $3.4 million, NYAW External granular activated carbon vessels Affairs Manager Lee Mueller said. — large cylinders filled with carbon that She also said landscaping will be installed strip out contaminants as water flows around the structure to beautify the propthrough them. erty..

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Bipartisan support for public water on the North Shore Assemblyman Michael Montesano, a Republican from Glen Head, announced on Feb. 12 that he would co- sponsor a bill to establish a public North Shore Water Authority. The measure was introduced to the Assembly by Assemblyman Charles Lavine and co-authored by State Sen. Jim Gaughran, both of whom are Democrats. Gaughran’s bill establishing the North Shore Water Authority passed through the Senate on July 23. The bill, if it passes through the Assembly and is then signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, would establish a public water authority that could take over the New York American Waterowned Sea Cliff Water District.

The bill, Gaughran said, would create a statutory framework for the proposed water district, including a board of resident leaders. He said the board’s first action would likely be to review a feasibility study that began in April to determine whether it would be better for the district to become its own public water entity or to join with an existing one, with the neighboring Jericho Water District being the most likely choice.

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State officials spent much of 2020 fighting for public water on the North Shore.

Camille Purcell takes over as Sea Cliff Village Library Director

Camille Purcell’s love of books extends far beyond the stories that they tell or the artistry of the writing — she wants to enter the authors’ minds. Purcell said she hoped to convey her passion for great writing to the North Shore community as the Sea Cliff Village Library’s new director. She assumed the post after Arlene Nevens retired as director on Jan. 30

As she took over as director, Purcell said she hoped to continue the library’s recent stretch of programming and services. She had already begun expanding the young adult books section before she had assumed her new role, which she said has been needed for some time. Mike Conn/Herald Gazette

Camille Purcell spent much of her tenure as Sea Cliff Village Library Director helping the library navigate through the coronavirus pandemic.

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North Shore schools to implement solar power Members of the North Shore School District Board of Education and administration met with energy conservation company Eco- Systems to discuss its energy performance contract, used to determine the financial benefits of conserving energy. District representatives said the schools are set to make several changes to conserve energy, perhaps the most significant being the installation of 2,000 solar panels at North Shore High School, North Shore Middle School and Glen Head Elementary School. Other changes meant to reduce the district’s energy consumption will include upgrading of interior and exterior lighting, optimizing heating networks and limiting the

amount of heat or cool air the buildings lose. Superintendent Dr. Peter Giarrizzo said the district’s annual production of green- house gases will decrease by 42 percent, from 3,644 tons of carbon dioxide to 2,131, which he said is the equivalent of taking 318 cars off the road or 138 houses off the grid. Additionally, the district should save roughly $7.2 million in energy costs, Giarrizzo said, surpassing the original estimate of $5.7 million.

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Residents can expect to see solar panels atop the roofs of NSHS, North Shore Middle School and Glen Head Elementary beginning in summer 2021.

Coronavirus forcing change in seniors’ lives After the Glen Cove Senior Center Program by video-chat, she said, enabling closed and the Sea Cliff Mutual Concerns members with physical or cognitive Committee’s biweekly senior luncheons impairments to take part in chair yoga were canceled in March, many and dance from home older adults across the North Peggie Como, president Shore lost a precious food of the Mutual Concerns supply and the ability to Committee, said the socialize with friends. group acted to aid older IN Carol Waldman, former adults in need. She said executive director of the committee offers the senior center, said delivery of food from many live alone, and isoVillage Hall’s pantry. She lation can result in or another volunteer depression. bring it to people’s homes. Christine Rice, the senior Courtesy Allison Moss center’s executive director, said Barbara Lillis, center, has spent much of her she and her staff reached out to members time during quarantine playing games like by phone daily to ensure their wellbeing. Rummikub with granddaughters Jordan, left, and They also started holding the Adult Day Jessica.

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All fired up Spirited members of the junior class came charging into the North Shore High School gym to take on their opponents in other grade levels during NSHS’s Sports Night.

North Shore High School spring sports cancelled It was game over for public high ing to remain optimistic for a shortschool spring sports on Long Island for ened season. 2020. Any hopes for even a modified NSHS 2020 graduate Will Scarola season were dashed April 21 said lacking closure was a big when health and safety part of the team’s disapconcerns led athletic pointment. Senior year is administrators and the year you wait for, he school superintensaid, and not spending dents in Nassau and it on the baseball field IN Suffolk counties to was upsetting, espeannounced the cancially considering that celation of the spring many of the players sports season. had been together Scott Lineman, coach since childhood. of the North Shore High School Varsity Baseball team, Courtesy Scott Lineman The North Shore High School Varsity Baseball team said he knew the cancellation of the season was a possibility since March, built a strong core of seniors for the 2020 season, although he and his players were try- all of whom were upset by their inability to play last

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The Village of Sea Cliff hired Walden Environmental Engineering in April at a cost of $74,000 to study whether switching from private to public water is feasible. The study is still ongoing. Two possibilities are being examined — whether the village could establish a new public water authority or join another such authority, Village Administrator Bruce Kennedy said. In 2018, then State Sen. Carl Marcellino secured an $80,000 state grant to conduct the study. Last year, his successor, State Sen. Jim Gaughran, secured an additional $75,000 grant. Ted Nitza, a senior project manager at

Walden and an environmental engineer overseeing the study, said the company is collecting information about the finances of New York American Water’’s Sea Cliff Water District. Jericho will be among the water districts that will be considered for a partnership, he said. The main goal, he said, is to see how the current assets, staff and facilities could work together under different ownership.

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A number of residents said they hope the public water feasibility study will show that public water is possible for Sea Cliff.

When she learned of a GoFundMe project that was dedicated to providing meals to workers at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, Allison Moss immediately thought that the North Shore community would be a perfect place for something similar. Moss, of Sea Cliff, said such work not only helps those workers directly facing the coronavirus, but also provides business to restaurants that are suffering as a result of the pandemic. She and fellow Sea Cliff resident

Courtney Citko created North Shore Cares, a grassroots organization that collected donations used to purchase food from local establishments and bring much needed meals and snacks to workers in Glen Cove Hospital and St. Francis Hospital in Port Washington. As important as it is to help essential workers, Citko said North Shore Cares concentrated just as much on keeping North Shore restaurants in business. Courtesy Courtney Citko

Courtney Citko provided food to workers at Glen Cove Hospital and St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn.

Sea Cliff sewer project succeeds, plans to expand North Shore honors veterans Although the coronavirus pandemic has kept most North Shore activities on hold, two local organizations were determined to make sure those who lost their lives serving the United States are still honored on Memorial Day. The Gold Coast Business Association rekindled its tradition of hoisting American flags throughout Glen Head’s downtown. The Glenwood Landing/Glen Head Civic Association celebrated veterans through a new Hometown Heroes project, hanging banners identifying and

honoring servicemen and women up and down Glen Cove Avenue in Glen Head. GCBA members and volunteers hoisted 24 flags across Glen Head, and the Civic Association decorated Glen Head with over 30 Hometown Heroes banners.

After a decade of planning, a project to connect the Sea Cliff Avenue sewer line to other streets in downtown Sea Cliff, and some closer to Hempstead Harbor, began in May. Mayor Edward Lieberman said the village received funding to lay the Sea Cliff Avenue sewer line six years ago, but there wasn’t enough money to connect the line to homes or businesses. That changed in summer 2018, when the village received $4 million in bonds from Nassau County and $3 million in state grants. Sea Cliff ’s waste has been handled by cesspools since the turn of the 20th century, and some working cesspools are over 50 years old.

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Chris Hole, foreground, joined GCBA Memorial Day Flag Chair Ronnie Thyben, above center, and, from left, Evelyn Hole, Roger Thyben, and Sofie and Brian Kraupner in hoisting flags throughout Glen Head.

The project was successfully completed under budget thanks to favorable prices that were secured when bidding out the initial 5,850 linear feet of work. The Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously on Oct. 26 to expand the project at no additional cost to the taxpayer. The additional 2,460 linear feet of sewers will service properties on portions of Maple, Central, 7th and Summit avenues.

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Summit Avenue was among the first streets to be a part of the Sea Cliff sewer project.

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Hundreds march in Black Lives Matter Protest Roughly 1,000 protesters came to the North Shore to protest police brutality on June 7, marching in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and victims of police brutality. The demonstration was organized on Facebook. It was originally planned to take place in Sea Cliff but organizers received so much support that the march grew to include Glen Cove as well, with Pratt Park as its starting point. Organizers from Sea Cliff and Glen Cove and other speakers addressed the crowd, offering messages of hope and appreciation for one another.The day was about protesting systemic racism and

police brutality, they said, and North Shore residents needed to come together to show that they would not stand for injustice. More than a dozen speakers addressed the marchers before they took off down Glen Cove Avenue, toward Sea Cliff Avenue. All but a few wore protective masks and the ethnic variety was impossible not to notice.

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The Rev. Richard Wilson, of Antioch Baptist Church, led the march in his 1929 Mercedes Gazelle.

Galati reelected, Macari elected to North Shore Board of Education

The North Shore Central School District’s $110.3 million budget for the 2020-21 school year passed on June 16 with 3,084 “yes” votes over 1,892 “no” votes. With two open seats on the Board of Education, incumbent trustee Richard Galati was reelected with 3,585 votes and challenger Andrea Macari won a seat on the board with 3,255 votes. Fellow challenger Robert Mazzella garnered 1,782 votes. Proposition 2 also passed 3,401 to 1,441. This enabled the district to utilize

up to $3 million in funding from the Capital Reserve Fund established in 2016 for school improvement projects beginning in the next school year. These improvements included a renovation of the nurse’s office at Glen Head Elementary, as well as renovations of the boys and girls locker rooms at North Shore Middle School. Christina Daly/Herald Gazette

Richard Galati, left, and Andrea Macari said they are excited to lead the North Shore School District into the future as Board of Education trustees.

NSHS celebrates Class of 2020 North Shore High School’s 220 graduating seniors lined up on school grounds to receive their diplomas at graduation June 26. Instead of a typical ceremony, graduates and their families formed two lines on the field, standing on hash marks six feet apart. The lines moved forward as seniors were called to receive their diplomas, have their photos taken and leave school grounds. Since forming two long lines technically made the ceremony a procession and not a gathering, Supertindendent Dr. Peter Giarrizzo said it was allowed under state regulations. Before the procession, a private cere-

mony was held on the field at 10 a.m. for speakers, which included Giarrizzo, NSHS Principal Albert Cousins, Valedictorian Kyra McCreery and Salutatorian Mary Sotiryadis. McCreery and Sotiryadis were allowed to invite 15 guests to watch them speak. As the speeches concluded at 10:30 a.m., graduates and their families began to arrive.

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It may not have been a customary handshake, but North Shore High School graduate Alexandra Bayon was happy to elbow-bump Superintendent Dr. Peter Giarrizzo as she received her diploma.

North Shore High School welcomes new principal

With roughly 23 years of success in the New York City educational system on his résumé, Eric Contreras became North Shore High School’s new principal on Aug. 3. Contreras’s wealth of experience in a variety of educational roles, North Shore Superintendent Dr. Peter Giarrizzo, set him apart from the other 72 candidates. Contreras said he wants to spend the first year at NSHS listening to the com-

munity, learning what families value in educational programming and extracurricular activities. He also said he has developed relationships with colleges over the years and has the expertise to show their recruiters why North Shore graduates would be great fits for their programs. Courtesy North Shore Central School District

New North Shore High School principal Eric Contreras said he hopes to lead the school into a new era of success.

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Tropical Storm Isaias takes a toll on the North Shore Tropical Storm Isaias rolled across threatening situations. Nassau County on Aug. 2 with relaThousands of homes and businesstively little rain but with sustained es across the North Shore lost power winds in the 30- to 50-mph range, with because of Isaias’s wind. The outages were inevitable, a number of resisome gusts in excess of 70 mph, dents said, but some downing trees throughout expressed frustration with the region, with some fallhow PSEG Long Island ing on homes. The responded, citing its North Shore was no lack of communicaexception. IN tion with residents Sea Cliff Mayor and government offiEdward Lieberman cials. commended the village Department of Public Works and the Courtesy Chris Roberto Sea Cliff Fire Department When trees fell on Littleworth Lane in Sea Cliff at the peak of Isaias’s for responding to numergusts, some of the village’s power lines ous calls throughout the day, some of which, he said, reported life- were taken along with them.

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Sea Cliff’s Creative Arts Studio closes When Sea Cliff resident Tracy Warzer opened the Creative Arts Studio on Sea Cliff Avenue in 2005, she wanted to bring the community together to celebrate the opportunities that art presented to people of all ages. Over its 15-year run in the village, she and many others said, the studio, which closed in August, did just that. The studio had hosted a variety of events

over the years, including open mic shows and theater classes. But Warzer said that art education classes are among her favorites. She has worked with people of all ages, from children to seniors, helping them learn about the arts and discover what they were capable of, whether it was a piece of art or a journey of selfdiscov-

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In real estate, I am always meeting people from different cultures and backgrounds, all seeking the same thing—a place to settle and raise a family. A place to belong. Yes, these are polarized times, but I am also witnessing just the opposite— connection through common needs and goals—the things we all seek as human beings, especially when it comes to creating a home. All you have to do is look at the marketplace for evidence of this. Multigenerational households are on the rise for the first time in decades. Friends and chosen families are buying houses together here in the burbs. Some buyers are upgrading to bigger spaces to accommodate elderly parents. The percentage of single, female first-time homebuyers is second only to married couples, and the percentage of minority, first-time home buyers continues to rise.

Courtesy Tracy Warzer

Open mic nights were some of the most popular events at the Creative Arts Studio.

Sea Cliff gastropub Still Partners is perhaps best known as the premier venue for local bands to perform for dozens of patrons every week.This was a focal point of an Aug. 12 fundraiser organized by residents to help keep the business alive. Five different musical acts were livestreamed on Facebook, and a GoFundMe page was set up. Within a week, more than $56,000 was raised. Courtesy Jennifer DeSane

Although the performances took place in co-owner Dan Roth’s living room, several people enjoyed the show from Still Partners itself.

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Superintendents postpone high school sports until 2021 At an emergency meeting Aug. 26, a committee of Nassau County school superintendents voted to postpone Section VIII high school sports until Jan. 4. Don Lang, the North Shore School District’s athletic director, said that winter sports would be played in January and February, fall sports would be moved to

March and April, and spring sports would round out the year in May and June. He said he was disappointed, as both a school official and a father of student athletes, but he could not argue with the decision. Senior Jack Ledden plays wide receiver and safety for the NSHS football team. He said he and his teammates had looked for-

ward to building on last year’s solid season, when the team made the Nassau County Conference III semifinals as a fourth seed before losing to top-seeded Plainedge High. Courtesy Jack Ledden

The North Shore High School football team was looking forward to improving on its 2019 Conference III semifinals appearance last fall, but the squad will have to wait until March.

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As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, Glen Head resident Andrea Bolender said that one of the most important functions of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, in Glen Cove, is to preserve the memory of the horrors suffered by people like her father. That, she said, will be one of her most important missions as the center’s new chair. Bolender succeeds Steven Markowitz, who led the HMTC for eight years. Markowitz said Bolender’s life in the Holocaust survivor culture and her years

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of involvement in Holocaustrelated activities, as well as her kind and caring nature, make her the perfect choice. Bolender said one of the lessons she tries to instill in visitors is the importance of being an “upstander” — someone who speaks out against injustice.

Courtesy Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County

Andrea Bolender said she hopes to ensure that the lessons learned from the Holocaust continue to be taught as she takes over as the center’s chair.

Commander joins county High School Sports Hall of Fame Joanna Commander, of Glen Head, was inducted into the Nassau County High School Sports Hall of Fame. Her decades of excellence as a teacher, coach and athletic director made her the ideal candidate for its 2020 class, Hall of Fame officials said. Commander, 72, said her goal was to give the next generations of female athletes the opportunity to feel a sense of belonging and camaraderie through

Nick Pinto became the newest member of the Sea Cliff village board of trustees on Sept. 17. Pinto has lived in Sea Cliff since 2005 with his wife, Monica, raising their two children, Noah and Mia. Pinto said he and Monica became enamored of Sea Cliff after their 2002 wedding at Sea Cliff Manor. Whether it is the beaches, Mini Mart or the village’s support of the arts, Pinto said, Sea Cliff is the place where he wanted to raise a family. His Manhattan law practice, Pinto said,

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sports. Commander’s colleagues said she not only played a vital role in the advancement of women’s high school sports, but that she is also a kind, generous person who put her heart and soul into her work.

Courtesy Rosemarie Cartagine

Joanna Commander, left, helped generations of high school athletes, starting with the women’s basketball team at Elmont Memorial High School in 1976.

Nick Pinto joins Sea Cliff board has prepared him well for public service because he has worked as an arbitrator and mediator in legal disputes. That, he said, makes him well-equipped to solve situations involving conflicts of opinion. In his new role, Pinto said he wants to find a balance between maintaining Sea Cliff’s character and understanding residents’ changing needs. Tammy Lanham/Herald Gazette

Nick Pinto is just as involved in the Sea Cliff music scene as he is in its politics, playing bass for local band Ride.

Bart’s Barber Shop closes Since Bartolomeo Mazzeo opened it in 1934, Bart’s Barber Shop has been a fixture in Sea Cliff. For decades, Sea Cliffians who have walked past the shop, in the heart of the village’s downtown, have seen Bartolomeo or his son, Joe, cutting the hair of generations of North Shore residents. After 86 years, Bart’s has closed, because Joe said it was time for him to retire. He is now 78, has worked in the shop since the early 1960s and has run it since 1977. He said he got a taste of retire-

ment when the coronavirus pandemic hit before reopening in the summer. At his age, he said, making the closure permanent is something that feels right. Mazzeo said serving Sea Cliff for as long as he did was something he would always treasure. He said he hopes he’d had as positive an influence on the village’s residents as they’ve had on him.

Courtesy Diane Mazzeo

Joe Mazzeo decorated his shop with dozens of photos of friends and customers through the years.

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Sea Cliff Yacht Club inducts first female commodore Over its 128-year history, the Sea Cliff Yacht Club has seen a multitude of changes, from its membership to its programming to its community service projects. One of its constants, however, has been male leadership. That changed on Nov. 7 when Robin Maynard was named the club’s first female commodore. Harvey Bass, a member for 34 years who served as commodore from 2012 to 2014, said that Maynard has shown her dedication over the years as a board member. She has a strong operational background, he said, having served on a number of committees, and has even made financial contributions.

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Maynard, an attorney at Marchese & Maynard, is the village’s associate judge, and served on the village board in 2017 and 2018. “I think the more that you give back and the more that you’re involved in the community, the more fulfilling it is,” she said. “It’s also a good example to set for our children to be active in our community. I try to give back as much as I can.”

Courtesy Kathleen Dickson

Robin Maynard, center, is the latest in a long line of Sea Cliff Yacht Club commodores, following in the footsteps of leaders including, from left, John Dawson, Harvey Bass, Jim Carballal, Charles Parisi, Doug Wefer and Brad Dickson.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced legislation on Oct. 28 calling for the state to examine the feasibility of a public takeover of New York American Water’s infrastructure in Nassau County. The bill would require a study by the state Public Service Commission to be conducted by April 1. The legislation would also call for steeper penalties for utilities with a record of poor responses during emergencies such as storms. This, officials said, would force utilities to be more accountable for their actions. State Sen. Jim Gaughran authored a bill this summer that would establish a public water authority on the North

Shore. The Senate passed it nearly unanimously in July and Gaughran was chosen as the prime Senate sponsor of Cuomo’s bill. The governor’s legislation, he said, would be a “gamechanger.” Residents and officials from throughout the North Shore were generally happy to hear about the bill, as the fight for public water has been one of the area’s most pervasive issues for years. Mike Conn/Herald Gazette

While the fight for public water is ongoing throughout the North Shore, many residents and officials said Cuomo’s bill was a big step forward.

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HEPA filters installed throughout North Shore School District The North Shore Viking Foundation, a nonprofit that supports North Shore Central School District students, raised $130,000 to buy and install 255 highefficiency particulate air filters in indoor areas throughout the district. That works out to about $50 per student. The fundraiser, called HEPA Viking Out, began Sept.30, after Lisa Cashman, a mother of two children at Sea Cliff Elementary School, presented the idea to the Viking Foundation. She started the fundraiser, she said, after looking over the district’s plans to keep students and teachers safe as the weather turns cold and outdoor learning is no longer an option.

HEPA filters, Cashman said, clean the air of viruses, including the coronavirus, in enclosed spaces, and eliminate dust, mold and pollen. They were installed in any room measuring between 900 and 1,500 square feet where students or staff spend extended periods of time and will ensure a steady flow of clean air in the buildings throughout the year. Courtesy North Shore Central School District

Viking Foundation Co-president Doug Wefer, far left, North Shore Superintendent Dr. Peter Giarrizzo, Sea Cliff resident Lisa Cashman, Board of Education President Dave Ludmar, foundation Co-president Maureen Denley and foundation board members Rachel Bowen and Freddie Gumm with one of the HEPA filters, which they hope will bring a new level of safety to North Shore schools.

North Shore incumbents keep their seats in 2020 election U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, the 3rd Congressional District’s Democratic incumbent, was behind in the vote count on Election Night, with 49 percent of in-person votes, while George Santos, his Republican challenger, garnered 51 percent. Two days after the election, there were still 48,097 absentee ballots still to be counted in Nassau County, and 23,846 in Suffolk County. Northeast Queens, which is also part of the 3rd Congressional District, had 13,947 uncounted ballots. After all of the absentee ballots were counted, Suozzi came out on top. After two weeks of being behind

in the vote count, incumbent State Sen. Jim Gaughran was re-elected to his 5th Senate District seat. On Election Day, Gaughran had just 44 percent of the Nassau County vote, while his Republican challenger, Edmund Smyth, had 56 percent. By Nov. 11, however, Gaughran had taken the lead as more absentee ballots were counted in both Nassau and Suffolk counties. Assemblymen Charles Lavine and Michael Montesano maintained their seats, having won on Election Day. Courtesy U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi voted with his wife, Helene, and their youngest son, Michael, on Election Day.

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New Gold Coast Library bond vote passes The Gold Coast Library’s $10.8 million bond referendum for a new library passed on Dec. 8, with 698 residents voting in favor and 274 voting against. With the passing of the bond, the library will purchase a 2.5-acre lot located at 280 Glen Head Road for the purpose of constructing a larger modern library. The total project cost is roughly $11.3 million, of which $539,500 will be financed using library funds. Even with the passing of the bond, the library tax will still remain among the lowest in Nassau County. For every $500,000 of assessed fair market

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value, a household would pay an additional cost of approximately $60 per year. The library Board of Trustees considered several locations, and its members believe this is the best option to build a new library that will serve the growing needs of the community. Board President Nancy Benchimol said she and her colleagues are excited to work with the community in meeting residents’ needs. Courtesy Gold Coast Library

Gold Coast Library officials said they are excited to bring all the benefits of a brand new library to the Glen Head community.

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• “Payback” by Mary Gordon • “Caste” by Isabel Wilkerson • “Saint X” by Alexis Schaitkin

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Tom Malloy, beloved Glen Head artist, dies at 77 The door of Tom Malloy’s Glen Head lawnmower shop was always open. For decades, people could walk in and out as they pleased, to observe or chat, while he worked on one art project or another, wearing his signature denim overall. His sculptures were nearly as amazing as he was, his friends and family said. Malloy died of cancer on Nov. 21, at age 77. Most people knew Malloy for his artwork. His shop doubled as a studio in which he molded and welded metal, mostly bits of recycled scrap, into sculptures of all shapes and sizes,

much of which was indicative of his love of nature. His grandniece Chase Filasky said that he loved the simplicity in life and could bring out the beauty in anything he got his hands on. His niece Georgia Filasky said Malloy did everything out of the love he had for the people around him, because he wanted them to know just how much they all meant to him.

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Tom Malloy could most often be found working at his Glen Head lawnmower shop, which doubled as his art studio.

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videoconferencing. The hearing will be recorded and a transcription will be provided at a later date. The public will have an opportunity to see and hear the hearing live. The Zoom login information will be posted on the Village website. Any interested member of the public may provide comments to the Board regarding this proposed local law as follows: (a) prior to the hearing by regular mail to Board of Trustees, Village of Sea Cliff, 300 Sea Cliff Avenue, Sea Cliff, New York 11579, or by email to mlennon@seacliffny.gov, or (b) prior to or during the hearing, via

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n a year when so much has gone awry — so many lives lost, businesses battered, jobs vanished — it strains the imagination to think what we might be thankful for, particularly as the nation enters its second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The coming months will likely be, as President-elect Joseph Biden has said, a “dark winter.” Thanksgiving is, however, all about the audacious nature of hope. The holiday, first celebrated in the fall of 1621, commemorates the struggle that the original Pilgrims faced and, against all odds, overcame in the New World — and the kinship they felt with the Native Americans who rescued them, helping to provide sustenance to a relatively small band of people who otherwise might have starved. The roughly 50 colonists at the original harvest celebration in Plymouth, Mass., were outnumbered by Native Americans two to one, according to History.com. The 100 Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower had seen much death between 1620 and 1621: Some 78 percent of the women died during the first winter. Yet they persevered, and survived. So shall the American people today — thanks in no small measure to our heroes

— the doctors, nurses, EMTS, firefighters, police officers, teachers, teachers’ aides, sanitation workers, railroad workers, subway and bus drivers, custodians, cooks, waiters and waitresses, supermarket employees and so many others — who have kept us safe, our education system up and running, and our economy moving. When many others were able to work from home, they put their lives on the line to do their jobs. As a society, we should take a moment and reflect on their sacrifices over the past nine months. We can also be thankful for our family and friends. We may not be able to shower them with hugs and kisses as we might want, but we can keep them in our thoughts and close to our hearts. And we can be thankful for the miracles of modern science. Only 100 years ago, the 1918 pandemic ran wild for two years, killing 50 million worldwide, including 675,000 in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thanks to technology that allows many of us to work remotely and socially distance, to date we have seen a tenth of the 500 million cases that the world did in

1918-19, and because of modern medical technology, the death toll thus far is onefiftieth what it was then. So, while the number of infections and deaths today is unacceptably high, it is not close to the level of suffering experienced a hundred years ago — and let us hope and pray that it remains that way. Likely, it will. On Saturday, the innovative New York company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals received emergency-use authorization for its experimental antibody treatment for the coronavirus. President Trump received the treatment, and by all accounts it was highly effective. The drug is designed to prevent patients from becoming severely ill by imitating the body’s natural defense system. We can only say, wow! If all goes well, the Regeneron treatment should prevent many deaths, enabling health officials to safely roll out at least one of the vaccines now in the pipeline without undue political pressure. By April, we could indeed round the corner on this terrible pandemic, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Yes, there has been much despair this year, but there is much hope as well.

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e are pleased that Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is once again promoting small businesses ahead of the holiday season — which is vital this pandemic year. Last Friday, Curran and county Industrial Development Agency Chairman Richard Kessel came to Rockville Centre to promote an innovative contest, aptly titled the Shop Safe, Shop Local Scavenger Hunt, and we are encouraging readers to take part in it. The contest, which will be held for one week starting Saturday, will work like this: Complete four of eight tasks in your community, like buying breakfast at a local eat-

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ery or making a purchase at a local shop, and take a photo of yourself — masked — at each location, along with the product you purchased and your receipt. Then email it to scavengerhunt@nassaucountyny.gov or share it on Facebook. The first person who finishes all four tasks and registers them on each day of the contest will receive a $100 gift card. All purchases must be made at small businesses in a single community on the day of the contest. Online and delivery orders are eligible. The complete set of

instructions can be found at www.nassaucountygov/shoplocal. As we noted in last week’s editorial, “Remember to shop locally this holiday season”: “Despite the crisis, we encourage you to consider patronizing our mom-and-pop shops, many of which now offer their goods online. Abandoning our local businesses would be devastating on so many levels.”

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letters More praise for doctor’s column To the Editor: As Bob Praver did in last week’s letters, I also applaud Dr. Eric Last’s column, “Surely we shouldn’t be fighting over wearing masks” (Nov. 12-18), on the urgency of wearing masks in fighting the coronavirus

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pandemic. But while Last’s exhortation that we must “treat others as you’d want to be treated yourself ” was well-intentioned, I believe it would fall on deaf ears when directed not only at those who, at this late date, scoff at the wearing of masks and social distancing, but also those who deliberately promote and take part in large, illegal social gatherings with no consideration of taking measures to counter the spread

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What are the editorial pages all about? Who writes editorials? How do letters and guest columns get published? This week’s pages offer some answers to our readers. We thank The Riverdale Press for the idea.

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Opinion columns We publish three columns every week. Columns represent the views of the writers themselves, not of the Herald. Each writer works independently and chooses his or her own subjects. Among our regular contributors are the Heralds’ executive editor, Scott Brinton, and the Nassau Herald’s former executive editor, Randi Kreiss, both of whom have won numerous awards for their opinion writing. We also feature columns by prominent political figures, including former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato and former State Assemblyman Jerry Kremer, both of whom are now consultants. And we regularly invite guest columnists to offer their views.

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he coronavirus pandemic has created a variety of hardships that have left families and children in distress. Social isolation. A mounting death toll. An estimated 8 million Americans falling into poverty. We have entered uncharted territory, and uncertainty continues as cases continue to rise across the U.S. Grief is a normal reaction — grieving not just the loss of life, but also the loss of normalcy and freedom when a disaster occurs. So what happens when we add even more stress to families sharon and their children, skariah particularly when schools close? The trickledown effect of all this misfortune can dramatically weigh on kids, especially if they don’t have access to mental health resources at home. Typically, mental health symptoms are identified at school, by their teachers and peers, social workers and guidance counselors. Children need a routine and consistency. Remote learning and social isolation will continue to uproot them. Children

with autism also face challenges with irritability, anxiety and behavioral disturbances. And the erratic nature of schools’ opening and closing (albeit temporarily) can have a lasting effect. A recent study in JAMA Pediatrics showed that more than 22 percent of students in the Hubei province of China reported symptoms of depression, and more than 18 percent had anxiety symptoms, when schools closed for over a month. A second study, in the Journal of Pediatrics, determined that younger children (ages 3 to 6) were more inclined to show fear or clinginess, where older kids (6 to 18) were more likely to show inattention and persistent inquiry. Clinging, inattention and irritability were the severe psychological conditions demonstrated by children in all age groups. School closures — short or long — are unfortunately bound to happen until a safe and effective vaccine is available. Prepare to take care of your child now. First, children need outlets. In early childhood, play is important for development in the physical, verbal and emotional domains. Build that imaginary fort,

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LeTTers of the virus. The time for these selfish and greedy individuals to be reasoned with has long passed. These people should be penalized for their actions, which continue to put the rest of us at even greater risk of acquiring the disease, and severe penalties should also be meted out to participants in these gatherings, not just their greed-bound organizers. If anything, these miscreants should consider the 17th-century English poet John Donne’s poem, telling us not to ask “for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.” They might also be reminded that, indeed, “no man is an island,” as Donne wrote. It appears, though, that they do not realize or accept this concept, even though we are all in this fight — together. ROBERT RUBALSkY East Rockaway

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Fourth — and most important — pay attention. Younger children can’t always express their distress, anxiety or fear. Their behavior may regress. Look for the signs, which include an increase in crying or neediness, more temper tantrums or somatic symptoms (headaches, stomach aches) than normal. Older children may also show increased anger and irritability. If you think your children or adolescents may need a mental health professional, don’t hesitate. They are acting that way because they need help. So watch out for them to verbalize any suicidal thoughts, ongoing sleep disturbances, a decline in overall functioning (hygiene, grooming), aggression or worsening substance use. If you see these signs, seek treatment. Following these steps may help keep children mentally fit during one of our harshest times. Nothing can replace life as we knew it pre-Covid, but you can manage this new normal and keep your kids safe, too.

Special features The op-ed, or opposite the editorial, page features a weekly Framework photo, which is chosen by our photo editor. The Framework offers a creative, at times humorous outlet for our photography staff. In this spot, we also publish photos sent to us by readers, featuring them on vacation, reading the Herald at various international landmarks. We call it Herald Around the World. At times, a correction box might appear on the op-ed page. We strive each week for the highest standards of accuracy and accountability. When we make mistakes in our reporting, we believe we must own up to them and correct the record.

Sharon Skariah, M.D., is the director of child and adolescent psychiatry for Zucker Hillside Hospital. She is also an assistant professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell.

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the United States, and amid big treatment strides, the disease continues to ravage African-American and other minority communities with a particular vengeance. Black, Asian, Native American and Hispanic patients still die far more frequently than white patients, even as death rates have plummeted for all races and age groups.” As Covid-19 continues to spread aggressively nationwide, it is crucial that government officials at all levels — federal, state and local — address the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on people of color. Immediate attention should be paid to issues such as the availability of testing facilities in communities of color, access to health care, inequitable treatment once access is provided and priorities for providing vaccines once they are available. The evidence is clear: Government owes it to all Americans to ensure fair and equal access to health care, regardless of race, in this pandemic — and always.

To the Editor: The Washington Post last Friday published a new analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on people of color. It reported, “Nearly nine months after the virus exploded in

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encourage storytelling, toast s’mores in your backyard. For adolescents, it’s important that they develop their own sense of identity but also explore peer relationships. Encourage this — in a socially distanced, safe way. Second, seek normalcy. The goal is to foster continued development, even if your children can’t attend school in person. They want to feel safe — an important tool for parents to use during the crisis. Make sure you provide protection and consistency in an otherwise uncertain time. Talk to them about their feelings. Ensure their safety by creating an atmosphere of stability. Third, adapt to the environment. Summer may be gone, but you can still enjoy the outdoors safely during the fall, and even on some nice winter days. When the extreme cold sets in, continue building on the elements of safety and fun you have already introduced. Have family game nights. Schedule a movie night. Cook and bake together as a family. Designate a reading hour. Although it may be colder, it’s important to get exercise, so go for a walk or a hike or a brisk bike ride. There are also online exercises for kids, like yoga and others.

BALDWIN HERALD — November 26, 2020

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TO MESSY HOMES. To joyful homes. Peaceful homes and chaos homes. To new homes, cherished homes and to homes made anew. Wherever you are this year, cheers to making it “HOME.”

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