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Vol. 70 No. 27
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JUNE 30 - JUlY 6, 2022
Manor’s gifted music teacher Guitarist Richard Adams has played with big names with Ace Frehley on his second solo album, “Frehley’s Comet,” specifically on the track, “Rock Seaford Manor School stu- Soldiers.” dents are in for a real treat when He also collaborated with the they walk into their music class American Guitar Museum in — their teacher, Richard Adams, New Hyde Park, and struck up a brings a wide range of profes- relationship with its owner, sional experience Chris Ambages. with him and is “What separates quite humble about Rich from most guiit, according to the tar players is that assistant principal. he’s actually “He’s really modtrained,” Ambages est about the professaid. “He didn’ t s i o n a l wo rk h e lear n by ear. He does,” Mary-Ellen knows everything — Kakalos, Manor’s specific fingerings, assistant principal, different styles of said. “Every once in guitar, everything a while, I’ll hear MArY-EllEN there is to know. He about one of his pro- KAKAloS plays proper.” fessional gigs after it Prior to the panAssistant principal, already happened. demic, the American But I’d really like to Seaford Manor Guitar Museum get to one eventual- School h o s t e d a p u bl i c ly.” access television Adams has been show called “The playing guitar since 1978, where Great American Guitar Show,” he played with a folk group at St. which Adams opened for three Thomas Apostle Church in seasons. He would give the audiWoodhaven, Queens, before ence guitar exercises to practice graduating to song leader for the during the show. He also opened Immaculate Conception Church for legendary guitarist George in Jamaica. Benson at the museum. He opened up two guitar Both Ambages and Adams schools in the 1980s before getting an opportunity to record Continued on page 10
By MICHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com
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MArINE CorPS ToYS for Tots collection boxes were set up outside Mulcahy’s ahead of the fundraiser. The toys will go to Buffalo and Uvalde.
Nassau police raise funds for Buffalo, Uvalde victims By MICHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com
The Nassau County Police Department is trying to do its part to spread a little joy to children in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas — the sites of two of the worst mass shootings in the country this year. On June 21 at Mulcahy’s in Wantagh, the Nassau County Police Unions hosted a fundraiser and toy drive dedicated to the victims of the shootings. The leaders of the three unions — Superior Officers Association President Ricky Frassetti, Detectives Association Inc. President Jeffrey Gross and Nassau County Police Benevolent Association President
Thomas Shevlin — attended, as did Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and County Executive Bruce Blakeman. John Theissen, founder and director of the Theissen Children’s Foundation, helped sponsor the event, and held an auction for charity for Buffalo and Uvalde. The Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots led the toy drive. The police set up a number of large toy collection bins outside Mulcahy’s, which filled up quickly. The donations will be divided and shipped to both cities in July. Ryder said the drive is an obligation on the part of the Nassau County Police Department, Continued on page 4
e’s really modest about the professional work he does.