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Pothole season is here again Residents concerned about road conditions in Wantagh, Seaford ment, making it more likely that a pothole will form.

Wantagh and Seaford resiThe signs of the end of win- dents say that the potholes are a ter and the beginning of spring danger to children riding bikes, are unmistakable: war mer commuters on their way to work weather, later sunsets, birds and even dog owners, whose pets chir ping and, of have been known to course, potholes. try to take pieces of As he walked his asphalt with them. dog on March 10, The areas that Wantagh resident residents noted are Billy Rahner noticed of particular cona pile of asphalt cer n include the beside the sidewalk, Wanta gh Avenue along with shallow entrance to the cracks and holes, at Southern State Parkthe corner of Northway, in Wantagh; view and CenterSeamans Neck Road, view Avenue. in Seaford; the “Any time I go to BIlly RAHNER beginning of Edgerleave to go out to t o n Ave nu e, o f f Resident Jerusalem Avenue Wantagh Avenue, in and I have to make a Wantagh; Park Aveleft, I have to avoid two huge pot- nue, in Seaford; Wantagh Oaks holes,” said Rahner, who has Gate; and the corner of Camplived in Wantagh since 2004. “It’s bell Road and Anita Lane, in like going through an obstacle Wantagh. course.”

“The streets have cracks, and Most potholes form in the because of the way they plow out winter, when water seeps inside here, they plow all the snow to the surface foundation of roads the corners, and now that all the and freezes, pushing the pave- snow melted, that’s what every ment upward. When the temper- corner looks like,” Rahner said. ature rises, the ice melts, creat- “These huge chunks of asphalt ing a hollow space between the are on the corners, and now, as pavement and the sub-base. The empty space weakens the paveContinued on page 3

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The pen is mightier than the pandemic Wantagh Middle School students chose their next read at this year’s Scholastic book fair, which was held outdoors and in front of the school because of the coronavirus pandemic.

‘Hunger Warriors’ go to battle Wantagh Girl Scout is fighting food insecurity

By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Since she was a child, Hanna Carey has valued community service.

Carey, a Wantagh High School senior, recalled first learning about the importance of giving back and helping others at Wantagh Kiwanis Club events that she attended with her family.

The Girl Scouts, which Carey first joined in kindergarten, also

stressed service.

Carey is putting these lessons in service toward her Gold Award project with Girl Scout Troop 3432. Dubbed “Hanna’s Hunger Warriors,” the project aims to collect 2,000 pounds of food and supplies to donate to Island Harvest Food Bank in Bethpage.

“It’s quite a lot, and I know it’s a big undertaking,” she said.

“No matter how much food I end up donating, I’ll be helping peo-

ple. And that’s what matters to me the most.”

The Gold Award is the highest honor that a Girl Scout can earn, and each year only 6 percent of the 2.5 million Girl Scouts nationwide qualify for it. To earn it, a scout must complete a community service project that includes succession plan for it to continue in the future. The Wantagh High School Key Club Continued on page 3

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Teen aims to collect 2,000 pounds of food will take over her project when she attends SUNY New Paltz next year.

The first step for Carey was deciding on a topic. Among the most pressing issues amid the coronavirus pandemic has been food insecurity caused by unemployment.

More than 279,000 Long Islanders alone have lost their jobs, Carey said, citing an Island Harvest Food Bank statistic.

“With more people needing food, and less people donating, the food pantries are running dry,” she said.

One of the most surprising findings of her research was how many children are affected by food insecurity — about 39 percent of people facing food insecurity are under 18.

Over the summer, Carey works with children who have special needs at Camp Kehila in Wheatley Heights. She said food insecurity is often an issue among families there.

“It really makes you realize how fortunate you are,” she said. “I could go to dinner with my friends and have no worry about paying, while some people have no idea where they’re going to get their next meal.”

Carey pitched her idea to the Nassau County Girl Scout executive board in November before she reached out to Island Harvest with her plan. The agency gave her enough boxes to collect supplies and provided insight into the issue on Long Island.

Carey worked with Heidi Felix, the Key Club adviser, who helped her figure out the logistics of her project and set goals. “I had to reach out to a lot of local businesses to ask if they could be a drop-off site,” Carey said. “It was out of my comfort zone and

What to donate Hanna Carey, 18, a member of Girl Scout Troop 3432 in Wantagh, is collecting the following items for her Girl Scout Gold Award project: ■ Milk ■ Baby formula ■ Baby products ■ Personal care items and toiletries ■ Canned goods ■ Pasta ■ Rice ■ Peanut butter (no glass jars) ■ Jelly (no glass jars) Courtesy Wantagh Fire Department

Hanna Carey, 18, a member of Girl Scout Troop 3432 in Wantagh, is collecting food and supplies for her Girl Scout Gold Award project. She set up a donation box at the Wantagh Fire Department on Feb. 28, which Capt. Chris Dolley christened with its first donation. nothing like I’ve done before. But the more I did it, the more I got used to it.”

Carey launched Hanna’s Hunger Warriors on March 1 and set up five drop-off sites: Phil’s Pizza in Wantagh, Simply Greekalicious in Wantagh, the Wantagh Fire Department Headquarters, Wantagh Public Library and All American Wontons in Massapequa.

“Since the beginning of the pandemic, the need for food distribution events has grown as so many have been left unem-

ployed,” said Kevin Regan, the public information officer of the Wantagh Fire Department. “We wish Hannah the very best for a successful food drive and encourage [everyone] to support this worthy cause.”

“So far, I’ve had an overwhelming response,” Carey said, adding that she was also the featured beneficiary of Food Truck Friday on March 5 in Levittown.

Carey set up a booth for people to donate and, within an hour, filled a full box.

■ Dried beans ■ Oatmeal ■ Pancake mix ■ Broth or stock ■ Seeds ■ Nuts ■ Popcorn kernels “Though the pandemic has created a new set of challenges for people, I hope that my message is enough to evoke a sense of togetherness for the community,” she said. “If we work together, we can help crush food shortages on Long Island.”

As spring nears, residents worry about potholes continued from front page the homeowners, what are you supposed to do?”

Rahner said he supposed homeowners could sweep it up and toss it in the garbage. “But they won’t pick it up because the pail is too heavy,” he said. “I’m paying $12,000 a year in taxes — I shouldn’t have to worry about cracking my ankle in the street when I walk my dog.”

Greg Blower, director of communications for the Town of Hempstead, said that as the country’s largest township, over 1,200 miles of roadways fall under its jurisdiction. “Our pothole response crews, led by our Highway Department, are working on the roads daily, filling at a rate of about 1,000 potholes a day,” Blower said. “Just last week our crews repaired over 4,400 potholes across the town. Since January, we’ve utilized over 247 tons of asphalt just on pothole repair.”

Blower added that the town took a proactive approach by sending teams into its various communities to map out areas that needed repair, and deploying the Parks Department to assist highway crews.

But some residents aren’t satisfied with the town’s response in recent years.

“We’ve written several times and it’s never been addressed,” said Jen O’doherty, Rahner’s neighbor. “Finally, about two weeks ago, I wrote to the town about my concern, because now we’re dog owners and we notice things more.”

O’Doherty wrote to the town that dogs in the neighborhood were treating pieces of asphalt like free dog toys, and that observation appeared to elicit a response.

“They came over and they did a little patch job on the foot of our driveway, but all throughout the neighborhood … there’s major potholes,” O’doherty said.

“There’s one on the corner, by Southview Avenue and Wantagh Oaks Gate … it’s all kinds of ripped up.

I just feel as though [potholes] are a safety issue, a quality-of-life issue,” she said. “We pay an extraordinary amount of taxes to be here, and to see this get worse every year — the streets are becoming more of an eyesore.”

WantagH and Seaford residents are concerned about chunks of asphalt strewn across their neighborhood’s roadways.

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Law to restrict vape sales in Hempstead

By Melissa Koenig and Jennifer Corr mkoenig@liherald.com, jcorr@liherald.com

Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin announced on March 8 that the Town Board would enact legislation restricting where electronic cigarette stores could operate.

The legislation would prohibit the sale of e-cigarette or vaping products within 1,000 feet of a school, playground or park, and would change the town’s zoning laws to restrict those businesses to light manufacturing or industrial zones.

Donna Jebaily, a Seaford parent, said she supported the legislation. “I feel being too close to the school is just a little too close for comfort,” she said. “It’s just easier advertisement for the kids if it’s that easily available.”

The legislation was inspired by Tiffany Capers, who stopped in at the town’s tax office a year and a half ago, when Clavin, then the receiver of taxes, had just been elected town supervisor, to show him how vape shops were targeting teenagers with their advertisements and to express her concern about a shop that had opened across the street from Elmont Memorial High School.

Clavin’s staff spent over a year collaborating with Capers on the issue.

“They’re putting them near these schools for a reason, folks,” Clavin said of the vape shops, noting that they could be found near many of the town’s 36 high schools. “They’re targeting these areas because they want to get them hooked on this stuff very, very young, and this legislation is clearly going to take [them to] task and address that.”

The proposed law will be put to a vote on March 23. If it passes, the zoning changes would be enacted next Jan. 1, and two months earlier, on Oct. 31, the restrictions on where vape shops can operate would go into effect.

“I know kids — if they want to get it, they can get it anywhere,” said Jebaily.

“But I just feel being that close to the school is their way of marketing in a way for the kids, not intentionally, maybe, but it’s just a little bit easier to bring it to the kids’ attention that maybe didn’t think about vaping.”

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Tiffany Capers, aT lectern, petitioned the Town Board to create legislation limiting where smoke shops can operate. She was joined by town officials at a news conference on March 8 to announce the legislation.

The risks of vaping for adolescents ■ Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine, which can harm an adolescent’s developing brain.

safe to eat, but not to inhale because the gut can process more substances than the lungs.

■ Nicotine can harm the parts of the brain that control attention, learning, mood and impulse control.

■ Defective e-cigarette batteries have caused fires and explosions, a few of which have resulted in serious injuries.

■ Nicotine changes the way the brain’s connections are formed.

■ Children and adults have been poisoned by swallowing, breathing or absorbing e-cigarette liquid through their skin or eyes.

■ The use of nicotine by adolescents may increase the risk of future addiction to other drugs.

■ Some e-cigarette flavorings may be Tobacco Survey, with 27.5 percent of highschoolers and 10.5 percent of middleschoolers reporting using e-cigarettes.

More than 20 percent of high-schoolers reported vaping on a nearly daily basis.

The Town Board has since created an Anti-Vaping Action Plan, with increased code enforcement efforts, an educational anti-vaping forum series at local schools and libraries, and a multimedia campaign. In addition, it has passed laws requiring “No Vaping” signs at town parks and beaches, and requiring businesses that sell vape pens and e-cigarettes to post signs explaining their potential

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health hazards.

“These are very dangerous nicotine delivery devices,” said Town Medical Director Dr. Dave Neubert. “The companies that make these, they make them so they deliver nicotine, a highly addictive chemical, and they’re designed to deliver that … into the bloodstream, where people get a very quick high off of it and get very quickly addicted to it.”

The chemicals in these products, which can cause serious lung damage and cardiovascular problems, go unregulated, Neubert said. And since the coronavirus pandemic began, the Truth Initiative —

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an organization that promotes tobaccofree lives — has reported that those who have used e-cigarettes are five times more likely to contract Covid-19 than those who do not use tobacco products, and that those who use both e-cigarettes and cigarettes are nearly seven times more likely to contract the disease.

“That’s why it’s just so important that we have community activists, and we have the Town Board, and we have our medical team working together to put laws like this out there,” Neubert said, “because it’s protecting our children, it’s protecting everyone around us and it’s the right thing for town government to be doing.”

Seaford Schools Superintendent Adele Pecora said that the school district would always support any legislation that would prohibit the sale of vaping products near schools. “The growing use of these devices by our students in recent years is concerning, and further restricting the sale would be a positive step forward,” she said.

There are at least three shops in Seaford that sell vaping and e-cigarette products, but Jebaily and Seaford Chamber of Commerce President Nick Bilotta, a father himself, have not noticed young people using these products in a few years.

But Bilotta agreed that vape shops should not be close to schools. “I do think it’s dangerous that kids start at a young age,” he said. “Near a school is definitely not the right place for one of them … because I don’t want my kids to do that.”

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

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Pastry search and share Sometimes food and beverages aren’t snakes out the store and down the length about lessening hunger. If you are so for- of the strip mall. It’s a team effort until tunate, what we eat and drink often have a my husband finds an opening, bringing deeper connection and contribution to the home the pastries in a big pink box on seasons and traditions we hold close in Sunday morning before 9 a.m.

We are also posed with the birthday our hearts.

Of course, this perception is particu- question, “What kind of cake would I prefer to celebrate with?” I don’t larly heightened in the midst have much of an opinion. of the pandemic. After all, Then I remember a packaged anything that we do to procake with chocolate frosting vide a sense of normalcy is that I shared at a much earligoing to be embraced. And er birthday with my baby, eating a dish that feels consmall child and husband. nected with joys of the past is That pastry feels right and I not rocket science. But I realtwist tradition, sharing it five ize that it’s not just cooking days before this year’s birthand eating but sharing the day with the family. food which makes for a richer There are the obvious duos experience. And it just so hapthat make connections and pens in our home at the auren ev memories: Thanksgiving and threshold of spring, that it’s turkey. New Year’s and chamnot food, but pastry. pagne. But the equation of It is nearly mid-March and my husband is on a quest for a traditional “holiday and food” is flawed.

In this year of change it just seems zeppole that he associates with fond memories of the neighborhood he grew up in. more realistic to declare, “It’s just not (fill He has found an ad for the sweet in a local in the holiday) without (fill in the food) food store’s flyer and he leaves the infor- unless I can share it. mation on the couch nearest the door A contributing writer to the Herald since with our car keys.

“What’s this?” I ask, and he explains it 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resito me, adding that he has already checked dent and a direct marketing/advertising if anyone else in the family would like executive who teaches marketing fundaone. And over the next week we send out mentals as well as advertising and market“scouts” to check the store twice (they are ing communications courses at the Fashion out of stock) as well as a local bakery in Institute of Technology and SUNY Old which the line to remain socially distant Westbury.

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lee roAd fifth grader Chloe Perrira presented on Rosa Parks.

Fifth grade students shine light on Civil Rights heroes Students in Eileen Vogel’s fifth grade class at Lee Road Elementary School, which is in the Levittown School District and includes Wantagh and Seaford students, recently explored influential civil rights leaders in honor of Black History Month.

Each student conducted research on one of these prominent leaders such as Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks and Jackie Robinson. They then created a biography presentation on Google Slides where they provided photos and details about

their individual’s early life and the impact they made during the Civil Rights movement.

The students shared their engaging presentations with the class. The project allowed the fifth graders to practice their public speaking and technology skills while also expanding their knowledge of Black history.

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The coronavirus pandemic came to Long Island the first week in March last year.

With no clear end in sight to the pandemic, many Long Islanders now wonder what the future of the Island will look like moving forward.

To shed light on many pandemic-related questions and concer ns that Long Islanders are pondering, Herald Inside LI will host a free live webinar over Zoom on Thursday, March 18.

Starting at 6 p.m., the webinar, titled “The Virus and the Vaccine: One Year Later,” will feature Nassau County Executive Laura Curran; Jennifer Cona, a partner at Cona Elder Law; Dr. Larry Eisenstein, Nassau County Department of Health commissioner; and Dr. Aaron Glatt, chairman of the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau.

The panelists will discuss the past year and next steps to deal with the pandemic in the near future. Panelists will also discuss infection rates, variants, scheduling

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community update Friday, March 19

Live music and martini’s Thursday nights are for $5 martini’s (with the purchase of an entree) with live music on the side from 4 to 10 p.m. End the work day with food and fun at Margarita’s Cafe, 753 Wantagh Ave. For more information, call (516) 595-7278.

The 90’s Band acoustic trio Stop by Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall, 3232 Railroad Ave. in Wantagh, for a night of throwbacks starting from 6 to 9 p.m. The 90’s Namd Trio will begin playing at 7 p.m. The cost of $39.95 includes a shareable food item, bottled beer and house drinks. To make a reservation, call (516) 783-7500.

Autism Has No Look Wantagh Septa is inviting people to join a virtual meeting at 7:15 p.m. titled “Austism Has No Look: Putting a Spotlight on the Spectrum,” with Kerry Magro. Participants will hear the account of Magro, an autistic adult, and what helped him from early intervention to his road of adulthood. Time will be left at the end for a Q&A. For more information, contact wantaghsepta@ yahoo.com. To join, visit www.facebook. com/wantaghsepta

Saturday, March 20 All the Blink Things concert Listen to the music of Blink 182, performed by tribute band All the Blink Things, at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall, 3232 Railroad Ave. in Wantagh.

Get the night started at 6 p.m. The cost of $39.95 includes a shareable food item, bottled beer and house drinks. To make a reservation, call (516) 783-7500.

Monday, March 22 Seaford Habor cookie fundraiser The Seaford Harbor Elementary School Mrs. FIelds Cookie Dough Fundraiser ends on March 22. Support the students by treating yourself to a variety of cookie dough flavors, from caramel apple crunch to rainbow cookie, along with cheesecakes, snacks and other desserts. Prices vary from $20 to $21.

Pickup will be on April 15 from 4 to 6 p.m. The location will be sent via email.

To view the fundraiser menu, visit www.Facebook.com/SeafordHarborPTA. To place an order, visit www.mrsfieldsfundraising.com/onlineordering/.For any questions, email Tina Bellissimo at tbellissimo47@gmail.com.

Tuesday, March 23 AARP Tax Preparation Tax season is here and the Wantagh Public Library, 3285 Park Ave., in Wantagh, can help. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., IRS-Certified AARP Tax-Aide preparers will be available for low to moderate

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Blood drive at Wantagh Public Library Give the gift of live on March 27 at the Wantagh Public Library, 3285 Park Ave., from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donating blood can save up to three lives. To be eligible, one must bring an ID, weigh over 110 lbs, be over the age of 16 (with parent permission for 16-year-olds,) and have not received a tattoo the past 12 months. For more information, contact (516) 221-1200. income taxpayers with simple tax returns that can be pepared in less than one hour. Taxpayers with complicated tax returns (more than 12 documents) or out-of-scope subjects will be advised to seek professional tax preparetion assistance. Taxpayers should bring their social security cards for everyone listed on the tax returns, including dependents, a valid photo ID and last year’s tax return and tax-related documents. Joint tax returns require both spuses to be present to sign necessary documents. Tax preparers will be available at the library every Tuesday through April 13. Call the Wantagh Public Library at (516) 221-1200 to make an appointment. For more information, visit www.wantaghlibrary.org.

Wednesday, Mar. 24 ‘Optimize Your Immune System’ In this virtual lecture from the Seaford Public Library at 7 p.m., author Marie Ruggles will be presenting her book, “Optimize Your Immune System - Create Health and Resiliance with a Kitchen Pharmacy.” Log in at least 10 to 15 minutes before the program begins. To register, visit www.seafordlibrary.org. For more information, call (516) 221-1334.

Thursday, March 25 Tot Time Wantagh Public Library’s A Time for Kids program presents Tot Time, which will be held on Zoom at 10:30 a.m. This program is geared towards children

Friday, March 26 Country night

ages 18 months to five, but all are welcome. Sing some songs, listen to a story and participate in a rainbow scavenger hunt. Suggested supplies are two spoons and a musical instrument.

Another Tots Time will be held on April 8. For more information, call (516) 221-1200. To register, visit www.wantaghlibrary.org.

Seaford PTSA fundraiser Skip preparing dinner and eat at Marios Pizza, 3842 Sunrise Highway in Seaford, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. In this fundraiser from the Seaford PTSA, any check that is pick-up or delivery that mentions the Seaford PTSA will have 15 percent of it go towards Seaford Middle School and High School students.

Email any questions to seafordptsa@ gmail.com.

Support the Seaford Historical Museum, buy a re-usable bag at Seaford Stop&Shop.

Seaford Fire Department reminds resident to change their smoke detector batteries.

Long Island Health & Racquet Summer Camp in Wantagh open for registration.

Applications for Seaford’s Maker’s Market due by March 31.

Seaford FD Ex-Chief Carl Meyer retires from Horry County Fire Department in S.C.

Country Night with band Sunrise Highway will begin at 5 p.m. at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall, 3232 Railroad Ave. in Wantagh. Sunrise Highway will begin playing at 7 p.m.

From 5 to 7 p.m. there will be a happy hour with $4 Bud Lights and $4 house drinks. To make a reservation, call (516) 783-7500.

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The long wait for a final high school season was well worth it for Andrew Calderon.

The MacArthur senior lineman recovered a blocked field-goal attempt and raced 79 yards for a touchdown with five seconds left before halftime in the Generals’ Conference II opener at South Side last Saturday in a play that proved to be the key turning point in a 27-6 win.

“I have been playing tackle football since I was four years old and had never scored a touchdown until today,” said Calderon, whose first time reaching the end zone off turned a one-point MacArthur lead into a 14-6 halftime advantage. “The best part about it was celebrating with my teammates and seeing them get all hyped for me.”

Calderon’s celebratory moment, which was made possible thanks to Finn Duffy blocking South Side’s 35-yard field goal attempt when MacArthur led 7-6, nearly never had a chance to occur after the fall season scrapped due to COVID-19. Saturday’s road game marked the first time MacArthur and South Side had taken the field since November 2019 as the kickoff to an abridged six-game spring schedule.

MacArthur carried over the momentum from Calderon’s scoop and score with a six-play 56-yard drive to start the second half capped off by a one-yard touchdown on a quarterback keeper from Ryan Muller. Ryan Isom opened the drive with 45-yard run.

Isom later put the game away with a three-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter that made it 27-6.

The senior running back finished

with 137 yards on 21 carries.

“We controlled the ball for the second half,” said MacArthur head coach Bobby Fehrenbach, noting South Side only ran eight offensive plays in the final two quarters. “Our line is very big so we wanted to take advantage of that.”

Powering MacArthur’s strong running game were starting linemen Matt Cacace, Anthony Tufano, Greg Mila, James Clarkson and Calderon.

Muller completed a 66-yard touchdown to Matt Papach early in the second quarter on his only pass of the game when the Generals trailed 6-0.

Mike Randazzo converted the ensuing extra point for a 7-6 lead.

South Side took an early 6-0 lead following a Matt Melkonian 3-yard touchdown run early in the first quarter.

“He is going to be our workhorse this year,” South Side head coach Phil Onesto said of Melkonian.

The five play 25-yard drive, which was set up by a blocked punt from Jack Temple, featured 16 yards on three carries by Melkonian. Senior quarterback JohnJude Considine competed a nine-yard screen pass to TJ Maher on the drive.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game and we are happy with the effort that our kids had,” Onesto said. “We’re going to take what we did well and improve on that.”

The Cyclones return to the field this Saturday at Elmont for a 2 p.m. kickoff. MacArthur is next in action at home against Mepham at 2 p.m.

“We didn’t know if this was going to happen so when it did everyone was so excited to get back together,” Calderon said. “We know it could always get taken away so every day I get to spend with my teammates is a pleasure.”

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Macarthur quarterback ryan Muller had passing and rushing touchdowns in last Saturday’s 27-6 season-opening victory at South Side.

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For the first time in Nassau Police Department history, a Black woman has been promoted to the position of chief of support.

Lorna Atmore, a 25-year member of NCPD, was promoted to the chief support position on Feb. 25. She succeeds Chief Ronald Walsh, who recently left to serve as Long Beach police commissioner.

Atmore is now commander of the Support Division, one of the department’s

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Jackie Sutera remembers crying while on the phone with her daughter when the coronavirus pandemic began last year, because she feared that she wouldn’t be able to see her 6-month-old grandson, MJ, again. The next day, she said, she found out that her unit at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, where she is an assistant nurse manager, would be converted into a Covid-19 ward.

Sutera has since missed the birth of her second grandchild, and even contracted the virus herself, while caring for Covid patients at the hospital.

Her work and her sacrifices were recognized by the New York Islanders franchise, which presented her with four tickets to the Islanders-New Jersey Devils game, the first for which fans were allowed to return to Nassau Coliseum and the Islanders’ seventh straight win.

“It’s amazing,” said Sutera, a 53-yearold East Meadow native, of the Islanders’ offering tickets to 1,000 Northwell Health employees and their families. “It’s showing they really care about the community.”

She grew up going to Islanders games at the Coliseum, and worked at Borrelli’s Restaurant when she was younger, she said, where she would see fans enjoying dinner and drinks before and after the games. She also remembers the excitement around East Meadow in 1981, when

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JacKie sutera, an East Meadow native, was honored with four tickets to the IslandersNew Jersey Devils game on March 11, and brought her daughter and son, Stephie and Christopher Somma. the Isles celebrated their second straight Stanley Cup title with a parade.

Sutera, who now lives in Massapequa, has worked in the health care industry for 20 years. The pandemic, she said, has

been the first time people have embraced the work health care professionals do.

With Covid-19, that work was even more heroic, because no one knew much about the virus when the crisis began.

At the time, she said, everyone in the Northwell Health system banded together to fight the disease. Some even stayed at hotels, separate from their families, fearing they might be contagious. Then, three weeks after Sutera’s unit became a Covid ward, she started having trouble breathing, and tested positive for the virus.

Fortunately, her experience with it wasn’t as bad as that of her patients, she said. When she was able to return to work, she told them how she had felt, wanting to offer them some hope, she said.

Sutera was often the only one allowed in a room with a patient, which she said, was “as emotional as it was rewarding,” because she was often by a dying patient’s side. She was saw some of the patients she had worried about get discharged from the hospital.

“It’s been a year that none of us thought we would see,” she said. “Nobody ever expected a pandemic coming.”

Now, as more people are getting vaccinated, Sutera said, “I think the world is just ready to get back to normal,” safely.

To that end, the Islanders are requiring all fans attending a game to present proof of a negative PCR Covid test from a health care provider taken within 72 hours of the game, have their temperatures taken as they enter, and to socially distance and wear face coverings while in the arena.

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Lorna atmore, the first Black woman to be named Nassau Police Department’s chief of support, joined Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, left, and County Executive Laura Curran, right, on Feb. 25.

largest units that includes the 911 center, information technology and the upcoming police body camera program. With the new position, Atmore is fifth in line for command of the department.

“I really appreciate the support of Commissioner Patrick Ryder and County Executive Laura Curran for their confidence in my abilities,” Atmore said. “I’m just really excited to step into the role and hopefully do a good job.”

Ryder said she is well qualified for her new role. “The promotion of Assistant Chief Lorna Atmore to three-star chief of support was an easy decision, as she is known to be one of the most dedicated and intelligent professionals in the executive ranks,” Ryder said in a statement. “I have great confidence in her ability to get the job done and to serve the residents in Nassau County.”

Curran said that she was pleased to promote Atmore to her new role. “I’m proud of the efforts Nassau continues to make to ensure our law enforcement reflects the rich diversity of our communities – especially for positions of leadership,” Curran said in a statement. “Chief Atmore’s dedication to the department and her command experience have defined her as a true professional, a leader and a trailblazer.”

Atmore began in the force as an officer and eventually rose to sergeant in the 3rd Precinct. She also led the 7th Precinct’s Detective Squad and was later promoted to captain, inspector and deputy commanding officer in the 4th Precinct, before being promoted to deputy chief of the support division. Family members who were in the New York City Police Department inspired her initial interest in a law enforcement career.

“I really thought the job wouldn’t be a fit for me at first, but my cousins assured me that I would enjoy the job and to give it a chance,” she said. “I took their word for it, and by the time I got done with the police academy, I was in love with the job.”

Atmore noted she wants to inspire young people of color who might be interested in a law enforcement career. “I hope that young people look up and see myself and other people of color in prominent positions and see what we’ve accomplished so they can visualize themselves as future leaders in law enforcement,” she said. “I think that we represent these opportunities that exist that young people may not know about.”

Atmore added that she hopes in the future that more people of color are promoted to prominent law enforcement posts. “I understand and appreciate the excitement of my promotion and its uniqueness,” she said. “In my mind, I’m hoping that in the next five to 10 years that promotions like this will be more commonplace.”

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

Herald ScHoolS

Students give a tour of Wantagh in photos Through various photography assignments, Wantagh Middle School eighth grade digital photography students in Jaclyn Gentilesco’s class have observed objects from various perspectives and have learned to “love where they live,” capturing the unique treasures that lie within the community borders. The Wantagh Train Museum was the subject of a recent assignment in which students captured the lines, shapes, texture, value and space of a well-lit location and immortalized a popular landmark. The photographic compositions were recently hung for two weeks in Starbuck’s for community viewing.

Gentilesco said the students were given the assignment to photograph the Wantagh Train Museum because it is a unique place that is rich in Wantagh history.

“Celebrating the community is important to me as an educator,” Gentilesco said. “Encouraging students to look and see beauty where they live will promote the idea of ‘love where you live.’”

Gentilesco noted that the museum offered opportunities for strong compositions and a rich contrast of materials to photograph. Additionally, the collection started a positive conversation with community members.

Provided by the Wantagh School District. Compiled

by Brian Stieglitz

Photos courtesy Wantagh School District

Isabella Kugal, an eighthgrade digital photography student at Wantagh Middle School, was one of several students who photographed the Wantagh Train Museum.

The dIgITal phoTography of Wantagh Middle School students in Jaclyn Gentilesco’s class was hung for two weeks at the Starbuck’s in Wantagh.

WanTagh MIddle school student Mackenzie Hayes photographed the undercarriage of the train in black and white at the Wantagh Train Museum

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ur team has been in the Bellmore office for about seven or eight years, but I’ve been a pediatrician for 14 years.

We implemented telemedicine pretty early on. For the most part, patients were very receptive to that. Some people still prefer to meet that way instead of coming into the office. If we really need to examine a patient, we are going to ask that they come in. But for most appointments and for mental health issues, discussing it through a telemedicine visit has been great, because then they don’t have to leave their house and it’s more convenient.

I feel like the pandemic has brought on a lot of fear for families, parents and even some kids. Now that it’s been a year of this, I feel like it’s really impacted their mental health. I think

it’s affected a lot of people with underlying anxiety and created some new anxieties for people. Overall, thankfully, throughout this whole process, I have only had one child patient that has been sent to the hospital.

I’m just hopeful that we can get ahead of this before new variants potentially take over.

We still don’t know yet if the vaccine will protect against these variants — one would hope. I do believe it’s a race against time to get more people vaccinated before more variants take over. Also, and I’ve been saying this for years, but there’s so much antibiotic resistance out there because antibiotics are overused. I hope this spurs companies to create more antivirals that could be helpful against Covid-19 and other potential viral infections.

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’ve been practicing medicine since 1999, and I’ve been with this practice for more than 14 years. I’m a board-certified family medicine physician, so I’ll see any patient, from birth to any age. We see more than 12,000 patients in our office.

Obviously, the pandemic has brought down the number of patients we’re able to see inoffice. We’ve been doing a lot of telemedicine, but we also have separate areas in our office and put together an amazing system where we never once stopped seeing patients throughout the pandemic. We never closed down because of an outbreak in our office.

Lately, I’ve been trying to help elderly people and people who are sick to get vaccines. I run Project Covax, where me and my sons, Lucas and Logan, to help register

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people. People have been reaching out to me via Facebook and by word of mouth.

The biggest thing right now is to stay positive. That’s one thing I’ve always done – realizing that tomorrow’s going to be a better day. During the pandemic, when things first started, everyone was scared, but the more we learned about the disease process, the more we were able to help people, and the less scared we are. Yes, we are going to be wearing masks for a long time, but we can function and we can persevere.

I always tell patients that no question is too silly to ask. I want to be a resource so that I can help them understand. A lot of the time we fear the unknown, but once we have knowledge about it, life becomes easier.

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We would have patients come in who looked fine and would say that they didn’t have a sense of smell or taste. We didn’t have an ability to test them back then. The biggest thing was when we knew how to identify people who had the virus.

We started wearing masks very early on.

When we were told we could go virtual, we had no method of doing that. We had never considered it before. I learned how to use Doxy. My sister-in-law told me about it. Doxy ended up being easy and worked perfectly. But the physical exam was limited this way, like I couldn’t take anyone’s blood pressure.

Three months later we opened up again. We

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had plexiglass shielding installed in the office, and the four patient rooms were cleaned and disinfected continually. We screened people on the phone and still do.

When the virus first hit, I was worried I’d bring it home. I’d change my clothes and put them in a bag before I saw anyone. I don’t think the virus changed me much. But I am more aware of my surroundings now.

I’m hoping this won’t happen again, but the pandemic of 1917 did. My biggest fear is that everyone will get vaccinated, but we will continue to see cases. Hopefully, the vaccines will work and will wipe this out. But there are multiple variants. I hope the vaccines will work on them.

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imply speaking, things slowed down quite a bit. I stayed open, and a lot of people didn't want to come. But anyone who had an emergency or anyone who wanted to come was certainly welcome here.

Things are still a little slow, but we're starting to get back to ourselves.

We follow the same safety procedures as most other doctor offices — we always sterilize. There hasn't been much of a problem of people getting infected in dental offices.

We always took safety measures before it, too, so we're a little more careful; we take care to make sure everything is clean and sterile and disinfected. Everyone wears a mask when they come in and sit in the waiting room, and that's about it.

There's no extra fear there when dealing

with patients as a dentist. They take their masks off, of course, when they come into the chair, but we just have everything clean, sterile and sanitized, and we just work from there.

Everything seems to be working out well.

I luckily have been open the whole year —I never really had to close down; I was always open, the whole time.

I've been working here in the same office for 46 years, and I'm very happy to keep serving the community and doing what I can.

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’ve been practicing physical therapy for 33 years, and we have multiple locations, with the main one in Wantagh on Sunrise Highway. We’re in a multi-specialty office that’s grown over the years.

When the pandemic first hit, the bulk of our patients came in for more serious issues like strokes and recovery from big surgeries. We weren’t seeing as [many] people coming in for sprains or strains. We mostly treat orthopedic and neurological issues.

During the beginning of the pandemic, it was harder for our patients who couldn’t get out.

Most of our patients are elderly, and we have a lot of specialized equipment for them.

We participated in telehealth, which was more for those elderly patients and those with other risk factors. A good portion continue to

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rely on telehealth, but some can’t because of the nature of their rehabilitation. We have specific tools and lasers for deep-tissue laser therapy, and there are patients who need that for effected treatment so we provided it to them.

They need to be in person to use the equipment here that they can’t get at home. But when we could, we work with patients on building a home program. We made due the best we could with what we had.

We stayed open through the entire pandemic nobody missed out on things they needed. Our staff, our physical therapists, our assistants — they’re all hometown heroes. There are a lot of people who go unnoticed and unmentioned who stuck to their job and did what they needed to do. They deserve credit for that, especially in the beginning when there were so many unknowns.

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here are a lot of ways the pandemic changed our practice. Firstly, we needed to make changes for the safety of our staff and patients and to make everyone feel comfortable and protected from the virus.

We installed plastic barriers in between each work station. Patients can no longer wait in the waiting room and must stay in their car until we call them in. If they’re worried about being exposed to Covid-19, we will see them at their car.

We do Covid-19 testing in patients' cars and swab them there and then call them to give their results.

Another thing we incorporated is the ability to have virtual visits. We could talk to them virtually and give them a general consultation and diagnosis if they feel sick.

We also see patients in the pediatric unit of Winthrop [now NYU Langone], but we weren’t

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allowed in during the beginning of the pandemic.

We’re back now and just have to fill out a Covid-19 questionnaire before visiting anyone at the hospital.

All of the providers in our office have completed their vaccinations.

The biggest takeaway from the pandemic, from a medical standpoint, is that simple measures could prevent the spread of infections, and we just have to play our part to limit the spread.

Something else we learned is the importance of keeping up with your wellness exams. We tried not to lose any opportunities to see patients.

The pandemic has also changed the dynamic of the office. We take pride in our service and what we do, and now we take pride in providing an environment where people can feel safe coming in and seeing us.

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1.To adopt the annual budget of the Wantagh Public Library for the fiscal year 2021/2022 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

2.To elect 1 member of the Board of Trustees: “one (1) member of the Board of Trustees for a (5) five-year term commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2026.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the Wantagh Library’s operating budget for 2021/2022 exclusive of public monies, may be obtained upon request by any resident of the District during school business hours beginning April 12, 2021 except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Administration Office, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY, and at each of the following schoolhouse offices: Wantagh, Mandalay and Forest Lake Elementary Schools, Wantagh Middle School and Wantagh High School and at the Wantagh Public Library, 3285 Park Avenue, Wantagh, NY and on the library website www.wantaghlibrary.org.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Trustees shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at the Administration Building, no later than March 29, 2021 between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Vacancies on the Board of Trustees are not considered separate, specific offices, candidates run at large.

Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated, must be directed to the Clerk of the District, must be signed by at least (25) qualified voters of the District, must state the name and residence of each signer, and must state the name and residence of the candidate.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk at the Administration Office, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY and at the Wantagh Public Library, 3285 Park Avenue, Wantagh, NY and on the Library website www.wantaghlibrary.org.

Applications for the absentee ballots may be received by the District Clerk no earlier than the 30th day before the election for which it is sought.

Completed applications must be

received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 P.M., prevailing time, on April 27, 2021.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District commencing with the issuance of the first absentee ballot in the office of the District Clerk at the Administration Office, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY on and after April 22, 2021 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election, and on Saturday, April 24, 2021 between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 12 Noon prevailing time and on April 27, 2021 the day set for the election. Any qualified voter present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds for making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that Military voters who are qualified voters of the district who and are not registered must apply to register as a qualified voter by contacting the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh , NY 11793 or by email, mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org or fax sent to 516-679-6349.

The military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the registration application by mail, facsimile or electronic mail (email).

The application to register must be received no later than 5:00 P.M. on the twenty-sixth (26th) day before the election, AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may apply for a military ballot. A military ballot application may be requested from the District Clerk and must be returned, in person or by mail to the Office of the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793 not later than 5:00 P.M. on the twenty-sixth (26th) day before the election. A military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the military ballot application by mail, facsimile transmission, or email.

Military ballots must be received by the District Clerk (1) before the close of the polls on April 27, 2021 and showing a cancellation mark of the U.S. postal service, or a

foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt of another agency of the U.S government or (2) by 5:00 P.M. on the date set for the election and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereof, with a date which is ascertained not be later than the day before the election.

Irrespective of the preferred mode of transmission, the military ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person, A list of all persons to whom military ballots shall have been issues will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the office of the District Clerk during regular office hours until the day of the election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article §5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting prior to the last four (4) calendar years, he/she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article §5 of the Election Law, he/she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register.

The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law at the Wantagh Public Library on April 20, 2021 between the hours of 4:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. Any person desiring to register may also register at the Office of the District Clerk between the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. during school days, Monday through Friday.

Such registration, however, shall not take place less than five days preceding April 27, 2021.

The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY and will be open for inspection in said office by any qualified voter of the District beginning on April 22, 2021 and each

day thereafter prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. prevailing time, and on Saturday, April 24, 2021 between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon prevailing time and at the polling place on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on April 27, 2021 between the hours of 1:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M., prevailing time, at the Wantagh Public Library to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the School District election to be held in 2021, and any subsequent special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he/she is known or proved to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the Library election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after April 27, 2021.

Elaine F. McGuigan, District Clerk Dated:03 2021 Wantagh Union Free School District Town of Hempstead County of Nassau, New York 124921 LEGAL NOTICE REUNIÓN ESPECIAL Y AVISO ELECTORAL PARA EL WANTAGH DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE UNION AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA Y VOTACIÓN PRESUPUESTARIA Y FIDUCIARIO Elección BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE WANTAGH CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU Aviso legal AVISO POR LA PRESENTE, que una audiencia pública de los votantes calificados de la Biblioteca Pública de Wantagh del Distrito Escolar de Wantagh, Condado de Nassau, Wantagh, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo en la Biblioteca Pública de Wantagh en dicho Distrito el 19de abrilde 2021, a las 7:00 P.M hora prevaleciente, para la presentación del documento presupuestario.

Y SE DA AVISO DE NUEVO que dicha votación y elección se llevarán a cabo el 2 de abrilde 2, 2021 entre las horas de 1:00 P.M. y 9:00 P.M., hora de imperante, en la Biblioteca Pública de Wantagh, momento en el que las urnas estarán abiertas a votar por papeleta sobre los siguientes puntos:

1.Adoptar el presupuesto anual de la Biblioteca Pública de Wantagh para el año 2021/2022 y autorizar que la parte requerida de la misma sea recaudada por impuestos sobre los bienes imponibles del Distrito.

2.Para elegir a 1 miembro del Patronato: “un (1) miembro de la Junta de Síndicos por un (5) períododecincoaños comenzando el 1 de julio de 2021 y expirando el 30 de junio de 2026.

Y POR EL PRESENTE AVISO SE DA UNA copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para financiar el presupuesto operativo de la Biblioteca Wantagh para 2021/2022 excluyendo el dinero público, puede obtenerse a petición de cualquier residente del Distrito durante el horario comercial escolar a partir del 1deabril, 2021 excepto sábados, domingos o días festivos, en la Oficina de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY, y en cada una de las siguientes oficinas escolares: Wantagh, Mandalay y Forest Lake Elementary Schools, Wantagh Middle School y Wantagh High School y en la Biblioteca Pública de Wantagh, 3285 Park Avenue, Wantagh, NY y en el sitio web dela bibliotecawww.wantaghli brary.org.

Y SE PROPORCIONA EL AVISO DE PRESENTE QUE las peticiones que designen candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Síndicos se presentarán ante el Secretario de dicho Distrito Escolar en el Edificio de Administración, a más tardar el 29de marzode 2021 entre las 9:00 A.M. y 5:00 P.M. Las vacantes en el Consejo de Administración no se consideran oficinas separadas, específicas, los candidatos se ejecutan en general. Las peticiones de nominación no describirán ninguna vacante específica en la Junta para la cual el candidato es nominado, deben ser dirigidas al Secretario del Distrito, deben ser firmadas por al menos (25) votantes calificados del Distrito, deben indicar el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante, y deben indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato.

Y EL AVISO ADICIONAL SE DA POR EL PRESENTE que las solicitudes de votos en ausencia se podrán obtener durante el horario comercial escolar del Secretario del Distrito en la Oficina de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY y en la Biblioteca Pública de Wantagh, 3285 Park Avenue, Wantagh, NY y en el sitio web dela

Bibliotecawww.wantaghli brary.org. Las solicitudes para las papeletas en ausencia pueden ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito no antes del día 30antesde la elección para la cual se solicita.

Las solicitudes completadas deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta debe ser enviada por correo al elector, o el día antes de la elección, si la boleta debe ser entregada personalmente al elector.

Las papeletas ausentes deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 P.M., hora de imperante, el 2de abrilde2021.

Una lista de las personas a las que se emiten papeletas en ausencia estará disponible para su inspección a los electores calificados del Distrito a partir de la emisión de la primera boleta en ausencia en la oficina del Secretario de Distrito en la Oficina de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY y después del2 2de abril, 2021 entre las 8:00 A.M. y 4:00 P.M. de lunes a viernes antes del día establecido para la elección anual, y el sábado 2de abril4, 2021 entre las horas de 10:00 A.M. y 12 mediodía hora prevaleciente yel 2 de abril7, 2021 el día establecido para la elección.

Cualquier elector calificado presente en el lugar de votación puede oponerse a la votación sobre los motivos apropiados para hacer su impugnación y las razones por las que el Inspector de Elección conoce al Inspector de Elecciones antes del cierre de las urnas.

Y ADEMÁS SE HA DADO UN AVISO de que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados del distrito que no están registrados deben solicitar el registro como votantes calificados comunicándose con el Secretario del Distrito en 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793 o por correo electrónico mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org o fax enviado a 516-679-6349. El votante militar puede indicar su preferencia de recibir la solicitud de registro por correo, fax o correo electrónico (correo electrónico). La solicitud de registro debe recibirse a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el vigésimo sexto (26) día antes de la elección, Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados del distrito escolar pueden solicitar una boleta militar. Se puede solicitar una solicitud de boleta militar al secretario de distrito y debe devolverse, en persona o por correo, a la oficina del secretario de distrito en 3301 Beltagh

Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793 a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el vigésimo sexto (26) día antes de la elección. Un votante militar puede indicar su preferencia por recibir la solicitud de boleta militar por correo, transmisión por fax o correo electrónico.

Las boletas militares deben ser recibidas por el secretario de distrito (1) antes del cierre de las urnas el 27 de abril de 2021 y deben mostrar una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los EE. UU. O el servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrar un endoso fechado de recepción de otro agencia del gobierno de EE. UU. o (2) antes de las 5:00 p.m. en la fecha fijada para la elección y firmada y fechada por el elector militar y un testigo del mismo, con una fecha que se verifica no posterior al día anterior a la elección.

Independientemente del modo de transmisión preferido, la solicitud de boleta militar y la boleta militar deben devolverse por correo o en persona.

Una lista de todas las personas a las que se les habrá enviado boletas militares estará disponible para su inspección para los votantes calificados del Distrito en el oficina del secretario de distrito durante el horario regular de oficina hasta el día de la elección.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE PROPORCIONA EL AVISO, que el registro personal de los electores se requiere de conformidad con el artículo 2014 de la Ley de Educación o de conformidad con el Artículo No 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un elector se ha registrado hasta ahora de conformidad con el artículo 2014 de la Ley de Educación y ha votado en una reunión anual o especial del distrito antes de los últimos cuatro (4) años calendario, es elegible para votar en esta elección.

Si un elector está registrado y es elegible para votar de conformidad con el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral, también es elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse.

La Junta de Registro se reunirá con el propósito de registrar a todos los electores calificados del Distrito de conformidad con el n.o 2014 de la Ley de Educación en la Biblioteca Pública de Wantagh el 2 de abrilde 0,2021 entre las 4:00 P.M. y 8:00 P.M. para añadir cualquier nombre adicional al Registro que se utilizará en la elección mencionada, momento en el que cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre sea colocado en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro se

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Wantagh secondary students returning full time Monday night to discuss the transition plan with district superintendent John C. McNamara, Wantagh High School PrinciAs vaccinations are administered and pal Dr. Paul Guzzone and Wantagh Middle new cases of Covid-19 are beginning to School Principal Anthony Ciuffo. fall, middle and The Nassau high school stuCounty Covid-19 dents in the Wantpositivity rate is a gh Union F ree currently 4.49 perSchool District will cent, months after g a i n s o m e s e mpositive cases blance of normalcy spiked around the – a full, in-person holidays. McNamaschedule. ra explained that Sixth grade stuthe district had dents will transition actually begun to traditional classforming transitionrooms and seventh ing plans back in and ninth grade stuOctober, but due to dents will receive the increasing numd a i l y, i n - p e r s o n bers at the end of instruction starting 2020, they had to March 15. Grades walk back those eight, 10, 11 and 12 plans. will begin full-time, “ We f e e l l i ke in-person learning we’re at a point now Christina■Daly/Herald starting March 22. that we can start to Wantagh high SChool students■will■ For merly, stulook at things return■to■a■full,■in-person■schedule■on■ dents were alternatagain,” said McNaing between attend- March■15■and■22. mara. ing in-person classIn total, 215 stues and remote classes as part of a hybrid dents and 50 staff members in the district model. Parents will have the option of have tested positive for Covid-19 since the having their child learn from home for start of the school year. At Wantagh High the remainder of the school year.

School in February, the rise in cases Parents gathered virtually over Zoom there, 49, were directly linked to a social

By Jennifer Corr jcorr@liherald.com

important updates ■■ Changes■for■sixth■graders ■■ Move■to■traditional■sixth■grade■classroom.

cafeteria■areas■(Google■Form■will■be■ used■to■choose■location.)

■■ Changes■for■grades■nine■through■12

■■ Will■change■rooms■for■special■area■ classes,■but■not■core■area■classes.

■■ Will■follow■regular■classroom■schedule.

■■ Lunch■will■take■place■in■one■of■three■ cafeteria■areas.

■■ Open■campus■for■lunch■in■grades■11■ through■12.■

■■ Changes■for■seventh■and■eighth■ graders

■■ Using■three■cafeteria■spaces■for■ lunch.■

■■ Will■follow■regular■classroom■schedule.

■■ Outdoor■areas■for■lunch■will■be■open■ after■spring■recess.

■■ Lunch■will■take■place■in■one■of■three■ gathering, McNamara said.

“That led us to pause things last week at Wantagh High School,” McNamara said. “Our numbers have really come back down since then, which we’re happy to see and it seems we’re heading in a really positive direction again.”

But even with numbers beginning to decline within the district and the county, Wantagh Schools are still facing Covid-19 related hurdles, and that’s space.

“We’re able to really maintain distancing in our classrooms with our current hybrid model,” McNamara said. “As we transition to more students, students are

moving closer together. We can no longer maintain the five or six feet of distance.”

Students will instead have four feet of space unless they are in a classroom where six feet of space is possible.

Because of this, the district will have to mandate additional quarantining in the event of a Covid-19 positive case.

As students return to a full, in-person school schedule, McNamara asked of students and parents to continue wearing their masks, washing their hands, distancing when possible and to limit their social gatherings.

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conozca o demuestre a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que sea entonces o posteriormente tenga derecho a votar en dicha elección para la que esté preparado el registro.

Cualquier persona que desee registrarse también puede registrarse en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito entre las 8:00 A.M. a 4:00 P.M. durante los días escolares, de lunes a viernes.

No obstante, dicho registro no tendrá lugar menos de cinco días anteriores al 2de abrilde 7a 2021. El registro así preparado de conformidad con el artículo 2014 de la Ley de Educación se presentará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar en 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY y estará abierto a la inspección en dicha oficina por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito a partir del 23 de abril de 2021 y cada día anterior al día establecido para la elección, excepto el domingo, entre las 8:00 A.M. y las 4:00 P.M. hora prevaleciente, y el sábado 2de abril2,2021 entre las 10:00 A.M. y las 12:00 de la hora prevaleciente y en el lugar de votación el día de la votación.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO DE QUE de conformidad con el artículo 2014 de la Ley de

Educación del Estado de Nueva York, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el 27de abrilde 2021 entre las 1:00 P.M. y 9:00 P.M., tiempo prevaleciente, en la Biblioteca Pública de Wantagh para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se utilizará en la elección del Distrito Escolar que se llevará a cabo en 2021, y cualquier reunión de distrito especial posterior que pueda llevarse a cabo después de la preparación de dicho Registro, colocado en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de dicha Junta de Registro sea conocido o demostrado a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro para ser entonces o posteriormente con derecho a votar en la Biblioteca Electoral para la cual dicho Registro está preparado , o cualquier reunión especial de distrito celebrada después del 27 de abril de 2021.

Elaine F. McGuigan, Secretario del Distrito Ada: 03 2021 Distrito Escolar Gratuito de Wantagh Union Ciudad de HempsteadContaz de Nassau, Nueva York 124922

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 17 day of February, 2021, bearing Index Number 000091-21, A copy of which may be examined a the office of the clerk, located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY grants me the right to assume the name of David Ian Anthony Walters. The city and state of my present address are wantagh, NY; the month and year of my birth are June, 1986; the place of my birth is Brooklyn, New York; my present name is David Ian Anthony Watson.

124999 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the provisions of Section 273 of Article 28 of the Building Zone Ordinance of the Town of Hempstead, that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of said Town on March 23, 2021 at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, for the purpose of considering the application of THIS IS THE WAY WE LEARN AND

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The above mentioned application & maps which accompanies it are on file and may be viewed on the Hempstead website, at www.hempsteadny.gov ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard in person in accordance with applicable social distancing regulations, or real time telephonic communication, see instructions at www.hempsteadny.gov

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. DONALD X. CLAVIN JR Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk Dated: March 9, 2021 Hempstead, N.Y. 125016

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With the pandemic still looming, fans will need to purchase their parking pass in advance of the show to ensure their spot on the beach, as capacity will be limited for social distancing.

Courtesy■U.S.■Air■Force■Photo/Tech■Sgt.■Manuel■J.■Martinez Passes will be on sale in mid-April and Pride of the Sky:■The■renowned■U.S.■Air■Force■Thunderbirds■ more information on returned■to■the■annual■show■in■2015■after■a■six-year■hiatus. how to purchase a pass will be available soon. books and get behind the scene content as Last year, because of the pandemic, the well as a special show available on the show had to be cancelled but fans were Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air Show still able to tune in into a virtual experi- Facebook page. ence, organized with EPOCH 5 and New For more information on the show and York State Parks. People were able to par- how to get passes, visit www.bethpageairticipate in sweepstakes, print out activity show.com.

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Most of what you’re doing costs more at the beginonte eeper ning, but can save tremendously the longer it’s in use.

By doing your own labor, you’re saving on the most costly component of construction, but can you do the work yourself ? I’m seeing this trend more with the latest generation of younger homeowners, who are interested in bringing in more sunlight, open spaces that heat and cool more naturally, creating an experience to live in. It’s harder to do on cookie-cutter plots of land, but with so many maintenance-free time- and cost-saving technologies, like using your voice or programming to turn on lights, lower the temperature or start a meal, the Carousel of Progress at Disney World will need to catch up.

The answer to your question has to do with health and safety, mainly. Skilled and trained professionals generally know how to install and troubleshoot or anticipate problems you may not know about. You need to know where these newer systems have faults and failures if you plan to do the work yourself. Certain materials come in subtle gradations, like gauges of wiring, tolerances of tubing, thicknesses of copper, for example, and using the wrong one could reduce the longevity of the system or cause dangerous results. Most municipalities require that licensed electricians and plumbers do the work, but will allow you to qualify with a test and interview to show your competency.

Over the years I have had many clients do their own work successfully, but most have leveled with me that there were certain things they either would have done differently or had someone else do, because the project required tools or time they just didn’t want to invest in. Most important, even if you do get permission to do the work yourself, you’ll need to have it inspected. Without final and official certificates, you may not be able to sell your home. Good luck!

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year ago, we faced many new challenges as the coronavirus threw the world into a panic.

Many unanswered questions made us fearful of both the known and the unknown. Despite this heightened level of stress, we adjusted, and new approaches to cope with the pandemic arose.

We Zoomed from room to room, and country to country, without having to pack our bags or experience jet lag.

We found a new dress code for our virtual meetings: ROBERT mullet outfits with “business on GOLDMAN the top, party on the bottom,” and made sure to turn off the cat filter. Masks became more than just a protective measure: They became a fashion statement, or an advertisement or promotion for a business, product or cause. For some of us, reality TV became an escape: Joe Exotic was anointed the “Tiger King,” as the mystery of who killed Carole Baskin’s husband still lingers. Speaking of lingering, some of us put on the pandemic

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pounds as we binged on series and food.

All of the changes emerging from the pandemic are linked to our human need to stay connected during times of adversity. Fads are an expression of belongingness. Sadly, the social deprivation that we all experienced left a hole in this fundamental human need for contact and connectedness. As we had to increasingly remain socially distant, our need for emotional connectedness grew stronger.

As an attorney and practicing psychologist, I witnessed firsthand how many of my attorney colleagues reported on social media feeling stressed.

This was a shocker, as attorneys are known for being loath to admit they struggle. I felt a call to action, and started offering resiliency training over Zoom to my fellow attorneys. Little did I know that this group would offer me support as I mourned the passing of my father during the pandemic, when public gathering was prohibited. The Virtual Lawyers Lounge continues to be relevant, and is more than 500 members strong.

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we learned early on that Covid-19 does not discriminate. Our common experience of living through the pandemic created a space for empathy across the world, even if we couldn’t give a hug or wipe a tear for those who needed it the most. The buzzword born out of our universal experience is resilience: the ability to overcome adversity. By our evolutionary nature, resilience is tied to our need to survive. We survived by finding new ways to connect. These new ways should not be forgotten, but rather incorporated into our “new normal,” whatever that is.

Now, as the vaccines roll out and the new world opens up, questions stoke our fears. Is the new world safe? What will the new normal look like? This anxiety is the reality for adults and children who were abruptly thrown into a new lifestyle, without any mental or emotional buffers. For example, the child who will awaken from his Covid-19 slumber of gaming and return to a classroom setting where he will barely recognize his classmates through the mask-covered mouths and protective Plexiglas that separates them from one another.

ow, as the vaccines roll out, new questions stoke our fears. Is the new world safe?

As we venture into the new normal, I envision a world of hope and reprioritized values. For a resilient march to this new normal, we must acknowledge that much of what we believe in having control over is just an illusion; we need to remain present in all that we do and appreciate the temporary nature of all circumstances.

When the inevitable, unpredictable event happens, embracing it with optimism, fortitude and courage helps us through the rough patch and aids us as we move forward to where we want to be. Most important, in the resilient march to the new normal, we must never forget the need and value of hugging one another, rebuilding our personal connections, wiping away a tear and offering an approving smile that may be seen with or without a mask.

As of this writing, 2.65 million people across the world have died because of the coronavirus. In honoring those we lost and keeping alive the lessons learned, we must become more vigilant about tending to our health, physically and mentally.

Dr. Robert Goldman is the chief psychologist and co-CEO of TLC Virtual Resiliency and an adjunct professor at Hofstra University and St. Joseph’s College.

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didn’t tune in to the news at all yesterday, and that was a happy change from one year ago, when I couldn’t not watch, but when I did watch, the grim predictions from epidemiologists, juxtaposed with the misinformation coming from the White House, had me worried sick.

Doctors told us to wear masks, stay at home, close schools and avoid contact even with our parents and children and grandchildren. At the same time, the president rolled out his RANDI no-big-deal mesKREISS sage. He promised that the coronavirus would just go away. Yet people were dying, and refrigerator morgue trucks were parked on New York City streets. For me, not trusting our highest elected officials to keep us safe in the face of a historic pandemic was psychologically destabilizing.

The message was: You’re on your own.

We did what we had to do. No kids, no supermarkets, no friends and no communal events of any kind.

Now, one year later, I don’t need to hear the news because I trust that the government is going about its business, fighting the best fight it can against the virus.

What does this pandemic anniversary mean to us?

My husband and I are just past two weeks since our second vaccine. I think we’ll be fine, but there is a definite process to reemerging and rebooting a full life.

With the second jab, it isn’t as if this dreadful year gets erased. Just a glance in the mirror reminds me that I’m not the same person I was last March. I made a joke in a column last year about my own personal silver lining as my hair turned gray.

Now it’s even more so, and very long, a kind of metaphor about time and change and a new acceptance of mortality.

I’m thinking about my friends of the heart who died over the past year, Marlene and Marty and Don. I mention their names to write them into my world and honor their memory. They didn’t all die of Covid-19, but they left this world too

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soon and without the comforting rituals of traditional funerals and visiting among family and friends after the loss.

Letting them go is more difficult because there was no way to say a real goodbye or hold the hands of their loved ones. My husband has photos of these buddies pasted on a full wall in his office, like the man without a country, yearning for “home.”

Living through this year, with plenty of food and access to the Internet and the ability to work online, reminded me that good fortune shines on only some people. More than 530,000 of us died, many because they had to go to work, or lived in large family groups or couldn’t figure out the byzantine vaccine rollout protocols. I don’t know their names, but I want to carry them with me into the post-pandemic world, with a kind of “never forget” mantra. They shouldn’t just disappear.

In the beginning I was Zooming with the grandkids pretty often, and then less often, and then we had hardly anything to share because we weren’t doing anything all day. I thought from the begin-

ven friends who died of something other than Covid were deprived of comforting rituals.

ning that the teenagers suffered most from the isolation and emotional vacuum that can follow months of down time with no other kids around. I have faith in their resilience, though, and history teaches us that young people have survived other deprivations, especially during wartime.

We ventured out the other evening for the very first time, to sit in an outside tented area of a restaurant. It wasn’t perfect. It felt strange to wait for food, and I was impatient. I realize I have to give this new normal some time.

One year after the pandemic began surging across America and the world, my freezer is still packed. I have more toilet paper than I need. I remember some of my parents’ behaviors, which I called a Depression-era mentality, and I know we have adopted some slightly irrational habits as a result of our anxiety during the worst days of Covid-19.

I expect all of this will evolve as our faith in the future — any future — is restored. I would like to live long enough to read the great books that will surely be written about this year, especially the fiction, which so often touches the most profound truths.

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

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Federal aid gives Nassau a shot in the arm

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assau County got some very good news last week after passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan: The county will receive $397.7 million in federal aid to pay for expenses after it fell into a deep budget hole caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Covid-19 has not only killed more than 530,000 people in the United States, but also has ravaged the finances of our state and local governments and school districts. States and counties — which depend heavily on sales taxes for funding — were particularly hard hit over the past year. People haven’t been shopping at local businesses the way they did before the pandemic, in part because many fear contracting the virus in public, and many simply haven’t the money to shop.

We hope and trust that the ARP will be a vital shot in the arm to reignite the economy, both here in New York and across the country. It is certainly giving local elected leaders the opportunity to breathe easier, knowing they won’t have to lay off essential workers, including police officers and emergency medical technicians.

In total, New York state will receive $12.6 billion in aid, which will be used to mitigate the spread of the virus and enhance the vaccination effort, as well as balance the state’s budget so it, too, can avoid layoffs. School districts will also benefit from the funding allocation.

letters Stimulus bill delivers relief To the Editor: Congressional passage of the most recent stimulus bill, called the American Rescue Plan, is great news for all Americans, regardless of your politics. Beyond delivering much-needed relief to people struggling to make ends meet, this bill also provides the bold federal investment necessary to accelerate vaccine distribution, ensure that schools fully reopen and support struggling small businesses, like our restaurants.

I am especially pleased that this bill funds local governments like Nassau County, particularly as we continue to hold the front line in our fight to defeat the coronavirus once and for all.

LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive

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Cuomo should step aside To the Editor: The recent allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against Gov. Andrew Cuomo are

No doubt, the ARP is far-reaching.

We should all be thankful that state and local governments will be made whole after a historically devastating year. Leaving them to fend for themselves — essentially the plan of Republican leaders like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — could have, and likely would have, been disastrous. Mass layoffs of front-line workers would have meant a double whammy for the nation: We would have lost not only many people entrusted with protecting our safety during the pandemic, but also their spending power and tax dollars.

The first round of federal pandemic aid provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES, was a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill, passed last March, that provided aid to states and, in a more limited way, local governments, as well as loans to businesses. It saved tens of thousands of businesses, especially small ones, and many, many lives, in particular through vaccine research.

The trouble was this: Any aid that state and local governments accepted could be used only to fund coronavirus mitigation efforts. There was no aid to those governments to continue operations while the economy was tanking last spring. State and local elected leaders pleaded — practically begged — for greater aid beyond funding for coronavirus mitigation, but the Republican-controlled Senate and President Trump would not budge.

The second round of aid, a hotly contested bill signed late last year, provided $900 billion, again without unrestricted aid to state and local governments.

With this third round of federal aid, we are seeing the load lifted for state and local elected leaders. At the same time, the American Rescue Plan will increase funding for vaccination programs, and provide $1,400 in direct aid to a majority of working families and individuals and greater funding for small businesses.

Yes, we continue to add to America’s debt — a debt that will one day have to be repaid. U.S. debt now stands at $27 trillion — or 128 percent of our gross domestic product. Only 10 years ago, we worried that our debt had surpassed 90 percent of GDP. So yes, we will have to cut back in the future.

Now, however, is not the time. In the here and now, we must focus on economic recovery, and the only way to lift ourselves out of our current fiscal quagmire and jump-start spending is through federal aid.

Going forward, we will have to work harder than ever — and we will have to do so together, united as one country, Republicans and Democrats. And we will have to innovate, which means we will have to focus more than ever on providing educational resources not only to our children, but to people of all ages.

As a nation, we will survive, but we will have to do a lot better than we did in 2020.

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uring the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have needed to get outside, and have rediscovered the joy of walking or riding a bike to see friends and exercise. Should this trend continue — and record bike sales suggest that it will — then New Yorkers will be healthier, traffic will be less congested and air quality will improve. But for walking and biking to be realistic options for most people, we first need to invest in safe and adequate infrastructure, just as we have Carter done for every mode of striCkLanD other transportation.

This is a critical public safety issue for Long Island. Today, our roads are too risky — Nassau and Suffolk counties were ranked second and third most dangerous in the state, as measured by the number of fatalities, personal injuries and property damage resulting from traf-

fic crashes. In fact, in 2019, Long Island accounted for over a quarter of all bicycle fatalities in New York. Too many lives have been lost because of dangerous roads.

Safe places to bike and walk are also part of a holistic economic recovery. Civic leaders seeking to attract and retain young professionals with amenities comparable to any major city and to solidify a strong “sense of place” across the Island have already invested in revitalizing downtowns with walkable communities and affordable multi-family housing. The missing commercial part of that mix may follow even faster than expected now, as many people who have worked from home for more than a year question the value of long commutes. In fact, the large redevelopment areas proposed for Long Island are mixed use, with the intention of creating live-work-play communities — and future residents and workers will look for recreational opportunities and better connections to parks.

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afe places to bike and walk are an important part of a solid economic recovery.

Letters beyond troubling, and describe a disturbing pattern of behavior that also now includes a potentially criminal act.

The gravity of these claims makes it clear to us that the governor cannot lead the state while faithfully responding to multiple investigations. This is especially true in light of the impending state budget deadline, the need to continue guiding the state through the coronavirus pandemic and the fragility of the state’s economic recovery.

The New York State Constitution demands that if the governor is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor shall act as the Governor until the inability shall cease.” We call on the Cuomo to step aside, at least until such time that the state attorney general’s investigation is complete. We are confident that the lieutenant governor would ably serve the people of New York.

JoHN BRookS, JAMES GAuGHRAN, Todd kAMINSkY, ANNA kAPLAN and kEvIN THoMAS New York state senators

Was the chopper really necessary?

To the Editor: Was it really essential for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to travel from Albany via helicopter to visit the round-the-clock Covid-19 vaccination center at the Javits Convention Center recently? The event was little more than a career politician’s photo op.

The good news is that both Nassau and Suffolk counties have started to invest in safe biking and walking trails. There are first-class bike paths in Eisenhower Park and Bethpage State Park, as well as several trail systems in parks and a few northsouth trails. What is missing is a main artery to tie this all together, much as the Long Island Expressway did for an earlier generation that wanted to drive their cars to the post-war suburbs.

A proposed Long Island Greenway would provide this connectivity and jumpstart a true network of trails for point-to-point travel across the Island. Stretching 175 miles from Manhattan to Montauk, the greenway would be a multi-purpose trail that would be mostly off-road along power lines, connecting downtown redevelopment areas such as Innovation Park and the Nassau Hub, 26 parks and 46 train stations. It would make walking and biking safe for people on Long Island and a real option for exercising, visiting friends, even picking up gro-

ceries. And it would be good for downtown business as well: Trail users spend about $250,000 per mile annually on trailrelated local businesses, according to a 2012 study by the Rails to Trails Conservancy.

This project could be shovel-ready and provide jobs in the near term while setting the foundation for Long Island’s success over the long term. The state has already built the Empire State Trail from Buffalo to New York City, and has invested in preliminary engineering studies to extend it across Long Island. According to a study released recently by New Yorkers for Clean Water and Jobs, 65,000 jobs could be created by the $3 billion New York State Environmental Bond Act, which would support projects like the Long Island Greenway. We need those jobs now to help our economic recovery, and those investments would pay back health and economic dividends for years. Long Islanders should call on their elected officials to support investments in park infrastructure.

Carter Strickland is the New York state director for the Trust for Public Land.

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Why couldn’t Cuomo ride Amtrak from Albany to Manhattan? upon arrival, it would have been a quick five-minute walk through the $1.6 billion Moynihan Train Hall to the Javits Convention Center.

Perhaps Cuomo didn’t want to rub shoulders with constituents while riding Amtrak and walking to his news conference. He might have also run into reporters, who were banned from the Javits Center event. They might have asked some embarrassing questions dealing with his ongoing nursing home and sexual harassment scandals.

The day before his visit, u.S. Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Jerry Nadler and Nydia velazques, along with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, conducted a news conference at the Manhattan 30th Street Heliport. They called for the elimination of non-essential helicopter rides, like the one that Cuomo took. Before he became president, Joe Biden was known as “Amtrak Joe.” He regularly commuted from his delaware home to Washington, d.C., via Amtrak for decades.

Why couldn’t Cuomo emulate Biden?

Forget the helicopter trips to and from Albany to the Big Apple. Lead by example. He should show his support for transit just like Biden and become “Amtrak Andrew.”

LARRY PENNER Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.

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