For the second consecutive year, Seaford High School student Kailly Nocera placed second at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair.
The prestigious fair promotes three science research events per year on Long Island, with 70 schools participating.
A dedicated group of Wantagh High School students will invade Bikini Bottom this weekend when they perform “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical.”
The popular Nickelodeon television show was adapted into a stage musical in 2016 and first opened in Chicago. Making its Broadway debut in 2017, the show closed in 2018, when it tied with “Mean Girls” for the most-nominated production at the Tony Awards, with 12.
Though the cartoon has plenty of songs, the musical has an original score and storyline. While all of SpongeBob’s well-known charac-
ters appear in the musical, audiences will get to see something completely new.
Rather than a stage version of a SpongeBob episode, the musical follows SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends Patrick Star and Sandy Cheeks as they try to prevent the eruption of a volcano that could destroy their entire town.
This is Wantagh’s second production of the year — the first was a performance of the drama “Radium Girls” in the fall.
“’Radium Girls’ was a very dark show,” Kimberly Davis, who directs all of Wantagh High School’s productions, said.
“I wanted an opportunity to show the come-
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The path Nocera, a senior, took to the fair went through the science research program, a course at Seaford. Nocera’s project was based on her study of exoplanets, which exist outside the solar system.
She observed these planets as they passed in front of the stars they orbited. Through several methods and observation, Nocera was able to determine if there were other exoplanets in the solar system.
The competition lasted two rounds: Round One required submitting a video of a PowerPoint presentation and an abstract paper. Nocera was selected to go to Round Two, in which she presented her project
to different judges.
Nocera said that some of the difficulties she encountered with the project involved juggling the limited amount of time she had.
“Typically, professionals in the astrophysics field have projects that take years to complete,” she said. “I started over the summer, and I only had one year, so it was a lot squished into a small time frame.”
Nocera received some assistance with her project.
Every summer, students from Seaford High School’s science research classes connect with professionals in a variety of scientific fields through college-sponsored programs, internships and other volunteer work.
Science research teachers Janine Cupo and Mary Simons, along with consultant Richard Kurtz, have helped procure these learning experiences, and students found mentors at colleges and universities across the country.
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the fact that she got second place is amazing.
JANINe CuPo science teacher
Michael Zeilnhofer, with whom she connected during 10th grade while participating in the exploration of the moon and asteroids by secondary students, or ExMASS, an academic yearlong research program that engages students in the process of science.
“I met with him every week on Zoom, and he gave me suggestions about my project and told me what I could improve or what other aspects I could look at,” Nocera said. “He gave me research papers to look at and other areas in the field that would be interesting so it’s a really good relationship.”
After the two were paired through that program, Nocera asked Zeilnhofer if he would continue to mentor her, and he agreed to do it again this year.
“They took care of all the paperwork and gave me corrections on my paper and my PowerPoint presentation,” Nocera said of Cupo and Zeilnhofer.
Despite the time constraints, Nocera said that she enjoyed going through the process. Nocera added that she has held a passion for science since the fifth grade and has taken the science research program for the past three years. She said she hoped to attend the Uni-
versity of Michigan and to major in aerospace engineering.
Nocera was determined to earn a first-place finish in the competition this year, which would have earned her a trip to the International Science and Engineering Fair, or ISEF, where students can meet the brightest student scientists from all over the world and present their work to more than 1,000 judges.
“I was a little disappointed, but I was also surprised that I even got second because, for the past few years, I’ve been focusing more on planetary science, and astrophysics is a complete switch,” Nocera said. “It’s so much more physics and math and just a whole different type of project. And I didn’t really know how that would go because I’d never done it before. It was good because I didn’t think I would place this high.”
“The program is very young at Seaford so the fact that she got second place is amazing,” Cupo said.
When it comes to school budgets, the views of the taxpayers are typically front and center. But at a Board of Education meeting on March 22, a dedicated group of Seaford students made their voices heard on what they’d like included in the 2023-24 budget.
Budget season for the 2023-24 school year is in full swing. The Board of Education’s budget is set for April 4. The BOCES budget vote is set for April 18. Throughout April and May, presentations on the proposed 2023-24 budget will be conducted for various groups in town, including the Seaford PTA.
May 16 is voting day, where residents will be voting on both the budget and two Board of Education candidates.
But the students had a few requests before Rhonda Meserole, assistant superintendent for business and operations, officially presented the proposed budget. The students would like to see a continuation of the Leos Club, two new clubs, and an additional play performed every year at Seaford High School.
The Leos Club only started this year, with the help of the Seaford Lions Club. Like the Lions Club, the Leos’ primary goal is fighting blindness, but partakes in charity of any kind. But being in its first year, this was more of a foundational year for the Leos Club than anything else.
“But even while doing that, we were able to have some successful service projects,” William Cassio, club co-president and senior, said “Which included the sock drive for veterans, a glasses drive, and a collection for victims of domestic abuse.
It’S BudgEt SEASon for public schools. Ahead of the budget presentation for the 2023-24 academic year, a handful of Seaford students presented to the Board of Education explaining what they’d like to see included in the budget, whether it be new clubs or the continuation of successful clubs.
And all of these have been very successful with the help of our administration, our members and our advisors.”
Taylor DiFondi, also co-president, wants to see this go even further, and wants to see individual members be allowed to spearhead their own projects.
The new clubs proposed by students are the Knitting and Crochet Club and the Fishing Club. The Knitting and Crochet Club would aim, according to student Lena Millindorf, to teach students how to knit as well as donate their knitting creations to those in need. These donations would consist of baby blankets to hospitals, caps for chemotherapy patients, and
blankets for shelter animals.
The Fishing Club would be exactly what it sounds like. The Wantagh-Seaford area is not only close to the bays and ocean, but also close to some of the most popular freshwater ponds in Nassau County, including Mill Pond, Twin Lakes Preserve, and Massapequa Reservoir. According to the students who want this club to come to fruition, fall and spring would be spent fishing, whether on charter boats for saltwater or taking the trip over to those nearby ponds. The winter months would be spent learning fishing technique.
“Teaching youth to fish is a powerful
■ Proposed budget: $80,479,174
■ Budget to budget increase: $3,082,223 — 3.98 percent
■ Projected tax levy increase: $1,358,065 — 2.37 percent
and rewarding way to introduce them to the outdoors,” Paige Gregorek, one of the student presenters, said. “Fishing is something that can be passed on from their family, on to families and friends that will create memories to last a lifetime.”
Following the success of Seaford High School’s performance of “Young Frankenstein,” the Drama Club, led by its choreographer and director Samantha GatesWeber, proposed that the school add another play. This would mean that, in addition to the usual spring musical, there would be a fall drama as well.
“There is an entire group of students who are not joining because they feel scared to sing or dance,” student Troy Tyznar said, speaking of the importance to add a non-musical performance. “Our schedule right now is to live from December to February, with our new show being with our show being in the first week of March. If we add this play through our 12 we will be able to start in September. That’s seven months total compared to three that the students are able to commit to the club.”
The wrestling team at Jonas E. Salk Middle School in the Levittown Public School District capped off a decade undefeated after their recent win against Berner Middle School.
Salk’s wrestling team began their undefeated streak in 2014, when the team’s current wrestlers were only 3 or 4 years old. This year’s team was comprised of 80 seventh and eighth grade student athletes, including four female wrestlers, which is the most that have ever been on the team.
“This team was special,” coach Brian Luball said. “It was the hardest working team that I can recall, and we always have hard working teams.”
“The lessons we teach about life are more important than teaching wrestling moves,” coach Kurt Lassen said.
“It has been nice to see how these kids develop over the years. It carries onto high school and, more importantly, their life after wrestling,” coach Gian Villante added.
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In a short time, during the holiday of Passover, we will celebrate the Exodus of the enslaved Israelites from Egypt. We will retell an enduring story about the Jewish people’s quintessential quest for freedom and redemption. It’s a story that has brought solace and a sense of promise to Jewish communities throughout their history, as they endured acts of persecution, pogroms, and even genocide. Its also a story that has inspired and empowered oppressed people everywhere who, even in their deepest despair, sensed that their own liberation was not beyond reach.
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We Jews have always been storytellers. After all, the onset of Judaism does not begin with Shema Yisrael, (“Hear O Israel”) or “You shall have no other Almighty before me.” It starts with a story: “In the beginning, the Creator created heaven and earth. On Passover, too, we are regaled with tales, namely one that begins “I am the Creator who took you out of Egypt.”
The Zohar, the basic text of Jewish mysticism, suggests that when we tell the story of the Exodus on the eve of Passover, we adorn our Creator with jewels and beautify the Almighty. Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel reminds us: “Our Creator created human beings because He loves stories…”
Stories help us to figure out who we are and what we should be. They reassure us –that life does not end at the grave, and that a part of us lives on in the stories others tell about us. Isaac Bashevis Singer put it this way: “When a day passes, it is no longer there. What remains of it? Nothing more than a story. If stories weren’t told and books weren’t written, human beings would live like beasts, only for a day. The whole world, all human life, is one long story.”
Stories are more than entertainment: they are the language with which we come to understand our place in the world. The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of Britain, writes: “As we sit around the Seder table on Pesach rehearsing the journey from the bread of affliction to the wine of freedom, we commit ourselves to a momentous proposition:
Passover isn’t so much about history as it is about memory. Rabbi Sacks puts it this way: “History is ‘his/her story.’ Memory is ‘my story.’” As it’s written in the Passover Hagadah, “Each person is obligated to see himself or herself as if he or she personally left Egypt.” We’re not supposed to just retell the story of our liberation, but to attempt to experience it and personally identify with it so that it becomes part of our consciousness. As the Torah repeats no less than thirty-six times, we must be kind to the stranger in our midst, because “[we] were strangers in the land of Egypt.” As such, our story should affect not only how we see ourselves, but how we treat others.
The story of our departure from Egypt is not a pretty one. We were slaves; we suffered, we were humiliated, and we were nearly lost. But our history as a people did not end that way. We are still here because we’ve persevered.
The Koran refers to the Jewish people as the “People of the Book,” but I think a more apt moniker would be “People of the Story.” We are part of a great narrative that began with our ancestors and continues to this day. In some ways, we are currently creating the greatest chapter of all –the continuance of our Jewish homeland and the flourishing of a nation reborn. It is a complicated narrative, unpredictable in nature, but we have not really fulfilled our duty as Jews unless we contribute to it somehow.
At this very moment, we are also writing our own personal narrative. What will our children say about us? Will our stories be worthy of repetition to future generations? How will others remember us? Will it be with laughter, with pride, with love? Just something to think about as we get ready to tell over the most ageless story of them all.
Wishing you and your family a healthy and happy Passover.
Dr. Moshe P. Weisblum is the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Tikvah.
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Residents from Legislator Tom McKevitt’s 13th district made their way to the East Meadow library on March 7 for a public safety meeting. Nassau County police officers from the first and third precincts were in attendance as well. Residents were encouraged to ask questions.
Topics discussed included current crime trends and steps that residents can take to better protect themselves, their home and property, and their family.
McKevitt started off the meeting by joking with the attendees about how his wife begged him for years to get ring doorbell. “From my perspective, the worst device invented for a politician in this universe was the ring doorbell,” McKevitt joked.
But, not feeling safe anymore is what ultimately led him to get one.
“The reason I had to get it is I just don’t feel safe in East Meadow anymore,” he said. “That shouldn’t be the case. I’ve lived here for 51 years.”
McKevitt reminded residents, though, that this meeting was not to scare them, just to provide some tips.
Major crime in Nassau County is up 41 percent from 2021-22, McKevitt said. With grand larceny up 43 percent, and auto thefts up 72 percent.
“Over $1.1 billion a year on the (Nassau County) police department,” he said.
“From my perspective, the most important thing government does is keeping people safe, and we have the best department to do that to keep it safe.”
Inspector Joseph Guerra, commanding officer of the first precinct, pointed out that Nassau County is the safest county in America. “Comparatively speaking to other counties, compared to New York City, our bordering counties and stuff,” Guerra said. “We still have crime very low, and you are in a very safe county. The thing is that we want to keep it that way.”
Guerra pointed out that residents should not leave their cars unlocked and keys in their cars. He also mentioned the uptick in catalytic convertor thefts and
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According to the National Institute on Aging, about one in ten adults over age sixty are abused, neglected or exploited. That is a staggering number. The major forms of abuse are:
• Physical abuse happens when someone causes bodily harm by hitting, pushing or slapping. This may also include restraining an older adult against their will, such as locking them in a room.
• Emotional abuse includes a caregiver saying hurtful words, yelling, threatening, repeatedly ignoring the older adult or keeping that person from seeing close friends and relatives.
• Neglect occurs when the caregiver does not respond to the older adult’s needs. This may include physical, emotional and social needs or withholding food, medications or access to health care.
• Abandonment is leaving an older adult who needs help alone without planning for their care.
• Financial abuse occurs when money or belongings are stolen from an older adult. It can include forging checks, taking someone else’s
retirement or Social Security benefits, using a person’s credit cards and bank accounts without their permission, changing names on a will or trust, bank account, life insurance policy or title to a house without permission.
• Financial neglect occurs when an older adult’s financial responsibilities such as paying rent or a mortgage, medical expenses or insurance, utility bills or property taxes are ignored, and the person’s bills are not paid.
• Financial exploitation is the misuse, mismanagement or exploitation of property, belongings or assets. This includes using an older adult’s assets without consent, under false pretenses or through intimidation and/or manipulation.
If you see signs of abuse, try talking with the older adult to find out what’s going on. Many seniors are either too ashamed or fearful of retribution from the abuser if they report the mistreatment. If you see something, say something — report what you see to your county’s adult protective services and they will investigate.
said that he has his detail officers and problem-oriented police on the case.
Guerra discussed bail reform as part of the problem. “People think that you have to show that you got larceny arrests,” Guerra said. “No, it’s the drug arrests. The drugs bring the crime. A lot of this stuff is people supporting habits.”
In terms of repeat offenders, he said that his officers keep track of them, and have files on them.
Another big topic that came up at the meeting was the Coliseum Inn on Hempstead Turnpike. “We’ve been very busy, that’s just one part of our day,” Guerra said. “We’re having cooperation from the hotel, whereas we didn’t get it before.”
McKevitt explained that he, along with police, have been trying to get the Coliseum Inn closed for years.
One frustrated resident shared his concern about the crime that comes out of the Inn. He said that he has daughters who come home late from work, and he’s afraid of what could happen.
“It’s definitely a very serious conversation,” McKevitt said. “I agree, we can’t do it overnight, I wish we could.”
Guerra said that officers are watching the outside of the Inn.
Michael Shea, an officer from the first precinct, told the audience about some recent arrests, including shoplifters, gas station robberies, and more. He said to make sure to turn off your car at gas stations, lock them, and take your keys with you.
“We’re good people,” he said. “But the bad guys are out there let’s not make it easy on them.”
Another crime that residents should be on the lookout for, he said, is phone scams.
Shea said that the first precinct’s biggest tip is when residents call in to report crimes. “Tell your neighbors,” he said, “that if they call the precinct, they don’t have to leave a name.”
At the end of it all, Guerra reminded residents that he’s committed to their safety. “I won’t retire because it’s a passion for me,” he said. “I will tell you this right now, we have committed to use whatever tools we have.”
Mallory Wilson/HeraldAcentury ago, it was unheard of for a woman to hold a leadership role, not to mention to work in or run her own company. Whether it was fighting for the right to vote, equality in the workplace, access to equal education and fair representation, it is important to recognize the female trailblazers of the past and present.
The 60 dynamic women honored at Herald RichnerLive’s fourth annual Premier Business Women of Long Island Awards Gala are living proof of breaking the glass ceiling.
More than 400 attended the gala on March 22 at The Heritage Club in Bethpage — A night of connection and celebration of each other’s successes.
“When my mother Edith Richner founded our company with my father nearly 60 years ago, she was almost always the only woman at the table,” said Stuart Richner, chief executive of Richner Communications. “If she were here tonight, I have no doubt that she would be in disbelief and extremely proud of the dozens of Long Island women business leaders gathered here this evening.”
Hosted by News 12 Long Island reporter Antoinette Biordi, the awards dinner recognized women in accounting, media, human resources, not-for-profits, education, and government, among other industries, for their achievements in their respective fields.
All proceeds from the night were donated to Girls Inc. Long Island — a nonprofit committed to creating safe and supportive girl-positive spaces. Their program cultivates environments where all girl-identified, gender-fluid and non-binary young people are seen and heard.
Terri Alessi-Miceli, president and chief executive of The Hauppauge Industrial Association of Long Island, said events such as the Premier Business Women gala are necessary because they lift women up from all different industries.
“There is a path — you can do whatever you want in life,” Alessi-Miceli said. “We’ve made a lot of strides in women’s equality, but we have a ways to go.”
Erika Conti, partner with Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz, brought along her two young daughters in hopes they would feel inspired by the many innovative women who surrounded them. As a lawyer who specializes in matrimonial, family and corporate law, Conti was honored for her consistent involvement in public service.
“A leader is someone who mentors the younger generation,” she said. “I always say work hard, but also we are so used to having so much instant gratification — take a breath, get a sense of what’s going on, and don’t feel compelled to jump to an answer.”
Dana Arschin Kraslow forged her own career path in journalism just by sticking to what she is passionate about. The Jericho native is a two-time Emmy Awardwinning journalist who previously
worked for Fox 5 and News 12.
She is the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, and has spent the past decade interviewing other survivors and telling their stories.
“I created a role for myself — that’s how my dream job came to fruition,” Kraslow said. “My advice for a journalist — or for anyone in any industry — figure out what you want, dream it up, create it, and go after it, because you can do anything you want.”
Michelle Somers, head of marketing for PSEG Long Island, is a former president of the PSEG Long Island Women’s Network, where she empowered female employees by working on their personal and professional growth.
Somers is a strong believer of “women helping women,” and said a leader should be supportive of their employees — especially through any difficulties.
“I think it’s important as a leader is to understand the challenges the people who report to you are facing, and being able to mitigate those challenges,” Somers said.
“To clear those obstacles so they can grow, run and get there.”
The major sponsors of this event were
Easy Tax Credits and Tenantbase. Gold sponsors included Age of New Beginnings, Anthony’s Live Events, Beach Club Estate, Beth Donner Design, New Collossal Entertainment, PBI Payroll HCM Workforce Technology, Waldner’s Business Environment, and Windows on the Lake.
Supporting sponsors include: Adelphi University, Davidoff Hutcher and Citron, Discover Long Island, Dr. Gail Correale of Long Island Vision Care, Forest Hills Financial Group, Girl Scouts of Suffolk County, Glen Cove Hospital-Northwell Health, Grassi Advisors and Accountants, Innovation Weight Loss and Healthy Market, Jaspan Schlesinger and Narandran, Lockton Cos., Modern Gen X Women, Nassau Community College, New York Institute of Technology, PSEG Long Island, The Smilist, Theralympich Speech, Vertigo Media
and Dolce Bella.
To view additional pictures from the evening, visit tinyurl.com/PremierWomen2023.
Gabrielle Addamo, tax manager
Grassi Advisors and Accountants
Jacquelyn Diiorio, audit supervisor
Grassi Advisors and Accountants
Lisa Epstein, senior manager
PKF O’Conner Davies
Diane Giordano, tax partner Marcum LLP
Valerie K. Giacinto, chief financial officer
PBI Payroll/HCM Workforce Technology
Miriam Hubbard, Northeast sales manager
PBI Payroll/HCM Workforce Technology
Sandra Brennan, CEO & founder Senior Living Renaissance LLC
Valentina Janek, founder Long Island Breakfast Club & Show
Jesika Kalika, marketing communications & business development consultant
Lisa Mirabile, president & founder Vertigo Media Group
Andie Perlmutter, COO, associate general agent Forest Hills Financial Group
Davi Tserpelis, SVP business banking manager City National Bank
Education
Maria P. Conzatti, acting president Nassau Community College
Barbara J. Holahan, vice president financial affairs, CFO & treasurer New York Institute of Technology
MaryAnne Hyland, dean of Robert B. Willumstad School of Business
Adelphi University
Maurie McInnis, president Stony Brook University
Energy & Electric
Jennifer Hayen, communications director
Long Island Power Authority
Michelle D. Somers, marketing hed
PSEG Long Island
Beth Donner, president
Beth Donner Design
Josephine Fitzpatrick, nutrition & weight loss specialist
Innovation Weight Loss & Healthy Market
Maureen Tara Nelson, CEO MTN Matchmaking
Government
Lisa M. Black, chief deputy county executive Office of the Suffolk County Executive
Melanie Basile, chief growth officer
The Smilist
Dr. Michelle A. Chester, senior director operations occupational health services Northwell Health
Dr. Gail Correale, optometrist
Long Island Vision Care
Theresa Dillman, associate executive director & chief nursing officer
Glen Cove Hospital, Northwell Health System
Dr. Odette R. Hall, chief medical examiner Suffolk County Office of the Medical Examiner
Nitza Kahalon Hasis, clinical director
New Horizon Counseling Center–Valley Stream
Stephanie Montano, CEO & co-owner Theralympic Speech
Christiana Neophytou, CEO & co-owner
Theralympic Speech
Rebecca Sanin, president & CEO
Health & Welfare Council of Long Island
Julie Wexler, business development director
The Bristal Assisted Living
Elizabeth Marie Saitta, executive director
SHRM Long Island Chapter
Catia Alati, vice president Lockton Cos.
Paula Parrino, chief administrative officer & vice president of operations
Nationwide Court Services
Stephanie A. Clark, attorney
Law Offices of Stephanie A. Clark
Erika L. Conti, partner
Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC
Deanna M. Eble, partner
Russo Law Group P.C
Laurel R. Kretzing, partner
Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP
Karen J. Tenenbaum, founder Tenenbaum Law PC
Dina L. Vepsia, partner
Cullen and Dykman
Nicole L. Weingartner, state government affairs director
Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP
Media
Dana Arschin Kraslow, journalist, Holocaust storyteller
The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
Mimi Bishop, co-founder
Modern Gen X Woman
Jackie Ghedine, co-founder
Modern Gen X Woman
Pei-Sze Cheng, journalist
NBC 4 New York’s investigative unit, the I-Team
Music
Yeou-Cheng Ma, executive director
The Children’s Orchestra Society
Terri Alessi-Miceli, president & CEO
HIA-LI
Antoinette Biondi, A four-time Emmy-winning reporter, was the woman in charge of ensuring each and every Premier Business Women Awards winner was honored last week.
Elizabeth Einhart, executive director & vice president
The Theresa Foundation
Theresa Sanders, president & CEO
Urban League of Long Island
Tammy Severino, president & CEO
Girl Scouts of Suffolk County
Stacey I. Sikes, vice president of government affairs & communications
Long Island Association
Tourism
Kristen Reynolds, president & CEO
Discover Long Island
Transportation
Shelley LaRose-Arken, aviation commissioner
Long Island MacArthur Airport
Entrepreneur of the Year
Ellen Pellegrino, entrepreneur/movie producer
Windows on the Lake Beach Club Estate
Age of New Beginnings
Legacy Award
Meredith Waldner Stern, president
Waldner’s Business Environments
Next Generation: Under 30
Kathleen Donnelly, senior associate
Long Island Architecture Studio DPC
Lianne Webb, Miss Long Island 2023
Miss Long Island Pageants
Rising Teen Award
Natalia Suaza, Miss Long Island Teen 2023
Miss Long Island Pageants
Trailblazer Award
Dani Rylan Kearney, founder
National Women’s Hockey League
After making history in 2022, Hofstra baseball is aiming for an encore this spring.
Despite being picked to finish last in the nine-team Colonial Athletic Association last spring, Hofstra reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history after capturing the conference title with four straight wins in the double-elimination tournament on Memorial Day weekend.
“There is motivation to get back there,” said second-year Hofstra head coach Frank Catalanotto, who had a 14-year Major League Baseball career from 1997 to 2010 with the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets. “All you have to do is get into the CAA Tournament and anything can happen.”
Hofstra found itself in an early hole this season trying to qualify for the sixteam CAA playoffs after dropping four of its first five conference games and were
staring at a 1-5 start before rallying for a 4-3 win against William & Mary on March 19 after trailing 3-0. The Pride entered the week at 3-6 in the CAA after winning one of three at CAA newcomer North Carolina A&T.
In between the William & Mary and NC A&T matchups, Hofstra split two nonleague games at then 24th-ranked West Virginia. The Pride’s 4-2 win over the Mountaineers on March 21 marked the program’s first victory over a top 25 opponent since defeating 14th-ranked Miami 5-0 in 2011.
“We have started to play better,” Catalanotto said. “We have a confident team that believes we are better than we have shown.”
Wantagh native Anthony D’Onofrio has been a big catalyst behind Hofstra’s recent turnaround with a pinch hit tworun double in the bottom of seventh inning that tied the game in the William & Mary comeback. D’Onofrio, a graduate student center fielder, hit a leadoff homer in last year’s CAA finals clinching win.
“Having his presence in the lineup and around the team has been great,” said Catalanotto of D’Onofrio, who was a threetime All-New York State selection at Wantagh. “He is a hard-nosed baseball player.”
The Pride lineup features four starters batting above .300 in Dylan Palmer, Will Kennedy, Brian Morrell, Santino Ross, Kevin Bruggeman and Ryan Morash. Junior catcher Matt Pelcher, a Merick native and graduate of Florida’s ING Academy, is getting increased playing time this season and registered a hit in the March 19 William & Mary comeback win.
The Hofstra pitching staff features plenty of experience led by graduate student Brad Camarda, a reigning FirstTeam All-CAA selection who was 8-2 with 76 strikeouts last year. The Dix Hills native tossed seven strong innings in Hofstra’s 5-3 victory in the series finale with NC A&T.
The Pride pitching staff also includes junior Danny Kelleher, a former standout baseball and soccer goalie at South Side High School in Rockville Centre. Kelleher has shown potential at times, recording
four scoreless innings out of the bullpen in an 11-4 win against Manhattan on March 16.
“He’s had some good games and some not so good games,” said Catalanotto of the 6-foot-4 Kelleher. “He’s the type of player who you kind of know early on where he is going to be on or off.”
Hofstra entered late March in ninth place in the CAA standings, but still has 21 remaining league games to right the ship and earn one of the six available confer-
ence playoff spots. The double elimination CAA Tournament is scheduled for May 24-27 in Mount Pleasant, S.C.
Hofstra is next in action this weekend at home for a Battle of Long Island threegame series against CAA newcomer Stony Brook beginning Friday at 2 p.m. The Pride will also host conference games on April 14-16 against Towson, April 28-30 versus North Carolina-Wilmington before concluding its regular season schedule with Elon with a doubleheader on May 20.
Students in Spanish classes at Seaford High School started off March by filling out their brackets, but it wasn’t for the popular college basketball tournament. Instead, they were making predictions on which songs would advance in the March Madness of Music.
Throughout the month, students in all Spanish classes have been listening to songs in the language and deciding which ones should advance. They hear two songs, then vote on their favorite.
World language department lead teacher Patricia Foley said the songs have represented a variety of genres including pop, rap, rancheros, bachata and pop Latino. Every day, students from Ms. Foley’s and Maria Accardi’s, Diana Arichabala’s and Robert Maloney’s classes can scan a QR code to vote.
“The best way to learn Spanish is through music,” Ms. Foley said, “because you develop an ear for it. It also promotes cultural awareness.”
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Scanned the QR code so she could vote for her favorite song of the day.
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When it comes to speaking on issues surrounding local government, Barbara Epstein is not afraid to step up to the podium, speak her mind, and keep elected officials in check.
As co-president of the East Nassau League of Women Voters — member for more than 50 years — Epstein has worked on a number of campaigns centered around voting rights, voter registration, campaign finance reform, town and county redistricting, transportation, management of natural resources, and an issue near and dear to her heart: affordable housing.
For Epstein, this passion for local government started in 1970 when the Wantagh resident joined, of all things, a local bowling league. At the time, she was home mostly with her young children, but one of her bowling friends told her about the League of Women Voters, and urged her to come to a local meeting.
Being married to a history teacher and a social studies teacher herself at one point, the topic of government naturally came up in conversation in Epstein’s household. She decided to attend a few meetings, and “just got hooked.”
“My husband was instrumental because he encouraged me to get involved and to do things like this,” Epstein said. “It was important to be able to have the support of my family.”
The League of Women Voters is a grassroots, nonparti san multi-issue political organization founded in the 1920s, shortly after women were granted the right to vote.
Since its inception more than a century ago, the league’s mission has remained the same: To encourage informed and active participation in government, work to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influence public policy through education and advocacy.
The East Nassau League chapter stretches from Freeport through Massapequa on Nassau County’s South Shore. It includes Wantagh, Seaford, Levittown and East Meadow, as well as communities in the Town of Oyster Bay.
Not long after Epstein joined the East Nassau League of Women Voters, she was elected the branch’s president, serving two terms. She is now a part of the group’s man-
One of her many league responsibilities is talking to community groups, including schools, where they can
Through the League, she is also involved with Vote411. org — a platform that allows users to learn about the candidates on their ballot during election season, just by shar-
ing their home address. Epstein is incredibly vocal when it comes to participation in local elections, and is currently focused on expanding early voting in New York.
Parent and teacher association groups in Nassau County frequently turn to Epstein and other league members to moderate school board elections.
When it comes to affordable housing, Epstein has been a strong advocate for lowering the costs of buying or renting a home, and works to shine a light on housing inequality present on Long Island.
Epstein has witnessed significant governmental changes, but it really depends on the issue. In some areas, there is still work to do.
For example, Epstein and her fellow managers have encouraged league members to contact legislators in Albany and urge them to pass a bill on campaign finance — which would lead to more opportunities for individuals to run for public office without the overwhelming cost outof-pocket to do so.
More recently, Epstein stood in front of the members of the Hempstead Town Board to protest the proposed redistricting maps, which have since passed.
Epstein continues to attend town meetings, write letters to elected officials, speak on matters impacting Long Island — and she is not planning to slow down any time soon.
“If you have a passion about something, go for it. Get involved,” Epstein said. “You can start small and continue to grow. It’s important you get confidence in what you can do.”
Did your parents tell you that eating carrots would help you see in the dark? That sounds like an old wives’ tale, but there’s more truth to it than you might think. Eating the right foods can have a positive impact on your eyesight, so it’s worth your while to learn about nutrition for eye health and your entire body will benefit!
While factors like eye strain and genetics play a huge role in eye health and vision, many studies have indicated that certain vitamins and nutrients can promote eye health and prevent damaging eye and vision conditions.
Lutein and zeaxanthin
These carotenoids are essential for retinal function and protect your eyes from oxidative stress. The retina sits at the back of the eye and transmits the light that enters the eye to the brain where it’s translated into images. Lutein and zeaxanthin also help reduce eye strain from too much blue light exposure from your phone or computer.
They can only be derived from food and are found in green leafy vegetables like spinach and kale.
Zinc
This mineral is also essential for retinal function. An antioxidant, zinc helps fight the large number of free radicals found within the macula. Eliminating these free radicals aid in the prevention of damage to the retina. Alongside other antioxidants, zinc can slow the progression of AMD and reduce visual acuity loss.
Shellfish, especially oysters, and red meat are the best sources of zinc. However, if you are vegan, then nuts, seeds, and legumes are your go-to for satisfying your daily value of zinc.
Vitamin A
Most people already know that vitamin A is essential for healthy eye function. Vitamin A is an antioxidant that protects the cornea and retina. It’s also crucial for night vision vitamin A is necessary for producing protective eye pigments. Carrots are considered good for eye health because they’re high in beta carotene (vitamin A). But sweet potatoes, mangoes, cantaloupe, and black-eyed peas are also fine choices.
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B1 (thiamine) is a key “anti-stress” vitamin for its ability to decrease inflammation. Studies suggest vitamin B1 may also help prevent diabetic retinopathy progressive damage to the retina caused by high blood sugar and decreased blood flow.
Grains such as bread, rice, and pasta are good sources of B vitamins.
Vitamin C
Another powerful antioxidant, vitamin C is essential for a healthy immune system and retinal function. Vitamin C helps fight free radicals, reduces the risk of cataracts, and supports blood vessel health. Incorporating this important vitamin is easy and it can be found in more than just oranges! Guava, sweet red peppers, tomatoes, strawberries, papaya, and broccoli are also excellent sources high in vitamin C.
Vitamin E
Another important antioxidant eye supplement, vitamin E also helps slow retinal aging.
Foods that are high in vitamin E include nuts and seeds, avocados, trout, and butternut squash.
Oils like grapeseed and safflower are also excellent sources.
Omega-3 fatty acids
Fatty acids support healthy vision and retinal function in the development stage and throughout your life. Studies show that maintaining a diet rich in omega-3 slows the degeneration of the eyes. Two of the omega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EPA) also help to relieve inflammation. Sufficient dosage of omega-3 reduces the risk of macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, and dry eye syndrome.
Fish oil and coldwater fish like salmon, mackerel, and herring are rich sources of omega-3.
Eat plenty of superfoods
So yes, you could turn to a nutritional supplement or multivitamin to get all your eye vitamins. Better yet, go to the source and eat a diet rich in superfoods that are full of the best vitamins, nutrients, and minerals listed above.
Blueberries: So easy eat, these berries are chock full of antioxidants and anthocyanins that help protect eyes from UV light and may help improve vision for those with glaucoma.
Dark chocolate: Satisfy your chocolate craving. Dark chocolate contains flavonoids, which may help improve vision clarity and reduce the risk of chronic eye disease.
Eggs and egg yolks: Eat your eggs. They contain vitamin D, antioxidants, lutein, and zeaxanthin. The fat content of eggs allows for better absorption of nutrients.
Kale: This versatile veggie is also rich in antioxidants, lutein, and zeaxanthin for those who prefer leafy greens over eggs.
Red bell peppers: This sweet pepper contains a ton of vitamin C, as well as vitamins A and E.
Goji berries: This tiny red fruit is packed with antioxidants and powerful medicinal properties. They’re not only great for adding a pop of color to your plate but also delicious and full of flavor. Full of vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E, they also contain a large amount of lutein and zeaxanthin, as well as many amino acids that help the body in producing proteins.
Other foods to consider include cranberries, winter squash, turmeric, tomatoes, spinach, collard greens, and almonds.
Recent reporting in major scientific journals, including reports from the National Institutes of Health, has made significant strides in understanding the links of vision loss and cognitive decline. Although much work is still to be done, scientists and medical clinicians accept data that indicates people with distance vision problems are two to three times more likely to develop cognitive impairment (compared to those with normal vision).
The prevalence of blindness and vision impairment increases rapidly with age among all racial and ethnic groups. Cases of early age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy are expected to double and quadruple, respectively, in the next 20-30 years.
National studies indicate that vision loss is associated with higher prevalence of chronic health conditions, death, falls and injuries, depression, social isolation, and cognitive decline. When combined with chronic health conditions such as diabetes, vision loss is associated with overall poorer health among people aged 65 or older. Vision loss compromises an individual’s quality of life because it reduces their capacity to read, drive a car, watch television, or keep personal accounts. Often, it isolates older people and keeps them from friends and family.
Elderly people with untreated poor vision are significantly more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia than their normal seeing counterparts, according to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. According to Dr. Mary Rogers of University of
Michigan, “Visual problems can have serious consequences and are very common among the elderly, but many of them are not seeking treatment.” Poor vision, like poor hearing, can reduce the amount of social and physical activities in adults – thus increasing the risk of developing dementia.
In addition, according to the American Optometric Association, significant near-vision loss in older age may correlate with increased dementia risk. According to this study from researchers at the Univ. Bordeaux in France, moderate to severe near vision loss can double an individual’s chances of developing dementia.
dic talent we have and spread joy,” Davis said of “SpongeBob.” “This is a really joyful, fun show.”
“Radium Girls” followed the story of women in the 1920s who were unknowingly exposed to dangerous chemicals while working, and the attempt by a company to cover it all up — quite a change of pace from the light-hearted “SpongeBob SquarePants.”
But a few stars from “Radium Girls” will return for “SpongeBob,” including Trinity Bokelmann — who played Grace Fryer — as Plankton, and Anthony Lerro — who played Arthur Roeder — as SpongeBob.
“It’s actually a similar situation, believe it or not,” Lerro, a junior, said, comparing his past and current roles. “I had to find the humanity in Arthur Roeder, even though he was the bad guy. I have to find the humanity in SpongeBob now, because he is mostly known for being a cartoon, but this show really turns them into human beings.”
Unlike many of his fellow cast members, Lerro did not grow up watching SpongeBob, which might actually be a good thing, since he is not bound to the original interpretation and is more free to explore the human elements in the stage production.
His two fellow leads, however, did grow up with the show and are now tasked with finding a unique spin on
beloved characters.
Logan Shroh, a sophomore who plays Patrick Star, has performed on stage since fourth grade and plans to continue through high school.
“Patrick was always the funniest to me,” Shroh said. “I always loved his jokes so much. My favorite line from the show has to be, ‘Who you callin’ Pinhead?’”
The quote is from Season 2 of the cartoon series, in the episode titled “Survival of the Idiots.”
Ashlee Fucarino, who plays Sandy Cheeks, also mentioned that episode as among her favorites. Fucarino said she has a particular love for the stage adaptation.
“This show is a bit of an emotional rollercoaster,” Fucarino said. “It’s funny, but we see true fear in these characters — and true friendship as well. My favorite numbers are ‘Hero is My Middle Name,’ which I sing with Logan and Anthony, and ‘Tomorrow Is,’ the Act One
finale.”
Fucarino, also a sophomore, has been doing theatre since she was seven and plans to pursue it in college.
“It’s been really awesome watching (it) go from a TV show to a full-fledged human experience,” Davis said. “They’ve really made this their own — they’re not just copying what they grew up with.”
“SpongeBob” will be shown from March 31 through April 2, with both matinees and evening performances.
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See Diane Samuels’ gripping drama, presented by Nassau Community College Theater and Dance Department, based on the experiences of children who were allowed to leave Nazi Germany for England in 1938-39 and separated from their families. It tells of the hardships faced by 9-year-old Eva, sent on a Kindertransport and taken in by a British family. It also focuses on the assimilated and Eva’s alienation from her actual mother, Holocaust survivor, and the discovery by Faith, Eva’s daughter, of her mother’s unspoken past. It takes place simultaneously in 1939 and in 1974 England, when Faith, preparing to leave home, finds old letters and photos in the attic that reveal a secret her mother kept hidden since she was a teenager.
Winter’s dreary doldrums are well behind us now. Spring beckons with the first burst of blooms. And there’s no place better to welcome the season than at the alwaysglorious Old Westbury Gardens, which reopens to visitors on Saturday, April 1.
The renowned Gardens is ready to delight everyone with its glorious gardens and a busy schedule of programs and activities. The first signs of the season have made their presence known.
“April is so exciting, with so many flowers ready to appear,” says horticulture director Maura Brush.“Every type, size and signs of blooms are so cherished.”
Friday, March 31, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 2 p.m. Nassau Community College’s Mainstage Theatre, Garden City. $10; NCC students free with valid ID; $8 alumni, seniors 60-plus, students and NCC employees. For tickets/ information, visit NCC.edu or call (516) 572-7676.
She urges visitors not to miss out on the late-April to early-June period, noting that the landscape is everchanging and continuously bursting with color.
By Karen Bloom
“Every week there’s a rollout,” she says. From the cascades of cherry blossoms, the delicate fritillaria, daffodils, cheerful viola to, of course, tulips. Also shrubbery and trees — it’s all carefully planned out by Brush and her team.
Among the many not-to-be-missed spots is the woodland walk. “It’s particularly nice to to walk through the lake trail to the woodland walk,” Brush says. And, certainly the primrose path and walled garden stand out as favorites.
• Opening weekend, April 1-2
• 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury
• Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
• For more information and program/event schedule, visit OldWestburyGardens.org, or call (516) 333-0048
• Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead. For information and to RSVP, call (516) 463-5672, or visit Hofstra.edu/museum
“The primrose path is just loaded with blooms,” she enthuses. “It’s so stunning.”
“We have a really well-curated display of bulbs that you’ll not see elsewhere,” she says. “I’m very excited. So much time and care has been put into curating these bulbs. We utilize them in such a way that the combinations are so interesting. The Walled Garden is particularly exciting.”
“When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines the collective power of the arts in society.
Curated by Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.
miss with week by have a much time and care has been put into curating these bulbs. the other
“It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,” Giordano says. “Artists often lead the charge and expose truths that may otherwise be ignored. The artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, voting rights, racial bias, gun violence, and promises unfulfilled. They all combine the making of art with public service that has a grassroots approach in the hope of mobilizing their communities and the nation to ignite movement, create awareness, and inspire others to stand with them.”
This exhibit, which runs through July 28, is in conjunction with Hofstra’s 13th presidential conference on the Barack Obama presidency coming up 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, where more than 60 artists and creative organizers met with administration officials to discuss the collective power of the arts to build community, create change, and chart
Early spring’s brisk weather sets the stage stroll through the many trails on Old Westbury Gardens’s 200 acres. You’ll be able to see the last of the wildflowers and tulips getting ready to open, among other harbingers of the season. The cherry blossoms will soon be visible, along with fruit trees, among other trees and shrubs — all starting to bloom in an array of delicate colors.
It’s what Brush describes as “very nots and other spring ephemerals, along with its namesake — the showy, early blooming primrose. In fact, the considered
namesake — the showy, early blooming primrose. In fact, the primrose is considered the shining star of early spring gardens.
Along with the colorful blooms, the Gardens’ extensive schedule of programming springs forth. Opening weekend begins with the always-popular Story Book Stroll, on April 1, for the youngest visitors (ages 3-5) and a performance by Suzuki on the Island piano students, one of Long Island’s premier music programs for kids 4-18, on April 2.
Pat McGann is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups on the comedy scene. A relative latecomer to comedy, he began doing standup at 31 after realizing he was not very good at selling packaging. He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Chicago, where he distinguished himself as especially adept at working the crowd. A husband and father of three young children, McGann’s appeal stems from his quick wit and relatable take on family life and marriage. In 2017, McGann began touring as the opening act for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs to theater, to arenas, including four soldout shows at Madison Square Garden. McGann’s relatively short, but impressive resume, includes Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival, and more. McGann still calls Chicago home.
Looking ahead, the Gardens’ beloved Dog Friendly Weekend, with its Spring Dog Festival, returns April 14-15. Pooches and their pet parents always enjoy exploring the grounds (leashed of course) and meeting up with fellow fourlegged visitors.
Looking ahead, the Gardens’ beloved Dog Friendly Weekend, with its Spring Dog Festival, returns April 14-15.
Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
The nimble, witty comedian visits the Landmark stage. Paula Poundstone is known for her smart, observational humor and a spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend. Appearing on stage with a stool, a microphone, and a can of Diet Pepsi, Poundstone’s material keeps her audience thoroughly entertained throughout this fast-paced evening of standup. Among her many pursuits, Poundstone was the first female comic, in its then 73rd year, to perform at the White House Correspondents dinner. She is recognized in innumerable lists, documentaries and literary compendiums noting influential standup comedians of our time. Her ability to interact with her audience members has been hailed for years, and there’s no slowing Poundstone down as she continues to rip riotous laughter for all who witness her talent.
Saturday, April 15, 8 p.m. $60, $53, $43. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.
Can art change the world? It’s a question that’s been at the focus of our collective culture for centuries. Now as society navigates the complexities of modern life, art as a path for social change is at the forefront of artistic expression.Photos courtesy Old Westbury Gardens Old Westbury Gardens is ready to burst forth in a brilliant display of color.
March 30
The acclaimed modern dance ensemble appears on the Tilles Center stage, Friday, April 14, 8 p.m. Timeless, dramatic and nuanced, the great Limón Company has been at the vanguard of American modern dance since its inception and is considered one of the greatest dance companies of all time. The late choreographer and dancer José Limón is credited with creating one of the world’s most important and enduring dance legacies. The program includes new repertoire, Limón works, and beloved modern dance classics, performed with indescribable magic felt all the way to the last row of the theater. LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. Tickets are $66, $46, $36; available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.
April 14
Nassau County Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
The JULIETS are back playing Mah Jongg and cards at Congregation Beth Tikvah, at 3710 Woodbine Ave., in Wantagh, every Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Masks are optional, but proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required for newcomers, as well as a contribution of $5 per person. For more information email mahjonggCBT@yahoo.com or call (516) 785-2445.
Bring the family to Molloy University for some seasonal fun, Saturday, April 1, 10 a.m.noon. Enjoy an Easter Egg hunt, photos with the Easter Bunny, games, crafts and giveaways, candy, and more. $5 per child; proceeds benefit Cohen Children’s Medical Center. Public Square Lobby, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre.
Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 7052434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.
State Sen. Steve Rhoads will host mobile office hours at East Meadow Library, Saturday, April 29, 11-1 p.m. Visit EMPL at 1886 Front St., in East Meadow. Call (516) 882-0630 for additional info.
United Skates of America in Seaford wants to make skating year round activity. Every Thursday, from 4 to 6 p.m., enjoy a skate night with only $5 admission; skate rental is available for an extra $6. For more information visit tinyurl. com/thursdayskate.
Mo Willems’ popular The Pigeon comes alive on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Friday, March 31, 10:15 a.m. and noon.Pigeon is eager to try anything, with the audience part of the action. LICM, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.
The Seaford Board of Education holds its regular meeting, Tuesday, April 4, at Seaford Manor Elementary School. Meeting is in the All-Purpose Room, 1 590 Washington Ave.
Are you ready, Wantagh and Seaford? Aye aye, captain! Wantagh High School students perform “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical” opening Friday, March 31, with performances running until April 2. 3297 Beltagh Ave. Tickets can be purchased at SeatYourself.biz/wantaghms.
Support the community. St Frances de Chantal in Wantagh is always seeking donations for its pantry as well as its thrift shop. For more information, call (516) 7852333.
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Plaza Theatrical springs forward with “Forever Plaid,” an affectionate musical homage to the close harmony guy groups that reached the height of their popularity during the ‘50s, Friday, March 31, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 1, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 2, 2:30 p.m. The show features such hits as “Three Coins in a Fountain,” “Heart and Soul,” “Catch a Falling Star,” and “Love is A Many Splendored Thing.” It’s performed at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $49, $45 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.
Everyone’s favorite cat comes to mischievous life in this theatrical adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic, presented by Plaza Theatrical Productions, Saturday, April 1, 11 a.m. See what goes on during that rainy day when two siblings are home alone with their pet fish while their parents are out of town, and the tall cat wearing a hat appears. Tickets are $15. Visit the Plaza stage at Elmont Public Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. For information/tickets, go to PlazaTheatrical.com or call (516) 599-6870.
Help protect yourself from fraud and scams! This FREE webinar series will cover identity theft, elder fraud abuse and how to recognize the warning signs. Representatives from AARP Long Island and United States Postal Inspectors will also provide information about scams targeting people age 50-plus and their families, tactics fraudsters use, and resources available to help prevent fraud.
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU
DEUTSCHE BANK
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-R6, Plaintiff, Against MICHELLE MARIGLIANO, KENNETH P. SILVERMAN, ACAMPORA SILVERMAN, LLP
Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 10/20/2022, 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. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 4/25/2023 at 3:00 PM, premises known as 561 Rutherford Drive, Seaford, New York 11783, And Described As Follows:
ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the The Plainedge-Wantagh, Town Of Oyster Bay, County Of Nassau And State Of New York.
Section 0052 Block 00453
Lot 00006
The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $695,832.57 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 016698/2011
If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.
Malachy P Lyons, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 2/21/23 File Number:
19-300740 LD
138124
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS
Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public
Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 4/5/23 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:
THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED
222/23. - 227/23.
SEAFORD - Marina LLC & The Spot Restaurant, Inc. d/b/a Parkside Café, Renewal of grants: variance in off-street parking & insufficient back-up space; use part of premises for boat storage; variance of side yard, rear yard, use part of premises to maintain addition to building for garage, storage & workshop (converted from boat house); use part of premises for outdoor dining; use premises to maintain conversion of fishing station to restaurant in Res. “C” District; permission to park in front yards setbacks on Adler Ct., Adler Pl. & Sands La., N/E cor. Adler Ct. & Sands La., a/k/a 2479 Adler Ct. N.C.P.C. Local determination.
ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Seaford within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available a t https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals
The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video
Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.
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being at Seaford, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $678,433.41 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 000244/2014 a/k/a 14-000244. 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.”
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.
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PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES
all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto.
PROPOSITION NO. 3 SCHOOL DISTRICT REPAIR RESERVE FUND
STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.
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NASSAU COUNTY
SANTANDER BANK, N.A., Plaintiff against WAYNE FADER, et al
Defendant(s)
Attorney for Plaintiff(s)
McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC, 7 Wells Street, Suite 205B, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered December 22, 2016, 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 May 4, 2023 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as 2581 Harvard Lane, Seaford, New York 11783. Sec 65. Block 257 Lot 0014.0. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and
Ralph Madalena, Esq., Referee 21-001018 138292
LEGAL NOTICE
REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2007-7, Plaintiff - against - JAMES D. KRULDER, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 15, 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 May, 2023 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, and being at Massapequa, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.
Premises known as 4029 Dermont Road, Seaford, New York 11783.
(Section: 52, Block: 477, Lot: 17)
Approximate amount of lien $664,358.72 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 005191/2016.
Heather D. Crosley, Esq., Referee.
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409
For sale information, please visit Xome.com
Dated: March 6, 2023
During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LIBRARY ELECTION SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SEAFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that voting upon the estimated expenses for school and library purposes for the Seaford Union Free School District (the “School District”) and the Seaford Public Library (the “Public Library”), for the school year 2023/2024, the election of members of the Board of Education and Library Board of Trustees, Proposition No. 1 (School Budget 2023/2024), Proposition No. 2 (School District Capital Reserve Fund Expenditure), Proposition No. 3 (School District Repair Reserve Fund Expenditure) and Proposition No. 4 (Public Library Budget 2023/2024), as follows, will be held on May 16, 2023 in each of the school election districts heretofore established:
PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL BUDGET 2023/2024
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RESOLVED, that the proposed 2023/2024 Budget providing for the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the School District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as presented by the Board of Education of the Seaford Union Free School District at Seaford, Nassau County, New York, at the Public Hearing, be approved and the Board of Education be authorized to levy the necessary tax therefor.
PROPOSITION NO. 2 SCHOOL DISTRICT CAPITAL RESERVE FUND EXPENDITURE RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Seaford Union Free School District be authorized to expend $1,500,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund established on May 15, 2018, for the purpose of performing the following projects: Construction of Handicapped Accessible Outdoor Comfort Stations at Seaford High School;
EXPENDITURE RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Seaford Union Free School District be authorized to expend $500,000 from the Repair Reserve Fund established on May 16, 2006 for the purpose of making certain repairs to asphalt walkways, stairwells, curbing identified in the District’s Building Condition Survey at the Seaford High School and in and around the newly constructed multi-purpose turf field; all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto.
PROPOSITION NO. 4 PUBLIC LIBRARY BUDGET 2023/2024
RESOLVED, that the library budget in the amount of $2,458,752 for the year 2023-2024 proposed by the Board of Trustees of the Seaford Public Library and the levy of a tax therefor in the amount of $2,282,777 in accordance with the Education Law shall be approved. VOTING will be by ballot on voting machines in the schoolhouses designated in each of the separate school election districts heretofore established and the polls will remain open from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., and as much longer as may be necessary for all voters then present to cast their votes.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the electors have previously adopted a proposition providing that vacancies upon the Board of Education shall not be considered separate specific offices and that the nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election of members of the Board of Education shall be as follows: Two (2) members of the Board of Education each for a full term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2023.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election for one member of the Board of Trustees of the Seaford Public Library shall be as follows: One member for a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028 (incumbent Peter J. Ruffner).
NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES: Candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be nominated by petition. Each petition for candidates for the office of member of the Board
of Education shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District (“the District Clerk”), in the Seaford Manor School, Washington Avenue, Seaford, New York, shall be signed by at least thirty-eight (38) qualified voters of the School District, shall state the residence of each signer, and shall state the residence of the candidate.
To nominate a candidate for the Public Library Board, the petition must be signed by at least thirty-eight (38) qualified voters of the School District. Vacancies on the Board of Trustees are not considered separate specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated. Each petition shall be filed in the District Clerk’s Office between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and by not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 17, 2023.
SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICTS: The boundaries of the following School Election District shall be as heretofore determined and published by the Board of Education and the place in each election district for registration and voting shall be as follows:
a) FIRST SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT - Registration and voting at the Seaford Manor School, Washington Avenue, Seaford, New York. Community members who reside within the geographic boundaries of the Manor Elementary School shall be required to cast their ballots at the Manor Elementary School.
b) SECOND SCHOOL ELECTION
DISTRICT - Voting at the Seaford Harbor School, Bayview Street, Seaford, New York. Community members who reside within the geographic boundaries of the Harbor Elementary School shall be required to cast their ballots at the Harbor Elementary School. The geographic boundaries for these attendance zones is set forth on the transportation map contained within the office of the Assistant Superintendent for Business and may be reviewed upon request.
PERSONAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
All qualified voters of the School District must be registered in the School Registration books in order to vote at such election on May 16, 2023. The following persons shall be eligible to vote: All persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration in accordance
herewith and all persons who shall have previously registered hereunder for any annual or special meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or election held or conducted during the four calendar years prior to 2023 (i.e., 2019-2022). In addition, all persons who are registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred fifty-two of the Election Law of the State of New York shall be eligible to vote.
Registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote shall continue to take place until May 9, 2023, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the District Clerk’s office.
The District Clerk shall prepare the Register of the School District on the dates and times above specified, and any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such Register provided that at that time, he/she is then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the District Clerk shall also be present during the annual School District and Public Library election at each schoolhouse where voting shall take place for the purpose of preparing a register for School District and Public Library elections held subsequent thereto.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Register of Voters so prepared as aforesaid shall be filed in the District Clerk’s Office upon its completion where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the School District, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and on each of the five days prior to the date set for the election except for Sunday, and it shall also be open for inspection on Saturday, by appointment.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that there will be a Public Hearing on the proposed School District budget on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. in the Seaford High School Auditorium, 1575 Seamans Neck Road, Seaford, New York.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Library, for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof for the Seaford Public Library for the fiscal year 2023-2024. Said hearing will be held on Monday, May 8, 2023, at 7:00 P.M. in the Seaford Public Library, Valentine Meehan Meeting Room, 2234 Jackson Avenue, Seaford, New York.
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NOTICE that copies of the proposed 2023/2024 School District budget, as prepared by the Board of Education and the Public Library budget, will be available on request to the taxpayers and be obtained at any school house in the School District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each day other than a Saturday or Sunday or holiday and at the Seaford Public Library, Jackson Avenue, Seaford, New York, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, and 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays, on each day other than a Sunday or holiday, during the fourteen (14) day period preceding the annual meeting and election.
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NOTICE that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices; as well as on the District’s website.
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NOTICE that the Board of Education has, pursuant to Education Law, adopted a resolution to provide for absentee ballots for the election of members of the Board of Education, the adoption of the School District budget and referenda in accordance with Education Law Section 2018-a, which shall also apply to the Public Library election. Application for absentee ballots may be made at the District Clerk’s office on Mondays through Fridays, excluding holidays, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election. Furthermore, such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely request for a mailed absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote. No absentee voter’s ballot will be canvassed unless it has been received in the office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 P.M. (prevailing time) on the day of the election.
A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s office on Mondays through Fridays, excluding holidays between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., until the day of election.
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NOTICE military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot.
Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the Office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the Office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election.
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NOTICE that the Board of Education shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the results of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot. The Board of Education hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law, Section 2019-a subdivision 2(b) at said special meeting of the Board.
Dated: MARCH 30,2023
By Order of the Board of Education Seaford Union Free School District Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York
Carmen
ANNUAL MEETING RESOLUTION FOR MARCH 22 BOE MEETING RECOMMENDED MOTION: “RESOLVED, that the annual School District election of Levittown Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, shall be held in the various election districts of said school district on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 7:00 A.M., for the purposes set forth in the annexed notice of meeting, the form of which is hereby approved, and that the polls will be open between 7:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M., in each election district; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the following notice be published once a week in four (4) of the seven (7) weeks preceding the date of the meeting in the Nassau Observer, Long Island Herald and Noticia newspapers having general circulation in the district; and it is further RESOLVED, that Inspectors of Election be appointed in accordance with previous procedure.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING, ELECTION AND PERSONAL REGISTRATION, LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK.
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that the Annual Meeting of the School District, the vote on the School District budget and election of candidates for the School Board of Levittown Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, and the vote on the Public Library budget and election of a candidate for the Board of Trustees for the Levittown Public Library, will be held in the several election districts of the School District at the voting places designated below on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 between the hours of 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM, to vote by ballot on voting machines on the proposition or propositions set forth below, as well as any other propositions which may properly come before the electorate, and to elect members of the Board of Education and to elect a member of the Library Board of Trustees.
Shall the following resolutions be adopted:
PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET
district.
PROPOSITION NO. 2
EXPENDITURE OF THE 2013, 2017 AND 2021 CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Levittown Union Free School District is hereby authorized to expend the remaining balance of the District Reserve Funds listed below in the amount of $48,202,292.00 plus accrued interest:
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2013 Capital Reserve in the original authorized amount of $82,841.00 plus accrued interest
“ 2017 Capital Reserve in the original authorized amount of $23,125,451.00 plus accrued interest
2021 Capital Reserve in the original authorized amount of $25,000,000.00 plus accrued interest.
In addition the Board of Education is hereby authorized to expend up to the sum of $7,791,708.00 in unassigned fund balance, so that the total expenditure in an amount not to exceed $56,000,000.00 is hereby approved for purposes of performing school building improvement projects, including replacement of public address systems Districtwide; replacement of fire alarm systems Districtwide; District-wide safety system upgrades, including lock-down systems and other related security system installations; District-wide electrical system upgrades; District-wide roof reconditioning and replacement; Districtwide interior and exterior masonry restoration; locker room renovations at MacArthur High School and Wisdom Middle School; District-wide playground upgrades; District-wide asbestos abatement projects; District-wide athletic field and tennis court lighting; Districtwide roadway reconstruction and site improvements; Districtwide bathroom reconstruction; Districtwide instructional space renovations, and for any similar projects as contained in the District’s five year Capital Facilities Plan adopted by the Board of Education on March 22, 2023. Expenditures from these Capital Reserves will not increase the tax levy.
PROPOSITION NO. 3
Reserve Fund for the purpose of financing District-wide capital improvements including District-wide building improvements and renovations; District-wide site work; athletic field and facility improvements; and for any other projects as contained in the District’s five year Capital Facilities Plan adopted by the Board of Education on March 22, 2023; this Capital Reserve Fund shall be established in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000.00 and the Reserve will have a probable lifespan of ten years; the Reserve will be funded by the Board of Education with surplus monies that may be available at the end of each fiscal year, and can be in accordance with existing law; and the establishment of this Reserve will not increase the tax levy; any monies that are deposited into this reserve can only be expended on specific projects approved by the voters in a future Capital Reserve Expenditure Proposition.
PROPOSITION NO. 4
LIBRARY BUDGET
RESOLVED, that the Public Library Budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024 proposed by the Library Board of Trustees of the Levittown Public Library heretofore filed pursuant to law shall be approved and the necessary taxes be levied therefore on the taxable real property of the district.
NOTICE IS FURTHER
GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education and for the office of member of the Library Board of Trustees must be filed with the District Clerk between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM but no later than 5:00 PM on April 17, 2023. Forms of the petitions may be obtained from the District Clerk.
The following vacancies are to be filled on the Board of Education:
Three (3) members for the term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026.
A separate petition is required to nominate a candidate for member of the Board of Education.
signatures.
The following vacancies are to be filled on the Library Board of Trustees: One (1) member for the term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2026.
A separate petition is required to nominate a candidate for member of the Library Board of Trustees. Each petition must be directed to the District Clerk, must be signed by at least fortythree (43) qualified voters of the District, or 2% of the voters who voted in the 2022 election for members of the Library Board of Trustees, whichever is greater, and shall state the residence of each person who signed, must state the name and residence of the candidate and the length of the term of office. This year all nominating petitions must include 43 signatures.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a statement of estimated expenses for the 2023-2024 school year will be presented at a Public Hearing on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 7:30 PM in the Board Meeting Room of the Levittown Memorial Education Center and copies of such statement, as well as the statement of the amount of money required for the 2023-2024 fiscal year of the Public Library, will be made available on the District’s website and at each schoolhouse and library in the District during the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday during the fourteen (14) calendar days immediately preceding the election together with the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters.
NOTICE IS FURTHER
GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law, personal registration of voters is required and only those persons whose names appear on the register of the said school district, or who are registered pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, shall be entitled to vote at said meeting and election.
NOTICE IS FURTHER
and 1:00 PM on school days provided that such registration is effected no later than May 11, 2023.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that said register will be filed in the office of the District Clerk and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District on each of the five (5) days prior to the day of the election, except Sunday, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, on Monday through Friday and between the hours of 11:00 AM and 12 noon on Saturday ( May 13, 2023), in the office of the District Clerk and at each voting place on the day of the election.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that absentee ballots for those eligible pursuant to the provision of Section 2018a of the Education Law are available, and that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the office of the Clerk on each of the five (5) calendar days prior to the day of election except Sunday, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM on Monday through Friday and between the hours of 11:00 AM and 12 noon on Saturday ( May 13, 2023), in the office of the District Clerk. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) calendar days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or by the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. No absentee voter’s ballot will be canvassed unless it has been received in the office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on the day of the election.
NOTICE IS FURTHER
impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, said exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on the District’s website.
Parkway Line; north along Line to the point of beginning.
District Clerk
Seaford UFSD & Public
Library Budget Vote & Trustee Election Legal
Notice Publication Dates:
March 30, 2023, April 13, 2023, April 27, 2023, and May 11, 2023
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the School District budget for the school year 2023-2024 proposed by the Board of Education and filed with the District Clerk in accordance with Section 1716 of the Education Law shall be approved and the necessary taxes be levied therefore on the taxable real property of the
CREATION OF THE 2023
CAPITAL RESERVE FUND FOR SCHOOL BUILDING IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Levittown Union Free School District is hereby authorized, pursuant to Section 3651(1) of the Education Law, to establish the 2023 Capital
The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected. Each petition must be directed to the District Clerk, must be signed by at least fortythree (43) qualified voters of the District, or 2% of the voters who voted in the 2022 election, whichever is greater, and shall state the residence of each person who signed, must state the name and residence of the candidate and the length of the term of office. This year all nominating petitions must include 43
GIVEN, that all qualified voters who have previously registered for any annual or special meeting or election and have voted at any annual or special election held or conducted at any time within four (4) calendar years prior to this year are not required to register with the Board of Registration for this meeting.
All other persons who wish to vote must register. A voter may register at the office of the District Clerk of the Levittown UFSD between the hours of 8:00 AM.
GIVEN, that during the voting hours on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM, in the various election districts, the Board of Registration will meet to receive registrations for subsequent elections. During the hours of 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM on voting days, the District Clerk shall be in her office at the Levittown Memorial Education Center.
NOTICE IS FURTHER
GIVEN, that Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law requires the District to attach to its proposed budget an Exemption Report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, Military Voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the District by submitting a Military Voter Registration Application to the District Clerk, no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 21, 2023. A copy of the Military Voter Registration Application is available both by contacting the District Clerk by email at smallozzi@levittownscho ols.com <mailto:smallozzi@levitto wnschools.com> and online at the District’s website located at <http://www.levittownsc hools.com/>. Military voters who are qualified voters of the District may submit an application for a military ballot. A Military Voter is entitled to designate a preference to receive a Military Voter Registration Application, Military Ballot Application or Military Ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail. Such designation will remain in effect until revoked or changed by the voter. If no preference is designated, the District will transmit the Military Voter Registration Application, Military Ballot Application or Military Ballot by mail. Military Voter Ballot Application forms must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 21, 2023. Military Ballots will not be canvassed unless it is received by the District Clerk on or before 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2023.
The boundaries of the school election districts and the place of each election district for voting and registration shall be as follows:
ELECTION DISTRICT #1GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL
Beginning at Wantagh Parkway and Chase Lane; east on Chase Lane to Center Lane, thence south to Prairie Lane; thence east to Gardiners Avenue; thence south to Slate Lane; then east and north to Swan Lane; then east and north to Grey Lane; continuing east to Wantagh Avenue; thence south on Wantagh Avenue to Jerusalem Avenue; thence west to Oakfield Avenue; continuing north to Old Jerusalem Road; thence east on Old Jerusalem Road to Wantagh
Beginning at north side of Southern State Parkway and east side of Wantagh Avenue; north on Wantagh to Miller Place; thence east to Exit Lane; thence south to Elm Drive; thence west to Elbow Lane; thence southwest to End Lane; south to End Lane and Elm Drive East to Pope Street; thence east to District Line; thence south to Regent Lane; thence east to Red Maple Drive; thence northeast, and south to Regal Lane; east on Regal Lane and Cordwood Lane to Arlington Drive; thence southeast to Town Line; thence south to Southern State Parkway; west along Parkway to point of beginning. Beginning at south side of Southern State Parkway and west side of Town Line; south on Town Line to Jerusalem Avenue; thence west to Wantagh Avenue; thence north to Southern State Parkway; thence east to point of beginning.
Beginning at east side of Wantagh Parkway and south side of Hempstead Turnpike; east on Hempstead Turnpike to Silver Lane; thence south to Forge Lane; thence east to Cotton Lane; thence southeasterly to Wantagh Avenue; then south to Grey Lane; thence west to Swan Lane; then southwesterly to Slate Lane; then south to Gardiners Avenue, thence north to Prairie Lane; thence west to Center Lane; thence north to Chase Lane; thence west to Wantagh Parkway Line; north along Line to point of beginning.
Beginning at north side of Hempstead Turnpike and west side of Jerusalem Avenue; west on Hempstead Turnpike to District Boundary Line at Wantagh State Parkway; thence northeast to northerly border of School District; east on Boundary Line (Flamingo Rd., Magpie Lane, Blacksmith Rd) to Jerusalem Avenue; thence south to point of beginning.
Dated:Levittown, New York
March 2023
LEGAL NOTICE
AVISO SOBRE LA ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR Y DE LA BIBLIOTECA DISTRITO ESCOLAR SEAFORD UNION FREE Y BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE SEAFORD, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD
POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que la votación sobre los gastos estimados para los fines escolares y de la biblioteca del Distrito Escolar Seaford Union Free (el “Distrito Escolar”) y de la Biblioteca Pública de Seaford (la “Biblioteca Pública”) para el año escolar 2023/2024, la elección de los miembros de la Junta de Educación y de la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca, la propuesta N.º 1 (presupuesto escolar 2023/2024), la propuesta N.º 2 (gastos del fondo de reserva de capitales del Distrito Escolar), la propuesta N.º 3 (gastos del fondo de reserva para reparaciones del Distrito Escolar) y la propuesta N.º 4 (presupuesto de la Biblioteca Pública 2023/2024), como se indica a continuación, se llevarán a cabo el 16 de mayo de 2023 en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares hasta ahora establecidos:
PROPUESTA N.º 1
PRESUPUESTO ESCOLAR
2023/2024
SE RESUELVE que el presupuesto 2023/2024 sugerido, que contempla la asignación de los fondos necesarios para cumplir con los gastos estimados del Distrito Escolar correspondiente al año fiscal que comienza el 1 de julio de 2023, de acuerdo con lo presentado por la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Seaford Union Free en Seaford, condado de Nassau, Nueva York, en la audiencia pública, sea aprobado y que la Junta de Educación esté autorizada a gravar los impuestos necesarios al respecto.
PROPUESTA N.º 2
GASTOS DEL FONDO DE RESERVA DE CAPITALES DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR SE RESUELVE que, por la presente, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Seaford Union Free a gastar $1,500,000 del fondo de reserva de capitales establecido el 15 de mayo de 2018 con el propósito de realizar el siguiente proyecto: construcción de estaciones cómodas externas con acceso para personas discapacitadas en Seaford High School, lo que incluye toda la mano de obra, los materiales, el equipo, los aparatos y los costos incidentales relacionados.
PROPUESTA N.º 3
GASTOS DEL FONDO DE RESERVA PARA REPARACIONES DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR SE RESUELVE que, por la presente, se autoriza a la
Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Seaford
Union Free a gastar $500,000 del fondo de reserva para reparaciones establecido el 16 de mayo de 2006 con el fin de llevar a cabo determinadas reparaciones en senderos asfaltados, huecos de escaleras, bordillos identificados en la Encuesta sobre el estado de los edificios del distrito en Seaford High School y en el nuevo campo de césped de usos múltiples y sus alrededores; todo lo anterior incluye toda la mano de obra, los materiales, el equipo, los aparatos y los costos incidentales relacionados.
PROPUESTA N.º 4 PRESUPUESTO DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA 2023/2024
SE RESUELVE que se aprobará el presupuesto de la biblioteca por un monto de $2,458,752 para el año 2023-2024 propuesto por la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Seaford y el gravamen de un impuesto consecuente a un monto de $2,282,777, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación.
LA VOTACIÓN será mediante boleta electoral en máquinas de votación en las sedes escolares designadas en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares independientes hasta ahora establecidos, y las urnas estarán habilitadas de 7:00 a. m. a 9:00 p. m. y durante el tiempo que sea necesario para que los votantes presentes puedan emitir sus votos.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los votantes ya han adoptado una propuesta que establece que las vacantes de la Junta de Educación no se consideren cargos específicos independientes y que las solicitudes de nominación no describan ninguna vacante específica de la Junta de Educación para la cual se nomina al candidato.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la elección de los miembros de la Junta de Educación deberá ser de la siguiente manera: dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación, cada uno para un mandato completo de tres (3) años, desde el 1 de julio de 2023.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la elección de un miembro de la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Seaford será de la siguiente manera: un miembro para un período de cinco (5) años a partir del 1 de julio de 2023 hasta el 30 de junio de 2028 (titular Peter J. Ruffner).
NOMINACIONES DE CANDIDATOS: Los candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se nominarán mediante solicitud. Cada solicitud
de candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación será dirigida a la Secretaría del Distrito Escolar (la “Secretaría del Distrito”) en Seaford Manor School, Washington Avenue, Seaford, Nueva York, deberá estar firmada por al menos treinta y ocho (38) votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar, y deberá incluir la residencia de cada firmante y también la residencia del candidato. Para nominar a un candidato a la Junta de la Biblioteca Pública, la solicitud debe estar firmada por al menos treinta y ocho (38) votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar. Los puestos vacantes de la Junta de Fideicomisarios no se consideran cargos específicos ni independientes; los candidatos se presentan en general. Las solicitudes de nominación no deberán estipular ningún puesto vacante específico en la Junta para la cual esté nominado el candidato. Cada solicitud se presentará en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m., y antes del 17 de abril de 2023 a las 5:00 p. m.
DISTRITOS ELECTORALES ESCOLARES: Los límites del siguiente Distrito Electoral Escolar serán determinados y publicados, como hasta ahora, por la Junta de Educación, y el lugar de cada distrito electoral para el registro y la votación será el siguiente:
a) PRIMER
DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR: registro y votación en Seaford Manor School, Washington Avenue, Seaford, Nueva York. Los miembros de la comunidad que residan dentro de los límites geográficos de Manor Elementary School deberán emitir sus votos en dicha escuela.
b) SEGUNDO
DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR: votación en Seaford Harbor School, Bayview Street, Seaford, Nueva York. Los miembros de la comunidad que residan dentro de los límites geográficos de Harbor Elementary School deberán emitir sus votos en dicha escuela. Los límites geográficos de estas zonas de asistencia se establecen en el mapa de transporte que se encuentra en la oficina del superintendente auxiliar de actividades y se pueden revisar previa solicitud.
REGISTRO PERSONAL DE VOTANTES
Para votar en la elección del 16 de mayo de 2023, todos los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar deben estar registrados en los libros de registro escolar.
Las siguientes personas serán elegibles para
votar: todas las personas que se hayan presentado personalmente para registrarse de conformidad con el presente, y todas las personas que se hayan registrado previamente en virtud del presente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria y que hayan votado en cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria organizada o realizada durante los cuatro años calendario previos al 2023 (es decir, entre 2019 y 2022).
También serán elegibles para votar todas las personas que estén registradas para votar de conformidad con las disposiciones de la sección 352 de la Ley de Elecciones del estado de Nueva York.
El registro de votantes que no se hayan registrado previamente y que sean elegibles para votar continuará disponible hasta el 9 de mayo de 2023, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 3:30 p. m. en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito.
La Secretaría del Distrito preparará el registro del Distrito Escolar durante los horarios y las fechas que se especifican arriba, y cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se incluya en el registro, siempre y cuando, en ese momento o en adelante, tenga derecho a votar en la reunión o elección escolar para la cual se prepara dicho registro.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Secretaría del Distrito a su vez estará presente durante la elección anual del Distrito Escolar y de la Biblioteca Pública en cada sede escolar donde se realice la votación con el fin de preparar un registro para las elecciones del Distrito Escolar y de la Biblioteca Pública que se realicen con posterioridad.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que el registro de votantes preparado según lo mencionado anteriormente se presentará en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito una vez finalizado, donde estará disponible para la inspección de cualquier votante calificado del Distrito Escolar, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 3:30 p. m., y cada uno de los cinco días anteriores a la fecha establecida para la elección, a excepción del domingo, y también estará disponible para su inspección el sábado con cita previa.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que el martes 2 de mayo de 2023 a las 8:00 p. m. se realizará una audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto sugerido para el Distrito Escolar en el auditorio de Seaford High School, 1575 Seamans Neck Road, Seaford, Nueva York.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de
■ A Seaford resident who lives on Merrick Road reported that an unknown thief stole their license plates on Feb. 15.
■ Kohl’s, located on Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown, reported that two unknown males stole various items from them on March 13.
■ A Levittown woman reported to police on March 14 that her car’s catalytic converter was stolen while parked on Holmes Street.
■ The 7-Eleven on Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown reported that two unknown males stole sodas from them on March 17.
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.
Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca llevará a cabo una audiencia pública con el objetivo de analizar los gastos de los fondos y el presupuesto del año fiscal 2023-2024 de la Biblioteca Pública de Seaford. Dicha audiencia se celebrará el lunes 8 de mayo de 2023, a las 7:00 p. m. en la sala de reuniones “Valentine Meehan” de la Biblioteca Pública de Seaford, 2234 Jackson Avenue, Seaford, Nueva York.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las copias del presupuesto 2023/2024 sugerido para el Distrito Escolar, según lo preparado por la Junta de Educación y el presupuesto de la Biblioteca Pública, estarán disponibles para los contribuyentes, previa solicitud, y se podrán obtener en cualquier sede escolar del Distrito Escolar entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. todos los días, excepto los sábados, domingos y feriados, y en la Biblioteca Pública de Seaford, Jackson Avenue, Seaford, Nueva York, entre las 10:00 a. m. y las 6:00 p. m. los lunes, martes, jueves y viernes, entre la 1:00 p. m. y las 6:00 p. m. los miércoles, y entre las 10:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m. los sábados, todos los días excepto los domingos y feriados, durante el período de catorce (14) días antes de la elección y reunión anual.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que el informe de Exenciones del impuesto sobre bienes inmuebles preparado de conformidad con la sección 495 de la Ley de Impuestos sobre Bienes Inmuebles se anexará a cualquier presupuesto provisional/preliminar, así como al presupuesto final adoptado del que formará parte, y se publicará en
los tableros de anuncios del distrito designados para avisos públicos y en el sitio web del distrito. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación, la Junta de Educación ha adoptado una resolución para contemplar las boletas electorales por ausencia para la elección de miembros de la Junta de Educación, la adopción del presupuesto y el referéndum del Distrito Escolar conforme a la sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación, que también se deberá aplicar a la elección de la Biblioteca Pública. Las solicitudes de boletas electorales por ausencia se pueden presentar en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito de lunes a viernes, excepto los feriados, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. La Secretaría del Distrito deberá recibir las solicitudes de boletas electorales por ausencia no antes de los treinta (30) días previos a la elección. Además, la Secretaría del Distrito debe recibir esta solicitud al menos siete días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al votante o a su representante designado. Al recibir una solicitud oportuna para enviar por correo una boleta electoral de voto por ausencia, la Secretaría del Distrito enviará por correo dicha boleta a la dirección indicada en la solicitud a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la votación. Los votos por ausencia no serán escrutados, a menos que se hayan recibido en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. (hora en vigor) del día de la elección.
Habrá una lista de todas las personas para las que se emitieron boletas electorales por ausencia disponible en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito, de lunes a viernes, excepto los feriados, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 3:30 p. m., hasta el día de la elección.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar podrán enviar una solicitud de boleta electoral militar. Estos votantes pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir un registro de votante militar, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en su pedido del registro, de la solicitud de boleta electoral o la boleta electoral. Los formularios de registro de votantes militares y los formularios de solicitud de boleta electoral militar se deben recibir en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 20 de abril de 2023. Las boletas electorales militares no serán escrutadas, a menos que
(1) la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito las reciba antes del cierre de la votación el día de la elección y tengan una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o un endoso fechado de recepción por parte de otro organismo del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos, o bien (2) la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito las reciba antes de las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección, y estén firmadas y fechadas
por el votante militar y un testigo de ello, con una fecha asociada que no sea posterior al día previo a la elección.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Educación convocará a una reunión extraordinaria en un plazo de 24 horas después de la presentación ante la Secretaría del Distrito de un informe por escrito de los resultados de los votos con el fin de analizar y clasificar dichos informes de los resultados y declarar el resultado de la votación. Por el presente, y de acuerdo con la sección 2019-a, subdivisión 2(b) de la Ley de Educación, la Junta de Educación se designa a sí misma como un grupo de presidentes de mesa para emitir y escrutar los votos durante dicha reunión extraordinaria de la Junta.
Fecha: 30 DE MARZO DE 2023
Por orden de la Junta de Educación Distrito Escolar Seaford Union Free Pueblo de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, Nueva York
Carmen T. Ouellette Secretaría del Distrito Fechas de publicación del aviso legal sobre la votación del presupuesto de la Biblioteca Pública y la elección de fideicomisarios de Seaford UFSD: 30 de marzo de 2023, 13 de abril de 2023, 27 de abril de 2023 y 11 de mayo de 2023 138346
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A. What you heard may or may not be true, but unless someone with the ability and training to calculate the load distribution and confirm it with building codes can check it, you’ll probably never know if you could have saved the structure or not. The unwritten rule, compared with the code standard, is typically that repetitive floor joists shouldn’t span more than 2 feet beyond a support beam. If calculations show that the bending moment, fiber stress and moment of inertia are within a safe range, however, then the existing structure may be able to be saved. It gets more complicated, though, because most decks have inadequate spread footings for the weight distribution underground, especially because people assume, incorrectly, that sandy soil is very stable. They also generally have little understanding of what freezing conditions can do to the entire structure. In other words, most decks are built based on many assumptions, but aren’t considered as big an issue if they move, since cracking and uplift generally aren’t a noticeable concern. It really doesn’t matter if a design professional is working on a big building or something as simple as a deck, because the ability to cause deadly problems and mistakes is still the same. It’s understandable that people want to save money by not hiring an architect or engineer for something seemingly so simple, but you may want to consider that most municipalities require plans prepared under the direction and review of a licensed professional, and not guessed at by someone with power tools who builds. Many people learn the hard way, especially when they go to legalize a deck long after it has been built and used for years, that the way it was built won’t pass and get a permit without expensive changes.
There are many regulations, codes and laws regarding every kind of structure, from where it can be placed to the materials and methods of putting it together. It doesn’t take much, just a consultation with an architect or engineer, to find out the answer to your question. Building an addition close to water means making a little more effort to only do things once, especially with exposure to the conditions of higher wind and water force, corrosive salt air, saltwater and unstable soil. You may end up with a new structure, but when you think about the investment and your safety, it will be worth it. Good luck!
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Baseball is back. Spring training is over. Opening Day is here. In a world of chaos and danger, baseball, to me, is the one constant, my trusted safety zone.
It’s always been this way — from my days growing up in Queens and rooting for the Brooklyn Dodgers, to watching my son Sean playing Little League ball in Seaford, and then my grandson Jack playing Little League in Wantagh, and travel ball in Massapequa and all over Long Island — even out of state.
Watching the boys play on local fields was as exciting — sometimes more so — as watching the Dodgers at Ebbets Field or the Mets at the Polo Grounds, Shea Stadium or CitiField. Contrary to the “Bad News Bears” images of screaming coaches and hysterical parents, the tone and attitude of youth baseball were always enthusiastic and uplifting.
My wife, Rosemary, and I enjoyed going
to our son’s and grandson’s games and being with the parents, family members and friends of the other players. There was a genuine spirit of camaraderie and community involvement. (Even Rosemary, who has no interest in baseball and wouldn’t go to a major league game if I paid her, never missed an inning of Sean’s or Jack’s games.) As someone who grew up in Sunnyside, Queens, which didn’t have a blade of grass where kids could play, I was always impressed by the first-class athletic facilities available for youth sports on Long Island, particularly in the Town of Hempstead.
I realize that baseball has to compete with football, basketball, soccer and hockey for attention, and I don’t begrudge those sports. But baseball will always rank highest with me. It requires great skills. Hitting against a pitcher throwing blazing fastballs and sharp-breaking curveballs, and having to make a split-second decision on whether the pitch is in the strike zone and whether or not to swing, is as difficult to do as anything in any sport. There’s also the strategy that baseball requires, such
as matching certain pitchers against certain batters in certain situations, and whether to bunt, hit-and-run or go for the long ball.
Baseball’s more thoughtful pace and the anticipation of what will happen next creates tension and excitement among players and fans. The game also encourages generational interest. My fondest childhood memories are of my father taking my brother, Kevin, and me to Dodgers games at Ebbets Field. Sean and I still enjoy going to Mets games at CitiField, where we get absorbed in the game we’re watching and reminisce about games and players from years gone by. Similarly, Jack, who went to many Mets games with me, including spring training games in Florida, and now lives in North Carolina, constantly texts me about how the Mets are doing and how it looks for the upcoming season. And it doesn’t have to be major league baseball. The three of us always enjoyed watching the Long Island Ducks, in Central Islip, and the Brooklyn Cyclones, in Coney Island.
During my years in elective office as
town councilman, Nassau County comptroller and congressman, it was always a highlight to take part in Little League parades and Opening Day ceremonies. Those events were always very well attended and festive.
One concern I have now is the decline we are seeing in Little League membership, as so many kids opt for travel baseball, which is much more expensive and has less community focus than Little League ball. If this trend continues, kids whose families can’t afford travel ball, or aren’t at that level of talent, could miss the opportunity that my son and grandson, and so many other Long Island kids, have had of playing competitive baseball with kids in their own community on local fields, with their family and friends cheering them on.
But because baseball has survived, and succeeded, and provided so much enjoyment and great memories for so many generations of kids for so many years, I’m hopeful that it will overcome this challenge and emerge stronger and more popular than ever, and remain America’s national pastime. Play ball!
Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
After two years of intense preparation and government-enforced security protocol, I am free to announce that I may be part of the NASA crew that will travel to Mars on an 80-day expedition set for spring 2026. What an extraordinary turnabout for an ordinary citizen, especially after the years of constraint and lockdown.
RANDI KREISS
I say “may” because at any time, the NASA leaders are free to rearrange the team. Something could happen in my own life to sideline me and preclude my participation.
What attracted my attention to this opportunity was NASA’s interest in studying the effects of life on Mars on older people, and whether there may be a survival advantage among the over-75 set. For this voyage they were seeking two healthy older individuals (among a crew of 10) who could tolerate the rigors of the voyage and the projected time on the ground on Mars of five to seven days.
I first read about the project five years ago, and, considering the requirements and my modest qualifications, I applied to the program with much trepidation and little hope of being selected. After all, by
the time the spaceship launches, I’ll be older than most astronauts — but, then again, younger than many people who take on extreme challenges.
As a novice astronomer, I have always longed to slip beyond gravity and find out more about the mysterious frontier beyond our planet. I could never imagine that the opportunity would come my way at this time in my life. But, lucky for me, NASA was specifically looking for civilian participants with no space flight expertise.
The initial qualifications were surprisingly relaxed. Candidates had to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The standard age requirement of 30 to 55 was suspended for two members of this mission because of the interest in studying older people.
A master’s degree and two years of teaching experience in any field were required, and I had to pass a basic test in computer and biological science as well as the NASA physical. The tests, of course, were modified for the over-70 candidates.
As a finalist, I traveled to the Johnson Space Center in Texas last spring, where I underwent a medical evaluation and psychological and psychiatric screening to determine my suitability for what will be
a physically and mentally demanding mission.
NASA paid for all the exams and travel expenses.
Fortunately, I don’t have any of the food allergies or gastrointestinal disorders that would have eliminated me from consideration. I was even given samples of the spaceflight diet to try at home to test my tolerance.
According to NASA, “Candidates on specific medications are automatically disqualified. For example, blood pressure medications, blood thinners, seizure medications, daily allergy medications, diabetic insulin, sleeping aids, ADHD/ADD medications, antidepressants, anxiety medications. Food supplements are not permitted during the mission.”
Of course, I had to provide proof of full Covid vaccination, and was required to wear a mask on the JSC campus.
Crew applications were evaluated in the order received for qualified applicants until all available spots were filled. I was notified of my acceptance six months ago. Recently we were informed that we could go public with the information.
The sobering disclaimer is: “Risks of participating in this protocol may include minor discomfort and low-level radiation
exposure from X-rays during medical exams, and physical injury or a highly unlikely chance of death.”
Other preparations for the 2026 mission have been under way for some time. As we speak, participants have been living in artificially created Mars conditions in the desert outside Elko, Nevada. They have been there for eight months, with two months to go to test astronauts’ reactions to a simulated Mars environment, including altered gravity, time, and extreme atmospheric conditions. There are three septuagenarians at the Elko test site.
The trip from Earth to Mars will depend on the relative alignments of the planets. For my prospective mission, most of the trip will be travel time, in the capsule, with up to seven days on land. A new, faster rocket has been developed for the 2026 voyage. Consideration has been given to onboard features that would facilitate participation by an older crewmember.
If you are thinking of space exploration yourself, be advised that the application process for this mission to Mars is closed.
Imagine. The Heralds may be able to boast about its own columnist reporting from space.
Yes, imagine, because there’s no way this is happening. Happy April Fools’ Day, my friends.
Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
I had to pass a NASA physical, which was modified for over-70 candidates.
Rosemary King hasn’t missed an inning of her son’s or grandson’s games.
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loud snoring is annoying, especially to those who lie awake next to snorers, unable to sleep because of the noise. But the situation may be even worse for the person doing the snoring, because it can be an indication of obstructive sleep apnea, which can cause all kinds of serious medical problems.
Left untreated, sleep apnea can lead to heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, weight gain, fatigue, memory issues and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and significantly increase the risk of certain types of cancers.
National Library of Medicine researchers estimate that some 26 percent of Americans between ages 30 and 70 have obstructive sleep apnea, which occurs when the throat muscles relax and block the flow of air into the lungs during sleep, in turn cutting off the flow of oxygen to the brain, sometimes for as long as two minutes. And the American Medical Association estimates that roughly 30 million people in the United States suffer from sleep apnea — with a smaller number of them, roughly 6 million, actually getting a diagnosis.
The condition can lead to death, as it likely did for actress Carrie Fisher and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Snoring loudly and feeling tired after a night’s sleep are indicators of the disorder. So are difficulty staying asleep, waking up with a dry mouth, suffering from
To the Editor:
The editorial in last week’s Herald, “Tell Albany it’s time to support local journalism,” made sense. Most communities are down to one local daily or weekly newspaper. Newspapers have to deal with increasing costs for newsprint, delivery and distribution, along with reduced advertising revenue and competition from the internet and other information sources.
Daily newspapers concentrate on international, Washington, Albany, business and sports stories. They have few reporters covering local, neighborhood news. Weekly newspapers fill the void for coverage of community news.
I’m grateful to have the opportunity to express my views via a letter to the editor, along with those of others who may have different opinions on the issues of the day.
Albany needs to join us in supporting weekly community newspapers. Readers, patronize advertisers. They provide the revenue to help keep newspapers in business. Let’s hope there continues to be room for everyone, including the Herald.
A faithful reader for decades Great Neck
morning headaches, feeling overly sleepy during the day, and irritability.
Fortunately, sleep apnea’s effects can be lessened by lifestyle changes, including eating healthy and losing weight. And it can be treated with the use of a CPAP machine — which helps maintain the correct pressure for breathing in order to prevent airway blockage — which most insurance companies cover.
The problem is that many people don’t know whether they have sleep apnea, and are unsure how to find out.
Making an appointment with a sleep disorder specialist — often a pulmonologist, an otolaryngologist or neurologist — is the first step. The doctor will probably recommend a sleep study, which, again, is usually covered by health insurance.
And now it is easier than ever to be tested for sleep apnea. Up until recently, sleep studies were conducted only in labs, where a patient had to spend the night. Though many experts still recommend a lab test, today the test can be also done in your home, using a small monitoring device that looks a lot like an Apple watch. It records your breathing, vital signs and brain activity as you sleep, and the data will indicate patterns, including the different stages of sleep and how often you wake up, and determine why your sleep is disrupted.
Hundreds of pages of information from the study will be analyzed, and after the doctor reviews the results, recommenda-
tions will be made that, more often than not, will include using a CPAP machine.
Small and unobtrusive, the machine can be placed on a bedside table. It provides steady air pressure through a mask worn by the user to the trachea, or windpipe, keeping it open to allow for unobstructed airflow. This will often stop its user from snoring.
The National Institutes of Health have found that men younger than 50 are two to three times more likely to have sleep apnea than women. But after women turn 50, they, too, often develop the disorder. If you suspect that you may have it — if you sleep uncomfortably or if your sleep is regularly interrupted — it’s imperative that you find out for sure.
A recent study by the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center examined how sleep apnea patients’ metabolism is affected during the night when they neglect to use their CPAP machines. Researchers found the apnea caused a spike in blood sugar, heart rate, blood pressure and stress hormones.
The results were compared to what might happen if someone were asked to speak before a crowd. “It’s very similar to that type of a stress response,” Dr. Jonathan Jun, a pulmonary and sleep medicine specialist at the center, said. “I would liken sleep apnea to something like that happening on a nightly basis.
“CPAP is the first-line treatment,” Jun added, “and it’s very effective.”
the increasing number of women in positions of leadership has been vital to changing our national narrative about what is fair and equitable. I have known great female leaders throughout my career, from New York City schools to those in many prominent organizations here on Long Island. These women leaders have brought about powerful change.
Women have been marginalized historically, but their participation in our society makes for a stronger union. During Women’s History Month, we have recognized the contributions of our female leaders and the challenges to gender equity that remain. Those challenges are faced by women of all backgrounds, affecting our nation in many ways that are not always effectively conveyed or fully understood.
In the New York City Department of Education in the 1990s, a group of women banded together in what became known as the Offeree Movement, battling employment inequity among custodial workers in the city’s schools. The fight
wasn’t easy, and it took many years, but they were on the right side of history and ultimately prevailed. They not only became part of the fabric of the profession, but became leaders among their new colleagues. We thank them for the path they forged.
Currently there are many talented women working for the NAACP, the Long Island Latino Teachers Association, the Long Island Black Educators Association and the Cedarmore Corporation, advocating for an equitable path forward. They will succeed. Please learn about these groups and participate in their great work. Their success is our success, as the world they are creating will be beneficial to all members of our society.
Join these organizations if you believe we are stronger together, or if you believe in gender equity, or if you believe in the rights of all people — or join them if you would like to be in the presence of great people doing transformative things for other people. These groups are about fairly addressing the needs of all members of our society, even when confronted by those who don’t share their values. Their collective good is stronger than the fringe bad.
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To the Editor:
Re Mark Nolan’s op-ed essay, “The shell game we like to call graduation rates,” in the March 9-15 issue: I was a social worker in the New York City education department for more than 30 years. Nolan’s article about how schools inflate their graduation rates is on target. Administrators want their schools to look good, securing their own positions. Parents want their children to have a reasonable chance of being accepted by colleges.
But Nolan’s piece missed one thing that I learned from my colleagues over the years. A teacher may pass any student without being questioned, but if that teacher believes that a student merits a failing grade, he or she must submit a supporting document detailing why that failure is justified. In New York City, a class may well have 30 or more students. Teachers generally teach five classes a day. That’s at least 150 students per day. It’s reasonable to assume that many students may not have done whatever was needed to pass their classes, for whatever reasons.
If you’re a teacher who must justify a failure but not a passing grade, isn’t it just easier and less time-consuming to simply pass students rather than waste
your time with additional paperwork? This is another way for students to get closer to graduation.
PAM SINgER MalverneTo the Editor:
Climate change poses a devastating threat to Long Island, with our region among the most at risk in the nation. Anyone who lived through Superstorm Sandy and Tropical Storm Isaias got a taste of the destruction to come if we do not take urgent action.
The good news: there are policies that could save lives and money, such as the All-Electric Building Act, in the State Legislature, which would ban fracked gas and other fossil fuels in new buildings. Allelectric new buildings are affordable, reliable, and necessary to meet New York’s climate goals. We are in a code red situation, and it is essential that Long Island legislators support this important bill.
As a member of Food & Water Watch, as well as a devoted grandfather, I urge our leaders to support this common-sense measure to move New York off fossil fuels.
JOSEPH M. VARON West Hempsteadport, has been a powerful advocate for women and especially a guiding light for young women. On March 18 the organization hosted “Lifting as We Climb, I Am My Sister’s Keeper,” a benefit that honored several outstanding women leaders from Long Island: Angela Yee, an award-winning media personality, who was presented with the Cynthia Perkins Roberts Memorial Award; Leema Thomas, deputy editor of Newsday (the Voices of Inspiration Award); Susan Poser, president of Hofstra University (the Trailblazer Award); Amy Flores, vice president and community manager of JPMorgan Chase (Voices of Inspiration); Christine Layne-Waters, conference education chair of the New York State NAACP (Voices of Inspiration); and Marie E. Saint-Cyr, an artist and entrepreneur (Millennial Moment Honoree).
This month, the Heralds have published a number of stories on local female leaders. We should celebrate them and their accomplishments. But as I read about these leaders, a different thought occurred to me: Besides just listening and admiring, let’s follow their lead. What I took away from these stories was that these women are forging a new path for-
ward, beyond their individual accomplishments. They are having a positive effect on those of all genders, because they are leading the way to a better tomorrow for us all.
These women did not seek recognition, and several of them, actually, wanted to decline that recognition to focus on their advocacy for equity, their view being that the work is more important than the acknowledgments. But recognition of our women leaders is vital, because their inspiration has a multiplying effect, as others are moved to join them. I hope they will continue to accept the honors they have earned and richly deserve, so we all may learn about the admirable work they are doing.
Let’s celebrate their victories, join in their efforts and share their vision for the future as they promote a principled way forward. I am optimistic about the future, despite the current political turmoil, because we will be a stronger country moving forward if we are united in respecting the views of all constituencies. Women from all backgrounds are key to this better tomorrow.
Patrick M. Pizzo II, Ed.D., is the assistant superintendent for business and finance in the East Meadow School District, the president of Equity 4 LI Youth and the Education Committee chair for the Hempstead branch of the NAACP.
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their success is our success, because the world they are creating will benefit everyone.patrick m. pizzo ii