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Public or private, South Shore feels safe right now, as a parent, I think [Kellenberg] is doing an excellent job.” In recent months, the Herald Kellenberg is a co-ed private has taken closer looks at local Catholic high school in Unionpublic school districts that serve dale. This is the Barnjak triplets’ Seaford and Wantagh, and how first experience in a they have provided private-school setsafe environments ting. They graduated amid a resurgence from Seaford Middle in Covid-19 cases. School earlier this One of the keys to year. their successes has One of their been stringent social mother’s concerns at distancing. the start of the acaSouth Shore par- JIMMIE PRICE demic year was how ents whose children comfortable her chilChaminade parent are enrolled in pridren might be vate schools are also attending in-person pleased with the protective mea- classes. She also wondered how sures those institutions are tak- the transition would go if they ing. “I have three children at Kel- decided to learn from home lenberg Memorial High School,” instead, even temporarily. Seaford resident Laura Barnjak Robert York, Kellenberg’s said of her triplet freshman assistant principal for personnel daughters, Paulina, Gabriella and communications, laid out and Sophia. “At first I was very the school’s pandemic response, worried. The way I perceive it Continued on page 3

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feel really lucky about where we live.

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St. WIllIAM thE Abbot’s social ministry, headed by Rosemary Graziano, aims to address the needs of residents from Seaford, Wantagh and Massapequa.

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Local social ministry is making a difference By J.D. FREDA jfreda@liherald.com

Last month, the Seaford Kiwanis Club organized a holiday food drive. Instead of donating to Long Island Cares, as the club did in 2019, it decided to stock the food pantry at St. William the A b b o t Ro m a n C a t h o l i c Church, in Seaford. The club claimed there was an immediate need in the community that needed to be addressed.

The church’s director of social ministry, Rosemary Graziano, has seen the need in Seaford, Wantagh and Massapequa grow over the past nine months. In fact, she has seen that need for nine years. She continues to address the calls for help in those three South Shore hamlets. “I had worked before with the former pastor, Robert Hayden,” said Graziano, 68, of Williston Park. “He was pleased with all that I had

done, and there were new programs that he wanted to bring on that I could help with.” St. William the Abbot is on Jackson Avenue in Seaford, just south of Sunrise Highway. It has partnered with Wantagh’s St. Frances de Chantal on several projects. There is no lack of need, according to Graziano. “Most people outside this community don’t understand that we have people right here Continued on page 4

Our COvid-19 traCker With the Covid-19 test positivity rate rising across the country, the Herald is adding a weekly coronavirus tracker to the upper-left corner of our front page to help you gauge what’s happening in your area from week to week. the number is an aggregate of the communities that this newspaper covers. data is obtained from the nassau County Covid-19 dashboard, which provides the total number of cases reported in an area since the start of the pandemic, and is updated regularly.

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continued from front page and how effective it has been up to this point. “We’ve not ever had to close down the entire school facility due to a positive Covid-19 test,” York said. “That is due to our cohort model, where our students are spending the majority of their day in their respective classrooms, while the teachers are really the transient ones, going from one classroom to another.” Thus far, the school has offered a fully in-person curriculum, a hybrid option — in which students can come to school on either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday — or a fully remote option. The Barnjak sisters are all attending in person. “I feel pretty safe, generally, when I’m at school,” Paulina said. “It’s a very safe environment,” Gabriella added. “I really love going to class,” said Sofia. “They keep the windows open for airflow. I don’t feel uncomfortable.” She said that their cohort is one of the larger ones in the school, numbering 49, but they keep their distance using the band room. Jimmie Price, who lives in Seaford, has lauded the efforts of both of his sons’ schools. His youngest attends Seaford Manor Elementary in person, while his eldest, James, does the same at Chaminade High School, a private, boys-only Catholic school in Mineola. James also graduated from Seaford Middle School earlier this year. “He had a doctor’s appointment one day, so he missed in-class learning but he was able to jump right into his online class,” Price said. “I didn’t even have to think about it as a parent.” Price also said that James told him that he didn’t feel that he lagged behind when transitioning to and from online learning. Nicholas Perrotta, Chaminade’s compliance officer, said that remote learning can be an effective substitute for missing a day of in-class learning. For a school with a student population topping 1,700, according to Perrotta, only “30 to 40” students opted for full remote learning at the onset of the academic year. Since opening for freshman orientation in late August, Chaminade has had nine Covid-19 cases that, according to Perrotta, have not resulted in further transmission on campus. “I feel really lucky about where we live,” Price said. “Seaford has a really good handle on it, and so does Chaminade. “The communication has been key.” Both Chaminade’s and Kellenberg’s technological proficiency could be the single most important factor in their navigation of an unpredictable educational environment. All of the students’ study material is offered on iPads that they take to and from school. This has been both schools’ standard for six years. York said that Kellenberg did upgrade the campus’s technological infrastructure — most notably by purchas-

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CHaMinade HigH sCHool has used small cohort classes and has spread its student population evenly across its four-building campus. ing more TV’s for classrooms to optimize its remotelearning capabilities. The two schools have also utilized tents outdoors to hold masses attended by small groups. Both were also able to play an abbreviated fall sports season. Brady Schmidt, a freshman at Kellenberg who lives in Wantagh, played soccer. “The kids wore masks during tryouts,” said his mother, Noel Schmidt. “They were careful. They formed the team, were able to play six games and livestreamed all of the games for the parents.” She added that Brady said he was never uncomfortable having to stay after school for practice or taking a later bus home to Wantagh.

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CoHorts stay in their assigned classrooms throughout the day while teachers change classrooms.

Kellenberg MeMorial HigH School has quickly acclimated to dividing its student population into cohorts to prevent widespread transmission of Covid-19.

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Graziano leads church’s gracious giveback continued from front page in our neighborhood that are struggling,” she said. “Most in these communities may not be aware that their nextdoor neighbor is struggling.” Working in the area for nearly a decade, Graziano said she has seen the problems persist, and they are now compounded due to the coronavirus pandemic. Families are struggling financially due to unemployment or underemployment. Some single mothers and fathers are roSemary unable to afford Graziano child care, and Director of there are senior citizens living on social ministry, St. William the Abbot Social Security in homes with reverse mortgages. “These people reach out to us,” she said. And when beckoned, she and St. William have consistently risen to the occasion. For years the church’s pantry has served the community. The difference this year is that Graziano is taking orders. “We allow them to pick what they want,” she said. “Why would I pack four bags of groceries for a family and give them cereal if they don’t like it or green beans if they don’t like it? We will take their order. They are at least entitled to that dignity!” For Thanksgiving, St. William’s social ministry gave out more than 80 family dinners, which included grocery store gift cards donated by parishioners and community leaders. The Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald, the Rev. James Hansen and the Rev. Collins Yeboah have even visited homebound residents who want to receive communion. Graziano is making certain no one is left out in the cold. “Say a family gets a $200 electric bill or gas bill,” she said. “Some people aren’t working due to Covid-19, have no source of income. They can’t pay that right away. And then

hey are at least entitled to that dignity!

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it accumulates.” St. William has worked alongside PSEG Long Island, National Grid and the Home Energy Assistance Program to ensure up to $600 worth of gas to heat individual homes. Graziano said that the energy companies have honored the deal, which has helped nearly 20 families to date. The church also has worked with PSEG L.I. to provide longer timetables for paying back past months’ electric bills. Her responsibilities include community outreach. In addition to the church’s partnership with Seaford Kiwanis this holiday season, it will also partner with the Seaford Lions Club, various Boy Scout troops and Seaford American Legion Post 1132. “Tomorrow I’m going to pick up $2,000 worth of gift cards raised by the community,” Charles Wroblewski, the post chaplain, said on Sunday. “We’re going to gift $1,000 to St. William and $1,000 to Maria Regina in Seaford.” “The parishioners have become like a family,” Graziano said of her St. Wil-

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St. William the Abbot’s food pantry continues to help serve Wantagh’s, Seaford’s and Massapequa’s “hidden poor,” according to Rosemary Graziano. Graziano, the church’S director of social ministry, is leading the charity effort this holiday season.

liam family. “They really care about the people in need, and those people who receive the benefits from the program are so appreciative.” Graziano urged any resident in the

Seaford, Wantagh or Massapequa area who needs help, or who knows someone who needs to help, to call (516) 679-8532 or go to www.stwilliam.org.

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Ray McGrath, 88, of Wantagh Ray McGrath, of Wantagh, a former major in the United States Air Force, died on Nov. 1 at 88. McGrath was also a resident of Boynton Beach, Fla. His funeral was held at St. Mary of the Isle in Long Beach on Nov. 21, and he was buried at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale on Nov. 23. He is survived by Marilyn (Thienel) McGrath, his wife of 65 years, as well as his three daughters Lana McGrath-

Simonetti, Laurajean McGrath-Williams and Kelly McGrath-Martinsen. He was a beloved father-in-law to Kevin Martinsen, Patrick Williams and Ed Moon. He was a cherished grandfather to Ryan Moon, Krystin Moon, Connor Williams, Shannon Williams, Michaela Williams, Kaitlyn Williams, Dylan Martinsen, Reagan Martinsen and Camryn Simonetti.

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Herald sports Molloy aims to rebound off 12-17 season By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Despite losing its all-time leading scorer, Molloy College’s men’s basketball program is aiming to rebound from a 12-17 season, including a 7-9 mark against East Coast Conference foes. The Lions, who captured their firstever ECC Tournament title in the 2018-19 campaign, aren’t playing any non-conference games this season due to Covid-19 and won’t be in action until traveling to upstate Rochester to face Roberts Wesleyan College in the Jan. 9 opener. “We began working on conditioning around the same time as we usually do and then got into individual skill work and socially distant team-based offense and defense drills,” head coach Charlie Marquardt said. “We have that mandatory week off around the holidays and when we start back up Dec. 28, we’ll have 10 days to get ready for the opener.” Barring any changes, the 18-game ECC schedule and postseason tournament will be played without fans. “I’m expecting games to have the feel of a scrimmage,” Marquardt said. “We will have to generate our own energy. It’ll be intriguing.” The Lions will also need to turn the page on the Nick Corbett era. A threetime All-ECC First Team selection, he averaged 23.7 points per game and finished his career at Molloy with 2,032 points, 379 rebounds and 385 assists and 153 steals. “Not only was Nick our alltime leading scorer, which is an amazing feat considering some of the players we’ve had, but he also had the uncanny ability to step up late in games,” Marquardt said. “Who’ll be getting the ball in crunch time this season will be by committee,” Molloy returns four players who made at least 14 starts a season ago, including former Baldwin High School product Justin Caldwell, a redshirt senior big man, and former Lynbrook High School standout James Montgomery, a sophomore who like Caldwell is 6-foot-7. Calldwell, who averaged a little more than 5 points and 5 rebounds per game last season while making 22 starts, knows what it takes to get the job done inside, Marquardt said, and will be counted on to provide leadership as well. Montgomery started 19 games and led the Lions in field goal percentage (55.7) on the way to chipping in 6.3 points per game. “James improved as the season went on and made steady contributions as a freshman,” Marquardt said. “He got bigger and stronger during the offseason and he can attack the rim as well as post up.” Pano Pavlidis, a 6-8 sophomore, emerged last winter and Marquardt is expecting even more with 17 starts under his belt. Pavlidis led the team in

rebounding (6.8 per game) and scored at a 6.7 ppg clip. Though experienced in the frontcourt, Marquardt also likes his collection of guards and believes it’ll take strong backcourt play for Molloy to be competitive against the likes of Daemen, Bridgeport and St. Thomas Aquinas. Spearheading a deep group of guards is Steven Torre, one of few seniors on the roster. He’s the Lions’ top returning scorer (10.4 ppg) and made 14 starts. Marquardt said the plan is for Torre to be off the ball more and make up for some of the offense lost by Corbett’s departure. Junior guard Frankie Phelan is a breakout candidate following a determined offseason. Another quality option to run the point is Kenny Lazo, a freshman out of Brentwood High School who won two Long Island championships and earned All-State honors. Marquardt describes Lazo as a born leader and tenacious defender. Former Lawrence Woodmere Academy standout Kendall Ogilvie, a junior, transferred from LIU Post prior to last season but didn’t play. He’s in the mix along with a pair of freshmen — former Freeport High School’s Darren Fergus and Mick Browne from Queens. “We like our guards,” Marquardt said. “We have some experience, some guys with bigger roles and some talented newcomers.”

JuNIOr FraNkIE PhELaN is part of a deep backcourt that has Molloy head coach Charlie Marquardt excited.

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JuNIOr PaNO PavLIdIS, a 6-foot-8 forward, averaged 6.7 points and 6.8 rebounds for the Lions last winter and is primed to take his game to another level.

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Children can start scheming and scribbling their letters to Santa Claus this week as Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced that the county will once again set up a network of mailboxes at various parks to collect the children’s penned offerings to the North Pole. The mailboxes will be set up at seven separate locations spread across the county, including Wantagh Park. They will accept mail up until Dec. 18. Each child who submits a letter will receive a “Santa-Gram,” to be sent out immediately after the Dec. 18 deadline. “We are happy to be able to provide a sense of normalcy and some holiday cheer for Nassau’s little ones who may have struggled to adapt to the many changes and challenges of this past year,” said Curran. “Continuing to enhance our parks and expand their fun and unique seasonal programs is key to making [Nassau County] a better place for people to live, work and play.” The holiday-themed red and green mailboxes will be accessible from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Along with a setup at Wantagh Park, the mailboxes will also be available for letter drop-off at Cantiague Park in Hicksville, Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn Heights, Grant Park in Hewlett, Mackey Park in Roosevelt, Eisenhower Park’s Aquatic Center in East Meadow and Old Bethpage Village Restoration in Old Bethpage. Letters may also be dropped off at the Parks Department’s Administration Building in Eisenhower Park from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. For more information, visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

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Raffle winneRs fRom Jonas E. Salk Middle School enjoyed a special luncheon as part of the district’s Summer Reading Extravaganza program.

Summer reading raffle winners celebrated Each year, local school districts task their students with completing summer reading assignments. At Jonas E. Salk Middle School, students were challenged to celebrate literature through its Summer Reading Extravaganza Program. Throughout the summer, students participated in the program by reading “Pay It Forward” by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Completing the book’s pages wasn’t the end, though, as students connected to the book through virtual activities provided by the school. Students then entered a raffle for a chance to win a seat at a special luncheon, which was ultimately held last month. Thirty Salk students were chosen at random and were able to participate. The luncheons were split over two days, welcoming fifteen students at a time into the library, as to uphold social distancing regulations. During the celebration, students grubbed on a free Dairy Queen lunch and received one Blizzard voucher. The group of raffle winners also engaged in a live Zoom videoconference with Richard Specht, founder of the ReesSpecht Life Foundation and the Cultivating Kindness program. Lastly, the groups watched a personalized message from “Pay It Forward” author Catherine Ryan Hyde and received Cultivating Kindness Pay It Forward cards, courtesy of Specht, to encourage them to spread kindness and pay it forward each day.

salk middle school raffle winners participated in a live Zoom meeting with Richard Specht, founder of the ReesSpecht Life Foundation. To The winneRs go the spoils, and at Wisdom Lane Middle School, spoils included treats from Dairy Queen.

What’s up next door and around the corner

Since the coronavirus pandemic spread to Long Island in March, one of our county’s most affected sectors has been small business. While many were forced to close temporarily or severely shift their business model, some have struggled to stay open at all. From neighborhood to neighborhood, one constant remains – the call to fiercely support local business amid resurging Covid-19 numbers. Chamber of Commerce members and trustees have been vocal over the past few months about this impassioned support plan. Last week, Wantagh Chamber of

Commerce Members, as well as local elected officials, backed those sentiments by personally congratulating two new small businesses in the hamlet. Lifestyles Sports, located at 1891 Wantagh Avenue and RLH Diamond Group, located at 1414 Wantagh Avenue, were the sites of the two ceremonial ribbon cuttings hosted by the Wantagh Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 24. The chamber is continuing to urge community members to “think local” and congratulated both Lifestyles Sports’ and RLH Diamond Group’s owners.

Photos courtesy Wantagh Chamber of Commerce

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owners of wantagh Avenue’s RLH Diamond Group, were joined by local officials on Nov. 24 to celebrate the opening of another small business.

MeMbers of the Wantagh Chamber of Commerce and local elected officials welcomed Lifestyles Sports into the chamber at it’s official ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 24.

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Macarthur seniors Jelissa Montesdeoca, left, and Daniel Purcell were selected as alternates in the 2020 virtual All-State Conference.

Generals’ All-State student-musicians The New York State School Music Association recognized three seniors from General Douglas MacArthur High School as 2020 All-State participants and/ or alternates. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the All-State Conference, which usually is held in Rochester, will be held virtually this year. Students will perform in a virtual concert with their respective ensembles this December. Emily Zhang from MacArthur High School was selected to perform the Bb clarinet in the symphonic band. In addi-

tion, MacArthur seniors Jelissa Montesdeoca and Daniel Purcell were recognized as alternates for Soprano II and Bass I, respectively. Current seniors who performed an AllState solo at the Spring 2019 NYSSMA Festival and who were selected to an AllState ensemble, either as a participant or an alternate, were accepted this year. In addition, current juniors who received commendable scores at the festival last year were eligible to be recommended by their teachers to be selected as well.

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he past nine months have been nothing short of a whirlwind, and it’s mind-boggling to think this virus only emerged a year ago, since so much has changed. I believe we flourish as journalists when we’re able to meet with our sources face-to-face, to see the person — the story — unfiltered right in front of us. But this pandemic isn’t something you can simply look in the eye to understand — it takes a village to confront it. During lockdown, I saw the best of my community come out to ensure every last front-line worker was supported — with food, supplies, applause and car parades. I’ve listened to residents whose lives were upended by Covid-19, and the emotional toll I felt deepened, because I was living it, too. Although working from home has been a major adjustment, I’m spending more quality time with my family, the most I had since before college. My mother, father and younger brother became the coworkers I never knew I needed, and through those first few months of quarantine they were able to see what I do firsthand — they were able to see all the stress I was under. Since the pandemic began, I’ve been put to the test on both a personal and professional level. I’ve done more work than I ever have in my short three years as a journalist; I’ve struggled with shared trauma that I accumulated from speaking to sources and colleagues; and I’ve sobbed on my bedroom floor, trying to come to terms with why this was all happening, more times than I like to admit.

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his section may say “Hometown Hero,” but I am not a hero. I am just someone who has been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to listen to dozens of community members who have made real, tangible and positive change in Wantagh and Seaford. These communities are not my hometown either, but I have spent a lot of time in Wantagh and Seaford, even throughout this pandemic. I can truly say that I feel a connection to the area and its residents. Since the beginning of March, we have all felt a seismic-level shift in our day-to-day lives. How could we not? The way I approached reporting in these communities was forced to shift. The way I had to communicate with residents and officials changed. I spoke to people who lost jobs, family members and friends. I have lost family members and friends. Nothing about this year has been easy. But my story is not unique. In fact, being able to cope with my own story became easier when it was put into context. Being a reporter is not about getting an exclusive or working yourself to the bone chasing down a lead — OK, sometimes it’s about that. But for me, holding this unique title means being able to listen to people’s experiences, both in good times and bad, and really addressing their plight so their stories can be heard. These past eight months have provided more of the bad, if I’m being honest, but having access to hear the community and to give people an outlet is what has kept me going.

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Circle of Hope aids women battling cancer By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

For many women battling breast cancer, an additional burden stems from acquiring the proper clothing to wear while undergoing treatments. Shirts with front buttons or zippers that allow access to ports on the body for chemotherapy, for example, are available online, but not at major retailers. If a woman undergoes breast surgery, it is recommended she wear specialized clothing with such openings for drainage and easy access. Loraine Alderman knows this burden well. In May 2019, she received a sudden breast cancer diagnosis, which led to chemotherapy and a double mastectomy. She struggled in many ways — after the surgery, she could not lift her arms above her waist — but the stress of finding the right clothing was another unexpected hurdle. There were no outlets that carried specialized, treatment-friendly clothing for breast cancer patients nearby, Alderman said. She ordered shirts online, but they were never the right fit — some she would have avoided, she said, had she been able to browse for options in person. “My husband and I would be in the treatment room for hours. We had a lot of time to talk and reflect,” said Alderman, an East Meadow resident. “There were so many people that were so kind to us around the time of my surgery and recovery that we wanted to pay it forward.” The now cancer-free Alderman recently founded Dress for Recovery, a clothing bank housed in the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Merrick, which services the Jewish populations of Merrick, Bellmore and Wantagh. The clothing bank will offer specialized, treatment-friendly apparel for free to those battling breast cancer. Dress for Recovery is part of the Chabad’s Circle of Hope initiative, which was started in 2012 to help families coping with breast cancer or other cancer-related illnesses. It provides private counseling, a wig bank and free meals. Chanie Kramer, who runs the Chabad with her husband, Rabbi Shimon Kramer, even went to Alderman’s house with food the night she came home from her mastectomy procedure. “When I went in for my wig, Chanie made a very stressful situation into as much of a non-stressful situation as you could, given the circumstances,” Alder-

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BREAst CANCER suRvIvoR Loraine Alderman, left, started Dress for Recovery, a clothing bank that will offer clothing specially designed for those undergoing breast cancer treatments. The initiative is part of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life’s Circle of Hope organization, which is run by Chanie Kramer, right. man said. “It struck me, though, that everybody has a wig bank, so, we thought, ‘Why not start a clothing bank?’” Wig banks, Alderman explained, are common. There are several throughout Nassau County, including Circle of Hope’s, but Dress for Recovery will be the first dedicated clothing bank for cancer patients in the tri-state area. The bank will also help patients avoid the financial burden of buying new, expensive articles of clothing, Alderman said. “That’s what the Chabad does — we’re here for the community,” Chanie said. “This will hopefully help out many people, but all

credit goes to Loraine,” Rabbi Kramer said. Dress for Recovery has already collected more than 200 items, thanks to generous donations. Clothing can also be borrowed out and returned, and Tiffany Dry Cleaner, in Merrick, has agreed to dry clean all the used clothing for free. Dress for Recovery will open on Dec. 15, during Hanukkah. The opening will have a limited capacity of attendants, but those interested in donating or receiving donations can call the Chabad at (516) 8333057 or email circleofhope@chabadjewishlife.org. The event will also be live streamed at CircleOfHopeMerrick.org/DressOpen.

MSSN announces a new rapid testing site Mount Sinai South Nassau is partnering with the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County to begin offering rapid Covid-19 testing to the public at the hospital’s drive-through testing site in Oceanside. The rapid tests will be offered at no charge. The drive-through site, at the hospital’s Washington Avenue entrance, was scheduled to open to the public — by appointment only — on Dec. 1, after the Herald went to press. Testing will be provided between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday from 7 to 11 a.m. To make an appointment for a test, call (516) 3902888 from Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. or Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Individuals 17 or younger must have written consent or be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to be tested. “Expanding testing is one way to com-

bat the virus,” MSSN President and CEO Richard J. Murphy said, according to a news release. “If you know you are positive, you can stay home and self-isolate, reducing the possibility of spreading the disease. We’re pleased to be teaming up with the Town of Hempstead to help meet demand for more testing in the communities we serve.” The Hempstead Town Board unanimously approved a grant on Nov. 23 to MSSN to expand testing to the public, using nearly $446,000 in federal CARES Act money. To address the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in the Five Towns community, MSSN partnered with Nassau County to establish two rapid testing sites there. The county has secured additional rapid test kits to enable the hospital and the town to further expand testing at the hospital’s Oceanside campus. The CARES funding will help cover any

additional tests kits that are required, staffing costs and infrastructure needed for the drive-through site. “As coronavirus infection rates rise across Long Island, we want to continue doing our part to expand free Covid-19 testing options for all Town of Hempstead residents,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said in a news release. “Through this collaboration with Mount Sinai South Nassau, we are now proud to offer free Covid-19 rapid testing to residents. Thank you to Mount Sinai South Nassau’s team of front-line heroes for providing top quality healthcare for our residents and working together as we combat the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.” Mount Sinai South Nassau has already tested more than 10,000 patients at its Oceanside drive-through site, but to date the testing has only been open to

patients being admitted to the hospital or coming for a procedure. The two sites in the Five Towns tested over 800 residents from Oct. 20 to Nov. 25. “Robust testing has proven to be a vital tool to help contain the spread of Covid-19 and currently more than 10,000 residents are able to be tested for the virus per day,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said, according to the news release. “But as we see upticks in New York state and in our local communities, I am committed to further expanding testing throughout the county to ensure all residents readily have access to it. Thank you to the team at Mount Sinai South Nassau for opening this drive-through rapid testing site and for the life-saving work they do every day.” Courtesy Mount Sinai South Nassau; compiled by Mike Smollins

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A. Your northern Nassau County town has the particular reputation for this behavior. Many architects won’t even do work there, for the simple reason that they punish honesty instead of promoting ways to improve public safety. The implication of “omissions” at the top of the notice is a legally irresponsible implication that accuses you and your architect of purposely or unprofessionally leaving out important facts, as if you or your architect would have imagined filing for a washing machine or patio. A washing machine application would have been part of a plumbing application anywhere else. Most communities have no such requirement for the architect, and the homeowner expects that a house with a washing machine is as common as a car with four wheels. The inspector who came to your house was probably trying to help you with safety items, looking for the smoke detectors, escape windows and handrails, but the letter was composed by a plans examiner, who doesn’t come to the house but instead goes through the files that you can’t see because of the pandemic. The examiner went looking for anything and everything to reveal that there is much more they previously didn’t enforce. In this age of computers, building departments have a better way to keep records about your home, and they’re trying to update, since illegal additions and amenities like fences, retaining walls, pools and decks — and washing machines, I guess — slipped past their radar over the years. They also assume that plans are made just by pushing a few keyboard buttons, so why not ask for more than they ever did before? Unfortunately, the method of punishing with court hearings, fines and dismantling work isn’t the only way they could handle this. It’s just the way your North Shore town chooses to do it. Good luck! © 2020 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

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n the interior of Washington state, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, there is a tiny city, population about 900, that I have long wanted to visit — Roslyn. There are no vacation amenities in this place — it is a seemingly ordinary American city, with a handful of eateries and shops and one hole-in-the-wall radio station along its single weatherworn main street. From 1990 to 1995, however, Roslyn was the standin for the fictional Cicely, Alaska, in the CBS cult classic “Northern Exposure,” an Emmy Award-winning sCoTT series that, to my BRInTon mind, is the finest comedy-drama ever produced, mixing medicine with literature, history, philosophy, religion, music —oh, so much music — and magic to conjure up an idealized version of small-town America. Yes, the denizens of this very out-of-theway place disagree and argue — and argue some more — but despite their differences, whether they be spiritual, political or socio-economic, folks seek to understand one another on a deep, existential level, and in the end, they do. That’s why, I believe, so many viewers love this show, worship it, really, including my wife and me. We discovered “Northern Exposure” in 1993, when we arrived in the

U.S. after I had served for two years in the Peace Corps in Bulgaria, where Katerina was born and raised, and we instantly fell in love with it. Five years ago, I bought the six-season DVD set of the show for Katerina as an anniversary gift, and we set it aside, thinking we would eventually watch and rewatch the show’s 110 episodes, but we never found the time. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck, and it forced us to slow down. Sequestered at home in the early weeks of the crisis, we started watching the series from its start and found solace in this endearing show, which was best described by one reviewer as “esoteric utopian.” Each Saturday afternoon, feeling pandemic fatigue, we lounged on the couch after chowing on diner food and watched three or so episodes at a clip until, nine months later, we had viewed six years’ worth of shows. It was an entirely escapist exercise in a year when, it appeared, the country was collapsing around us. It brought us back to a happier time, one of relative stability, before the Oklahoma City bombing (which occurred the year “Northern Exposure” ended), 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Great Recession of 2008-09, Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and now the pandemic. The show’s main character, Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow), a Queens native and a graduate of Columbia Univer-

sity’s medical school, must spend four years practicing in Alaska because the state paid for his exorbitantly expensive medical education. He thinks he’ll be stationed in Anchorage, the state’s largest city, or its capital, Juneau. Instead he is sent to Cicely, somewhere in the far northern reaches of Alaska, where paved roads peter out into dense forest and the temperature plummets well below zero in the dead of winter. Fleischman, a citified New Yorker, is appalled, horrified even. In Cicely he must adapt to a decidedly slower rural culture, one that values the natural beauty of the land surrounding the town, and one that places interpersonal relations, rather than economic success, at the forefront of people’s lives. Through the relationships Fleischman develops with the other central characters, he slowly comes to appreciate the place and its people to the point that, one day, toward the end of the show, he ventures upstream by canoe to live off the land with a Native American tribe, fishing and gathering, before finally returning to New York City. Among his small circle of friends are the debutante-turned-bush pilot Maggie O’Connell (Janine Turner), the philosopher D.J. Chris Stevens (John Corbett), the millionaire retired astronaut Maurice Minnifield (Barry Corbin), the trapper-turned-

reaking up Covid fatigue with all six seasons of ‘Northern Exposure.’

barkeep Holling Vincoeur (John Collum) and his live-in girlfriend (and later wife), the former beauty queen-turned-waitress Shelly Marie Tambo (Cynthia Geary), aspiring filmmaker-shaman Ed Chigliak (Darren Burrows), general store owner Ruth-Anne Miller (Peg Phillips) and Fleischman’s quiet and patient receptionist, Marilyn Whirlwind (Elaine Miles). There are a host of minor, but always eccentric, characters who round out the cast. What defines the show are the relations among the characters, the depth of their thoughts and the intelligence of the dialogue. There is no other show quite like it. Many have compared it to “Twin Peaks,” another ’90s cult classic. Yes and no is my answer to that appraisal. There is a persistent darkness to “Twin Peaks,” which is about the murder of a teenage prom queen. “Northern Exposure,” meanwhile, is one long celebration of life and its many traditions and mysteries. Sadly, the show isn’t available on a streaming service, only on DVD, but buy it and watch it if you’re seeking a feel-good story that will stimulate your mind and soul. I’d love to know what show is keeping you going through the pandemic, and why. You can email me at sbrinton@liherald. com. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

We’re on Trump time for another seven weeks

alf of me never wants to write or speak the name Trump again. Half of me wants to finish the work I started nearly four years ago: to use my 750 words in this newspaper to speak to the issue of our time, the ongoing incompetence of the Trump administration. Apparently my second half is Trumping my first half, at least this week. I tried over and over again to stand in others’ shoes, to imagine how readers who clearly are RandI informed and kReIss patriotic could support a leader who freely lies and then lies about lying, who cheats and who is willing to abuse the majesty of the presidency for his personal gain. I understand when a reader praises his peace initiative between Israel and the UAE, or the Warp Speed vaccination program. Well done, Mr. President. But none of this comes close to compensating for all we’ve lost here at home, and across the world.

Responding to a column about Trump’s bad behavior, some readers digress to Cuomo and Clinton, with references to their lapses. But they aren’t in the White House. Does the fact that Hillary Clinton either did or did not use a personal e-mail account have anything to do with Donald Trump’s misogyny and racism? Were Cuomo’s people speaking to Russian operatives before his election? Perhaps you have loved ones and friends who have died of Covid-19. We have, and we are living the same masked and socially distanced life that so many of you are. This is our war, and we pull together to protect one another. Do we just let go the fact that Trump, back in January, was in the singular position to organize a cohesive national response to what he knew was a surging global pandemic? Do we forgive and forget 265,000 dead Americans? Do we let go of the tragedy that thousands died because the president decided to keep the pertinent information about the deadly virus a secret? How can we forgive the delay in

ramping up manufacturing of masks and gloves and ventilators? Even if we accept that which we cannot change, how do we accept his present shenanigans — the comments and behavior of the outgoing president in the face of his clear defeat to Joe Biden? The man is still raving, hurling false accusations and conjuring imaginary frauds perpetrated against his campaign. Dozens of frivolous lawsuits have fizzled to nothing. The courts are upholding the integrity of the election, and yet the sitting president says he won’t concede, and may or may not agree to attend the inauguration or welcome the new president to the White House. We have a leader who fiddles while the pandemic burns across the land. Every single day we are paying the price for electing him to office. This will all go away after the inauguration, I suppose, as Biden takes office. But what to do with the Donald? Reports abound that he is the subject of investigations in D.C. and New York. Trump has been pardoning himself

hen what? I don’t think it serves our country to be in forgive-andforget mode.

since he stepped into the presidency, so more pardoning will not be a surprise. The question is, how aggressive will authorities be in prosecuting him for his alleged misdeeds? Biden should not be asked this question, and certainly he should not answer it. Unlike his predecessor, he knows that executive power stops at the doors to the Justice Department. We teach our children that actions have consequences, and that bad actions may lead to punishment or sanctions. It must be the same for the president. I don’t think it serves our country to be in forgive-andforget mode. We cannot let Trump slide into his next incarnation with impunity. We cannot give him a pass if he has actually broken laws that he swore to uphold. He may be unsavory and duplicitous and, frankly, incapable of being president, but none of that is illegal. Let the investigations run their course. If we are a country of laws, then so be it, for everyone. If the legal eagles find no cause to pursue prosecution, then so be it. Should charges be brought, let Trump have his day in court. This is not to humble the man, but to heal the country. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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n mid-May, as the coronavirus pandemic raged in New York, the Heralds undertook what became a monumental project to feature each week the front-line heroes who were — and are — keeping us safe and providing for our daily sustenance — doctors, nurses, EMTs, firefighters, supermarket employees and sanitation workers. Every week through November, we published 16 Hometown Heroes — 444 in all — encouraging them to describe in their own words their harrowing, and sometimes horrifying, experiences. They told stories of death and job loss, mourning and fear. At the same time, they demonstrated resilience in the face of unbearable hardship and kindness to desperate strangers.

They spoke of our shared humanity at a time of collective tragedy. Last week, we wound down the series, publishing our final set of 16 Heroes in our Thanksgiving Day issue, a fitting way to end it. We are so grateful to so many people who have kept our society and our economy moving during this crisis. We began the series focusing primarily on health care workers, but we expanded it over time to include teachers and principals, custodians and business owners, and many, many people who formed ad hoc organizations and small nonprofits to address the needs of their neighbors during the pandemic. This week, we feature our stories — those of editors and reporters who, at

the beginning of the crisis, were deemed essential workers by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and since then have provided readers with the vital, fact-based information necessary to keep them and their families safe. We have often risked our own health to report not only on the pandemic, but also on the massive social and political protests that have erupted across Nassau County this year. Yes, we wore masks in the field. Yes, we maintained social distancing — or tried our best to do so. Still, in the backs of our minds, we had to live with the persistent thought that any time we were in the field reporting, we could have been infected. No doubt, 2020 has been a year like no other, for journalists, too.

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resident-elect Joseph Biden recently committed to re-entering the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit carbon dioxide emissions worldwide, which President Trump pulled the U.S. out of in June 2017. Re-joining the climate treaty, which 194 countries have agreed to — including every industrialized nation except the U.S. — will surely be good for Long Island. Why? Because any effort that we make to limit CO2 and mitigate the global-warming crisis is good for the Island. Leading scientists from the United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change and other agencies around the world tell us that we have limited time —

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Thank goodness the election wasn’t in February To the Editor: Re John O’Connell’s column, “Give thanks the election is over, and put the knives away,” last week: I was deeply saddened that a person such as O’Connell bought into President Trump’s madness. O’Connell wrote that Trump ignited national pride among his followers, but that’s not at all what I saw. I saw an explosion of hate and intolerance. I saw people voting against their own best interests by supporting him. He is anti-union. He is anti-labor. He has declared bankruptcy six times, each time forcing his vendors to sue him to recover pennies on the dollar. His vindictiveness carries into his political decisions. His intent of destroying the states that didn’t

havoc here in early August, downing trees and power lines, causing widespread outages for a week or more. There were so many hurricanes in the Atlantic this year that forecasters ran out of names — the last named storm was Wilfred, in late September — so they switched to letters of the Greek alphabet. 2020 was the seventh most costly hurricane season on record, with more than $40 billion in damage in the U.S. Now, not later, is the time to address the climate crisis. We are pleased to see the president-elect taking it seriously, appointing former Secretary of State John Kerry, who signed the Paris Agreement for the U.S. five years ago, as his climate czar.

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or over a century, American higher education has been viewed as a public good as well as a vehicle for personal growth. It has been a source of scientific and technological advances as well as a means for individual intellectual and social development. According to such polls as Gallup and Pew, Americans believe that higher education is nearly essential in helping young people and adults succeed personally and professionally. We can see this on Long Island, where 15 public roBert a. and independent colleges and unisCott versities prepare the region’s students for productive and satisfying lives in a range of careers, from attorneys to artists to military officers, who contribute to the common good. These institutions enroll over 160,000 students, many the first in their families to attend college; employ over 30,000 people, from groundskeepers to faculty and administrators; have operating budgets of over $5 billion, yielding tax revenues and retail sales for the local and state economies; and hold over $1.5 billion in invested funds. If a community started an economic development initiative seeking an employer whose workforce included highly educated people who would be

active locally, whose “products” and services added to the economic and cultural well-being of the community, whose operations were respectful of the local ecology and whose economic impact would be significant, it wouldn’t have to look much further than its closest college or university. Nationally, however, there are an increasing number of critics of higher education, some of whom even question the value of a college degree. According to recent reports by Pew and Gallup, those surveyed said they were deeply concerned about higher education because of increases in tuition and student debt, and questions about the relevance of academic programs. Survey respondents’ dissatisfaction with colleges correlated closely to their political affiliation, with more Republican-leaning respondents saying higher education is going in the wrong direction. Those respondents were also much more likely to mention allegations that college faculty bring their political and social views into the classroom, and that colleges spend too much time protecting students from views they might find offensive. While we in higher education may question the design of the surveys, the vagueness of the questions and the definition of “college” they use, the results are the work of established polling orga-

mong the increasing number of critics are those who question the value of a degree.

Letters vote for him was and is clear. He appointed unqualified cronies to cabinet positions who proceeded to gut the public school system and make decisions based on increasing big-business profits. Lastly, the last four years of “good economy” is a balloon that is due to burst in a few years. The national debt will have to be paid at some point, and people like O’Connell will conveniently forget that a big chunk of it is the fault of Donald Trump. LIz AMbROSINO West Hempstead

Reminded what Thanksgiving is about To the Editor: Sitting at breakfast this morning, I was feeling sorry for myself because tomorrow, Thanksgiving, I will be home alone (for the first time) celebrating the holiday. This was not the original plan. I was to visit my son and his family and enjoy Thanksgiving with them.

nizations, and help perpetuate public views. Therefore, we should take these findings, and the resulting news stories, seriously and try to understand not only why these views exist, but also what we can do to regain public trust and confidence in our institutions. In many public discussions and news articles, higher education is overrepresented by wealthy institutions like Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford. Institutions on Long Island are not comparable in terms of students’ family income. Nearly 30 percent of students at Adelphi and over 21 percent of those at Hofstra come from families in the bottom 60 percent of family income (under $65,000), with fewer than 4 percent of families in the top 1 percent ($630,000 or more). In comparison, 15 percent of Harvard students are from families in the top 1 percent; Yale, 18.7 percent; Princeton, 17 percent; and Stanford, 17.5 percent. Long Island institutions are more accessible and offer opportunity to a wider swath of society. The role of higher education is complex and not easily understood. Not only do colleges and universities challenge what is known through research, scholarship and other creative endeavors, they also act as curators of the past, the archivists of heritage. They bridge the past and the future by preparing graduates for the challenges of careers and com-

merce as well as citizenship. Several Long Island colleges and universities are ranked nationally, but none are exceedingly wealthy, aloof from their communities and principally residential in character. Nor are any as the universities of Georgia, Alabama or Ohio State. Instead, our colleges and universities are primarily commuter institutions that fulfill their missions not only in their classrooms and online, but also in their communities. There are numerous examples of college partnerships with schools, chambers of commerce, nonprofit groups and businesses, not only for the benefit of the partners, but also as part of students’ education. Our research universities contribute to biomedical advances and the understanding of climate physics, among many other contributions. Many of our colleges and universities partner with one another in order to share resources and enhance efficiency. Overall, they are responsive and flexible, and have demonstrated that they can meet societal and student needs with a variety of programs and credentials. With greater efforts to demonstrate commitments to student success on and off campus and renewed initiatives to serve the public, colleges and universities can strengthen their place in society and regain public trust and confidence as essential forces for social mobility and personal fulfillment. Institutions on Long Island can lead the way. Robert A. Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University.

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What happened, however, is that he lives in what is now a yellow zone, and he and his wife and school-age sons are concerned that they might inadvertently expose me to Covid. My initial reaction was disappointment and sadness, despite the fact that every year I have been blessed with being a participant in a great family celebration of extended family, including my two sons and daughter and their families. As I read Randi Kreiss’s column “Dinner for two at our Thanksgiving table” (Nov. 19-25), about the berlin Airlift and the sacrifices of World War II, I recognized that me being alone at Thanksgiving was nothing compared with the many who are currently suffering through this pandemic in such tragic ways. I am fortunate to be in good health, have the love of family and friends, have a roof over my head and food to share with our local pantry each week. When I sit down to Thanksgivings dinner tomorrow, I will remember to be very thankful, and I will look forward to next year and a hopeful return to normal for all of us. MARGE ELLIS Merrick

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