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TOH redistricting commission fails to draw new map think in both cases there is a common thread we are seeing, and that is the idea of keeping After several rounds of blis- communities whole and making tering public hearings and polit- them more compact.” ically pressurized back-andThe move was met with a forths, the temporary redistrict- sharp uproar from the small ing commission’s crowd, dashing efforts to explore expectations for a how new district final green light for lines should be a map. drawn for the Town Mimi Pierreof Hempstead ended Johnson, the foundlast Friday with the er of the Elmont commission’s final C u l t u r a l C e n t e r, recommendation. said the commission After weighing had turned a corner the options between by formally acknowthe preliminary ledging the faults of map pitched by the the Town of HempTown of Hempstead stead’s preliminary or alternatives by map, but did not local civic and law deliver on a solid groups, the threerecommendation. member commis“Our hopes sion officially urged (were) snatched by Town of Hempstead GARY HUDES the fact that they lawmakers to pro- Chairman, refused to stand duce a final map Temporary behind one of the that keeps commuproposed alter naredistricting nities of interest tive maps and tweak i n t a c t . S t i l l , i t commission it as needed,” stopped short of Pierre-Johnson putting forward an actual map said. “The resolution is not for the town to consider. enough to satisfy everything the “We really sat, each one of public raised a concern to.” us, and it truly was a hearing: Since day one of the rediswe listened,” chairman Gary tricting process, the concerns Hudes told the audience. “I Continued on page 4

By ANA BoRRUTo and JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com

Courtesy Valley Stream South High School

VAllEY STREAm SoUTH senior Ibrahim Qadri, center, was recognized as a Regeneron semifinalist for his research on the effect of nicotine on fruit flies, under the guidance of South research co-advisers Melissa Torregrosa, left, and Jeffrey Hsi.

South senior Ibrahim Qadri is a Regeneron semifinalist

By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com

Valley Stream South High School senior Ibrahim Qadri was pulled out of his biology classroom one fateful day.

H e s aw h i s s c i e n c e research co-adviser Jeffrey Hsi and science department chair Jeanette Azzaretto standing outside the door. “I thought, ‘Oh man, what did I do wrong?’” Qadri recalled.

But then he saw, speeding through the hallway, his science research co-adviser Melissa Torregrosa, laptop in hand — with a screen that displayed a virtual congratulations to Qadri, who had been named a semifinalist in the 2023 Regeneron Science Talent Search. His fear had turned to happy shock.

Out of nearly 2,000 applications from 600 high schools in the U.S. and around the world,

Qadri took his place among the top 300 high school scientists at the Regeneron Science Research Talent Search. As of press time, last Tuesday, 40 of the 300 scholars were named finalists, moving on to compete for more than $1.8 million in awards during a weeklong competition in Washington, D.C., taking place March 9-15.

The talent search chose the Continued on page 4 January 26, 2023

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think in both cases there is a common thread . . . keeping communities whole and making them more compact.

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From cop to Congress: D’Esposito settles into D.C. belt. He described working in some of the most violent communities — not just in New York, but across the nation.

If there was a common theme in Anthony D’Esposito pays homage to his law enforcement D’Esposito’s career, it would be progression. background with his signature logo of a police badge From police officer to New York Police Department with an outline of Long Island in the center, and “NY-4” detective. An 18-year-old volunteer firefighter to fire written on the bottom, for his congressional district. chief. And now Hempstead town councilman to con“When creating our brand and what we are about, I gressman, the 40-year-old Island Park native don’t think anything really sums me up describes looking back at his journey as a more than that shield,” D’Esposito said. surreal experience.

“I’m proud to have worn the uniform.”

“One of the first weeks of orientation, The Island Park Fire Department was walking out of the Capitol building for the known as a central location to “everything first time, walking down those steps and and anything that went on” in the neighborlooking back you — it definitely makes you hood. As soon as he turned 18, D’Esposito think, ‘How did I get here?’” D’Esposito signed on as a volunteer. By 2009, he was the said. fire department’s chief — one of the youngANTHONY The congressman does not forget where est to have been elected at the time. He was he comes from, and who supported him D’ESPOSITO also the first person to run a second term as along the way. Through his volunteerism U.S. Representative chief, and later ran for third assistant chief. and public service, he has made lifelong D’Esposito has proven his ability to friends who never shy away from cheering move up the ranks and make his mark in him on. D’Esposito’s official in-district swearing in the communities he served. Once he reached what he attracted hundreds of his loved ones, fellow elected offi- describes as “the pinnacle,” his first thought was not to cials, law enforcement colleagues and neighbors. slow down, but see what he could try next.

To the country, he is a U.S. congressman. But to the He was appointed to the Hempstead Town Board in small, close-knit community of Island Park, D’Esposito 2016, taking over the seat formerly held by Anthony is “still the same guy,” he said. He credits his experience Santino. During his tenure, D’Esposito embedded himas a first responder for shaping the person he is today. self in the community, established himself as an acces“I’m not a lifelong politician,” D’Esposito said. “I’m sible figure day and night, and was even willing to work someone that has had that real life experience — so with those on the other side of the aisle. much, if not all, of my adult life has really been cenAt his congressional swearing-in ceremony — where tered around public service and the public safety former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato led the oath — world.”

D’Esposito made it clear his arm is extended to everyHe joined the NYPD in 2006, becoming a highly deco- one and anyone who wants to help deliver for his conrated detective with more than 600 arrests under his stituents.

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’m proud to have worn the uniform.

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U.S. REP. ANTHONY D’Esposito stands to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at his in-district swearing in ceremony at the David S. Mack Center for Training & Intelligence.

D’Esposito is off to a quick start representing the 4th Congressional District, ready to try out his brand of bipartisanship in Washington.

“I think the qualities of a good leader are making sure you’re at the forefront, being humble, always learning new things,” D’Esposito said. “But most importantly, you have the willingness to work and never mind getting your hands dirty.”

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Barbara deGrace retires as deputy village clerk nesses had significant struggles during that time, deGrace said, all trying to stay afloat during the lockdown, and the ecoIt was a little over a decade ago Barba- nomic slowdown that followed. The vilra deGrace walked into Valley Stream’s lage did its part, partnering with the Valvillage hall ready to give back to the com- ley Stream Chamber of Commerce, conmunity she loved. Back then, she could necting people to the vital government only work part-time, with a resources that were sure to busy schedule of personal help. and family commitments.

All of that meant taking But work she did. on a greater role assisting deGrace retired Dec. 30 as both the mayor and the vilValley Stream’s deputy village clerk with the day-tolage clerk, a role she took on day functions of the village. at the height of the coronaviBut it was good teamwork rus pandemic after spending that got deGrace through. years coordinating public And, with the help of others, information and providing working for — and with — administrative assistance to the village has been a “great the mayor. honor.” “ C ov i d w a s p ro b ably During her time with the among the most challenging village, deGrace watched as periods that anyone in our the village grew from 38,000 lifetime has experienced, and people to 40,000, making ValValley Stream was no excepley Stream the third largest tion,” deGrace said. “It was village in the state behind very important that we in the Hempstead and Freeport. village government retained “It’s easy to see how the a large role in assisting the BARBARA day-to-day operations can be public through that terrible quite demanding,” deGrace deGRACE time.” said. “A large part of my job Valley Stream also kept Former deputy was to assist in getting accuCamp Barrett — the popular village clerk rate information out to the local summer camp — and residents, staff and media the pool complex open, and whenever there was a need hosted concerts throughout that first — which was all the time.” summer, with social distancing in place.

Mayor Ed Fare has known deGrace “It was all because the employees and since he was first elected in 2011, and elected board members wanted to help described her as a “consummate profesthe public get through the trauma,” she sional whose contributions to the quality said. of life for our residents was evident in But it wasn’t just government. Busi- her approach to all she did in her work

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ovid was probably among the most challenging periods that anyone in our lifetime has experienced, and Valley Stream was no exception.

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BARBARA DEGRACE, WhO recently retired as Valley Stream’s deputy clerk, has seen and been a part of a lot of change and growth in the village. She joined local developer Vassilios Kefalas in accepting Vision Long Island’s Smart Growth Award in 2019 for the village. with us.” deGrace started her career with the village part-time to ensure she had enough time for her family. Now, she looks forward to spending even more time with them. But says she won’t be far. Because in Valley Stream, it couldn’t be any other way.

“Our motto was, ‘We are all in this together, and we will get through this together,’ and we did,” deGrace said.

“Working with this team of government professionals has been a great honor.

“I will miss the day-to-day interactions that have enriched my time with the village. But there are only so many hours in each day, and I am now blessed to have an opportunity to spend important time with my new grandson. That is where my energy will be spent.

“However, I have warned everyone at work, I’m always around.”

Buck students give back in honor of MLK Jr. Day

By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com

This year, Valley Stream 24’s William L. Buck Elementary School held its second annual Buck Gives Back Day in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday and the national day of service. Activities were planned for students based on grade level.

Kindergarten and first-grade students created snack bags for Meal on Wheels recipients with donated items from district families. Second-grade students crafted cards with positive messages and pictures to include in the snack bags. Third and fourth-grade students created greeting cards for seniors at Bristol Assisted Living in Lynbrook with colorful drawings and positive messages.

Fifth and sixth-g rade students worked together for Meals for All benefiting Last Chance Animal Rescue and North Shore Animal League. Students made no-bake, homemade treats for animals at the two shelters that are waiting for their forever homes. The Last Chance Animal Recuse, a not-for-

profit charitable organization, also visited William L. Buck Elementary School for a special assembly for grades five and six. The rescue organization’s representatives discussed with the students why rescuing is important and the vital role of a foster family. Students were able to meet their success story dog, Carmen, who loved meeting all of the William L. Buck students.

All of the activities that the students participated in were an extension of the school’s No Place for Hate campaign and One School, One Book initiative led by Traci Ritterbrand and Kerriann Pieper, school psychologists, and a committee of teachers and students.

This month’s book, Lunch Every Day

by Kathryn Otoshi, was chosen to support the idea of helping one’s community. All of the students read the book and engaged in classroom discussions and activities around feelings, perspective, empathy, and being an ally to others. The Buck Gives Back Day of Service was an opportunity to move beyond learning about ally behaviors to become allies to people and animals in the community.

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WiLLiAm L. BUCk Elementary School students created snack bags for Meal on Wheels recipients in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s national day.

Student researcher tackles health effects of nicotine an objective, scientist’s-eye view with his most promising science research stu- experiment, but the results he found hit dents, who wowed leading experts with close to home.

“A lot of people in my family vape and their top-notch independent research projects, covering topics ranging from smoke, and honestly, I don’t really like detecting diseases like Alzheimer’s to seeing that, so I just wanted to find a solution to it and stop nicotine in its tracks,” developing eco-friendly biofuels. he said.

In his project, titled, “The Ability of “We knew going into [applying to the Vitamin E To Improve the Reproduction competition], that Qadir’s research was and Metabolic Respiration of Nicotineexceptional.

So me and my co-advisor JefInduced D. melanogaster,” Qadri looked to frey Hsi were quietly hopeful on our end,” see if Vitamin E could improve the reproductive and metabolic fitness of fruit flies said Torregrosa. “Ibrahim’s incredibly hardworking and very humble about all who had been exposed to nicotine. of his scholastic abilities and we’re so “Even before the science excited for him.” research program, one of the Rather than in a state-ofissues that I really wanted to the-art laboratory, Qadir conspearhead and kind of solve ducted his entire experiment is finding something effecat home. But it wasn’t anytive, reliable, and accessible thing resembling your run-ofto reduce the effects of nicothe-mill, homemade science tine,” said Qadir. project, noted Torregrosa.

Nicotine, the main addic“Probably the biggest chaltive chemical found in tobaclenge Qadir faced was that he co and vape products, has certainly had never worked long been shown to carry a with fruit flies before,” she host of negative health risks IbrahIm QadrI said. including poor blood circula“I remember laying all my tion and digestive issues, Regeneron materials on my bed and litheart problems, and altered semifinalist erally labeling everything. brain development in teenagI’m going to use this vial for ers like Qadir.

Through his research, the high school this group, this vial for that group,” said senior confirmed Vitamin E’s ability to Qadir. “I just had to be really careful with, like, all the safety procedures and make curb the negative health consequences of sure the flies wouldn’t escape while breednicotine on fruit flies. ing them.”

Why fruit flies, you may ask?

But Qadir wasn’t alone.

Fruit flies, which have a surprising “Mr. Hsi and Ms. Torregrosa encourdegree of genetic similarity with humans and are easy to culture with the right lab aged me throughout the entire process. equipment, noted Qadir, have been proven They really helped me evaluate my useful time and time again in scientific research plan and kind of delete stuff that wasn’t feasible and teach me how to research to teach us about human health.

“My most original find is that when analyze my data correctly,” said Qadir.

“We are so incredibly proud of Ibraboth the male and female parent flies received nicotine, they had fewer and less him’s research and to recognize the hard healthy offspring than those of parents work of both Mr. Hsi and Ms. Torregrosa where only the male fly received nico- to get him to this point,” said Azzaretto. tine,” said Qadir. The results open up a “The science research program has been new avenue of further research into the around for over 20 years, and it really effects of nicotine on pregnant women does give students an opportunity to and those nicotine consumers looking to explore and investigate areas that they’re improve their respiratory and reproduc- interested in, which is so unique.” tive health.

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just wanted to find a solution to stop nicotine in its tracks.

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ChaIrman gary hudES and other commission members formally urged Town of Hempstead officials to revise their proposed map to keep communities of interest intact.

Recommendation is not enough, civic groups say continued from front page raised by residents and stakeholders circle back to a single theme: District lines should be redrawn to have a more balanced demographic representation of up to three “minority-majority” districts and compact historically and culturally whole communities. This is something all five alternative maps from the Elmont Cultural Center and Legal Defense Fund ensure.

Commission members Dorothy Brazley, Albert D’Agostino and Hudes admitted that not a single proposed map addresses all the issues the community has put forth but claimed their recommendation was enough to communicate the gist of everyone’s concerns.

As it stands, the current map produced by Skyline Demographic Consultants Inc., the map consultants for the Town of Hempstead, ensures that the town’s 22 villages, with the exception of the Village of Hempstead, remain whole in accordance with the municipal home rule law. And communities such as East Meadow, Franklin Square, North Valley Stream, Baldwin, Uniondale, and Woodmere each contain portions of two council districts, while West Hempstead contains portions of three districts.

Critics, however, raised doubts about the map’s compliance with federal and state voting rights protections — specifically the Voting Rights Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York.

Legal experts Michael Pernick of the Legal Defense Fund, civil rights attorney Frederick Brewington, Randolph M c L a u g h l i n , a n d L a t i n o Ju s t i c e PRLDEF, argued that the splitting of the Black and Latino community in Elmont and Valley Stream into two separate majority-white districts dilutes minority voting power.

“Over 38 percent of the population in the Town of Hempstead is Black or Latino, but this demographic can only elect the candidate of their choice in one out of the six districts,” the law professionals stated in their letter.

Pernick and Brewington warned that if the Town of Hempstead finalizes the current map as it stands, it could expose the town to costly litigation at the taxpayers’ expense.

The town attorney confirmed that the public could voice their concerns at the next Town Board meeting, which was scheduled for Tuesday, after the Herald went to press. The attorney did not confirm when the town will vote on a finalized map.

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North students raise their voices for Poetry Out Loud

–Juan Lasso

Courtesy Valley Stream North High School

Twelve poeTry compeTiTors from across the grades performed their recitations at the North’s Poetry Out Loud contest this year.

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Valley Stream North High School students took part in the school’s fifth annual Poetry Out Loud workshop on December 15 hosted by the English Department. The school-wide performance is part of a national high school poetry recitation competition aimed at encouraging students to learn about poetry as well as practice recitation and memorization.

By taking part in Poetry Out Loud, students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history noted district officials. This year, 12 students from 9th grade through 12th performed in front of a standing-room-only audience.

“The students enjoy Poetry Out Loud because it gives them a chance to express themselves creatively beyond the scope of the classroom,” said Poetry Out Loud Coordinator Sofia Owen. “We are so proud of these students for having the courage to stand up in front of a room full of people and give life to these poems.”

The first and second-place winners, Kayden Candelario and Juliana Blain, will be moving on to the regional competition, which will take place in February. Manal Layachi will serve as an alternate.

“The students demonstrated such bravery, poise, and confidence,” said North’s English Department Chair Lori Belbol. “It is not easy to stand in front of one’s peers and compete in this fashion. Our students at North never cease to amaze us.”

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V.S. North Junior Basketball aN all-CoNFeReNCe seleCtioN last season as a sophomore when he averaged 10 points per game and played a role in the Spartans’ deep run in the Class A playoffs, Obukwelu has picked up where he left off. On Jan. 16, his layup at the buzzer gave Valley Stream North a 50-40 victory at Bethpage and capped a 16-point performance. It was the 13th time in 15 games he’s scored in double figures this season.

gaMes to WatCh thursday, Jan. 26

Boys Basketball: Mepham at Calhoun ....................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Elmont at Kennedy.......................... 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 27

Boys Basketball: Garden City at Sewanhaka ............. 5 p.m.

Boys Basketball: MacArthur at New Hyde Park .......... 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Lawrence at V.S. South .................... 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Kennedy at Elmont .......................... 5 p.m.

Wrestling: Oceanside at Lynbrook .........................5:30 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Long Beach at Jericho..................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: V.S. North at Lynbrook ..................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: V.S. South at Lawrence .................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Carey at Hewlett .............................. 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Floral Park at Wantagh .................... 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Calhoun at Mepham ....................... 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: New Hyde Park at MacArthur........... 7 p.m.

saturday, Jan. 28

Wrestling: South Side Tournament ........................9:30 a.m.

Girls Basketball: Hewlett at Carey .......................11:45 a.m.

Boys Basketball: Freeport at Massapequa............... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Westbury at East Meadow............. 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Seaford at West Hempstead ......... 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: West Hempstead at Seaford.......... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Oceanside at Baldwin ..................... 4 p.m.

Spotting Valley Stream North the first 14 points of last Saturday afternoon’s Nassau Conference A4 boys’ basketball matchup presented first-place Wantagh with its largest deficit of the season.

The Warriors, however, didn’t panic and played shutdown defense in the second half as the offense found its groove behind senior forward Jakai Lester and the backcourt tandem of junior Charlie DeStefano and senior Danny Fisenne.

Lester scored 18 of his game-high 23 points over the final 16 minutes, while DeStefano and Fisenne combined for 13 points after halftime to lead Wantagh to a 47-37 comeback victory. It marked its seventh win in eight conference tries and a season sweep of the Spartans, who were led by junior Jalen Harrison’s 20 points.

“They have some good shooters and we started slow,” Lester said. “We knew we had time to battle back, but it wasn’t easy.

Defense wins games and we were able to lock them down in the second half.”

Wantagh (12-2 overall) remained in the driver’s seat to the A4 crown and a high seed in the Class A playoffs and dropped North (9-7 overall, 4-4 in A4) onto the postseason bubble with four games to go.

“They just beat Bethpage at the buzzer and we knew they were going to come out firing,” Wantagh head coach Matt Simeone said of the Spartans, who led by 12 after the first quarter and by 11 at the half. “We just had to stay true to who we are and that’s work hard and play strong defense,” he added. “Basketball is a game of runs and we got back in it with a big third quarter and kept it going in the fourth.”

Three-pointers from Harrison and fellow juniors Dominic Obukwelu (10 points) and Danny Kosior helped stake North to a 14-0 start. The Warriors were held scoreless for more than six minutes before junior Jake Tate came off the bench to end the drought.

It was the Spartans who couldn’t find the scoreboard in the second half with just 5 points in each of the last two quarters.

They struggled with outside shooting and were unable to outmuscle Lester and class-

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JUNioR JaleN haRRisoN’s 20 points last Saturday weren’t enough for Valley Stream North to hold off a furious rally by visiting Wantagh. mates Jake Borgese and Ryan Daly for rebounds.

“There’s a reason Wantagh is where they are in the standings,” North head coach Michael McVeigh said. “We had a strong first half. In the second half, we created open shots but missed a lot.”

Harrison scored all of the Spartans’ third-quarter points as the Warriors began to chip away. The margin was 32-26 when a long-range shot by North’s Jayden Rodriguez was more than halfway to falling before spinning out of the rim. DeStefano

drained a trey on the ensuing possession and the rally was on.

Wantagh would enjoy a 14-0 run of its own and led 40-32 midway through the fourth. Daly had a strong move to the basket to close the third quarter, then Lester took over early in the fourth with seven points — two from inside the paint, two from the foul line, and a shot from behind the arc.

“We like where we’re at but we still have work to do,” Simeone said. “It’s a tough conference and every team battles.”

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registration Schedule Brooklyn Avenue School Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Robert W. Carbonaro

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

William L. Buck

Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Rosario Iacono at (516) 434-2860. For Will i a m L . B u ck , c o n t a c t P r i n c i p a l Johanne Gaddy at (516) 434-2840. For Brooklyn Ave., contact Principal Scott Comis at (516) 434-2850.

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–Juan Lasso

Kindergarten orientation for Valley Stream District 24 will take place on March 7.

Class

Days, Dates & Times

Candlelight Yoga*

Tuesdays, 1/24 - 3/14, 7:45pm to 8:45pm *Must Bring Your Own Mat

Cardio Kickboxing

Mondays, 1/23 - 3/20, 10am to 11am Tuesdays, 1/24 - 3/14, 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Classes are held at the Valley Stream Community Center.

Chair Body Strengthening

Thursdays, 1/26 - 3/16, 9:15am to 10:15am

Classes will not meet on Monday, February 20th, in observance of Presidents Day.

Chair Yoga

Tuesdays, 1/24 - 3/14, 11am to Noon Thursdays, 1/26 - 3/16, 11am to Noon

There will be no refunds or make-up classes.

Chair Zumba

Wednesdays, 1/25 - 3/15, 10am to 11am

Gentle Aerobics/Flow Yoga*

Fridays, 1/27 - 3/17, 10am to 11am Must Bring Your Own Mat

For all classes requiring a chair, chairs will be provided.

Yoga*

To apply your senior OR veterans discount, register in person at the Valley Stream Community Center!

Sundays, 1/22 - 3/12, 9am to 10am Mondays, 1/23 - 3/20, 6:30pm to 7:30pm Thursdays, 1/26 - 3/16, 7:30pm to 8:30pm *Must Bring Your Own Mat

Zumba

Thursdays, 1/26 - 3/16, 6pm to 7pm Saturdays, 1/28 - 3/18, 10am to 11am

The Incorporated Village of Valley Stream Presents

All programs are 8 weeks long, each class is 1 hour.

Please arrive 15 minutes early for class. If you are late, you will not be able to enter the class.

Fee for each individual class is listed below.

Discount is listed in the blue box!

Upon registration, a parking card will be issued for parking in the Community Center Lot Village Resident

$50

$30

Non-Village Resident

$65

$45

For more information call (516) 825-8571 You can also register online at https://www.vsrec.org

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It’s that time of year again. Kindergarten registration is open for families at Valley Stream District 24 to enroll for the 2022 to 2023 school year starting on February 1.

If you have a child or know of a child who will turn age 5 on or before December 1, 2023, he/she will be eligible to enter kindergarten in September 2023.

Please contact the child’s home school in order to obtain a registration packet, which must be completed and notarized prior to the registration date for which you are scheduled. You can also find a registration packet on our website: ValleyStreamSchoolDistrict24.org .

If your child is currently registered with our universal pre-K program, at Our Kids Place, Hewlett, you will not be required to re-register for kindergarten. Once your child is registered, you will receive further information regarding kindergarten orientation which will take place on March 7, 2023. If you have any questions, please contact the building principal of your home school. For Robert W. Carbonaro, contact Principal

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Timeless values, visible results

atholic Schools Week is upon us — Jan. 29-Feb. 4 — with the goal of raising the awareness of Catholic schools as an outstanding educational option.

The week is set aside to promote the unique nature of the Catholic schools in each community. Schools typically observe the annual celebration week with Masses and open houses to thank parishioners, to welcome visitors and to introduce new families to the benefits of a Catholic education. It frequently kicks off with a Mass and open house on the first Sunday (Jan. 29), and a series of events designed to recognize the contributions of students, parents and faculty during the course of the week. Many schools offer additional open houses and opportunities to visit during the week as well.

Through these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation. In addition to the internal events (teacher and parent recognition events, school ‘spirit’ days, special assemblies, etc) it is also a week where the schools open their doors to the families of their Parish/Parishes they serve, and to the general public who might be considering the benefits of a Catholic education.

As a family considering a Catholic education, how do I learn more?

Catholic Schools Week features Open Houses at the schools where parents and students can visit the school(s) they think they might be interested in and get a tour of the

Choosing a Catholic education

facility, be introduced to the teachers, meet some of the current families and children and generally learn about the academic, spiritual, social and physical development programs.

on a feeling of warmth and caring they got during their visit. Others are more analytical and make direct comparisons based on the results on standardized test scores and high school admittance history. Regardless of how you make your decision, the schools are ‘open books’ during this week, providing whatever information prospective families desire to support their decision.

As a prospective family, do I have an ‘assigned school’?

One of the first differences you will notice about Catholic school is that you get to select the school that you believe your children will be most Catholic Schools successful in. There is no Week is upon us — direct ‘assignment’ based on where you live and most Jan. 29-Feb. 4 — school districts provide buswith the goal ing to the school of your choice within a 15-mile radiof raising the us.

When parents select Catholic elementary school, what are the most frequently cited reasons?

The reasons that are most frequently mentioned are: academic excellence, the awareness of reinforcement of the values Is there a difference in lived at home, Catholic reliCatholic schools tuition to attend a gious identity, a safe, nuras an outstanding turing environment for different school?

Long Island’s Catholic educational option. learning, more individualElementary schools set their ized attention to each stuown tuitions, so they vary slightly, but there is dent’s learning needs, an outstanding extrano penalty for choosing a school outside of curricular program and the level of partneryour Parish or town if you are a parishioner in ship established with parents. the Diocese. The system of schools is an asset here on Long Island for all of the families of Will attending Catholic elementary the Diocese and for all of the families of Long schools help my child get into a Island prestigious Catholic high school?

Attending a Catholic elementary school What should parents look isn’t the only way to get into a Catholic high for during their visit? school, but it is still the best way. The Catholic Many parents of current students tell us high schools are open to all students and that their decision was emotional and based typically have a very significant number of

students from a public school background.

Students qualify for Catholic high school through a test for 8th graders that is administered in October of each year. Typically the students from Catholic elementary schools are best prepared for the academic rigor, the integrated program of faith and values, and the service orientation of the high schools.

Virtually all of the students from Catholic elementary school (99 percent) are admitted to a Catholic high school with the vast majority getting into the school that is their first choice.

You can learn more about the high school entrance exam, and about the Catholic High Schools at chsee.org.

Are non-Catholics welcome in the schools?

The schools are welcoming places to everyone without regard to race, religion or national origin. A religion class is a requirement, students participate in Liturgies, and faith is an integrated part of daily activities, but many schools have a significant population of students who attend because of the quality of the education alone.

How can I learn more or choose the school(s) I would like to visit?

There is a resource for families on the Internet that provides a very complete picture of the Catholic elementary school experience.

It features an interactive map that is your guide to each of Long island’s distinctive Catholic schools, and that lets you view the geographic options for your children at licatholicelementaryschools.org.

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Morning Star Initiative gets results Significant improvements in Long Island’s Catholic elementary schools Significant progress has been made in the renewal and transformation of Catholic Elementary School education on Long Island.

This is the finding from a new report (MSIImpact-Report.pdf (drvc.org) by the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s Morning Star Initiative. The Morning Star Initiative Impact Report cites progress made against the Morning Star Initiative’s four success pillars: Academic Excellence, Robustly Catholic Culture, Safe and Supportive Communities, and Fiscally Sustainable Schools.

“Since the Morning Star Initiative was launched in early 2020, we have strengthened the academic rigor of our schools and stabilized enrollment despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy,” said Brother Thomas Cleary, S.M., Chief Revitalization Officer, Morning Star Initiative.

With more than $3.5 million in funds raised by the Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation for the Morning Star Initiative and then invested in Catholic education, the Catholic Elementary Schools in the Diocese of Rockville Centre have achieved significant academic improvements, safe in-person instruction, strong remote learning, strong marketing and recruitment efforts, innovative new academic programs and stabilization of Nursery through 8th grade enrollment.

Strengthening the pillar that Catholic Schools are here to stay The Diocese of Rockville Centre Department of Education along with the Morning Star Initiative, constantly works to increase enrollment. Some examples include: √ Enrollment increase of one hundred students for the 2022-2023 academic year at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School, Deer Park/ Central Islip. √ New approaches to school oversight and governance piloted at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School, Deer Park/Central Islip and Holy Name of Mary Parish School in Valley Stream; while serving ethnically diverse and high needs student populations. √ Marketing to prospects using Google, Facebook and Instagram Principals using technology including webinars to market schools to local communities. √ More than $700,000 in scholarships for underserved students in grades K-8 across Long Island directed by the Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation $2.45 million provided in tuition assistance from Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation to nearly 1,200 students in 35 elementary schools for the 2021-2022 school year.

Academic excellence Philanthropic support of the Morning Star Initiative has enabled the Diocese of Rockville Centre Department of Education to enhance the academic rigor in its elementary schools by investing in technology, teachers and academic programs. For example: √ Thousands of learning devices delivered to Catholic elementary school students across Long Island; more than 2,000 devices for lowincome students in underserved communities. √ Teachers from across the diocese are pooling resources and sharing expertise with other grade-level and subject-area teachers through the new Curriculum Leads program. √ All teachers and principals received increased compensation and professional development for the 2021-2022 academic year. Teachers will also receive a salary and step increase for the 2022-2023 year.

Live your faith and share it with others

The timeless values that create better prepared, more capable, and more confident young adults. An important part of your child’s program is the learning of values. This is often the most easily observable difference in a ‘Catholic school kid’.

While the specific order and organization of when these values are taught might differ from school-toschool, the values and the discipline to live them are enduring qualities and are taught consistently across all Catholic elementary schools.

The schedule below details how one of our schools creates a focus on two values in each in of the nine years of elementary and middle school.

Kindergarten – Courtesy and Respect: Learning the importance of politeness and good manners in dealing with others, as well as the need to respect one another, and personal and public property.

First Grade – Punctuality and Neatness: Being on time for school and with assignments and being neat in both school work and homework.

Second Grade – Kindness and Generosity: Understanding the need to reach out and help one another and realizing the joy in giving more than is expected.

Third Grade – Hard Work and Perseverance: Recognizing the importance of diligence and a good work attitude, the satisfaction of doing our best and the need to keep trying despite obstacles.

Fourth Grade – Honesty and Responsibility: Being truthful and keeping our word, doing the right thing even when no one else is looking, accepting the consequences of our actions and meeting our obligations.

Fifth Grade – Patience and Discipline: Learning to be patient with ourselves and others, saying “yes” to the right things and “no” to the wrong things, and taking charge of ourselves by controlling our actions and emotions.

Sixth Grade – Tolerance and Justice: Learning to accept and appreciate the differences in others and treating them with equality and fairness.

Seventh Grade – Thoughtfulness and Compassion: Understanding the needs and feeling of others and treating them with equality and fairness.

Eighth Grade – Loyalty and Courage: Caring about our relationships with others and being willing to show it through our actions; having the strength and will to do what is right even when we’re afraid or it’s unpopular.

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Morning Star Initiative √ Strong interest in a Dual Language pilot program at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School, Deer Park and Central Islip. √ The Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Assessment System implemented in each school, is a new, state-of-the-art tool enabling educators to better understand how individual students are progressing throughout the school year. i-Ready offers teachers criterionreferenced and normative data to deliver impactful, equitable learning experiences in real time. More than 8,000 students have received personalized i-Ready math and reading instruction. When receiving 30 minutes or more of personalized instruction per week, the median student was 8 percent above year-end expectations (“Typical Growth”) in Math and 28 percent above year-end expectation in reading.

Building a robustly Catholic culture The Diocese of Rockville Centre Department of Education, through the Morning Star Initiative has sharpened and enhanced its spiritual, intellectual, sacramental and liturgical capabilities.

For example: √ Catholic culture strengthened through the appointment of Father Matthew M. Browne, S.T.L. to the new position of Bishop’s Delegate to the Department of Education, to guide integration of a robustly Catholic culture in the elementary schools. √ Catholic Identity and Mission is stronger through the hiring of Director of Catholic Identity and Mission. For the first time, the director leads workshops, faculty and student retreats. √ Teachers’ faith formation strengthened through workshops and online courses. √ A new supplemental Theology of the Body Curriculum now offered for 6th, 7th and 8th graders. This curriculum teaches what it means to be a human person, made in God’s image and what it means to be a son or daughter of God. Safe and supportive communities The Diocese of Rockville Centre Department of Education with the Morning Star Initiative was able to respond to unprecedented challenges by providing a safe and supportive community that recognizes the dignity of every person and promotes human flourishing. For example: √ A smooth transition to remote and then inperson learning for all elementary schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic without missing a day of instruction. √ Schools safer due to school safety assessments completed. Specific issues addressed including camera placement, fencing, door safety to further improve safety of the school environment. √ Licensed social workers and mental health support services now available to students, families and educators through project Alpha.

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Faith-based education

Students put moral values to work in their lives every day Strong spiritual guidance is an essential part of daily activities at Long Island’s Catholic schools, creating a special sense of community among children, families, teachers, and the local parish, which reinforces moral values and an abiding respect for others. Resourceful instructors use powerful spiritual teachings and realworld experiences to bring these values to life for children, while our smaller classes allow for more personalized and productive interaction between students and teachers.

Applying strong values in many selfless ways Catholic school students apply the moral and spiritual lessons they learn in the real world by participating in charitable community initiatives throughout the year and by responding every day to others in a respectful and helpful manner. This spirit of caring and community in our students helps to give them the enduring moral foundation to become active, contributing members of society.

Through faith we grow A strong Catholic identity as taught in Long Island’s Catholic schools matters.

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Changing a person’s life trajectory for the better That age-old conundrum for young job seekers — to get your first job you need experience — remains a hurdle for many. Teens and young adults in the Town of Hempstead, however, have an advantage.

Thanks to a number of programs offered through the HempsteadWorks Career Center, young adults up to 24 years old can get help finding that first job, especially the one that ultimately leads to a career with a sustainable living wage.

In fact, the amount of assistance offered through the HempsteadWorks’ youth programs is indicative of just how far career counselors go to help younger job seekers — and those with less than stellar backgrounds — obtain work.

“For some of them, this is their first time working,” said youth services coordinator Myesha Arvon. “That’s pretty exciting.”

Arvon has helped Hempstead young adults find sustainable, interesting jobs for 20 years. Adults she helped as teens return with their children seeking advice.

And a big part of that ability to establish deep, longterm relationships with people is Arvon’s own experience.

She herself struggled with employment as a young person. Her authenticity when speaking to others in a similar position is just one reason she can’t even come close to approximating how many she has helped over the years.

The program’s main goal is to provide young adults a genuine opportunity to establish a career, Arvon said — regardless of their background. HempsteadWorks helps many teens and young adults who struggle with myriad issues.

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issues, to name just a few.

“The biggest piece they’re missing is that support,” Arvon said. “I become that support. Whatever it is that they’re coming in dealing with, they can talk to me because I’ve dealt with it, and I’m never going to sugarcoat anything.”

When she first meets someone looking for help. Arvon performs an informal assessment. She finds out what type of people they are friends with, and if they’re living at home or not —all to determine what services they need.

“Even before I find out why they’re here, I speak to them and get them to open up,” Arvon said. “Just them

coming here is huge. Just literally walking in the door. It’s all about that first step.”

Nene Alameda, a business services representative at HempsteadWorks who oversees many of the office’s programs, said youth services is especially important to Hempstead because the program improves lives.

“The change is not just that individual,” Alameda said.

“It’s generational change. If we change one person, we can change the trajectory of not only their life, but their future children.”

The summer youth employment program is a six-week paid work experience for those between 16 and 20 who are either Hempstead town residents, or live in Long Beach.

They also have to meet low-income criteria.

HempsteadWorks offers both out-of-school and inschool programs for young people — an especially important helping 14- and 15-year-olds.

The youth services branch of HempsteadWorks provides academic tutoring, career exploration sessions and more for teens who may not have a concrete concept of their future.

“We start by just giving them tools they need to succeed,” Arvon said. “They may not necessarily need a job immediately, so we break it down to them that these are the different careers available. It gets them thinking about jobs they may not have ever thought about.”

While the programs and support are designed to give teens and young adults the greatest chance of success, ultimately, each individual must work for their own future. At some point, Arvon says, she must step back.

“Some people ask me, ‘How do you not get involved in their personal life?’” Arvon said. “That’s where my boundary comes in. I can help you to a certain point. I can give you guidance. I can tell you what I think would be best.

“But ultimately, you’re going to have to make that decision. And some don’t make the right decision.”

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LIPA rolls out plan to lower electric bills Customers could get a break depending on when they use power

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Anyone who’s taken a ride-hailing service like Uber likely knows all about surge pricing — too much demand, not enough drivers equal higher rates.

If it works for getting around, why can’t it work for electricity? At least that’s what the Long Island Power Authority is thinking, introducing a plan it says could modernize electricity rates by making it cheaper for homes to use power when there’s the least demand on the grid.

It’s called the time-of-day rate — something LIPA hopes to roll out next year. It offers one rate for times when demand is high, but lower rates for periods when not so many people are using electricity.

The new system, according to LIPA, could mean eight out of every 10 customers will pay the same or even less on the new system without making a single change on how or when they use electricity.

“Starting in 2024, the time-of-day rate will become the standard rate,” said Justin Bell, LIPA’s vice president of public policy and regulatory affairs. “Our goal is that most of our customers will go on a time-of-day rate. We’re also going to be transitioning our existing customers, but

How time-of-day rates would work The Long Island Power Authority wants to implement a time-of-day rate program beginning next year as a way to encourage customers to spread out their electrical usage throughout the day and night.

It’s intended to make rates cheaper during off-peak hours like from 6 a.m., to 3 p.m., and again from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. A ‘super off-peak’ schedule would run from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. they will also have the option to choose the regular flat rate.”

The name of the program — “time-ofday” — says it all.

“For the standard offering, there’s going to be two prices,” Bell said. “There will be one peak price from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, and then all other hours will be a lower price.”

There also will still be a flat rate, which is the same structure customers already pay today, But then there is a third option, Bell added, with what’s being called a “super off-peak period,” which will provide a rate for electricity

Peak times would run weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m., except on federal holidays.

Customers not sure about the new system could try it with LIPA’s 12-month ‘bill protection guarantee.’ If an electric bill is higher on the time-of-day and super off-peak rate than it would’ve been on a flat rate at the end of 12 months, LIPA will refund the difference.

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The new structure could ultimately save money, Bell said, simply by making small changes in their daily routine. For instance, someone could save $4 each month simply by doing their laundry late at night. They can save another $43 by charging their electric car when most others are asleep.

These are rates that not only benefit customers, Bell said, but also the environment.

“The peak period is one of the most carbon-intensive times in terms of ener-

gy production,” he said. “So, by getting folks to use more electricity at other times and less at the peak time, we can reduce the carbon that we generate in the power grid, and it also lowers our future investment needs.”

Some of the moves are coming ahead of an impending state law that requires New York to generate 70 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2030, and to actually zero-out power sector emissions by 2040.

Achieving that will likely require some major capital investments from utilities like LIPA, but it’s one way, Bell said, Long Island can stay ahead of the game.

“If we are able to avoid putting all of that new demand on the peak, then we can save everybody a lot of money by avoiding expensive infrastructure upgrades to our transmission and distribution system,” he said.

LIPA has scheduled a pair of public hearings on Tuesday, Feb. 21, and will accept written public comments until Monday, Feb. 27 by emailing todpubliccomments@lipower.org. When and where the meetings will be held have not yet been announced.

The LIPA board could approve the new rate plan during its March 29 meeting in Uniondale.

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mmerse yourself in Vincent Van Gogh’s world. For those haven’t yet, now’s the time. The popular art exhibition, which first came to the attention of the New York metro area in various incarnations in 2021, now makes its way to Long Island.

“Beyond Van Gogh” arrives at WHERE Samanea New York — the retail/ entertainment complex that was WHEN formerly the site of the Mall at the Source — in Westbury on Feb. 3. This • Feb. 3 - April 2 latest Van Gogh showcase was created • Tuesday-Thursday, Sunday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and

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Mathieu St-Arnaud — executive creative • Tickets start at $45.99 adult; director and founder of Montreal’s $29.99 ages 5-15; available at Normal Studio — with his team of multiVanGoghLongIsland.com media specialists and artists. Their pairing • Samanea New York of digital technology with the artworks 1500 Old Country Road, Westbury enhances light and hues, allowing spectators to completely immerse themselves in the images, accompanied by a lively soundtrack.

It’s a look at Van Gogh’s art — freed from its frames you might say — that puts the observer front and center, incorporating both still and moving art. Some 300 masterpieces — including, of course, such classics as “The Starry Night,” “Sunflowers” and “Café Terrace at Night” — come alive, appear and disappear, flowing across multiple surfaces, the minutiae of details enveloping visitors’ heightened senses. The show is projected on every surface around you, making you feel as though you have stepped directly into a Van Gogh painting.

Occupying more than 300 square feet, the intent of “Beyond Van Gogh” is to represent the full scope of the artist’s creative life.

“We are telling a narrative,” says art historian Fanny Curtat, who consulted on the project. “There’s a natural and chronological progression in Van Gogh’s work that resonates strongly with the core of this show, which was to go beyond the darkness of Van Gogh’s legend.

We all know that he’s famous for cutting his ear and his mental health issues. But out of the darkness he turned to light and beauty. Our focus is on the sheer power of the work itself. There’s an irony to the fact that Van Gogh tends to be remembered for the darkness of his life when most of his work is filled with bright colors and beauty.”

The evolution of his creative output comes though as visitors

Friends of the Brothers visit the area with their dynamic tribute to the Allman Brothers Band. Their powerful celebration of the Allman Brothers, featuring musicians closely associated with the original band, continues the brotherhood with passion, committed to the ideals of every night being special and unique. Their firsthand experience with the Allman Brothers Band and their deep knowledge of the repertoire, its roots and heritage allows them to play with an unrivaled depth. They honor the music, while playing the tunes as if they were their own.

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experience the images, moving from one room to another. The Education Room leads into the unique Waterfall Room that flows into the Immersive Experience Room. The paintings appear on projection-swathed walls, inviting guests to fully involve themselves in the incredible detail of his work and be enveloped in his ever-shifting, swirling and colorful flowers, cafes and stunning landscapes. And, hearing the artist’s own dreams, thoughts and words set to a symphonic score completes the experience.

“It is so clear when you look at his whole production, that he goes from darkness to light,” Curtat adds. “His work centered on joy, and you’ll see a sense of purpose. He goes from darker shades, when he starts to paint, to a brighter palette. Then when he gets to Paris and sees the Impressionists there’s an explosion of vibrant colors. And when he gets to the south of France he really develops his own style, which is so easily identifiable.”

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Mike DelGuidice and his band always give it their all, especially when playing Billy Joel’s iconic songs. DelGuidice leads his band, Big Shot, in a rousing concert that highlights the Piano Man’s decades of hits. Like his idol, DelGuidice has become one of the area’s most celebrated performers, balancing his schedule between performing with Big Shot and touring with Joel. DelGuidice, as with Joel, grew up mastering several instruments including bass guitar, guitar, piano, and drums. He’s renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge of the Joel catalog, which caught the attention of Joel himself, who ultimately brought him on stage with him.

DelGuidice and his band pack hit after chart-topping hit in a high energy show that’s always a crowd pleaser.

Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4, 8 p.m. $60, $40, $30, $25, $20. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY. com.

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Feb. 23 Art talk Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Feb. 23, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “The Big Picture: Photography Now.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program.

Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Also Feb. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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Andy Falco and Travis Book

Andy Falco and Travis Book, members of the Grammy award-winning bluegrass band The Infamous Stringdusters, visit the Landmark stage with their tribute to Jerry Garcia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m. Inspired by their love of the music of Jerry Garcia, the duo branches off on their own for occasional tours to celebrate Garcia’s timeless songs. While their musical influences run the gamut, the bandmates are bound to Garcia and share that passion with their fans. $36, $31. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Bethlehem Assembly of God is hosting Single and Parenting group sessions starting Friday, Feb. 3, starting at 7:30 p.m. at their M2 building, 11 E. Mineola Ave. Valley Stream, NY 11580For more information, call (516) 2858585 or visit Bethlehemag.org.

Navigating College Admissions Waldinger Memorial Library hots a virtual talk held by Ron Feuchs and Jackie Tepper at Stand Out for College to help students navigate the college admissions process, Wednesday Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. Registration is required.

For more information, contact Library Director Mamie Eng at (516) 825-6422 or send email at directorvs@nassaulibrary.org.

Free Prom Attire Donations Paradise Salon and Spa Suites will be collecting promware donations for its annual free prom attire giveaway starting Saurday, Feb. 4, at 164 N. Central Valley Stream. To register with your donation, message Karen Gocoul with your full name, contact number, and the school you’re affiliated with at (516) 770 -4416.

District 24 board meets Valley Stream District 24 Board of Education meets Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m., for their regular business meeting at Wheeler Avenue School, 75 Horton Ave. For more information, send an email to district clerk Elizabeth Fleurimond at efleurimond@vs24.org or visit ValleyStream24.com.

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District 13 board meets

Village board meets The village Board of Trustees meets Monday, Feb. 6, at 6:30 p.m., at the Village Hall boardroom, 123 S. Central Ave. for their regular work session.

For more information, call the village clerk at (516) 825-4200 Ext. 5 or visit Vsvny.org.

District 30 board meets Valley Stream District 30 meets Monday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m., for their business meeting at Shaw Avenue School, 99 Shaw Ave. For more information, call district clerk Ashley Starna at (516) 434-3600 or visit ValleyStream30.com.

Board of Zoning and Appeals meeting The Village Board of Zoning and Appeals meets, Tuesday, Feb. 7 , 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 123 South Central Ave. For info (516) 592-5142 or Vsvny.org.

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His ‘Bronx tale’ Chazz Palminteri returns to Long Island with his one-man version of “A Bronx Tale,” Sunday, Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m. His autobiographical coming-ofage story, which became a movie and then found its way to Broadway, tells of a young New Yorker torn between the temptations of organized crime and the values of his hardworking father. $99.50, $89.50, $79.50, $59.50, $49.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington.

(800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster. com or ParamountNY.com.

Teen Book Club Join Waldinger Memorial Library for the in-person teens book club, Friday, Feb. 3, 6 p.m., to discuss “Turtle Boy” by M. Evan Wolkenstein. For information, contact Faith Kenney at (516) 825-6422 or email VSteens@ nassaulibrary.com.

The Best of the Eagles

On exhibit Photography’s ascent in the art world is an international phenomenon. Nassau County Museum of Art’s star-studded exhibition spans the historical roots of the medium. View works by Ansel Adams and his generation and the thrilling, large-format color works of such contemporary masters as Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, James Casebere and Gregory Crewdson, among others. From the documentary to the painterly, images bear witness to the times.

On view through March 5.

Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Get into the Eagles’ groove when the tribute band visits The Paramount stage, Thursday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m. With special guest Fleetwood Macked. This authentic recreation features individual bandmates taking on the persona of the original Eagles members. $39.50, $29.50, $19.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticktmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

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Valley Stream District 13 Board of Education meets Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m., at James A. Dever School, 585 Corona Ave, Valley Stream for their regular board meeting. For more information, call (516) 568-6100 or visit ValleyStream13.com.

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VSCHD Board of Education meets The Valley Stream Central High School District will meet Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m., at the Memorial Junior High School cafeteria. For more information, call the district clerk at (516) 872-5628 or visit Vschsd.org.

In concert Chris Barron, Spin Doctors frontman, performs, Friday, Jan. 27, at My Father’s Place supper club.

An accomplished guitar player, master songwriter, and virtuoso singer, his solo show is compelling, full of storytelling and raw musical power that is poignant, extremely amusing, and utterly satisfying. Doors open at 6 p.m., concert is at 8 p.m. The Metropolitan, 3 Pratt Blvd., Glen Cove.

For tickets/information, visit MyFathersPlace.com or call (516) 580-0887.

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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, V. ERIC H FEINTUCH, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE BERNARD FEINTUCH LIVING TRUST, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated May 29, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY is the Plaintiff and ERIC H FEINTUCH, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE BERNARD FEINTUCH LIVING TRUST, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on February 7, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 636 NUTLEY PLACE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11581: Section 39, Block 600, Lot 0009: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN NEAR VALLEY STREAM, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 009783/2013. Cary David Kessler, Esq. - Referee.

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 136519 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2006-14, Plaintiff AGAINST Peggy Kouassi a/k/a Peggy Turner; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated January 25, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 8, 2023 at

2:30PM, premises known as 73 Broadway, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 37 Block 667 Lot 41.

Approximate amount of judgment $597,228.47 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 008374/2016.

The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine.

Michael Jay Santino Pontone, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: November 30, 2022 136521

To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-OPX1, Plaintiff AGAINST ALINA DODARD AUGUSTE AKA ALINA AUGUSTE, AKA ALINA DODARD, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 3, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 7, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 934 LYNN DRIVE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Elmont, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 37, Block 659, Lot 8. Approximate amount of judgment $458,856.49 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #610102/2017.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social

distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. George P. Esernio, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 17-005179 74516 136445

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff, v.

MICHAEL J. CARR, et al., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on September 1, 2017 and an Order Extending Sale Deadline duly entered on January 21, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 7, 2023 at 3:00 p.m., premises known as 637 Diane Place, Valley Stream, NY 11581 a/k/a 637 Diane Place, South Valley Stream, NY 11581.

All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 39, Block 595 and Lot 7.

Approximate amount of judgment is $177,240.29 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 003666/2016.

This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Lisa A. LeimbachGutman, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff 211487-1 136490 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Patricia D. Savage a/k/a Patricia Savage; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 8, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at

100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 17, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 50 East Saint Marks Place, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 37 Block 98 Lot 14.

Approximate amount of judgment $489,038.00 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 011595/2014.

The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Pallvi Babbar, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: December 20, 2022 136760

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2005 Park Place Securities, Inc. AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-WHQ2, Plaintiff AGAINST Harisson William; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 26, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 22, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 150 Ormonde Boulevard, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 37 Block 431 Lots 350 & 351.

Approximate amount of judgment $336,196.36 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 005536/2014.

The auction will be conducted

pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Lisa Segal Poczik, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: January 6, 2023 136762 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWALT 2004-5CB, Plaintiff, vs. ANTOUN A. HAMAWI, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on October 2, 2018 and an Order Extending Time to Sell duly entered on February 1, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 21, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 84 Roosevelt Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11581.

All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 39, Block 388 and Lot 2.

Approximate amount of judgment is $599,418.52 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 015252/2009.

This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Patricia Latzman, Esq., Referee Pincus Law Group, PLLC, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556, Attorneys for Plaintiff 136738 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, v.

AUDREY SCOTT, IAN ALEXANDER, ET AL,

Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on April 18, 2018, I, David Marc Shwartz, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on February 22, 2023 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 716 Golf Drive N. Woodmere, NY 11581 SBL No: 39-613-17 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 015460/2013 in the amount of $880,257.52 plus interest and costs.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 136687 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff - against - HUGO GOMEZ A/K/A HUGO S. GOMEZ, JR., et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on November 20, 2015. 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 16th day of February, 2023 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Valley Stream, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 124 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream, (Town of Hempstead) NY 11580.

(Section: 37, Block: 125, Lot: 132) Approximate amount of lien $278,488.31 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 013895/2013.

Thomas A. DeMaria, Esq., Referee.

Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618 Tel. 585/760-8218 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: November 17, 2022 During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at 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.

136704 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

GARY BALMIR, Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on October 11, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 28, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 932 Bee Street, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 37, Block 503 and Lot 126.

Approximate amount of judgment is $410,083.47 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 006543/2013. Cash will not be accepted. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

David Dikman, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 136908

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU NEW PENN FINANCIAL, LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, V. EASTON FORBES A/K/A EASTON A. FORBES, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated November 15, 2022, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein NEW PENN FINANCIAL, LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING is the Plaintiff and EASTON FORBES A/K/A EASTON A. FORBES, ET AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on February 28, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 145 COCHRAN PLACE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11581: Section 39, Block 386, Lot 36: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 000211/2017.

Charles Casolaro, Esq. - Referee.

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 136924 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK (BROOKLYN) Millennium Trust Company, LLC; Plaintiff v.

25 Salem Road Corp, et al; Defendants Attorneys for Plaintiff: Hasbani & Light, P.C., 450 7th Ave, Suite 1408, NY, NY 10123; (212) 643-6677 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on 8/30/2022, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder in the EDNY-Brooklyn, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

On February 23, 2023 at 1:00 pm.

Premises known as 25 Salem Road, Valley Stream, NY 11580

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Section: 37 Block: Q05 Lot: 5 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.

As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.

Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.

Approximate amount of judgment: $405,240.00 plus interest and costs.

Case Number: 1:21cv-06636-WFK-LB Susan E. Rizos, Esq., Referee 136795 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

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 7th day of February, 2023, 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: LEVITTOWN COACHMAN LANE (TH 590/22) - STOP - All traffic traveling southbound on Poet Lane shall come to a full stop.

POET LANE (TH 590/22) STOP - All traffic traveling eastbound on Coachman Lane shall come to a full stop.

COPPERSMITH ROAD (TH 602/22) - STOP - All traffic traveling westbound on Coachman Lane shall come to a full stop.

(NR) LYNBROOK WHITEHALL STREET (TH 597/22) - STOP - All traffic traveling southbound on Hudson Court shall come to a full stop.

SEAFORD REDWOOD PATH (TH 581/22) - STOP - All traffic traveling westbound on Oakwood Lane shall come to a full stop.

(NR) VALLEY STREAM HIGBIE STREET (TH 588/22) - STOP -All traffic traveling southbound on north Grove Street shall come to a full stop.

HIGBIE STREET (TH 588/22) - STOP -All traffic traveling northbound on north Grove Street 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: January 24, 2023 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 136856

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that commencing on February 21st, 2023, will sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer

by February 16th, 2023 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property.

Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per six-month period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code.

Effective with the February 2019 lien sale Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale.

Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased. Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucount y n y. g o v / 5 2 6 / C o u n t y Treasurer Should the Treasurer determine that an inperson auction shall be held, same will commence on the 21st day of February 2023 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer.

A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucount yny.gov/527/Annual-TaxLien-Sale A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before February 08th, 2023.

Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities.

Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audiotape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext.

1-3715.

Dated: January 25, 2023 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, NewYork ___________________ TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts.

However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership.

The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed.

The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the

right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk.

The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid.

Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.

Furthermore, as to the bidding, 1. The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s) to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational

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award of tax certificates.

2. The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, communication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates.

3. The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid.

4. If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made in connection with said bid shall be forfeited.

Dated: January 25, 2023 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER

Mineola, New York 136839 LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR 123 South Central Avenue Valley Stream New York 11580 (516) 592-5105 LEGAL NOTICE TAX EXEMPTION FOR REAL PROPERTY OF CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES WITH LIMITED INCOME The Village is pleased to inform you that if you are a citizen with disabilities with limited income, an exemption is available if you qualify.

In order to qualify your income cannot exceed $44,699.

Income includes Social Security benefits, Interest, Dividends, Pension, Wages, Capital Gains and Rental Income.

You must provide as proof of income a copy of your Federal Income Tax return, all 1099’s including Social Security, Pension, Wages, IRA, Trust, Dividends and a Statement of Rental Income for the year 2021.

If you have any questions regarding eligibility, please contact this office at 825-4200.

IMPORTANT: Filing Period from September 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023.

Dated:Valley Stream, New York January 26, 2023 JAMES J. HUNTER Village

Clerk/Administrator 136903

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR 123 South Central Avenue Valley Stream New York 11580 (516) 592-5105 LEGAL NOTICE TAX EXEMPTION FOR REAL PROPERTY OF SENIOR CITIZENS The Village is pleased to inform you that a Senior Citizen exemption is available if you qualify.

In order to qualify your income cannot exceed $44,699.

Income includes Social Security benefits, Interest, Dividends, Pension, Wages, Capital Gains and Rental Income.

You must provide as proof of income a copy of your Federal Income Tax return, all 1099’s including Social Security, Pension, Wages, IRA, Trust, Dividends and a Statement of Rental Income for the year 2021.

If you have any questions regarding eligibility, please contact this office at 825-4200.

IMPORTANT: Filing Period from September 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023 Dated:Valley Stream, New York January 26, 2023 JAMES J. HUNTER Village Clerk/Administrator 136901 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM Office of the Village Clerk/Administrator 123 South Central Avenue Valley Stream New York 11580 (516) 592-5105 LEGAL NOTICE TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Assessor’s Department of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream has completed the Tentative Assessment Roll for the year 2023 and has filed the same with the Village Clerk at his office in the Village Hall, located at 123 South Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, where it may be seen and examined as of February 1, 2023 by any interested person during regular business hours until 4:00 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday the 21st day of February, 2023 at which time the Board of Review will meet to hear complaints in relation to assessments.

The Tentative Assessment Roll will be available on the Village Website www.vsvny.org.

Dated: Valley Stream, New York January 26, 2023 JAMES J. HUNTER Village Clerk/Administrator 136902

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Q. We are redoing our largest bathroom, and our interior designer and contractor are planning to put 12-inch-square tiles on the walls and the ceiling across the room. It should be nice, but we’re wondering if there’s something that needs to be done that we should know about, since we wonder if the tile can’t come down. The floor above is bedrooms and bathrooms, and we notice a little shaking in the floor when people are walking around. Should we be concerned?

A. Yes. As with any construction, you should always be concerned, or at least educated enough to be confident, about what others are doing to your home. Never take for granted that the people you hire just know it all.

Nobody knows it all, and with the internet, it’s possible to see examples to answer your question.

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Cell: 516-644-3929 There are multiple steps to installing wall and Office: 516-223-2525 floor tile, and ceiling tile installation is similar, dazzato@cbamhomes.com with the exception that a few more steps are Coldwell Banker required. The backing material attached to your American Homes 493 Atlantic Ave. ceiling joist structure, referred to as the substrate, Oceanside, NY 11572 must be non-porous and not typical sheetrock (gypsum board), because sheetrock is laminated with a Ronnie Gerber facing of paper that will saturate and peel off. Most 516-238-4299 internet videos didn’t mention that. I’ve seen entire For Rent: walls, covered with tiles, suddenly drop to the floor, 3 Room Office Suite OPEN HOUSES SUNday, 1/29/23 sometimes years after installation, ending up in a CEdaRHURST With Concierge Service messy heap.

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s there anyone on stage — and can I see hands? — who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the Republican Party, and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person?”

That was a question that Bret Baier, of Fox News, asked 10 presidentially hopeful Republicans at a debate in August 2015. On the stage, only one person raised his hand — Donald Trump.

The rest is history.

Trump won the 2016 primary, and we didn’t have to MICHAEL endure an election which Trump MALASZCZYK in ran as a third-party candidate after losing. But we could be approaching that scenario soon.

I imagine that if televised debates existed in 1912, then former President Theodore Roosevelt would have had a similar response to that question. Roosevelt was running against his successor, William Howard Taft — whom he had handpicked, but with whose results as president Roosevelt was disappointed.

What did Teddy Roosevelt and Donald Trump have in common? Ego. It’s hard for anyone to get a word in edgewise with Trump, and historical accounts suggest a

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similar phenomenon with Roosevelt.

They also had something in common that’s even more important for an election: a dedicated following that was loyal to them over any party. Both have been described as presidents who had “cults of personality.” Trump’s is apparent every day. I have yet to see a truck drive by with 20 bumper stickers and two flags praising President Biden. Roosevelt’s still manifests to this day in some ways. When talking politics, you can say “Teddy” and everyone knows who you’re talking about.

Of course, Roosevelt and Trump are complete opposites on the political spectrum. Teddy was seen as a progressive leader for his time, while Trump is considered right wing. But as former presidents with ambitions of returning to the White House, the similarities between Roosevelt, in 1912, and Trump, in 2023, can’t be ignored.

Trump’s path to next year’s nomination is questionable — many Republicans have made it clear that they want nothing more to do with him. Ever since the candidates he backed performed poorly in November’s midterms, Trump’s lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in polls has shrunk. Even more concerning for Trump is that these are multi-candidate

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polls in which he holds a plurality. If other candidates drop out and throw their weight behind DeSantis, Trump is in trouble.

But given his apparent inability to concede fair elections, it’s difficult to imagine Trump bowing out of the race and endorsing DeSantis against Biden. A more feasible scenario is Trump running as a thirdparty candidate.

That would be great news for Biden.

In 1912, Taft won the Republican nomination over Roosevelt, but refusing to concede, Roosevelt ran under the banner of the Bull Moose Party.

The result? The quiet, reserved Democratic nominee, Woodrow Wilson, swept the election. Despite winning only 41 percent of the popular vote, Wilson received 435 electoral votes and carried 40 states. Roosevelt finished second, with 88 electoral votes. Taft won only eight.

Taft’s and Roosevelt’s votes combined would have crushed Wilson. But the Republicans couldn’t unite, and the Democrat pulled off a landslide.

The parallels with 2024 aren’t all the same. There was a Republican incumbent in 1912; next year it will be a Democrat.

And views on the issues were different then than they are now. Economically,

ill Donald Trump repeat Teddy Roosevelt’s third-party misadventure?

Wilson would be to the left of Bernie Sanders, but socially, he’d be to the right of Marjorie Taylor Greene.

But the parallels are too significant to ignore — most notably, the Roosevelt and Trump diehard voters. And Taft was a respected leader who had once been seen as the heir to Roosevelt’s legacy. DeSantis is a well-known governor who is seen by many as a successor to Trump as the leader of his movement. Wilson may have been lacking in adoring fans, but he had the votes to win — like Biden may.

Republicans in 1912 couldn’t rally around the winner of their primary because one candidate with an ego refused to lose. And if the vote for speaker of the House 111 years later showed us anything, it’s that the divisions in today’s Republican Party over Donald Trump consist of a lot more than personal disagreements. In a three-way, Biden-DeSantis-Trump scenario, only Biden, and a unified Democratic Party, stand to gain.

Republicans are not one party right now. No promises have been made on their end to ensure that Biden won’t coast to victory. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Republicans had better get it together, and fast, or they’ll be “Woodrow Wilsoned” by Biden in 2024.

Michael Malaszczyk is a Herald reporter covering Wantagh and Seaford. Comments about this column? mmalaszczyk@ liherald.com.

A.I. is sucking the life out of us

ho am I? Ask Siri. I don’t know where she ends and I begin.

When my iPhone alarm went off at 6:30 this morning, it was to remind me I needed to hustle to my dentist appointment at 8 a.m. Getting dragged out of a deep sleep was especially painful because my wake-up music is “My Shot,” from “Hamilton.”

Lin Manuel Miranda’s repetitive assertion to thumping music is singularly irritating. But I clicked the wrong music alarm button three years ago, and inertia has kept it RANDI in place. So I shut KREISS off the phone and moved into my day.

A half-hour later, a “reminder” popped on my phone to take my thyroid meds and my vitamins. It was only 7 a.m., and I’d already been told what to do twice by my techno masters.

Slowly but inexorably, we are relinquishing free will and allowing technology to determine our decisions and our actions, our exercise habits, our purchas-

es and our tastes. I hear you saying, “But we were the ones who decided to buy the phone or the Fitbit or the Alexa,” and that is true. But I believe we humans have been naïve, vulnerable and unprepared for the seductive intrusion of technology into every moment of our waking hours.

Take me. The alarm was just the beginning. After I obediently took my meds, I saw a reminder pop up to take the chicken out of the freezer for dinner. I also had several “sticky notes” on my phone to call the dog groomer, prepare for a book group, set up a service call for the car and try calling JetBlue one more time to follow up on a refund. In pre-tech days, I would have these reminders on a piece of paper (remember when Post-its were so cool?), but responding to a pop-up feels like it’s in control, not me. Old-school notes on paper are just quieter.

In the time I’ve been writing this, I got a notification from Open Table to confirm a reservation. It told me that I must press 1 to confirm. I obeyed. Then, from an entirely different source, a shocking head-

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line popped up, which told me that to read more about a titillating news story, I needed to click the message.

Because I almost bought a sweater from Bloomingdale’s a year ago, the store keeps telling me I “forgot” an item in my cart. It’s a technological nudge that distracts me in the moment and makes me think about the sweater, thus hijacking my attention.

This happens all day.

I don’t wear a smartwatch or tracking device because I don’t want another boss in my life. Nevertheless, my iPhone has started telling me how many steps I take. I don’t care. I don’t want to know, and I don’t want to get locked into obsessively quantifying my exercise.

At some point in my day, I will get a message from one or another of my apps, advising me that I need to change my password because somewhere in the Ethernet there has been a “breach.” It suggests that I add three security questions and a “rescue” email.

Then up pops a text advising me which books to purchase next, based on my Kin-

y phone has started telling me how many steps I take. I don’t care.

dle purchases, I suppose.

I downloaded the app Calm some time ago to learn meditation techniques for a more relaxing sleep experience. Now the word is out, and other apps are messaging me, offering bedtime stories read by boring narrators guaranteed to induce a good snooze. Every action on the phone or computer opens a door to thousands of other intrusions.

If I buy a pair of jeans online, I am hounded by competing clothing companies that want my business. Press here, click here, send us your email for a 10 percent discount. Send us your phone number for a freebie.

I was with a friend for a planned interlude of just sitting around and reading our books in my house. We would have companionable silence, sip our coffee and be at peace. Except that she has a thingie on her smartwatch that buzzes and tells her to get up and walk every 20 minutes.

And she does. It’s probably good for her circulation, but it’s definitely bad for her sense of free will.

Slowly, we are giving ourselves over to technology and giving up personhood, frogs in water slowly coming to a boil.

Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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anuary is National Blood Donor Month, first established a half-century ago. And it’s a good thing that declaration stuck, because blood is often in short supply, as it is today, even in our post-pandemic world.

And January is the worst month when it comes to blood shortages. That’s probably because people are busy in November and December, preparing for, and then enjoying, the holidays, with little time to donate blood. Then, what follows those family gatherings and parties with friends are often colds and the flu — and Covid-19 — all of which keep people home, and far away from making muchneeded blood donations.

There was an uptick in Covid infections at this time last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s too early to tell how this month will shake out, but because the current strain — kraken — is highly contagious, the CDC predicts that as people attend gatherings inside during the winter months, more people will get sick.

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letters If not Albany, who will deliver affordable housing?

To the Editor: Re last week’s editorial, “We don’t need Albany’s concrete fist in Nassau”: Well, perhaps we do. We are told, “It’s not that our local government officials don’t want affordable housing.” Yet is it not those very entities that established and maintain the conditions that have driven 300,000 people from New York in a single year, and have proposed nothing to slow the continuing daily average of 820 departures?

The thousands willing to move into Nassau would benefit from the application of some goad, prod, or spur of any kind to overcome Nassau County’s inertia in dealing with our problem of too little middle/working class housing.

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To the Editor: Dear 3rd House District of New York: CNN reports, “Two New Jersey veterans say

of all ages do.

Why is donating blood so important?

Because every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood or platelets, according to the American Red Cross.

And roughly 29,000 units of red blood cells, 5,000 units of platelets and 6,500 units of plasma are needed every day.

Because blood and platelets cannot be manufactured, donors are needed. And often. Add to this the fact that red blood cells expire after 42 days, and platelets must be used within a week.

But don’t get lost in the numbers.

Donating even once produces a pint of blood, which the Red Cross counts as three units. That can help save three lives — or one life, of someone who is seriously injured. Car accident victims can require as much as 100 units of blood, and those fighting cancer and blood diseases need even more.

What peopless may not realize is that donating blood can benefit donors beyond just feeling good that they’ve made a difference. It offers a mini-physical, because part of the process includes the taking of vital signs, which might uncover conditions like high blood pressure or even a heart arrhythmia.

Doctors say that donating blood regu-

larly reduces cardiovascular risk factors and is linked to lower blood pressure and minimizing the chance of a heart attack.

How? If the donor’s hemoglobin is too high while blood is being drawn, doing so will help reduce the “viscosity” of the blood, which causes blood clots, heart attacks and strokes.

There aren’t many requirements to join the fight to save lives, other than being healthy. According to the New York Blood Center, candidates must be at least 16 years old and not have donated blood within the past 56 days. Those younger than 18 must have a signed permission slip from a parent or guardian.

People older than 75 can donate, too, with a letter confirming sound health from a doctor.

And those who have had Covid can donate if they have been symptom-free, and have not tested positive, for two weeks.

Find out how you can donate today by contacting the New York Blood Center, at NYBC.org. You can also schedule a donation at (800) 933-2566.

January is when we celebrate those who donate blood and platelets. But giving the gift of life is something all of us can do all year long.

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hen I was growing up, it was hard not to notice the numbers tattooed on her wrist.

Children are often very observant, and I was curious about what they meant.

My grandmother Judith Mandel grew up in a small town called Hatvan, a few miles outside Budapest, Hungary. She was an ordinary girl, but she learned quickly that her heritage made her different when her classmates began to taunt her for being Jewish.

Following German forces’ annexDanieL ation of Austria in 1938, they set their oFFner sights on Hungary, and they invaded in March 1944. A few weeks later, my great-grandmother Ilona Kalman and my grandmother were forced into a ghetto at a sugar factory.

Judith was 16 when she and her mother were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, in occupied Poland, that June. When they arrived, Judith was separated from her mother and forced to work in the camp, while my great-grandmother was put to death in the gas chamber.

My grandmother would survive, but

not before being put to work at the Krakow-Plaszow, Seeshaupt and Dachau camps. When she was liberated by American troops from Dachau in May 1945, she weighed 45 pounds.

After the war, she married Ernest Mandel, and in 1948 they emigrated to the United States. They settled in the Bronx and raised three daughters.

Having witnessed the atrocities of the Holocaust, my grandmother had a difficult time adjusting to her new life. For many years she was afraid to plug things into electrical sockets because of her experience with electrified fences, and would overfeed her first-born daughter, my mother, so she wouldn’t starve. She struggled to learn English.

Her story had a profound impact on me. When I was a child, she often told me about her experiences. She took me to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. I learned that being Jewish was part of my identity, and that while we lived in a country that was founded on the principal of freedom from religious persecution, this wasn’t the case in other parts of the world.

That’s why it is so important to remember the Holocaust, as we will this Friday,

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n Friday the world will reflect on the horror, and I’ll honor my grandmother.

Letters now-Congressman George Santos promised to raise funds for lifesaving surgery for one of their dogs in 2016, then became elusive and took off with the money.” This is what you elected to Congress?

Really? The guy steals money from a homeless veteran’s dog, which has a tumor?

I think this, above all else, tells us about the values of the wealthy.

No humanity. No compassion. No concern for anything beyond their own income and comfort.

I would strongly recommend that you voters in the 3rd District get yourselves a copy of “A Tale of Two Cities” and read it cover to cover. And I would strongly recommend you recall this clown. He has no business being in D.C. Or anywhere else, for that matter.

PATRICK NORTHWAY Traverse City, Michigan

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which is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is important never to forget the 6 million lives lost simply because of their religious, ethnic, gender or genetic differences, because history has a wicked way of repeating itself.

Over the past year alone, there has been so much hateful rhetoric on Long Island. The pamphlets of antisemitic literature being circulated across our communities, and the reports of those harmed for their beliefs, are enough to make many of us sick.

While I’m thankful that I live in a nation where, for the most part, we embrace one another’s differences, it is important to remember, and understand, why the Holocaust happened, in order to prevent anything like it from ever happening again. That is why it is so important to teach children about it — so we, and they, never forget what took place. Books like “Number the Stars,” by Lois Lowry, and “Daniel’s Story,” by Carol Matas, shouldn’t be deemed too “controversial,” because their subject matter is the human condition.

Banning literature — as the Nazis did generations ago — will only open a path to more of the kind of prejudice that can poison our society.

This has already happened in one

Texas school district, where, in 2021, teachers were advised to include reading that offered “opposing” views on controversial topics. What makes this so despicable isn’t just the fact that when it comes to the Holocaust, there are no reasonable opposing views, because any literature that denies that it happened is itself hate speech — but also that people have become so sensitive that they believe there has to be an alternative to accounts of violence and death to educate others about real events in history.

That is why it is so important to teach children about the Holocaust. We must never forget the lessons the world learned. Yes, the Holocaust showed us the worst of humanity, but banning its honest examination in the classroom will only perpetuate the type of ignorance that allowed such horror to happen in the first place.

We must continue to encourage this chapter of history to be a part of our children’s education. They deserve to know the unfiltered truth, so they will never be taken in by the false rhetoric that has been perpetuated by Holocaust deniers.

My grandmother’s struggle, and that of so many others who came here seeking refuge from persecution, cannot have been for nothing.

Daniel Offner is the senior editor of the Rockville Centre Herald. Comments? doffner@liherald.com.

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future: vision vs. mirage” (Jan. 12-18): I have to vehemently disagree with the authors’ statement that “heat pumps and Long Island are a match made in heaven.” I purchased heating pumps at the recommendation of Green Team Long Island, and took part in the state loan program. I seriously regret my decision, because the heating pumps don’t work as promised.

Basically, they blow cool air throughout my living room, creating a draft that I never had before.

They are so ineffective that I dress in layers and need a blanket to cover my legs when I sit at my dining room table. I have to look for a corner of the living room where these ridiculous pumps aren’t blowing. If I don’t want them to blow cool air, then I have to turn them down so low that it’s like having no heat at all.

Combating climate change should be our number one priority, but the products that are being promoted and sold need to work before they are put on the market.

LISA GOLDBERG Oceanside

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We must remember — and teach — the Holocaust

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