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Former FDNY firefighter reflects on 9/11

By KATE NAlEPiNSKi knalepinski@liherald.com

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SEAFoRd RESidENT ANd 9/11 Memorial Committee President Ken Haskell, former U.S. Rep. Peter King and committee chairman Tom Condon at the Patriot Award dinner on June 29.

In a flurry of sorrow and grief, a community group rises

By KATE NAlEPiNSKi, MAlloRy WilSoN and STEPHANiE BANAT knalepinski@liherald.com

In late September 2001, Massapequa resident Thomas Condon, then a Seaford High School guidance counselor, was coaching a football game when he was approached by Ken Haskell, of Seaford, at a game.

Haskell, a second-generation firefighter, had lost both of his brothers, Timothy and

Thomas, in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. The brothers — also New York City firefighters — died after they entered the north and south towers in a rescue operation. Haskell, exhausted, spent most days that month and the following months at g round z ero searching for the bodies of his brothers and helping with the recovery effort.

Thomas (class of 1982) and Timothy (class of 1985)

Haskell were two of the five former Seaford alumni who died in the terrorist attacks.

Also lost were Wantagh native Robert Sliwak (Seaford class of 1977), John William Perry (class of 1982) and Michael Wittenstein (class of 1985). “[Ken] said, ‘We got to do something for my brothers,’ and I said, ‘Absolutely, Ken,’” Condon recalled. Once Condon mentioned the additional Continued on page 4

For most Americans, includi n g S e a fo rd re s i d e n t Ke n Haskell, Sept. 11, 2001, began like any normal day.

Haskell, a second-generation New York City firefighter who was assigned to the FDNY’s Engine 309, part of Ladder 159 in southern Brooklyn, was off that day. The then 32-year-old planned to tackle some home renovations.

While at a local store buying tile, Haskell caught a glimpse of a TV screen, and found out that American Airlines Flight 11 had crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. “I realized that was no accident,” he recalled. “I immediately dropped what I was doing and ran to my firehouse.”

Though the Long Island

Expressway was partially shut down, Haskell said he showed his identification and was able to get through. After he arrived at the firehouse, he and other firefighters who were off-duty that day commandeered a bus from a nearby transportation hub and headed to Lower Manhattan.

While they were on the Manhattan Bridge, the north tower, like the south tower before it, collapsed. Haskell turned to a fellow firefighter on the bus and said, “We’re all going to know somebody who died today.”

At the time, he had no idea whether his two brothers, Timothy and Thomas Haskell, also New York City firefighters, were working that day. Timmy, of FDNY Squad 18, had been relieved from duty but still responded. Timmy had lived in Continued on page 13

BRoTHERS TiMoTHy ANd Thomas Haskell, Seaford High School alumni, at a parade in March 2001.

Both died that Sept. 11.

Courtesy Dawn Carbone

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Pumpkin spice, everything nice at fall festival Community memBerS attended the first-ever Seaford Chamber of Commerce fall festival in 2019.

This year’s event is slated for Oct. 2 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will have over 30 vendors with food and treats.

By Stephanie Banat newsroom@liherald.com

After being forced to cancel last year’s festivities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Seaford Chamber of Commerce will host its second annual Fall Festival this October.

The event is slated for Saturday, Oct. 2nd at the Long Island Rail Road station in Seaford. It will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The chamber’s first fall festival, held in 2019, had a huge turnout, Seaford Chamber of Commerce event planner, Donna Jebaily, said. Jebaily, who has been involved in organizing this and past local festivals, said the Chamber is excited to bring the autumnal event back to Seaford.

“It’s going to be a fun afternoon to shop, eat and listen to good music,” Jebaily said. “In 2019, we had only a few vendors. … this year, we are expecting about 30 to 40 vendors.”

Jebaily said the event will offer “a little bit of everything” when it comes to food options. Some vendors include: Festival Food Catering, Authentic Greek Food Truck, All American Wontons, Crepes and Bakes, The Big Black Food Truck, Island Empanada, Mama’s Cuban Kitchen, Yolked Food Truck, and Vice Doughnuts and Coffee. There will also be an ice cream truck and a craft market featuring Long Island artists, seasonal decor and clothing.

The festival will offer plenty of handmade items for all shoppers’ needs, like candles, jewelry, crochet hats and headbands, wood signs, cutting boards, essential oils, body scrubs and much more. Pumpkins and mums will be sold

by Abby’s Parkside Nursery & Florist Inc. in Wantagh.

Jebaily said that she’s met several vendors over the past few months and said they are “extremely talented.”

There will also be many activities for children, like pumpkin painting, complimentary face painting, a

Courtesy Donna Jebaily

Metrocade Game Truck, an Escape Truck and a Gaga ball game pit.

There will be live music by Long-Island based band, Vinyl Revival, for the entirety of the festival. The chamber encourages guests to bring beach chairs so that they can sit, relax and enjoy the band’s performance. Guests may also bring pop-up tents, as they have in the past, Jebaily said.

“I love doing things like this...” said Jebaily, “getting the community together to celebrate life and enjoy the fresh air together.”

Chamber president, Nick Bilotta said he is looking forward to the event and to reunite the community following the pandemic, and emphasized that it’s open to all Long Islanders.

“This event will show unity within our community,”

Bilotta said. “It’s meant to bring families together after a long time of not being able to see each other. It’s very important to give everyone a chance to reunite, and hopefully we will come back together stronger than ever.”

“This is a really positive thing for the community,” chamber vice president, Kenneth Jacobsen, said. “We are looking forward to it because we get to socialize with everyone in our community, not just the people who live right next door to us but lots of folks. … The festival is like one big community barbecue or block party.”

Jacobsen said the chamber puts a lot of effort into planning these events – and the effort is always worthwhile.

“A lot goes into planning this,” he said, “but it is always worth it in the end when we see the huge turnout from our community.”

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Seaford HigH ScHool Principal Nicole Schnabel, in her first year in the position after four years as assistant principal, welcomed back seniors, from left, Greg Laurent, A.J. Arguello, Alexandra Leggio and Alysia LoVerde on Sept. 1.

Back to school: Seaford students return With freshly waxed floors, sparkling clean desks and newly decorated bulletin boards, Seaford’s four schools were in pristine shape for the return of students on Sept. 1.

When the high school opened a little after 7 a.m., it officially marked the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. Within the next two hours, students at the middle school and Harbor and Manor elementary schools were also back, reuniting with friends and meeting their new teachers.

While several health and safety protocols remain in place, the new school year marks the return to some level of normalcy. At the middle school, students will once again change classes and use their lockers. Elementary students will eat lunch in the cafeteria and high school students will have sports and extracurricular activities right from the start.

To celebrate their last year of high school, seniors wore their Class of 2022 shirts and snapped pictures at a “Last First Day” photo station on the high school lawn.

Senior A.J. Arguello said he is glad that students are back to full-time in-person learning after last year featured a hybrid schedule until April.

Student Greg Laurent noted that having completed most of his graduation requirements allowed him to create a schedule for this year with lots of electives, including criminal justice, marine biology and psychology, so he could explore some different interests.

Alysia LoVerde is excited to start applying to colleges and hopes to plan some visits in the coming months.

Alexandra Leggio, who is taking on a leadership role in the school this year as the co-president of Best Buddies, spoke of the great responsibilities that seniors have.

“I’m excited to be among the leaders of the school,” she said, “and to set an example for the kids coming up, so they can be role models when they’re in our position.”

Seaford Manor eleMentary School thirdgrader Liam Palha unpacked school supplies.

11tH grade a.P. English students wrote a story about how they would prepare for a zombie apocalypse on their first day.

Seaford Manor PrinciPal Debra Emmerich, left, and Assistant Principal MaryEllen Kakalos greeted returning students.

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How we remember 9/11, 20 years later ocratic society,” Pecora said.

In the Wantagh School District, a series of events will be held next week to honor the fallen heroes. At Wantagh, Mandalay Bay and Forest Lake elementary schools, and the middle school, students and staff are advised to wear red, white and blue and observe a moment of silence. Mandalay Bay students and staff will also gather outside on the North Field and recite the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a moment of silence. Age-appropriate conversations will then take place in the classrooms.

At Wantagh High School, an announcement and extended moment of silence will take place. District Director of Humanities Julie Roslee will coordinate lessons in grades six to 12 social studies classes on Sept. 10 about the attacks.

continued from front page victims, Haskell was invested.

By the first week of November, Condon said, he had contacted the families and began to form a group with them, community members and former faculty members Patrick Gallagher and Raymond Buckley.

“The grief at this time was not only with the families, but with the entire Seaford community, the entire tri-state area and the entire nation,” Condon said. “I commend the Haskell, the Perry, the Sliwak and Wittenstein families – their response to this was truly incredible.

That’s what’s carried on to this day. … It’s as much a remembrance now as it was in the beginning days of 9/11.”

A community rally at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall raised more than $90,000 for the organization that they formed, Haskell said. And roughly 20 years later, the nonprofit Seaford 9/11 Memorial Committee has continued to remember the five alumni and has distributed over $210,000 in scholarships to the community.

“That’s just the type of town Seaford is, and Wantagh is the same way,” Haskell said. “It’s blue-collar people, and everyone turns out to help each other.”

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, a day that remains etched into the minds of many who lived through it. It impacted residents in the Wantagh-Seaford communities, and many residents knew someone – or knew someone who knew someone – who died in the attacks. Some community members responded to the scene, and many local first responders are still dealing with the adverse effects of working in the toxic air at ground zero.

Every year, the committee and members of the Wantagh-Seaford communities continue to honor the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks. Here are just a few ways that the communities have reflected on the tragedies this past year.

Through music

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BAgPIPE grouPS EmErAlD Society and NYPD Pipes and Drums, made up of active and retired New York City Police Department members, performed at the Never Forget Concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Aug. 21.

Through education All current high school and elementary school students in the Seaford School District were born after Sept. 11. However, the high school campus is home to the 9/11 memorial, which Condon said serves as an

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educational tool for students and the community since its installation in November 2002.

The site has two vertical stones side by side. Between them is a bronze disk with a Viking ship, a reference to Seaford’s mascot. Each oar attached to the ship features the initials of the five deceased alumni.

The site also has artifacts that represent the attacks, Condon said, and a survivor tree, a portion of a living tree that was originally buried near the World Trade Center on 9/11.

“It’s important for students to understand that our freedom and liberties exist because of the sacrifice made by fellow Americans,” Seaford Superintendent Adele Pecora said.

“Being on the grounds of the high school, it really serves a tremendous purpose to keep the idea of the attacks alive,” Condon said. “Classes come out there, and they’re able to hear about the events of 9/11.”

A stone at the site reads, “Our community mourns the loss of family and friends who perish. This memorial teaching plaza was designed for contemplation and reflection. It honors and recognizes the lives as well as the spirit of those lost. Their sacrifice inspires our nation to endure.”

“The events of 9/11, they remind us that out of the ashes and morass, inexorable nationalism arose, and we must never forget the importance of being kind to others and responsible members of a dem-

Another way the community this year honored the victims of 9/11 was through the Never Forget Concert. Nonprofit Tunnels to Towers Foundation hosted its firstever benefit concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Aug. 21.

All proceeds from the concert went to the foundation. Created in 2001 by Frank Siller, the nonprofit provides mortgagefree houses and other benefits to injured veterans, Gold Star families and first responders.

“You honor people by celebrating their lives, not by being sad all your life,” Frank said Friday. “That is just no way to live.

They wouldn’t want us to live that way.”

Frank’s brother, FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who grew up in Rockville Centre, died on Sept. 11 in the World Trade Center.

“We celebrated their lives in this great party...to remember them as human beings....that they had families and that they had a great existence on earth,” he said. “I think it touches on every note that we should touch on to memorialize and to commemorate these heroes that gave everything for us.”

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Last month, a Bay Parkway bridge over the Wantagh State Parkway was dedicated to Elizabeth Horner-Miller Cutrone, a Bethpage resident and New York City Police Department detective who worked at ground zero after the attacks on the World Trade Center. Cutrone died in a car accident on the bridge in 2015.

Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads, a Republican representing the 19th District, said the bridge was an appropriate tribute to Cutrone and was timely being close to the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

“It’s very fitting that we are creating this memorial of Cutrone close to the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks due to her recovery efforts,” Rhoads said. “The fact that we are doing this now puts an exclamation point on the significance of her service and what it means to all of us.”

Legislation was introduced by State Assemblyman David McDonough, a Merrick Republican who represents the 14th District, and State Sen. John Brooks, a Seaford Democrat who represents the 8th Senate District.

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When police approached Foster, she knalepinski@liherald.com allegedly became “uncooperative and A Staten Island woman was arrested in combative” and refused to comply with Wantagh on Monday after she allegedly police’s verbal commands, the report attempted to steal merchanstates. When officers attemptdise from a CVS Pharmacy, ed to place her under arrest, according to a Nassau County she kicked police and spit in Police Department report. an officer’s face. After a brief Around 1:25 p.m. on Aug. struggle, Foster was taken 30, police responded to the into custody.

CVS Pharmacy located at 3491 While Foster was in custoMerrick Road, after an indidy at the 7th Precinct, the v i d u a l re p o r t e d t h at a report stated that she once woman, later identified as again “began to fight with the Abigail Foster, 25, was placing officers” at which time she store merchandise into an injured an officer in his right abigail Foster empty shopping bag. When a shoulder. The report stated store employee confronted that the officer was transportFoster, re ports said she ed to a local hospital for treatment. became confrontational and exited the Foster was charged with 2nd Degree store without paying for the merchandise. Assault, Petit Larceny and Resisting When police arrived, they were noti- Arrest. She was arraigned on Aug. 31 at fied of Foster’s location, the report said. First District Court in Hempstead.

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New MSSN president outlines goals

By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

Dr. Adhi Sharma took over as president at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside on Sept. 1 after previously serving as its chief medical officer and its executive vice president for clinical and professional affairs.

Sharma succeeds Dr. Richard Murphy, who was president for nine years and had worked in health-care leadership roles for more than four decades. Sharma was chosen by the hospital’s board of directors after a six-month search and will be the hospital’s first physician leader, as the presidency has typically been a chief executive officer role led by those with business backgrounds.

As he prepared to take over the role, Sharma sat down for a question-and-answer session with the Herald.

Herald: What are your thoughts and feelings on taking on a new role?

Sharma: There are a lot of emotions. Specifically, I’m cer-

tainly humbled by the trust that’s been put in me, and the staff that we have here has been so amazing. I’m excited to take on the role and eager to continue the momentum that we have built up this year to keep going forward. When we came out of the pandemic, a lot of hospitals came out not as strong as they went in, and we actually came out stronger. That was because of our ability to respond and the close-knit group of staff we have that really stepped up to the plate. Everybody worked side by side, so we came out with a lot of momentum, and we’re very eager to keep that momentum going forward.

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ON SEPT. 1, Dr. Adhi Sharma, left, took over as president of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside, at left, from Richard Murphy.

Herald: Can you describe your roles and duties and how they compare to what you were doing previously?

Sharma: My role [before Sept. 1], I was chief medical offi-

cer and executive vice president [of the hospital], so I had a number of areas that I provided oversight for, including [information technology]. I worked closely with nursing, all of the quality and regulatory components, as well as patient experience components, so there were a lot of areas that I oversaw.

It will be an interesting transition to let go of everything that I’ve been involved with at the level that I’ve been involved . . . I will have to backfill my current role, and once I do that, that’s when that transition will occur.

As long as I’m serving two roles, I’ll end up staying closer to the projects that I’m involved with now. [This role] reflects where health care is today. We are much more focused on quality of care, clinical programming and population health, and much less focused on contracting and all the business elements of health care.

Herald: What are some of your major goals going forward?

Sharma: The main goal is in three parts. The first is to

keep that forward momentum, so all of the projects we have going come to fruition, and to see them to completion and any hiccups or obstacles, we have to make sure we overcome those. The second is to steward the integration with the system [that comes with the planned $400 million expansion], that’s a very high priority for us . . .

The third is to continue to provide the care we’re known for to keep our staff engaged through this process and make sure their wellness is being minded. Because of the pandemic, there’s a lot of fatigue setting in for our staff . . . Getting our staff and our community to whatever the next phase of this is . . . will be the third priority — to see us through the pandemic.

Herald: What are your thoughts on your predecessor Richard Murphy, and has he given you any advice?

Sharma: He’s been mentoring me for this role for the last six years. I’ve been working very closely with him. I first started working with him in 2007, so I’ve known him a

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long time . . . While I’ve been here, he’s been working very closely with me. He’s an excellent role model for any hospital leadership. It’s easy to oversimplify this sentence, but the gravity of it cannot be underestimated: He gets it. I’ve worked with a lot of CEOs, and he’s a CEO that gets it . . . It’s so easy for . . . a non-clinical CEO to just look at numbers, look at volumes, look at budget reports, things like that. He doesn’t just do that. He always sees the big picture, and he always sees the totality of that picture.

Herald: What specific challenges do you face taking on this new role during a pandemic, especially with the Delta variant?

Sharma: There are going to be interesting challenges

related to this [vaccine] mandate [for health care workers] and what that’s going to mean for health care. I support that mandate. I think it’s the right thing to do for health care. It’s the right thing to do for our patients, it’s the right thing to do for our staff, so it was great that we were able to get that mandate in New York state. There are staff that may find it so objectionable that they leave health care, so we may see a concern with staffing as it relates to people who just opt to not get vaccinated.

That’s going to be a challenge. I think that Delta has shown us that even when you think you’re out of the woods, you’re really not.

Herald: Community outreach has always been a part of the hospital. What plans do you have to continue that?

Sharma: Community outreach is more important than ever. Getting information to people, that’s been a high priority for us. Our Truth in Medicine polls have been a great vehicle for us to really just assess what the pulse is of the community . . . We’re very eager to partner with our communities, partner with our elected officials to get education to our communities. The most important thing in health care is that people are educated . . . If we have food deserts in our community, if we have access issues in our community, we want to see how we can solve those problems. The [Covid-19] ‘Vaxmobile’ is a great example of solving an issue of access to vaccines.

We’ve learned a lot about our community through this pandemic, and we want to put all that knowledge to work. There are some silver linings in this pandemic, and our relationship with the community has never been tighter.

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community update Thursday, Sept. 9

to 11:30 a.m. This is RSVP-only event.

RSVP online at https://www.jonesbeachenc.org/events/storytimeaug-16. There is a $4 entry fee. The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center is located at Jones Beach State Park, West End 2, 150 Bay Pkwy.

Candle Box live Head down to Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall to listen to Candle Box. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are available at www. muls.com. Individuals with questions can call 516-783-7500. Mulcahy’s is located at 3232 Railroad Ave., in Wantagh.

Tuesday, Sept. 14 Creature feature tour Families of all ages can join the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center for a “creature feature” from 1:30 to 2 p.m.

Learn about their reptile species and spend time with them in person. There is a $4 fee. The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center is located at Jones Beach State Park, West End 2, 150 Bay Pkwy.

Friday, Sept. 10 WHS reunion Wantagh High School Class of 1971 is having their 50th reunion from 4 to 10 p.m. at The Nook. The Nook is located at 3195 Sunrise Hwy., in Wantagh.

Sibshops meeting Join Sensory Beans at 3309 Merrick Rd., in Wantagh for Sibshops from 5 to 7 p.m. Sensory Beans Sibshops is a monthly meeting in our sensory rich environment for siblings (ages 5-9 years old) of children with special needs. The price is $30. For more info email sensorybeans427@gmail.com.

Weekly car meet The American Muscle Car Club of Long Island and the Rolling Joint food truck meet weekly from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Enjoy some good food, cars and friends. Don’t forget to bring a chair. For more info visit http://amccliny.com/. They meet at 3333 Sunrise Hwy., in Wantagh.

Saturday, Sept. 11 Seaford farmers’ market Head over to the Seaford farmers’ market for some fresh produce from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. The market is located on Washington Ave., at the east end of the Seaford Long Island Rail Road parking lot.

Too Fat Guys performance Too Fat Guys Phil Zirkuli and Steven LaRose will be playing at Craft Kitchen and Tap House from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

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Seaford 9/11 Memorial Committee’s ceremony The Seaford 9/11 Memorial Committee will host its annual candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. at Seaford High School. The vigil will take place on school ground near the 9/11 memorial. All are welcome. at 1885 Wantagh Ave., in Wantagh.

Wantagh Fire Department: Sept. 11 The Wantagh Fire Department will host its 9/11 ceremony at 8:30 a.m. at the Wantagh Fire Department located at 2995 Jerusalem Ave. Attendees will see the monument constructed from World Trade Center steel. The ceremony will run for 30 to 45 minutes.

Never Forget show Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall at 3232 Railroad Ave., in Wantagh will host a Sept. 11 tribute show. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show is at 9 p.m. Free admission for any police, firefighters, nurses and first responders with proof and/or ID.

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Join Heroes against Heroin for their 6th annual 5k at Jones Beach State Park field 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 10 a.m.

Sunday, Sept. 12 A Night for Zach Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall at 3232 Railroad Ave., in Wantagh is hosting A Night for Zach from 2 to 6 p.m.

Zachary died in July 2018 in the line of duty as a volunteer firefighter for New Hyde Park F.D. at 19. Since the inception of the Zachary Fazekas Foundation, newly graduating high school students have been given scholarships totaling over $9K thanks to donations. To make a donation to be included in the raffled gift baskets: please contact event

organizer at: sallyannmarchese@gmail. com. To donate in lieu of attendance please do so via VENMO: @ZacharyFazekasFoundation.

Monday, Sept. 13 Strength, flexibility and balance session Join the Wantagh library and instructor Barbara Gilmartin from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for a class with basic exercises using stretch bands. Attendees should bring light hand weights. A class fee of $20 is due at time of registration. The event will take place in the community room.

Sensory walks Children ages 3-6 can explore the grounds using their sense from 10:30

Find out how energy moves through the food web and how marine animals use their energy through music and dance from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. This is RSVP only. RSVP online at https://www. jonesbeachenc.org/events. There is a $4 entry fee. The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center is located at Jones Beach State Park, West End 2, 150 Bay Pkwy.

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All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number.

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There is a Wantagh Chamber of Commerce meeting on September 27 at 7 p.m.

Check out the Wantagh Museum on Sundays located at 1700 Wantagh Ave. The Seaford Chamber of Commerce will hold its Fall Festival on Oct. 2 at 1 p.m.

The Diamonds will be playing at the Seaford H.S. on Monday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunset Grill in Seaford is having a Spooktacular Sunday Funday special on Halloween at 6 p.m.

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A veteran-laden Hofstra women’s soccer team is fueled for a return to the NCAA Tournament this fall after its abridged spring season ended in heartbreak.

Hofstra, which entered September ranked 25th in the national coaches poll, returned nearly every starter from a 7-1-1 team where the Pride led the nation in scoring per game, but were denied a chance to compete on the sport’s biggest stage following a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Elon in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) semifinals. The rare spring season due to the pandemic created a far shorter than normal offseason.

“Last season came to an abrupt end and were deeply disappointed, but the fortunate thing this year was it was a quick turnaround,” said 16-year head coach Simon Riddiough, MAtthEW VOWiNkEL LED the Pride with 6 whose team opened with a 4-1 start goals and 5 assists on the way to earning Allafter wins against Stony Book, Alba- CAA First Team honors. ny, Brown and Columbia along with a “She is a supreme athlete,” said Riddinear upset of seventh-ranked Penn State in 2-1 defeat. “It is good to get back ough of Pearse. “We’re excited about her future.” at it.”

Another backyard product that RiddiThe Pride were tabbed as the unanimous CAA favorite with three players ough hopes makes strides this fall is junior forward Cailey Welch, a former earning pre-season conference player of the year accolades including senior for- standout at North Shore High School who ward Miri Taylor, fifth-year midfielder has battled back from injuries.

Lucy Porter and junior defender Anja Suttner. Forward Lucy Sheppard and mid- Pride men eye CAA crown The Hofstra men’s soccer team will fielder Jordan Littleboy, who like Porter are using an extra year of eligibility look to get over the hump this fall of allowed because of last year’s shortened achieving its NCAA Tournament aspiseason, received preseason All-CAA hon- rations following three years of near misses. orable mention nods.

The Pride were knocked off in the Porter, a reigning First Team-All American, notched her first goal in a 3-0 CAA finals by James Madison in penalty win at Columbia Sept. 2. Heavy defensive kicks last April making the third season a focus on Porter has paved way for seven row its season ended in a shootout to the different scorers led by four goals apiece Dukes on the conference tournament from Taylor and Sheppard. Freshmen stage.

“It is tough to take, but it makes you Georgia Brown and Ellen Halseth have stronger,” said 33-year head coach Richboth notched two goals.

Brown, a freshman from England, pro- ard Nuttall. “I feel like we have a well-balvides Hofstra with a bright future along anced team this season.”

Hofstra returns 10 starters from last with local newcomers Leah Iglesias (Carle Place) and Olivia Pearse (Seaford), who season’s 5-2-3 team including preseason scored her first career goal in Hofstra’s 4-0 All-CAA selections Matthew Vowinkel, George O’Malley, Storm Strongin and win against Brown on Aug., 27.

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LuCy PORtER RANks third on Hofstra’s all-time goal-scoring list with 41 and is considered one of the top 15 collegiate players in the nation according to Top Drawer.

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Vowinkel enters his final collegiate season as a graduate student ranked sixth in program history with 29 career goals and was drafted in the third round of 2021 Major League Soccer SuperDraft by FC Cincinnati. The Chaminade High School graduate headed in a goal off a cross from Strongin in Hofstra’s season-opening victory at Rhode Island on Aug. 26.

Strongin, a fellow grad student who began the season with 15 career assists, will be another key facet of the offense along with Stefan Mason, Ryan Carmichael and Jason Ramirez. Mason tallied the lone goal in Hofstra’s 1-0 win at Stony Brook on a penalty kick.

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O’Malley anchors the backline in his third season as team captain along with local defenders Mason Tatafu and Shane Salmon in front of Speel in net. Salmon, a junior from West Hempstead, was a twotime All-Catholic League selection at Kellenberg, while Infuso, a sophomore, hails from Merrick and played four years at Bellmore JFK. Hofstra commences its CAA schedule at Northeastern on Sept. 11. Its first CAA home match is on tap for Sept. 18 versus Drexel. The schedule includes nine total matches at Hofstra Soccer Stadium highlighted by a CAA finals rematch against JMU on Oct. 23.

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The Levittown School District opened for the start of the 20212022 school year on Sept. 2. Administrators, teachers and staff welcomed back approximately 7,000 students at the two high schools, two middle schools and six elementary schools.

“The beginning of a new school year fills us with hope,” said Superintendent Tonie McDonald.

“New books, new pencils and new classrooms symbolize renewal, growth and excitement of what is to come. Whether it be learning in the classroom, scoring a goal on the athletic field or performing on our stages, we hope that all of our children feel a connection to our schools.”

Outside of the elementary schools, parents snapped lots of photos before students went inside to meet their teachers and unpack their new supplies. At Jonas Salk Middle School, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder held a meet and greet with sixth graders.

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Gardiners avenue elementary School students gathered at the first day of school photo stations on the front lawn on Thursday, Sept. 2.

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Seaford school district officials are looking to implement a new “vibe studio” at the High School. The studio would be designated for students to make podcasts, videos and other forms of media that can be shown around the school.

The idea for the studio comes from the school’s already existing ‘live-streamed sports program,’ said Seaford High School Principal Nicole Schnabel. She also said that idea comes from the positive energy that surrounded the podcasts created by students in the Radio Club.

“It was a truly organic idea that came out of a lot of discussions with Mr. Tripoli, the art department Lead Teacher, and Mr. Kerr, an art teacher who also advises the Radio Club,” Schnabel said in an email. “In my former district, my colleagues and I worked diligently to build a very robust broadcasting program that was the heart of the high school. We would love to bring that energy to SHS, building off of the skills of these talented teachers and our students who are chomping at the bit to produce material for an authentic audience.”

The room will be equipped with stateof-the-art podcast equipment, video broadcasting equipment, furniture for both types of media, advanced computer technology, teleprompters, green screen, lighting and more. Schnabel said that the school wants to build in after-school time for the students to be able to use the room, but also wants classes to use the room and its equipment for projects.

There are a lot of benefits to having a studio like this. When the idea was first brought up, the main goal was to create podcasts focusing on wellness. Since then, many new ideas have blossomed, Schnabel said.

“We are also planning on recording interviews and creating jingles or commercials to advertise many of the courses we offer,” Schnabel said. “Of course, it would be great to be able to run with the ‘live-stream’ energy and get some students on the field for some sports broadcasting. Hopefully, I see a course offering

in the future.”

As soon as the proposal for the studio gets approved, the next steps will be taken to actually get the studio implemented, Schnabel said.

“I think the studio sounds like a very cool way to have students express themselves,” Seaford High School alumna, Jessica Kofod, said. “I think if it becomes a club or a class that they should do interviews with each member of sports teams or clubs so that students can learn more about each sport or club.” Kofod, who attends Molloy College in Rockville Centre-, said the college has a similar program, called the Mane Stage Podcast.

Schnabel said that she would love to see this room take off and for students to be excited to create new projects.

“I want to see students clamoring to get into the studio, excited to edit a new project and produce something that we will share with an audience – whether it be peers, faculty, the community, or other buildings,” Schnabel said. “It would be great if we can play our PSAs, commercials, podcasts, and jingles over the loudspeaker to reach our entire student and faculty body at an appropriate pace.”

She also said that she would like to hear feedback from parents about how children like the studio.

“I think the studio is a great idea,” Seaford Harbor PTA President Shannon Conaty said. “I hope it will help the students in the high school to express themselves and help them to share their feelings and thoughts on different topics. It’s a great asset to have in the school and it really allows students to branch out.”

Conaty said she has never heard of any other schools doing something similar but thinks that the students will be very receptive.

“We are very grateful for the opportunity to build upon an already impressive program at SHS,” Schnabel said. “This will be an addition that all students can access and even if they choose not to create, they can enjoy the benefits of listening to and learning from the products.”

The district did not respond to a request for comment related to how the project would be funded.

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As if he wasn’t dealing with enough, said, he assumed he’d be at the scene.

Haskell said his then newborn son, Ryan, Tommy was the captain of Ladder 132.

Ken didn’t discover that they had both born in June 2001, was in and out of the hospital. “It’s all a blur,” he said. “I really responded until about 1 a.m. on Sept. 12.

There wasn’t a cloud in the sky that don’t know how we got through it.”

Both Timmy and Tom were Seaford day, Haskell said — but walking into what was then known only as the pile was like High School graduates, two of the five walking into a nuclear winter. It was alumni who died in the attacks. Tom completely dark and mostly silent. “All graduated in 1982, and Timmy in 1985. A memorial site is set up for you really heard was the Tom at Breslau Cemetery in intensity and roar of the Lindenhurst, parallel to flames, or things crackling, where Timmy is buried. secondary collapses,” he said.

They are survived by Ken, His group got to work in another brother, Kevin, older the southeast corner of the sister Dawn and their mothsite. “The first thought was Ken hasKell er, Maureen. Their father, rescue and recovery,” he said, Thomas Sr., died over two President, “but it was apparent there decades ago. wasn’t a lot of that to be Seaford 9/11 “Ken is such a special perdone. Anybody there was Memorial son,” Tom Condon, chairman gone.” The group also tried to of the Seaford 9/11 Memorial salvage equipment, but the Committee Committee, said. Condon trucks at the site were taught Ken, Timmy and Tom destroyed and hydrants had been and worked alongside Maureen at Seaknocked out.

Haskell tried to find fire trucks from ford High. “He has grown into such an his brothers’ stations. In the coming outstanding man, and he is such a role weeks, he would try to focus his efforts in model for so many people.”

Haskell, who retired from the FDNY in areas where he thought his brothers 2016 and is now the president of the 9/11 might have been.

One of the moments when he felt the Memorial Committee, planned to visit his angriest, he said, was on the third or brothers’ graves on Saturday with his fourth day he worked at ground zero. He wife, Genene, and their two sons, Kenny recovered the intact body of a young and Ryan. They will also attend a candlewoman in a void where a building facade light vigil at Seaford High.

“I appreciate the day because I still had collapsed. Just like hundreds of others that day, he said, she probably never seem to run into someone who knew my brothers,” he said. “I always seem to hear knew what hit her.

“I remember thinking how lucky her a story I’ve never heard before, and it’s family is to get her back,” he said. “Under nice to hear those things.”

Haskell still has days when he strugthe circumstances, as horrible as that gles with the loss of his brothers. But he sounds, that was a good thing to have.”

Since Timmy had been high in the stays positive. “Not every day is sunny north tower when it collapsed, first and bright,” he said. “But I refuse to responders managed to recover his body dwell on the negative, because if you do in the shell of the building on the Satur- that, then the terrorists win. It’s as simday after the attacks. A service was held ple as that. I refuse to let them win.” for him at St. William the Abbot Catholic continued from front page

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 23rd day of September, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations: ELMONT BIELING ROAD (TH 345/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Parkhurst Road shall come to a full stop.

FRANKLIN SQUARE JEFFERSON STREET (TH 340/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

JEFFERSON STREET (TH 340/21) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

MERRICK WILLIS AVENUE (TH 339/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on State Street shall come to a full stop.

WILLIS AVENUE (TH 339/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on State Street shall come to a full stop.

NORTH BELLMORE REGINA AVENUE (TH 330/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on King Street shall come to a full stop.

REGINA AVENUE (TH 330/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on King Street shall come to a full stop.

NORTH VALLEY STREAM BLOSSOM ROAD (TH 310/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on North Drive shall come to a full stop.

OCEANSIDE NASSAU ROAD (TH 348/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Weidner Avenue shall come to a full stop.

NASSAU ROAD (TH 348/21) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on Weidner Avenue shall come to a full stop.

SEAFORD OXFORD PLACE (TH 302/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on South Seamans Neck Road shall come to a full stop.

SOUTH SEAMANS NECK ROAD (TH 302/21) STOP all traffic traveling eastbound on Oxford Lane shall come to a full stop.

TONOPAH STREET (TH 305/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Neptune Avenue shall come to a full stop.

TONOPAH STREET (TH 305/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Neptune Avenue shall come to a full stop.

WANTAGH PARK AVENUE (TH 351/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Jeffrey Court shall come to a full stop.

WOODMERE GREEN PLACE (TH 249/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Lakeside Drive shall come to a full stop.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: September 9, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127376 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 202-48 of the code of the Town of Hempstead entitled, “Handicapped Parking on Public Streets,” a public hearing

will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 23rd day of September, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, to consider the adoption of a resolution setting aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons at the following locations: ELMONT LUCILLE AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 117 feet south of the south curbline of Burton Avenue, south for distance of 20 feet.

(TH-297/21) LITCHFIELD AVENUE west side, starting at a point 283 feet north of the north curbline of Theodora Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-332/21) ROOSEVELT HANSOM PLACE - west side, starting at a point 180 feet south of the south curbline of Washington Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-296/21) MANHATTAN AVENUE west side, starting at a point 536 feet south of the south curbline of Frederick Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-325/21) MONROE AVENUE south side, starting at a point 445 feet west of the west curbline of St. Francis Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-336/21) SEAFORD HICKORY STREET - north side, starting at a point 310 feet west of the west curbline of Jackson Avenue, west for a distance of 14 feet.

(TH-322/21) VALLEY STREAM SHERBOURNE ROAD east side, starting at a point 151 feet south of the south curbline of Cley Road, south for the distance of 20 feet.

(TH-115(B)/21) WEST HEMPSTEAD BROADWAY - east side, starting at a point 54 feet north of the north curbline of Belmont Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-285/21) MEREDITH LANE - north side, starting at a point 117 feet west of the west curbline of Mayfair Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-290/21) and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons: EAST MEADOW CHESTER DRIVE - north side, starting at a point 406 feet west of the west curbline of Devon Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-180/19 7/02/19)(TH-324/21) OCEANSIDE ROXBURY ROAD - east side, starting at a point 85 feet north of the north curbline of Campbell Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-184/14 - 6/24/14) (TH-287/21) VALLEY STREAM SHERBOURNE ROAD east side, starting at a point 151 feet south of the south curbline of Cley Road, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-115(B)/21) ALL PERSONS NTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated:September 9, 2021 Hempstead, New York.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127375

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The Wantagh Public Library held its “tails and tales” summer reading celebration on Aug. 27. Kids who participated in library’s summer reading program, which kicked off in June, were invited to the party. It featured a petting zoo, balloon animals, lawn games, pizza, raffles and honey tastings.

The Wantagh Public Library hosts summer reading sections for all ages, from pre-kindergarten to adulthood. Each program was nine weeks long and started on various days throughout the month of June. The program concluded for all groups in August. Upon registration, each child received a bag with reading-related incentives and a Wantagh Public Library lanyard to monitor their reading achievements.

This summer’s reading theme was “tails and tales.” According to the library’s website, the theme was created to encourage kids to learn about animals and their environments across the globe.

“We want kids to read and this celebration was invitation-only for those who participated,” Library Director Shannon Marchese said.

Pre-K through 5th grade students were challenged to read throughout the summer and log the number of minutes they read. Each week, one student who logged their hours received a gift card.

“We love to read and I put my kids in to support reading,” parent Nicole DennSimon said. “I love that they go all out.

They go the extra mile to make reading fun for everyone and put on a nice event

for the community.”

Her daughter, Isabella Simon, an upcoming sixth-grader at Wantagh Middle School, has been participating in the summer program for the last nine years.

Nicole said she got her kids reading as early as possible.

“Reading is a lot of fun and I like coming to these fun events, especially to see the animals,” Isabella said. “I read 46 books during school and 12 this summer.”

Isabella’s favorite book is Wonder by R.J. Palacio.

As the participants logged their reading and accomplished missions on READSquared, a program that kept track of the students’ reading minutes, they earned buttons for their lanyard that showcased their accomplishments. Some of the available buttons displayed different reading skill levels.

There were over 130,000 reading minutes recorded just from the kid’s reading program, Marchese said.

“This is the first summer I put my children in this … and it was because they love reading,” parent Melissa Jonker said at the summer celebration. “I thought this was a great program and I loved how the library encouraged them to come to the library and find their own books.”

At the party, her son Dylan Jonker, 5, donned his blue and white library lanyard filled with buttons that received for reading throughout the summer.

“These events are great opportunities for the community to come together,” Legislator Steve Rhoads said. “They get to see each other and have fun and promote reading. We have some amazing resources here in Wantagh.”

The WanTagh PuBlic Library summer reading celebration on Aug. 27 had an array of farm animals for the participants to feed.

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It looked like a repair, and was very obvious and disappointing. After much wasted discussion and time, when the guy tried his best to convince us “nobody would see it, it was hardly noticeable,” we decided to call a bathtub refitting company. The estimate wasn’t bad and the tile company agreed to pay for the repair. I was impressed at how much simpler the process was than I anticipated. I had doubts that the tub wouldn’t look as substantial as the porcelain tub finish and wouldn’t last.

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The bathtub replacement took one trip to thoroughly measure and a second trip to install.

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think everyone will concede that the summer went by too quickly. But despite the speed at which two months have passed, the world around us continued to function, and both good and bad things happened. In this short period of time, New Yorkers have seen the resignation of their governor and our first major storm experience. The weeks and months ahead will no doubt present us with new challenges.

We have a new governor, Kathy Hochul, who has hit the ground JERRY running, and established herKREMER self as a major political figure.

She has appointed a number of highly experienced staff members, and will make many more changes in order to erase the Cuomo footprint. Her new head of the Department of Financial Services is Adrienne Harris, who has worked as a special assistant to the White House and a senior adviser in the U.S. Treasury Department. DFS is a

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complex agency, and needs a level-headed leader.

Hochul has not been reluctant to wade into controversial areas. She has signed an executive order to require masks in all schools, and is pushing hard to get unvaccinated New Yorkers to get their shots as soon as possible. She called a special session of the Legislature to extend the eviction moratorium and also to move forward on the legalization of marijuana. Up to this point, the state had done a miserable job of distributing federal funds to New Yorkers who are behind on their rent.

Like many appointed public officials who plan to seek election to their new positions, she has a short time to establish herself as a strong governor, in the hope that she can ward off a 2022 primary challenge. The legislative leaders are making a sincere attempt to work with her, many out of relief that the Cuomo era is over. But time will tell whether they can work as an effective team, because Albany is a place where egos can collide on a moment’s notice.

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While many of us were lounging on a beach or escaping on a golf course, politicians around the country were doing loads of mischief. Despite the fact that at least six states were all but drowning in Covid cases thanks to the Delta variant, their governors were busy banning mask mandates and telling everyone to make believe the disease had disappeared. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose state is racking up new cases, is actively battling school districts and cruise lines, who are just trying to keep people of all ages from getting sick.

The so-called red state governors are having a field day passing laws intended to restrict people from voting and to ban virtually all abortions. To date, over 400 laws have been introduced in 38 states to restrict the general public’s, and especially minorities’, opportunities to vote. The Texas legislature has passed a law banning abortions six weeks after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Having four daughters, I’ve learned that most women don’t even know they’re pregnant at that stage.

In June, a number of states with

ed state governors are having a field day passing restrictive voting laws.

Republican governors decided that people were declining to go to work because they were getting an extra $300 in federal unemployment benefits. Assuming that those people were all a bunch of slackers, state officials decided to stop giving out the federal dollars, assuming that this would force the recipients to leave home and go back to work. Their judgment has proven wrong, as unemployment statistics haven’t changed, and the people who were staying home continued to do so.

A final note about who’s running for public office these days. It seems that during the past year, there were 23 new people elected to the State Legislature. Only six had any government experience, and four had held a job in the private sector.

That left 13 who came into public office with few if any credentials. There’s no moral to this story. It’s just circumstantial evidence that it’s hard to find experienced people to run for office, and that’s a big loss for all of us.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column?

JKremer@liherald.com.

A dog’s tale: the view from inside the canine carry-on

can’t stretch out, I can hardy breathe, but even inside this dog carrier, the air is better than the smoke out in Lake Tahoe. As the family pet, I went along on the summer vacation out West. Think of me as your four-legged eyewitness to one family’s encounter with environmental disaster.

As my human reported last week, we headed to Tahoe last month to visit kids and grandkids. We expected a month of R&R on the Truckee River. My human dad, superanxious about the RANDI trip, fixated on my KREISS food and my, um, movements. I’m not talking Beethoven. He carried blue New York Times plastic bags across the country because those are his favorite disposables.

We flew to Denver and drove 16 hours to Tahoe. A different hotel every night, weird hallway smells, walks on scorching asphalt and very super-sized people not wearing masks, which I resent because if something happens to my humans, I’m toast.

In Tahoe, we stayed at my sister’s house and at a rental house in the moun-

tains. My sister has a new, irritating puppy. He ate my food and chewed up my travel bed. He sneaked up on me and jumped on my back for reasons I don’t understand. The rental house was worse.

At night I walked outside in blackout conditions, the heavy musk of bear in the air.

Then smoke from the fires swept into Tahoe and smothered our air. People have no idea how ash and the absence of any poopworthy grass can affect a dog.

Then the humans started to misbehave. Tensions escalated into tiffs, and sniping ensued. Someone growled, “Who’s idea was it to come out here, anyway?”

And, “Who peed in the kitchen?”

The humans clearly had no idea what to do. Some knucklehead decided that an escape to San Francisco would work. Did I have a say?

New hotel room, new “pet relief ” area.

So stressful. My human dad brought along the blue plastic Times bags because sometimes even humans need comfort toys.

The San Francisco air was clear and in the “healthy” range on www.airnow.com.

While I cooled my paws in the hotel, my people walked the Embarcadero and

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toured the Botanical Gardens. But it was all an illusion of relief.

Back in Tahoe, air quality misery was now compounded by “extremely high and dangerous risk of fire.” CalFire texted that news to people’s phones every few hours.

We moved yet again, from the rental house back to my sister’s house, just for safety, to be under one roof.

That meant back to the devil dog.

Family tensions erupted again. Light the grill or don’t risk a spark? Walk me around the block or let me roam the yard? Take the kids to town or hide from the smoke? Everyone was supercharged, and displaying all the symptoms of loving but dysfunctional families everywhere. Lots of shouting, some crying, endless couldhave, should-have, and who’s feeding the dogs? I’m here to tell you that either no one fed me or everyone fed me. I hate when the humans become unreliable.

After a few days of simmering under one roof, my humans decided to leave, give up the rental house a month early, return our car to the wrong location (Reno instead of Denver) fly out of Reno ASAP, and then home.

So I’m writing on the RNO-to-DEN leg.

ither no one fed me or everyone fed me.

I hate when the humans become unreliable.

I heard news of hurricane-remnant flooding in New York, but we’re homeward bound, escaping the fires and ready for the wind and rain. A leg up to my compatriots splashing through flooded streets.

Tomorrow we fly back to the God-blessAmerica-I-hope-I-never-travel-again-better-than-a-mound-of-peanut-butter-glorious East Coast. We worry about the family we left in Tahoe, and yeah, even the new puppy. How’s a little guy supposed to feel safe outside and comfortable inside when Noah’s Ark is burning? My humans’ grandkids just sent a photo of a bear looming at the edge of their property.

Who’s going to tell the little guy to stay away?

The kids have several plans in play while hoping for shifting winds. Meanwhile, we fly east.

It is undignified to travel inside a “doggie carry-on” bag, but I fell for the old peanut butter trick. She who shall not be named tossed a peanut butter cookie into the bag, and I dived for it. Again.

Over the past three weeks I have slept in nine different beds. Now we’re cruising at 34,000 feet and I’m in a canvas tote, stuffed under the seat of some overstuffed dude. Nothing seems quite right, even in a dog’s world.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Reflecting on the Sept. 11 attacks 20 years later

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he Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., set off a cascade of worldwide catastrophes over the subsequent two decades — the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and many other terrorist attacks, in multiple countries. September 2001 seems like a lifetime ago, but for those old enough to remember that terrible year, it remains a haunting memory, a fever dream that we try to lock in the backs of our brains but is ever-present.

For those of us in Nassau County that day, we could only watch in horror as grayblack smoke plumes spiraled out of the twisted, shattered remains of the twin towers upward into an otherwise perfect azure sky. The plumes were visible from points across the county.

Shortly after the attacks, people started to gather on the beach in Lido and at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick — the highest point on the South Shore — to watch the billowing smoke, staring silently in stunned disbelief.

The United States homeland was under attack for the first time since World War II, and at that moment, we had no idea who the invader was, or the future suffering in distant lands that the attacks would bring.

It was all incomprehensibly terrifying.

In a front-page story in the Heralds’ Sept. 13-19 issue, “Terror at the Towers,” reported by Scott Brinton, Carrie James, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, Larry Maier and Cindy Roth, this is how we described the scene: “A wave of fear and despair raced across [Nassau County] Tuesday morning

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’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really, really scared.

Rollen Cajoles after terrorists slammed two hijacked jetliners into the World Trade Center, sending the Twin Towers crumbling into Lower Manhattan.

“In the afternoon, surviving victims of the attack filtered into Nassau by Long Island Rail Road, like refugees from a war zone. Many, who were still shaking dusty, white debris from their clothes, were not from the area but had taken the first train they could out of the city and gotten off at the first possible stop.”

We sent our reporters to the train stations to meet the survivors of the attacks.

Sylvia Melendez, who worked in Lower Manhattan, described the chaos after the towers crashed to the ground. “The rush of clouds of debris forced everyone out into the streets,” she said. “Everyone was running away.”

Here in Nassau, people were glued to their TVs and radios, watching and listening, hoping for the best but fearing the worst. “I’ve been listening all morning,” Luisa DeGirolamo, who worked at La Margherita Pastry Shop in Bellmore Village, said. “I’m devasted. I can’t get over it.”

Rollen Cagoles, of East Meadow, said, “I’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really,

letters A letter to Governor Hochul To the Editor: Congratulations and good luck to Gov. Kathy Hochul. She has been thrust into a role that is critical to the 19.45 million people who live, work and play in the Empire State. Here on Long Island, we are especially hopeful for her good work.

The challenges on Long Island are many. Our aging infrastructure needs serious attention. As the nation’s first suburb, we are living with an antiquated system that requires an upgrade. Our increasingly overburdened roadways, bridges and tunnels are dismal.

The environmental infrastructure is failing.

Drinking water has challenges, including the quality and quantity. Surface water contamination is rampant from nitrogen and other pollutants entering our creeks, bays, harbors and the Long Island Sound. Our air is polluted with toxins too small to see with the naked eye. We are vulnerable to sea level rise, climate change and the inevitable next big storm. The fact is, we aren’t ready.

Our environment is too important for the noaction tendencies of the past to continue. Our

really scared.”

Many parents rushed to their children’s schools to pick them up and take them home, fearful of further attacks. “A lot of people came and pulled their kids out because they didn’t want them to be in a place with a large group of people,” said Pat Brace, PTA president of Bowling Green Elementary School in East Meadow.

“They thought they would be a target.”

Nassau police doubled patrols around municipal buildings, schools, houses of worship and transportation lines. Police also diverted westbound traffic away from New York City. Motorists who had to travel major throughfares were advised to stay home.

The military closed down the airspace over Long Island, with unlighted F-16 fighter jets streaking overhead above John F. Kennedy International Airport into the night of Sept. 11 to 12.

Nearly 500 Long Islanders died in the attacks at the World Trade Center or later succumbed to 9/11-related illnesses. Each one was a life extinguished too soon. We must remember all of them — their essential goodness, their essential humanity.

In the coming days, there will be solemn ceremonies in remembrance of the dead.

Consider attending one to show your support for the victims, or stop and pause for a moment at 8:46 and 9:04 a.m. on Saturday and reflect on or say a prayer for the victims. In this way, you will help to keep their memories alive for generations to come. “Never forget” should never become a trite slogan. It should be a motto by which we live.

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hen talking with my grandkids about returning to school this fall — to the building, with other kids, not the dining room table — I was reminded of a school day of my own years ago.

“Bobby.” I heard my name called on the second-floor landing of A. B. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, N.Y. The caller was Mr. Leone, Joseph Leone, my biology teacher and college adviser. “Why haven’t you signed up for ALAn the SATs?” he asked. sinGer Neither of my parents had attended college, my mother had died eight years earlier, and my father, a vacuum cleaner salesman, had his hands full with two active kids. When I think about the controversies surrounding school openings this fall, I think, too, of the critical role of teachers in the lives of their students.

That certainly was the case for me.

Mr. Leone wasn’t alone in affecting my life for the better. I was going to drop out of college after my first year not only because of the cost, but also because I

questioned why I was there. I entered to be a minister, but had become disillusioned with organized religion. My college adviser, Mildred Martin, helped me sort through the financial and philosophical questions and urged me to appeal my financial aid award, and I continued as her student.

Other teachers stand out as well. Miss Calabrese and Miss King, in elementary school, “Pop” Phillips in high school, Mark Ebersole in college, and Kay Moore and Robin Williams in graduate school.

The past year of living and learning with Covid in our path and in our shadows revealed the inequalities of access to teachers like the ones I’ve known. When teachers are diverted from their main responsibilities, teaching and advising, they can’t fulfill their roles to the fullest. It is especially difficult for them to be effective when students lack access to broadband and Wi-Fi, a quiet place to study, and supportive adults to help them with difficult assignments.

A distinguished psychologist once said that we human beings are the “teaching species.” All species must learn enough to leave the nest, but humans turned teaching into a “calling,” a vocation dedicated to preparing the next generation

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was going to drop out of college after my first year. I questioned why I was there.

Letters looming issues need real solutions, not lip service. We need to address the Island’s solid-waste crisis, illegal dumping and the associated increases in disposal costs.

Hochul hasn’t been handed the reins of the state at our finest hour. New Yorkers suffer with an unsustainable tax burden that’s accelerating the exodus of high-net-worth people, employers and job creators. The growing disparity in income and wealth, an increasing immigrant population and the associated educational and health care challenges are monumental. And our young workforce and empty-nesters are leaving because of a lack of affordable housing.

Leaders in the past have forsaken us in favor of book deals, their own selfish agendas and their next election. Indeed, some are in prison for their bad behavior, but the reality is, the good people of New York have been sold out, and that’s why we require Hochul’s earnest leadership.

We have hope in her vision, fortitude and ability to make the really tough decisions. We’re counting on her. Most important, please know that we are here for you, governor. Long Island and the state of New York have immense resources, none greater than their residents.

There will be vocal naysayers who attempt to stop Hochul from addressing these vexing challenges. There are people who talk a lot, and there are people who get stuff done. To Hochul, I say this:

with knowledge, skills and values. As a result, teachers have a moral, social, civic and historical responsibility for not only educating each new generation but also, in this way, creating the future.

We must remember the vocation, the calling, of teaching. As the historian Jacques Barzun said, “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”

At the beginning of our nation, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson stated that public education was at the heart of democracy.

“The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and be willing to bear the expenses of it,” Adams wrote. “There should not be a district of one mile square without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people themselves.”

Jefferson expressed similar sentiments. It is unfortunate, therefore, that some local school boards see teachers simply as employees, instead of as those who inspire discovery and awaken students’ imaginations, as Mark Van Doren and Robert Frost said.

But while the Founders argued that schooling was a local responsibility, they were adamant about the public benefits

to the nation. They believed that education should be public; is critical to democracy because it prepares an informed citizenry, able to ask questions; is important because it prevents aristocracy and promotes meritocracy; should be free from religion and ideology; should be equal and equally available to all citizens; and is a public investment that is worth the cost.

While the ideals of the Founders foundered on the compromises made to create a republic, they nevertheless created within the Constitution the mechanisms for correcting early mistakes and providing the means for continuing the pursuit of a “more perfect union,” which we have shown the ability to do.

As we help our kids and grandkids, or relatives or neighbors’ kids, prepare for a new school year, let us acknowledge the noble profession of teaching, perhaps by remembering our own teachers, and do what we can to fulfill the Founders’ aspirations for true equality of education in America.

Robert A. Scott, Ph.D., is president emeritus of Adelphi University; the author of, or contributor to, 18 books and monographs; and the author of hundreds of articles on higher education and social issues. His latest book is “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Prize awardee, 2019).

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Please be the latter. Be bold. We heard you say you’d “fight like hell for New York,” and that’s exactly what Long Island needs.

WILL FLOWER Bayville

Cuomo should be impeached To the Editor: Re Robert Rosenberg’s column “History repeats itself in Albany — again and again” (Aug. 26-Sept. 1): I agree with Rosenberg’s opinions, and would add that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo would indeed get the last hurrah and make “the State Legislature and state government look like a ship of fools” if it gave him a free pass on the nursing home deaths scandal and his subsequent cooking of the books to make it appear less egregious than he would have had us believe. Interestingly, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed immediately that these deaths were undercounted by some 12,000.

By ordering nursing homes to accept Covid-19 patients, Cuomo, threatening owners with penalty if they did not comply, exposed many more confined elderly to the virus, potentially causing their deaths. With all due respect, I consider manslaughter to be an even more serious

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crime than the sexual harassment charges that forced Cuomo’s resignation.

Given the present state of affairs, it is now the State Legislature (and, ultimately, the State Senate) that is on trial, and it remains to be seen whether playing politics will take precedence over what must be done in the name of justice. How can

anyone trust Cuomo now? He contends that he will not seek future political office, but only impeachment would close the book on that possibility, definitively and conclusively.

ROBERT RuBALSKY East Rockaway

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