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Wantagh’s Cicero is an Emmy winner various scenes through sounds that connect viewers with characters. From the soft keys of a grand “The Queen’s Gambit” was a piano to the harsh strokes of a breakout hit for Netflix, starviolin, Netflix’s popular series ring Anya Taylor-Joy — an “The Queen’s Gambit” manages Emmy nominee herself — as to capture the essence of the Beth Harmon, a young girl who, 1950s and ‘60s after losing her through sound. mother in a car acciHelping to create dent, lands in an some of that ambiorphanage where ence? Patrick she develops Cicero. extraordinary skills And it’s awardfor chess — an winning ambience, uncommon passion too. The Wantagh for young women at resident picked up the time. an Emmy late last A Rochester year for outstanding native, Cicero sound editing, a vic- GREGG majored in commutory Cicero denications at SUNY scribed as “a reflec- SwiAtlowSKi Fredonia, just off tion of the last 20 Patrick Cicero’s Lake Erie, with a years” he’s worked colleague concentration in in both film and film and television. television. His passion for Even with “the hard work sound editing developed after a that I put in,” the 48-year-old trip to Los Angeles with his said he didn’t expect to win. He brother Ron in the mid-1990s. was part of a 10-member team Soon after, Cicero found himself led by Gregg Swiatlowski and on commercials and music vidEric Hirsch. They topped the eos, sparking his ear for creative sound work on other limited sounds. series like “Fargo” on FX and Working in film, Cicero says, “WandaVision” on Disney+. requires dedication, something Teams like Cicero’s create he learned soon after graduatintensity, fear, love and pain in Continued on page 3
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New horizons at Seaford Seaford High School assistant principal Jennifer Bisulca will take on the same title at Seaford Middle School later this month. Former Bethpage High School educator Anthony Murray will take on her role. Story, Page 3.
Construction causes complaints Residents cite noise, vibrations of Bay Park Project By KAtE NAlEPiNSKi knalepinski@Liherald.com
Additional construction work is expected to begin in Wantagh this week on the Bay Park Conveyance Project, a massive effort to improve water quality and stor m resiliency in Nassau County. The project is expected to provide storm protection, quality of life and economic benefits to Wantagh-Seaford and surround-
ing South Shore towns, particularly those around the Western Bays, by improving existing wastewater management infrastructure. The project is a combined effort between the Nassau County Department of Public Works and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The state hosted a virtual public information session on Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. via zoom with Western Bays Constructors, the
design-build team in charge of the project. The presentation, provided to the public each quarter, offered updates on the project’s progress and what can be expected for residents in the near future. Andy Fera, project director with NYSDEC, said the team is approaching its one-year anniversary working on the mainly subterranean project. It could be Continued on page 15
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